新一轮的英语六级考试就要考试了，快来做题吧。

六级完形填空练习（一）

For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In 1 a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend 2 can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are 3 readers. Most of us develop poor reading 4 at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency 5 in the actual stuff of language itself-words. Taken individually, words have 6 meaning until they are strung together into phrased, sentences and paragraphs. 7 , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to 8 words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over 9 you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which 10 down the speed of reading is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally as 11 reads.

To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an 12 , which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate 13 the reader finds comfortable, in order to “stretch” him.The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, 14 word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization, practically impossible. At first 15 is sacrificed for speed. But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, 16 your comprehension will improve. Many people have found 17 reading skill drastically improved after some training. 18 Charlce Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute 19 the training, now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is delighted that how he can 20 a lot more reading material in a short period of time.

1. A.applying B.doing C.offering D.getting

2. A.quickly B.easily C.roughly D.decidedly

3. A.good B.curious C.poor D.urgent

4. A.training B.habits C.situations D.custom

5. A.lies B.combines C.touches D.involves

6. A.some B. A lot C.little D.dull

7. A.Fortunately B.In fact C.Logically D.Unfortunately

8. A.reuse B.reread C.rewrite D.recite

9. A.what B.which C.that D.if

10. A.scales B.cuts C.slows D.measures

11. A.some one B.one C.he D.reader

12. A.accelerator B.actor C.amplifier D.observer

13. A.then B.as C.beyond D.than

14. A.enabling B.leading C.making D.indicating

15. A.meaning B.comprehension C.gist D.regression

16. A.but B.nor C.or D.for

17. A.our B.your C.their D.sucha

18. A.Look at B.Take C.Make D. Consider

19. A.for B.in C.after D.before

20. A.master B.go over C.present D.get through

参考答案

1.D

【解析】本句意思是“谁如果想谋得一份差事”。applying需加for,意思是“申请”;B.doing做;C.offering提供此三项均不符题意， 只有D.getting(获得)适合。

2.A

【解析】本句意为“快速阅读与理解的能力，是关系到成败的关键所在”只有quickly与原意吻合。easily(容易地);roughly (粗略地); decidedly(果断地)均与原文内容不符。

3.C

【解析】英语中，阅读速度快的人称为good reader，反之，就是poor reader。根据上下文的内容，多数人都属于poor reader，因此选poor(差的)。其它选项不妥。

4.B

【解析】此处的意思是“大多数人早期养成看书慢的习惯”因此选habits(习惯)。training (训练，培训);situations(形势);custom(风俗习惯)。

5.A

【解析】此处说的是“主要的困难在于语言的自身要素，即单词”。combines联合;touches接触;involves包括，这三项的词义与原文不符。而lies与in构成搭配，意为“在于”。

6.C

【解析】这里的意思是“如果单个地看这些字，它们并没有什么意义”。some有点;A lot许多;dull单调的。此三项不合题意。只有little(很少)是否定词，合乎逻辑。

7.D

【解析】此句意为“作者对未受过阅读训练的人的不良习惯感到遗憾”。Fortunately幸运地;In fact事实上;Logically合乎逻辑地,均不妥。Unfortunately(不幸地)合乎句义。

8.B

【解析】此句意为“在阅读时经常重读(反复读)”因此，选reread重读。reuse再使用;Rewrite改写;recite背诵。

9.A

【解析】此处所填的词既是look back over的宾语，又是you have just read的宾语，只有what能充当这种双重成分。

10.C

【解析】scales down按比例减少;cuts down削减;此两项不合题意。measures不能与down搭配。只有slow与down搭配的意思“放慢”，在此合适。

11.B

【解析】本段前文已经出现you，在此选one(泛指人们，我们，你)来代替you。some one无此用法。如果用reader，前面应加定冠词。he不能与该段逻辑一致。

12.A

【解析】此句意为“训练快速阅读所使用的工具必然与提高阅读速度有关”，因此选accelerator (快读器)。actor演员;amplifier放大器;observer观察者。

13.D

【解析】前面的faster决定了应当选than，构成比较级。

14.C

【解析】此句意为“快速阅读器迫使你加快阅读速度，使你再也不能逐字阅读，回顾前文内容或者默读”。enabling相当于making possible;leading引导;indicating指出，表明。都不合题意。只有making (使，使得)最合适。

15.B

【解析】这里的意思是“速读最初会影响理解”，所以选comprehension(理解力)。meaning意义，意思，指词或词组表示的意义;gist大意，要旨regression回顾

16.A

【解析】与前半句中的not only相呼应，构成句式“不仅……，而且……”，只有选but，而nor;or或for均不能构成固定用法。

17.C

【解析】本句中的主语是第三人称复数，物主代词必然是their。

18.B

【解析】take与后面的for instance构成短语，意为：“以……例”，其它三项不能构成搭配。

19.D

【解析】这里提到受训之前与受训之后进行比较,对比，因此选before。

20.D

【解析】此处意为：在较短时间内，读完众多的材料。master掌握;go over复习;present呈现，展现;此三项均不妥;只有get through (读完)最恰当。

六级完形填空练习（二）

Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? 1 an event takes place; newspapers are on the streets 2 the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to 3 the news.

Newspapers have one basic 4 , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to 5 it. Radio, telegraph, television, and 6 inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. 7 , this competition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the 8 and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are 9 and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out to many other fields. Besides keeping readers 10 of the latest news, today's newspapers 11 and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers' economic choices 12 advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very 13 .Newspapers are sold at a price that 14 even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main 15 of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The 16 in selling advertising depends on a newspaper's value to advertisers. This 17 in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends 18 on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment 19 in a newspaper's pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper's value to readers as a source of information 20 the community, city, country, state, nation, and world—and even outer space.

1.A.Just when B.While C.Soon after D.Before

2.A.to give B.giving C.given D.being given

3.A.gather B.spread C.carry D.bring

4.A.reason B.cause C.problem D.purpose

5.A.make B.publish C.know D.write

6.A.another B.other C.one another D.the other

7.A.However B.And C.Therefore D.So

8.A.value B.ratio C.rate D.speed

9.A.spread B.passed C.printed D.completed

10.A.inform B.be informed C.to be informed D.informed

11.A.entertain B.encourage C.educate D.edit

12.A.on B.through C.with D.of

13.A.forms B.existence C.contents D.purpose

14.A.tries to cover B.manages to cover C.fails to cover D.succeeds in

15.A.source B.origin C.course D.finance

16.A.way B.means C.chance D.success

17.A.measures B.measured C.Is measured D.was measured

18.A.somewhat B.little C.much D.something

19.A.offering B.offered C.which offered D.to be offered

20.A.by B.with C.at D.about

参考答案

1.【答案】A

【解析】just在此为副词，意为“刚刚”，做状语。此句意为“一个事件刚刚发生，街上就有报纸报道详情了。说明报纸对新闻的反应之快。

2.【答案】A

【解析】to give和giving都合乎语法，但giving强调的是正在发生的动作，而此处重点表达的是“反应快”，不是正在做什么。

3.【答案】A

【解析】消息，信息要靠收集。

4.【答案】D

【解析】后面的不定式短语表示目的。

5.【答案】C

【解析】提供信息的目的是为了让他人知道，所以选C。

6.【答案】B

【解析】other意为“其他的”。此句意为：无线电，电报，电视，及其它发明，成为报纸的竞争对手。

7.【答案】A

【解析】根据句中的merely及其后所述内容，应选however，表转折。

8.【答案】D

【解析】使用更新，更快的通讯工具，目的是提高速度。

9.【答案】C

【解析】报纸是印出来的，先印后看(读)。

10.【答案】D

【解析】keep sb.+过去分词是一种复合结构，sb.与过去分词为被动关系，意为保持这种关系的继续。此句的意思是：报纸不断地为读者提供新闻信息。

11.【答案】C

【解析】关于politics之类的严肃话题,只能选educate。

12.【答案】B

【解析】此句意为：报纸通过广告影响读者在经济生活中的选择。

13.【答案】B

【解析】大多数报纸依靠广告收入来维持生存，此现象人人皆知。

14.【答案】C

【解析】报纸的售价之低，不足以抵付成本的一小部分。符合上下文关于广告收入的说法。

15.【答案】A

【解析】收入来源应该用source。因为source指河流，泉水的发源地;常指抽象事物的根源或来源以及资料，信息的出处或来源。origin起源，起因。指事物后来发生,发展变化的最初起点,或指人的出身和血统。

16.【答案】D

【解析】succeed in为固定短语。此句意为：广告业务的成功，取决于报纸在客户(要打广告的人)心中的价值。

17.【答案】C

【解析】根据上下文，此处应该用一般现在时的被动语态，此句意为：报纸在客户心中的价值，是靠发行量衡量的。

18.【答案】C

【解析】该句意为：发行量的大小，很大程度上取决于发行部门的工作及报纸所提供的服务功能和娱乐功能。

19.【答案】B

【解析】offered作services和entertainment的定语。

20.【答案】D

【解析】information后面接介词about，表示“关于”。

六级完形填空练习（三）

Most people would be (1) by the high quality of medicine available (2) to most Americans. There is a lot of specialization, a great deal of (3) to the individual, a (4) amount of advanced technical equipment, and (5) effort not to make mistakes because of the financial risk which doctors and hospitals must (2) in the courts if they (7) things badly.

But the Americans are in a mess. The problem is the way in (8) health care is organized and (9). (10) to public belief it is not just a free competition system. To the private system has been joined a large public system, because private care was simply not (11) the less fortunate and the elderly.

But even with this huge public part of the system, (12) this year will eat up 84.5 billion dollars——more than 10 per cent of the U.S. Budget—large numbers of Americans are left (13). These include about half the 11 million unemployed and those who fail to meet the strict limits (14) income fixed by a government trying to make savings where in can.

The basic problem, however, is that there is no central control (15) the health system. There is no (16) to what doctors and hospitals charge for their services, other than what the public is able to pay. The number of doctors has shot up and prices have climbed. When faced with toothache, a sick child, or a heart attack, all the unfortunate person concerned can do is (17) up.

Twothirds of the population (18) covered by medical insurance. Doctors charge as much as they want (19) that the insurance company will pay the bill.

The rising cost of medicine in the U.S.A. is among the most worrying problems facing the country. In 1981 the country’s health bill climbed 15.9 per cent——about twice as fast as prices (20) general.

1. [A] compressed [B] impressed [C] obsessed [D]. repressed

2. [A] available [B] attainable [C] achievable [D]. amenable

3. [A] extension [B] retention [C] attention [D]. exertion

4. [A] countless [B] titanic [C] broad [D] vast

5. [A] intensive [B] absorbed [C] intense [D] concentrated

6. [A] run into [B] come into [C] face [D] defy

7. [A] treat [B] deal [C] maneuver [D] handle

8. [A] which [B] that [C] what [D] when

9. [A] to finance [B] financed [C] the finance [D] to be financed

10. [A] Contrary [B] Opposed [C] Averse [D] Objected

11. [A] looking for[B] looking into [C] looking after [D] looking over

12. [A] which [B] what [C] that [D] it

13. [A] over [B] out [C] off [D] away

14. [A] for [B] in [C] with [D] on

15. [A] over [B] on [C] under [D] behind

16. [A] boundary [B] restriction [C] confinement [D] limit

17. [A] to pay [B] paying [C] pay [D] to have paid

18. [A] is being [B] are [C] have been [D] is

19. [A] knowing [B] to know [C] they know [D] known

20. [A] in [B] with [C] on [D] for

参考答案：

1. [B]解析：词义辨析题。各个选项的意思和辨析如下：

compress 挤压;压缩。压缩机就是compressor。近义词squeeze。

impress 影响;给某人以深刻印象。名词impression印象。形容词impressive给人深刻印象的，感人的，出色的。

obsess迷住，使困扰。例如He was obsessed with the idea. 她一心想着那个念头。

repress 压制(感情等);镇压。

2. [A]解析：Something is available to someone：某人可以享受到……

例如：

Free education is available to all taxpayers.

所有纳税人都可以享受到免费教育。

available 可以获得的。现成的。

attainable 虽然和available意思相近，但是没有“现成的”之意。包含“需要努力才能得到的”意思。

achievable 的用法和attainable相近。也包含“需努力才能得到”的意思。

amenable 有责任的，需要负责的。应该服从的，有服从义务的。

例如，citizens amenable to the law，应该遵纪守法的公民。He was amenable to spending more time at home.他愿意在家多呆些时间。

3. [C]解析：extension 延长，延续;推迟。

retention保留，保持，保持物

attention注意, 关心, 关注, 注意力

exertion 尽力, 努力, 发挥, 行使, 运用

4. [D]Vast amount of：大量的。

countless无数的。通常用于可数名词。近义词myriad, many。

titanic 巨大的。常形容体积。近义词colossal

broad宽的，宽广的

vast的用途比较广泛。可以用来形容体积，数量，程度，及强度。 近义词enormous。比如：vast amounts of investment巨额的投资

5. [C]解析：intensive强烈的, 精深的, 透彻的。

Absorbed全神贯注的，一心一意的。

intense强烈的, 剧烈的, 热切的, 热情的, 激烈的

例如，the excitement was intense非常激动intense pain剧烈的疼痛;intense colors，鲜明的颜色;intense effort巨大的努力;an intense student刻苦的学生

concentrated集中的，浓缩的。

6. [C]解析：Must后面用动词原形。To face = to be faced with：面对。

7. [D]解析：Handle = to deal with：处理。Treat: 给……治病，对待。Maneuver：有策略、有手腕地对待、处理。

8. [A]解析：Which引导的定语从句修饰the way。这里in which完全可以省略掉，变成：the way health care is organized…再比如：the way he treated his wife：他对待他妻子的方式 = the way in which he treated his wife。

9. [B]解析：Finance在这里是动词。和organize是并列关系，用其过去分词。

10. [A]解析：Contrary to…和……相反。

Opposed to 和……反对，敌对，作对。

Averse (常与to连用)嫌恶的

I am not averse to a dance party and a good meal after a week’s hard work.

我不反对一周紧张的工作后举办一次舞会,再美餐一顿。

The minister is averse to flattery.

部长不喜欢听恭维话。

Object 不及物动词。反对(某人或某事)。例如：

I object to all this noise.

我反对一切噪音。

However, others strongly object to developing private cars.

然而,另有一些人强烈反对发展私人小汽车。

He stood up and objected in strong language.

他站起来用强烈的语言表示反对。

11. [C]解析：looking for 寻找

looking into 调查

looking after 照顾;照看

looking over 检查，察看

12. [A]解析：Which引导一个非限定性定语从句，修饰名词this huge public part of the system。非限定性定语从句不能用that修饰。

13. [B]解析：To leave someone/something out：省略，忽略，不考虑。

The entire Chapter II was left out in the second edition.

再版的时候整个的第二章都被删掉了。

To leave over：留下，剩下。

questions left over by history历史遗留下来的问题

14. [D]解析：There’s no limit on…：……是没有限度的。

There’s no limit on the potential of the human brain.

人大脑的潜力是无限的。

15. [A]解析：和control搭配的介词是over。

16. [D]解析：boundary界线;边界。例如，the boundaries of the country ，国界。界限;范围。例如：the boundaries of knowledge 知识范围。

Restriction限制。例如：restrictions for hunters对猎人实施的限制。a restriction against smoking in schools 禁止在学校吸烟 。

confinement (被)限制, (被)禁闭, 产期, 分娩。近义词imprisonment

limit, restrict, confine这三个动词的一般含义为“限制”或“局限”。

limit 指时、空、程度、量等方面的“限定”，其内涵是如果超出了这种限度就会受罚或遭到令人不快的后果;此外，这个词也常用来表示“局限” This driver received a ticket because he failed to limit his speed while driving in heavy traffic.

那位司机收到了一个违章通知单，因为他在车辆多的地方没能限制开车速度。

I limited myself to two modest ambitions. to do physical exercises every morning and to read more of an evening.

我把自己的决心限制于两项小小的抱负：即每天早晨做体操，常在晚上多读一点书。

He seems to have only a limited intelligence.

似乎他的智力有限。 We must limit our expense to what we can afford.

我们必须不使开支超出我们的支付能力

restrict 区别于limit 的地方在于，restrict“限制”的是范围，而limit 侧重于表示“限制”到某个点

In democratic countries any efforts to restrict the freedom of the Press are rightly condemned.

在民主的国家里，限制新闻自由的任何努力都要受到公正的遣责。

The trees restrict our view.

这些树局限了我们的视野。

confine 具有 limit 和 restrict 两者的含义，但 confine 的内涵是“约束”或“束缚”

He is confined to the house by illness.

他因病闭门不出。

The professor confined his remarks to scientific management.

那位教授把自己的讲话局限在科学管理方面。

limit 亦为名词。如：Didn’t you see the speed limit? confine 亦可用作名词

It did not, however, remain within the confines of his estate.

然而，这种疾病并未被局限在他的庄园范围之内。

17. [C]解析：省略to的不定式作表语。

As I had created the embarrassing situation, I knew the kindest thing I could do was walk away.

因为是我造成了那个尴尬的局面，我知道我所能做的最好的事就是远远走开。

18. [B]解析：主语是复数名词，谓语动词应用复数形式。另外因为是一般事实，用一般现在时。

19. [A]解析：knowing that…现在分词作状语。

20. [A]解析：in general：总的来说。