gre句子填空解题技巧:词项释义解法 这种出题思路仿佛是编词典似的,先列出某一词条,然后进行释义,前后两部分构成被解释和解释的关系。只要顺着释义部分的思路,即可推断出被解释的对象。
6 @, J2 _" S! A1 h$ x3 p 例 Ⅰ:$ [; U* F' o# o& I. B1 Y
The benedictory address, as it has developed in American colleges and universities over the years, has become a very strict form, a literary ---------- that permits very little ---------- .
) E- c* D0 b6 l. F2 E7 \ (A) text ... clarity5 X- E/ O; K: ?" T2 z' `
(B) work ... tradition
9 [/ A0 U! s5 {1 n0 z (C) genre ... deviation
& w! R5 n* f1 T# p V5 k# Q$ G- ~ (D) oration ... grandiloquence
& k9 s" i2 P+ L3 e4 t p (E) achievement ... rigidity
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在本题中,"strict form"构成被解释的对象,其后的同位语及定语从句分别对form的 strict作复述式的解释。作为同位语,空格Ⅰ应是form的同义词,则(C) genre最为接近。定语从句中的复述采用了常见的双重否定法。little为第一重否定,故空格Ⅱ应是strict的反义词,则(C) deviation为正确。: [2 f- _' m, t# d# @3 _- B
〖词汇〗
/ o7 }& {7 M& u% n genre: 1.类型,体裁,式样 2.风俗画
' t$ N" S0 T% q/ d; T" G) k, O grandiloquence: 大言不惭,夸张
, B8 X1 Y* w0 L B7 u/ M* c8 B 〖中译〗
6 N) Q0 a# v: E d 祝愿辞,正如它在过去几年中业已演化出来的那样,已变成一种甚为严格的形式,一种文学体裁,几乎不允许任何破格之处。# [( K: C, i! V, }
例 Ⅱ:( j8 |/ r- G. `; N
He was regarded by his followers as something of ----------, not only because of his insistence on strict discipline, but also because of his ---------- adherence to formal details.7 ` ]9 N: q. O1 R# ^" S
(A) a martinet ... rigid
+ F: I- a2 Z! u4 d (B) an authority ... sporadic0 M* m4 L" r- j2 n6 | M
(C) a tyrant ... reluctant
0 o2 D3 }6 a) C8 S (D) a fraud ... conscientious
6 Q* B7 Q) C! Y( e$ J' K (E) an acolyte ... maniacal
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空格Ⅰ为被解释的对象,其后的两个because of结构在表示原因的同时进行解释。从"insistence on strict discipline" 和 "adherence to formal details"可推知这类为人(A) martinet。 |