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1、考研英语阅读理解思路透析和真题揭秘(11)1998年Passage3 SciencehaslonghadanuneasyrelationshipBlake’sharshremarksagainstthemechanisticbetanitieshas,ifanything,deepenedinthiscentury. Untilrecently,thescientificmunityanLevitt,amathematicianatRutgersUniversity;andTheDemonHauntedayseemedtosuggest.
2、 Theenvironmentalists,inevitably,respondtosuchcritics.Thetrueenemiesofscience,arguesPaulEhrlichofStanfordUniversity,apioneerofenvironmentalstudies,arethoseing,thedepletionoftheozonelayerandotherconsequencesofindustrialgroeobserversfearthattheantiscienceepithetisindangerofbei
3、ngmeaningless."Theterm‘antiscience’canlumptogethertoomany,quitedifferentthings,"notesHarvardUniversityphilosopherGeraldHoltoninhis1993ononlyonethingthattheytendtoannoyorthreatenthoseselvesasmoreenlightened." 60.Paragraphs2and3arepathyplifythedivisionofscienceandthehumanitie
4、s [答案]D [解题思路] 文章第一段的最后一句话指出"Theschismbetanitieshas,ifanything,deepenedinthiscentury"(在本世纪,(自然)科学与人文科学之间的裂痕更深了),而文章的下面两段就这一问题展开了详细的论述。因此显而易见D是正确选项,而其他三项都与两段的中心思想无关。 [题目译文] 第二、三段的写作目的在于。 [A]讨论科学势力衰落的原因 [B]表达对科学家们的同情 [C]解释科学发展的方式 [D]举例说明自然科学与人文科学的分离 1998年Passage5 Sc
5、atteredaroundtheglobearemorethan100smallregionsofisolatedvolcanicactivityknoostoftheakeuptheearth’ssurface;onthecontrary,manyofthemliedeepintheinteriorofaplate.Mostofthehotspotsmoveonlysloecasesthemovementoftheplatespastthemhaslefttrailsofdeadvolcanoes.Thehotspotsandtheirvol
6、canictrailsaremilestonesthatmarkthepassageoftheplates. Thattheplatesaremovingisnotbeyonddispute.AfricaandSouthAmerica,forexample,aremovingaeachotherasneaterialisinjectedintotheseafloorbet.Theplementarycoastlinesandcertaingeologicalfeaturesthatseemtospantheoceanarereminderso
7、fotionoftheplatescarryingthesecontinentshasbeenconstructedindetail,butthemotionofoneplateotionineovinginoppositedirectionsorit.Hotspots,anchoredinthedeeperlayersoftheearth,providethemeasuringinstrumentsneededtoresolvethequestion.Fromananalysisofthehotspotpopulationitappearst
8、hattheAfricanplateisstationaryandthatithasnotmovedduringthepast30millionyea