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由于一篇成人英語三級考試閱讀文章通常在250詞左右，一個定義可能占幾行，這時定義很可能作為考點。閱讀時只需圈出被定義的詞就行了。定義可以分為以下兩種。

(一)篇章定義

與主題有關的篇章定義，理解它有助于做主旨題。

例1Oceanographyhasbeendefinedas"Theapplicationofallsciencestothestudyofthesea".

Beforethenineteenthcentury,scientistswithaninterestintheseawerefewandfarbetween.CertainlyNewtonconsideredsometheoreticalaspectsofitinhiswrit-ings,buthewasreluctant(不情愿)togotoseatofurtherhiswork.

Formostpeopletheseawasremote,andwiththeexceptionofearlyinterconti-nentaltravellersorotherswhoearnedalivingfromthesea,therewaslittlereasontoaskmanyquestionsaboutit,letalonetoaskwhatlaybeneaththesurface.Thefirsttimethatthequestion"Whatisatthebottomoftheoceans?"hadtobeansweredwithanycommercialconsequencewaswhenthelayingofatelegraphcablefromEuropetoAmericawasproposed.Theengineershadtoknowthedepthprofile(起伏外形)oftheroutetoestimatethelengthofcablethathadtobemanufactured.

ItwastoMauryoftheUSNavythattheAtlanticTelegraphCompanyturned,in1853,forinformationonthismatter.Inthe1840s,Mauryhadbeenresponsibleforencouragingvoyagesduringwhichsoundings(測深)weretakentoinvestigatethedepthsoftheNorthAtlanticandPacificOceans.Later,someofhisfindingsarousedmuchpopularinterestinhisbookThePhysicalGeographyoftheSea.

Thecablewaslaid,butnotuntil1866wastheconnectionmadepermanentandre-liable.Attheearlyattempts,thecablefailedandwhenitwastakenoutforrepairsitwasfoundtobecoveredinlivinggrowths,afactwhichdefiedcontemporaryscientificopinionthattherewasnolifeinthedeeperpartsofthesea.Withinafewyearsocea-nographywasunderway.In1872Thomsonledascientificexpedition(考察),whichlastedforfouryearsandbroughthomethousandsofsamplesfromthesea.Theirclas-sificationandanalysisoccupiedscientistsforyearsandledtoafive-volumereport,thelastvolumebeingpublishedin1895.

上述文章第1段就是一個定義：Oceanographyhasbeendefinedas"Theapplicationofallsciencestothestudyofthesea."(海洋學是綜合應用全部科學對海洋進行的討論)。這確定與主題有關，于是看到下題。

Thispassageismainlyabout

A.thebeginningsofoceanography

B.thelayingofthefirstunderseacable

C.theinvestigationofoceandepths

D.theearlyintercontinentalcommunications

可以直接確定A項為答案。B.C.D項均為原文中的細節，不能成為主旨題的答案。

(二)詳細定義

就是對文中某個現象或術語加以定義。這種詳細定義有時成為詞義題的考試內容。

例2Statusesaremarveloushumaninventionsthatenableustogetalongwithonean-otherandtodeterminewherwe"fit"insociety.Aswegoaboutoureverydaylives,wementallyattempttoplacepeopleintermsoftheirstatuses.Forexample,wemustjudgewhetherthepersoninthelibraryisareaderoralibrarian,whetherthetele-phonecallerisafriendorasalesman,whethertheunfamiliarpersononourpropertyisathieforameterreader,andsoon.

Thestatusesweassumeoftenvarywiththepeopleweencounter,andchangethroughoutlife.Mostofuscan,atveryhighspeed,assumethestatusesthatVarioussituationsrequire.Muchofsocialinteractionconsistsofidentifyingandselecingamongappropriatestatusesandallowingotherpeopletoassumetheirstatusesinrela-tiontous.Thismeansthatwefitouractionstothoseofotherpeoplebasedonacon-stantmentalprocessofappraisalandinterpretation.Althoughsomeofusfindthetaskmoredifficultthanothers,mostofusperformitrathereffortlessly.

Astatushasbeencomparedtoready-madeclothes.Withincertainlimits,thebuyercanchoosestyleandfabric.ButanAmericanisnotfreetochoosethecostume(服裝)ofaChinesepeasantorthatofaHinduprince.Wemustchoosefromamongtheclothingpresentedbyoursociety.Furthermore,ourchoiceislimitedtoasizethatwillfit,aswellasbyourpocketbook(錢包).Havingmadeachoicewithintheselim-itswecanhavecertainalterationsmade,butapartfromminoradjustments,wetendtobelimitedtowhatthestoreshaveontheirracks.Statuestoocomereadymade,andtherangeofchoiceamongthemislimited.

Inthefirstparagraph,thewritertellsusthatstatusescanhelpus

A.determinewhetherapersonisfitforacertainjob

B.behaveappropriatelyinrelationtootherpeople

C.protectourselvesinunfamiliarsituations

D.makefriendswithotherpeople

這道題問statuses的作用，這是第1