2015年考研英語閱讀出題點：特殊詞匯

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特殊詞匯

考研閱讀試題中經常考查考生對于一些詞語和詞匯的理解，這些特殊詞匯包括了平時不經常使用的生僻詞、常見詞語平時不經常用到的意思或搭配、以及關系代詞等。這類題目的解題關鍵在于讀懂詞匯所在文章位置的前后句及上下文，從而推斷中其意思。

【真題回放2010-Text2】

Curbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face, because it was the federal circuit itself that introduced such patents with is 1998 decision in the so-called state Street Bank case, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fund assets. That ruling produced an explosion in business-method patent filings, initially by emerging internet companies trying to stake out exclusive rights to specific types of online transactions. Later, move established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might beat them to the punch. In 2005, IBM noted in a court filing that it had been issued more than 300 business-method patents despite the fact that it questioned the legal basis for granting them. Similarly, some Wall Street investment films armed themselves with patents for financial products, even as they took positions in court cases opposing the practice.

28. The word “about-face” (Line 1, Para 3) most probably means

[A] loss of good will

[B] increase of hostility

[C] change of attitude

[D] enhancement of dignity