托福阅读事实信息题是托福阅读中相对简单的题型,往往考生会掉以轻心;而它的占比较高,所以考生在答题中一定要注意一些常见的解题错误,从而保证答对率。前程百利小编为大家实例分析一些托福阅读事实信息题注意事项,希望对大家有所帮助。
首先,考生在解题时一定要找准定位。这类题型是对文章信息的直接考察,考生只要找准定位往往不需要太多分析即可解题。但是一些考生可能因为不会定位或者是因为题干信息比较难懂,常常陷入定位过程中,浪费答题时间。比如,考生不能有效区分定位关键词,误把大概念当做定位关键词。
比如TPO 4 Deer Populations of the Puget Sound中的一题:
Paragraph 1: Two species of deer have been prevalent in the Puget Sound area of Washington State in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The black-tailed deer, a lowland, west-side cousin of the mule deer of eastern Washington, is now the most common. The other species, the Columbian white-tailed deer, in earlier times was common in the open prairie country; it is now restricted to the low, marshy islands and flood plains along the lower Columbia River.
题目:According to paragraph 1, which of the following is true of the white-tailed deer of Puget Sound?
○It is native to lowlands and marshes.
○It is more closely related to the mule deer of eastern Washington than to other types of deer.
○It has replaced the black-tailed deer in the open prairie.
○It no longer lives in a particular type of habitat that it once occupied.
分析:题干中的关键概念是the white-tailed deer of Puget Sound,考生可能看过一些关于托福阅读题目定位的技巧,其中多是关于利用比较显眼的专有名词、数字、特殊字体定位等。考生如果没有对于定位方法的深刻理解,此时利用明显的专有名词Puget Sound来定位,马上可以找到第一句,但是第一句并不能帮助解题。这个题目中的关键概念是the white-tailed deer of Puget Sound,其中的名词有white-tailed deer和Puget Sound,这两个概念没有直接的包含关系,但是笼统的说,white-tailed deer这个概念更具体,更小一些,适合作为定位词。利用这个定位词定位到段落第三句,句中的 “in earlier times”和“now”形成对比,早期和现在是不一样的,说明了它们的栖息地发生了变化。所以D选项正确。
其次,尽管考生对托福阅读事实信息题的认知都是它是对细节的考察,但是要注意这只是一般情况,并不是绝对的。因为随着题目难度的加大,也出现了一些对段落主旨进行考察的事实信息题。这些题目往往可以定位到多个位置,解题需要更多分析。比如TPO4Petroleum Resources中的题目。
Paragraph 4: As oil becomes increasingly difficult to find, the search for it is extended into more-hostile environments. The development of the oil field on the North Slope of Alaska and the construction of the Alaska pipeline are examples of the great expense and difficulty involved in new oil discoveries. Offshore drilling platforms extend the search for oil to the ocean’s continental shelves—those gently sloping submarine regions at the edges of the continents. More than one-quarter of the world’s oil and almost one-fifth of the world’s natural gas come from offshore, even though offshore drilling is six to seven times more expensive than drilling on land. A significant part of this oil and gas comes from under the North Sea between Great Britain and Norway.
题目:Which of the following strategies for oil exploration is described in paragraph 4?
○Drilling under the ocean’s surface
○Limiting drilling to accessible locations
○Using highly sophisticated drilling equipment
○Constructing technologically advanced drilling platforms
分析:根据oil exploration并不好定位,因为段落首句和段落第三句都有提及,(其中“search for oil”与“oil exploration”对应),但是从首句来看,讲的是在更恶劣的环境中进行,本段主要是对海洋石油开采的介绍, 所以选项A正确。可见并不是每个事实信息题都可以高效定位并通过定位句直接得出答案。考生要多练习才能把握各种出题情况。
以上就是前程百利小编为大家带来的托福阅读事实信息题注意事项介绍,简单看来,考生需要注意定位的过程以及之后的分析。预祝大家托福考试取得好成绩!
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