What accounts for the great outburst of major inventions in early America—breakthroughs such as the telegraph, the steamboat and the weaving machine?
Among the many shaping factors, I would single out the country''s excellent elementary schools; a labor force that welcomed the new technology; the practice of giving premiums to inventors; and above all the American genius for nonverbal, spatial thinking about things technological.(1996)
1.According to the author, the great outburst of major inventions in early America was in a large part due to ( ).
[A] elementary schools
[B] enthusiastic workers
[C] the attractive premium system
[D] a special way of thinking
The researchers studied the behaviour of female brown capuchin monkeys. They look cute. They are good-natured, cooperative creatures, and they share their food tardily. Above all, like their female human counterparts, they tend to pay much closer attention to the value of goods and services than males. (2005)
2.Female capuchin monkeys were chosen for the research most probably because they are ( ).
[A] more inclined to weigh what they get
[B] attentive to researchers''instructions
[C] nice in both appearance and temperament
[D] more generous than their male companions
這兩道題共同的特點就是題干中都有一個表示程度的限定詞。第一道題中的限定詞是in large part，第二道題中的限定詞是most.這兩個詞語的出現(xiàn)本身就有一個暗示，說明選項中應(yīng)該有不止一個原因，但是這道題目要求回答出其中最重要的一個因素醫(yī),學(xué)全,在線.搜集.整理m.payment-defi.com。原文定位第一道題，可以發(fā)現(xiàn)定位句“I would single out the country''s excellent elementary schools;a labor force that welcomed the new technology;the practice of giving premiums to inventors;and above all the American genius for nonverbal，”spatial“ thinking about things technological”中含有四個并列成分，分別是“excellent elementary schools”;“a labor force”“the practice of giving premiums to inventors”和“the American genius for nonverbal，”spatial“ thinking about things technological”。上述四個內(nèi)容在選項中都有出現(xiàn)，很多同學(xué)會因為先入為主的思維習(xí)慣選擇A.但是當(dāng)我們注意到題干中的限定信息是要求找其中影響最大的一個因素，我們就要比照四個因素哪個影響最大。原文中的第四點前出現(xiàn)了above all，這個短語表示“最重要的是”，所以此題應(yīng)該選擇D
類似的2005年的考題中也出現(xiàn)了同樣的情況，題干中出現(xiàn)most，選項中出現(xiàn)了列舉�！癟hey look cute. They are good-natured，cooperative creatures，and they share their food tardily. Above all，like their female human counterparts，they tend to pay much closer attention to the value of‘goods and services’than males. ”這些列舉也分別被設(shè)計成了干擾項。但是其中受到強調(diào)的是above all 后面的這個因素�！發(fā)ike their female human counterparts， they tend to pay much closer attention to the value of‘goods and services’than males”，所以此題答案為D.
從上面的分析可以看出，閱讀理解并不是簡單的讀懂文章就可以把題作對。還要能夠?qū)徢孱}目，理解題目要求。一般來講，題干中如果出現(xiàn)表示時間、范圍、程度和先后次序的詞語，考生都需謹(jǐn)慎對待，因為這些詞語很有可能成為命題人精心設(shè)計的陷阱。
請仔細(xì)觀察題干,標(biāo)示出其中限定性的詞語。
1.According to the passage, one must write an account of himself before starting to find a job because .
2.The foremost reason why the BBC has to readjust itself is no other than ( ).
3.In the eyes of visitors from the outside world, ( ).
4.The passage shows that the author is ( ) the present situation.
5.The census distinguished itself from previous studies on population movement in that ( ).
