1、大学英语六级-155 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)A new study found that inner-city kids living in neighborhoods with more green space gained about 13% less weight over a two-year period than kids living amid more concrete and fewer trees. Such 1 tell a powerful story. The
2、 obesity epidemic began in the 1980s, and many people 2 it to increased portion sizes and inactivity, but that can“t be everything. Fast foods and TVs have been with us for a long time. “Most experts agree that the changes were related to something in the environment,“ says social epidemiologist Tho
3、mas Glass of The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. That something could be a 3 of the green. The new research, 4 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine , isn“t the first to associate greenery with better health, but it does get us closer to identifying what works and why. At i
4、ts most straightforward, a green neighborhood simply means more places for kids to playwhich is 5 since time spent outdoors is one of the strongest correlates of children“s activity levels. But green space is good for the mind too: research by environmental psychologists has shown that it has cognit
5、ive benefit for children with attention deficit disorder. In one study, just reading outside in a green setting improved kids“ symptoms. Exposure to grassy areas has also been linked to less stress and a lower body mass index (体重指数) among adults. And a(n) 6 of 3,000 Tokyo residents associated walkab
6、le green spaces with greater longevity (长寿) among senior citizens. Glass cautions that most studies don“t 7 prove a causal link between greenness and health, but they“re nonetheless helping spur action. In September the US House of Representatives 8 the delightfully named No Child Left Inside Act to
7、 encourage public initiatives aimed at exposing kids to the outdoors. Finding green space is not always easy, and you may have to work a bit to get your family a little grass and trees. If you live in a suburb or a city with good parks, take 9 of what“s there. Your children in particular will love i
8、tand their bodies and minds will be 10 to you. A. advantage I. findings B. allocate J. grateful C. analysis K. hypotheses D. approved L. necessarily E. attribute M. published F. circulated N. shrinking G. curiously O. vital H. fatal（分数：20.00）Women might be on a more even footing at work, but at home
9、 their careers tend to take a backseat to their husband“s job, according to a US study. Researcher Youngjoo Cha, from Cornell University, found that working women with a husband who worked 50 hours or more a week found themselves still doing most of the housework and the care giving and were more li
10、kely to end up 11 their jobs. An analysis of 8,484 professional workers and 17,648 12 from dual-earner families showed that if women had a husband who worked 60 hours or more per week, it increased the woman“s 13 of giving up her paid job by 42 percent. The possibility of resigning increased to 51 p
11、ercent for professional women, and for professional mothers the possibility jumped to 112 percent. However, it did not 14 affect a man“s possibility of resigning if his wife worked 60 hours or more per week. For professional men, both parents and non-parents, the effects of a wife working long hours
12、 were 15 , according to the study. “As long work hours introduce 16 between work and family into many dual-earner families, couples often resolve it in ways that 17 husbands“ careers,“ Cha, who used data from the US Census Bureau, said in a statement. “This effect is 18 among workers in professional
13、 and managerial occupations, where the norm of overwork and the culture of intensive parenting tend to be strongest. The findings suggest that the 19 of overwork may lead many dual-earner couples to return to a traditional separate spheres arrangement 20 men and homemaking women.“ A. breadwinning I.
14、 odds B. conflict J. prevalence C. confront K. primarily D. magnified L. primitive E. magnitude M. prioritize F. negative N. quitting G. negligible O. significantly H. nonprofessionals（分数：20.00）Many of today“s college students are suffering from a form of shock. Lisa is a good example of a student i
15、n shock. She is an attractive, intelligent twenty-year-old college 21 at a state university. Now, only three years later, Lisa is miserable. She has 22 her major four times and is forced to hold down two part-time jobs in order to pay her tuition. She suffers from sleeping and eating disorders and h
16、as no 23 friend. Sometimes she burst out crying for no 24 reason. What is happening to Lisa happens to millions of college students each year. As a result, roughly one-quarter of the student population at any time will suffer from 25 of depression. Half of them will experience depression intense eno
17、ugh to call for 26 help. But many of them 27 the idea because they don“t want people to think there“s something wrong with them. There are two reasons today“s college students are suffering more than in earlier generations. First is a weakening family support 28 . Today, with high divorce rate, the
18、traditional family is not always available for support. Another problem is 29 pressure. In the last decade, tuition cost rose about sixty-six percent at public colleges and ninety percent at private schools. Most students, 30 , must work at least part-time. It can be depressing to students to be fac
19、ed with the added tuition costs. A. apparent I. intimate B. automatic J. junior C. consequently K. professional D. consistently L. recalled E. decline M. structure F. delightful N. switched G. finance O. symptom H. financial（分数：20.00）We often think of agriculture as planting seeds and harvesting cro
20、ps. But many crops do not come from seeds. Many kinds of trees and plants are grown from 31 cut from existing trees and plants. This is called grafting (嫁接). Farmers cut branches or young growths, called 32 , from one plant and place them on a related kind of plant. The branch or bud that is grafted
21、 is called a scion (接穗). The plant that 33 the graft is called the root stock. Over time, the 34 from the two plants grow together. The grafted plant begins to 35 the leaves and fruit of the scion, not the root stock. A graft can be cut in several ways. A cleft graft (割接，劈接), for example, requires a
22、 scion with several buds on it. The bottom of the scion is cut in the 36 of the letter V. A place is cut in the root stock to accept the scion. The scion is then 37 placed into the cut on the root stock. Growth medium is put on the 38 to keep it wet and help the growth. Grafting can join scions with
23、 39 qualities to root stock that is strong and resists disease and insects. Some common fruit trees such as sweet cherries have to be grafted. In an age of high-technology agriculture, grafting is a low-technology method that remains 40 important. A. accepts I. joint B. agreeable J. parts C. blossom
24、s K. pieces D. buds L. produce E. composes M. relatively F. desirable N. securely G. extremely O. shape H. grow（分数：20.00）Like many workers, Ivelisse Rivera, a physician at Community Health Center, Middletown, Conn., feels stressed-out by mounting workloads. And she didn“t expect to get much help dur
25、ing her employer“s 41 staff meeting last Novemberjust the usual speeches on medical 42 . Instead, she got a big dose of something new: Happiness coaching. Keynote speaker Shawn Achora former Harvard University researcher and former co-teacher of one of the university“s most popular courses, Positive
26、 Psychology extolled (激励) 90 listening employees to 43 off dark moods at work by practicing such happinessinducing 44 as meditation or expressing gratitude. To her surprise, Dr. Rivera says, she drove home filled with thoughts about cheering up, “if I 45 a negative attitude and complain all the time
27、, whoever is working with me is going to feel the same way.“ Happiness coaching is seeping (渗入) into the workplace. A growing number of employers, including UBS, American Express, KPMG and the law firm Goodwin Procter, have hired trainers who 46 on psychological research, ancient religious tradition
28、s or both to inspire workers to take a more positive attitudeor at least a 47 one. Happiness-at-work coaching is the theme of a crop of new business books and a growing number of MBA-school courses. Critics say that pushing positive thinking is just a way for companies to improve morale while they c
29、ontinue to burden employees with the threat of 48 and an ever-increasing workload. In his book, Bright-sided , Barbara Ehrenreich blames “positive thinking“ for 49 it will lead people to avoid 50 a wide range of serious problems in the economy and workplace. A. annual I. issues B. assume J. layoffs
30、C. assure K. neutral D. confer L. notorious E. confronting M. shake F. draw N. techniques G. inevitably O. technology H. invariably（分数：20.00）大学英语六级-155 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)A new study found that inner-city kids living in neighborhoods with more green spac
31、e gained about 13% less weight over a two-year period than kids living amid more concrete and fewer trees. Such 1 tell a powerful story. The obesity epidemic began in the 1980s, and many people 2 it to increased portion sizes and inactivity, but that can“t be everything. Fast foods and TVs have been
32、 with us for a long time. “Most experts agree that the changes were related to something in the environment,“ says social epidemiologist Thomas Glass of The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. That something could be a 3 of the green. The new research, 4 in the American Journal of Preve
33、ntive Medicine , isn“t the first to associate greenery with better health, but it does get us closer to identifying what works and why. At its most straightforward, a green neighborhood simply means more places for kids to playwhich is 5 since time spent outdoors is one of the strongest correlates o
34、f children“s activity levels. But green space is good for the mind too: research by environmental psychologists has shown that it has cognitive benefit for children with attention deficit disorder. In one study, just reading outside in a green setting improved kids“ symptoms. Exposure to grassy area
35、s has also been linked to less stress and a lower body mass index (体重指数) among adults. And a(n) 6 of 3,000 Tokyo residents associated walkable green spaces with greater longevity (长寿) among senior citizens. Glass cautions that most studies don“t 7 prove a causal link between greenness and health, bu
36、t they“re nonetheless helping spur action. In September the US House of Representatives 8 the delightfully named No Child Left Inside Act to encourage public initiatives aimed at exposing kids to the outdoors. Finding green space is not always easy, and you may have to work a bit to get your family
37、a little grass and trees. If you live in a suburb or a city with good parks, take 9 of what“s there. Your children in particular will love itand their bodies and minds will be 10 to you. A. advantage I. findings B. allocate J. grateful C. analysis K. hypotheses D. approved L. necessarily E. attribut
38、e M. published F. circulated N. shrinking G. curiously O. vital H. fatal（分数：20.00）解析：I解析 空格处位于形容词 such 之后和谓语动词之前，因此可以判断应填入一个名词作句子的主语。前文已经提到 A new study found that，因此空格处应填入一个与“研究发现”意思相近的名词，故 I. findings“发现”为本题答案。解析：E解析 空格位于主语之后，应为谓语动词，而且空格处填入的动词需要能够和后面的介词 to 搭配。根据句意“很多人将肥胖流行症的原因 -|_|-人们不断增加的食量及缺乏运动”，
39、attribute to 表示“归咎于”，符合题意。所以选 E. attribute。解析：N解析 空格位于不定冠词之后，由此判断应填入一个名词或动名词。文章最开始已经提到研究表明绿色环境越多，体重增加越少。根据句意，肥胖症应该与环境中绿地的减少有关，故 N. shrinking“减少，缩小”为本题答案。解析：M 解析 空格所在成分位于主语和系表结构之间，因此可以判断此处应为后置定语结构，修饰之前的名词主语，空格处应填入的动词与其逻辑主语 The new research 是动宾关系，故应用过去分词形式。根据后文的期刊名称 American Journal of Preventive Medi
40、cine 可知，这项新研究是在这本期刊上发表的。因此应该填入 M. published“发表，出版”。解析：O解析 空格位于系动词之后，作句子的表语。根据句意“孩子们有更多可以玩耍的空间是 -|_|-，因为孩子的户外活动时间是与孩子的活动水平关系最为密切的一个因素”。O. vital“至关重要的”符合句意，故为答案。解析：C解析 空格位于不定冠词之后，因此可以判断应填入一个名词。根据句意“一项针对 3 000 名东京居民的 -|_|-还显示：适于散步的绿色环境与老年人的长寿也有关系”。C. analysis意为“分析”，符合句意，故为答案。解析：L解析 空格位于助动词和实义动词之间，因此应填入
41、一个副词。根据句意“格雷斯提醒说，很多研究 -|_|-能证明绿色环境与健康之间的因果联系”。Not necessarily 是固定用法，意为“未必，不一定”，故 L. necessarily 为答案。解析：D解析 空格位于主语和作宾语的名词短语之间，因此应填入一个谓语动词。根据前面的 the US House of Representatives 和后面的 No Child Left Inside Act 可推测，这里表达的意思应该是美国众议院批准了一项法案，以提高公众带孩子到室外活动的积极性。D. approved 意为“同意，批准”，符合句意，故为答案。解析：A解析 空格位于动词 take
42、 之后及介词 of 之前，结合上下文可推测，此处大意应为：如果你住在郊区或者住在一个周边有公园的城市里，应该好好地利用周边的环境。选项中的 advantage 可与空格前后的词构成固定搭配 take advantage of，意为“利用”，所以 A. advantage 为答案。解析：J解析 空格位于 be 动词之后，因此推测应填一个形容词作表语。根据句意“你的孩子会特别喜欢那里的绿色环境，他们的身心也会对你 -|_|-”，grateful“感恩的，感激的”符合题意，故 J 为本题答案。Women might be on a more even footing at work, but at
43、home their careers tend to take a backseat to their husband“s job, according to a US study. Researcher Youngjoo Cha, from Cornell University, found that working women with a husband who worked 50 hours or more a week found themselves still doing most of the housework and the care giving and were mor
44、e likely to end up 11 their jobs. An analysis of 8,484 professional workers and 17,648 12 from dual-earner families showed that if women had a husband who worked 60 hours or more per week, it increased the woman“s 13 of giving up her paid job by 42 percent. The possibility of resigning increased to
45、51 percent for professional women, and for professional mothers the possibility jumped to 112 percent. However, it did not 14 affect a man“s possibility of resigning if his wife worked 60 hours or more per week. For professional men, both parents and non-parents, the effects of a wife working long h
46、ours were 15 , according to the study. “As long work hours introduce 16 between work and family into many dual-earner families, couples often resolve it in ways that 17 husbands“ careers,“ Cha, who used data from the US Census Bureau, said in a statement. “This effect is 18 among workers in professi
47、onal and managerial occupations, where the norm of overwork and the culture of intensive parenting tend to be strongest. The findings suggest that the 19 of overwork may lead many dual-earner couples to return to a traditional separate spheres arrangement 20 men and homemaking women.“ A. breadwinnin
48、g I. odds B. conflict J. prevalence C. confront K. primarily D. magnified L. primitive E. magnitude M. prioritize F. negative N. quitting G. negligible O. significantly H. nonprofessionals（分数：20.00）解析：N解析 空格位于 end up 和 their jobs 之间，由固定短语 end up doing sth. 可推测空格处应为动名词。根据句意“那些丈夫每周工作 50 个小时或更长时间的职业女性仍
49、然承担大部分家务和照顾家人的任务，因此更有可能 -|_|-工作”，quit job 表示“辞去工作”符合句意，故选N。解析：H解析 空格位于数字 17 648 和介词 from 之间，因此应填名词。前面提到 8 484 名专业工作人员，与之相对应，空格处应表示“非专业人员”，因此应选 H. nonprofessionals。解析：I解析 空格位于 the woman“s 和介词 of 之间，由此判断空格处应填名词。前文提到“如果女性的丈夫每周工作 60 小时或更长时间”，并提到“增加”，空格后面又出现“辞职”和“42%”，故空格处应表示“可能性”之意，因此应选 I. odds，在句中表示“女性辞掉工作的几率增加 42%”。解析：O解析 空格位于 did not，和实义动词 affect 之间，因此很可能为副词。上一段提到丈夫的工作对女性的影响很大，而这一段以表示转折的 However 开头，由此判断本句说明女性工作对丈夫的影响应该不是很大，因此应选 O. significantly，与前面的 not 构成否定意义。解析：
