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7. (PowerPrep II Section 4 Q6)(AEH)
To the untutored eye the tightly forested Ardennes hills around Sedan look quite (i) ______, (ii) ______ place through which to advance a modern army; even with today’s more numerous and better roads and bridges, the woods and the river Meuse form a significant (iii) ______.
BLANK (i) BLANK (ii) BLANK (iii)
(A) impenetrable (D) a makeshift (G) resource
(B) inconsiderable (E) an unpropitious (H) impediment
(C) uncultivated (F) an unremarkable (I) passage
(一) 選取第一、二個空格所在部分:
… the tightly forested Ardennes hills around Sedan look quite (i) ______, (ii) ______ place through which to advance a modern army …
在第一句話中沒有表示反義的關聯元素,也沒有否定詞,故相關詞語之間應當表達同一個含義。
Blank1中應該填入一個形容詞,是對于Ardennes hills around Sedan的一項屬性的描述,而Ardennes hills around Sedan的特點是tightly forested,而后面說的是關于讓軍隊通過的問題,故茂密的森林對于軍隊通過是一項不利的影響,因為林木阻擋了通路。
前半句說樹木茂密,后面應該是樹木茂密的結果,即軍隊難以通過。
Blank2中應該填入一個形容詞,描述阿登森里對于通過現代化軍隊的難易程度。
選擇與自主判讀一致的詞匯填空:
[1]. impenetrable:(不可穿越的)incapable of being penetrated or pierced
[2]. inconsiderable:(瑣碎的)not considerable : TRIVIAL
[3]. uncultivated:(荒蕪的)not to prepare or not prepare and use for the raising of crops
[4]. makeshift:(臨時的)a usually crude and temporary expedient : SUBSTITUTE
[5]. unpropitious:(不方便的)not favorably disposed : BENEVOLENT
[6]. unremarkable:(平凡的)not worthy of being or likely to be noticed especially as being uncommon or extraordinary
(二) 完成整個題目:
To the untutored eye the tightly forested Ardennes hillsaround Sedan look quite (i) impenetrable, (ii) unpropitious place through whichto advance a modern army evenwith today’s more numerous and better roads and bridges, the woodsand the river Meuseform a significant (iii) ______.
分號表示兩句之間是并列復指關系,前后兩句話是同義關系,故在后半句也說的是阿登森林難以逾越的問題。
而even所在句子為插入語,不影響句意,故后文中還是要表示與前文一致的意思,即“難以通過”。
選擇與自主判讀一致的詞匯填空:
[1]. resource:(資源)a source of supply or support : an available means ? usually used in plural
[2]. impediment:(障礙物)something that impedes
[3]. passage:(通路)a way of exit or entrance
(三) 理解句意,看是否邏輯與語義契合:
對于外行人來說,色當附近被阿登森林茂密的植被所覆蓋的山丘看起來是現代化軍隊無法穿越的;即便是在現在有了更多更好的道橋支持的條件下,那些樹林與Meuse河也是一項難以逾越的障礙。
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。