英语六级真题及答案解析卷一

PartⅢ Reading Comprehension

Section A

As it is, sleep is so undervalued that getting by on fewer hours has become a badge of honor. Plus, we live in a culture that_____(37)to the late-nighter, from 24-hour grocery stores to online shopping sites that never close. It's no surprise, then, that more than half of American adults don't get the 7 to 9 hours of shut-eye every night as_____(38)by sleep experts.

Whether or not we can catch up on sleep-on the weekend,

say-is a hotly_____(39)topic among sleep researches. The latest evidence suggests that while it isn't_____(40), it might help. When Liu, the UCLA sleep researcher and professor of medicine, brought_____(41)sleep-restricted people into the lab for a weekend of sleep during which they logged about 10 hours per night, they showed_____(42)in the ability of insulin(胰岛素)to process blood sugar. That suggests that catchup sleep may undo some but not all of the damage that sleep_____(43)causes, which is encouraging given how many adults don't get the hours they need each night. Still, Liu isn't_____(44)to endorse the habit of sleeping less and making up for it later.

Sleeping pills, while helpful for some, are not_____(45)an effective remedy either. “A sleeping pill will_____(46)one area of the brain, but there's never going to be a perfect sleeping pill, because you couldn't really replicates(复制)the different chemicals moving in and out of different parts of the brain to go through the different stages of sleep," says Collop, director of the Emory University Sleep Center.

37.【题干】_____

【选项】

【答案】B

【解析】cater to表示“迎合”的意思，空白处前提到a culture，所以用第三人称单数caters。

38.【题干】_____

【选项】

【答案】M

【解析】空白处后有介词by，因此空白处前要填一个动词，与后文匹配，recommended by符合题意，大多数美国人都达不到由睡眠专家建议的7——9小时睡眠时间。

39.【题干】_____

【选项】

【答案】D

【解析】空白处前有hotly这个词，后有topic，说明这是个热门的话题，要填一个形容词，debated讨论的，符合题意。

40.【题干】_____

【选项】

【答案】F

【解析】通过while...might help. 可以看出，文章中提到尽管在假日补充睡眠并不是理想的，ideal符合语境。

41.【题干】_____

【选项】

【答案】C

【解析】空白处后为形容词，空白处需要填副词做修饰，chronically意思为“长期地”修饰“有睡眠困扰的人”符合题意。

42.【题干】_____

【选项】【答案】G

【解析】空白处前有showed，因此空白处填一个名词更贴切，G选项improvements符合语境。

43.【题干】_____

【选项】

【答案】E

【解析】题意为：补眠可以修复一部分并不是全部的由睡眠( )造成的损害。所以sleep后面应该接一个名词，组成“睡眠匮乏”符合语境。

44.【题干】_____

【选项】

【答案】L

【解析】根据文中“没有…去做某事”，推测出空格内填一个形容词，选ready表示“Liu尚未准备好去接受这个习惯”。

45.【题干】_____

【选项】

【答案】H

【解析】空格内应该填一个副词修饰be动词。“必须地”符合语境，“尽管安眠药对于一些人是有效的，但并不一定是一个有效的解决良方”。

46.【题干】_____

【选项】

【答案】O

【解析】情态动词will后要跟一个动词原形，target符合，表示“一片安眠药会瞄准大脑的一个区域。

Section B

Climate change may be real, but it's still not easy being green.

[A]The road to climate hell is paved with our good intentions. Politicians may tackle polluters while scientists do battle with carbon emissions. But the most pervasive problem