雅思考试阅读题型干扰项解析
一、重要干扰项
重要干扰项就是指,这种选项虽然不是正确答案,却与原文不冲突(或者很难判断是否与原文冲突),它们与正确答案看起来比较相似,只不过不如正确答案更准确、更完整或更严谨。我们看下面的例子:
In Tarkovsky’s opinion, the attraction of the cinema is that it
A aims to impress its audience。
B tells stories better than books。
C illustrates the passing of time。
D describes familiar events。
我们可以定位到原文的C段和D段,C段提到:The frightened audience could not accept that they were watching a mere picture. Pictures were still, only reality moved; this must, therefore, be reality. In their confusion, they feared that a real train was about to crush them. 这一段文字表达了观众当时的反应,观众们很难接受自己看到的是图画而不是事实。D段提到:The key to that magic was the way in which cinema created a dynamic image of the real flow of events. A still picture could only imply the existence of time, while time in a novel passed at the whim of the reader. But in cinema, the real, objective flow of time was captured. 这段文字描述了电影创造了事件随时间的发展演变,并且用picture和novel进行类比,强调电影的魔力是让人清楚地看到事情流畅地随时间演变。
根据这两段文字所表达的意思,很多学生会选择A或B选项,因为原文提及了观众、小说(书)的内容。A和B两个选项与原文所讲的内容并不是矛盾或完全不符合的。因此,这两个选项就干扰了我们正确的选择。当我们把这两段文字仔细推敲之后,发现描述观众的反应和对比书和电影的区别,都是为了表达电影的魔力在于表达事件随时间的发展这一主题含义。C项的含义比AB要更准确,因此答案选择C项。
二、错误干扰项
相比之下,多选题目的错误干扰项就较容易识别出来了。我们可以看到,有些题目中,某个选项与原文是直接矛盾的,那么肯定不会选择它为正确的答案。比如:
A recent survey found that in British secondary schools,
A there was more bullying than had previously been the case。
B there was less bullying than in primary schools。
C cases of persistent bullying were very common。
D indirect forms of bullying were particularly difficult to deal with。
我们看到原文,其中有一句话是:There was less bullying in secondary schools, with about one in twenty-five suffering persistent bullying. 通过这句话,我们可以明显地判断出,C项的含义与原文是矛盾的。very common和one in twenty-five的比例是明显不符的。因此,C选项就是一个错误的干扰项,我们可以确定地排除答案是C项的可能性。
三、未提及干扰项
有的干扰项在原文中并不存在,或者说根据原文无法判断这个选项是否正确,这种就是原文未提及的干扰项。此类干扰项难度也不大,但是却是考查四选一时最常出现的、数量最多的干扰项。
这种题的考查形式类似于T/F/NG判断题中,NOT GIVEN的考查点。也就是说,选项提到的所谓的“事实”、“实验结果”、“某人的观点”等内容是原文没有涉及的或是我们无法根据原文提及的点来清楚判断的。
这种选项当然不是正确答案,像我们上文提到的第一个例子中的D选项和第二个例子中的A/D选项,都是典型的未提及的干扰项。
这种选项虽然干扰性很弱,容易被大家排除,但是,也是耗费我们做题时间的地方。
我们需要逐个对比原文,判断每个选项是否是我们需要的、符合题干的选项,这里面就夹杂了未提及干扰项。
若是某个选项涉及的内容没有被我们找到,而我们误判这个选项为未提及干扰项,也会导致错误。
因此提醒考生们在将选项与原文对比的过程必须要谨慎,如果由于忽略了原文的线索,将正确答案误判为未提及干扰项,那么未提及干扰项反而成了最难的考点。