2010.12英语六级CET6备考注重能力
而这几次的四六级考试已经有了明显的转型,从过去十多年的“应试测试”到这两年的“能力测试”。过去考试更多的依赖技巧和做题方法,还有出题规律,而新四六级的改革将题型多样化,从多方面对考生进行测试考查,如快速阅读测试学生快速查找和改写句子的能力,这个和考生平时的阅读量有直接的关系,还有阅读理解中的短问题回答考查学生句子分析和语言组织能力,这个和考生平日的理解有密切联系,还有选词填空从单词运用和语法结构角度出发对考生进行了测试,听力中题型也不再单一,有段对话,长对话,句子听写等多种形式。由此可见,四六级的考试已经不再是大学生临时抱佛脚的任务考试,是对学生真正能力的考试,平时的积累和努力成为了考生取得好成绩的基础。
就拿这次6月份的六级阅读来说吧,整体难度较之以前的几次考试并没有太大的变化,而且题型也没有发生改变,解题思路仍然采用“细节定位,区域解题,顺序原则”,但是由于文章解题中加大了对句子的理解使得很多考生做题时间不够,没法完成解题过程。
例如,这次快速阅读中的第2题
According to Harvard professor Steven Pinker, predictions about the future_____.
A)may invite trouble
B)may not come true
C)will fool the public
D)do more harm than good
我们可以根据题目中的关键词Harvard professor Steven Pinker 在文中进行定位,找到解题句是Harvard professor Steven Pinker says: “This is an invitation to look foolish, as with the predictions of domed cities and nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners that were made 50 year ago.” 可是答案并不明显,必须对句子进行分析理解,“这个看上去很愚蠢,这是五十年前做的预测”,所以答案应该选B不可能实现的。
还有快速阅读中的第4题
According to professor Richard Miller of the University of Michigan, people will____.
A) life for as long as they wish
B) be relieved from all sufferings
C) life to 100 and more with vitality
D) be able to live longer than whales
我们可以根据关键词Richard Miller of the University of Michigan在文中定位Richard Miller, a professor at the University of Michigan, thinks scientist could develop “authentic anti-ageing drugs” by working out how cells in larger animals such as whales and human resist many forms of injuries. He says:“It’s is now routine, in laboratory mammals, to extend lifespan by about 40%. Turning on the same protective systems in people should, by 2056, create the first class of 100-year-olds who are as vigorous and productive as today’s people in their 60s.”知道最后一句话中我们才发现答案:可以活到100岁,就像现在60岁的人那样有活力和创造力,这样才知道答案是C。
例如短问题回答的49题
What did writer-director Paul Greengrass obtain before he proceeded with the movie?
这道题目可以利用关键词proceeded with the movie在文中找到出题的位置Writer-director Paul Greengrass has gone to great lengths to be respectful in his depiction of what occurred, proceeding with the film only after securing the approval of every victim's family.题目里是before,但是文中用的是after,所以这需要考生利用逻辑思维将动作进行整理调整,在securing the approval of every victim’s family 后proceeding with the film, 那么反之在proceeding with the film之前这个人获得了什么,所以答案应该是the approval of every victim's family。
这只是其中一些典型的例题,但可见一斑。以前考试的方法仍然可以适用,但是现在的考试同时也对考生的句子分析词应用都进行了考查,所以四六级考生不能把这个考试当成是一个短期的突击考试,而是要在平时的学习中不断积累,这样在考试时才能厚积薄发,这正好验证了一句老话:台上十分钟,台下十年功。看来我们的出题者更希望考生能通过四六级考试明白一个道理:One is never too old to learn.
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