时间:2019-03-11 作者:英语课 分类:GRE英语


英语课

   gre阅读根据虚拟语气寻找答案。很多gre考生可能在高中的时候就开始学习英语语法中的虚拟语气,但是大多数人学会的仅仅是虚拟语气中的一些规则,估计现在还忘了,这个只是只明其表,不明其理。在gre阅读中虚拟语气就有一种很有用的含义,那就是--见到虚拟语气就要想到“取非”。比如作者如果写到:“如果我能够把韦氏字典都背完,那我GRE阅读肯定没有问题了。”这句话其实想要表达的问题就是“我的GRE阅读有问题”。


  (1) 若在文章中看到虚拟语气,考虑直接取非反义理解,迅速把握作者态度。
  如下面这句话:
  例一:Perhaps, some scientists thought, migrants determine their geographic 1 position on Earth by celestial 2 navigation, almost as human navigators use stars and planets, but this would demand of the animals a fantastic map sense. (选自N0.6题第一套section 1短文章)这句话看似很长,翻译成为中文的意思是:“有些科学家认为,就像人类采用恒星和行星来定位一样,候鸟或许也是采用天体的导航才得以确定它们所处的地理位置,但这要求这类动物具有令人难以置信的地图感。”中文读过去都让人头疼。其实我们用虚拟语气取非的思想来处理,其要表达的意思就很简单,对前半句话取非,说白了就是前半句话是行不通的,也就是“migrants cannot determine their geographic position on Earth by celestial navigation。”可以知道作者对这种解释持负评价。
  我们再来看个例子:
  例二:According to natural selection theory, a worker would enhance her fitness-or ability to propagate her genes-by hatching her own eggs in addition to or in place of the queen’s。(选自国内题1993年10月考题section 5短文章)这句话也是虚拟语气,我们直接取反理解,作者想要表达的就是 “a worker will not enhance her …”
  运用这种取非的思想我们可以迅速的把握作者的态度,以及作者想要表达的真实意思。就不用先翻译成绕口的中文,再拼命的思索其中的含义,可以有效地为考试争取时间。
  (2) 在题干中看到虚拟语气,大多需要用到取非思想,与之相对应的一种题型是GRE阅读题中常见的一种,叫做“改进型取非题”。看例子之前,先简单解释下什么是“改进型取非题”。很简单,如果题干问“如果一个对象怎样会更好”则是改进型取非题,来看具体的例子:
  例:It can be inferred from the passage that the “first theories” of grazer control mentioned in line 3 would have been more convincing if researchers had been able to(选自NO.6第二套section 1长文章),这是一个典型的改进型取非题题干,问的是第三行第一个理论怎样会更好。
  逻辑思路:既然是改进,原文肯定说到了它的不好之处或者有unless的句子,我们把造成不好的原因取非,就是所要的答案了。
  按照此思路定位原文三行,看到后面有这样一句话“A low number of algal cells in the presence of a high number of grazers suggested, but did not prove, that the grazers had removed most of the algae 3。”注意看插入语部分的“but did not prove”,这个就是缺点,取非就是“prove”再看五个选项:
  (A) observe high phytoplankton numbers under natural lake conditions(B) discover negative correlations 4 between algae and zooplankton numbers from their field research(C) understand the central importance of environmental factors in controlling the growth rates of phytoplankton(D) make verifiable correlations of cause and effect between zooplankton and phytoplankton numbers(E) invent laboratory techniques that would have allowed them to bypass their field research concerning grazer control一眼扫过去就只有一个选项在讲证明,就是D中的verifiable。所以答案选D。很快解完此题。
  (3) 取非的思路除了可以在虚拟语气中使用,还可以在另一种逻辑关系中使用,就是强对比的关系,也就是GRE阅读题中另一种常考题型“强对比互取非题”,其主要特点是:原文中有强对比的双方,题干只问及其中一方,答案是对另一方叙述的取非;或者题干和原文存在强对比要素,如典型的时间要素,答案也是对原文的叙述取非。
  来看个简单的例子,
  例:The author suggests that, before the early 1950’s, most historians who studied preindustrial Europe did which of the following(选自NO.6第三套section 4 长文章)思路:在题干中看到了1950’s,第一反应就是要回原文定位,发现原文只讲到了”in the early 1950’s”并没有”before”,这显然就是时间上一个取非的关系,我们把in the early 1950’s干的事情取个非,就是之前干的事情。答案就很好选了,在此不举出来了。
  gre阅读虚拟语气中这个思路很好理解,比如说“我1995年第一次去北京。”很显然,1995年以前我就没有去过北京。这就是时间状语的取非。其它的强对比关系(如处于相对低于空间的事物通常其特点呈强对比;新事物、新观点和旧事物、传统观点呈强对比;用最高级、唯一性限定的事物和其余所有同类事物的特征呈强对比等),相信考生可以一眼看出,

adj.地理学的,地理的
  • The city's success owes much to its geographic position. 这座城市的成功很大程度上归功于它的地理位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Environmental problems pay no heed to these geographic lines. 环境问题并不理会这些地理界限。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
adj.天体的;天上的
  • The rosy light yet beamed like a celestial dawn.玫瑰色的红光依然象天上的朝霞一样绚丽。
  • Gravity governs the motions of celestial bodies.万有引力控制着天体的运动。
n.水藻,海藻
  • Most algae live in water.多数藻类生长在水中。
  • Algae grow and spread quickly in the lake.湖中水藻滋蔓。
相互的关系( correlation的名词复数 )
  • One would expect strong and positive correlations between both complexes. 人们往往以为这两个综合体之间有紧密的正相关。
  • The correlations are of unequal value. 这些对应联系的价值并不相同。
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学英语单词
acknowlegeement of deeds
acoustic mode
air impeller
anharmonic
annual stockholders' meeting
apporter
approximated
as in
attenuation-frequency characteristic
beaute satin
bonanza of sympathy
brownstoned
catch line
cerebral achromatopsia
coefficient of shock resistance
combos
connection
contact pesticide
copracrasia
crane support wall
cutter axis
Cynodon plectostachyum
data-centre
delivery of a deed
dewclaws
dragon-flies
duty partially remitted
early nonstorage type
eating apple
energy eigenstate
Eremurus inderiensis
ethyl bromoacetoacetate
executive
felser
finish broaching
flat bed container
formidolous
forward mail
free mass point
generalized Hankel Fourier transformation
gone a step further
Gowers' bundle
grid-based
hemstitching
hi-low
Hill, John
in-pile dosimeter
jelutongs
law of diminishing utility
Lonicera brevisepala
make herself understood
management of human difference
mesorium
micron(micrometer)
mixed bed column
module connective language
Myfedrine
mythicising
Nonavana
open-side milling machine
ordonezs
orientation disorder
pachydermial
papular perniosis
parishen
partially weather protected location
peacock flower fence
phobist
processing plus memory element
qingzao jiufei decoction
radio propagation
rears up
receiving order
Rhododendron griersonianum
Rubus flosculosus
sacrarial
safety shot
setting set bolt
ship radio licence
shipment cargo
shutter speed setting ring
simps
slippery dicks
soaked and mildewed
somalapor
sonic line of position
space flight environment simulation
spleenwort
sub-telegraph receiver
supplementary calling frequency
Swyer syndrome
tautograph
three-piece suite
tight metal container
Toxoden
uniform crossflow
unjustifiability
upward journey
velocity of movement
weather-proof housing
window advertising
winter salami