在經(jīng)過半年多時間的痛苦創(chuàng)作之后,我也可以長長的松一口氣,如期向我的學生們兌現(xiàn)6月份來我博客免費下載《2009考研英語閱讀理解……
Section I Use of English
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He emerged, all of a sudden, in 1957: the most explosive new poetic talent of the English post-war era. Poe……
在經(jīng)過半年多時間的痛苦創(chuàng)作之后,我也可以長長的松一口氣,如期向我的學生們兌現(xiàn)6月份來我博客免費下載《2009考研英語閱讀理解精……
根據(jù)筆者對考研英語閱讀理解文章以及題目多年進行的潛心研究,總結(jié)出了以下13個重點考點和四大命題原則?忌鷳撌煊涍@些重點考點,并在平時的練習中訓練自己對這些考點的敏感程度,做到使自己的神經(jīng)能夠一找到這些考點就會條件反射般地興奮起來,從而增強對重點的記憶和理解。下面首先將一一介紹閱讀理解文章的敏感考點。
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考研英語閱讀理解一共由A、B、C三個部分組成,本書主要涉及A部分,即單項選擇題。根據(jù)考試大綱的要求,考生應能綜合運用英語語言知識和閱讀既能來理解選自各類書籍和報刊的不同類型的英文書面文字材料,能以每分鐘60個詞的速度閱讀各種題材和題材的文字材料(生詞量不超過所讀材料總詞匯量的3%),還應讀懂與本人學習或工作有關(guān)的文獻、技術(shù)說明和產(chǎn)品介紹等。
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To paraphrase 18th-century statesman Edmund Burke, “all that is needed for the triumph of a misguided cause is that good people do nothing.” One such cause now seeks to end biomedical research because of the theory that animals have rights ruling out their use in research. ……
It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say he is one who never inflicts pain. This description is both refined and, as far as it goes, accurate. He is mainly occupied in merely removing the obstacles which hinder the free and unembarrassed action of those about him. ……
The use of the motor is becoming more and more widespread in the twentieth century; as an increasing number of countries develop both technically and economically, so a larger proportion of the world's population is able to buy and use a car. Possessing a car gives a much greater degree of mobility, enabling the driver to move around freely. ……
If ambition is to be well regarded, the rewards of ambition——wealth, distinction, control over one's destiny——must be deemed worthy of the sacrifices made on ambition's behalf. If the tradition of ambition is to have vitality, it must be widely shared: and it especially must be highly regarded by people who are themselves admired, the educated not least among them. In an odd way, however, it is the educated who have claimed to have given up on ambition as an ideal. What is odd is that they have perhaps most benefited from ambition——if not always their own than that of their parents and grandparents. ……
Some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nations. Others say that the opposite is true: that international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic games have done little to support the view that sports encourages international brotherhood. Not only, was there the tragic incident involving the murder of athletes, but the games were also ruined by lesser incidents caused principally by minor national contests.
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The British queue up and the Americans wait in line, except for New Yorkers, who wait on line. No one seems to know the reason for this local idiom. It is something to ponder while waiting in/on line.……