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在四级考试中,阅读理解所占比重较大,因此阅读理解成绩的好坏直接影响着整个考试的成败。通过对近几年四级真题的分析,我们不难发现,阅读理解部分通常有一篇教育题材的文章,可见教育题材越发受到出题专家的青睐和关注。教育题材的文章内容主要有三类:学校教育、家庭教育和网络教育。无论属于哪一类教育题材,阅读的测试主要集中在两类题型上:推断(推理)题和细节理解题。
1. 推断(推理)题
教育题材的文章一般以教育学生和孩子为主,考试题目不会直接给出答案,而是让考生猜测句子暗含的意思,因此推断题很常见。阅读中,切忌不要"只见树木不见森林",过多地被文字所纠缠。此类题目常见的提问方式如下:The first paragraph indicates that ______. / It can be inferred from the passage that ______. 解答此类题目的关键是从文中找出关键词。一般情况下,虽然文章没有直接给出答案,但是答案会隐藏在某句话或某几个词后面,如连词but, because等或动词suggest, infer, indicate等。
例如:2007年12月的试题。
The attraction for students might at first seem obvious. Primarily, there’s the convenience promised by courses on the Net: you can do the work, as they say, in your pajamas (睡衣). But figures indicate that the reduced effort results in a reduced commitment to the course. While the dropout rate for all fresh-men at American universities is around 20 percent, the rate for online students is 35 percent. Students themselves seem to understand the weaknesses inherent in the setup. In a survey conducted for eCornell, the DL division of Cornell University, less than a third of the respondents expected the quality of the online course to be as good as the classroom course.
Q: According to the passage, distance learning is basically characterized by ______.
A) a considerable flexibility in its academic requirements
B) the great diversity of students’academic backgrounds
C) a minimum or total absence of face-to-face instruction
D) the casual relationship between students and professors
此段选自一篇网络教育题材的文章,主要讲网络教育的趋势和特点。本题主要定位在前两句话,其中关键词是primarily, 句意是起初网络教育对学生的吸引力似乎是显而易见的,主要是因为网上提供的课考试&大程很方便:正如他们所说的那样,你可以穿着睡衣上课。由此推断网络教育的特点是学生很少或完全不用和老师面对面地交流、学习。故选C)。
