【正文】 are arguably higher than they have ever been. ….. 36. According to the passage, the chief purpose of explorers in going to unknown places in the past was_____ . A) to display their country’s military might B) to acplish some significant science C) to find new areas for colonization D) to pursue mercial and state interests 37. At present, a probable inducement for countries to initiate largescale space ventures is _____ . A) international cooperationB) nationalistic reasons C) scientific researchD) longterm profits 注意：economic / mercial / financial / profit 。 nationalistic / political / military / cold war / nationalism。science / scientist/ scientific 都是近義詞或同一范疇的詞，也就閱讀文章中經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)的同義換詞現(xiàn)象。如果一個(gè)詞的同義詞、相關(guān)詞在一篇文章中多次重復(fù)出現(xiàn)，必定是這篇文章的強(qiáng)調(diào)的地方，必定和考題相關(guān)。另外，請注意這兩道題的考法，先考過去，再考現(xiàn)在，一個(gè)是was, 一個(gè)是is。答案D,C。 例考研2004年 Text 1 Hunting for a job late last year, lawyer Gant Redmon stumbled across CareerBuilder, a job database on the Internet.He searched it with no success but was attracted by the site’s “personal search agent”.It’s an interactive feature that lets visitors key in job criteria such as location, title, and salary, then s them when a matching position is posted in the database. …. Some sites design their agents to tempt job hunters to return.When CareerSite’s agent sends out messages to those who have signed up for its service, for example, it includes only three potential jobs – those it considers the best matches.There maybe more matches in the database。 job hunters will have to visit the site again to find them – and they do. 44. Why does CareerSite’s agent offer each job hunter only three job options? A)To focus on better job matches. B)To attract more returning visits. C)To reserve space for more messages. D)To increase the rate of success. 請注意下面句中them是指代什么：then s them when a matching position is posted in the database. 有的輔導(dǎo)書上是這么翻譯的：然后給網(wǎng)上貼出的對應(yīng)崗位發(fā)個(gè)郵件/ 當(dāng)…時(shí)，你就通過EMAIL給這些人寄去相關(guān)的資料。其實(shí)，這里them指visitors。比如說你訪問某個(gè)求職網(wǎng)站，登記了你的要求，那么該網(wǎng)站可能會根據(jù)你的要求給你發(fā)通知你，這就是所謂的interactive feature. 44題答案B,實(shí)際上考的是一個(gè)例證題，但是表面上不很容易看出來，這就是考研難的地方。如果你平時(shí)注意分析第一句話和后面句子的關(guān)系，那么你就會知道， 例證題的答案經(jīng)常指向段落第一句話。答案中attract替換原文tempt。如果你在解題的時(shí)候只注意后面幾句話，就可能會做錯(cuò)答案或者速度慢了。 例五、考研2002年 Text 4 The Supreme Court’s decisions on physicianassisted suicide carry important implications for how medicine seeks to relieve dying patients of pain and suffering. Although it ruled that there is no constitutional right to physicianassisted suicide, the Court in effect supported the medical principle of “double effect”, a centuriesold moral principle holding that an action having two effects – a good one that is intended and a harmful one that is foreseen – is permissible if the actor intends only the good effect. 56. From the first three paragraphs, we learn that_____ . A)doctors used to increase drug dosages to control their patients’ pain B)it is still illegal for doctors to help the dying end their lives C)the Supreme Court strongly opposes physicianassisted suicide D)patients have no constitutional right to mit suicide 答案B, 這幾段里有不少和法律相關(guān)單詞可以學(xué)習(xí)，比如constitutional / rule / supreme court, rule 這個(gè)詞在這里是裁決的意思，很多死背詞匯書的同學(xué)考試中就不一定能夠反應(yīng)出這個(gè)意思。這道題目的干擾項(xiàng)之一C很有意思，大家有沒有注意到strongly這個(gè)詞，這個(gè)選項(xiàng)就錯(cuò)在這里。請看一下第二段Although這句話， 體會一下這句話的內(nèi)涵（盡管，但是），這句話的內(nèi)涵是最高法院盡管認(rèn)為醫(yī)生協(xié)助病人自殺是非法的，是持反對態(tài)度的，但并不是強(qiáng)烈反對！ 所以大家在做題的時(shí)候一定要注意選項(xiàng)中的形容詞和副詞等限定詞，這些地方經(jīng)常是陷阱，同樣文章中出現(xiàn)這類詞匯也需要高度警惕。 第五步：翻譯文章或者與譯文（如果有）對照學(xué)習(xí) 這一步最具有挑戰(zhàn)性，但可以使你對英文的理解更準(zhǔn)確，可以讓你更自由地在中英文之間馳騁。最后引用一個(gè)我與一個(gè)網(wǎng)上同學(xué)的對話來結(jié)束這篇文章，希望各位同學(xué)都能早日視深刻地理解英語為一種享受，并順利攻克英語這個(gè)堡壘。 問：您說的超精讀 會花費(fèi)很多時(shí)間的 難道不是嗎? 答： 呵呵，你搞錯(cuò)了，你做題目的時(shí)候是在規(guī)定時(shí)間之內(nèi)完成。研究題目的時(shí)候超精讀，知道嗎？精讀之外，研究好出題點(diǎn)，解題技巧，怎么會過不了？不花時(shí)間，怎么提高？你不精讀，這次過不了，下次還要再考，更花時(shí)間，浪費(fèi)的是你的青春。