2010年考研英语全题型强化教程3 - 考研专业课真题

1What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?

A.A new bill has been passed by the Home

B.The bill would be codified

C.The term born alive has a new definition

D.There are many debates about the bill

参考答案： C

仔细阅读文中第一段可以发现，该段讲述国会通过新法案重点是从法案的影响上来谈的。其影响就是会对关于活体产婴定义产生影响。这也是该段的中心。所以该题选C。

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2What did the author probably mean by his saying, "This is the legal definition already incorporated in the laws of most states."?

A.The bill should come earlier.

B.A lot of states have already adopted the definition in their laws

C.It will affect the federal laws

D.Both B and C

参考答案： A

细节与主旨对映题。此类题型给出文中一个细节并提供选项让考生选择，此时考生选择答案必须依照原文的主旨进行把握。我们看这道题，虽然考查的是一句话，但通读全文可以看出，作者的态度上尽管认为该法案尚有不足，但基本上还是持赞同意见的。所以这里选A。

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3Read paragraph 4 carefully and then point out that why did the author think that "fetus" is not a fitted word to describe that especially situation?

A.An infant is alive but a fetus is not

B.The word fetus is not an accurate term.

C.When you use the word fetus, there is something discrimination in your talk

D.Fetus is not considered as a real person but when you use the word infant to describe someone he or she is a real one who alive.

参考答案： D

仔细比较原文可以发现，文中作者认为胎儿和婴儿的主要区别在于胎儿不被法律认可为人，而婴儿则可以受到此类保护。

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4According to your understanding, what does partial-birth mean?

A.It indicated the situation that an infant was failed to born.

B.A method of abortion

C.An unsuccessful born of a child.

D.Dystocia

参考答案： B

细节题。仔细阅读文中最后两段就可发现partial-birth指的是一种堕胎方法。

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5What did the Associated Press think about the live-born human infant ?

A.They thought that the live-b