1、英语六级真题阅读理解精讲2009年6月英语六级真题精讲:快速阅读Part Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)(15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C)
2、 and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. Helicopter Moms vs. Free-Range KidsWould you let your fourth-grader ride public transportation without an adult? Probably not. Still, when Lenore Skenazy, a columnist for the New York Sun, wrote about lett
3、ing her son take the subway alone to get back to her Manhattan home from a department store on the Upper East Side, she didnt expect to get hit with a wave of criticism from readers.Long story short: My son got home, overjoyed with independence, Skenazy wrote on April 4 in the New York Sun. Long sto
4、ry longer: Half the people Ive told this episode to now want to turn me in for child abuse. As if keeping kids under lock and key and cell phone and careful watch is the right way to rear kids. Its not. Its debilitating (使虚弱)-for us and for them.Online message boards were soon full of people both ap
5、plauding and condemning Skenazys decision to let her son go it alone. She wound up defending herself on CNN (accompanied by her son) and on popular blogs like the Huffington Post, where her follow-up piece was ironically headlined More From Americas Worst Mom.The episode has ignited another one of t
6、hose debates that divides parents into vocal opposing camps. Are Modern parents needlessly overprotective, or is the world a more complicated and dangerous place than it was when previous generations were allowed to wander about unsupervised?From the shes an irresponsible mother camp came: Shame on
7、you for being so careless about his safety, in comments on the Huffington Post. And there was this from a mother of four: How would you have felt if he didnt come home? But Skenazy got a lot of support, too, with women and men writing in with stories about how they were allowed to take trips all by
8、themselves at seven or eight. She also got heaps of praise for bucking the helicopter parent trend: Good for this Mom, one commenter wrote on the Huffington Post. This is a much-needed reality check.Last week, encouraged by all the attention, Skenazy started her own blog-Free Range Kids-promoting th
9、e idea that modern children need some of the same independence that her generation had. In the good old days nine-year-old baby boomers rode their bikes to school, walked to the store, took buses-and even subways-all by themselves. Her blog, she says, is dedicated to sensible parenting. At Free Rang
10、e Kids, we believe in safe kids. We believe in car seats and safety belts. We do NOT believe that every time school-age children go outside, they need a security guard.So why are some parents so nervous about letting their children out of their sight? Are cities and towns less safe and kids more vul
11、nerable to crimes like child kidnap and sexual abuse than they were in previous generations?Not exactly. New York City, for instance, is safer than its ever been; its ranked 136th in crime among all American cities. Nationwide, stranger kidnaps are extremely rare; theres a one-in-a-million chance a
12、child will be taken by a stranger, according to the Justice Department. And 90 percent of sexual abuse cases are committed by someone the child knows. Mortality rates from all causes, including disease and accidents, for American children are lower now than they were 25 years ago. According to Child
13、 Trends, a nonprofit research group, between 1980 and 2003 death rates dropped by 44 percent for children aged 5 to 14 and 32 percent for teens aged 15 to 19.Then theres the whole question of whether modern parents are more watchful and nervous about safety than previous generations. Yes, some are.
14、Part of the problem is that with wall-to-wall Internet and cable news, every missing child case gets so much airtime that its not surprising even normal parental anxiety can be amplified. And many middle-class parents have gotten used to managing their childrens time and shuttling them to various en
15、riching activities, so the idea of letting them out on their own can seem like a risk. Back in 1972, when many of todays parents were kids, 87 percent of children who lived within a mile of school walked or biked every day. But today, the Centers for Disease Control report that only 13 percent of ch
16、ildren bike, walk or otherwise get themselves to school.The extra supervision is both a city and a suburb phenomenon. Parents are worried about crime, and theyre worried about kids getting caught in traffic in a city thats not used to pedestrians. On the other hand, there are still plenty of kids wh
17、ose parents give them a lot of independence, by choice or by necessity. The After School Alliance finds that more than 14 million kids aged 5 to 17 are responsible for taking care of themselves after school. Only 6.5 million kids participate in organized programs. Many children who have working pare
18、nts have to take the subway or bus to get to school. Many do this by themselves because they have no other way to get to the schools, says Dr. Richard Gallagher, director of the Parenting Institute at the New York University Child Study Center.For those parents who wonder how and when they should st
19、art allowing their kids more freedom, theres no clear-cut answer. Child experts discourage a one-size-fits-all approach to parenting. Whats right for Skenazys nine-year-old could be inappropriate for another one. It all depends on developmental issues, maturity, and the psychological and emotional m
20、akeup of that child. Several factors must be taken into account, says Gallagher. The ability to follow parent guidelines, the childs level of comfort in handling such situations, and a childs general judgment should be weighed.Gallagher agrees with Skenazy that many nine-year-olds are ready for inde
21、pendence like taking public transportation alone. At certain times of the day, on certain routes, the subways are generally safe for these children, especially if they have grown up in the city and have been taught how to be safe, how to obtain help if they are concerned for their safety, and how to
22、 avoid unsafe situations by being watchful and on their toes.But even with more traffic and fewer sidewalks, modern parents do have one advantage their parents didnt: the cell phone. Being able to check in with a child anytime goes a long way toward relieving parental anxiety and may help parents lo
23、osen their control a little sooner. Skenazy got a lot of criticism because she didnt give her kid her cell phone because she thought hed lose it and wanted him to learn to go it alone without depending on mom-a major principle of free-range parenting. But most parents are more than happy to use cell
24、 phones to keep track of their kids.And for those who like the idea of free-range kids but still struggle with their inner helicopter parent, there may be a middle way. A new generation of GPS cell phones with tracking software make it easier than ever to follow a childs every movement via the Inter
25、net-without seeming to interfere or hover. Of course, when they go to college, they might start objecting to being monitored as theyre on parole (假释).注意:此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。1. When Lenore Skenazys son was allowed to take the subway alone, he_.A) was afraid that he might get lostB) enjoyed having the inde
26、pendenceC) was only too pleased to take the riskD) thought he was an exceptional child2. Lenore Skenazy believes that keeping kids under careful watch _.A) hinders their healthy growth B) adds too much to parents expensesC) shows traditional parental caution D) bucks the latest parenting trend3. Ske
27、nazys decision to let her son take the subway alone has met with _.A) opposition from her own family B) official charges of child abuseC) approval from psychologists D) somewhat mixed responses4. Skenazy started her own blog to _.A) promote sensible parenting B) share parenting experienceC) fight ag
28、ainst child abuse D) protect childrens rights5.According to the author, New York City _.A) ranks high in road accidents B) is much safer than beforeC) ranks low in child mortality rates D) is less dangerous than small cities6. Parents today are more nervous about their kids safety than previous gene
29、rations because _.A) there are now fewer children in the familyB) the number of traffic accidents has been increasingC) their fear is amplified by media exposure of crimeD) crime rates have been on the rise over the years7. According to child experts, how and when kids may be allowed more freedom de
30、pends on _.A) the traditions and customs of the communityB) the safety conditions of their neighborhoodC) their parents psychological makeupD) their maturity and personal qualities8. According to Gallagher and Skenazy, children who are watchful will be better able to stay away from _.9. Being able t
31、o find out where a child is anytime helps lessen parents _.10. Nowadays with the help of GPS cell phones, parents can, from a distance, track their childrens _.【指点迷津】这是一篇摘自Newsweek 08年4月21日的文章。题目很有意思,但实际话题我们都很熟悉,不过由于这篇文章内部没有小标题,给考生定位带来了一定的困难。快速阅读遵循同义替换的定位原则,包括词汇替换及句型改写两个部分。考生在答题时,一定要优先锁定大写字母、数字和专有名词(如人名、机构名称、地点等),用这类词汇可以快速定位原文及排除部分干扰选项。【试题精讲】【原题】1. When Lenore Skenazys son was allowed to take the subway alone, he_.A) was afraid that he might get lostB) enjoyed having the independenceC) was only too pleased to take the riskD) thought he was an exceptional child【快速解题】1.B)考生在答题时要首先锁定人名Lenore
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