According to the author, what may chiefly be responsible for the moral decline of Japanese society? (2000年passage4第2題)
A. Women’s participation in social activities is limited.
B. More workers are dissatisfied with their jobs.
C. Excessive emphasis has been placed on the basics.
D. The lifestyle has been influenced by western values.
4. 原文：Many captive shippers also worry they will soon be hit with a round of huge rate increases. The railroad industry as a whole, despite its brightening fortunes, still does not earn enough to cover the cost of the capital it must invest to keep up with its surging traffic. Yet railroads continue to borrow billons to acquire one another, with Wall Street cheering them on.
According to the text, the cost increase in the rail industry is mainly caused by _______.
(2003年passage3第5題)
A. The continuing acquisition.
B. The growing traffic.
C. The cheering Wall Street.
D. The shrinking market.
5. 原文：The researchers studied the behavior of female brown capuchin monkeys. They look cute. They are good natured, co-operative creatures, and they share food readily. Above all, like their female human counterparts, they tend to pay much closer attention to the value of “goods and services” than males.
Female capuchin moneys were chosen for the research most probably because they are _____.
(2005年passage1第3題)
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
上述例題均很好地印證了這類題的做題規(guī)律，而且長達(dá)十年這一規(guī)律都沒有發(fā)生任何變化�？忌陂喿x復(fù)習(xí)過程中要注意題目的橫向聯(lián)系，不僅要按篇章來閱讀，還要把歷年的同一類型考題放到一起進(jìn)行總結(jié)，從而發(fā)現(xiàn)做題技巧和規(guī)律，這樣才能更好地保證復(fù)習(xí)的效率。
第三、大廈的內(nèi)外裝修——不可不知的陷阱
考研既然是一種選拔性的考試，就有區(qū)別于其他英語考試題的特點(diǎn)。很多考題并不是讀完文章立即就能選出答案，而是會有一個思考和比較的過程�？佳袥]有真正意義的正確選項(xiàng)，但有相對的better choice。在考研的選項(xiàng)中，很多選項(xiàng)都是陷阱，貌似很正確，其實(shí)有漏洞。對于這部分選項(xiàng)，考生應(yīng)該了解一些出題者常用的陷阱設(shè)置，以便在今后做題過程中避免此類錯誤。
一、正話反說。考研英語閱讀題中很多出題思路是“在是當(dāng)中說非，在非當(dāng)中說是”。 我們以2000年第一篇文章第四題為例：The author seems to believe the revival of the U.S. economy in the 1990s can be attributed to the ________.
A.turning of the business cycle
B.restructuring of industry
C.improved business management
D.success in education
根據(jù)原文：Few Americans attribute this solely to such obvious causes as a devalued dollar or the turning of business cycle. 可以看出，美國人并不認(rèn)為devalued dollar or the turning of business cycle是導(dǎo)致美國經(jīng)濟(jì)復(fù)蘇的主要原因，很多同學(xué)就首先排除了選項(xiàng)A，但是，A恰恰是本題的正確答案，作者的觀點(diǎn)恰恰有別于一般美國人，在是當(dāng)中說非，在非當(dāng)中說是。
二、“正確≠答案”——大多數(shù)考生的誤區(qū)
我們以2003 年的一道考研真題為例：
The author begins his article with Edmund Burk’s words to __________.
A.call on scientists to take some actions
B.criticize the misguide cause of animal rights
C.warn of the doom of biomedical research
D.show the triumph of the animal rights movement
從文章來看，四個選項(xiàng)似乎都有道理，可以說前三個選項(xiàng)都是對的。但是正確絕不是最優(yōu)，而面對這種局面大多數(shù)考生往往不知所措，難以從中選出正確的選項(xiàng)。上述的例子還只是比較簡單的，偏重于對文章主旨的考查，而現(xiàn)在考研的難度日益加大，這種出題思路會越來越多，分辨將會越來越難，所以在看懂全文的基礎(chǔ)上時不時還是要在心里提個醒，別一不小心掉進(jìn)了陷阱。
