太奇20xx考研英语强化班授课讲义(完成

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ity. 4. We learn from the last two paragraphs that businessmethod patents [A] are immune to legal challenges. [B] are often unnecessarily issued. [C] lower the esteem for patent holders. [D] increase the incidence of risks. 5. Which of the following would be the subject of the text? [A] A looming threat to businessmethod patents. [B] Protection for businessmethod patent holders. [C] A legal case regarding businessmethod patents. [D] A prevailing trend against businessmethod patents. 北京太奇教育集团 版权所有 翻版必究 01051627416 7 New Words and Expressions scale back on （财政商务用语）限制，缩减。 abuzz adv./adj. 嘈杂地（的），匆忙地（的）。 aboutface n. 向后转；转变态度；改变主意。 pool vt. 向共同基金提供金钱等。 stake out 提出（要求）。 beat sb. to the punch 抢在某人前面采取行动、说话等。 hedge vt. 在（田地、花园等）周围设置树篱；拒绝承诺。 in the wake of 在„之后。 justice n. （可数名词）法官。 uphold vt. 支持，赞成；鼓励。 Text 3 [2020, RC Text 1] Habits are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on autopilot and relaxing into the unconscious fort of familiar routine. Not choice, but habit rules the unreflecting herd, William Wordsworth said in the 19th century. In the everchanging 21st century, even the word habit carries a negative implication. So it seems paradoxical to talk about habits in the same context as creativity and innovation. But brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can jump our trains of thought onto new, innovative tracks. Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit, we can instead direct our own change by consciously developing new habits. In fact, the more new things we try the more we step outside our fort zone the more inherently creative we bee, both in the workplace and in our personal lives. But don‘t bother trying to kill off old habits。 once those ruts of procedure are worn into the brain, they‘re there to stay. Instead, the new habits we deliberately press into ourselves create parallel pathways that can bypass those old roads. The first thing needed for innovation is a fascination with wonder, says Dawna Markova, author of The Open Mind. But we are taught instead to 39。 decide39。 , just as our president calls himself 39。 the Decider39。 . She adds, however, that to decide is to kill off all possibilities but one. A good innovational thinker is always exploring the many other possibilities. All of us work through problems in ways of which we39。 re unaware, she says. Researchers in the late 1960s discovered that humans are born with the capacity to approach challenges in four primary ways: analytically, procedurally, relationally (or collaboratively) and innovatively. At the end of adolescence, however, the brain shuts down half of that capacity, preserving only those modes of thought that have seemed most valuable during the first decade or so of life. 北京太奇教育集团 版权所有 翻版必究 01051627416 8 The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure, meaning that few of us inherently use our innovative and collaborative modes of thought. This breaks the major rule in the American belief system that anyone can do anything, explains M. J. Ryan, author of the 2020 book This Year I Will... and Ms. Markova‘s business partner. That‘s a lie that we have perpetuated, and it fosters monness. Knowing what you‘re good at and doing even more of it creates excellence. This is where developing new habits es in. (419 words) 1. In Wordsworth39。 s view, habits is characterized by being [A] casual. [B] familiar. [C] mechanical. [D] changeable. 2. Brain researchers have discovered that the formation of new habits can be [A] predicted. [B] regulated. [C] traced. [D] guided. 3. The word ruts (Line 1, Paragraph 4) is closest in meaning to [A] tracks. [B] series. [C] characteristics. [D] connections. 4. Dawna Markova would most probably agree that [A] ideas are born of a relaxing mind. [B] innovativeness could be taught. [C] decisiveness derives from fantastic ideas. [D] curiosity activates creative minds. 5. Ryan39。 s ments suggest that the practice of standardized testing [A] prevents new habits from being formed. [B] no longer emphasizes monness. [C] maintains the inherent American thinking mode. [D] plies with the American belief system. Words and Expressions 1. reach for 伸出手去够„。 2. mindless adj. 不必用脑的；没头脑的。 3. unreflecting adj. 不反省的；无思虑的。 4. herd n. 牧群；牛群。 the herd 人群。 5. paradoxical adj. 前后矛盾的。 6. parallel adj. 平行的；相同的；类似的。 7. track n. 踪迹；路径；轨道；跑道。 8. a creature of habit 受习惯支配的人。 9. dismiss … as … 把„认为是„ 而不屑一顾。 10. kill off (=eliminate) 去除，除掉。 11. wear sth. into sth else 使„磨进„。 12. bypass vt. 在„外开辟一条旁道。 13. fascination n. 魅力；魔力；入迷。 14. wonder n. 惊奇；惊奇的事；奇迹。 15. but prep. 除了。 16. work through 设法干完；克服。 17. be aware (of) adj. 觉察到；意识到。 18. procedural adj. 程序上的，手续上的。 19. collaboratively adv. 合作地。 20. adolescence n. 青春期。 北京太奇教育集团 版权所有 翻版必究 01051627416 9 21. shut down 关上；关闭；使停业。 22. highlight vt. 特别注意；强调。 23. perpetuate vt. 使永存；使„持续。 24. foster vt. 收养；培养；助长；激发。 Text 4 [课外阅读 ] Get ready for the second act of the grand drama we call globalization. The 1980‘s opened with a massive manufacturing migration from industrialized countries to the Third World that accelerates to this day. This decade is witnessing a second。