六、强调作用
例词:in fact, in essence, in particular, emphasize…
考点:This, in essence, is the problem of modern sociobiology- to discover the degree to which hard-wired genetic programming dictates…(C5, P21, T18信息包含题)
解析:信息包含题考察细节是在那个段落出现,在做此类题目时,要注意信号词与考点的密切相关性,从而迅速找准答案。这里出现了in essence (实质上), 起了一定的强调作用,迅速扫读后,发现同时出现了题目关键词sociobiology, 破折号后面的介词to是表目的与题目中的the general aim of一致对应。
七、 因果关系
例词:as, because, since, lead to, as a result, result in, consequently, therefore, thus, the caused of…
考点:The fourth question concerned the causes of the destruction of rainforests. Perhaps encouragingly, more than half of the pupils (59%) identified that it is human activities, which are destroying rainforests… (C4, P19,T11简答题)
解析:这道简答题的文本题就是问the reason for the loss of rainforests, 所以我们可以同通过原因信号词,判断考点的方位。
八、 举例子和说明
例词:for example, for instance, that is to say, i.e., such as, including…
考点: Other substances were then introduced: including fillers, such as woodflour, asbestos or cotton…(C5, P39, T5流程图)
解析:我们看到such as后面是举例子,such as 后面的例子可以作为定位词,woodflour, asbestos, cotton就是fillers的其中一种。Fillers 在这里就是一个概括性的词语,常常是考点。