如何正確準備託福閱讀環節
新托福考試閱讀部分的難度總體上與大部分中國考生的閱讀熟練程度相當。但從局部上講，中國考生仍會感到篇章應用題難於基礎理解題，新題型難於舊題型。如何正確準備託福閱讀環節?一起來看看吧!
如何正確準備託福閱讀環節
閱讀部分的總體結構是3篇長度爲630～670個英語單詞的閱讀材料，每篇閱讀材料 後有13道題，考生每完成1道題即依次出現下一道題。要求平均每25分鐘完成1篇閱讀 材料及其試題。共歷時75分鐘。閱讀材料的難度與大學課本的難度相當;題材涉及美 國曆史、政治、文化、藝術和自然等，有一定學術性(例如，跨文化心理研究cross- culture psychological studies)，但較聽力材料的學術性低(not as academic as the listening materials)。3篇閱讀材料的長度、難度及其後的題型結構基本相同，考生窺一斑可知全豹(divine the whole from the part)。透徹地解讀了1篇閱讀材 料的內容，其他問題都可以迎刃而解。下面就各類題型做一簡單介紹：
1.基礎理解題 (Basic Comprehension Questions)
新託福的基礎理解題除插話題(Insert Text items)和修辭目的題(Rhetorical Purpose items)外，仍以舊託福出現過的傳統題型爲主。
基礎理解題重點考查考生對基礎項目的理解，特別是考生根據文章的詞彙、句法 義內容(lexical，syntax and semantic content)理解把握重要信息的能力。它主要包括以下幾種具體題型：
1)詞彙題 (Vocabulary items)：考查考生根據上下文理解特定詞和短語的能力。這種題型雖難度不大，但佔每篇文章後所有題目的，故考生仍應重視起來。
2)指代關係題(Reference items)：考查考生認定代詞與指代前項的技巧(anaphoric devices)以及先行詞(antecedents)/後置詞(postcedents)的關係的能力。
3)句子簡化題 (Sentence Simplification items)：考查考生認定文章中某一復 雜句的基本內容，並不受細枝末節的干擾，用簡化的句子表達原句基本意思的能力。
4)插話題(Insert Text items)：考查考生將特定的一句話插入文章順序相連的4 個句子(the four successive sentences)之間的能力。要做好此題，考生必須深 入理解各個句子間的詞彙、語法和邏輯聯繫。這是新題型，有相當難度，考生應特別重視。
5)事實信息題(Factual Information items)：考查考生抓住文章中闡明的信 息，並排除干擾，正確回答問題的能力。考生的任務是選出題中某意譯的短語，使之 與文章中某相應句子建立對應關係。此題型雖然有難度，數量也較大，但屬於老題型。
6)正誤判斷題(True or False items)： 考查考生根據文章中闡明的信息，判斷 題中的短語哪些是正確的，哪些是錯誤的，或文章沒有提到的信息。
7)推論題(Inference items)：文章中有些論點/觀點沒有明確闡述，但卻強烈暗 示出來了。例如，由結果推斷造成結果的起因;如果文中有比較，推論題就可能問及 比較的基礎是什麼;如果文中有對某一新現象的明確闡述，推論題就可能要求推論舊 現象的特徵。推論題雖然是傳統題型，但難度很大，需要考生花一番功夫準備。
8)修辭目的題(Rhetorical Purpose items)： 考查考生透過表面特定的修辭方 法發掘潛在目的的能力。要求考生髮現外在修辭特徵背後的修辭目的。
2.篇章應用題 Reading to Learn Questions
篇章應用題不僅要求根據詞彙、句法和語義內容理解具體的點和大意，且要求辨 析(identify)文章的結構和目的。具體說來，要求將文章的信息昇華組織成一個腹 稿框架(mental framework);區分主要和次要觀點、根本與非根本(essential and non-essential)內容;理解諸如因果關係(cause effect relationship)、比較反襯關係(comparison-contrast relationship)和論證(argument)等修辭功能。另外，還 要求考生根據原文內容，使用圖表(schematic table)和/或總結表(summary table)重構(reconstruct)中心思想和重點論證信息(the major supporting information)。
篇章應用題要求考生對全篇有系統深入的理解，從而進行重構。它要求考生能從 文章中提取和記憶重要的信息並將其應用在新的情境中。如果考生頭腦中能形成 (conceptualize)一個框架，他就能根據文章重構中心思想和相關重要信息。
新託福閱讀考試中哪些題型出現頻率最高
1 詞彙題
問法：The word/phrase _X is closest in meaning to____
技巧：
(1)首先看是否認識, 如果在認識, 在選項中找同義或近義詞, 並代入原文檢驗
(2)如果不認識,將4個選項代入原文, 看上下文是否合理
(3)看原詞所在句子前後2句, 找重複對應
(4)如果懸想中有2個懸想都在上下文中合理,選擇在含義上與原詞沾邊的詞
(5)選項中不認識的詞不輕易去選
做題順序：
看單詞，看選項，原文驗證
注意：
(1)不可能所有單詞都認識
(2)注意熟詞僻義, 一定看完所有選項,並代回原文驗證
2 指代題
問法：The word they/ their/ it/ its/ some in the passage refers to
技巧：
(1)單複數
it找單數名詞或名詞性詞組
they找複數名詞或名詞性詞組
(2)在主從複合句, 並列句中, 後半句的代詞主語優先指代前半句主語的核心詞(有例外, 要從意義判斷)
(3)簡單句中,代詞優先指代主語核心詞, 次之制代賓語核心詞.
(4)代詞所在句子找不到合適的指代, 優先指代前一句主語, 次之指代後一句賓語
(5)一句話中, 相同的代詞指代相同
3 直接事實題
問法：According to the passage, what/ which/ why/ when-
技巧：定位原文, 細讀
(1)題幹明確定位 (如給出第幾段, highlight)
(2) 題幹無明確定位
A 找題幹中人名, 地名, 物種名, 大寫, 斜體, 數字年代, 符號.
B 定位某一段, 再定位某一位置
C 用核心名詞定位
4 infer題(需要精確理解)
注意：既然是infer, imply, 就一定不是原文中明確說的
技巧：
(1)時間前後推理
(2)排除法
a 原文直接清楚描述的,排除
b 與原文無關的新內容,排除
(3)不要加入自己的觀點
5 舉例說明概述題 (例子的作用)
技巧：
(1)重點不是例子本身, 而是舉例子的目的及例子的服務對象
(2)概述的同義改寫就是答案
6 EXCEPT列舉題
技巧：重視文中三個或三個以上的列舉 (遇到的話就做筆記記下來---Sissi如是說)
定位：核心關鍵詞 such as n1, n2, n3………A, B, and/ or C.
託福閱讀真題1
During the second half of the nineteenth century, the production of food and feed crops in the United States rose at an extraordinarily rapid rate. Corn production increased by four and a half times, hay by five times, oats and wheat by seven times. The most crucial factor behind this phenomenal upsurge in productivity was the widespread adoption of labor-saving machinery by northern farmers. By 1850 horse-drawn reaping machines that cut grain were being introduced into the major grain-growing regions of the country. Horse-powered threshing machines to separate the seeds from the plants were already in general use. However, it was the onset of the Civil War in 1861 that provided the great stimulus for the mechanization of northern agriculture. With much of the labor force inducted into the army and with grain prices on the rise, northern farmers rushed to avail themselves of the new labor-saving equipment. In 1860 there were approximately 80,000 reapers in the country; five years later there were 350,000.
After the close of the war in 1865, machinery became ever more important in northern agriculture, and improved equipment was continually introduced. By 1880 a self-binding reaper had been perfected that not only cut the grain, but also gathered the stalks and bound them with twine. Threshing machines were also being improved and enlarged, and after 1870 they were increasingly powered by steam engines rather than by horses. Since steam-powered threshing machines were costly items — running from $ 1,000 to $4,000 — they were usually owned by custom thresher owners who then worked their way from farm to farm during the harvest season. Combines were also coming into use on the great wheat ranches in California and the Pacific Northwest. These ponderous machines — sometimes pulled by as many as 40 horses — reaped the grain, threshed it, and bagged it, all in one simultaneous operation.
The adoption of labor-saving machinery had a profound effect upon the sale of agricultural operations in the northern states — allowing farmers to increase vastly their crop acreage. By the end of century, a farmer employing the new machinery could plant and harvest two and half times as much corn as a farmer had using hand methods 50 years before.
1. What aspect of farming in the United States in the nineteenth century does the passage mainly
discuss?
(A) How labor-saving machinery increased crop Production
(B) Why southern farms were not as successful as Successful as northern farms
(C) Farming practices before the Civil War
(D) The increase in the number of people farming
2. The word crucial in line 4 is closest in meaning to
(A) obvious
(B) unbelievable
(C) important
(D) desirable
3. The phrase avail themselves in line 11 is closest in meaning to
(A) take care
(B) make use
(C) get rid
(D) do more
4. According to the passage , why was the Civil War a stimulus for mechanization?
(A) The army needed more grain in order to feed the soldiers.
(B) Technology developed for the war could also the used by farmers.
(C) It was hoped that harvesting more grain would lower the price of grain.
(D) Machines were needed to replace a disappearing labor force.
5. The passage supports which of the following statements about machinery after the Civil War?
(A) Many farmers preferred not to use the new machinery.
(B) Returning laborers replaced the use of machinery.
(C) The use of farm machinery continued to increase.
(D) Poor-quality machinery slowed the pace of crop production.
6. Combines and self-binding reapers were similar because each
(A) could perform more than one function
(B) required relatively little power to operate
(C) was utilized mainly in California
(D) required two people to operate
7. The word they in line 19 refers to
(A) grain stalks
(B) threshing machines
(C) steam engines
(D) horses
8. It can be inferred from the passage that most farmers did not own threshing machines because
(A) farmers did not know how to use the new machines
(B) farmers had no space to keep the machines
(C) thresher owner had chance to buy the machines before farmers did
(D) the machines were too expensive for every farmer to own
9. The word ponderous in line 21 is closest in meaning to
(A) advanced
(B) heavy
(C) complex
(D) rapid
PASSAGE 29 ACBDC ABDB
託福閱讀真題2
Butterflies are among the most extensively studied insects — it is estimated that 90 percent of the world's species have scientific names. As a consequence, they are perhaps the best group of insects for examining patterns of terrestrial biotic diversity and distribution. Butterflies also have a favorable image with the general public. Hence, they are an excellent group for communicating information on science and conservation issues such as diversity.
Perhaps the aspect of butterfly diversity that has received the most attention over the past century is the striking difference in species richness between tropical and temperate regions. For example, in 1875 one biologist pointed out the diversity of butterflies in the Amazon when he mentioned that about 700 species were found within an hour's walk, whereas the total number found on the British islands did not exceed 66, and the whole of Europe supported only 321. This early comparison of tropical and temperate butterfly richness has been well confirmed.
A general theory of diversity would have to predict not only this difference between temperate and tropical zones, but also patterns within each region, and how these patterns vary among different animal and plant groups. However, for butterflies, variation of species richness within temperate or tropical regions, rather man between them, is poorly understood. Indeed, comparisons of numbers of species among the Amazon basin, tropical Asia, and Africa are still mostly personal communication citations, even for vertebrates. In other words, unlike comparison between temperate and tropical areas, these patterns are still in the documentation phase.
In documenting geographical variation in butterfly diversity, some arbitrary, practical decisions are made. Diversity, number of species, and species richness are used synonymously; little is known about the evenness of butterfly distribution. The New World butterflies make up the preponderance of examples because they are the most familiar species. It is hoped that by focusing on them, the errors generated by imperfect and incomplete taxonomy will be minimized.
1. Which aspect of butterflies does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) Their physical characteristics
(B) Their names
(C) Their adaptation to different habitats
(D) Their variety
2. The word consequence in line 2 is closest in meaning to
(A) result
(B) explanation
(C) analysis
(D) requirement
3. Butterflies are a good example for communicating information about conservation issues
because they
(A) are simple in structure
(B) are viewed positively by people
(C) have been given scientific names
(D) are found mainly in temperate climates
4. The word striking in line 8 is closest in meaning to
(A) physical
(B) confusing
(C) noticeable
(D) successful
5. The word exceed in line 11 is closest in meaning to
(A) locate
(B) allow
(C) go beyond
(D) come close to
6. All of the following are mentioned as being important parts of a general theory of diversity
EXCEPT
(A) differences between temperate and tropical zones
(B) patterns of distribution of species in each region
(C) migration among temperate and tropical zones
(D) variation of patterns of distribution of species among different animals and plants
7. The author mentions tropical Asia in lines 19 as an example of a location where
(A) butterfly behavior varies with climate
(B) a general theory of butterfly diversity has not yet been firmly established
(C) butterflies are affected by human populations
(D) documenting plant species is more difficult than documenting butterfly species
8. Which of the following is NOT well understood by biologists?
(A) European butterfly habitats
(B) Differences in species richness between temperate and tropical regions
(C) Differences in species richness within a temperate or a tropical region
(D) Comparisons of behavior patterns of butterflies and certain animal groups
9. The word generated in line 26 is closest in meaning to
(A) requested
(B) caused
(C) assisted
(D) estimated
PASSAGE 30 DABCC CBCB
