2020年12月大学英语六级阅读赏析合集

1、2020年12月大学英语六级阅读赏析合集【篇一】2020年12月大学英语六级阅读赏析合集Depending on which player you ask, the Fevernova ball that sports equipment maker Adidas says provides the ultimate soccer experience is Uncontrollable, too big or just simply stupid. The ball also has its fans, like Englands David Beckham. but so far they

2、 seem to have been outnumbered by critics.Adidas says the ball. splashed with gold coloring. is quite simply the best around-25 percent more accurate than the ball used at France 98 thanks to meticulous testing by scientists in Germany.The tongue-twisting nature of its contents confirms that the Wor

3、ld Cup ball has come a long way from the leather-and-laces variety that was common as recently as the 1960s.The Fevernovas secret. Adidas says. is its radically improved Syntactic foam and unique knitted Raschel fabric.Given that this is supposed to make the ball faster and provide the freekick spec

4、ialists like Beckham with more power, it may not be surprising that goalkeepers like Buffon are unhappy. Spain goalkeeper Pedro Contreras said the bail acts strangely, while Danish keeper Thomas Sorensen admitted gloomily that it would probably result in more spectacular goals. As a goalkeeper, you

5、have to live with the fact that the makers create balls for the benefit of strikers. he said before leaving Copenhagen for South Korea.But outfield players have also weighed in with criticism, many saying the ball is too light and therefore hard to control. Its big and its too light, Japans Jiji new

6、s agency quoted Brazilian forward Edilson as saying earlier this month. while striker Rivaldo said it soared too far when kicked.Journalists at the main press centre in Yokohama have been given the chance to try out the Fevernova from the penalty spot, with the aim of hitting special targets in the

7、goal. So far. few have been able to score more than five out of ten, although this may have little to do with the quality of the ball.Putz. admits that the ball is on the light side of FIFAs 420 to 445 gram weight requirement. but says it is no bigger than previous balls.The controversy over the bal

8、l also has an off-pitch dimension. Industry insiders say it may be no coincidence that players from Brazil. sponsored by Adidas rival Nike, have been among the balls most vociferous critics.The same might go for the praise dished out for the ball by Beckham. one of the main players used to promote A

9、didas equipment.【篇二】2020年12月大学英语六级阅读赏析合集No woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying often attributed to the late Duchess (公爵夫人) of Windsor embodies much of the odd spirit of our times. Being thin is deemed as such a virtue.The problem with such a view is that some people actually attempt to li

10、ve by it. I myself have fantasies of slipping into narrow designer cloches. Consequently. I have been on a diet for the better-or worse-part of my life. Being rich wouldnt be bad either. but that wont happen unless an unknown relative dies suddenly in some distant land. leaving me millions of dollar

11、s.Where did we go off the track? When did eating butter become a sin, and a little bit of extra flesh unappealing, if not repellent? All religions have certain days when people refrain from eating and excessive eating is one of Christianitys seven deadly sins. However, until quite recently, most peo

12、ple had a problem getting enough to eat. In some religious groups, wealth was a symbol of probable salvation and high morals. and fatness a sign of wealth and well-being.Today the opposite is true. We have shifted lo thinness as our new mark of virtue. The result is that being fat-or even only somew

13、hat overweight-is bad because it implies a lack of moral strength.Our obsession (迷恋) with thinness is also fueled by health concerns. It is true that in this country we have more overweight people than ever before. and that in many cases, being overweight correlates with an increased risk of heart a

14、nd blood vessel disease. These diseases. however, may have as much to do with our way of life and our high-fat diets as with excess weight. And the associated risk of cancer in the digestive system may be more of a dietary problem-too much fat and a lack of fiber-than a weight problem.The real conce

15、rn. then. is not that we weigh too much. but that we neither exercise enough nor eat well. Exercise is necessary for strong bones and both heart and lung health. A balanced diet without a lot of fat can also help the body avoid many diseases. We should surely stop paying so much attention to weight.

16、 Simply being thin is not enough. It is actually hazardous if those who get (or already are) thin think they are automatically healthy and thus free from paying attention to their overall life-style. Thinness can be pure vainglory (虚荣).【篇三】2020年12月大学英语六级阅读赏析合集In recent years, we have all watched the

17、 increasing commercialization of the campus. The numerous advertising posters and the golden arches of fast food outlets may be an insult to our aesthetic sensibilities, but they are, arguably, no worse than ugly. Some of the other new features of commercialized campus life do, however, constitute a

18、 serious threat to things we rightly respect. Privatization and the business model are the potential menace.What do these notions mean? To me, they involve an increased dependence on industry and charitable actions for operating the university; an increased amount of our resources being directed to

19、applied or so-called practical Subjects, both in teaching and in research; a proprietary (所有权的，所有人的) treatment of research results, with the commercial interest in secrecy overriding the publics interest in free, shared knowledge; and an attempt to run the university more like a business that treats

20、 industry and students as clients and ourselves as service providers with something to sell. We pay increasing attention to the immediate needs and demands of our customers and, as the old saying goes, the customer is always right.Privatization is particularly frightening from the point of view of p

21、ublic well-being. A researcher employed by a university-affiliated hospital in Canada, working under contract with a medicine-making company, made public her findings that a particular drug was harmful. This violated the terms of her contract, and so she was fired. Her dismissal caused a scandal, and she was subsequently restored to her previous position. The university and hospital in question are now working out something similar to tenure (终身任职) for hospital-based researchers and guidelines for contracts, so that more public exposure of privately funded research