2016年6月四级阅读真题解析【第二套】

　　48. What does Timothy Salthouse say about people’s minds in most cases?

　　A. They tend to decline in people’s later years.

　　B. Their flexibility determines one’s abilities.

　　C. They function quite well even in old age.

　　D. Their functioning is still a puzzle to be solved.

　　答案：C [They function quite well in old age]

　　难度：易

　　原文：The results do not mean that young adults need to start worrying about their memories. Most people’s minds function at a high level even in their later years, according to researcher Timothy Salthouse.

　　解析：题干问Timothy Salthouse对大多数情况下的人的思维说了什么?

　　根据题干中的人名Timothy Salthouse以及顺序原则可以很快定位到原文第5段的末尾，这个时候一定要坚信答案不跨段，所以往第五段前面看，往前看一句发现原文说Most people’s minds function at a high level even in their later years，大多数人的脑子即便到了老年还思维清晰，据此可以判定选C。

　　49. Although people’s minds may function less flexibly as they age, they_____

　　A. may be better at solving puzzles

　　B. can memorize things with more case

　　C. may have greater facility in abstract reasoning

　　D. can put what they have learnt into more effective use

　　答案：D [can put what they have learnt into more effective use]

　　难度：易

　　原文：“These patterns suggest that some types of mental flexibility decrease relatively early in adulthood, but the amount of knowledge one has, and the effectiveness of integrating it with one’s abilities, may increase throughout all of adulthood if there are no diseases,”Salthouse said in a news release.

　　解析：题干问尽管当人老的时候，人的思维可能变得不灵活，但是他们怎么怎么着?

　　根据题干中的flexibility以及顺序原则，很快可以定位原文第6段These patterns suggest that some types of mental flexibility decrease relatively early in adulthood, but that the amount of knowledge one has, and the effectiveness of integrating it with one’s ability…原文这里出现了一个but，全宇宙人都知道but表示转折，而且转折后面是重点，所以答案就在but后面，你不用理解它原文什么意思，抠一下字眼，反正正确答案一定和knowledge，effectiveness of integrating有关，然后看一下选项，只有D里面的effective use。

　　50. According to Salthouse, their study may help us _________

　　A. find ways to slow down our mental decline

　　B. find ways to boost our memories

　　C. understand the complex process of mental functioning

　　D. understand the relation between physical and mental health

　　答案：C [understand the complex process of mental functioning]

　　难度：易

　　原文：The findings shed light on normal age-related changes in mental function, which could aid in understanding the process of dementia(痴呆)，according to the researchers.

　　解析：题干问，根据Salthouse，他们的研究可以帮助我们怎么着(干什么?)

　　因为这是最后一题，所以我们先回原文最后一段定位，尝试找答案。最后一段，上来就是finding，这是我上课的时候给学生补充的关键词，它出现时，后面一般会跟着重要信息，换句话说就是答案。仔细看一下原文，The findings shed light on normal age-related changes in mental function，这一句话是主干，在四级阅读中，主干往往包含重要信息，这时候看一下选项ABCD，发现做不出答案，所以必须继续往下读，后面是which could aid in understanding the process of 痴呆(which表示某种从句，从句的作用是对前文进行解释和补充)，这时候看一下选项，只有C是符合原文这句的。