托福听力关联信息的理解能力,即Connecting Information
这种能力的考查相当重视对文章脉络和上下文关联信息的把握,主要通过Organization Questions(结构题)和Relationship Questions(关联题)实施测试。
结构题的常见题干汇编:
How does the speaker organize the information that he presents?
How does the professor organize the information about . . . that he presents to the class?
Which of the following best describes the organization of the lecture?
How does the professor develop the topic?
How does the professor help the student?
How does the instructor clarify her point about…?
How is the discussion organized?
How is the information in the passage organized?
Why does the professor discuss/mention…?
特别提醒:结构题的常见答案汇编:
·Classify or categorize information信息分类
·Describe causes and effects描述因果
·Describe uses描述用途
·Explain causes/reasons解释原因
·Give examples/instructions举例/指导
·Narrate an event讲述事件
·Show differences/similarities between ideas指出异同
·Summarize a process总结过程
·Trace the history or development讲述历史或发展过程
·Indicate or signal a topic shift预示话题转移
·Connect a main topic to a subtopic连接主次话题
·Provide an introduction or a conclusion提供介绍或结论
·Start a digression开始离题
关联题主要分为推断题、预测题、解释题、是非题、分类信息题和排序题六种:
1.推断题的常见题干汇编
What does the professor/speaker imply about the…?
What is probably...