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問(wèn)號(hào)

　　考研英語(yǔ)中，閱讀文章中的問(wèn)號(hào)一般都是設(shè)問(wèn)的功能，只問(wèn)不答，答案不言自明， 請(qǐng)一定認(rèn)真品味作者想要表達(dá)的真實(shí)含義。比如 2014年閱讀text1 中有句話“We’re doing these things because we know they help people stay off benefits and help those on benefits get into work faster。” Help? Really? 此處help?really?中問(wèn)號(hào)就暗示我們作者對(duì)以上的說(shuō)法是非常不以為然的。

　　同時(shí)，關(guān)于問(wèn)號(hào)，我們還需要注意如果一篇文章開(kāi)篇就是問(wèn)句，那么則屬于問(wèn)題答 案型文章，對(duì)問(wèn)題的回答就是全文主旨。比如1996年text4 第一段：What accounts for the great outburst of major inventions in early America-breakthroughs such as the telegraph , the steamboat and the weaving machine?那么這篇文章的中心，我們就一目了然了。

　　冒號(hào)

　　冒號(hào)前后是從抽象到具體的過(guò)程，后面進(jìn)一步補(bǔ)充說(shuō)明前面的內(nèi)容。所以我們往往 可以分句冒號(hào)后面的東西來(lái)準(zhǔn)確理解冒號(hào)之前的內(nèi)容。1997年題目問(wèn)劃線單詞的意思，原文如下：We live in a society in which the medicinal and social use of substances (drugs) is pervasive: an aspirin to quiet a headache, some wine to be sociable, coffee to get going in the morning, a cigarette for the nerves. 那么我們根據(jù)冒號(hào)之后的解釋，可以很輕易的從[A] widespread [B] overwhelming [C] piercing [D] fashionable 中選出正確答案 [A]

　　破折號(hào)

　　如果句子出先一個(gè)破折號(hào)，則表明后面的內(nèi)容對(duì)破折號(hào)之前的內(nèi)容起補(bǔ)充說(shuō)明或評(píng)價(jià)判斷的作用，類似于冒號(hào)；

　　如果句子中間有兩個(gè)破折號(hào)，如In Australia―where an aging population, life-extending technology and changing community attitudes have all played their part―other states are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia. 兩破折號(hào)之間所夾內(nèi)容通常稱為“插入語(yǔ)”起補(bǔ)充說(shuō)明作用，在考研30年的歷史中，兩個(gè)破折號(hào)之間的插入語(yǔ)從來(lái)沒(méi)有出過(guò)正確答案，所以可先跳過(guò)不看，以減少 閱讀量。

　　分號(hào)

　　分號(hào)前后是并列關(guān)系，如果句中有一個(gè)分號(hào)，則表明分號(hào)前后語(yǔ)義相同，如 1997年閱讀中有道題目問(wèn)69.The sentence “This is no flash in the pan” (Line 5, Paragraph 3) means that ________。回到原文中：This is no flash in the pan; over the past couple of years, inflation has been consistently lower than expected in Britain and America. 那么根據(jù)分號(hào)前后語(yǔ)義相同我們很容易選出正確答案為[A] the low inflation rate will last for some time。

　　如果句中出現(xiàn)兩個(gè)或以上的分號(hào)，則表明分號(hào)前后的東西在結(jié)構(gòu)上是并列的。如 96年第四篇中Among the many shaping factors, I would single out the country ‘ s excellent elementary schools; a labor force that welcomed the new technology; the practice of giving premiums to inventors ; and above all the American genius for nonverbal , “spatial” thinking about things technological 。

　　引號(hào)

　　引號(hào)有三種作用①引用，②強(qiáng)調(diào)，③諷刺 尤其需要注意的是第三種表示諷刺的作用，因?yàn)樗凳局髡卟⒉徽J(rèn)同的態(tài)度。比如“Scientific” creationism, which is being pushed by some for “equal time” in the classrooms whenever the scientific accounts of evolution are given, is based on religion, not science。這句話中creationism前面的Scientific加了引號(hào)，就表明作者認(rèn)為創(chuàng)始論其實(shí)是不科學(xué)的。那么題 目"Creationism" in the passage refers to ________. [A] evolution in its true sense as to the origin of the universe[B] a notion of the creation of religion [C] the scientific explanation of the earth formation [D] the deceptive theory about the origin of the universe 中正確答案就顯然為[D]了。

　　那么，我們?cè)趺茨苤谰唧w到某句話中，引號(hào)到底是表示引用，強(qiáng)調(diào)，還是表示諷刺呢？通常，如果加引號(hào)的詞是含有褒義或者說(shuō)正向意義的詞，那么加了引號(hào)就表明的是諷刺了。

　　逗號(hào)

　　逗號(hào)主要是用于分割并列成分。在考研閱讀中，如果逗號(hào)之前人名、地名、機(jī)構(gòu)名 稱等專有名詞，逗號(hào)之后或者兩個(gè)逗號(hào)之間內(nèi)容為對(duì)這些內(nèi)容的身份、地位等等的解釋說(shuō)明成分時(shí)，通常與解題無(wú)關(guān)，可以跳過(guò)不看。比如In order to “change lives for the better” and reduce “dependency,” George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced the “upfront work search” scheme。中，Chancellor of the Exchequer就可以跳過(guò)不讀。