大学英语六级改革适用（阅读）-试卷176及答案解析.doc

1、大学英语六级改革适用（阅读）-试卷 176及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：5，分数：100.00)1.Part III Reading Comprehension（分数：20.00）_2.Section A（分数：20.00）_There is nothing new about TV and fashion magazines giving girls unhealthy ideas about how thin they need to be in order to be considered beautiful.

2、 What is 1is the method psychologists at the University of Texas have come up with to keep girls from developing eating disorders. Their main weapon against superskinny(role)models: a brand of civil disobedience 2“body activism.“ Since 2001, more than 1,000 high school and college students in the U.

3、S. have participated in the Body Project, which works by getting girls to understand how they have been buying into the 3that you have to be thin to be happy or successful. After critiquing(评论)the so-called thin ideal by writing essays and roleplaying with their peers, participants are 4to come up w

4、ith and execute small, 5acts. They include slipping notes saying “Love your body the way it is“ into dieting books at stores like Borders and writing letters to Mattel, makers of the impossibly 6Barbie doll. According to a study in the latest issue of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psycholog

5、y, the risk of developing eating disorders was reduced 61% among Body Project participants. And they continued to exhibit 7body-image attitudes as long as three years after completing the program, which consists of four one-hour 8Such lasting effects may be due to girls realizing not only how they w

6、ere being 9but also who was benefiting from the societal pressure to be thin. “These people who promote the perfect body really dont care about you at all,“ says Kelsey Hertel, a high school junior and Body Project veteran in Eugene, Oregon. “They 10make you feel like less of a person so youll buy t

7、heir stuff and theyll make money.“ A)nonviolent B)notification C)dubbed D)sessions E)purposefully F)surprising G)expired H)directed I)positive J)casually K)notion L)proportioned M)ambiguous N)influenced O)entities（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_Seven y

8、ears ago, when I was visiting Germany, I met with an official who explained to me that the country had a perfect solution to its economic problems. Watching the U.S. economy 1during the 90s, the Germans had decided that they, too, needed to go the high-technology route. But how? The answer seemed ob

9、vious: Indians. The German government decided that it would 2Indians to Germany just as America does: by offering green cards. Officials created something called the German Green Card and announced that they would issue 20,000 in the first year. Naturally, the Germans expected that tens of thousands

10、 more Indians would soon be begging to come, and perhaps the 3would have to be increased. But the program was a failure. A year later barely half of the 20,000 cards had been issued. After a few extensions, the program was 4 I told the German official at the time that I was sure the 5would fail. Bec

11、ause the German Green Card never, under any circumstances, translated into German citizenship. The U.S. green card, by contrast, is an almost 6path to becoming American(after five years and a clean record). The official 7my objection, saying that there was no way Germany was going to offer these peo

12、ple citizenship. “All we need are young tech workers,“ he said So Germany was asking bright young 8to leave their country, culture and families, move thousands of miles away, learn a new language and work in a strange landbut without any 9of ever being part of their new home. Germany was sending a s

13、ignal, one that was 10received in India and other countries, and also by Germanys own immigrant community. A)repelled B)professionals C)clearly D)vulnerable E)lure F)initiative G)soar H)suspicion I)abolished J)dismissed K)dwellers L)quotas M)vividly N)automatic O)prospect（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项

14、1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_Any brain exercise is better than being a total mental couch potato. But the activities with the most 1are those that require you to work beyond what is easy and comfortable. Playing 2rounds of games and watching the latest documentary marathon on

15、the History Channel may not be enough. Just as your muscles grow stronger with use, mental exercise keeps your mental skills and memory in tone. But what kind of exercise is best for the brain? Here are some suggestions. Be a lifelong learner. Continuing to learn new things can build and 3the connec

16、tions between brain cells. 4your brain. Think of all mental activities as a continuous whole. Watching a TV documentary would be on the passive, mildly challenging end of the 5while learning how to converse in a new language would be on the active, very challenging end. When it comes to cognitive re

17、serve, 6challenging tasks have the biggest impact. Get uncomfortable. One stereotype of aging is that young people are bold explorers but older people are 7homebodies who “know what they like.“ Getting out of your comfort zone from time to time challenges your mental skills. An example of this would

18、 be traveling to a city that you havent been to before, which forces you to 8unfamiliar surroundings. Be social. Social 9aging researchers have discovered, puts people at risk of losing some of the brain reserves they have built up over a lifetime. There are many ways to be social. One good way is w

19、orking as a volunteer in a social setting, which allows you to have contact with 10types of people and puts you in new situations. A)endless B)isolation C)maintain D)spectrum E)evidently F)navigate G)timid H)frantic I)mentally J)diverse K)impact L)deprive M)alternative N)excursion O)strain（分数：20.00）

20、填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_大学英语六级改革适用（阅读）-试卷 176答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：5，分数：100.00)1.Part III Reading Comprehension（分数：20.00）_解析：2.Section A（分数：20.00）_解析：There is nothing new about TV and fashion magazines giving girls unhealth

21、y ideas about how thin they need to be in order to be considered beautiful. What is 1is the method psychologists at the University of Texas have come up with to keep girls from developing eating disorders. Their main weapon against superskinny(role)models: a brand of civil disobedience 2“body activi

22、sm.“ Since 2001, more than 1,000 high school and college students in the U.S. have participated in the Body Project, which works by getting girls to understand how they have been buying into the 3that you have to be thin to be happy or successful. After critiquing(评论)the so-called thin ideal by writ

23、ing essays and roleplaying with their peers, participants are 4to come up with and execute small, 5acts. They include slipping notes saying “Love your body the way it is“ into dieting books at stores like Borders and writing letters to Mattel, makers of the impossibly 6Barbie doll. According to a st

24、udy in the latest issue of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, the risk of developing eating disorders was reduced 61% among Body Project participants. And they continued to exhibit 7body-image attitudes as long as three years after completing the program, which consists of four one-h

25、our 8Such lasting effects may be due to girls realizing not only how they were being 9but also who was benefiting from the societal pressure to be thin. “These people who promote the perfect body really dont care about you at all,“ says Kelsey Hertel, a high school junior and Body Project veteran in

26、 Eugene, Oregon. “They 10make you feel like less of a person so youll buy their stuff and theyll make money.“ A)nonviolent B)notification C)dubbed D)sessions E)purposefully F)surprising G)expired H)directed I)positive J)casually K)notion L)proportioned M)ambiguous N)influenced O)entities（分数：20.00）填空

27、项 1:_ （正确答案：F）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：C）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：K）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：H）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：A）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：L）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：I）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：D）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：N）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：E）解析：解析：空格位于主语与谓语之间，应填入副词。上文提到这些女生意识到了哪些人从“瘦”的观念中获利，此处引用 Kelsey Hertel的话，说明是他们的目的是让人买东西，挣钱。因此填入purposefully“有目的地”。Seven years ago, when I was vi

28、siting Germany, I met with an official who explained to me that the country had a perfect solution to its economic problems. Watching the U.S. economy 1during the 90s, the Germans had decided that they, too, needed to go the high-technology route. But how? The answer seemed obvious: Indians. The Ger

29、man government decided that it would 2Indians to Germany just as America does: by offering green cards. Officials created something called the German Green Card and announced that they would issue 20,000 in the first year. Naturally, the Germans expected that tens of thousands more Indians would soo

30、n be begging to come, and perhaps the 3would have to be increased. But the program was a failure. A year later barely half of the 20,000 cards had been issued. After a few extensions, the program was 4 I told the German official at the time that I was sure the 5would fail. Because the German Green C

31、ard never, under any circumstances, translated into German citizenship. The U.S. green card, by contrast, is an almost 6path to becoming American(after five years and a clean record). The official 7my objection, saying that there was no way Germany was going to offer these people citizenship. “All w

32、e need are young tech workers,“ he said So Germany was asking bright young 8to leave their country, culture and families, move thousands of miles away, learn a new language and work in a strange landbut without any 9of ever being part of their new home. Germany was sending a signal, one that was 10r

33、eceived in India and other countries, and also by Germanys own immigrant community. A)repelled B)professionals C)clearly D)vulnerable E)lure F)initiative G)soar H)suspicion I)abolished J)dismissed K)dwellers L)quotas M)vividly N)automatic O)prospect（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：G）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：E）填空项 1:_ （

34、正确答案：L）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：I）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：F）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：N）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：J）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：B）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：O）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：C）解析：解析：空格需填入副词，修饰谓语动词 was received。上文提到德国的绿卡项目不成功，可见印度和其他国家的人对德国发出的信号很清楚，clearly 符合上下文语境。Any brain exercise is better than being a total mental couch potato. But the activities with

35、the most 1are those that require you to work beyond what is easy and comfortable. Playing 2rounds of games and watching the latest documentary marathon on the History Channel may not be enough. Just as your muscles grow stronger with use, mental exercise keeps your mental skills and memory in tone.

36、But what kind of exercise is best for the brain? Here are some suggestions. Be a lifelong learner. Continuing to learn new things can build and 3the connections between brain cells. 4your brain. Think of all mental activities as a continuous whole. Watching a TV documentary would be on the passive,

37、mildly challenging end of the 5while learning how to converse in a new language would be on the active, very challenging end. When it comes to cognitive reserve, 6challenging tasks have the biggest impact. Get uncomfortable. One stereotype of aging is that young people are bold explorers but older p

38、eople are 7homebodies who “know what they like.“ Getting out of your comfort zone from time to time challenges your mental skills. An example of this would be traveling to a city that you havent been to before, which forces you to 8unfamiliar surroundings. Be social. Social 9aging researchers have d

39、iscovered, puts people at risk of losing some of the brain reserves they have built up over a lifetime. There are many ways to be social. One good way is working as a volunteer in a social setting, which allows you to have contact with 10types of people and puts you in new situations. A)endless B)is

40、olation C)maintain D)spectrum E)evidently F)navigate G)timid H)frantic I)mentally J)diverse K)impact L)deprive M)alternative N)excursion O)strain（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：K）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：A）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：C）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：O）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：D）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：I）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：G）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：F）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：B）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：J）解析：解析：空格在介词 with和名词 types之间，应该是修饰 types的定语。空格所在句列举了社交合群的方法，即去当志愿者。据此可知，在 social setting中肯定会接触到各种各样的人，故 diverse符合句意。