新GRE閱讀考試復習,一般從GRE詞匯入手,再進行GRE閱讀長難句子的練習。但是往往忽略了新GRE填空題型的規律總結,下面為考生們進行GRE閱讀題型解析,各種題型進行詳細的解讀,幫助考生們找到新GRE閱讀做題技巧。
羅馬數字題
羅馬數字題是GRE閱讀中出現比較多的一種題型,通常情況,考試的題型中定會有一道或兩道這類題型。雖然,出題的數目不是很多,但是也要特別注意。羅馬數字題主要考查考生對文章的理解以及一些邏輯推理能力。在對文章的時候要對一些例子、解釋等特別關注,要在文中做好標記,以便迅速地找到答案。
羅馬數字題題的基本結構:
The author provides following which of the following examples in the passage?
1.Ⅰ only
2.Ⅱ only
3.Ⅲ only
4.Ⅰ & Ⅱ
5.Ⅱ & Ⅲ
當遇到羅馬數字題時,首先回原文找列舉,沒有列舉再繼續看題做答。做大多數羅馬數字題有捷徑可走的,考生應該在看完選項后先看備選答案。比如,幾個備選答案都有Ⅰ,則Ⅰ肯定是正確的,就不必再判斷了。
下面舉一個具體的例子:
The recent, apparently successful, prediction by mathematical models of an appearance of El Nino—the warm ocean current that periodically develops along the Pacific coast of South America—has excited researchers……
It has long been known that during an El Nino, two conditions exist: (1) unusually warm water extends along the eastern Pacific, principally along the coasts of Ecuador and Peru, and (2) winds blow from the west into the warmer air rising over the warm water in the east.These winds tend to create a feedback mechanism by driving the warmer surface water into a “pile” that blocks the normal upwelling of deeper, cold water in the east and further warms the eastern water, thus strengthening the wind still more.The contribution of the model is to show that the winds of an El Nino, which raise sea level in the east, simultaneously send a signal to the west lowering sea level.According to the model, that signal is generated as a negative Rossby wave, a wave of depressed, or negative, sea level, that moves westward parallel to the equator at 25 to 85 kilometers per day.Taking months to traverse the Pacific, Rossby waves march to the western boundary of the Pacific basin, which is modeled as a smooth wall but in reality consists of quite irregular island chains, such as the Philippines and Indonesia.
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無論做什么題,我們在對完文章后,都要清楚一個基本的問題,就是文章的結構和行文思路。這篇文章屬于結論解釋型文章,作者在第一段的第一句話就提出了結論,后面所以內容都是對這個結論的解釋說明。所以,文章的首句是全文的中心句(topic sentence)。
It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following would result fairly immediately from the cessation of the winds of an El Nino?
I.Negative Rossby waves would cease to be generated in the eastern Pacific.
II. The sea level in the eastern Pacific would fall.
III. The surface water in the eastern Pacific would again be cooled by being mixed with deep water.
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) I and II only
(D) I and III only
(E) I, II, and III
分析:
1.弄清題目和選項的意思
題目的意思是“如果導致厄爾尼諾的風停止,會出現什么結果?”
I.負的R波在太平洋不會產生。
II.東太平洋的海平會下降。
Ⅲ.東太平洋表層海水會因為深層水的混合而重新變冷。
2.找到解答題目的突破口
文章中的第二段主要講了這種風的效果,如果是風停止了,那么我們只需對文中的效果取非即可,這是解答這道題的關鍵。文中的陰影部分就是對這部分的解釋。下面我們就這三個選項進行分析。
Ⅰ.這部分在文中的定位是The contribution of the model is to show that the winds of an El Nino, which raise sea level in the east, simultaneously send a signal to the west lowering sea level.According to the model, that signal is generated as a negative Rossby wave, 即“此模型的貢獻在于顯示了厄爾尼諾現象中的風使東海平面升高,同時向西部低海平面區發送一個信號。該信號可稱作負的Rossby波,此波低于海平面,平行于赤道西移。”我們就可以知道,這個信號是由厄爾尼諾現象中的風所導致的,如果導致厄爾尼諾的風停止,那么也就不會有這個信號的出現,這樣,Ⅰ的說法是正確的。
Ⅱ.這部分在文中的定為也是上面所提到的,在厄爾尼諾現象中的風使東海平面升高,那么,如果導致厄爾尼諾的風停止了,東太平洋的海平面就會恢復正常的狀態,這種正常的狀態應該與厄爾尼諾現象中的風使東海平面升高是相反的,所以,東太平洋的海平會下降是正確的。
以上就是新GRE閱讀題型解析,希望幫助考生們在新GRE閱讀復習的時候更加了解新GRE閱讀的出題目的,以及做題的方法。也希望考生們在新GRE閱讀中取得理想的成績。
n. 中止,(短暫的)停止