提示:在阅读理解/阅读判断中有一部分问题是在考察考生的推断能力。
4. Fermi problem is to develop the talent of breaking a seemingly unanswerable problem into sub-problems and finding the solution to it, which is a typical Fermi problem.
A. True B. False C. Not mentioned
4.分析:答案:A。该句是总结概括性的话语,推测可能需要考生进行推断。根据句子涉及到的细节内容划分成2层信息:Fermi problem is to develop the talent of breaking a seemingly unanswerable problem into sub-problems and finding the solution to it + which is a typical Fermi problem. 利用“Fermi problem,talent”作为答案线索词,这样在第3段找到答案相关句群,判断问题句的说法正确。
Like all virtuosos(艺术品鉴赏家), Fermi had a distinctive style. He preferred the most direct route to an answer. He was very good at dividing difficult problems into small, manageable bits—talent we all can use in our daily lives. 该句解释了this talent指代的内容
To develop this talent in his students, Fermi would suggest a type of question now known as a Fermi problem(与信息2相关,信息1的判断需要判断this talent的指代内容, ).
两个划线句内容的叠加与问题句的内容一致,因此判断问题句的说法正确。
提示:对于代词/定冠词结构/非限制定语从句中which的指代内容的考察是常见的考点设置。
5. Then the fourth paragraph tells us how Fermi solved the problem of earth’s circumference(圆周长)without looking up.
A. True B. False C. Not mentioned
5. 分析:答案:B。利用“circumference(圆周长)”作为答案线索词,这样在第4段中找到答案相关句,该段并不是Fermi在解答的这个问题。
Suppose you want to determine Earth’s circumference without looking it up. Everyone knows that New York and Los Angeles are about 3,000 miles apart and that the time difference between them is three hours. Three hours is one-eighth of a day, and a day is the time it takes the planet to complete one rotation, so its circumference must be eight times 3,000 or 24,000 miles. This answer differs from the true value, 24,902.45 miles, by less than four percent.
而只是在对该段的前句(有关Fermi problem的具体内容)进行举例说明, 而不是Fermi在解决这个问题因此判断问题句的说法错误。(Yet when the problem is broken into sub-problems, each answerable without the help of experts or books, you can come close to the exact solution.)