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2010 年 6 月大学英语六级阅读真题试卷
PartIV ReadingComprehension(Reading inDepth) (25 minutes)
SectionA
Directions:In this section, thereisashort passagewith5questions or incomplete statements.
Read thepassagecarefully.Then answer the questionsor complete thestatements in
thefewest possiblewords. Please writeyour answers onAnswer Sheet 2.
Questions47to 51arebased onthefollowing passage.
Question:My ninth-grade art teacherdoesn't give any grade above 94%because, she says,
"There's always room for improvement." In previous years, I earned a 99%and a 100%.The 94I
received this term does not reflect thehard work that Iput intothis course. Because ofher
"improvement" theory,I got a lowergrade than I deserve. Is hergrading philosophyethical (符合
职业道德规范的)?
Answer:Yourteacher's grading system may be unwise, but it isnot unethical.Ateacherdeserves
widelatitudeinselecting themethod ofgrading that best promotes learning inher classroom; that
is,after all, theprime function ofgrades. It is shewho has thetraining andexperience to make this
decision.Assuming that your teacher isneither biased norcorrupt andthat hersystem conforms to
schoolrules, you can't fault herethics.
Youcan criticizehermethodology.A100need notimply that thereis nopossibility of
improvement, onlythat a student successfully completed thecourse work.Aninthgrader could get
awell-earned 100inEnglish class but stillhave a wayto go before she writes as well asJane
Austen.What's more, grades are not onlyan educational device but are alsopart ofa screening
system to help assign kids to theirnextclass or program. By capping her grades at 94whilemost
otherteachers grade onascale that topsout at 100,your teachercould jeopardizeastudent's chance
ofgetting a scholarship or gettinginto atop college.
What it iswrong to condemn her foris overlooking your hard work.Youdiligence is worthy of
encouragement, but effort does notequal accomplishment.If scholars suddenly discovered that
Rembrandt had dashed off"The NightWatch" in an afternoon, it would still be"The NightWatch."
Icould spend months sweating over my own"paintings", but I'd produce something you
wouldn't want to hang in your livingroom. Or your garage.
Onefeatureof agood grading system isthat thosemeasured byit generally regard it as fair and
reasonable—not thecase here. Simmering (难以平息的)resentment isseldom an aid to
education.And so your next step should beto discuss your concerns with your teacher orthe
principal.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
47.Theninth-grader thought that his art teacher shouldhave givenhim ______.
48.According to theanswer,a teacher should have thefreedom to ______to encouragelearning.
49.Welearn from theanswer that astudent who gets a100shouldstillwork hard and keep ______.
50.TheexampleofRembrandt's painting suggests that a distinction shouldbemade between
______.
51.Theninth-grader is advised togo to his teacheror theprincipal to ______.
SectionB
Directions:Thereare2passages in thissection. Each passageis followedby somequestions or
unfinished statements. For each of themtherearefour choices markedA), B), C)and
D). Youshould decide onthebest choice andmark thecorrespondingletter onAnswer
Sheet 2withasinglelinethrough thecentre.
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Questions51to 56arebased onthefollowing passage.
Only two countries in theadvanced world providenoguarantee for paid leavefrom work to care
foranewborn child. Last spring oneofthetwo,Australia, gave upthedubious distinctionby
establishingpaid family leave starting in 2011.I wasn't surprised when this didn't make thenews
herein theUnited States—we're nowtheonly wealthy country without such apolicy.
TheUnited States does haveoneexplicit family policy,theFamilyand Medical LeaveAct,
passed in 1993.It entitles workers to as much as 12weeks' unpaid leavefor careof anewborn or
dealing with afamily medical problem. Despitethemodesty of thebenefit, theChamber of
Commerceand otherbusiness groups fought it bitterly,describing itas "government-run personnel
management" and a "dangerous precedent". In fact, everystep oftheway,as (usually) Democratic
leaders havetried to introducework-family balance measures into thelaw,business groups have
been strongly opposed.
AsYalelaw professorAnneAlstott argues, justifying parental support depends ondefining the
familyas asocial good that, in somesense, society must pay for.In her bookNo Exit:What Parents
OweTheir Children andWhat Society Owes Parents, she argues that parents are burdened inmany
ways in theirlives: there is"no exit" when itcomes tochildren. "Society expects—and
needs—parents to providetheir children with continuityof care, meaning theintensive,intimate
care that human beings need todevelop theirintellectual, emotional and moral capabilities.And
society expects—and needs—parents topersist in theirroles for18years, orlonger ifneeded."
Whilemostparents dothis out oflove, there are publicpenalties for not providingcare.What
parents do,inotherwords, is ofdeep concern to thestate, for theobvious reason that caring for
children is not onlymorally urgent but essential for thefuture ofsociety.The staterecognizes this
inthelarge bodyoffamily laws that govern children' welfare, yet parents receive littlehelp in
meeting thelife-changing obligations society imposes.Toclassify parenting as apersonal choice
forwhich there is nocollectiveresponsibility is not merely to ignorethe social benefits ofgood
parenting; really,it istosteal thosebenefits becausethey accrue (不断积累)to thewholeof society
as today's children becometomorrow's productivecitizenry (公民). In fact, bysome estimates, the
valueofparental investments in children, investmentsoftimeand money (including lostwages), is
equal to 20-30%of gross domesticproduct. If theseinvestments generate huge social benefits—as
they clearly do—thebenefits ofproviding moresocial support for thefamily should bethat much
clearer.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
52.What dowe learn about paid family leave from thefirst paragraph?
A)America is nowtheonly developed country without thepolicy.
B) It has nowbecome ahot topicin theUnited States.
C)It came as asurprise whenAustraliaadopted thepolicy.
D)Its meaning was clarified when itwas established inAustralia.
53.What has prevented thepassing ofwork-family balance lawsin theUnited States?
A)Theincompetence of theDemocrats.
B)Theexisting Family and Medical LeaveAct.
C)Thelack ofaprecedent inAmerican history.
D)The oppositionfrom business circles.
54.What is ProfessorAnneAlstott's argument for parental support?
A)Thecost of raising children in theU. S.has been growing.
B) Good parenting benefits society.
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D)Children need continuous care.
55.What does theauthorthink ofAmerica's large bodyoffamily laws governing children's
welfare?
A)They fail to ensure children's healthy growth
B)Thefail to provide enough support forparents
C)They emphasizeparents' legal responsibilities.
D)They imposethecare ofchildren onparents.
56.Why does the authorobject to classifying parenting as a personal choice?
A) It is regarded as a legal obligation.
B) It relies largely onsocial support.
C)It generates huge social benefits.
D)It is basically a social undertaking.
PassageTwo
Questions57to 62arebased onthefollowing passage.
Anew study from theCenter for Information and Research onCivicLearning and Engagement
(CIRCLE) atTufts University shows that today's youth vote inlarger numbers thanprevious
generations,and a2008studyfrom the CenterforAmerican Progress adds that increasing numbers
ofyoung voters andactivists support traditionally liberal causes. But there's noeasy way to see
what thosefigures mean in real life. During thepresidential campaign, Barack Obama assembled a
racially and ideologically diverse coalitionwith his message ofhopeand change; as thereality of
lifeundera newadministration settles in, someofthosesupporters might become disillusioned.As
thenation moves further intothe Obamapresidency,willpolitically engaged young people
continueto support thepresident and hisagenda, orwillthey gradually drift away?
Thewriters ofGeneration O(short forObama), anewNewsweek blog that seeks tochronicle
thelivesof agroupof young Obamasupporters, want toanswer that question. For thenext three
months,MichelleKremer and 11other Obama supporters, ages 19to 34,willblog about lifeacross
mainstreamAmerica, with onetwist:bytying all oftheirideas andexperiences tothenew president
and hisadministration, thebloggers willtry to start a conversation about what it means to beyoung
and politically active inAmerica today.MalenaAmusa, a24-year-old writerand dancer from St.
Louis sees theproject as away topreservehistory as it happens.Amusa, who istraveling to India
thisspring to finish abook,thento Senegal to teach English, has ongoing conversationswith her
friends about howthe Obama presidency has changed theirdaily lives and hopes to put someof
thoseideas, along with her globalperspective, into herposts. She's excitedbecause, as sheputs it,
"Idon't have towait [until]15years from now" to make sense ofthe world.
Henry Flores, a political-science professor at St. Mary's University,credits thisyounger
generation's political strength totheirembrace oftechnology."[The Internet] exposes themto more
thinking," hesays, "andgroups that are like-minded indifferent parts ofthecountry start to come
together."That's exactly what theGeneration O bloggers are hoping to do.Theresult could bea
group ofyoung people that, liketheirboomer (二战后生育高峰期出生的美国人)parents, grows
up witha strong senseofpurpose and sheds theimage of apathy(冷漠)they've inherited from
Generation X(60 年代后期和70 年代出生的美国人). It's nosmall challenge for ablog run bya
group ofordinary—ifambitious—young people, but themembers of Generation Oare upto the
task.
57.What is thefinding ofa newstudy byCIRCLE?
A) Moreyoung voters are going to thepolls than before.
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C)Youngvoters played adecisive rolein Obama's election.
D)Youngpeople inAmerica are now morediverse ideologically.
58.What is amain concern ofthewriters ofGeneration O?
A) HowObama isgoing to liveupto young people's expectations.
B)WhetherAmerica is going to change during Obama's presidency.
C)Whether young peoplewill continuetosupport Obama's policy.
D)HowObama's agenda is going toaffect thelife ofAmericans.
59.What will theGeneration Obloggers writeabout in theirposts?
A)Theirowninterpretation ofAmerican politics.
B) Policy changes to takeplace in Obama's administration.
C)Obama's presidency viewed from a global perspective.
D)Their livesinrelation to Obama's presidency.
60.What accounts forthe youngergeneration's political strength according toProfessor Henry
Flores?
A)Theirembrace ofradical ideas.
B)Theirdesire tochangeAmerica.
C)Theirutilization oftheInternet.
D)Their strong senseof responsibility.
61.What can we inferfrom thepassage about Generation X?
A)They are politicallyconservative.
B)They reject conventional values.
C)They dare to take upchallenges.
D)They are indifferent to politics.
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