一、题干特征
What、When、Who、Why、Where、How
Which statement is true according to the passage?
infer
conclude 推断
imply
二、常见命题点
1、因果逻辑
例题一
59、Why was the black box redesigned in 1965? (2010-6)
A) New materials became available by that time.
B) Too much space was needed for its installation.
C) The early models often got damaged in the crash.
D) The early models didn’t provide the needed data.
原文：…Early models often failed to withstand crashes, however, so in 1965 the device
was completely redesigned and moved to the rear of the plane - the area least subject to impact - from its original position in the landing wells.
例题二 (跨段)
62、Why are store managers often the last to hear complaints? (2008-12)
A) Most customers won’t bother to complain even if they have had unhappy
experiences.
B) Customers would rather relate their unhappy experiences to people around them.
C) Few customers believe the service will be improved.
D) Customers have no easy access to store managers.
原文：Shoppers seldom complain to the manager or owner of a retail store, but instead
will alert their friends, relatives, co-workers, strangers-and anyone who will listen.
Store managers are often the last to hear complaints, and often find out…
例题三 (2010-12)
62、William Farr’s study and other studies show that
A) social life provides an effective cure for illness
B) being sociable helps improve one’s quality of life
C) women benefit more than men from marriage
D) marriage contributes a great deal to longevity
原文：The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote that widows and widowers ( 鳏夫 ) were at a much higher risk of dying than their married peers. Studies since then suggest that marriage could add as much as seven years to a man’s.
2、转折逻辑
例题一
66、What do we learn from the last paragraph?（2010-6）
A) The effects of positive thinking vary from person to person.
B) Meditation may prove to be a good form of psychotherapy.
C) Different people tend to have different ways of thinking.
D) People can avoid making mistakes through meditation.
原文：The paper provides support for newer forms of psychotherapy ( 心理治疗 ) that urge people to accept their negative thoughts and feelings rather than fight them. In the fighting, we not only often fail but can make things worse. Meditation ( 静思 ) techniques, in contrast, can teach people to put their shortcomings into a larger, more realistic perspective. Call it the power of negative thinking.
例题二
58、In what respect is the book The New Digital Age considered inadequate? （2014-12）
A) It fails to recognize the impact of the Internet technology.
B) It fails to look into the social implications of the Internet.
C) It lacks an objective evaluation of the role of Internet businesses.
D) It does not address the technical aspects of Internet communication.
原文：…But if the book has one major shortcoming, it’s that authors don’t spend enough
time applying a critical eye to the role of Internet businesses in these weeping changes.
3、段首尾
例题一
59、We learn from Paragraph 3 that designers who undertake green fashion. (2009-6)
A) can attend various trade shows free
B) are readily recognized by the fashion world
C) can buy organic cotton at favorable prices
D) are gaining more and more support
原文：Those who do make the switch are finding they have more support. Last year
the influential trade show Designers & Agents stopped charging its participation fee for young green entrepreneurs ( 企业家 ) who attend its two springtime shows in Los Angeles and New York and gave special recognition to designers whose collections are at least 25% sustainable. It now counts more than 50 green designers, up from fewer than a dozen two years ago.
例题二
66、The author suggests at the end of the passage that couples should. (2011-12)
A) put their money together instead of keeping it separately
B) make efforts to reach agreement on their family budgets
C) discuss money matters to maintain a healthy relationship
D) avoid arguing about money matters to remain romantic
原文：But you both need to know what you’re doing, who’s paying what into the joint account and how much you keep separately. In a healthy relationship, you don’t
have to agree about money, but you have to talk about it.
例题三
57、What is said about global warming in the first paragraph? （2008-6）
A) It may not prove an environmental crisis at all.
B) It is an issue requiring worldwide commitments.
C) Serious steps have been taken to avoid or stop it.
D) Very little will be done to bring it under control.
原 文：Global warming may or may not be the great environmental crisis of the 21st
century, but- regardless of whether it is or isn’t - we won’t do much about it. We will
argue over it and may even, as a nation, make some fairly solemn-sounding commitments to avoid it. But the more dramatic and meaningful these commitments seem, the less likely they are to be observed.