30. Which of the following would be the subject of the text?

　　[A] A looming threat to business-method patents

　　[B] Protection for business-method patent holders

　　[C] A legal case regarding business-method patents

　　[D] A prevailing trend against business-method patents

　　这题相当难，bc很容易排出就不说了，ad不太好弄，首先可能是大家有两个词不认识，a，looming，d， prevailing，就算知道looming潜在的，prevailing流行的，也不太好弄，按照考试分析上的说法，文章只谈到了专利的授权会越来越严格，所以用潜在的比较合适，也就是a是对的，这题就不多说了，大家仁者见仁智者见智吧。

　　31. By citing the book The Tipping Point the author intends to

　　[A] analyze the consequences of social epid emics

　　[B] discuss influentials’ funcition in spreading ideas

　　[C] exemplify people’s intuitive response to social epidemics

　　[D] describe the essential characteristics of influentials

　　关键词the book TheTipping Point ， author，这里把author也设为关键词的意思是，是author而不是别人，对象要搞清楚，特别是观点。好，再来审题，intends to，我的理解是：下文说什么不就是作者打算干嘛吗？所以，毫无疑问，答案是b，这里还有一个词要注意，epidemics，如果你知道这个词是什么意思，文章的理解也就不难了，所以，大家要好好背单词。

　　32. The author suggests that the “two-step-flow theory”

　　[A] serves as a solution to marketing problems

　　[B] has helped explain certain prevalent trends

　　[C] has won support from influentials

　　[D] requires solid evidence for its validity

　　32题是很神奇的一题，关键词，two-step-flowtheory，author 。定位这样一句话

　　The supposed importance of inftuentials derives from a plansiblesounding but largely untested theory called the "tow-step flow ofcommunication" ：Informationfllows from the mediato the inftuentials and from then to ereryone else.很快注意到but largely untestedtheory，看见没，读到这里就够了，d 毫无疑问，反而abc看似符合后文，d一出，全都是废话，正所谓读的越多陷的越深啊，简直就是玩你没商量，对于这个问题我们已经讨论很多了，就不在详述。

　　33.what the researchers have observed recently shows that

　　[A] the power of influence goes with social interactions

　　[B] interpersonal links can be enhanced through the media

　　[C] influentials have more channels to reach the public

　　[D] most celebrities enjoy wide media attention

　　关键词，theresearchers， recently，很快定位到这里In theirrecent work, however, some researchers have come up with the finding thatinfluentials have far less impact on social epidemics than is generallysupposed. In fact, they don’t seem to be required of all.很符合题目的一段话，再看选项，很可惜，我们并没有发现合适的答案，很明显，这都是出题人捣的鬼，好吧，让我们在往下看看又有什么陷阱在前面，在这里提醒大家一句，读考研阅读，有一个能力是必须要具备的，那就是能分析句子的成分，每次你就只奔主谓宾去就好了，甩掉什么插入语啊，从句啊什么的，这种文章一般都特能折腾，加些乱七八糟的东西在里面，你不会找主谓宾没准就被搅的七荤八素了，比如接下来的一句Theresearchers’ argument stems from a simple observing about social influence： with the exception ofa few celebrities like Oprah Winfrey-whose outsize presence is primarily afunction of media, not interpersonal, influence-even the most influential membersof a population simply don’t interact with that many others. 实质不过就是The researchers’argument stems from a simple observing about social influence： influence-eventhe most influential members of a population simply don’t interact with thatmany others. 前面的什么 OprahWinfrey-whose都因为前面的一句with theexception of而统统没有读的价值了，所以说啊这还真是个考察实力的舞台，同志们还是不要抱怨了，加紧干活吧，光玩技术是不行滴。这么一来本题的答案是a就无疑了，不过你千万别把a的influence看成influentials了哈（英语接触的少的同学容易犯这种低级错误）。

　　34.The underlined phrase “these people” in paragraph 4 refers tothe ones who

　　[A] stay outside the network of social influence

　　[B] have little contact with the source of influence

　　[C] are influenced and then influence others

　　[D] are influenced by the initial influential

　　这就不说了，还是前面说的，要符合上下文的逻辑，遇到问题就具体情况具体分析，还一个就是每个选项都要认真读喔。