新sat阅读文学类文章分析

1、新SAT阅读文学类文章分析一.文学类文章介绍篇章类型：文学类文章主要包括叙述故事，讲述一件事情或者经历，对一个观点或概念的思考。在SAT阅读考试中，文学类文章的考察主要是一篇小说的节选，但是其他类型的文章也有可能包含文学的元素，比如比喻性的语言或形象。更多内容查看可点击：sat2016阅读分析难度分析：其篇章来源主要为近40年的minority fiction(少数族裔小说)和19th and early 20th century classic novels(经典小说)，以及新SAT将增加考查的近几十年的美国本土作家的小说作品等。答题建议：考试需加强作品主旨、态度、功能、写作目的、写作意图以

2、及结构上的理解与训练，并加大阅读量、提高词汇储备。二.例题详解这篇文章属于美国和世界文学类型的一篇文章，难度属于稍难等级。Questions 14-18 are based on the following passage.This passage is adapted from Edith Wharton, Ethan Frome, originallypublished in 1911. Mattie Silver is Ethans household employee.Mattie Silver had lived under Ethans roof for a year, andfr

3、om early morning till they met at supper he had frequentchances of seeing her; but no moments in her companywere comparable to those when, her arm in his, and her5 light step flying to keep time with his long stride, theywalked back through the night to the farm. He had taken tothe girl from the fir

4、st day, when he had driven over to theFlats to meet her, and she had smiled and waved to himfrom the train, crying out, “You must be Ethan!” as she10 jumped down with her bundles, while he reflected, lookingover her slight person: “She dont look much on housework,but she aint a fretter, anyhow.” But

5、 it was not only that thecoming to his house of a bit of hopeful young life waslike the lighting of a fire on a cold hearth. The girl was more15 than the bright serviceable creature he had thought her. Shehad an eye to see and an ear to hear: he could show herthings and tell her things, and taste th

6、e bliss of feeling thatall he imparted left long reverberations and echoes he couldwake at will.20 It was during their night walks back to the farm that he feltmost intensely the sweetness of this communion. He hadalways been more sensitive than the people about him to theappeal of natural beauty. H

7、is unfinished studies had givenform to this sensibility and even in his unhappiest moments25 field and sky spoke to him with a deep and powerfulpersuasion. But hitherto the emotion had remained in him asa silent ache, veiling with sadness the beauty that evoked it. Hedid not even know whether any on

8、e else in the world felt as hedid, or whether he was the sole victim of this mournful30 privilege. Then he learned that one other spirit had trembledwith the same touch of wonder: that at his side, living underhis roof and eating his bread, was a creature to whom he couldsay: “Thats Orion down yonde

9、r; the big fellow to the right isAldebaran, and the bunch of little oneslike bees swarming35 theyre the Pleiades . . .” or whom he could hold entrancedbefore a ledge of granite thrusting up through the fern whilehe unrolled the huge panorama of the ice age, and the longdim stretches of succeeding ti

10、me. The fact that admiration forhis learning mingled with Matties wonder at what he taught40 was not the least part of his pleasure. And there were othersensations, less definable but more exquisite, which drew themtogether with a shock of silent joy: the cold red of sunsetbehind winter hills, the f

11、light of cloud-flocks over slopes ofgolden stubble, or the intensely blue shadows of hemlocks on45 sunlit snow. When she said to him once: “It looks just as if itwas painted!” it seemed to Ethan that the art of definitioncould go no farther, and that words had at last been found toutter his secret s

12、oul. . . .As he stood in the darkness outside the church these50 memories came back with the poignancy of vanishedthings. Watching Mattie whirl down the floor from handto hand he wondered how he could ever have thought thathis dull talk interested her. To him, who was never gay butin her presence, h

13、er gaiety seemed plain proof of55 indifference. The face she lifted to her dancers was thesame which, when she saw him, always looked like awindow that has caught the sunset. He even noticed two orthree gestures which, in his fatuity, he had thought shekept for him: a way of throwing her head back w

14、hen she60 was amused, as if to taste her laugh before she let it out,and a trick of sinking her lids slowly when anythingcharmed or moved her.14. Over the course of the passage, the main focus of the narrative shifts from the(A) reservations a character has about a person he has just met to a growin

15、g appreciation that character has of the persons worth.(B) ambivalence a character feels about his sensitive nature to the characters recognition of the advantages of having profound emotions.(C) intensity of feeling a character has for another person to the characters concern that that intensity is

16、 not reciprocated.(D) value a character attaches to the wonders of the natural world to a rejection of that sort of beauty in favor of human artistry.题目考点：修辞类答案：C答题思路：考生需掌握文章的整体结构解析：文章的第一段描写了Ethan对Mattie的情感，Ethan “had taken to the girl from the first day” (lines 6-7) and saw her as “like the lightin

17、g of a fire on a cold hearth” (line 14).文章第二段的(lines 20-48)主要讲的是他们一起走回农场的夜晚以及Ethan由于“one other spirit . . . trembled with the same touch of wonder”的一种喜悦之情，也就是说文章的前两段表现的是Ethan对Mattie强烈的情感。而文章的最后一段却描写了Ethan对Mattie情感的变化，Ethan发现Mattie在社交场合与另外一名男子的互动并开始对自己的情感产生了动摇。15. In the context of the passage, the a

18、uthors use of the phrase “her light step flying to keep time with his long stride” (lines 4-5) is primarily meant to convey the idea that(A) Ethan and Mattie share a powerful enthusiasm.(B) Mattie strives to match the speed at which Ethan works.(C) Mattie and Ethan playfully compete with each other.

19、(D) Ethan walks at a pace that frustrates Mattie.题目考点：修辞类答案：A答题思路：考生需掌握作者词汇选择的修辞作用解析：作者使用的短语主要是为了介绍第二段中详述的话题，也就是Ethan通过和Mattie夜晚的散步发现自己对Mattie日益增长的情感，因此这些句子是为了表明两个人之间的一种和谐和强烈的情感。16. The description in the first paragraph indicates that what Ethan values most about Mattie is her(A) fitness for farm l

20、abor.(B) vivacious youth.(C) receptive nature.(D) freedom from worry.题目考点：信息和观点类答案：C答题思路：考生需掌握文章中两个主人公之间的关系解析：文中的8-14行提到了很多Mattie的品质，比如：她很友好(“smiled and waved”), 急迫(“jumped down with her bundles”), 随和(“she aint a fretter”)以及有活力(“like the lighting of a fire on a cold hearth”).但是其中最吸引Ethan却是她对周围世界有着一颗

21、开阔的心，在文中的最后一段有体现，“She had an eye to see and an ear to hear: he could show her things and tell her things, and taste the bliss of feeling that all he imparted left long reverberations and echoes he could wake at will” (lines 15-19).17. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the pre

22、vious question?(A) Lines 1-6 (“Mattie . . . farm”)(B) Lines 6-12 (“He had . . . anyhow”)(C) Lines 12-14 (“But it . . . hearth”)(D) Lines 15-19 (“She had . . . will”)题目考点：信息和观点类答案：D答题思路：考生需在文中找出支持上一问题答案的最佳支持性证据。解析：文中的15-19行提到Mattie “had an eye to see and an ear to hear: Ethan could show her things and tell her things, and taste the bliss of feeling that all he imparted left long reverberations and echoes he could wake at will.”话句话说就是Mattie对外界的观点经历是一种接纳的心态，因此最能支持上一问题的答案。18. The author includes the descriptions of the sunset, the clouds, and the hemlock shadows (lines