2014年考研英语(一)真题及参考答案(16)

Unfortunately， despite 2? years in the making， "The Heart of the Matter" never gets to the heart of the matter： the illiberal nature of liberal education at our leading colleges and universities．

The commission ignores that for several decades America's colleges and universities have produced graduates who don't know the content and character of liberal education and are thus deprived of its benefits． Sadly， the spirit of inquiry once at home on campus has been replaced by the use of the humanities and social sciences as vehicles for disseminating "progressive，" or left－liberal propaganda．

Today， professors routinely treat the progressive interpretation of history and progressive public policy as the proper subject of study while portraying conservative or classical liberal ideas―such as free markets， self－reliance and a distrust of central planning―as falling outside the boundaries of routine， and sometimes legitimate， intellectual investigation．

The AAAS displays great enthusiasm for liberal education． Yet its report may well set back reform by obscuring the depth and breadth of the challenge that congress asked it to illuminate．

36． According to Paragraph 1， what is the author’s attitude toward the AAAS’s report?

[A] Critical

[B] Appreciative

[C] Contemptuous

[D] Tolerant

本篇文章选自华尔街日报。主要讲的是非自由教育以及”问题核心”这个报告。

答案解析：

36．选A，该题是细节态度题。并非考察全文的态度，也就是说要细节定位。根据题干定位原则，定位第一段AAAS出现之处，并且一定要找到表示评价的部分。该题迷惑性很强，因为文章在AAAS后面就又”praise”所以容易误导大家选择答案B “appreciative（欣赏的）”，但是我们应该看到有however，我们知道如果第一段出现转折，那此转折一定跟主旨有关。同时各个题都与主旨相关，所以这道题应该于主旨相关，后文中的“may cause more harm than good．”让我们知道它的还多余利，所以答案选择A，批判性的。

37． Influential figures in the Congress required that the AAAS report on how to

[A] retain people’s interest in liberal education