概括大意與完成句子這一題型在過去的職稱英語等級考試中是分開考的，這次則把這兩種題型放到一篇文章中去考。這兩種題型均屬于閱讀理解簡答題(Short Answer Questions)，與傳統閱讀理解簡答題不同的是，它不需要考生寫出問題的答案，而是給出了幾個選項，讓考生從中選擇搭配。

　　概括大意題主要考查考生歸納段落主題思想的能力，完成句子主要考查考生掌握短文細節內容的能力。這兩種題型，基本能夠考核各種閱讀技能。解答這類題目時，既要學會抓住文章的中心大意，找出關鍵詞，又要能夠運用多種閱讀技巧，從句子、語篇的層次把握文章的重要事實和細節。請看例題。

　　The Price of idleness

　　Household devices waste a lot of energy doing nothing.

　　1 Electrical devices such as CD players, videos and burglar alarms are consuming more energy in stand-by mode than when they are actually being used.

　　2 Maria Sanchez and her colleagues from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, tested more than 50 small electrical appliances, from computers to doorbells, electric movers, VCRs, and pool pumps. In the current issue of Energy Policy, they report that about half of all consumer electronics energy is used in stand-by mode. This costs American consumers $1 billion a year in wasted energy.

　　3 The researchers say that while electronic devices are lying dormant (休眠狀態), running their clocks, maintaining internal memories or displaying their settings, they consume around 40 terawatt hours of electricity in the US every year -- enough to power a city such as Chicago or London. Many machines' use almost as much power on stand-by as when working. For example, it takes 15 watts to play a typical CD, but an average of 11 watts to keep it on stand-by. Satellite TV systems use 14 watts when active and 14 watts on stand-by. Given the long hours these systems spend idling, each uses far more power in stand-by mode than when actually working.

　　4 Bad design is largely to blame, says Sanchez. In a separate survey of CD players last year, her colleague Wolfgang Huber found that two machines with similar features used 28 watts and 2 watts respectively on stand-by. "For most products, we believe that stand-by power can be reduced to one watt or less," says Sanchez.

　　5 She backs proposals to set up a national labeling system to promote machines that meet this standard. Such a system could reduce stand-by power consumption in the US by 50 per cent, says co-author Alan Meier -- more than 20 terawatt hours per year. Last month, electronics company Philips announced the launch of a device that can dramatically reduce the power used in stand-by mode.

　　A Factor Leading to Energy Waste

　　B Home Appliances

　　C Proposals to Cut Energy Consumption

　　D Energy Consumption Test

　　E Terawatt Hours

　　F Nonessential Electricity Use

　　1 Paragraph 2 ____________

　　2 Paragraph 3 ____________

　　3 Paragraph 4 ____________

　　4 Paragraph 5 ____________

　　A Factor Leading to Energy Waste

　　B Home Appliances

　　C Proposals to Cut Energy Consumption

　　D Energy Consumption Test

　　E Terawatt Hours

　　F Nonessential Electricity Use

　　5 In the US the home appliances use _____________

　　6 The energy wasted by the electronic devices in the US is sufficient to ___________.

　　7 It is found that power waste is mainly caused by _____________

　　8 Philips started to develop a device that can greatly reduces _______________

　　A bad design

　　B the total energy of the country

　　C power a large city

　　D the most energy

　　E wasted energy

　　F stand-by power consumption

　　A bad design

　　B the total energy of the country

　　C power a large city

　　D the most energy

　　E wasted energy

　　F stand-by power consumption

　　這是一篇關于家用電器在休眠狀態下耗電情況的文章，屬科普類。文章內容不難。共分五個自然段，300多詞。文章后面第一題至第四題，要求考生給第二段至第五段各選一食小標題；第五題至第八題要求考生從所給的六個選項中為每個句子選一個正確選項，來完成句子。

　　我們先看概括大意。在做概括大意題時，首先要找的是每段的主題句。文章的第一段總領全文，說的是當今一些家電設備，如CD播放機之類，在閑置狀態下，會浪費很多的電能。

　　作者在第二段的一開始就介紹了科學家Maria Sanchez和她的同事做的一個實驗，他們檢了50多種小家電，看看它們的耗電情況。后面講的是實驗結果等。顯然，該段的第一句為主題句，概括了這一段的主要內容。根據這一線索，在選項中，我們發現選項D("能量消耗試驗")的意思與此相符。因此，選項D為本題的答案。

　　再看第三段。本段第一句接上一段的內容進一步說明一些電器設備在休眠狀態下每天的耗電量。接下來是舉例說明。本段第一句同樣也是本段的主題句。所給出的幾個選項中，哪個選項的意思與這一句話的意思相近呢?顯然，選項F("無謂的耗電")與本句意思相同，故為正確答案。

　　文章的第四段進一步闡明導致電能被白白浪費掉的主要原因，作者引用科學家Sanchez的話，認為家電設備設計不合理是一個重要因素。第四段的第一句也是本段的主題句。選項A的意思是"導致電能消耗的因素"，與本段第一句意思相符，故為正確答案。

　　細心的讀者會發現，文章第五段的第一句又是該段的主題句，根據這段中出現的 proposal這個詞就不難發現選項C為正確答案。

　　關于完成句子這部分的解題技巧，我們強調指出的是，應根據要完成的句子的前半部分的信息，回到短文中查找這個句子的出處，然后再仔細閱讀每個句子，這樣會很容易地找出答案。根據這個辦法，我們發現第五題的答案為選項D，第六題的答案為選項C，第七題的答案為選項F，第八題的答案為選項E。

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