(英二 2016年Text 4, Para. 4)From career to community and family, these contrasts suggest that in the aftermath of the searing Great Recession, those just starting out in life are defining priorities and expectations that will increasingly spread through virtually all aspects of American life, from consumer preferences to housing patterns to politics.
38. The priorities and expectations defined by the young will ______.
[A] depend largely on political preferences
[B] reach almost all aspects of American life
[C] focus on materialistic issues
[D] become increasingly clear
以咱们上面这道题就是长难句的典型，通过关键信息“priorities and expectations”、“define”咱们可以定位到倒数第二排的对应词，基础好一点的同学可能说前面的“those just starting out in life are”，不正是我们题干中的“the young”年轻人么。但是咱们同学们这个时候就犯难了，老师这一段就这一句话，我都搞不清楚他在说啥。不要着急，这个时候就要考察咱们抓“重点”的能力了，咱们题干的所有关键信息都在句子的后半部分，并且题干问的也是“The priorities and expectations [defined by the young] will…”，那是不是说咱们可以先看看后半部分的信息这部分信息呢?它不正是以一个定语从句告诉了咱们这种“priorities and expectations”怎么样了吗?所以咱们的解题关键应该是最后一个关键词will 出现的“spread through…”后面的内容，大家现在来匹配一下ABCD，咱们是不是就能发现B选项的“all aspects of American life”在原文是原词出现，并且原文的“spread through”跟B选项的“reach”也是同义表达，基础好一点的同学也能知道咱们原文的“virtually”和B选项的“almost”也是同义词，也就是咱们正确答案的标配“原词+同义替换”的形式。但是咱们的干扰项，A中“political preferences”跟咱们原文的“consumer preferences”不一致;C选项，无对应咱们同学们都不会选;D选项“increasingly clear”与原文的“increasingly spread through”也不一致，所以也只有咱们的B最为符合原意。
