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ACT阅读“双篇”初探(大量实例)

 紫罗兰ilove 2015-11-07

  ACT阅读一直以来都在遵循用四篇不同类型的长文章来考察学生阅读能力的模式;但是,从2014年12月份的考试开始,这种传统的考察模式悄然发生了变化。在近几次的考试当中(2014年12月以及2015年4月和6月的ACT考试),我们陆续见到了人文类和社科类文章中类似SAT考试的长篇双文章的考察。那接下来我们就仔细分析一下这种双篇文章的考察模式和并给出应对方法。


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【所用材料】

  72G(2014年12月),73C(2015年4月),73G(2015年6月),以及官方放出的新72C。


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【文章特征】

  经过对这四套题的分析,我们发现,双篇文章基本集中在Humanities以及Social Science这两类文章当中,出现了双篇分属不同作者(72G,73C,73G)和双篇属相同作者(新72C)的两种情况。


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【题目特征】

  每篇文章后面依旧是10道题,其中前7道题,跟其他普通文章一样,是与文章直接相关的,直接到原文定位即可;而后三道是新题型,主要考察两篇文章之间的关系。


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【新题型分析】
【一】双篇关系题

  这类题目的特点是需要学生对于文章内容先有整体的把握,并找出两篇文章的相同点或是不同点,从而选出最优答案。题目例子如下:

1.Both Passage A and Passage B highlight Bradbury’s use of:(72C)


2.Which of the following method of support do both authors use to convey their ideas?(72G)


3.One of the most obvious differences between Hogan’s and Crawford’s point of view is that Hogan:(72G)


4.A similarity between the two passages is that they both:(73C)


5.Based on the passages, Gornick’s and Hemingway’s approaches to writing their memoirs are similar in that both writers:(73G)

【二】双篇概括题

  这类题目的特点是需要学生把握两篇文章的主旨,并对其进行简练地概括,从而选出最优答案。题目例子如下:

Based on these two passages, which pair of phrases best compares Hogan’s relationship to Nature and Crawford’s relationship to Nature?(72G)

【三】双篇细节题

  这类题目的特点是需要学生在两篇文章中分别找出与题目要求相关的细节,并识别出一篇文章中有但另一篇文章所缺失的细节,从而选出最优答案。题目例子如下:

An element of Passage A that is not present in Passage B is a reference to what aspect of the automobile culture?(73C)

【四】双篇推断题

  这类题目的特点是需要学生根据文章给出的信息和内容去推断或猜想一个最可能发生的虚拟情境,从而选出最优答案。题目例子如下:

1.Based on Bradbury’s description in Passage A of his writing process, which of the following methods hypothetically depicts a way Bradbury might have begun to write the story in Passage B?(72C)


2.If publicity experts had been assigned to build enthusiasm for the cars mentioned in Passage A using the methods described in Passage B, the experts would most likely have first released photos to the press that showed:(73C)


3.Based on the passages, it can most reasonably be inferred that Gornick and Hemingway would agree that when it comes to a writer’s responsibility to be truthful in a memoir:(73G)


【五】第三方文段引用

  这类题目的特点是出题者会引用一段来自其他文章的相关的句子或段落,并问及所引用的句子与两篇文章或是其中一篇文章内容的关系,学生只需对两篇文章大意有总体把握,就能选出最优答案。题目例子如下:

1.Elsewhere in the essay from which Passage A is adapted, Bradbury writes:

Was there a real boy named John Huff?

There was. And that was truly his name. But he didn’t go away from me, I went away from him.

How do these statements apply to both the information about Bradbury’s approach as a storyteller provided in Passage A and the story of John Huff provided in Passage B?(72C)


2.Another author wrote the following about the role of truth in memoir:

A memoir is a story, not a history, and real life doesn’t play out as a story.

Which passage most closely echoes the view presented in this question?(73G)


小结:

  从上面对于双篇题目的分析可以看出,ACT考试对于学生阅读的考察,依旧万变不离其中,都是要求学生在理解文章内容和大意的基础上再去分析题目和选项,只要看懂了文章,无论是单篇阅读还是双篇阅读,学生都能排除干扰选项,找出最优答案。所以学生的练习重点仍旧是对做过的ACT阅读文章进行精读去进一步提升词汇量和句子理解能力,平时再多读一些各类别的原版书籍,来提升阅读速度和快速抓取文章主旨大意的能力。

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