2007英语考研真题解析

考研1号网：专注考研共同进步----------考研1号读者“瓶子”制作2007年考研英语阅读真题单词解析（考研1号读者原创）2007年Text1Ifyouweretoexaminethebirthcertificatesofeverysoccerplayerin2006'sWorldCuptournamentyouwouldmostlikelyfindanoteworthyquirkelitesoccerlatermonths.IfyouthenexaminedtheEuropeannationalyouthteamsthatfeedtheWorldCupandprofessionalranks，youwouldfindthisstrangephenomenontobeevenmorepronounced.certificaten证（明）书certifyv证明证实证明……合格担保certifiedadj证明合格的持有证件的certificationn证明证书certificatedadj领有证书的；合格的tournamentn锦标赛联赛比赛武士马上比武noteworthyadj值得注意的显著地notedadj著名的知名的quirkn怪事巧合怪异的性格或行为quirkyadj怪异的eliten精英精华中坚分子feedv供给喂养；使满足传送n饲料喂食feedin输入befedupwith感到厌烦ranksn队伍级别（rank的复数）v把……排列起来（rank的第三人称单数）pronouncedadj显著地断然的Whatmightaccountforthisstrangephenomenon？Hereareafewguesses：a）certainastrologicalsignsconfersuperiorsoccerskills.b）winter-bornbabieiestendtohavehigheroxygencapacitywhichincreasessoccerstamina.c）soccermadparentsaremorelikelytoconceivechildreninspringtimeattheannualpeakofsoccermania.d）noneoftheabove.astrologicaladj占星的占星术的astrologyn占星术astrologern占星家confervt授予给予vi协商superiorn上级长官；优胜者高手；长者adj上级的优秀的出众的高傲的oxygenn氧气capacityn容量能力资格地位生产力staminan毅力精力活力持久力conceivevt怀（胎）vi怀胎考研1号网：专注考研共同进步----------考研1号读者“瓶子”制作conceiveof构想出设想peakn顶峰高峰尖端v达到最高值adj最高度的高峰时期的manian(maniafor)狂热癖好maniac/maniacaladj疯狂的狂热的AndersEricsson，a58-year-oldpsychologyprofessoratFloridaStateUniversity，sayshebelievesstronglyin“noneoftheabove.”EricssongrewupinSweden，andstudiednuclearengineeringuntilherealizedherealizedhewouldhavemoreopportunitytoconducthisownresearchifheswitchedtopsychology.Hisfirstexperimentnearlyyearsago，involvedmemory：trainingapersontohearandthenrepeatarandomseriesofnumbers.“Withthefirstsubject.afterabout20hoursoftraininghisdigitspanhadrisenfrom7to20，”Ericssonrecalls.“Hekeptimproving，andafterabout200hoursoftraininghehadrisentoover80numbers.”engineern工程师工兵货车司机vt涉及策划精明的处理vi设计建造conduct……research做……研究conductn进行行为实施vt管理引导表现vi导电带领randomadj任意的随意的n任意randomlyadv随意的randomnessn任意atrandom随意任意subjectn实验对象（文中的意思是受试者）主题；学科；主语；臣民digitspan数字广度digitn数字手指或足趾recalln召回回忆撤消vt召回回想起记起取消Thissuccesscoupledwithlaterresearchshowingthatmemoryitselfasnotgeneticallydetermined，ledEricssontoconcludethattheactofmemorizingismoreofacognitiveexercisethananintuitiveone.Inotherwords，whateverinborndifferencestwopeoplemayexhibitintheirabilitiestomemorizethosedifferencesareswampedbyhowwelleachperson“encodes”theinformation.Andthebestwaytolearnhowtoencodeinformationmeaningfully，Ericssondetermined，wasaprocessknownasdeliberatepractice.Deliberatepracticeentailsmorethansimplyrepeatingatask.Rather，itinvolvessettingspecificgoals，obtainingimmediatefeedbackandconcentratingasmuchontechniqueasonoutcome.coupledwith外加加上（也可以说combinedwith）geneticallyadv从遗传学角度从基因方面determinedv决定断定（determine）cognitiveadj（有关）认识的cognitionn任职考研1号网：专注考研共同进步----------考研1号读者“瓶子”制作intuitiveadj有直觉力的直觉到intuitionn直觉anintuitivefeelingaboutsb对某人的直觉感觉inbornadj天生的固有的天赋的exhibitv展示展览表现n展览品陈列品exhibitionn展览品表演swampv淹没浸没；难倒压倒使不堪忍受，使疲于应对n沼泽encodev把……编码把（电文、情报等）译成电码（或密码）coden代码代号密码编码发电法规decodev解码译码meaningfullyadv有意义的意味深长的有意图的deliberateadj故意的深思熟虑的从容的vt仔细考虑商议specificadj具体的明确的；特定的，特有的specifyv具体制定详细说明specificationn详述（常作~s）规格工程设计（书）详细计划（书）说明书immediateadj立即的直接的最接近的feedbackn反馈回复反应concentratingn浓缩精选v浓缩（concentrate的ing形式）专心Ericssonandhiscolleagueshavethustakentostudyingexpertperformersinawiderangeofpursuits，includingsoccer.Theygatherallthedatatheycan，notjustpredominancestatisticsandbiographicaldetailsbutalsotheresultsoftheirownlaboratoryexperimentswithhighachievers.Theirworkmakesaratherstartlingassertion：thetraitwecommonlycalltalentishighlyoverrated.Or，putanotherway，expertperformerswhetherinmemoryorsurgery，balletorcomputerprogrammingarenearlycolleagues(colleague的复数)n同事同行taketo培养从事某事的能力对……产生好感pursuitn追求biographicaladj传记体的生平的biographyn专辑传记作品laboratoryn实验室制药厂化学品实验课startlingadj令人震惊的惊人的startlev使惊吓使大吃一惊startledadj吃惊的assertionn断言主张assertv断言主张维护assertiveadj武断地过分自信的assertoneself坚持自己的权利traitn特征特点特性talentn才能天才天资考研1号网：专注考研共同进步----------考研1号读者“瓶子”制作overratedv对（某人或某事）评价过高putanotherway换句话说相当于inotherwordssurgeryn外科外科手术手术室诊疗室balletn芭蕾舞剧walletn钱包21.Thebirthdayphenomenonfoundamongsoccerplayersismentionedto[A]stresstheimportanceofprofessionaltraining.[B]spotlightthesoccersuperstarsintheWorldCup.[C]introducethetopicofwhatmalesexpertperformance.[D]explainwhysomesoccerteamsplaybetterthanothers.22.Theword“mania”（Line4，Paragraph2）mostprobablymeans[A]fun.[B]craze.[C]hysteria.[D]excitement.23.AccordingtoEricssongoodmemory[A]dependsonmeaningfulprocessingofinformation.[B]resultsfromintuitiveratherthancognitiveexercises.[C]isdeterminedbygeneticratherthanpsychologicalfactors.[D]requiresimmediatefeedbackandahighdegreeofconcentration.24.Ericssonandhiscolleaguesbelievethat[A]talentisadominatingfactorforprofessionalsuccess.[B]biographicaldataprovidethekeytoexcellentperformance.[C]theroleoftalenttendstobeoverlooked.[D]highachieversowetheirsuccessmostlytonurture.25.Whichofthefollowingproverbsisclosesttothemessagethetexttriestoconvey？[A]“Faithwillmovemountains.”[B]“Onereapswhatonesows.”[C]“Practicemakesperfect.”[D]“Likefather，like