on maintaining trust

2012年12月大学英语六级考试真题答案解析

PartIWriting

A【标准版】

ManandComputer

Eversincethebirthofit,thecomputerhaslargelychangedhumanbeing’s

ably,c

omputershavetakentheplaceofhumansinmanyareasanditemsthatcompute

rsbegintothinklikeman,butthisdoesnotnecessarilyleadtothedangerth

atmanwillthinklikecomputers.

Thereasons,inmyopinion,y,whencomputersrelea

humanfromrepetitivetasks,humansthemlvescanspendmoretimeoncreative

works,suchasscientificrearch,whichrequireimaginationandcannotbeco

ile,thankstocomputers,humansgetmoresparetim

ewiththeirfriendsandfamily,er,even

thoughcomputerscanworkautomatically,thepremiisthattheprogram,whic

hiswrittenbyhumans,hasbeeninstalledinit.

Inconclusion,humans,unlikecomputers,havecreativeability,emotionald

,Idon’tthinkthattherewillbethedangerth

atmanwillbegintothinklikethecomputer.

【高分版】

ManandComputer

Itisbelievedthatthecomputerisbringingtheworldintoabrandnewera.

Atthetimethecomputerwasinvented,scientists,marvelingatitscalculatin

gspeed,ys,thefunctionoftheco

mputerisnolongerconfinedtocalculation;itpermeatespeople’sdailylives

andhasbecomeaninparablepartofhumansociety.

Peoplebecomesoheavilydependentoncomputersthatitishardtoimagine

ore,somepeopleareworriedthat“Thereal

dangerisnotthatthecomputerwillthinklikeman,butmanwillthinkliketh

ecomputer.”,somepeoplespendsuchal

ongtimeworkingoncomputersthattheyhavefewinteractionswithpeopleinre

ingtoarearch,toomanyhoursinfrontofacomputermaylea

ctshouldarououratte

ntion,becauunlikecomputers,humanbeingsaresocialcreaturesthatneedem

otionalconnectionswithothers.

Yet,itisalsounnecessaryforustobeoverwhelmedbythenegativeimpact

ll,wehumansareintelligentandwillbeabletofigure

outbetterwaystomakeimprovements.

本次六级作文的题目是人与电脑，对“真正的危险不是电脑开始像人一样思考，而是人

开始像电脑一样思考。”这句话发表自己的观点。题目不算新，一般考生对此都比较熟悉，

所以对考生来说难度不大。写好这篇作文，需要抓住两点，一是紧跟题目要求，即对这句引

言做出评论，二是在评论的基础上要亮出自己的观点。

范文第一段首先陈述电脑自发明以来对人们生活的深刻的影响，从而为第二段内容的

陈述奠定基础。

第二段第一句话先自然地过渡，引出题干中的引言。对引言作出评价：这样的担忧确实

不是空穴来风。然后用例子证明现代生活中电脑已经对人们的思维和习惯带来的负面影响。

呼吁大家引起重视，因为人毕竟不同于电脑，是有情感需求的。

最后一段是一个转折，提出对于电脑对人的影响也不用太悲观，因为人毕竟是有智慧、

有主观能动性的，一定会想出改善不足的方法。这样的转折使作者的观点更全面、有说服

力。

B【标准版】

OnMaintainingTrust

Trustisthemostfrequentlyudwordwhenwearetalkingaboutinterperso

r,itishardtobuildtrustbuteasytodestroyit.T

herefore,ini

on,somefactorsplayaprimaryroleinit.

’sanoldsayinginChine:oncebitten,twice

,findoutyou’relyingorcheati

ng,oken,it’salwayshardtorebuil

lwaysbreakyourpromi,you

rimportantaspectisattitude.P

owtheirgoodmanners,pati

ence,modesty,willingnesstocommunicateand,mostimportantofall,sincerity

toothers,whichcontributesgreatlytoeliminatingapathyandcoldness.

Thereare,still,r,frommyperspective,

honesty,promi-keepingandgoodattitudestandoutamongthem.

【高分版】

Onmaintainingtrust

Trustisakeystrategyforbuildingeffectiverelationshipswiththepeopl

ewecomeintocontactwith,includingourteammembers,peersandcustomers.I

fyouwanttohaveapositiveinfluenceoveranyoneoranything,youneedtoea

rntrustfirst.

Astheleveloftrustdevelops,however,therewillbesituationsandincid

ore,maintaintrust

sint

ondissticktoy

ayyouwoulddosomething,thendoit,otherwineversayi

eyoubreakyourpromis,youcanhardlyreestablishit.

stel

lingthetruth,evenwhenitisdifficult,andbeingtruthful,authentic,andt

maintaintrustcanonem

akerealachievementsandenjoyarewardinglife.

快速阅读答案：

snoaccesstotelevisioninitsrooms.

ayfromallelectronicgadgets

rgreatestmiryinlife

notknowwhattodowithourownlives

lppeopleunderstandancientwisdom

oplethinkdeeply,theirneuralprocessareslow

thoutmoderntransportation

medistancefromit/theworld.

9somethinguful

esntial

【点评】

这是一篇取自《纽约时报》的文章。讲述的是面对现代科技带来的信息爆炸，应该如何

平静的审视自己的内心世界，找到自我，而不被信息的洪流所淹没。本次快速阅读的文章还

是延续了以往的特点，信息量较大，结构较散，但整个命题依旧遵循了文章难，题目简单的

规律。做题的要点就是，在题干中找到定位词，回原文中定位细节信息。

PartIIIListeningComprehension

SectionA

11.

M:I’dliketogocampingwithyouthisweekend,butIdon’thaveasleep

ingbag.

W:lyhastonso

fcampinggear.

Q:Whatdoesthewomanmean?

答案：Shecanlendthemanasleepingbag.

【解析】这是一道较为简单的推理题，前提是考生需知道campinggear表示“野餐用

具，露营装备”，由此可知，campinggear包括sleepingbag，即女士能借给男士一个睡

袋，此题的设置稍微绕了个小弯，为考生解题设置了一定难度。gocamping：去野餐，去露

营;sleepingbag：睡袋。

12.

M:IknowIpromitodriveyoutotheairportnextThursday,butI’mafr

’vecalledaspecialmeetingatwork.

W:aidshewasavailableasaback-up.

Q:Whatdoesthewomanmean?

答案:Karencantakehertotheairport.

【解析】此题为细节题。从对话中可知，男士下周四临时有事不能送女士去机场了，女

士回答说Karen有空。back-up：n.备用，备份，考生如果知道这个单词的意思，对整个对

话的理解会有帮助。

13.

W:HaveyousavedenoughmoneyforatriptoHawaii?

M:emustputthebrakesonmytravellingplans.

Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?

答案：Hecan’taffordtogotravelingyet.

【解析】此题为推理题。从男士的回答“我叔叔对我的旅行计划加以限制了。”中可推

断出，这位男士还没有足够的钱去旅行。putthebrakesonsth.表示“对……加以限制”，

即使考生不知道这个短语的引申含义，但听到brake“刹车”应该也能大概判断出来答案。

14.

M:I’illhaveanypieleftfromthedinneryesterday?

W:Oh,Juliainvitedherfriendsoverintheafternoonandtheyateitall.

Q:Whatdowelearnfromtheconversation?

答案：Themanhastofindsomethingeltoeat.

【解析】此题为简单的推理题。从对话中可知，女士回答说Julie下午邀请了她的朋友，

他们把剩的饼都吃光了，由此可推断出这位男士不得不找别的东西吃。starving：adj.饥

饿的。

15.

W:Threelettersofrecommendationarerequiredtoapplytograduateschool

nderingiftheoneprofessorSmithwroteformelastyearcouldstil

lbeud.

M:It’’dbettersubmitarecentone.

Q:Whatdoesthemansuggestthewomando?

答案：Prentanewletterofreference.

【解析】此题为细节题。只要考生抓住这位男士回答中的关键词dated和recent，就

不难找出正确答案，而且，整个答句也很短，均是简单句，易于考生理解。letterofrec

ommendation和letterofreference意思相似，均可表示“推荐信”。

16.

W:I’o

uliketojoinourgardeningclub?WemeeteveryotherWednesday.

M:Oh,thanksfortheinvitation,butthisishowIrelax.I’drathernot

makeitsomethingformalandstructured.

Q:Whatcanweinferabouttheman?

答案：Hedeclinestojointhegardeningclub.

【解析】此题为暗示推理题，有一定难度。抓住问题中的关键词“infer”，这位男士

暗示了什么?从男士的回答“谢谢邀请，但这是我放松的方式，我宁愿我的花园不那么条条

框框”中可推断出，这位男士间接拒绝了参加园艺俱乐部的邀请。

17.

M:Iheardtherecentsculptureexhibitwaskindofdisappointing.

W:That’alotofotherpeoplefeelthewayIdoaboutmod

ernart.

Q:Whatdoesthewomanmean?

答案：Manypeopledonotappreciatemodernart.

【解析】此题为简单的推理题。只要考生能理解女士的回答“我猜许多其他人对现代艺

术和我的感觉是一样的。”，即可选出答案，而且答句中没有一个生难单词。sculpturee

xhibit：雕塑展。

18.

M:ouvoteforhi

m?

W:Oh,Ican’tdeciderightnowbecauIhavetofindoutmoreaboutthe

othercandidates.

Q:Whatdoesthewomanmean?

答案：Bobcannotcountonhervote.

【解析】此题为推理题。这位女士回答说她现在还没决定选谁，因为她还要看看其他候

选人的资料和表现，由此可推断出，Bob不能依赖这位女士的选票。runfor：竞选;chairm

anofthestudentunion：学生会主席;votefor：投票赞成。

ConversationOne

W:Idon’’temtogetanyoneinthehospitalto

okat

it.

M:Hmm,uh,areyoutryingtosaythatitprentsahealthhazard?

W:Yes,dtechnicianinthelabtriedtopersuadethehospital

administrationtoreplaceit,buttheyaretryingtocutcosts.

M:Youarepregnant,aren’tyou?

W:Yes,nefforttogetmysupervisortotransfermetoanoth

erdepartment,etheadminist

rationismorelikelytoreplacemethananX-rayequipment,I’mafraidtoref

’mmoreafraidtoexpomyunbornchildtotheradiation.

M:,asyourunionreprentative,Ihavetowarn

youthatitwouldtakequiteawhiletoforcemanagementtoreplacetheoldmac

hinesandattempttogetyoutransferredmayormaynotbesuccessful.

W:Oh,whatamIsuppodtodothen?

M:Workershavethelegalrighttorefucertainunsafeworkassignmentsu

ndertwofederallaws,theOccupationorSafetyandHealthActandtheNational

requirementsofeitheroftheActsmaybedifficu

lttomeet.

W:DoyouthinkIhaveagoodca?

M:Ifyoudoloyourjob,theunionwillfighttogetitbackforyoualo

ngwithbackpay,havetobepreparedforalongwait,

maybeaftertwoyears.

esthewomancomplainabout?

sthewomanaskedhersupervisortodo?

esthemansayaboutthetwofederallaws?

lltheuniondoifthewomanlosherjob?

【答案】

lthhazardatherworkplace.

erhertoanotherdepartment.

equirementsmaybedifficulttomeet.

elphertogetitback.

点评：

本篇长对话是关于一名怀孕的员工就工作中的辐射伤害向工会投诉。对话一开篇女士先

抱怨自己工作的医院无人听她申诉有关机器已过时，会造成身体伤害的问题，因为医院想要

降低成本。然后她提到自己有向主管提出转调部门的要求，然而遭到拒绝。主管还告诫她，

医院宁愿换掉她，让他人工作，也不会更换机器。于是工会代表告诉她转调部门确实可能不

会成功。同时要想利用目前的法案来解决这一问题，也会很难实现。最后指出，除非她真正

丢失工作，工会才能拿起法律武器帮她讨薪。

本对话考生虽然对辐射造成身体伤害的话题并不陌生，但整个对话中部分单词可能还是

会造成不少听力困扰。比如：healthhazard(健康伤害)中的hazard;X-rayequipment(X

光仪器)中的X-ray和两大法案的名称虽不难，但也容易混淆大家的视听，而误抓重点。

ConversationTwo

W:,isitfairtosaythatnegotiationisanart?

M:Well,Ithinkit’prepareforanegot

iationquitescientifically,buttheexecutionofthenegotiationhasquiteal

ottodowithone’entificpartofanegotiationis

youwantoutofit?Whatcanyougive?Th

ougoaboutit?Doyoutakeanopening

positioninanegotiationwhichdiffersfromtheeventualgoalyouareheading

for?Andthenofcourtherearethebehavioralaspects.

W:Whatdoyoumeanbythebehavioralaspects?

M:Well,that’behavior,youcan

pretendthatyoudon’tlikethingswhichyouarea

anpretendtolikethingswhichyouarequ

anbethehonesttypenegotiatorwho’sknown

ar

tisticpartofnegotiationIthinkhastodowithrespondingimmediatelytocue

anbeverbalcuesorevenbody

wheretheartisticqualitycomesin.

W:Soreally,youetwotypesofnegotiatorthen,theactororthehonest

one.

M:That’saythehonestnegotiatorcanb

rcircumstancesyouneedanact

or.

ascientificapproachbestembodiedinanegotiationaccording

totheman?

wayisanegotiatorlikeanactoraccordingtotheman?

esthemansayaboutthetwotypesofnegotiator?

【答案】

reparatorypha.

vesinawaycontrarytohisrealintention.

nsucceeddependingonthespecificsituation.

【点评】

本长对话主要是关于谈判的艺术性和科学性。谈判的科学性部分主要体现在谈判策略，

而谈判的艺术性则体现在表现上。这里可以归为两类，一是“演技派”，二是“诚实派”。

另外，谈判的艺术性还与对谈判过程中获得的口头暗示、肢体语言进行及时反应有关。最后

男士指出根据不同场合，无论是“诚实派”，或是“演技派”谈判者都能起到各自的效果。

本对话中的关键词有：negotiation：谈判;strategy：策略;behavioral：行为的。

SectionB

Passage1

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neoftheshow,ayellowcubeisliftedfromabluebox,an

repeated6ti

ysdono

lsimmediatel

entistsinterpretthegirls’excitementasmeaningth

ewonderingwhyAc

rwords,thelittlegirls

perimentcertainlydoesnotdefinitelyprovethatgirlss

tarttoreasonbeforeboys,butitprovidesacluethatscientistswouldliket

yitisknownthatbones,musclesandnervesdeve

sitiarlynervedevelopmentthatmakessome

istshavealsofou

rlsusuallytalkat

iststhinkthatthereisaphysicalreason

lievethatthenerveendingsintheleftsideofthebraindev

elopfasteringirlsthaninboys,anditisthissideofthebrainthatstrong

lyinfluencesanindividual’sabilitytoulanguageandrememberthings.

thedifferencebetweenActOneandActTwointhetest?

答案：Thesizeoftheobjectsshown.

hescientistsinterprettheirobrvationfromtheexperiment?

答案：Girlsemtostartreasoningearlierthanboys.

esthespeakersayabouttheexperiment?

答案：Itmaysimulatescientiststomakefurtherstudies.

ingtoscientists,whatisanotheradvantagegiventogirlsbyn

ature?

答案：Theytalkatanearlyage.

【点评】

本文是一篇关于幼儿思维能力的文章。…butitprovidesacluethat…一句前都

是具体的实验过程，是一个例子，重点在实验为科学研究提供的线索。实验发现可能是早期

的神经发育使女婴比男婴更聪明。科学家们还发现，自然可能还给了女孩另一大优势，那就

是女孩通常比男孩早开口说话，而这也是因为神经末梢发育快于男孩。

关键词：interpretv.解释;翻译boostn.推动，帮助

Passage2

Asuperattendantofthecitymunicipalbuilding,DilliaAdorno,wasrespon

ployees,citiz

ut

liningthemainpointsshewouldcover,sheassuredtheaudiencethatshewould

realizedt

asnotsurpridt

oyasked,

“Wouldthenewsystemcreatelonglinestogetintothebuildinglikethelin

eintheairportcuritychecks?”Dilliahadanticipatedthisquestionandha

epeatingthequestion,sheexplainedthatthesuffici

entnumberofcurityguardswouldbeworkingatpeakhourstospeedthingsal

tquestionwasmoreconfrontational.”Wherewasthemoneycomefrom

topayforallofthis?”

tedthatthemoneyw

ouldcomefromthecity’sgeneralbudget.“Iknowthearetidetimes”,she

added,“Buteveryoneagreesontheimportanceofsafeguardingouremployeesa

ndmembersofthepublicwhocomeintothebuilding.”Neartheendofthe25m

inutesshehassaid,o

werefinished,sheconcludedthessionwithabriefrestatementofhowthene

wsystemwillimprovecurityandpeaceofmindinthemunicipalbuilding.

Question30to32arebadonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

thefocusofDilliaAdorno’sprentation?

答案：Thenewcurityplanforthemunicipalbuilding.

estionhadDilliaAdornoanticipated?

答案：Whetherthecuritycheckswouldcreatelongqueuesatpeakhours.

dthespeakersthinkofthequestionfromthejournalist?

答案：Confrontational

【点评】

本文描写一位政府官员介绍了一项新的安保计划，并回答了在场人员的提问，类似于一

场新闻发布会。计划成本较高，而且可能颇具争议。本文详细阐述了两个提问。第一个问题

是Dillia预见到的，但第二个记者的提问是有对抗性的，即使confrontational这个词我

们听不懂也没关系，可以从下文的其他词汇中推断，如hostile有敌意的，而针对这个问

题，Dillia让自己尽可能不采取defensive的态度，既然要采取防卫的态度，那记者的提

问一定是在政府的对立面的，因此从defensive一词也可以判断出记者的态度。

关键词：attendantn.随员confrontationaladj.对抗性的hostile，defensive

Passage3

Despiteunemploymentandthelostofherhome,AndreaClarkconsidersher

cheerfulattitude?Hertroubleshavebrou

ar,Andrea’shusband,Rick,aminerinNe

Andreakeptherjobasaschoolbusdriver,sheknew

thattheycouldn’tpaytheirbillandsupporttheiryoungestoffivechildren,

Zack,agenine,ononeincome.“Atfirsttheirchurchhelpedout,butyoucan’

tkeepthatupforever”,chal,theireldestofherfourad

ostthreemonths,s

,RickandZackstayedinthebament

department,sharinglaundryandsinglebathroomwithMichal,hiswifeandtheir

twochildren.

Thechangecuttheirexpendituresinhalf,butthenewlivingarrangementp

dreafoundajobwithaschooldistrictclorto

hermother’shomeinwestJorden,Utah,

gupagainwithnopicnic,Zackhadtoswitchschoolsforthecondtimeands

saysthatthemovesthemlvesareexhaustingand

Rickisstilllookingforajob.

TherecessionhascertainlycomewithmoreproblemsthanAndreaanticipated,

xcitedtospendmoretimewith

rplus,eath

inksthey’llbeabletosaveupandmoveoutinlessthan6months.

Questions33-35arebadonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

Q33WhatdowelearnaboutAndrea’shusband?

答案：HeudtoworkasaminerinNevada.

Q34WhydidAndreamovetoliveinhereldestson’shome?

答案：Tocuttheirlivingexpens.

Q35WhatisAndrea’sattitudetowardthehardshipsbroughtbytheeconomic

recession?

答案：Optimistic.

【点评】

本文描写了Andrea一家在经历失业时依然乐观向上的积极状态。这从文章的首句Desp

iteunemploymentandthelostofherhome,AndreaClarkconsidersherlfable

sdandhappywoman.和最后一段butsheremainsunfailinglyoptimistic.都能得到

印证。Andrea的丈夫是内华达的矿工，去年失业，为了维持生计，他们先是和大儿子一家

住在一起，后来又搬家到犹他州，她的丈夫还在继续找工作。但是经济衰退，并没有让And

rea消极，她觉得自己和家人的关系更紧密了并且相信自己能够度过难关。

关键词：layoff解雇;expendituren.支出，花费;optimisticadj.乐观的

SectionC

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edge.

【点评】

本文是有关高原病的，主要讲述了高原病的症状以及预防措施。文章本身长难句不多，

但出现了较多偏难单词，考验学生的临场心态。

需填单词难度较大，如dizzy，fatigue，adver，altitude等，对学生的词汇量要求

颇高。

空格整体分布较为均匀，填写时间比较充足。所填词语格式比较重要，如-s等是不可

漏过的细节。需填写的句子均较短，难度不是特别大。

深度阅读_SA：

解析：关键词evaluateourlves

迅速定位到第一段第一句话所以答案是others

rtopeers

解析：关键词adolescence

迅速定位到第一段中间所以答案是similartopeers.

istener

解析：关键词lf-awareness

迅速定位到第二段第一句所以答案是agoodlistener

ekprofessionalhelp

解析：关键词unacceptabletofamilyorfriends

迅速定位到第二段第七行所以答案是Theycanekprofessionalhelp.

lreaction

解析：关键词Counlors和assure

迅速定位到第二段倒数第三行所以答案是anormalreaction

深度阅读SB_1

AmidallthejoblossoftheGreatRecession,thereisonecategoryofwo

rkerthattheeconomicdisruptionhasbeengoodfor:nonhumans.

Fromlf-rvicecheckoutlinesatthesupermarkettoindustrialrobotsar

medwithsawsandtaughttocarveupanimalcarcassinslaughter-hous,thes

eever-more-intelligentmachinesarenownotjustassistingworkersbutactuall

ykickingthemoutoftheirjobs.

Automationisn’tjustaffectingfactoryworkers,wfirmsno

wuartificialintelligencesoftwaretoscanandreadmountainsoflegaldocu

ments,workthatpreviouslywasperformedbyhighlypaidhumanlawyers.

“Robotscontinuetohaveanimpactonblue-collarjobs,andwhite-collarj

obsareunderattackbymicroprocessors,”saysEdwardLeamer,aneconomicspro

fessoratUCLA’sAndersonSchoolofManagementanddirectoroftheUCLAAnders

onForecast,saystherec

omesticproducthas

climbedbacktopre-recessionlevels,meaningwe’reproducingasmuchasbefor

e,re,roboticsarenottheonlyjob

killersoutthere,withoutsourcingstealingfarmoregigsthanautomation.

JeffBurnstein,presidentoftheRoboticsIndustryAssociation,atradegro

upinAnnArbor,Mich.,ic:

companiesthatembraceautomationmightufewerworkers,butthat’sstillbe

tterthanfiringeveryoneandmovingtheworkoveras.

It’snotthatrobotsarecheaperthanhumans,’s

thattheyarebetter.“Insomecasthequalityrequirementsaresostringent

thatevenifyouwantedtohaveahumandothejob,youcouldn’t,”Burnstein

says.

Samegoesforsurgeons,whoareusingroboticsystemstoperformanever-gr

owinglistofoperations—notbecauthemachinessavemoneybutbecau,than

kstothegreaterprecisionofrobots,thepatientsrecoverinlesstimeandha

vefewercomplications,Curet.

Surgeonsmaysurvivetherobotinvasion,butothersatthehospitalmightn

otbesolucky,asiRobot,makeroftheRoomba,arobotvacuumcleaner,hasbee

nshowingoffAva,athree-foot-talldroidonwheelsthatcarriesatabletcomp

eyo

u’rehome,recovering,Avacouldletyoutalktoyourdoctor,sothere’snon

“mobileteleprence”couldbeuful

’reawayonatrip,

connectviavideoconferencingsoftware,soyourfaceappearsonAva’sscreen.

Isanyjobsafe?Iwashopingtosay“journalist,”butrearchersareal

meansthatafewyearsfromnow,

willreadit?Well,theremightbealotofushangingaroundwithlotsoffre

etimeonourhands.

welearnfromthefirstfewparagraphs?

答案：Theroboticindustryhasbenefitedfromtheeconomicrecession.

udthegreatestlossofjobsinAmerica?

答案：Movingproductiontoothercountries.

esJeffBurnsteinsayaboutrobots?

答案：Theycompetewithhumanworkers.

eroboticsystemsreplacingsurgeonsinmoreandmoreoperations

Curet?

答案：Theybeathumansinprecision.

estheauthorimplyaboutrobotics?

答案：Itwillbeappliedinanyfieldimaginable.

【解析】这是一篇讨论机器人取代人类的科技说明文，话题是考生比较熟悉的科技类文

章。文中指出在大萧条时期众多失业的情况下，有一类工人却受益于经济混乱：机器人。机

器人和业务外包比自动化分流了更多的岗位。但是专家指出，并不是因为机器人比人廉价，

而是它们比人类更优秀。在很多具体工作上，人类无法做到像机器人那样精确。文章最后一

段探讨还有那些岗位能免于机器人取代的危机，作者本以为记者行业可以，但是结果却不是

这样，几乎所有岗位都面临这种趋势，从而紧扣文章原文题目和主题：WhoNeedsHumans?

人类还有何用?

本文选材虽然是科技相关，但是词汇都比较简单，没有太偏的词汇。而这几道题相比而

言，难度又低了不少，很多选项直接可以通过对比原文排除，如54题谈到对机器人的看法，

其中B选项说机器人比人类工作更省钱更便宜，而文中已经特别清晰的表明立场，It’sn

otthat…此外，词汇复现也能帮助大家准备做对题目，如第52题的答案中benefitfrom

就对应了原文中的begoodfor，所以很快很轻松的就选出来了。因此考生只要明确文中几

个人物各自的观点，勾画好关键词，整体上来讲，5道题都做对基本可以做到的。

深度阅读SB_2

You'venowhearditsomanytimes,youcanprobablyrepeatitinyoursleep.

PresidentObamawillnodoubtmakethepointpubliclywhenhegetstoBeijing:

theChineneedtospendmore;theyneedtoconsumemore;theyneed—believ

eitornot—tobecomemorelikeAmericans,forthesakeoftheglobaleconom

y.

Andit'

moment,

erthepersonal-savingsratedippedtozeroin2005,theshockoftheeconomic

crisislastyearpromptedpeopletosnapshuttheirwallets.

InChina,thehouhold-savingsrateexceeds20%.Itispartlyforpolicyr

'veen,wageearnersareexpectedtocarefornotonlytheirchi

reis,todate,onlytheflimsiest

(脆弱的)ofpublicly-fundedhealthcareandpensionsystems,whichincreasin

naisasociety

thathaslongesteemedpersonalfinancialprudence(谨慎)

snochancethatwillchangeanytimesoon,evenifthegovernmentcreatesabet

tersocialsafetynetandsuccessfullyencouragesgreaterconsumerspending.

learnalittlefrugality(节俭)?Becauhealthys

avingsratesareoneofthesurestindicatorsofacountry'slong-termfinancia

vingslead,overtime,toincreadinvestment,whichinturn

generatesproductivitygains,t,savingsare

theedcornofagoodeconomicharvest.

ingconstantdeficits,

itisdis-saving,rszag,Obama'sBudgetD

irector,deficitsunsustainableandhe'sright.

Todate,medunabletohavewhatIndianaGovernorMitchDaniel

shascalledan"adultconversation"abouttheconquencesofspendingsomuch

ughHuJintaoandtherest

oftheChineleadershiparen'tinclinedtolecturevisitingPresidents,hem

ightgentlyhintthatBeijingisgettingalittlenervousaboutthevalueofth

edollar—whichhasfallen15%sinceMarch,inlargepartbecauofincreasi

ngfearsthatAmerica'sdebtloadisbecomingunmanageable.

That'swhathappenswhenyou'retheworld'sbiggestcreditor:yougettodr

ophintslikethat,whichwouldbeenoughbythemlvestocreateinternational

economicchaosiftheywereeverleaked.(EverytimeanyofficialinBeijingd

forthe$2.

1trillionChinaholdsinrerve,currencytradershaveaheartattack.)IfAm

ericanssavedmoreandspentless,consistentlyovertime,theywouldn'thavet

oworryaboutallthat.

【点评】

本文讲述了在全球经济危机的背景下，美国人要向中国人学习勤俭，学会储蓄。为什么

这样做呢?文章中指出良好的储蓄率能够推动经济的繁荣。但即使美国家庭开始储蓄更多，

如果政府常年赤字的话，对美国来说还是“反储蓄”的。所以文章的目的是敦促美国政府降

低赤字，并在文末再一次强调要坚持向中国学习存多花少，

theeconomiccrisisaffectAmericans?

Theyhadtotightentheirbelts.

【解析】细节题。从原文第二段最后一句话“theshockoftheeconomiccrisisla

styearpromptedpeopletosnapshuttheirwallets”可见，经济危机使得美国民众关

紧钱包，即少花钱，也就是答案中tightentheirbelts(勒紧腰带，节省开支)的意思。所

以正确答案为A。

ouldbedonetoencourageChinepeopletoconsume?

ImprovingChina’ssocialcuritysystem.

【解析】细节题。从原文中的“evenifthegovernmentcreatesabettersocial

safetynetandsuccessfullyencouragesgreaterconsumerspending”可见，如要鼓励

中国人消费更多，这需要提高社会安全系统。

estheauthormeanbysaying“savingsaretheedcornofago

odeconomicharvest”(Line4,Para.4)?

Ahealthysavingsratepromoteconomicprosperity.

【解析】细节题。根据题干提示，定位至第四段最后一句，我们发现这句话是前面几句

话的概括，那根据前面“Highsavingslead,overtime,toincreadinvestment,wh

ichinturngeneratesproductivitygains,innovationandjobgrowth.”可知，高储

蓄率能够促进投资，进而促进生产率、创新和岗位增长，即促进经济的繁荣。所以正确答案

为D。

circumstancesdocurrencytradersbecomescared?

WhenBeijingmentionsinpublicthehugedebtsAmericaowesChina.

【解析】细节题。从原文中的“EverytimeanyofficialinBeijingdeliberately

forthe$2.1trillion

Chinaholdsinrerve,currencytradershaveaheartattack.”可知，每当中国政

府公开提到美国欠我国的大量债务，货币交易员们就担惊受怕。因为本段一开始提到作为最

大的债权国，财政上的漏洞会造成经济的混乱。所以正确答案为D。

theauthor’spurpoofwritingthepassage?

TourgetheAmericangovernmenttocutdefictis.

【解析】主旨题。纵观全文，作者一直在强调美国应该向中国学习勤俭，文中第五段的

第一句话“Byrunningconstantdeficits,itisdis-saving,evenashouholdssa

vemore.”也给到我们提示，既然长期运行赤字是不利于储蓄的，那美国政府应该做的是降

低赤字。所以正确答案是A。

完形填空：

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earswillendangerhundredsofmillionsofalreadypoorpeopleintheglobaltr

opics,sayrearchersworking62theworld'sleadingagriculturalorganisation

s.

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cal63butmanyareaspreviouslyconsideredtobe64foodcurearelikelyto

becomehighly65todroughts,extremeweatherandhighertemperatures,saythe

66withtheConsultativeGrouponInternationalAgriculturalRearch.

Intensivelyfarmedareas67northeastBrazilandMexicoarelikelytoet

heir68growingasonsfallbelow120days,whichis69forcropssuchascorn

herplacesinLatinAmericaarelikelyto70temperaturesth

ataretoohotforbean71,astapleintheregion.

an300mill

ionpeopleinsouthAsiaarelikelytobeaffectedevenwitha5%decreaint

he73ofthegrowingason.

Higherpeaktemperaturesarealsoexpectedtotakeaheavy74onfoodprodu

hereare56millioncrop-dependentpeopleinpartsofwestAfrica

andIndiawholiveinareaswhere,in40years,maximumdailytemperaturescoul

75tothemaximumtemperaturethatbeanscantole

rate,76cornandriceyieldssufferwhentemperatures77thislevel.

"Wearestartingtoemuchmoreclearly78theeffectsofclimatechange

onagriculturecould79hungerandpoverty,"saidrearchleaderPattiKristja

nson."Farmersalreadyadapt80variableweatherbychangingtheirplantingsch

isstudysuggestsisthatthespeedofclimate81andthemagnit

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翻译A

moviewearegoingtoethivening____________(据说是基于一

次真实的事件).

mesthecouponattachedtoaproductmay______________(分散顾客对

其质量的注意力).

dlefthalfanhourearlier,we______________________(或许就不会

为交通阻塞所耽搁).

efudtheassistanceprovided,forsheobjected________________

(被当成残疾人看待).

_______________(他们虽然尽了力)，theirfirstattemptatasolutionw

asunsuccessful.

翻译答案

dtobebadonatrueevent

customers’attentiontoitsquality

othavebeendelayedbythetrafficjam

eatedasthedisabled

hadtried

翻译解析

dtobebadonatrueevent

【解析】本题考查固定句型及短语用法。”Itis(was)saidtobe…”,表示“据说……”。

该句子的主语是”Thenewmovie”,“wearegoingtoethivening”这个句子是

定语从句用来修饰主语，因此翻译的时候可以先不看它，抓住句子的主干。“基于”的表达

有许多种：donsth.;ebaofsth.等等。

customers’attentiontoitsquality

【解析】本题考查短语固定用法。“分散某人的注意力”表达方式也有许多种：dispe

r/distractone’sattentiontosth.

othavebeendelayedbythetrafficjam

【解析】本题考查过去时态的虚拟语气;而且根据句意可知为被动态，因此主句的结构

为”couldnothavebeendone”，表示本不可能发生的情况却发生了。另外注意“交通阻

塞”、“耽搁”这些日常生活中常用词的英语表达。

eatedasthedisabled

【解析】本题考查动词短语固定表达。””表示“把某人看作”，而此句

用被动态”atedas”即“某人被当作(对待)……”。另外注意表示一类人的方

法，通常用”the+adj.”所以“残疾人”为”thedisabled”，又如，”theold”“老年

人”等等。

hadtried

【解析】本题考查让步主语从句及句子倒装。因为该从句以副词”Hard”开头表示强调，

因此用连词”as”来引导该从句要整句倒装，”as”的意思为“虽然，尽管”。同时因主句

是过去时可判断，从句的时态应为过去完成时。本句的正常语序为”Astheyhadtriedh

ard,their…”

翻译B

hyearsofhardwork,they_______________(已经把那片荒地变成了肥沃

的农田).

ongsinceIlastsawher,andifshehadnotgreetedmefirst___

__________(我几乎认不出她来).

enatthecourthearingfinally___________________(使法官确信我

们是清白的).

85._________________(你可以放心)wewillfulfillourtaskaheadoftime.

uldliveinharmonywithnature,and____________________(试图征服

它是不明智的).

翻译答案及解析

rnedthewastelandintofertilefarmland.

【解析】本题考查完成时态固定短语用法。“把……变成”为”turn…into…”.另外

“荒地”的表达”wasteland,barrenland,uncultivatedland”;“农田”为”farml

and,cropland,cultivatedland”。

nothaverecognizedher

【解析】本题考查虚拟语气。if引导的条件句时态为过去完成时，那么主句的结构为

“wouldnothavedone“。“认出某人”一般用”recognizesb.”

cedthejudgethatwewereblameless

【解析】本题考查固定表达及时态一致。“让某人确信某事”有多种表达”convince

…”;”at…”，”blameless”意思为“清白的;无可责备的;

无过失的”;另外据句意可判定主句谓语为过去时，因此that引导的从句与主句时态要保

持一致。

countonus

【解析】本题考查固定表达。”countonsb.”“指望、依靠某人”意即“某人可以放

心”。

witoattempttoconquerit

【解析】本题考查形式主语结构及短语用法“做什么是不明智的”为”itisunwi

todosth.”。“试图做某事”为”attempttodosth.;trydoingsth.”