注意:正确选项往往是原文对应信息的同义转述,而照抄原文内容的选项往往是干扰项;除此之外,常见的干扰项还包括与原文描述相反、与原文内容只有部分相符、原文根本没有提及等等。
例如:
65. What's the problem with the European Union? (2012-6)
文章第五段:
Meanwhile, Europe has fallen prey to a different ideological trap: the belief that European governments would always have infinite resources and could continue borrowing as if there were no tomorrow. Unlike the Americans, who felt that the markets knew best, the Europeans failed to anticipate how the markets would reACT to their endless borrowing. Today, the European Union is creating a $580 billion fund to ward off sovereign collapse. This will buy the EU time, but it will not solve the bloc's larger problem.
A. Conservative ideology.
B. Shrinking market.
C. Lack of resources.
D. Excessive borrowing.
58. How did Sears' goal-setting affect its employees? (2012-6)
文章第七段:
Other studies have shown that saddling employees with unrealistic goals can compel them to lie, cheat or steal. Such was the case in the early 1990s when Sears imposed a sales quota on its auto repair staff. It prompted employees to overcharge for work and to complete unnecessary repairs on a companywide basis.
A. They were obliged to work more hours to increase their sales.
B. They competed with one another to attrACT more customers.
C. They resorted to unethical prACTice to meet their sales quota.
D. They improved their customer service on a companywide basis.
(Key:D、C)
二、因果关系题
识别:问推动或导致某现象的原因、因素;问被某现象导致或推动的结果、后果
解决技巧:寻找文中因果关系,注意因果逻辑词
例如:
59. Why are robotic systems replacing surgeons in more and more operations according to Dr. Myriam Curet? (2012-12)
文章第七段:
Same goes for surgeons, who're using robotic systems to perform an ever-growing list of operations—not because the machines save money but because, thanks to the GREater precision of robots, the patients recover in less time and have fewer complications, says Dr. Myriam Curet.
A. They save lots of money for the patients.
B. They beat humans in precision.
C. They take less time to perform a surgery.
D. They make operations less painful.
58. What should be done to encourage Chinese people to consume? (2012-12)
文章第三段:
In China, the household-savings rate exceeds 20%. It is partly for policy reasons. As we've seen, wage earners are expected to care for not only their children but their aging parents. And there is, to date, only the flimsiest (脆弱的) of publicly-funded health care and pension systems, which increases incentives for inpiduals to save while they are working. But China is a society that has long esteemed personal financial prudence (谨慎). There is no chance that will change anytime soon, even if the government creates a better social safety net and successfully encourages GREater consumer spending.
A. Changing their traditional way of life.
B. Providing fewer incentives for saving.
C. Improving China's social security system.
D. Cutting down the expenses on child-rearing.