加拿大研究生留学GRE阅读做不对原来是因为基础词汇

加拿大研究生留学GRE阅读做不对原来是因为基础词汇

一直以来，遇到许多杀G小可爱们都有一个迷之相同点——一心只关注看起来十分高大上的词语，各种小词入不了法眼。

但实际上，很多时候绊倒我们的都是一些很基础很不起眼的小词，这些词语决定了语言表达的准确性以及选项是否能够入选。GRE备考

所以每次的课前沟通，我都会跟同学确认，是否好好背过托福或者雅思词汇。如果没有，一定要把托福词汇与GRE词汇同步进行。出来混，迟早要还的呀~

下面这道题，一直以来都有很多同学提问。其实关键点就在一个词，漏掉一个词就错过一个选项；可多选题，错过一个选项就错过整道题。

Passage 137

A bird’s plumage,while contributing to structural integrity and participating in aerial locomotion,completely obscures a bird’s internal activity from human view,greatly impeding our attempts to understand birds as functioning animals.Plumage has even made it difficult to describe bird movement.When describing the movement of mammals,writers turn to well-worn clichés like“grace in motion.”A mammal’s rippling muscles slide smoothly over one another in eyecatching ways.With a mammal,whether a mouse or hippopotamus,we recognize that the underlying body parts are similar to our own and we know these parts will act predictably.Not so with a bird.For centuries,we knew little more about a bird’s movement than that it was a mystery that seemed to be based on the flapping of wings.

Consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply.

The passage mentions which of the following as an effect of bird plumage?

A.It contributes to a bird’s ability to fly.

B.It hides the inner workings of birds.

C.It contributes to the structural soundness of birds.

之前有一位小可爱很认真滴说BC都找到了，就A不知道在哪里~

一句话解决问题——Aerial locomotion与ability to fly同意替换。是谁错过了平凡又普通的aerial呢？

此处还提醒大家一点，定位句在文章首句——A bird’s plumage,while contributing to structural integrity and participating in aerial locomotion,completely obscures a bird’s internal activity from human view,greatly impeding our attempts to understand birds as functioning animals.既然有and连接，C选项能选择出来就应该有敏锐的条件反射，并列之后的信息很有可能是另外一个选项，进一步比对之后就不容易错过A选项了。学在加拿大

我们通过下面这道题题目再来继续感受一下小词在决定选项去留时候的关键作用吧~

加拿大研究生留学GRE阅读做不对原来是因为基础词汇

Passage 307

More than two decades after the death of George Balanchine,the choreographer's legacy is strangely unclear.In part this is because ballet has shallow roots in American culture.When Balanchine arrived in the United States in 1933,American ballet was little more than a vaudeville act.During the next 50 years,he raised American ballet to an internationally recognized art,producing an impressive body of great ballets and laying a foundation for generations to come—or so it was thought at the time of his death.But dance has no written tradition and disappears easily from collective memory:unless Balanchine's dances are alive and interesting now,we are likely to forget why they ever seemed so important.

Consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply.

1.It can be inferred that the author of the passage would probably agree with which of the following statements about ballet's lack of a written tradition?

A.This lack is one reason that ballet has shallow roots in American culture.

B.This lack makes it imperative that a ballet be performed regularly for it to remain alive.

C.This lack makes it more difficult to preserve a particular ballet in the public's consciousness.

友情提示：关注一下有关范围限定的词语，往往能决定选项是否能选。

答案：C

解析：

A选项对应的内容在文章第二句，其中this是考点词特指第一句的内容，所以此时所解释的对象应该是第一句里的编舞家留下的遗产是奇怪的不清楚的。而不是题目问的芭蕾缺乏written tradition的原因，是因果逻辑之间的错误。

B选项alive在文中有原词，但是文章里说的是芭蕾舞本身必须alive才能让我们明白它为什么看起来如此重要，这是原文最后一句说的，也不是题目问的内容，答非所问。

C对应文中：But dance has no written tradition and disappears easily from collective memory，collective memory就是选项public's consciousness的同意替换。