3. The streams, lakes, meadows, mountain ridges and forests that make the Poconos an ideal place for black bears have also attracted more people to the region. Open spaces are threatened by plans for housing estates and important habitats are endangered by highway construction. To protect the Poconos’natural beauty from irresponsible development, the Nature Conservancy named the area one of America’s"Last Great Places". Q: The purpose in naming the Poconos as one of America’s" Last Great Places"is to ______.(CET-4,2005年6月)

　　A) gain support from the local community

　　B) protect it from irresponsible development

　　C) make it a better home for black bears

　　D) provide financial security for future generations

　　答案&解析

　　1. B)。此題是考查原因的細節題。表明事實后作者馬上陳述了原因,即人們經常愛從性別的角度詢問其工作的相關情況。故選B)。

　　2. A)。此題是考查指稱的細節題。代詞往往指代之前所提到的相關事物。前一句話里已經很清楚地說到engineering and the liberal arts。故選A)。

　　3. B)。此題是變相考查原因的細節題。文章用一個不定式表示原因,即to protect the Poconos’ natural beauty from irresponsible development。故選B)。

　　這一期我們來學習如何從整體上準確地把握記敘文體裁的文章。二、語篇的理解任何文章都有主題思想。考查主題思想也就是考查記敘文六要素中的what。試題一般不會考查時間(when)、地點(where)、人物(who), 但是時間的先后、地點的轉換以及人與人之間的關系等是大家必須要弄清楚的。這類題常見的提問方式如下：What do we learn (conclude) from the X paragraph? / We learn (conclude) from the passage that ____. / How did the author feel about X? / This passage is most probably taken from an article entitled “_____”.

　　從這些問題我們可以看出，考查語篇的理解可以從以下三個方面來進行:考查文章大意、考查作者的態度以及為文章選個題目。

　　1. 文章大意大家要注意的是，試題有時考查的是整篇文章的大意，有時是某一段落的大意。在說明文和議論文中，往往在段落或文章的開頭或結尾部分有表明文章中心思想的主題句，但是記敘文就不一定了。記敘文的中心思想往往需要考生自己去理解和概括。這種理解既不能太籠統，也不能太具體，因為主旨題的干擾項有三種：第一種是概括范圍太窄，只表達局部信息或某一細節;第二種是概括范圍太寬，所表達的內容超出了文章敘述的內容;第三種是文章中未提到的或無依據的信息。下面我們以2007年12月四級真題A卷中第二篇深度閱讀的第一題為例，看看如何做這類題。

　　In this age of Internet chat, video games and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last year.

　　Q: What do we learn from the first paragraph?

　　A) Children do find lots of fun in many mindless activities.

　　B) Rebecca is much too occupied to enjoy her leisure time.

　　C) Rebecca draws on a lot of online materials for her writing.

　　D) A lot of distractions compete for children’s time nowadays.