考研英语历年真题答案与原文的同义转化（2005年）
2008-09-15 18:35阅读：
2005年
第一篇
21：题干：In the opening paragraph, the author introduces
his topic by
答案C：making a
comparison
原文（86-05）：But a study
by Sarah Brosnan and Frans de Waal of Emory University in Atlanta,
Georgia, which has just been published in Nature, suggests that it
is all too monkey, as well.
要点：作者第一段的目的只是为了引出话题。这题的创新在于不再是问你话题是什么（主旨题）或举例子的目的是什么（功能题），而是为你作者是如何提出话题的。答案在最后一句，找出主干：a
study suggests it is all too monkey.前面提到了all too
human,明显是monkey和human之间的关系，答案集中在A，contrast（一正一反的对比），C，comparison(两个相似的类比),
从as well可以看出明显是类比，答案C。
22. 题干：The statement “it is all too monkey” (Last line, paragraph
l) implies that
答案B：resenting
unfairness is also monkeys' nature
原文（86-01）：Everybody
loves a fat pay rise. Yet pleasure
at your own can vanish if you learn that a colleague has been given
a bigger one. Indeed, if he has a reputation for slacking, you
might even be outraged.
要点： all too monkey结合第一题可知all too
human,知道了人类自然猴子也一样。从第一句可以看出，人类是痛恨不平等的。
23.题干： Female capuchin monkeys were chosen for the research most
probably because they are
答案A：more inclined to weigh
what they get.
原文（86-10）：Above all,
like their female human counterparts, they tend to pay much
closer attention to the value of “goods and services” than
males.
要点：文中列了很多原因，但是most
probably表明要最重要的理由。above all符合这一点。more inclined to weigh what they
get与pay more attention to the value of “goods and services” than
males.
24. 题干：Dr. Brosnan and Dr. de Waal have eventually found in their
study that the monkeys
答案C：will not be
co-operative if feeling cheated.
原文（86-23）：Indeed, the
mere presence of a grape in the other chamber (without an actual
monkey to eat it) was enough to induce resentment in a female
capuchin.
要点： induce resentment与not be
co-operative if feeling cheated同义转化。
25. 题干：What can we infer from the last paragraph?
答案B：Human indignation evolved
from an uncertain source.
原文（86-30）：However, whether
such a sense of fairness evolved independently in capuchins and
humans, or whether it stems from the common ancestor that the
species had 35 million years ago, is, as yet, an unanswered
question.
要点：uncertain与unanswered转化。
第二篇
26. 题干：An argument made by supporters of smoking was that
答案C：people had the freedom to
choose their own way of life.
原文（87-03）：That the antismoking
lobby was out to destroy our way of life and the government should
stay out of the way?
要点： way of life重现
27. 题干：According to Bruce Alberts, science can serve as
答案D：a guide
原文（88-12）：But science
does provide us with the best available guide to the future
要点：but之后是重点，guide原词再现。
28. 题干：What does the author mean by “paralysis by analysis” (Last
line, paragraph 4)
答案A：Endless studies kill
action
原文（81-21）：Instead of a plan of
action, they continue to press for more research-a classic case of
“paralysis by analysis”.
要点：instead of a plan of
action,说明没有采取行动。
29. 题干：According to the author, what should the Administration do
about global warming
答案D：Take some legislative
measures.
原文（88-23）：If the
Administration won't take the legislative initiative,
Congress should help to begin fashioning conservation
measures.
要点：legislative initiative与legislative
measures转化。
30. 题干：The author associates the issue of global warming with that
of smoking because
答案B：a lesson from the latter
is applicable to the former
原文（87-06）：There are upsetting
parallels today, as scientists in one wave after another try to
awaken us to the growing threat of global warming.
要点：这题又回到文章开头，parallel表明两者的关系。吸烟和温室效应都要引起人民的关注，同时行动也很重要。
第三篇
31. 题干：Researchers have come to believe that dreams
答案A：can be modified in their
courses.
原文（89-06）：Now researchers
suspect that dreams are part of the mind's emotional thermostat,
regulating moods while the brain is “off-line”
要点：modify与regulate转化。
32. 题干：By referring to the limbic system, the author intends to
show
答案C：the relation of dreams to
emotions.
原文（89-16）：“We wake up from
dreams happy of depressed, and those feelings can stay with us all
day” says Stanford sleep researcher Dr, William Dement.
要点：feelings与emotions转化。
33. 题干：The negative feelings generated during the day tend to
答案D：show up in dreams early at
night.
原文（89-19）：The link between
dreams and emotions shows up among the patients in Cartwright’s
clinic. Most people seem to have more bad dreams early in the
night, progressing toward happier ones before awakening, suggesting
that they are working through negative feelings generated during
the day.
要点：have more bad dreams early in the
night与show up in dreams early at night同义转化。
34.题干：Cartwright seems to suggest that
答案D：dreaming may not entirely
belong to the unconscious.
原文（89-25）：And this process
need not be left to the unconscious. Cartwright believes one can
exercise conscious control over recurring bad dreams..
要点：need not 与may not entirely转化。
35. 题干：What advice might Cartwright give to those who sometimes
have bad dreams?
答案A：lead your life as
usual.
原文（90-34）：For the rest of us;
the brain has its ways of working through bad feelings. Sleep-or
rather dream-on it and you'll feel better in the morning.
要点：sleep on it指的就是lead your life as
usual
第四篇
36.题干： According to Mc Whorter, the decline of formal English
答案B：is but all too natural in language
development.
原文（90-09）：Mr.McWhorter’s
academic speciality is language history and change, and he sees
gradual disappearance of “whom” ,for example, to be natural and no
more regrettable than the loss of the case-endings of Old
English
要点：to be natural再现。
37. 题干：The word “talking” (Line5, paragraph3) denotes
答案D：informality
原文（91-16）：In both oral and
written English,talking is triumphing over speaking, spontaneity
over craft
要点：informality与spontaneity转化。
38. 题干：To which of the following statements would Mc Whorter most
likely agree?
答案A：Logical thinking is not
necessarily related to the way we talk.
原文（91-23）：He is not arguing,
as many do, that we can no longer think straight because we do not
talk proper.
要点：两者同义转化。
39. 题干：The description of Russians' love of memorizing poetry shows
the author's
答案B：appreciation of their
efforts.
原文（91-27）：Mr. McWhorter
acknowledges that formal language is not strictly necessary, and
proposes no radical education reforms-he is really grieving over
the loss of something beautiful more than useful.
要点：可以体会出作者对他们的赞赏。
40. 题干：According to the last paragraph, “paper plates” is to
“china” as
答案C：“functional” is to
“artistic”.
原文（91-28）：he is really
grieving over the loss of something beautiful more than
useful.
要点：functional与useful转化，beautiful与artistic转化。
