1.逗號comma
用于分割并列成分.考研重點:兩個逗號之間,或者一個逗號之后,如果是補充說明成分時,跳過不看.Eg. Some huge American industries, such as consumer electronics, had shrunk or vanished in the face of foreign competition.
2.句號period/fullstop
①用于陳述句,表示一個句子的結束,起分割切分句子作用.
②用于某些縮略詞之后.比如Mr.、Ms.、etc.等等.如果句號作為簡寫符號使用,那么這個詞語簡寫前后面的符號應該照常寫上,因為簡寫號并非句號,也不遵循句號的語法.比如Entreprise Co.,Ltd或者I invited Tom,Jerry,etc..(注意兩個點).
③用作小數點
3.問號
考研英語閱讀文章中的問號一般都是設問的功能,只問不答,答案不言自明.Eg1.考研難道沒有價值嗎?另外,如果開篇就是問句,那么則屬于問題答案型文章,對問題的回答就是全文主旨.
4.冒號(colon):冒號前后是從抽象到具體的過程,后面進一步補充說明前面的內容.
Eg.1997 passage3 Q2
60.The word "pervasive" (Line 1, Paragraph 2) might mean________.
[A]widespread[B]overwhelming
[C]piercing[D]fashionable
We live in a society in which the medicinal and social use of substances (drugs) is pervasive: an aspirin to quiet a headache, some wine to be sociable, coffee to get going in the morning, a cigarette for the nerves.
5.分號(semi-colon)前后是并列關系,包括結構上并列和語義上的并列.
For us, this means that evolution is over; the biological Utopia has arrived. (2000 Passage2)
6.引號(quotationmarks):①引用②強調③諷刺
Eg1 “Scientific” creationism, which is being pushed by some for “equal time” in the classrooms whenever the scientific accounts of evolution are given, is based on religion, not science.
7.括號(parentheses)①解釋說明生詞.②補充說明
Drugs (substances) that affect the central nervous system and alter perception, mood, and behavior are known as psychoactive substances. (1997,Text 3)
8.破折號(dash)
①一個破折號后面起補充說明或評價判斷.
I am an idiot - the stupidest kind of all.“This book stands for reason itself.” And so it does — and all would be well were reason the only judge in the creationism/evolution debate.
②兩破折號之間其補充說明,可先跳過不看.
In Australia—where an aging population, life-extending technology and changing community attitudes have all played their part—other states are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia.
9.省略號(ellipsis)...
英文中的省略號的作用和漢語是一樣的.當省略號在句圍并且有下文時,應該打四個點,最后一個為句號.如:Anditflewfurther,andfurther,andfurther....Jorgesmiledandturnedback.當省略號在句尾并作為語氣延長的作用時,應使用修辭前的標點,如:Doyouloveme...?其余情況下使用三個點.如:The Martians...they just...just bombed our...our town,please send...more...