雅思阅读难点解析之剑桥真题系列
<p>.<span word="h">h</span> </p><p> 下 篇</p><p> 在本套题的<span word="Passage">Passage</span> 2中，同样出现了几处有一定难度的题目值得讨论，现分述如下：</p><p> <span word="Q">Q</span>15 : <span word="Plato">Plato</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="humour">humour</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sign">sign</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="above">above</span>-<span word="average">average</span> <span word="intelligence">intelligence</span>.</p><p> 以大写首字母的人名<span word="Plato">Plato</span>做关键词来帮助定位，我们会在原文第二段发现它的出处：</p><p> <span word="Plato">Plato</span> <span word="expressed">expressed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="humour">humour</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="simply">simply</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="delighted">delighted</span> <span word="feeling">feeling</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="superiority">superiority</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="others">others</span>.</p><p> 看起来二者已经有对应的可能性了：<span word="feeling">feeling</span> 似乎只能和 <span word="sign">sign</span>对应，而<span word="superiority">superiority</span> 似能和<span word="above">above</span>-<span word="average">average</span> 对应。但是稍加思考问题就出现了：<span word="feeling">feeling</span> 只是一种主观感觉，而<span word="sign">sign</span> 是客观迹象; 原文虽然出现了<span word="superiority">superiority</span>, 但并未明确是<span word="intelligence">intelligence</span>方面的。而不能肯定也不代表可以否定，最终答案是<span word="NOT">NOT</span> <span word="GIVEN">GIVEN</span>.</p><p> <span word="Q">Q</span>16. <span word="Kant">Kant</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="successful">successful</span> <span word="joke">joke</span> <span word="involves">involves</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="controlled">controlled</span> <span word="release">release</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="nervous">nervous</span> <span word="energy">energy</span>.</p><p> 除了<span word="Kant">Kant</span> 以外，可以做关键词帮助定位的还包括<span word="the">the</span> <span word="controlled">controlled</span> <span word="release">release</span>和 <span word="nervous">nervous</span> <span word="energy">energy</span>，</p><p> 找到<span word="Kant">Kant</span> 所在的位置<span word="Paragraph">Paragraph</span> 2:</p><p> <span word="Kant">Kant</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Freud">Freud</span> <span word="felt">felt</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="joke">joke</span>-<span word="telling">telling</span> <span word="relies">relies</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="psychic">psychic</span> <span word="tension">tension</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="safely">safely</span> <span word="punctured">punctured</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ludicrousness">ludicrousness</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="punchline">punchline</span>.</p><p> 若欲凭籍词或词组的对应关系来判断正误，这道题恐怕就会令人失望。脱离上下文，读者是不会将<span word="controlled">controlled</span> <span word="release">release</span> 和<span word="safely">safely</span> <span word="punctured">punctured</span> 联系起来，也不会将<span word="nervous">nervous</span> <span word="energy">energy</span> 和<span word="psychic">psychic</span> <span word="tension">tension</span>视作等同，然而若根据原文内容仔细理解关于<span word="humour">humour</span> 的过程就会洞悉上述2组短语所表达的实质内容是一样的，都是指幽默的过程其实是将蓄积的神经能量(心理紧张)在一定条件下得到释放(<span word="safely">safely</span> <span word="punctured">punctured</span>)， 该题的答案为：<span word="TRUE">TRUE</span>.</p>
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