4大解题步骤

1. 略读全文,寻找文中主题句

对于选词填空,一定要先迅速地浏览一遍全文,做到对文章内容有一个整体把握。

尤其要注意文章的首句或末句,因为它有可能就是文章的主题句,这对文章的理解起着至关重要的作用。

另外,文章的主题句有可能在文中反复出现,所以要善于抓住主题句,同时领会作者所持的态度。


2. 分析选项,将单词按词性分类

因为选词填空考查的词全部为实词,所以可以先将备选的15个词按照名词、形容词、动词和副词归类。


3. 细读全文,分析句子找选项

在对文章大意和选项有了大概的了解之后,接下来要做的就是仔细阅读文章,边读边找选项。

这个环节中最重要的是分析空格前后句子的逻辑关系,确定句中缺少单词的词性,

然后再根据全文的逻辑关系和语义排除干扰项,找出正确答案。


4. 通读全文,带着选项看文章

如同做完形填空题的最后一个步骤一样,在选择完选项之后,一定要再次通读全文,检验自己所填的答案。

因为在此类型考题中,上下文的逻辑关系很重要。


下面结合四级考试中选词填空真题对此部分的解题步骤做具体分析。

To get a sense of how women have progressed in science, take a quick tour of the physics department at the University of California, Berkeley. 

This is a storied place, the 26 of some of the most important discoveries in modern science—starting with Ernest Lawrence’s invention of the cyclotron (回旋加速器) in 1931.

A generation ago, female faces were 27 and, even today, visitors walking through the first floor of LeConte Hall will see a full corridor of exhibits 28 the many distinguished physicist who made history here, 29 all of them white males.

But climb up to the third floor and you’ll see a 30 display.

There, among the photos of current faculty members and students, are portraits of the 31 head of the department, Marjorie Shapiro, and four other women whose research 32 everything from the mechanics of the universe to the smallest particles of matter. 

A sixth woman was hired just two weeks ago.

Although they’re still only about 10 percent of the physics faculty, women are clearly a presence here.

And the real 33 may be in the smaller photos to the right:graduate and undergraduate students, about 20 percent of them female.

Every year Berkeley sends its fresh female physics PhDs to the country’s top universities.

That makes Shapiro optimistic, but also 34 .

“I believe things are getting better,” she says, “but they’re not getting better as 35 as I would like.”

A) circumstance
B) confidence
C) covers
D) current
E) deals
F) different
G) exposing
H) fast I) honoring
J) hope
K) presently
L) rare
M) realistic
N) site
O) virtually


首先,通读全文。

本文主要通过对加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校物理系职工及学生的介绍,使人们进一步了解女性在科学领域的地位取得了怎样的进步。文章第一句为主题句,便于考生理解。

其次,对备选选项的词性进行归类。

名词: A) circumstance 情况,情形; B) confidence 信心; J) hope 希望; N) site 场所,地点
动词: C) covers 覆盖,包含; E) deals处理; G) exposing 揭露,揭发; I) honoring 纪念
形容词: D) current 当前的; F) different 不同的; L) rare 稀少的; M) realistic 现实的,实际的
副词: H) fast 快速地; K) presently 目前;不久; O) virtually 几乎,差不多

然后,根据上下文的语法结构和语义内容判断空格处的词性,并从备选选项中选出最切合文意的词汇。

例如,第26题,

空格前面是定冠词the,后面是介词of, 因此空格处需要填入名词,

根据空格前的a storied place和句意可知,空格处填入的词意思应与place意思相近。

结合备选名词可知,N) site“场所,地点”符合题意。

第27题,

空格前面是be动词were,因此空格处应填入形容词或名词作表语。

结合空格后的内容可知,在金帝大厅一楼物理学家的展览中,全部都是白人男性。

而空格所在部分介绍的是a generation ago,再根据female faces可知,这里说的是女性人数少。

结合备选项可知,rare“稀少的”符合文意,故为答案。

最后,通读全文,带着选项看文章。

 

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