In fact, __5__, we are extremely sensitive to smells, __6__we do not generally realize it.
6. [A] even if [B] if only [C] only if [D] as if
答案為 [A] even if
分析:根據選項可以得知本題是一道邏輯關系題,解此題需要判斷空格所在句中主從句的邏輯關系。經分析,兩部分之間是讓步關系,連接詞應該是"雖然"或者"即使"。該句句意為"我們對氣味還是極端敏感的,即使我們沒有察覺到"。四個選項中只有[A] even if 表示讓步。
因果關系考查舉例:
例3:2004年英語知識運用真題的第2題
Theories centering on the individual suggest that children engage in criminal behavior __2__ they were not sufficiently penalized for previous misdeeds or that they have learned criminal behavior through interaction with others.
The communications revolution has influenced both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been __19__ view about its economic, political, social and cultural implications.
一方面,對于直接考查邏輯關系詞的題目,考生應該首先掌握這些邏輯關系所表達的含義,尤其是那些可以表達多種邏輯關系的詞,比如說as可以引導讓步狀語從句、原因狀語從句、方式狀語從句、時間狀語從句等。另外,那些表達常見邏輯關系的較陌生的連詞、副詞或介詞短語考生也應該予以關注。比如說,常見的表示因果關系的詞主要是because、as等,但除此之外on account of、due to、on the ground of、accordingly、consequently、therefore、thus、hence等也可以表示因果關系。
另一方面,掌握了這些邏輯關系詞后,考生應學會靈活運用這些邏輯關系詞去解決其他題目。比如Although he didn't get the first place in the speech contest, he felt ___。根據although所表達的對立邏輯語義,可知后面應該和前面形成相反的意向,若選項中有happy和worried,據此邏輯關系,就可以排除后者了。