难点(三) “心思难猜”的“attitude”型主旨大意题 阅读理解中有很多题目要求推测作者的态度和意图,对此,很多考生往往感到无从下手,不能准确把握作者的感情色彩。
It can be inferred from the passage that in the writer’s opinion,________. A.people waste too much money on cameras B.cameras have become an important part of our daily life C.we don’t actually need so many choices when buying a product D.famous companies care more about profit than quality (2010·浙江卷,E) I needed to buy a digital camera,one that was simply good at taking good snaps (快照),maybe occasionally for magazines.Being the cautious type,I fancied a reliable brand.So I went on the net,spent 15 minutes reading product reviews on good websites,wrote down the names of three top recommendations and headed for my nearest big friendly camera store.There in the cupboard was one of the cameras on my list.And it was on special offer.Oh joy.I pointed at it and asked an assistant,“Can I have one of those?” He looked perturbed (不安).“Do you want to try it first?”
he said.It didn’t quite sound like a question.“Do I need to?” I replied.“There’s nothing wrong with it?” This made him look a bit insulted and I started to feel bad.“No,no.But you should try it,”he said encouragingly.“Compare it with the others.” I looked across at the others:shelves of similar cameras placed along the wall,offering a wide range of slightly different prices and discounts,with each company selling a range of models based around the same basic box.With so many models to choose from,it seemed that I would have to spend hours weighing X against Y,always trying to take Z and possibly H into account at the same time.But when I had finished,I would still have only the same two certainties that I had entered the store with:first,soon after I carried my new camera out of the shop,it_would_be_worth_half_what_I_paid_for_it;and second,my wonderful camera would very quickly be replaced by a new model. But something in the human soul whispers that you can beat these traps by making the right choice,the clever choice,the wise choice.In the end,I agreed to try the model I had chosen.The assistant seemed a sincere man.So I let him take out my chosen camera from the cupboard,show how it took excellent pictures of my fellow shoppers...and when he started to introduce the special features,I interrupted to ask whether I
needed to buy a carrycase and a memory card as well. Why do we think that new options (选择) still offer us anything new?Perhaps it is because they offer an opportunity to avoid facing the fact that our real choices in this culture are far more limited than we would like to imagine. [语篇解读] 本篇通过作者购买相机的一次经历,告诉我们买产品时没有必要做太多的选择。 1.The shop assistant insisted that the writer should________. A.try the camera to see if there was anything wrong with it B.compare the camera he had chosen with the others C.get more information about different companies D.trust him and stop asking questions 解析: 事实细节题。由第一段售货员所说的话“Do you want to try it first?”;“No,no.But you should try it”;“Compare it with the others.”可知售货员坚持让作者将所选的相机与其他相机作比较。 答案: B 2.What does the writer mean by “it would be worth half what I paid for it” (Paragraph 2)? A.He should get a 50% discount. B.The price of the camera was unreasonably high. C.The quality of the camera was not good. D.The camera would soon fall in value. 解析: 推理判断题。画线部分所在句的后半句“...my wonderful camera would very quickly be replaced by a new model.”提到我的照相机将很快被一个新的型号代替,这样的话老产品就容易降价,故选D项。 答案: D 3.The writer decided to try the model he had chosen because he________. A.knew very little about it B.didn’t trust the shop assistant C.wanted to make sure the one he chose would be the best D.had a special interest in taking pictures of his fellow shoppers 解析: 事实细节题。由第三段第一句“But something in the human soul whispers...by making the right choice,the clever choice,the wise choice.”可知作者想试他所选择的模型是因为确定自己做出了正确的选择,故选C项。 答案: C 4.It can be inferred from the passage that in the writer’s opinion,________. A.people waste too much money on cameras B.cameras have become an important part of our daily life C.we don’t actually need so many choices when buying a product D.famous companies care more about profit than quality
解析: 推理判断题。由第一段作者所说的话“Do I need to?”以及最后一段的内容及语气,如“it is because they offer an opportunity to...than we would like to imagine”可知在比较完之后,作者没说过一句自己认为值得比较的话,可推出作者认为当我们买产品时没有必要做太多的选择。 答案: C
【长难句】 With so many models to choose from,it seemed that I would have to spend hours weighing X against Y,always trying to take Z and possibly H into account at the same time.有如此多的型号可供选择,看起来我不得不花时间掂量X与Y,总是想同时考虑Z与H。 with so many models to choose from在句中作伴随状语。it在句中作形式主语,代替that引导的宾语从句。always trying...为分词短语作状语。
[化难为易] 在“attitude”型试题提供的选项中,正确选项应该能够高度概括文章的主旨,进而体现作者的态度和观点;干扰项可能是文中的某一细节,只能算是文章中的“一个点”,也可能是某种观点或结论,但“文不对题”。
把题干和选项联系起来,很容易看出,试题要求考生推断作者的态度或观点。通过文章作者到底想表达什么样的态度和观点,这当然需要文章的诸多信息来体现和支撑。例如由文章第一段作者所说的话“Do I need to?”以及最后一段的内容及语气,如“it is because they offer an opportunity to...than we would like to imagine.”可知在比较完之后,作者没说过一句自己认为值得比较的话,可推断出作者认为当我们买产品时没有必要做太多的选择。
总的看来,作者通过文章可以表达的意图很多,可能是体现作者的某种态度,比如支持、反对、批评、赞扬;也可能是作者的某种目的,比如建议、劝阻、推销、指导等。这就需要考生通过文章的意思进行细致的辨别和分析,从而弄清作者的态度和目的,这些都能够从作者的论述方法,措辞,语气等方面推断出来。
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