新gre填空增加了三空題型,自去年新gre改革以來更加側重基礎能力的考察,新gre填空三空題型更多的考察單詞的用法和精確含義,同時天空中加深了閱讀理解能力的考察,因此考生在備考gre填空時大量的閱讀訓練也必不可少。
例2. (OG Authentic GRE Practice Test Section 4, Q20)
Wills argues that certain malarial parasites are especially (i) ______ because they have more recently entered humans than other species and therefore have had (ii) ______ time to evolve toward (iii) ______. Yet there is no reliable evidence that the most harmful Plasmodium species has been in humans for a shorter time than less harmful species.
BLANK (i) BLANK (ii) BLANK (iii)
(A) populous (D) ample (G) virulence
(B) malignant (E) insufficient (H) benignity
(C) threatened (F) adequate (I) variability
KEY: BEH
(一) 首先看blank2,they have more recentlyentered humans than other species and thereforehave had (ii) ______timeto evolve
1. Therefore表示對上文的承接,因為they最近才進入人體,因而在人體中的演變時間較短。
2. 選擇與自主判讀已知的詞匯填空:
[1]. ample:(富饒的)generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity
[2]. insufficient:(不足的)not sufficient : INADEQUATE; especially : lacking adequate power, capacity, or competence
[3]. adequate:(充足的)sufficient for a specific requirement
(二) Yetthere is no reliable evidencethat the most harmfulPlasmodium specieshas been in humans for a shorter timethan less harmfulspecies.
1. Yet表示對上文的否定,兩句話是反義關系,但是由于no reliable evidence作為否定詞存在對整個句子再次進行取反,因而本句話中that引導的從句中所述內容即為前一句話中的同義轉述。
2. 而由于存在時間對比,存在時間較久的與存在時間短暫的物種之間的狀態相反,即存在較久的物種毒性差。
(三) Wills argues that certain malarial parasitesare especially (i) ______becausethey have more recentlyentered humans thanother speciesand thereforehave had (ii) ______timeto evolve toward (iii) ______. Yetthere is no reliable evidencethat the most harmfulPlasmodium specieshas been in humans for a shorter timethan less harmfulspecies.
1. 帶回第一句看看第二句中與之對應部分。
2. 在人體中存在時間短的物種毒性較強,因而沒有時間進化到毒性較弱的品種,對于blank3,應該填入less harmful的同義詞。
3. 選擇與自主判讀已知的詞匯填空:
[1]. virulence:(毒害)the quality or state of being virulent
[2]. benignity:(良性的)of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life
[3]. variability:(多變的)able or apt to vary : subject to variation or changes
(四) 理解句意,看是否邏輯與語義契合:
Wills稱,有些瘧原蟲特別的危險,因為這些寄生蟲近些時間才入侵人體,相比其他類型的瘧原蟲而言,這些瘧原蟲沒有足夠的時間來向毒害稍微輕一點的程度演化。但是,現實中卻沒有足夠可靠的證據證實在人體中出現的最有害的幾種瘧原蟲,相比其他有害程度低一些的瘧原蟲而言,在人體內出現的時間要短一些。下一題》
新gre填空更加注重實際運用語言能力的考察,減少了對單詞純意義的考察,所以備考新gre填空考試的考生可以根據以上gre官方指南對三空題型的解析進行備考。