閱讀測驗是很多考生畏懼的英文題型之一,其實閱題測驗的的解題並不難,因為外國人寫文章都愛用破題法,只要看第一段即可知道文章大概在講什麼內容。例如在此篇文章的一開始,有提到”marriage” (婚姻)、”Alaska” (阿拉斯加)、” the oil industry”(石油工業),所以文章一定就是把阿拉斯加與石油工業比喻成婚姻關係。
The marriage coasted for 30 years. From the late 1950s on,Alaska and its bride, the oil industry, enjoyed a mutually enrichingbond. Then, on March 24, 1989, the industry betrayed us. Alaskansawoke that day to more than 10 million gallons of crude oil, bled from5the grounded tanker Exxon Valdez, roaming unchecked in one of ourtreasures, Prince William Sound. It was as if a spouse had murdered
The marriage coasted for 30 years. From the late 1950s on,Alaska and its bride, the oil industry, enjoyed a mutually enrichingbond. Then, on March 24, 1989, the industry betrayed us. Alaskansawoke that day to more than 10 million gallons of crude oil, bled from5the grounded tanker Exxon Valdez, roaming unchecked in one of ourtreasures, Prince William Sound. It was as if a spouse had murdered