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。
4 q/ z& d. w7 n 例 Ⅰ:# B0 N3 r: t0 [' Z/ G3 u5 ?6 R
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 ---------- .
3 w8 ?6 x! X7 B9 j. [6 {# A (A) text ... clarity! U9 a$ f) y7 a+ Q
(B) work ... tradition
" L# t2 ]" X7 H7 N/ `: H (C) genre ... deviation9 q; B4 A& J' I% @
(D) oration ... grandiloquence
) I+ ?1 d0 D) j+ ^: W (E) achievement ... rigidity& b5 w) Q4 x4 }9 J2 ], n9 y- @
〖解答〗
+ \7 p T: \! U7 W% p% n- g 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。
$ \" X3 _4 Q4 @- Q1 d0 h+ c* S 〖词汇〗4 h, ]2 b* Y" [
genre: 1.类型,体裁,式样 2.风俗画5 ^4 k4 o* n W2 x; N- m! m
grandiloquence: 大言不惭,夸张
- d: }; n, h) b+ Y9 q 〖中译〗
5 C C$ h0 k) J 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。
( u2 Z e7 i# r/ b 例 Ⅱ:
4 G& H% [( K/ C 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.( H, F4 o- ~0 L ?8 f8 O
(A) a martinet ... rigid
( {# x$ n7 I X0 I6 O$ ]' t1 B (B) an authority ... sporadic1 g" X, u Z9 Y8 `! f% m# o/ f) ^8 e
(C) a tyrant ... reluctant+ I+ B. @5 A: ^0 t T3 Q
(D) a fraud ... conscientious
& ]# C% p4 x, Z0 v' g' R (E) an acolyte ... maniacal/ T; d8 l4 R) z8 R9 B
〖解答〗- c. g3 _% }3 R& h
( c1 x2 U, h% z% s* b 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。 |