Darwin was convinced that the loss of these tastes was not only a loss of happiness, but might possibly be injurious to the intellect, and more probably to the moral character,
（命题专家改写后截止于此，原文本段落未完）
达尔文认为，失去对音乐和绘画方面的兴趣，不仅失去了幸福，而且还可能损伤智力，甚至可能会伤害道德。
by enfeebling the emotional side of one's nature. So far as he could judge, his mind had become in his later years a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts, and that atrophy had taken place in that part of the brain on which the higher aesthetic tastes depend. Curiously enough, however, he retained his relish for novels, and for books on history, biography, and travels.
简单分析：
试题难度和近几年难度保持一致，较07年难点。
所考查的部分单词和句型结构都是我们在课堂上分析过，并且在历年真题中重复过多次的。如：
单词：
Compensating在95年75题考过，
advantage在90年65题中考过，
force在2000年73题考过，
detect在98年73题考过，
observation在02年62题中考过，
assert，argue，convince，believe，point out这种类型的单词，是我在所有强化班上讲过的，属于论述性文章中引用别人观点必须要用的动词，
follow这个单词在02年74题中考过其中的一个意思，但是“理解”这个意思没有考过,
abstract在03年65题考过，
reason，reasoning，reasoned，reasonable这类单词考过无数次，课堂上，我也说过无数次，
critics这个单词在95年71题考过，
moral在97年和03年都考过，
character在02年61题考过，
最后，比较难一点intently这个单词可以根据上文“思考时间长”来加以分析。
