2019四级阅读全攻略：语义题解题思路

2019四级阅读全攻略：语义题解题思路

语义题：

题型科普：四级阅读必考题型。08年5道语义题。09年2道语

义题。10年4道语义题。11年1道语义题。平均来讲每次四级考试中

会有1-2道语义题。

题型形式：语义题一般就原文中一个有特殊含义的单词，词组或

句子实行提问，题目形式非常有特点。

如：By “a one-way street” (Line 1, Para. 1), the

author means ________.

[A] university researchers know little about the commercial world

[B] there is little exchange between industry and academia

[C] few industrial scientists would quit to work in a university

[D] few university professors are willing to do

industrial research

解题思路：

整体来讲，语义题属于四级阅读中偏难的题目。因为既然问到一

个单词词组或句子的意思，那准确答案就必然不能从原文本身来找寻。个别语义题需要实行语义理解甚至一步简单推断。但还是有一些语义

题是能够有标准化的做题思路的，即：

结合上下句，重点注重并列转折和解释说明部分。

这个思路包含三方面内容，分别展开讲解。

1.结合上下句。

语义题所提问的单词词组或句子一般同学都不理解，即使理解，

准确答案也未必是同学理解的含义。这种题的目的就是希望同学能结

合上下句，来理解不理解的单词词组或句子。很多情况下，准确答案

直接对应语义考查词句的上下句。

如2019年12月的语义题：

63. What does the author mean by saying "money is

known ... to bring a relationship to its knees"(Line 1, Para.

2)?

A) Money is considered to be the root of all evils.

B) Some people sacrifice their dignity for money.

C) Few people can resist the temptation of money.

D) Disputes over money may ruin a relationship.

Since money is known to be one of the things most likely to bring a relationship to its knees, we should be grateful. For many families the recession means more than not booking a holiday A YouGov poll of 2, 000 people found 22% said they were arguing more with their partners because of concerns about money.

解析：同学做这道题完全不需要理解"money is known ... to bring a relationship to its knees"这句话本身。就从上下句来看。同学记住，所谓上下句，并不是上下句都一定要看，而是去看上下和

该句相关系的句子。从文章结构上看，很明显，语义考点在该段第一句，后面的句子肯定要支撑前面的信息。所以重点看后面信息即可。

For many families the recession means more than not booking a holiday A YouGov poll of 2, 000 people found 22% said they

were arguing more with their partners because of concerns about money.

简单阅读后文，易得准确答案D选项，Disputes over money

may ruin a relationship.答案中Disputes over money对应原文concerns about money，答案中ruin a relationship对应22% said they were arguing more with their partners.

2.重点注重并列转折关系。

这是也是做语义猜词的一大利器。因为由并列转折连接的两部分

会存有语义含义和成分的对应。所以如果有一个单词不理解，就能够

去看其并列或转折部分的信息中找对应信息。试举一例：

Foreign students earn 30% of doctoral degree awarded in the United States and 38% of those in the United Kingdom.

该句中and后面的those应该如何理解。同学从并列关系连接的

两部分中易得出，百分比对应百分比，in the United States对应in the United Kingdom，所以those指的就是doctoral degree.

3.解释说明部分

其实考官在出一些语义题的时候也是动了恻隐之心的。会在晦涩

难懂信息的附近存有一个解释说明部分。解释说明部分的标志是逗号，冒号，破折号，双引号。

举例08年12月的真题：

原文：Then there’s the ostrich approach. “Some men are scared of what might be there and would rather not know,” says Dr. Ross Cartmill.

What does Dr. Ross Carmill mean by “the ostrich approach”?