2016考研英语阅读解题思路——把握作者语气

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　　各位同学大家好，除了把握文章主要事实和语义逻辑关系，还有哪些思路帮助我们解题呢?——把握作者语气。这是因为作者在写文章的时候会用情态动词等词汇表达他的写作语气，比如might, may, will 等表达作者的语气委婉，must, should 等表达作者的语气较强烈。文章后面的五个问题考查的是对作者观点的理解，在表达上跟作者的语气是一致的。
　　例如2010年第二篇文章第二自然段Now the nation’s top patent court appears completely ready to scale back on business-method patents, which have been controversial ever since they were first authorized 10 years ago. In a move that has intellectual-property lawyers abuzz, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said it would use a particular case to conduct a broad review of business-method patents. In re Bilski, as the case is known, is “ very big deal,” says Dennis D. Crouch of the University of Missouri School of law. It “has the potential to eliminate an entire class of patents.” 这一段有三句话，第一句话在实义动词(scale back on)前面加上appears ready to(似乎准备好去...)表达作者语气委婉;第二句话在实义动词(use)前面加上would(将会...)也表达出作者语气委婉;最后一句用了一个名词potential(可能性)同样表达出了作者在表述该观点时的一个委婉的语气，因此这一段语气是较委婉的。那么第26题
　　Business-method patents have recently aroused concern because of
　　[A] their limited value to businesses.
　　[B] their connection with asset allocation.
　　[C] the possible restriction on their granting.
　　[D] the controversy over their authorization.
　　这道题通过business-method patents以及recently定位到第二自然段首句，题干问的是“商业方法专利最近引起担忧的原因”，但是定位到首句后发现没有表示“原因”的词汇，并且首句中scale back on 这个动词短语还不确定是什么意思，导致这句话的含义不清楚，这时候我们可以根据这个段落中的“小词”(表示作者语气的词)来判断作者的语气进而确定答案。通过上面的分析，已经得知这段作者的语气是委婉的。四个选项中只有C选项中的possible是委婉的表达。同样地第27题Which of the following is true of the Bilski case?
　　[A] Its ruling complies with the court decisions.
　　[B] It involves a very big business transaction.
　　[C] It has been dismissed by the Federal Circuit.
　　[D] It may change the legal practices in the U.S..
　　题干中的细节信息Bilski case 也是来自第二自然段，这个细节信息是例子中(事实论据)的细节信息，这是一道例证题，答案在例子前面也就是第二句话In a move that has intellectual-property lawyers abuzz, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said it would use a particular case to conduct a broad review of business-method patents. 读完后发现没有跟四个选项匹配的，这时我们也可以根据这个思路来解题，四个选项中D选项的may是委婉的表达，我们就选D。
　　同学们，提出这个解题思路就是提醒大家关注文章中的这些“小词”，他们往往就是我们解题的关键。如果文章满山遍野充斥着语气词，表达委婉或者强烈的时候，我们在答题时就可以往这个方向思考。
　　最后，考研不是你一个人在战斗，在漫漫考研路上，中公考研的老师会一直陪伴着同学们的左右，为你们解答考研路上的各种疑惑，祝同学们考研成功!
　　(本文作者为中公考研英语辅导名师——武新宇)