What accounts for the great outburst of major inventions in early America -- breakthroughs such as the telegraph, the steamboat and the weaving machine?
Among the many shaping factors, I would single out the country’s excellent elementary schools; a labor force that welcomed the new technology; the practice of giving premiums to inventors; and above all the American genius for nonverbal, “spatial” thinking about things technological. (1996)
1.According to the author, the great outburst of major inventions in early America was in a large part due to ________. [A] elementary schools [B] enthusiastic workers
[C] the attractive premium system [D] a special way of thinking
The researchers studied the behaviour of female brown capuchin monkeys. They look cute. They are good-natured, cooperative creatures, and they share their food tardily. Above all, like their female human counterparts, they tend to pay much closer attention to the value of “goods and services” than males. (2005)
2.Female capuchin monkeys were chosen for the research most probably because they are ________。
[A] more inclined to weigh what they get
[B] attentive to researchers’ instructions
[C] nice in both appearance and temperament
[D] more generous than their male companions
這兩道題共同的特點就是題干中都有一個表示程度的限定詞,第一道題中的限定詞是in large part,第二道題中的限定詞是most。這兩個詞語的出現本身就有一重暗示,選項中應該有不止一個原因,但是這道題目要求回答出其中最重要的。第一道題會原文定位可以發現定位句“I would single out the country’s excellent elementary schools; a labor force that welcomed the new technology; the practice of giving premiums to inventors; and above all the American genius for nonverbal, “spatial” thinking about things technological。”中含有四個并列成分1 excellent elementary schools;2a labor force;3the practice of giving premiums to inventors;4 the American genius for nonverbal, “spatial” thinking about things technological。
類似的2005年的考題中也出現了同樣的情況,題干中出現most。選項中出現了列舉。They look cute. They are good-natured, cooperative creatures, and they share their food tardily. Above all, like their female human counterparts, they tend to pay much closer attention to the value of “goods and services” than males. 這些列舉也分別被設計成了干擾項。但是其中受到強調的是above all 后面的這個因素。like their female human counterparts, they tend to pay much closer attention to the value of “goods and services” than males. 所以此題答案為D