本期着重介绍第三类，即考察事物之间的关系。从文章整体来看，不同观点之间的关系，通常有一致、对立、互补这三种。这个题干的叙述中出现了一种特殊的情况，即“model”，是说W把C当成一个榜样，明显属于一致这一种，可以理解为，C所拥有的某些特征，W同样拥有，所以可以将W=C二者等同起来，并在原文中找到他们的定位。在阅读理解中，比较的双方应该引起强烈的重视，一旦出现，就要马上标出着重号，这个习惯一定要养成。
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上期节目详细介绍了GRE考试常见考点中的一、二两点，即考察文章主旨、结构类型以及考察态度题。本期着重介绍第三类，即考察事物之间的关系。四是考察事物的缺陷。
事物之间的关系往往能够反应出文章内部的逻辑关系，而逻辑关系恰恰是阅读理解中最重要的一环。从文章整体来看，不同观点之间的关系，通常有一致、对立、互补这三种。而事物之间的关系，又分为两者相似、相异、相对、互补、比较、替代、促进、此消彼长等关系。
一、相似。
标志词：like, be equal to/ with, be alike, be similar to, as well as, equivalence, between,etc.
文章中如果单纯提及两个事物具有相似关系，读者基本上可以将二者划上等号，更为重要的，是对于所叙述的内容，二者的特征可以互相替换，作者对二者持相同的态度，考题也只考相同点。
例题：It can be inferred from the passage that Woofchose Chaucer as a literary model because she believed that___.
解析：在阅读理解中，人物之间的关系，要么一致，要么对立。这个题干的叙述中出现了一种特殊的情况，即“model”，是说W把C当成一个榜样，明显属于一致这一种，可以理解为，C所拥有的某些特征，W同样拥有，所以可以将W=C二者等同起来，并在原文中找到他们的定位。
二、相异。
标志词：unlike, differ from , contradict, while, not… as…, far from, etc.
读者除了要注意二者的不同点以外，也别忽视了不同的双方：是谁和谁不同。
例文：African music, unlikethe music of some other cultures, was based on a total vision of life in which music was not an isolated social domain.
题目：The phrase “isolated social domain” refers to___.
A. African music in relation to contemporary culture as a whole.
B. Music as it may be perceived in non-African cultures.
C. A feature of African music that aided in transmitting African cultural values.
D. An aspect of the African cultural legacy.
E. The influence of music on contemporary culture.
解析：原文讲的是非洲音乐不同于其它文化的音乐，出现强烈否定词“unlike”，对其中一方的描述，必定是另一方所不具备的，读者可以对其中一方的特征描述进行取非，即另一方的特征，故本题选B.
三、比较级。
与相似和相异两个考点相比，比较级考得更多。它可以用于定位，也可用于排除选项，一些干扰选项会出现无端的比较、相反的比较、偷换对象的比较，这些都要摒弃。在阅读理解中，比较的双方应该引起强烈的重视，一旦出现，就要马上标出着重号，这个习惯一定要养成。
例1：原文：The influence of the biological component of an ecosystem is often greaterin fresh waters than in marine or terrestrial systerms, because of the small size of man’s freshwater bodies.
题目：The passage indicates that organisms frequently have the strongest effects on their environment in ___.
A. oceans, since oceans contain the largest organisms living on Earth.
B. oceans, since oceans provide habitats for many different kinds of species.
C. freshwater bodies, since such effects become pronounced in relatively small spaces.
D. freshwater lakes, since nutrients in freshwater lakes are present only in small amounts.
E. land areas, since there exist major influences of climate on the kinds of small organisms supported in land areas.
解析：原文提到生态系统中的生物组成对淡水水体和海洋及陆地系统的影响不同，对前者的影响大于对后者的影响，并说明了原因。而题干升级到正向最高级进行提问，那么首先可以排除被比较的对象，即排除A，B，E选项; 当选择的范围缩小后，进一步分析C与D两项，会发现D项的表述过于片面，而且原因阐述的部分出现无中生有的推断（即原文并未提及的nutrients）以及过于绝对的表述（像“only”这样的极端词），三个方面的错误进一步排除了D项;最后检查C选项，该项表述符合原文，原因阐述部分恰好是对原文意思的另一种表达方式，故C项正确。
例2：原文：Occasionally Hardy felt the impulse to comedy as well as the impulse to farce, but he was more ofteninclined to see tragedy and record it.
题目：Which of the following statements about the use of comedy in Hardy’s novels is best supported by the passage?___
A. Hardy’s use of comedy in his novels tended to weaken his literary style.
B. Hardy’s use of comedy in his novels was inspired by his natural sympathy.
C. Comedy appeared less frequently in Hardy’s novels than did tragedy.
D. Comedy played an imortant role in Hardy’s novels though that comedy was ususally in the form of farce.
E. Comedy played a secondary role in Hady’s more controlled novels only.
解析：题干要求选出原文最支持的观点。原文中出现三样事物，按顺序出场分别是C, F, T，三者关系为：C=F<T，所以凭借这一层关系，便能一眼望出C项符合原意。
四、其它关系。
事物之间的关系范围很复杂，很难用几种分类给予界定，往往需要具体问题具体分析，多思考多判断。
例1：原文：We also know that the number of indictments in preindustrial Europe bears little relation tothe number of actual criminal acts.
题目：According to the passage, which of the following is true of indictments for crime in Europe in the preindustrial period?___
A. They have, in terms of their numbers, remained relatively constant over time.
B. They give the historian important information about the mental lives of those indicted.
C. They are not a particularly accurate indication of the extent of actual criminal activity.
D. Their importance to historians of the nonelite has been generally overestimated.
E. Their problematic relationship to actual crime has not been acknowledged by most historians.
解析：原文意思是，起诉数量与实际犯罪数量几乎无关，“无关”也是属于事物关系的一种。选项中，只有C提到，（起诉）并不能特别准确地反映出实际犯罪的程度，这与原文表述是相符的。其它选项均有妄加推测之嫌。
例2：原文：Islamic law is the result of an examination, from a religious angle, of legal subject matter that was far from uniform, comprising as it did the various components of the laws of pre-Islamic Arabia and numerous legal elements taken over fromthe non –Arab people of the conquered territories.
题目：The passage provides information to answer which of the following questions?___
A. Does Islamic law depend on sources other than Arab legal principles?
B. What secular practices of Islamic state conflicted with Islamic law?
C. Is Jewish law more uniform than canon law?
D. Are Jewish law and canon law the most typical examples of sacred law?
E. What characterized Arab law of the pre-Islamic era?
解析：本例主要还是考查Islamic law的来历，其中涉及与其它地区的law/legal elements的关系，应该说，前者由后者组成，而后者又来自某一个地方，彼此相互关联，这种相互关联恰恰可以回答选项A所提出的问题——是否具有依赖关系？
例3：The food supplies necessary to sustain the large vent communities, however, must be many timesthe ordinary fallout. (倍数关系)
例4：Mounting agrarian discontent in America paralleledthe almost uninterrupted decline in the prices of American agraicultural products on foreign markets. (平行关系)
例5：The law of energy conservation has been challenged bythe statement of Verdi. (相对立关系：被质疑)
小结：事物之间的关系错踪复杂，包括“发源”“接管”“继承（inherit）”“取代(subtitute, alternative, instead of)”“补充”“翻新”“正比”“反比”“此消彼长”“相生相克”等，越是深究，越不可自拔。下一期里，青青将介绍最后两大类主要考点。请继续关注。
未完待续。
