做題七種武器

　　① 無關詞排除

　　② 邏輯關系

　　③ 同現：褒義或貶意，作者的含有相同傾向的詞

　　④ 浮現：同一個概念不同詞語表達，再次出現

　　⑤ 關聯：and, or

　　⑥ 時間線索

　　⑦ 總分結構對照分析

　　通讀文章再做題，第一段第一句話一定要讀懂

　　邏輯關系舉例

　　Close Test 4

　　Manpower Inc., with 560,000 workers, is the world's largest temporary employment agency. Every morning, its people 41 into the offices and factories of America, seeking a day's work for a day's pay. One day at a time. 42 industrial giants like General Motors and IBM struggle to survive 43 reducing the number of employees, Manpower, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is booming.

　　44 its economy continues to recover, the US is increasingly becoming a nation of part-timers and temporary workers. This " 45 " work force is the most important 46 in American business today, and it is 47 changing the relationship between people and their jobs. The phenomenon provides a way for companies to remain globally competitive 48 avoiding market cycles and the growing burdens 49 by employment rules, healthcare costs and pension plans. For workers it can mean an end to the security, benefits and sense of 50 that came from being a loyal employee.

　　41. [A] swarm [B] stride [C] separate [D] slip

　　42. [A] For [B] Because [C] As [D] Since

　　43. [A] from [B] in [C] on [D] by

　　44. [A] Even though [B] Now that [C] If only [D] Provided that

　　45. [A] durable [B] disposable [C] available [D] transferable

　　46. [A] approach [B] flow [C] fashion [D] trend

　　47. [A] instantly [B] reversely [C] fundamentally [D] sufficiently

　　48. [A] but [B] while [C] and [D] whereas

　　49. [A] imposed [B] restricted [C] illustrated [D] confined

　　50. [A] excitement [B] conviction [C] enthusiasm [D] importance

　　只有as 才表達強對比關系

　　while 可以表達同時發生的，既對立又并列的關系

　　同現舉例

　　Cloze Test 5

　　Until recently most historians spoke very critically of the Industrial Revolution. They 41 that in the long run industrialization greatly raised the standard of living for the 42 man. But they insisted that its 43 results during the period from 1750 to 1850 were widespread poverty and misery for the 44 of the English population. 45 contrast, they saw in the preceding hundred years from 1650 to1750, when England was still a 46 agricultural country, a period of great abundance and prosperity.

　　The view, 47 , is generally thought to be wrong. Specialists 48 history and economics, have 49 two things: that the period from 1650 to 1750 was 50 by great poverty, and that industrialization certainly did not worsen and may have actually improved the conditions for the majority of the populace.

　　41. [A] admitted [B] believed [C] claimed [D] predicted

　　42. [A] plain [B] average [C] mean [D] normal

　　43. [A] momentary [B] prompt [C] instant [D] immediate