2018考研英語：閱讀真題難點精析（2003年Text2）

　　今天我們要分析的題目來自于2003年考研英語真題的閱讀第二篇。為了幫助大家解析，考研老師將定位句和題目對應(yīng)給出，方便精析。

　　26. The author begins his article with Edmund Burke’s words to ________.

　　[A] call on scientists to take some actions

　　[B] criticize the misguided cause of animal rights

　　[C] warn of the doom of biomedical research

　　[D] show the triumph of the animal rights movement

　　定位句：To paraphrase 18th-century statesman Edmund Burke, “all that is needed for the triumph of a misguided cause is that good people do nothing.”引言的含義是：如果好人什么都不做，那么被誤導(dǎo)的事業(yè)就會取得勝利。緊接著第二句就指出：現(xiàn)在就出現(xiàn)了這樣一個被誤導(dǎo)的事業(yè)One such cause now seeks to end biomedical research 。言外之意就是“好人需要做些事情”，那么好人指代的什么人呢，從下文可以看出是科學(xué)家。所以題干問的作者使用這個引言的目的是什么?答案應(yīng)該是[A] call on scientists to take some actions。

　　27. Misled people tend to think that using an animal in research is ________.

　　[A] cruel but natural

　　[B] inhuman and unacceptable

　　[C] inevitable but vicious

　　[D] pointless and wasteful

　　定位句：Hearing allegations of cruelty to animals in research settings, many are perplexed that anyone would deliberately harm an animal.聽到實驗室里會殘忍的對待動物這樣的描述，許多人就會疑惑：怎么會有人故意傷害動物。由此可以判斷出，人們對待用動物做實驗的看法是困惑的不理解的，認(rèn)為這是殘忍的事情，所以答案選擇[B] inhuman and unacceptable不人道的和不被接受的。由此也可以判定28題The example of the grandmotherly woman is used to show the public’s ____.下文的例子也是為了證明公眾的無知，所以答案為B選項。

　　29. The author believes that, in face of the challenge from animal rights advocates, scientists should _______.

　　[A] communicate more with the public

　　[B] employ hi-tech means in research

　　[C] feel no shame for their cause

　　[D] strive to develop new cures

　　定位句：Scientists must communicate their message to the public in a compassionate, understandable way。科學(xué)家應(yīng)該向公眾傳遞信息，即和公眾多交流。所以題干問科學(xué)家應(yīng)該怎樣做，根據(jù)定位句的信息答案應(yīng)該選擇[A] communicate more with the public和公眾多交流。

　　30. From the text we learn that Stephen Cooper is ________.

　　[A] a well-known humanist

　　[B] a medical practitioner

　　[C] an enthusiast in animal rights

　　[D] a supporter of animal research

　　定位句：Stephen Cooper, who has made courageous statements about the value of animal research。定語從句內(nèi)容說史蒂芬勇敢的支持動物研究的價值，證明他是個醫(yī)學(xué)研究的支持者，所以答案選擇[D] a supporter of animal research動物研究的支持者。