2018成人学位英语阅读理解解题方法:理解推论题
例2
Exchange a glance with someone, then look away. Do you realize that you have made a statement? Hold the glance for a second longer, and you have made a different statement. Hold it for 3 seconds, and the meaning has changed again. For every social situation, there is a permissible time that you can hold a person's gaze without being intimate, rude, or aggressive. If you are on an elevator, what gaze-time are you per- mitted? To answer this question, consider what you typically do. You very likely give other passengers a quick glance to size them up(打量)and to assure them that you mean no threat. Since being close to another person signals the possibility of interac-tion. You need to emit a signal telling others you want to be left alone. So you cut off eye contact, what sociologist Erving Golfman(1963)calls "a dimming of the lights."
It can be inferred from the paragraph that
A.every glance has its significance
B.staring at a person is an expression of interest
C.a gaze longer than 3 seconds is unacceptable
D.a glance conveys more meaning than words
浏览一下选项，可以先排除8与C，因为上文并未讨论这两点;再看一下文中的逻辑结构，刚开始几句从总的方面论述：Exchange a glance with someone, then look away.Do you realize that you have made a statement. Hold the glance for a second longer, and you have made a different statement. Hold it for 3 seconds, and the meaning has changed again.每一瞥的含义随时间长短变化而变化，接着举例说明在不同场合中的具体情况。由此可知，A：每一瞥均有其本身的含义(即各瞥含义不同)为正确答案，D所提到的比较，在原文中找不到依据，应该排除。
例3
A teacher who continually draws attention to rewards or who hands out high grades for ordinary achievement ends up with uninspired students, Eisenberger holds. As an example of the latter point, he notes growing efforts at major universities to tighten grading standards and restore failing grades.
It can be inferred from the passage that maj or universities are trying to tighten their grading standards because they believe .
A.rewarding poor performance may kill the creativity of students
B.punishment is more effective than rewarding
C.failing uninspired students helps improve their overall academic standards
D.discouraging the students'anticipation for easy rewards is a matter of urgencv
这是文中Eisenberger举的一个例子(第二句)，其目的是为了说明Eisenberger的观点：假如老师总是让学生关注奖励，或者对表现一般的学生也给高分，那么学生们终都会不求进取――A teacher who continually draws attention to rewards or who hands out high grades for ordinary achievement ends up with uninspired students，A表达的正是此意。
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