四级阅读理解如何不看文章答题

　　英语测试中阅读理解部分是最让考生紧张而又担心的部分。它量大，难度较高。因此，阅读理解题发挥如何决定着考生得分的高低。许多考生在做阅读理解部分时，最大感受就是时间紧、答案选项迷惑性大，因而很难及时而又准确地选出答案。如何在没有足够时间进行深入阅读或文章太难而看不懂的情况下进行答题，我们在总结、归纳历年四级真题特点是基础上，向考生介绍一些紧急情况下的应试技巧。

　　阅读理解题答案项特征

　　通过研究历届四级阅读理解题，我们发现，在所列出的四个选项中，也有一些普遍性规律可循。如果考生了解、熟悉并掌握了这些规律，他们就可以找到做题时的第六感觉，达到所谓超常发挥的水平。如果考生来不及看文章，万般无奈下凭这些规律可以选中不少正确选项。

　　答案项中有绝对语气词的一般不是正确答案项。这些语气词有： must, always, never, the most, all, only, have to, any, no, very,completely, none, hardly等。

　　例 One of the great changes brought about by the knowledge society is that _____ .

　　A. the difference between the employee and the employer has become insignificant.

　　B. peoples traditional concepts about work no longer hold true.

　　C. most people have to take part-time jobs.

　　D. people have to change their jobs from time to time.

　　例 The main idea of this passage is that _____ .

　　A.better use of green space facilities should be made so as to improve the quality of our life.

　　B. attention must be directed to the improvement of recreative possibilities.

　　C. the urban environment is providing more recreation activities than it did many years ago.

　　D. priority must be given to the development of obligatory activities.

　　选项中含有不十分肯定的语气词一般是正确答案项。这些语气词有： can, could, may, should, usually, might, most，more or less, relatively, be likely to, possible, whether or, not necessarily 等。

　　例 It can be inferred from the passage that the author believes .

　　A.Americans are more ambitious than people in other countries

　　B. in many countries success often depends on ones social status

　　C. American businesses are more democratic than those in other countries

　　D. businesses in other countries are not as competitive as those in America

　　例 According to the passage the problems of college education partly arise from the fact that .

　　A. society cant 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：答案项C中有have to, 语气太绝对化，故被排除。而A项中cant 的语气则不十分绝对化，故为答案。)

　　选项中照抄原文的一般不是答案项，而同义替换的一般是选项。

　　例 According to Dr. David, Americans .

　　A.are ideally vigorous even under the pressure of life

　　B. often neglect the unsequences of sleep deficit

　　C. do not know how to relax themselves properly

　　D. can get by on 6.5 hours of sleep

　　例 According to the passage, which of the following statements is true

　　A.Future man will be made of silicon instead of flesh and blood

　　B. Some day it will be difficult to tell a computer from a man

　　C. The reasoning power of computers has already surpassed that of man

　　D. Future intelligent life may not necessarily be made of organic

　　matter. (分析：A项句子基本上是原文词句，C项中有already一词，语气太绝对化，故A、C两项被排除。剩下B、D两项，而D项中有不十分肯定语气词may not,故选D。)

　　较全面、有针对性地表达文章中心思想的，选项一般是答案项。

　　例 which of the following best summarizes the main idea of the passage

　　A.Musical instruments developed through the years will sooner or later be replaced by computers.

　　B. Music cant be passed on to future generations unless its recorded.

　　C. Folk songs cant be spread for unless they are printed on music sheet.

　　D. the development of music culture is highly dependent on its material aspect.

　　例 The first paragraph is mainly about .

　　A.the teenagers criticism of their parents

　　B. misunderstandings between teenagers and their parents

　　C. the dominance of the parents over their children

　　D. the teenagers ability to deal with crisis

　　选项中表达意义较具体的、肤浅的(字面意思)一般不是答案项，而概括性的、抽象的、含义深刻的是答案项。

　　例 The population in the 21st century, according to the writer .

　　A. will be smaller than a few years ago

　　B. will not be as small as people expect

　　C. will prove to be a threat to the world

　　D. will not constitute as serious a problem as expected

　　例 From the passage it can be seen that employeeship helps one .

　　A.to be more successful in his career

　　B. to solve technical problems

　　C. to be more specialized in his field

　　D. to develop his professional skill

　　(分析：题意是从文中看出员工素质有助于人们 ...。 B项题即解决技术问题;C项意即深化专业;D项发展职业技能。这三项表达的意思都比较具体，而A项则概括地有深度，包括了B、C、D三项内容。)

　　选项中较符合常识的,易明白的一般不是选项;而似乎不太合理，一时较难理解的往往是正确选项。

　　例 Advertising can persuade the consumer to buy worthless products by .

　　A. stressing their high quality

　　B. unlinking him of their low price

　　C. maintaining a balance between quality and price

　　D. appealing to his buying motives

　　例 Raising children, in the authors opinion, is .

　　A.a moral duty

　　B. a thankless job

　　C. a rewarding task

　　D. a source of inevitable pain

　　(分析：题目问的是，依作者观点，抚养孩子是 。 依据我们日常生活所闻所见，抚养孩子就是A. 一种道德责任 B.不求回报的工作。我们都觉得抚养孩子是人生义务，是天经地 义的。这两项太熟悉了，因而一般不是答案。而C项求回报的事，似乎不太合人情味、合乎常识。但这样的选项就是答案。D项有inevitable 一词，语气太绝对化，故排除掉。) 此外，在作者态度题中，象中立态度(neutral)一般不是选项，既有肯定、赞扬性、褒义的(如positive等)，又有否定、批评、贬义的如(critical, neglect等)。一般否定性、贬义的是正确选项。如果没有肯定性、赞扬性选项，则批语性、否定性为正确选项，其它的为干扰项。在四个选项中，忽然有一个选项特别长或特别短，则此选项往往是正确选项。在两个选项中，如果除个别字外，其他部分完全一样，其中往往有一个是正确选项。None of the above往往是用作干扰项。而尤为请考生注意的是，资讯记者理解四个选项中，正确答案项为D的频繁比较高，其次为B项 。