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）
Intuition's special powers are unleashed only in certain circumstances. In one study, participants completed a battery of eight tasks, including four that tapped reflective thinking (discerning rules, comprehending vocabulary)and four that tapped intuition and creativity(generating new products or figures of speech). Then they rated the degree to which they had used intuition("gut feelings,”" hunches,"" my heart"). Use of their gut hurt their performance on the first four tasks, as expected, and helped them on the rest. Sometimes the heart is smarter than the head.
短文翻译
直觉的特殊力量只有在特定情况下才会被释放出来。在一项研究中，参与者完成了八项任务，其中四项涉及反思性思考(辨别规则、理解词汇)，四项涉及直觉和创造力(创造新产品或修辞手法)。然后，他们对自己使用直觉(“直觉”“预感”“我的内心”)的程度进行评估。正如预期的那样使用直觉不利于他们在前四项任务中的表现，而在其余的任务中则会有所帮助。有时，心灵比头脑更聪明。
核心单词一览
真题练习
*一定要做题哦
40. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. Intuition may affect reflective tasks.
B. Generating new products takes time.
C. Vocabulary comprehension needs creativity.
D. Objective thinking may boost inventiveness.
题目解析
40.【解析】由题干可直接定位至最后一段，最后一段主要内容是一个研究， Participants completed a battery of eight tasks, including four that tapped reflective thinking. Use of their gut hurt their performance on the first four tasks, as expected. （参与者完成了一组八个任务，前四个任务需要运用思考。正如预期的那样，使用他们的直觉会破坏他们在前四项任务中的表现），由此得知“Intuition may affect reflective tasks.”（直觉可能会影响反思型的任务），故选【A】。
【B】项：产生新产品需要时间。无中生有；
【C】项：词汇理解需要创造力。文中说词汇理解需要思考，反了；
【D】项：客观的思考可以提高创造力。无中生有。
