考研英语阅读理解之观点态度题解题秘籍（2）

该题型常见的提问形式有：

1) The tone of the passage can best be described as ____

2) The tone of the passage would be _____

3) Which of the following best describes the tone of the passage____

4) What is the attitude of the author towards____

5) How does the writer feel about______

6) The writer is of the opinion that_____

7) The author seems to be _____

情感和态度在考研中大致可分为三类：happy/unhappy; security/insecurity; satisfaction/

dissatisfaction, 它们作为标记语反映出作者对某个现象采取的姿态，并从情感的角度评价该现象。因此，考生既要依靠文章的中心思想作为前提，又要注意作者的措辞，尤其是作为修饰语的形容词。我们以2003年的阅读Text 4为例具体说明这一点：

Yet there are limits to what a society can spend in this pursuit. As a physician, I know the most costly and dramatic measures may be ineffective and painful. I also know that people in Japan and Sweden, countries that spend far less on medical care, have achieved longer, healthier lives than we have. As a nation, we may be overfunding the quest for unlikely cures while underfunding research on humbler therapies that could improve people’s lives.

59. In contras to the U.S., Japan and Sweden are funding their medical care     .

[A] more flexibly

[B] more extravagantly

[C] more cautiously

[D] more reasonably

作者用limits, ineffective, painful这些消极的词语暗示了美国医疗卫生系统的缺憾，通过把握教育学考研辅 导这些词语，我们就能得出D为正确选项。所以我们对语言的理解是有一定差异的，又如尼克松签订1972年公报时，对“一个中国”原则，他手下的修辞专家用了acknowledge 而不用recognize。因为后者是正式的，外交的，打心底里的承认，而前者是一种模糊，对某种既成事实的有限度接受，但在中文里出现的就是我们理解的“承认”。

可见考生在平时的单词理解中要结合不同的语境，不同的文章体裁，综合地认知寓意，才能透彻地理解作者的意图。

另外，判断作者情感态度除了关注作者的措辞，还要可以通过关注作者的举例角度和讲解角度，来判断文章作者的态度倾向：如果作者的一直论述某事物的积极地向上的方面，其态度基本上是积极乐观的；如果作者举例论证某观点时，给的例子是正面的，那么我们同样可以判断作者的态度是积极乐观的；如果作者的论述有好有坏，举例有正面有反面，我基本上可以判断作者的态度是客观的。同样，我们通过具体的真题案例进一步解释这一点。