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1、2015年6月大学英语六级考试真题（第三套）Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before m
2、aking your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.That wh
3、ich does not kill us makes us stronger. But parents cant handle it when teenagers put this 36_ into practice. Now technology has become the new field for the age-old battle between adults and their freedom-seeking kids.Locked indoors, unable to get on their bicycles and hang out with their friends,
4、teens have turned to social media and their mobile phones to socialize with their peers. What they do online often 37_ what they might otherwise do if their mobility werent so heavily 38_ in the age of helicopter parenting. Social media and smart-phone apps have become so popular in recent years bec
5、ause teens need a place to call their own. They want the freedom to 39_ their identity and the world around them. Instead of 40_ out, they jump online.As teens have moved online, parents have projected their fears onto the Internet, imagining all the 41_ dangers that youth might face一from 42_ strang
6、ers to curel peers to pictures or words that could haunt them on Google for the rest of their lives.Rather than helping teens develop strategies for negotiating public life and the risks of 43 _with others, fear-ful parents have focused on tracking, monitoring and blocking. These tactics（策略）dont hel
7、p teens develop the skills they need to manage complex social situations, 44_ risks and get help when theyre in trouble. Protecting kids may feel like the right thing to do, but it 45_ the learning that teens need to do as they come of age in a technology-soaked world.A) assessB) constrainedC) conta
8、insD) exploreE) influenceF) interactingG) interpretationH) magnifiedI) mirrorsJ) philosophyK) potentialL) sneakingM) stickingN) underminesO) violentSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in o
9、ne of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Inequality Is Not InevitableA A dangerous trend has develo
10、ped over this past third of a century. A country that experienced shared growth after World War II began to tear apart, so much so that when the Great Recession hit in late 2007, one could no longer ignore the division that had come to define the American economic landscape. How did this shining cit
11、y on a hill become the advanced country with the greatest level of inequality?B Over the past year and a half, The Great divide, a series in The New York Times, has presented a wide range of examples that undermine the notion that there are any truly fundamental laws of capitalism. The dynamics of t
12、he imperial capitalism of the 19th century neednt apply in the democracies of the 21st. we dont need to have this much inequality in America.C Our current brand of capitalism is a fake capitalism. For proof of this go back to our response to the Great Recession, where we socialized losses, even as w
13、e privatized gains. Perfect competition should drive profits to zero, at least theoretically, but we have monopolies making persistently high profits. C.E.O.s enjoy incomes that are on average 295 times that of the typical worker, a much higher ratio than in the past, without any evidence of a propo
14、rtionate increase in productivity.D If it is not the cruel laws of economics that have led to Americas great divide, what is it? The straightforward answer: our policies and our politics. People get tired of hearing about Scandinavian success stories, but the fact of the matter is that Sweden, Finla
15、nd and Norway have all succeeded in having about as much or faster growth in per capita（人均的）incomes than the United States and with far greater equality.E So why has America chosen these inequality-enhancing policies? Part of the answer is that as World War II faded into memory, so too did the solid
16、arity it had created. As America triumphed in the Cold War, there didnt seem to be a real competitor to our economic model. Without this international competition, we no longer had to show that our system could deliver for most of our citizens.F Ideology and interests combine viciously. Some drew th
17、e wrong lesson from the collapse of the Soviet system in 1991. The pendulum swung from much too much government there to much too little here. Corporate interests argued for getting rid of regulations, even when those regulations had done so much to protect and improve pur environment, our safety, o
18、ur health and the economy itself.G But this ideology was hypocritical（虚伪的）. The bankers, among the strongest advocates of laissez-faire（自由放任的）economics, were only too willing to accept hundreds of billions of dollars from the government in the aid programs that have been a recurring feature of the g
19、lobal economy since the beginning of the Thatcher-Reagan era of free markets and deregulation.H The American political system is overrun by money. Economic inequality translates into political in-equality, and political inequality yields increasing economic inequality. So corporate welfare increases
20、 as we reduce welfare for the poor. Congress maintains subsidies for rich farmers as we cut back on nutritional support for the needy. Drug companies have been given hundreds of billions of dollars as we limit Medicaid benefits. The banks that brought on the global financial crisis got billions whil
21、e a tiny bit went to the homeowners and victims of the same banks predatory（掠夺性的）lending practices. This last decision was particularly foolish. There were alternatives to throwing money at the banks and hoping it would circulate through increased lending.I Our divisions are deep. Economic and geogr
22、aphic segregation has immunized those at the top from the problems of those down below. Like the kings of ancient times they have come to perceive their privileged positions essentially as a natural right.J Our economy, our democracy and our society have paid for these gross inequalities. The true t
23、est of an economy is not how much wealth its princes can accumulate in tax havens（庇护所）, but how well off the typical citizen is. But average incomes are lower than they were a quarter-century ago. Growth has gone to the very, very top, whose share has almost increased four times since 1980. Money th
24、at was meant to have trickled（流淌）down has instead evaporated in the agreeable climate of the Cayman Islands.K With almost a quarter of American children younger than 5 living in poverty, and with America doing so little for its poor, the deprivations of one generation are being visited upon the next
25、. Of course, no country has ever come close to providing complete equality of opportunity. But why is America one of the advanced countries where the life prospects of the young are most sharply determined by the income and education of their parents?L Among the most bitter stories in The Great Divi
26、de were those that portrayed the frustrations of the young, who long to enter our shrinking middle class. Soaring tuitions and declining incomes have resulted in larger debt burdens. Those with only a high school diploma have seen their incomes decline by 13 percent over the past 35 years.M Where ju
27、stice is concerned, there is also a huge divide. In the eyes of the rest of the world and a significant part of its own population, mass imprisonment has come to define Americaa country, it bears repeating, with about 5 percent of the worlds population but around a fourth of the world s prisoners.N
28、Justice has become a commodity, affordable to only a few. While Wall Street executives used their expensive lawyers to ensure that their ranks were not held accountable for the misdeeds that the crisis in 2008 so graphically revealed, the banks abused our legal system to foreclose（取消赎回权）on mortgages
29、 and eject tenants, some of whom did not even owe money.O More than a half-century ago, America led the way in advocating for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in 1948. Today, access to health care is among the most universally accepted rights, at least in the
30、advanced countries. America, despite the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, is the exception. In the relief that many felt when the Supreme Court did not overturn the Affordable Care Act, the implications of the decision for Medicaid were not fully appreciated. Obamacares objective一to ensure
31、 that all Americans have access to health care has been blocked: 24 states have not implemented the expanded Medicaid program, which was the means by which Obamacare was supposed to deliver on its promise to some of the poorest.P We need not just a new war on poverty but a war to protect the middle
32、class. Solutions to these problems do not have to be novel. Far from it. Making markets act like markets would be a good place to start. We must end the rent-seeking society we have gravitated toward, in which the wealthy obtain profits by manipulating the system.Q The problem of inequality is not s
33、o much a matter of technical economics. Its really a problem of practical politics. Inequality is not just about the top marginal tax rate but also about our childrens access to food and the right to justice for all. If we spent more on education, health and infrastructure（基础设施）, we would strengthen
34、 our economy, now and in the future.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。46. In theory, free competition is supposed to reduce the margin of profits to the minimum.47. The United States is now characterized by a great division between the rich and the poor.48. America lacked the incentive to care for the majority of i
35、ts citizens as it found no rival for its economic model.49. The wealthy top have come to take privileges for granted.50. Many examples show the basic laws of imperial capitalism no longer apply in present-day America.51. The author suggests a return to the true spirit of the market.52. A quarter of
36、the worlds prisoner population is in America.53. Government regulation in America went from one extreme to the other in the past two decades.54. Justice has become so expensive that only a small number of people like corporate executives can afford it.55. No country in the world so far has been able
37、 to provide completely equal opportunities for all.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corre
38、sponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.Air pollution is deteriorating in many places around the world. The fact that public parks in cities become crowded as soon as the sun shines proves that people lo
39、ng to breathe in green, open spaces. They do not all know what they are seeking but they flock there, nevertheless. And, in these surroundings, they are generally both peaceful and peaceable. It is rare to see people fighting in a garden. Perhaps struggle unfolds first, not at an economic or social
40、level, but over the appropriation of air, essential to life itself. If human beings can breathe and share air, they dont need to struggle with one another.Unfortunately, in our western tradition, neither materialist nor idealist theoreticians give enough consideration to this basic condition for lif
41、e. As for politicians, despite proposing curbs on environmental pollution, they have not yet called for it to be made a crime. Wealthy countries are even allowed to pollute if they pay for it.But is our life worth anything other than money? The plant world shows us in silence what faithfulness to li
42、fe consists of. It also helps us to a new beginning, urging us to care for our breath, not only at a vital but also at a spiritual level. The interdependence to which we must pay the closest attention is that which exists between ourselves and the plant world. Often described as the lungs of the pla
43、net, the woods that cover the earth offer us the gift of breathable air by releasing oxygen. But their capacity to renew the air polluted by industry has long reached its limit. If we lack the air necessary for a healthy life, it is because we have filled it with chemicals and undercut the ability o
44、f plants to regenerate it. As we know, rapid deforestation combined with the massive burning of fossil fuels is an explosive recipe for an irreversible disaster.The fight over the appropriation of resources will lead the entire planet to hell unless humans learn to share life, both with each other a
45、nd with plants. This task is simultaneously ethical and political because it can be discharged only when each takes it upon herself or himself and only when it is accomplished together with others. The lesson taught by plants is that sharing life expands and enhances the sphere of the living, while
46、dividing life into so-called natural or human resources diminishes it. We must come to view the air, the plants and ourselves as the contributors to the preservation of life and growth, rather than a web of quantifiable objects or productive potentialities at our disposal. Perhaps then we would fina
47、lly begin to live, rather than being concerned with bare survival.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。56. What does the author assume might be the primary reason that people would struggle with each other?A) To get their share of clean air. B) To pursue a comfortable life.C) To gain a higher social status. D) To seek
48、 economic benefits.57. What does the author accuse western politicians of?A) Depriving common people of the right to clean air.B) Giving priority to theory rather than practical action.C) Offering preferential treatment to wealthy countries.D) Failing to pass laws to curb environmental pollution.58.
49、 What does the author try to draw our closest attention to?A) The massive burning of fossil fuels.B) Our relationship to the plant world.C) The capacity of plants to renew polluted air.D) Large-scale deforestation across the world.59. How can human beings accomplish the goal of protecting the planet according to the author?A) By showing respect for