新航道小編之前帶來關于GRE閱讀方面的破解內容，這次繼續帶來章老師GRE閱讀破解系列(四)，希望對各位準備備考GRE考試的同學們有幫助，祝大家能考取一個好成績，早日被理想大學錄取。

  往期精彩內容：

  GRE閱讀 | 破解GRE閱讀理解系列（三）

  GRE閱讀 | 破解GRE閱讀理解系列（二）

  GRE閱讀 | 破解GRE閱讀理解系列（一）

  GRE閱讀第【4】講。

  可以開始“上路子”的我們。

  依然是短小的篇幅，壓力不大，點滴積累，是我們的一貫宗旨。

  當然，首先，大家要理解一下“民族性格/民族品格”是一個類同于人格/人品的概念。只不過，這里我們把一個民族凝聚理解成一個人，然后借用個體的人格/人品來理解character的意思。

  National character is not formally considered by social scientists in discussing economic and social development today. They believe that people differ and that these differences should be taken into account somehow, but they have as yet discovered no way to include such variables in their formal models of economic and social development. The difficulty lies in the nature of the data that supposedly define different national characters. Anthropologists and others are on much firmer ground when they attempt to describe the cultural norms for a small homogeneous tribe or village than whenthey undertake the formidable task of discovering the norms that exist in a complex modern nation-state composed of many disparate groups.The situation is further complicated by the nature of judgments about character, sincesuch judgments are overly dependent on impressions and since,furthermore,impressions are usually stated in qualitativeterms,it is impossible to make a reliable comparison between the national characters of two countries.

  The author’s main point in the passage is that national character

  (主旨題，常見題型之一，這一類題型，所謂“技巧”，都很勉強，著重考察對于篇章的整體理解。)

  (A) is too elusive to merit attention by anthropologists and other social scientists

  (很容易被排除。值得注意，就是不知道拿它怎么辦。可不就是注意了，才發現elusive。)

  (B) is of greater interest to social scientists today than it has been in the past

  (很容易被排除。)

  (C) is still too difficult to describe with the precision required by many social scientists

  (后2/3的篇幅都在圍繞著social scientists面臨的困難呢。)

  (D) has become increasingly irrelevant because of the complexity of modern life

  (很容易被排除。是relevant的，就是不知道拿它怎么辦。)

  (E) can be described more accurately by anthropologists than by other social scientists

  (很容易被排除。)

  Given the information in the passage, which of the following is NOT true of modern nation-states?

  (細節題，常見題型之一，難度在于選項中的陳述可能不是對于原文陳述的paraphrase那么簡單，母語水平的語言能力測試，自然要求我們能讀懂“不是人話”。)

  (A) They are complex.

  (文中直接出現a complex modern nation-state composed of many disparate groups。)

  (B) They are heterogeneous.

  (是a small homogeneous tribe or village的相反，是被暗示出來的，是對的，對的所以不能選。)

  (C) They are of interest to social scientists.

  (廢話，當然是了。)

  (D) They lack cultural norms.

  (沖突于原文的the norms that exist。)

  (E) They differ from one another in terms of national character.

  (it is impossible to make a reliable comparison between the national characters of two countries既然要去比較，那就暗示了區別一定存在，只是這些對區別無法靠譜的比較。)

  It can be inferred from the passage that the social scientists mentioned in the passage would agree with which of the following statements?

  (推斷題，常見題型之一。通常說來，我們最容易犯的錯誤是過度推斷。但是，這個題目不難，不會出現過度推斷的情況吧。)

  I. It is extremely difficult to create models that account for both economic and social development.

  (沖突于原文的to include such variables in their formal models of economic and social development, 說明models是有的，就是變量無法帶進去算。)

  II. Models of economic and social development would be improved by the inclusion of adequate descriptions of national character.

  (原文中沒有直接回應?但是感覺是這個選項是對的，那不就是推斷題么。)

  III. It is important to supplement formal models of economic and social development with qualitative impressions of national character.

  (沖突于原文的impressions are usually stated in qualitative terms是被視作不利因素的，因為后面說到了it is impossible)

  (A) I only

  (B) II only

  (C) III only

  (D) I and III only

  (E) II and III only

  Which of the following best describes the organization of the passage?

  (文脈題，不算常見的題型。就這一道題本身而言，這一題特別簡單。)

  (A) A problem is presented and reasons for its existence are supplied.

  (B) A controversial view is presented and evidence for its validity is supplied.

  (C) A hypothesis is presented and possible means of verifying it are suggested.

  (D) A recent development is described and then analyzed.

  (E) A dispute is summarized and one side defended.

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