大学英语六级综合-阅读(十七)及答案解析.doc

1、大学英语六级综合-阅读(十七)及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Section A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：10.00)The city finally won approval for a limited speed camera program in June after a long battle in Albany, and City Mayor Bloomberg announced on Monday that starting Sep

2、t. 9, the city will (1) 20 cameras in school zones around the city, despite (2) from police unions to the pilot program.Officials wont (3) where exactly the cameras will gohoping to maximize the warning effect on speeding from the camerasand plan to move them around (4) between different schools. Bu

3、t theyve (5) 100 schools in all five boroughs where at least 75% of cars speed and plan to target the schools with the worst speeding problems.The cameras, which will be (6) to drivers, will catch motorists going at least 10 miles an hour over the speed limit. Drivers will be hit with 50 fines, thou

4、gh officials will give out warnings for the first few weeks of the program.Statistics show a child hit by a car going 40 miles per hour faces a 70% chance of being killed, while a kid hit at 30 miles per hour has an 80% chance of (7) . “Speeding continues to be the (8) killer on the streets of New Y

5、ork,“ said Transportation Commissioner Janette SadikKhan “It is (9) that New York Citys speed limit is 30 miles an hour. Going even ten miles over the speed limit is the difference between life and death.“Bloomberg said hed prefer a less (10) speed camera program and hope to expand it soon. “Wed lik

6、e to have more than twenty, but were glad to start with what we have,“ he said.A. identified B. install C. disclose D. mission E. leadingF. objection G. surviving H. restricted I. affiliate J. invisibleK. simultaneously L. frequently M. stake N. miserable O. sensible（分数：10.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空

7、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:_四、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：10.00)We buy books, and then they wait for us to read them. Days, months, even years. Books are (1) Thats OK for books, but not for new authors. If people dont read their first books, theyll never make it to a second.Thats why Ete

8、rna Cadencia, an independent publisher and book store, decided to create something different to (2) their new authors into the market“The Books That Cant Wait“, which seeks to (3) bonds between first-time writers and their readers by getting their books read quickly.Whats that? They developed the (4

9、) kind of ink, an ink that starts to disappear when it comes in contact with fight and air. Then they printed a (5) of works by the best new American Latin author, using this ink, to create a new kind of booka book that lasts only two months once you open it. This makes for an interesting approach t

10、o motivate book buyers to read books more (6) , giving first-time authors the attention they need to survive.They (7) “The Book That Cant Wait“ for the critics and the press. The invention was (8) Hundreds of people came to the bookstore to pick up their book. They gave away the entire first edition

11、 the very same day it was released. (9) , they received thousands of requests for the book.This time they had the (10) that their new authors were read. Then they are going to use the book as a platform for other different titles, because therere a lot of literatures out there that dont deserve to w

12、ait on the shelf. And theirs wont wait at all.A. promptly B. tolerant C. turbulent D. vanished E. presentedF. launch G. pledge H. triumphant I. opaque J. collectionK. guarantee L. occasionally M. strengthen N. unique O. subsequently（分数：10.00）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

13、项 1:_填空项 1:_五、Section B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Find Your Hearts Desire and Realize Your PotentialAOne of the most wonderful and exciting facts about your life is that you already know a lot of the things you need to know to become the person you want to be. You have your “hearts

14、desire“ deep inside of you. Theres something that you were put on this earth uniquely to accomplish. Theres something that you, and only you, can do. And when you find your hearts desire, youll have the key to unlocking your potential in every other part of your life. Youll have the key to happiness

15、, satisfaction, fulfillment and the joy thats your natural birthright.BTake some time to determine the kind of person youd like to be, and the kind of person youd have to become in order to live the kind of life that youd like to live. Remember, you cant accomplish it on the outside until you become

16、 it on the inside.CTo unlock your inner potential, you must set very clear, challenging and, yet, realistic goals and then make plans to accomplish them. You need to work, step-by-step, every day, in the direction of your dominant aspirations. You need to develop an unshakable level of self-confiden

17、ce that makes you virtually unstoppable.Momentum is the key to long-term success.DThe momentum theory of success simply says that while it may take 10 units of energy to get you moving in a particular direction, it takes only one trait of energy to keep you moving once youre in motion. You have the

18、principle of momentum working in your favor.EHow do you use the momentum principle in your life? Well, its simple. Lets say that your goal is to become financially independent. To do this, you have to pay off all of your existing debts and build up a cash reserve of three to six months of living exp

19、enses. When you reach that point, your entire personality will change. Youll be more clearheaded, youll be more positive, youll be more determined, youll be more optimistic, youll be a finer and better human being when you absolutely know that youre not dependent upon anyone for your living expenses

20、. Youll be able to choose the job you want to do and go to the places you want to go. You wont have to tolerate any situation that you do not enjoy or that you feel isnt the best use of your personal potential.FIf you simultaneously work on strengthening your serf-discipline and using it to achieve

21、the goal of financial independence, youll become a better, stronger and more powerful human being. Youll cast off the bonds of helplessness and begin to feel that theres nothing in the world that you cant do or be or have.GWhen you set clear goals or objectives for yourself, when you dream big dream

22、s and then determine to become the kind of person whos capable of achieving the kind of goals that you want to achieve, you convince yourself, at a deep, subconscious level, that youre absolutely unstoppable. You realize at last that nothing in the world can hold you back except your own thinking, a

23、nd you dont even let your own thinking limit your potential.What beliefs might you have that are holding you hack?HEach one of us has feelings of inferiority that are manifested in the conclusion that we are not good enough. We think that we are not as good as other people, and we feel that we are n

24、ot good enough to acquire and enjoy the things that we want in life. Very often, we feel that we dont deserve good things. Even if we do work hard and achieve some worthwhile objectives, we believe that we are not really entitled to our successes, and we often engage in behaviors that sabotage our s

25、uccesses.IThe fact is that you deserve every good thing that you are capable of acquiring as the result of the application of your talents. The only real limitation on what you can be and have is your absence of desire. If you want something badly enough, nothing in the world can stop you from getti

26、ng it, if you are willing to persist long enough and hard enough. Over and over, we find that our beliefs, more than anything else, act as the brakes on our capacities. We have high hopes and dreams and aspirations, but we let doubts creep in and undermine our competence and effectiveness.JThe most

27、harmful beliefs that you can have are what we call “self-limiting beliefs.“ These are beliefs about yourself, most of which are not true, but they hold you back nonetheless Sometimes you, or others, will say that you cannot achieve certain goals because you did not get enough education. Sometimes yo

28、u will say that it is because of your gender or race or age or the state of the economy.KThe starting point to change your beliefs is to get up the courage to question them seriously. Question your basic premises. Check your assumptions. Ask yourself, “What assumptions am I making about myself or my

29、 situation that might not be true?“LIts a fact that we fall in love with our excuses and our assumptions. We fall in love with our reasons for not moving ahead. Even if someone comes along and challenges those reasons, even if someone tells you that you have the capacity to accomplish marvelous thin

30、gs, you will argue with him. If someone tells you that you can do far better than youre doing right now, you will come up with reasons to dispute this persons greater belief in your potential.Believing in yourself.MYour beliefs about reality are based on a thousand influences, many of which began ev

31、en before you were aware of what was going on. You have beliefs that are deep and beliefs that are shallow. Deep beliefs, with regard to your religion or your political party or your family, or especially yourself, are very hard to change. Shallow beliefs are easily changed. And many of your beliefs

32、 are in fact very shallow. They have no substance to them whatsoever. If you challenge them hard enough, youll find that they are made of tissue paper. Theyll simply blow away.NYou can always tell what your true values and beliefs are by looking at your actions. It isnt what you say or wish or hope

33、or intend that demonstrates what you really believe. Its only what you do. Its only the behaviors that you engage in. Its only the actions that you choose to undertake. Your values and beliefs are always expressed in your actions and behaviors.OOnce youve clearly decided on the person you would like

34、 to become, you are on the path toward developing new beliefs. You then discipline yourself each day to behave exactly as you would if you were already that person. That simple technique, the “act as if“ technique, is extraordinarily powerful. The more you act like the person you want to be, the mor

35、e consistent your attitude will be with that persons. Your attitude will have the back-flow effect of affecting your expectations. Positive expectations will have the back-flow effect of building beliefs that are consistent with them. And your beliefs will exert an influence on your values.PPeople s

36、ucceed not because they have remarkable characteristics or qualities. The most successful people are quite ordinary, just like you and me. Most of us start off poor and confused. We spend many years getting some sort of direction in our lives. But the turning point comes when we begin to believe tha

37、t we have within us that divine spark that can lead us onward and upward to the accomplishment of anything that we really want in life.（分数：20.00）(1).It is difficult to change deep beliefs which are related with ones religion or political party.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).Ones self-limiting beliefs would mak

38、e him find excuses for his failure to achieve goals.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).The key to happiness, satisfaction, fulfillment and joy is finding your own desire.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).Lack of desire acts as the brakes on what one can be and have.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).Outstanding characteristics or qualities ar

39、e not the essential factors that contribute to ones success.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(6).According to the momentum principle, to achieve financial independence, one should pay off debts and have savings.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(7).It is ones actions and behaviors that indicate ones values and beliefs.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:

40、_(8).Influenced by feelings of inferiority, one tends to feel that he is not good enough.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(9).If you want to change your self-limiting beliefs, you should start with challenging those beliefs.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(10).Setting goals, making plans and building unshakable self-confidence enab

41、le you to unlock your inner potential.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_七、Passsge Two(总题数：1，分数：20.00)How to Love the World As It Is?AIt struck me recently that a lot of people think they know whats wrong with this world, and it also struck me that theyre all wrong. Seriouslyalmost every political and religious group,

42、 every opinionated person, every publication with an opinion, has said at one time or another what they think is wrong with this world. So whats really wrong with the world, in my opinion? Not a thing.BIt seems to be a prevailing world-view that the world is messed up, that there are just a few thin

43、gs wrong with it, and if we could only get those things to change, the world would be great. If we could just educate people and get them to realize whats wrong with this world, things could change.CThis type of view of the world stems from an ideal that many people have in their heads of what the w

44、orld should be like. They might not realize they have that ideal, but its there. And the world will never reach this Platonic ideal, because its just this image of perfection that does not match reality. Reality and this ideal are incompatible.DSo whats wrong with that view? Nothings wrong with it,

45、actually. Thats how most people are, and I dont think I can change that, nor would I want to. I thought it would be an interesting discussion, though, because I think this discrepancy between what people think the world should be and what the world really is can cause unhappiness. If you want the wo

46、rld to be completely vegetarian and kind to animals, and it isnt and wont be in the foreseeable future, you will most likely be unhappy. If you want the world to go back to how it was during your childhood, or during your parents generation, and it isnt likely to do so, youre not going to be happy.

47、The same is true of any of our ideals. Its very possible that the reality of the people in your life dont meet these ideals. That might cause you to be unhappy with them. When reality doesnt meet idealsand it rarely doeswe become unhappy.ESo whats the alternative? Im not proposing that you, or anyone else, change your world-view. If you, or anyone else, are happy with that world-view, dont change it. But there is an alternative, and Im not saying its better. Its the world-view I try to have: instead of having an ideal, stop looking for perfection. Accept the world a