2018年6月大学英语六级考试仔细阅读真题解析（卷二）Section C
Directions:There are 2 passages in this ction. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C)and D).You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 46 to 50 are bad on the following passage.
Economically speaking, are we better off than we were ten years ago? Twenty years ago?
In their thirst for evidence on this issue, commentators ized on the recent report by the Census Bureau, which found that average houhold income ro by 5.2% in 2015. Unfortunately, that conclusion puts too much weight on a uful, but flawed and incomplete, statistic. Among the more significant problems with the Census’s measure are that: 1) it excludes taxes, transfers, and compensation like employer-provided health insurance; and 2) it is bad on surveys rather than data. Even if precily measured, income data exclude important determinants of economic well-being, such as the hours of work needed to earn that income.
While thinking about the question, we came across a recently published article by Charles Jones and Peter Klenow, which propos an interesting new measure of economic welfare. While by no means perfect, it is considerably more comprehensive than average income, taking into account not only growth in consumption per person but also changes in working time, life expectancy, and inequality. Moreover, it can be ud to asss economic performance both across countries and over time.
The Jones-Klenow method can be illustrated by a cross-country example. Suppo we want to compare the economic welfare of citizens of the U.S. and France in 2005.
In 2005, as the authors obrve, real consumption per person in France was only 60% as high as the U.S., making it appear that Americans were economically much better off than the French on average. However, that comparison omits other relevant factors: leisure time, life expectancy, and economic inequality. The French take longer vacations and retire earlier, so typically work fewer hours; they enjoy a higher life expectancy, presumably reflecting advantages with respect to health care, diet, lifestyle, and the like; and income and consumption are somewhat more equally distributed there than in the U.S. Becau of the differences, comparing France’s consumption with the U.S.’s overstates the gap in economic welfare.
Similar calculations can be ud to compare the U.S. and other countries. For example, this calculation puts economic welfare in the United Kingdom at 97% of U.S. levels, but estimates Mexican well-being at 22%.
The Jones-Klenow measure can also asss an economy’s performance over time. According to this measure, as of the early-to-mid-2000s, the U.S. had the highest
economic welfare of any large country. Since 2007, economic welfare in the U.S. has continued to improve. However, the pace of improvement has slowed markedly.
Methodologically, the lesson from the Jones-Klenow rearch is that economic welfare is multi-dimensional. Their approach is flexible enough that in principle other important quality-of life changes could be incorporated—for example, decreas in total emissions of pollutants and declines in crime rates.
全文翻译及命题分析
从经济上讲，我们的生活比十年前或二十年前更好吗？
评论员从美国人口普查局最新的一份报告着手，渴望在这个问题上找到证据。该报告发现，2015年的
家庭平均收入增长了5.2%。不幸的是，这一结论过于强调统计数据，而该数据虽有效，但有缺陷和不完整。统计调查在衡量测算方面有如下重要问题：1)它不包括税收、转账和补偿，如雇主提供的健康保险；2)它基于调查而不是数据。即便调查结果是精确的，收入数据也将一些经济福祉的重要决定因素排除在外，如赚取收入所需的工作时间。
韩国大学排名在思考这个问题的时候，我们看到了查尔斯·琼斯和彼得·克勒诺最近发表的一篇文章，文中提出了一种新颖有趣的经济福祉衡量标准。它谈不上完美，但比平均收入作为唯一衡量指标要全面得多。它既考虑到人均消费的增长，也考虑到工作时间、预期寿命的变化和经济不平等等因素。此外，它既可以用于对比国与国之间的经济业绩，也可以用于评估某个国家在某个时间段的经济业绩。
琼斯和克勒诺提出的方法可以通过一个跨国案例加以说明。假设我们想将2005年美国和法国公民的经济福祉进行对比。
2005年，正如作者所观察到的，法国的人均实际消费仅为美国的60%，表面上美国人的经济状况似乎比法国人的平均水平要好得多。然而，这种比较忽略了其他相关因素：闲暇时间、预期寿命和经济不平等。法国人休假时间更长，退休时间更早，因此通常工作时间更短；他们的预期寿命更长，大概反映了法国在医疗保健、饮食、生活方式等方面的优势；法国的收入和消费分配相对于美国也要更均衡一些。由于这些差异，60%这一比较数据夸大了两国在经济福祉方面的差距。
类似的计算也可以用来比较美国和其他国家。例如，这种计算将英国的经济福祉水平定为美国的97%，而墨西哥人的福利水平约为美国的22%。
琼斯和克勒诺提出的衡量标准也可以用来评估某个国家在某个时间段的经济业绩。根据这一标准，本世纪初到本世纪中期，美国的经济福祉比其它大国都要好。自2007年以来，美国的经济福祉持续改善。然而，改善的速度明显放缓。
从方法上讲，琼斯-克伦诺研究所得出的教训是，经济福祉是多维的。他们的方法足够灵活，原则上包括了其他重要的生活质量方面的变化，如污染物总排放量的减少和犯罪率的降低。
【命题分析】本题包括多种阅读理解题型，既有细节题，也有观点态度题和推理判断题，因此有一定难度。
【内容概要】本篇阅读理解介绍了一种衡量经济福祉的新方法——Jones-Klenow method。它包含了影响生活质量的更多因素，比美国人口普查局所采用的方法更全面更灵活。
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【试题详解】
46. What does the author think of the 2015 report by the Census Bureau?
A) It is bad on questionable statistics.
B) It reflects the economic changes.
C) It evidences the improved welfare.
D) It provides much food for thought.
ccd是什么【题干译文】作者是如何看待美国人口普查局2015年的报告？
【选项译文】A. 它基于有问题的统计数据。B. 它反映了经济变化。C. 它证明了福利的改善。D. 它提供了许多值得思考的事情。
【定位信息】将题干中2015以及Census Bureau等作为向导词，定位到第二自然段。也可以结合顺序法定位，该题作为本阅读文章第一题，阅读点一般在文章开头或靠前的位置。
【答案详解】答案是A。第二自然段第二句话“Unfortunately, that conclusion puts too much weight on a uful, but flawed and incomplete, statistic.”意思是：不幸的是，这一结论过于强调统计数据，而该数据虽有效，但有缺陷和不完整。该数据有缺陷且不完整，自然是有问题的数据。
【干扰分析】本题为细节题，定位信息明确，其它选项干扰性较小。
47. What does the author say about the Jones-Klenow method?
A) It is widely ud to compare the economic growth across countries.
B) It revolutionizes the way of measuring ordinary peopled livelihood.
C) It focus on people’s consumption rather than their average income.
D) It is a more comprehensive measure of peo ple’s economic well-being.
【题干译文】作者对琼斯和克勒诺提出的方法有什么看法？
【选项译文】A. 它被广泛用于比较各国的经济增长。B. 它彻底改变了衡量普通百姓生计的方法。C. 它关注的是人们的消费，而不是他们的平均收入。D. 它是衡量人们经济福祉的更全面的指标。
【定位信息】将题干中人名Jones、Klenow作为向导词，结合顺序法，定位到第三自然段。
【答案详解】答案是D。第三自然段第二句话“While by no means perfect, it is considerably more comprehensive than average income, taking into account not only growth in consumption per person but also changes in working time, life expectancy, and inequality.”意思是：它谈不上完美，但比平均收入作为唯一衡量指标要全面得多。它既考虑到人均消费的增长，也考虑到工作时间、预期寿命的变化和经济不平等等因素。很明显，作者在此发表自己对琼斯和克勒诺提出的方法的看法；虽不完美，但更全面。
【干扰分析】本题为观点态度题，需要将第三自然段第二句话充分理解。
新东方四级48. What do Jones and Klenow think of the comparison between France and the U.S. in terms of real consumption per person?
A) It reflected the existing big gap between the two economies.
B) It negl ected many important indicators of people’s welfare.
C) It covered up the differences between individual citizens.
苏州embaD) It failed to count in their difference in natural resources.
【题干译文】琼斯和克勒诺是如何看待美国和法国在真实人均消费方面的比较？【选项译文】A. 它反映了两个经济体之间存在的巨大差距。B. 它忽视了许多重要的人民福利指标。C. 它掩盖了公民个人之间的差异。D. 它没有将自然资源方面的差异计算在内。
【定位信息】将题干中comparison between France and the U.S.以及real consumption per person作为向导词，结合顺序法，定位到第四、五自然段，这两个自然段主要讲美、法两国在真实人均消费方面的比较。
【答案详解】答案是B。第五自然段第二句话“However, that comparison omits other relevant factors: leisure time, life expectancy, and economic inequality.”意思是：然而，这种比较忽略了其他相关因素：闲暇时间、预期寿命和经济不平等。很明显，B选项中neglected和important indicators分别与该句中omits和relevant factors对应。
【干扰分析】本题为观点态度题。A选项明显与文章主旨不符，而D选项中美、法两国在自然资源方面的差异文中根本没有提到，可以轻易排除。C选项有很大的迷惑性，国民个人之间的差异比较含糊，到底指的是美、法两国公民之间的个体差异还是两个国家内部公民之间的个体差异或两者兼而有之？相比较而言，B 选项意思更为明确，而且该选项中的相关表述与对应的阅读点之间存在明显的对应关系。
49. What is an advantage of the Jones-Klenow method?
A) It can accurately pinpoint a country’s current economic problems.
B) It can help to rai people’s awareness of their economic well-being.
balanceC) It can diagno the caus of a country’s slowing pace of economic improvement.
不良情侣电视剧D) It can compare a country’s economic conditions between different periods of time.
【题干译文】琼斯和克勒诺提出的方法有什么优势？
【选项译文】A. 它能够准确地指出一个国家当前的经济问题。B. 它有助于提高人们对经济福祉的认识。C. 它可以诊断出一个国家经济发展速度放缓的原因。
D. 它可以比较一个国家在不同时期的经济状况。
【定位信息】将题干中Jones-Klenow method作为向导词，结合顺序法，定位到第七自然段。
【答案详解】答案是D。第七自然段第一句话“The Jones-Klenow measure can also asss an economy’s performance over time.”意思是：琼斯和克勒诺提出的衡量标准也可以用来评估某个国家在某个时间段的经济业绩。琼斯和克勒诺提出的衡量标准可以用于对比国与国之间的经济业绩，也可以用于评估某个国家在某个时间段的经济业绩，显然是该方法的一个优势。
【干扰分析】本题为细节题，其在文中对应的阅读点明确，其他干扰项迷惑性较小。
50. What can we infer from the passage about American people’s economic
well-being?
A) It is much better than that of their European counterparts.
B) It has been on the decline ever since the turn of the century.
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C) It has not improved as much as reported by the Census Bureau.
D) It has not been accurately assd and reported since mid-2000s.
【题干译文】下列有关美国人民的经济福祉方面的推断正确的是哪一个？
【选项译文】A. 美国的经济福祉比欧洲国家的经济福祉好得多。B. 自从世纪之交以来，美国的经济福祉一直在走下坡路。C. 美国的经济福祉改善情况与美国人口普查局的报告有出入。D. 自本世纪中期以来，美国的经济福祉一致没有得到准确的评估和报告。
【定位信息】将题干中American以及economic well-being作为向导词，结合顺序法，定位到最后两个自然段。该题作为本阅读文章最后一题，阅读点一般在文章结尾或靠后的位置。
【答案详解】答案是C。根据第七自然段最后三句话，我们可以得知：本世纪初到本世纪中期，美国的经济福祉比其它大国都要好。自2007年以来，美国的经济福祉持续改善，然而改善的速度明显放缓。虽然美国的经济福祉持续改善，但改善的速度明显放缓，这明显与美国人口普查局的报告有出入。
【干扰分析】本题为推理判断题，需要通篇考虑。A选项中much better与实际程度不符，B选项与美国经济福祉持续改善的事实不符。D选项有一定的迷惑度，但since mid-2000s与文中的实际时间不符。
Passage Two
Questions 51 to 55 are bad on the following passage.
If you’ve ever started a ntence with, “If I ” or found yourlf scratching your head at a colleague’s agony over a decision when the answer is crystal-clear，there’s a scientific reason behind it. Our own decision-making abilities can become depleted over the cour of the day causing indecision or poor choices, but choosing on behalf of someone el is an enjoyable task that doesn’t suffer the same pitfalls.
The problem is “decision fatigue,” a psychological phenomenon that on the quality of your choices after a long day of decision making, says Evan Polman, a leading psychologist.
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Physicians who have been on the job for veral hours, for example, are more likely to prescribe antibiotics to patients when it’s unwi to do so. “Presumably it’s becau it’s simple and easy to write a prescription and consider a patient ca clod rather than investigate further,” Polman says.
But decision fatigue goes away when you are making the decision for someone el. When people imagine themlves as advirs and imagine their own choices as belonging to someone el, they feel less tired and rely less on decision shortcuts to make tho choices. “By taking upon the role of advir rather than decision maker, one does not suffer the conquences of decision fatigue,” he says. “It’s as if there’s something fun and liberating about making someone el’s choice.”
Getting input from others not only offers a fresh perspective and thought process, it often also includes riskier choices. While this sounds undesirable, it can be quite good, sa ys Polman. “When people experience decision fatigue—when they are tiredimpressions
