英语六级阅读常见考点：特殊标记_大学英语阅读

英语六级阅读常见考点：特殊标记

　　文中提到，剑桥大学于2003年任命Alison Richard为副校长，而句中publicly stressed(公开强调)之后的内容即为任命她的原因，便是：在以前的岗位上她的监管使得耶鲁的财政地位得到显著加强。所以，推理可知，答案为A。

　　例2：

　　Richard Got professor of astrophysics at Princeton, hopes man will set up a self-sufficient colony onMars, which would be a life insurance policy against whatever catastrophes, natural or otherwise, might occur on Earth.

　　6. According to Princeton professor Richard Gott, by setting up a self-sufficient colony on Mars, Humans_____.

　　A. might survive all catastrophes on earth

　　B. might acquire ample natural resources

　　C. will be able to travel to Mars freely

　　D. will move there to live a better life

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】

　　题干中setting up a self-sufficient colony on Mars可在原文中直接找到，原文中which引导的定语从句表示的内容就是setting up a self-sufficient colony on Mars所带来的影响：人类能够应对地球上各种各样的灾难从而幸存下来。A选项中的survive all catastrophes on earth 是对原文的同义转述。

　　动手练一练!

　　You never see him, but theyre with you every time you fly. They record where you are going, how fast youre traveling and whether everything on your airplane is functioning normally. Their ability to withstand almost any disaster makes them seem like something out of a comic book. Theyre known as the black box.