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第十讲 阅读理解题型及常规答题方法 6、因果句常考 　　命题者常以文中因果句命制一些考查文中两个事件内在的因果关系的试题，或出些概括文意、段意试题。一般以推理性题型和主旨大意题型出现，兼顾少量其它题型。表示因果关系的词有：because, since, for，as, therefore, consequently, result in, originate from 等。 例1. Why? Because company executives are afraid of the bad publicity that would result if the public found out that their computer had been misused . They hesitate at the thought of a criminal boasting in opera court of how… Q：The passage is mainly about______ . (A) why computer crimes are difficult to detect by systematic inspection. (B) Why computer criminals are often able to escape punishment. (C) How computer criminals manage to get good recommendations from their former employers. (D) Why computer crimes cant be eliminated. 　　(分析：选D项。属主旨大意型。文章前几段说到了利用计算机犯罪的人即使被抓，不仅不受惩罚，而且还会得到以前老板充满热情的推荐信。这是什么原因呢（why?）Because…作了回答。这也就是全文要告诉读者的关于计算机犯罪清除不了的原因，故选D。) 例2 … Certainly it (telephone) has extended the scope of human conflicts, since it impartially disseminates(传播)the useful knowledge of scientists and the nonsense of the ignorant, the affection of the affectionate and the malice(恶意)of the malicious. Q:The author describes the telephone as impartial because it______. (A) saves lives of people in remote places. (B) Enables people to live alone if they want to. (C) Spreads both love and ill will (D) Replaces much written communication. 　　(分析：选C项。属逻辑推理型题。Since引导的从句表明电话不偏不倚地传播着科学家的真言，无知者的废话，仁者之爱心，恶者之恶意。因此，从这句话我们可以推断出电话spreads both love and ill will故选C)。 例3 … The primary reason why it was revolutionary is that it led to great social change…(见《分册》P19页例6) Q：According to the author, the introduction of the composer is a revolution mainly because . (A) the computer has revolutionized the working of the human mind. (B) The computer can do the tasks that could only be done by people before. (C) It has helped to switch to an information technology. (D) It has a great potential impact on society. 　　(分析：选D项。属逻辑推理型题。原段首句就交待了没有什么技术发展比计算机革命对我们生活产生的影响要大。然后指出工业革命之所以是一切革命在于它导致了巨大的社会