(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。這是一道情感態度題。題干在問作者對California’s argument持有什么樣的態度。這道題的A和B選項很好排除。在解答情感態度題的時候，可以通過正常的思維邏輯來排除一些不符合邏輯的選項：A、tolerance是忍受。忍受的肯定是不好的東西或者現象。但是考研英語的文章來源是非常權威的學術期刊，如果有什么不好的現象，作者要么是揭露該現象是怎么發生的要么是討論怎么解決怎么避免怎么補救，而不會號召大家一起忍耐。B、indifference 是漠不關心的。也是不符合邏輯，在權威雜志發表一篇文章，前期的資料收集、寫作、后期的同行審議，到發表，傾注了作者大量心血，作者肯定不是在說“我對此毫無興趣毫不關心”，不符合邏輯。剩下C、disapproval不贊同和D、cautiousness 小心謹慎。我們就需要到原文中去找答案。通過題干的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discarding “拋棄、無用”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homogenizing最有可能是什么意思。這道題有兩個解題思路。第一個通過語法來解題：in spite of “盡管”，引導讓步狀語從句，讓步轉折不分家，主句和從句的句意是相反的，從句在說endless talk of difference，那題干再問主句里面的homogenizing，該詞的意思肯定是和difference是相反的，四個選項A Identifying “確認、認出”、B associating “聯系、交往” C assimilating “使同化、吸收” D monopolizing “獨占、壟斷” 。選出來C“同化”和difference“不同”構成相反的含義。

　　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“作者提出大型史前動物滅絕是為了說明什么”。換句話說就是“作者提出論據是為了論證什么”。再看題號，這道題是31題，閱讀的第一題，所以這道題在問中心論點是什么。很簡單的一道題。可以通過時態解出來，第一段中只有最后一句是一般現在時，其他句子都是一般過去時。根據學術性議論文的寫作特點：論據大多是一般過去時，論點是一般現在時，可以很快的定位找出中心論點是在原文的最后一句話。

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