第三，善于正確推理，判斷內(nèi)在含義。
在提到答對話題技巧時，曾提到語義題中的含蓄型試題。聽短文和問題時，同樣會遇到這類試題。這是短文題中最難解的一類，因?yàn)槲恼碌谋砻嬉馑荚谶x項(xiàng)上表現(xiàn)不出來，而要根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行推理判斷，明確短文的內(nèi)容。請看下面的例子：
You read:
1. A. They didn’t like to talk anything to him.
B. They loved him.
C. They disliked him.
D. They thought he was difficult to get along with.
2. A. 15 years old. B. 35 years old.
C. 20 years old. D. 45 years old.
3. A. He kept getting into trouble.
B. He had no skills in business.
C. He was unpopular with his brothers.
D. People had no sympathy for him.
You hear:
Uncle George, my father’s brother, is the black sheep of the family and nobody ever mentions him unless they are asked a direct question about him. He ran away to sea at the age of 15 and no one heard a word from him until he returned 20 years later. During his absence he’d had a lot of adventures but he’d made no money at all and his brothers had to support him because some people thought he could do nothing in any trade. During this time he kept getting into trouble and this also made him unpopular with his brothers. They had no sympathy for people like Uncle George. As far as I am concerned, this makes them all less interesting than him and I don't think it’s right that they should look down upon their brother. He may be the black sheep to them but to me after all his years of excitement and hardship at sea seems a hero.
Questions:
1. What did the family think of him?
2. How old was Uncle George when he returned from sea?
3. Why was it difficult for him to find a job?
短文中并沒有直接提到家人對他的看法，但根據(jù)短文開頭的關(guān)鍵信息black sheep 和nobody ever mentions him，可以推斷出：家人不喜歡他或歧視他，故第一個問題的答案是C。關(guān)于第二個問題，短文中沒有直接提到他回來的確切年齡，而間接地提到了有關(guān)年齡的兩個數(shù)字：離開時十五歲；二十年后回來。不難計(jì)算，他回來時年齡是三十五歲，正確答案是B。有關(guān)第三個問題，短文沒有明講找工作一事，但文中有這樣一句話He had made no money at all and his brothers had to support him because some people thought he could do nothing in any trade. 從而暗示出：在生意上，他因沒有技術(shù)，人們不用他，他很難找到工作。符合這一意思的只有選項(xiàng)B，正確答案就是B。
第四，適當(dāng)筆記，掌握關(guān)鍵信息。
筆記是做短文聽力理解題很重要的一環(huán)，很多考生對此沒有足夠的重視，因此也沒有形成邊聽邊記的習(xí)慣。也許有些考生會問：短文的內(nèi)容長，語速快，時間緊，跟不上，要做到邊聽邊記，是否要學(xué)習(xí)一些速記知識？其實(shí)這是不必要的。邊聽邊記并不是要把所有的語言信息記錄下來，而是把重點(diǎn)、要點(diǎn)記下來，在答題時給予提示，以彌補(bǔ)短時記憶的不足。為了提高筆記的速度，以免影響獲取后續(xù)信息，在記時可以采用數(shù)字、符號和縮寫；可以以單詞、短語代替整句；更可以用自造的本人能辨認(rèn)的一切記錄方法。例如：
∴ —— because ∵ —— therefore
↑ —— increase ↓ —— decrease
> —— more than < —— less than
☆ —— at night w/o —— without
asap —— as soon as possible C19 —— nineteenth century
以上重點(diǎn)分析了回答短文題的四種技巧和方法。在實(shí)際做短文聽力題時，考生可以根據(jù)自己的特點(diǎn)，靈活采用。
