2010年12月英語六級真題完形填空原文與解答

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D] on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Americas most popular newspaper website today announced that the era of free online journalism is drawing to a close. The New York Times has become the biggest publisher yet to 62 plans for a paywall around its digital offering, 63 the accepted practice that internet users will not pay for news.

Struggling 64 an evaporation of advertising and a downward drift in street corner sales, The New York Times 65 to introduce a metered model at the beginning of 2011. Readers will be required to pay when they have 66 a set number of its online articles per month.

The decision puts the 159-year-old newspaper 67 the charging side of an increasingly wide chasm (鴻溝) in the media industry. But others, including the Guardian, have said they will not 68 internet readers, and certain papers, 69 Londons Evening Standard, have gone further in abandoning readership revenue by making their print editions 70 .

The New York Timess publisher, Arthur Sulzberger, 71 that the move is a gamble: This is a 72 , to a certain degree, in where we think the web is going.

Boasting a print 73 of 995,000 on weekdays and 1.4 million on Sundays, The New York Times is the third bestselling American newspaper, 74 the Wall Street Journal and USA Today. 75 most US papers focus on a single city, The New York Times is among the few that can 76 national scopeas well as 16 bureaus in the New York area, it has 11 offices around the US and 77 26 bureaus elsewhere in the world.

But 78 many in the publishing industry, the paper is in the grip of a 79 financial crisis. Its parent company, the New York Times Company, has 15 papers, but 80 a loss of $70 million in the nine months to September and recently accepted a $250 million 81 from a Mexican billionaire, Carlos Slim, to strengthen its balance sheet.

62. [A] set in [C] carry over

[B] set out [D] carry away

63. [A] abusing [C] developing

[B] deducting [D] abandoning

64. [A] with [C] along

[B] beside [D] by

65. [A] engages [C] deliberates

[B] intends [D] signifies

66. [A] exceeded [C] assumed

[B] multiplied [D] revealed

67. [A] on [C] over

[B] of [D] up

68. [A] cost [C] expend

[B] consume [D] charge

69. [A] as for [C] such as

[B] far from [D] by far

70. [A] reliable [C] applicable

[B] free [D] easy

71. [A] resisted [C] acknowledged

[B] certified [D] appealed

72. [A] net [C] bet

[B] kit [D] pit

73. [A] evaluation [C] circulation

[B] expansion [D] dimension

74. [A] behind [C] before

[B] against [D] within

75. [A] If [C] Hence

[B] While [D] Because

76. [A] ascend [C] lengthen

[B] announce [D] claim

77. [A] contributes [C] maintains

[B] disposes [D] encounters

78. [A] like [C] from

[B] beyond [D] through

79. [A] heavy [C] rough

[B] crude [D] serious

80. [A] targeted [C] suffered

[B] suspended [D] tolerated

81. [A] asset [C] account

[B] bill [D] .loan

參考答案

62 B set out set out plans表示制定計(jì)劃

63 D abandoning abandon 放棄，once unshakeable orthodoxy表示曾經(jīng)不可動(dòng)搖的做法，也就是現(xiàn)在要放棄了。

64 A with struggle with表示同斗爭，介詞搭配，這里表示設(shè)法應(yīng)對廣告收入和報(bào)紙銷售量下降的局面。

65 B intends intend to表示打算,從后面的at the beginning of 2011，可知還沒有這么做，只是計(jì)劃或者打算這么做。

66 A exceeded 超過，是說當(dāng)用戶每月閱讀文章超過一定量時(shí)就要收費(fèi)。

67 A on 和side搭配，on the side of 表示擁護(hù)站在一邊。

68 D charge 本詞在文章中多次出現(xiàn)，charge sb表示向某人收費(fèi)。

69 C such as 表示舉例，從后面舉Londons Evening Standard作為例子，可知應(yīng)該選such as.

70 B free 前面提到abandon readership revenue，即放棄讀者收益，由此可知應(yīng)該是make print editions free.

71 C acknowledged 表示承認(rèn)，這里表示Arthur Sulzberger承認(rèn)這么做是一種賭博。

72 C bet 打賭，賭注，從前面的gamble可知應(yīng)該選bet。

73 C circulation 發(fā)行量，從后面的數(shù)量可知應(yīng)該選circulation。

74 A behind NYT排名第三，即排在the Wall Street Journal and USA Today后面。

75 B While while在這里表示對比，從上下文可知NYT與美國其他報(bào)紙不同。

76 D claim 聲稱，宣稱，這里是說NYT聲稱自己是全國范圍的報(bào)紙。

77 C maintains 維持，運(yùn)營，即NYT還在世界其他地方運(yùn)營著26個(gè)辦公室。

78 A like 從下文可知NYT和印刷行業(yè)的其他公司一樣，也受到金融危機(jī)的影響，所以選like，表示同一樣。

79 D serious 嚴(yán)重的，考察形容詞與名詞的搭配，從下文的數(shù)據(jù)可知遭受嚴(yán)重經(jīng)濟(jì)損失。

80 C suffered 遭受，suffer a loss遭受損失，常見搭配。

81 D loan 貸款，前文提到公司損失了很多錢，所以需要從別處借錢來補(bǔ)充資金。

2010年12月英語六級真題完形填空原文與解答

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D] on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Americas most popular newspaper website today announced that the era of free online journalism is drawing to a close. The New York Times has become the biggest publisher yet to 62 plans for a paywall around its digital offering, 63 the accepted practice that internet users will not pay for news.

Struggling 64 an evaporation of advertising and a downward drift in street corner sales, The New York Times 65 to introduce a metered model at the beginning of 2011. Readers will be required to pay when they have 66 a set number of its online articles per month.

The decision puts the 159-year-old newspaper 67 the charging side of an increasingly wide chasm (鴻溝) in the media industry. But others, including the Guardian, have said they will not 68 internet readers, and certain papers, 69 Londons Evening Standard, have gone further in abandoning readership revenue by making their print editions 70 .

The New York Timess publisher, Arthur Sulzberger, 71 that the move is a gamble: This is a 72 , to a certain degree, in where we think the web is going.

Boasting a print 73 of 995,000 on weekdays and 1.4 million on Sundays, The New York Times is the third bestselling American newspaper, 74 the Wall Street Journal and USA Today. 75 most US papers focus on a single city, The New York Times is among the few that can 76 national scopeas well as 16 bureaus in the New York area, it has 11 offices around the US and 77 26 bureaus elsewhere in the world.

But 78 many in the publishing industry, the paper is in the grip of a 79 financial crisis. Its parent company, the New York Times Company, has 15 papers, but 80 a loss of $70 million in the nine months to September and recently accepted a $250 million 81 from a Mexican billionaire, Carlos Slim, to strengthen its balance sheet.

62. [A] set in [C] carry over

[B] set out [D] carry away

63. [A] abusing [C] developing

[B] deducting [D] abandoning

64. [A] with [C] along

[B] beside [D] by

65. [A] engages [C] deliberates

[B] intends [D] signifies

66. [A] exceeded [C] assumed

[B] multiplied [D] revealed

67. [A] on [C] over

[B] of [D] up

68. [A] cost [C] expend

[B] consume [D] charge

69. [A] as for [C] such as

[B] far from [D] by far

70. [A] reliable [C] applicable

[B] free [D] easy

71. [A] resisted [C] acknowledged

[B] certified [D] appealed

72. [A] net [C] bet

[B] kit [D] pit

73. [A] evaluation [C] circulation

[B] expansion [D] dimension

74. [A] behind [C] before

[B] against [D] within

75. [A] If [C] Hence

[B] While [D] Because

76. [A] ascend [C] lengthen

[B] announce [D] claim

77. [A] contributes [C] maintains

[B] disposes [D] encounters

78. [A] like [C] from

[B] beyond [D] through

79. [A] heavy [C] rough

[B] crude [D] serious

80. [A] targeted [C] suffered

[B] suspended [D] tolerated

81. [A] asset [C] account

[B] bill [D] .loan

參考答案

62 B set out set out plans表示制定計(jì)劃

63 D abandoning abandon 放棄，once unshakeable orthodoxy表示曾經(jīng)不可動(dòng)搖的做法，也就是現(xiàn)在要放棄了。

64 A with struggle with表示同斗爭，介詞搭配，這里表示設(shè)法應(yīng)對廣告收入和報(bào)紙銷售量下降的局面。

65 B intends intend to表示打算,從后面的at the beginning of 2011，可知還沒有這么做，只是計(jì)劃或者打算這么做。

66 A exceeded 超過，是說當(dāng)用戶每月閱讀文章超過一定量時(shí)就要收費(fèi)。

67 A on 和side搭配，on the side of 表示擁護(hù)站在一邊。

68 D charge 本詞在文章中多次出現(xiàn)，charge sb表示向某人收費(fèi)。

69 C such as 表示舉例，從后面舉Londons Evening Standard作為例子，可知應(yīng)該選such as.

70 B free 前面提到abandon readership revenue，即放棄讀者收益，由此可知應(yīng)該是make print editions free.

71 C acknowledged 表示承認(rèn)，這里表示Arthur Sulzberger承認(rèn)這么做是一種賭博。

72 C bet 打賭，賭注，從前面的gamble可知應(yīng)該選bet。

73 C circulation 發(fā)行量，從后面的數(shù)量可知應(yīng)該選circulation。

74 A behind NYT排名第三，即排在the Wall Street Journal and USA Today后面。

75 B While while在這里表示對比，從上下文可知NYT與美國其他報(bào)紙不同。

76 D claim 聲稱，宣稱，這里是說NYT聲稱自己是全國范圍的報(bào)紙。

77 C maintains 維持，運(yùn)營，即NYT還在世界其他地方運(yùn)營著26個(gè)辦公室。

78 A like 從下文可知NYT和印刷行業(yè)的其他公司一樣，也受到金融危機(jī)的影響，所以選like，表示同一樣。

79 D serious 嚴(yán)重的，考察形容詞與名詞的搭配，從下文的數(shù)據(jù)可知遭受嚴(yán)重經(jīng)濟(jì)損失。

80 C suffered 遭受，suffer a loss遭受損失，常見搭配。

81 D loan 貸款，前文提到公司損失了很多錢，所以需要從別處借錢來補(bǔ)充資金。