2015年12月大学英语六级阅读解析

2015年12月六级考试落下帷幕。笔者分析了三套试卷，阅读部分的整体难度适中，趋于平稳。

选词填空部分三篇：《睡眠的重要性》，《化学药品影响》，《谁杀死了诺基亚》。其难度与往年基本持平，往年常考的热词比如permanent等再次出现。考试的时候，注意结合词性分析和意思分析，能够在较短的时间内保证正确率。

长篇阅读部分三篇：“Climate change may be real,but it’s still not easy being green”, “The Impossibility of Rapid Energy Transitions”, “First-Generation College-Goers: Unprepared and Behind”。三篇文章的阅读难度并不大，原文和句子的同义替换程度较低。尤其是第三篇文章，出现了许多大写定位词。因此，即使是基础薄弱的学生，也可以在这个版块拿下较高的分数。

仔细阅读部分，依然重点考察了学生对于逻辑的掌握程度，对于学生的单词，语法的都提出了较高的哟球。做题时注意联系主旨和上下文解题。

最后送上三套题目的完整答案，祝各位考生有一份满意的答卷。

第一套

选词填空

36. B caters

37. M recommended

38. D debated

39. F ideal

40. C chronically

41. G improvements

42. E deprivation

43. L ready

44. H necessarily

45. O target

长篇阅读

Climate change may be real,

but it’s still not easy being green

46. When people find they are powerless to change a situation, they tend to live with it.

C: “When we can’t actually remove the source of fear, we tend to adapt…”

47. To be effective, environmental messages should be carefully framed.

L: Cialdini recommends some careful framing of the message.

48. It is the government’s responsibility to persuade people into making environment-friendly decisions.

G: They argue that government should persuade us into making better decisions…

49. Politicians are being to realise the importance of enlisting psychologists’ help in fighting climate change

P: The power of such simple psychology in fighting climate change is attracting attention across the political establishment.

50. To find effective solutions to climate change, it is necessary to understand what motivates people to make change

H: We need to understand what motivates people, what it is that allows them to make change.

51. In their evolution, humans have learned to pay attention to the most urgent issues instead of long-term concerns.

D: Evolution has programmed humans to pay most attention to issues…

52. One study shows that our neighbours’ actions are influential in changing our behaviour.

J: Cialdini conducted a study….but it was the ones that mentioned the actions of neighbours that drove down power use.

53. Despite clear signs of global warming, it is not easy for most people to believe climate change will affect their own lives.

B: most people find it hard to believe that global warming will affect them personally.

54. We should take our future into consideration in making decisions concerning climate change before it is too late.

F: By the time we wake up to the threat posed by climate change, it could well be too late.

55. Existing social networks can be more effective in creating change in people’s behaviour.

O: Using exsiting civil society structures or networks is a more effective way of creating changes.

仔细阅读

56. D Education has failed to lead students to think about major scientific ideas

57. A They have learned to think critically.

58. B It cultivates students' ability to make scientific inquirie.

59. A It allows for failures.

60. C Make full use of informal learning resources

61. B It has a strong negative impact on space tourism  

62. C It was about ready to start regular business

63. D To promote the space tourism industry

64. D Suspend Virgin Galactic's licence to take passengers into space.

65. A It is worth promoting despire the risks involved.

第二套

选词填空

36. O vulnerable

37. J permanent

38. A advocates

39. N tighten

40. K restricted

41. E facilities

42. G investigating

43. M statistical

44. C correlation

45. D exercise

长篇阅读

The Impossibility of Rapid Energy Transitions

46. Not only moving objects and people but all systems have momentum.

C: After all, we don’t speak only of objects or people as having momentum.

47. Changing the current energy system requires the systematic training of professionals and skilled labor.

I: That is because the engineers, designers, regulators, operators and all of the other skilled people needed for the new energy industry are specialists who have to be trained first.

48. Changing a light bulb is easier than changing the fixture housing it.

E: It is easy to change a light bulb, sure, but it is hard to change the bulb and its fixture.

49. Efforts to accelerate the current energy transitions didn’t succeed as expected.

K: …have failed so miserably because their authors and promoters thought the transitions they hoped to implement would proceed unlike all previous energy transitions.

50. To change the light source is costly because you have to change the whole fixture.

G: The whole fixture must be replaced — light source and laminate — is never inexpensive

51. Energy systems, like an aircraft carrier set in motion, have huge momentum.

A: our energy systems are a bit like an aircraft carrier: ...and they have a lot of  momentum once they are set in motion.

52. The problem with lighting, if it arises, often doesn’t lie in light sources but in their applications.

G: Generally, there are no bad light sources, only bad applications

53. The biggest obstacle to energy transition is that the present energy system is too expensive to replace.

J: They have to operate for a long period of time before the costs of development  have been recovered.

54. The application of a technology can impact areas beyond itself.

D: When a technology is deployed, it’s impact reach for beyond itself…

55. Physical characteristics of moving objects help explain the dynamics of energy systems.

B: moving objects have two characteristics relevant to understanding of dynamics of energy systems.

仔细阅读

56. D It follows the standard naming practice.

57. D It is politically sensitive

58. A Racial biases are widespread in the professional world

59. C People’s conception of a person has much to do with the way he or she is labeled.

60. B A person is judged by their worth.

61. B It fails to prepare students to face the challenges of modern times.

62. A The diluted college curriculum

63. D They prioritize non-academic activities.

64. B They can afford to choose easier majors in order to enjoy themselves.

65. C The current situation in American higher education may not last long.

第三套

选词填空

36. E exception

37. O worldwide

38. N transmitting

39. L shrank

40. A assumed

41. F fault

42. H notably

43. I previous

44. C desperate

45. D deterioration

长篇阅读

First-Generation College-Goers: Unprepared and Behind

46．Many first-generation college-goers have doubts about their abilities to get a college degree.

H: so they are coming in questioning themselves and their college worthiness.

47．First-generation college students tend to have much heavier financial burdens than their peers.

C: They typically carry financial burdens that outweigh those of their peers.

48. The graduation rate of first-generation students at Nijay’s university was incredibly low.

B: What Nijay didn’t realize about his school…was its friengeningly low graduation rate: a mere 29 percent for its first-generation students.

49. Some top institutions like Yale seem to provide first-generation students with more support than they actually need.

N: There is a lot of support at Yale, to an extent, after a while, there is too much support.

50. On entering college, Nijay Williams had no idea how challenging college education was.

A: When Nijay William entered college…he was academically unprepared for the rigors of higher education.

51. Many universities simply refuse to release their exact graduation rates for first generation students.

J: but these reports typically only include Pell recipient numbers——not necessarily rates specific to first-generation students.

52. According to a marketing executive, many students from low-income families don’t know they could have a chance of going to an elite university.

G: Dave Jarrat, marketing executive…. “The reality of it is that a lot of low-income kids could be going to elite universities on a full-ride scholarship and don’t even realize it.

53. Some elite universities attach great importance to building up the first-generation students’ self-confidence.

O: …who all provided significant support for students who lacked confidence about “belonging” at such a top institution.

54. I’m First distributes information to help first-generation college-goers find schools that are most suitable for them.

D: Matt Rubinoff directs I’m First…He hopes to distribute this information and help prospective college-goers find the best post-secondary fit.

55. Elite universities tend to graduate first-generation students at a higher rate.

M: …which are often known for robust financial aid packages and remarkably high graduation rates for first-generation students.

仔细阅读

56. C Take costs into account when making treatment decisions  

57. B Effects of medical treatment

58. A The redefining of doctor’s roles  

59. D They may lose the respect of patients

60. C It results from society’s failure to tackle the problem

61. A It is the biggest obstacle to social mobility.

62. B It is not a reliable indicator of economic mobility

63. C offer poor children more chances to climb the social ladder.

64. A Family Structure  

65. D It is better to start from community to help poor children move up the social ladder.