评分标准: Fill in the blanks: reading and writing顾名思义,是一道填空题,属于阅读范畴,却对阅读和写作的分数都有影响。这种题型在PTE考试中出现4—6道,一空一分,占分的比重也很不容小觑。下面就用一道例题为大家讲解这种关键的题型。 例题示范Dr. Martin Luther King marked his importance in the civil rights ……(A)……. by mobilizing the Black community during a 382-day bus boycott. He was arrested; his home was bombarded. But the US Supreme Court declared bus segregation unconstitutional and Dr. King became the hero of Negroes. His non-violent ……(B)……. were put to test in Birmingham, during a mass protest rally protesting against the desegregation of department store facilities. Dr. King was arrested and his followers suffered police brutalities. Dr. King delivered the most passionate ……(C)……. of his career and “Time” magazine nominated him as its “Person of the Year” for 1963. A few months later he was named the recipient of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize and the entire story of King’s struggle and his crusade to ……(D)……… the slums of Chicago were reported nationally and internationally.A: evolution/movement/project/committeeB: methods/actions/behaviour/thoughtsC: job/address/dictation/schemeD: reclaim/deface/rehabilitate/reconstruct 答案详解(A) Movement解析:在本句中,civil rights movement是“民权运动”的固定词组,指的是1955—1968年美国非裔的民权运动。其他的选项revolution(n.革命),project (n. 项目)和committee(n. 委员会)都是不合适的。句译:马丁·路德·金博士在民权运动中的重要性,体现在他动员黑人社区进行为期382天的巴士抵制运动上。 (B) Methods解析:本句中的四个选项对于同学们来讲应都不是生词,具体的区分体现在意思上。答案选取了method(n. 方法),显然是符合语义的。Thoughts(n.想法)明显与后文句意不符,而behaviour和actions更加侧重于一次性的行动、习性或行为,而非文章想表达的行动方法。句译:在伯明翰一场大规模抗议百货商店种族隔离设施的集会上,他的非暴力方法经受了检验。 (C) Address解析:本句考察的重点是address的一词多义,这个词不仅有“地址”的意思,还有“演讲,致辞,说话的技巧,称呼”的含义,在本句中取“演讲”。而job(n.工作),dictation(n. 听写,口述)和scheme(n. 计划,体制,阴谋)显然都是不合适的。句译:金博士发表了他职业生涯中最富有激情的演讲,而“时代”杂志提名他为1963年的“年度人物”。 (D) Rehabilitate解析:rehabilitate意为“使康复,恢复,改造”,这里的用法是rehabilitate the slums of Chicago(改造芝加哥的贫民窟)。其他的词分别为reclaim(vt.开拓,回收利用),deface(vt.丑化)和reconstruct(vt.重建,修复)。其中,前两个意义不符,而后一个多用于形容非客观存在的重建、重构,如reconstruct regulation systems(重建管理制度),reconstruct social order(重构社会秩序)等。句译:几个月后,他被授予1964年度的诺贝尔和平奖,而金的整个斗争故事和他改造芝加哥贫民窟的运动,被国内外所报导。 练习方法 这个题型针对的是同学们的词汇量和词汇搭配积累。因此,想答得好就需要做些努力、背些单词。有什么方法可以又快又好背单词呢?最关键的一点就是总结归纳。平日里背单词时,拿出一个单词本,将同义词、近义词、反义词、形近词、相关写在一起,通过对比和联想背单词(如下图),往往事半功倍。