ID：imply、infer、most likely、probably true、would

方法：找关键字后找定位句，进行推理，但是要注意不要多想，原文说的是什么就是什么，在范围上不要随意扩大、也不要缩小，在内容上不能随意增加或减少。如果本句及上下句没有答案，则答案英语本段的态度一致。

【练习】

1 That nineteenth-century French novelist Honore de Balzac could be financially wise in his fiction while losing all his money in life was an irony duplicated in other matters. For instance, the very women who had

5 been drawn to him by the penetrating intuition of the female heart that he showed in his novels were appalled to discover how insensitive and awkward the real man could be. It seems the true source of creation for Balzac was not sensitivity but imagination, Balzac's

10 fiction originally sprang from an intuition he first discovered as a wretched little school boy locked in a dark closet of his boarding school: life is a prison, and only imagination can open its doors.

1. The example in lines 4-8 primarily suggests that

(A) Balzac's work was not especially popular among female readers

(B) Balzac could not write convincingly about financial matters

(C) Balzac's insights into character were not evident in his everyday life

(D) people who knew Balzac personally could not respect him as an artist

(E) readers had unreasonable expectations of Balzac the man

2. The author mentions Balzac's experience as a schoolboy in order to

(A) explain why Balzac was unable to conduct his financial affairs properly

(B) point out a possible source of Balzac's powerful imagination

(C) exonerate the boarding school for Balzac's lackluster performance

(D) foster the impression that Balzac was an unruly student

(E) depict the conditions of boarding school life during Balzac's youth

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I(Her name is Jane)heard my mother saying to Waverly:” True, one can't teach style. Jane is not sophisticated like you. She must have been born this way."

10 I was surprised at myself, how humiliated I felt. I had been outsmarted by Waverly once again, and now betrayed by my own mother.

1. In the context of the passage, the statement "I was surprised at myself' (line 10) suggests that Jane

(A) had been unaware of the extent of her emotional vulnerability

(B) was exasperated that she allowed Waverly to embarrass her in public

(C) was amazed that she could dislike anyone so much

(D) had not realized that her mother admired her friend Waverly

(E) felt guilty about how much she resented her own mother

2.Jane's observation in lines 10-11 ("I had .... again") suggests that

(A) Jane had expected Waverly to insult her

(B) Jane had hoped to embarrass Waverly this time

(C) Waverly had a private understanding with Jane's mother

(D) Waverly had made Jane feel inadequate on previous occasions

(E) Waverly was a more talented writer than June was