答案不在字面上:把文中線索拼起來,加上合理的生活常識,推出作者沒有明說的意思。
何時用:題目出現「可以推知」「由此可見」「最可能」時,就是推論題:答案通常沒有原句可抄,必須用線索拼出來。
定錨句:推論 = 線索 + 常識:答案不在任何一句裡,在句子與句子之間。
When Tom walked into the classroom, his shoes made a funny sound — squeak, squeak — with every step. Water dripped from his jacket onto the floor. His hair was wet and flat, and he carried his schoolbag inside a plastic bag.
"You look like a fish!" his friend Ben laughed.
Tom smiled and shook the water off his hands. "Next time," he said, "I will check the weather report before I leave home. And I will put my umbrella next to the door, where I can see it!"
Outside the window, dark clouds were still moving across the sky, and the playground was shining with puddles.
放學回到家,我發現阿嬤坐在客廳的沙發上,手裡拿著她那條洗得發白的碎花圍裙,慢慢地、一針一線地縫著。圍裙的口袋邊裂了一個口子,阿嬤戴著老花眼鏡,線穿了三次才穿進針孔。我說:「阿嬤,這條圍裙都舊成這樣了,我買一條新的給妳啦。」阿嬤搖搖頭,笑著說:「這條圍裙啊,跟了我三十年。你阿公第一次吃我煮的飯,我穿的就是它;你爸爸學走路的時候,手就抓著它的帶子。新圍裙再漂亮,也沒有這些故事。」說完,她把縫好的圍裙仔細摺好,放回廚房的抽屜裡,像收好一件寶貝。
策略是跨科的:英文閱讀學到的招,國文閱讀一樣用得上;反過來也一樣。