新东方英语四级30天90分——阅读笔记

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Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage:
Statuses are marvelous human inventions that enable us to get along with one another and to determine where we "fit" in society. As we go about our everyday lives, we mentally attempt to place people in terms of their statuses. For example, we must judge whether the person in the library is a reader or a librarian, whether the telephone caller is a friend or a salesman, whether the unfamiliar person on our property is a thief or a meter reader, and so on.
注:1.首句主题句
2.fit 加了引号,意义有所改变
3.property 财产,尤指房产
The statuses we assume often vary with the people we encounter, and change throughout life. Most of us can, at very high speed, assume the statuses that various situations require. Much of social interaction consists of identifying and selecting among appropriate statuses and allowing other people to assume their statuses in relation to us. This means that we fit our actions to those of other people based on a constant mental process of appraisal and interpretation. Although some of us find the task more difficult than others, most of us perform it rather effortlessly.

注:1.I am nobody 我是无名之辈;somebody 大人物;I am small / big potato 我是小/大人物;
2.this means 解释上一句,所以这句与上一句难句意思应该接近
3.mental process 思维过程
4.effortlessly 毫不费力的
51.注:status 身份地位
52. According to the writer, people often assume different statuses _________.
A) in order to identify themselves with others
B) in order to better identify others
C) as their mental processes change
D) as the situation change
注:assume 承担,采取 assuming 在句首相当于 if
注:different 对应第第二段中的 various,该题应为第二段第一句改写
53. The word "appraisal" (Line 5, Para. 2) most probably means "___________".
A) involvement
B) appreciation
C) assessment
D) presentation
注:词汇题。一种心理活动,A 涉及,B 感激,C 评价,D 成交,故排除非心理活动A项和D项,采用代入法可排除B项
54. In the last sentence of the second paragraph, the pronoun "it" refers to "_________".
A) fitting our actions to those of other people appropriately
B) identification of other people's statuses
C) selecting one's own statuses
D) constant mental process
注:指代题。二段末句中的前半句中的 the task,而task又指代的是前边一句中提到的内容
    A status has been compared to ready-made clothes. Within certain limits, the buyer can choose style and fabric. But an American is not free to choose the costume (服装) of a Chinese peasant or that of a Hindu prince. We must choose from among the clothing presented by our society. Furthermore, our choice is limited to a size that will fit, as well as by our pocketbook (钱包). Having made a choice within these limits we can have certain alterations made, but apart from minor adjustments, we tend to be limited to what the stores have on their racks. Statues too come ready made, and the range of choice among them is limited.
注:1.四级文章比喻、类比相当于举例。举例常为细节,服务于结论,速读
2.rack 衣架 3.本段首句和末句之外都是举例部分
55. By saying that "an American is not free to choose the costume of a Chinese peasant or that of a Hindu prince"(Lines 2-3, Para. 3), the writer means _________.
A) different people have different styles of clothes
B) ready-made clothes may need alterations
C) statuses come ready made just like clothes
D) our choice of statuses is limited
注:1.文章最后一句
2.考举例一定不是考举的例子本身,一定是考从中抽象出来的大结论。
51. In the first paragraph, the writer tells us that statuses can help us _________.
A) determine whether a person is fit for a certain job
B) behave appropriately in relation to other people
C) protect ourselves in unfamiliar situations
D) make friends with other people
注:1.重点第一句和第二句,第一句话说明身份地位的功能:使我们对他人的言谈举止恰如其分
2.首句中的get along with是指与某人相处,get well along with 和睦相处
3.A项中的fit 与文中的fit意思不同
Statuses are marvelous human inventions that enable us to get along with one another and to determine where we "fit" in society. As we go about our everyday lives, we mentally attempt to place people in terms of their statuses. For example, we must judge whether the person in the library is a reader or a librarian, whether the telephone caller is a friend or a salesman, whether the unfamiliar person on our property is a thief or a meter reader, and so on.
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

    Just seven years ago, the Jarvik-7 artificial heart was being cheered as the model of human creativeness. The sight of Barney Clark - alive and conscious after trading his diseased heart for a metal-and-plastic pump - convinced the press, the public and many doctors that the future had arrived. It hadn't. After monitoring production of the Jarvik-7, and reviewing its effects on the 150 or so patients (most of whom got the device as a temporary measure) the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concluded that the machine was doing more to endanger lives than to save them. Last week the agency cancelled its earlier approval, effectively banning (禁止) the device.

注:1.cheer 欢呼、喝彩
2.convince 使……相信
3.monitor 监视
4.review 回顾
5.the U.S. Food and Drug Administration 美国食物药品管理局 简写FDA

●成果型文章:
1.文章中只有一个成果,作者正评价
2.文中出现新、老两个成果,新成果正评,老成果负评,抓住正负评价原因
3.抓住新老成果各自技术特点
    The recall may hurt Symbion Inc, maker of the Jarvik-7, but it won't end the request for an artificial heart. One problem with the banned model is that the tubes connecting it to an external power source created a passage for infection (感染). Inventors are now working on new devices that would be fully placed, along with a tiny power pack, in the patient's chest. The first sample products aren't expected for another 10 or 20 years. But some people are already worrying that they'll work - and that America's overextended health-care programs will lose a precious

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.5 billion to $5 billion a year providing them for a relatively few dying patients. If such expenditures (开支) cut into funding for more basic care, the net effect could actually be a decline in the nation's health.

注:1.recall 取消,re 有“向后”含义
2.看到Symbion Inc.就把32题标在这里;看到new devices就把33题标在这里。
3.external 外部的,passage 通道
4.work 可行、有效,they 指代前文 the first sample product
5.providing 引导现在分词做状语

●指代题做法:1.将代词所在句代词之前部分的名词以及代词之前句子的名词划出
2.根据单复数缩小范围
3.注意结合动词判断所指代为人、事或物

34. The word "them" in Line 7, Para. 2 refers to _________.
A) doctors who treat heart diseases
B) makers of artificial hearts
C) America's health-care programs
D) new models of artificial hearts

注:指代题,按照指代题的作法解题
31. According to the passage the Jarvik-7 artificial heart proved to be ________.
A) a technical failure
B) a technical wonder
C) a good life saver
D) an effective means to treat heart disease

注:对老成果负评价

32. From the passage we know that Symbion Inc. ________.
A) has been banned by the government from producing artificial hearts
B) will review the effects of artificial hearts before designing new models
C) may continue to work on new models of reliable artificial hearts
D) can make new models of artificial hearts available on the market in 10 to 20 years

注:屡败屡战。A 选项为泛指而文章为特指;B 选项为窜段选项,另外选项中的 artificial hearts 扩大了文章中的指代范围。
二段首句:The recall may hurt Symbion Inc, maker of the Jarvik-7, but it won't end the request for an artificial heart
33. The new models of artificial hearts are expected _________.
A) to have a working life of 10 or 20 years
B) to be set fully in the patient's chest
C) to be equipped with an external power source
D) to create a new passage for infection

注:第二段考新成果的技术特点

35. Some people feel that _________.
A) artificial hearts are seldom effective
B) the country should not spend so much money on artificial hearts
C) the country is not spending enough money on artificial hearts
D) America's health-care programs are not doing enough for the nation's health

注:定位第二段 But some people are already worrying ...

    The recall may hurt Symbion Inc, maker of the Jarvik-7, but it won't end the request for an artificial heart. One problem with the banned model is that the tubes connecting it to an external power source created a passage for infection (感染). Inventors are now working on new devices that would be fully placed, along with a tiny power pack, in the patient's chest. The first sample products aren't expected for another 10 or 20 years. But some people are already worrying that they'll work - and that America's overextended health-care programs will lose a precious

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