06年GCT考试英语辅导教材--阅读(2)

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第三章阅读理解

第三节阅读理解的应试技巧与策略

从考试角度考虑，阅读理解的关键要抓两点：一是准确无误，二是答题迅速。因此工程硕士阅读需要解决的一个根本问题就是如何在有限的时间内高效率地完成阅读题。换言之，怎样才能做的又好又快——这就少不了快速阅读的方法技巧。常见的快读方法有计时阅读（Timed Reading）、略读（Skimming）、寻读（Scanning）、意群阅读(Sense Group Reading) 等。我们在此向大家一一介绍这些方法技巧。

1. 计时阅读

计时阅读是提高阅读速度最有效的方法之一。其具体的方法是：先记下起读时间（starting time），阅读完毕记，读完时间（finishing time），即可计算出本次阅读速度。以下面一道工程硕士阅读样题为例：

Elephants who paint aren´.t new. Paintings by Ruby, an Asian elephant who lived at the Phoenix Zoo in Arizona, sold for up to $5,000 in the late 1980s, said Dick George, a consultant with the zoo.

"Ruby was about seven months old when she first came to the zoo," said George. "She lived with a goat and some chickens, but she didn´.t have an elephant companion for a number of years. She spent a lot of time drawing in the dirt with a stick to make her days more stimulating. Her keeper bought her some art supplies. ” George said, “Ruby was excited about painting right from the beginning. ”

The elephants at the art academies in the Southeast Asia are taught to hold a paintbrush with the tip of their trunks. Initially, the keeper guides the elephant´. s trunk over the canvas (画布) and offers rewards for good performance.

"It only takes a few hours to a day to teach them," said Mia Fineman, an art historian whose book When Elephants Paint is an illustrated history of the Asian Elephant Art and Conservation Project. 188

11. Ruby was an Asian elephant_____.

A. who was sold for a price as high as $ 5,000

B. ho was famous for being the first painting elephant

C. hose paintings sold for as high as $5,000

D. ho started painting in the late 1980s.

12. Why did Ruby start painting according to Dick George?

A. Because she was seven years old.

B. Because she was the first to come to the zoo.

C. Because she learned a lot from the goat and the chickens.

D. Because she had no elephant partners to play with.

13. How did Ruby paint at the very beginning?

A. She used a stick to draw in the dirt.

B. She spent much time in the dirt.

C. She stimulated herself every day.

D. She painted with her keeper´. s art supplies.

14. To encourage the elephants to paint well, the keeper_____.

A. bought them a lot of art supplies

B. made them excited at the beginning

C. taught them to hold a paintbrush with their trunks

D. reinforced the desired behaviors with rewards

15. When Elephants Paint is a book_____.

A. on the history of arts

B. about the painting elephants in Asia

C. explaining how to teach elephants to paint

D. chiefly theorizing about elephant art

全文正文为188个词，5个问题209个词，总共397词。按每分钟70个词的速度，限时在5分半钟内完成阅读，再加上3分钟选择答案的时间，总共8分钟完成此题。(北京安通学校提供)

要是限时不能完成怎么办？不要延长时间。无论如何，需要养成快速阅读的习惯。可考虑适当降低阅读材料的难度，从四级阅读题开始训练，以后逐渐加大阅读的难度。这样坚持一段时间，速度也就随之上去了。

由于快速阅读时精力高度集中，因此阅读时间不宜太长，一次半小时就行了。因为时间一长容易产生疲劳，精力分散，起不到强化训练的作用。每次练习后应及时总结，发现问题随手记下。这样长期坚持下去，必能收到明显的效果。