托福阅读题目可以提前预测么?相信会有很多托福备考的考生都有这样的疑问,例如,如何提前预测到问题,从而给自己无形中争取了时间。那么有什么样的方法可以预测托福阅读的题目呢?今天成都新航道的小编就为大家揭开这层神秘的面纱。值得注意的是托福阅读文章中对问题的进一步解释从而加强疑问,在解题中如果能分清句子是在回答问题还是加强疑问,便可迅速提高做托福阅读试题效率和准确率。
1、加强疑问
Example 1 TPO8-2 Extinction of the Dinosaurs
Paragraph 3:If true,though,why did cold-blooded animals such as snakes,lizards,turtles,and crocodiles survive the freezing winters and torrid summers?These animals are at the mercy of the climate to maintain a livable body temperature.It’s hard to understand why they would not be affected,whereas dinosaurs were left too crippled to cope,especially if,as some scientists believe,dinosaurs were warm-blooded.
译文:如果真是这样(极端温度变化导致了恐龙的灭绝),那么为什么冷血动物,比如蛇类、蜥蜴、乌龟和鳄鱼却能够幸免于寒冬和酷夏呢?这些动物都是依赖于气温以使其身体保持适合生存的温度。很难理解它们为什么毫不受影响,然而恐龙却如此的无能以至于无法适应,尤其是有些科学家认为恐龙是热血动物。
理解了句子含义,解题便很简单了,如下所示Q3。
Q3.Why does the author mention the survival of“snakes,lizards,turtles,and crocodiles”in paragraph 3?
A 、To argue that dinosaurs may have become extinct because they were not cold-blooded animals
B、To question the adequacy of the hypothesis that climatic change related to sea levels caused the extinction of the dinosaurs
C、To present examples of animals that could maintain a livable body temperature more easily than dinosaurs
D、To support a hypothesis that these animals were not as sensitive to climate changes in the Cretaceous period as they are today
托福阅读解析:题目问问为什么作者要提及蛇,蜥蜴,海龟和鳄鱼的幸存。先通过snakes,lizards,turtles and crocodiles定位到段首句,这句说如果是对的,那么为什么这些动物可以在寒冬炎夏幸存呢。If true,说的是之前的内容,也就是上一段说的极端气候变化引起恐龙灭绝的理论如果是对的,though表示转折,所以通过这个问句,可以看出来,如果理论是对的,那么这些动物也该灭绝了,既然它们幸存了,那说明是理论有问题,所以这句提出的问题就是在质疑前文观点的可靠性,答案选B。
A选项恐龙不是冷血动物所以才灭绝了,错误,原文表达的是冷血动物对气候更敏感,更不容易活,既然它们都活下来了,那理论就有问题了。
C说冷血动物比恐龙更容易保持身体温度,错误,应该是更难才对。
D选项说冷血动物对气候变化不如恐龙敏感,错误,应该是更敏感才对。
Example 2 TPO5-3 The Cambrian Explosion
Paragraph 2:Scientists have asked important questions about this explosion for more than a century.Why did it occur so late in the history of Earth?The origin of multicellular forms of life seems a relatively simple step compared to the origin of life itself.
译文:科学家提出的一些问题。为什么Cambrian Explosion在地球历史这么晚的时候才发生?相比生命的起源,多细胞动物的起源应该是很简单的一步才对。
很显然,这问号问句后面的句子不是在回答为什么出现晚的问题,反而是进一步在追问和强调问题,既然多细胞动物的起源相比生命起源更简单,为什么还那么晚出现呢?进一步质疑。
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