第六讲 怎样做完成句子
一、题型介绍
在全国职称英语等级考试中,完成句子是一种比较新颖的题型。这种题型通常是先给出一篇300词左右的短文,短文后给出五个不完整的句子,一般是缺少一个词,要求考生在理解短文的基础之上,完成这五个句子,即把丢掉的词根据原文的内容给填出来。尽管每个句子都缺少一个词,但如果要填的词比较难,题目设计者提供了所要填的词的第一个字母或前两三个字母,这样难的题目就变得相对容易些了。
由于完成句子这种题型比较新颖,在目前我国其它类型的大规模考试中尚末使用过,许多应试者对该题望而生畏,有的甚至干脆放弃了这一部分。实际上大可不必如此,因为完成句子在本质上只不过是我们常见的阅读理解题型的一种变体,或叫简答题,考生根据自己对于文章的内容的理解从四个先项中先出一个正确的答案。而完成句子这种题型通常是先给出一篇短文,短文后给出五个不完整的句子,每个句子一般缺少一个词,要求考生在理解短文的基础之上,完成这五个句子,这些句子多半已改变了叙述的角度或者采用另一种廉洁,但是句子的内容往往是文章中某些内容的稞。因此,这种题型不过是把觉的阅读理解题型的四个选项去掉,只保留其题干部分,要求考生把不完整的题干(句子)补全。
二、测试点
完成句子主要是用来测试应试者的阅读理解能力和对英语词汇的使用能力,它的测试点与一般的阅读理解题型的测试点基本上一致。下面我们以全国职称英语等级考试理工类样题中的完成句子为例说明命题者是怎样测量考生这种阅读能力,并指出如何解答这类问题。
Computers Can Read
Computers can solve difficult problems and control the machines which are not simple. Many people use small computers called calculators to add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers quickly. Scientists use large computers to solve many problems at the same time. You can play games with computers, and some computers can help you learn languages. The Reading Machine is a special kind of computer. It can read books for blind people.
This machine consists fo three sections: a scanner (扫描仪), a computer, and a vioce synthesizer (合成器)。 These three parts are like your eyes, your brain, and your voice. The scanner is the “eye”of the machine. It scans, or looks at the words on the page of a book and changes them into signals. These signals then go to the computer, the “brain” of the machine. The computer analyzes (分析)the signals and r***gnizes the words and then sends information about the words to the vioce synthesizer. The voice synthesizer makes the sounds of the words.
To use the machine, a blind person simply opens the book and puts it face down on the scanner. The machine reads the words on the page. When one page is finished, the blind person turns the page and puts the bllk on the scanner again. The reading Machine can read in a standard voice in a special fast voice. it can read words with small letters, large lettters, or italics (斜体)。
Blind people like the Reading M
achine because they can “read” anything within newspapers, magazines, books, even typed letter. Many libraries now have Rading Machines for blind people to use. The Reading Machine can also help sighted children learn to read.
Can the Reading machine help you to read in English? The computer can analyze the grammar of sentences, and the voice synthesizer can make the sounds of the words. However, the machine cannot explain the meanings of the words. To use the machine, you must know the meanins of the words and sentences first.
1. The first paragraph is mainly concerned with the different u——of the computers.
从题目来看这个题目考察考生的概括大意的能力。虽然短文的第一段没有明确的主题句,但是读完此段我们就全感觉到,么一段是从几个不同的方面来讲述计算机的用途。而且在本段中use一词使用了两次,再加上本题答案为use.
2. The computer, one of the three parts of the Reading Machine, is like the b—— of a human being.
该题考察应试者把握文章中的事实与细节的能力。我们可以把它转化为这样的一个问题“电脑作为阅读机的三个组成部分之一,他的作用相当人的什么器官?”然后我们再到文章中寻找与此有关的内容,不难发现,与此有关的内容在短文的第二段的开始,This machine consists of three sections: a scanner, a computer, and a voice synthsizer. These three parts are like your eyes, your brain, and your voice. 阅读机包括扫描仪,电脑和合成器三个组成部分,扫描仪相当与人的眼睛,那么电脑也就相当于人的大脑了,因此,本题答案为brain.
3. The Reading Machine can r***gnize the words with letters of differents s——。
此题也是考察应试者把握文章中的事实与细节的能力。我们可以把这个句子转化为这样一个问题:“这种阅读机可以辩认什么样的单词?”文章第三段的最后一句话说阅读机可以识别小的字母,大的字母指的是字母的大小,即size;斜体字母早指的是字母的形状,即type,由于本题要求填入的第一个字母为s,所以答案为size.
4. The Reading Machine may help blind people deal with all kinds of reading m—— such as newspapers,magazines and books.