2023下半年英語六級考試閱讀題及答案

Nowadays,leaderstheworldoverarebusymappingoutblueprintsforanewagewithenvironmentalprotectionhighontheiragenda.Sustainabledevelopmenthitsheadlinesalmosteveryday.Itisofutmostimportancetorestoretheharmoniousbalancebetweenmanandnature,giventhedamagewevealreadydonetoit.

Firstofall,wemustrealizethatmanandnatureareinteractive.Tobeginwith,wederiveeverythingfromnature.Amongotherthings,Imsureyouvealltastednaturalproducethatisotherwiseknownasgreenfood.Andyoumusthavenoticedthatnearlyallbeautifyingproductsboastofbeingnaturalcreams,naturallotionsornaturalgels.Forman,naturehasanirresistibleappeal.

Butontheotherhandwemustalsorealizethatnaturecanbeunruly.Natureisindeedlikeariddle,someareasofwhicharebeyondthereachofscienceandtechnology,atleastintheforeseeablefuture.Nevertheless,theadvancementofscienceandtechnologywillstillcharacterizethenextmillennium.Thecomingnewagewillprovidemanyopportunities,butitwillbelikewiserunofchallenges.Forinstance,UnitedNationsdemographerspredictthatglobalpopulationcouldsoarfromitscurrent5.9billiontoasmanyas11.2billionby2050.Thiswillaggravatethecurrentscarcityofnaturalresourcescausedbyenvironmentaldegradation.Moreconflictsoverthisscarcitymayoccurwiththeghostofnuclearwarsalwayshidinginthebackground.Topreventthisnightmarefromcomingtrue,governmentsneedtoworkcloselywitheachotherandbackuptheirverbalcommitmentbyactions.However,itisnotenoughonlytoaskwhatgovernmentscandotoachievetheharmonybetweenmanandnature.Wemustaskourselveswhatweasindividualscando.

Canweallbeeconomicalwithfood,water,electricityorotherresources?Canwe,orrather,somegreedyonesamongus,stopmakingrareplantsandanimalsintodeliciousdishes?Canwestopusingtheunrecyclablestyleoflunchboxes?Ifnot,onedaytheymayburyusinanoceanofwhiterubbish.Afterall,theearthisnotadustbin;itsourcommonhome.

1.Greenfoodisanamewegiveto______________________.

2.Beautifyingproductsboastofbeingnaturalbecause___________________.

3.Whatwillthenextmillenniumbecharacteristicof,accordingtotheauthor?

4.Thecurrentscarcityofnaturalresourceswillbeaggravatedby_______________.

5.Ifwedontgiveupusingtheunrecyclablelunchboxes,theymayaccumulatetobe__________________.

答案：

1.[naturalproduce]

[定位]依據greenfood查找到第2段第3句。

解析：原文該句中的otherwise說明naturalproduce和greenfood是同一概念，因此naturalproduce為此題答案。

2.[forman,naturehasanirresistibleappeal]

[定位]依據beautifyingproductsboastofbeingnatural及because查找到第2段最終兩句。

解析：第2段倒數第2句開頭的And說明該句與該段Tobeginwith引出的第2句并列，因此，對倒數第2句的解釋不能在之前的句子查找，而應當在末句查找，事實上，這兩句存在隱含的因果關系，由此可見，末句就是此題答案。

3.[Theadvancementofscienceandtechnology.]

[定位]依據nestmillennium和characteristic查找到第3段第3句。

解析：從原文該句中的characterize和題目中的becharacteristicof可以看出，原文與題目同義，區分只在于characterize和becharacteristicof要求的主語和賓語位置互換，因此原文的主語即為becharacteristicof的”賓語，即此題答案。

4.[thesoaringglobalpopulation]

[定位]依據題干內容查找到第3段第5、6句。

解析：第3段第6句說明自然資源匱乏的問題會由于“this”而變得更嚴峻，而this指的是該段第5句描述的內容，從第5句可以知道this指的是“全球人口的急劇增加”，用原文的詞語可表達為thesoaringglobalpopulation。

5.[anoceanofwhiter