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but 的启示功能研究研究历年高考阅读理解试题,我们会发现 but/however 是一个重现率极高的词汇,它有很强的启示功能, 对我们判断上下文文意、推断作者的态度、判明人物心理、理清文章层次都具有举足轻重的作用。一. but 引出相反或相对的信息。利用 but 的这一功能,可以快速、准确地推知上下文的意义。例( 07江西) Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less tha n four minutes. As years 36 ,the record came closer and closer to four mi nutes and Roger Bannister, a young English 37, began to believe be might 38 this almost magic barrier. It was a cold afternoon on May 6th, 1954, when Bannister knew beh ada39 chance. Bannister had been 40 hard and was very fit, but the we ather conditions were a real 41 to him. Describing the 42 later , Bannister said, "On the way to the track the wind blew strongly. As I43 for the start I glanced at the flag. It moved 44 now. This was the moment when I made my decision." along B. passed down C. went by D. went over B. athlete C. captain D. judge B. move C. beat D. break B. lucky C. serious D. false B. training C. fighting D. attending B. pleasure C. relief D. worry B. event C. issue D. topic up B. made up up D. lined up 分析:but 前讲的是 Bannister 训练刻苦( training hard )身体康健( was very fit),这是对其有利的条件, but 后应该是对其不利的因素,这样我们可以推知天气状况不佳,故 41空选 D。这里 but 引出与上文相反的信息, 可以利用它来推断下文的意思。二. yet/but 引出作者想要谈论的话题, yet/but 前为引子, yet/but 起过渡作用。例1. About 90% of the sugar is produced as food. Only 10% is used in in dustry for purposes other than food production. Yet sugar has great possibi lities for use as the basis of chemicals. It can even be used for making pl astics. In the future these potential uses will certainly be developed more t han in the past. There are many reasons why we should increase the prod uction of sugar. Most important is that it isone of the most highly conce ntrated of energy foods. Thus sugar cane and beet produce an average of 7,000, 000 calories per acre. In this way they have the advantage over p otatoes which give only 4,000,000, while the figure for wheat and beans