2009年12月13日

[指考]「篇章結構」讓我崩潰惹!


(The Scream, by Edvard Munch。)

今天家教學生在我面前崩潰惹,說他69.4公斤然後一個禮拜只吃一次炸的東西卻還瘦不下來,再多0.1公斤都會四捨五入變成70公斤了!不是啦,這個超可愛的家教學生在抱怨指考題太難了,尤其是「篇章結構」完全摸不著頭緒。

我就告訴他70公斤其實也沒大礙,老師也曾經胖到80……不是啦!

不廢話,直接進入主題。

「篇章結構」的架構就是一篇少了五個句子的文章,下面附了五個隨機排列的句子,應試者必須把五個句子填入文章之中。基本上類似填空題,只是需要填入的不是單字,而是一個完整句子。為什麼難呢?因為此處要思考的不是語言中的「點」(字),而是「線」(句子),而且必須從「面」(文章)的層次反推回去求解。

這大題看似困難,不過只要抓到訣竅,「篇章結構」甚至會比克漏字填空還要簡單。

以下是我的建議解法:
1. 先看題目下方的五個句子,把關鍵字圈起來,包含:數字/序數/數量(1950s, 21/ second, third/ this, that, those, these, etc)、連接詞和反差副詞(however, while, but)、對比(過去/現在、男/女、貧/富、好/壞或其他二元對立),和資訊(人名/地名/時間等)。不要理會不懂的字。
2. 接下來回到本文,開始閱讀,遇到不會的字就直接掠過,同時圈出上述的關鍵字。
3. 格外留意空格前後的句子,找出下方五個句子所出現過的資訊,縮小選擇範圍再填上答案。
4. 此時,也可以注意到文章中的重複字,並去找下方句子是否有相同的字。
5. 完成後,就不要看了,更不要管不會的單字。等到整份考卷寫完後,再重頭檢查一次。

不要管生字!本大題純粹測試學生的語意邏輯,應試者只需要按照平日思考的邏輯應答就好,切記不要因為看見生字就亂了陣腳。

現在,就來測試自己的實力,一起練習九十七年指考的「篇章結構」吧:

我已經先把關鍵資訊改成綠色粗體字了,請大家就直接先看下方五個句子,再回頭練習題目。

It is impossible to imagine Paris without its cafés. The city has some 12,000 cafés varying in size, grandeur, and significance. The cafés are like an extension of the French living room, a place to start and end the day, to gossip and debate. (41) The oldest café in Paris is Le Procope. It was opened in 1686 by Francesco Procopio dei Coltelli, the man who turned France into a coffee-drinking society. (42) By the end of 18th century, all of Paris was intoxicated with coffee and the city supported some 700 cafés. (43) By the 1840s the number of cafés had grown to 3,000. The men who gathered in these cafés and set the theme of the times included journalists, playwrights and writers. Around the turn of the 20th century, the sidewalk cafés became the meeting halls for artists and literary figures. (44) The artists gathered at the café may not be as great as those of the past, but faces worthwatching are just the same. (45) You’ll see the old men in navy berets; ultra-thin, bronzed women with hair dyed bright orange; and schoolchildren sharing an afternoon chocolate with their mothers. The café in Paris has always been a place for seeing and being seen.

(A) When did the cafés in France start?
(B) Linger a bit and you will see that the Parisian stereotypes are still alive and well.
(C) Nowadays in Paris cafés still play the role of picture windows for observing contemporary life.
(D) These were like all-male clubs, with many functioning as centers of political life and discussion.
(E) Le Procope attracted Paris’s political and literary elite, and thus played an important part among the upper class.

答案:(41) A (42) E (43) D (44) C (45)

其實很簡單吧?這一大題幾乎是送分題,只要細心一點,10分立刻到手,而且不用擔心被倒扣,這實在太美妙了。

別忘了多多練習,訓練自己的眼力喔。
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3 則留言:

其實也沒什麼好說的 提到...

傳說版主曾腫到80kg這件事,是真的!?

其實也沒什麼好說的 提到...

老師我有問題
你是如何變瘦呢?這對我比較有幫助比較不會讓我崩潰喔

Mr. Sharky 提到...

就一直跑步跑到膝蓋都廢了,就這樣變瘦,並且開始吃阿鈣。

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