NMET阅读理解试题是对考生综合运用语言能力的考查,它侧重考查考生准确理解语言信息和综合处理语言信息的能力。所选文章信息量大,体裁广泛,题材新颖,且试题占分比例最大,分值最高。因此,阅读理解答题的好坏直接影响试卷的得分。考生怎样才能在较短的时间内准确理解语言信息,推断一些隐含意义呢?笔者认为,掌握正确的阅读方法是阅读的关键。一
、通读全文,掌握大意(mainidea)
有些考生拿起文章便读,甚至逐字逐句翻译,结果读了很长时间却不知道作者写了什么,且不断地复视,唯恐遗忘,这种读法耗时长,效率低。事实上,当我们在答阅读理解试题时,应该先通读试题(不包括选项),弄清考查点,做到心中有数,然后有针对性地通览全文,从整体上掌握大意,这是快速阅读中非常重要的一步。在通览时,我们应该学会找出中心句(topicsentence),它是用来阐述文章主题,说明作者观点的句子,中心句多数位于段首或段尾,有时也位于文中。因此,在阅读时应注意文章的两头。找到了中心句,也就基本上理解了文章的大意,以此为线索,采用掠读或扫读的方法,迅速找出能够支持中心句的关键词、句,在脑海中形成文章的框架,然后根据试题,进行部分细节阅读,这种阅读速度便会大大加快。例如NMET97阅读理解B篇短文如下:
Inthe1930s,alotofpeopleintheUSAwereoutofwork.Amongthesepeoplewasamaamed
AlfredButts.Healwayshadaninterestinwordgamesandso,tofillhistime,heplaed
agamewhichhecalled\'Lexico\'.However,hewaotcompletelysatisfiedwiththegame,sohe
madeanumberofchangestoitand,intime,changeditamefrom\'Lexico\'to\'Alph\'andthento\'CriCro\'.Hewantedtomakesomemoneyfromhiewgamebuthedidn\'thaveanyrealcommercial(商业性的)succe.
In1939,ButtshaenedtomeetamancalledJimBrunotwhoshowedaninterestinthenew
game.Thetwomenworkedtogetherondevelopingthegameandin1948itwasofferedforsaleintheUnitedStatesunderitewname——\'Scrale\'.
Atfirst,itdidn\'tsellverywell.Inthefirstyearitsoldjust2,250setsandby1951ithadonlyreached8,500setsayear.
Then,in1952themanagerofMacy\'sdepartmentstoreiewYork.JackStrau,haenedto
play\'Scrale\'whilehewasonholiday,hethoughtitwasawonderfulgameand,whenhewentbacktoworkafterhisholiday,heiistedtheMacy\'houldstock(储备)thegameandmake
aneffort(努力)tocallthepublic\'sattentiontoit.
Asaresult,\'Scrale\'becameabigsucceintheUnitedStatesanditsooreadtoAustraliaandthentootherEnglish-eakingcountries.
1.Thetextismainlyabout__________.
A.\'Lexico\'B.threemen
C.awordgameD.AlfredButts
2.AlfredButtsinventedthegame\'Lexico\'________.
A.tomakehimselffamous
B.tomakeellingsimpler
C.whenhewasoutofworkandlookingforajob
D.whenhewalayingwordgamestopathetime
3.Whomade\'Scrale\'pouplar?
A.AlfredButts.
B.JackStrau.
C.AlfredButtsandJimBrunot.
D.JackStrauandJimBrunot.
4.WhendidAlfredButtsfirstputhisgameonthemarket?
A.In1939.B.In1948.
C.Before1939.D.Between1939and1948.
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