考研英语一试题及答案解析（完整版）(4).doc

考研英语一试题及答案解析（完整版）(4) 　　Text 3 　　The US$3-million Fundamental physics prize is indeed an interesting experiment, as Alexander Polyakov said when he aepted this year’s award in March. And it is far from the only one of its type. As a News Feature article in Nature discusses, a string of lucrative awards for researchers have joined the Nobel Prizes in recent years. Many, like the Fundamental Physics Prize, are funded from the telephone-number-sized bank aounts of Inter entrepreneurs. These benefactors have sueeded in their chosen fields, they say, and they want to use their wealth to draw attention to those who have sueeded in science. 　　What’s not to like? Quite a lot, aording to a handful of scientists quoted in the News Feature. You cannot buy class, as the old saying goes, and these upstart entrepreneurs cannot buy their prizes the prestige of the Nobels, The new awards are an exercise in self-promotion for those behind them, say scientists. They could distort the achievement-based system of peer-review-led research. They could cement the status quo of peer-reviewed research. They do not fund peer-reviewed research. They perpetuate the myth of the lone genius. 　　The goals of the prize-givers seem as scattered as the criticism.Some want to shock, others to draw people into science, or to better reward those who have made their careers in research. 　　As Nature has pointed out before, there are some legitimate concerns about how science prizes—both new and old—are distributed. The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, launched this year, takes an unrepresentative view of what the life sciences include.But the Nobel Foundation’s limit of three recipients per prize, each of whom must still be living, has long been outgrown by the collaborative nature of modern research—as will be demonstrated by the inevitable row over who is ignored when it es to acknowledging the discovery of the Higgs boson. The Nobels were, of course,themselves set up by a very rich individual who had decided what he wanted to do with his own money. Time, rather than intention, has given them legitimacy. 　　As much as some scientists may plain about the new awards, two things seem clear. First, most researchers would aept such a prize if they were offered one. Second, it is surely a good thing that the money and attention e to science rather than go elsewhere, It is fair to criticize and question the mechanism—that is the culture of research, after all—but it is the prize-givers’ money to do with as they please. It is wise to take such gifts with gratitude and grace. 　　真题解析： 　　文章主题及背景知识：此篇阅读的主题内容为“根底物理学奖”，如果对于这一背景信息有所了解，这篇文章便可轻松看懂，做题更是十拿九稳!与xx年相比，xx考研阅读文章同样注重时效性，Text3便是反响了xx年3月份的一次实时事件：根底物理学基金会于3月20日晚在瑞士日内瓦揭晓了 xx年根底物理学奖!所以xx考研的同学们一定要多多关注社会热点话题，拓展视野，丰富自己的文化背景知识，这样才能取得事半功倍的效果! 　　文章讲到的是关于和诺贝尔奖一样的奖金丰厚的奖项出现，这些奖项就是由一些网络的公司或者是一些新贵们他们得出这样大量的钱，当然会遭出一些批评，这些奖项还是没法和诺贝尔奖相比的，阶级是没法改变的，名望是没法购置的。

当然这一系列的东西，在前三段当中谈到之后，到了最后一段，作者说明他的观点，纵然这些对科学家的奖励在奖项上存在着一些瑕疵，存在着一些不合理的地方但是对于科学家来说，有人给你钱支持你的研究，终归是好的也就是说从31到35 题根本上没有难题，也没有可以去争议的，也是既所得的文章 　　31.The Fundamental Physical Prize is seen as 　　[A]a symbol of the entrepreneurs’s wealth. 　　[B]a possible replacement of the Nobel Prize. 　　[C]an example of bankers’ investment. 　　[D]a handsome reward for researchers. 　　答案：A为细节题根据题干中的Fundamental Physics Prize可以定位到第一段，但除此之外就没有其他细节提示信息了，所以我们只能根据几个选项去定位，分别根据选项中的entrepreneurs、 Nobel Prize、investment、reward去定位，在第一段末句找到了与A选项相一致的句子，那么判定A选项正确。

　　32.The phrase “to sign on”(Line 3,Para.2) most probably means 　　[A]the profit-oriented scientists. 　　[B]the founders of the new award. 　　[C]the achievement-based system. 　　[D]peer-review-led research. 　　答案：B 为细节题根据题干中的critics定位到第三段，可知第二段没有出题，从第三段第二句可以得出本道题的正确选项，who have made their careers in research即为B选项中的The founders 　　33.What promoted the chancellor to develop his scheme? 　　[A]controversies over the recipients’ status. 　　[B]the joint effort of modern researchers. 　　[C]legitimate concerns over the new prize. 　　[D]the demonstration of research findings. 　　答案：D 。

为细节题本道题如果从题干中看更像是例证题，但题目中说道the case involves即问例子本身，所以为一道细节题我们在第四段倒数第三句中找到了Higgs boson，定位到本句可以得知nature of modern research---as well as demonstrated by……即为本道题正确答案 　　34.Aording to Paragraph 3, being unemployed makes one one feel 　　[A]Their endurance has done justice to them. 　　[B]Their legitimacy has long been in dispute. 　　[C]They are the most representative honor. 　　[D]History has never cast doubt on them. 　　答案：A 为判断题此类题型是考试中的一个难点，在题干中提示信息非常少，所以我们需要根据每个选项分别定位A选项的durance定位到本段最后一句 timeB选项根据legitimacy定位到第一句。

C选项没有提到D选项从最后一段可以验证确实是收到了质疑，B选项和原文不符，可以得知答案为 A 　　35.To which of the following would the author most probably agree? 　　[A]aeptable despite the criticism. 　　[B]harmful to the culture of research. 　　[C]subject to undesirable changes. 　　[D]unworthy of public attention. 　　答案：A 为主旨题此题属于作者观点，出在最后一段那么说明更多表达了文章的主旨，因为还有一个段落对应，那么我们可以在最后一段找答案，根据题干中的award我们可以得知全文的最后一句明确表达了作者的观点，应选A。