【SAT阅读】SAT阅读考试 - 小说类题材的注意事项

发布时间：2018-01-23 15:02:13 关注量：6992次

要想答好小说类的文章，最先要确定的就是哪个人物是故事的主人公。

这样，文章的侧重点从哪转移到哪以及文章的主旨题，以主人公的感情态度为主线进行转移来选答案就容易很多。

比如简奥斯汀的小说节选《诺桑觉寺》。

Mrs. Allen was so long in dressing that they did not enter the ballroom till late. The season was full, the room crowded, and the two ladies squeezed in as well as they could.

As for Mr. Allen, he repaired directly to the card-room, and left them to enjoy a mob by themselves. With more care for the safety of her new gown than for the comfort of her protégée, Mrs. Allen made her way through the throng of men by the door, as swiftly as the necessary caution would allow; Catherine, however, kept close at her side, and linked her arm too firmly within her friend's to be torn asunder by any common effort of a struggling assembly.

Still they moved on—something better was yet in view; and by a continued exertion of strength and ingenuity they found themselves at last in the passage behind the highest bench.

It was a splendid sight, and she began, for the first time that evening, to feel herself at a ball: she longed to dance, but she had not an acquaintance in the room.

Catherine began to feel something of disappointment—she was tired of being continually pressed against by people, the generality of whose faces possessed nothing to interest, and with all of whom she was so wholly unacquainted that she could not relieve the irksomeness of imprisonment by the exchange of a syllable with any of her fellow captives. They saw nothing of Mr. Allen; and after looking about them in vain for a more eligible situation, were obliged to sit down at the end of a table, at which a large party were already placed, without having anything to do there, or anybody to speak to, except each other.

Mrs. Allen congratulated herself, as soon as they were seated, on having preserved her gown from injury. "It would have been very shocking to have it torn," said she, "would not it? It is such a delicate muslin. For my part I have not seen anything I like so well in the whole room, I assure you." "How uncomfortable it is," whispered Catherine, "not to have a single acquaintance here!"

"Yes, my dear," replied Mrs. Allen, with perfect serenity, "it is very uncomfortable indeed."

小说当中提到了三个人物，Mr. Allen, Mrs. Allen和Catherine，一开始学生很容易误以为Mrs. Allen是小说的主人公，实则不然，即便有大量的对Mrs. Allen的描述，但她是这段小说节选的次要故事线。

所以应以Catherine的情绪态度和心理为主。

第一段是故事的场景、背景介绍，舞会人太多，从而引出主人公Catherine的态度，随着故事的发展，Catherine的态度、心理也开始发生变，开始觉得无趣，舞会上谁都不认识，甚至是有些埋怨Mrs. Allen。

故事主线找对了，题就容易很多。

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