SAT改革后,语法满分遇到了前所未有的阻力——准确用词。对纯语法知识点,经全面系统的培训,孩子们可以达到100%的准确率,semi-reading可以利用很多解题策略和技巧,也可以达到96%~98%的准确率,但考查到准确用词时,好多孩子不得不摆出一切随缘的态度,全靠语感。接下来我和大家分享下,如何突破瓶颈,直击我们的致命弱项——准确用词。
先看准确用词考查要点:
1.考查书面语用词, 如“I like rock music.”与“I am fascinated by rock music.”相比,我们会选择“be fascinated by”。题目选项中会包含书面语和口语,不难区分。
2.考查词性,即adj, adv, doing, done和n.用法
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In recent years, public libraries in the United States have experienced reducing in their operating funds due to cuts imposed at the federal, state, and local government levels.
A) NO CHANGE
B) reductions
C) deducting
D) deducts
答案选B,have experienced是动词,后加宾语,宾语用名词或者动名词。Reduce这个词本身有名词形式,根据简洁性规则n>doing,就不用doing
3. 考查词汇辨析
选项特点1) 选择他义词:
Over the years, I have gained a reputation that among family and friends as a honeybee
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enthusiast.
1. Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable?
A. developed
B. earned
C. promoted
D. acquired
答案选C, 大家选对了么?在选项中,gain=develop=earn=acquire 均表示获得、得到,而promote表示促进、提升,故选C
选项特点2) 结合语境:
Until then, sugarcane juice would be pressed from the cane, and the juice would be heated until the water boiled, leaving a gunky residue. This residue was then poured into smaller and smaller pots until it achieved its maximum thickness.
A) NO CHANGE
B) gross
C) syrupy
D) bituminous
答案选C,本题首先要辨析词义,A) gunky黏糊的东西;B) Gross 草木茂盛的; C) Syrupy (稠度、黏度)糖浆般的; D) Bituminous 沥青的、烟煤的。然后结合语境,“This residue… ”这句话是对上一句的解释。把选项代入,从茎挤压出蔗汁,加热蔗汁到沸腾,留下糖浆般的溶液,将溶液倒入越来越小的容器,直至得到最大的浓度。
选项特点C 同义词辨析
Abigail Adams, the second First Lady in American History, was the first to assume 3 a protruding role in the political sphere. Unlike her predecessor, Martha Washington, Adams was outspoken, well-educated, and quickly developed the reputation of a staunch partisan defender after openly criticizing Congress for not declaring war on France in 1798.
Which choice is most consistent with the writer’s position as established in the passage?
A) NO CHANGE
B) an obtrusive
C) a prominent
D) an ostentatious
答案选C, 根据后文“outspoken, well-educated, and quickly developed the reputation”判定选正向词汇。题中protruding, prominent, 和obtrusive均有突出的意思,但是有很大的区别,A. protruding 突出、鼓出, stick out from a place; B. obtrusive有贬义,指noticeable in an unpleasant way, 眨眼的、过分的炫耀; C. prominent 突出、显著,well-known; D. ostentatious 意为招摇的、夸耀的,贬义。
选项特点D 形近词辨析
比如profession 与professional的区别,前者表示专业,后者表示专家。
所以针对准确用词,1区分词性,2准确使用书面语,3辨析同义及他义,4看形近,5看语境。准确用词强调的是词汇的逐步积累,掌握OG、真题及模拟题的高频词汇,是突破准确用词瓶颈的必由之路。