2018考研：英语新题型——熟词生义(3)

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　　新题型作为第二大模块阅读理解的part B部分，共5题，10分。新题型对考研学子来说，可谓是“福音”，——解题技巧明显， 得分相较其他题型而言，相对容易。但是，新题型虽然得分，因为解题技巧，显得容易，但是，新题型在选材和篇章内容上，却着实存在一定难度。比如，熟词生义现象在新题型中的出现，给众多考生造成困扰。下面四川中公考研网的小编为大家准备了“2018考研英语新题型：熟词生义(3)”，希望对大家有所帮助!

　　[E] These issues all have root causes in human behavior . all require behavioral change and social innovations , as well as technological development . Stemming climate change , for example , is as much about changing consumption patterns and promoting tax acceptance as it is about developing clean energy.(2013，英语一)

　　Stem 一词常见意思为“起源于”，常见用法为stem from 起源于，相当于熟知的originate from，然而，stem在本文中，熟词生义为“阻止，遏止”，更符合上下文语境，上文提到人类行为是造成各种问题的根本原因，下文提到解决气候变化问题，应当采取的措施。所以，本句句意为“遏止气候变化，例如，可以采取以下措施，一、改变消耗模式;二、促进税收接受度;三、研发清洁能源。

　　The researchers suggest that capuchin monkeys, like humans, are guided by social emotions. In the wild, they are a co-operative, group-living species. Such co-operation is likely to be stable only when each animal feels it is not being cheated. Feelings of righteous indignation, it seems, are not the preserve of people alone. Refusing a lesser reward completely makes these feelings abundantly clear to other members of the group. However, whether such a sense of fairness evolved independently in capuchins and humans, or whether it stems from the common ancestor that the species had 35 million years ago, is, as yet, an unanswered question.(2005,Text 1)

　　Stem一词早在2005年考研英语一的阅读理解中就已经考察过，stem 在文中的意思为“起源”，与from 构成固定搭配，句意为“然而，是否这种公平感分别源于僧帽猴还是人类，或是是否源于3500万年前共同的祖先，还不得而知。”