標(biāo)化備考GRE填空中容易被忽略的時(shí)態(tài)問(wèn)題

為什么找到了邏輯脈絡(luò)依然不能做好填空？這是困擾每一個(gè)同學(xué)的問(wèn)題。實(shí)際上，掌握了基本的答題思路，只是GRE填空的入門(mén)，ETS爸爸還給大家設(shè)置了很多小陷阱等你來(lái)跳。今天小加就和大家聊聊填空中容易被忽視的動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)問(wèn)題。GRE填空

我們先看一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的真題：

21-10. Scientist reported last month on a sign of relative solar _____; the solar wind, a rush of charged particles continually spewed from the Sun at a million miles an hour, had diminished to its lowest level in 50 years.

A. quiescence

B. turbulence

C. isolation

D. calm

E. remoteness

F. instability

解析

本題邏輯很明確，根據(jù)冒號(hào)提示的解釋說(shuō)明邏輯，后面整體對(duì)太陽(yáng)風(fēng)的狀態(tài)進(jìn)行解讀。很多同學(xué)一看diminish這個(gè)詞，既然是減弱的狀態(tài)，那就是不穩(wěn)定的，同時(shí)聯(lián)想到自己已有的知識(shí)儲(chǔ)備，感覺(jué)太陽(yáng)風(fēng)就應(yīng)該是這樣的特點(diǎn)，于是選擇了BF。但很遺憾，這個(gè)答案是錯(cuò)的。

我們仔細(xì)看一下這里的時(shí)態(tài)，人家說(shuō)的是had diminished，使用的是過(guò)去完成時(shí)。這個(gè)時(shí)態(tài)強(qiáng)調(diào)事情已經(jīng)發(fā)生在過(guò)去的過(guò)去，并且對(duì)過(guò)去產(chǎn)生影響。并不是正在進(jìn)行的狀態(tài)。所以意思是“已經(jīng)弱化到50年最低水平”這個(gè)含義，強(qiáng)調(diào)結(jié)果。所以答案對(duì)應(yīng)AD。

實(shí)際上很多考題都有對(duì)時(shí)態(tài)的考察，如果能注意到這些細(xì)節(jié)，那么我們解決一些難題就會(huì)相對(duì)輕松許多。

我們?cè)倏匆粋€(gè)相對(duì)復(fù)雜的真題：

143-6：Our contemporary preference for natural expression over artifice is (i)_____ the traditional Western view that the skill with which you expressed a position corresponded closely to the credibility of your argument. Rhetorical styles might vary, but style itself was never a matter of (ii)_____. And “style” was not just a well-turned sentence: poor expression, it was believed, (iii)_____ poor thought.

A. a departure from     

B. a reflection on

C. an endorsement of

D. substance

E. indifference

F. intention

G. ameliorated

H. elevated

I. betrayed

標(biāo)化備考GRE填空中容易被忽略的時(shí)態(tài)問(wèn)題

解析

本文一空是在探討古今兩種觀點(diǎn)的關(guān)系，而兩種觀點(diǎn)都是在敘述natural expression和artifice（或styes）之間的關(guān)系。由于沒(méi)有更多明顯的邏輯提示，需要根據(jù)后文來(lái)反推。所以先去做二空和三空。學(xué)在加拿大

先看三空。三空根據(jù)冒號(hào)提示的解釋說(shuō)明邏輯，前面講style并不僅僅是一個(gè)修辭優(yōu)美的句子，說(shuō)明style是非常重要的。所以冒號(hào)后面體現(xiàn)相同特征，空格選I，體現(xiàn)、展現(xiàn)。即：壞的表達(dá)展現(xiàn)出貧乏的思想。同時(shí)二空根據(jù)and提示并列，同樣也要體現(xiàn)style重要，所以對(duì)應(yīng)E，style并不是一個(gè)無(wú)關(guān)緊要的問(wèn)題。

現(xiàn)在關(guān)鍵來(lái)看一空。如果有的同學(xué)對(duì)動(dòng)詞的時(shí)態(tài)不夠敏感，可能就無(wú)法搞清楚后面兩句說(shuō)的是現(xiàn)在的觀點(diǎn)，還是過(guò)去的觀點(diǎn)，這樣容易產(chǎn)生錯(cuò)誤。通過(guò)仔細(xì)觀察，后面兩句所使用的時(shí)態(tài)都是過(guò)去時(shí)，所以可以由此得到過(guò)去的觀點(diǎn)：style重要。同時(shí)從第一句中對(duì)當(dāng)今觀點(diǎn)的描述“our contemporary preference for natural expression over artifice”可以看到，當(dāng)今觀點(diǎn)認(rèn)為natural expression更重要。顯然兩個(gè)觀點(diǎn)相反。因此體現(xiàn)這個(gè)核心特征的，只能是A選項(xiàng)。

思考題

89-5. His new role gives the normally clownish actor a chance to impress audiences with his (i) _____. He is among the most uninhibited comic performers around, but here he buttons his lip and stares straight ahead. Perhaps without quite knowing it, the audience waits for a wink, a hint that some of the (ii) _____spirit that animated his previous movies might be lurking inside the (iii) _____ manner he presents in this film