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阅读进阶 Graded reading
上一期,我们学习了根据逻辑进行推断的方法。这一期,我们将学习根据作者态度进行推断的技巧。
推理判断之根据作者态度推断
在一些文章中,作者在文中会直接或明确地提出自己对某一话题的态度。根据这些态度,我们可以对文章进行一些合理的推断。
【例题】
阅读下面短文,并完成短文后的题。
In England, people under eighteen years old are not allowed to drink in a bar. Mr Thompson is in favor of(赞同) this rule.
When Mr Thompson’s son Tom had his eighteenth birthday, Mr Thompson took him to the bar that he usually went to for the first time. They drank for an hour. Tom drank a bit. Then Mr Thompson said, “Now, Tom, I want to teach you a useful lesson. How do you know when you’ve had enough? Well, I’ll tell you. Do you see those two lights at the end of the bar? When they seem to become four, you’ve had enough and should go home.” “But, Dad,” said Tom, “I can only see one light at the end of the bar.”
From the passage, we can infer that _______.
A. when Tom was a child, Mr Thompson never went to a bar
B. Mr Thompson allowed his 17-year-old son to drink in a bar
C. Mr Thompson had never taken Tom to a bar before Tom was 18[来源:Zxxk.Com]
D. Mr Thompson didn’t want Tom to drink in a bar until he was 17
【解题步骤指导】
1. 扫读选项内容,确定各选项讨论的话题;
2. 跳读原文,找到原文中作者对此话题的看法或观点;[来源:学,科,网Z,X,X,K]
3. 根据作者的态度及文章中对应的信息进行推理判断,得出正确答案。
【答案及解题过程详解】
C。扫读各选项内容可知,四个选项都讨论的是Mr Thompson是否允许他的儿子Tom去酒吧喝酒的话题。扫读文章的内容,第一段提到了“在英格兰,18岁以下的人是不允许进入酒吧喝酒的”这一规定。紧接着又指出“Mr Thompson is in favor of this rule”,这说明Mr Thompson在他的儿子18岁之前是不允许他去酒吧喝酒的。第二段的开头“When Mr Thompson’s son Tom had his eighteenth birthday, Mr Thompson took him to the bar that he usually went to for the first time.”更清楚地反映出“在Tom 18岁之前,Mr Thompson没有带他去过酒吧喝酒。”因此,C为正确答案。[来源:学&科&网]
【总结】
我们在解答这类推断题时一定要做到:
1. 弄清话题内容;
2. 找准文中反映作者态度的句子,并正确理解该句子;
3. 做出合理的推理,不可凭主观臆断。
练一练
阅读下面短文,并完成短文后的题。
If someone asks me, “Do you need friends?”, I’m sure that my answer is, “Yes, of course.” We need friends when we play or when we work. If we have friends, we will feel happy. If we have no friends, we will feel lonely.
Do you know how to make friends? There is only one good way ― being friendly. A fri