阅读理解题选项特征分析
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在大学英语六级考试中，阅读理解题占据分值比例为35%，相比于听力理解题需要大量练习而言，对于广大考生来说更容易突破一点，是为整个六级考试中决定成败的题目。值此考试临近，将在本文中给广大考生梳理一下阅读理解题的选项特征，以达到明确备考思路，有的放矢！
通常来说，到这个阶段，考生已经把近年的真题都做过一大部分了，这时往往会出现慌乱，并开始去做各种模拟题，这是不推荐的，认为只有真题会对考试有针对性的指向。那这时如果再看真题可能有的考生朋友会说：“答案都记住了，单词也背了，还有什么值得看的？”之类的问题，建议还是要看，要研究正确答案与文章的关系。
在六级阅读部分，正确答案与文章存在四种关系：
1. 原文再现；
2. 结构顺序相同，而词语同义替换；
3. 语序调整同义替换；
4. 全文整体同义转换。
六级的阅读问题分别对应方法如下：
传统阅读，平均每次考试大部分属于2.结构顺序相同，而词语同义替换和3. 语序调整同义替换，少数会出现1. 原文再现和4. 全文整体同义转换。
这个阶段看做过的题，建议考生尽量把选项与文章进行对比，看看能不能把每个题的选项与文章按以上关系对号入座。经过这样的思考，当我们再看到新题时，就会不由自主的给每个选项进行归类分析，也就能相对更快的找出正确答案了。
下面，以2010年12月的六级阅读真题中一篇传统阅读为例进行分析。
传统阅读：
52. In theearly 20th century Americans believed science and technology could _______.
［A］solve virtually all existing problems ［C］help raise people’s living standards
［B］quicken the pace of industrialization ［D］promote the nation’s social progress
来自文章中的这句：
In the early 20th century, few things weremore appealing than the promise of scientific knowledge. In a world strugglingwith rapid industrialization, science and technology seemed to offer solutionsto almost every problem.
由此可见，A项最为接近原文，属于2. 结构顺序相同，而词语同义替换。把原文中的offer solutions to almost every problem替换成了solvevirtually all existing problems。
53. Why did many American scholars become enthusiastic about humanistic studiesafter World WarⅡ?
［A］They wanted to improve their own status within the currenteducation system.
［B］They believed the stability of a society depended heavily onhumanistic studies.
［C］They could get financial support from various foundations forhumanistic studies.
［D］They realized science and technology alone were no guarantee for abetter world.
来自文章中的这句：
Two world wars and a Great Depressionrocked the confidence of many people that scientific expertise alone couldcreate a prosperous and ordered world. After World War Ⅱ, theacademic world turned with new enthusiasm to humanistic studies, which seemedto many scholars the best way to ensure the survival of democracy.
由此可见，D项与原文最为接近，属于2. 结构顺序相同，而词语同义替换。把原文中的rocked the confidence ……scientific expertise alone could create a prosperous and orderedworld替换成了science and technology alone were no guarantee for a better world。
54. Why areAmerican scholars worried about education today?
［A］The STEM subjects are too challenging for students to learn.
［B］Some Asian countries have overtaken America in basic sciences.
［C］America is lagging behind in the STEM disciplines.
［D］There are not enough scholars in humanistic studies.
来自文章中的这句：
There is considerable and justified concernthat the United States is falling behind much of the rest of thedeveloped world in these essential disciplines.
由此可见，C项最为接近原文，属于2. 结构顺序相同，而词语同义替换。把原文中的falling 替换成了lagging，essential disciplines指代上文中的STEM disciplines。
55. Whataccounts for the significant decline in humanistic studies today?［A］Insufficient funding. ［C］Shortage of devoted faculty.
［B］Shrinking enrollment. ［D］Dim prospects for graduates.
来自文章中的这句：
At the same time, perhaps inevitably, thehumanities—while still popular in elite colleges and universities—haveexperienced a significant decline. Humanistic disciplines are seriouslyunderfunded, not just by the government and the foundations but by academicinstitutions themselves.
由此可见，A项与原文最接近，属于2. 结构顺序相同，词语同义替换。把原文中的underfunded替换成了insufficient funding。
56. Why doesthe author attach so much importance to humanistic studies?［A］They promote the development of science and technology.
［B］They help prepare students for their professional careers.
［C］Humanistic thinking helps define our culture and values.
［D］Humanistic thinking helps cultivate students’creativity.
来自文章中的这句：
But try to imagine our world as wellwithout the remarkable works that have defined our culture and values.
由此可见，C项与原文最为接近，属于1. 原文再现。
明确了这些正确答案的特征再看新题，相信会给各位考生朋友一点启发。最
后附上另一篇2010年12月的传统阅读题，以供大家训练一下。
Will there ever be another Einstein? Thisis the undercurrent of conversation at Einstein memorial meetings throughoutthe year. A new Einstein will emerge, scientists say. But it may take a longtime. After all, more than 200 years separated Einstein from his nearest rival,Isaac Newton.
Many physicists say the next Einstein hasn’t been bornyet, or is a baby now. That’s because the quest for a unified theory that would account for allthe forces of nature has pushed current mathematics to its limits. New mathmust be created before the problem can be solved.
But researchers say there are many otherfactors working against another Einstein emerging anytime soon.
For one thing, physics is a much differentfield today. In Einstein’s day, there were only a few thousand physicists worldwide, and thetheoreticians who could intellectually rival Einstein probably would fit into astreetcar with seats to spare.
Education is different, too. One crucialaspect of Einstein’s training that is overlooked is the years of philosophy he read asa teenager—Kant, Schopenhauer and Spinoza, among others. It taught him how tothink independently and abstractly about space and time, and it wasn’t longbefore he became a philosopher himself.
“The independence created by philosophical insight is—in myopinion—the mark of distinction between a mere artisan (工匠) orspecialist and a real seeker after truth,”Einstein wrote in1944.
And he was an accomplished musician. Theinterplay between music and math is well known. Einstein would furiously playhis violin as a way to think through a knotty physics problem.
Today, universities have produced millionsof physicists. There aren’t many jobs in science for them, so they go to Wall Street andSilicon Valley to apply their analytical skills to more practical—andrewarding—efforts.
“Maybe there is an Einstein out there today,”saidColumbia University physicist Brian Greene, “but it would be alot harder for him to be heard.”Especially considering what Einstein wasproposing.
“The actual fabric of space and time curving? My God, what an idea!”Greene saidat a recent gathering at the Aspen Institute. “It takes a certaintype of person who will bang his head against the wall because you believe you’ll find thesolution.”
Perhaps the best examples are the fivescientific papers Einstein wrote in his “miracle year”of 1905.These “thought experiments”were pages of calculations signed and submitted to the prestigiousjournal Annalen der Physik by a virtual unknown. There were no footnotes orcitations.
What might happen to such a submissiontoday?
“We all get papers like those in the mail,”Greenesaid. “We put them in the junk file.”
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
57. What doscientists seem to agree upon, judging from the first two paragraphs?
［A］Einstein pushed mathematics almost to its limits.
［B］It will take another Einstein to build a unified theory.
［C］No physicist is likely to surpass Einstein in the next 200 years.
［D］It will be some time before a new Einstein emerges.
58. What wascritical to Einstein’s success?
［A］His talent as an accomplished musician.
［B］His independent and abstract thinking.
［C］His untiring effort to fulfill his potential.
［D］His solid foundation in math theory.
59. What doesthe author tell us about physicists today?
［A］They tend to neglect training in analytical skills.
［B］They are very good at solving practical problems.
［C］They attach great importance to publishing academic papers.
［D］They often go into fields yielding greater financial benefits.
60. What doesBrian Greene imply by saying “... it would be a lot harder for him to be heard”(Lines 1-2,Para. 9)?
［A］People have to compete in order to get their papers published.
［B］It is hard for a scientist to have his papers published today.
［C］Papers like Einstein’s would unlikely get published today.
［D］Nobody will read papers on apparently ridiculous theories.
61. When he submitted his papers in 1905, Einstein _______.
［A］forgot to make footnotes and citations
［B］was little known in academic circles
［C］was known as a young genius in math calculations
［D］knew nothing about the format of academic papers
参考答案：
57. D）It will be some timebefore a new Einstein emerges （3. 语序调整同义替换）
58. B）His independent andabstract thinking （2. 结构顺序相同，而词语同义替换）
59. D）They often go intofields yielding greater financial benefits （4. 全文整体同义转换）
60. C）Papers like Einstein’s wouldunlikely get published today （4. 全文整体同义转换）
61. B）was little known inacademic circles （2. 结构顺序相同，而词语同义替换）
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全国英语六级阅读理解精粹试题及答案 task 1 The process of perceiving others is rarely translated (to ourselves or others) into cold, objective terms. She was 5 feet 8 inches tall, had fair hair, and wore a colored skirt. More often, we try to get inside the other person to pinpoint (强调) his or her attitudes, emotions, motivations, abilities, ideas, and characters. Furthermore, we sometimes behave as if we can accomplish this difficult job very quickly—perhaps with a two-second glance. ways. Berger suggests several methods for reducing uncertainties about others; who are known to you so you can compare the observed person's behavior with the known others' behavior, observing a person in a situation where social behavior is relatively unrestrained or where a wide variety of behavioral responses are called for, deliberately structuring the physical or social environment so as to observe the person's responses to specific stimuli (刺激因素) , asking people who have had or have frequent contact with the person about him or her, and using various strategies in face-to-face interaction to uncover information about another person—question, self-disclosures, and so on. Getting to know someone is a never-ending task, largely because people are constantly changing and the methods we use to obtain information are often imprecise. You may have known someone for ten years and still know very little about him. If we accept the idea that we won't ever fully know another person, it enables us to deal more easily with those things that get in the way of accurate knowledge such as secrets and deceptions. It
2011年6月大学英语六级真题及答案 Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2. Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage. How good are you at saying "no"? For many, it's surprisingly difficult. This is especially true of editors, who by nature tend to be eager and engaged participants in everything they do. Consider these scenarios: It's late in the day. That front-page package you've been working on is nearly complete; one last edit and it's finished. Enter the executive editor, who makes a suggestion requiring a more-than-modest rearrangement of the design and the addition of an information box. You want to scream: "No! It's done!" What do you do? The first rule of saying no to the boss is don't say no. She probably has something in mind when she makes suggestions, and it's up to you to find out what. The second rule is don't raise the stakes by challenging her authority. That issue is already decided. The third rule is to be ready to cite options and consequences. The boss's suggestions might be appropriate, but there are always consequences. She might not know about the pages backing up that need attention, or about the designer who had to go home sick. Tell her she can have what she wants, but explain the consequences. Understand what she's trying to accomplish and propose a Plan B that will make it happen without destroying what you've done so far. Here's another case. Your least-favorite reporter suggests a dumb story idea. This one should be easy, but it's not. If you say no, even politely, you risk inhibiting further ideas, not just from that reporter, but from others who heard that you turned down the idea. This scenario is common in newsrooms that lack a systematic way to filter story suggestions. Two steps are necessary. First, you need a system for how stories are proposed and reviewed. Reporters can tolerate rejection of their ideas if they believe they were given a fair hearing. Your gut reaction (本能反应) and dismissive rejection, even of a worthless idea, might not qualify as systematic or fair. Second, the people you work with need to negotiate a "What if ...?" agreement covering "What if my idea is turned down?" How are people expected to react? Is there an appeal process? Can they refine the idea and resubmit it? By anticipating "What if...?" situations before they happen, you can reach understanding that will help ease you out of confrontations. 47. Instead of directly saying no to your boss, you should find out __________. 48. The author's second warning is that we should avoid running a greater risk by __________. 49. One way of responding to your boss's suggestion is to explain the __________ to her and offer an alternative solution. 50. To ensure fairness to reporters, it is important to set up a system for stories to __________. 51. People who learn to anticipate "What if...?" situations will be able to reach understanding and avoid __________. Section B Directions:There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage. At the heart of the debate over illegal immigration lies one key question: are immigrants good or bad for the economy? The American public overwhelmingly thinks they're bad. Yet the consensus among most economists is
2010 年6 月六级真题 Passage One 发达国家中只有两个国家不能保证提供用于照料新生儿的带薪休假。去年春天，这两个国家中的一个——澳大利亚——放弃了这种令人质疑的殊荣，建立了自2011 年起开始实施的带薪家庭休假制。在美国这并没有成为新闻，我并不感到意外——现在我们是唯一没有这项政策的富有国家。 美国确实有一个明确的家庭政策，这就是于1993 年通过的《家庭和医疗休假法》。它规定要照料新生儿或处理家庭医疗问题的工人有资格享受时间长达12 个星期的不带薪休假。尽管此法案带来的利益不明显，但当时商务部和其他一些商业团体都极力反对，称其为“政府负责的人事管理”和“危险的先例”。事实上，民主党领袖一直都致力于将能促进工作与家庭关系平衡的措施形成法律条文，但每一次的努力都遭到了商业团体的强烈反对。 正如耶鲁大学法学教授Anne Alstott 所辩解的那样，要肯定父母关爱的作用就要将家庭定义为一种社会商品，从某种意义上讲，社会要为此埋单。在她的书《无路可走：父母对孩子的亏欠以及社会对家长的亏欠》中，她认为父母在生活的多个方面都肩负重担：在谈到孩子的话题时，父母们“无路可走”：“社会希望也需要家长们能不间断地照看好他们的孩子，而且是人类用以开发智力、培养情感和树立道德的那种深度的、亲密无间的照看。社会还希望并需要父母们能坚守这一角色，18 年如一日，如有必要，甚至还可以更长。” 大部分父母出于爱都会照顾孩子，不照顾孩子的父母则会受到公众的处罚。换句话说，父母们所做的一切都是这个国家所密切关注的问题，原因很明显，照顾孩子不仅从道德上来说是迫切的而且对这个社会的未来至关重要。国家在大多数保障儿童福利的家庭法律中都认可了这一点，而父母们在履行社会所强加给他们的、会改变其命运的义务时得到的帮助却甚少。把养育孩子视为个人选择、集体没有责任的做法不仅仅忽视了良好家庭教育所产生的社会效益，而且会抹杀这部分社会效益，因为当今天的孩子成为明天的具有生产力的公民时这部分社会效益会属于整个社会。实际上，据估计父母对孩子投入的价值，包括时间和金钱的投入（包括失去的薪水）相当于国内生产总值的20%—30%。如果这些投入能够产生巨大的社会效益——很明显能产生——那么为家庭提供更多的社会支持所带来的效益将会更加显而易见。 Passage Two 塔夫茨大学公民学习和参与信息研究中心(CIRCLE)一份新的调查显示，现在有比以前更多的年轻人参与投票选举，美国发展中心2008 年的一份调查也表明越来越多的年轻选民和活动家开始支持传统的自由事业。但要看出这些调查数字在现实生活中的意义并非易事。在总统竞选期间，巴拉克·奥巴马以希望和改变为宣传口号组成了不同种族之间和不同意识形态之间人们的联盟。当新一届政府执政下的现实生活步入正轨的时候，有些支持者可能会大失所望。随着国家进一步走入奥巴马执政时代，参与政治的年轻人是会继续支持奥巴马及其施政议程还是会渐行渐远？ “O（奥巴马的简称）一代”是《新闻周刊》新开的一个博客，致力于记录那些支持奥巴马的年轻人的生活。“O 一代”的作者们想就上面的问题做出回答。未来的三个月，Michelle Kremer 和其他11 位年龄从19 岁到34 岁不等的奥巴马支持者将会用博客来记录美国社会的主流生活，一个不同之处在于：通过将他们所有的观点和经历与新任总统及其领导下的政府紧密结合，这些博客作者试图开启一场对话，探讨在当今美国，年轻并且在政治方面活跃到底意味着什么。24 岁的Malena Amusa 是该博客的一位作者，也是来自圣路易斯的一位舞者，她将这一项目看做是即时记录历史的一种方式。Amusa 今年春天为了完成其著作前往印度，后来又去塞内加尔教授英语，她和她的朋友一直在谈论奥巴马当政会如何改变他们的日常生活，她希望把其中的一些观点和她的全球性视角写到帖子里。她很兴奋，要看清楚世界，“我不必等上15 年”，她这样解释说。 Henry Flores 是圣玛丽大学的政治学教授，他将年轻一代的政治力量归因于他们对科技的拥护。“网络使他们接触到更多的思想，”他说，“不同地区想法相同的人们就会聚到一起。”这正是“O 一代”博主们所期待的事情。结果可能会出现一群年轻人，就像他们在二战后生育高峰期出生的父母一样，伴随一种强烈的目的感而成长，他们也会改变此前从“X 一代”人身上所继承下来的冷漠形象。由一群普通但有抱负的年轻人来管理博客是个不小的挑战，但“O 一代”的成员能胜任这项任务。
英语六级阅读真题 1.1990年 A．Automation refers to the introduction of electronic control and automatic operation of productive machinery. It reduces the human factors, mental and physical, in production, and is designed to make possible the manufacture of more goods with fewer workers. The development of automation in American industry has been called the “Second Industrial Revolution”. Labour?s concern over automation arises from uncertainty about the effects on employment, and fears of major changes in jobs. In the main, labour has taken the view that resistance to technical change is unfruitful. Eventually, the result of automation may well be an increase in employment, since it is expected that vast industries will grow up around manufacturing, maintaining, and repairing automation equipment. The interest of labour lies in bringing about the transition with a minimum of inconvenience and distress to the workers involved. Also, union spokesmen emphasize that the benefit of the increased production and lower costs made possible by automation should be shared by workers in the form of higher wages, more leisure, and improved living standards. To protect the interests of their members in the era of automation, unions have adopted a number of new policies. One of these is the promotion of supplementary unemployment benefit plans. It is emphasized that since the employer involved in such a plan has a direct financial interest in preventing unemployment, he will have a strong drive for planning new installations so as to cause the least possible problems in jobs and job assignment. Some unions are working for dismissal pay agreements, requiring that permanently dismissed workers be paid a sum of money based on length of service. Another approach is the idea of the “improvement factor”, which calls for wage increases based on increases in productivity. It is possible, however, that labour will rely mainly on reduction in working time. 21. Though labour worries about the effect of automation, it does not doubt that ________. A) automation will eventually prevent unemployment B) automation will help workers acquire new skills C) automation will eventually benefit the workers no less that the employers D) automation is a trend which cannot be stopped 22. The idea of the “improvement factor” (Line 6, Para. 3) probably implies that ________. A) wages should be paid on the basis of length of service B) the benefit of increased production and lower costs should be shared by workers C) supplementary unemployment benefit plans should be promoted
2019年英语六级阅读理解试题库及答案（13） A big focus of the criticism of computer games has concerned the content of the games being played. When the narratives of the games are analyzed they can be seen to fall into some genres. The two genres most popular with the children I interviewed were Platformers and Beat-them-ups. Platform games such as Sonic and Super Mario involve leaping from platform to platform, avoiding obstacles, moving on through the levels, and progressing through the different stages of the game. Beat-them-ups are the games which have caused concern over their violent content. These games involve fights between animated characters. In many ways this violence can be compared to violence within childrens cartoons where a character is hit over the head or falls of a cliff but walks away unscathed. Controversy has occurred in part because of the intensity of the game play, which is said to spill over into childrens everyday lives. There are worries that children are becoming more violent and aggressive after prolonged exposure to these games. Playing computer games involves feelings of intense frustration and anger which often expresses itself in aggressive yells at the screen. It is not only the Beat-them-up games which produce this aggression; platform games are just as frustrating when the characters lose all their lives and die just before the end of the level is reached.