本次英语六级答案

2010年12月大学英语六级考试答案快速阅读答案：1-10ABDADBB take risks have families military servicePart ⅡReading Comprehension（Skimming and Scanning）1．A not be sustained in the long term解析：关键字1994对应第一段第三行，题干中unsustainable即选项A中sustained的反义表达方式。选择A。2．B Intergenerational conflicts will intensify.解析：从书名定位到原文第二段，heading for the rock, the cleaner, 都暗示了两代人之间的问题，最后的warfare则一目了然地指出了该矛盾。3．D politicians are afraid of losing votes in the next election解析：首先需要理解题目意图，即为何养老机制改革迟迟不能进行，然后定位到文章第四段，其实只要从段落中politician这一关键字就能选定D选项。4．A allow people to work longer解析：从题干中the most effective method找到第五段第三句原话，直接选择A选项。5．D younger workers are readily available解析：题目中employer为关键字，找到第六段，该段看似没有直接提到为什么雇主不愿意雇佣old workers，但从其不断分析新涌现出来的劳动力替代者，可以总结的出D选项，即年轻劳动力的供给已足以满足企业需求。6．B large numbers of immigrants from overseas解析：这道题间接考察了学生变换思维的能力，Japan在文中一时难以找到，但其所代表的发达国家群体developed countries却出现在了第七段，而该段恰恰揭示了发达国家靠移民劳动力寻求养老机制危机一时的缓解的举措。7．B They find it hard to balance career and family.解析：compromise关键字找到第九段，关键字出现的句子前一句就是B选项。8．take risks 解析：题目中old societies关键字对应到倒数第六段第三行，题目中的less inclined正好与原文中的more strongly disinclined形成对照，所以答案只需摘录之后的原文即可，即take risks 9．have families解析：题目中关键字intergenerational warfare对应到原文倒数第五段。第二句直接对第一句做出了解释，摘录即可。10．military service解析：要理解题目中less willing to 的含义，即不情愿，这样定位到倒数第三段第一句的reluctant， commit sth. to sth. ，空格内需要填写名词，参照原文，即military service.Part ⅢListening ComprehensionSection A11. What can we infer from the conversation?【答案】D The man is the manager of the apartment building【解析】从对话中看出男士在找apartment building，不是女士。因此选D。12. What is the woman eager to know?【答案】B How the pictures will turn out.【解析】女士想知道的是if the shots I took are as good as I thought. 照片是不是和她想的异样好。这里shots指照片。turn out指照片拍出来的效果。因此选B。13. What does the man mean?【答案】C The suitcase can be fixed in time.【解析】男士说到find a handle后面提到 but that shouldn’t take too long说明不是没有handle可以匹配。因此排除A,B。14. What do we learn about the man from the conversation?【答案】B He needs a vehicle to be used in harsh weather.【解析】男士说到truck需要operate for long periods of time in very cold temperatures，因此选择选项B。very cold temperatures对应harsh weather.15. What do we learn about the woman?【答案】A She has made up her mind to resign.【解析】从文中女士强硬的口气I could no longer live with…可以看出她下定决心。因此选择A。16. What does the women want to do？【答案】D Replace the shirt with one of some other material.【解析】女士首先提到exchange the shirt，后面又解释了原因allergic to wool，从男士的回答也可以看出换成别的材质。因此选择D。17. Where does this conversation most probably take place?【答案】D At a “Lost and Found”【解析】男士首先问Did anyone happen to turn in a new handbag?，女士又问了他handbag的详细信息，可见是在失物招领处，选D。18. What does the man plan to do with his old house?【答案】C Convert in into a hotel【解析】but后面是真正意图: turning it into a guest house。guest house 意为宾馆，因此选C。19. What is the key to write a good classical detective story according to the man?【答案】D Careful plotting and clueing.【解析】对话中提到it must be so carefully plotted and so carefully clued，对应D选项。20. What does the man mainly need when working on a book?【答案】D To be entirely alone.【解析】对话中can’t even bare anybody else, be completely alone都说明该作家需要独立的写作空间，因此选择D。21. What does the man say about writers?【答案】C They look at the world in a detached manner.【解析】关键词detachment 分离。作家提到作者的经历和写作。虽然说道some experiences overwhelm everyone, 但是后面的but暗示了答案，stand aside、detachment都对应了C选项。22. What does the woman say about British railways?【答案】B Like it or not, you have to use them.【解析】在对话一开始，女士就提到了There’s only one railway system, if you don't like a particular railway, you can’t go and use another. 因为只有一条铁路，即使不喜欢，也只能乘坐，换句话说不论喜欢与否都得用它。因此选择B。23. What do some people who write to the man complain about?【答案】D The monopoly of British Railways.【解析】对话中谈及monopoly，铁路垄断，因此选D。其他选项均未涉及。24. What does the man say threatens the existence of railways?【答案】B Competition from other modes of transport.【解析】对话中modes of transport are all around对应选项B。25. What does the man say about railways in other countries?【答案】D They lose a lot of money.【解析】男士以德、法两国铁路为例，每年铁路都有大量亏损。因此选择D。而B选项中disappearing仅仅是美国的情况。文章解析：本文是一篇地理科学类文章，有点难度，关键是对一些专有名词的把握。文章开始先指出全球变暖带来最主要的威胁是极地冰盖的融化，并给出了相应的事实和数据加以证明。接着更多例子表明南极洲的冰盖在过去的130万年间至少坍塌过一次。相关高等学府的学者和科学家也相继用实验证明南极洲西部曾是一片汪洋。最后引用Herman Engle heart的话，再次提醒我们，西南极洲大冰原很可能再次融化消失。其实按常理来说，如果听力文章比较有难度的话，题目的难度相对应会降低。所以大家在遇到此类题型时不必惊慌。提取关键信息、边听边记笔记，运用好背景知识等就能把题目做出来。平时也要注意扩大阅读范围，增长见识。关于环境保护和全球变暖之类的文章屡见不鲜，要求考生在这方面要引起足够的重视。【难点词汇】West Antarctic ice sheet西南极洲大冰原 ice shelf 冰架 anchored 固定的fossil 化石 microscopic marine plants 海洋微生物 geological 地质的26. What is one of the most frightening threats of global warming according to the passage?【解析】C) Many coastal cities will be covered with water.细节题。本题不难，从听力开头即可听到 “raising sea level so much that coastal cities from New York to Los Angles to Shanghai will be flooded” 所以选C选项。27. What do scientists disagree on?【解析】B) How unstable the West Antarctic ice sheet is.细节题。本题不难。注意关键句 “but Antarctic experts disagree strongly on just how unstable it is” 即可得出答案。28. What is the latest information revealed about the West Antarctic ice sheet?【解析】A）It collapsed at least once during the past 1.3 million years.细节题。注意提取关键信息 “new evidence reveals that all or most of the Antarctic ice sheet collapsed at least once during the past 1.3 million years” 所以选A选项。29. What the scientists’ latest findings suggest?【解析】A) The West Antarctic region was once a open ocean.细节题。听力最后的例子说明了这一点“which suggest that the region was once open ocean not solid ice”， 而其他选项都不是最新的发现。Passage Two30 B）Whether a deleted photo is immediately removed from the web.【解析】听力一开始作者就建议我们尝试删除自己上传的照片“Take a photo and upload it to Facebook, then after a day or so, note what the URL link to the picture is and then delete it.”，由此可知应该选B。31 B) The way they store data.【解析】“Why do "deleted" photos stick around so long? The problem relates to the way data is stored on large websites”，从这句话可知图片之所以不能立即删除跟它们存储的方式有关。32 C) When the URL is reused.【解析】“In the case of Facebook, the company says data may hang around until the URL in question is reused”，从这句话可知只有URL被再次用到才会被删除。Passage Three33. A解析：第一段原文可以找到对应句子，即some iced coffees contain as many calories as a hot dinner.34. B解析：第一段原文中有对应语句，即Better skip dinner or hit the gym afterwards.35. C解析：在此句中，“The WCRF has estimated that 19,000 cancers a year in Britain could be prevented…”，关键词prevented可以得知答案为C选项。Section C36. diverse37. tragic38. commit39. outcome40. scale41. colleagues42. accurate43. averages45. Students with high hope set themselves higher goals and know how to work to attain them,46. went beyond the simple notion that hope is merely the sense that everything will turn out all right.47. Having hope means believing you have both the will and the way to accomplish your goals, whatever they may be.Part ⅣReading Comprehension（Reading in Depth）Section A47.答案：feminine and weak解析：文中提到…because they believe that such feelings are feminine and imply weakness. 要填在to be后面就应该转化成形容词形式。48.答案：lose composure解析：文中提到may lead to a loss of composure。要用在主语后面就要把loss变成动词lose。49.答案：stress-related disorders解析：文中提到can contribute to stress-related disorder。50.答案：their relationship with partners解析：文中提到…report lower relationship satisfaction as do their female partners.故这里要重新组合转换表达形式。51.答案：aggressive解析：文中提到…into physically aggression or violence，而此处在become后就要用aggression的形容词形式。52) A solve virtually existing all problems细节题。抓住时间点“In the early 2oth century” 我们从第一句 “offer solutions to almost every problem” 便可知道答案。选择A选项。53) D They realized that science and technology alone were no guarantee for a better world.推论题。 我们首先比较容易排除A和C项。B项具有迷惑性，关键是看“the stability of a society depended heavily on humanistic study”这个选项仔细看就会发现说得太绝对了，社会的问题主要是靠人文主义的研究？显然不是很恰当。我们从下面那句也可以推断出选D比较恰当。 “Two world wars and a Great Depression rocked the confidence of many people that scientific expertise alone could create a prosperous and ordered world.”54) C America is lagging behind in the STEMS disciplines.细节题。主要在第二段里找答案。从段落后两句“There is considerable and justified concern that the United States is falling behind much of the rest of the developed world in these essential disciplines.” 我们可以推断出是选C选项。 A和D选项比较容易排除。不选B选项，因为文章中 “India, China, Japan, and other regions seem to be seizing technological leadership.” seem to 表明这几个国家只是有种趋势，但还没有have overtaken。55) A Insufficient funding.细节题。我们在第三段里可以找到答案。 从“…are seriously underfunded…” “Humanists are usually among the lowest-paid faculty members…” 这些信息中，可以很快知道是A选项。56) C Humanistic thinking helps cultivate and define our culture and values.细节题。本题不难。作者为什么如此着重人文主义的研究，其他三项都是非常具体的，且都不是重点。只有C选项符合。且我们从最后这一句 “But try to imagine our world as well without the remarkable works that have defined our culture and values.” 及作者的语气可以更加确定是C选项。第二篇：57. D. It will be some time before a new Einstein emerges.解 析：这道题针对开头两节。A和C答案比较容易排除，A说爱因斯坦把数学推到了一个极限，C说在将来的两百年都不会有物理学家超过爱因斯坦，这两个都明显不 合文章大意。B答案说需要一个爱因斯坦才能建立一种大一统理论，属于过度推理，并且细节性太强了。D答案是正确答案，很多同学不敢选D的原因是，因为有些 科学家们认为爱因斯坦或许还没有诞生或许还是个小婴儿，他们认为这样一来就有可能爱因斯坦已经存在了。但是这句话里面的爱因斯坦是代表伟大的科学家的意 思，那么这个题目选择D就是正确的，大家都同意的是像爱因斯坦那样伟大的科学家还需要一定的时间才会出现。58. B. His independent and abstract thinking解析：B他独立与抽象思维能力。这一段是文章中间部分的内容概括。根据上下文意思推断，爱因斯坦成功的原因，不能说是他在音乐方面的天分，也不能说他的努力或者他在数学方面的深厚基础，因此答案选择B。59. D. They often go into fields yielding greater financial benefits.解析：正确答案选择D。这段文章是在问今天的物理学家们的情况， A说他们缺乏分析能力，B说他们擅长处理实际问题，C说他们重视发表文章，都是从根据文章细节中捏造出来的错误选项。D是对于文章内容的一个总结概括，数量众多的物理学家进入了更有经济利益的领域。60. D. Nobody will read papers on apparently ridiculous theories.解析：正确答案选择D。结合Greene讲的话，他说What an idea!还说是需要把头往墙上撞的人才会相信能找到个解决方案呢！说明内容实在是比较荒诞。61. B. was little known in academic circles解 析：正确答案选择B，说的是爱因斯坦在学术圈里面默默无闻，跟原文里面的“by a virtual unknown”相对应。有迷惑性的选择项是D,因为文中提到了爱因斯坦的文章没有配上脚注和注释footnote and citations.但是D选择项是说，爱因斯坦不懂得论文的格式，这个属于过度推理了。Part ⅤCloze62 B set out set out plans表示制定计划63 D abandoning abandon 放弃，once unshakeable orthodoxy表示曾经不可动摇的做法，也就是现在要放弃了。64 A with struggle with表示同…斗争，介词搭配，这里表示设法应对广告收入和报纸销售量下降的局面。65 B intends intend to表示打算…,从后面的at the beginning of 2011，可知还没有这么做，只是计划或者打算这么做。66 A exceeded 超过，是说当用户每月阅读文章超过一定量时就要收费。67 A on 和side搭配，on the side of …表示拥护…；站在…一边。68 D charge 本词在文章中多次出现，charge sb表示向某人收费。69 C such as 表示举例，从后面举London's Evening Standard作为例子，可知应该选such as.70 B free 前面提到abandon readership revenue，即放弃读者收益，由此可知应该是make print editions free.71 C acknowledged 表示承认，这里表示Arthur Sulzberger承认这么做是一种赌博。72 C bet 打赌，赌注，从前面的gamble可知应该选bet。73 C circulation 发行量，从后面的数量可知应该选circulation。74 A behind NYT排名第三，即排在the Wall Street Journal and USA Today后面。75 B While在这里表示对比，从上下文可知NYT与美国其他报纸不同。76 D claim 声称，宣称，这里是说NYT声称自己是全国范围的报纸。77 C maintains 维持，运营，即NYT还在世界其他地方运营着26个办公室。78 A like 从下文可知NYT和印刷行业的其他公司一样，也受到金融危机的影响，所以选like，表示同…一样。79 D serious 严重的，考察形容词与名词的搭配，从下文的数据可知遭受严重经济损失。80 C suffered 遭受，suffer a loss遭受损失，常见搭配。81 D loan 贷款，前文提到公司损失了很多钱，所以需要从别处借钱来补充资金。翻译答案：82. There is no denying that you ___________(越仔细越好) in dealing with this matter.解析：can never be too careful / can not be too careful【考点解释】本题考查“越仔细越好”“再…也不为过”的固定搭配，即can never be too/can not be too + adj.【原句精释】无可否认，处理这件事，越仔细越好。83. Only when I reached my thirties __________________________ (我才意识到读书是不能被忽视的)解析：did I realize that reading cannot be neglecteddid I realize that reading is unignorable【考点解释】本题考查由only when 引起的局部倒装。当only when置于句首，主句用局部倒装，即将助动词置于主语前面。only when引导句子时态为过去时（reached），为保持时态一致，主句助动词用did；注意被动语态的使用，reading与neglect为被动关系。同时也可以使用be+adj的结构。【原句精释】直到三十岁，我才意识不能忽视读书。84. Much ___________________ (使研究人员感到惊讶)，the outcome of the experiment was far better than they had expected.解析：to the researchers’ surprise【考点解释】本题考查固定搭配 to one’s surprise 使…惊讶的是…【原句精释】让研究人员大为惊讶的是，实验结果比他们的预计好得多。85. Oh, my, I can’t find my key; __________________________（我一定是把它放在哪儿了）。解析：I must have left / put it somewhere.【考点解释】本题考查对过去事情的肯定的猜测，即must have+过去分词，leave与put都有放置的意思，但leave强调遗忘在…，较之put，leave更贴合题意。【原句精释】天啊，我找不到钥匙。我一定是把它放在哪儿了。86．I ________________________(宁愿加入你们去做义工)than go to the beach for a holiday.解析：would rather join you as a volunteer【考点解释】考查结构“宁愿…也不愿…”, 因题干中已存在“than go”的结构，只能使用 “would rather do rather than do”。加入… join sb【原句精释】我宁愿加入你们去做义工，也不愿到海边去度假

1.the new drng will not be....(until)....2.it was because og his good ...(that)...3.our company ...(another)..4.according to the ....(leaves)....5.althoug she is only ....(mature)...6.the proposal ...(being discussed)...7.when he patted...(casual)..8.there is no ....(that)...9.it is reasonable for ...(to)...10.the weather forecast ..(persist).. 填空题 (改形式）1.pay--payment 2.interview--were interviewed3.It is (be)---be4.conduct--conducted5.If I (be)--were6.responsible--responsibility7.injure--injured8.accept--to accept9.quick--quickly阅读1.college is a place to explore many possibilites (文章开头句） 1)we need to plan ....(better organizeour...) 2)strategic time are ...(study efficiently) 3)which of the following could be ...(any activities we're...) 4)what can help us to keep ...(taking a short napin...) 5)which of the following could...(study habits andy time...)2.welcome to our small business set-up guide (文章开头句） 1)this guide is in tended...(start a new small...) 2)what are most unportant for ...(determination...) 3)what does the word ...(advise before hand...) 4)what kind of businesses are ...(those with fener...) 5)more information about ...(link to other relevant...)阅读填空1.how to write contact details in your CT? (文章开头句） top of page (print)... to be included 1.(address) 2.(email) not to be included 1.(personal information) such as... 2.(include a photograph) unless it is ..阅读问答1. sale contract （文章标题） 1)what is the brand of the apple jam? 答案： Great Wall brand 2)what is the total value of the contract? 答案： US 3000 3)when will the goods be shipped? 答案： august 2009 4)what are the ecrms of...? 答案： by letter of cred it 需记词组 cash against 交货付款 cash price现金价格 advice of到货通知书 sales contract销售合同 port of arrival到达港 supply agreement供货合同 late payment逾期付款 note of claim索赔通知 trade agreement贸易协定 letter of credit信用证 fixed price固定价格 prompt shipment即期装运翻译 1.when exporting goods it is ...答案： 为了促进货物出口，减少货物的丢失或者损坏，必须发展保险业 2.if we do not rective payment...答案： 如果本月底我们还收不到订货，我们就不的不采取其他办法了 3.party B has the ....答案： 乙方有义务在下述情况下，有权拒绝接受甲方书写的合同 4.I have already given....

1.A由文中第一段第一句“As Erin White watched the election results head towards victory for Barack Obama,she felt a burden lifting from her shoulders.”可知她感到轻松了一些，答案为A。2.C本题问在选举前,Erin White被什么问题困扰。由文中第二段第二句“But there had always been these things in the back of my mind questioning whether I really can be who I want.”选项C正是这句话的同义复现，答案为C。3.B本题问Ashby Plant 研究的焦点是什么。由文中第四段“Ashby Plant is one of a number of psychologists who seized on Obama's candidacy to test hypotheses about the power of role models.”容易得出答案为B）The power of role models.4.D本题由“Ray Friedman and his colleagues”可知答案在第五、六段：“the Obama effect can be surprisingly immediate and powerful”“When the obama fever was at its height,however,the black participants performed much better.”由此，只有D是正确答案。5.C本题问Brian Nosek 初步的结果表明什么。由文中第十二段“However,his preliminary results suggest that change will be much slower coming than Plant's results suggest.”可知C为正确答案。6.B本题由关键词“A negative side of the Obama effect”可知答案在文中第十四段，“The Obama effect may have a negative side.Just one week after...before the election.”可知答案为B。7.D本题问Cheryl Kaiser 认为人们应该始终记住什么。目光移向文中第十五段最后一句“Those trying to address issues of racial inequality need to constantly remind people of the inequalities that still exist to counteract the Obama effect,she says.”可知答案为D，种族间的不平等仍然存在。8.other women根据文章第十七段“There's no reason we wouldn't ... So the election of a female leader might have a downside for other women.”应填other women。9.political sentiment根据文章第十八段“We also don't yet know how long the Obama effect—both...Political sentiment is notoriously changeable.”可知应填political sentiment。10.stereotypes根据文章最后一段“We think it happens to help people preserve their beliefs,so they can still hold on to the previous stereotypes.”应填stereotypes。11.D从对话中可知是男士忘记将女士从图书馆借来的书带来，所以A、B项错误。而女士的回答是到“Friday night”需要用它，而不是“any more”，C项错误。12.B医生认为病人所说的症状是因为“spending too much time indoors”,言下之意是建议病人“spend more time outdoors”。13.A从“I've heard...”可知这位女士并没有买这种T-shirt.而文中没有提及logo的时尚问题，女士的话是不支持男士想买这种T-shirt的做法。14.C女士的意思是他的观点使她信服（convince)，但男士说“...you and I are definitely in the minority”,只有少数人的观点和他们相同，也就是说多数人不支持。15.B女士的建议是，在向她道歉之前应“...let her cool off a few days”,让她冷静一段时间。16.C此题与女士的回答无关，从男士的问话中即可知道答案，他寻问的是照相机的“batteries”。17.B从对话中可以看出女士对这场比赛不是很感兴趣，所以她不会“feels lucky”。她的建议是这位男士可以“have it for what it cost me”,it即是ticket,也就是以常价卖给他。18.D从男士的问话“Can you bring...”中可以看出，他是让女士将suit and tie 带来，自己并不打算回家，B项错；文中女士并未提到要去买衣服，A项错；他们穿得正式是因为这是States Infinite Orchestra在这个城市的第一次演出，C项错。19.A根据对话中女士的提问：“So you're not sure which to go for?”以及男士的回答：“That's it.”可知男士目前不确定自己将选择哪份工作。故答案是A。20.D对话原文中女士说：“The Polytechnic's are all adults and mostly preparation for exams, like the Cambridge certificates.”可以推断出综合性工艺学校的学生都是成年人。而A、B、C项所表达的意义与原文不符；故答案D正确。21.B根据对话中女士所说：“Well, that sounds very much more varied interesting.”可知女士认为语言学校的工作既丰富多样又有趣。22.C由对话中女士开始所说：“Good evening, and welcome to the tonight's edition of Legendary Lives.” 可知女士正在主持一档电视节目。故答案C）Hosting a television show. 符合题意。23.D此题为细节把握题，要听出男士所说：“because his mother passed away just four years later. Jane's father sent him back to Indian.”答案D项符合题意。24.A根据对话中男士所说：“then he went to college in California where he got seriously into acting.”可知A项正确。25.A对话最后，女士提问：“So what made him the legend he still is today?”以及男士肯定回答可推断出答案A项正确，C项原文未提及，而B、D项表意错误。26.C根据听力材料中，“…，crashed into a hill side as it circled while preparing to land.”可知C项正确。27.B这是一段新闻，从第一句“held by kidnappers…for the past 8 months”可以得出答案为B。28.A从文中“These follow successful talks…which resulted in a new agreement…”可知The management和Union representatives达成了一致的协议。但并没有具体谈到协议的内容，不要误选B.29.C这段新闻较短，从最后一句，“rain would spread…by midnight”可得出答案为C。30.C从第二句“From his audience…of anything about geology”可知答案为C，很少人了解地质学。31.C从文中句子“he decided to begin by noting…in American history…”可知答案为C，几乎是原句。32.A从文中倒数第3句“‘Stop me.’ he said, ‘any time I say something you don't understand.’”可以知道答案为A，不懂时就打断他的话。33.D这是一道主旨题。作者给我们介绍了Esperanto是不同语种的人们之间的一种交流的工具，答案为D。34.A从“Despite arguments and disagreement,…in more than 80 countries”.可知还是有很多国家的支持者，答案选A。35.D从文中句子“in China that Esperanto has had its greatest impact.”可知答案选D。大意：本文针对老师给学生的评分问题进行了讨论。47.a higher grade根据第一段的倒数第二句可知，这个九年级的学生认为老师给他的分数比他预期的要低，也就是说，他认为美术老师应该给更高的分数。48.select the method of grading根据第二段的第二句话可知，老师在选择用何种方法来提高学生学习上有充分的自由。49.improving根据第三段的内容可知，就算一个学生得了100分也并不意味着没有再进步的可能，他仍需继续努力学习，继续进步。50.effort and accomplishment由第四段的内容可知，举Rembrandt绘画的例子只是为了证明“effort does not equal accomplishment”，也就是说，“努力”和“成绩”之间是有区别的，二者不能划等号。51.discuss his concerns根据最后一段最后一句话可知，题干只是将文中的原句变换了一种说法。仔细阅读Section BPassage One52.C文章第一段第一句话指出CIRCLE的研究结果显示“that today's youth vote in larger numbers than previous generations”，与选项C意义相符。故C为正确答案。53.C文章第二段开头提到writers of Generation O要回答某个问题。这里这个“问题”的内容即本题的解答，查看上下文，知应从上文找。答案就在第一段最后一句，故答案为C。54.B由文章第二段第二句“… blog about life across mainstream America, with one twist: by tying all of their ideas and experiences to the new president and his administration.”可知，答案为B。55.A由文章最后一段第二句话中“〔The Internet〕 exposes them to come thinking,” 及“and groups that are like�minded in different parts of the country start to come together.”两处可知答案为A。56.A文章倒数第二句提到“… sheds the image of apathy they've inherited from Generation ×.”说明Generation ×是冷漠的一代，故选A。57.A由文章第一段可看出，只有两个发达国家对于上班族请假回家照顾新生儿没有保证要支付工资，而就在去年春季澳大利亚建立了paid family leave，因此美国就成为唯一没有相关政策的发达国家，所以答案为A。58.C由文章第二段最后一句“In fact, every step of the way, as(usually) Democratic leaders have tried to introduce work�family balance measures into the law, business groups have been strongly opposed” 得知，导致work�family balance laws 无法通过的阻力是商业人士的反对。59.CProfessor Anne Alstott 在她的书No Exit 提到，“社会期望并且需要父母为孩子们提供持续的关爱…”，因此本题选C。60.C由文章最后一段第3句“The state recognizes this in the large body of family laws that govern children's welfare, yet parents receive little help in meeting the life�changing obligations society imposes.”得知作者认为美国的family laws 没有为父母提供足够的支助。61.B由文章最后一段第4句“To classify parenting as a personal choice for which there is no collective responsibility is not merely to ignore the social benefits of good parenting; really, it is to steal those benefits…”可判断此题选B。完形填空62.B.findings此空应填一个与“study”相近的词,故A（论文）、C（假设）、D（摘要）都不合适，只有findings（调查或研究的结果）呼应上句的study。63.D.attributeattribute to是固定搭配，由后文可知这里是指很多人把肥胖病流行的原因归咎于不断扩大的食量和懒散。64.A.with首先排除C、D两项，因为放在这里语意不通。比较A、B两项，A更合适，因为with在这里可强调快餐和电视长久以来一直“伴随”着我们的这样一种状态。65.C.relatedB、D显然不合文意。be related to指与……相关；be glued to指与……紧密关联，而由上下文可知这种紧密关联性还有待研究进一步证明，故C项更合适。66.B.shrinking“压抑”和“刮，擦”和“绿色植被”搭配使用显然不合文意，可排除。denying指“否定”，而由上下文可知是在肯定“the green”的作用，故也排除，只能选B，指绿色植被的减少这一变化。67.D.published这里指在一本杂志上公布的一项研究，A（刺激）、B（发行）、C（照明；启发）显然不合文意。68.A.toclose to指“接近于”，后接动名词形式，是固定搭配。69.D.simply由前文的“most straightforward”可知这里是要用最直白的语言表达，故simply与之最对应。70.D.vital由后文可知户外活动所用的时间与孩子的行动能力关系密切，故这里填vital（至关重要的）最合文意。71.A.too由冒号后的内容可知这里应是强调绿色空间对智力的发展同样有好处，故too最合适。72.D.benefitsbenefit 可指“好处，益处”，这里是指对患注意力缺乏症的孩子有认知方面的帮助。73.A.outside由上下文可知这里是指在户外读书，B、C、D都不能表达此义，只能选A，outside 在这里作副词。74.C.Exposure由上下文可知这里谈论的是身处绿色环境的对人体的影响，故exposure最合文意，其他选项都不是文章谈论的话题。75.A.less绿色环境对人体有益，故可推知应是“减少”压力，与后面的“lower”对应，填比较级less。76.B.analysisA（安装）、C（选择）、D（探险）显然不合文意，此句是说把长寿和绿色空间联系在一起，故analysis最合适，指一项针对3000个东京居民的研究。77.A.negativelyC、D显然与prove 搭配不合适，而A、B语意相反，由“偶然联系”和后面的“but”可知，这里应是指尽管大多数的研究都没有否定二者之间的偶然联系，但它们却引发了一些即时的行动。78.B.approved这里指通过一项法案，其他选项无法和“act”搭配。79.C.always由后文的work a bit 可知应是指绿色空间不总是那么容易找到，故always 最合文意。80.D.advantagetake advantage of sth. 指利用，是固定搭配。81.B.grateful由上下可知孩子们喜欢绿色空间，当你给他们创造了这样一种环境时，他们肯定会对你表示行动上及心理上的感激。