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例二.平行結構(劍橋5/Test1/Reading Passage2)
Prior to carrying out the experiment, Milgram explained his idea to a group of 39 psychiatrists and asked them topredictthe average percentage of people in an ordinary population who would be willing to administer the highest shock level of 450 volts. The overwhelming consensus was that virtually all the teacher-subjects would refuse to obey the experimenter. The psychiatristsfelt that most subjects would not go beyond 150 volts' and they furtheranticipated thatonly four per cent would go up to 300 volts. Furthermore, theythought thatonly a lunatic fringe of about one in 1,000 would give the highest shock of 450 volts. What were the actual results? Well, over 60 per cent of the teacher-subjects continued to obey Milgram up to the 450-volt limit!
Q22. Before the experiment took place the psychiatrists
A.believedthat a shock of 150 volts was too dangerous.
B. failed toagree onhow the teacher-subjects would respond to instructions.
C.underestimatedthe teacher-subjects' willingness to comply with experimental procedure.
D.thoughtthat many of the teacher-subjects would administer a shock of 450 volts.
這是一道單選題，從命題的測試目的角度來看，是觀點、態度分析類的題目。題干各個選項均含有表示觀點、態度的提示詞(believed/agree on/underestimated/thought)。與此題相對應的原文段落在語義銜接上是通過近義詞和平行的及物性結構來實現，即：predict/felt that/anticipated that/thought that。其形成的連貫語義(即普遍認為試驗的主體不會使用高電壓)為答案的引出作了重要的鋪陳。原文接著以提問的方式給出了一個反面的結果，對應選項C的表示負向意義的觀點態度提示詞underestimated所引導的內容。與此相類似的平行結構的語義銜接在劍橋真題文章中多次出現，并且基本上都設有考點，反映了命題者對把握語義銜接和連貫的閱讀能力的重視。
