Part 1
50 Years of British Popular Culture P45
Q7. Presently the most warmly embraced radio station in Britain is BBC Radio 2 because it caters to the general public’s D. nostalgia for the music dominated by the Beatles.
问题：Why can't I choose B. nostalgia for the popular music since Queen’s ascension of the throne? As the Queen has been ruling for 50 years, and the text says "nostalgia for the 'pop' music of the last 50 years."
Keys to Cosmology P79
Q4. In cosmologists' debates, the big bang and inflation theories defeated their alternatives such as the steady state theory.
问题：原文Cosmologists have settled the disputes that once animated their field, such as the old debates between the big bang theory and the steady state theory and between inflation and its alternatives. noting in science is absolutely certain, but researchers now feel that their time is best spent on deeper questions, beginning with the cause of the cosmic acceleration. 我看到关于the big bang and inflation theories and the steady state theory的只有这一段，可是没有表明他们Q4啊，为什么Q4选TURE,而不是NOT GIVEN呢？
解答：P80 倒数第3段第1、2行：科学家已经解决了这些争论（have settled the disputes）——要么是同意了老观点，要么是同意了新观点。该段最后又说科学家已经把注意力放到了cosmic acceleration上了（新观点）。那么理解起来不就是新的观点被科学家们认同了吗？
Q5. Cosmologists’ initial responses to the revolutionary discoveries were always conservative.
问题：文章用词是fairly题目中是always．为什么不是ＮＯ而是ＮＧ呢？如果文章中用词是often，但是题目中sometimes是Ｆ（Ｐ７８，Ｑ６），两个有什么区别吗？
解答1：fairly是“相当地”的意思，always是经常的意思，所以是NG
解答2：原文是fairly conservative，宇宙学家的最初反应是相当保守的，原文中用了cosmologists这个词，这道题挺类似于people-student的题（即原文中用的大范围的词，而题目中用的相对确定的词）。comsmologists指宇宙学家，没说是大部分还是少部分，从文中看，即在新的加速理论出现后，在所有的宇宙学家中，有人持保守态度，没说是多是少（可能是大部分）。而题干也可以理解为宇宙学家中有人一直保守，是不是有人一直保守，我们不知道，我们只知道有人保守，所以不能确定，选NG（这只是我个人的理解，我感觉这道题出得不好！！！争议性大！！！）
Ｑ６. The law of gravity works in entirely distinct manners on small and gigantic scale.
问题：可以在文章倒数第二段最后一句找到定位，可是文章中提到的gigantic和题目是一样的，至于题目中的small 文章是没有的．而不知道的文章中的humble是不是和small 同一个意思，如果是，应该选Ｔ，如果不是应该是Ｎ，怎么会是ＮＧ呢？
解答：题目中是entirely，文中是maybe
London Smog P88
Q1. In 1952, London was the most densely populated city in the world.
问题：我怎么也找不到文章中的定位.
解答：P88、para 2、line 2，more people lived closer together in London … than in any other modern city, …
Q3. The trade ship returned back to London with the crew only.
问题：文章定位在第三段Ships often returned … empty, except for the crew。为什么答案是FALSE？
解答：文章中是说空船回港口的话会有危险，所以他们把煤放在了船上，所以并不是空船。
Q8. Smoking, as well as polluted air, can result in lung cancer and other ailments.
问题：文中对应的是倒数第3段最后一句，为什么不是NG？
解答：文章最后一段说吸烟和喝酒会引起这个病，但这些嗜好却不是引起城区这些病一直维持的主要原因，而开头说的是环境对身体的影响，于是可知---环境也会导致这样的病。
Snake Venom P93
Q2. The king cobra can bite itself with fangs and commit suicide.
问题：文中说Bite the floor of its mouth跟题目中的Bite itself不是一个意思吗？我选了 TRUE。
解答：P93、para 3、line2，If they WERE longer, the king MIGHT bite …
Bullying at School: Tackling the Problem P97
Q6. Competition for grades and other pressures should take the responsibility of school bullying.
问题：原文提到了是assumption而题干没有，所以我选了false（觉得和原文有probably题干没有一样）。不明白为什么是NG，是否因为像assumption, probably这样的词本身就包含了可能性。
解答：原文中有assumption，译为人们对暴力原因的几种猜测，这种猜测最终是不是能成为事实，不可知，所以问题的题干可对可错，所以选NG
Q10. Overall, the problem-behaviour programmes in the U.S. generate satisfying results.
问题：在原文中没有找到对应的语句。
解答：P99 Para4 L3 Only 10 of the programmes satisfied the specified minimum criteria of the evaluation.
Why Pagodas Don’t Fall Down P103
Q7.Japan’s pagodas were built to oppose the impact of nature forces in the front.
问题：为什么选FALSE？
解答：P104、倒数第3行Built not to resist the forces ... but to accept and absorb ...
The Orion Spacescraft P107
Q3. Some extreme advocates of the Orion believed that the fears about nuclear technology were no necessary.
问题：P108、Line 4不是说支持者们觉得不用担心核工业吗，为什么答案是NG呢？
解答：原文Some of the more extreme advocates of the Orion system present it as the holy grail of space travel, which could have taken mankind into a new age of space travel in the 50s or 60s were it not for misplaced fears about nuclear technology.这道题的关键在“were it not for”，意思是“若不是有……的话，若非”，也就是说，提倡的人还是担心nuclear technology的。
The Geodesic Dome——the House of the Future P144
Q1. In 1944, government officials were interested in Fuller’s family dwelling because C. it could be produced rapidly and installed easily.
问题1：题中A选项是“政府对其感兴趣”的根本原因(房屋短缺)，C选项是直接原因（dome房子的特色）；两种原因提出的角度不同，且C选项不包含A中的意思，为何选C而不是A呢？
问题2：A、B、C三个选项文中都有提及，为什么不选D?
Test2
Economizing of the Poor P164
Q19. The surveys of ERS help low-income households develop economizing practices.
问题：原文应定位何处？为何答案是NO，我选的是NG？
Q22. Brand-name products are promoted more frequently.
问题：没有找到原文根据。
解答：P166、Line 2：...private-label products, which are on promotion less often...than the brand-name alternatives.
Q23. Middle-income households purchased less private-label RTE cereal than low-income households.
问题：同上。
解答：P166、Line 3：重点看with those shares decreasing with increasing income levels，可推出middle-income
Text 3
Reading Passage 3 P182
Q29. Psychometrics was cited in Einstein’s Grand Theory of Relativity.
问题：Harvey的解释：“爱因斯坦的宏观相对论在文中提到只是一个时间参考，和心理测验一点关系都没有。”可文中并没有说明究竟有没有关系，为什么不是NG？
Q30. At the time the US entered the First World War, average American adults’ intelligence was equal to that of a thirteen-year-old.
问题：在P183、Line 4行可以找到与题目同样的表达，为什么FALSE？
解答：该陈述是一个quite astounding conclusion，而真实情况文中并未提及。
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