对于大学生来说，英语六级应该说是非常熟悉的一门考试了，因为在大学期间，我们必须要参加这个英语等级考试，虽然现在高校毕业已经没有对六级的硬性要求，但是如果能通过六级的话，不管是考研还是找工作都会起到很大的帮助。英语六级相对四级来说，难度确实提升了不少，但是只要大家找对方法，就一定会顺利通过。下面，沪江小编就为大家总结出2016年12月六级考试的阅读。

　　Reading Comprehension

　　Section A

　　Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to

　　select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

　　It is important that scientists be seen as normal people asking and answering important questions. Good, sound science depends on__26__, experiments and reasoned methodologies. It requires a willingness to ask new questions and try new approaches. It requires one to take risks and experience failures. But good science also requires__27__understanding, clear explain and concise presentation.

　　Our country needs more scientists who are willing to step out in thepublic__28__and offer their opinions on important matters. We need more scientists who can explain what they are doing in language that is__29__and understandable to the public. Those of us who are not scientists should also be prepared to support public engagement by scientists, and to__30__scientific knowledge into our public communications.

　　Too many people in this country, including some among our elected leadership, still do not understand how science works or why robust, long-range investments in research vitally matter. In the 1960s,the United States__31__nearly 17% of discretionaryspending to research and development,__32__decades of economic growth. By 2008, the figure had fallen into the single__33__.This occurs at a time when other nations have made significant gains in their own research capabilities.

　　At the University of California(UC),we __34__ourselves not only on the quality of our research, but also on its contribution to improving our world.To__35__the development of science from the lab bench to the market place, UC is investing our own money in our own good ideas.

　　A) arena B) contextual C) convincing D) devoted E) digits F) hasten G) hypotheses H) impairing

　　I) incorporate J) indefinite K) indulge L) inertia M) pride N) reaping O) warrant

　　试题解析：

　　首先，按照做题套路和思路，我们应该将15选10里面的十五个单词按照“词缀特征”划分为五类，分别是名词，形容词，动词，副词和不确定，名词尾缀一般是”-ion”，“-ment”和”-ure”等;形容词尾缀一般是”-ive”，”-ant”等;动词尾缀一般是”-ate”，”-ify”和”-en”等;副词一般是”-ly”;而不确定一般是”doing”或”done/v-ed”形式或者有些不确定词性的单词。分类如下：

　　名词：arena(斗争场所，舞台，场所), digits(数字), hypotheses(假设), inertia(惯性)

　　形容词：contextual(上下文的，与环境相关的), indefinite(含糊的，不确定的，不定的)

　　动词：hasten(催促，加快), incorporate(纳入，合并), indulge(纵容，沉溺)

　　副词：无

　　不确定：convincing(含说服的含义), devoted(含投入的含义), impairing(含削弱的含义), reaping(含获得的含义), pride(含骄傲的含义), warrant(含证明或授权含义)

　　It is important that scientists be seen as normal people asking and answering important questions. Good, sound science depends on hypotheses, experiments and reasoned methodologies.

　　试题解析：

　　第一，26题所填写的词性为名词，因为前后三个词并列词性一致，后面两个词的形式是名词都是名词复数，所以排除doing(动名词)的可能;然后从含义上，后面两个词的含义是”实验”，”推理方法”，对照表格里面的名词一类的含义，名词：arena(斗争场所，舞台，场所), digits(数字), hypotheses(假设), inertia(惯性)，应该是26) hypotheses为正解。

　　It requires a willingness to ask new questions and try new approaches. It requires one to take risks and experience failures. But good science also requirescontextual understanding, clear explain and concise presentation.

　　试题解析：

　　首先，确定27为形容词，因为后面的词组为并列模式，平行逻辑是：

　　形容词1+名词1，形容词2+名词2 and 形容词3+名词3

　　形容词类别的只有两个：形容词：contextual(上下文的，与环境相关的), indefinite(含糊的，不确定的)

　　根据前后单词的含义：______ 理解，清晰的解释，和简洁的展示

　　从含义上来说27) contextual为正解。

　　Our country needs more scientists who are willing to step out in thepublicarena and offer their opinions on important matters.

　　试题解析：

　　首先，确定28题词性为名词，因为前面是形容词public，形容词+名词

　　从名词类里面选择：

　　名词：arena(斗争场所，舞台，场所), digits(数字), hypotheses(假设), inertia(惯性)

　　名词已经有一个选过了，所以在剩下三个里面选择，从含义上判断，应该是public arena公共场合

　　翻译：我们的国家需要更多的科学家可以走出来到我们公开场合或公共场所，并提供其对重要问题的看法。

　　当然形容词也可以修饰doing，但是我们可以从含义上看出后面doing动名词里面没有适合的选项。

　　We need more scientists who can explain what they are doing in language that isconvincing and understandable to the public.

　　试题解析：

　　首先，确定29题是形容词，形容词类的词有：

　　形容词：contextual(上下文的，与环境相关的), indefinite(含糊的，不确定的，不定的)

　　不确定：convincing(含说服的含义), devoted(含投入的含义), impairing(含削弱的含义), reaping(含获得的含义)

　　从含义的角度，我们不能选择唯一的形容词里面的indefinite，因为后面并列的词是：understandable可理解的

　　从含义角度，两个词并不匹配。

　　所以我们从不确定的单词里面选择一个正向的，并且和后面的understandable含义匹配的词是convincing。

　　Those of us who are not scientists should also be prepared to support public engagement by scientists, and to incorporatescientific knowledge into our public communications.

　　试题解析：

　　首先，确定30题是动词原形，因为前面的词组be prepared to(1) support public engagement by scientists, and to(2) ______ scientific knowledge into our public communications，两个to并列，所以to后面是动词原形;第二，30题后面是名词，证明这个动词原形是及物动词;第三，30题后面有个into，从搭配角度来看，结合动词原形：hasten(催促，加快), incorporate(纳入，合并), indulge(纵容，沉溺)，应该选择30) incorporate。

　　Too many people in this country, including some among our elected leadership, still do not understand how science works or why robust, long-range investments in research vitally matter. In the 1960s,the United Statesdevoted nearly 17% of discretionary spending to research and development,reaping decades of economic growth.

　　试题解析：

　　首先，确定31题，应该填写动词，观察前面的时间状语In the 1960s，动词应该是过去时，所以从动词里面选择的话没有合适的选项，因为动词里面都是原形动词：hasten(催促，加快), incorporate(纳入，合并), indulge(纵容，沉溺)。所以我们在不确定里面寻找：convincing(含说服的含义), devoted(含投入的含义), impairing(含削弱的含义), reaping(含获得的含义), pride(含骄傲的含义), warrant(含证明或授权含义)，里面只有一个符合答案，那就是唯一的过去时：devoted，所以31) devoted为正解。

　　首先，确定32题，应该填写doing的形式，这个是由我们的题目形式决定的。

　　主语+谓语, doing(及物动词)+名词

　　这种结构叫做doing做伴随状语，逻辑主语是前方主句的主语，而由于32题后面是一个名词，所以doing是个及物动词，所以我们在不确定一类选择：

　　不确定：convincing(含说服的含义), impairing(含削弱的含义), reaping(含获得的含义)

　　由于前文提到了devoted，是正向的词，所以我们选择正向词汇reaping，32) reaping。

　　By2008, the figure had fallen into the singledigits.This occurs at a time when other nations have made significant gains in their own research capabilities.

　　试题解析：

　　首先，确定33题词性，是名词，因为前面是形容词single，而前面有个单词叫figure，和数字有关，所以在名词里面：arena(斗争场所，舞台，场所), digits(数字), hypotheses(假设), inertia(惯性)，里面只有digits数字，符合题意。

　　At the University of California(UC),we pride ourselves not only on the quality of our research, but also on its contribution to improving our world.

　　试题解析：

　　首先，34题的词性是动词，因为前面是主语名词，后面句子没有动词，所以缺动词，而时态方面唯一的过去时已经选择了，所以应该是在动词类里面选择：hasten(催促，加快), incorporate(纳入，合并), indulge(纵容，沉溺)，但是从词意到搭配，都不符合题意，所以再从不确定里面选项：pride(含骄傲的含义), warrant(含证明或授权含义)，从搭配角度，pride更符合：pride oneself on something，所以34)pride。

　　Tohasten the development of science from the lab bench to the market place, UC is investing our own money in our own good ideas.

　　试题解析：

　　首先，to出现了，后面会有两种可能性，一种是to+名词/动名词;另一种是to+do动词原形。

　　动词原形：hasten(催促，加快), incorporate(纳入，合并), indulge(纵容，沉溺)

　　不确定：convincing(含说服的含义), impairing(含削弱的含义), reaping(含获得的含义)

　　从单词正负态度来看，这里应该填写正向态度的词，因为UC is investing our own money in our own good ideas，UC正把投资我们的钱投在好的想法，所以选择hasten，35) hasten为正解。