要做這類題目，需要我們了解全文的主題，而且還要找到一些信息詞判斷作者的態度或語氣是什么。

　　態度題的提問方式有：

　　What is the author s attitude in writing this passage?

　　What is the author s tone?

　　解題技巧為：

　　1)掌握文章中心;

　　2)找到 信息詞 。

　　可能的選項如下：

　　arbitrary武斷的 advisory建議的 complimentary贊揚的

　　concerned關心的，關注的 critical批評的 emotional情緒化的

　　sarcastic嘲諷的 ironical譏諷的 humorous幽默的

　　indifferent漠不關心的 informative提供信息的 outraged憤怒的

　　descriptive描述的 explanatory解釋的 sympathetic同情的

　　enthusiastic熱情的 cautious小心翼翼的 objective客觀的

　　neutral中性的，不偏不倚的 compromising妥協的 subjective主觀的

　　optimistic樂觀的 pessimistic悲觀的

　　請讀下面的文章，做態度題：

　　Exercise 1

　　Unless we spend money to spot and prevent asteroids(小行星)now, one might crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it, say some scientists.

　　Asteroids are bigger versions of the meteorites(流星)that race across the night sky. Most orbit the sun far from Earth and don t threaten us. But there are also thousands whose orbits put them on a collision course with Earth.

　　Buy $ 50 million worth of new telescopes right now. Then spend $ 10 million a year for the next 25 years to locate most of the space rocks. By the time we spot a fatal one, the scientists say, we ll have a way to change its course.

　　Some scientists favor pushing asteroids off course with nuclear weapons. But the cost wouldn t be cheap.

　　Is it worth it? Two things experts consider when judging any risk are: 1) How likely the event is; and 2) How bad the consequences if the event occurs. Experts think an asteroid big enough to destroy lots of life might strike Earth once every 500,000 years. Sounds pretty rare but if one did fall, it would be the end of the world. If we don t take care of these big asteroids, they ll take care of us. says one scientist, It s that simple.

　　The cure, though, might be worse than the disease. Do we really want fleets of nuclear weapons sitting around on Earth? The world has less to fear from doomsday(毀滅性的)rocks than from a great nuclear fleet set against them. said a New York Times article.

　　Q: Which of the following best describes the author s tone in this passage?

　　A) Optimistic. B) Critical.

　　C) Objective. D) Arbitrary.

　　【題目譯文】下列選項中哪一項最恰當地表達了作者的態度?

　　【答案解析】C。縱觀全文可發現，文章通篇分析了小行星撞擊地球的可能性并探討其解決方法，沒有給出作者自己的觀點，都是引用 some scientists ， the scientists ， experts 和 a New York Times article 的話，由此可推斷出作者的態度是客觀的。選項A 樂觀的 ，B 批判的 ，D 武斷的 ，均不符合題意。

　　Exercise 2

　　Engineering students are supposed to be examples of practicality and rationality, but when it comes to my college education I am an idealist and a fool. In high school I wanted to be an electrical engineer and, of course, any sensible student with my aims would have chosen a college with a large engineering department, famous reputation and lots of good labs and research equipment. But that s not what I did.

　　I chose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts(文科)university that doesn t even offer a major in electrical engineering. Obviously, this was not a practical choice; I came here for more noble reasons. I wanted a broad education that would provide me with flexibility and a value system to guide me in my career. I wanted to open my eyes and expand my vision by interacting with people who weren t studying science or engineering. My parents, teachers and other adults praised me for such a sensible choice. They told me I was wise and mature beyond my 18 years, and I believed them.

　　I headed off to college sure I was going to have an advantage over those students who went to big engineering factories where they didn t care if you had values or were flexible. I was going to be a complete engineer: technical genius and sensitive humanist(人文學者)all in one.

　　Now I m not so sure. Somewhere along the way my noble ideals crashed into reality, as all noble ideals eventually do. After three years of struggling to balance math, physics and engineering courses with liberal-arts courses, I have learned there are reasons why few engineering students try to reconcile(協調)engineering with liberal-arts courses in college.

　　The reality that has blocked my path to become the typical successful student is that engineering and the liberal arts simply don t mix as easily as I assumed in high school. Individually they shape a person in very different ways; together they threaten to confuse. The struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult.

　　Q: The author s experience shows that he was .

　　A) creative B) ambitious

　　C) unrealistic D) irrational

　　【題目譯文】作者的經歷表明他是 。

　　【答案解析】C。本文以作者想到一所文科大學學習工科的不成功案例說明，文科和工科根本不能很容易地結合在一起，所以作者應該是 不現實的 。

　　Exercise 3

　　Some pessimistic experts feel that the automobile is bound to fall into disuse. They see a day in the not-too-distant future when all autos will be abandoned and allowed to rust. Other authorities, however, think the auto is here to stay. They hold that the car will remain a leading means of urban travel in the foreseeable future.

　　The motorcar will undoubtedly change significantly over the next 30 years. It should become smaller, safer, and more economical, and should not be powered by the gasoline engine. The car of the future should be far more pollution free than present types.

　　Regardless of its power source, the auto in the future will still be the main problem in urban traffic congestion(擁擠). One proposed solution to this problem is the automated highway system.

　　When the auto enters the highway system, a retractable(可伸縮的)arm will drop from the auto and make contact with a rail, which is similar to those powering subway trains electrically.

　　Once attached to the rail, the car will become electrically powered from the system, and control of the vehicle will pass to a central computer. The computer will then monitor all of the car s movements.

　　The driver will use a telephone to dial instructions about his destination into the system. The computer will calculate the best route, and reserve space for the car all the way to the correct exit from the highway. The driver will then be free to relax and wait for the buzzer(蜂鳴器)that will warn him of his coming exit. It is estimated that an automated highway will be able to handle 10,000 vehicles per hour, compared with the 1,500 to 2,000 vehicles that can be carried by a present-day highway.

　　Q: What is the author s attitude toward the future of autos?

　　A) Enthusiastic. B) Pessimistic.

　　C) Optimistic. D) Cautious.

　　【題目譯文】對于汽車的未來，作者的態度是什么?

　　【答案解析】C。在最后一句話中，作者說明了自動高速公路系統的優勢，平均每小時可以處理1萬輛汽車，但是現在的高速公路每小時只能處理1500～2000輛汽車，所以作者對于汽車未來的態度應該是樂觀的。

　　要做這類題目，需要我們了解全文的主題，而且還要找到一些信息詞判斷作者的態度或語氣是什么。

　　態度題的提問方式有：

　　What is the author s attitude in writing this passage?

　　What is the author s tone?

　　解題技巧為：

　　1)掌握文章中心;

　　2)找到 信息詞 。

　　可能的選項如下：

　　arbitrary武斷的 advisory建議的 complimentary贊揚的

　　concerned關心的，關注的 critical批評的 emotional情緒化的

　　sarcastic嘲諷的 ironical譏諷的 humorous幽默的

　　indifferent漠不關心的 informative提供信息的 outraged憤怒的

　　descriptive描述的 explanatory解釋的 sympathetic同情的

　　enthusiastic熱情的 cautious小心翼翼的 objective客觀的

　　neutral中性的，不偏不倚的 compromising妥協的 subjective主觀的

　　optimistic樂觀的 pessimistic悲觀的

　　請讀下面的文章，做態度題：

　　Exercise 1

　　Unless we spend money to spot and prevent asteroids(小行星)now, one might crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it, say some scientists.

　　Asteroids are bigger versions of the meteorites(流星)that race across the night sky. Most orbit the sun far from Earth and don t threaten us. But there are also thousands whose orbits put them on a collision course with Earth.

　　Buy $ 50 million worth of new telescopes right now. Then spend $ 10 million a year for the next 25 years to locate most of the space rocks. By the time we spot a fatal one, the scientists say, we ll have a way to change its course.

　　Some scientists favor pushing asteroids off course with nuclear weapons. But the cost wouldn t be cheap.

　　Is it worth it? Two things experts consider when judging any risk are: 1) How likely the event is; and 2) How bad the consequences if the event occurs. Experts think an asteroid big enough to destroy lots of life might strike Earth once every 500,000 years. Sounds pretty rare but if one did fall, it would be the end of the world. If we don t take care of these big asteroids, they ll take care of us. says one scientist, It s that simple.

　　The cure, though, might be worse than the disease. Do we really want fleets of nuclear weapons sitting around on Earth? The world has less to fear from doomsday(毀滅性的)rocks than from a great nuclear fleet set against them. said a New York Times article.

　　Q: Which of the following best describes the author s tone in this passage?

　　A) Optimistic. B) Critical.

　　C) Objective. D) Arbitrary.

　　【題目譯文】下列選項中哪一項最恰當地表達了作者的態度?

　　【答案解析】C。縱觀全文可發現，文章通篇分析了小行星撞擊地球的可能性并探討其解決方法，沒有給出作者自己的觀點，都是引用 some scientists ， the scientists ， experts 和 a New York Times article 的話，由此可推斷出作者的態度是客觀的。選項A 樂觀的 ，B 批判的 ，D 武斷的 ，均不符合題意。

　　Exercise 2

　　Engineering students are supposed to be examples of practicality and rationality, but when it comes to my college education I am an idealist and a fool. In high school I wanted to be an electrical engineer and, of course, any sensible student with my aims would have chosen a college with a large engineering department, famous reputation and lots of good labs and research equipment. But that s not what I did.

　　I chose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts(文科)university that doesn t even offer a major in electrical engineering. Obviously, this was not a practical choice; I came here for more noble reasons. I wanted a broad education that would provide me with flexibility and a value system to guide me in my career. I wanted to open my eyes and expand my vision by interacting with people who weren t studying science or engineering. My parents, teachers and other adults praised me for such a sensible choice. They told me I was wise and mature beyond my 18 years, and I believed them.

　　I headed off to college sure I was going to have an advantage over those students who went to big engineering factories where they didn t care if you had values or were flexible. I was going to be a complete engineer: technical genius and sensitive humanist(人文學者)all in one.

　　Now I m not so sure. Somewhere along the way my noble ideals crashed into reality, as all noble ideals eventually do. After three years of struggling to balance math, physics and engineering courses with liberal-arts courses, I have learned there are reasons why few engineering students try to reconcile(協調)engineering with liberal-arts courses in college.

　　The reality that has blocked my path to become the typical successful student is that engineering and the liberal arts simply don t mix as easily as I assumed in high school. Individually they shape a person in very different ways; together they threaten to confuse. The struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult.

　　Q: The author s experience shows that he was .

　　A) creative B) ambitious

　　C) unrealistic D) irrational

　　【題目譯文】作者的經歷表明他是 。

　　【答案解析】C。本文以作者想到一所文科大學學習工科的不成功案例說明，文科和工科根本不能很容易地結合在一起，所以作者應該是 不現實的 。

　　Exercise 3

　　Some pessimistic experts feel that the automobile is bound to fall into disuse. They see a day in the not-too-distant future when all autos will be abandoned and allowed to rust. Other authorities, however, think the auto is here to stay. They hold that the car will remain a leading means of urban travel in the foreseeable future.

　　The motorcar will undoubtedly change significantly over the next 30 years. It should become smaller, safer, and more economical, and should not be powered by the gasoline engine. The car of the future should be far more pollution free than present types.

　　Regardless of its power source, the auto in the future will still be the main problem in urban traffic congestion(擁擠). One proposed solution to this problem is the automated highway system.

　　When the auto enters the highway system, a retractable(可伸縮的)arm will drop from the auto and make contact with a rail, which is similar to those powering subway trains electrically.

　　Once attached to the rail, the car will become electrically powered from the system, and control of the vehicle will pass to a central computer. The computer will then monitor all of the car s movements.

　　The driver will use a telephone to dial instructions about his destination into the system. The computer will calculate the best route, and reserve space for the car all the way to the correct exit from the highway. The driver will then be free to relax and wait for the buzzer(蜂鳴器)that will warn him of his coming exit. It is estimated that an automated highway will be able to handle 10,000 vehicles per hour, compared with the 1,500 to 2,000 vehicles that can be carried by a present-day highway.

　　Q: What is the author s attitude toward the future of autos?

　　A) Enthusiastic. B) Pessimistic.

　　C) Optimistic. D) Cautious.

　　【題目譯文】對于汽車的未來，作者的態度是什么?

　　【答案解析】C。在最后一句話中，作者說明了自動高速公路系統的優勢，平均每小時可以處理1萬輛汽車，但是現在的高速公路每小時只能處理1500～2000輛汽車，所以作者對于汽車未來的態度應該是樂觀的。