EDM阅读理解及口语交际讲解及练习资料课件.doc

EDM阅读理解及口语交际讲解及练习资料 Aspects of Reading Comprehension 阅读理解测试的语言基础和阅读技能 语言基础： 1)丰富的词汇基础，即词汇量，词义及词的搭配关系 2) 扎实的语法知识 3) 充分的语篇知识 (能在语篇层面上把握文章结构，段落之间的逻辑关系和句子之间的逻辑关系，语体风格，作者的观点和态度等)。 阅读技能： 1) 掌握文章的主旨和大意的方法和能力； 2) 辨别说明主旨和大意的事实和细节的能力和方法； 3) 既理解字面意思，也能根据材料进行初步的判断和推理的方法和能力； 4) 既理解个别句子的意思，也能理解上下文的逻辑关系的方法和能力； 阅读理解测试的重点在于： 1)掌握文章的主旨和大意；(very important) 2)把握与主旨和大意相关的事实和细节； 3)依据事实和细节做出合理推断； 4)根据上下文判断词汇、句子含义； 一、如何找准中心议题 常见的有关文章中心思想的问题有： 1) This passage is about _____. 2) The main idea/subject/topic of the passage is ______. 3) The purpose of this passage is ______. 4) The best title for this passage is ______. 5) The passage mainly discusses ______. 6) The passage is primarily concerned with ______. 请看下例： 例一 The human skin does not ‘breathe’. The pores of the epidermis (表皮) serve as outlets for perspiration (汗) and oil from the glands (腺体). The public is bombarded with misinformation about skin, sometimes merely for the purpose of selling lotions (洗涤剂), potions (药水) and all sorts of supposedly magical preparations. Breathing is a function of the respiratory system and not of the skin. Beware of cosmetics that purportedly (有意图地) aid the skin in breathing. A) The human skin does not ‘breathe’. B) Lotions can aid the skin in breathing. C) The pores of the skin serve as outlets for perspiration and oil from glands. D) The skin is a part of the respiratory system. 答案解释： 此题正确答案应为A)。本段的中心议题是’the skin’。作者想阐述的中心是the skin doesn’t ‘breathe’。本段的第一句是文章的主题句。B)是作者提醒读者要注意的错误信息。C)是支撑主题的细节。D)显然是错误的。 例二 The popular idea of snow is that it consists of frozen raindrops. This is not the case. It is true that sometimes raindrops freeze in their passage from the mother cloud to the earth. Such frozen raindrops are called sleet (冻雨) or hail. But snow is something different. It is made up of water vapor (水蒸汽) particles that have been transformed into crystals (晶体)，without first passing through the liquid state. Such crystals can form only when the dew point is below 0? Celsius. A) Snow is a popular idea acco