大学英语六级改革适用（阅读）-试卷195
(总分：60.00，做题时间：90分钟)
一、 Reading Comprehension(总题数：6，分数：60.00)
1.Part III Reading Comprehension（分数：10.00）
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2.Section C（分数：10.00）
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I have worked with so many people over the years that have made me wonder how on earth they can work at their desk when everything that was in their drawers and in their filing cabin
ets has ended up in piles on top of their keyboard. One co-worker of mine couldn't remember what colour the top of his desk was! I had to say something, but when I did, he told me that he knew where everything was and needed all that paperwork for different projects he was working on. Some study suggests that about 15% of our time is wasted on looking for misplaced files and paperwork at the office. People get really defensive when you tell them that their desk is a mess. They say that they don't have time to clean up, as they are too busy. And if they would file certain items they would forget to work on it and would therefore miss the deadline. Hence, first things first, get yourself some folders and a black marker. Take every piece of paper on your desk one by one and file them. Make sure that everything you need to do with these papers is written down on a "to-do" list or even better in your computer organiser. For example, if you have to work on your budget next Monday, write down "work on budget" in your computer organiser so that when Monday comes, your computer will send you a reminder that you need to work on your budget today. Then file that paper in a folder named "budget". Put that folder away—not on your desk!! But in your filing cabinet. Proceed this way with every bit of information that clutters y
our desk. Do not get distracted by a form that reminds you that you need to do something. Instead, jot it down on your "to-do" list or in your organiser. You won't forget it as it has been written down. File it and move on. Keep focused. Only do one thing at a time for the moment and that is to organise and clean your desk.（分数：10.00）
(1).By mentioning his co-worker couldn't remember the color of the desk top, the author implies that______.（分数：2.00）
 A.the color of the desk top was too trivial to remember
 B.people were always kept too busy with office work
 C.people always misplaced their files and paperwork √
 D.disorganized office was hard to tolerate
解析：解析：题干是首段第2句的内容，是对该段首句“抽屉及文件柜里的东西最终在他们的键盘上堆积成山”的进一步举例说明，作者举这个极端的例子意在暗示“人们总是胡乱堆放文件(以至文件遮住桌面)”，因此C为本题答案。
(2).What did the author most probably say to his co-worker?（分数：2.00）
 A.The author told him to put away the unnecessary paperwork. √
 B.The author asked him for the paperwork he was working on.
 C.The author advised him to remember where everything was.
 D.The author suggested he deal with the projects one by one.
解析：解析：根据首段末句那位同事的回答可以推断作者对他说的内容应该是：整理办公桌，把不必要的文件清理干净，由此可见，本题应选A。本段主要针对“办公桌上乱七八糟”这个话题，B、D都与此主题无关，不能选；C并没有谈到“办公桌”、“文件”等关键问题，与主题关系不密切，也不能选。
(3).Some people regarded the files left on the desk top as _____.（分数：2.00）
 A.functionally a computer
 B.side products of a project
&inders of the work to do √
 D.evidence for their busy work
解析：解析：第2段末句中的if…they would forget to…表明有些人把文件堆放在桌面上是为防止忘记要做的事，因此本题应选C。
(4).A "budget" folder is used for _____.（分数：2.00）
 A.keeping the "to-do" list
&ding what has been done
&istering the company's budget
 D.filing the relevant papers for future tasks √
解析：解析：末段提到了整理桌面文件的步骤，还举了具体的例子，如要做预算报告，先将任务记录在计算机整理器中，然后将资料归入“budget”文件夹，以备做预算时使用，因此，budget文件夹中放的是将来做预算时所需的相关资料，即D项所述。
(5).According to the author, the most important thing right now is to_____.（分数：2.00）
 A.sort out the priority of the office work
 B.clean the desk by filing the paperwork √
 C.be concentrated on what is being done
 D.stop piling everything on the desk top
解析：解析：末段末句的Only do one thing．．．and that is…表明该句提到的就是现在所要做的最重要的事，B的内容与that is后的内容相同，因此选B。
In 1951, Time magazine set out to paint a portrait of the nation's youth, those born into the Great Depression. It doomed them as the Silent Generation, and a generally dull lot: cautious and obedient, uninterested in striking out in new directions or shaping the great issues of the day—the outwardly efficient types whose inner agonies the novel "Revolutionary Road" would analyze a decade later. "Youth's ambitions have shrunk," the
magazine declared. "Few youngsters today want to mine diamonds in South Africa, ranch in Paraguay, climb Mount Everest, find a cure for cancer, sail around the world or build an industrial empire. Some would like to own a small, independent business, but most want a good job with a big firm, and with it, a kind of suburban idyll(田园生活)." The young soldier "lacks flame," students were "docile notetakers." And the young writer's talent "sometimes turns out to be nothing more than a byproduct of his nervous disposition." "The best thing that can be said for American youth, in or out of uniform, is that it has learned that it must try to make the best of a bad and difficult job, whether that job is life, war, or both," Time concluded. "The generation which has been called the oldest young generation in the world has achieved a certain maturity." Today we are in a recession the depth and duration of which are unknown; Friday's job loss figures were just the latest suggestion that it could well be prolonged and profound rather than shorter and shallower. So what of the youth shaped by what some are already calling the Great Recession? Will a publication looking back from 2030 damn them with such faint praise? Will they marry younger, be satisfied with stable but less exciting jobs? Will their children mock them for reusing tea bags and co
unting pennies as if this paycheck were the last? At the very least, they will deal with tremendous instability, just as their Depression forebears did. "The '30s challenged the whole idea of the American dream, the idea of open economic possibilities," said Morris Dickstein, an English professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. "The version you get of that today is the loss of confidence on the part of both parent and children that life in the next generation will inevitably be better." How today's young will be affected 10, 20 or 40 years on will depend on many things. If history is any guide, what will matter most is where this recession generation is in the historical process.（分数：10.00）
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(1).What did the novel "Revolutionary Road" analyze?（分数：2.00）
 A.The inner pain of the Silent Generation. √
 B.The personality of the Silent Generation.
 C.The characteristics of the efficient people.
 D.The impact of the Depression on the youth.
解析：解析：“Revolutionary Road”出现在首段末句whose引导的定语从句中，该从句指出，10年后出版的《革命之路》分析了他们(“沉默的一代”)内心的痛苦，由此选A。inner agonies指内心的痛苦，与人的性格无关，因此排除B和C；D的范围太广，属于过度推断。
(2).By commenting that "students were 'docile notetakers'", the Time magazine suggested that students should have been_____.（分数：2.00）
& independent
& ambitious √
& creative
& diligent
解析：解析：第2段首句是该段主题句，其他句子以举例的方式说明主题句的观点。文中提到学生是“温顺的书呆子”，目的是为了说明首句的观点：年轻人的野心已经退化，即《时代》杂志认为年轻人应更具野心，本题应选B。其他选项都与主题句中的ambitions这个话题无关。
(3).What is the advantage of the Great Depression, according to Time?（分数：2.00）
 A.It increased the youth chances for a better job.