2022年考研英语阅读理解：如何利用转折关系解题

2022年考研英语阅读理解：如何利用转折关系解题

要想完全理解文章的内涵是不容易的，就需要从文章的关键词入手去把握文章的结构上的线索。文章在意思将要发生变化之前就有了很明显的意思发生变化的前兆。这些前兆就是作者为意思的变化所做的铺垫，而这些铺垫必然要在结构上过线索词汇表现出来。对于结构线索词汇的把握是对文章结构变化把握的关键。

例一.

What used to be the danger in being a man according to the first paragraph?

A. A lack of mates

B. A fierce competition

C. A lower survival rate

D. A defective gene

此题是考研历史上一道典型的难题。信息出处来源于文章第一自然段：

Being a man has always been dangerous. There are about 105 males born for every 100 females, but this ratio drops to near balance at the age of maturity, and among 70-year-olds there are twice as many women as men. But the great universal of male mortality is being changed. Now, boy babies survive almost as well as girls do. This means that, for the first time, there will be an excess of boys in those crucial years when they are searching for a mate. More important, another chance for natural selection has been removed. (以下省略)