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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技巧。这一期,我们将学习根据作者的态度进行推断的技巧。
推理判断之根据作者态度来推断
在一些文章中,作者在文中会以主人公的身份直接或明确地表明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。
现在,我们就通过下面这道例题来体会如何运用这种推断技巧解答此类题。
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【例题】
阅读下面的短文,并完成短文后的题。
I worked at a restaurant a few months ago. One night, just before Christmas, I found a large black wallet on the floor near one table. I guessed I should check it to find out who was the owner, but I was very busy at that time. And I thought that if there was something valuable in the wallet, the owner would be back.
Sure enough, an hour later, a man came up to the counter and asked if anyone had found a wallet. I asked him what his lost wallet was like, and after he described it exactly, I gave the wallet back to him. He expressed his thanks when I handed it to him. He told me that there was nearly 800 dollars in it, and then he handed me a twenty-dollar bill as a reward for my honesty.
Twenty dollars, compared with 800 dollars, was too little. Yet, as a reward for my honesty, it was priceless. The good feeling this experience gave me was worth more than anything that could be bought.
From the passage, we can infer that the author _______.
A. used to be a dishonest man
B. enjoyed the feeling of being honest
C. had never known the worth of honesty
D. wanted to teach more people to be honest
【解题过程详解】
首先,我们扫读各选项的内容,得知四个选项讨论的共同话题是关于“诚实”的。接下来,跳读原文可知,文章前两段在讲故事,最后一段作者谈到了对“诚实”的相关看法。通过该段的最后两句“Yet, as a reward for my honesty, it was priceless. The good feeling this experience gave me was worth more than anything that could be bought.”我们可以推断出,作者很喜欢为人诚实的感觉。因此,正确答案为B。
【归纳与总结】
针对这类推理判断题,我们通常采取的解题思路为“找话题——看态度——做推断”。具体来说有以下三个步骤:
1. 扫读选项内容,确定选项讨论的话题;
2. 跳读原文,找到原文中作者或主人公对此话题的看法或观点;
3. 根据作者或主人公的态度及文章中对应的信息进行推理判断,得出正确答案。
练一练
阅读下面的短文,并完成短文后的题。
The weather is getting hotter. You may be very thirsty after playing basketball or riding home from school. Then a cold drink is just a good choice, but be careful about what you are drinking because something