Part B: Ordering Utterances (2019)
Directions:
The following paragraphs are given in a wrong order. For questions 41-45, you are required to reorganize these paragraphs into a coherent text by choosing from the list A-G and filling them into the numbered boxes. Paragraphs C and F have been correctly placed. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
Answer Sheet
答案解析 (Answers & Analysis)
41. [E] 首段定位。 E段以 Dale Carnegie 的名言开篇,指出人们普遍存在“避免争论(avoid it)”的倾向,并抛出总领全文的论点:这是一种“错误观点(mistaken view)”。
42. [D] 指代衔接。 D段首句“Carnegie would be right if arguments were fights”直接复现并回应了E段提到的 Carnegie。D段解释了为什么人们会把争论当成“战斗(fights)”或“比赛(competitions)”。
(43) [F] 固定位。 F段首句“These views of arguments also undermine reason”中的 These views 完美指代了D段中将争论视为战斗或比赛的负面观点。
43. [G] 观点转折。 在批判了旧观点后,G段首句“There is a better way to win arguments”提出了建设性的新观点,并用最低工资的例子对比了争吵与理性交流的不同结果。
44. [B] 语义递进。 G段描述了理想状态,B段紧接着用“Of course, many discussions are not so successful”进行客观的让步,强调在不完美时,我们需要谦逊(Humility)和自我反省。
(46) [C] 固定位。 C段首句“None of this will be easy”中的 this 指代的是B段中提到的“保持谦逊、承认对手的好论点”等高难度要求,并给出了具体的操作指南。
45. [A] 全文总结。 A段首句“These tools can help you win every argument”中的 These tools 精准指代C段中给出的一系列沟通技巧。A段在文末升华主题:重新定义了什么是真正的“赢(win)”。