眾所周知,托福聽力不考具體的時間數(shù)字,但是有一種時間出現(xiàn)方式卻是高頻的出題點:事物發(fā)展在兩個不同時間點的差異對比。
大家可以先嘗試回答以下例題:
豬肉的價格平民,一直是很多市民購買的肉類選擇,但是在八月份受非洲豬瘟病毒影響之后,同等金額能買到的豬肉數(shù)量變得更少了。
問:原文暗示著關于豬肉的什么信息?
A. 非洲豬瘟對豬肉的影響無法控制
B. 八月份后豬肉價格比之前更貴
C. 豬肉的替代品價格隨之上升
D. 市民將無法購買豬肉
答案:B
和上述例子一樣,在聽力的講座里,如果原文主題的展開里出現(xiàn)前后時間對比時,題目也經常會考查大家根據(jù)原文已知內容可以推斷出的信息,因此在聽的過程中筆記注意做標記并記好對比內容:
原文描述對象的某個特征
出現(xiàn)另外一個時間點的對比
【信號詞:earlier/before/today/prior to 等】
筆記符號:v.s
前后時間對象特征的差異
真題演練:
例題:
(T32L4Q6)What does the professor imply about Irwin’s nineteenth-century biographers?
A. They were probably envious of her success.
B. They did not sufficiently value function in residential architecture.
C. They did not know much about architects from the southern United States.
D. They understood the difficulties faced by women architects.
筆記:19c biogra’. ↓ingenuity v.s. today: praise function 1st女 receive paten
音頻分析:
原文出現(xiàn)2個時間點的傳記家對建筑師歐文的態(tài)度描述對比:19世紀的傳記家弱化了她的設計天賦,而如今的same biographers反而會稱贊她設計的功能性,后面更是提到了歐文作為美國個獲得建筑設計專利的女性。由此對比可得出過去的傳記家沒有給歐文deserved credit,因此答案對應B選項。
What can be inferred about...?
What does the professor imply about...?
以上兩個題目形式就是典型的推斷題問法,同時也是大部分同學覺得特別無從下手的題型,關于此類題型的考查方式,我們可以從官方OG以及TPO練習題里總結出它的一些特點:
Making Inferences Questions
The final type of connecting information question is Making Inferences questions. In this kind of question, you usually have to reach a conclusion based on facts presented in the listening passage.
1. 整合關聯(lián)信息
(例如不同時間點上的關聯(lián)對比、兩個同類對象的對比、因果關聯(lián)等)
2. 基于原文
雖然是隱含的信息,但是絕大部分的推斷題里,原文與正確答案選項都僅是同義替換的關系。因此,在解題過程中,一定要注意避免過度推斷或加入原文未提的主觀設想。
明白題目特點后,小牛試刀以下兩道練習題看看你能不能做對:
筆記要點:
MT, style: veris, real v.s. earlier: emulate UK, x realism(T50L3) What does the professor imply about literature in the United States prior to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
A. It did not yet have a distinct American style.
B. Very few books were published.
C. Romanticism and realism had started to combine.
D. British authors were using realism more than American authors were.
解析:這篇講述美國文學的講座里,教授講到Mark Twain的風格是realistic,而早期的美國作家(earlier writers in the US)會模仿英國作家,以損害realism為代價,對比可推斷出在Mark Twain時期以前的美國文學作家在文體上沒有自己的風格,對應A選項。
例題 2:
(T24L2)What does the professor imply about the rivalry between classical ballet and modern dance?
1. Audiences have generally been unaware of it.
2. Critics tend to exaggerate Duncan's role in it
3. It is not as strong now as it was in Duncan's time.
4. It increased as modern dance became more popular than classical ballet
答案:C
以上就是給同學們總結的時間對比考點以及推斷題的特征,希望對大家解題有一定幫助!