考研英语阅读理解命题思路透析和真题揭秘(10)

1998年Passage 1

　　Few creations of big technology capture the imagination like giant dams. Perhaps it is humankind's long suffering at the mercy of flood and drought that makes the ideal of forcing the waters to do our bidding so fascination. But to be fascinated is also, sometimes, to be blind. Several giant dam projects threaten to do more harm than good.
 
　　The lesson from dams is that big is not always beautiful. It doesn't help that building a big, powerful dam has become a symbol of achievement for nations and people striving to assert themselves. Egypt's leadership in the Arab world was cemented by the Aswan High Dam. Turkey's bid for First World status includes the giant Ataturk Dam.
 
　　But big dams tend not to work as intended. The Aswan Dam, for example stopped the Nile flooding but deprived Egypt of the fertile silt that floods left - all in return for a giant reservoir of disease which is now so full of silt that it barely generates electricity.
 
　　And yet, the myth of controlling the waters persists. This week, in the heart of civilized Europe, Slovaks and Hungarians stopped just short of sending in the troops in their contention over a dam on the Danube. The huge complex will probably have all the usual problems of big dams. But Slovakia is bidding for independence from the Czechs, and now needs a dam to prove itself.
 
　　Meanwhile, in India, the World Bank has given the go ahead to the even more wrong headed Narmada Dam. And the bank has done this even though its advisors say the dam will cause hardship for the powerless and environmental destruction. The benefits are for the powerful, but they are far from guaranteed.
 
　　Proper, scientific study of the impacts of dams and of the cost and benefits of controlling water can help to resolve these conflicts. Hydroelectric power and flood control and irrigation are possible without building monster dams. But when you are dealing with myths, it is hard to be either proper, or scientifid. It is time that the world learned the lessons of Aswan. You don't need a dam to be saved. 

54. What the author tries to suggest may best be interpreted as _____ .
[A] "It's no use crying over spilt milk"
[B] "More haste, less speed"
[C] "Look before you leap"
[D] "He who laughs last laughs best"

[答案]

[解题思路]

　　本题的四个选项都是英语里面的谚语和警句，有的和中国的一些名言警句有异曲同工之妙。纵观本文的主要内容，主要讨论的是建设巨型大坝的行为弊大于利，人们应该从现有巨型水坝的失败中吸取教训，因此A、B、D三个选项都与文章的基调不符合。C为正确选项的原因正是在于作者希望通过教训提醒人们，以后如果要再建水坝，一定要三思而后行。

[题目译文]

作者的言下之意可以最好地理解为                       。
[A] "无需为泼出去的牛奶而悲伤"
[B] "欲速则不达"
[C] "三思而后行"
[D] "笑到最后的人笑得最好"

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