Questions 6-9: 该题秉承了Summary填空题一贯的核心信息提示的做法,给出标题Facial Vision, 帮助定位. 该题整体难度适中。其中略难的题目是Q7:The ability actually comes from perceiving 7__________ through the ears. 关键词毫无疑问是ears. 通过Scanning定位到D段:The sensation of facial vision, it turns out, really goes in through the ears. 该句有可能会误导考生将sensation 作为答案。考生必须意识到,sensation不仅在题目的上一句中出现过,而且从意义的表达方面并不具体,备考充分,有经验的考生应该意识到正确答案应该是通过耳朵能感知的具体内容,而并非sensation. 继续读下文:Blind people, without even being aware of the fact, are actually using echoes of their own footsteps and of their sounds, to sense the presence of obstacles,可知通过耳朵能感知的是echoes 或obstacles.
最令考生困惑和无奈的是Questions 1-5 (Matching). 将这种题型置于最后来做是明智之举,通常来讲,大体会有1-2题受益于之前做过的细节判断题,使得该处的Matching 显得非常容易。然而Q1是无法令考生轻松的,即便定位到wildlife 和navigate,也可能会徘徊在Paragraph A, 但始终不能寻到吻合题意的内容,直到第二段末尾,才会看到:Plenty of other modern animals make their living in conditions where seeing is difficult or impossible. 句中划线部分的信息均与题目吻合,可知答案是B; Q4是5道题中另一个较难的题目。能帮助定位的关键词是particular,如果文中原词重现,那么该题的难度就几近于零,所以段落中不大可能会找出particular的原词,而是段落中已经提到的‘发现’,包括‘理论’等。在文章的最后一段E段:But the underlying mathematical theories of radar and sonar are very similar, and much of our scientific understanding of the details of what bats are doing has come from applying radar theory to them. 从而得出答案是E.
Passage 2的标题不会给考生太大压力,首先因为不会涉及到太多的专业词汇,但是迎面而来的第一组题目List of Headings却无法让考生放松,需要完成7道高难度题目,且备选项多达11个!浏览其他题型,发现Qs21-26是是非无判断,考虑先做。这组题目难度不大,但Q23和Q26相对来讲不太好判断。Q23:Modern water system imitate those of the ancient Greeks and Romans.考生很容易根据A段内容先入为主地以为答案会是T.但是根据关键词ancient Greeks and Romans的定位,确定的位置应该是C段:...with water services inferior to those available to the ancient Greeks and Romans. 该句并未提及现代供排水系统是否模仿了古希腊和古罗马的设计,而剩余段落的内容虽然也讨论到相关内容,但仍不能认为是有关imitate的,正确答案是NOT GIVEN.
Q26: In the future, governments should maintain ownership of water infrastructures. 通过Scanning定位到H段,因为首句中出现了other kinds of infrastructure will still have to be built, 细读下来,得出答案NOT GIVEN.