来到原文首段,首句就揭示了答案:
From a number of recent studies, it has become clear that blind people can appreciate the use of outlines and perspectives to describe the arrangement of objects and other surfaces in space。
可知答案是C。
再看下例:剑桥真题系列V, Question 33 / Test 1.
Choose the correct letter, A,B,C or D.
33. What aspect of scientific research does the writer express concern about in paragraph 4?
A。 the need to produce results
B。 the lack of financial support
C。 the selection of areas to research
题干中能令考生感觉详细一点的也就只是 scientific research 了,不过,依照它找到paragraph 4,发现只读和scientific research 有关的句子还是无法作答,首句中的’One is the lopsidedness built into scientific research.’并不能令考生得知”偏颇”的具体内容,而第二句:Scientific funding goes mainly to areas with many problems. 又容易让考生误解为B 也可能成为正确答案,从而在B和C之间举棋不定,难以取舍,因为该题其实是在考核对全段的综合理解能力, 题干中的scientific research并不能认为是一个详细信息点,既然在句尾出现了in paragraph 4.
此时,题干应被判断为是general 类的,依照前文所述,先读A,B,C,D四个选项。从A与D的内容雷同来看,可以排除这2者的正确性,因为正确答案是唯一的;在B与C之间,它们的差异是非常明显的。这时只需谨记financial 和area,带着问题去读指定段落,任务就显得轻松多了,由段落中的第二句和末句可知答案是C。
对于多项选当中的选标题类的题目来说,运用此种方法能够极大程度地减低难度。下面谨举一例说明:
Question 14 / Test 1 / Cambridge IV:
Choose the correct letter A,B,C or D。
Which of the following is the most suitable title for Reading Passage 1?
A。 The development of a programme in environmental studies within a science curriculum
B。 Children’s ideas about the rainforests and the implications for course design
C。 The extent to which children have been misled by the media concerning the rainforests
D。 How to collect, collate and describe the ideas of secondary school children
E。 The importance of the rainforests and the reasons for their destruction
这是一道极为有挑战的对全片文章的主旨大意的考核,难度可想而知,不过若从读选项入手,情况似乎出现了极为巧妙的转机。
A 选项是要被排除掉的,因为整个statement 竟然没有涉及全篇的核心话题rainforests, 错误显而易见。D 选项因为同样错误也被排除。E 选项中的importance 和 reasons 只是文中提及的5个问题之2, 而这5个问题应该是并列的关系,从逻辑上讲,错误是很明显的。这样就余下B和C作为最后抉择的选项,注意二者的不同之处,implications 和 misled. 这时回原文中寻找,在第三段出现了:The aim of the present study is to start to provide such information, to help teachers design their educational strategies to … 而C选项始终无从谈起,在文中没有有力的支持。正确答案是 B。