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12. (Revised GRE Practice Book Section 3 Q7)(BEG)
Room acoustics design criteria are determined according to the room’s intended use. Music, for example, is best (i) ______ in spaces that are reverberant, a condition that generally makes speech less (ii) ______. Acoustics suitable for both speech and music can sometimes be created in the same space, although the result is never perfect, each having to be (iii) ______ to some extent.
BLANK (i) BLANK (ii) BLANK (iii)
(A) controlled (D) abrasive (G) compromised
(B) appreciated (E) intelligible (H) eliminated
(C) employed (F) ubiquitous (I) considered
(一) 選取第一個空格所在部分:
Room acoustics design criteria are determined according to the room's intended use. Music, for example,is best (i)______ in spaces...
第一句話說室內音響設計是依據房間的不同用途而定的,而后面的話通過for example表明是前一句話的解釋說明,因而在這句話里面還應該有關于房間用途的說法,因而,對于music而言,其用法應該是“被聽”
選擇與自主判讀一致的詞匯填空:
[1]. controlled:(控制)
[2]. appreciated:(欣賞)to recognize with gratitude
[3]. employed:(使用)to make use of
(二) 選取第二個空格所在部分:
Room acoustics design criteria are determined according to the room’s intended use. Music, for example, is best (i)______ in spaces that are reverberant, a condition that generally makes speech less (ii) ______.
Blank(ii)承接blank(i)的意思,在整個for example這句話中,分句之間沒有任何反義關聯元素,因而分句之間是同義關系,即:音響設計與其房間需求有著直接的關系,對于不同的目的應該有不同的音響設置。而對于music與speech而言,兩者不是同一種東西,因而適用于music的環境就不適用于speech,因而后半句應該是表示“不適用于speech”的意思。
然而,由于有less的存在,在一定程度上可以充當否定詞,因而對于這里的詞語,應該與blank(i)是同義關系,即“聽”。
選擇與自主判讀一致的詞匯填空:
[1]. abrasive:(粗糙的)causing irritation
[2]. intelligible:(可以理解的)capable of being understood or comprehended
[3]. ubiquitous:(遍布的)existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : WIDESPREAD
(三) 選取第三個空格所在部分:
Acoustics suitable for both speech and music can sometimes be created in the same space, although the result is never perfect, each having to be (iii) ______ to some extent.
調整語序:Although the result is never perfect, acoustics suitable for both speech and music can sometimes be created in the same space, each havingto be (iii) ______ to some extent.
調整以后,發現同時存在although與never進行取反,因而后面兩句話應該表達一種類似于“perfect”的正面特征。
由于music與speech的要求是不同的,對于出現在同一個室內的情況,應該對其進行一定的調整,以適應相互的不同要求。
選擇與自主判讀一致的詞匯填空:
[1]. compromised:(妥協)to adjust or settle by mutual concessions(正確選項)
[2]. eliminated:(消除)to cast out or get rid of : REMOVE, ERADICATE(相反選項)
[3]. considered:(考慮)to think about carefully(考慮以后的結果方向不確定,錯誤)
(四) 理解句意,看是否邏輯與語義契合:
室內音響設計的標準是根據這個房間的用途而定的,以音樂為例,音樂往往在有回聲的空間中欣賞效果最好,但是這些回聲卻有減弱觀眾對于演講的理解效果。(不過)有時候經過協調處理以后能夠在同一個房間內同時聽音樂與演講,盡管這樣的效果不是絕對完美的。
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。