2014年6月至2015年6月英语六级完形填空真题及答案【9套卷全】

2014 6 1 For investors who desire low riskand guaranteed income U S Government bonds are a secure investment becausethese bonds have the financial backing and full faith and credit of the federalgovernment Municipal bonds also secure are offered by local governmengts andoften have 36 such as tax free interest Some may even be 37 Corportate bonds are a bit more risky Two questionsoften 38 first time corportate bond investors The first is If I purchase a corportate bond do I have to hold it until thematueity date The answer is no Bonds are bought and sold daily on 39 securities exchanges However if your bond does not have 40 that make it attractive to other investors you may be forced to sell your bondat a 41 i e a price less than the bond s face value But if your bond is highly valued by otherinvestors you may be able to sell it at a premium i e a price above itsface value Bond prices gcncrally 42 inversely 相反地 with current market interest rates Asinterest rates go up bond pnccs tall and vice versa 反之亦然 Thus like all investments bonds have adegree of risk The second question is How can I 43 the investment risk of a particular bondissue Standard another group was shown less frightening materials such as plastic teeth charts and graphs Subjects who saw the frightening materials reported more anxiety and a greater 37 to change the way they took care of their teeth than the low fear group did But were these reactions actually 38 into better dental hygiene practices To answer this important question subjects were called back to the laboratory on two 39 five days and six weeks alter the experiment They chewed disclosing wafers 牙疾诊断片 that give a red stain to any uncleaned areas of the teeth and thus provided a direct 40 of how well they were really taking care of their teeth The result showed that the high fear appeal did actually result in greater and more 41 changes in dental hygiene That is the subjects 42 to high fear warnings brushed their teeth more 43 than did those who saw low fear warnings However to be an effective persuasive device it is very important that the message not be too frightening and that people be given 44 guidelines to help them to reduce the cause of the fear If this isn t done they may reduce their anxiety by denying the message or the 45 of the communicator If that happens it is unlikely that either attitude or behavior change will occur A accustomed B carefully C cautiously D concrete E credibility F decayed G desire H dimensions I eligible J exposed K indication L occasions M permanent N sensitivity O translated 36 F 37 G 38 O 39 L 40 K 41 D 42 J 43 B 44 I 45 E 2014 6 3 Millions of Americans are entering their 60s and are more concerned than ever about retire ment They know they need to save but how much And what exactly are they saving for to spend more time 36 the grandkids go travelling or start another career It turns out that husbands and wives may have 37 different ideas about the subject The deepest divide is in the way spouses envisage their lifestyle in their later years Fidelity In vestments Inc found 41 percent of the 500 couples it surveyed 38 on whether both or at least one spouse will work in retirement Wives are generally right regarding their husbands retirement age but men 39 the age their wives will be when they stop working And husbands are slightly more 40 about their standard of living than wives are Busy juggling 穷于应付 careers and families most couples dont take the time to sit down 41 or together and think about what they would like to do 5 10 or 20 years from now They 42 they are on the same page but the 43 is they have avoided even talking about it If you are self employed or in a job that doesn t have a standard retirement age you may be more apt to delay thinking about these issues It is often a 44 retirement date that provides the cat alyst 催化剂 to start planning Getting laid off or accepting an early retirement 45 can force your hand But don 爷 t wait until you get a severance 遣散费 check to begin planning A assume B confidential C disagree D formula E forthcoming F illustrating G mysteriously H observe I optimistic J package K radically L reality M separately N spoiling O underestimate 36 N 37 K 38 C 39 O 40 I 41 M 42 A 43 L 44 E 45 J 2014 12 01 His future subjects have not always treated the Prince of Wales with the respect one might expect They laughed aloud in 1986 when the heir to the British 36 told a TV reporter that he talked to his plants at his country house Highgrove to stimulate their growth The Prince was being humorous My sense of humor will get me into trouble one day he said to his aides 随从 but listening to Charles Windsor can indeed prove stimulating The royal 37 has been promoting radical ideas for most of his adult life Some of his 38 which once sounded a bit weird were simply ahead of their time Now finally the world seems to be catching up with him Take his views on farming Prince Charles Duchy Home Farm went 39 back in 1986 when most shoppers cared only about the low price tag on suspiciously blemish free 无瑕疵的 vegetables and 40 large chickens piled high in supermarkets His warnings on climate change proved farsighted too Charles began 41 action on global warming in 1990 and says he has been worried about the 42 of man on the environment since he was a teenager Although he has gradually gained international 43 as one of the world s leading conservationists many British people still think of him as an 44 person who talks to plants This year as it happens South Korean scientists proved that plants really do 45 to sound So Charles was ahead of the game there too A conform B eccentric C environmentalist D expeditionsE impact F notions G organic H originally I recognitionJ respond K subordinateL suppressingM throne N unnaturallyO urging 36 M 37 C 38 F 39 G 40 N 41 O 42 E 43 I 44 B 45 J 2014 12 02 Children are natural born scientists They have 36 minds and they aren t afraid to admit they don t know something Most of them 37 lose this as they get older They become self conscious and don t want to appear stupid Instead of finding things out for themselves they make 38 that often turn out to be wrong So it s not a case of getting kids interested in science You just have to avoid killing the 39 for learning that they were born with It s no coincidence that kids start deserting science once it becomes for malised Children naturally have a blurred approach to 40 knowledge They see learning about science or biology or cooking as all part of the same act it s all learning It s only because of the practicalities of education that you have to start breaking down the curriculum into specialist subjects You need to have specialist teachers who 41 what they know Thus once they enter school children begin to define subjects and erect boundaries that needn t otherwise exist Dividing subjects into science maths English etc is something we do for 42 In the end it s all learning but many children today 43 themselves from a scientific education They think science is for scientists not for them Of course we need to specialise 44 Each of us has only so much time on Earth so we can t study everything At 5 years old our field of knowledge and 45 is broad covering anything from learning to walk to learning to count Gradually it narrows down so that by the time we are 45 it might be one tiny little corner within science A accidentally B acquiring C assumptions D convenience E eventually F exclude G exertion H exploration I formulas J ignite K impart L inquiring M passion N provoking O unfortunately 36 L 37 O 38 C 39 M 40 B 41 K 42 D 43 F 44 E 45 H 2014 12 03 It was 10 years ago on a warm July night that a newborn lamb took her first breath in a small shed in Scotland From the outside she looked no different from thousands of other sheep born on 36 farms But Dolly as the world soon came to realize was no 37 lamb She was cloned from a single cell of an adult female sheep 38 long held scientific dogma that had declared such a thing biologically impossible A decade later scientists are starting to come to grips with just how different Dolly was Dozens of animals have been cloned since that first lamb mice cats cows and most recently a dog and it s becoming 39 clear that they are all in one way or another defective It s 40 to think of clones as perfect carbon copies of the original It turns out though that there are various degrees of genetic 41 Thatmay come as a shock to people who have paid thousands of dollars to clonea pet cat only to discover that the baby cat looks and behaves 42 like their beloved pet with a different color coat of fur perhaps or a 43 different attitude toward its human hosts And these are just the obvious differences Not only are clones 44 from the original template 模板 by time but they are also the product of an unnatural molecular mechanism that turns out not to be very good at making 45 copies In fact the process can embed small flaws in the genes of clones that scientists are only now discovering A abstract B completely C deserted D duplication E everything F identical G Increasingly H miniature I nothing J ordinary K overturning L separated M surrounding N systematically O tempting 36 M 37 J 38 K 39 G 40 O 41 D 42 I 43 B 44 L 45 F 2015 06 1 Innovation the elixir 灵丹妙药 of progress has always cost people their jobs In the Industrial Revolution hand weavers were 36 aside by the mechanical loom Over the past 30 years the digital revolution has 37 many of the mid skill jobs that underpinned 20th century middle class life Typists ticket agents bank tellers and many production line jobs have been dispensed with just as the weavers were For those who believe that technological progress has made the world a better place such disruption is a natural part of rising 38 Although innovation kills some jobs it creates new and better ones as a more 39 society becomes richer and its wealthier inhabitants demand more goods and services A hundred years ago one in three American workers was 40 on a farm Today less than 2 of them produce far more food The millions freed from the land were not rendered 41 but found better paid work as the economy grew more sophisticated Today the pool of secretaries has 42 but there are ever more computer programmers and web designers Optimism remains the right starting point but for workers the dislocating effects of technology may make themselves evident faster than its 43 Even if new jobs and wonderful products emerge in the short term income gaps will widen causing huge social dislocation and perhaps even changing politics Technology s 44 will feel like a tornado 旋风 hitting the rich world first but 45 sweeping through poorer countries too No government is prepared for it A benefits B displaced C employed D eventually E impact F jobless G primarily H productive I prosperity J responsive K rhythm L sentiments M shrunk N swept O withdrawn 36 N swept37 B displaced38 I prosperity39 H productive40 C employed 41 F jobless42 M shrunk43 A benefits44 E impact45 D eventually 2015 06 2 That which does not kill us makes us stronger But parents can t handl e it when teenagers put this 36 into practice Now technology has become the new field for the a ge old battle between adults en adults and their freedom seeking kids Locked indoors unable to get on their bicycles and hang out with their friends te ens have turned to social media and their mobile phones to socialize with their peers What they d o online often 37what they might otherwise do if their mobility weren t so heavily 38 in the ag e of helicopter parenting Social media and smart phone apps have become so popular in recent years because teens need a place to call their own T hey want the freedom to 39 their identity and the world around them Instead of 40 out they jump online As teens have moved online parents have projecte d their fears onto the Internet imagining all the41 dangers that youth might face from 42 strangers to cruel peers to pictures or words that could haunt them on Google for the re st of their lives Rather than helping teens develop strategies for negotiating public life and the risks of 43 with others fearful parents have focused on tracking monitoring and blocking These tactics don t help teens develop the skills they need to manage complex social situations 44 risks and get hel p when they re in trouble Protecting kids may feel like the right thing to do but it 45 the lear ning that teens need to do as they come of age in a technology soaked world A assess B constrained C contains D explore E influence F interacting G inte rpretation H magnified I mirrorsJ philosophy K potential L sneaking M stick ing N undermines O violent 36 J philosophy37 c contains 38 B constrained39 D explore40 L sneaking 41 K potential42 O violent43 F interacting44 A assess45 N undermines 2015 06 3 Travel websites have been around since the 1990s when Expedia Travelocity and other holiday booking sites were launched allowing travelers to compare flight and hotel prices with the click of a mouse With information no longer 36 by travel agents or hidden in business networks the travel industry was revolutionized as greater transparency helped 37 prices Today the industry is going through a new revolution this time transforming service quality Online rating platforms 38 in hotels restaurants apartments and taxis allow travelers to exchange reviews and experiences for all to see Hospitality businesses are now ranked analyzed and compared not by industry 39 but by the very people for whom the service is intended the customer This has 40 a new relationship between buyer and seller Customers have always voted with their feet they can now explain their decision to anyone who is interested As a result businesses are much more 41 often in very specific ways which creates powerful 42 to improve service Although some readers might not care for gossipy reports of unfriendly bellboys 行李员 in Berlin or malf unctioning hotel hairdryers in Houston the true power of online reviews lies not just in the individual stories but in the websites 43 to aggregate a large volume of ratings The impact cannot be 44 Businesses that attract top ratings can enjoy rapid growth as new customers are attracted by good reviews and 45 provide yet more positive feedback So great is the influence of online ratings that many companies now hire digital reputation managers to ensure a favorable online identity A accountable B capacity C controlled D entail E forged F incentives G occasionally H overstated I persisting J pessimistic K professionals L slash M specializing N spectators O subsequently 36 C 37 L 38 M 39 K 40 E 41 A 42 F 43 B 44 H 45 O