2021英语六级考点习题汇编

2021最新整理英语六级考点习题汇编

试题1

英语六级听力对话练习题

Thefutureofout-of-homeadvertisingisrosy,and

digital.

ROADSIDEbillboards,postersonbusesandsubway

escalators,adsinairportterminalsatypeofpublicity

knownasout-of-homeadvertisingusedtobethedullend

oftheindustry.Nomore.Thefallingpriceandimproving

qualityofflat-screendisplaysmeanthatstaticposters

printedonpaperarebeingreplacedbysnazzydigital

commercialswithmovingpictures,soundandsometimes

interactivefeatures.Assomeadvertisingmedia,

especiallynewspapers,seetheiraudiencesfade,streets,

airportsandotherpublicspacesarebecomingcrowdedwith

morepotentialviewersthanever,aspeoplecontinue

movingtocitiesandtravelmore.

MagnaGlobal,amediaresearcher,predictsthat

worldwidespendingonout-of-homeadvertisingwillexpand

by8.3%in2011toabout$26.4billion,fastergrowththan

thatseenforothernon-internetformsofadvertising.

Spendingondigitalbillboardsandpostersisexpectedto

doubleinthenextfiveyears,to$5.2billion.William

Eccleshare,whorunstheinternationaloperationsofClear

Channel,anAmericanfirmwhichisoneofthelargest

out-of-homeadcompanies,thinksthatinsomecountries

morethan90%ofitsbusinesswillbedigitalbythedecades

end.

Hisarch-rival,Jean-CharlesDecaux,thebossof

FrancesJCDecaux,agreesthattherewillbeasignificant

switchtodigital,butmainlyinsideairports,raiIway

stations,shoppingmallsandothercontrolled

environments.Adsinbussheltersandotheroutdoorspots

atriskofvandalismwilltakealotlongertomoveaway

frompaper,MrDecauxthinks.Digitaldisplaysalready

accountforaboutone-quarterofhiscompanyssalesin

transporthubs,butforlessthan5%instreetfurniture

andbillboards.

试题2

大学英语六级阅读练习题

Questions61to65arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Yetwitheconomiesinfreefail,managersalsoneed

up-to-dateinformationaboutwhatishappeningtotheir

businesses,sothattheycanchangecourserapidlyif

necessary.Cisco,anAmericannetwork-equipmentgiant,

hasinvestedovermanyyearsinthetechnologyneededto

generatesuchdata.FrankCaideroni,thefirmsCFO,says

thateverydayitsseniorexecutivescantrackexactlywhat

ordersarecominginfromsalesteamsaroundtheworld,

andidentifyemergingtrendsineachregionandmarket

segment.Andattheendofeachmonth,thefirmcanget

reliablefinancialresultswithinfourhoursofclosing

itsbooks.Mostfirmshavetowaitdaysorevenweeksfor

suchcertainty.

Admittedly,Ciscosfinancialresultshavenotmade

happyreadingrecentlybecause,incommonwithmanyother

largetechnologycompanies,ithasseendemandforits

productsdeclineinthedownturn.InearlyFebruaryit

announcedthatitsfiscalsecond-quarterrevenuesof$9.1

billionwere7.5%lowerthanthesameperiodin2008and

thatitsprofithadfallenby27%,to$1.5billion.

Inresponsetohardtimes,Ciscoplanstocut$1

billionofcoststhisyearby,amongotherthings,making

useofitsownvideo-conferencingandothercommunications

technologiestoreducetheamountitsexecutivestravel.

Itisalsousingthesefacilitiestorelayinformationfrom

employeesonthegroundtoitsseniormanagers,andtoget

instructionsfromCiscosleadersbackouttoits67,000

staff.Arapidexchangeofinformationandinstructions

isespeciallyvaluableifthecompanywantstoaltercourse

instormytimes.

试题3

Businesshasslowed,layoffsmount,butexecutivepay

continuestoroar-atleastsofar.BusinessWeek'sannual

surveyfindsthatchiefexecutiveofficers(CEOs)at365

OfthelargestUScompaniesgotcompensationlastyear

averaging$3.1million-up1.3percentfrom1994.

Whyarethetopbossesgettinganestimated485times

thepayofatypicalfactoryworker?Thatisupfrom475

timesin1999andamere42timesin1980.Onereasonmay­

bewhatexpertscallthe"LakeWobegoneffect'1.Corporate

boardstendtoreckonthat"allCEOsareaboveaverage"-a

playonGarrisonKeillor'sfamouslineinhispublicradio

show,APrairieHomeCompanion,thatallthetown's

childrenarc"aboveaverage'1.Consultantsprovideboards

withsurveysofcorporateCEOcompensation.Since

directorsarereluctanttoregardtheirCEOsasbelow

average,thecompensationcommitteesofboardstendtoset

payatanabove-averagelevel.Theresu<Paylevelsget

ratchetedup.

DefendersoflavishCEOpayarguethereissucha

strongdemandforexperiencedCEOsthatthefreemarket

forcestheirpayup.Theyfurthermaintainmostboards

structurepaypackagestoreflectanexecutive's

performance.Theygetpaidmoreiftheircompaniesand

theirstockdowell.Socompanieswithhigh-paidCEOs

generategreatwealthfortheirshareholders.

Butthesupposedcream-of-the-cropexecutivesdid

surprisinglypoorlyfortheirshareholdersin1999,says

ScottKlinger,authorofthisreportbyaBostonbased

OrganizationUnitedforaFairEconomy.Ifaninvestorhad

put$10,000apieceattheendof1999intothestockof

thosecompanieswiththe10highest-paidCEOs,byyear-end

2000theinvestmentwouldhaveshrunkto$8.132.If$10,000

hadbeenputintotheStandard&Poor's500stocks,itwould

havebeenworth$9,090.ToMr.Klinger,thesefindings

suggestthatthetheorythatoneperson,theCEO,is

responsibleforcreatingmostofacorporation'svalueis

deadwrong."Ittakesmanyemployeestomakeacorporation

profitable.”

Withprofitsdown,corporateboardsmaymakemore

efforttotameexecutivecompensation.Andexecutivesare

makinggreatereffortstoavoidpaycut.SinceCEOs,seeing

theiroptions"underwater'1orworthlessbecauseof

fallingstockprices,areseekingmorepayincashorin

restrictedstock.

经济减速，失业增加，但首席执行官的报酬却依然风光一一

至少迄今为止还是这样。《商业周刊》的年度调查发现365家美

国最大型公司的首席执行官(CEO)去年的报酬平均为310万美元

——比1994年上升了1.3%。

为什么他们的所得大约是一个普通工厂工人工资的4.85倍?

这比1999年的475倍和1980年的42倍都上升了。原因之一可

能是专家们所谓的“瓦伯格湖效应”。［口公司董事会倾向于认

为“所有首席执行官都在平均水平之上”——改编自盖瑞森-凯

勒著名的公共电台系列节目《牧场之家好伙伴》中的一个段子，

原句是说镇上的所有孩子都是“平均水平之上”。顾问们向董事

会提交有关公司首席执行官薪酬的调查。［2］因为董事们不愿意

承认他们的首席执行官是平均水平之下，董事会的薪酬委员会就

会把他们的薪酬定在平均水平之上。结果就是，首席执行官得到

的薪酬节节上升。

为首席执行官得高薪而辩护的人声称，因为对有经验的首席

执行官的需求很强烈，是自由市场把他们的薪酬推高。他们进一

步辩解说，大多数董事会会制订一揽子薪酬结构计划，以反映首

席执行官的业绩。如果公司和股票绩优，首席执行官的所得就越

多。所以有高薪首席执行官的公司就能够为他们的股东创造巨大

的财富。

［4］可是，对于股东来说，那些本应表现相当杰出的.首席执

行官们1999年的业绩却相当糟糕，令人颇为吃惊一一本报告的

作者斯科特•克林格如是说。此报告是由波士顿的“争取公平经

济联合组织”发表的。如果一位投资者在1999年底拿1万美元

分别购买10家给首席执行官最高薪酬的公司的股票，到2000

年底投资会缩水到8132美元;如果用1万美元来买标准普尔500

的股票，其价值则只降低为9090美元。［3］以克林格而言，这些

发现表明，“一家公司的大部分价值是由首席执行官一个人创造

的”这一理论是十分错误的。“一家公司赚钱，应该归功于众多

雇员的共同努力。”

［5］随着利润的下降，公司董事会可能会花更大力气削减首

席执行官的薪酬，而首席执行官们则在花更大的力气来避免薪金

的削减。首席执行官们看到他们的期权目为股票价格下降而贬值

甚或毫无价值，于是都在争取更多的以现金或受限制胜票的方式

的薪酬。

1.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueabout

GarrisonKeillor?

A)HisideaontheCEOswasrecognizedbycor[,orate

boards.

B)Oneofhislineshadbeenmodifiedtodescribethe

CEOs.

C)Hisplaypointedoutthat"allCEOsareabove

average".

D)Hisradioprogramarousedthe"LakeWobegon

effect".

2.Accordingtothesecondparagraph.CEOs'paykeeps

soaringmainlybecause.

A)surveysindicatethatCEOsdeservehigherpay

B)consultantstendtobelieveCEOsareaboveaverage

C)directors'beliefgreatlyinfluencesthepay-

standard

D)compensationcommitteesseldomevaluatetheCEOs'

ability

3.ScottKlingermostprobablytendstoagree

Chat.

A)mostpeoplelosemoneyintheinvestmentintothe

stocks

B)theCEOsperformancecan'tbereflectedbythevalue

ofstocks

C)theCEOsarenottheonlyfactorthatprospersa

corporation

D)thepayoftheCEOsgreatlyinfluencestheprofit

of'acompany

4."Cream-of-the-crop"isclosestinmeaning

to.

A)competent

B)courageous

C)disappointing

D)hard-working

5.Whichofthefollowingisthebiggestconcernofthe

corporateboards?

A)Thefreemarket.

B)TheCEOs'performance.

C)Thecorporations'profit.

D)TheCEOs'pay.

1.关于GarrisonKeillor,下列哪种说法是正确的？

A)他关于CEO的想法为公司董事会所认可。

B)他的一句台词经过修改后用来描连CEO的情况。

C)他在节目中指出“所有的CEO都是高人一等的”。

D)他的电台节目引发了“瓦伯格湖效应”。

[B]原文第2段第4句中的破折号后的内存表明“allCEOs

areaboveaverage”这一说法是对GarrisonKeillor的某句台

词的修改，故选项B为本题答案。

2.根据第二段的内容，CEO的薪酬不断上涨。这主要是因为

A）调查显示，CEO值得获得更高的薪酬

B）顾问们都倾向于相信CEO是高人一等的

0董事们的想法对薪酬标准影响很大

D）薪酬委员会极少衡量CEO的能力

[C]第2段最后两句的Since...Theresult...表明这两句

之问存在着因果关系，由倒数第2句可以推断CEOs报酬不断上

涨主要是因为受到董事们的想法的影响，选项C提到了董事们的

想法，为本题答案。

3.ScottKlinger最可能会同意下列哪一种说法？

A）大部分人在投资股票的时候都是亏钱的。

B）CEO的绩效不能从股票的价值中体现出来。

OCE0并不是使公司发展壮大的唯一因素。

D）CEO的薪酬在很大程度上影响公司的利润。

[C]原文第4段倒数第2句中的...isdeadwrong表明选项

C符合Klinger对CEOs的看法，因此选项C为本题答案。

4.与"Cream-of-the-crop”的意思最接近的是。

A）有能力的

B）令人鼓舞的

C）令人失望的

D）工作努力的

[A]从原文第4段首句中cream-of-the-crop之前的

supposed以及But,didsurprisinglypoorly可以推断

cream-of-the-crop应该与poor的意思相反，而该段主要讨论

CEOs的能力，因此cream-of-the-crop应表示CEOs被认为“能

力卓著”，因此选项A为本题答案。

5.以下的那一点是公司董事会最关心的因素？

A）自由市场。

B）CEO的绩效。

C）公司利润。

D）CEO的薪酬。

[C]原文末段首句表明董事会关心的是利润，其他任何因素

都与利润挂钩，因此选项C为本题答案。

试题4

六级与四级的区别：

一、词词汇量5500。

二、句出题考长句子。

三、段所有句子都认识，但不知道整段的'意思。But,Yet,

However转折连词后面是重点，常考点。

四、选项有迷惑选项，不像四级那么清晰。

原文重现：原文告诉你选什么，你就应该选什么，不能凭感

觉和想象。

尽量少读：六级更多的对点出题，而不是对面出题。

六级题型：

1.主旨题一看文章每段第一句

24.Whichofthefollowingcanbestsumupthepassage?

A)Advantagesanddisadvantagesofautomation.

B)Labourandtheeffectsofautomation.

C)Unemploymentbenefitplansandautomation.

D)Socialbenefitsofautomation.

注：文章三段第一句都出现automation,两段出现labour,

因此这两个词是重点，必然在选项中出现。

Automationreferstotheintroductionofelectronic

controlandautomaticoperationofproductivemachinery.

Itreducesthehumanfactors,mentalandphysical,in

production,andisdesignedtomakepossiblethe

manufactureofmoregoodswithfewerworkers.The

developmentofautomationinAmericanindustryhasbeen

calledtheSecondIndustrialRevolution.

试题5

英语六级支付方式阅读练习

Howeveryouviewcreditcards,it'shardtolivein

themodemworldwithoutone.Andifyouhaveone,youowe

ittoyourselftouseitproperly.

Althoughcreditcardsarebecomingamoreacceptablepart

ofthefinancialscene,theyarestillregardedwith

suspicionbymanyasbeingamajorpartofthe"livenow

paylater"syndrome.Alongwithhirepurchase,rentaland

leasingschemes,theyprovideencouragementtospendmore

money.Theycanallowyoutopileupdebtsthatyouhave

difficultypayingoff,theycanalsoletyouspendnext

month'ssalarytoday.Ofcourse,itisonlythefoolhardy

whosuccumbtothetemptationtolive,temporarilyatleast,

beyondtheirmeans,andsuchpeoplewouldnodoubtmanage

todosoevenwithoutcreditcards.

Advertisingcampaignshave,however,promoteda

growingrealizationoftheadvantagesofthesesmall

piecesofplastic.Theyobviatetheneedtocarrylarge

amountsofcashandarealwaysusefulinemergencies.All

thecreditcardorganizationschargeinterestonamonthly

basiswhichmayworkoutashighas25percentayear,

yetjudiciouspurchasingusingacardcanmeanthatyou

obtainuptosevenweeksinterestfreecredit.Usingmecard

abroadwhereitemsfrequentlytakealongtimetobe

includedonyouraccountcanextendthisperiodeven

further.

Itisworthwhileshoppingaroundbeforedecidingon

aparticularcreditcard.Itisnecessarytoconsiderthe

amountofcreditgranted；interestrates,whichmayvary

slightly；chenumberandrangeofoutlets,choughmost

cardscovermajorgarages,hotels,restaurantsand

departmentsstores：andofcourse,whathappensifyour

cardislostorstolenAcreditcardchiefmaybesitting

onapotentialgoldmineparticularlyifthereisdelayin

reportingthelossofthecard.

Usingacreditcardwiselytakesdisciplineanda

littleself-control.Onceyourealizeyourdebtissomeone

else'sprofitmargin,yourapproachtoyourplasticwill

change.Withabitofdisciplineandsomepractical

knowledge,youcanmakeyourcardsworkforyou.rather

thantheotherwayround.Asamatteroffact,acredit

cardcancostnothingoratleasthelptotideyouover

aperiodoffinancialdifficulty.

1.Manypeoplesuspectthatcreditcardslurepeople

to.

2.Theauthorseemstobelievethatevenintheabsence

ofcreditcards.somepeoplewould

undoubted1y.

3.InPara.3,inadditiontotheadvantagesofnoneed

locarrycashandbeingusefulinemergencies,whatelse

issaidtobetheadvantageofcreditcards?

4.WhatisthemainideaofPara.4?

5.Acreditcardusercancontrolhimselftotakebetter

advantageofcreditcardifheknowswellthetruth

that.

答案：

1.[spendmoremoney/usetomorrow'smoney/livenowand

paylater]

[定位]第2段第1、2句。

解析：题干中的lure是原文encouragement的同义表达，

因此encouragement后的不定式为本题提供了答题依据。此外，

第1句的livenowpaylater意思与之相近，也可为答案。

2.[livebeyondtheirmeans/livenowandpaylater]

[定位]第2段末句。

解析：题干中的intheabsenceofcreditcards对应原

句的withoutcreditcards,联系前半句可知原句中doso指

的是livebeyondtheirmeans,即为答案。

3.[Beingabletoenjoythefreeinterestincertain

period]

［定位］第3段最后两句。

解析：第3段第2句首先提到了信用卡的两个优点：noneed

tocarrycash和beingusefulinemergencieso第3句在提

到它收取高额利息后，用yet表转折提出它的第三个优点：

interestfreecredit,最后一句加以补充说明。

4.［Whatshouldbeconsideredbeforeyoudecideona

creditcard］

［定位］第4段首句。

解析：根据主题句第1句及第2句中“Itisnecessaryto

consider...w所列举的事项可以得出结论：该段主要讲述选择

信用卡时要考虑的.一些因素。

5.［hisdebtisthebank'sprofit］

［定位］末段第2句。

解析：题干中的if可对应原句的once,know对应realize,

故realize后的宾语从句即为题干中宾语thetruth的同位语从

句。正确理解该宾语从句是解题关键，原句的someoneelse实

指银行，而银行是信用卡持有人的债主，由此答案不难得出。

试题6

英语六级阅读专项练习题原文

SittinginabackroomatLondon'sBarbicananscenter,

whichishostingtheGameOnExhibition,HenryJenkins

deliversalinethatwouldhavejawsdroppinginany

gatheringoftherichandfamous.

“Ithinkgamesaregoingtobethemostsignificant

artformofthe21stcentury,nhesays.

Itis,youmightthink,exactlywhatwouldbeexpected

ofsomeoneintroducedas,'aprofessorofgaming.”

ButJenkinsismuchmorethanthat.Heisthedirector

ofagraduateprogramincomparativemediastudiesat

MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT)inBoston,

whichalsocoversfilm,televisionandothermassmedia.

“Gamesareasignificantbutnottheprimaryfocusof

theprogram,'*hesays.

"Ourapproachhasbeentointegrategamesmorefully

intothestudyofmedia,ratherthanapplytheminone

specializedfield."

Theproblemisthatvideogameshaveyettoachieve

respectability.Theyareoftenseenroughlyofequalstatus

withpornography(色情资料),providinginstant

contentmentforthesortofpeoplenoonewouldinviteto

adinnerparty.Practicallyeveryoneplaysvideo

games,butyoumayfeelguiltyifyouarecaughtatit.

Butthingsdidnotgoexactlytoplan.Jenkins

wrote：,Weweretryingtostartaconversationabout

gender,abouttheopeningupofthegirlsgamemarket,about

theplaceofgamesinboyculture',andsoforth.Butall

themediawants10talkaboutisvideo-gameviolence.n

Themediamadnessreachednewheightsfollowingthe

Columbinehighschoolmassacre,whichlookedlikesomething

outofafirst-personshooter.

Hesays：”thequestionisnotwhethervideogamesare

violent-obvious1yallstory-tel1ingtraditions

haveincludedviolenceandaggression-thequestionis：

'Whataregamessayingaboutviolence?'Medievalepicsare

fullofviolence,andthere'salotofblood-letting-but

suchstuffwouldnevergetapprovedforamainstreamgame

title.n

"Thedifferenceinfilmsisthatperiodicallythe

fightingstops,youburyyourhead,andyourememberwhowas

lost.Thatforcesyoutothinkabouttheconsequencesof

violence.Andgamesarestartingtointroducesomething

similar,likemourningthedead.It'snotbeyond

theindustrytosaysomethingthoughtfulaboutviolence."

英语六级阅读专项练习题

1.AccordingtoJenkins,gamesareof

thegraduateprogramincomparativemediastudiesbutare

notitsprimaryconcentrtion.

2.Ifyouarecaughtplayingatvideogames,youwill

feelashamed,becausetheyareoftenregardedassomething

1ike.

3.Jenkinsandhisstafftrytostartaconversation

aboutgamesfromnewperspectives,butthemediaonlywant

tofocuson.

4.Ifthestuffthatisfullofviolenceand

blood-lettingwasusedforamainstreamgametitle,it

would.

5.Jenkinsthinksthatthedifferencebetweenfilmsand

gamesisthatinfilmsyouwillbecompelledto

consider.

英语六级阅读专项练习题答案

1.[asignificantfocus]

[定位]根据comparativemediastudies查找到第4段。

解析：第4段末句讲到Jenkins说游戏是这个项目的一个重

要部分，但并不是主要的研究内容。而此句中的theprogram指

的是上句中提到的比较传媒研究领域的一个研究生项目，所以本

题答案为asignificantfocus0

2.[pornography]

[定位]根据caught和playingatvideogames查找到第6

段最后两句。

解析：第6段末句提到，玩视频游戏时要是被别人发现了，

你就会觉得问心有愧似的，原因是上一句说的“人们常常把视频

游戏看做是与色情文学一样的东西”，因此，本题答案为

pornographyo

3.[video-gameviolence]

[定位]根据trytostartaconversation查找到第7段。

解析:第7段末句Jenkins写道他们试图发起一场有关性别、

有关开拓女孩游戏市场等等的讨论，可是所有媒体仅仅只想讨论

视频游戏中的暴力问题。题干中的focuson为原文该句中talk

about的同义转换，所以答案为video-gameviolence。

4.[nevergetapproved]

[定位]根据题干中的blood-letting和mainstreamgame

title查找到倒数第2段末句。

解析：空白处需要填人谓语成分，题干是对原文末句的同义

改写，题干中的.it指代原文中的suchstuff,所以原文该句中

would后的nevergetapproved为答案。

5.[theconsequencesofviolence]

[定位]根据题干中的thedifference和films查找到原文

末段前两句。

解析：空白处需要名词或名词短语，题干是关天电影不同于

视频游戏的地方，与原文末段前两句的内容相对应，题干中的

compelled对应原文中的forces,而consider是thinkabout

的同义替换，所以其后的宾语theconsequencesofviolence

为答案。

试题7

英语六级《商业经济》阅读练习题

Giftcertificates,orrathertheirhigh-technew

replacements,giftcards(certificatesintheformof

creditcards).areAmerica'smostpopularpresent.They

sparegift-giversthestrainofchoosinganythingspecific,

andrecipientsthehorrorofhavingtokeeptheresult.

Retailerslikethemtoo,becausetheyarequiteprofitable.

Butlikemostgoodsintherecession,theyhavebecome

hardertoshift,promptingsomeradicalredesigns.

Giftcardsareprofitablebecauseretailersreceivemoney

forthemupfrom,andaround10%ofthemareneverredeemed

(收回)，accordingtoLewPaineoftheGFKGroup,a

market-researchfirm.Whenpeopledousethem,theyoften

spendmorethantheamountgiven,onproductswith

highmargins.

Butsalesofgiftcudsweredownbyaround6%lastyear

inAmerica,toabout$25billion,partlybecausediscounts

instoresweresosteepthatcustomersnawmorevaluein

buyingmerchandisedirectly.Bankruptciesamongretailers

alsoscaredpeopleawayfromgiftcards,fortearthat

scoreswouldnotbearoundtohonourthem.Some

financial-servicescompaniesthatoffergiftcardswhich

canbeusedinvariousstores,includingVisaandAmerican

Express,cameunderfireforchargingmonthlymaintenance

feesonunspentbalances.

Analystsexpectanothertoughholidayseasonforgift

cardsthisyear.Saleswillbedownbyabout5%,projects

ArchstoneConsulting,whichstudiesthebusiness.

Retailersarctryingtocounterthisdeclinebymakinggift

cardsmoreattractive.Oneapproachisfoaddnifty（俏

皮的）packaging.Target,forexample,issellinggiftcards

thatdoubleaswind-uptoysorplayrecordedgreetings.

Otherretailershavelaunchedschemesthatletpeople

e-mai1oneanotherelectronicgiftcertificates,whichthe

recipientscanthenprintoutforuse.

Someretailershaveevengivengiftcardsawayinan

efforttodrumupbusiness.NeimanMarcus,forexample,

sent$50giftcardstoprolificcustomerstoenticethem

backforfurthersprees.Targetwillgivea$10giftcard

topeoplewhospend$100beforenoonontheFridayafter

Thanksgiving,whichisconsideredthestartoftheholiday­

shoppingseason.Suchhandoutscanbecheaperthansha~p

store-widediscounts,whichproveddevastatingtoprofits

lastyear.Expirydatesaddasenseofurgency,which

retailersareeagertofoster.

Butmanycustomersalsohaveacraftystreak.

Bargain-huntersareflockingtoeBayandotherwebsites

tobuydiscounted,second-handgiftcardsfortheirown

use.eBayisthoughttosellaround100,000giftcardsevery

month.Plasticjungle,comandothersiteswherepeoplesell

unwantedgiftcardsatdiscounts,ashighas40%areone

panofthegift-cardbusinesswhichhasboomedoflate.

1.Oneofthereasonsforthepopularityofgiftcuds

liesinthatgift-giversdon'thavetoworry

about.

2.What'schedrawbackofgiftcardswhentheeconomy

isinrecession?

3.Somecompaniesthatoffergiftcardswereseverely

affectedlastyearbecause.

4.Howdoretailersrespondtothedeclineofsales

ofgiftcards?

5.Retailersgaveomhandoutstopromoteconsumption.

buttheireffortsturnedout.

答案：

1.[scoosinganythingspecific/shoosinggifts]

[定位]第1段第1-2句。

解析：原文sparegift-giversthestrain中spare意为

“使免遭”，对应题干gift-giversdon'thavetoworryabout,

本题答案应在介同of之后找，即choosinganythingspecific,

填choosinggifts也对。

2.[Theyarehardertoshift.]

[定位]第1段最后一句。

解析：第1段先讲礼卡给送礼、收礼之人及零售商带来的一

些好处，紧接着以But进行转折，指出礼卡在经济大萧条时期

遇到的问题---难以转换,即Theyarehardertoshift,为

本题答案。

3.[theychargedmonthlymaintenancefeesonunspent

balances]

[定位]第3段最后一句。

解析：severelyaffected是对原文cameunderfire的同

义改写，原句for后面的内容即是需要填入空格处的原因，照抄

原文即可。

4.[Bymakinggiftcardsmoreattractive.]

[定位]第4段第3句。

解析：respondtothedecline相当于原文中的counter

thisdecline,原文by后面引出的是零售商采取的方法，即题

干所问，故为答案。

5.[tobedevastatingtoprofits]

[定位]第5段倒数第二句。

解析：该段提到零售商为了招揽生意，甚至给消赞者赠送礼

卡。该段倒数第二句指出零售商这一做法产生的.后果，即对利

润造成了相当程度的影响。题干中turnedout和原文proved

表达相同的意思“被证明是”,proved后的内容照搬即可。

试题8

英语六级阅读练习题及答案解析

ToliveintheUnitedStatestodayistogain

anappreciationforDahrendorf'sassertionthatsocial

changeexistseverywhere.Technology,theapplicationof

knowledgeforpracticalends,isamajorsourceofsocial

change.

Yetwewoulddowelltoremindourselvesthattechnology

isahumancreation；itdoesnotexistnaturally.Aspear

orarobotisasmuchaculturalasaphysicalobject.Until

humansuseaspeartohuntgameorarobottoproducemachine

parts,neitherismuchmorethanasolidmassofmatter.

Forabirdlookingforanobjectonwhichtorest,aspear

orrobotservesthepurposeequallywell.Theexplosionof

theChallengerspaceshuttleandtheRussian

nuclearaccidentatChernobyldrivehomethehumanquality

oftechnology；theyprovidecasesinwhichwe11-p1anned

systemssuddenlywenthaywire（变得混乱）andtherewasno

readyhandtosetthemright.Sincetechnologyisahuman

creation,weareresponsibleforwhatisdonewithit.

Pessimistsworrythatwewilluseourtechnology

eventuallytoblowourworldandourselvestopieces.But

theyhavebeensayingthisfordecades,andsofarwehave

managedtosurviveandevenflourish.Whetherwewill

continuetodosointheyearsaheadremainsuncertain.

Clearly,theimpactoftechnologyonourlivesdeserves

acloserexamination.

Fewtechnological