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在新托福阅读考试中,往往包含着许多文化背景知识,涉及的领域很广,包括文化习俗、历史、地理、神话、经济、时事政治等。一般来说,相关知识背景对于有效理解某一特定类型的阅读文章具有重要意义,因此适当了解部分重要领域(如地理、生物、历史等)相关基础知识也往往是提高托福阅读的一个有效手段。但在托福阅读文章中,作者并非把所有信息都完整准确地用文字表达出来,这无疑给考生阅读理解造成了不同程度的障碍。但是考生如果能够利用已知的背景知识对其进行正确理解与合理推断,这类看似很难的问题也只是“小菜”一碟而已。
The TOEFL reading test often contains many cultural background knowledge and covers a wide range of areas including cultural conventions, history, geography, mythology, economics, current affairs politics, etc. In general, the relevant knowledge background is important for effective understanding of a particular type of reading article, so a proper understanding of the basics of some important areas (eg geography, biology, history, etc.) is often an effective way to improve TOEFL reading. However, in the TOEFL reading article, the author does not express all the information in a complete and accurate manner, which undoubtedly poses various obstacles to the reading comprehension of the examinee. However, if the candidate can use the known background knowledge to correctly understand and reason about it, such seemingly difficult questions are only a piece of cake.