2014考研英语（二）真题解析·阅读题text 1

考研英语真题答案来源：文都教育 2014-01-07　

作为2014年英语（二）阅读理解的第一篇文章，文都高端的英语老师认为题目的难度保持适中，题型分布均匀，对细节题、态度题、例证题、推理题、主旨题均有考查，按照平时总结的各题型解题思路足以应对。

According to Dumn and Norton, which of the following is the most rewarding purchase? 细节题。在D和N看来，下列哪项最值得购买？选项分别为：A big house，豪宅；A special tour，特别的旅行；A stylish car，名车；A rich meal，大餐。根据Dumn和Norton两个人名定位到第二段，It is far better to spend money on experiences, say Ms Dumn and Mr Norton, like interesting trips, unique meals or even going to the cinema. These purchases often become more valuable... 对比选项不难得出“A special tour，特别的旅行”正是原文“interesting trips”的替换，作为最佳答案。这二者的接近程度要好于“A rich meal”与“unique meals ”的替换。

The author’s attitude towards Americans’ watching TV is. 作者态度题。选项分别为：critical批评的；supportive 支持的；sympathetic 赞同的；ambiguous 模糊不清的；引起歧义的。根据Americans’ watching TV 可定位到第三段第二句：It seems most people would be better off if they could ... and less of it watching television. 作者正是对美国人看电视持批评态度。这是从正面突破，若从选项角度分析supportive 与sympathetic均属支持、赞同之意，轻松得出批评态度。

Mac Rib is mentioned in paragraph 3 to show that . 例证题。Mac Rib 的例子在第三段最后一句，向前寻找其支持的观点，Buying gifts or giving to charity is often more pleasurable than purchasing things for oneself, and luxuries are most enjoyable when they are consumed sparingly. 选项rarity generally increases pleasure中，rarity对应consumed sparingly，enjoyable 对应pleasure，替换堪称完美。其余选项均为出现“高兴、快乐”之意，明显不符。此题可谓零难度。

According to the last paragraph, Happy Money . 推理题。定位到最后一段的末尾句：But most people will come away from this book believing it was money well spent. 选项may prove to be a worthwhile purchase中的 a worthwhile purchase对应原文的believing it was money well spent，为正确答案。

25. This text mainly discusses how to. 主旨题。通过前文可知，本文关键就是在谈happy和money，选项之间不难得出

balance feeling good and spending money为最佳主旨。选项spend large sums of money won in lotteries乃是文章开篇引入主题的故事，理当排除。另外两项obtain lasting satisfaction from money spent中的satisfaction 和become more reasonable in spending on luxuries中的luxuries都无法成为本文主旨关键词。