全国职称英语考试综合类AB级课堂笔记第4讲

前言

Ø阅读理解出题特点：

以2002年和2003年综合A和综合B的阅读理解题的出题特点进行比较：

2002年综合B阅读理解题：
A Thirsty World
Life in the Universe *
Valuing Childhood

2003年综合B阅读理解题：
New Foods and The New World **
Teaching Poetry *
“Salty” Rice Plant Boosts Harvest

Attached materials:
From A Thirsty World
主题理解---The world is not only hungry, it is also thirsty for water. This may seem strange to you, since nearly 75% of the earth’s surface is covered with water…
语言特点：句子结构较简单，多为简单句或简单复合句。

From Valuing Childhood

主题理解---The value of childhood is easily blurred（变得模糊不清楚） in today’s world. Consider some recent developments: the child-murderers in ., schoolyard shooting case..

语言特点：句子结构较简单，多为简单句或简单复合句。但是由于文章主题的原因，有些句子并不太容易理解，这些句子句意的理解可能需要借助上下文，如：

(Despite horror at what was done, children are not – cannot be –dealt with as adults, not if a people wants to consider itself civilized.) That’s why politicians’ cries for adult treatment of youthful criminals ultimately miss the point.

补充：
beside the point adv.离题, 不中肯
to the point adv.中肯, 切中要点

2002年综合A阅读理解题：
Valuing Childhood
Characteristics of Publicity
Effects of Environmental Pollution

2003年综合A阅读理解题：
“Salty” Rice Plant Boosts Harvest
Fords’ Assembly Line *
Play **

From Characteristics of Publicity

主题理解---Publicity offers several benefits. There are no costs for message time or space. An ad in prime-time television may cost $250,000 to 500,000 or more per minute, whereas a five-minute report on a network newscast world not cost anything.
语言特点：句子结构较简单，多为简单句或简单复合句, 但文章中也出现了一些结构成分多样化的句子，如：
These beliefs （opinion） were covered extensively by the media and resulted in the firm receiving 15,000 phone calls about the rumor in June alone.

可以看出：综合A/B级阅读理解考题中，所选择的文章主题基本上都与社会或文化有关，也可能涉及其他类的主题，如自然地理，大众科技等。文章句子结构中大多是简单句和简单复合句的结构，但也会出现一些较为复杂的句子（长句子结构），文章主题一般较容易理解。通常会有1篇左右的文章是直接选择当年的职称英语用书上阅读理解部分的文章，但其文章后的问题通常会有变动。