2015考研英语阅读出题点类比比喻

研研夏日

类比在文中主要有两种体现方式，一是明喻，即A像B一样;二是暗喻，说A是B，由于暗喻更加隐蔽，出题人往往趋向于在暗喻内容上出题。所以太奇考研提醒考生还要熟记，“借喻或借代”也是出题人常考的地方，例如用“多米诺骨牌”进行借代等。

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　　The full import maytake a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally Ill law has leftphysicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practicalimplications. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches,right-to-life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attackedthe bill and the haste of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turn back.In Australia — where an aging population,life-extending technology and changing community attitudes have all playedtheir part — other states are going to consider makinga similar law to deal with euthanasia. In the US and Canada, where theright-to-die movement is gathering strength, observers are waiting for thedominoes to start falling.

　　52. When the authorsays that observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling, he means________.

　　[A] observers aretaking a wait-and-see attitude towards the future of euthanasia

　　[B] similar bills arelikely to be passed in the US, Canada and other countries

　　[C] observers arewaiting to see the result of the game of dominoes

　　[D] the effect-takingprocess of the passed bill may finally come to a stop