新gre填空增加了三空题型,自去年新gre改革以来更加侧重基础能力的考察,新gre填空三空题型更多的考察单词的用法和精确含义,同时天空中加深了阅读理解能力的考察,因此考生在备考gre填空时大量的阅读训练也必不可少。
例12. (Revised GRE Practice Book Section 3 Q7)(BEG)
Room acoustics design criteria are determined according to the room’s intended use. Music, for example, is best (i) ______ in spaces that are reverberant, a condition that generally makes speech less (ii) ______. Acoustics suitable for both speech and music can sometimes be created in the same space, although the result is never perfect, each having to be (iii) ______ to some extent.
BLANK (i) BLANK (ii) BLANK (iii)
(A) controlled (D) abrasive (G) compromised
(B) appreciated (E) intelligible (H) eliminated
(C) employed (F) ubiquitous (I) considered
(一) 选取第一个空格所在部分:
Room acoustics design criteria are determined according to the room's intended use. Music, for example,is best (i)______ in spaces...
第一句话说室内音响设计是依据房间的不同用途而定的,而后面的话通过for example表明是前一句话的解释说明,因而在这句话里面还应该有关于房间用途的说法,因而,对于music而言,其用法应该是“被听”
选择与自主判读一致的词汇填空:
[1]. controlled:(控制)
[2]. appreciated:(欣赏)to recognize with gratitude
[3]. employed:(使用)to make use of
(二) 选取第二个空格所在部分:
Room acoustics design criteria are determined according to the room’s intended use. Music, for example, is best (i)______ in spaces that are reverberant, a condition that generally makes speech less (ii) ______.
Blank(ii)承接blank(i)的意思,在整个for example这句话中,分句之间没有任何反义关联元素,因而分句之间是同义关系,即:音响设计与其房间需求有着直接的关系,对于不同的目的应该有不同的音响设置。而对于music与speech而言,两者不是同一种东西,因而适用于music的环境就不适用于speech,因而后半句应该是表示“不适用于speech”的意思。
然而,由于有less的存在,在一定程度上可以充当否定词,因而对于这里的词语,应该与blank(i)是同义关系,即“听”。
选择与自主判读一致的词汇填空:
[1]. abrasive:(粗糙的)causing irritation
[2]. intelligible:(可以理解的)capable of being understood or comprehended
[3]. ubiquitous:(遍布的)existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : WIDESPREAD
(三) 选取第三个空格所在部分:
Acoustics suitable for both speech and music can sometimes be created in the same space, although the result is never perfect, each having to be (iii) ______ to some extent.
调整语序:Although the result is never perfect, acoustics suitable for both speech and music can sometimes be created in the same space, each havingto be (iii) ______ to some extent.
调整以后,发现同时存在although与never进行取反,因而后面两句话应该表达一种类似于“perfect”的正面特征。
由于music与speech的要求是不同的,对于出现在同一个室内的情况,应该对其进行一定的调整,以适应相互的不同要求。
选择与自主判读一致的词汇填空:
[1]. compromised:(妥协)to adjust or settle by mutual concessions(正确选项)
[2]. eliminated:(消除)to cast out or get rid of : REMOVE, ERADICATE(相反选项)
[3]. considered:(考虑)to think about carefully(考虑以后的结果方向不确定,错误)
(四) 理解句意,看是否逻辑与语义契合:
室内音响设计的标准是根据这个房间的用途而定的,以音乐为例,音乐往往在有回声的空间中欣赏效果最好,但是这些回声却有减弱观众对于演讲的理解效果。(不过)有时候经过协调处理以后能够在同一个房间内同时听音乐与演讲,尽管这样的效果不是绝对完美的。
新gre填空更加注重实际运用语言能力的考察,减少了对单词纯意义的考察,所以备考新gre填空考试的考生可以根据以上gre官方指南对三空题型的解析进行备考。