考研英语历年真题阅读要点之2003-Text 1（二）

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　　阅读是一个相对综合的题型，涉及到多方面能力的考查。与其在浩如烟海的复习资料中迷失方向，不知所措，不如直接从真题入手。文都教育考研英语老师继续为大家梳理考研英语历年真题阅读文章中涉及的要点，包括词汇、短语、长难句以及简单的阅读方法。接下来看一下2003年考研英语真题阅读Text 1，这篇文章主要探讨了美国网络间谍行业的发展。
　　Among the firms making the biggest splash in this new world is Straitford, Inc., a private intelligence-analysis firm based in Austin, Texas. Straitford makes money ... corporations ... Many of its predictions are available online at www.straitford.com.
　　among the firms介词短语位于句首，句子倒装；make a splash引起轰动；Inc.表示“有限公司”；be based in“位于”；make money“赚钱”；corporation“公司”，就公司规模来说，corporation＞company＞firm；prediction“预测”；available“可获得的”。
　　... he sees the online world as a kind of mutually reinforcing tool for both information collection and distribution, a spymaster’s dream. Last week his firm was busy vacuuming up data bits ... “As soon as that report runs, we’ll suddenly get 500 new Internet sign-ups from Ukraine,” ... “And we’ll hear back from some of them.” Open-source spying does have its risks, of course, since it can be difficult to tell good information from bad. That’s where Straitford earns its keep.
　　see...as...“把...视为...”；mutually“相互地”，mutual help“互相帮助”；reinforce“加强”；be busy doing“忙于做某事”；vacuum up“深入打探”，在这里可以表示“收集”；data bits“数据位”；as soon as“一...就...”，引导时间状语从句；suddenly“突然”，all of a sudden“突然地，出乎意料地”；sign-up“注册”；hear back from“收到...的回复”；does强调动词have；it充当形式主语，真正的主语是to do；tell...from...“区分”；earn one’s keep“谋生”；
　　Friedman relies on a lean staff of 20 in Austin... have military-intelligence backgrounds. He sees the firm’s outsider status as the key to its success. Straitford’s briefs don’t sound like the usual Washington back-and-forthing, whereby agencies avoid dramatic declarations on the chance they might be wrong. Straitford, says Friedman, takes pride in its independent voice.
　　lean“精简的”；staff“员工”，也可以用personnel，employee；military“军事的”，military strategy“军事战略”；outsider status“局外人身份”；the key to its success“其成功的关键”；brief“简报”；back-and-forthing“来来回回”，在这里可以表示“含糊其辞”；avoid“避免”；dramatic declarations“引人注目的宣言”；take pride in“以...为傲”。
　　以上就是文都教育考研英语老师为大家梳理的2003年考研英语真题阅读Text 1后三段的要点。考研也许不简单，但是应该没有大家想象得那么困难。“绝知此事要躬行”，各位同学赶紧行动起来吧！阅读难，但是最重要，因此不可以回避，也不要无休止地拖延，否则后患无穷。如果大家能够坚持下来，到时候也许会发现原来不过如此。
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