10年大学英语四级巅峰阅读培训(7)

8种从句考查对内容的判断、推理和信息转换能力
　　1 主语从句
　　解题技巧1 对what 或that引导的主语从句的理解，作为复合句的主语都比较长，给理解带来一定的难度，这使与其他英语句子不同的地方。理解主语从句的关键在于辨别主语从句的内容和主句的谓语动词
　　练习：
I don’t ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There waas a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it’s like to work in a field dominated by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space-time and the nature of black holes… .
　　Q: Why doesn’t the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again?
　　A. She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields.
　　B. She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination.
　　C. She is not good at telling stories of the kind.
　　D. She finds space research more important.
　　答案：谈为实在使没有意思。最后提到她真正感兴趣的空间-时间的形成喝黑洞的本质等科学知识本身。主语从句What I do find interesting后的内容就是答案。
  
　　答案及分析：simplified;从句子结构上看，本空应填入一动词的过去分词。依据信息词the woman and her husband可将目标锁定在第二段末句。该句中的they had weighed them down and complicated their lives是说在火灾中烧毁的东西曾经让女士和他丈夫的生活烦琐复杂，由此推测，这些东西都失去时（all of their possessions through fires），他们的生活应该是简化了。文章开头的how Mother Nature simplified their lives for them对本空所填词有很大启示。5个方向考查对观点态度的领会
　　5.例子所支持的观点
　　解题技巧：
　　作者通过举例来证明自己的观点，这个观点要么是总论点的一个分论点，要么是几种不同观点中的一个。在例子包含信息比较丰富，所指观点不太清晰的情况下，考生应根据主题相关原则，在整篇文章的大框架下认识例子所起的作用。
　　 …Henry Metcalf, a 54-year-old journalist, knows it takes money to raise kids. But he’s also worried that his energy will give out first. Sure, he can still ride bikes with his athletic fifth grader, but he’s learned that young at heart doesn’t mean young. Lately he’s been taking afternoon naps to keep up his energy. “My body is aging,” says Metcalf, “You can’t get away from that.”…
　　Q: The author gives the example of Henry Melcalf to show that _______
　　A. many people are young in spirit despite their advanced age
　　B. taking afternoon naps is a good way to maintain energy.
　　C. older parents tend to be concerned about their aging bodies.
　　D. older parents should exercise more to keep up with their athletic children  
　　答案：选C。文章的主题是大龄父母。本段承接上段，讲述的是大龄父母面临的问题。读过本段可知，主要的问题是他们身体老化，担心精力不足。C项说的正是这种担心。