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1、英语六级真题2017年6月英语六级真题Part III Reading comprehension (40 minutes)选词填空Lets all stop judging people who talk to themselves. New research says that those who cant seem to keep their inner monologues (独白) in are actually more likely to stay on task, remain _26_ better and show improved perception capabilit

2、ies. Not bad, really, for some extra muttering.According to a series of experiments published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology by professors Gary Lupyan and Daniel Swignley, the act of using verbal clues to _27_ mental pictures helps people function quicker.In one experiment, they

3、 showed pictures of various objects to twenty _28_ and asked them to find just one of those, a banana. Half were _29_ to repeat out loud what they were looking for and the other half kept their lips _30_ . Those who talked to themselves found the banana slightly faster than those who didnt, the rese

4、archers say. In other experiments, Lupyan and Swignley found that _31_ the name of a common product when on the hunt for it helped quicken someones pace, but talking about uncommon items showed no advantage and slowed you down.Common research has long held that talking themselves through a task help

5、s children learn, although doing so when youve _32_ matured is not a great sign of _33_The two professors hope to refute that idea, _34_ that just as when kids walk themselves through a process, adults can benefit from using language not just to communicate, but also to help “augment thinking”.Of co

6、urse, you are still encouraged to keep the talking at library tones and, whatever you do, keep the information you share simple, like a grocery list. At any _35_ , theres still such a thing as too much information.A) Apparently B) Arrogance C) Brilliance D) ClaimingE) Dedicated F) Focused G) Incur H

7、) InstructedI) Obscurely J) Sealed K) spectators L) TriggerM) Uttering N) Volume O) Volunteers段落匹配A The lives of children from rich and poor American families look more different than they have in decades.B Well-off families are ruled by calendars. with children enrolled in ballet. soccer and after-

8、school programs, according to a new Pew Research Center survey There are usually two parents, who spend a lot of time reading to children and worrying about their anxiety levels and hectic schedulesC In poor families. however. children tend to spend their time at home or with extended family. the su

9、rvey found They are more likely to grow up in neighborhoods that their parents say arent great for raising children. and their parents worry about them getting shot, beaten up or in trouble with the lawD The class differences m child rearing are growing, researchers say - a symptom of widening inequ

10、ality with far-reaching consequences Different upbringings set children on different paths and can deepen socioeconomic divisions. Especially because education is strongly linked to earnings Children grow up learning the skills to succeed in their socioeconomic stratum. but not necessarily othersE E

11、arly childhood experiences can be very consequential for childrens long-term social, emotional and cognitive development. said Sean F.Reardon. professor of poverty and inequality in education at Stanford University -And because those influence educational success and later earnings. early childhood

12、experiences cast a lifelong shadow The cycle continues: Poorer parents have less time and fewer resources to invest in their children. which can leave children less prepared for school and work. which leads to lower earningsF American parents want similar things for their children, the Pew report an

13、d past research have found: for them to be healthy and happy, honest and ethical, caring and compassionate There is no best parenting style or philosophy, researchers say, and across income groups, 92 percent of parents say they are doing a goodjob at raising their children. Yet they are doing it qu

14、ite differently Middle-class and higher-income parents see their children as projects in need of careful cultivation, says Annette Lareau, a University of Pennsylvania sociologist whose goundbreaking research on the topic was published in her book Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race and Family Life They

15、 try to develop their skills through close supervision and organized activities, and teach children to question authority figures and navigate elite institutions.G Working-class parents, meanwhile, believe their children will naturally thrive, and give them far greater independence and time for free

16、 play They are taught to be compliant and deferential to adults There are benefits to both approaches Working-class children are happier, more independent, whine less and are closer with family members, Ms Lareau found Higher-income children are more likely to declare boredom and expect their parent

17、s to solve their problems Yet later on, the more affluent children end up in college and en route to the middle class, while working-class children tend to struggle Children from higher-income families are likely to have the skills to navigate bureaucracies and succeed in schools and workplaces, Ms.

18、Lareau saidH Do all parents want the most success for their children? Absolutely, she said Do some strategies give children more advantages than others in institutions? Probably they do Will parents be damaging children if they have one fewer organized activity? No, I really doubt it I Social scient

19、ists say the differences arise in part because low-income parents have less money to spend on music class or preschool, and less flexible schedules to take children to museums or attend school events Extracurricular activities epitomize the differences in child rearing in the Pew survey, which was o

20、f a nationally representative sample of l,807 parents Of families earning more than $75,000 a year, 84 percent say their children have participated in organized sports over the past year, 64 percent have done volunteer work and 62 percent have taken lessons in music, dance or art Of families earning

21、 less than $30,000,59 percent of children have done sports, 37 percent have volunteered and 41 percent have taken arts classesJ Especially in affluent families, children start young Nearly half of high-earning, college-graduateparents enrolled their children in arts classes before they were 5, compa

22、red with one-fifth oflow-income,less-educated parents. Nonetheless, 20 percent of well-off parents say their childrens schedules are toohectic, compared with 8 percent of poorer parents.K Another example is reading aloud, which studies have shown gives children bigger vocabularies and better reading

23、 comprehension in school Seventy-one percent of parents with a college degree say they do it every day, compared with 33 percent of those with a high school diploma or less, Pew found White parents are more likely than others to read to their children daily, as are married parents Most affluent pare

24、nts enroll their children in preschool or day care, while low-income parents are more likely to depend on family members Discipline techniques vary by education level: 8 percent of those with a postgraduate degree say they often spank their children, compared with 22 percent of those with a high sch

25、ool degree or lessL The survey also probed attitudes and anxieties. Interestingly, parents attitudes toward education do not seem to reflect their own educational background as much as a belief in the importance of education for upward mobility Most American parents say they are not concerned about

26、their childrens grades as long as they work hard But 50 percent of poor parents say it is extremely important to them that their children earn a college degree, compared with 39 percent of wealthier parentsM Less-educated parents, and poorer and black and Latino parents are more likely to believe th

27、at there is no such thing as too much involvement in a childs education Parents who are white, wealthy or college-educated say too much involvement can be bad Parental anxieties reflect their circumstances High-earning parents are much more likely to say they live in a good neighborhood for raising

28、children While bullying is parents: greatest concern over all, nearly half of low-income parents worry their child will get shot, compared with one-fifth of high-income parents They are more worried about their children being depressed or anxiousN In the Pew survey, middle-class families earning bet

29、ween $30,000 and $75,000 a year fell right between working-class and high-earning parents on issues like the quality of their neighborhood for raising children,participation in extracurricular activities and involvement in their childrens educationO Children were not always raised so differently The

30、 achievement gap between children from high- and low-income families is 30 percent t0 40 percent larger among children born in 2001 than those born 25 years earlier, according to Mr Reardons research People used to live near people of different income levels;neighborhoods are now more segregated by

31、income More than a quarter of children live in single-parent households - a historic high, according to Pew - and these children are three times as likely to live in poverty as those who live with married parents Meanwhile, growing income inequality has coincided with the increasing importance of a

32、college degree for earning a middle-class wageP Yet there are recent signs that the gap could be starting to shrink In the past decade, even as income inequality has grown, some of the socioeconomic differences in parenting, like reading to children and going to libraries, have narrowed36. Working-class parents teach their children to be obedient and show respect to adults.37. American parents, whether rich or poor, have similar expectations of their children