2009年6月英语六级快速阅读真题精讲

【指点迷津】

这是一篇摘自Newsweek 08年4月21日的文章。题目很有意思，但实际话题我们都很熟悉，不过由于这篇文章内部没有小标题，给考生定位带来了一定的困难。快速阅读遵循同义替换的定位原则，包括词汇替换及句型改写两个部分。考生在答题时，一定要优先锁定大写字母、数字和专有名词(如人名、机构名称、地点等)，用这类词汇可以快速定位原文及排除部分干扰选项。

【试题精讲】

【原题】1. When Lenore Skenazy's son was allowed to take the subway alone, he_________.

A) was afraid that he might get lost           B) enjoyed having the independence

C) was only too pleased to take the risk     D) thought he was an exceptional child

【快速解题】1.B)考生在答题时要首先锁定人名Lenore Skenazy，题干和原文第1段第3句"when Lenore Skenazy...wrote about letting her son to take subway alone..."相对应，原文的主动句在题干中变成了被动式，考生可以顺着这句话在第2段的首句找到hve对这件事的反应："My son got home, overjoyed with independence"，而选项B正与此意相符，其他选项均为干扰项。

【原题】2. Lenore Skenazy believes that keeping kids under careful watch _________.

A) hinders their healthy growth                  B) adds too much to parents' expenses

C) shows traditional parental caution          D) bucks the latest parenting trend

【快速解题】2.A)此题可根据人名Lenore Skenazy和短语keeping kids under careful watch定位到原文第2段最后3句：“As if keeping kids under lock and key and cell phone and careful watch is the right way to rear kids. It's not. It's debilitating (使虚弱)-for us and for them.”选项A中的hinder与原文debilitate是同义替换，故为正确答案。

【原题】3. Skenazy's decision to let her son take the subway alone has met with _________.

A) opposition from her own family             B) official charges of child abuse

C) approval from psychologists                 D) somewhat mixed responses

【快速解题】3.D)根据题干中的Skenazy's decision，可定位到原文第3段的首句"Online message boards were soon full of people both applauding and condemning Skenazy's decision to let her son go it alone."考生据此不难判断，读者对这一事件的反应不一，有赞成，也有反对，选项D中的mixed responses即是原句中applauding and condemning的同义替换，是正确答案。

【原题】4. Skenazy started her own blog to _________.

A) promote sensible parenting                  B) share parenting experience

C) fight against child abuse                      D) protect children's rights

【快速解题】4.A)这道题有点难度，考生可能会有些踌躇，选项A和B可能会成为最后的PK对象，但是根据原文第六段中的 "...promoting the idea that modern children need some of the same independence that her generation had"以及后文"Her blog, she says, is dedicated to sensible parenting."两句可以推知，Skenazy宣扬的是一种很新很有争议的教育方式，所以可以由此判断promote sensible parenting是正确答案。

【原题】5.According to the author, New York City _________.

A) ranks high in road accidents                B) is much safer than before

C) ranks low in child mortality rates          D) is less dangerous than small cities

【快速解题】5.B)考生在锁定关键词New York City后，可找到原文中第8段 "New York City, for instance, is safer than it's ever been; it's ranked 136th in crime among all American cities."选项B中的much safer than before是safer than it's ever been的同义替换，故为正确答案，其他选项为干扰项。

【原题】6. Parents today are more nervous about their kids' safety than previous generations because _________.

A) there are now fewer children in the family

B) the number of traffic accidents has been increasing

C) their fear is amplified by media exposure of crime

D) crime rates have been on the rise over the years

【快速解题】6.C)题干与原文第9段的首句"...modern parents are more watchful and nervous about safety than previous generations" 相对应，此段的第3句紧接着给出了这道题的答案 "Part of the problem is that with wall-to-wall Internet and cable news, every missing child case gets so much airtime that it's not surprising even normal parental anxiety can be amplified."考生可以发现选项C的意思与此句是一致的，而其他选项在原文中均未提及。

【原题】7. According to child experts, how and when kids may be allowed more freedom depends on _________.

A) the traditions and customs of the community

B) the safety conditions of their neighborhood

C) their parents' psychological makeup

D) their maturity and personal qualities

【快速解题】7.D)考生在锁定关键词child experts, how and when后，要迅速找到原文第11段，第4句 "It all depends on developmental issues, maturity, and the psychological and emotional makeup of that child"，可以判断出选项D符合题意，选项C是干扰项，原文中提到的是makeup of that child，不是parents。

【原题】8. According to Gallagher and Skenazy, children who are watchful will be better able to stay away from _________.

【快速解题】8.unsafe situations题干中提到了Gallagher and Skenazy两个人名，考生要把答案锁定在原文第12段，再根据关键词watchful可找到最后一句 "...and how to avoid unsafe situations by being watchful and on their toes."考生不难看出，题干中的stay away from是原文中avoid的同义替换，故正确答案为unsafe situations。

【原题】9. Being able to find out where a child is anytime helps lessen parents' _________.

【快速解题】9.anxiety根据题干我们定位到原文的第13段第2句 "Being able to check in with a child anytime goes a long way toward relieving parental anxiety and may help parents loosen their control a little sooner."但是题目中的lessen一词可能会导致部分考生误填为control，因为与原文中的loosen较为相似。但是考生如果知道relieve和lessen是同义替换，就可以很快填出正确答案。

【原题】10. Nowadays with the help of GPS cell phones, parents can, from a distance, track their children's _________.

【快速解题】10. every movement考生可根据题干中的关键词GPS找到原文最后一段的第2句 "A new generation of GPS cell phones with tracking software make it easier than ever to follow a child's every movement via the Internet-without seeming to interfere or hover."此题与第9题颇为相似，由于原文中出现了track一词，考生极易误填software，但with tracking software是GPS cell phones的修饰语，题干中的track与原文中的follow才是意义相同的词，故正确答案为every movement。