第二部分题源文章分类阅读
经济类
Passage OneLet the Gamification Begin开始游戏化吧!
Passage TwoIs It Better to Rent or to Buy?租房好还是买房好?
Passage ThreeChinas Manufacturing Jobs Moved Overseas
中国廉价劳动力时代的终结
Passage FourThe Artful Dodgers狡猾的逃税公司
Passage FiveLei Jun—Chinas Phone King雷军——中国手机大王
Passage SixNearly Seven Years After the Onset of the Great Recession,
the National Mood Remains Troubled经济危机爆发近七年后,
国民情绪仍然焦虑
Passage SevenYou Are Half the Person You Used to Be
美国居民家庭收入减半
Passage EightWill Tim Cook Succeed in Running Steve Jobss Company?
库克能否成功经营苹果公司?
Passage NineRent Sweet Rent租赁经济,轻松惬意
Passage TenThe Brand Played out大品牌大势已去
科技类
Passage OneHow Apple Will Disrupt the TV Market苹果将如何搅局电视市场
Passage TwoLearning to Hate Big Tech学会去讨厌高科技
Passage ThreeHow Facebook Could Sabotage Your Blind Date
脸书如何毁了你的相亲
Passage FourHow Apple Revolutionized Our World苹果如何改变我们的世界
Passage FiveScientists Map What Your Brain Looks Like on English
科学家绘制出大脑在英文模式下的样子
Passage SixBeing on Facebook Can Actually Make Us Happier
脸书能让我们更快乐
Passage SevenAliens on Line 2;Hold,Please…不要放弃搜寻外星人的计划
Passage EightDesigners Building Roadways That Generate Solar Power
太阳能之路
Passage NineThe BillionDollar Race to Reinvent the Computer Chip
千金竞赛:革新电脑芯片
Passage TenMagnetic Bacteria Could Help Destroy Tumors and Fight Cancer
磁性细菌或有助于治疗癌症
教育类
Passage OneThe Myth of the FourYear College Degree四年制大学仅为神话?
Passage TwoWhy Parenting Is More Important Than Schools
为什么父母养育比学校教育更重要
Passage ThreeWhy Autistic Kids Make Easy Targets for School Bullies
为什么自闭症儿童在学校里总被欺负?
Passage FourWhy Its Smart to Be Bilingual掌握双语明智之举
Passage FiveDont Text While Parenting—It Will Make You Cranky
在教育孩子时不要低头发短信——这会让你暴躁
Passage SixChina:Just as Desperate for Education Reform as the US
中国教育亟待改革
arenting Like a Tiger Mom May Make Your Kids Obese
虎妈的孩子易变胖
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第一部分从题源文章到考博阅读真题的改编演示
改编演示一
北京大学2013年博士研究生
入学考试英语试题
Part ⅤProofreading
本篇文章节选自2012年12月20日的Time《时代周刊》上的一篇文章。真题省略了原文的主、副标题,替换了一部分超纲词汇,删除了一些与文章主题关联不大的细节,使文章更符合考博英语的难度和篇幅要求,是考博英语题源改编中一个比较典型的例子。
Unbreathable:Air Pollution Becomes a Major Global Killer①
① 删除文章标题,不影响考生对文章的理解。
题1
答案:entireentirely。只能使用副词修饰介词短语for the better。
题2
答案:isabyproduct。byproduct为可数名词,前面需要加不定冠词。
题3
答案:toon。take a toll on sth为固定词组,意义为“对……造成损失”。
② 替换为更直白易懂的同义词组,降低难度。
题4
答案:analyzeanalyze。analyze为动词,但这里需使用名词形式。
题5
答案:whereverwhere。wherever
1The economic growth that many nations in Asia and increasingly Africa have experienced over the past couple of decades has transformed hundreds of millions of lives—almost entire for the better2But there is byproduct to that growth,one thats visible—or sometimes less than visible—in the smoggy,smelly skies above cities like Beijing,New Delhi and Jakarta3Thanks to替换为Because of② new cars and power plants,air pollution is bad and getting worse in much of the world,and its taking a major toll to global health
4How big? According to a new analyze published in the Lancet,more than 32 million people suffered premature deaths from air pollution in 2010,the largest number on record Thats up from 800,000 in 20005And its a regional problem:65% of those deaths occurred in Asia,wherever the air is choked by diesel soot from cars and trucks,as well as the smog from power plants and the dust from endless urban construction In East Asia,12 million people died,as well as another
引导让步状语从句,where引导地点状语从句。先行词在从句中充当地点状语,故引导词使用where。
题6
答案:downup。这句话说空气污染首次上了全球十大致命之物榜单,且比其他致命之物在榜单中上升的速度都快。
③ 删除不重要细节,使行文简洁明了。
题7
答案:enterenters。该句子主语为it,因此谓语动词要使用第三人称单数形式。
题8
答案:whatwhich。what为疑问代词,在从句中充当主语或宾语成分。which为关系代词,充当引导词。这里为非限制性定语从句。
题9
答案:thoughttocontribute。it is thought to do sth为固定句型,意思是“人们认为……”。
题10
答案:isnotperfect。这个句子中有but,由此可知前后分句形成转折关系。but后面的分句表示肯定含义,因此but前面的分句应表示否定含义。
题11
答案:long。before long为固定词组,表示“不久,很快”。这句话的意思是“尽管情况在好转之前可能会变得更糟”。
题12
答案:moreless。根据常识可知,新型的更洁净的车产生的污染会更小一些,因此这里将more改为less。
题13
答案:richricher。根据句中的
712,000 in South Asia,including India6For the first time ever,air pollution is on the worlds top10 list of killers,and its moving down the ranks faster than any other factor
David Pettit of the Natural Resources Defense Council explains why air pollution can be so deadly:③
So how can air pollution be so damaging?7It is the very finest soot—so small that it lodges deep within the lungs and from there enter the bloodstream—that contributes to most of the publichealth toll of air pollution including mortality8Diesel soot,what is also a carcinogen,is a major problem because it is concentrated in cities along transportation corridors impacting densely populated areas9It is thought co