2023年12月英語六級考試深度閱讀試題與答案匯總

　　深度閱讀_SA：

　　47. others

　　解析：關鍵詞 evaluate ourselves

　　迅速定位到 第一段第一句話所以答案是 others

　　48. similar to peers

　　解析：關鍵詞 adolescence

　　迅速定位到 第一段中間 所以答案是 similar to peers.

　　49. a good listener

　　解析：關鍵詞 self- awareness

　　迅速定位到 第二段第一句 所以答案是a good listener

　　50. They seek professional help

　　解析：關鍵詞 unacceptable to family or friends

　　迅速定位到 第二段第七行 所以答案是They can seek professional help.

　　51. a normal reaction

　　解析：關鍵詞 Counselors 和assure

　　迅速定位到 第二段倒數第三行 所以答案是a normal reaction

　　深度閱讀SB_1

　　Amid all the job losses of the Great Recession, there is one category of worker that the economic disruption has been good for: nonhumans.

　　From self-service checkout lines at the supermarket to industrial robots armed with saws and taught to carve up animal carcasses in slaughter-houses, these ever-more-intelligent machines are now not just assisting workers but actually kicking them out of their jobs.

　　Automation isnt just affecting factory workers, either. Some law firms now use artificial intelligence software to scan and read mountains of legal documents, work that previously was performed by highly paid human lawyers.

　　Robots continue to have an impact on blue-collar jobs, and white-collar jobs are under attack by microprocessors, says Edward Leamer, an economics professor at UCLAs Anderson School of Management and director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast, a survey of the U.S. and California economies. Leamer says the recession permanently wiped out 2.5 million jobs. U.S. gross domestic product has climbed back to pre-recession levels, meaning were producing as much as before, only with 6 percent fewer workers. To be sure, robotics are not the only job killers out there, with outsourcing stealing far more gigs than automation.

　　Jeff Burnstein, president of the Robotics Industry Association, a trade group in Ann Arbor, Mich., argues that robots actually save U.S. jobs. His logic: companies that embrace automation might use fewer workers, but thats still better than firing everyone and moving the work overseas.

　　Its not that robots are cheaper than humans, though often they are. Its that they are better. In some cases the quality requirements are so stringent that even if you wanted to have a human do the job, you couldnt, Burnstein says.

　　Same goes for surgeons, who are using robotic systems to perform an ever-growing list of operationsnot because the machines save money but because, thanks to the greater precision of robots, the patients recover in less time and have fewer complications, says Dr. Myriam Curet.

　　Surgeons may survive the robot invasion, but others at the hospital might not be so lucky, as iRobot, maker of the Roomba, a robot vacuum cleaner, has been showing off Ava, a three-foot-tall droid on wheels that carries a tablet computer. iRobot reckons Ava could be used as a courier in a hospital. And once youre home, recovering, Ava could let you talk to your doctor, so theres no need to send someone to your house. That mobile telepresence could be useful at the office. If youre away on a trip, you can still attend a meeting. Just connect via videoconferencing software, so your face appears on Avas screen.

　　Is any job safe? I was hoping to say journalist, but researchers are already developing algorithms that can gather facts and write a news story. Which means that a few years from now, a robot could be writing this column. And who will read it? Well, there might be a lot of us hanging around with lots of free time on our hands.

　　52. What do we learn from the first few paragraphs?

　　答案：The robotic industry has benefited from the economic recession.

　　53. What caused the greatest loss of jobs in America?

　　答案：Moving production to other countries.

　　54. What does Jeff Burnstein say about robots?

　　答案：They compete with human workers.

　　55. What are robotic systems replacing surgeons in more and more operations according to Dr. Myriam Curet?

　　答案：They beat humans in precision.

　　56. What does the author imply about robotics?

　　答案：It will be applied in any field imaginable.

　　【解析】這是一篇討論機器人取代人類的科技說明文，話題是考生比較熟悉的科技類文章。文中指出在大蕭條時期眾多失業的情況下，有一類工人卻受益于經濟混亂：機器人。機器人和業務外包比自動化分流了更多的崗位。但是專家指出，并不是因為機器人比人廉價，而是它們比人類更優秀。在很多具體工作上，人類無法做到像機器人那樣精確。文章最后一段探討還有那些崗位能免于機器人取代的危機，作者本以為記者行業可以，但是結果卻不是這樣，幾乎所有崗位都面臨這種趨勢，從而緊扣文章原文題目和主題：Who Needs Humans?人類還有何用?

　　本文選材雖然是科技相關，但是詞匯都比較簡單，沒有太偏的詞匯。而這幾道題相比而言，難度又低了不少，很多選項直接可以通過對比原文排除，如54題談到對機器人的看法，其中B選項說機器人比人類工作更省錢更便宜，而文中已經特別清晰的表明立場，Its not that 此外，詞匯復現也能幫助大家準備做對題目，如第52題的答案中benefit from就對應了原文中的be good for，所以很快很輕松的就選出來了。因此考生只要明確文中幾個人物各自的觀點，勾畫好關鍵詞，整體上來講，5道題都做對基本可以做到的。

　　深度閱讀SB_2

　　Youve now heard it so many times, you can probably repeat it in your sleep. President Obama will no doubt make the point publicly when he gets to Beijing: the Chinese need to spend more; they need to consume more; they need believe it or not to become more like Americans, for the sake of the global economy.

　　And its all true. But the other side of that equation is that the U.S. needs to save more. For the moment, American households actually are doing so. After the personal-savings rate dipped to zero in 2005, the shock of the economic crisis last year prompted people to snap shut their wallets.

　　In China, the household-savings rate exceeds 20%. It is partly for policy reasons. As weve seen, wage earners are expected to care for not only their children but also their aging parents. And there is, to date, only the flimsiest(脆弱的) of publicly-funded health care and pension systems, which increases incentives for individuals to save while they are working. But China is a society that has long esteemed personal financial prudence(謹慎)for centuries. There is no chance that will change anytime soon, even if the government creates a better social safety net and successfully encourages greater consumer spending.

　　Why does the U.S. need to learn a little frugality? Because healthy savings rates are one of the surest indicators of a countrys long-term financial health. High savings lead, over time, to increased investment, which in turn generates productivity gains, innovation and job growth. In short, savings are the seed corn of a good economic harvest.

　　The U.S. government thus needs to act as well. By running constant deficits, it is dis-saving, even as households save more. Peter Orszag, Obamas Budget Director, recently called the U.S. budget deficits unsustainable and hes right. To date, the U.S. has seemed unable to have what Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has called an adult conversation about the consequences of spending so much more than is taken in. That needs to change. And though Hu Jintao and the rest of the Chinese leadership arent inclined to lecture visiting Presidents, he might gently hint that Beijing is getting a little nervous about the value of the dollar which has fallen 15% since March, in large part because of increasing fears that Americas debt load is becoming unmanageable.

　　Thats what happens when youre the worlds biggest creditor: you get to drop hints like that, which would be enough by themselves to create international economic chaos if they were ever leaked. If Americans saved more and spent less, consistently over time, they wouldnt have to worry about all that.

　　【點評】

　　本文講述了在全球經濟危機的背景下，美國人要向中國人學習勤儉，學會儲蓄。為什么這樣做呢?文章中指出良好的儲蓄率能夠推動經濟的繁榮。但即使美國家庭開始儲蓄更多，如果政府常年赤字的話，對美國來說還是反儲蓄的。所以文章的目的是敦促美國政府降低赤字，并在文末再一次強調要堅持向中國學習存多花少，

　　57. How did the economic crisis affect Americans?

　　They had to tighten their belts.

　　【解析】細節題。從原文第二段最后一句話the shock of the economic crisis last year prompted people to snap shut their wallets可見，經濟危機使得美國民眾關緊錢包，即少花錢，也就是答案中tighten their belts(勒緊腰帶，節省開支)的意思。所以正確答案為A。

　　58. What should be done to encourage Chinese people to consume?

　　Improving Chinas social security system.

　　【解析】細節題。從原文中的even if the government creates a better social safety net and successfully encourages greater consumer spending可見，如要鼓勵中國人消費更多，這需要提高社會安全系統。

　　59. What does the author mean by saying savings are the seed corn of a good economic harvest ?

　　A healthy savings rate promotes economic prosperity.

　　【解析】細節題。根據題干提示，定位至第四段最后一句，我們發現這句話是前面幾句話的概括，那根據前面High savings lead, over time, to increased investment, which in turn generates productivity gains, innovation and job growth.可知，高儲蓄率能夠促進投資，進而促進生產率、創新和崗位增長，即促進經濟的繁榮。所以正確答案為D。

　　60. In what circumstances do currency traders become scared?

　　When Beijing mentions in public the huge debts America owes China.

　　【解析】細節題。從原文中的Every time any official in Beijing deliberately publicly about seeking an alternative to the U.S. dollar for the $2.1 trillion China holds in reserve, currency traders have a heart attack.可知，每當中國政府公開提到美國欠我國的大量債務，貨幣交易員們就擔驚受怕。因為本段一開始提到作為最大的債權國，財政上的漏洞會造成經濟的混亂。所以正確答案為D。

　　61. What is the authors purpose of writing the passage?

　　To urge the American government to cut defictis.

　　【解析】主旨題?？v觀全文，作者一直在強調美國應該向中國學習勤儉，文中第五段的第一句話By running constant deficits, it is dis-saving, even as households save more.也給到我們提示，既然長期運行赤字是不利于儲蓄的，那美國政府應該做的是降低赤字。所以正確答案是A。

　　

　　深度閱讀_SA：

　　47. others

　　解析：關鍵詞 evaluate ourselves

　　迅速定位到 第一段第一句話所以答案是 others

　　48. similar to peers

　　解析：關鍵詞 adolescence

　　迅速定位到 第一段中間 所以答案是 similar to peers.

　　49. a good listener

　　解析：關鍵詞 self- awareness

　　迅速定位到 第二段第一句 所以答案是a good listener

　　50. They seek professional help

　　解析：關鍵詞 unacceptable to family or friends

　　迅速定位到 第二段第七行 所以答案是They can seek professional help.

　　51. a normal reaction

　　解析：關鍵詞 Counselors 和assure

　　迅速定位到 第二段倒數第三行 所以答案是a normal reaction

　　深度閱讀SB_1

　　Amid all the job losses of the Great Recession, there is one category of worker that the economic disruption has been good for: nonhumans.

　　From self-service checkout lines at the supermarket to industrial robots armed with saws and taught to carve up animal carcasses in slaughter-houses, these ever-more-intelligent machines are now not just assisting workers but actually kicking them out of their jobs.

　　Automation isnt just affecting factory workers, either. Some law firms now use artificial intelligence software to scan and read mountains of legal documents, work that previously was performed by highly paid human lawyers.

　　Robots continue to have an impact on blue-collar jobs, and white-collar jobs are under attack by microprocessors, says Edward Leamer, an economics professor at UCLAs Anderson School of Management and director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast, a survey of the U.S. and California economies. Leamer says the recession permanently wiped out 2.5 million jobs. U.S. gross domestic product has climbed back to pre-recession levels, meaning were producing as much as before, only with 6 percent fewer workers. To be sure, robotics are not the only job killers out there, with outsourcing stealing far more gigs than automation.

　　Jeff Burnstein, president of the Robotics Industry Association, a trade group in Ann Arbor, Mich., argues that robots actually save U.S. jobs. His logic: companies that embrace automation might use fewer workers, but thats still better than firing everyone and moving the work overseas.

　　Its not that robots are cheaper than humans, though often they are. Its that they are better. In some cases the quality requirements are so stringent that even if you wanted to have a human do the job, you couldnt, Burnstein says.

　　Same goes for surgeons, who are using robotic systems to perform an ever-growing list of operationsnot because the machines save money but because, thanks to the greater precision of robots, the patients recover in less time and have fewer complications, says Dr. Myriam Curet.

　　Surgeons may survive the robot invasion, but others at the hospital might not be so lucky, as iRobot, maker of the Roomba, a robot vacuum cleaner, has been showing off Ava, a three-foot-tall droid on wheels that carries a tablet computer. iRobot reckons Ava could be used as a courier in a hospital. And once youre home, recovering, Ava could let you talk to your doctor, so theres no need to send someone to your house. That mobile telepresence could be useful at the office. If youre away on a trip, you can still attend a meeting. Just connect via videoconferencing software, so your face appears on Avas screen.

　　Is any job safe? I was hoping to say journalist, but researchers are already developing algorithms that can gather facts and write a news story. Which means that a few years from now, a robot could be writing this column. And who will read it? Well, there might be a lot of us hanging around with lots of free time on our hands.

　　52. What do we learn from the first few paragraphs?

　　答案：The robotic industry has benefited from the economic recession.

　　53. What caused the greatest loss of jobs in America?

　　答案：Moving production to other countries.

　　54. What does Jeff Burnstein say about robots?

　　答案：They compete with human workers.

　　55. What are robotic systems replacing surgeons in more and more operations according to Dr. Myriam Curet?

　　答案：They beat humans in precision.

　　56. What does the author imply about robotics?

　　答案：It will be applied in any field imaginable.

　　【解析】這是一篇討論機器人取代人類的科技說明文，話題是考生比較熟悉的科技類文章。文中指出在大蕭條時期眾多失業的情況下，有一類工人卻受益于經濟混亂：機器人。機器人和業務外包比自動化分流了更多的崗位。但是專家指出，并不是因為機器人比人廉價，而是它們比人類更優秀。在很多具體工作上，人類無法做到像機器人那樣精確。文章最后一段探討還有那些崗位能免于機器人取代的危機，作者本以為記者行業可以，但是結果卻不是這樣，幾乎所有崗位都面臨這種趨勢，從而緊扣文章原文題目和主題：Who Needs Humans?人類還有何用?

　　本文選材雖然是科技相關，但是詞匯都比較簡單，沒有太偏的詞匯。而這幾道題相比而言，難度又低了不少，很多選項直接可以通過對比原文排除，如54題談到對機器人的看法，其中B選項說機器人比人類工作更省錢更便宜，而文中已經特別清晰的表明立場，Its not that 此外，詞匯復現也能幫助大家準備做對題目，如第52題的答案中benefit from就對應了原文中的be good for，所以很快很輕松的就選出來了。因此考生只要明確文中幾個人物各自的觀點，勾畫好關鍵詞，整體上來講，5道題都做對基本可以做到的。

　　深度閱讀SB_2

　　Youve now heard it so many times, you can probably repeat it in your sleep. President Obama will no doubt make the point publicly when he gets to Beijing: the Chinese need to spend more; they need to consume more; they need believe it or not to become more like Americans, for the sake of the global economy.

　　And its all true. But the other side of that equation is that the U.S. needs to save more. For the moment, American households actually are doing so. After the personal-savings rate dipped to zero in 2005, the shock of the economic crisis last year prompted people to snap shut their wallets.

　　In China, the household-savings rate exceeds 20%. It is partly for policy reasons. As weve seen, wage earners are expected to care for not only their children but also their aging parents. And there is, to date, only the flimsiest(脆弱的) of publicly-funded health care and pension systems, which increases incentives for individuals to save while they are working. But China is a society that has long esteemed personal financial prudence(謹慎)for centuries. There is no chance that will change anytime soon, even if the government creates a better social safety net and successfully encourages greater consumer spending.

　　Why does the U.S. need to learn a little frugality? Because healthy savings rates are one of the surest indicators of a countrys long-term financial health. High savings lead, over time, to increased investment, which in turn generates productivity gains, innovation and job growth. In short, savings are the seed corn of a good economic harvest.

　　The U.S. government thus needs to act as well. By running constant deficits, it is dis-saving, even as households save more. Peter Orszag, Obamas Budget Director, recently called the U.S. budget deficits unsustainable and hes right. To date, the U.S. has seemed unable to have what Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has called an adult conversation about the consequences of spending so much more than is taken in. That needs to change. And though Hu Jintao and the rest of the Chinese leadership arent inclined to lecture visiting Presidents, he might gently hint that Beijing is getting a little nervous about the value of the dollar which has fallen 15% since March, in large part because of increasing fears that Americas debt load is becoming unmanageable.

　　Thats what happens when youre the worlds biggest creditor: you get to drop hints like that, which would be enough by themselves to create international economic chaos if they were ever leaked. If Americans saved more and spent less, consistently over time, they wouldnt have to worry about all that.

　　【點評】

　　本文講述了在全球經濟危機的背景下，美國人要向中國人學習勤儉，學會儲蓄。為什么這樣做呢?文章中指出良好的儲蓄率能夠推動經濟的繁榮。但即使美國家庭開始儲蓄更多，如果政府常年赤字的話，對美國來說還是反儲蓄的。所以文章的目的是敦促美國政府降低赤字，并在文末再一次強調要堅持向中國學習存多花少，

　　57. How did the economic crisis affect Americans?

　　They had to tighten their belts.

　　【解析】細節題。從原文第二段最后一句話the shock of the economic crisis last year prompted people to snap shut their wallets可見，經濟危機使得美國民眾關緊錢包，即少花錢，也就是答案中tighten their belts(勒緊腰帶，節省開支)的意思。所以正確答案為A。

　　58. What should be done to encourage Chinese people to consume?

　　Improving Chinas social security system.

　　【解析】細節題。從原文中的even if the government creates a better social safety net and successfully encourages greater consumer spending可見，如要鼓勵中國人消費更多，這需要提高社會安全系統。

　　59. What does the author mean by saying savings are the seed corn of a good economic harvest ?

　　A healthy savings rate promotes economic prosperity.

　　【解析】細節題。根據題干提示，定位至第四段最后一句，我們發現這句話是前面幾句話的概括，那根據前面High savings lead, over time, to increased investment, which in turn generates productivity gains, innovation and job growth.可知，高儲蓄率能夠促進投資，進而促進生產率、創新和崗位增長，即促進經濟的繁榮。所以正確答案為D。

　　60. In what circumstances do currency traders become scared?

　　When Beijing mentions in public the huge debts America owes China.

　　【解析】細節題。從原文中的Every time any official in Beijing deliberately publicly about seeking an alternative to the U.S. dollar for the $2.1 trillion China holds in reserve, currency traders have a heart attack.可知，每當中國政府公開提到美國欠我國的大量債務，貨幣交易員們就擔驚受怕。因為本段一開始提到作為最大的債權國，財政上的漏洞會造成經濟的混亂。所以正確答案為D。

　　61. What is the authors purpose of writing the passage?

　　To urge the American government to cut defictis.

　　【解析】主旨題?？v觀全文，作者一直在強調美國應該向中國學習勤儉，文中第五段的第一句話By running constant deficits, it is dis-saving, even as households save more.也給到我們提示，既然長期運行赤字是不利于儲蓄的，那美國政府應該做的是降低赤字。所以正確答案是A。