字神帝國英語天地

作者：英國《金融時報》 德拉•布拉德肖

邏輯題是很有意思的，但真正面對考試，往往不那麼輕鬆，因為考試的時間有限。尤其遇難題，運用嚴格的邏輯思維來做，往往耗時甚多。尤其是五個選項逐一論證更是不切實際。所以對於邏輯題，我們必須要培養一種感覺，依靠這種感覺我們可以很快地將一些無關項排除掉。這種感覺除了靠大量練習來培養外，更應通過察覺選項中的“無關資訊”，迅速做出判斷，將之排除。這就是所謂“無關資訊排除法”——通過選項中出現了與原文內容和推理無關的內容將之迅速排除。常常能排除五項中的三個，再對剩下的選項認真考慮，做出最後抉擇。

Schools expect textbooks to be a valuable source of information for students. My research suggests, however, that textbooks that address the place of Native Americans within the history of the United States distort history to suit a particular cultural value system. In some textbooks, for example, settlers are pictured as more humane, complex, skillful, and wise than Native Americans. In essence, textbooks stereotype and depreciate the numerous Native American cultures while reinforcing the attitude that the European conquest of the New World denotes the superiority of European cultures. Although textbooks evaluate Native American architecture, political systems, and homemaking, I contend that they do it from an ethnocentric, European perspective without recognizing that other perspectives are possible.

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[大陸] In some countries, the role of a mother differs in some ways from the role of a father. Why do you think these differences exist? How might parental roles develop in the future?

申請者應清楚瞭解這些要點，且能有準備地談及每個要點和自己相關的地方。有空可以試試，結合自己的資訊，嘗試著回答每個問題，然後評價著歷次的進步，我們將會發現，簡明扼要、輕鬆流暢的談論這些問題，還需要更多、更多的練習。

The longest river in the world, the Nile, flows through the north-western area of Africa, and then into the Mediterranean Sea.
世界上最長的河流尼羅河，流經非洲西北部，最終匯入地中海。