例二.平行结构(剑桥5/Test1/Reading Passage2)

　　Prior to carrying out the experiment, Milgram explained his idea to a group of 39 psychiatrists and asked them topredictthe average percentage of people in an ordinary population who would be willing to administer the highest shock level of 450 volts. The overwhelming consensus was that virtually all the teacher-subjects would refuse to obey the experimenter. The psychiatristsfelt that most subjects would not go beyond 150 volts' and they furtheranticipated thatonly four per cent would go up to 300 volts. Furthermore, theythought thatonly a lunatic fringe of about one in 1,000 would give the highest shock of 450 volts. What were the actual results? Well, over 60 per cent of the teacher-subjects continued to obey Milgram up to the 450-volt limit!

　　Q22. Before the experiment took place the psychiatrists

　　A.believedthat a shock of 150 volts was too dangerous.

　　B. failed toagree onhow the teacher-subjects would respond to instructions.

　　C.underestimatedthe teacher-subjects' willingness to comply with experimental procedure.

　　D.thoughtthat many of the teacher-subjects would administer a shock of 450 volts.

　　这是一道单选题，从命题的测试目的角度来看，是观点、态度分析类的题目。题干各个选项均含有表示观点、态度的提示词(believed/agree on/underestimated/thought)。与此题相对应的原文段落在语义衔接上是通过近义词和平行的及物性结构来实现，即：predict/felt that/anticipated that/thought that。其形成的连贯语义(即普遍认为试验的主体不会使用高电压)为答案的引出作了重要的铺陈。原文接着以提问的方式给出了一个反面的结果，对应选项C的表示负向意义的观点态度提示词underestimated所引导的内容。与此相类似的平行结构的语义衔接在剑桥真题文章中多次出现，并且基本上都设有考点，反映了命题者对把握语义衔接和连贯的阅读能力的重视。