(2015年text 2) They should start by discarding California’s lame argument that exploring the contents of a smartphone—a vast storehouse of digital information—is similar to, say, going through a suspect’s purse. The court has ruled that police don’t violate the Fourth Amendment when they go through the wallet or pocketbook of an arrestee without a warrant. But exploring one’s smartphone is more like entering his or her home. A smartphone may contain an arrestee’s reading history, financial history, medical history and comprehensive records of recent correspondence. The development of “cloud computing”, meanwhile, has made that exploration so much the easier.
27. The author’s attitude toward California’s argument is one of _____.
[A] tolerance [B] indifference [C] disapproval [D] cautiousness
解析:選C。這是一道情感態(tài)度題。題干在問(wèn)作者對(duì)California’s argument持有什么樣的態(tài)度。這道題的A和B選項(xiàng)很好排除。在解答情感態(tài)度題的時(shí)候,可以通過(guò)正常的思維邏輯來(lái)排除一些不符合邏輯的選項(xiàng):A、tolerance是忍受。忍受的肯定是不好的東西或者現(xiàn)象。但是考研英語(yǔ)的文章來(lái)源是非常權(quán)威的學(xué)術(shù)期刊,如果有什么不好的現(xiàn)象,作者要么是揭露該現(xiàn)象是怎么發(fā)生的要么是討論怎么解決怎么避免怎么補(bǔ)救,而不會(huì)號(hào)召大家一起忍耐。B、indifference 是漠不關(guān)心的。也是不符合邏輯,在權(quán)威雜志發(fā)表一篇文章,前期的資料收集、寫(xiě)作、后期的同行審議,到發(fā)表,傾注了作者大量心血,作者肯定不是在說(shuō)“我對(duì)此毫無(wú)興趣毫不關(guān)心”,不符合邏輯。剩下C、disapproval不贊同和D、cautiousness 小心謹(jǐn)慎。我們就需要到原文中去找答案。通過(guò)題干的California’s argument可以很快的定位到原文第一行They should start by discarding California’s lame argument通過(guò)discarding “拋棄、無(wú)用”和lame“瘸腿、站不住腳”都可以很快的得出答案C
In spite of “endless talk of difference,” American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people.
21.The word “homogenizing” (Line 2, Paragraph 1) most probably means ________.
[A] Identifying [B] associating [C] assimilating [D] monopolizing
解析:選C。詞義句意題。問(wèn)homogenizing最有可能是什么意思。這道題有兩個(gè)解題思路。第一個(gè)通過(guò)語(yǔ)法來(lái)解題:in spite of “盡管”,引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句,讓步轉(zhuǎn)折不分家,主句和從句的句意是相反的,從句在說(shuō)endless talk of difference,那題干再問(wèn)主句里面的homogenizing,該詞的意思肯定是和difference是相反的,四個(gè)選項(xiàng)A Identifying “確認(rèn)、認(rèn)出”、B associating “聯(lián)系、交往” C assimilating “使同化、吸收” D monopolizing “獨(dú)占、壟斷” 。選出來(lái)C“同化”和difference“不同”構(gòu)成相反的含義。
When prehistoric man arrived in new parts of the world, something strange happened to the large animals. They suddenly became extinct. Smaller species survived. The large, slow-growing animals were easy game, and were quickly hunted to extinction. Now something similar could be happening in the oceans.(2006Text3)
31.The extinction of large prehistoric animals is noted to suggest that ________.
[A] large animal were vulnerable to the changing environment
[B] small species survived as large animals disappeared
[C] large sea animals may face the same threat today
[D] slow-growing fish outlive fast-growing ones
解析:選C。該題是一道“拋磚引玉”題。題干在問(wèn)“作者提出大型史前動(dòng)物滅絕是為了說(shuō)明什么”。換句話說(shuō)就是“作者提出論據(jù)是為了論證什么”。再看題號(hào),這道題是31題,閱讀的第一題,所以這道題在問(wèn)中心論點(diǎn)是什么。很簡(jiǎn)單的一道題?梢酝ㄟ^(guò)時(shí)態(tài)解出來(lái),第一段中只有最后一句是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí),其他句子都是一般過(guò)去時(shí)。根據(jù)學(xué)術(shù)性議論文的寫(xiě)作特點(diǎn):論據(jù)大多是一般過(guò)去時(shí),論點(diǎn)是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí),可以很快的定位找出中心論點(diǎn)是在原文的最后一句話。
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