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1、2010 年北文海航六级资料 1一、 题型简介阅读理解部分包括快速阅读（Skimming and Scanning）和仔细阅读（Reading in Depth） ，测试学生获取书面信息的能力。 快速阅读该部分要求考生运用略读和查读的技能从篇章中获取信息。略读考核学生通过快速阅读获取文章主旨大意或中心思想的能力。查读考核学生利用各种提示，如数字、大写单词、段首或句首词等，快速查找特定信息的能力。快速阅读理解部分采用的题型有句子填空、完成句子、判断是非等。 仔细阅读该部分分为三种题型，分别为多项选择题型、选词填空和问答题。测试考生在不同层面上的阅读理解能力，包括理解主旨大意和重要细节、综合分析、
2、推测判断以及根据上下文推测词义等。二、 分值比例快速阅读占总分值的 25%；仔细阅读占总分值的 10%。三、 时间规划 快速阅读该部分要求考生阅读 12 篇篇幅较长的文章或多篇短文，总长度约为 1200 词。答题时间为 15 分钟，阅读速度约每分钟 120 词。 仔细阅读该部分要求考生阅读三篇短文。两篇为多项选择题型的短文理解测试，每篇长度 400450 词。一篇为选词填空（Banked Cloze）或简答题（Short Answer Questions） 。其中，选词填空篇章长度为 250300 词，简答题篇章长度为 400450 词。四、 文章难度考题难度远高于大学四级英语考题，但距考研英
3、语阅读理解的难度仍有一段距离。由于国内大学英语考试命题思路的连贯性和难度系数的逐级递增，可将六级英语的学习过程科学地定义为四级英语与考研英语的过渡与衔接。2010 年北文海航六级资料 2五、TS 套图TEXTPARAGRAPHSENTENCE核心题型宏 观 解 题 法三 道定 位法 则六 大核 心题 型WORD阅读思维层次图（THOUGHT） 解题策略结构图（STRATEGY ）六、真题演练Passage 1Sustainable development is applied to just about everything from energy to clean water and eco
4、nomic growth, and as a result it has become difficult to question either the basic assumptions behind it or the way the concept is put to use. This is especially true in agriculture, where sustainable development is often taken as the sole measure of progress without a proper appreciation of histori
5、cal and cultural perspectives.To start with, it is important to remember that the nature of agriculture has changed markedly throughout history, and will continue to do so. Medieval agriculture in northern Europe fed, clothed and sheltered a predominantly rural society with a much lower population d
6、ensity than it is today. It had minimal effect on biodiversity, and any pollution it caused was typically localized. In 独 门 暗 器2010 年北文海航六级资料 3terms of energy use and the nutrients（营养成分）captured in the product it was relatively inefficient.Contrast this with farming since the start of the industrial
7、 revolution. Competition from overseas led farmers to specialize and increase yields. Throughout this period food became cheaper, safe and more reliable. However, these changes have also led to habitat（栖息地）loss and to diminishing biodiversity.Whats more, demand for animal products in developing coun
8、tries is growing so fast that meeting it will require an extra 300 million tons of grain a year by 2050. Yet the growth of cities and industry is reducing the amount of water available for agriculture in many regions.All this means that agriculture in the 21stcentury will have to be very different f
9、rom how it was in the 20th.thiswill require radical thinking. For example, we need to move away from the idea that traditional practices are inevitably more sustainable than new ones. We also need to abandon the notion that agriculture can be “zero impact”. The key will be to abandon the rather simp
10、le and static measures of sustainability, which centre on the need to maintain production without increasing damage.Instead we need a more dynamic interpretation, one that looks at the pros and cons（正反两方面）of all the various way land is used. There are many different ways to measure agricultural perf
11、ormance besides food yield: energy use, environmental costs, water purity, carbon footprint and biodiversity. It is clear, for example, that the carbon of transporting tomatoes from Spain to the UK is less than that of producing them in the UK with additional heating and lighting. But we do not know
12、 whether lower carbon footprints will always be better for biodiversity.What is crucial is recognizing that sustainable agriculture is not just about sustainable food production.1. How do people often measure progress in agriculture?A) By its productivity. B) By its sustainability.C) By its impact o
13、n the environment. D) By its contribution to economic growth.2. Specialization and the effort to increase yields have resulted 2010 年北文海航六级资料 4in_.A) localized pollution B) the shrinking of farmlandC) competition from overseasD) the decrease of biodiversity3. What does the author think of traditiona
14、l farming practices?A) They have remained the same over the centuries.B) They have not kept pace with population growth.C) They are not necessarily sustainable.D) They are environmentally friendly.4. What will agriculture be like in the 21st century?A) It will go through radical changes.B) It will s
15、upply more animal products.C) It will abandon traditional farming practices.D) It will cause zero damage to the environment.5. What is the authors purpose in writing this passage?A) To remind people of the need of sustainable development.B) To suggest ways of ensuring sustainable food production.C)
16、To advance new criteria for measuring farming progress.D) To urge people to rethink what sustainable agriculture is.Passage 2Intel chairman Andy Grove has decided to cut the Gordian knot of controversy surrounding stem cell research by simply writing a check.The check, which he pledged last week, could be for as much as $5 mi
