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GRE填词第【19】讲
GRE填词,没有空白的句子不需要看?
有同学在做题的时候觉得没有空白的句子根本也没有看的必要吧。果真如此么?我们看题:
Wolosky claims that Ella Wheeler Wilcox joined other women poets such as Julia Ward Howe, Frances Harper, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman in critiquing materialism and possessive individualism. Wolosky’s description (i)_____ the poetry of Gilman, Howe, and Harper, but it is not entirely (ii)_____ in the case of Wilcox, who hardly (iii)_____ the materialism of her time. Rather, Wilcox seems to have embraced the amassing of private property.
A. fits | D. apt | G. reflected |
B. conflates | E. puzzling | H. countenanced |
C. misinterprets | F. uncommon | I. impugned |
没有空白的句子根本不看么?于是,很快就吃瘪吧!这道题是一个很典型的例子。题目的句话“Wolosky claims that Ella Wheeler Wilcox joined other women poets such as Julia Ward Howe, Frances Harper, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman in critiquing materialism and possessive individualism.”这么长,还名字扎堆,仿佛用处不大。但是,其实不然。我们耐心看完这个句子,看看句子给了我们什么信息:Wolosky说Wilcox这个人对“materialism and possessive individualism”的态度是critiquing的。
那么,这个信息有用么?当然!有用。只不过,它的作用需要于题目中的最后一句“Rather, Wilcox seems to have embraced the amassing of private property.”合并起来才充分发挥。那么,我们看看题目中的最后一句告诉我们什么:相反,Wilcox对于积聚私人财产仿佛是拥抱的姿态。
这样一来,题目中的句话与最后一句话的内容正好相互冲突。这个冲突正是我们填空的关键依据,尤其是填第(ii)空和第(iii)空的依据。
我们把正确答案告诉大家:
Wolosky’s description (i)__fits__ the poetry of Gilman, Howe, and Harper, but it is not entirely (ii)__apt (恰当的)__ in the case of Wilcox, whohardly (iii)__impugned (置疑)__ the materialism of her time.
然后,一起来看看需要填空的这一句是什么意思:
Wolosky的描述(即题目的句)在G、H、H这三个人身上是准确的,但是在Wilcox(这个并不置疑她所处的时代的物质主义的人的)身上并不完全恰当。
至此,大家有没有发现:GRE填词中,即使没有空白的句子也是需要需要需要看的。因为这些没有空白的句子往往提供了重要的信息,是整个题目的语境的重要组成部分,对于需要填空的句子提供了必要的提示,为我们选词提供了重要的甚至是关键的依据。