单选题 {{B}}Text 2{{/B}}

Kevin Hines, a manic-depressive, was 19 and in one of his weekly downswings on an overcast Monday morning in 2000. He went to the nearby Golden Gate Bridge to kill himself mostly because, with only a four-foot (1.2-metre) railing to leap, "I figured it was the easiest way." He dived over, but flipped and hit the water at 75mph with his feet first. His legs were crushed, but he somehow stayed conscious and started paddling with his upper body until the Coast Guard fished him out.
Mr. Hines is one of 26 people who have survived suicide attempts at the bridge, but 1 223 are known to have succeeded (i. e., were seen jumping or found floating). People are throwing themselves off the bridge at the rate of two a month, which makes it the most popular place in the world for suicides. One book on the subject says that the Golden Gate is "to suicide what Niagara Falls is to honeymooners".
Many San Franciscans think that the solution is to emulate the Empire State Building, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Eiffel Tower, St. Peter's basilica and other such places and put up a simple barrier. This, however, is a decision for the 19 board members of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, an entity that oversees the bridge itself and the buses and ferries that operate in the area. Most of its revenues' come from tolls and fares, and the district loses money. A barrier would cost between $15 million and $ 25 million.
So the Psychiatric Foundation of Northern California, which has adopted the barrier as its cause, considers it a success that the board has merely allowed a feasibility study, for which various private and public donors have raised
$ 2 million. Mel Blaustein, a director at the foundation, has heard several arguments against a barrier over the years-too ugly, too expensive, and so forth--but the most persistent has been that people would simply kill themselves somewhere else, so why bother.'? This is nonsense, he says, "Most suicides are impulsive and preventable." A bridge without a barrier, adds Pat Hines, Kevin's father, is "like leaving a loaded gun in the psychiatric ward."

单选题 Kevin Hines choose to commit suicide at such an early age in that ______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[直击题眼] 第一段开头：Kevin Hines, a manic-depressive, was 19 and in one of his weekly down swings on an overcast Monday morning in 2000…．because，with only a four-foot (1.2-metre) railing to leap，“I figured it was the easiest way.” [深层剖析] 本题是针对文章第一段提到的凯文·海因斯自杀的现象提出问题的。文章提到在2000年一个天气阴沉的周一早晨，凯文·海因斯到金门大桥翻过栏杆选择轻生，他之所以这么做是因为他是一个躁狂抑郁症患者，而且是在其每周一次的低落期，他自己阐述的原因是“这样自杀最简单”，说明那时他在精神上是病态的，而且选择自杀是非理智的(out of his senses)。因此，[C]正确。 [主干扰项分析] 凯文·海因斯患了一种使人郁闷和疯狂的疾病，但这不早以让他自杀，真正迫使他走出轻生这一步的是他失去了理智；[A]选项只是造成他自杀的一个原因，但不是全部的原因，我们不能以偏概全。因此[A]选项不正确。[B]是凯文·海因斯自己给轻生找的理由，我们虽然要从原文中找到意思对应的句子，但是[B]选项只是片面地选取了当事者的主观想法；而且找到了方法不意味着一定要自杀。因此[B]也犯了[A]同样性质的错误。◆谨记：千万不能以偏概全。 [次干扰项分析] [D]选项的难点在于对“four-foot(1.2-metre)railing to leap”这句话的理解。此句的意思为“只有四英尺高的栏杆似乎很适合翻过去投水自杀”。这样以来很多同学的主观印象中就认为金门大桥是最适合自杀的地方而且还能自圆其说，殊不知这样正好中了出题者的圈套。我们要熟知这样的缺少因果桥梁的错误逻辑：无论大桥的结构和位置多么适合自杀，也不一定就能激起人们想自杀的念头。因此在逻辑分析基础上，这个选项是可以排除的。

单选题 Why does the author mention Niagara Falls and honeymooners?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[直击题眼] 第二段结尾：People are throwing themselves off the bridge at the rate of two a month. which makes it the most popular place in the world for suicides。One book on the subject says that the Golden Gate is“to suicide what Niagara Falls is to honeymooners.” [深层剖析] 需要注意的是这道题考的是一种类比关系，不要只在题干上抓住不放。题目虽然只问到为什么提到尼亚加拉瀑布和度蜜月的人，但是我们看到作者是将“尼亚加拉瀑布吸引度蜜月者”和“金门大桥吸引自杀者”这两个事物的相似点进行类比的，所以不要简单地从题干上分析。因此，这道题在审题的时候只要知道是类比关系，还有[C]中句型“the same way．．．”就可以断定答案是[C]选项。 [主干扰项分析] [A]不可否认，尼亚加拉瀑布确实很有名气，但文章的目的不是介绍美国的旅游圣地，而是讲自杀问题，与文章的弦外之音不符。[B]是事实，但是我们需要的不是这个大家都知道的事实。[B]选项是本题最大的迷惑选项，同学在做题的时候不要用自己以往的背景知识作为答题的凭证，要仔细阅读文章的前言后语。 [次干扰项分析] [D]也不是作者提到这个瀑布和度蜜月的人的真正原因。

单选题 It can be inferred from the passage that the board of the Golden Gate Bridge will ______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[直击题眼] 第三段和第四段开头：This，however，…Most of its revenues come from tolls and fares，and the district loses money. A barrier would cost between $15 million and $25 million. So…，considers it a success that the board has merely allowed a feasibility study，for which various private and public donors have raised $2 million. [深层剖析] 本题相对比较难，其题干形式在近年考试中出现频率很高。这种题目要求对第三段和第四段所有信息全部理解，由于在第三段开始便出现了转折，因此我们选取这样一段作为我们的参考区域。第三段提到了整个项目需要1 500-2 500万资金，而董事会只是同意就修建防自杀屏障开展可行性研究，而且目前仅筹集到 200万。需要注意的是文章中的用词：merely、Success等等。董事会只是提到对提案进行可行性研究，基金会就觉得已经是个Success了，说明金门大桥的董事会并不看好这个项目，因此基调一旦定下来，后面的答案就可以确定了，[C]为正确选项。 [主干扰项分析] 本题之所以较难，主要在于[A]选项和[B]选项的干扰性很强。[A]和[B]是反意选项，大家在做题的时候认定选项必从这两个中选一个，其实这两个都失之偏颇。[A]提到了enough money，但文章中没有任何迹象能证明这个趋势。[B]选项答对了一半，董事会现在确实入不敷出，但并不能说明他们不会筹集资金。 [次干扰项分析] 选择[D]选项的同学是因为看到abandon这个词，觉得董事会没说可以也没说不可以，只是放弃，还是同样的原因，文中没有明确提到放弃与否这个问题，所以[D]也不对。

单选题 What will the author mention after Paragraph 4?

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[直击题眼] 第四段结尾：This is nonsense，he says；“Most suicides are impulsive and preventable.”A bridge without a barrier，adds Pat Hines，Kevin's father，is“like leaving a loaded gun in the psychiatric ward．” [深层剖析] 本题的题干形式在近年考试中出现频率很高，这是一种推断题。题干为一个后续式提问，其实是寻求举例，目的是为了说明段落中的观点，即：“大多数人自杀都是出于一时冲动，完全是可以阻止的”。[A]选项中的即是举例子，因此[A]正确。 [主干扰项分析] [C]选项干扰性很强。其主要错误是尽管防护设施在装饰和经济角度上都被人们接受了，但其实际效果才是人们关注的焦点。因此，[C]选项是典型的迷惑选项。本文是对一种社会问题进行讨论，这种文章的谈沦焦点往往是“问题产生的原因、社会影响、解决的方式等”，一般不会去具体讨论解决方式的具体运作过程，而这一点往往是说明性文章喜欢讲述的内容，所以[D]不正确。 [次干扰项分析] 选择[B]选项的同学是因为没有意识到这是个陷阱，究竟是设施救了人还是人救了人。因为此句为一个被动语态句式，同时又省略了施动者(by sb．)。答到此题的时候考生往往寻求一个简洁的答案，而忽视了句子的省略可以产生歧义，这也正是大意出错的地方。

单选题 What is the author's attitude towards the foundation of barriers over the bridge?

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[直击题眼] 此题为全文主旨态度题 [深层剖析] 本题考查学生对文章主旨及态度的理解，这与2007年真题第2篇文章第5题的出题思路一致，也是热门题型。文章从第三段开始讨论应不应该建造防护设施，第四段给出大桥董事会和基金会主席的意见，最后给出了凯文·海因斯父亲的看法，所有这些都是客观陈述，不带有作者主观态度。[D]正确。◆注意：此类型题要熟练掌握感情色彩词汇。 [主干扰项分析] [A]选项容易误选。考生认为对于修建防护措施作者通篇都是一个声音：赞同，但同时要注意到文中也提到了很多障碍，作者并没有表现出明显的乐观态度，所以[A]不对。◆谨记：不要把自己主观的意思带入到做题中去。 [次干扰项分析] 文章的第三、四两段都谈到如何解决问题，因此作者对于在大桥上建立防护措施的态度是正面的。[B]“批评的”和[C]“带有偏见的”均不正确。