4、轉折處與強對比處常考
一般而言，轉折后的內容常常是語義的重點，命題者常對轉折處的內容進行提問。轉折一般通過however,
but, yet, in fact等詞或短語來引導。強對比常由unlike, until, not
so much…as等詞或短語引導。命題者常對用來對比的雙方屬性進行考查。
此類考點常出現在邏輯推理型題中，少數出現于其它題型中。
例1. Some observers say the fault is with the
young people…. But that s a condemnation of the
students as a whole…. Others blame the state of
the world…But disappointed graduates are learning
that it can no longer absorb an army of trained
twenty-two-year-olds, either.(見《分冊》P148頁例4).
Q：According to the passage the problems of
college education partly arise from the fact that
_______ .
(A) society cannot provide enough jobs for
properly trained college graduates.
(B) High school graduates do not fit the
pattern of college education.
(C) Too many students have to earn their own
living.
(D) College administrators encourage students
to drop out.
(分析：選A項。考生閱讀文章時，應注意到文中有兩個"but"的轉折，特別是段末一轉折句意即：但失望的畢業生了解到社會再也不能吸收大量的23歲的訓練有素的大學生。這一轉折后的內容正好是解答題干問題的依據，我們從這句話可以推斷出大學考試之所以出了問題部分源于一個事實，即A項：社會不能為訓練有素的大學生提供足夠工作。此屬邏輯推理題。)
例2…Unlike other lawbreakers, who must leave
the country, commits suicide, or go to jail,
computer criminals sometimes escape punishment,
demanding….(見《分冊》P161頁例2)
Q：It can be conduced from the passage that
________
.(分析：這道題屬邏輯推理題，命題者利用unlike進行強烈對比，要求考生推斷出正確結論。具體分析見《分冊》P165頁例2答案。)
例3 Beauty has always been regard as something
praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive
more respectable occupations. Personal consultants
give them better advice for finding jobs. Even
judges are softer on attentive defendants(被告)。But
in the executive circle, beauty can become a
liability.
Q：The author writes this passage to _______ .
(A) discuss the negative aspects of being
attractive.
(B) Give advice to job-seekers who are
attractive.
(C) Demand equal rights for women.
(D) Emphasize the importance of appearance.
(分析：選A項。屬主旨大意類題型。前面都是講美給人帶來的種種好處，用but突然進行轉折，考生即可推測出下面要講美給人帶來的不利方面了。)
例4. The sensation of sound involves a verity of
factors in addition to its peak level.…In regular
programming the intensity of sound varies over a
large rage. However, sound levels in commercials
tend to stay at or near peak level.
Q: Commercials create the sensate at the
highest sound level.
(A)TV stations always operate at the highest
sound level.
(B)Their sound levels are kept around peak
level.
(C)Their sound levels are kept in the middle
frequency rarges.
(D)Unlike regular programs their intensity of
sound varies over a wide range.
(分析：選B項，該題屬闡述說明主旨大意的事實細節題。用however作轉折，指出商業節目的音量是保持或接近峰值(peak
levels)。命題者給出的B答案中，只是對however后原句進行了詞語和句型的轉換，詳析見《分冊》P16頁例8答案。)
相關推薦：新英語四級考試高分法寶：快速閱讀法
更多信息請訪問：考試吧四六級欄目
＞＞＞來四六級論壇看看吧
＞＞＞四六級博客圈，你開博了嗎？
