2022年考研英语二|外刊英语阅读-美国二战后建筑风格的变化Pt.2

考研人数逐年增加，竞争之激烈使得我们不得不加急复习的日程。众所周知，阅读理解占据了考研英语二100分试卷的一半分值，而考研英语阅读文章大多来自英美国家的主流报刊杂志，所以如果能在日常就多多阅读这些文章，对以后读懂文章做对题目来说会大有裨益。

学习步骤如下：

1.不看汉语译文自己看一遍短文做理解

2.看汉语译文比对自己理解的意思与之出入

3.强化记忆重点单词（以记忆其汉语意思为主）

Economic condition was only a stimulus for the trend toward efficient living. The phrase “less is more” was actually first popularized by a German, the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who like other people associated with the Bauhaus, a school of design, emigrated to the United States before World War Ⅱ and took up posts at American architecture schools. These designers came to exert enormous influence on the course of American architecture, but none more so than Mies.

短文翻译

经济状况只是这种高效生活趋势的一个诱因。“少便是多”的说法实际上是由德国建筑师路德维希·密斯·凡·德·罗最先推广开来的。与其他来自包豪斯建筑学派的建筑师一样,密斯二战前移民到美国,在多所建筑学院任职。他们这些建筑师对美国建筑学的发展产生了巨大的影响,其中密斯产生的影响最大。

核心单词一览

真题练习

*一定要做题哦

32. Which of the following can be inferred from Paragraph 3 about the Bauhaus?

[A] It was founded by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

[B] Its designing concept was affected by World War II.

[C] Most American architects used to be associated with it.

[D] It had a great influence upon American architecture.

题目解析

31.【解析】根据题干定位到文章第二段尾句“... that restraint, in combination with the postwar confidence..., made small, efficient housing positively stylish”，本句话中的谓语动词 made，表示前因后果的逻辑，即“节制”与“自信”带来了“战后住房风格”的“盛行”，反过来也可以理解为“战后美国的住房风格”反映了美国人的“节制”与“自信”，所以 C 项正确。A选项的干扰源自文章首段，但是 prosperity和growth是人们对二战后这个时间段的印象，与美国的战后住宅风格并无关系，因此A项不对；B选项的干扰源自第二段尾句“made small, efficient housing positively stylish”，这两个词是说明美国二战后的住房风格，并非是美国人的情况，因此不对；D项文中并未提及，属于无中生有。