细心的同学会在四六级大纲中发现,快速阅读部分写到:
“要求考生运用略读和查读的技能从篇章中获取信息。
查读考核学生利用各种提示,如数字、大写单词、段首或句首词等,快速查找特定信息的能力。”
很显然,这一条不仅适用于快速阅读,也适用于仔细阅读。这里,为了方便称呼,我们把这些统统称作:特殊标记。
真题再现
例1:
In the past few years, prominent schools around the world have joined the trend. In 2003, whenCambridge University appointed Alison Richard, another former Yale provost, as its vice-chancellor,the university publicly stressed that in her previous job she had overseen(监督) “a major strengthening of Yale’s financial position.”(2009.12,cet4)
65. Cambridge University appointed Alison Richard as its vice-chancellor chiefly because _____.
A. she was known to be good at raising money
B. she could help strengthen its ties with Yale
C. she knew how to attract students overseas
D. she had boosted Yale’s academic status
【答案】A
【解析】
文中提到,剑桥大学于2003年任命Alison Richard为副校长,而句中publicly stressed(公开强调)之后的内容即为任命她的原因,便是:在以前的岗位上她的监管使得“耶鲁的财政地位得到显著加强”。所以,推理可知,答案为A。