考研英语二阅读理解真题题型分析 .pdf

XX 年考研英语二阅读理解真题题型分析 xx 年考研英语二阅读理解真题题型分析 分析：综合来说今年的阅读理解符合考研英语二大纲的难度水 平，或许有些同学会因为第四篇阅读中出现的一些专业词汇和一词多 义现象所难到，但只要静心阅读就不太会出现理解上的障碍。 xx 年考研英语阅读四篇文章的出处分别是：《经济学人》的《金 钱和幸福》 (Money and happiness); 《星报在线》的《怎样改善自己 的相貌》(How we really rate our looks); 《劳伦斯日报》的《科学 发现情绪会影响眼泪的化学成分》; 《英国卫报》的《综合开支审查可 能会扭转房市危机》(Comprehensive spending review could turn the housing crisis around) 同样，考研命题组对这四篇文章都有适当的删减和修改，但并没 改变原文意思，考生不用担忧会有过难理解的出现。从以上分析不难 看出，考研英语命题的选材依旧偏向于各大外媒报纸中的经典文章， 题材多样且具有趣味性。 这就要求考生在平时的复习的过程中多浏览国外著名报纸以扩展 自身的知识面，同时提升自己的阅读能力。针对题源出处的问题，考 研 1 号系列考研英语一真题书 《考研真相》和考研英语二真题书 《考 研圣经》，对历年真题的出处都有系统的分析总结。考生可参考这两 本真题解析书中的详细分析给自己制定一个适宜的课外预读方案，这 样循序渐进、长期积累定会有意想不到的效果。 Text 1 原文标题：《金钱和幸福》 (Money and happiness) 刊登时间：Jun 22nd xx 原文节选：WHAT would you do with $590m? This is now a question for Gloria MacKenzie, an 84-year-old widow who recently emerged from her small, tin-roofed house inFloridato collect the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in history. The blogosphere is full of advice for this lucky Powerball pensioner. But if she hopes her new-found lucre will yield lasting feelings of fulfilment, she could do worse than read “Happy Money” by Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton. These two academics—she teaches psychology at theUniversityofBritish Columbia; he lectures on marketing atHarvardBusinessSchool—use an array of behavioural research to show that the most rewarding ways to spend money can be counterintuitive. Fantasies of great wealth often involve visions of fancy cars and palatial homes on remote bluffs. Yet satisfaction with these material purchases wears off fairly quickly. What was once exciting and new bees old-hat; remorse creeps in. It is far better to spend money on experiences, say Ms Dunn and Mr Norton, like interesting trips, unique meals or even going to the cinema. These purchases often bee more valuable with time—as stories or memories—particularly if they involve feeling more con