四.普遍規(guī)律(A-G)

A.所有的答案就在你眼前

雅思與其它標(biāo)準(zhǔn)考試(如GRE)不同，它僅考查語言。這對(duì)于應(yīng)試者意味著什么呢？這表明，雅思考試并不考查你的推理能力。出題者不會(huì)給你提供信息然后讓你基于這些信息得出結(jié)論。相反，他們給你提供信息并問你這些信息。基本上，他們都是讓你重復(fù)剛剛給你的信息。答案就在你眼前！

這一規(guī)律如何應(yīng)用呢？

雖然有時(shí)你會(huì)被問到一篇文章的主題或?yàn)檫@篇文章選一個(gè)合適的標(biāo)題，但絕大多數(shù)的問題都會(huì)關(guān)注文章中給出的細(xì)節(jié)信息。你要做的僅是把他提供的信息再重復(fù)給他。你不會(huì)被要求基于這些信息得出結(jié)論。以下面的摘錄為例:

"Research in Britain has shown that"green consumers"continue to flourish as a significantsgroupsamongst shoppers. This suggests that politicians who claim environmentalism is yesterday"s issue may be seriously misjudging the public mood."Based upon this passage, you will never be asked a question like:

"There has been a continued presence of"green consumers"in the British market because of…"

A. the rise of the Green party.

B. Concern with global warming

C. Fear of Mad Cow Disease

D. Concern with general state of environment

這些答案都沒有的文章中出現(xiàn)。所以，雅思考試絕不會(huì)問這類問題。

相反，他們會(huì)問這樣的問題：

"Politicians may have"misjudged the public mood"because…"

A. they are pre-occupied with the recession and financial problems.

B. There is more widespread interest in the environmental agenda than they anticipated.

C. Consumer spending has increased significantly as a result of"green"pressure.

D. Shoppers are displeased with government policies on a range of issues.

正如文中所說，政治家們認(rèn)為消費(fèi)者不再關(guān)心環(huán)境問題是他們錯(cuò)誤判斷了民意。答案顯易見。這就是雅思考試的出題方法。正確答案是"B"。

對(duì)于此規(guī)律也會(huì)出現(xiàn)一些例外，我們也發(fā)現(xiàn)了一些。但至少現(xiàn)在我們弄清了自己的任務(wù)。我們的任務(wù)并非掌握或記憶面前的信息，而是了解出題者讓我們尋找的信息是什么。因?yàn)槲覀冎揽梢哉业玫剿械拇鸢福旅嫖覀円莆盏木褪侨绾螌ふ伊恕Ｈ绻覀兊拈喿x的同時(shí)就知道要找什么，我們甚至可能在知道問題是什么之前就找到答案。