阅读理解训练5-单项训练-因果关系题.ppt

阅读理解训练 (五)因果关系题: (定义…、）分类、提问形式、关键词（及解题技巧…) : A)因果关系题分成“原因类因果关系题”与“目的类因果关系题” B)提问形式: a)原因类:1)Why is x y ? 2) x is y because… . ( Key Words: because,because of, the reason, as a result of, as a reaction to, due to, owing to, as, for, since, on account of, in that, now that, seeing that, at, with,etc.) b)目的类: 1)Why did x y ? 2)For what purpose did x y ? (Key Words: in order to, so as to, in order that, so that, for, for the purpose of, etc .) 例1：（01年）Passage 5 When I decided to quit my full time employment it never occurred to me that I might become a part of a new international trend. A lateral move that hurt my pride and blocked my professional progress prompted me to abandon my relatively high profile career although, in the manner of a disgraced government minister, I covered my exit by claiming I wanted to spend more time with my family. Curiously, some two-and-a-half years and two novels later, my experiment in what the Americans term downshifting has turned my tired excuse into an absolute reality. I have been transformed from a passionate advocate of the philosophy of having it all, preached by Linda Kelsey for the past seven years in the page of She magazine, into a woman who is happy to settle for a bit of everything. I have discovered, as perhaps Kelsey will after her much-publicized resignation from the editorship of She after a build up of stress, that abandoning the doctrine of juggling your life, and making the alternative move into downshifting brings with it far greater rewards than financial success and social status. Nothing could persuade me to return to the kind of life Kelsey used to advocate and I once enjoyed:12 hour working days, pressured deadlines, the fearful strain of office politics and the limitations of being a parent on quality time. In America, the move away from juggling to a simpler, less materialistic lifestyle is a well-established trend. Downshifting-also known in America as voluntary