真題示例解讀考研英語閱讀技巧(五)

　　在閱讀理解題的四個選項中

　　若有選項含有表述重要性意思的關鍵詞，例如essential/important/importance，則優先排除此選項

　　請看下面的例子

　　2010年Text3第31題

　　By citing the book The Tipping Point, the author intends to

　　A. analyze the consequences of social epidemics

　　B. discuss influentials function in spreading ideas

　　C. exemplify people s intuitive response to social epidemics

　　D. describe the essential characteristics of influentials

　　此題中，D項含有essential，排除D【正確答案是B】

　　The early ministers and political leaders in Massachusetts Bay__________.

　　A. were famous in the New World for their writings

　　B. gained increasing importance in religious affairs

　　C. abandoned high positions before coming to the New World

　　D. created a new intellectual atmosphere in New England

　　此題中，B項含有importance，排除B【正確答案是D】