2011年考研英语二真题详细解析(4)

people associated with the Bauhaus文中只说了很多人与Bauhaus有关联，并没有说这些人都是美国的建筑家），因此Ｃ可以排除。

33. Mies held that elegance of architectural design .

[A]was related to large space

[B]was identified with emptiness

[C]was not reliant on abundant decoration

[D]was not associated with efficiency

试题类型：事实信息题

解题思路：通过题干人名及elegance of architectural design定位到第四段第二句。本句直接提到elegance did not derive from abundance（数量众多并不就意味着优雅），直接对应选项Ｃ（Ｃ中的decoration在本段首句中就已经提到）。

干扰排除：选项Ａ，Ｂ和Ｄ都对应本段最后一句，最后一句中利用rather than 否定了“big and often empty”，同时肯定了“small and efficient”，直接与这三个选项相反，都可以快速排除。

34. What is true about the apartments Mies building Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive？

[A]They ignored details and proportions.

[B]They were built with materials popular at that time.

[C]They were more spacious than neighboring buildings.

[D]They shared some characteristics of abstract art.

试题类型：事实信息题

解题思路：通过题干Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive定位到文章第五段首句。通过语篇分析，本段第二句转折为重要考点，But they were popular because of

（如此流行有几大原因）their airy glass walls（通风玻璃幕墙），the views they afforded （美丽的景色）and the elegance of the buildings’ details and proportions（合理的建筑细节和比例），the architectural equivalent of the abstract art so popular at the time（这种建筑特点和当时的抽象艺术是相类似的）。通过本句内容，确定选项Ｄ是正确的，Ｄ对应的是equivalent of the abstract art。

干扰排除：选项Ａ的proportions在原文对应the elegance of the buildings’details and proportions（原文明确指出其存在合理的建筑细节和比例），因此选项Ａ与原文大意矛盾，可以直接排除。选项Ｂ的materials popular at that time 在原文并没有提到，属于无中生有的选项，可以直接排除。选项Ｃ的more spacious than neighboring buildings对应原文smaller than those in their older neighbors（比老建筑的公寓要小），明确与原文内容矛盾，可以直接排除。

35. What can we learn about the design of the “Case Study House”？

[A]Mechanical devices were widely used.

[B]Natural scenes were taken into consideration

[C]Details were sacrificed for the overall effect.

[D]Eco-friendly materials were employed.

试题类型：引申题

解题思路：通过题干的Case Study House定位到文章最后一段首句。在本段第二句中指出Aesthetic effect came from the landscape，new materials and forthright detailing（美学效果来自于景观，新材料和一目了然的细节），这是对Case Study House的直观评价。直接对应选项Ｂ，Ｂ中的Natural scenes同义替换了原文的the landscape。

干扰排除：选项Ｃ指出Details were sacrificed （细节被牺牲）直接与原文forthright detailing直接相反，可以直接排除。选项Ａ（机械装置被广泛运用）的Mechanical devices 对应原文第三句，原文指出Ralph错误的预判了未来机械革命的影响力，证明Mechanical devices当时还未出现，Ａ选项可以排除。选项Ｄ的Eco-friendly materials是对应原文的new materials ，但是原文没有明确指出新材料就是环保材料，因此也可以排除。

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Will the European Union make it？The question would have sounded strange not long ago. Now even the project’s greatest cheerleaders talk of a continent facing a “Bermuda triangle”of debt，population decline and lower growth.

本段首句提问：欧盟能渡过难关吗？第二句给出回答：不久前没人认为欧盟有危机。第三句给出转折：但是现在因为债务，人口等问题大家都对欧盟产生了担忧。

本段首句+第二句和第三句构成设问+回答的结构，重点是第三句的转折，可以利用第三句设置细节题的正确选项。

As well as those chronic problems，the EU face an acute crisis in its economic core，the 16 countries that use the single currency. Markets have lost faith that the euro zone‘s economies，weaker or stronger，will one day converge thanks to the discipline of sharing a single currency，which denies uncompetitive members the quick fix of devaluation.

本段首句提出另外一个欧盟面临的问题：成员国使用同种货币。第二句对此进行解释：缺乏竞争力的成员国无法应对货币的快速贬值。

从考点设置来说，本段第二句对首句进行解释，属于总分结构，可以针对首句“单一货币”设置细节题考点。但是因为下一段与本段关联紧密，因此两段合并出题概率较大。