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四级最后一搏---听力理解三种题型实战答题技巧(1)
④态度与评价题
这类题目要求考生在听对话时,能根据谈话内容判断出谈话的双方或一方对于谈及的事物所反映出来的态度及做出的评价,是赞赏、反对、不关心还是厌恶、喜欢等。这类问题一般也能从卷面选项中辨认,在四级考试中出现较频繁。2001年1月的考试中还出现了两题。它的提问方式一般有:
What does the man/woman think of ...?
What does the man/woman say about...?
What is the man/woman’s reaction/response to...?
在听这类考题时,首先注意听力的重点在哪。听前要求考生迅速浏览一下题目的四个选项。如果选项中包含反应人的态度的形容词,如impatient, bored, curious, satisfied, optimistic等等,那么十之八九这是一道态度题。在阅读选项时,还要特别注意代词是he, she or they, 即尽早把握考查的是男士,女士,还是他们共同的对某事的态度。在听的时候,也就可以及早判断应该把注意力放在一方的身上,或不得不关注双方的对话,从字里行间推判出二人的态度,如四个选项为:
(A)He finds the presentation hard to follow.
(B)He considers the presentation very dull.
(C)He thinks Professor White has chosen an interesting topic.
(D)He speaks highly of the presentation.
从选项中明显可以看出这是一道态度题,而且关注的重点的是男士的态度,我们可以听到下列对话:
W: Professor Whites presentation seems to go on forever. I was barely able to stay awake.
M: How could you sleep through it? Its one of the best I have ever heard on this topic.
Q:What does the man think of Professor Whites presentation? (CET-4/ 2001/1—5)
这是一道典型的重点考查谈话一方的态度的题目。在大多数这样的题目中,第一个说话者谈及的是某一事实的现象,在这题中女士点出了话题 “Professor Whites presentation”;第二个说话者对话题发表看法,他也是考查的对象。这里第二个说话者正好是男士,四个选项的内容也告诉我们应注重男士的谈话。根据他所说的 “Its one of the best I have ever heard on this topic”,可得出结论 “He speaks highly of the presentation.” 所以所选答案为(A)。
听前阅读选项明确考查的对象还有一个好处是在有的考题中,考查对象为第一个说话者,他/她所说的最开始的一两句话便反应了她的态度,而这正是考生容易忽略的,因为一开始说话时,考生的注意力还没有集中。当然,如果选项告诉了你考查的对象,自然也不会忽略了。例如四个选项为: (A) It was boring. (B) It was entertaining.
(C) It was touching. (D) It was encouraging.
这些选项提示我们谈话的双方可能会对话题发表自己的看法,要注意谈论的是何事,双方的意见如何。听到的对话为:
W: The speech the blind girl gave this evening was extremely moving.
M:I think everyone felt the same.
Q: How did the man feel about the girls speech? (CET-4/97/1-10) 博学在线_CET-4 考试
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这一题虽然问的是男士的看法,但他并没有直接陈述他的看法,他附和了女士的意见 “I think everyone felt the same”,而女士一开始就表明了她的态度: “The speech …was extremely moving”。 这里我们必须从一开始就关注谈话人对话题的看法,只有注意到女士的评论,才能选出正确的答案,即(C)。
有时考查的是谈话双方的态度,例如,You’ll read:
(A)He gets nervous very easily.
(B)He is an inexperienced speaker.
(C)He is an awful speaker.
(D)He hasnt prepared his speech well.
You will hear:
W: Tom looks awfully nervous, doesnt he?
M: Yes. Im afraid he is not used to making speeches.
Q: What do they think of Tom?
在这段谈话中,女士首先表明态度:“Tom looks nervous”,男士继而说明Tom紧张的原因“not used to making speeches”。综合二者意见可以得出结论“He is an inexperienced speaker”。在听这类谈话中,除了分析选项外,还有一点也非常重要,那就是谈话的语调。如下例:
W: Tobby is certainly the best player of this game!
M: The best player? If he were, I would be the couch of the national team?
Q: What does the man say about Tobby?
(A) He thinks Tobby is a good player.
(B) He thinks Tobby should be the coach of the team.
(C) He doesn’t think Tobby is a good player.
(D) He thinks he can play better than Tobby.
男士话语中的“The best player”是用升调说出的。这表明这是一种反问,常表示不满,不赞同,惊异等。男士后半部分的谈话进一步证明了这一点。 因此这题的答案为(C)。如果第二个说话者重复第一个说话者中某一内容,并且用升调,这往往表示第二者不赞同前者的意见。
再看下例:
W: Did you go to the gallery yesterday? The painter certainly got some good paintings.
M: Didnt he?
Q: What do we learn from the man’s response?
(A) He went to the gallery yesterday, too.
(B) He wasn’t sure whether the paintings were good.
(C) He didn’t go to see the exhibition.
(D) He shared the woman’s opinion.
上述对话中,男士听完女士的谈话后,用降调说“Didn’t he?”这已不是在询问,也不是表示惊异,而是表示赞同女士的意见,所以此题答案应为(D)。
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⑤因果关系题
因果关系的考题在近年来的考题中也较频繁的出现, 2001年6月的考题中还出现了两道。这种类型的题目通常以两种形式出现:1.直截了当地询问原因,提问的形式有:
“Why did ×do this?”
“What’s the reason that × did





