1、大学英语六级综合-阅读(十五)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)A tattoo may give parents of children with food allergies some peace of mind when they send their kids off to school. Yes, a tattoobut its a (1) one.SafetyTat sells c
2、olorful stick-on labels and wash-off tattoos that (2) of a nut allergy or provide other important medical information. Michele Welsh, a mother-of-three, (3) the company about five years ago. The idea came to her after she wrote her cell phone number on her kids arms with a pen in case they got (4) w
3、hile at an amusement park. She then thought of her nephew, who has a (5) fatal peanut allergy and how much time her sister-in-law had spent in the emergency room with him. What if she could just have a (6) !Welsh pointed out that caregivers may remember not to give the child a peanut butter cookie,
4、but (7) they dont think to look on the packaging of other products. “Sometimes you need something visual to remind others to check the ingredients,“ she said. “And for older kids its not as big of a (8) because they know to check the ingredients themselves, but the little kids are still learning.“Ho
5、wever, some have expressed (9) that the labels would draw unwanted attention from schoolyard bullies. “A lot of kids do get bullied at school about their food allergies, so some parents fear that this might give more ammunition to kids,“ Kevin McGrath, a spokesperson for the American College of Alle
6、rgy.However, he did say that the tattoos “may just be another thing to make parents feel more (10) when sending their children off to a party or picnic or class trip.“A. separated B. warn C. generally D. negotiated E. apparentlyF. established G. challenge H. reminder I. confident J. concernsK. poten
7、tially L. remind M. temporary N. incentive O. radiant（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:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_四、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Aristotle defined a friend as “a single soul dwelling in two bodies“. Members of Facebook whose “friends“ reach triple figures may have a
8、looser definition, but how many friends we have, and how easily we make, (1) and lose them, has a significant impact on our (2) well-being.Its no surprise, then, that friends can improve just about every aspect of our life. A recent study says that the recovery from a surgery included, (3) , a reduc
9、tion in the level of pain felt by patients with the most friends. Likewise, friends can protect us from the aftershocks of bereavement (丧失亲人) or (4) . They dont even have to be great friends some of the (5) effect is simply down to the company: have a pint with a mate and youre by definition not soc
10、ially (6) .We first recognise the importance of friends in childhood, when were not really sure how to make them. While some of us may (7) a few childhood friends, the biggest opportunity for friendship comes in higher education. A study of long-term friendships found that friendships formed during
11、college years stayed close 20 years later, if they scored highly in closeness as well as communication to begin with. These friendships (8) great distances and an average of six house moves “At college you can cultivate close friendships because youre in such close (9) for sustained periods,“ says G
12、lenn Sparks, Purdues professor of communication. “These relationships are (10) and hard to replicate; theyre very unusual outside family relationships. Even when distance, jobs, family tended to pull them apart, these friends would say that once they re-established contact, they didnt miss a beat.“A
13、. positive B. suspiciously C. proximity D. retain E. submittedF. emotional G. divorce H. maintain I. sensitive J. rareK. survived L. reunion M. isolated N. ambiguity O. incredibly（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:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_五、Section B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、Passage One(总
14、题数：1，分数：20.00)The Value of Writing WellAIts that time of year again. No, not “the holiday season“. I mean, it is holiday time, but for professors it doesnt start feeling like holiday time until final grades are in and the books are closed on another semester. No, for me, its paper-grading time, the
15、time of year when Im reminded over and over of the importance of good writing skillsand of their rarity.BThe ability to write well is not a gift. Sure, the special something that sets apart a Tolstoy or Shakespeare or Salman Rushdie or Isabel Allende is a gift, a talent born of disposition, experien
16、ce, and commitment. But just to be able to communicate clearly with the written word takes no special talent; its a skill like any other.CWell, not exactly like any other. Because the words we use to write with are the same words we use to think with, learning to write well has outcomes that go beyo
17、nd the merely technical. As we improve our writing ability, we improve our ability to thinkto build an argument, to frame issues in compelling ways, to weave apparently unrelated facts into a coherent whole.DAnd despite the recurring hand-wringing and chest-beating about the “end of literacy“ and th
18、e “death of the printed word“, the reality is that we write more than ever these days. While its a rare person who sits down with pen and paper in hand and writes a letter to a friend or loved one, we pour emails at an astounding rate. We text message, tweet, instant message, blog, comment, and othe
19、rwise shoot words at each other in a near-constant flow of communication. At work, we write letters, proposals, PowerPoint presentations, business requirement documents, memos, speeches, mission statements, and dozens of more specialized types of documents. We are, it seems, writing creatures.EIts n
20、o wonder that businesses repeatedly cite “communication skills“ as the single most desirable trait in new employees. The kicker, though, is that we are as a society incredibly bad at writing. Public schools do a poor job of teaching students how to write wellthey barely manage to instill the basic r
21、ules of grammar and the miserable 5-paragraph essay, let alone how to write with style and verve, how to put together an argument that moves steadily from one point to the next to persuade a reader of some crucial point, how to synthesize ideas and data from multiple sources into something that take
22、s those ideas one step further.FIts not just the teachers fault. Teachers do the best they can with what theyre given, and all too often what theyre given is inadequate resources with which to teach classrooms full of unmotivated students who could care less about writing. Add to that the requiremen
23、ts of mandatory nation-wide tests that reward conformity, not creativity, and the threat of punishment for any school whose students fail to fall within the fairly rigid boundaries of the tests requirements, and youve got a pretty bad situation all around for instilling in students the power to writ
24、e well.GThat is, alas, a great disservice. Being able to write well vastly improves studentsand otherspotential for success, regardless of the field they find themselves in. The skills that make us better writers make us better explainers and better persuaders. They are the skills that allow us to “
25、sell“ our ideas effectively, whether in giving a presentation to potential funders of our company, proposing a new project to our corporate leadership, or transmitting a new policy to our employees. Being able to write well lessens the chance that well be misunderstood, and increases the likelihood
26、that our ideas will be adopted.HWriting well is not a gift reserved for the few but a set of skills that can be learned by anyone. The technical aspects can be learned in any of several ways: by taking a class, by studying books on writing, by working with a partner or a group and acting on their fe
27、edback. But while grammar and structure are an important part of writing, to write well also demands some effort to develop style. Style is what keeps people reading past the first sentence, and what keeps what youve written on their minds, impelling them to take action.IStyle is rather less teachab
28、le than the nuts and bolts of writing, but it is learnable. It demands patience, attention, and most of all practice, but it is possible for anyone who has something to say to learn how to say it well. Here are some tips to help you move from being merely capable to being a good writer.J(1) Read: Re
29、ading is essential to good writing. It is how we learn the vastness of the language and the limits of the grammarand how to push those limits. The more you read, the greater your understanding of languages potential becomes.K(2) Write: Good writing takes practice. Unfortunately, unless we create opp
30、ortunities to write, we get far too few opportunities to get that practice after weve left school. Start a journal, a blog, a newsletter, or whatever else you can think of to get you writing on at least a semi-regular basis.L(3) Read Again: Most people who fail to become better writers fail because
31、they do not read their own writing. They dont read it before they post/mail/submit/publish/otherwise finish it, and they dont read it after theyre done with it. That means they dont see the awkward parts, the flat bits, the pieces that say something different from what was intendedand they never lea
32、rn how to fix or, better yet, avoid those problems.M(4) Repeat: Writing is personal, and seeing your writing ill-received can strike a blow to the strongest of egos. The only answer for it, though, is persistencethe goal is to become a better writer, not to be perfect out of the gate. Pay attention
33、to criticism, learn from it, but dont internalize ittheres no shame in writing poorly, only in failing to try to do better next time.NTodays world is a world of text; it is the lifeblood of the information economy. In Ancient Rome, it was the orators who ruled, those who could compel obedience, loya
34、lty, and devotion with their spoken words. Today, the written word is dominant, not only because so much of the information that shapes our lives is written down, but because the habits that make us good writers are the same habits that allow us to flourish in the information economy. If you worry a
35、bout your writing ability, commit yourself now to becoming a solid writer in the year to come. If you are already a decent writer, commit yourself to becoming better. And if youre one of the rare few who write well, reach out to those around you and share your talent, so that others may learn from y
36、ou. Let that be your gift this holiday season.（分数：20.00）(1).What sets those writing masters apart from other people is their born talent.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).Compared with teaching the basics of writing, style is more difficult to teach.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).The improvement of writing ability will also
37、 enhance the ability to think.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).Public schools do not take enough efforts to teach students the basic writing ability.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).By reading again and again his own writings, one can see the flaws in writing and make improvement.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(6).If your writing is ill-re
38、ceived, the only solution to it is to learn from it and keep on writing.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(7).Reading enables us to understand the vastness of language and the limits of grammar.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(8).Those with the ability to write well can better express their ideas and their chances of being misunders
39、tood decrease.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(9).I constantly realize the significance of writing well in the paper-grading time.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(10).Students poor writing ability is partly contributed to the rigid requirements of the nation-wide tests.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_七、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：20.00)5 Weeks to a Stre
40、ss-Free LifeAWho will you be this year? Will you be a better, wiser version of yourself by the time the calendar flips again? Or will you add to your potbelly, downgrade your mood, and move one risk factor closer to your first heart attack? Every day of your life, you answer these questionsin the wa
41、ys you handle stress. Thats not a joke. Stress is one national disaster that strikes each of us where were most vulnerable: brains first, and bodies later. Unless, that is, you learn to control it. Not by means of will, but by employing lab-tested strategies that can truly calm you down. And unless
42、youre getting a rubdown from Evangeline Lilly every night, were guessing you could use them. So heres your 5-week plan, complete with our full anxiety-back guarantee.Week 1: Separate the stressors from the energizers.BSome stress is unavoidable. Some is not. “The trick is learning to distinguish bet
43、ween the two,“ says Paul Rosch, M.D., president of the American Institute of Stress. He cant identify your sources of stress for you, because one mans stress is another mans joy. So youll have to do that part yourself. Divide your stresses into two lists: “accept“ and “change.“CAs you draw up your l
44、ists, youll naturally pay attention to what your brain knows about your sources of stress, but make sure you listen to your bodys complaints as well. When are you experiencing those headaches? Or back pain? Is there a pattern to your heartburn, or a particular stretch of your commute that provokes r
45、oad rage? “Learn how your body responds so you can detect early warning signs of stress,“ says Dr. Rosch.DYour activities during these first 7 days are not merely a prelude. Simply sitting down to identify all the things that stress you out, and deciding to do something about them, is a powerful str
46、ess buster in itself. Its been known since the 1950s that stress is aggravated if a person has no sense of control and no hope that things will get better. Having goals, and reaching those goals, is the healthy opposite of that. “Too often, we are adrift on the sea of life,“ says Dr. Rosch. Drop anc
47、hor.Week 2: Hands off the hot buttons.ESome men are perfect specimens of mental health. They calmly apply their considerable problem-solving abilities to the sources of their stress. Then there are the rest of us who dont deal very well. According to one survey, 46% of stressed adults dont care what
48、 they eat, 57% stop exercising, and 53% lose sleep. In short, we need a week (at least!) just to rid ourselves of our serf-destructive old ways of coping. Consider these five: alcohol, junk food, television, the Internet, and tobacco. We reach for them out of habit, and thats exactly what they become: b
