大学英语阅读理解.ppt

阅读理解,阅读理解题型,1.细节题 2. 作者的态度3.生词词义4.推断（推理）题5. 中心思想,1. 事实细节,一、时间、距离以及其它用数字表示的细节时，需要进行计算方能得出答案。,Congress decided in 1818 that the U.S. flag should have 13 stripes because _ . (A) since 1777 it had always had 13 stripes (B) since 1777 it had always had more than 13 stripes. (C) In 1818 there were only 13 states in the Union of the U.S.A. (D) At the founding of the Union of the U.S.A. there had been only 13 states.,Congress thereupon ordered that after July 4, 1818, the flag should have 13 stripes, symbolizing the 13 original states;.,二、 正误判断或询问文中是否提到某一事实，根据选择项中提供的线索，迅速找到文章中相应的部分，细读一下有关内容。与文中内容一致的即可肯定，不一致的即可否定。 注意，在回答Not True之类问题时，必须逐项找出须肯定的内容，方可确定要否定的内容。,Which of the following is NOT true? (A) Western countries and China are being remade. (B) Reading will help understand our age. (C) The present age and future world are continually changing. (D) Reading is the best tool provided by our age. (D),One word that sums up our age better than any other whether “our age ”is “the technological age” of western countries or the “modernizing age” of China is the word CHANGE. But has change not always been present? True, but never before at such a breakneck speed. Today it is more than just change. It is unprecedented change. In such a world, reading provides the best tool we have for keeping up and for avoiding future shock in a world continually being remade.,2.作者的观点或态度,一、有时作者先介绍了某一种观点，却接着在后面提出了相反的观点，因此，要正确判断作者的态度或观点，必须将上下文联系起来看，要注意文章中所陈述的内容并非都代表了作者的观点。,Professor Bakers publisher has stated that this new book will soon take the place of all the old standard works in this field; in view, however, of both the style and content of Professor Bakers book, I find this claim most difficult to accept.,二、作者通过使用词汇的手段，暗示了自己对文中某一具体问题所持的态度和观点。,It is true that city-dwellers and suburbanites can enjoy certain facilities that may be denied to the inhabitants of small towns. What they miss, however, far outweighs such advantages, which, in any case, the vast majority rarely has the time or energy to take advantage of.,3.如何猜测词义,一、利用所出现生词的上下文与其意义上的联系或下文进一步的叙述，猜测词义。 The female mosquito is a vampire and lives on blood.,二、利用文中的举例猜测词义。 Some artists plan their paintings around geometric forms like squares, circles and triangles.,三、利用文中说明词义的同位词或定语等，猜测词义。 They will be on the night shift from midnight to 6 a. m. next week.,四、利用文章中所出现的、与某生词或词组意思相反的内容，猜测词义。 American businessmen expect employees to be punctual. They do not expect that the workers will come late.,五. 利用文章中用不同的话对同一概念的解释，猜测词义。 Should the government regulate the cost of resources such as oil and gas? Some people do not believe that government control is the solution to the problem of the rising cost of fuel.,六、利用基本的构词方法，猜测词义。 They overestimate the interviewees ability and asked him many difficult questions.,4. 判断和推理,The growing demand for paper in recent years is largely due to_Athe rapid development of small businesses Bthe opening up of new marketsCthe printing of high quality copies Dthe increased use of the Internet D,支撑句: It is difficult to measure the quantity of paper used as a result of use of Internet-connected computers, although just about anyone who works in an office can tell you that when e-mail is introduced, the printers start working overtime. I feel in my bones this revolution is causing more trees to be cut down, says Ted Smith of the Earth Village Organization.,5.主题思想,1. 主题句 一段文章的中心思想常常由主题句(Topic Sentence)表达。主题句常常位于段首或段尾处，间或出现在段落中间。,English is clearly an international language. It is spoken by pilots and airport control operators on all the airways of the world. Over 70 percent of the worlds radio programs are in English,2.主题思想应能恰如其分地概括文中所阐述的内容,支撑句: Sugar history in the Hawaiian Islands is filled with pioneering. In sailing ship days, Hawaiian sugar growers were many months from sources of supplies and from markets. This isolation built up among the Hawaiian growers an enduring spirit of cooperation. Growers shared with one another improvements in production. Without government aid of any sort, they built great irrigation projects. Without government help, they set up their own research and experiment organization. Pioneering together over the years, they have provided Hawaii with its largest industry.,(A) In sailing days, Hawaiian sugar growers were many months away from supplies and markets. (B) Hawaiian sugar growers built their great industry without government help. (C) Hawaiian sugar growers have set up their own research organization and have shared improvements. (D) By pioneering together, sugar growers have provided Hawaii with its largest industry. (D),