【正文】 的全國科學標準是為了彌補教育體制的缺陷而制定的；D) quickly dominate . educational practice迅速在美國的教育實踐中處于支配地位，文中也未提及，而是指出了實現這個新標準將面臨挑戰(zhàn)。根據關鍵詞The new National Education Standards和good news, 定位到第七段，本題所問的原因在第二句，注意but引起的強調，故選A) provide depth to school science education使學校的科學教育具有深度。）（34）The new National Science Education Standards provide that focused vision, including the call to do less, but in greater depth. （The new National Education Standards和The new report屬于同義概念。t e at a better time, says Gerald Wheeler, executive director of the National Science Teachers Association in Arlington.（本句是某個專家對the new report所作的評價。解題的關鍵是要跨段整合內容，并準確地識別指代和例證的含義。根據上面兩段This指代的事實以及For instance后對a mile wide and an inch deep的進一步解釋可以看出，美國教育注重所開科目的廣度而不重視深度，所以選D) scratches the surface of a wide range of topics只觸及了許多科目的表面。）For instance, eighth graders in the United States cover about 33 topics in math versus just 19 in Japan. Among science courses, the international gap is even wider.（作者接著舉例說明美國的教育環(huán)境是a mile wide and an inch deep。第二句This指代第一句陳述的事實：平均說來，與國際同齡人相比，美國學生在科學與數學方面要學習更多的科目。本題解題的關鍵是跨段整合內容。根據對文章的分析，應該選A) it lacks a coordinated national program美國學校教育缺乏一個協(xié)調一致的全國性計劃。）32. The fundamental flaw of American school education is that ________.[定位與替換]本題是問美國學校教育的根本缺陷是什么。This指代上面一句的意思，也即美國人的做法。 activities.（Not only … , but …倒裝強調句，語意重心在but后面的內容：美國的各個學區(qū)在課程等方面缺乏戰(zhàn)略重點。）The new analysis, released this week by the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Va., is based on data collected from about 50 nations as part of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study.（本段不是很重要，主要講這個分析是基于50個國家的數據。到底是什么缺陷呢？這里專家只是作了抽象的概括，下文中可能會詳細闡述。 The reason, he said, is because the system is deeply and fundamentally flawed. （Indeed, 在這里是加強語氣，“確實”的意思，經常在文章中引出作者或者專家的重要觀點。Indeed, concludes William H. Schmidt of Michigan State University, who led the new analysis, no single intellectually coherent vision dominates . educational practice in math or science.39。 potential集中開發(fā)學生的潛力，文中無信息支持；C) losing its vitality gradually逐步失去活力，D) going downhill in recent years最近幾年走下坡路，文章雖指出了美國的教育體系有缺陷，但并未說其失去活力或走下坡路，故不應選C、D。解題的重點在準確判斷第一段所強調的內容。根據關鍵詞teaching of science and math定位到原文第一段。這一句提出了美國教育存在的問題，預測后文可能會作詳細闡述或提出解決問題的辦法，注意這都是可能的考點。s more than 15,000 school districts, widely differing approaches to teaching science and math have emerged. Though there can be strength in diversity, a new international analysis suggests that this variability has instead contributed to lackluster (平淡的) achievement scores by . children relative to their peers in other developed countries.（注意本段的differing / diversity / variability幾個同義替換，表明本段強調了美國各個地區(qū)的科學和數學教育差異很大〈多樣性，多元化〉的事實。對考試類文章而言，還要總結文章的考點、題目的定位、答案的替換、正確和干擾項的規(guī)律、特征。我們可以這樣模仿：the mobile phone has grown rapidly in popularity.2. sales leveled off. 或者也可以這樣說:sales remained constant / steady / stable / much the same 3. sales went into a slight decline. 或者也可以這樣說: sales declined slightly / 如果下降幅度大可以說sales declined dramatically / substantially / sharply / greatly / hugely. 解答本題需要整合兩段內容，并具有概括能力。 第五段第一句的話說，我們對瘦的迷戀部分原因是我們對健康的關注另外，從文中可以看出作者是從醫(yī)學的觀點來說明疾病不一定是和體重有關，太迷戀瘦也有可能造成對健康的損害。帶來的結果是肥胖被認為是不好的，因為肥胖意味著缺乏精神力量。注意also這個詞，表明人們對瘦的迷戀還有原因，應該在上面一段。由關鍵詞obsession with thinness定位到第五段第一句。29. The author criticizes women39。所以平時要多研究英文句子是如何銜接的。例3：He got off the plane. Reporters surrounded him. 這兩個句子沒有語法問題，但放在一起就顯得缺乏連貫性。例2：1949 witnessed the liberation of China.運用：The dawn of the new century witnessed the increasing popularity of the web.中國人寫英文句子多喜歡用第一人稱開頭，寫作文時候開頭也缺乏變化。例1：He is a big spender. 他花錢大手大腳?，F在的四六級考研英語命題者，喜歡從指代處出題。文中也沒有提到，屬于無中生有。D) People39。C) The trend toward a shorter workday. 工作時間縮短的趨勢。[干擾項分析] A) The requirement of educated workers by business. 企業(yè)對受過教育的工人的要求。接著講了兩個原因（This has been caused by …）：合法就業(yè)年齡的提高（也就是在一定年齡以下不能就業(yè)）和達到合法年齡后無法找到工作。） 32. What is the reason for the increase in the number of students? [定位與替換] 本題問學生數量增長的原因是什么？為典型的因果關系考點。例1：2003年6月六級閱讀理解第三篇（32）Take the case of public education alone. The principal difficulty faced by the schools has been the tremendous increase in the number of pupils. This has b