在“聽”過程中,由于段落填空多處于講座或演講中,而演講者語言特征是通常用一些special signal words考生要注意掌握試題的節(jié)奏,通過特殊信號詞來把握原文的脈絡,本文將這些常見信號詞總結為:

并列關系:and, also, too, not only…but also…

遞進關系:then, in addition, moreover, furthermore

轉(zhuǎn)折關系:however, but, while, whereas

因果關系:because, so, as, cause

強調(diào)關系:particularly, do, have to

另外,在聽題的過程中,要注意對聽到的詞和題干中的詞或詞組做同義聯(lián)想,千萬不要奢望和等待所有聽到的詞和詞組都和題干中的一模一樣。

如果我們把之前的段落填空一句句拆開,會發(fā)現(xiàn)其實就是句子完成,只是其句子和句子間存在一定的邏輯關系。接下來,我們繼續(xù)就上一篇例題,看其“聽”時的思路。

{典型范例}:

范例原文:The research indicates that at present for women it takes a crisis to make them think about their future financial situation. But of course this is the very worst time for anyone to make any important decisions.

范例剖析:此題答案為crisis

題干句子和原文結構發(fā)生了較大的變化,題干中的women only think about their financial future when a……. 在原文中出現(xiàn)的是……at present for women it takes a crisis to make them think about their future financial situation……

在之前的系列講解中,曾提到這一出題角度是通過調(diào)換從句中兩個分句的位置,完成關鍵詞后置叫做“考點信息前置”或者說是“定位信息后置”

{溫馨提示}:為更好地把握住這種題型,在平時的學習中要熟悉聽力題目中常見的容易出現(xiàn)關鍵詞后置的結構;此外,勤能補拙,平時的聽寫練習還有由此而來的短時記憶能力的提高都是對付這種題型的不二途徑。

{典型范例}:

范例原文:Women today need to look ahead, think ahead, not wait until they’re under pressure. Even women in their early twenties, need to think about pensions for example.

范例剖析:答案為twenties

37題和36題在出題角度上相似,但是相對簡單,因為題干中通過in their ………..,可以猜測需要填的是數(shù)字,和年齡相關,in one’s ……..,一般我們常見的有in one’s teens, in one’s twenties, in one’s thirties等。