1、大学英语六级改革适用（阅读）-试卷 184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）_When you think about the growth of human population over the last century or so, it is all too easy to imagine it merely as an increase in the numbe
2、r of humans. But as we 1so do all the things associated with us, including our livestock. At present, there are about 1.5 billion 2and domestic buffalo and about 1.7 billion sheep and goats. With pigs and poultry, they form a 3part of our enormous biological footprint upon this planet. Just how enor
3、mous was not really 4until the publication of a new report, called “Livestocks Long Shadow,“ by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Consider these numbers. Global livestock grazing and feed production use “30 percent of the land surface of the planet.“ Livestockwhich consume
4、 more food than they 5also compete directly with humans for water. And the drive to expand grazing land destroys more biologically sensitive land, rain forests 6than anything else. But what is even more striking, and 7is that livestock are responsible for about 18 percent of the global warming effec
5、t, more than transportations 8Greenhouse gases, such as methane and nitrogen, are resulted from their digestion. Grazing land, which destroys forests, adds to the effect. There are no easy trade-offs when it comes to global warmingsuch as cutting back on livestock to make room for cars. The human 9f
6、or meat is certainly not about to end anytime soon. As “Livestocks Long Shadow“ makes clear, our health and the health of the planet depend on pushing livestock production in more 10directions. A)yield B)contribution C)stain D)ideally E)apparent F)multiply G)cattle H)passion I)scrape J)critical K)li
7、able L)sustainable M)deposit N)alarming O)especially（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:_People can now avoid having to sort through albums from several different friends when trying to relive parties, weddings and other shared events. Its the latest innova
8、tion in the increasingly 1photo-sharing market that has Facebook, Google, Yahoo and others all 2for photo uploads. The Facebook user who makes a Shared Album Feature can add up to 50 contributors, who in 3can add up to 200 photos each. Previously created albums can be turned into shared albums as we
9、ll. The creator sets the 4settings for the entire album, which can be contributors only, friends of contributors only or public. When people are tagged in photos, the audience 5expands to friends of the person tagged. Each contributor is 6when new photos are added. The album creator may delete any c
10、ontributors photos, so it may be a good idea to preserve a backup 7 Contributors can upload photos or 8an existing album into the shared one. They may also add other contributors and edit their own photos. A contributor whos kicked out or 9an album has to go to their Activity Log to delete the photo
11、s in the album. Mobile users can upload photos to a shared album. However, a shared album cant be created from a mobile device yet. Facebook programmers started designing the feature and put a working version together in a matter of hours. But the 10of the feature more than eight months later shows
12、the effort Facebook must now go through to deliver a version of something that works for all of the 1.1 billion people on the social network. A)privacy B)merge C)cultivated D)harness E)leaves F)notified G)somewhere H)turn I)forthcoming J)automatically K)striving L)explicit M)release N)competitive O)
13、henceforth（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:_The U.S. dollar was supposed to be at the end of its rope. Kicking the bucket. A dying symbol of a dying empire. Well, maybe not. The dollar continues to 1gloom-and-doom predictions. After a swoon(低迷)last year,
14、 the dollar is again enjoying a major 2The U.S. dollar index, which measures the dollars value against other major currencies, is just off an eight-month high. The main reason behind the dollars recovery is actually no real surprise at all. There is no 3able to replace the dollar as the worlds No.l
15、currency. What makes currencies so fascinating is that their perceived value is always relative to other currencies. Sure, the U.S. budget deficit is 4the governments debt is increasing, and Wall Street is still repairing itself. But the dollar remains the prettiest of a flock of ugly ducklings. Is
16、any other major industrialized economy 5better off than the U.S.? Not really. Just about the 6developed world is suffering with the same problems. Thats why when investors get nervous, they still rush to the good old dollar. The dollar wins because no one else is really in the game. The euro has bee
17、n exposed as a 7Only a few months ago, economists truly believed the euro could 8the dollar as the top reserve currency. Now experts are questioning if the euro has a future at all. The Greek debt crisis has 9that the euro is only as strong as its weakest link. Maybe over the next 20 or 30 years, th
18、e dollar will slowly lose the 10status it holds today. That process, however, could well be driven by the appearance of new rivals. A)fraud B)consistently C)dominant D)expanding E)entire F)incentive G)rival H)alleged I)defy J)particularly K)alternative L)relative M)revealed N)intriguing O)rally（分数：2
19、0.00）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:_大学英语六级改革适用（阅读）-试卷 184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：When you think about the growth of human population over the last ce
20、ntury or so, it is all too easy to imagine it merely as an increase in the number of humans. But as we 1so do all the things associated with us, including our livestock. At present, there are about 1.5 billion 2and domestic buffalo and about 1.7 billion sheep and goats. With pigs and poultry, they f
21、orm a 3part of our enormous biological footprint upon this planet. Just how enormous was not really 4until the publication of a new report, called “Livestocks Long Shadow,“ by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Consider these numbers. Global livestock grazing and feed produ
22、ction use “30 percent of the land surface of the planet.“ Livestockwhich consume more food than they 5also compete directly with humans for water. And the drive to expand grazing land destroys more biologically sensitive land, rain forests 6than anything else. But what is even more striking, and 7is
23、 that livestock are responsible for about 18 percent of the global warming effect, more than transportations 8Greenhouse gases, such as methane and nitrogen, are resulted from their digestion. Grazing land, which destroys forests, adds to the effect. There are no easy trade-offs when it comes to glo
24、bal warmingsuch as cutting back on livestock to make room for cars. The human 9for meat is certainly not about to end anytime soon. As “Livestocks Long Shadow“ makes clear, our health and the health of the planet depend on pushing livestock production in more 10directions. A)yield B)contribution C)s
25、tain D)ideally E)apparent F)multiply G)cattle H)passion I)scrape J)critical K)liable L)sustainable M)deposit N)alarming O)especially（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：F）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：G）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：J）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：E）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：A）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：O）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：N）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：B）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：H）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：
26、L）解析：解析：此处应填入定语成分修饰 directions。这里是讲解决全球变暖，应该将畜牧业推向什么方向发展。可见，空格处应填入含有积极含义的词，sustainable 符合句意，sustainable directions 意为“可持续发展的方向”。People can now avoid having to sort through albums from several different friends when trying to relive parties, weddings and other shared events. Its the latest innovation
27、 in the increasingly 1photo-sharing market that has Facebook, Google, Yahoo and others all 2for photo uploads. The Facebook user who makes a Shared Album Feature can add up to 50 contributors, who in 3can add up to 200 photos each. Previously created albums can be turned into shared albums as well.
28、The creator sets the 4settings for the entire album, which can be contributors only, friends of contributors only or public. When people are tagged in photos, the audience 5expands to friends of the person tagged. Each contributor is 6when new photos are added. The album creator may delete any contr
29、ibutors photos, so it may be a good idea to preserve a backup 7 Contributors can upload photos or 8an existing album into the shared one. They may also add other contributors and edit their own photos. A contributor whos kicked out or 9an album has to go to their Activity Log to delete the photos in
30、 the album. Mobile users can upload photos to a shared album. However, a shared album cant be created from a mobile device yet. Facebook programmers started designing the feature and put a working version together in a matter of hours. But the 10of the feature more than eight months later shows the
31、effort Facebook must now go through to deliver a version of something that works for all of the 1.1 billion people on the social network. A)privacy B)merge C)cultivated D)harness E)leaves F)notified G)somewhere H)turn I)forthcoming J)automatically K)striving L)explicit M)release N)competitive O)henc
32、eforth（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：N）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：J）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：F）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：G）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：B）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：E）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：M）解析：解析：空格前的定冠词 the提示这里应填入名词。后面提到，Facebook 要做出努力(shows the effort Facebookmust go through)以推出面向很多人的社交网络，由此推知，只有“推出”共享相册一段时间后，才
33、能发现产品的缺陷，从而进一步完善产品，release 符合语境。The U.S. dollar was supposed to be at the end of its rope. Kicking the bucket. A dying symbol of a dying empire. Well, maybe not. The dollar continues to 1gloom-and-doom predictions. After a swoon(低迷)last year, the dollar is again enjoying a major 2The U.S. dollar ind
34、ex, which measures the dollars value against other major currencies, is just off an eight-month high. The main reason behind the dollars recovery is actually no real surprise at all. There is no 3able to replace the dollar as the worlds No.l currency. What makes currencies so fascinating is that the
35、ir perceived value is always relative to other currencies. Sure, the U.S. budget deficit is 4the governments debt is increasing, and Wall Street is still repairing itself. But the dollar remains the prettiest of a flock of ugly ducklings. Is any other major industrialized economy 5better off than th
36、e U.S.? Not really. Just about the 6developed world is suffering with the same problems. Thats why when investors get nervous, they still rush to the good old dollar. The dollar wins because no one else is really in the game. The euro has been exposed as a 7Only a few months ago, economists truly be
37、lieved the euro could 8the dollar as the top reserve currency. Now experts are questioning if the euro has a future at all. The Greek debt crisis has 9that the euro is only as strong as its weakest link. Maybe over the next 20 or 30 years, the dollar will slowly lose the 10status it holds today. Tha
38、t process, however, could well be driven by the appearance of new rivals. A)fraud B)consistently C)dominant D)expanding E)entire F)incentive G)rival H)alleged I)defy J)particularly K)alternative L)relative M)revealed N)intriguing O)rally（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：I）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：O）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：K）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：D）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：J）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：E）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：A）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：G）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：M）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：C）解析：解析：此处需填入修饰 status的词。上文表明美元现在还是处于重要地位，故 dominant“主要的，统治的”正确，这里指未来 20年或 30年后美元可能会慢慢失去现有的统治地位。
