简答题的题型分析及解题技巧_大学英语经验交流

简答题的题型分析及解题技巧

　　4.语义题

　　语义题的出题目的在于考查考生转述(paraphrase)或解释(explain)某个词或语句在特定场合下的特定含义的能力。该题型要求考生不仅要读懂原文，而且要表达出来。

　　解答这种题型时，可注意找出原词在文章中的同义代换词，如果没有，还应注意破折号、同位语从句、定语从句、插入句等具有解释、说明作用的语言成分。

　　如99年1月简答题的第5题便是语义判断题型。题目为：

　　S5：The phrasethe linguistically oppressedrefers to those who were _______ .

　　解题时可根据题干回到原文第4段：

　　An ongoing research project，funded by the university of Cambridge，asked a sample of teachers，educators and employers in more than 40countries whether they regarded the native/non-native speakers distinction as being at all important.Nowas the answer.As long as candidates could teach and had the required level of English，it didnt matter who they were and where they came from .Thus，a new form of discriminationthis time justified because it singled out the unqualifiedliberated the linguistically oppressed(受压迫的).But the Cambridge project did more than just that：it confirmed that the needs of native and non- native teachers are extremely similar.

　　答案细节部分在倒数第2句，破折号部分需重点研究，显然linguistically oppressed与a new form of discrimination及unqualified有关，那么进一步研究一些教师受到discrim- ination的原因是他们是non-native speakers，再结合题意及对原文理解，便可顺利得到答案：