下面，我们从阅读的角度，来感受一下这些基础知识对于解题的重要性，也检测前期的复习情况。以阅读中技巧性相对较强的主旨大意题为例：

 

　　It is said that in England death is pressing, in Canada inevitable and in California optional. Small wonder. Americans’ life expectancy has nearly doubled over the past century. Failing hips can be replaced, clinical depression controlled, cataracts(白内障)removed in a 30-minute surgical procedure. Such advances offer the aging population a quality of life that was unimaginable when I entered medicine 50 years ago. But not even a great health-care system can cure death—and our failure to confront that reality now threatens this greatness of ours.(2012年)

 

　　60. The text intends to express the idea that ________.

 

　　[A] medicine will further prolong people’s lives

 

　　[B] life beyond a certain limit is not worth living

 

　　[C] death should be accepted as a fact of life

 

　　[D] excessive demands increase the cost of health care

 

　　从题干识别上，同学们应该不难发现这是一道典型的提问文章主旨大意的题目。而在主旨大意解题的过程中，我们尤其需要关注首段中出现转折的句子，以12年的这道真题为例，此处首段末句的处理尤其关键。不难发现，这个句子又是典型的长难句。But not even a great health-care system can cure death—and our failure to confront that reality now threatens this greatness of ours.破折号后面的that reality可以用来指代前面的not even a great health-care system can cure death“再杰出的医护体系也无法治愈死亡”这个事实，长难句中指代的处理技巧体现无疑。而此时根据原文间接给出的已知信息，去找能够匹配的选项时，我们会发现选项当中存在大量的考研高频词汇，比如prolong, limit, excessive，如果前期没有扎实的词汇积累，这时候也会出现解题无能的可能性。此处，命题人主要是从英语阅读中的“同义替换”的角度出发，命制了干扰选项，而C选项的death should be accepted as a fact of life“死亡应该作为普遍存在的事实被接受”，与原文的表达异曲同工。

 

　　另外，有时候阅读对词汇的要求可能还会增加，以2004年的这道题目为例：

 

　　Consumers say they’re not in despair because, despite the dreadful headlines, their own fortunes still feel pretty good. Home prices are holding steady in most regions. In Manhattan, “there’s a new gold rush happening in the $4 million to $10 million range, predominantly fed by Wall Street bonuses,” says broker Barbara Corcoran. In San Francisco, prices are still rising even as frenzied overbidding quiets. “Instead of 20 to 30 offers, now maybe you only get two or three,” says john Deadly, a Bay Area real-estate broker. And most folks still feel pretty comfortable about their ability to find and keep a job.(2004年text3)

 

　　53. When mentioning “the $4 million to $10 million range”(Lines 3-4, Paragraph 3) the author is talking about ________.

 

　　[A] gold market [B] real estate

 

　　[C] stock exchange [D] venture investment

 

　　在这道题目中，我们会发现四个选项都是和经济相关的表达，如果前期缺乏词汇的积累，那后期做题即使凭借技巧，正确率还是无法保障。

 

　　考研英语，现有基础再谈技巧。