职称英语考查阅读理解的能力详解

职称英语考查阅读理解的能力，主要包括以下几个方面：

l 英语句子的基本语序及其意义；

l 英语句子的结构和常用句型；

l 动词的各种时态、语态、语气及各种体，及其意义；

l 复合句的构成及其意义；

l 句子中词语的所致、省略、替代、重复以及句子之间意义的关系等。

例句：

The first time that the question “What is at the bottom of the oceans?” had to be answered with any commercial consequence was when the laying of a telegraph cable from Europe to America was proposed.

阅读理解的出题类型：

1．主旨大意题：考查整篇文章的主题思想，或者某些段落的主题。提问方式主要有以下一些：

1. The main idea of this passage is ________.

2. This passage tells us__________.

3. Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the passage?

4. The passage mainly discusses ___________.

5. This passage mainly deals with __________.

6. The author’s purpose in writing this passage is __________.

7. What is the passage mainly about?

8. What is the best title of the passage?

2． 事实及细节题：考查支持和说明文章主旨的具体事实及细节，提问方式主要有以下几种：

1. What causes _______?

2. Some people do sth. because ____________?

3. Sb. is … because ________.

4. Why is (does) sb. … ?

5. Which of the following best characterizes the main feature of … ?

6. What … ?

7. Which … ?

8. Who (Whom) … ?

9. When (What time)…

10. How … ? How many … ? How often … ?

3．词汇或短语题：根据上下文，理解所指定的词汇或者短语的具体意义，提问方式如下：

1. The word “ … ” in line … in paragraph … refers to ______.

2. The expression … (lline …, paragraph … ) is closest in meaning to _________.

3. In line … the word “ … ” most probably means _________.

4. In line … the word “ … ” could best be replaced by ________.

5. By “ …” the author means _________.

4．理解句子的意义，以及句子之间的逻辑关系。有以下提问方式：

1. Which of the following may cause (lead to) … according to the passage?

2. Sb. is asked to … because ________.

3. The aim of … is (was) ______.

4. The best solution for … seems to be _______.

5．推理题：根据文章已有的信息或文章的含义进行归纳和总结；或推断文章的引申、暗示的含义；或推断出所节选段落的上文或下文；甚至推断作者是谁等。有以下提问方式：

1. What is impled in the sentence “ … ” ?

2. It is implied in the passage that ______.

3. The passage implies (suggest) that _________.

4. It can be inferred (concluded) from the passage that _______.

5. Which of the following can be concluded from this passage?

6. Which of the following conclusion could best be drawn from the passage?

7. We can learn from the passage that ________.

8. The paragraph following the passage would most probably discuss ______.

9. What would the paragraph preceding this passage probably discuss?

6．领会作者的观点、意图和态度。有以下提问方式：

1. The author’s main purpose in this passage is ________.

2. The author’s purpose of writing this passage is _________.

3. In this passage the author’s attitude toward … could best be described as __________.

4. What is the author’s attitude towards … ?

5. What is the author’s opinion about … ?

6. The author uses the example of … to show that ________.