2012年考研英语全真模拟试题及答案(一)—6
originality is closely linked to the power of a machine. The steady growth of these powers has made possible the extraordinary informativeness and imaginative formal beauty of many photographs， like Harold Edgerton's high-speed photographs of a bullet hitting its target or of the swirls and eddies of a tennis stroke. But as cameras become more sophisticated， more automated， some photographers are tempted to disarm themselves or to suggest that they are not really armed， preferring to submit themselves to the limit imposed by pre-modern camera technology because a cruder， less high-powered machine is thought to give more interesting or emotive results， to leave more room for creative accident. For example， it has been virtually a point of honor for many photographers， including Walker Evans and Cartier Bresson， to refuse to use modern equipment. These photographers have come to doubt the value of the camera as an instrument of “fast seeing”。 Cartier Bresson， in fact， claims that the modern camera may see too fast. This ambivalence toward photographic means determines trends in taste. The cult of the future （of faster and faster seeing） alternates over time with the wish to return to a purer past when images had a handmade quality. This longing for some primitive state of the photographic enterprise is currently widespread and underlies the present-day enthusiasm for daguerreotypes and the work of forgotten nineteenth-century provincial photographers. Photographers and viewers of photographs， it seems， need periodically to resist their own knowingness. （451 words）
Notes： crop vt. 播种，修剪（树木），收割。count for little 无关紧要。predatory 掠夺成性的。champion n. 冠军；vt. 支持。benevolent好心肠的，行善的。ambivalence 矛盾心理。make （+不定式）似乎要： He makes to begin. （他似乎要开始了。）swirls and eddies 漩涡。cult狂热崇拜。daguerreotypes （初期的）银板照相法。
36. The two directly opposite ideals of photography differ primarily in the
[A]emphasis that each places on the emotional impact of the finished product.
[B]degree of technical knowledge that each requires of the photographer.
[C]way in which each defines the role of the photographer.
[D]extent of the power that each requires of the photographer's equipment.
37. According to paragraph 2， the interest among photographers in each of the photography's two ideals can be described as
[A]steadily growing.
[B]cyclically recurring.
[C]continuously altering.
[D]spontaneously occurring.
38. The text states all of the following about photographs EXCEPT：
[A]They can display a cropped reality.
[B]They can convey information.
[C]They can depict the photographer's temperament.
[D]They can change the viewer's sensibilities.
39. The author mentions the work of Harold Edgerton in order to provide an example of
[A]the relationship between photographic originality and technology. [
B]how the content of photographs has changed from the nineteenth century to the twentieth.
[C]the popularity of high-speed photography in the twentieth century.
[D]how a controlled ambivalence toward photography's means can produce outstanding pictures.
40. The author is primarily concerned with
[A]describing how photographers'individual temperaments are reflected in their work.
[B]establishing new technical standards for contemporary photography.
[C]analyzing the influence of photographic ideals on picture-taking.
[D]explaining how the technical limitations affect photographers'work.
2012年考研英语全真模拟试题及答案(一)—6的延伸阅读——复习英语要讲究技巧
一，重视单词。
从第一天开始复习到考试的前一天，考试大纲词汇就应不离手，因为这是一切的基础。考试大纲是命题专家出题的依据、基础，所以考生一定要重视。背单词时，可以总结同义词、一词多义以及包含“高级”短语的句子，然后跟同桌的研友们对话，或者“厚颜无耻”地主动向他们“炫耀”，同时也坚持参加英语辩论活动，把自己最新积累的词句一一“亮”出，这样考生会感觉记得特别牢固。
二，日积月累。
作为一门语言，充满了繁琐与细节的，想一口吃成大胖子是不太现实的，必须耐心地积累“量变”以求“质变”。学习英语的时间安排也是有规律可循的，如果你一天安排3个小时学英语，那么与其一鼓作气学3个小时倒不如改成上下午各1.5小时。持续学习、及时复习才能收到较为理想的效果。可以参照着名的“艾宾浩斯遗忘曲线”来合理安排时间，最大限度地降低遗忘率，以获得较好的学习效果。
三，研读真题。
历年考研英语全真试题是了解考研水平的最快途径，也是熟悉命题规律的唯一途径。所以要在老师的指导下分阶段复习考研英语真题。找一个安静的环境，先用一周的时间做一套真题，做完后，对自己的错题先看一下怎么错的，错在哪里，能不能解决。剩下的时间要分析题型，也就是看这些题目是属于细节题、推理题，还是主旨大意题……当复习完十年的真题，建议考生放20天左右的时间，重新再做真题，分析自己的做题思路，考前一个月适当做些高质量的模拟题练练手。另外，希望考生真题至少看三遍。第一遍先做，做完之后归纳总结错题的原因。第二遍主要精读文章解决单词句子翻译。第三遍前两遍的内容都要看。
四，增加课外阅读。
课外阅读在考研英语复习中占有重要地位，对提高成绩有很大作用，建议大家订一份《英语世界》杂志，阅读上面的文章，也会有不少收获。如果有条件，看看自己学校图书馆是否有这本书，有的话坚持看，肯定会有收获的！
希望以上的介绍对2013的考研同学有所帮助，另外，大家在学习英语学习方法时，要从自身实际出发，选择真正适合自己的复习方法。 | 
