月英语六级选词填空习题及答案

1、2013年12月英语六级选词填空习题及答案(1)A novel way of making computer memories, using bacteriaFOR half a century, the (1) _of progress in the computer industry has been to do more with less.Moore's law famously observes that the number of transistors which can be crammed into a given space (2)_ every 18 months

2、.The amount of data that can be stored has grown at a similar rate.Yet as (3)_ get smaller, making them gets harder and more expensive.On May 10th Paul Otellini, the boss of Intel, a big American chipmaker, put the price of a new chip factory at around $10 billion.Happily for those that lack Intel&#

3、39;s resources, there may be a cheaper optionnamely to mimic Mother Nature,who has been building tiny (4)_, in the form of living cells and their components, for billions of years, and has thus got rather good at it.A paper published in Small, a nanotechnology journal , sets out the latest example o

4、f the (5)_.In it, a group of researchers led by Sarah Staniland at the University of Leeds, in Britain, describe using naturally occurring proteins to make arrays of tiny magnets,similar to those employed to store information in disk drives.The researchers took their (6)_ from Magnetospirillum magne

5、ticum, a bacterium that is sensitive to the Earth's magnetic field thanks to the presence within its cells of flecks of magnetite, a form of iron oxide.Previous work has isolated the protein that makes these miniature compasses. Using genetic engineering, the team managed to persuade a different

6、 bacteriumEscherichia coli, a ubiquitous critter that is a workhorse of biotechnologyto (7)_ this protein in bulk.Next, they imprinted a block of gold with a microscopic chessboard pattern of chemicals.Half the squares contained anchoring points for the protein.The other half were left untreated as

7、controls.They then dipped the gold into a solution containing the protein, allowing it to bind to the treated squares, and dunked the whole lot into a heated (8)_ of iron salts.After that, they examined the results with an electron microscope.Sure enough, groups of magnetite grains had materialised

8、on the treated squares, shepherded into place by the bacterial protein.In principle, each of these magnetic domains could store the one or the zero of a bit of information, according to how it was polarised.Getting from there to a real computer memory would be a long road.For a start, the grains of

9、magnetite are not strong enough magnets to make a useful memory, and the size of each domain is huge by modern computing (9)_.But Dr Staniland reckons that, with enough tweaking, both of these objections could be dealt with.The (10)_ of this approach is that it might not be so capital-intensive as b

10、uilding a fab.Growing things does not need as much kit as making them.If the tweaking could be done, therefore, the result might give the word biotechnology a whole new meaning.A) components B) advantage C) standards D) compliments E) essence F) inspiration G) disadvantage H) doublesI) solutionJ) re

11、solutionK) devicesL) manufactureM) spiritN) productO) technique2013年12月英语六级选词填空习题及答案(2)Nice juicy AppleALTHOUGH he is still (1)_ things up at Dell, an ailing computer-maker, Carl Icahn has found time to tilt at another tech titan. On August 13th the veteran shareholder activist (2) _that he had buil

12、t up a stake in Apple, though he stayed mum about exactly how many shares he had bought. Mr Icahns intentions, however, are crystal clear: he wants the consumer-electronics behemoth to expand plans to return some of its whopping $147 billion of cash and marketable securities to shareholders.Mr Icahn

13、 is also after more money at Dell, where he has been lobbying with allies against a (3)_ buy-out plan put forward by Michael Dell, the firms founder, and Silver Lake, a private-equity firm. His pressing has already forced the buy-out group to raise its initial offer by over $350m, to $24.8 billion a

14、nd he has taken his (4)_ to the courts in a bid to extract an even higher price.Other tech firms have been attracting the attention of activist investors too. Earlier this year ValueAct Capital, an investment fund, said it had built up a $2 billion stake in Microsoft. Jaguar Financial, a Canadian ba

15、nk, has been (5)_ fresh thinking at troubled BlackBerry, which announced on August 12th that it is exploring various (6) _options, including alliances and a possible sale. And Elliott Management, a hedge fund, has been lobbying for change at NetApp, a data-storage firm that it thinks could do more t

16、o improve returns to (7)_.One reason tech firms have found themselves in activists crosshairs is that, like Apple, some built up big cash piles during the economic downturn and have been slow to use the money. Financiers hope to get them to loosen their purse-strings faster and to pocket some of the

17、 cash. Mr Icahn wants Apple to increase and (8)_ a share buy-back programme that is currently set to return $60 billion to shareholders by the end of 2015.Another reason that tech firms make tempting targets for shareholder activists is that swift changes in technologies can trip up even the mightie

18、st. Witness the case of Microsoft, which ruled the roost during the personal-computer era but has struggled to adapt to a world in which tablets and smartphones are all the rage. Investors hope to mint money by pushing companies to change more rapidly in response to such upheavals in their markets.T

19、he rewards can be substantial. Egged on by Third Point, an activist hedge fund, Yahoo (9) _Marissa Mayer as its new chief executive in July 2012. By the time she celebrated a year in the job last month, the troubled web giants share price had risen by over 70%. In July the hedge fund sold a big chun

20、k of shares back to Yahoo. Mr Icahn thinks Apples share price, which closed at $499 on August 14th, could soar too if the firm follows his advice on buy-backs. He tweeted this week that he had had a “nice (10)_” with Tim Cook, Apples boss, about his idea, though he did not say what Mr Cook thought o

21、f it. If Apple drags its feet, expect things to turn nasty.A) shareholdersB) strategicC) communicationD) battleE) conversationF) encouragingG) excitingH) stirringI) appointedJ) raceK) revealedL) methodM) accelerateN) proposedO) It isn't just the beer that (1)_ to beer bellies. It could also be t

22、he extra calories, fat and unhealthy eating choices that may come with (2) _drinking. A recent study found that men consume an (3)_ 433 calories (equivalent to a McDonald's double cheeseburger) on days they drink a moderate amount of alcohol. About 61% of the caloric increase comes from the alco

23、hol itself. Men also report eating higher amounts of saturated fats and meat, and less fruit and milk, on those days than on days when they aren't drinking, the study showed. Women fared a bit better, taking in an extra 300 calories on moderate-drinking days, from the alcohol and eating fattier

24、foods. But women's increase in calories from additional eating wasn't statistically significant, the study said. 'Men and women ate less healthily on days they drank alcohol,' said Rosalind Breslow, an epidemiologist with the federal National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

25、 and lead author of the study. 'Poorer food choices on drinking days have public-health (4)_,' she said. The findings dovetail with controlled lab studies in which (5)_ generally eat more food after consuming alcohol. Researchers suggest that alcohol may enhance 'the short-term rewarding

26、 effects' of consuming food, according to a 2010 report in the journal Physiology & Behavior that reviewed previous studies on alcohol, appetite and obesity. But other studies have pointed to a different trend. Moderate drinkers gain less weight over time than either heavy drinkers or people

27、 who abstain from alcohol, particularly women, this research has shown. Moderate drinking is (6) _having about two drinks a day for men and one for women. 'People who gain the least weight are moderate drinkers, regardless of alcoholic beverage choice,' said Eric Rimm, an associate professor

28、 of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard Medical School and chairman of the 2010 review of alcohol in the federal dietary (7)_. The weight-gain difference is modest, and 'starting to drink is not a weight-loss diet,' he said. The various research efforts form part of a long-standing (8)_ ab

29、out how alcohol affects people's appetites, weight and overall health. Researchers say there aren't simple answers, and suggest that individuals' metabolism, drinking patterns and gender may play a role. Alcohol is 'a real wild card when it comes to weight management,' said Karen

30、 Miller-Kovach, chief scientific officer of Weight Watchers International. At seven calories per gram, alcohol is closer to fat than to carbohydrate or protein in caloric content, she said. Alcohol tends to lower restraint, she notes, causing a person to become more (9)_ with what they're eating

31、. Research bolstering the role of moderate drinking in helping to control weight gain was published in 2004 in the journal Obesity Research. That study followed nearly 50,000 women over eight years. An earlier study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology in 1994, followed more than 7,000

32、 people for 10 years and found that moderate drinkers gained less weight than nondrinkers. Studies comparing changes in waist circumference among different groups have yielded similar results. Dr. Rimm said it isn't clear why moderate drinking may be (10)_ against typical weight gain, but it cou

33、ld have to do with metabolic adjustments. After people drink alcohol, their heart rate increases so they burn more calories in the following hour. 'It's a modest amount,' he said. 'But if you take an individual that eats 100 calories instead of a glass of wine, the person drinking th

34、e glass of wine will have a slight increase in the amount of calories burned.' A indulgentB participantsC debateD consideredE contributesF contestG guidelinesH protectiveI moderateJ indexK implicationsL considerateM :additionalN experiencedO owes2013年12月英语六级选词填空习题及答案(4)Nearly half the (1)_ belie

35、ves UFOs could be a (2) _of extraterrestrial visitation.A HuffPost/YouGov poll reveals that 48 percent of adults in the United States are open to the idea that alien spacecraft are observing our planet - and just 35 percent outright (3)_ the idea.The poll was seen as vindication from the community o

36、f UFO researchers who often feel they are laughed off by government officials."It's always been intriguing to me how we act as though only kooks and quacks and little old ladies in tennis shoes believe in flying saucers. And it's never been true, at least for 30 or 40 years," said

37、former nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman, who was the original civilian investigator of the events surrounding the (4) _Roswell, NM, UFO crash of 1947.Friedman is very outspoken on the idea that some UFOs are (5)_ controlled extraterrestrial vehicles."The believers are far more quiet, but far

38、more on the side of reality," Friedman told The Huffington Post. "When you look at the polls, it's clear. And I see the benefit of that, (6)_, because I've only had 11 hecklers in over 700 lectures. I've been out there, all over the place, in every state, 18 other countries, an

39、d I know that my (7) _is more than tolerant - they're accepting. It's been one of the things that really has kept me going."In the HuffPost/YouGov poll, conducted between Sept. 6-7, 1,000 adults were asked if they either believed or didn't believe that some people have (8)_ UFOs tha

40、t have an extraterrestrial origin.When YouGov offered (9)_ the choice between "slightly disagree," "disagree" and "strongly disagree," those numbers added up to 35 percent who are skeptical of the notion that any UFOs may be alien-related.However, nearly half of the adu

41、lts surveyed (48 percent) resounded in the affirmative, leaving 16 percent who (10)_ that they weren't sure on either side of the ET issue.A: legendaryB:acceptC: rejectD: respondentsE: personallyF: impliedG: populationH: responsibilityI: intelligentlyJ: indicatedK: signL: signalM: witnessedN: st

42、oryO: audience2013年12月英语六级选词填空习题及答案(5)The typical pre-industrial family not only had a good many children, but numerous other dependents as well-grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousions. Such "extended" families were suited for survival in slow paced _1_ societies. But such families are ha

43、rd to _2_. They are immobile.Industrialism demanded masses of workers ready and able to move off the land in pursuit of jobs, and to move again whenever necessary. Thus the extended family _3_ shed its excess weight and the so-called "nuclear" family emerged-a stripped-down, portable famil

44、y unit _4_ only of parents and a small set of children. This new style family, far more _5_ than the traditional extended family, became the standard model in all the industrial counties. Super-industrialism, however, the next stage of eco-technological development, _6_ even higher mobility. Thus we

45、 may expect many among the people of the future to carry the streamlinling process, a stePfurther by remaining children, cutting the family down to its more _7_ components, aman and a woman. Two people, perhaps with matched careers, will prove more efficient at navigating through education and socia

46、l status, through job changes and geographic relocations, than teh ordinarily child-cluttered family.A _8_ may be the postponement of children, rather than childlessness. Men and women today are often torn in _9_ between a commitment to career and a commitment to children. In the future, many _10_ w

47、ill sidestePthis problem by deferring the entire task of raising children until after retirement.A)transplant B)solution C)gadually D)transportE)elemental F)conflict G)continually H)mobileI)couples J)agricultural K)including L)compromiseM)requires N)primary O)consisting1.答案：1.E)essence2.H)doubles3.A

48、)components4.K)devices5.O)technique6.F)inspiration7.L)manufacture8.I)solution9.C)standards10.B)advantage2. 答案1.H) stirring2.K) revealed3.N) proposed4.D) battle5.F) encouraging6.B) strategic7.A) shareholders8.M) accelerate9.I) appointed10.E) conversation3. 答案1.E:contributes2.I:moderate3.M:additional4.K:implications5.B:participants6.D:considered7.G:guidelines8.C:debate9.A:indulgent10.H:protective4. 答案1.G:po