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1、六级阅读真题及2019 年 6 月六级阅读真题及答案2014 年 6 月六级阅读真题及答案Section ADirections ：In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks,You are required to select One word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Ea

2、ch choice in the bamk is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.For investors who desire low risk and guaranteedincome,U.S. Government bonds are a se

3、cure investment because these bonds have the financial backing and full faith and credit of the federal government.Municipal bonds,alsosecure,are offered by local governmengts and oftenhave_36_such as tax-free interest.Some may even be_37_.Corportate bonds are a bit more risky.Two questions often_38

4、_first-time corportatebond investors.The first is ”If I purchase a corportate bond,do I have to hold it until the matueity date? ”Theanswer is no.Bonds are bought and sold daily on_39_securities exchanges.However,if your bond does nothave_40_ that make it attractive to other investors,you may be for

5、ced to sell your bond at a_41_i.e., aprice less than the bond s face value. But if your bond ishighly valued by other investors, you may be able to sell it at a premium, i.e., a price above its face value. Bond pricesgcncrally_42_ inversely ( 相反地 )with current marketinterest rates. As interest rates

6、 go up, bond pnccs tall, andvice versa ( 反之亦然 ).Thus, like all investments ，bonds havea degree of risk.The second question is “How can I _43_ theinvestment risk of a particular bond issue? ” Standard &Poors and Moody s Investors Service rate the level of riskof many corporate and government bonds. A

7、nd _44_, thehigher the market risk of a bond ，the higher the interestrate. Investors will invest in a bond considered risky only if the _45_return is high enough.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。A) advantages I) fluctuateB) assess J) indefiniteC) bother K) insuredD) conserved L) majorE) deduction M) naturallyF)

8、discount N) potentialG) embarrass 0) simultaneouslyH) features参照答案36. N) spoiling本空与前面的 spend 组成 spend time doing 的搭配，需要动词ing 形式。备选的有 illustrating( 论述 ) 和 spoiling( 喜爱 ) ，能与空后的 grandkids 组成合理搭配的显然只有 spoiling ，意为“花更多时间去宠孙子”。37. K) radically本空所在句不缺骨干成分，且本空是修饰 different ideas ，所以需要副词。备选的有 mysteriously(

9、 神奇地 ) 、radically( 根当地 ) 和separately( 分开地 ) 。能与 different ideas 组成合理搭配的只有radically ，这里做水平副词，表示丈夫与老婆有着“根本上不一样的看法”。38. C) disagree本空为从句中的谓语，因此缺乏动词，由于从句主语为复数couples ，因此需要动词原形或过去式 ; 且要考虑与空后的 on 组成搭配，应为不及物动词。备选的有 assume(假定 ) 、disagree( 不一样意 ) 、 observe( 察看 ) 和 underestimate( 低估 ) 。此中不及物且与 on 能组成搭配的只有 dis

10、agree 。此外，第一段段末提到的丈夫与老婆有着“根本上不一样的看法”也提示了这里所描绘的现象理应是夫妇们不一样意相互的建议。39. O) underestimate本空为该句谓语，且与之并列的前半句使用的是一般此刻时，因此需要动词原形，备选的有 assume(假定 ) 、observe( 察看 ) 和 underestimate( 低估 ) 。可以与空后的 age 组成合理搭配的只有 underestimate ，意为丈夫们“低估了老婆退休时的年纪”。此外，前半句与该句组成转折，而前半句提到的是老婆一般能正确判断丈夫的退休年纪，可知该句应描绘的是丈夫不认识老婆的退休年纪。40. I) op

11、timistic本空为表语，且被副词 slightly 修饰，空气还有 more，提示了应为形容词。备选的又 confidential( 机密的 ) 、 forthcoming( 立刻到来的 ) 和 optimistic( 乐观的 ) 。注意本空形容的是空后的 standard ofliving( 生活标准 ) ，能组成合理意思的只有 optimistic ，意为丈夫比老婆“对于生活标准要稍微乐观一些”。41. M) separately本空与 together 组成并列，因此应当与 together 词性一致，为副词。备选的有 mysteriously( 神奇地 ) 和 separately

12、( 分开地 ) 。能与 together 意思上组成并列的只有 separately ，表示正好相反的状态，被 or 串连，组成选择型的并列。42. A) assume本空为该句谓语，且并列的后半句用的是一般此刻时，而本句主语为复数 they ，因此本空需要动词原形。备选的有 assume(假定 ) 和 observe( 察看 ) 。能在这里组成合理意思的只有 assume，意为“他们认为他们建议一致”。43. L) reality空前的 the 提示了本空需要名词，空后的 is 提示了本空需要可数名词单数或不行数名词。备选的有 formula( 公式、方案 ) 、 package( 包裹 )

13、 和 reality( 现实) 。这里能组成合理意思的只有reality ，意为“但现实是他们甚至都没有讨论这个话题”。注意前半句的 assume 示意了前半句是夫妇们自认为的现象、也就是设想，这也示意 43 空所在的转折以后的后半句描绘的才是实情。44. E) forthcoming本空是在形容的有 confidential(retirement date( 退休日期 ) ，需要形容词。备选机密的 ) 和 forthcoming( 立刻到来的 ) 。能组成合理意思的只有 forthcoming ，意为“经常是立刻就要到临的退休日成为了退休规划的催化剂”，即人们只有靠近退休的时候才会被迫开始做

14、规划。45. J) package空前的 an 后边需要可数名词单数，但 early-retirement 并不是可数名词单数，因此本空才理应是被 an 限制的可数名词单数。备选的有 formula( 公式、方案 ) 和 package( 包裹 ) 。这里意思更合理的是package，这个词可以表示“一揽子计划”， early- retirement package 意为“提早退休计划”。Section BDirections ： In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statments attached to it.

15、each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.identify the paragraph from weich the information is derived.you may choose a parpgraph more than once.each paragraph is marked with a letter.answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on answer sheet 2.lessons from a F

16、eminist ParadiseAOn the surface,Sweden appears to be a feministparadise.Look at any global survey of gender equality andSweden will be near the top.Family-friendly policies are itsnorm-with 16 months of paid parental leave,specialprotections for part-time workers,and state-subsidizedpreschools where

17、,according to a government website,gender-awareness education is increasingly common.due to anunfficial quota system,women hold 45 percent of positions inthe swedish parliament.they have enjoyed the protection ofgovernment agencies with titles like the Ministry ofIntegration and Gender Equality and

18、the Secretariat of GenderResearch.So why are American women so far ahead of their Swedish counterparts in breaking through the glass ceiling?Bin a 2012 report,the World Economic Forum found that when it comes to closing the gender gap ineconmic participation and opportunity,the United States is ahea

19、d of not only Sweden but also Finland,Denmark,the Netherlands,Iceland,Germany,and the United Kingdom.Swedens rank in the report can largely be explained by its politicalquota system.Though the United States has fewer women in the workorce(68 percent compared to Swedens 77 percent).American women who

20、 choose to be employed are far more likely to work full-time and to hold high-level jobs as manangers or professionals.They also own more businesses,lauch more start-ups( 新创立的公司 ),and more often work in traditionally male fields.As for breaking through the glass ceiling in business,American women ar

21、e well in the lead.Cwhat explains the American advantage?How can it be that societies like Sweden,where gender equality is vigorously pusued and engorced,have fewer female managers,executives,professionals,and business owners than eh laissez-faire( 自由听任的 )united states?A new study by clrnell economi

22、sts Francine Blau and Lawrence Kahn gives an explanation.DGenerous parental leave policies and readilyavailable part-time options have unintended consequences ： instead of strengthening womens attachment to the workplace,they appear to weaken it.In addition to a 16-month leave,a swedish parent has t

23、he right to work six hours a day(for a reduced salary)until his or her child is eight yearsold.Mothers are far more likely than fathers to takeadvantage of this law,But extended leaves and part-timeemployment are known to be harmful to careers for bothgenders. And with women a second factor comes in

24、to play ：mostseem to enjoy the flexible-time arrangement(once known as the“mommytrack”)and never find their way back to full -time orhigh-level employment.In sum ：generous family-friendlypolicies do keep more women in the labor market,but they alsotend to diminisb their careers.E According to Blau a

25、nd Kahn,Swedish-style paternal( 亲的 )leave policies and flexibletime arrangements pose a second threat to woman s progress ： they make employers cautious about hiring woman for full-time positions at all.Offering ajob to a man is the safer bet.He is far less likely to take a year of parental leave an

26、d then return on a reduced work schedule for the next eight years.父FI became aware of the triale of career-focusedEuropean woman a few years ago when I met a post-doctoralstudent from Germany who was then a visiting fellow at JohnsHopkins. She was astonished by the professional possibilitiesafforded

27、 to young American woman. Her best hope in Germanywas a govermment job prospects for woman in the privatesector were dim. ”In Germany“ she told me, ”we have all thebenefits, ”but employers dont wan to hire us.”G Swedish economists Magnus Henrekson and MikaelStenkula addressed the following question

28、in their 2009 study：why are there so few female top executives in the Europeanegalitarian( 同等主义的 )welfare states?Their answer：” Broad-based welfare- state policies hinder womenin elite competitive positions. ”s representationHIt is tempting to declare the Swedish policies regressive( 退步的 )and hail t

29、he American system assuperior.But that would be shortsighted.The Swedes can certainly take a lesson from the United States and look for ways to clear a path for their ambitious female careerists. But most woman are not committsd careerists.When the Pew Research Center recently asked American parents

30、 to identify their ”ideal ”life arrangement,47 percent of mothers said they would prefer to work park-time and 20percent said theywould prefer not to work at all.Fathers answered differrntly ：75 percent preferred full-time work.Some version of theSwedish system might work well for a majority of Amer

31、ican parents,but the United States is unlikely to fully embrace the Swedish model. Still,we can learn from their experience.IDespite its failure to shatter the glass ceiling,Sweden has one of the most powerful and innovative economies in the world.In its 2011-2012survey,the WorldEconomic Forum ran ked Sweden as the “rockstar of the recovery ”in the Washington Post,also leads the world in life satisfaction and