Lesson 2 Short Paired-passages (SPP) ★

1. Brief intro: P1+P2 followed by 4 questions

每次考試1篇 時間5mins

2. Solution to SPP
① Read P1& P2 and take a brief note (重首句,末句和轉折句)
( pay more attention to the FIRST sentence and the LAST sentence of each passage which may be a TS or Conclusion, as well as the sentences with conjunctions such as BUT, NEVERTHELESS, HOWEVER etc.）

② Read a question and scrutinize its options

③ Select the best choice for it

④ Repeat steps ② and ③ for each question

3. Relationship P2 between P1

※ Opposition (V2 △ V1)

① V2 totally different from V1 (P391)

② V2 partially against V1 (P589) +(P665)

部分否定的典型說法：(混合態度, 重點在后)

※ I cannot dispute _________. What I do dispute, however, is/are ___________________.

※ I don not dispute_________, But I __________________________________________.

③ V2 extends V1 (P862)

※ Support (V2 ∥V1) (P543) + (P711, P58)

※ Relate to each other in some ways (P466) + (P787, P78)

4. Paired-passages的典型問題及對策：

①互聯題(僅在PP中出現)：

※ ID:

① Which of the following best describes the relationship between the two passages?

② ______ in P2 would most likely +VERB +______ in P1?

TYPES OF VERBS:

support/ exemplify/agree with/espouse/strengthen

weaken/undermine/discredit/criticize/damage

respond to/react to/ claim/assert/argue/

contend/suggest/consider/interpret/view/regard

※ Solution:

先搞清known info, unknown info, relationship 三大要素，然后從known→unknown.

②求異題(此題型并非PP中獨有，但經常出現)：

※ ID

P1 differs from P2 in that________________

Unlike P1, P2_________________________

contrast/difference between P1& P2 is that _____

X in P1& P2, respectively, are________________

Compared to P1, P2____________________

_____________________is in P1, but not in P2?

※Solution: 找不同

③求同題(此題型并非PP中獨有，但經常出現)：

※ ID

P1 is similar/ analogous/ parallel /akin to P2 in that________________

Which of the following statement is shared by P1 & P2?

Both passages__________

X in P1 is most like ________ in P2?

What do P1& P2 have in common?

※ Solution: 找交集和補集

※ Expression for correct answer:

① Both mention 交集

② Both do not mention補集/Neither mentions 補集

※ Elimination of options:

① 僅表現P1or P2內容的選項

② 提及了P1和 P2 都not mention (N/M)的內容的選項