正在备考雅思的学员,还在到处寻找雅思考试的考点吗。今天沪江小编特整理了雅思阅读考试当中常见的一些考点,希望对广大考生有所帮助。

  角度一:读题目时特别要注意的考点

  1、题目中的数据词

  如果题目中出现了“statistical, statistics, cost, fund, large number, percent, percentage”等的时候,文章中相对应的句子会出现相对应的与数据相关的词。下面看几个例子:

  例子一:

  剑5 TEST 1 Passage 1 Q1 多项选择选项C. It was famous because of the large number of people involved. 题目中出现了数据词“large number”, 根据这个词在文章中找与题目意思有关的句子,并且其中有可能包括数据。在文章中第5段找到这么一句话:“He was also helped by six assistants, two of whom died whilst the Dictionary was still in preparation.”根据两句话的意思,“6个助手”不算一个比较大(large number)的数据,所以这个选项是不对的。

  例子二:

  剑5 TEST 1 Passage 2 Q17 “the expected statistical outcome”, 是一个“段落细节”题,让考生找这句话在文章中哪一段出现。题目有一个非常明显的数据词“statistical”, 根据猜测,文章中相对应的句子可能会出现数据。文章中D段:“Prior to carrying out the experiment, Milgram explained his idea to a group of 39 psychiatrists and asked them to predict the average percentage of people in an ordinary population who would be willing to administer the highest shock level of 450 volts. ...... The psychiatrists felt that 'most subjects would not go beyond 150 volts' and they further anticipated that only four per cent would go up to 300 volts. Furthermore, they thought that only a lunatic fringe of about one in 1,000 would give the highest shock of 450 volts.”。文章中的数据“only four per cent”和“one in 1,000”对应了题目中的“statistical”, 同时,文章中的“predict the average percentage of people”与题目中的“expected statistical outcome”相对应,所以这道题对应的句子应该是这段话。

  例子三:

  剑7 TEST 2 Passage 2 Q14 “a cost involved in purifying domestic water”, 这道题同样是一道“段落细节”题,让考生找出这句话在文章中哪一段出现。题目中的数据词是“cost”, 文章中应该会出现一些与“钱和数据”有关的词,在文章中可以非常明显地看到E段有很多数据:“The costs included: £120m for removal of pesticides; £16m for removal of nitrates; £55m for removal of phosphates and soil; £23m for the removal of the bug cryptosporidium from drinking water by water companies.”而判断的时候发现文章中的“drinking water(饮用水)”与题目中的“domestic water(家庭用水)”相对应,所以此题对应的就是文章的E段。

  2、题目中的时间词

  如果题目中出现了与“最初(previous, original, originally, initial, initially, beginning, before, at first...)”、“最后(at last, later, end, finally, ultimately, eventually...)”和“现在(now, these days, current, currently, our time, with us...)”有关的词,因为题目和文章内容的一致性,所以文章中也会出现相对应的词。

  例子一:

  剑5 TEST 2 Passage 3 Q28 “In Europe, modem science emerged at the same time as the nation state. At first, the scientific language of choice remained __________.”题目中有一个时间词“at first(最初)”,到文章中找与前面相关的时间词,在文章第5段有这样一句话:“There were several reasons why original science continued to be written in Latin.” 清晰地出现了时间词“original”, 根据这句话意思,题目应该填“Latin”。

  例子二:

  剑9 TEST 3 Passage 3 Q32 “a reference to what Shannon initially intended to achieve in his research”, 是一道“段落细节”题,是整个雅思考题中最难的题目。根据定位词“Shannon”和时间词“initially”, 在文章C段句(This all seems light years away from the down-to-earth uses Shannon originally had for his work, which began when he was a 22-year-old graduate engineering student at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1939.)里看到了定位词“Shannon”和时间词“originally”, 再仔细读句子的意思,两句话的意思对应得很紧密。所以此题应该选择C段。

  例子三:

  剑9 TEST 1 Passage 1 Q10 “What was the name finally used to refer to the first colour Perkin invented?”, 题目中的时间词是“finally”, 而文章第8段中相对应句子是“Perkin originally named his dye Tyrian Purple, but it later became commonly known as mauve (from the French for the plant used to make the colour violet)”,题目中“finally”的时间对应词是“later”。

  3、题目中的并列、因果、转折词

  还是因为题目和文章意思的一致性,题目中的逻辑关系在文章中一般也会出现,出现最多的是“并列关系”、“因果关系”和“转折关系”。

  1)并列关系词:and, as well as, first...second..., either...or..., neither...nor...

  例子一:

  剑九 TEST 1 Passage 1 Q4 “Perkin was still young when he made the discovery that made him rich and famous.”, 题目中出现了并列关系“rich and famous”, 根据定位词“Perkin、young、discovery”, 在文章中找到的对应句子是第3段中的:“Perkin's scientific gifts soon caught Hofmann's attention and, within two years, he became Hofmann's youngest assistant. Not long after that, Perkin made the scientific breakthrough that would bring him both fame and fortune.”, 文章中出现了并列关系:“fame and fortune”, 根据同义替换关系,“fame”对应“famous”、“fortune”对应“rich”。这是一道判断题,所以这道题应该选择“TRUE”。

  以上就是沪江小编整理的雅思阅读最常见的考点,大家可以进行熟悉,深入了解,提升自己雅思阅读考试备考的能力,顺利通过考试。