雅思听力选择题：戳穿比较，有的放矢

   类：直接比较

   例1  剑7 Test 2 Q34

   A German study showed there was greater ‘mixed handedness’ in musicians who

   A. started playing instruments in early youth

   B. play a string instrument such as the violin

   C. practice a great deal on their instrument

   思路透析：题干中包括greater这个明显的比较级，朗阁海外考试研究中心要提醒考生们注意的是，在实际的听力中，比较级的用词可以发生同义转换，但是这种比较关系的表达一定在听力文本中是存在的，所以要特别关注在听力内容中比较的表达方式，答案就在其中。这与填空题是一致的，在填空题中如若发现比较表达方式，那我们可以把它当特殊关键词来对待，耐心等待听力素材中的比较表达后即可得到答案。

   实际做题：在实际做题中，当听到Germany study时确定做题位置。

          原文：keyboard players had high levels of mixed handedness, whereas string players like violinists strongly favored one hand. Also those who started younger were more mixed handed.

          解题：从原文中我们不难看出，小提琴演奏者的用手习惯比较倾向于某一侧。所以排除B。紧接着出现的整句话里出现了两处比较级，more mixed handed 与greater mixed handedness 形成同义转换，younger与选项A中的early youth 对应，所以正确答案为A。

   例2 剑7 Test 1 Q12

   The company has most camping sites in

   A. France

   B. Italy

   C. Switzerland

   思路透析：题干中包含有most sites这个*的表达方式，故做好准备去听比较关系同义转换即可得到答案。

   实际做题：当听到300 sites以及Italy等信息后可以定位做题位置

          原文：In Italy we now have some 64 sites that we either own, or have exclusive use of. France is where we have the majority of sites, and we currently have a project to expand into Switzerland.

          解题：不难发现majority 和most 之间存在同义转换，故答案为A。

   例3 剑2 Test 3 Q31

   The driest continent is

   A. Australia

   B. Africa

   C. Antarctica

   思路透析：题干中有driest这个*，要高度注意比较关系的同义转换。

   实际做题：听到Australia后确定做题位置。

   原文： As I have said, Australia is a dry continent, second only to Antarctica in its lack of rainfall.

          解题：不难发现答案是C, 但值得我们注意的是，second only to是一种特殊的比较表达方式。

   第二类：间接比较

   例4 剑3 Test 1 Q32

   According to the speaker, the main cause of back pain in women is

   A. pregnancy

   B. osteoporosis

   C. lack of exercise

   思路透析：在审题中发现有main cause这样的间接比较提示词，那此题很显然要列出几个造成女性背疼的原因，但是要进行对比得出谁是主要原因。

   实际做题：听到women就确定了做题位置。

          原文：The majority of our patients at the clinic tend to be women. They are especially vulnerable because of pregnancy but also because of osteoprosis, which I personally believe to be the major cause of problems for women.

          解题：在原文中我们不难发现pregnancy和osteoprosis是并列出现的，但是后者紧跟着就是一个非限定性的定语从句，指出后者是major cause, 也就是main cause的同义转换，故答案为B。

   例5  剑2 Test 4 Q32

   The main research method was

   A. interviews

   B. questionnaires

   C. observation

   思路透析：审题时发现有main这样一个比较关系提示词，做好听到比较关系的准备。

   实际做题：可以用research来进行定位。

          原文：For our research we depend mainly on talking to individuals, asking them questions rather than using written questionnaires.

          解题：此题中depend mainly on 与题目中的main形成呼应，从与个人谈话，问他们问题中不难看出是在进行interview, 故答案为A。但值得注意的是rather than这种表示对比的结构，它表达的意思是“而不是”的意思，通常是拿来排除某个选项的。

   第三类：隐含比较

   例6  剑3 Test 3 Q37

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