1、大学英语六级-229 (1)及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)On World Environment Day the United Nations reported that at least one third of all food produced is wasted. The report came at a time when many people are 1 about how to feed a growing world population. In the United States, farmers who are 2 to earn money f
2、ind the situation difficult to deal with. The United States Department of Agriculture found that more than half of the small farms in California do not 3 . One California farm family is using social media to change the situation and reduce wasted food. Nick Papadopoulos is general manager of Bloomfi
3、eld Farms. It was difficult for him to watch his employees 4 from markets with top quality unsold produce. Papadopoulos said he would find vegetables left in a storage yard and they would go bad before the next market day. As a result, he came up with a plan to offer the food at a low price by 5 it
4、on the farm“s Facebook status page on Sunday nights. The deals were open to anyone using the social media website. One week, several homeowners in a neighboring community bought the vegetables. Another week, the buyers were a group of friends. Papadopoulos began using social media after he went to w
5、ork on a farm 6 his wife“s father. One night, he began thinking about the 7 of wasted food. He ended up giving some of the food to chickens and using the rest to make 8 . After his success using Facebook, Papadopoulos helped to set up a website called . It is a place where people 9 food production,
6、 feeding the hungry, and those who want to buy locally grown food can find 10 produce. （分数：25.00）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:_In general, men tend to walk faster than women. That“s because walking speed is 11 by physical features and using them in a way that
7、minimizes energy expenditure. Mass and lower limb 12 influence walking speed, and in general, men tend to be higher in both. What scientists say is unclear is what happens when a man and a woman walk together. If someone has to change their speed to align with the other, who will do it? It 13 it“s c
8、onsistently the men. To study this, the researchers from Seattle Pacific University in Washington studied the walking speed choices of eleven men and eleven women as they walked around a 14 alone, with friends of the same and opposite sex, and with a significant other holding hands or hands-free. In
9、 their study, they found that when walking with women, men significantly slow their pace to their companions“, but only if the woman is their 15 partner. Walking with friends did not significantly change pace for anyone, and women only slightly changed their pace when walking with their partner. The
10、 authors say this suggests that 16 stride only happens for romantic partners. Biologically speaking, the researchers say it 17 that men are more likely to take on an energetic burden to accommodate their lover. That“s because a woman“s reproductive system 18 energy disturbances, and in hunter-gather
11、 societies that sometimes walked long distances, too much energy expenditure could 19 a woman“s ability to conceive. The researchers believe this provides an added layer of information for 20 fossil footprints of ancient societies. （分数：25.00）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
12、项 1:_填空项 1:_In the 1990s, Demi Moore was a major movie star and, as the wife of Bruce Willis, one half of a Hollywood power couple. She had a multimillion dollar mansion in Los Angeles, a 25-acre ranch in Halley, Idaho. Nothing about that 21 life had anything in common with her poor childhood. She g
13、rew up in New Mexico. Her parents were hard drinkers who moved her and her brother 30 times before 22 Los Angeles when she was 14. Fiercely ambitious, Moore began modeling while at high school and dropped out at 16 to 23 an acting career. Soon after she turned 18, she got a part in a popular soap op
14、era. Moore met Bruce Willis in 1987. It was 24 . They got married in Las Vegas four months later. The next year, Willis starred in Die Hard , making him one of Hollywood“s top-paid actors, while Moore“s success in Ghost and A Few Good Men 25 her paycheck to more than $12 million per movie. These wer
15、e followed by three big-budget movies, one of which was The Scarlet Letter . Then her career 26 . And in 2000, her 13-old-year marriage ended in 27 . Later she moved out of Hollywood. Since then, she has been living in a simpler life, 28 full time in her ranch in Idaho. Her 29 now is not focused on
16、stardom but on being a good mother to her daughters with Willis. “My goal is to 30 a loving relationship so that my children, as adults, will want to share their lives with me,“ she said. （分数：25.00）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:_The Golden Gate Bridge opened to
17、 vehicle traffic on May 28, 1937. it had the longest suspension span in the world, at the time it was built. The suspended roadway 31 1280 meters between the bridge“s two tall towers. Today it still rates among the top ten longest bridge spans 32 . Mary Currie works for the Golden Gate Bridge, Highw
18、ay and Transportation District. She says the bridge is one of the most 33 engineering projects of all time. The Golden Gate Bridge 34 the Golden Gate Strait. That narrow passage of water connects the San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean. Joseph Strauss was the chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bri
19、dge project. Work began in 1933. The project took four years to 35 . The bridge is 2788 meters long from one end to the other. It is 27 meters wide. Two large cables 36 over the top of the bridge“s towers. Two hundred fifty pairs of vertical suspender ropes connect the support cables to the suspensi
20、on bridge. This is part of what 37 the bridge to move up and down by nearly five meters. Architect Irving Morrow 38 the bridge“s bright orange color. The Navy wanted the bridge painted in yellow and black. The Air Force had suggested red and white. Mary Currie says we were 39 that Irving Morrow knew
21、 that that color would blend with the environment, it would contrast with the ocean and the air above, and it would also allow the Art Deco styling to really 40 . （分数：25.00）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:_大学英语六级-229 (1)答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)On World Environm
22、ent Day the United Nations reported that at least one third of all food produced is wasted. The report came at a time when many people are 1 about how to feed a growing world population. In the United States, farmers who are 2 to earn money find the situation difficult to deal with. The United State
23、s Department of Agriculture found that more than half of the small farms in California do not 3 . One California farm family is using social media to change the situation and reduce wasted food. Nick Papadopoulos is general manager of Bloomfield Farms. It was difficult for him to watch his employees
24、 4 from markets with top quality unsold produce. Papadopoulos said he would find vegetables left in a storage yard and they would go bad before the next market day. As a result, he came up with a plan to offer the food at a low price by 5 it on the farm“s Facebook status page on Sunday nights. The d
25、eals were open to anyone using the social media website. One week, several homeowners in a neighboring community bought the vegetables. Another week, the buyers were a group of friends. Papadopoulos began using social media after he went to work on a farm 6 his wife“s father. One night, he began thi
26、nking about the 7 of wasted food. He ended up giving some of the food to chickens and using the rest to make 8 . After his success using Facebook, Papadopoulos helped to set up a website called . It is a place where people 9 food production, feeding the hungry, and those who want to buy locally gro
27、wn food can find 10 produce. （分数：25.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：concerned）解析： concerned 听力原文 On World Environment Day the United Nations reported that at least one third of all food produced is wasted. The report came at a time when many people are concerned about how to feed a growing world population. In the
28、 United States, farmers who are struggling to earn money find the situation difficult to deal with. The United States Department of Agriculture found that more than half of the small farms in California do not make a profit. One California farm family is using social media to change the situation an
29、d reduce wasted food. Nick Papadopoulos is general manager of Bloomfield Farms. It was difficult for him to watch his employees returning from markets with top quality unsold produce. Papadopoulos said he would find vegetables left in a storage yard and they would go bad before the next market day.
30、As a result, he came up with a plan to offer the food at a low price by advertising it on the farm“s Facebook status page on Sunday nights. The deals were open to anyone using the social media website. One week, several homeowners in a neighboring community bought the vegetables. Another week, the b
31、uyers were a group of friends. Papadopoulos began using social media after he went to work on a farm belonging to his wife“s father. One night, he began thinking about the issue of wasted food. He ended up giving some of the food to chickens and using the rest to make fertilizer. After his success u
32、sing Facebook, Papadopoulos helped to set up a website called . It is a place where people are involved with food production, feeding the hungry, and those who want to buy locally grown food can find surplus produce. 解析 根据空格前的 are和空格后的 about并结合录音可知，空格处应填入 concerned，意为“担心的”。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：struggling
33、）解析： struggling解析 根据空格前的 are及句意可知，空格处应填入动词(词组)的-ing 形式。结合录音可填入 struggling，意为“努力”。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：make a profit）解析： make a profit解析 根据空格所在位置可知，空格处应填入动词(词组)。结合录音可填入 make a profit，意为“获利”。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：returning）解析： returning解析 根据空格所在位置可知，空格处应填入动词(词组)。结合录音可填入returning，意为“返回”。拼写单词时应注意使用单词的-ing 形式。 填空项 1:
34、_ （正确答案：advertising）解析： advertising解析 根据空格前的 by可知，空格处应填入动词(词组)的-ing 形式。结合录音可填入 advertising，意为“做广告”。拼写单词时应注意去掉 advertise结尾的字母 e加-ing。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：belonging to）解析： belonging to解析 根据空格所在位置可知，空格处应填入一个非谓语与其后的 his wife“s father一起作后置定语。结合录音可填入 belonging to，意为“属于”。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：issue）解析： issue解析 根据空格所在位置
35、可知，空格处应填入名词(词组)。结合录音可填入 issue，意为“问题”。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：fertilizer）解析： fertilizer解析 根据空格所在位置可知，空格处应填入名词(词组)。结合录音可填入fertilizer，意为“化肥”。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：are involved with）解析： are involved with解析 根据空格所在位置可知，空格处应填入动词(词组)。结合录音可填入are involved with，意为“参与”。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：surplus）解析： surplus解析 根据空格所在位置可知，空格处应填入形容词。
36、结合录音可填入 surplus，意为“过剩的”。 In general, men tend to walk faster than women. That“s because walking speed is 11 by physical features and using them in a way that minimizes energy expenditure. Mass and lower limb 12 influence walking speed, and in general, men tend to be higher in both. What scientists s
37、ay is unclear is what happens when a man and a woman walk together. If someone has to change their speed to align with the other, who will do it? It 13 it“s consistently the men. To study this, the researchers from Seattle Pacific University in Washington studied the walking speed choices of eleven
38、men and eleven women as they walked around a 14 alone, with friends of the same and opposite sex, and with a significant other holding hands or hands-free. In their study, they found that when walking with women, men significantly slow their pace to their companions“, but only if the woman is their
39、15 partner. Walking with friends did not significantly change pace for anyone, and women only slightly changed their pace when walking with their partner. The authors say this suggests that 16 stride only happens for romantic partners. Biologically speaking, the researchers say it 17 that men are mo
40、re likely to take on an energetic burden to accommodate their lover. That“s because a woman“s reproductive system 18 energy disturbances, and in hunter-gather societies that sometimes walked long distances, too much energy expenditure could 19 a woman“s ability to conceive. The researchers believe t
41、his provides an added layer of information for 20 fossil footprints of ancient societies. （分数：25.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：determined）解析： determined 听力原文 In general, men tend to walk faster than women. That“s because walking speed is determined by physical features and using them in a way that minimizes ener
42、gy expenditure. Mass and lower limb length influence walking speed, and in general, men tend to be higher in both. What scientists say is unclear is what happens when a man and a woman walk together. If someone has to change their speed to align with the other, who will do it? It turns outit“s consi
43、stently the men. To study this, the researchers from Seattle Pacific University in Washington studied the walking speed choices of eleven men and eleven women as they walked around a track alone, with friends of the same and opposite sex, and with a significant other holding hands or hands-free. In
44、their study, they found that when walking with women, men significantly slow their pace to their companions“, but only if the woman is their romantic partner. Walking with friends did not significantly change pace for anyone, and women only slightly changed their pace when walking with their partner
45、. The authors say this suggests that adjusting stride only happens for romantic partners. Biologically speaking, the researchers say it makes sense that men are more likely to take on an energetic burden to accommodate their lover. That“s because a woman“s reproductive system is sensitive to energy
46、disturbances, and in hunter-gather societies that sometimes walked long distances, too much energy expenditure could complicate a woman“s ability to conceive. The researchers believe this provides an added layer of information for interpreting fossil footprints of ancient societies. 解析 根据空格所在位置及句意可知，空格处应填入动词(词组)的过去分词形式构成被动语态。结合录音可填入 determined，意为“被决定”。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：length）解析： length解析 根据空格所在位置可知，空格处应填入名词作句子的主语。结合录音可填入length，意为“长度”。limb length 意为“肢体长度”。 填空项 1:_ （正确答案：turns out）解析： turns out解析 根据空格所在位置可知，空格处应填入谓语动词(词
