BEC阅读中如何回答细节性问题

　　在BEC考试阅读中,我们经常会遇到一些细节性问题。那么什么是细节性问题呢?细节性问题是关于Supporting Details类的问题,通过Skimming找出主题后,应进一步掌握阐述和发展主题的主要事实,或按要求找出特定细节。在回答此类问题时,应采用查读法(Scanning),因为这些具体内容(Detai1s是用来说明、论证或分析文章中心的。这类题目常以"WH-"形式来提问,如who, what, when, where, why及how等形式。

　　这些问题的表达常不采用文章中的原话提问,而是使用同义词语等,因此,在选择答案前应首先看准题于,看清问题所问究竟;然后,在查读时注意寻找与题目相关的关键词语;最后,在充分理解原文、原题的基础上确定正确答案。

　　当然,这类细节性问题所涉及的面是很广的。有的涉及数字计算,如问时间、距离、次数、数量等,认真计算后方可选定正确答案;有的涉及正误判断,要先看选项,根据选项提供的线索,寻视文中相应部分,最后在题中选出肯定答案;还有的寻问事实、原因、结果、目的等。总之,做细节题切忌通过自己对某类知识的主观了解和认识做出想像判断,一定要紧扣文章内容,不可随心所欲。

　　细节类问题的命题方式有以下几种:

　　(1)Which of the following is NOT true according to the information in the passage?

　　(2) Which of the following is mentioned in the passage?

　　(3) What is the example of . . . as described in the passage?(Examda)

　　(4) The author mentions all of the following except . . .

　　(5) The reason for . . .is . . .

　　(6) The author states that . . .

　　(7) According to the passage, when (where, why, how, who, etc. ) ...

　　Example :

　　Just seven years ago, the Jarvik-7 artificial heart was being cheered as the model of humancreativeness. The sight of Barney Clark-alive and conscious after trading his diseased heart formet-al-and-plastic pump -convinced the press, the public and many doctors that the futurehad arrived. It hadn't. After monitoring production of the Jarvik-7 , and reviewing its effects onthe 150 or so patients (most of whom got the device as a temporary measure) the U. S.Food and Drug Administration concluded that the machine was doing more to endanger livesthan to save them. Last week the agency cancelled its earlier approval , effectively banning ( 禁止 ) the device .

　　The recall may hurt Symbion Inc. , maker of the Jarvik-7 , but it won't end the request foran artificial heart. One problem with the banned model is that the tubes connecting it to anexternal power source created a passage infection. Inventors are now working on newdevices that would be fully placed, along with a tiny power pack, in the patient's chest. The firstsample products aren't expected for another 10 or 20 years. But some people are alreadyworrying that they'11 work- and that America's overextended healthcare programs Will lose aprecious $ 2.5 billion to $ 5 billion a year providing them for a relatively few dying patients. Ifsuch expenditures( 开支)cut into funding for more basic care , the net effect could actually be adecline in the nation's health.

　　According to the passage the Jarvik-7 artificial heart proved to be ________.

　　A) a technical failure

　　B) a technical wonder

　　C) a good life-saver

　　D) an effective means to treat heart disease

　　本题是考核学生根据止下文全面理解和进行正确判断的能力,问的是本文论述的Jarvik-7人造心脏性能和效果到底如何。文章一开头说Jarvik-7是一大技术成就,但文章说到:...the .U.S. Food and DrugAdministration concluded that the machine was doing more to endanger lives than to savethem (Line -7-9).后面又提到:Last week the agency canceled its earlier approval , effectivelybanning the device.这两句话提供了这个问题的答案。因此,答案:

　　The new models of artificial hearts are expected_______.

　　A) to have a working life of 10 or 20 years

　　B) to be set fully in the patient's chest

　　C) to be equipped with an external power source

　　D) to create a new passage for infection

　　本题是考核正确理解事实细节的能力。选项已的意思与文章中第二段第三句,即"Inventors are now working...in the patient's chest."的意思符合,因此选项B)是答案。