07考研英语最新辅导讲义：阅读理解的应试总则

二、态度原则

其标志词为：attitude, believe, deem, regard. 作者态度题有两种题型：

1. 文章作者态度题

Could the bad old days of economic decline be about to return? Since OPEC agreed to supply-cuts in March, the price of crude oil has jumped to almost $26 a barrel, up from less than $10 last December. This near-tripling of oil prices calls up scary memories of the 1973 oil shock, when prices quadrupled, and 1979—1980, when they also almost tripled. Both previous shocks resulted in double-digit inflation and global economic decline. So where are the headlines warning of gloom and doom this time?

The oil price was given another push up this week when Iraq suspended oil exports. Strengthening economic growth, at the same time as winter grips the northern hemisphere, could push the price higher still in the short term.

Yet there are good reasons to expect the economic consequences now to be less severe than in the 1970s. In most countries the cost of crude oil now accounts for a smaller share of the price of petrol than it did in the 1970s. In Europe, taxes account for up to four-fifths of the retail price, so even quite big changes in the price of crude have a more muted effect on pump prices than in the past.

One more reason not to lose sleep over the rise in oil prices is that, unlike the rises in the 1970s, it has not occurred against the backbone of general commodity-price inflation and global excess demand. A sizable portion of the world is only just emerging from economic decline. The Economist's commodity price index is broadly unchanging from a year ago. In 1973 commodity prices jumped by 70%, and in 1979 by almost 30%. ［2002，55］

9．From the text we can see that the writer seems          .

［A］ optimistic      ［B］ sensitive          ［C］ gloomy      ［D］ scared

2. 局部作者态度题

The MBA, a 20^th-century product, always has borne the mark of lowly commerce and greed (贪婪) on the tree-lined campuses ruled by purer disciplines such as philosophy and literature.

10. According to Paragraph 2, what is the general attitude towards business on campuses dominated by purer disciplines?
 A)Envious.           B)Scornful.             C)Realistic.      D)Appreciative.

Many Americans harbor a grossly distorted and exaggerated view of most of the risks surrounding food. Fergus Clydesdale, head of the department of food science and nutrition at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, says bluntly that if the dangers from bacterially contaminated chicken were as great as some people believe. “the streets would be littered with people lying here and there. ”

11. What does the author think of the Americans' view of their food?

A) They overstate the government's interference with the food industry.

B) They are overoptimistic about the safety of their food.

C) They overestimate the hazards of their food.

D) They overlook the risks of the food they eat.

In1950, the U.S. spent $12.7 billion on health care. In 2002, the cost will be $1540 billion. Anyone can see this trend is unsustainable. Yet few seem willing to try to reverse it. Some scholars conclude that a government with finite resources should simply stop paying for medical care that sustains life beyond a certain age-----say 83 or so. Former Colorado governor Richard Lamm has been quoted as saying that the old and infirm “have a duty to die and get out of the way” ,so that younger, healthier people can realize their potential.

I would not go that far. Energetic people now routinely work through their 60s and beyond, and remain dazzlingly productive.

12.The author's attitude to ward Richard Lamm's remark is one of       

[A] strong disapproval.                          [B] reserved consent.

[C] slight contempt.                            [D] enthusiastic support.