六级历年完形填空真命题及答案解析

1、* *2012年12月英语六级完形填空及翻译真题与答案完形填空翻译Part V Cloze (15 minutes)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding le

2、tter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.“My job is killing me. " Who among us hasn't issued that complaint at least once? Now a new study suggests that your dramatic complaint may 62 some scientific truth.The 20-year study, by researchers at Tel Aviv University,63 to ex

3、amine therelationship between the workplace and a person's risk of death. Researchers 64 820adults who had undergone a 65 physical exam at a health clinic in 1988, and theninterviewed them 66 detail about their workplace conditions asking how nice theircolleagues were, whether their boss was sup

4、portive and how much 67 they had in theirposition.The participants 68 in age from 25 to 65 at the start of the study and worked in avariety of 69, including finance, health care, manufacturing and insurance. The researchers70 the participants through their medical records: by the study's conclus

5、ion in 2008, 53people had died and they were significantly more likely than those who survived to report having a 71 work environment.People who reported having little or no 72 support from their co-workers were 2.4times more likely to die 73 the course of the study than those who said they had clos

6、e,supportive 74 with their workmates. Interestingly, the risk of death was 75 onlyto people's perceptions of their co-workers, not their bosses . People who reported negative relationships with their supervisors were 76 likely to die than others.The study was observational,77 it could not determ

7、ine whether toxic workplaceenvironments caused death, only that it was 78 with the risk. But the findings add to theevidence 79 having a supportive social network decreases stress and helps80 good health. On the other hand, being exposed 81 chronic stresscontributes to depression, ill health and dea

8、th.62. A) hold B) strike C) risk D)trace63. A)fought )submittedC)soughtB D)resorted64. A)allied B)arrayed C)volunteeredD)recruited* *65. A)routine66. A)beyondB)in C)by D)overB)nominal C)grave D)drastic67. A)autonomy68. A)consistedD)trailedB)automation C)audienceD)authenticityB)contained C)involvedD)

9、ranged69. A)facets B)fields C)districts D)species70. A)chased B)pursued C)tracked71. A)cozy B)fabulous C)hostileD)transparent72. A)social B)academicC)physical D)domestic73. A)against B)across C)inside D)during74. A)pactsB)bonds C)unionsD)webs75. A)addedB)adapted C)tiedD)led76. A)no more B)far more C

10、)no less D)far less77. A)unless B)while C)or D)so78. A)constructed B)correlated C)collaboratedD)coordinated79. A)howB)when C)thatD)why80. A)elevateB)inject C)propelD)foster81. A)at B)to C)towardD)under查看参考答案参考答案62-66CBCAB67-71ADBCD72-76DDCAB77-81ACBDA2012年6月英语六级完形填空及翻译真题与答案完形填空翻译Part V CloseDirectio

11、ns: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are fourchoices marked A) , B), C)and D)on the right side of paper. You should choose the ONE that bestfits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题

12、卡2上作答.Music produces profound and lasting changes in the brain. Schools should add music classes, not cut them. Nearly 20 years ago, a small study advanced the 62 that listening to Mozart' s Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major could boost mental functioning. It was not long 63 trademarked “ Mozart

13、effect “ products began to appeal to anxious parents aiming to put toddlers ( 刚学步的孩子 )64 the fast track to prestigious universities like Harvard and Yale. Georgia s governor even 65 giving every newborn there a classical CD or cassette.The 66 for Mozart therapy turned out to be weak, perhaps nonexis

14、tent, although the 67 study never claimed anything more than a temporary and limited effect. In recent years, 68 , scientists have examined the benefits of a concerted 69 to study and practice music, as 70 to playing a Mozart CD or a computer-based“ brain fitness ” game 71 in a while.Advanced monito

15、ring 72 have enabled scientists to see what happens 73 your head when you listen to your mother and actually practice the violin for an hour every afternoon. And they have found that music 74 can produce profound and lasting changes that 75 the general ability to learn. These results should 76 publi

16、c officials that music classes are not a mere decoration, ripe for discarding in the budget crises that constantly 77 public schools.Studies have shown that 78 instrument training from an early age can help the brain to 79 sounds better, making it easier to stay focused when absorbing other subjects

17、, from literature to mathematics. The musically adept ( 擅长的)are better able to 80 on a biology lesson despite the noise in the classroom 81 , a few years later, to finish a call with a client when a colleague in the next office starts screaming a subordinate. They can attend to several things at onc

18、e in the mental scratch pad called working memory, an essential skill in this era of multitasking.62 .A)notice B)note C)notion D)notification63 .A)that B)until C)since D)Before64 .A)up B)by C)on D)at65 .A)propelled B) proposed C) submitted D)subjected66 .A)witness B) evidence C) symptom D)context67

19、.A)subtle B) elementary C) sensitive D)original68 .A)however B)moreover C) then D)therefore69 .A)effort B)impulse C) object D)attention70 .A)opposed B)accustomed C) related D)devoted71 .A)quite B)once C) often D)much72 .A)organisms B)techniques C) mechanisms D)mechanics73 .A)upon B)amid C) among D)i

20、nside74 .A)subjects B)models C) causes D)lessons75 .A)enhance B)introduce C) accelerate D)elaborate76 .A)contend B) convey C) conceive D)convince77 .A)trouble B)transform C) distract D)disclose78 .A)urgent B)casual C) diligent D)solemn79 .A)proceed B)process C) prefer D)predict80 .A)count B)concentr

21、ate C) insist D)depend81 .A)but B)or C) for D)so查看参考答案参考答案参考答案：62.C)notion82 . D)before83 . C)on84 . B)proposed85 . B)evidence86 . D)original87 . A)however88 .A)effort89 . A)opposed90 . B)once91 . B)techniques92 . D)inside93 . D)lessons94 .A)enhance95 . D)convince96 . A)trouble97 . C)diligent98 . B)

22、process99 . B)concentrate100 B)or2011年12月英语六级完形填空及翻译真题与答案完形填空翻译Part V Cloze (15 minutes)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.

23、Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。* *If you know where to find a good plastic-free shampoo, can you tell Jeanne Haegele? Last September, the 28-year-old Chicago resident _62_ to cut plastics out of her life. The marketing coo

24、rdinator was concerned about _63_ the chemicals coming out of some common types of plastic might be doing to her body. She was also worried about the damage all the plastic _64_ was doing to the environment. So she _65_ on her bike and rode to the nearest grocery store to see what she could find tha

25、t didn't _66_ plastic. "I went in and _67_ bought anything," Haegele says. She did _68_ some canned food and a carton ( 纸盒)of milk to discover later that both containers were _70_ with plastic resin ( 树脂)."Plastic," she says, "just seemed like it was in everything."

26、She's right. Back in the 1960s, plastic was well _71_ its way to becoming a staple of American life. The U.S. produced 28 million tons of plastic waste in 2005- 27 million tons ofwhich _72_ in landfills ( 垃圾填埋场 ).Our food and water come _73_ in plastic. It's used in our phones and our comput

27、ers, the cars we drive and the planes we ride in. But the _74_ adaptable substance has its dark side. Environmentalists feel worried about the petroleum needed to make it. Parents worry about the possibility of _75_ chemicals making their way from 76plastic into children's bloodstreams. Which me

28、ans Haegele isn't the only person trying to cut plastic out of her life she isn't _77_ the only one blogging about this kind of _78_. Butthose who've tried know it's _79_ from easy to go plastic-free. "These things seem to be so common _80_ it is practically impossible to avoid

29、coming into _81_ with them," says Frederick vom Saal, a biologist at the University of Missouri.62. A) resolved B) recovered C) removed D) retreated63. A) when B) what C) who D) why64. A) essence B) unit C) crust D) rubbish65. A) hinged B) hopped C) stretched D) dipped66. A) include B) induce C

30、) compose D) consist67. A) slightly B) nearly C) roughly D) barely68. A) pursue B) prescribe C) preserve D) purchase69. A) rather B) ever C) merely D) only70. A) probed B) coupled C) lined D) combined71. A) by B) over C) on D) under72. A) ended up B) pulled up C) put up D) set up73. A) trapped B) ad

31、apted C) wrapped D) adopted74. A) interactively B) remotely C) infinitely D) resolutely75. A) sensible B) toxic C) attractive D) absurd76. A) household B) family C) internal D) civil77. A) hardly B) largely C) even D) still78. A) endeavor B) recreation C) accomplishment D) diligence79. A) well B) li

32、ttle C) far D) much* *80. A) while B) which C) but D) that81. A) fashion B) approach C) contact D) agreement查看参考答案参考答案62:resolved 63:what 64:essence 65:hopped 66:include 67:barely 68:purchase69:merely 70:combined 71:on 72:ended up 73:wrapped 74:infinitely 75:toxic76:household 77:even 78:endeavor 79:

33、far 80:that 81:contact2011年6月英语六级完形填空及翻译真题与答案完形填空翻译Part V Cloze (15 minutes)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark th

34、e corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2上作答。Organised volunteering and work experience has long been a vital companion to university degree courses. Usually it is left to _62_ to deduce the potential from a list of extracurricular adventures on a

35、 graduate's resume, _63_ now the University of Bristol has launched an award to formalise the achievements of students who _64_ time to activities outside their courses. Bristol PLuS aims to boost students in an increasingly _65_ job market by helping them acquire work and life skills alongside

36、_66_ qualifications."Our students are a pretty active bunch, but we found that they didn't _67_ appreciate the value of what they did _68_ the lecture hall," says Jeff Goodman, director of careers and employability at the university. "Employers are much more _69_ than they used to

37、 be. They used to look for _70_ and saw it as part of their job to extract the value of an applicant's skills. Now they want students to be able to explain why those skills are _71_ to the job."Students who sign _72_ for the award will be expected to complete 50 hours of work experience or

38、_73_ work, attend four workshops on employ-ability skills, take part in an intensive skills-related activity _74_, crucially, write a summary of the skills they have gained. _75_ efforts will gain an Outstanding Achievement Award. Those who _76_ best on the sports field can take the Sporting PLuS Aw

39、ard which fosters employer-friendly sports accomplishments.The experience does not have to be _77_ organised. "We're not just interested in easily identifiable skills," says Goodman. " _78_ , one student took the lead in dealing with a difficultlandlord and so _79_ negotiation ski

40、lls. We try to make the experience relevant to individual lives."Goodman hopes the _80_ will enable active students to fill in any gaps in their experience and encourage their less-active _81_ to take up activities outside their academic area of work.62. A) advisors B) specialists C) critics D)

41、 employers63. A) which B) but C) unless D) since64. A) divide B) devote C) deliver D) donate65. A) harmonious B) competitive C) resourceful D) prosperous66. A) artistic B) technical C) academic D) interactive67. A) dominantly B) earnestly C) necessarily D) gracefully68. A) outside B) along C) over D

42、) through69. A) generous B) considerate C) enlightening D) demanding70. A) origin B) initial C) popularity D) potential71. A) relevant B) responsive C) reluctant D) respective72. A) out B) off C) away D) up73. A) casual B) elective C) domestic D) voluntary74. A) or B) thus C) so D) and75. A) Occasio

43、nal B) Exceptional C) Informative D) Relative76. A) perform B) convey C) circulate D) formulate77. A) roughly B) randomly C) formally D) fortunately78. A) For instance B) In essence C) In contrast D) Of course79. A) demonstrated B) determined C) operated D) involved80. A) device B) section C) scheme

44、 D) distraction81. A) attendants B) agents C) members D) peers查看参考答案参考答案82. D) employers63.B) but 64.B) devote 65.B) competitive 66.C) academic83. C) necessarily68.A) outside69.D)demanding70.D) potential71.A) relevant84. D) up73.D) voluntary74.D) and75.B) Exceptional 76.A) perform85. C) formally78.A

45、) For instance9.A) demonstrated80C) scheme 81. D) peers2010年12月英语六级完形填空及翻译真题与答案完形填空翻译Part V Cloze (15 minutes)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits

46、into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。America ' s most popular newspaper website today announced that the era of free onlinejournalism is drawing to a close. The New York Times has become the biggest publish

47、er yet to 62 plans for a paywall around its digital offering, 63 the accepted practice that internet users will not pay for news.Struggling 64 an evaporation of advertising and a downward drift in street corner sales, TheNew York Times 65 to introduce a “ metered " model at the beginning of 201

48、1. Readers will be required to pay when they have 66 a set number of its online articles per month.The decision puts the 159-year-old newspaper 67 the charging side of an increasingly widechasm （ 鸿沟）in the media industry. But others, including the Guardian, have said they will not 68 internet reader

49、s, and certain papers, 69 London' s Evening Standard, have gone further inabandoning readership revenue by making their print editions 70 .The New York Times ' s publisher, Arthur Sulzberger, 71 that the move is a gamble:"This isa 72 , to a certain degree, in where we think the web is g

50、oing.”Boasting a print 73 of 995,000 on weekdays and 1.4 million on Sundays, The New York Timesis the third bestselling American newspaper, 74 the Wall Street Journal and USA Today. 75 mostUS papers focus on a single city, The New York Times is among the few that can 76 nationalscope as well as 16 b

51、ureaus in the New York area, it has 11 offices around the US and 77 26 bureaus elsewhere in the world.But 78 many in the publishing industry, the paper is in the grip of a 79 financial crisis. Its parent company, the New York Times Company, has 15 papers, but 80 a loss of $70 million in the nine mon

52、ths to September and recently accepted a $250 million 81 from a Mexican billionaire,Carlos Slim, to strengthen its balance sheet.63. A abusing62. A set in B set out C carry overD carry awayB deductingC developing D abandoning65. A engages66. A exceeded64. A with B beside C alongD byB intends C delib

53、eratesD signifiesB multiplied C assumedD revealed68. A cost69. A as for70. A reliable71. A resisted72. A net67. A on B of C overD upB consume C expendD chargeB far from C such asD by farB free C applicableD easyB certifiedC acknowledged D appealed8 kit C betD pit73. A evaluation B expansion C circul

54、ationD dimension74. A behind B against C before D within75. A If B While C HenceD Because76. A ascend B announce C lengthen D claim77. A contributes B disposes C maintains78. A like B beyond C from D through79. A heavy B crude C rough D serious80. A targeted B suspended C suffered81. A asset B bill

55、C account D loan查看参考答案D encountersD tolerated参考答案62-66 BCBAC67-71 CBBBD72-76 CAACD77-81 CDADC2010年6月英语六级完形填空及翻译真题与答案完形填空翻译Part V Cloze (15 minutes)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper.

56、You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。A new study found that inner-city kids living in neighborhoods with more green space gained about 13% less weight over a two-year pe

57、riod than kids living amid more concrete and fewer trees. Such _62_ tell a powerful story. The obesity epidemic began in the 1980s, and many people _63_ it to increased portion sizes and inactivity, but that can't be everything. Fast foods and TVs have been _64_ us for a long time. "Most experts agree that the changes were _65_ to something in the environment," says social epidemiologist Thomas Glass of The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. That something could be a _66_ of the green.The new research, _67_ in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, isn't