真题示例解读考研英语阅读技巧(五)

　　在阅读理解题的四个选项中

　　若有选项含有表述重要性意思的关键词，例如essential/important/importance，则优先排除此选项

　　请看下面的例子

　　2010年Text3第31题

　　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

　　此题中，D项含有essential，排除D【正确答案是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

　　此题中，B项含有importance，排除B【正确答案是D】