考博英語題源閱讀 2（簡體書）

縱觀如今考博資料的市場，關于考博的真題的書籍居多，分類講解很少，且良莠不齊。然而真題的數量畢竟有限，難以達到考博學子的練習需求，如果尋找其他學校的真題來做，又缺乏針對性。針對此狀況，一本針對性強、內容充實、解答詳盡的考博真題輔助資料必將受到追捧。為此，我們通過詳細分析全國多所重點高校歷年考博英語文章的來源，找到源頭，即相應的英文報刊，指出具體的時間和出處，考慮到考博真題文章的出現頻次、難易程度以及題材的分布情況，我們將焦點集中在《時代周刊》、《新聞周刊》、《經濟學人》、《科學美國人》四大題源報刊上，并從中選取文章作為閱讀訓練的內容，供考生平時學習之用。內容細而精、趣而博。文章原汁原味，時效性很強，所選文章的來源、題材和體裁都和考博英語真題高度接近，因而熱點性、話題性、實用性兼具，所選文章不乏猜題的可能性。

韓滿玲，中國人民大學外國語學院副教授，中國人民大學外國語學院英語教研室副主任。長期從事考研英語教學輔導工作，總結出了一套快捷有效實用的閱讀方法和答題技巧，使考生在應試中游刃余、穩得高分。

第一部分 從題源文章到考博閱讀真題的改編演示
改編演示一 中國科學院2012年春季博士研究生入學考試英語試題
改編演示二 中國科學院2012年春季博士研究生入學考試英語試題

第二部分 題源文章分類閱讀
經濟類
Passage OneLet the Gamification Begin開始游戲化吧！
Passage TwoIs It Better to Rent or to Buy?租房好還是買房好？
Passage ThreeChina?s Manufacturing Jobs Moved Overseas中國廉價勞動力時代的終結
Passage FourMade for China國外奢侈品公司聚焦中國
Passage FiveThe Real Challenge From China： Its People， Not Its Currency來自中國的真正挑戰是它的人民，不是人民幣
Passage SixChinese Women Go Shopping中國女性逛街去
Passage SevenFive Problems Financial Reform Doesn?t Fix美國金融改革不能解決的五個問題
Passage EightThe Richer Sex女性的錢包越來越鼓了
Passage NineThe Perils of Prosperity繁榮背后的危險
Passage TenChina?s “Wealth Drain”： New Signs That Rich Chinese Are Set on Emigrating中國的“財富流失”：中國富人移居國外的新征兆
科技類
Passage OneHow Apple Will Disrupt the TV Market蘋果將如何攪局電視市場
Passage TwoLearning to Hate Big Tech學會去討厭高科技
Passage ThreeAddicted to Power： Using Technology to Build Better Batteries利用新科技研發更先進的電池
Passage FourHow Apple Revolutionized Our World蘋果如何改變我們的世界
Passage FiveIs There Life After Death?死后還有生命嗎？
Passage SixBlog Creators on a Tool That Changed the Internet博客改變網絡
Passage SevenFirst， China．Next： the Great Firewall of Australia?在中國之后，澳大利亞也建“防火墻”？
Passage EightDo We Need iPad?我們需要iPad嗎？
Passage NineCan Toads Predict Earthquakes?蟾蜍能預報地震嗎？
Passage TenCan Science Explain Heaven?科學可以解釋天堂嗎？
教育類
Passage OneThe Myth of the Four?Year College Degree四年制大學僅為神話？
Passage TwoWhy Parenting Is More Important Than Schools為什么父母養育比學校教育更重要
Passage ThreeWhy Autistic Kids Make Easy Targets for School Bullies為什么自閉癥兒童在學校里總被欺負？
Passage FourWhy It?s Smart to Be Bilingual掌握雙語明智之舉
Passage FiveHow to Raise a Global Kid如何培養一個國際化兒童
Passage SixChina：Just as Desperate for Education Reform as the U?S?中國教育亟待改革
Passage SevenChina Beats Out Finland for Top Marks in Education中國教育在國際評估中奪冠
Passage EightThe Rural Poor Are Shut Out of China?s Top Schools中國鄉村的貧窮孩子被名校拒之門外
Passage NineExtinction in a Bowl of Shark?Fin Soup一碗魚翅羹引發的物種滅絕
Passage TenWhy Shady Deeds Are More Likely to Happen in the Dark為何惡行總發生在暗處？
社會生活類
Passage OneWhy I Want Women to Lean In?我為什么希望女性挺身前進？
Passage TwoBlood Ivory： Hong Kong Fights a Losing Battle Against Smugglers帶血的象牙：香港與走私犯的背水一戰
Passage ThreeHumble People Are More Helpful秉性謙和，更易助人
Passage FourMen Without Women剩男
Passage FiveFor Women， Beauty Isn?t Always an Advantage女人，漂亮不會一直是你的資本
Passage SixThe New Sheriffs of Wall Street華爾街的新長官
Passage SevenWhy Men Love War男人為何熱愛戰爭
Passage EightCan Climate Shift the Biology of Ecosystems?氣候變化能否改變生態系統中的生物？
Passage NineJ?D?Salinger： “Keep Your Hands Off My Legacy”J·D·塞林格：“不許碰我的遺產！”
Passage TenLattin on “Harvard Psychedelic Club，” Timothy Leary，LSDLattin談《哈佛迷幻俱樂部》、Timothy Leary及LSD
健康類
Passage OneWhat Makes a Good Patient?如何成為一個好患者？
Passage TwoWhite Coats， White Lies： How Honest Is Your Doctor?白衣天使或善意謊言：你的醫生有多誠實？
Passage ThreeWhy Are Women More Vulnerable to Broken Hearts?為什么女性更容易心碎？
Passage FourSaving Sight， Testing Faith治病在望，信仰阻擋
Passage FiveHigh on Anxiety談談焦慮
Passage SixHow Saving Your Baby?s Umbilical Cord Can Save Lives采集臍帶血如何能挽救生命
Passage SevenIs Exercise the Best Drug for Depression?運動是治療抑郁最好的藥嗎？
Passage EightThe Male Brain： More Complex Than You Think男性大腦：比你認為的更復雜
Passage NineWhat?s in Household Dust? Don?t Ask家居灰塵，那些不得不說的事兒
Passage TenDid the WHO Exaggerate the H1N1 Flu Pandemic?s Danger?H1N1是否真如世界衛生組織警告的那么危險？

第三部分 考博英語閱讀模擬試題
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第一部分 從題源文章到考博閱讀真題的改編演示
考博英語題源閱讀二
第一部分 從題源文章到考博閱讀真題的改編演示
改編演示一
中國科學院2012年春季博士研究生
入學考試英語試題
Part ⅠReading Comprehension Passage Three
本篇閱讀文章節選自2009年11月12日Time （《時代周刊》）上的一篇文章。真題省略了原文的標題，對原文的舉例、補充闡釋部分做了適當的刪減和修改，刪除或者替換了一部分超綱詞匯和與文章主題關聯不大的細節。
A Mandarin Grade School in Minneapolis?
?刪除文章標題，不影響考生對文章的理解。
?將不常見單詞gregarious替換為其同義詞friendly，降低難度。
題1
According to the passage,Yinghua Academy is.
A.an English language school for immigrants
B.a high rise sticking out in the neighborhood
C.a grade school with students of different races
D.a unique institution with an Asian owner
本題為細節題，考查對第一段最后一句的理解。答案為C。
?此段主要介紹了Yinghua幾年內的規模發展，數據較多，屬于次要信息。刪除此段不影響讀者對Yinghua的認識。
On the outside, Betsy Lueth?s school looks like any other in this arty neighborhood of Minneapolis: a sprawling, boxy red brick building with plain steel doors. Yet inside, the blond, gregarious （替換為friendly）?Minnesotan presides over an institution unique in the heartland: Yinghua Academy, a charter public school where elementary students of every ethnicity study subjects ranging from math to American history in Mandarin.
Yinghua, the first such immersion program in the Midwest, is on the leading edge of a movement that in recent years has seen Chinese?language programs spread rapidly throughout the U?S? In 2000 an estimated 5,000 kids were taking Mandarin in the U?S? This year the number is closer to 60,000. Now in its third year of operation, Yinghua moved this semester into a 45,000?sq.?ft. (4,200 sq m) former elementary school. ?
The idea behind Yinghua, as with many immersion programs, is to introduce kids to the language and culture as early as possible—ideally, before age 12, while they?re still absorbing information like sponges. Kindergartners and
first?graders are taught exclusively in Mandarin, and
題2
In comparison with their counterparts in other schools around, Yinghua?s twelve?year?old Asian children would most probably be.
A.better at Western culture
B.more proficient in English
C.better at acquiring knowledge
D.more bilingually competent
本題是推斷題，考查對第二段最后一句的理解。這里的both指的是英語和漢語這兩種語言。答案為D。
?此部分主要介紹了Yinghua的環境裝飾，刪除此部分不影響對原文的理解。
題3
Most instructors at Yinghua are trying to adapt themselves to the local parents who are.
A.soft with their children
B.unafraid to be critical
C.as stubborn as a mule
D.respectful of nobody
本題是推理題，考查對第三段最后一句話的理解。答案為B。
?刪除不重要的細節，使文章簡潔明了。
題4
According to the research, students from Yinghua will be more creative in thinking because.
A.they are taught there not only in English
B.they are not only learning languages there
C.they were not only born to White parents
D.they were raised not only nearby the school
本題是細節題，考查對改編后文章第四段第三句話的理解。答案為A。
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