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1、2021硕士考研英语阅读理解考研英语阅读理解（一）法律类By almost every measure, Paul Pfingst is an unsentimental prosecutor. Last week the San Diego County district attorney said he fully intends to try suspect Charles Andrew Williams, 15, as an adult for the Santana High School shootings. Even before the tragedy, Pfingst had
2、 stood behind the controversial California law that mandates treating murder suspects as young as 14 as adults.So nobody would have wagered that Pfingst would also be the first D.A. in the U.S. to launch his very own Innocence Project. Yet last June, Pfingst told his attorneys to go back over old mu
3、rder and rape convictions and see if any unravel with newly developed DNA-testing tools. In other words, he wanted to revisit past victories-this time playing for the other team. I think people misunderstand being conservative for being biased, says Pfingst. I consider myself a pragmatic guy, and I
4、have no interest in putting innocent people in jail.Around the U. S. , flabbergasted defense attorneys and their jailed clients cheered his move. Among prosecutors, however, there was an awkward pause. After all, each DNA test costs as much as $5, 000. Then theres the unspoken risk: if dozens of inn
5、ocents turn up, the D. A. will have indicted his shop.But nine months later, no budgets have been busted or prosecutors ousted. Only the rare case merits review. Pfingsts team considers convictions before 1993, when the city started routine DNA testing. They discard cases if the defendant has been r
6、eleased. Of the 560 remaining files, they have re-examined 200, looking for cases with biological evidence and defendants who still claim innocence.They have identified three so far. The most compelling involves a man serving 12 years for molesting a girl who was playing in his apartment. But others
7、 were there at the time. Police found a small drop of saliva on the victims shirt-too small a sample to test in 1991. Today that spot could free a man. Test results are due any day. Inspired by San Diego, 10 other counties in the U. S. are starting DNA audits.By Amanda Ripley ez ncisco sijevic rtwel
8、l; Lisa McLaughlin; Joseph Pierro; Josh Tyrangiel and Sora Song本文习题命题模仿对象2018年真题1. How did Pfingst carry out his own Innocence Project?ABy getting rid of his bias against the suspects.BBy revisiting the past victories.CBy using the newly developed DNA-testing tools.DBy his cooperation with his attor
9、neys.2. Which of the following can be an advantage of Innocence Project?ATo help correct the wrong judgments.BTo oust the unqualified prosecutors.CTo make the prosecutors in an awkward situation.DTo cheer up the defense attorneys and their jailed clients.3. The expression “flabbergasted” (Line 1, Pa
10、ragraph 3) most probably means .AexcitedBcompetentCembarrassedDastounded4. Why was Pfingst an unsentimental prosecutor?AHe intended to try a fifteen-year old suspect.BHe had no interest in putting the innocent in jail.CHe supported the controversial California law.DHe wanted to try suspect as young
11、as fourteen.5. Which of the following is not true according to the text?APfingst s move didn, t have a great coverage.B Pfingst s move had both the positive and negative effect.C Pfingst s move didn t work well.DPfingst s move greatly encouraged the jailed prisoners.篇章剖析本文采用的是记叙文的模式。第一段指出芬斯特作为一位铁面无私
12、的检查官的一些 做法;第二段指出芬斯特实施“清白计划”的打算及做法;第三段指出实施“清白计划” 造成的反应以及可能存在的问题;第四段和第五段是实施“清白计划”的结果和影响。词汇注释prosecutor 5prRsIkju: tE(r) n.检察官，检察员，起诉人，原告controversial kRntrE5v:F(E) ladj.争论的，争议的mandate 5mAndeIt v.批准制订一个训令，如通过法律;发布命令或要求：wager 5weIdVE(r) v.下赌注，保证conviction kEn5vIkF(E) nn.定罪，宣告有罪unravel Qn5rAv (E) lv.阐明，解
13、决flabbergast5flAbEB:st; (?)Astv. 口使大吃一惊，哑然失色，使目瞪口呆indict In5daltv.起诉，控告，指控，告发bust bQst v.破产或缺钱oust ajstv.剥夺，取代，驱逐discarddI5skB:d v.抛开；遗弃；废弃molest mE51estv.,困扰，调戏salivasE51aIvEn. 口水，唾液难句突破1. Even before the tragedy, Pfingst had stood behind the controversial California law that mandates treating murd
14、er suspects as young as 14 as adults.主体句式：Pfingst had stood behind 结构分析：Even before the tragedy是本句的时间状语；主句是Pfingst hadstood behind*; that引导的宾语从句修饰law;在从句中，asas是一词组，意思是“和一样”；出现的第三个as是介词，意思是“作为”。句子译文：甚至在这场悲剧发生之前芬斯特就支持加利福尼亚州的一项颇有争议的 法律。这项法律规定，以成人身份受审的谋杀嫌疑犯的最低年龄可以降到十四岁。题目分析1 .答案为C,属事实细节题。文中对应信息“Pfingst
15、told his attorneys to go back over old murder and rape convictions and see if any unravel with newly developed DNA-testing tools. n是对第二段第一句的补充说明。2 .答案为A,属推理判断题。从上下文我们可以得知，实施“清白计划”就是使用 先进的DNA技术来重新审理过去的案件当中可能存在的冤案错案。3 .答案为D,属猜词题。从第二段第一句话我们得知芬斯特可能是美国第一个实施 非常独特的“清白计划”的人，因此他的做法很可能是令人感到吃惊的，从而可猜出 该词的含义。4 .
16、答案为B,属推理判断题。从第一段和第二段给出的事例我们可以看出，芬斯特 不愿放过任何一个犯罪的人，即便他的年龄还不算大;他也不愿使无辜者蒙冤，即便案 件已经审理。5 .答案为C,属推理判断题。正因为“Pfingst s move works well”，美国才又 有 “ten other counties are starting DNA audits”，而且， no budgets have been busted or prosecutors ousted” .考研英语真题18阅读最难篇Passage3Science has long had an uneasy relationship
17、with other aspects of culture.Think of Gallileo, sl7th-century trial for his rebelling belief before the Catholic Church of poet William Blake，s harsh remarks against the mechanistic worldview of Isaac Newton. The schism between science and the humanities has, if anything, deepened in this century.U
18、ntil recently, the scientific community was so powerful that it could afford to ignore its critics but no longer. As funding for science has declined, scientists have attacked “antiscience” in several books, notably Higher Superstition, by Paul R. Gross, a biologist at the University of Virginia, an
19、d Norman Levitt, a mathematician at Rutgers University; and The Demon-Haunted World, by Car Sagan of Cornell University.Defenders of science have also voiced their concerns at meetings such as “The Flight from Science and Reason, “ held in New York City inl995, and “Science in the Age of (Mis)inform
20、ation, “ which assembled last June near Buffalo.Antiscience clearly means different things to different people. Gross and Levitt find fault primarily with sociologists, philosophers and other academics who have questioned science，s objectivity. Sagan is more concerned with those who believe in ghost
21、s, creationism and other phenomena that contradict the scientific worldview.A survey of news stories inl996reveals that the antiscience tag has been attached to many other groups as well, from authorities who advocated the elimination of the last remaining stocks of smallpox virus to Republicans who
22、 advocated decreased funding for basic research.Few wou1d dispute that the term applies to the Unabomber, whose manifesto, published inl995, scorns science and longs for return to a pretechnological utopia. But surely that does not mean environmentalists concerned about uncontrolled industrial growt
23、h are antiscience, as an essay in US News World Report last May seemed to suggest.The environmentalists, inevitably, respond to such critics. The true enemies of science, argues Paul Ehrlich of Stanford University, a pioneer of environmental studies, are those who question the evidence supporting gl
24、obal warming, the depletion of the ozone layer and other consequences of industrial growth. Indeed, some observers fear that the antiscience epithet is in clanger of becoming meaningless. The term antiscience can lump together too many, quite different things, “ notes Harvard University philosopher
25、Gerald Holton in hisl993work Science and Anti-Science. They have in common only one thing that they tend to annoy or threaten those who regard themselves as more enlightened. ”62. The authors attitude toward the issue of ascience vs. antisciencevA. impartial B. subjective C. biased D. puzzling这道题涉及作者对“科学pk其它文化”这个矛盾的态度。从第一段的开头就能看出, 作者只是以局外人的姿态，指出两者之间的矛盾严峻，作者应该是中立态度;再者，根 据上面对文章主题两层语义的分析，作者既指出科学家的反击，也指出他们的过火， 换言之，作者的讨论是很辨证的，是客观中立的。综合起来，答案选A “中立的”。能接受吗？同学们要学会正确地分析文章的主旨和作者的倾向，从而把题目作对。