全国职称英语考试理工类AB级课堂笔记:阅读判断第2讲

答案及解析：
1．  文章主题分析：Mother Nature Shows Her Strength
    Tornadoes(龙卷风)and heavy thunderstorms moved across the Great Lakes and into Trumbull County on Saturday evening. The storms were dramatic and dangerous．
    George Snyder was driving the fire truck down Route 88 when he first noticed that a funnel (漏斗状的)cloud was behind him．“I stopped the truck and watched the funnel cloud．It was about 100 feet off the ground and I saw it go up and down for a while．It was moving toward Bradley Road and then suddenly it disappeared．”Snyder said．
    Snyder only saw one of the funnel (烟斗)clouds that passed through northeastern Ohio on Saturday．In Trumbull County, a tornado turned trees onto their sides．Some trees fell onto houses and Cars．Other trees fell into telephone and electrical wires as they went down．
    Amanda Symcheck was having a party when the storm began．“I knew something was wrong，”she said．“I saw the sky go green and pink(粉红色)．Then it sounded like a train rushing toward the house．I started crying and told everyone to go to the basement for protection．”
    The tornado caused a lot of damage to cars and houses in the area．It will take a long time and much money to repair everything．There was also serious water damage from the thunderstorms．The heavy rains and high wind caused the power to go out in many homes．
    The storms caused serious flooding in areas near the river．More than four inches of rainfall in parts of Trumbull County．The river was so high that the water ran into streets and houses．
Many streets had to be closed to Cars and trucks because of the high water．'This made it difficult for fire trucks．police cars，and other rescue vehicles to help people who were in trouble．
    Many people who live near the river had to leave their homes for their own safety．Some people reported five feet of water in their homes．Local and state of officials opened emergency shelters for the people who were evacuated(撤走)．The Red Cross served meals to them．
    “This was a really intense storm.”said Snyder．”People were afraid, Mother Nature call be fierce．We were lucky this time．No one was killed．”.
借助文章中反复出现的词汇storm和tornado(龙卷风)判断文章主要谈论“自然界中龙卷风灾难”
 
2．判断题选项判断公式：
item1 right+ item2 right +..right = right;
item1 wrong (or item2 wrong or..wrong)= wrong;
item 1 not mentioned (or item 2 not mentioned or..not mentioned) = not mentioned;
 
3．直接看题，解题
1 The weather was nice in Trumbull County on Saturday evening．
  A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned
B．分析：题干中涉及到的细节信息较多，考虑把题干划分成2层：The weather was nice in Trumbull County + on Saturday evening。借助题干中出现的特征结构Trumbull County 和 Saturday evening作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句：
Tornadoes(龙卷风)and heavy thunderstorms moved across the Great Lakes and into
Trumbull County on Saturday evening.（该句直接包含了信息1和信息2的内容，而且在内容上与题干的内Trumbull县在那天晚上的天气应该很糟糕。），因此判断问题句的说法不正确。） The storms were dramatic and dangerous．
   
2 George Snyder was a fire fighter．
  A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned
A．分析：题干中的信息量较少，因此考虑直接把题干内容看成1层信息，利用题干中出现的特征词George Snyder作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句：
George Snyder was driving the fire truck down Route 88 when he first noticed that a funnel (漏斗状的)cloud was behind him．（从该句句意可以推断出“George Snyder是救火队员”）
 

 
4 Power supply system was not damaged during the storm·
  A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned
B．分析：考虑把题干的内容划分成2层：Power supply system was not damaged + during the storm，利用题干中出现的核心词Power作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句：
The tornado 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　caused a lot of damage to cars and houses in the area．It will take a long time and much money to repair everything．There was also serious water damage from the thunderstorms．The heavy rains and high wind caused the power to go out in many homes·（划线句中直接包含了信息1和信息2的内容，而且在语意上与问题句的内容相反：原文说“大雨和强风造成许多家庭停电”）
High: adj. 猛烈的，强劲的, 高等的，复杂的
high winds狂风
high forms of animal life动物生态的高级形式
higher mathematics高等数学
 
5 There had not been such a severe storm in Trumbull County for a hundred years
  A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned
C．分析：考虑把题干内容划分成2层：There had not been such a severe storm in Trumbull County + for a hundred years，利用题干中出现的特征短语a hundred years作为答案线索，这样发现文章中根本没有这样时间状语结构出现，因此判断该句为“没提到”。
 
6 Rescue vehicles had a hard time getting to people．
  A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned
A．分析：题干的内容较单一，直接看成1层信息，利用题干中的核心结构Rescue vehicles作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句：
Many streets had to be closed to Cars and trucks because of the high water．'This made it difficult for fire trucks．police cars，and other rescue vehicles to help people who were in trouble·（该句句意与问题句的内容一致，因此判断问题句的说法正确。）
  
7 Several people were missing during the storm．
  A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned
C．分析：考虑把题干内容划分成2层：Several people were missing + during the storm，利用题干中的核心词missing作为答案线索，并顺着上一题的答案位置往下找，这样发现文章中该词或与该词含义接近的词（not found, lost, gone）都没有出现，这样判断问题句的说法为“没提到”。