在托福听力考试中，有一类题型的出题频率比较高，大约3道题每套，有时可能更高，几乎可以认为每篇lecture必考，那就是组织结构题。

王倩慧 Valerie

新航道雅思听力、雅思写作、托福听力主讲，英语专业八级，持上海口译证书，教师资格证。

• In understanding organization questions you may be asked about the overall organization of the listening passage, or you may be asked about the relationship between two portions of the listening passage.

我们在以上发觉了两处信息，其一组织结构题问的是整个文章通篇的构架和组织结构，以及可能问到听力文章两部分之间的关系。总的来说就是结构上的关系和作用。

组织结构题示例：

• Why does the professor tell the man about the appointment at the doctor’s office?

我们发现这类问题经常围绕一个例子去提问

或者简单来说就是问例子的作用。

听力原文中很多段落都按照以下经典的段落模式：

分论点（段意）

解释句

举例

总结（不一定有）

Opera, as we think of it, is, of course, a resurrected form. （分论点） It is the melodious drama of ancient Greek theater. (解释）以下开始举例The term “melodious drama” being shortened eventually to “melodrama” because operas frequently are melodramatic, not to say unrealistic. And the group that put the first operas together that we have, today even, were... well it was a group of men that included Galileo’s father, Vincenzo. And they met in Florence.

He and a group of friends of the count of Bardi, and they formed what is called the Camerata dei Bardi. And they took classical theater and reproduced it in the Renaissance time. This…um... this produced some of the operas that we have today. （总结）

分析

这段文字出现了好多意大利文，但这些并不重要。我们要知道的是他为什么提到ancient Greek theater？它和 opera 有什么关系？其实听完这段文字，我们大致能明白讲的就是一帮意大利人把ancient Greek theater复活了，变成了今天opera的雏形。

Q3. Why does the professor mention ancient Greek theater ?

• A. To give an example of a culture that adopted opera from the Italians

• B. To describe the type of setting in which opera was typically performed

• C. To point out a precursor of opera.

• D. To explain how opera was introduced into French society.

• 所以这道题选c precursor n. 先驱