(2) [2009年浙江卷]In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh(法老) treated the poor message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. However, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off. Shades of that spirit spread over today’s conversations. Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing. As we walked light-heartedly out the door, picnic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said, “Oh boy, bad day for a picnic. The weatherman says it’s going to rain.” I wanted to strike him on the race with the peanut butter and sandwiches. Not for his stupid weather report, for his smile.
考点击破
阅读下列短文或段落, 从每题所给四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。
(1) [2009年陕西卷]“Old wives’ tales” are beliefs passed down from one generation to another. For example, most of us remember our parents’ telling us to eat more of certain foods or not to do certain things. Is there any truth in these teachings? Some of them agree with present medical thinking, but others have not passed the test of time. Did your mother ever tell you to eat your carrots because they are good for your eyes? Scientists now report that eating carrots can help prevent a serious eye disease called macular degeneration….
It’s not the news that makes someone angry. It’s the
unsympathetic attitude with which it’s delivered. …
57. In the writer’s opinion, his neighbor was ________.
Even though science can tell us that some of our
traditional beliefs don’t hold water, there is still a lot of
truth in the old wives’ tales. After all, much of this knowledge has been accumulated (积累) from thousands of
广东高考英语阅读理解考点突破推断作者写 作目的、观点态度
名师指津
推断作者观点态度
要求考生推断作者对某人或某事物的看法或态度。 常见的题干有：
(1)The writer’s attitude toward… is__________. (2)What is the author’s opinion of…? (3)According to the authorm-hearted
C. not considerate
D. not helpful
(2)C。作者跟朋友正兴高采烈地要郊游，邻居却突然告 知这个不好的消息，多扫兴呀！特别是邻居还smile，显 得没有同情心(unsympathetic)，更让作者认为邻居不 “体谅”他们。
技巧点拨：
1.根据作者的语言，叙述的事实。 2. 引用的例证，人物的对话和动作。 3. 心里活动的描述； 4. 要根据作者在文中的措辞，尤其是
表达感情色彩的形容词、副词、动词
5. 所举的例子，推断出作者的弦外之 音，熟悉作者表达观点态度的词，如 subjective (主观的)，objective (客 观的)等。
D. Curious
(1)B。由第三段的 “not all of Mom’s advice passed the test”，第四段 “Even though science can tell us that some…don’t hold water, there is still…”可知作 者对于“老人言”持客观态度。
(4) [2009年浙江卷]Four people in England, back in 1953, stared at photo 51. It wasn’t much -–a picture showing a black X. But three of these people won the Nobel Prize for figuring out what the photo really showed—the shape of DNA. The discovery brought fame and fortune to scientists James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Willkins. The fourth, the one who actually made the picture, was left out. Her name was Rosalind Franklin. “if her photo hadn’t been there, the others couldn’t have come up with the structure.” one reason Franklin was missing was that she had died of cancer four years before the Nobel decision. But now scholars doubt that Franklin was not only robbed of her life by disease but robbed of credit by her competitions.
years of experience in family health care. …
54. What is the author’s attitude toward “old wives’ tales”
in the text?
A. Subjective
B. Objective
C. Dissatisfied