【真题回顾】校园无除草剂行动:为绿色安全而行动

2025年6月六级真题卷三

In her second year, Charlene Duong learned of the use of poisonous, synthetic pesticides on her college campus. Shocked but not surprised, she knew she had to do something. Along with a couple of classmates, Charlene did a quick web search and discovered a small but growing movement led by the organization, Herbicide-Free Campus (HFC), to rid college campuses of artificial herbicide (灭草剂). They were 26.

Like many, Charlene experiences climate anxiety — a 27 fear of a climate catastrophe — and was, at the time, looking for an 28. When she discovered the HFC movement, she said she felt she “had found a specific area to focus on that still fit into the larger picture of fighting for a healthier, safer, cleaner 29 for all.”

Toxic herbicide use in university land care is not unique. Most institutions of higher education rely on synthetic pesticides and fertilizers to achieve 30 goals. Having a “beautiful” campus means green and perfectly maintained lawns along with flower beds and paved sidewalks. But these 31 managed campuses can come at a cost: increased cancer risk, 32 waterways, poisoned wildlife and lifeless soil.

Pesticide use on college campuses also contributes to our global climate crisis. The use of chemicals to get rid of insects or unwanted plant life can increase indirect 33, as they can include petroleum-based ingredients. Pesticide use also decreases the life in soil, 34 the ability of soils to absorb carbon or retain water and thus reducing campuses’ ability to recover quickly from climate-related extreme weather events like droughts and floods.

Instead of using toxic chemicals, students working with HFC help out with 35 the campus grounds.

“This work reminds me to be in the present moment as I play my role in reducing herbicide use and keeping my campus safe and healthy,” says Charlene.

A) aesthetic B) chronic C) contaminatedD) conventionally E) emissions F) environment

G) hampering H) incidentally I) infringementJ) intrigued K) juvenile L) outletM) rotating N) vibrations O) weeding

答案：J B L F A D C E G O

答案详解：

26. J — intrigued（感兴趣、被吸引的）
原句： ... but growing movement led by the organization, Herbicide-Free Campus (HFC), to rid college campuses of artificial herbicide. They were ‌intrigued‌.
解析：前文提到Charlene得知校园使用有毒合成杀虫剂后深受触动，和同学搜索后发现了HFC发起的这项去除人工灭草剂的运动，此时他们自然会对这项运动产生浓厚兴趣，intrigued表示“被激起好奇心、感兴趣的”，语法上作表语修饰主语人，完全贴合语境。其余选项里，aesthetic（美学的）、contaminated（被污染的）等词均无法放在此处构成符合语义逻辑的表达。
27. B — chronic（长期的、慢性的）
原句： ... a ‌chronic‌ fear of a climate catastrophe — and was, at the time, looking for an 28.
解析：句意是“和许多人一样，查琳正经历气候焦虑——也就是对气候灾难长期存在的恐惧——当时的她正在寻找一个情绪出口”。chronic在这里表示“长期持续的、慢性的”，用来修饰fear，精准匹配“气候焦虑”这种长期萦绕在人心头的持续性心理状态，语法和语义完全契合。其余备选项中，juvenile（青少年的）、contaminated（被污染的）等都无法和“对气候灾难的恐惧”构成符合语境的合理搭配。
28. L — outlet（出口、抒发途径）
原句： Like many, Charlene experiences climate anxiety — a chronic fear of a climate catastrophe — and was, at the time, looking for an ‌outlet‌.
解析：此处空格前是不定冠词an，说明需要填入元音开头的可数名词单数。结合语境，长期受气候焦虑困扰的人，会寻找一个可以抒发这份担忧、释放相关情绪的出口，outlet在这里表示“情绪的抒发途径、宣泄出口”，完全匹配Charlene后续找到HFC运动作为行动方向的情节。其余选项中emissions（排放）、infringement（侵权）等词义完全不符合此处语境。
29. F — environment（环境）
原句： ... that still fit into the larger picture of fighting for a healthier, safer, cleaner ‌environment‌ for all.”
解析：这场对抗校园有毒除草剂的运动，本质上是为全体师生乃至所有人争取更健康、更安全、更洁净的生存环境，environment（环境）完全贴合“为所有人争取更优生存条件”的核心语义，和前文的环保行动目标完全呼应。其余选项中vibrations（震动）、infringement（侵权）等都无法和“更健康安全洁净”的修饰语搭配出符合主题的含义。
30. A — aesthetic（美学的、审美的）
原句： Most institutions of higher education rely on synthetic pesticides and fertilizers to achieve ‌aesthetic‌ goals.
解析：后文紧接着提到“拥有一个‘美丽’的校园意味着绿油油且维护得完美无瑕的草坪、搭配花坛和平整的人行道”，说明高校使用合成农药和肥料的目的是为了达成校园景观美观的美学目标，aesthetic表示“美学的、审美层面的”，精准对应后文描述的校园景观美化诉求。其余选项里的conventional（传统的）、chronic（长期的）都无法准确概括“打造美观校园景观”这一目的。
31. D — conventionally（按照惯例地、传统方式地）
原句： But these ‌conventionally‌ managed campuses can come at a cost: increased cancer risk...
解析：此处需要填入副词修饰后面的动词managed，前文提到多数高校都采用“依靠合成农药化肥维持美观景观”的传统常规管理模式，conventionally作为副词表示“按照传统惯例地、常规方式地”，用来修饰这种高校普遍沿用的校园管理方式，完全符合上下文逻辑。其余副词选项里只有incidentally（偶然地），代入后语义和全文逻辑完全不匹配。
32. C — contaminated（被污染的）
原句： But these conventionally managed campuses can come at a cost: increased cancer risk, ‌contaminated‌ waterways, poisoned wildlife and lifeless soil.
解析：这里是并列列举滥用有毒除草剂带来的一系列危害：癌症风险升高、被污染的水道、被毒害的野生动物和失去生机的土壤，contaminated表示“被污染的”，用来修饰waterways，精准匹配农药流入水体造成水污染的现实危害，和前后的负面危害元素构成完整的并列结构。其余选项里的aesthetic（美学的）、juvenile（青少年的）等完全不符合此处危害列举的语境。
33. E — emissions（排放物）
原句： The use of chemicals to get rid of insects or unwanted plant life can increase indirect ‌emissions‌, as they can include petroleum-based ingredients.
解析：后文说明这些农药中含有石油基成分，这类成分在生产和使用过程中会产生额外的间接排放，加剧气候危机，emissions表示“排放、排放物”，完全对应“含石油基的化工产品会增加碳排放、加剧气候危机”的逻辑，契合本段“农药使用加剧全球气候危机”的核心主题。其余选项中vibrations（震动）、infringement（侵权）等完全无法和“石油基成分”“气候危机”形成语义关联。
33. G — hampering（阻碍、妨碍）
原句： Pesticide use also decreases the life in soil, ‌hampering‌ the ability of soils to absorb carbon or retain water ... like droughts and floods.
解析：此处是现在分词作伴随状语的结构，前文提到农药使用会减少土壤中的生物活性，自然就会阻碍土壤吸收碳、留存水分的能力，hampering表示“阻碍、妨碍”，和后文的reducing并列，共同说明破坏土壤活性带来的负面影响，语法和语义完全匹配。其余动词现在分词选项里的rotating（旋转）等代入后完全不符合语境逻辑。
35. O — weeding（除草）
原句： Instead of using toxic chemicals, students working with HFC help out with ‌weeding‌ the campus grounds.
解析：此处搭配结构为help out with doing sth.，表示帮忙做某事，这个完全替代有毒除草剂的校园养护方式，就是人工给校园场地除草，weeding表示“除草”，完全契合“不用化学药剂清除杂草”的HFC运动的核心主张，和文章开篇提到的“消除校园人工灭草剂”的行动目标完全呼应。其余选项中的hampering（阻碍）、rotating（旋转）等都无法和“校园场地养护、替代除草剂”的语境形成合理搭配。

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