在考研英语大纲中，对于阅读的考察中，对于阅读规定了不同的考察的能力，其中规定：理解文章中作者的观点，意图，态度的能力。这种能力所对应的题型我们归纳为情感态度态度题。关于情感态度题该如何解题呢?

在学术性议论文中，分为可表达的态度和不可以表达的态度。可表达的态度指的是符合学术性议论文客观和公正性的态度，并且能明确体现作者态度的词。如：supportive, disapproval, objective等词。那么不可表达的词指的是不符合学术性议论问客观性，公正性的词，如：discrimination, sarcastic，tolerant等词。这些词往往可以作为我们做题时可排除的选项。

以下题为例：

例1(2017 年 text 4)....The court’s ruling is a step forward in the struggle against both corruption and official favoritism.

40. The author’s attitude toward the court’s ruling is ______.

[A] sarcastic

[B] tolerant

[C] skeptical

[D] supportive

解析：题干关键词：attitude，识别为情感态度题。做题第一步：排除选项：A. sarcastic adj.讽刺的;B. tolerant adj.容忍的;第二步：定位原文：The court’s ruling is a step forward.“a step forward进步”体现作者的态度倾向，所以该题选D项，支持的。

例 2 (2012 年 text 4)John Donahue at Harvard’s Kennedy School points out that the norms of culture in Western civil services suit those who want to stay put but is bad for high achievers. The only American public-sector workers who earn well above $ 250,000 a year are university sports coaches and the president of the United States. Bankers’ fat pay packets have attracted much criticism, but a public-sector system that does not reward high achievers may be a much bigger problem for America.

40. John Donahue’s attitude towards the public-sector system is one of ______.

[A] disapproval

[B] appreciation

[C]tolerance

[D] indifference

解析：题干关键词：题干关键词：attitude，识别为情感态度题。做题第一步：排除选项：C. tolerant adj.容忍的;D. indifference adj.漠不关心的;第二步：定位选答案： a public-sector system … may be a much bigger problem for America. 通过关键信息“bigger problem” “更大的问题”，选出A项：不支持的。