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做题方法:先题后文。这样可以直击目标,还能提高阅读效率。
1. The joke in Paragraph 1 is used to illustrate_______.
A. the impact of technological advances
B. the alleviation of job pressure
C. the shrinkage of textile mills
D. the decline of middle-class incomes
解析:
题目的含义是:第一段用了一个玩笑来阐述什么?
※Illustrate:阐述
分析:这道题可以归类到例子题型中。例子题的答案在例子的上或下的位置,在上的可能性会大一些,有可能会出现同义替换和词汇改写。
Paragraph 1
In an essay entitled “Making It in America”, the author Adam Davidson relates a joke from cotton country about just how much a modern textile mill has been automated: The average mill has only two employees today, a man and a dog. The man is there to feed the dog, and the dog is there to keep the man away from the machines.
大意:在美国制造标题下的文章中,作者讲述了一个笑话,在一个产棉花的国家一个现代的纺织厂如何实现了自动化:在普通的纺织厂里只有两个原因,人和狗。人的职责是喂狗,狗的职责是防止人离开工厂。
※entitled:标题是…
relates:讲述了
cotton country:产棉花的国家
textile mill:纺织厂
automated:自动化
average=common:普通的,常见的
A. the impact of technological advances 技术进步带来的影响
B. the alleviation of job pressure 减轻工作压力
C. the shrinkage of textile mills 纺织厂渐渐消失了
D. the decline of middle-class incomes 中产阶级的收入下降
解析:本题对应文章中的关键句是“在一个产棉花的国家如何实现自动化”,笑话的内容也是实现自动化之后有什么变化,这都是技术进步带来的影响。选A。