考研人數逐年增加,競爭之激烈使得我們不得不加急復習的日程。眾所周知,閱讀理解占據了考研英語二100分試卷的一半分值,而考研英語閱讀文章大多來自英美國家的主流報刊雜志,所以如果能在日常就多多閱讀這些文章,對以后讀懂文章做對題目來說會大有裨益。
學習步驟如下:
1.不看漢語譯文自己看一遍短文做理解
2.看漢語譯文比對自己理解的意思與之出入
3.強化記憶重點單詞(以記憶其漢語意思為主)
Though often viewed as a problem for western states, the growing frequency of wildfires is a national concern because of its impact on federal tax dollars, says Professor Max Moritz, a specialist in fire ecology and management.
In 2015, the US Forest Service for the first time spent more than half of its $5.5 billion annual budget fighting fires—nearly double the percentage it spent on such efforts 20 years ago. In effect , fewer federal funds today are going towards the agency’s other work—such as forest conservation, watershed and cultural resources management, and infrastructure upkeep—that affect the lives of all Americans.
短文翻譯
盡管過去森林火災常常被視為西部各州的問題,但其漸趨頻繁也受到全國關注,因為它影響到了聯邦稅務收入——火災生態學和管理學家,馬克斯.莫里茲教授說道。
2015 年,美國森林管理局首次花費了其年度預算五十五億美元的一半以上用于撲滅火災——比例相較二十年前幾乎翻番。事實上,現在該管理局只將很少的聯邦基金用于其他方面滴工作,諸如森林養護、分水嶺及文化資源管理和基礎設施維護——而這些影響的全美人民的生活。
核心單詞一覽
真題練習
*一定要做題哦
36.More frequent wildfires have become a national concern because in 2015 they _____.
A. exhausted unprecedented management efforts
B. consumed a record-high percentage of budget
C. severely damaged the ecology of western states
D. caused a huge rise of infrastructure expenditure
題目解析
36.【解析】本題目是原因細節題。根據題干的關鍵詞wildfires和national concern,以及時間詞2015,定位到第二段首句。本句提到US花費了大量的budget,與選項B中的budget原詞復現,high是原文more than的同義轉換,consume同義替換原文spent。干擾項A的management是首段末句的人物Max Moritz的職位;
選項C的western states是首段首句的though從句內容,和題干無關,屬于答非所問;
選項D的infrastructure是原文末尾的破折號里such as的內容,這屬于政府花費少的部分,而選項說這部分的花費增加了,與文意相反,故不選。