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第十九天：中国式陷阱---阅读之过度推理 仿照莎士比亚的话来叙述考研阅读的第二个陷阱，可以说推理还是不推理，这是考研阅读的重要问题。在四个选项中，直接表达的选项与经过推理的选项哪个应该成为答案?推理少的选项与推理多的选项哪个应该成为答案?这些方向性的问题对于选择答案影响很大。例如， People in earlier eras were surrounded by reminders of misery. They worked until exhausted, lived with few protections and died young. In the West, before mass communication and literacy, the most powerful mass medium was the church, which reminded worshippers that their souls were in danger and that they would someday be meat for worms. Given all this, they did not exactly need their art to be a bummer too. Which of the following is true of the text? Religion once functioned as a reminder of misery. Art provides a balance between expectation and reality. People feel disappointed at the realities of modern society. Mass media are inclined to cover disasters and deaths. 本题是一道判断题，可以将选项与原文一一进行比较，然后确定答案。A宗教一度提醒人们苦难的存在符合原文意思，从上面的段落中，尤其是最高级the most powerful就能判断出这一点，因此A为正确答案。B艺术提供了期望和现实之间的平衡为干扰选项。为何选A而不选B呢?原因是A为原文直接表达的选项：过去的人们被苦难的提示所包围，而教堂就是其中之一。B在原文没有直接表达，只有经过推理才能得到类似的内容。如何找到原文的直接表达呢?原文的特殊语言现象，如本文的最高级就可以起提示作用。 | 
