最难题 | 73%的童鞋都会错的插入句子题,应该这么破。
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最难题之
插入句子题
TPO1
Groundwater
Paragraph 8:Much of the water in a sample of water-saturated sediment or rock will drain from it if the sample is put in a suitable dry place. █But some will remain, clinging to all solid surfaces. █It is held there by the force of surface tension without which water would drain instantly from any wet surface, leaving it totally dry. █The total volume of water in the saturated sample must therefore be thought of as consisting of water that can, and water that cannot, drain away. █
Paragraph 9:The relative amount of these two kinds of water varies greatly from one kind of rock or sediment to another, even though their porosities may be the same. What happens depends on pore size. If the pores are large, the water in them will exist as drops too heavy for surface tension to hold, and it will drain away; but if the pores are small enough, the water in them will exist as thin films, too light to overcome the force of surface tension holding them in place; then the water will be firmly held.
13. Look at the four squares [█] that indicate where the following sentence could be added to the passage.
What, then, determines what proportion of the water stays and whatproportion drains away?
Where would the sentence best fit?
(看解析前一定要先做题哦!)
要插入的句子可以翻译为“那么,是什么决定了有多少水分保留或者流走呢?”,要把这道题做对,我们可以直接找答案,也可以采用排除法,或者将两种方法结合起来。
方法一
直接法
我们如果直接去寻找答案该如何做呢?先观察这个被插入的句子,寻找提示点,去猜测这句话前后文可能会有什么样的内容。
then翻译为“然后,那么”,起到承接下文的作用,说明这一句话与下文联系紧密。这句话是一个问句,问是什么东西决定水分保留或者流走,那么它的下文很可能谈到这个问题的答案。第8段并没有解释这个问题,而第9段What happens depends on pore size. If the pores are large, the water in them will exist as drops too heavy for surface tension to hold, and it will drain away; but if the pores are small enough, the water in them will exist as thin films, too light to overcome the force of surface tension holding them in place; then the water will be firmly held.(如果空隙很大,其中的水会形成水滴,太重足以克服吸引它的表面张力,就会流走;但如果空隙够小,水会像薄膜一样,太轻无法克服表面张力,从而稳稳地附着在空隙表面上。)这几个句子却清晰得解答了这个问题——什么决定水分保留或流走。
所以,被插入的句子是针对第9段进行的提问,它的最佳位置应该在第8段的末尾,即第4个黑框处。
方法二
排除法
借助排除法,排除一些前后联系紧密,不适合插入其他内容的黑框位置。
我们可以看到第1个黑框前后内容联系非常紧密,“Much of the water in a sample of water-saturated sediment or rock will drain from it if the sample is put in a suitable dry place. █But some will remain, clinging to all solid surfaces ”,前一句说大部分的水分会流干,后面说但仍有部分水会继续附着在坚实的表面上,两句话中间不适宜有任何内容插入。
再接着看第2个黑框前后句子,很明显,黑框后面的代词it指的是黑框前面提到的“留住的水”,所以,第2个黑框前后句子联系也紧密,也不适宜有其他内容插入。
再看第3个黑框,假如说将该句子插入到这里,那么就会变成“那么,是什么决定了有多少水分保留或者流走呢?因此,试验样本的含水量既包括可以流干的水,也包括不能流干的水”,这样会导致前后两句话逻辑错误。
所以,应该将该句子插入到第4个黑框。这样会变成“因此,试验样本的含水量既包括可以流干的水,也包括不能流干的水。那么,是什么决定了有多少水分保留或者流走呢?”逻辑正确。
解题Tips
由这道题我们可以得知,做句子插入题时不光要猜测被插入句子的前文,还要去猜测它的后文可能会出现什么样的内容。如果一味找寻前文内容的话,这道题可能无解。另外,就是要充分利用排除法,排除不可能的位置。
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