2018考研英语：阅读真题难点精析（2003年Text2）

　　今天我们要分析的题目来自于2003年考研英语真题的阅读第二篇。为了帮助大家解析，考研老师将定位句和题目对应给出，方便精析。

　　26. The author begins his article with Edmund Burke’s words to ________.

　　[A] call on scientists to take some actions

　　[B] criticize the misguided cause of animal rights

　　[C] warn of the doom of biomedical research

　　[D] show the triumph of the animal rights movement

　　定位句：To paraphrase 18th-century statesman Edmund Burke, “all that is needed for the triumph of a misguided cause is that good people do nothing.”引言的含义是：如果好人什么都不做，那么被误导的事业就会取得胜利。紧接着第二句就指出：现在就出现了这样一个被误导的事业One such cause now seeks to end biomedical research 。言外之意就是“好人需要做些事情”，那么好人指代的什么人呢，从下文可以看出是科学家。所以题干问的作者使用这个引言的目的是什么?答案应该是[A] call on scientists to take some actions。

　　27. Misled people tend to think that using an animal in research is ________.

　　[A] cruel but natural

　　[B] inhuman and unacceptable

　　[C] inevitable but vicious

　　[D] pointless and wasteful

　　定位句：Hearing allegations of cruelty to animals in research settings, many are perplexed that anyone would deliberately harm an animal.听到实验室里会残忍的对待动物这样的描述，许多人就会疑惑：怎么会有人故意伤害动物。由此可以判断出，人们对待用动物做实验的看法是困惑的不理解的，认为这是残忍的事情，所以答案选择[B] inhuman and unacceptable不人道的和不被接受的。由此也可以判定28题The example of the grandmotherly woman is used to show the public’s ____.下文的例子也是为了证明公众的无知，所以答案为B选项。

　　29. The author believes that, in face of the challenge from animal rights advocates, scientists should _______.

　　[A] communicate more with the public

　　[B] employ hi-tech means in research

　　[C] feel no shame for their cause

　　[D] strive to develop new cures

　　定位句：Scientists must communicate their message to the public in a compassionate, understandable way。科学家应该向公众传递信息，即和公众多交流。所以题干问科学家应该怎样做，根据定位句的信息答案应该选择[A] communicate more with the public和公众多交流。

　　30. From the text we learn that Stephen Cooper is ________.

　　[A] a well-known humanist

　　[B] a medical practitioner

　　[C] an enthusiast in animal rights

　　[D] a supporter of animal research

　　定位句：Stephen Cooper, who has made courageous statements about the value of animal research。定语从句内容说史蒂芬勇敢的支持动物研究的价值，证明他是个医学研究的支持者，所以答案选择[D] a supporter of animal research动物研究的支持者。