2018年可锐考研英语阅读真题解析

2018年可锐考研英语阅读经典文章内容讲解（三）一．Eli Broad埃利·布罗德Few businessmen have achieved as much as Eli Broad. Not only did he develop two Fortune500 businesses from scratch , he has also been a serial entrepreneur inthe arts. Mr Broad backed Jeff Koons and Cindy Sherman, and founded the Museum ofContemporary Art in Los Angeles . This son of the Bronx now calls the City of Angelshome and has set out to give it a new heart by driving the development of a downtown areawith a strong emphasis on culture. He has also been a significant and controversialphilanthropist, funding scientific research and failing schools.埃利·布罗德的成就在商人中几乎无人可敌。

不仅在于他从零开始创办了两家世界500强的企业，而且他还多次投资艺术类项目。

布罗德先生是杰夫·昆斯和辛迪·舍曼的资助人，还建立了洛杉矶当代艺术博物馆。

出生在布朗克斯的他如今已视洛杉矶为家，并着手开发这座城市的一片闹市区，着重发展文化主题，打造一个新的城市中心。

他曾一度是位举足轻重又饱受争议的慈善家，成功建立科研机构但筹建学校却差强人意。

Mr Broad s straight-to-the-point narrative—165 pages of text with a 12-page appendix ofhis “career highlights”and just the minimum colour necessary to illustrate the importantlessons that life has taught him—is part of what he is trying to convey about himself. Where,say, Jack Welch spews out hundreds of pages in “Jack: Straight From the Gut”andRichard Branson spares no detail as he explains how he has spent his life trying to “ScrewBusiness As Usual”, Mr Broad has delivered a book that is as brief as he likes to keepeverything else in life .布罗德先生的文章开门见山，直击主题。

2018年可锐考研英语优秀阅读文章赏析（五）Businesses and cyber-security商业活动与网络安全A spook speaks.鬼魅之声。

Its cost may be hard to count, but cybercrime hascompanies worried.网络犯罪损失难料，公司企业忧心忡忡。

LIKE blooms on a peculiar plant, speeches by thehead of the British security service are rare; andwhen they do appear, they draw attention. On June 25th Jonathan Evans, the director-general of MI5, burst into oratorical flower for the first time in 21 months. After commentingon preparations for the Olympic Games and on counter-terrorism, Mr Evans turned to cyber-security-where the front line…is as much in business as it is in government. States as wellas criminals were up to no good, he said: in particular, a major London listed company withwhich we have worked had lost revenue of some ￡800m to state-sponsoredcyber-attack. The firm in question had lost intellectual property and had been put at adisadvantage in commercial negotiations.英国安全局的发言就如铁树开花一般罕见，而一旦他们发话了，便立即吸引众人目光。

2018年可锐考研英语优秀阅读文章赏析（七）Physical attractiveness and careers美貌与职场Don t hate me because I m beautiful漂亮有罪吗?Attractive women should not include a photo with a job application长得漂亮的女性不应该在投递简历时附上照片AT WORK, as in life, attractive women get a lot of the breaks.就跟在日常生活中一样，在工作中，漂亮的女性总会得到很多眷顾。

Studies have shown that they are more likely to be promoted than their plain-Janecolleagues.有研究表明，比起长相平平的同事，这些美女晋升的机会更大。

Because people tend to project positive traits onto them, such as sensitivity and poise,they may also be at an advantage in job interviews.由于人们倾向于把她们跟一些积极向上的性格特征对号入座，比如说反应敏捷和处变不惊。

美女也可能在求职面试中占有优势。

The only downside to hotness is having to fend off ghastly male colleagues; or so manypeople think.唯一不利的是，她们得避开那些心术不正的异性骚扰;很多人大概都会有这种想法。

But research by two Israelis suggests otherwise.然而，两名以色列人的研究却显示了迥然不同的结果。

Bradley Ruffle at Ben-Gurion University and Ze ev Shtudiner at Ariel University Centre lookedat what happens when job hunters include photos with their curricula vitae, as is the norm inmuch of Europe and Asia.在很多欧洲和亚洲国家，求职者都会在简历中附上照片。

2018年可锐考研英语优秀阅读文章赏析（十）Top of his game游戏业的顶尖玩家Bobby Kotick of Activision Blizzard has helped thevideo-game industry grow up;动视暴雪的鲍比·科迪克带动了电子游戏的茁壮成长;Like many teenagers, Bobby Kotick was drawn tovideo games when they first appeared in the 1970s.He had an Atari, with its chunky plug-in cartridgesand blocky graphics, and he liked to play“Defender”at the arcade. The young Mr Kotick alsohad an entrepreneurial streak: he sold bagels and soft drinks to people waiting in line forpetrol during the 1979 energy crisis. How appropriate, then, that he has ended up as theboss of Activision Blizzard, the world’s largest publisher of video games.当电子游戏在上个世纪70年代问世的时候，鲍比·科迪克和许多年轻人一样深深地被它所吸引。

他有一款雅达利游戏机，里面有小型的子弹盒插件还有些块状图形，他喜欢在拱廊里面做“防守方”。

年轻的科迪克也拥有企业家的素质：在1979年能源危机的时候，他向排队等着加油的人们出售面包圈和软饮料。

到头来，他成了世界最大的电子游戏发行商——动视暴雪的老板，也算是十分合理的。

2018年可锐考研英语阅读经典文章内容讲解（二）一．Business-process outsourcing业务流程外包At the front of the back office走在后台服务的前沿How the Philippines beat India in call centres菲律宾的呼叫中心是怎样打败印度的IT S midnight in Manila, and the capital is justwaking up to the start of another working day. Atthe Worldwide Corporate Centre office block,thousands of young Filipinos are crowding into endless open-plan offices. Once seated, theyquickly start answering the questions and calming the frustrations of vexed Americanconsumers beginning their own day on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.在马尼拉的午夜12点，这座首都城市正慢慢步入第二天工作日。

此时世界管理中心的办公大楼里，数千名菲律宾年轻人涌入无数的开放式办公室。

一坐下，他们就迅速开始工作，对太平洋彼岸正开始新的一天的愤怒的美国消费者提出的咨询做出回答，并安抚他们的情绪。

These Filipinos are call-centre workers. To outsiders it is hardly a glamorous profession, yetdespite the antisocial hours these men and women have every reason to be as well-motivated and cheerful as they seem. They are well paid and know that they work at theheart of their country s most dynamic industry.这些菲律宾人都是呼叫中心的员工。

2018年可锐考研第一轮复习之英语阅读（一）Until about five years ago, the very idea that peptide hormonesmight be made anywhere in the brain besides the hypothalamus was astounding.Peptide hormones, scientists thought, were made by endocrine glands and thehypothalamus was thought to be the brains’only endocrinegland. What is more, because peptide hormones cannot cross the blood-brainbarrier, researchers believed that they never got to any part of the brainother than the hypothalamus, where they were simply produced and then releasedinto the bloodstream. But these beliefs about peptide hormones were questioned aslaboratory after laboratory found that antiserums to peptide hormones, wheninjected into the brain, bind in places other than the hypothalamus, indicatingthat either the hormones or substances that cross-react with the antiserums arepresent. The immunological method of detecting peptide hormones by means ofantiserums, however, is imprecise. Cross-reactions are possible and this methodcannot determine whether the substances detected by the antiserums really arethe hormones, or merely close relatives. Furthermore, this method cannot beused to determine the location in the body where the detected substances areactually produced. New techniques of molecular biology, however, provide a way toanswer these questions. It is possible to make specific complementary DNA’s that canserve as molecular probes seek out the messenger RNA’s of thepeptide hormones. If brain cells are making the hormones, the cells will containthese mRNA’s. If the products the brain cells make resemble the hormones butare not identical to them, then the c DNA’s should still bindto these mRNA’s, but should not bind as tightly as they would to m RNA’s for thetrue hormones. The cells containing these mRNA’s can then beisolated and their mRNA’s decoded to determine just what their protein products are and howclosely the products resemble the true peptide hormones. The molecular approach to detecting peptide hormones using cDNAprobes should also be much faster than the immunological method because it cantake years of tedious purifications to isolate peptide hormones and thendevelop antiserums to them. Roberts, expressing the sentiment of manyresearchers, states: “I was trained as an endocrinologist. But it became clear to me thatthe field of endocrinology needed molecular biology input. The process ofgrinding out protein purifications is just too slow.”If, as the initial tests with cDNA probes suggest, peptide hormonesreally are made in brain in areas other than the hypothalamus, a theory must bedeveloped that explains their function in the brain. Some have suggested thatthe hormones are all growth regulators, but Rosen’s work on rat brainsindicates that this cannot be true. A number of other researchers propose thatthey might be used for intercellular communication in the brain.1.Which of the following titles best summarizes the text?[A] Is Molecular Biology the Key to Understanding Intercellular Communicationin the Brain?[B] Molecular Biology: Can Researchers Exploit Its Techniques to SynthesizePeptide Hormones?[C] The Advantages and Disadvantages of the Immunological Approach to DetectingPeptide Hormones. [D] Peptide Hormones: How Scientists Are Attempting to Solve Problems of TheirDetection and to Understand Their Function?2.The text suggests that a substance detected in the brain by use of antiserumsto peptide hormones may [A] have been stored in the brain for a long period of time. [B]play no role in the functioning of the brain. [C] have been produced in some part of the body other than the brain. [D] have escaped detection by molecular methods.3.According to the text, confirmation of the belief that peptide hormones arecreated in the brain in areas other than the hypothalamus would forcescientists to [A] reject the theory that peptide hormones are made by endocrine glands. [B] revise their beliefs about the ability of antiserums to detect peptidehormones. [C] invent techniques that would allow them to locate accurately brain cellsthat produce peptide hormones. [D] develop a theory that account for the role played by peptide hormones inthe brain.4.Which of the following is mentioned in the text as a drawback of theimmunological method of detecting peptide hormones? [A] It cannot be used to detect the presence of growth regulators in the brain. [B] It cannot distinguish between the peptide hormones and substances that arevery similar to them. [C] It uses antiserums that are unable to cross the blood-brain barrier. [D] It involves a purification process that requires extensive training inendocrinology.5.The idea that the field of endocrinology can gain from developments inmolecular biology is regarded by Roberts with [A] incredulity. [B] derision. [C] indifference.[D] enthusiasm.[答案与考点解析]1.【答案】D 【考点解析】这是一道中心主旨题。

2018年可锐考研英语阅读精选及讲解（五）In the following article, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 1-5, choose the most suitable one from the list A—G to fit into each of the numbered blank. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps. The attitude that intolerance is an evil is especially strong in Britain, where tolerance has been elevated into the Great National Virtue. 1) Listen to any public debate or radio phone-in about immigration and you will hear people reiterating this view. Only the British, they say, would have allowed so many black and brown people into their country, would have treated them so well, given them jobs, put them on the National Health Service, and so on. 2) Their conclusion, of course, gives the game away, for the tolerance they are talking about does not in fact exist but is invented as a justification for present intolerance. 3) Tolerance, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is the disposition to be patient with or indulgent to the opinions and practices of others and freedom from bigotry or undue severity in judging the conduct of others . Can we honestly claim to be more lavishly bestowed with these attributes than people of other nations? I do not think so. 4) But this does not mean they are particularly indulgent to other people s behaviour. Do anything out of the ordinary —give a party, for example —and your neighbours will soon begin to bare their teeth. Try starting a business or opening a restaurant in a predominantly residential area, and all hell breaks loose. The British tend to be very critical of continental drivers, whom they accuse of uncontrolled aggressiveness. But while British drivers may be rather more reliable about sticking to the rules of the road, they are dangerously intolerant of other drivers who, in their view, are doing things they shouldn t be doing. 5) In fact, I am much more frightened of British drivers than I am of French or Italian ones, for you can at least be reasonably confident with the latter that, unlike the British, they are not prepared to die —and take you with them —in order to prove a point. [A]I myself may sometimes be incompetent or a bit too pushy as a driver but I have often been a victim of verbal abuse and terrifying revenge manoeurres quite out of proportion to any offence that I may have committed. [B]We believe ourselves to be unique among nations in our generosity of spirit and our readiness to put up with all kinds of people. [C]What is called tolerance may often be just unassertiveness or timidity, for it is true that most English people do not relish public rows or confrontations and will go to some lengths to avoid them. [D]I will exclude from my reproof the animal sentimentalists and those who consistently reject cruelty in any form. [E]It is a thoroughly hypocritical posture which makes one wonder whether British claims to being especially tolerant have any validity at all. [F]British attitudes to bad habits like smoking and drinking also tend to be intolerant and are getting more so. [G]And this, they conclude, is why no more of them should be allowed in.答案及详解1.B。

2018年可锐考研英语阅读精选及讲解（二）A white kid sells a bag of cocaine at his suburban high school. A Latino kid does the same in his inner-city neighborhood. Both get caught. Both are first-time offenders. The white kid walks into juvenile court with his parents，his priest，a good lawyer-and medical coverage. The Latino kid walks into court with his mom，no legal resources and no insurance. The judge lets the white kid go with his family; he s placed in a private treatment program. The minority kid has no such option. He s detained. There，in a nutshell，is what happens more and more often in the juvenile-court system. Minority youths arrested on violent felony charges in California are more than twice as likely as their white counterparts to be transferred out of the juvenile-justice system and tried as adults，according to a study released last week by the Justice Policy Institute，a research center in San Francisco. Once they are in adult courts，young black offenders are 18 times more likely to be jailed-and Hispanics seven times more likely-than are young white offenders. “Discrimination against kids of color accumulates at every stage of the justice system and skyrockets when juveniles are，tried as adults，”says Dan Macallair，a co-author of the new study. “California has a double standard：throw kids of color behind bars，but .rehabilitate white kids who commit comparable crimes.”Even as juvenile crime has declined from its peak in the early 1990s，headline grabbing violence by minors has intensified a get-tough attitude. Over the past six years，43 states have passed laws that make it easier to try juveniles as adults. In Texas and Connecticut in 1996，the latest year for which figures are available，all the juveniles in jails were minorities. Vincent Schiraldi，the Justice Policy Institute s director，concedes that “some kids need to be tried as adults. But most can be rehabilitated.”Instead，adult prisons tend to brutalize juveniles. They are eight times more likely to commit suicide and five times more likely to be sexually abused than offenders held in juvenile detention. “Once they get out，they tend to commit more crimes and more violent crimes，”says Jenni Gainsborough，a spokeswoman for the Sentencing Project，a reform group in Washington. The system，in essence，is training career criminals. And it s doing its worst work among minorities. 注本文选自By Anamaria Wilson Time; 02/14/2000，Vol. 155 Issue 6，p68，1/3p注本文习题命题模仿对象1997年真题text 51.From the first paragraph we learn that _________. [A]the white kid is more lucky than the minority kid [B]the white kid has got a lot of help than the minority kid [C]the white kid and minority kid has been treated differently [D]the minority kid should be set free at once.2.According to the passage，which of the following is TRUE? [A]Kids shouldn‘t be tried as adults. [B] Discrimination exists in the justice system. [C]Minority kids are likely to commit crimes. [D] States shouldn‘t pass the laws.3.The word “skyrocket”means ________. [A]rising sharply [B]widening suddenly [C]spreading widely [D]expanding quickly4.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ________. [A] something seems to be wrong with the justice system [B]adult prisons have bad influence on the juveniles [C] juveniles in adult prison are ill-treated [D]the career criminals are trained by the system5.The passage shows that the author is _________ the present situation. [A] amazed at[B]puzzled by [C]disappointed at [D] critical of答案：CBAAD篇章剖析本文的结构形式为提出问题——分析问题。

2018年可锐考研英语阅读模拟试题及名师解析第一篇：2018年可锐考研英语阅读模拟试题及名师解析2018年可锐考研英语阅读模拟试题及名师解析（七）Do you rememberall those years when scientists argued that smoking would kill us but thedoubters insisted that we didn’t know for sure? That the evidence was inconclusive, the scienceuncertain? That the antismoking lobby was out to destroy our way of life andthe government should stay out of the way? Lots of Americans bought thatnonsense, and over three decades, some 10 million smokers went to early graves。

There are upsetting parallels today, as scientists in one waveafter another try to awaken us to the growing threat of global warming.Thelatest was a panel from the National Academy of Sciences, enlisted by the WhiteHouse, to tell us that the Earth’s atmosphere is definitely warming and that the problem is largelyman-made.The clear message is that we should get moving to protest ourselves.The president of the National Academy, Bruce Alberts, added this key point inthe preface to the panel’s report: “Science never has all the answers。

2018年可锐考研英语优秀阅读文章赏析（九）Recruitment人才招聘Work and play工作兼娱乐The gamification of hiring.招聘游戏化。

THE rules of Happy Hour are deceptively simple. You are a bartender. Your challenge is totell what sort of drink each of a swelling mob of customers wants by the expressions on theirfaces. Then you must make and serve each drink and wash each used glass, all within a shortperiod of time. Play this video game well and you might win a tantalising prize: a job in thereal world.游戏Happy Hour的规则看起来十分简单。

你是一位酒保，你的挑战是察言观色，一群趾高气扬的黑帮客户进入酒吧，你需要根据他们的面部表情判断每个人要喝何种酒，然后斟酒擦酒杯。

所有这一切都需要在短时间内完成，如果玩这个游戏表现出色的话，你诱人的奖励是在真实世界获得工作。

Happy Hour, which will be unveiled to the public on May 28th, is one of several video gamesdeveloped by Knack, a start-up founded by Guy Halfteck, an Israeli entrepreneur. Thegames include a version of Happy Hour in which sushi replaces booze, Words of Wisdom and Balloon Brigade .They are designed to test cognitive skills that employers might want, drawing on some ofthe latest scientific research. These range from pattern recognition to emotionalintelligence, risk appetite and adaptability to changing situations.由一位以色列企业家Guy halfteck新创始的公司Knack开发的众多视频游戏中的一款Happy Hour预计在5月28日发布。

2018年可锐考研第一轮复习之英语阅读（六）The intensive work of materials scientists and solid-statephysicists has given rise to a class of solids known as amorphous metallicalloys or glassy metals. There is a growing interest among theoretical andapplied researchers alike in the structural properties of these materials. When a molten metal or metallic alloy is cooled to a solid, acrystalline structure is formed that depends on the particular alloycomposition. In contrast, molten nonmetallic glass-forming materials whencooled do not assume a crystalline structure, but instead retain a structuresomewhat like that of the liquid —an amorphous structure. At room temperature the natural long-termtendency for both types of materials is to assume the crystalline structure.The difference between the two is in the kinetics or rate of formation of thecrystalline structure which is controlled by factors such as the nature of thechemical bonding and the ease with which atoms move relative to each other.Thus, in metals, the kinetics favors rapid formation of a crystallinesstructure whereas in nonmetallic glasses the rate of formation is so slow thatalmost any cooling rate is sufficient to result in an amorphous structure. Forglassy metals to be formed, the molten metal must be cooled extremely rapidlyso that crystallization is suppressed. The structure of glassy metals is thought to be similar to that ofliquid metals. One of the first attempts to model the structure of a liquid wasthat by the late J. D. Bernal of the University of London, who packed hardspheres into a rubber vessel in such a way as to obtain the maximum possibledensity. The resulting dense, random-packed structure was the basis for manyattempts to model the structure of glassy metals. Calculations of the density of alloys based on Bernal-type models ofthe alloys metal component agree fairly well with the experimentally determinedvalues from measurements on alloys consisting of a noble metal together with ametalloid such as alloys of palladium and silicon or alloys consisting of ironphosphors, and carbon, although small discrepancies remained. One differencebetween real alloys and the hard spheres area in Bernal models is that thecomponents of an alloy have different size, so that models based on two sizesof spheres are more appropriate for a binary alloy for example. The smallermetalloid atoms of the alloys might fit into holes in the dense random-packedstructure of the larger metal atoms. One of the most promising properties of glassy metals is their highstrength combined with high malleability. In usual materials, one finds aninverse relation between the two properties, whereas for many practicalapplications simultaneous presence of both properties is desirable. Oneresidual obstacle to practical applications that is likely to be overcome isthe fact that glassy metals will crystallize at relatively low temperatureswhen heated slightly.1.The author is primarily concerned with discussing [A] crystalline solids and their behavior at different temperatures. [B] molten materials and the kinetics of the formation of theircrystalline structure. [C] glassy metals and their structural characteristics. [D] metallic alloys and problems in determining their density.2.The author’s attitude toward the prospects for the economic utilization ofglassy metals is one of [A] disinterest. [B] impatience. [C] optimism. [D] apprehension.3.According to the text, which of the following determines thecrystalline structure of a metallic alloy? [A] At what rate the molten alloy is cooled. [B] How rapid the rate of formation of the crystalline phase is. [C] How the different-sized atoms fit into a dense random-packedstructure. [D] What the alloy consists of and in what ratios.4.Which of the following best describes the relationship between thestructure of liquid metals and the structure of glassy metals, as it ispresented in the text? [A] The latter is an illustrative example of the former. [B] The latter is a large-scale version of the former.[C] The former is a structural elaboration of the latter. [D] The former is a fair approximation of the latter.5.It can be inferred from the text that, theoretically, moltennonmetallic glasses assume a crystalline structure rather than an amorphousstructure only if they are cooled [A] very evenly, regardless of the rate. [B] rapidly, followed by gentle heating. [C] very slowly. [D] to room temperature.[答案与考点解析]1.【答案】C 【考点解析】本题是一道中心主旨题。

2018年可锐考研英语阅读真题解析（一）一、从鸡蛋中培养流感疫菌Modern technology has put men on the moon and deciphered the human genome. But when it comes to brewing up flu to make vaccines, science still turns to the incredible edible egg. Ever since the 1940s, vaccine makers have grown large batches of virus inside chicken eggs. But given that some 36,000 Americans die of flu each year, it’s remarkable that our first line of defense is still what Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson calls “the cumbersome and archaic egg-based production.”New cell-based technologies are in the pipeline, however, and may finally get the support they need now that the United States is faced with a critical shortage of flu vaccine. Although experts disagree on whether new ways of producing vaccine could have prevented a shortage like the one happening today, there is no doubt that the existing system has serious flaws.Each year, vaccine manufacturers place advance orders for millions of specially grown chicken eggs. Meanwhile, public-health officials monitor circulating strains of flu, and each March they recommend three strains—two influenza A strains and one B strain—for manufacturers to include in vaccines. In the late spring and summer, automated machines inject virus into eggs and later suck out the influenza-rich goop. Virus from the eggs’innards gets killed and processed to remove egg proteins and other contaminants before being packaged into vials for fall shipment.Why has this egg method persisted for six decades? The main reason is that it’s reliable. But even though the eggs are reliable, they have serious drawbacks. One is the long lead time needed to order the eggs. That means it’s hard to make more vaccine in a hurry, in case of a shortage or unexpected outbreak. And eggs may simply be too cumbersome to keep up with the hundreds of millions of doses required to handle the demand for flu vaccine.What’s more, some flu strains don’t grow well in eggs. Last year, scientists were unable to include the Fujian strain in the vaccine formulation. It was a relatively new strain, and manufacturers simply couldn’t find a quick way to adapt it so that it grew well in eggs. “We knew the strain was out there,”recalls Theodore Eickhoff of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, “but public-health officials were left without a vaccine—and, consequently, a more severe flu season.”Worse, the viruses that pose the greatest threat might be hardest to grow in eggs. That’s because global pandemics like the one that killed over 50 million people between 1918 and 1920 are thought to occur when a bird influenza changes in a way that lets it cross the species barrier and infect humans. Since humans haven’t encountered the new virus before, they have little protective immunity. The deadly bird flu circulating in Asia in 1997 and 1998, for example,worried public-health officials because it spread to some people who handled birds and killed them—although the bug never circulated among humans. But when scientists tried to make vaccine the old-fashioned way, the bird flu quickly killed the eggs.1.The moon-landing is mentioned in the first paragraph to illustrate_____.[A] technology cannot solve all of our human problems[B] progress in vaccine research for influenza has lagged behind[C] great achievements have been made by men in exploring the unknown[D] the development of vaccine production methods can not be stopped2.What step is essential to the traditional production of flu vaccine?[A] Manufacturers implant the vaccine into ordered chicken eggs.[B] Scientists identify the exact strain soon after a flu pandemic starts.[C] Public health measures are taken as an important pandemic-fighting tool.[D] Viruses are deadened and made clean before being put into vaccine use.3.The foremost reason why the egg-based method is defective lies in_____.[A] the complex process of vaccine production [B] its potential threat to human being[C] the low survival rate for new flu vaccines [D] its contribution to the flu vaccine shortage4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?[A] Flu vaccines now mainly use egg-based technology.[B] A bird influenza has once circulated among humans.[C] Safety can be greatly improved with cell-culture vaccines.[D] Modern vaccine production methods are to replace egg-based methods.5.In the author’s view, the new vaccine production method seems to be_____.[A] remarkable [B] criticized [C] efficient [D] accepted答案：1.B 2.D 3.C 4.A 5.D核心词汇与超纲词汇decipher破译，辨认genome基因组，染色体组brew酿制，沏，煮;~ up酝酿;即将来临cumbersome大而笨重的;繁琐的，复杂的archaic过时的，陈旧的;古代的，早期的in the pipeline在准备中; 在完成中; 在进行中; 运输中; 即将送递circulate循环;传播，流传;传递，传阅strain系，品系，品种innards内脏，内部结构pandemic广泛流传的，普遍的，流行的;传染病的;全国[全世界]性的流行病lead time 前置时间，指完成一个程序或作业所需要的一段时间。

2018年可锐考研英语阅读精选及讲解（三）In the following article, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 1-5, choose the most suitable one from the list A—G to fit into each of the numbered blank. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps. From the seventeenth-century empire of Sweden, the story of a galleon that sank at the start of her maiden voyage in 1628 must be one of the strangest tales of the sea. For nearly three and a half centuries she lay at the bottom of Stockholm harbour until her discovery in 1956. 1) 2) Triple gun-decks mounted sixty-four bronze cannon. She was intended to play a leading role in the growing might of Sweden. As she was prepared for her maiden voyage on August 10,1628, Stockholm was in a ferment. From the Skeppsbron and surrounding islands the people watched this thing of beauty begin to spread her sails and catch the wind. They had laboured for three years to produce this floating work of art; she was more richly carved and ornamented than any previous ship. The high stern castle was a riot of carved gods, demons, knights, kings, warriors, mermaids, cherubs; and zoomorphic animal shapes ablaze with red and gold and blue, symbols of courage, power, and cruelty, were portrayed to stir the imaginations of the superstitious sailors of the day. 3)4) As the wind freshened there came a sudden squall and the ship made a strange movement, listing to port. The Ordnance Officer ordered all the port cannon to be heaved to starboard to counteract the list, but the steepening angle of the decks increased. Then the sound of rumbling thunder reached the watchers on the shore, as cargo,ballast, ammunition and 400 people went sliding and crashing down to the port side of the steeply listing ship. 5)In that first glorious hour, the mighty Vasa, which was intended to rule the Baltic, sank with all flags flying - in the harbour of her birth. [A]All gun-ports were open and the muzzles peeped wickedly from them.[B]Vasa sailed majesticly out of the bay. [C]This was the Vasa, royal flagship of the great imperial fleet. [D]King Gustavus Adolphus, The Northern Hurricane , then at the height of his military success in the Thirty Years War, had dictated her measurements and armament.[E]The lower gun ports were now below water and the inrush sealed the ship s fate. [F] As soon as her discovery, the world became shocken. [G]Then the cannons of the anchored warships thundered a salute to which the Vasa fired in reply. As she emerged from her drifting cloud of gun smoke with the water churned to foam beneath her bow, her flags flying, pennants waving, sails filling in the breeze, and the red and gold of her superstructure ablaze with colour, she presented a more majestic spectacle than Stockholmers had ever seen before. 答案及详解1.C.文章开篇介绍一艘瑞典皇家大船1628年在处女航中沉船，直到1956年才被人们发现。

2018年可锐考研英语阅读经典文章内容讲解（九）Trademark bullying商标欺诈Shut your kale-hole闭上你的臭嘴What s in a name, anyway?无论如何，商标中能有什么呢?CHICK-FIL-A sells an average of nine sandwiches per second at its roughly 1,600 restaurants.托莱多的约1600家餐厅每秒平均卖出9个三明治。

Bo Muller-Moore paints T-shirts in the garage next to his house in Montpelier, Vermont.家在蒙彼利埃的Bo Muller-Moore在其车库里染印T恤衫。

In 2011 Chick-fil-A s sales were more than $4 billion; Mr Muller-Moore estimatesthat his were $40,000.托莱多2001年的销售额超过40亿美元;而Muller-Moore估计其销售额仅有40000美元。

Nonetheless, the slogan screened on his shirts- Eat More Kale , initially made in 2001 as afavour for a local farmer, whose kale crop had a bumper year-caught the humourless eyes ofChick-fil-A s lawyers.尽管如此，Muller-Moore染印在T恤衫上的短语Eat More Kale 还是为托莱多无趣的律师们所关注。

They had sent him a cease-and-desist letter in 2006, claiming his slogan was too close totheir client s Eat Mor Chikin .他们向Muller-Moore发出了勒令停止通知函，声称Muller-Moore的宣传语同托莱多的宣传语Eat MorChikin 意思太相近。

2018年可锐考研英语阅读经典文章内容讲解（五）一．Combating addiction打击吸毒Can a vaccine stop drug abuse?是否有种疫苗能对付毒品滥用?It may be possible to vaccinate people against addictive drugs向吸毒者接种疫苗防止毒瘾将成为可能THE idea of vaccinating drug addicts against their affliction is an intriguing one.如何消除吸毒者的毒瘾折磨，是个有挑战性的命题。

In principle, it should not be too hard.从理论上来讲，这并不难。

The immune system works, in part, by making antibodies that are specific to particularsorts of hostile molecule.只要让免疫系统，产生某种针对这种恶性分子的抗体便可。

Such antibodies recognise and attach themselves to these molecules, rendering themharmless.这种抗体能识别并紧紧附在毒品分子上，尽可能消灭它们。

Vaccines work by presenting the immune system with novel targets, so that it can learn toreact to them if it comes across them again.疫苗让免疫系统有了明确的对付目标，系统便能在下次遇到该种病毒时有所反应，将其及时消灭The problem is that the molecules antibodies recognise and react to are the big ones, suchas proteins, that are characteristic of bacteria, viruses and other infectious agents.问题是，抗体能够识别出较大的分子，比如以蛋白质形式表现出来的，像细菌，病毒，或者别的感染物质。

2018年可锐考研英语阅读分析详解（八）Historians have only recently begun to note the increase in demand for luxury goods and services that took place in eighteenth-century England. McKendrick has explored the Wedgwood firm’s remarkable success in marketing luxury pottery; Plumb has written about the proliferation of provincial theater, musical festivals, and children’s toys and books. While the fact of this consumer revolution is hardly in doubt, three key questions remain: Who were the consumers? What were their motives? And what were the effects of the new demand for luxuries?An answer to the first of these has been difficult to obtain. Although it has been possible to infer from the goods and services actually produced what manufacturers and servicing trades thought their customers wanted, only a study of relevant personal documents written by actual consumers will provide a precise picture of who wanted what. We still need to know how large this consumer market was and how far down the social scale the consumer demand for luxury goods penetrated. With regard to this last question, we might note in passing that Thompson, while rightly restoring laboring people to the stage of eighteenth-century English history, has probably exaggerated the opposition of these people to the inroads of capitalist consumerism in general; for example, laboring people in eighteenth-century England readily shifted from home-brewed beer to standardized beer produced by huge, heavily capitalized urban breweries.To answer the question of why consumers became so eager to buy, some historians have pointed to the ability of manufacturers to advertise in a relatively uncensored press. This, however, hardly seems a sufficient answer. Mckendrick favors a Veblem model of conspicuous consumption stimulated by competition for status. The “middling sort”bought goods and services because they wanted to follow fashions set by the rich. Again, we may wonder whether this explanation is sufficient. Do not people enjoy buying things as a form of self-gratification? If so, consumerism could be seen as a product of the rise of new concepts of individualism and materialism, but not necessarily of the frenzy for conspicuous competition.Finally, what were the consequences of this consumer demand for luxuries? McKendrickclaims that it goes a long way toward explaining the coming of the Industrial Revolution. But does it? What, for example, does the production of high-quality pottery and toys have to do with the development of iron manufacture or textile mills? It is perfectly possible to have the psychology and reality of a consumer society without a heavy industrial sector.That future exploration of these key questions is undoubtedly necessary should not, however, diminish the force of the conclusion of recent studies: the insatiable demand in eighteenth-century England for frivolous as well as useful goods and services foreshadows our own world.1. In the first paragraph, the author mentions McKendrick and Plumb most probably in order to[A] contrast their views on the subject of luxury consumerism in eighteenth-century England.[B] indicate the inadequacy of historiographical approaches to eighteenth-century English history.[C] give examples of historians who have helped to establish the fact of growing consumerism in eighteenth-century England.[D] support the contention that key questions about eighteenth-century consumerism remain to be answered.2. Which of the following items, if preserved from eighteenth-century England, would provide an example of the kind of documents mentioned in lines 3-4, paragraph 2?[A] A written agreement between a supplier of raw materials and a supplier of luxury goods.[B] A diary that mentions luxury goods and services purchased by its author.[C] A theater ticket stamped with the date and name of a particular play.[D] A payroll record from a company that produced luxury goods such as pottery.3. According to the text, Thompson attributes to laboring people in eighteenth-century England which of the following attitudes toward capitalist consumerism?[A] Enthusiasm.[B] Curiosity.[C] Ambivalence.[D] Hostility.4. In the third paragraph, the author is primarily concerned with[A] contrasting two theses and offering a compromise.[B] questioning two explanations and proposing a possible alternative to them.[C] paraphrasing the work of two historians and questioning their assumptions.[D] examining two theories and endorsing one over the other.5. According to the text, eighteenth-century England and the contemporary world of the text readers are[A] dissimilar in the extent to which luxury consumerism could be said to be widespread among the social classes.[B] dissimilar in their definitions of luxury goods and services.[C] dissimilar in the extent to which luxury goods could be said to be stimulant of industrial development.[D] similar in their strong demand for a variety of goods and services.[答案与考点解析]1. 【答案】C【考点解析】本题是一道例(举)证题型。

2018年可锐考研英语阅读精选及讲解（四）If you smoke and you still don‘t believe that there’s a definite link between smoking and bronchial troubles，heart disease and lung cancer，then you are certainly deceiving yourself. No one will accuse you of hypocrisy. Let us just say that you are suffering from a bad case of wishful thinking. This needn‘t make you too uncomfortable because you are in good company. Whenever the subject of smoking and health is raised，the governments of most countries hear no evil，see no evil and smell no evil. Admittedly，a few governments have taken timid measures. In Britain for instance，cigarette advertising has been banned on television. The conscience of the nation is appeased，while the population continues to puff its way to smoky，cancerous death. You don‘t have to look very far to find out why the official reactions to medical findings have been so lukewarm. The answer is simply money. Tobacco is a wonderful commodity to tax. It’s almost like a tax on our daily bread. In tax revenue alone，the government of Britain collects enough from smokers to pay for its entire educational facilities. So while the authorities point out ever so discreetly that smoking may，conceivable，be harmful，it doesn‘t do to shout too loudly about it. This is surely the most short-sighted policy you could imagine. While money is eagerly collected in vast sums with one hand，it is paid out in increasingly vaster sums with the other. Enormous amounts are spent on cancer research and on efforts to cure people suffering from the disease. Countless valuable lives are lost. In the long run，there is no doubt that everybody would be much better-off if smoking were banned altogether. Of course，we are not ready for such a drastic action. But if the governments of the world were honestly concerned about the welfare of their peoples，you‘d think they’d conduct aggressive anti-smoking campaigns. Far from it! The tobacco industry is allowed to spend staggering sums on advertising. Its advertising is as insidious as it is dishonest. We are never shown pictures of real smokers coughing up their lungs early in the morning. That would never do. The advertisement always depict virile，clean-shaven young men. They suggest it is manly to smoke，even positively healthy! Smoking is associated with the great open-air life，with beautiful girls，true love and togetherness. What utter nonsense! For a start，governments could begin by banning all cigarette and tobacco advertising and should then conduct anti-smoking advertising campaigns of their own. Smoking should be banned in all public places like theatres，cinemas and restaurants. Great efforts should be made to inform young people especially of the dire consequences of taking up the habit. A horrific warning –say，a picture of a death‘s head –should be included in every packet of cigarettes that is sold. As individuals，we are certainly weak，but if governments acted honestly and courageously，they could protect us from ourselves.1.Why do a few governments take timid measures toward smoking? [A] because they are afraid of people. [B] Because diseases cost a lot. [C] Because they are afraid of the cutting down of their revenue. [D] Because they are afraid of manufacturers.2.The tone of this passage is [A] critical. [B] ironical. [C] distaste.[D] amusing.3.What does the sentence “because you are in good company”mean? [A] you are backed by the government. [B] You are not alone. [C] You have good colleagues.[D] Governments are blind to evils of smoking too.4.What is the best title of this passage? [A] World Governments should conduct seriouscampaigns against smoking. [B] World governments take timid measures against smoking.[C] smoking is the most important source of income to many countries. [D] tobacco industry spends a large sum of money on medical research. Vocabulary 1.a wishful thinking 根据愿望的想法，不顾事实的想法 2.puff 喷 3.puff its way to 一路吞云吐雾走向 4.lukewarm 冷淡/漠然 5.insidious 阴险的，狡猾的6.virile 年富力强的写作方法与文章大意这是一篇“要求政府禁烟”的论说文，采用因果对比手法。