英语六级考试网(CET6)

       新英语六级考试快速阅读仍然采用了大小标题结合的文章模式，而且文章长度保持在1200词左右。十道题目也继续维持选择和填空两种题型，应该来说6月份的六级快速阅读整体比较容易。考生可以采用下面的原则解答：
　　
　　步骤一：迅速浏览大标题和小标题，了解文章的中心和文章整体的布局：6月份大标题是What will the world be like in fifty years? (未来五十年世界会是什么样?)，这样考生就能联想到文章主要是对未来世界的预测，而小标题分别从八个方面进行了阐释Living Longer, Aliens, Colonies in Space, Spinal Injuries, Obesity, Robots, Energy, Society　　

　　步骤二：依次而下顺序解题，填写注意语法正确：快速阅读通常是以依次而下的顺序出题，而且每题基本都是细节题，分别对应文章一段，因此考生可以采用关键词定位的方法。虽然面对选择和填空两种题型，但其实选择和填空的唯一区别是前者提供了四个选项选择，而后者需要填写时考虑语法和书写正确，但答案基本上都是从原文中可以获得。

　　例题1 According to Harvard professor Steven Pinker, predictions about the future_____. (CET-6，2008.6. No.2)
　　A) may invite trouble B) may not come true
　　C) will fool the public D) do more harm than good
　　考生可以利用题目中的关键词Steven Pinker进行定位，在文章第六段找到对应的句子Harvard professor Steven Pinker says: “This is an invitation to look foolish, as with the predictions of domed cities and nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners that were made 50 year ago.”(这个想法特别愚蠢，就像50年前对于穹顶城市和核能真空吸尘器的预测一样)，因此可以根据句意，可以排除A、C、D,而选择B。”

　　例题2 Rodney Brooks says that it will be possible for robots to work with humans as a result or the development of _____. (CET-6，2008.6. No.8)
　　此题为填空题，考生可以根据题目中的关键词Rodney Brooks 在文中定位到小标题Robots部分“Rodney Brooks, professor of robotics at MIT, says the problems of developing artificial intelligence for robots will be at least partly overcome.”题干要求填空的部分由于紧接在of后面，需要一个名词性结构，而文中developing后面是动词宾语，正好也是名词性结构，所以答案是artificial intelligence for robots。　　

　　快速阅读中除了上述两种题型之外，还有难度较大的判断题型，即True，False，Not Given题，所以考生也需要对这种题目进行一定的练习，做好出题者变换题型的准备。True一般来说比较好判断，False还是Not Given，关键是看题目的表述和原文的表述是否对立，若判断为对立，那就应该选False，而选Not Given的情况是两者表述并不对立，只是题目的信息在原文中找不到相对等的表述。这里简单举一个小例子：
　　原文：It is cold.
　　判断1：It is hot. (hot和cold是完全矛盾对立的，所以为False)
　　判断2：It is humid.(humid和cold没有对立关系，原文没有涉及，所以为Not Given)　　

　　快速阅读主要考查考生的快速浏览和理解转换的能力，所以考生备考过程中，浏览速度直接制约了考生能否在此项考题中有出色的发挥。对此，考生应加强眼睛快速浏览和理解的能力，最为简单有效的方法就是每天坚持高声快速朗读。

      大学英语四六级考试自从在2006年相继进行了改革之后，就一直成为大学生颇为关注的焦点。仔细研究一下最新一次的2007年的考试，在四六级考试的快速阅读部分(Skimming and Scanning)都出现了一次小小的变化，而且这种变化是在四六级考试委员会没有以样题形式预先通知的情况下出现的，这就给考生在临场应试上设置了一个不大不小的障碍。在笔者的学生中，就有因此在考场上颇手忙脚乱了一把的。由此可见，改革后的四六级考试的阅读部分还处于一个不太稳定的时期。

　　快速阅读部分的这种变化主要体现在两个方面：

　　1、 由7道选择题替代了原先的4道判断题(即：YES/ NO/ NOT GIVEN题)

　　2、 将完成句子题的数量由6道减少到了3道

　　我们不去讨论这么变化的原因是什么，我们只关心应对这种变化的办法是什么。在这个不适应变化就会被淘汰的年代，我们只有在混沌中求发展、在乱世中求生存。只要四六级考试的考察重点不变，我们就可以以不变应万变。我们高兴地看到，最新一次的四六级考试的阅读部分所产生的变化正是向传统题型的一种回归：选择题是我们最愿意看到的一种题型，也是陪我们多少年摸爬滚打的老伙伴；新出现的完成句子题经过了几次考试的历练，出题风格也日趋成熟，更应该成为我们继选择题之外的另一支得分蓝筹股。接下来我们就重点谈一下如何既快又准地解决完成句子题。
　　完成句子题的说明是这样的：complete the sentences with the information given in the passage。我们来分析一下，既然是complete，那就说明原先的句子是不完整的、是残缺的；with the information given in the passage，用原文给出的信息，也就说明了我们必须要返回原文，尽量用原文中的语言来作答，才能做到更为精准，更能切中要害。

　　我们再来思考一个问题，一个英语的句子如果结构完整，那么句子中所包含的各个句子成分必须齐全。缺了任何一个成分，不仅句子的结构遭到了破坏，而且句子的含义也会出现残缺。完成句子题的题干本身就是一个有残缺的句子，所残缺的部分必定在原句中充当一定的句子成分。而我们知道，句子的成分问题就是我们高中学过的的主谓宾、主系表、定状补等语法问题，一但残缺部分的句子成分确定了，它的语法结构也就随之确定了。是添动词，介宾短语，还是形容词，是添名词性结构，还是一个从句，我们在构造答案之前都可以做到心中有数。

　　从另外一个层次来看，残缺的成分也表达了一定的句子含义，所以残缺成分与句子中已知成分在含义上必然存在着紧密的逻辑关系。利用逻辑关系的严密性我们也可以对我们解题给予帮助。“利用语法确定形式，利用逻辑确定内容”，这两点就构成了我们解决完成句子题的关键：“查缺”“补漏”。

　　我们说一下具体的操作步骤：

　　1、 查缺：查找题干中残缺的句子成分，同时关注残缺成分与已知成分之间的逻辑关系

　　2、 补漏：返回原文，将题干中残缺的信息补全

　　一 “查缺补漏”在快速阅读部分的应用

　　例题1：Energy service contractors profit by taking a part of clients’ ____.(2007年12月22日CET6，NO.8)

　　解析：

　　① 查缺：不难看出句子残缺的应该是一个名词性结构，充当的是of的宾语。并且残缺成分还与clients’构成了一种所属关系，表达的含义应该是“顾客的什么东西”。成分和逻辑关系都有了，我们剩下所要做的就是返回原文，将属于clients的东西找出来就可以了。

　　② 补漏：利用关键词Energy service contractors返回原文定位到了这样一句话：“Energy service contractors” will pay for retrofitting (翻新改造) in return for a share or the client’s annual utility-bill savings.对比原文我们发现client’s 之后的annual utility-bill savings正是我们要找的属于clients的东西。正确答案也就是“annual utility-bill savings”。

　　这个时候我们发现，我们无需去了解原文句子的具体意思，只要对于题干的结构清晰，对于残缺成分与已知成分的逻辑关系清晰，即使看不懂原句我们也可以做对。

在英语六级考试中快速阅读的阅读量比较大，而允许的时间非常有限。
采用一些解题技巧能使解题速度和质量快速提升。
1．快速浏览，瘦身原文

因时间关系，建议考生作文在25分钟内完成，剩余的分钟留给快速阅读。但是，即便如此，对于有的考生而言，时间还是不够，所以考生在浏览全文时，必须考虑"瘦身计划"，即该仔细阅读的就细细阅读，该略看的就略看，该跳过的就跳过。文中阴影部分可暂时迅速浏览或不看，下划线部分需注意仔细阅读。

2．利用标题，预测内容

在时间较紧的情况下，可直接浏览标题和段落小标题，预测文章的大致内容，然后直接答题。

3．是非判断，话题述题

为了方便快速判断，读者可把每一句是非判断分为话题（该句讨论的对象）和述题（对该对象的描述或评析）两部分，那么它的对错或文章已给与否就可直接从话题和述题两部分与原文进行对照判断。

4．句子填空，首当定位

句子填空题的关键在于定位答案所在地，定位之后，要点在于核实空缺部分的语法特征，即该空需要的是名词、动词、形容词还是副词，然后再根据上下文核实时态语态等问题。

【答案见文章最下方】
      In my opinion, young students are sensitive to fashions and new trends, thus they easily found it impossible to make ends meet and run into debt.When a student’s spending steps beyond the boundaries of daily necessities, it becomes a kind of waste. Furthermore, widespread extravagant spending on campus could have a bad influence on people’s values. But many students see it as a common practice and not a fault. Though everyone has the right to enjoy a comfortable life, campus is a place for study. So just think twice before you sign a bill.
Part ⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)(15 minutes)
Even as the economy improves, a jobless executive may face up to a year or more of unemployment. This is a lot of time, especially for hard-charging high-performers who are not used to having any free time. While some job seekers spend hundreds—even thousands—of hours discovering daytime television, others seem to thrive on activities that boost their professional careers or resolve family issues when they aren’t working.
Having an extended period of free time in the prime of one’s life can in fact be a unique opportunity to focus on volunteer service, professional education or personal growth.
Community Involvement
For Lisa Perez, the wakeup call was burned pork chops. An executive who previously hadn’t been particularly interested in home and health had become obsessed with homemaking during a stint of unemployment.来源：www.examda.com
She realized that cleaning and organizing her home wasn’t helping her job search. Nevertheless, “I made lists of 50 things to do every day,” says Ms. Perez, a political and public-relations consultant in Scottsdale, Ariz. “My house was spotless, just so I’d have something to do.”
One day, her boyfriend didn’t arrive on time for dinner because he had to work late, and her pork chops were ruined. She threw a fit. “I’d never been a person like that,” she says. “So I decided to stop feeling sorry for myself, and go out and do something productive.”
Ms. Perez, 35, resolved to become an active volunteer for the duration of her search. She gave her time to a health-care concern, a housing program and a political campaign.
The work bolstered her self-confidence. “Volunteering takes the focus off of you. One thing you have that’s still valuable is your time. And, of course, you learn that there are thousands of people with a life that’s much worse than yours,” she says.来源：www.examda.com
Volunteer assignments are also great ways to meet powerful and well-connected people. Over a six-month period, her volunteering evolved into working as a paid consultant and then as a full-time employee, a job she still holds today. In all, she was unemployed for eight months.
Before her job loss, she thought she didn’t have time to volunteer while working. “Now, even though I have a demanding job, I still volunteer, because of what I got out of it,” says Ms. Perez.
Continuing Education
Gene Bellavance, a 36-yearold information-technology project manager, took another route during his unemployment. When he was laid off from a steel company near Cleveland, he knew his immediate prospects were bleak. He expected his search to take a year. He faced a decision: take a job that would set back his career or hold out for an offer he really wanted.
Mr. Bellavance, single and virtually debt free, shifted his finances into survival mode. He cashed out his pension, sold his house, unloaded things he didn’t need at garage sales, and rented an apartment with a roommate. Then, he says, “I signed up for every benefit I could find.”
But he wasn’t just waiting out the year. He spent the rest of his search updating his skills, including becoming certified in new database and project-management software. “You have to invest in yourself,” Mr. Bellavance says. “I estimated what technology was going to be the most beneficial and chose applications that were going to be pervasive, that were right for my market, and that were going to ensure top pay.”
In addition to income from the occasional IT-consulting assignment, he relied on a combination of displaced-worker-retraining grants and unemployment benefits. “I went out and found the classes, submitted the paperwork, and dealt with the bureaucracy. You have to stay after them, keeping your benefits moving forward. It’s up to you to make it work with your overall transition plan,” he says.
His job search was one month shy of the full year he’d expected. He looked for work during his training and says he would have finished the certification programs even if he’d been hired before completing them.
“People should not feel guilty” about accepting government aid, he says. “I saw this in a lot of people. They felt they were some kind of loser for taking benefits. My advice is: Get all you can. You’ve been paying for these programs in your entire career, and you may as well start to benefit from them.”
Family Matters
In addition to pursuing training or volunteering, some displaced careerists use their time off work to attend to family matters. Many executives rediscover their children or find time to help their parents.
Stanford Rappaport held three jobs in San Francisco, including high-tech and teaching positions. When he was laid off from the high-tech job last year, he knew it might be a long slog before he could get another post like it in the Bay Area. “I was able to do the math,” says Mr. Rappaport, 46. “The number of people laid off: huge; and the number of available jobs: miniscule. At the time, I thought it might be two or three years before the tech industry recovered.”
Mr. Rappaport’s remaining job, a part-time faculty position with City College of San Francisco, didn’t pay enough to support him. After a couple of months of searching with no results, he decided to escape the Northern California jobs meltdown. “My plan,” he says, “was to get out of an expensive living situation, and either seek work in another section of the U.S. or overseas, for those two years.” Mr. Rappaport, who speaks five languages, had worked overseas before.
Before he found an assignment, his Arkansas-based mother was diagnosed with a serious chronic illness, and he was called into duty as a son. Mr. Rappaport was able to help his mother get her affairs in order not to interrupt his search by using a San Francisco mail drop and cellphone. “I continued to look for work in California while I was in Fayetteville, Ark., helping my mother through this crisis.”来源：考试大
He took his mother to medical appointments, made repairs on her house, bought her a better car, and straightened out her legal and financial affairs. “I even got to go through my father’s effects, which in the five years since he had died were simply piled in boxes in his office,” he says.
Mr. Rappaport’s stay in Arkansas lasted six months. “It’s amazing that at this stage I had the opportunity to spend a significant amount of time with my mother and improve her life and get a lot of things done for her. Most people never have that opportunity. I’m very thankful that I had the chance. It was absolutely worth it,” he says.
One of the unexpected benefits was the huge boost in confidence he gained from his role as caregiver. He’d been feeling depressed and defeated when he left California, but after returning, he felt renewed. He landed a job with a former employer after returning to San Francisco and remains a part-time faculty member.
Discovery and Exploration
Instead of spending time off lamenting your unemployed status, ask yourself: “Is there something I’ve always wanted to do but haven’t because of the demands of my job?”
Felice Fisk, a 29yearold in Seattle, recently left an account-manager position at a contract-furniture company. During seven months of unemployment, she took an interest in fine-art painting and completed 18 pieces before returning to work. “I found the art work, or some kind of creative outlet, to be really beneficial,” she says. She’s now an interior designer for an interior-design firm.来源：考试大
Michael Ross, 42, a former IT administrator in El Cerrito, Calif., recently spent his 10 months of unemployment playing guitar and exploring his lifelong interest in scriptwriting and the movie business. “After 18 years at my former employer and how hard I had worked, I knew I had to recover, to get restored,” he says. “I looked at this as an opportunity, rather than a penalty. This was very much about clearing space for me.”
At the executive level, even a very efficient and successful job search may be quite lengthy. It makes sense to spend that time in an enriching and productive manner. These job seekers pursued service, continuing education and shoring up family bonds. How you’ll look back on a period of unemployment depends on what you do with it.