劍橋雅思真題集5閱讀部分的分析
本期重點分析Test 2第三篇The Birth of Scientific English的Summary題型。這篇Summary是劍橋5中最難的一篇,也是全文Summary的典范。
這篇文章的Summary題目共有7題(28-34題);題目要求是NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage.
In Europe, modern science emerged at the same time as the nation state. At first the scientific language of choice remained 28_________. It allowed scientists to communicate with other socially privileged thinkers while protecting their work from unwanted exploitation. Sometimes the desire to protect ideas seems to have been stronger than the desire to communicate them, particularly in the case of mathematicians and 29 ________. In Britain, moreover, scientists worried that English has neither the 30________ nor the 31_________to express their ideas. This situation only changed after 1660 when scientists associated with the 32_________ set about developing English. An early scientific journal fostered a new kind of writing based on short descriptions of specific experiments. Although English was then overtaken by 33_________, it developed again in the 19th century as a direct result of the 34___________.
如果這篇文章教師講解時從28題開始,那么從學(xué)生角度而言是相當(dāng)困難。原因在于:28-31題除了Europe和Britain之外,沒有其他的定位詞出現(xiàn)。如果學(xué)生僅靠以上兩個詞定位,完全無法回答前4題。因此這道題目的做題方法應(yīng)該是運用數(shù)字定位,即先做32、33、34,然后倒推上去分別30和31、29、28題。這樣做的好處是:利用年代定位是最快的方式;雖然文章中不一定會出現(xiàn)和題目中同樣的年代表達(dá)方式,但是數(shù)字信息的存在可以大大縮短定位時間。
在分析32題時教師要特別分析該題所涉及的句式結(jié)構(gòu):This situation only changed after 1660 when scientists associated with the 32_________ set about developing English. 該句的主句是This situation only changed after 1660,從句是when scientists associated with the 32_________ set about developing English,在從句部分有兩個動詞associated和set about,因此這道題目在講解是一定要突出scientists associated with the 32_________ 作為主語的概念,然后再到文章中定位搜索相關(guān)信息。第33題和34題做題的時候只能借助19th century定位信息。在文章中并沒有Although句式的出現(xiàn)以及as a result of的原詞對應(yīng)內(nèi)容,因此句式結(jié)構(gòu)的轉(zhuǎn)換和上下文內(nèi)容的理解成為解題的關(guān)鍵!
同樣的30和31題,題目中出現(xiàn)的neithernor結(jié)構(gòu)在文章中也沒有完全對應(yīng)的內(nèi)容,在文章中以lack形式出現(xiàn),體現(xiàn)的是詞組結(jié)構(gòu)多樣性的特點!第29題相對而言是較容易的一題,但是在教學(xué)過程我們發(fā)現(xiàn)很多學(xué)生在1分鐘內(nèi)容無法定位mathematicians這個詞,而大部分學(xué)生在定位以后無法確定答案是什么,這主要是因為文章中并沒有mathematicians and 29 ________原結(jié)構(gòu)對應(yīng)!而是要根據(jù)上下文的具體含義確定答案。因此。在教學(xué)過程中,教師也應(yīng)該強(qiáng)調(diào)充分理解上下文的重要性! 而第28題則是最難的一題了,因為在題目中的詞組或者句式在文章中沒有對應(yīng)的內(nèi)容,完全要依靠paraphrasing技巧來做題!
除了這篇Summary題目之外,本套試題第一篇BAKELITE: The birth of modern plastics中的3題Summary難度也較高!在以后的教學(xué)論文中將對劍橋雅思5的其他題型作進(jìn)一步分析!
本期重點分析Test 2第三篇The Birth of Scientific English的Summary題型。這篇Summary是劍橋5中最難的一篇,也是全文Summary的典范。
這篇文章的Summary題目共有7題(28-34題);題目要求是NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage.
In Europe, modern science emerged at the same time as the nation state. At first the scientific language of choice remained 28_________. It allowed scientists to communicate with other socially privileged thinkers while protecting their work from unwanted exploitation. Sometimes the desire to protect ideas seems to have been stronger than the desire to communicate them, particularly in the case of mathematicians and 29 ________. In Britain, moreover, scientists worried that English has neither the 30________ nor the 31_________to express their ideas. This situation only changed after 1660 when scientists associated with the 32_________ set about developing English. An early scientific journal fostered a new kind of writing based on short descriptions of specific experiments. Although English was then overtaken by 33_________, it developed again in the 19th century as a direct result of the 34___________.
如果這篇文章教師講解時從28題開始,那么從學(xué)生角度而言是相當(dāng)困難。原因在于:28-31題除了Europe和Britain之外,沒有其他的定位詞出現(xiàn)。如果學(xué)生僅靠以上兩個詞定位,完全無法回答前4題。因此這道題目的做題方法應(yīng)該是運用數(shù)字定位,即先做32、33、34,然后倒推上去分別30和31、29、28題。這樣做的好處是:利用年代定位是最快的方式;雖然文章中不一定會出現(xiàn)和題目中同樣的年代表達(dá)方式,但是數(shù)字信息的存在可以大大縮短定位時間。
在分析32題時教師要特別分析該題所涉及的句式結(jié)構(gòu):This situation only changed after 1660 when scientists associated with the 32_________ set about developing English. 該句的主句是This situation only changed after 1660,從句是when scientists associated with the 32_________ set about developing English,在從句部分有兩個動詞associated和set about,因此這道題目在講解是一定要突出scientists associated with the 32_________ 作為主語的概念,然后再到文章中定位搜索相關(guān)信息。第33題和34題做題的時候只能借助19th century定位信息。在文章中并沒有Although句式的出現(xiàn)以及as a result of的原詞對應(yīng)內(nèi)容,因此句式結(jié)構(gòu)的轉(zhuǎn)換和上下文內(nèi)容的理解成為解題的關(guān)鍵!
同樣的30和31題,題目中出現(xiàn)的neithernor結(jié)構(gòu)在文章中也沒有完全對應(yīng)的內(nèi)容,在文章中以lack形式出現(xiàn),體現(xiàn)的是詞組結(jié)構(gòu)多樣性的特點!第29題相對而言是較容易的一題,但是在教學(xué)過程我們發(fā)現(xiàn)很多學(xué)生在1分鐘內(nèi)容無法定位mathematicians這個詞,而大部分學(xué)生在定位以后無法確定答案是什么,這主要是因為文章中并沒有mathematicians and 29 ________原結(jié)構(gòu)對應(yīng)!而是要根據(jù)上下文的具體含義確定答案。因此。在教學(xué)過程中,教師也應(yīng)該強(qiáng)調(diào)充分理解上下文的重要性! 而第28題則是最難的一題了,因為在題目中的詞組或者句式在文章中沒有對應(yīng)的內(nèi)容,完全要依靠paraphrasing技巧來做題!
除了這篇Summary題目之外,本套試題第一篇BAKELITE: The birth of modern plastics中的3題Summary難度也較高!在以后的教學(xué)論文中將對劍橋雅思5的其他題型作進(jìn)一步分析!