21. It had the natural advantage of a comparatively level route between the Huston River and Lake Erie, through the only break in the entire Appalachian Mountain chain.
Q: According to the passage, where was the Erie Canal located?
(A)Between Ohio and Indiana
(B)Along the Appalachian Mountains
(C)Between Lake Erie and the Ohio River
(D)Across New York State
类型：细节题，严格在原文中寻找答案，不能使用背景知识。Across 二维穿过，through三维穿过=along。
Passage4(P87, 36)
22. Since architecture was not yet a specialized profession in the colonies, the design of buildings was left either to amateur designers or to carpenters who undertook to interpret architectural manuals imported from England.
Q: According to the passage, who was responsible for designing houses in eighteenth--century North America?
(A)Professional architects
(B)Customers
(C)Interior decorators
(D)Carpenters
类型：细节题，严格在原文中寻找答案。
Passage12(p241,13)
23. In 1909, for example, the Edison Company began issuing with their films such indications of mood as “pleasant”, “sad”, “lively”.
Q: According to the passage, what kind of business was the Edison Company?
(A)It produced electricity.
(B)It distributed films.
(C)It published musical arrangements.
(D)It made musical instruments.
类型：细节题，严格在原文中寻找答案。
(p239,6)
24. The Great Basin is hemmed in on the west by the Sierra Nevada and on the east by the Rocky Mountains; it has no outlet to the sea. The prevailing winds in the Great Basin are from the west. Warm, moist air from the Pacific Ocean is forced upward as it crosses the Sierra Nevada. At the higher altitudes it cools and the moisture it carriers is precipitated as rain or snow on the western slopes of the mountains. That which reaches the Basin is air wrung dry of moisture.
Q: According to the passage, what does the Great Basin lack?
(A)Snow
(B)Dry air
(C)Winds from the west
(D)Access to the ocean
类型：细节题，严格在原文中寻找答案。原文中明确出现 “it has no outlet to the sea”. 文中提到“雨和雪降到山脉的西坡”，没有直接说Basin缺snow，不能靠推理选(A)。如果使用inferred 则本题变为推理题型，应选(A)而不选(D)，注意推理题一定要推理，不能照搬原文。
(p281,13)
25. 原文见上题(24)
Q: It can be inferred that the climate in the Great Basin is dry because
(A)the weather patterns are so turbulent
(B)the altitude prevents precipitation
(C)the winds are not strong enough to carry moisture
(D)precipitation falls in the nearby mountains
类型：推理题，一定要推理，不能照搬原文。24、25揭示了细节题与推理题的差异。
(p281,15)
26. Beneath the crust lies the mantle, a very different layer that extends approximately halfway to the Earth’s center. There the rock is the subject of a battle between increasing heat and growing pressure.
Q: Which of the following is a primary characteristic of the Earth’s mantle?
(A)Light, solid rock
(B)Uniformity of composition
(C)Dramatically increasing pressure
(D)Compressed, incandescent gas
类型：细节题，严格在原文中寻找答案。原文中出现increasing heat和growing pressure两个要素，选项中有其一即可。
Passage2(p9,46)
27. It was in the cities that the elements that can be associated with the modern capitalism first appeared – the use of money and commercial paper in place of barter, open competition in place of social deference and hierarchy, with an attendant rise in social disorder, and the appearance of factories using coal or water power in place of independent craftspeople working with hand tools.
Q: Which of the following is mentioned as an element of modern capitalism?
(A)Open competition
(B)Social deference
(C)Social hierarchy
(D)Independent craftspeople
类型：细节题，严格在原文中寻找答案。原文中出现money and commercial paper, open competition, using coal or water power三项现代资本主义的特征，选项中有其一即可。
(p15,24)
28. In these abbreviated forms (televised speeches). Much of what constituted the traditional political discourse of earlier ages has been lost in 15 or 30 seconds, a speaker cannot establish the historical context that shaped the issue in question, cannot detail the probable causes of the problem, and cannot examine alternative proposals to argue that one is preferable to others.
Q: According to the passage, as compared with televised speeches, traditional political discourse was more successful at
(A)Allowing news coverage of political candidates
(B)Placing political issues within a historical context
(C)Making political seem more intimate to citizens
(D)Providing detailed information about a candidate’s private behavior.
类型：细节题，严格在原文中寻找答案。文中提出televised speech因为时间缩短带来三个缺点，相应为traditional political discourse的成功之处，选项中有其一即可。
(P221, 19)