新东方：英语四级考试阅读30天学习笔记

　　注：committe=do (坏事) commite a crime

　　The fourth test required people to read a passage,

　　then answer questions about it. Nonsmokers remembered 19 percent more of the most important information than active smokers, and deprived smokers bested those who had smoked a cigarette just before testing. Active smokers tended not only to have poorer memories but also had trouble separating important information from insignificant details.

　　注：1.首句为实验过程

　　2.第二句为实验结果，作比较，可简写为 Nonsmoker remembered more than active smoker

　　3.划线的部分指的是active smoker. 即deprived smoker bested active smoker

　　4.best v. 胜过

　　23. The word "bested" (Line 3, Para. 5) most probably means ________.

　　A) beat B) envied

　　C) caught up with D) made the best of

　　注：词汇题，根据第5段末句的意思可推断为A选项。

　　"As our tests became more complex." Sums up Spilich, "non-smokers performed better than smokers by wider and wider margins," He predicts, "smokers might perform adequately at many jobs - until they got complicated. A smoking airline pilot could fly adequately if no problems arose, but if something went wrong, smoking might damage his mental capacity."

　　注：1.by wide margin 差距大 margine 差距;页边空白处，利润

　　2.perform 执行，表演

　　3.末句为重要句：

　　尤其是末句出现转折时或者末句为结论时。本句出现了but

　　4.mental 思维的，精神的 mental capacity 思维能力

　　25. We can infer from the last paragraph that _________.

　　A) smokers should not expect to become airline pilots

　　B) smoking in emergency cases causes mental illness

　　C) no airline pilots smoke during flights

　　D) smokers may prove unequal to handling emergency cases

　　注：1.此题为推理题，选项的特点为文章相应内容的同义改写

　　2.根据选项定位最后一段末句，重点在but后面

　　3.prove unequal to 无法胜任，D项为but后的同义改写

　　4.C选项首先是过度推理，其次no+n.为绝对语气词，通常为干扰，带有可能性语气词的选项通常为优选(不但适用于推理题，而且适用于所有题型)

　　"As our tests became more complex." Sums up Spilich, "non-smokers performed better than smokers by wider and wider margins," He predicts, "smokers might perform adequately at many jobs - until they got complicated. A smoking airline pilot could fly adequately if no problems arose, but if something went wrong, smoking might damage his mental capacity."

　　21. The purpose of George Spilich' s experiments is _________.

　　A) to test whether smoking has a positive effect on the mental capacity of smokers

　　B) to show how smoking damages people's mental capacity

　　C) to prove that smoking affects people's regular performance

　　D) to find out whether smoking helps people's short-term memory