1、大学英语六级-147 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)题源: USA Today 题材:社会生活 About 2 million jobless Americans fear they“ll lose their extended unemployment benefits, which are slated (计划) to end next month unless Congress votes to renew them. Their concerns make a new finding all the more 1 : Many people eligible f
2、or unemployment don“t even bother to collect it. In the depths of the 2 in 2008 and 2009, only half of those who qualified for benefits 3 , a study by the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank shows. The portion filing for benefits shot up to 95% in 2010 and 2011, the study says, but that still means about
3、 200000 people didn“t claim money to which they were 4 . Many unemployed people aren“t eligible for benefits because they worked part-time or weren“t at their jobs long enough, for example. In 2009, about 3 million of the average 14.5 million or so jobless people didn“t qualify for benefits. But of
4、the roughly 11.4 million who were laid off and eligible to collect that year, only about 5.7 million filed 5 , according to Fuller and the BLS. Those who didn“t saved state and federal governments $108 billion 6 as much as the $121 billion in benefits paid, the study says. That 7 dwarfed the $11 bil
5、lion in benefit overpayments due to clerical errors or fraud. The share of people applying for benefits has risen or fallen along with average duration of unemployment. For example, Americans were out of work for an average of 18 weeks in 2008 and 24 weeks in 2009when only half of those eligible app
6、lied. But average joblessness 8 to about 33 weeks in 2010 and 39 weeks in 2011 as the share seeking benefits soared to 95%. Average jobless duration has 9 near 40 weeks this year. But it should dip to about 37 weeks in 2013, says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody“s Analytics. That suggests the po
7、rtion seeking benefits could 10 slightly. A. applied F. entitled K. puzzling B. claims G. hovered L. recession C. consumed H. nearly M. rose D. doubtful I. potentially N. stability E. drop J. profitable O. sum（分数：25.00）题源: Healthland 题材:社会生活 Medicine today focuses primarily on drugs and surgery, gen
8、es and germs. Yet love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well. If a new medication had the same impact, failure to 11 it would be malpractice. Connections with other people affect not only the quality of our lives but also our survival. Study after study finds that
9、 people who feel lonely are many times more likely to get cardiovascular (心血管的) disease than those who have a strong sense of connection and 12 . In one study at Yale, men and women who felt the most loved and supported had 13 less blockage in their coronary arteries (冠状动脉). Similarly, researchers f
10、rom Case Western Reserve University studied almost 10000 married men and found that those who answered “yes“ to this simple question“Does your wife show you her love?“ had significantly less chest pain. And when researchers at Duke surveyed men and women with heart disease, those who were single and
11、 lacked close friends were three times as likely to have died after five years. In all three studies, the 14 effects of love were independent of other risk factors. Awareness is the first step in healing. When we understand the connection between how we live and how long we live, it“s easier to make
12、 different choices. Instead of 15 the time we spend with friends and family as luxuries, we can see that these relationships are among the most powerful determinants of our well-being and survival. Science is 16 the healing values of love, intimacy, etc.values that are part of almost all 17 traditio
13、ns as well as many secular ones. Being unselfish may be the most self-serving approach to life, for it helps free both the giver and 18 from suffering, disease and premature death. Rediscovering the wisdom of love and 19 may help us survive at a time when an 20 isolated world so badly needs it. A. c
14、ommunity F. drastic K. rebellion B. compassion G. immediate L. recipient C. describe H. increasingly M. spiritual D. distractedly I. prescribe N. substantially E. documenting J. protective O. viewing（分数：25.00）题源: The New York Times 题材:社会生活 There“s a battle raging in the streets of America. Anyone wh
15、o 21 rides a bicycle knows all about this. Some motorists have declared war on bikes as annoying 22 that lead to slow traffic. They honk (鸣笛), shout or curse at two-wheeled travelers. A few will do even worse. The New York Times reports that incidents of 23 toward bicycle riders appear to be growing
16、, as bike riders take to the streets in order to save gas and money and fight global warming. In Denver, nearly 11000 first-time bike 24 turned out for Bike to Work Day. The bicycle group, Transportation Alternatives 25 that the number of New Yorkers who cycle daily has risen 77 percent since 2000.
17、Even though virtually every state grants bicyclists the same rights (and responsibilities) as motorists to use the streets, many drivers still refuse to accept this. They view themselves as Kings of the Roadan impression that has been strongly 26 by the transportation planning profession, which has
18、designed our cities and suburbs as if people did not exist outside of their cars. But a big new idea to settle this 27 and improve life in the streets for everyone is now taking root among community activists, urban planners and traffic engineers. “Too many of our streets are designed only for speed
19、ing cars, or worse, creeping traffic jams. They“re unsafe for people on foot or bikeand unpleasant for everybody.“ “Now, in communities across the country, a movement is growing to complete the streets. States, cities and towns are asking their planners, engineers and designers to build road network
20、s that welcome all citizens,“ declares the website of a new organization 28 this idea. Complete the Streetsan 29 program of adding bike lanes, pedestrian 30 and traffic calming measuresis the best idea to hit our communities since pizza, or even the bicycle itself. A. accidentally F. enhanced K. pro
21、moting B. aggression G. estimates L. propelling C. ambitious H. facilities M. regularly D. commuters I. nuisances N. strengthened E. conflict J. owners O. suspicious（分数：25.00）题源: American Scientist 题材:科普知识 For the past four decades that basic tension between artificial intelligence and intelligence
22、augmentation (增加)A.I. versus I.A.has been at the heart of progress in computing science as the field has produced a series of ever more powerful technologies that are transforming the world. Now, as the pace of technological change continues to 31 , it has become increasingly possible to design comp
23、uting systems that enhance the human experience, or nowin a growing number of casescompletely 32 with it. Watson is an effort by IBM researchers to advance a set of techniques used to process human language. It provides 33 evidence that computing systems will no longer be limited to responding to si
24、mple commands. Machines will increasingly be able to pick out jargon (行话) and even riddles. In attacking the problem of the 34 of human language, computer science is now closing in on what researchers refer to as the “Paris Hilton problem“the ability, for example, to determine whether an 35 is being
25、 made by someone who is trying to reserve a hotel in France, or 36 to pass time surfing the Internet. Traditionally, economists have argued that while new forms of automation may displace jobs in the short run, over longer periods of time economic growth and job creation have continued to 37 any job
26、-killing technologies. For example, over the past century and a half the 38 from being a largely agrarian (农业的) society to one in which less than 1 percent of the United States labor force is in agriculture is frequently cited as 39 of the economy“s ability to reinvent itself. That, however, was bef
27、ore machines began to “understand“ human language. Rapid progress in natural language processing is beginning to 40 to a new wave of automation that promises to transform areas of the economy that have until now been untouched by technological change. A. abolish F. evidence K. outpace B. accelerate
28、G. expenditure L. shift C. ambiguity H. inquiry M. simply D. bring I. irrational N. striking E. dispense J. lead O. unanimously（分数：25.00）大学英语六级-147 答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)题源: USA Today 题材:社会生活 About 2 million jobless Americans fear they“ll lose their extended unemployment benefits, which are slat
29、ed (计划) to end next month unless Congress votes to renew them. Their concerns make a new finding all the more 1 : Many people eligible for unemployment don“t even bother to collect it. In the depths of the 2 in 2008 and 2009, only half of those who qualified for benefits 3 , a study by the St. Louis
30、 Federal Reserve Bank shows. The portion filing for benefits shot up to 95% in 2010 and 2011, the study says, but that still means about 200000 people didn“t claim money to which they were 4 . Many unemployed people aren“t eligible for benefits because they worked part-time or weren“t at their jobs
31、long enough, for example. In 2009, about 3 million of the average 14.5 million or so jobless people didn“t qualify for benefits. But of the roughly 11.4 million who were laid off and eligible to collect that year, only about 5.7 million filed 5 , according to Fuller and the BLS. Those who didn“t sav
32、ed state and federal governments $108 billion 6 as much as the $121 billion in benefits paid, the study says. That 7 dwarfed the $11 billion in benefit overpayments due to clerical errors or fraud. The share of people applying for benefits has risen or fallen along with average duration of unemploym
33、ent. For example, Americans were out of work for an average of 18 weeks in 2008 and 24 weeks in 2009when only half of those eligible applied. But average joblessness 8 to about 33 weeks in 2010 and 39 weeks in 2011 as the share seeking benefits soared to 95%. Average jobless duration has 9 near 40 w
34、eeks this year. But it should dip to about 37 weeks in 2013, says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody“s Analytics. That suggests the portion seeking benefits could 10 slightly. A. applied F. entitled K. puzzling B. claims G. hovered L. recession C. consumed H. nearly M. rose D. doubtful I. potentia
35、lly N. stability E. drop J. profitable O. sum（分数：25.00）解析：K解析 形容词辨析题。分析句子结构可知，all the more -|_|-应作宾语 a new finding 的补足语，因此空格处应填入形容词。本段首句提到，美国失业者担心他们将不会得到长期的失业救济金，而空格后面部分提到，很多有资格领取这项救济金的人甚至不愿意去领取，这两部分内容相互矛盾，所以 puzzling“令人迷惑的，令人费解的”符合题意。解析：L解析 名词辨析题。空格前为定冠词 the，后为介词短语 in 2008 and 2009，因此空格处应填名词。根据本句的时
36、间状语可以推断，备选名词中的 recession“衰退，萧条”符合题意。解析：A解析 动词辨析题。分析句子结构可知，空格所在分句为动词 shows 的宾语从句，该从句缺少谓语动词，因此空格处应填入一个动词。结合此处句意“有资格领取救济金的人中只有一半 -|_|-”和备选动词可知，applied“申请”符合题意。解析：F解析 动词辨析题。分析句子结构可知，to which they were -|_|-为定语从句，修饰 money，which 指代 money，从句谓语部分不完整，因此空格处应填动词的过去分词和 were 一起作从句的谓语。结合此处句意“大约 20 万人没有索要他们 -|_|-的
37、钱”和备选动词可知，entitled“使有权利，使有资格”符合题意。解析：B解析 名词辨析题。分析句子结构可知，动词 filed 缺少宾语，因此空格处应填入名词。结合此处句意“失业且有资格获得此项福利的约有 1140 人，其中只有约 570 万人提出 -|_|-”和备选名词可知，claims“索赔”符合题意。解析：H解析 副词辨析题。本句基本结构完整，故空格处应填入一个副词作状语。破折号前面提到了$108 billion，破折号后面的数字为$121 billion，这两个数字比较相近，因此备选副词中的nearly“几乎，差不多”符合题意，这里表示那些没有提出申请的人给政府省下的钱几乎和政府给出
38、的福利总额一样多。解析：O解析 名词辨析题。分析句子结构可知，That -|_|-作句子主语，所以空格处应填名词。根据语境及空格后的 dwarfed the $11 billion“使这 110 亿元显得微不足道”可以推断，That -|_|-指代上句中提到的$108 billion 这笔费用，空格处应填与“金钱”相关的名词，故 sum“金额，款项”符合题意。解析：M解析 动词辨析题。分析句子结构可知，本句是一个含有 as 引导的状语从句的主从复合句，其中主句缺少谓语动词，因此空格处应填动词，且该动词为能与 to 搭配的不及物动词。再结合主句的时间状语 in 2010 和 in 2011 及从
39、句的时态可知，该动词应为过去式。备选动词中，符合上述要求的只有rose“增加，上升”。解析：G解析 动词辨析题。空格在助动词 has 之后，因此应填入动词的过去分词。结合此处句意“今年平均失业在 40 周上下 -|_|-”和备选动词可知，hovered“摇摆不定”符合题意。解析：E解析 动词辨析题。空格前为情态动词 could，后为副词 slightly，因此空格处应为动词原形。上一句谈到，平均失业持续时间应该会在 2013 年降至 37 周，本句指出，这表明寻求救济金的那部分人的数目将会略微 -|_|-，结合这两句的逻辑关系及备选动词可以判断，drop“减少”符合题意。题源: Healthl
40、and 题材:社会生活 Medicine today focuses primarily on drugs and surgery, genes and germs. Yet love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well. If a new medication had the same impact, failure to 11 it would be malpractice. Connections with other people affect not only the qu
41、ality of our lives but also our survival. Study after study finds that people who feel lonely are many times more likely to get cardiovascular (心血管的) disease than those who have a strong sense of connection and 12 . In one study at Yale, men and women who felt the most loved and supported had 13 les
42、s blockage in their coronary arteries (冠状动脉). Similarly, researchers from Case Western Reserve University studied almost 10000 married men and found that those who answered “yes“ to this simple question“Does your wife show you her love?“ had significantly less chest pain. And when researchers at Duk
43、e surveyed men and women with heart disease, those who were single and lacked close friends were three times as likely to have died after five years. In all three studies, the 14 effects of love were independent of other risk factors. Awareness is the first step in healing. When we understand the co
44、nnection between how we live and how long we live, it“s easier to make different choices. Instead of 15 the time we spend with friends and family as luxuries, we can see that these relationships are among the most powerful determinants of our well-being and survival. Science is 16 the healing values
45、 of love, intimacy, etc.values that are part of almost all 17 traditions as well as many secular ones. Being unselfish may be the most self-serving approach to life, for it helps free both the giver and 18 from suffering, disease and premature death. Rediscovering the wisdom of love and 19 may help
46、us survive at a time when an 20 isolated world so badly needs it. A. community F. drastic K. rebellion B. compassion G. immediate L. recipient C. describe H. increasingly M. spiritual D. distractedly I. prescribe N. substantially E. documenting J. protective O. viewing（分数：25.00）解析：I解析 动词辨析题。空格前为 fai
47、lure to，后为 it，因此空格处应填动词原形。空格后的 it 指代句首的 a new medication，故所填动词应能接 medication 为宾语。备选动词中，prescribe 可与medication 搭配，表示“开药”，符合题意。解析：A解析 名词辨析题。空格所填词与 and 前的 connection 一起作 of 的宾语，故空格处应填名词，且该名词意思与 connection“联系”相关，并能与 a strong sense of 搭配。备选名词中，community“共享，共有”可与 have a strong sense 搭配，意为“有强烈团体归属感”，符合题意。解
48、析：N解析 副词辨析题。本句基本结构完整，所以空格处应填副词作状语，修饰 less。本文的中心意思是：人与人之间积极、和谐的关系和情感对健康大有裨益，同时结合后一句中的 significantly less chest pain，可以推断 substantially“大量地”为正确选项。解析：I解析 形容词辨析题。空格前为定冠词 the，后为 effects of love，所以空格处较有可能填形容词，修饰 effects，表明“爱”具有什么样的作用。由本段提到的三个研究结果可知，此作用应是有利的，所以 protective“保护的”为正确选项。解析：O解析 动词辨析题。空格前为 Instea
49、d of，后为名词短语 the time，故空格处应填动名词，且该动名词能与后面的介词 as 搭配。结合句首的 Instead of 可知，所填动名词与本句谓语动词 see 意思相近。因此，答案为 viewing“看待”，viewas意为“将看成/当成”。解析：E解析 动词辨析题。空格前为 is，后为名词短语 the healing values of，故空格处较有可能填现在分词。第二段的三项科学研究表明爱对健康有益，因此 documenting“用文献支持”为正确选项。解析：M解析 形容词辨析题。空格前面为 all，后面为 traditions，故空格处较有可能填形容词。结合空格后的 as well as many secular ones 可知，所填形容词应与 secular 意思相反，故 spiritual“精神的”是正确选项。解析：L解析 名词辨析题。空格前的 both 和 and 提示空
