南京师范大学年学位英语培训班阅读理解专题.docx

Passage-1 A “ historically minded ” researcher . always keeps an ope n mind to history looks at one historical event without relating it to another sees things from a sin gle point of view refuses to accept new evide nee 2.ln Paragraph l the author means to illustrate that . differe nt men think and act differe ntly the study of history is not merely a matter of remembering dates a statesman can remember the names of voters in his district a waiter can remember more names than the great historians The true historia n should base his stateme nts on . findings of other historians docume nts created at the prese nt time his own inferen ces sound historical materials Which of the follow ing is the topic of Paragraph 3? Some historical documents may not be real. Some authors may not be hon est. Historia ns should be careful about their sources. Historia ns may be in flue need by their own backgro un ds. It is emphasized in the last paragraph that . wars are acco un ted for differe ntly in differe nt coun tries the historian needs caution and training in dealing with his sources some writers may not be telling the truth some writers may not be in a position or frame of mind to tell the truth Passage-2 What does Preside nt Bush thi nk of tappi ng oil in ANWR ? lt will exhaust the nation s oil reserves. lt will help secure the future of ANWR. lt will help reduce the nation s oil imports. lt will in crease Ame rica s en ergy con sumpti on. We lear n from the sec ond paragraph that the America n oil in dustry. believes that drilli ng for oil in ANWR will produce high yields tends to exaggerate America s relianee on foreign oil shows little interest in tapping oil in ANWR expects to stop oil imports from Saudi Arabia Those agai nst oil drilli ng in ANWR argue that. it can cause serious damage to the environment it can do little to solve U.S. en ergy problems it will dra in the oil reserves in the Alaska n regi on it will not have much commercial value What do the environme