六级考试英语阅读习题附答案解析.doc

六级考试英语阅读习题附答案解析
阅读理解是六级英语考试中十分重要的题型，需要考生多做练习提高阅读理解能力。

六级考试英语阅读习题一The "paperless office" has earned a proud placeon lists of technological promises that did not eto pass. Surely, though, the re dest goal ofhe carbon-paperless office is within thereach ofmankind? Carbon paper allows two copies of a document to be made at once. Nowadays, acouple of keystrokes can do the same thing with a lot less fuss.Yet carbon paper persists. Forms still need to be filled out in a way that produces copies.This should not e as a surprise. Innovation tends to create new ches 合适的职业, ratherthan refillthose that already exist. So technologies may bee marginal, but they rarely goextinct. And today the little ches in which old technologies take refuge are ever re viableand
accessible,thanks to the Internet and the fact that production no longer needs to be somass; making all numbers of obscure items is growing easier.On top of that, a widespread Technology of nostalgia技术怀旧 seeks to preserve all theways people he ever done anything, simply bXXuse they are kind of neat. As a resulttechnologies fromall the way back to the stone age persist and even
flourish in the dernworld. According to What Technology ts, a book by Kevin Kelly, one of the founders ofWired magazine, America'sflintknappers 燧石 produce over a million new
arrow and spearheads every year. One of the things technology ts, it seems, is to survive.Carbon paper, to the extent that it may he a desire for self-preservation, may also takefort in the fact that, for all that this is a
digital age, many similar products are hangingon,and even making ebacks. Indeed, digital technologies may prove to be re transient thantheir predXXssors. They are based on the idea that the medium on which a file's constXXent0s and1s are stored doesn't matter, and on Alan Turing's insight
that any puter canmimic any other, given mery enough and time. This suggests that new digital technologiesshould be able to wipeout their predXXssors pletely. And early
digital technologies doseem to be vashing. The music cassette is enjoying a little renaissance, its very faithlessnessapparently part of itsrm; but digital audio tape seems doomed revolutionary digital technologies may
yet discard older ones to the dustbin. Perhapsthis will be the case with a remarkable breakthrough in lecular分子的technology thatcould, inprinciple, store all the data ever
recorded in a device that could fit in the back of an. In this instance, it would not be a matter of the new extinguishing the old. Though it maynever hebeen used for MP3s and PDFs before, DNA has been storing data for over threebillion years. And it shows no sign of going
extinct.56. Which of the following is TRUE about the carbon paper?A It is the key to paperless office.B It will be replaced by the puter soon.C It is re troublesome than the puter.D It can hardly survive in the digital age.57. According to the passage, "viable" Line 4, Para. 2 means __A secureB dynamXX feasibleD flexible58. Why does the author mention the example of What Technology ts by Kevin Kelly?A To int out that old Technology of nostalgia will flourish in the dern world.B To illustrate the imrtance of flintknappers.C To show that flintknapping is one of the stone age technologies.D To prove that old technologies seemingly never die.59. What can be inferred about digital technologies?A Digital audio tape will be vashed bXXuse of its accuracy.B Digital technologies he been proved to outlive the old technologies.C Early digital technologies will never go extinct.D The future of digital technologies will be used for DNA research.60. The passage mainly
concerned withA the difficulty of the realization of paperless officeB the fact that newest technologies may die out while the oldest surviveC the reason why old technologies will never be on the edge of extinctionD the imrtance of keeping improving technologies all the time六
级考试英语阅读习题答案56.C。

定位由题干中的carbon paper 定位到第一段最后两句：Carbon paper allows two copies of adocument to be made at once. Nowadays, a coupleof keystrokes can do the same thing with a lot lessfuss.详解
事实细节题。

本题考查对复写纸的理解。

由定位句“复写纸可迅速地把一份文件印出两份复件。

如今，敲几下键盘就可以做到同样的事情，而且还省去了不少麻烦”可知，复写纸使用起来要比计算机麻烦，故答案为C。

A“复写纸是无纸化办公的关键”和B“复写纸很快会被计算机所取代”均未在原文提及，故排除;第二段第一句指出“复写纸依旧存在着”，而非D“复写纸在数字时代很难存
活”，故排除。

57.C。

详解由题干定位到第二段末句：And today the little ches in which oldtechnologies take refuge are ever re viable and accessible，thanks to the Internet and thefact that production no longer needsto be so mass：making all numbers of obscure itemsis growing easier.详解语义理解题。

本题考查“viable”的词意。

定位句提到“现如今，由于互联网技术以及不再需要大规模生产这一事实，那些古老技术赖
以延续的微小职业正变得越来越容易存活并且容易入门”，根据上下文可推断出，viable应与accessible为同一语义场，即“可行的，易存活的”，故正确答案为C。

Asecure“安全的”、Bdynamic“活力的”和Dflexible“灵活的”均不符合题意.故排除。

58.D。

详解根据题干What Technology ts和Kevin Kelly定位到第三段倒数第一、二句：According to What Technology ts，a book by Kevin Kelly，one of the founders of Wiredmagazine，America's flintknappers produce overa million new arrow and spear heads everyyear.One of the things technology ts，it seems，is to survive.详解事实细节题。

本题考查作者以凯文·凯利所著《技术想要什么》为例的目的。

定位句提到“《连线》之一凯文·凯利在其《技术想要什么》一书中称，的燧石工每年生产超过100万支新箭头和矛头，技术所想露的事情之一似乎就是存活下去。

”而作者在定位句前一句指出“所以，从石器时代以来的技术得以存在，甚至在现代世界兴盛起来。

”故本文作者以凯文·凯利所著《技术想要什么》为例旨在证明旧技术似乎永远都不会，故D为答案。

A“旨在指出旧技术在现代将兴盛起来”为过度推断，故排除;B“旨在说明燧石工的重要性”和C“旨在说明燧石是石器时代以来的一门旧技术”均为对原文的曲解，故排除。

59.A。

详解由题干中的digital technologies定位到倒数第二段最后两句：And early digitaltechnologies do seem to be vashing.The music cassette is enjoying a little
renaissance，itsvery faithlessness apparently partof its rm;but digtal audio tape seems doomed.详解推理题。

本题考查对数字技术的理解。

由定位句可知“音乐磁带正悄然成为复兴的潮流，失真特质似乎正是其魅力的一部分;但数字录音带似乎难逃厄运”，由此可推出，数字录音带似乎难逃厄运是由于其保真，可被复制，故答案为A。

该段第二句指出“事实上，数字技术的存在时间可能比之前的技术更加短暂”，而非存活得更久，故排除B“数字技术要比老的技术存活得更久”;C“早期的数字技术永远都不会灭绝”与该段倒数第二句“早期的数字技术似乎的确正在消失”不符，故排除;D“数字技术在未来会被应用于DNA研究”原文并未提及，故排除。

60.B。

详解本题考查全文主旨，应对全文进行整体把握。

详解主旨大意题。

文章以复写纸为例说明旧技术不会，接下来论证其原因，最后表明最新的技术看起来最有可能消失;而最古老的技术有可能一直与我们相伴，故答案为B。

A“无纸办公室实现的困难性”仅在文中第一段提及，故排除;C“为什么旧技术永远不会”仅在文中第二、三段涉及，故排除;D“不断更的重要性”是对原文的曲解，故排除。

阅读理解是六级英语考试中十分重要的题型，需要考生多做练习提高阅读理解能力。

六级考试英语阅读习题一The "paperless office" has earned a proud placeon lists of technological promises that did not eto pass. Surely, though, the re dest goal ofhe carbon-paperless office is within thereach ofmankind? Carbon paper allows two copies
of a document to be made at once. Nowadays, acouple of keystrokes can do the same thing with a lot less fuss.Yet carbon paper persists. Forms still need to be filled out in a way that produces copies.This should not e as a surprise. Innovation tends to create new ches 合适的职业, ratherthan refillthose that already exist. So technologies may bee marginal, but they rarely goextinct. And today the little ches in which old technologies take refuge are ever re viableand accessible,thanks to the Internet and the fact
that production no longer needs to be somass; making all numbers of obscure items is growing easier.On top of that,
a widespread Technology of nostalgia技术怀旧 seeks to preserve all theways people he ever done anything, simply bXXuse they are kind of neat. As a resulttechnologies
fromall the way back to the stone age persist and even flourish in the dernworld. According to What Technology ts, a book by Kevin Kelly, one of the founders ofWired magazine, America'sflintknappers 燧石 produce over a million new
arrow and spearheads every year. One of the things technology ts, it seems, is to survive.Carbon paper, to the extent that it may he a desire for self-preservation, may also takefort in the fact that, for all that this is a
digital age, many similar products are hangingon,and even making ebacks. Indeed, digital technologies may prove to be re transient thantheir predXXssors. They are based on the idea that the medium on which a file's constXXent0s and1s are stored doesn't matter, and on Alan Turing's insight
that any puter canmimic any other, given mery enough and time. This suggests that new digital technologiesshould be able to wipeout their predXXssors pletely. And early
digital technologies doseem to be vashing. The music cassette is enjoying a little renaissance, its very faithlessnessapparently part of itsrm; but digital audio tape seems doomed revolutionary digital technologies may yet discard older ones to the dustbin. Perhapsthis will be the case with a remarkable breakthrough in lecular分子的technology thatcould, inprinciple, store all the data ever recorded in a device that could fit in the back of an. In this instance, it would not be a matter of the new extinguishing the old. Though it maynever hebeen used for MP3s and PDFs before, DNA has been storing data for over threebillion years. And it shows no sign of going
extinct.56. Which of the following is TRUE about the carbon paper?A It is the key to paperless office.B It will be
replaced by the puter soon.C It is re troublesome than the puter.D It can hardly survive in the digital age.57. According to the passage, "viable" Line 4, Para. 2 means __A secureB dynamXX feasibleD flexible58. Why does the author mention the example of What Technology ts by Kevin Kelly?A To int out that old Technology of nostalgia will flourish in the dern world.B To illustrate the imrtance of flintknappers.C To show that flintknapping is one of the stone age technologies.D To prove that old technologies seemingly never die.59. What can be inferred about digital technologies?A Digital audio tape will be vashed bXXuse of its accuracy.B Digital technologies he been proved to outlive the old technologies.C Early digital technologies will never go extinct.D The future of digital technologies will be used for DNA research.60. The passage mainly concerned withA the difficulty of the realization of paperless officeB the fact that newest technologies may die out while the oldest surviveC the reason why old technologies will never be on the edge of extinctionD the imrtance of keeping improving technologies all the time六
级考试英语阅读习题答案56.C。

定位由题干中的carbon paper 定位到第一段最后两句：Carbon paper allows two copies of
adocument to be made at once. Nowadays, a coupleof keystrokes can do the same thing with a lot lessfuss.详解事实细节题。

本题考查对复写纸的理解。

由定位句“复写纸可迅速地把一份文件印出两份复件。

如今，敲几下键盘就可以做到同样的事情，而且还省去了不少麻烦”可知，复写纸使用起来要比计算机麻烦，故答案为C。

A“复写纸是无纸化办公的关键”和B“复写纸很快会被计算机所取代”均未在原文提及，故排除;第二段第一句指出“复写纸依旧存在着”，而非D“复写纸在数字时代很难存活”，故排除。

57.C。

详解由题干定位到第二段末句：And today the little ches in which oldtechnologies take refuge are ever re viable and accessible，thanks to the Internet and thefact that production no longer needsto be so mass：making all numbers of obscure itemsis growing easier.详解语义理解题。

本题考查“viable”的词意。

定位句提到“现如今，由于互联网技术以及不再需要大规模生产这一事实，那些古老技术赖以延续的微小职业正变得越来越容易存活并且容易入门”，根据上下文可推断出，viable应与accessible为同一语义场，即“可行的，易存活的”，故正确答案为C。

Asecure“安全的”、Bdynamic“活力的”和Dflexible“灵活的”均不符合题意.故排除。

58.D。

详解根据题干What Technology ts和Kevin Kelly定位到第三段倒数第一、二句：According to What Technology ts，a book by Kevin Kelly，one of the founders of
Wiredmagazine，America's flintknappers produce overa million new arrow and spear heads everyyear.One of the things technology ts，it seems，is to survive.详解事实细节题。

本题考查作者以凯文·凯利所著《技术想要什么》为例的目的。

定位句提到“《连线》之一凯文·凯利在其《技术想要什么》一书中称，的燧石工每年生产超过100万支新箭头和矛头，技术所想露的事情之一似乎就是存活下去。

”而作者在定位句前一句指出“所以，从石器时代以来的技术得以存在，甚至在现代世界兴盛起来。

”故本文作者以凯文·凯利所著《技术想要什么》为例旨在证明旧技术似乎永远都不会，故D为答案。

A“旨在指出旧技术在现代将兴盛起来”为过度推断，故排除;B“旨在说明燧石工的重要性”和C“旨在说明燧石是石器时代以来的一门旧技术”均为对原文的曲解，故排除。

59.A。

详解由题干中的digital technologies定位到倒数第二段最后两句：And early digitaltechnologies do seem to be vashing.The music cassette is enjoying a little renaissance，itsvery faithlessness apparently partof its rm;but digtal audio tape seems doomed.详解推理题。

本题考查对数字技术的理解。

由定位句可知“音乐磁带正悄然成为复兴的潮流，失真特质似乎正是其魅力的一部分;但数字录音带似乎难逃厄运”，由此可推出，数字录音带似乎难逃厄运是由于其保真，可被复制，故答案为A。

该段第二句指出“事实上，数字技术的存在时间可能比之前的技术更加短暂”，而非存活得更久，故排除B“数
字技术要比老的技术存活得更久”;C“早期的数字技术永远都不会灭绝”与该段倒数第二句“早期的数字技术似乎的确正在消失”不符，故排除;D“数字技术在未来会被应用于DNA研究”原文并未提及，故排除。

60.B。

详解本题考查全文主旨，应对全文进行整体把握。

详解主旨大意题。

文章以复写纸为例说明旧技术不会，接下来论证其原因，最后表明最新的技术看起来最有可能消失;而最古老的技术有可能一直与我们相伴，故答案为B。

A“无纸办公室实现的困难性”仅在文中第一段提及，故排除;C“为什么旧技术永远不会”仅在文中第二、三段涉及，故排除;D“不断更的重要性”是对原文的曲解，故排除。

阅读理解是六级英语考试中十分重要的题型，需要考生多做练习提高阅读理解能力。

六级考试英语阅读习题一The "paperless office" has earned a proud placeon lists of technological promises that did not eto pass. Surely, though, the re dest goal ofhe carbon-paperless office is within thereach ofmankind? Carbon paper allows two copies of a document to be made at once. Nowadays, acouple of keystrokes can do the same thing with a lot less fuss.Yet carbon paper persists. Forms still need to be filled out in a way that produces copies.This should not e as a surprise. Innovation tends to create new ches 合适的职业, ratherthan refillthose that already exist. So technologies may bee marginal, but they rarely goextinct. And today the little
ches in which old technologies take refuge are ever re viableand accessible,thanks to the Internet and the fact
that production no longer needs to be somass; making all numbers of obscure items is growing easier.On top of that,
a widespread Technology of nostalgia技术怀旧 seeks to preserve all theways people he ever done anything, simply bXXuse they are kind of neat. As a resulttechnologies
fromall the way back to the stone age persist and even flourish in the dernworld. According to What Technology ts, a book by Kevin Kelly, one of the founders ofWired magazine, America'sflintknappers 燧石 produce over a million new
arrow and spearheads every year. One of the things technology ts, it seems, is to survive.Carbon paper, to the extent that it may he a desire for self-preservation, may also takefort in the fact that, for all that this is a
digital age, many similar products are hangingon,and even making ebacks. Indeed, digital technologies may prove to be re transient thantheir predXXssors. They are based on the idea that the medium on which a file's constXXent0s and1s are stored doesn't matter, and on Alan Turing's insight
that any puter canmimic any other, given mery enough and time. This suggests that new digital technologiesshould be
able to wipeout their predXXssors pletely. And early
digital technologies doseem to be vashing. The music cassette is enjoying a little renaissance, its very faithlessnessapparently part of itsrm; but digital audio tape seems doomed revolutionary digital technologies may yet discard older ones to the dustbin. Perhapsthis will be the case with a remarkable breakthrough in lecular分子的technology thatcould, inprinciple, store all the data ever recorded in a device that could fit in the back of an. In this instance, it would not be a matter of the new extinguishing the old. Though it maynever hebeen used for MP3s and PDFs before, DNA has been storing data for over threebillion years. And it shows no sign of going
extinct.56. Which of the following is TRUE about the carbon paper?A It is the key to paperless office.B It will be replaced by the puter soon.C It is re troublesome than the puter.D It can hardly survive in the digital age.57. According to the passage, "viable" Line 4, Para. 2 means __A secureB dynamXX feasibleD flexible58. Why does the author mention the example of What Technology ts by Kevin Kelly?A To int out that old Technology of nostalgia will flourish in the dern world.B To illustrate the imrtance of
flintknappers.C To show that flintknapping is one of the stone age technologies.D To prove that old technologies seemingly never die.59. What can be inferred about digital technologies?A Digital audio tape will be vashed bXXuse of its accuracy.B Digital technologies he been proved to outlive the old technologies.C Early digital technologies will never go extinct.D The future of digital technologies will be used for DNA research.60. The passage mainly concerned withA the difficulty of the realization of paperless officeB the fact that newest technologies may die out while the oldest surviveC the reason why old technologies will never be on the edge of extinctionD the imrtance of keeping improving technologies all the time六
级考试英语阅读习题答案56.C。

定位由题干中的carbon paper 定位到第一段最后两句：Carbon paper allows two copies of adocument to be made at once. Nowadays, a coupleof keystrokes can do the same thing with a lot lessfuss.详解
事实细节题。

本题考查对复写纸的理解。

由定位句“复写纸可迅速地把一份文件印出两份复件。

如今，敲几下键盘就可以做到同样的事情，而且还省去了不少麻烦”可知，复写纸使用起来要比计算机麻烦，故答案为C。

A“复写纸是无纸化办公的关键”和B“复写纸很快会被计算机所取代”均未在原文提及，故排除;第二段第一句指
出“复写纸依旧存在着”，而非D“复写纸在数字时代很难存活”，故排除。

57.C。

详解由题干定位到第二段末句：And today the little ches in which oldtechnologies take refuge are ever re viable and accessible，thanks to the Internet and thefact that production no longer needsto be so mass：making all numbers of obscure itemsis growing easier.详解语义理解题。

本题考查“viable”的词意。

定位句提到“现如今，由于互联网技术以及不再需要大规模生产这一事实，那些古老技术赖以延续的微小职业正变得越来越容易存活并且容易入门”，根据上下文可推断出，viable应与accessible为同一语义场，即“可行的，易存活的”，故正确答案为C。

Asecure“安全的”、Bdynamic“活力的”和Dflexible“灵活的”均不符合题意.故排除。

58.D。

详解根据题干What Technology ts和Kevin Kelly定位到第三段倒数第一、二句：According to What Technology ts，a book by Kevin Kelly，one of the founders of Wiredmagazine，America's flintknappers produce overa million new arrow and spear heads everyyear.One of the things technology ts，it seems，is to survive.详解事实细节题。

本题考查作者以凯文·凯利所著《技术想要什么》为例的目的。

定位句提到“《连线》之一凯文·凯利在其《技术想要什么》一书中称，的燧石工每年生产超过100万支新箭头和矛头，技术所想露的事情之一似乎就是存活下去。

”而作者在定位句前一句指出
“所以，从石器时代以来的技术得以存在，甚至在现代世界兴盛起来。

”故本文作者以凯文·凯利所著《技术想要什么》为例旨在证明旧技术似乎永远都不会，故D为答案。

A“旨在指出旧技术在现代将兴盛起来”为过度推断，故排除;B“旨在说明燧石工的重要性”和C“旨在说明燧石是石器时代以来的一门旧技术”均为对原文的曲解，故排除。

59.A。

详解由题干中的digital technologies定位到倒数第二段最后两句：And early digitaltechnologies do seem to be vashing.The music cassette is enjoying a little renaissance，itsvery faithlessness apparently partof its rm;but digtal audio tape seems doomed.详解推理题。

本题考查对数字技术的理解。

由定位句可知“音乐磁带正悄然成为复兴的潮流，失真特质似乎正是其魅力的一部分;但数字录音带似乎难逃厄运”，由此可推出，数字录音带似乎难逃厄运是由于其保真，可被复制，故答案为A。

该段第二句指出“事实上，数字技术的存在时间可能比之前的技术更加短暂”，而非存活得更久，故排除B“数字技术要比老的技术存活得更久”;C“早期的数字技术永远都不会灭绝”与该段倒数第二句“早期的数字技术似乎的确正在消失”不符，故排除;D“数字技术在未来会被应用于DNA研究”原文并未提及，故排除。

60.B。

详解本题考查全文主旨，应对全文进行整体把握。

详解主旨大意题。

文章以复写纸为例说明旧技术不会，接下来论证其原因，最后表明最新的技术看起来最有可能消失;而最古老的技术有可能一直与我们相伴，故答案为B。

A“无纸办公室实现的困
难性”仅在文中第一段提及，故排除;C“为什么旧技术永远不会”仅在文中第二、三段涉及，故排除;D“不断更的重要性”是对原文的曲解，故排除。

阅读理解是六级英语考试中十分重要的题型，需要考生多做练习提高阅读理解能力。

六级考试英语阅读习题一The "paperless office" has earned a proud placeon lists of technological promises that did not eto pass. Surely, though, the re dest goal ofhe carbon-paperless office is within thereach ofmankind? Carbon paper allows two copies of a document to be made at once. Nowadays, acouple of keystrokes can do the same thing with a lot less fuss.Yet carbon paper persists. Forms still need to be filled out in a way that produces copies.This should not e as a surprise. Innovation tends to create new ches 合适的职业, ratherthan refillthose that already exist. So technologies may bee marginal, but they rarely goextinct. And today the little ches in which old technologies take refuge are ever re viableand accessible,thanks to the Internet and the fact that production no longer needs to be somass; making all numbers of obscure items is growing easier.On top of that, a widespread Technology of nostalgia技术怀旧 seeks to preserve all theways people he ever done anything, simply bXXuse they are kind of neat. As a resulttechnologies
fromall the way back to the stone age persist and even flourish in the dernworld. According to What Technology ts, a book by Kevin Kelly, one of the founders ofWired magazine, America'sflintknappers 燧石 produce over a million new
arrow and spearheads every year. One of the things technology ts, it seems, is to survive.Carbon paper, to the extent that it may he a desire for self-preservation, may also takefort in the fact that, for all that this is a
digital age, many similar products are hangingon,and even making ebacks. Indeed, digital technologies may prove to be re transient thantheir predXXssors. They are based on the idea that the medium on which a file's constXXent0s and1s are stored doesn't matter, and on Alan Turing's insight
that any puter canmimic any other, given mery enough and time. This suggests that new digital technologiesshould be able to wipeout their predXXssors pletely. And early
digital technologies doseem to be vashing. The music cassette is enjoying a little renaissance, its very faithlessnessapparently part of itsrm; but digital audio tape seems doomed revolutionary digital technologies may
yet discard older ones to the dustbin. Perhapsthis will be the case with a remarkable breakthrough in lecular分子的
technology thatcould, inprinciple, store all the data ever recorded in a device that could fit in the back of an. In this instance, it would not be a matter of the new extinguishing the old. Though it maynever hebeen used for MP3s and PDFs before, DNA has been storing data for over threebillion years. And it shows no sign of going
extinct.56. Which of the following is TRUE about the carbon paper?A It is the key to paperless office.B It will be replaced by the puter soon.C It is re troublesome than the puter.D It can hardly survive in the digital age.57. According to the passage, "viable" Line 4, Para. 2 means __A secureB dynamXX feasibleD flexible58. Why does the author mention the example of What Technology ts by Kevin Kelly?A To int out that old Technology of nostalgia will flourish in the dern world.B To illustrate the imrtance of flintknappers.C To show that flintknapping is one of the stone age technologies.D To prove that old technologies seemingly never die.59. What can be inferred about digital technologies?A Digital audio tape will be vashed bXXuse of its accuracy.B Digital technologies he been proved to outlive the old technologies.C Early digital technologies will never go extinct.D The future of digital technologies
will be used for DNA research.60. The passage mainly concerned withA the difficulty of the realization of paperless officeB the fact that newest technologies may die out while the oldest surviveC the reason why old technologies will never be on the edge of extinctionD the imrtance of keeping improving technologies all the time六
级考试英语阅读习题答案56.C。

定位由题干中的carbon paper 定位到第一段最后两句：Carbon paper allows two copies of adocument to be made at once. Nowadays, a coupleof keystrokes can do the same thing with a lot lessfuss.详解
事实细节题。

本题考查对复写纸的理解。

由定位句“复写纸可迅速地把一份文件印出两份复件。

如今，敲几下键盘就可以做到同样的事情，而且还省去了不少麻烦”可知，复写纸使用起来要比计算机麻烦，故答案为C。

A“复写纸是无纸化办公的关键”和B“复写纸很快会被计算机所取代”均未在原文提及，故排除;第二段第一句指出“复写纸依旧存在着”，而非D“复写纸在数字时代很难存
活”，故排除。

57.C。

详解由题干定位到第二段末句：And today the little ches in which oldtechnologies take refuge are ever re viable and accessible，thanks to the Internet and thefact that production no longer needsto be so mass：making all numbers of obscure itemsis growing easier.详解语义理解题。

本题考查“viable”的词意。

定位句提到“现如今，由
于互联网技术以及不再需要大规模生产这一事实，那些古老技术赖以延续的微小职业正变得越来越容易存活并且容易入门”，根据上下文可推断出，viable应与accessible为同一语义场，即“可行的，易存活的”，故正确答案为C。

Asecure“安全的”、Bdynamic“活力的”和Dflexible“灵活的”均不符合题意.故排除。

58.D。

详解根据题干What Technology ts和Kevin Kelly定位到第三段倒数第一、二句：According to What Technology ts，a book by Kevin Kelly，one of the founders of Wiredmagazine，America's flintknappers produce overa million new arrow and spear heads everyyear.One of the things technology ts，it seems，is to survive.详解事实细节题。

本题考查作者以凯文·凯利所著《技术想要什么》为例的目的。

定位句提到“《连线》之一凯文·凯利在其《技术想要什么》一书中称，的燧石工每年生产超过100万支新箭头和矛头，技术所想露的事情之一似乎就是存活下去。

”而作者在定位句前一句指出“所以，从石器时代以来的技术得以存在，甚至在现代世界兴盛起来。

”故本文作者以凯文·凯利所著《技术想要什么》为例旨在证明旧技术似乎永远都不会，故D为答案。

A“旨在指出旧技术在现代将兴盛起来”为过度推断，故排除;B“旨在说明燧石工的重要性”和C“旨在说明燧石是石器时代以来的一门旧技术”均为对原文的曲解，故排除。

59.A。

详解由题干中的digital technologies定位到倒数第二段最后两句：And early digitaltechnologies do
seem to be vashing.The music cassette is enjoying a little renaissance，itsvery faithlessness apparently partof its rm;but digtal audio tape seems doomed.详解推理题。

本题考查对数字技术的理解。

由定位句可知“音乐磁带正悄然成为复兴的潮流，失真特质似乎正是其魅力的一部分;但数字录音带似乎难逃厄运”，由此可推出，数字录音带似乎难逃厄运是由于其保真，可被复制，故答案为A。

该段第二句指出“事实上，数字技术的存在时间可能比之前的技术更加短暂”，而非存活得更久，故排除B“数字技术要比老的技术存活得更久”;C“早期的数字技术永远都不会灭绝”与该段倒数第二句“早期的数字技术似乎的确正在消失”不符，故排除;D“数字技术在未来会被应用于DNA研究”原文并未提及，故排除。

60.B。

详解本题考查全文主旨，应对全文进行整体把握。

详解主旨大意题。

文章以复写纸为例说明旧技术不会，接下来论证其原因，最后表明最新的技术看起来最有可能消失;而最古老的技术有可能一直与我们相伴，故答案为B。

A“无纸办公室实现的困难性”仅在文中第一段提及，故排除;C“为什么旧技术永远不会”仅在文中第二、三段涉及，故排除;D“不断更的重要性”是对原文的曲解，故排除。

阅读理解是六级英语考试中十分重要的题型，需要考生多做练习提高阅读理解能力。

六级考试英语阅读习题一The "paperless office" has earned a proud placeon lists of technological promises that did not eto pass. Surely, though, the re dest goal ofhe carbon-paperless office is。