職稱英語閱讀判斷解題技巧:例題講解1

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【例1】
     Dyslexia
     As many as 20% of all children in the United States suffer from some form of the learning disorder called dyslexia.
    Experts on dyslexia say that the problem is not disease. They say that persons with dyslexia use information in a different way. One of the world's great thinkers and scientists, Albert Einstein was dyslexic. Einstein said that he never thought in words the way that most people do. He said that he thought in pictures instead. The American inventor Thomas Edison was also dyslexic. Dyslexia first was recognized in Europe and the United States more than 80 year ago. Many years passed before doctors discovered that persons with the disorder were not mentally slow or disabled. The doctors found that the brains of persons with dyslexia are different. In most people, the left side of the brain — the part that controls language — is larger than the right side. In persons with dyslexia, the right side of the brain is bigger. Doctors are not sure what causes this difference. However, research has shown that dyslexia is more common in males that in females, and it is found more often in persons who are left-handed. No one knows the cause of dyslexia, but some scientists believe that it may result from chemical changes in a baby's body long before it is born. They are trying to find ways to teach persons with dyslexia. Dyslexic persons think differently and need special kinds of teaching help. After they have solved their problems with language, they often show themselves to be especially intelligent or creative.
    1. One out of five American children suffers from dyslexia.
    A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned來源:考試大
    2. Many great thinkers and scientists in the world are dyslexic.
    A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
    3. The first cases of dyslexia in Europe were discovered less than a century ago.
    A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
    4. The left side of the brain in a dyslexic person is bigger than the right side.
    A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
    5. Generally speaking, dyslexia is more common in left-handed males that in right-handed females.
    A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
    6. It is believed that dyslexia is related to the bad habits of a baby's mother.
    A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
    7. Dyslexic people often turn out to be intelligent or creative once they have learned to handle language properly.
    A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
     答案及詳解:
    1.題目中的關(guān)鍵詞是one out of five和American children. 根據(jù)順序出題的特點(diǎn),我們很快在原文第一段中找到答案,其中one out of是20%的同義改寫,American children是all children in the United States的同義改寫,因此該題的答案為A. Right。
    2.題目中的關(guān)鍵詞great thinkers and scientists. 我們在第二段中找到答案所在句。但是通過對比我們發(fā)現(xiàn),原文中的限制詞是one of,而題目中卻是many。再仔細(xì)閱讀文中發(fā)現(xiàn),文中僅提到愛因斯坦和愛迪生為讀寫困難癥的患者,并未講述除愛因斯坦和愛迪生以外的思想家和科學(xué)家的情況,因此該題的答案為C. Not Mentioned。
    3.題目中的關(guān)鍵詞是專有名詞Europe,我們很快在第二段第五行找到答案所在句。通過對比題目和答案所在句,我們發(fā)現(xiàn)從recognize → discover, more than 80 years ago → less than a century ago都屬于同義改寫,但惟一有差別的是文中提到的兩個(gè)地方:Europe和the United States在80多年前發(fā)現(xiàn)了讀寫困難癥病例,但題目中僅僅提到了Europe。對于這個(gè)問題,我們可以進(jìn)行如下推理:設(shè)A = Europe,B = the United States,實(shí)際上這道題就變?yōu)檫@樣一道推理題:如果A + B正確,那么A是否正確?實(shí)際上很簡單:A + B成立(正確)的充分必要條件是正確,即A正確或者B正確。經(jīng)過這樣的推理,我們知道該題的答案應(yīng)為A. Right。
    4.題目中的關(guān)鍵詞是bigger,我們很快在第二段第九行找到答案所在句。該句題目屬反義表達(dá),所以該題選B. Wrong。
    5.題目中的關(guān)鍵詞是more common。答案所在句在第二段第十句。對答案所在句必須進(jìn)行邏輯分析,我們才能得出正確結(jié)論。設(shè)A = males,B = females,C = left-handed,D = right-handed。根據(jù)答案所在句前半句我們知道:A > B,根據(jù)后半句我們知道,C > D,于是我們進(jìn)行如下推導(dǎo):即以上可知,該題答案為A. Right。
    6.題目中的關(guān)鍵詞應(yīng)為bad habits和baby’s mother,但是通讀全文,我們只找到了無關(guān)信息baby’s body,由此可見,該題正確答案為C. Not Mentioned。
    7.題目中的關(guān)鍵詞是intelligent or creative,我們在全文最后一句找到答案,通過對比,我們知道:show themselves to be → turn out to be, solve → handle等均屬同義表達(dá),所以該題正確答案是A. Right。