在高考前的阅读训练中,不少考生容易陷入插入语陷阱,为此,小编特推出如何识别插入语陷阱专题,希望大家能够警戒。
插入语是对一句话进行补充、解释或意义延伸的单词、短语或句子,是与全句没有直接语法关系的独立成分。主要表示说话人对句中所陈述内容的态度,语气或附加说明。它在句中的位置比较灵活,句中、句首、句末都可以,常用逗号隔开。句中插入语的运用增加了试题的灵活性,迷惑性和结构的复杂性,同时对考生分析句子结构的能力提出了较高的要求。
英语中可以用于句子中间的常见插入语有:in one’s opinion, he believes, to tell you the truth, generally speaking, judging by / from, as far as I know, so far as I am concerned, if not better than, according to, of course, do you suppose / think / believe, in other words, believe it or not, that is to say, what’s more, or rather(更准确地说), in a word, on the whole, say(例如), unfortunately, for example, however, it seemed …, worse still, to make the matter worse, above all, in turn, similarly, in fact, as a matter of fact, no wonder等。
插入语对考生准确理解题意,进行正确的选择有时会产生极大的干扰。这类题主要是利用插入语来增加句子的复杂程度,从而达到干扰学生视线的目的。
在含有插入语的句子中,我们应先分析语境及句子结构,找出插入语,然后去掉这个冗余信息(插入语),重新分析句子结构。这样复杂的句子结构便被简化,从而降低了难度,答案也就一目了然了。如:
You’d better, I think, _____ him a hand when necessary.
A. give B. to give C. gave D. giving
遇到这类试题,我们应撇开两个逗号之间的插入语I think部分,这样就可看清整个句子结构了,它实际上是一个简单句,后面缺少的是句子的谓语动词部分。答案选A。即:You’d better give him a hand when necessary. (你最好在必要的时候帮一帮他。)