第八講：简短回答题ShortAnswerQuestions.pptVIP

概况 “简短回答题”安排在“阅读理解”部分之后，每次考试为一篇文章，文章后有五个问题或不完整的句子，要求考生在阅读文章之后用简短的英语（可以是句子，也可以是单词或短语）回答所提的问题或补足不完整的句子。考试时间为15分钟。“简短回答题”主要考核考生对英语书面材料的确切理解能力。 * 第八讲：简短回答题Short Answer Questions “简答题”与阅读理解题的不同之处在于：简答题除了考查考生的阅读理解能力之外，重点考查考生的英语语言表达能力和概括能力。就测试的形式而言，简答题排除了无根据猜测的可能性，也不是对已列出的选择作出正误的判断，而是要求考生根据自己对文章的理解写出自己的答案。这就要求考生对所阅读的内容有更精确的理解和较好的书面表达能力。 二、简答题的评分标准及样题 A、1996年8月公布的评分标准如下： 1、简答题要求考生在读懂文章的基础上，用正确简短的语言回答问题。在评分时应同时考虑内容和语言。每题满分为2分，最低分为0分。 2、给分标准： 2分––– 答出全部内容，语言正确。 1分––– 答出部分内容，语言正确。 0分––– 没有答对问题。 3、扣分标准（1）语言有错误扣0.5分(不包括引起歧义的，可以辨识的拼写错误。)每题由于语言错误扣分不能超过0.5分。（2）涉及无关内容者扣0.5分；答案中有互相矛盾的内容，则内容矛盾部分不得分。（3）整句原封不动照搬应扣分；照搬一句扣0.5分；照搬两句及两句以上者扣2分。 注意：扣分标准中虽然没有对答题的字数做出规定，但是在试卷中已经明确规定不得超过10个词(不含标点符号)。 B、公布的样题 Directions: In this part there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. In many business, computers have largely replaced paperwork, because they are fast, flexible, and do not make mistakes. As one banker said, “Unlike humans, computers never have a bad day.” And they are honest. Many banks advertise that their transactions are “untouched by human hands” and therefore safe from human temptation. Obviously, computers have no reason to steal money. But they also have no conscience, and the growing number of computer crimes show they can be used to steal. Computer criminals don’t use guns. And even if they are caught, it is hard to punish them because there are no witness and often no evidence. A computer cannot remember who used it: it simply does what it is told. The head teller at a New York City bank used a computer to steal more than one and a half billion dollars in just four years. No one noticed this theft because he moved the money from one account to another. Each time a customer he had robbed questioned the balance in his account, the teller claimed a computer error, then replaced the missing money