第三，善于正确推理，判断内在含义。

在提到答对话题技巧时，曾提到语义题中的含蓄型试题。听短文和问题时，同样会遇到这类试题。这是短文题中最难解的一类，因为文章的表面意思在选项上表现不出来，而要根据上下文进行推理判断，明确短文的内容。请看下面的例子：

You read:

1. A. They didn’t like to talk anything to him.

B. They loved him.

    C. They disliked him.

    D. They thought he was difficult to get along with.

2. A. 15 years old.                                  B. 35 years old.

C. 20 years old.                                  D. 45 years old.

3. A. He kept getting into trouble.

B. He had no skills in business.

C. He was unpopular with his brothers.

D. People had no sympathy for him.

You hear:

Uncle George, my father’s brother, is the black sheep of the family and nobody ever mentions him unless they are asked a direct question about him. He ran away to sea at the age of 15 and no one heard a word from him until he returned 20 years later. During his absence he’d had a lot of adventures but he’d made no money at all and his brothers had to support him because some people thought he could do nothing in any trade. During this time he kept getting into trouble and this also made him unpopular with his brothers. They had no sympathy for people like Uncle George. As far as I am concerned, this makes them all less interesting than him and I don't think it’s right that they should look down upon their brother. He may be the black sheep to them but to me after all his years of excitement and hardship at sea seems a hero.

Questions:

1. What did the family think of him?

2. How old was Uncle George when he returned from sea?

3. Why was it difficult for him to find a job?

短文中并没有直接提到家人对他的看法，但根据短文开头的关键信息black sheep 和nobody ever mentions him，可以推断出：家人不喜欢他或歧视他，故第一个问题的答案是C。关于第二个问题，短文中没有直接提到他回来的确切年龄，而间接地提到了有关年龄的两个数字：离开时十五岁；二十年后回来。不难计算，他回来时年龄是三十五岁，正确答案是B。有关第三个问题，短文没有明讲找工作一事，但文中有这样一句话He had made no money at all and his brothers had to support him because some people thought he could do nothing in any trade. 从而暗示出：在生意上，他因没有技术，人们不用他，他很难找到工作。符合这一意思的只有选项B，正确答案就是B。

        第四，适当笔记，掌握关键信息。

        笔记是做短文听力理解题很重要的一环，很多考生对此没有足够的重视，因此也没有形成边听边记的习惯。也许有些考生会问：短文的内容长，语速快，时间紧，跟不上，要做到边听边记，是否要学习一些速记知识？其实这是不必要的。边听边记并不是要把所有的语言信息记录下来，而是把重点、要点记下来，在答题时给予提示，以弥补短时记忆的不足。为了提高笔记的速度，以免影响获取后续信息，在记时可以采用数字、符号和缩写；可以以单词、短语代替整句；更可以用自造的本人能辨认的一切记录方法。例如：

        ∴  —— because                      ∵ —— therefore

↑  —— increase                     ↓ —— decrease

>   —— more than                  <  —— less than

☆  —— at night                      w/o —— without

asap —— as soon as possible    C19 ——  nineteenth century

以上重点分析了回答短文题的四种技巧和方法。在实际做短文听力题时，考生可以根据自己的特点，灵活采用。