新GRE阅读练习题10

　　The early universe contained only the lightest elements, hydrogen and helium. Heavier elements, such as carbon, form only in nuclear reactions in stars and are dispersed when the stars explode. A recently discovered gas cloud contained carbon several billion years ago, when the universe was no more than two billion years old.

　　If the statements above are true, which of the following must, on the basis of them, also be true?

　　(A)The earliest stars contained only hydrogen.

　　(B)Some stars were formed before the universe was two billion years old.

　　(C)The carbon in the gas cloud later formed part of some stars.

　　(D)No stars identified to date are as old as the gas cloud.

　　(E)The gas cloud also contained hydrogen and helium.

　　答案：B

 

新GRE阅读练习题的延伸阅读——GRE阅读技巧详解

 

　　GRE阅读技巧：宏观中的“必读”与“不读”

　　所谓宏观，即使明确文章结构。再清楚一点说，即使我们要知道主题句的所在位置以及每段大意。

　　让我们今天来了解一下什么是主题句，ETS的阅读文章中主题句通常会以什么形式出现。和中国考生自己写作文不一样的是，美国人的阅读文章中从来都不出现“I think that， in my opinion， as far as I am considered”此类语言做主题句。通常来说美国人的主题句有两种形式：

　　主题句两种形式：

　　1. 判断句(含情态动词，系动词，正负褒贬词的句子)；

　　2. 概括文章将来结构。

掌握好了主题句判断方法，很多文章学生便可以很快把握文章的结构框架，帮助后面文章的理解。