2008年6月英語六級真題精講：快速閱讀
【指點迷津】
首先瀏覽問題及選項，猜測一下文章的主要話題，定位具體信息，到原文相應的地方尋找正確答案。
【試題精講】
【原題】1. What is John Ingham's report about?
A) A solution to the global energy crisis.
B) Extraordinary advances in technology.
C) The latest developments of medical science.
D) Scientists' vision of the world in half a century.
【快速解題】1．D)首先，考生可從題干中的提示信息 "John Ingham's report" 迅速找到原文第1段的尾句，"John Ingham reports on what the world's finest minds believe our futures will be." 根據(jù)文章的首句可推知，"the world's finest minds" 指的是前面提到的"top scientists", 他們對2056年，也就是半個世紀后的世界做出了一些預測，故答案應為D。
【原題】2. According to Harvard professor Steven Pinker, predictions about the future _____________.
A) may invite trouble
B) may not come true
C) will fool the public
D) do more harm than good
【快速解題】2．B)考生應該不難根據(jù)題干中的Harvard professor Steven Pinker 找到原文的第6段。據(jù)他所說，"This is an invitation to look foolish, as with the predictions of domed cities and nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners that were made 50 years ago."也就是說，這個預測可能實現(xiàn)不了，故正確答案應為B。這里值得注意的是，"invitation"的含義是"vision"，而非"邀請"，切不可斷章取義，誤選A和C。
【原題】3. Professor Bruce Lahn of the University of Chicago predicts that __________.
A) humans won't have to donate organs for transplantation
B) more people will donate their organs for transplantation
C) animal organs could be transplanted into human bodies
D) organ transplantation won't be as scary as it is today
【快速解題】3．A)文中第1個小標題Living longer的第2段首句與題干中的Bruce Lahn of University of Chicago是一致的。 從原文"Bruce Lahn, professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago, anticipates the ability to produce 'unlimited supplies' of transplantable human organs without the need for human donors."
可以看出，題干中的predict 和句中的anticipate 同義，而 "without the need for human donors" 和A選項正好對應，故答案為A。
【原題】4. According to professor Richard Miller of the University of Michigan, people will _____________.
A) life for as long as they wish
B) be relieved from all sufferings
C) live to 100 and more with vitality
D) be able to live longer than whales
【快速解題】4．C)題干中的Professor Richard Miller of University of Michigan可以提示我們找到文中第1個小標題Living longer的第4段尾句。"Turning on the same protective systems in people should, by 2056, create the first class of 100-year-olds who are as vigorous and productive as today's people in their 60s."選項C中的vitality是句中vigorous的名詞形式，故為正確答案。選項B沒有提及，選項A"想活多久就活多久"和選項D"可以活得比鯨魚更久"雖和壽命相關，但與原文含意不符，故可以排除。
【原題】5.Priceton professor Freeman Dyson thinks that _____________.
A) scientists will find alien life similar to ours
B) humans will be able to settle on Mars
C) alien life will likely be discovered
D) life will start to evolve on Mars
【快速解題】5．C)考生可以先依據(jù)題干中的Princeton professor Freeman Dyson找到文中第2個小標題Aliens的第4段。
He "thinks it 'likely' that life from outer space will be discovered before 2056..."選項C中的alien life意義同句中的life from outer space, 選項A，B，D均未提及，故答案為C。
【原題】6. According to Princeton professor Richard Gott, by setting up a self-sufficient colony on Mars, Humans.
A) might survive all catastrophes on earth
B) might acquire ample natural resources
C) Will be able to travel to Mars freely
D) Will move there to live a better life
【快速解題】6．A)考生很容易根據(jù)題干中的Princeton professor Richard Gott找到原文第3個小標題Colonies in space的第1段。 "...which would be a 'life insurance policy against whatever catastrophes, natural or otherwise, might occur on Earth'." Life insurance policy 為比喻用法，意為"可以保護人類免于地球上災難的侵襲"，與選項A的含義正好一致。
【原題】7. Ellen Heber-Katz, professor at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, predicts that _____________.
A) human organs can be manufactured like appliances
B) people will be as strong and dynamic as supermen
C) human nerves can be replaced by optic fibers
D) lost fingers and limbs will be able to regrow
【快速解題】7．D)題干中的Ellen Heber-Katz可以幫助考生準確地尋找到原文第4個小標題Spinal injuries的首句。"...foresees cures for injuries causing paralysis such as the one that afflicted Superman star Christopher Reeve."Foresee與題干中的predict同義，而第2段也說明了選項D與原文含義相符。選項A，B和C是根據(jù)第3段首句、第1段和第3段尾句中的個別字眼制造的干擾項，應排除。
【原題】8. Rodney Brooks says that it will be possible for robots to work with humans as a result of the development of _______________________________________.
【快速解題】8．artificial intelligence首先，考生應該根據(jù)題干中的Rodney Brooks和robots to work with humans找到原文第6個小標題Robots。短語with the development of 后面要接賓語，故只需填上develop的賓語即可，答案為artificial intelligence.
【原題】9. The most significant breakthrough predicted by Bill Joy will be an inexhaustible green energy source that can't be used to make _______________________________.
【快速解題】9．weaponsBill Joy和the most significant breakthrough這兩個重點信息可以幫助考生找到文中第7個小標題Energy。動詞make后面要接名詞或名詞短語，文中could not be made into 與題干can't be used to make含義相同，故答案應為weapon.
【原題】10. According to Geoffrey Miller, science will offer a more practical, universal and rewarding moral framework in place of _______________________________________.
【快速解題】10．religion考生可先依據(jù)題干中的Geoffrey Miller找到最后一個小標題Society。第二段說， "Thus, science will kill religion-not by reason challenging faith but by offering a more practical, universal and rewarding moral framework for human interaction." 而根據(jù)語法要求，介詞短語in place of 后面需接名詞，且in placae of與kill意義相近，故答案為religion.