全国职称英语考试理工类AB级课堂笔记:阅读判断第2讲

3．  Finnish vowels are easy to distinguish．
  A．Right    B．Wrong    C．Not mentioned
C．分析：题干的信息较单一，直接看成是1层信息。利用题干中的特征词Finnish vowels作为答案线索，这样找到答案相关句：
　　To test the theory, Cheour and her colleagues studied 45 newborn babies in the first few days of their lives．They exposed all the infants to an hour of Finnish vowel sounds—one that sounds like“oo”．another like“ee'’and a third boundary vowel peculiar to Finnish and similar languages that sounds like something in between．EEG recordings of the infants brains before and after the session showed that the newborns could not distinguish, the sounds．
　　Fifteen of the babies then went back with their mothers．While the rest were split into two sleep—study groups．One group was exposed throughout their night-time sleeping hours to the same three vowels．while the others listened to other, easier—to-distinguish vowel sounds．(从以上划线句的句意不能判断出芬兰元音是否容易，因此判断该题的答案为“没提到”)
Peculiar adj.(to)奇特的, 罕见的, 特殊的
Peculiar/ special/typical/unusual
Distinguish vt, vi 辨别；（常与from, between连用）区别；区分
I can distinguish them at a distance. 从远处我能认出他们。
Can you distinguish between those two objects? 你能区分那两个物体吗?
 
4．The （three？） vowels mentioned in this article are all Finnish sounds．
  A．Right    B．Wrong    C．Not mentioned
B． A分析：考虑把题干的信息划分成2层：The three vowels (are) mentioned in this article + The vowels are all Finnish sounds. 借助题干中的特征词three vowels和Finnish sounds作为答案线索，这样找到答案相关句：
　　To test the theory, Cheour and her colleagues studied 45 newborn babies in the first few days of their lives．They exposed all the infants to an hour of Finnish vowel sounds—one that sounds like“oo”．another like“ee'’and a third boundary vowel peculiar to Finnish and similar languages that sounds like something in between（该句涉及到对信息2的判断）．EEG recordings of the infants brains before and after the session showed that the newborns could not distinguish, the sounds．
　　Fifteen of the babies then went back with their mothers．While the rest were split into two sleep—study groups．One group was exposed throughout their night-time sleeping hours to the same three vowels．(由该句可以判断文章前面部分具体提到了三个原因，文章后面没有再具体提到什么元音，因此判断信息1正确)while the others listened to other, easier—to-distinguish vowel sounds．

5．The study shows that the infant’s cerebral cortex is working while he is asleep．
  A．Right    B．Wrong    C．Not mentioned
A 分析： 考虑把题干内容划分成2层信息：The study shows that the infant’s cerebral cortex is working + while he is asleep，借助题干中出现的特征词cerebral cortex作为答案线索，这样找到答案相关句：
　　Cheour doesn’ t know how babies accomplish this night—time learning，but she suspects that the special ability might indicate that unlike adults, babies don’t“turn off’their cerebral cortex while they sleep．(该句在在语意上包含了信息1和信息2的内容，而且时态上与题干一致，因此判断问题句的说法正确)
 
6. If an adult wants to learn a language faster, he can put a language tape under his pillow．   
  A．Right    B．Wrong    C．Not mentioned
B分析：考虑把题干内容划分成2层信息：If an adult wants to learn a language faster + he can put a language tape under his pillow, 借助题干中出现的特征词pillow作为答案线索，这样找到答案相关句：
　　The skill probably fades in the course of the first year of life，she adds—so  forget the idea that you call pick up tricky French vowels as an adult just by slipping（塞入） a language tape under your pillow．((该句在语意上包含了信息1和信息2的内容，在内容上与题干内容相反，因此判断该问题句的说法错误)
pick up v. 拿起, 承载（客人，货物等）,通过学习或经历获得（知识），染上（疾病），休息后继续：
pick up a book捡起一本书
The bus picks up commuters at three stops.公共汽车在三个站载送通勤者
pick up French学会法语
pick up a virus in the office在办公室染上病毒
Let's pick up the discussion after lunch.我们吃过午饭再继续讨论吧
 
7．  Cheour’s finding is worthless．
  A．Right    B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
B分析：借助常识判断该题的说法错误：文章中通常不会提出没有用的东西来浪费读者的时间。在文章最后部分，利用题干中的特征词Cheour作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句：
　　But while it may not help grown—ups，Cheour is hoping to use the sleeping hours to give remedial help to babies who are genetically at risk of language disorders·（it 指带前句中的the skill，即 the night-time-learning（Cheour’的发现内容）； 该句划线句内容与题干内容不一致，因此判断该题的说法错误）