2002年3月 section2 Questions 1～5（全真试题集P95）
重点在于分析文章的主线和枝节信息

第一段

Helen Beasley says she did not set out to become a surrogate mother.
Helen Beasley 文章开头出现的一个人物
文章中人物的作用：
1、文章的主角Leading role
2、议论文中的Example
3、被引用者的话 Quotation
东西方新闻报道焦点不同：西方新闻更愿意暴露社会上尖锐、新奇、有争议的事件。

The 26-year-old legal secretary from Shrewsbury, England, a single mom with a 9-year old son, was thinking more about becoming a paid egg donor.
egg donor. 卵子捐献者
本句很具体，目的是为了说明第一句话。

When she bought her first computer and did some research on the Internet, the tales of childless couples she came across broke her heart, she says, and made her think of going one step further, as some 20, 000 surrogate moms do each year in the U.S. "
本句也非常具体，也是对第一句话的说明和支持。

The more I thought about it, "she says, "the more I thought of happy endings."
本句的目的也是为了证明第一句话所表达的主旨。

注意：
英美一流报刊文章通常是倒三角结构，文章的前三分之一一定会表明文章主旨、核心、线索。

第二段

Six-and-a-half months after her first surrogate pregnancy began, as twin babies kick inside her, Beasley could not be much farther from a happy ending.
主句：Beasley could not be much farther from a happy ending 说明这篇文章描述的是一件坏事情。.

She’s mired in a bitter legal battle with Charles Wheeler and Martha Berman, the San Francisco attorneys who found her classified ad on the Internet and flew her over last March for a trip to a fertility clinic.
Mired 使……深陷泥潭
本句中有很多具体的描述，这些具体的东西在阅读的时候都可以被忽视，我们只需明确主角陷入了官司中。
Pregnant with one more baby than Wheeler and Berman wanted, Beasley says, she has received only 1, 000 of the 20, 000 they originally agreed to pay her.
本句中有很多数字，而数字往往是可以被忽略的。

The fate of the twins she’s carrying but does not want or have legal rights to will be decided by a California court, in one of the most bizarre surrogacy cases yet.
Bizarre：奇怪
文章的第二段把案子的背景信息告诉了大家。

第三段：

Beasley acknowledges the Wheeler and Berman, who have refused to talk to the media, made it clear in their discussions that they wanted just one child.
What’s more, notes Stanford law professor Deborah Rhode, "theirs was a very extensive contract.
What’s more ：更有甚者
重要连接词及用法：
Furthermore，moreover，that is，that is to say，i.e，also
等递进连接词后面的信息更加重要
Stanford law professor Deborah Rhode：文章中的头衔可以略看

There were 50 clause providing for every contingency, "including the case of a multiple pregnancy, a real possibility given that three donor eggs fertilized by Wheeler’s sperm were implanted in Beasley’s womb.
Contingency：可能性、偶然性
Including的出现说明接下来的文字要列举一系列的内容，这些列举内容都是非常具体的，不太可能成为主题句，在口译阅读中可以略看。

The contract required Beasley to honor the couple’s decision about whether to have a selective reduction, the termination of one or more fetuses in a multiple pregnancy.
Fetuses：胚胎

Still, Beasley says, "I didn’t realize they would go so ballistic" over the idea of twins.
Ballistic：勃然大怒

第三段的主题在于What’s more引出的句子中，关键词extensive
特别记录，第三段的很多内容与合同、官司有关。

第四段：

Beasley claims she would have gone through with the selective reduction has Wheeler and Berman made the arrangements early in the pregnancy.
But, as she tells it, there was a lengthy e-mail row between the two sides after Beasley returned to England:
But关键转折词，异曲同工的词还有however, yet, nevertheless, nonetheless这些词后面的信息很重要
Row在本篇文章的用法：
2. The word "row" in the sentence "there was a lengthy e?mail row between the two sides"(Para. 4) can be replaced by ________.
(A) negotiation磋商 (B) argument 争吵
(C) communication交流 (D) dialogue对话

it was a petty affair in which each accused the other of going on vacation without warning, but it took weeks to mediate.

By the time Wheeler and Berman booked Beasley’s flight to California for the reduction, it was week 13 of her pregnancy, she says.
第四段的关键在于明确文章中的两方人物有争执。

第五段

At that stage, Beasley felt that terminating a fetus was wrong. Plus, the late date increased the risk that both fetuses would be lost in the procedure. Her high blood pressure was already complicating the pregnancy.
At that stage：在那个阶段
以上三句话，是在并列说明一个主题，内容很具体，可以略看

Beasley claims that Wheeler and Berman’s lawyer, who declined to comment, presented her with two options: to terminate one fetus as requested or terminate both and still get paid.
本句也是并列说明，可以略看。

第六段

Unwilling to do either, Beasley tried to compromise option of seeking other potential parent.
从本句看出，本段开始的内容将是主人公“寻找出路”的地方。

She says both sides offered candidates but fought over what-if anything-the newcomers would pay Wheeler and Berman for their in-vitro fertilization and donor-egg expenses.
-if anything-

破折号的作用：

1、 解释：用浅显的语言说明复杂的内容。
2、 总结：前面简单，后面浓缩。
3、分隔：两个破折号一定是分隔作用，第一个破折号总结、解释前面的内容，后面的破折号就是一个插入的作用。

In Britain the matter would have been simpler. There, surrogate mothers have full legal rights to the babies they bear for at least the first six weeks. But since the contract was signed in California, Beasley, now living in San Diego, supported by her lawyer there, is suing to sever the couple’s rights over the children and claim unspecified damages.

Britain、California：地点强对比往往会蕴含着考点
By last Thursday the blood was so bad that Berman had the man who came to serve her with papers thrown out of her office building.
Blood：脾气
本句内容非常具体，不会成为考点。

第七段

This very pubic debacle has surrogacy supporters pretty steamed too. "The only victims I see in this case are those babies and surrogate parenting itself, "says Shirley Zager, director of the Illinois-based Organization of Parents Through Surrogacy, herself a surrogate mother.

Shirley Zager, director of the Illinois-based Organization of Parents Through Surrogacy, herself a surrogate mother. 从语者的经历和头衔可以推测出语者的支持倾向

According to law professor Rhode, changes of heart happen in only 4 out of every 10, 000 legal surrogate arrangements; however, such cases usually involve the surrogate mom wanting to keep her offspring after they’re born

And even though they have been through a lot together, Beasley has no such plans for the twins. "Financially, emotionally, I don’t have the means, "she says. Their happy ending will have to wait.

1. According to the passages, Helen Beasley became a surrogate mother mainly because______.
(A) she wanted to have a daughter of her own
(B) she liked to be a voluntary egg donor
(C) she had much sympathy for those childless families
(D) she needed the money from surrogate parenting
答案来源：
When she bought her first computer and did some research on the Internet, the tales of childless couples she came across broke her heart, she says, and made her think of going one step further, as some 20, 000 surrogate moms do each year in the U.S. "
本题是细节题，可以从上下文找到答案。

2. The word "row" in the sentence "there was a lengthy e?mail row between the two sides"(Para. 4) can be replaced by ________.
(A) negotiation (B) argument
(C) communication (D) dialogue

3. It can be found from the passages that the contract between Beasley and Wheeler and Berman_____.
(A) was unfair to the surrogate mother
(B) was quite comprehensive and accepted by both parties
(C) did not include clauses related to multiple pregnancy
(D) specified the reduction of payment in case of multiple pregnancy
(B) Comprehensive与第三段关键词extensive形成呼应
注意：类似这样的题目一定优先选择主题相符的答案，这是非常的主题原则。

4. According to the passage, Beasley refused to terminate one of the fetuses out of all the following reasons EXCEPT that____.
(A) her high blood pressure would lead to danger in operation
(B) both of the twin fetuses would face the risk of being lost
(C) the termination would be too late after week 13 of her pregnancy
(D) the decision to reduce fetuses was cruel and unethical
答案来源第五段

5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
(A) Beasley is going to keep the twins herself.
(B) Both sides are seeking potential parents.
(C) The laws concerning surrogate mothering are different in the two countries.
(D) The case is quite unusual compared with most other surrogate cases.

总结：
答题技巧：分清主题和细节(数字，例子，引用，etc.)，做好笔记