同等学力英语阅读五种题型之四

同等学力英语阅读五种题型简介之四—— 细节题

实例1

       I believe we have a three-part mission for the present. First, we must continue to press for improvements in the quality of life that people can make for themselves. Second, we must investigate and understand the link between environment and health. Third, we must be able to communicate technical information in a form that citizens can understand. If we can accomplish these three goals in this decade, maybe we can finally stop environmental degradation, and not merely hold it back. We will then be able to spend pollution dollars truly on prevention rather than on bandages.

问题：Which of the following is true according to the last paragraph?

A) Efforts should be exerted on pollution prevention instead of on remedial measure.

B) More money should be spent in order to stop pollution.

C) Ordinary citizens have no access to technical information on pollution.

D) Environmental degradation will be stopped by the end of this decade.

[解析]

细节题。题目询问文章最后一段，哪一个陈述是正确的？根据文章的最后一句：如果这十年我们能实现这三个目标，也许最终我们能阻止而不是暂时抑制环境的恶化。那么我们也就不采取补救措施，而且能将治理污染的费用真正用于保护环境。bandage原意为“绑带”，这里取比喻意，表示“治疗，扑救”。因此，A项选择与文中所表达的意思一致，为正确答案；B项选择的信息在文中并没有提到；C项选择，普通市民无权知道治理污染技术方面的信息，而文中只说我们要以市民能理解的方式向他们讲述技术方面的信息，因此与文中所陈述的内容相背；D项选择同样与文章所陈述之意相背。

实例2

British universities, groaning under the burden of a huge increase in student numbers, are warning that the tradition of a free educat