A. celebrity moms are a permanent source for gossip.
B. single mothers with babies deserve greater attention.
C. news about pregnant celebrities is entertaining.
D. having children is highly valued by the public.
The magazine cover showing an attractive mother holding a cute baby is hardly the only Madonna-and-children image on newsstands this week. There are also stories about newly adoptive—and newly single—mom Sandra Bullock, as well as the usual “Jennifer Aniston is pregnant” news. Practically every week features at least one celebrity mom, or mom-to-be, smiling on the newsstands. (2011年Text 4 Paragraph 2)
由題干中的learn一詞，我們可以判定此題是段落推斷題。其答案就是段落論點(diǎn)。段落論點(diǎn)究竟是段首呢，還是段中呢，還是段末呢?我們發(fā)現，段首句主干是“The magazine cover…is hardly the only…image…” (雜志封面上的……幾乎不是唯一的形象);段中句主干是“There are also stories about…as well as…”(還有關(guān)于……的故事，以及……)。通過(guò)段首句的關(guān)鍵詞hardly the only以及段中句的also和as well as，我們可以推斷出這兩句的邏輯關(guān)系是并列關(guān)系，是從兩個(gè)角度共同進(jìn)行了論述。那么我們可以基本確定段末句是對前兩句的概括總結，應該是段落論點(diǎn)。我們把ABCD四個(gè)選項分別與段末句對比，發(fā)現與段末句是同義表達的只有D選項，D選項中的having children(生育孩子)與段末句的mom, or mom-to-be(母親或準母親)是同義替換;highly valued(高度重視)與段末句的every week, at least one(每周，至少一篇報道)是同義替換;newsstands(報攤)雖然與原文中的public(公眾)不是同義替換，但是常識告訴我們這兩者存在一定關(guān)聯(lián)：通常情況下，公眾關(guān)注什么內容，報紙上往往就會(huì )報道什么內容，報紙只有投其所好才能吸引公眾的眼球和注意力。所以，我們確定D選項為正確選項。
A. Science intends to simplify its peer-review process.
B. journals are strengthening their statistical checks.
C. few journals are blamed for mistakes in data analysis.
D. lack of data analysis is common in research projects.
The journal Science is adding an extra round of statistical checks to its peer-view process, editor-in-chief Marcia McNutt announced today. The policy follows similar efforts from other journals, after widespread concern that basic mistakes in data analysis are contributing to the irreproducibility of many published research findings.(2015年Text 3 Paragraph 1)
