问题: Use information from the above paragraph to complete the following statements. Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER.
S1 The writer defines public speaking as any activity where people jointly explore problems, knowledge, attitudes and opinions, or look for _____________.
S2 At the end of most public speeches, most audiences immediately forget about _____________ of what they have just heard.
S3 Because most public speeches are short-lived, the speaker should work to counteract the _____________ of the listeners.
试题解析:在S1中空格的前面出现一连串的排比:explore problems, knowledge, attitudes and opinions, or look for...,文章中相应的出现如此的排比的地方第二到第三行:solve problems, share understanding and perspectives, advocate viewpoints, or seek stimulation, 其中solve与explore同义,understanding与knowledge同义, viewpoints与opinions同义,而seek又与look for同义,因此答案是stimulation;S2中的关键词为most audiences和forget,而在第二小段的第一到第三行有:Most audiences do well if they remember as much as 40 per cent of what a speaker says immediately after the speaker concludes,其中有关键词most audiences,以及forget的反义词remember,因此这里应填入60%;在S3中,关键词为work,counteract和listeners,此处的work有“努力、奋力”的意思,counteract表示“反抗、反对、与...作斗争”,而listeners和audiences是同义词,根据第二小段的最后两行:to strive to defeat the poor listening habits of most public audiences,我们可以得出正确答案为poor listening habits,其中strive和work同义,defeat和counteract同义。
由此可见,技巧和语言能力的结合才能提高雅思阅读完成句子题的准确性
解题步骤:1找出题目中的关键词,最好先定位到原文中的一个段落。将题目中的关键词与原文各段落的小标题或每段话的第一句相对照。有些题目能先定位到原文中的一个段落,这必将大大加快解题速度,并提高准确率。但也并非每个题目都能先定位到原文中的一个段落的。2从头到尾快速阅读该段落,根据题目中的其它关键词确定正确答案。确定一个段落后,答案在该段落中的具体位置是未知的。所以,需要从头到尾仔细阅读该段落,找出题目中的关键词的对应词。仔细阅读对应词所在句子,确定正确答案。3要注意顺序性,即题目的顺序和原文的顺序基本一致。这种题型是有顺序性的。第二题的答案应在第一题的答案之后。这个规律也有助于确定答案的位置。