41題答案選[E] (says that for factory owners),根據題干人名Jay Dunwell回文定位到第五段,他講到“They’re harder to find...”這里的they指的就是上文的workers,而下文此人繼續說“they’ve been plucked by other industries...(工人被其他產業挖走) 。E選項說“對于廠長來說,工人難找是由激烈的競爭導致的”,正是對Jay Dunwell說的話的概括。此外,段落首句即為該段的中心句,出現了E選項中的關鍵詞sitff competition,也可以作為答題的線索。
42題答案選[A] (says that he switched to),根據題干人名Jason Stenquist回文定位到第七段,段落中間部分提到,當他被問及職業選擇的時候,他說高中時在轉到電子設計之前他考慮的是醫學院,緊接著道出了原因“I love working with tools”(我喜歡用工具工作),選項A正是這兩句話的概括。
43題答案選[G] (says that the manufacturing recession), 根據題干人名Birgit Klohs回文定位到第八段,其中“remember their father and mother both were laid off. The blame it on the manufacturing recession”與選項G屬于同義改寫,Their father and mother變成了the young people’s parents。
44題答案選[B] (points out that there are enough),根據Rob Spohr定位到倒數第二段,本段首句Rob Spohr講到,the gap is between the jobs that take no skills and those that require a lot of skill。本句skill復現兩次,為核心詞。接著第二句講到“there are enough people to fill the jobs at McDonald and other places where you don’t need to have much skill.”瀏覽7個選項,發現B選項中的fill the jobs, don’t need much skill 與本句形成原詞復現,因此確定正確答案為B選項。
45題答案選[F] (points out that a work/life balance),根據Julie Parks定位到最后一段首句,本句中Julie Parks講到,another key to luring Millennials into Manufacturing: a work/life balance。瀏覽7個選項,發現F選項中的a work/life balance,Manufacturing與本句形成原詞復現,F選項中的attract(吸引)與本句中的lure(引誘)形成同義詞復現,因此確定正確答案為F選項。
結合真題不難看出這種題型主要考查定位及匹配的能力:定位一定要準確,根據人名回文定位時,人名的縮寫或人稱代詞同樣需要考慮;匹配時注意答案與原文信息之間的轉換關系,一般常見的有同義替換或同義改寫以及概括。