My husband and I just spent a week in Paris. ____36____ So the first thing we did was rent a fantastically expensive sixth-floor apartment the size of a cupboard. It was so tiny that we had to leave our suitcases in the hallway.
The place wasn’t entirely authentic, though. Unlike a normal Parisian apartment, the plumbing(水管) worked. ____37____ Our building even had a tiny lift with a female voice That said. “Ouverture des portes,” in perfect French. That is the only French phrase I mastered, and it’s a shame I don’t have much use for it.
Parisians are different from you and me. They never look lazy or untidy. As someone noted in this paper a couple of ago, they eat great food and never gain weight. ____38____ French strawberries do not taste like cardboard. Instead, they explode in your mouth like little flavor bombs.
____39____ On our first morning in Paris, I went around the comer to the food market to pick up some groceries. I bought a handful of perfectly ripe small strawberries and a little sweet melon. My husband and I agreed they were the best fruit we had ever eaten. But they cost $18!
In France, quality of life is much more important than efficiency(效率). You can tell this by café life. French cafés are always crowded. ____40____ When do these people work? The French take their 35-hour workweek seriously - so seriously that some labor unions recently struck a deal with a group of companies limiting the number of hours that independent contractors can be on call.
选项(7 个,其中 2 个多余)
A.Not all the customers are tourists.
B.The quality of life in France is equally excellent.
C.There was a nice kitchen and a comfortable bed.
D.The amazing food is mainly consumed by local farmers.
E.That’s not the only reason the French eat less than we do.
F.Our aim was to see if we could live, in some way, like real Parisians.
G.The food is so delicious that you don’t need much of it to make you happy.
My husband and I just spent a week in Paris. ____36____So the first thing we did was rent a fantastically expensive sixth-floor apartment the size of a cupboard. It was so tiny that we had to leave our suitcases in the hallway.
The place wasn’t entirely authentic, though. Unlike a normal Parisian apartment, the plumbing(水管) worked. ____37____ Our building even had a tiny lift with a female voice That said. “Ouverture des portes,” in perfect French. That is the only French phrase I mastered, and it’s a shame I don’t have much use for it.
Parisians are different from you and me. They never look lazy or untidy. As someone noted in this paper a couple of ago, they eat great food and never gain weight. ____38____ French strawberries do not taste like cardboard. Instead, they explode in your mouth like little flavor bombs.
____39____ On our first morning in Paris, I went around the comer to the food market to pick up some groceries. I bought a handful of perfectly ripe small strawberries and a little sweet melon. My husband and I agreed they were the best fruit we had ever eaten. But they cost $18!
In France, quality of life is much more important than efficiency(效率). You can tell this by café life. French cafés are always crowded. ____40____ When do these people work? The French take their 35-hour workweek seriously - so seriously that some labor unions recently struck a deal with a group of companies limiting the number of hours that independent contractors can be on call.
衔接词=前后句里起衔接作用的词或短语。它要么指代前句中某个信息(this、that、these people、this book),要么表明上下句的逻辑关系(so、but、however、even、moreover)。 标红的原则:只标这一篇真正用得上的那个词——句内用的不算:本句里的 and、举例用的 such as、定语从句的 that,都不标;跟这五个空无关的句子里也不标。
② 情况一前后句有衔接词——衔接词定方向,再用前后句的语义确认。这一空是逻辑衔接词 · 因果(后句 So)。
前句My husband and I just spent a week in Paris.
后句So the first thing we did was rent a fantastically expensive sixth-floor apartment the size of a cupboard. It was so tiny that we had to leave our suitcases in the hallway.
关键信息词spent a week in Paris(在巴黎待一周)rent an apartment(租公寓)live like real Parisians(像巴黎人那样生活)前句说在巴黎待了一周,后句说于是去租了间小公寓——两句在谈同一件事:这一趟怎么住。
③ 如何判断?前句在谈我和丈夫在巴黎待了一周;后句说于是第一件事是租了一间又贵又小的六楼公寓——So 说明中间空的句子得是这件事的原因。要租房子而不是住酒店,说明这一趟的打算是「像当地人那样过日子」。剩下的 7 项里,只有 F 说的是这个打算:Our aim was to see if we could live, in some way, like real Parisians.,aim 正是后句 So 要找的原因;A 讲顾客不都是游客、B 讲法国的生活质量、C 讲公寓里的厨房和床、D 讲食物的去处、E 用 That 指代上一段、G 讲食物好吃,都不是这个打算。因此,选 F。
选定F · Our aim was to see if we could live, in some way, like real Parisians.
② 情况一前后句有衔接词——衔接词定方向,再用前后句的语义确认。这一空是逻辑衔接词 · 递进(后句 even)。
前句The place wasn’t entirely authentic, though. Unlike a normal Parisian apartment, the plumbing(水管) worked.
后句Our building even had a tiny lift with a female voice That said. “Ouverture des portes,” in perfect French. That is the only French phrase I mastered, and it’s a shame I don’t have much use for it.
关键信息词wasn’t entirely authentic(不太像真实的)the plumbing worked(水管能用)a nice kitchen and a comfortable bed(像样的厨房和床)even had a tiny lift(居然还有电梯)前句说水管能用,后句说楼里还有电梯——两句都在列举这间公寓「比普通巴黎公寓好」的具体设施。
③ 如何判断?authentic 是中性词,就是「真实」,不带褒贬——真实的巴黎公寓是什么样,得由前后句来定:前句把「水管能用」当成一件「不太真实」的事,说明真实的巴黎公寓水管不好用、整体质量一般;后句用 even 再往上加一层(楼里居然还有电梯)。所以中间空的句子该是「比普通巴黎公寓更好」的一类信息,后句的 even 才有得可加。剩下的 6 项里,只有 C 说的是这一类里的具体一件:There was a nice kitchen and a comfortable bed.;A 讲顾客、B 讲生活质量、D 讲食物的去处、E 用 That 指代上一段、G 讲食物好吃,都不是公寓里的具体一件。因此,选 C。
选定C · There was a nice kitchen and a comfortable bed.
② 情况一前后句有衔接词——衔接词定方向,再用前后句的语义确认。这一空是指代衔接词(后句 these people)。
前句In France, quality of life is much more important than efficiency(效率). You can tell this by café life. French cafés are always crowded.
后句When do these people work? The French take their 35-hour workweek seriously - so seriously that some labor unions recently struck a deal with a group of companies limiting the number of hours that independent contractors can be on call.
关键信息词cafés are always crowded(咖啡馆总是坐满)these people(这些人)When do these people work(这些人什么时候上班)前句说咖啡馆总是坐满,后句问「这些人什么时候上班」——两句在谈同一件事:坐在咖啡馆里的那群人到底是什么人。
③ 如何判断?前句在谈法国咖啡馆总是坐满人;后句问「这些人什么时候上班」——these people 一定是指代中间空的句子里的一群人,而且得是「看上去该在上班却坐在咖啡馆里」的人,后句那个疑问才成立。剩下的 4 项里,能给出这样一群人的只有 A:customers 正好给 these people 当指代对象,说坐在里面的不都是游客,也就是当地人,才引出后句那个疑问;B 讲生活质量、E 用 That 指代上一段、G 讲食物好吃,都给不出这样一群人。因此,选 A。
前句Parisians are different from you and me. They never look lazy or untidy. As someone noted in this paper a couple of ago, they eat great food and never gain weight.
后句French strawberries do not taste like cardboard. Instead, they explode in your mouth like little flavor bombs.
关键信息词eat great food and never gain weight(吃得好却不发胖)explode in your mouth(在嘴里炸开)so delicious … don’t need much(太好吃,一点就够)前句说巴黎人吃得好却不发胖,后句举草莓有多好吃——两句在谈同一件事:法国的东西好吃到什么程度。
② 情况二前后句没有衔接词——只读前句与后句各在说什么,推演中间缺哪一层意思。空在本段第一句,要承上启下。
前句(上段末:French strawberries do not taste like cardboard. Instead, they explode in your mouth like little flavor bombs.)
后句On our first morning in Paris, I went around the comer to the food market to pick up some groceries. I bought a handful of perfectly ripe small strawberries and a little sweet melon. My husband and I agreed they were the best fruit we had ever eaten. But they cost $18!
关键信息词That’s not the only reason(不只是这一个原因)food market … groceries(去菜市场买食材)they cost $18(贵得吓人)上段末说草莓好吃,这一段说去菜市场买食材、东西极好但极贵——两段在谈同一件事:法国人吃得少,还有别的原因。
③ 如何判断?上一段讲的是巴黎人吃得少却不发胖、因为东西好吃;这一段讲的是作者自己去菜市场买食材——东西极好,但贵得吓人。空在本段第一句,得把上段那个说法接住,再引出「还有别的原因」。剩下的选项只剩 E:That 指代上段刚说的「东西好吃所以吃得少」,not the only reason 又正好引出这一段——食材好,但价格也吓人。因此,选 E(That’s not the only reason the French eat less than we do.)。
选定E · That’s not the only reason the French eat less than we do.
④ 补段义第4段:不只是吃得少,食材本身就极好,只是贵得吓人
第五步 · 收尾 —— 段义、答案、剩下那 2 项
5 段段义(解题过程中一句句补出来的)
段
这段在干什么
第1段
第1段:我们想在巴黎住一周,试试能不能像真正的巴黎人那样生活
第2段
第2段:租的公寓不太像「真实」的巴黎公寓——水管好用、厨房不错、还有电梯
第3段
第3段:巴黎人吃得讲究却不发胖,因为东西太好吃,一点就满足
第4段
第4段:不只是吃得少,食材本身就极好,只是贵得吓人
第5段
第5段:法国人认为生活质量比生活效率重要,咖啡馆里坐的也不都是游客
答案速查(按题号)
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段中
Our aim was to see if we could live, in some way, like real Parisians.
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段中
There was a nice kitchen and a comfortable bed.
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段中
The food is so delicious that you don’t need much of it to make you happy.
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段首
That’s not the only reason the French eat less than we do.
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段中
Not all the customers are tourists.
回顾:那 2 项为什么进不去
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选项
为何排除
B
The quality of life in France is equally excellent.