【正文】
followingseemedlikely?(A)The workers with the highest productivity would also be the mostaccurate.(B)That workers who initially achievedhigh productivity ratings would continuetodosoconsistently.(C)That the highest performance ratings would be achieved by workerswiththehighestproductivity.(D)That the most productive workerswould be those whose supervisorsclaimedtovalueproductivity.(E)That supervisors who claimed tovalue productivity would place equalvalue on customer ,該題問(wèn)的是與研究結(jié)果相反的人們的想法。首先我們可以先看一下原文中兩個(gè)表示對(duì)比的詞,并在其前后句子間進(jìn)行定位。這時(shí)我們不難發(fā)現(xiàn),此題題干敘述的內(nèi)容在第1自然段第9行的however前后可以找到相關(guān)信息。做出定位之后,我們只需抓住句中的核心詞productivity和performancerating,就能輕松選出正確答案(C). can be inferred that the author ofthe passage discusses“unmonitoredworkers”(line19)primarilyinorderto(A)Compare the ratings of these workers with the ratings of monitoredworkers.(B)Provide an example of a case inwhich monitoring might be effective.(C)Provide evidence of an inappropriate use of CPMCS.(D)Emphasize the effect that CPMCSmay have on worker39。s perception oftheirjobs.(E)Illustrate the effect that CPMCS mayhave on worker39。s 。還是先掃描我們?cè)?jīng)標(biāo)記過(guò)的表示對(duì)比關(guān)系的詞匯和短語(yǔ)。在細(xì)讀原文第19行In contrast to后面的內(nèi)容之后,我們會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)此處信息與題干問(wèn)題基本相符,其引導(dǎo)了一個(gè)重要差異:即被監(jiān)控和未被監(jiān)控的人對(duì)工作要點(diǎn)認(rèn)識(shí)的不同(未被監(jiān)控的人認(rèn)為工作中最重要的是客戶(hù)服務(wù),而被監(jiān)控的人則認(rèn)為工作中最重要的是生產(chǎn)力)。不難發(fā)現(xiàn),選項(xiàng)中最能代表這個(gè)差異的是(D)。在這里,筆者對(duì)一些常見(jiàn)的對(duì)比關(guān)系關(guān)鍵詞/短語(yǔ)做了一個(gè)總結(jié):m o r ethan、like、unlike、but、however、onthe other hand、recently。與因果關(guān)系核心考點(diǎn)一樣,對(duì)于對(duì)比關(guān)系這一考點(diǎn)的所有關(guān)鍵詞匯短語(yǔ),大家都必須不斷總結(jié)并在平時(shí)的練習(xí)中培養(yǎng)出閱讀敏感性,熟能生巧。結(jié)合上述兩篇短文,我們應(yīng)該對(duì)G M A T閱讀部分文章的考查重點(diǎn)有一個(gè)較為深入的了解。GMAT閱讀不像TOEFL/IELTS等語(yǔ)言考試那樣考查詞匯,它更側(cè)重于考查文章的邏輯結(jié)構(gòu)而不是內(nèi)容本身。因此,我們?cè)趹?yīng)對(duì)GMAT閱讀考試時(shí)必須主動(dòng)關(guān)注重要的邏輯關(guān)系及其關(guān)鍵詞,只有這樣才容易達(dá)到超越不同文章內(nèi)容,而直達(dá)考題實(shí)質(zhì)的境界。