托福考试|托福听力PartC:演讲2

例题：What can be inferred about the region including Maine and Quebec during the early 1800s？

（A） The area was economically unified^1.

（B） The authorities were unable to enforce law and order.

（C） The two governments fought for control of the area.

（D） Most of the people living there spoke^{2 only French.}

答案是A.

这道题比较难，由于选项都不是原句的简单改写或者复述，你可以从短语infer about得到提示它是一道暗示推理题。有了这种思想筹备之后，即便你一时没找到答案也不会太灰心。但题一直要答的，甚至用猜。原对话中的句字At the time Quebec was a major market for livestock^{3， crops and fish. So a road to Quebec was seen by officials in Maine as necessary for trade说明，A是正确答案。看来，暗示推理题并不容易做。然而，有幸的是，暗示推理题的正确选项与其它3个选项有较大有什么区别。那就是选项中极少或者根本不需要原话，或者原词。就像这一题，选项A中只有一个词重复原文，即area这个非常无关紧要的词。}

续前续后题?

例题：What subject is the speaker most likely to discuss next？

（A） The latest practices of accurate mapmaking.

（B） The impact of epidemics^{4 on mass migration5.}

（C） The advantages of establishing international trade agreements.

（D） The technology used to locate the Old Canada Road.

答案是D.

原文的开头和结尾都提到了选项D的内容：开头finding it again was a complex process that involved state of our technology： how the location of the roads was pinpointed^{6 was very interesting. And I'll return to it as soon as I gave you a little background information.与结尾that's how it came to be lost. This brings me back to the original TOPic.}