全國大學英語考試CET-6真題班主講老師：邱桂林2012.12 真題 （二）57.

How

did

the

economic

crisis

affect

Americans?A）They

had

totighten

theirbelts.Their

bank

savings

rate

dropped

tozero.Their

leadership

in

the

global

economy

wasshaken.D）They

became

concerned

about

China’s

financial

policy.Part

2：閱讀理解（仔細閱讀）58.

What

should

be

done

to

encourageChinesepeople

to

consume?A）Changing

their

traditional

way

of

life.B）Providing

fewer

incentives

for

saving.C）Improving

China’s

social

security

system.D）Cutting

down

the

expenses

onchild-rearing.Part

2：閱讀理解

（仔細閱讀）59.

What

does

the

author

mean

by

saying

“savings

are

theseed

corn

of

a

good

economic

harvest”

（Line

4,

Para.

4)?A）The

more

one

saves,

the

more

returns

one

willreap.B）A

country’s

economy

hinges

on

its

savings

policy.C）Those

who

keep

saving

will

live

an

easy

life

in

the

end.D）A

healthy

savings

rate

promotes

economic

prosperity.Part

2：閱讀理解

（仔細閱讀）In

what

circumstances

do

currency

traders

escared?When

Beijing

allows

its

currency

exchangerates

tofloat.When

China

startstoreduceitscurrentforeign

reserves.When

China

talks

about

switching

itsdollarreserves

to

othercurrencies.When

Beijing

mentions

in

public

the

hugedebts

Americaowes

China.Part

2：閱讀理解

（仔細閱讀）61.

What

isthe

author’s

purposeof

writingthepassage?A）Tourge

the

American

government

to

cut

deficits.B）To

encourage

Chinese

people

to

spend

more.C）To

tell

Americans

not

to

worry

about

theireconomy.D）To

promote

understanding

between

China

andAmerica.Part

2：閱讀理解

（仔細閱讀）定位、解題57.

How

did

the

economic

crisis

affect

Americans?A）They

had

totighten

theirbelts.Their

bank

savings

rate

dropped

tozero.Their

leadership

in

the

global

economy

wasshaken.D）They

became

concerned

about

China’s

financial

policy.Part

2：閱讀理解（仔細閱讀）And

it’s

all

true.

But

the

other

side

of

thatequation

is

that

the

U.S.

needs

to

savemore.For

the

moment,American

households

actuallyare

doing

so.

Afterthe

personal-savings

ratedipped

to

zero

in

2005,the

shock

of

theeconomic

crisis

last

year

prompted

peopletosnap

shut

their

wallets.

（第二段）Part

2：閱讀理解

（仔細閱讀）57.

How

did

the

economic

crisis

affect

Americans?A．They

had

to

tighten

their

belts.【解析】細節(jié)題。從原文第二段最后一句話“the

shock

of

theeconomic

crisis

last

year

prompted

people

to

snapshut

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(jié)省開支）的意思。所以正確答案為A。Part

2：閱讀理解

（仔細閱讀）58.

What

should

be

done

to

encourageChinesepeople

to

consume?A）Changing

their

traditional

way

of

life.B）Providing

fewer

incentives

for

saving.C）Improving

China’s

social

security

system.D）Cutting

down

the

expenses

onchild-rearing.Part

2：閱讀理解

（仔細閱讀）In

China,

thehousehold-savingsrateexceeds20%.Itispartlyforpolicyreasons.

As

we’veseen,

wage

earners

are

expected

to

care

for

notonly

their

children

but

their

aging

parents.Andthere

is,to

date,only

the

flimsiest

（脆弱的）ofpublicly-funded

health

care

andpensionsystems,which

increases

incentivesforindividuals

to

save

while

they

are

working.Part

2：閱讀理解

（仔細閱讀）But

China

is

a

societythathaslongesteemedpersonal

financial

prudence

（謹慎).There

is

nochance

that

will

change

anytime

soon,

evenif

the

government

creates

a

better

social

safety

netand

successfully

encourages

greater

consumerspending.Part

2：閱讀理解

（仔細閱讀）58.

What

should

be

done

to

encourageChinesepeople

to

consume?C．Improving

China’s

social

security

system.【解析】細節(jié)題。從原文中的“even

if

the

government

creates

abetter

socialsafetynet

andsuccessfullyencourages

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(tǒng)。Part

2：閱讀理解

（仔細閱讀）59.

What

does

the

author

mean

by

saying

“savings

are

theseed

corn

of

a

good

economic

harvest”

（Line

4,

Para.

4)?A）The

more

one

saves,

the

more

returns

one

willreap.B）A

country’s

economy

hinges

on

its

savings

policy.C）Those

who

keep

saving

will

live

an

easy

life

in

the

end.D）A

healthy

savings

rate

promotes

economic

prosperity.Part

2：閱讀理解

（仔細閱讀）Why

does

the

U.S.

need

tolearn

alittle

frugality

（節(jié)儉)？Because

healthy

savingsrates

are

one

of

the

surest

indicators

of

acountry’s

long-term

financial

health.

Highsavings

lead,

over

time,

to

increased

investment,which

in

turn

generates

productivity

gains,innovation

and

job

growth.In

short,

savingsarethe

seed

corn

of

a

good

economic

harvest.Part

2：閱讀理解

（仔細閱讀）59.

What

does

the

author

meanby

saying

“savingsare

the

seed

corn

of

a

good

economic

harvest”（Line

4,

Para.

4)?D．A

healthy

savings

rate

promotes

economic

prosperity.【解析】細節(jié)題。根據題干提示，定位至第四段最后一句，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)這句話是前面幾句話的概括，那根據前面“Highsavings

lead,over

time,

to

increased

investment,

which

inturn

generates

productivity

gains,

innovation

and

jobgrowth.”可知，高儲蓄率能夠促進投資，進而促進生產率、創(chuàng)新和崗位增長，即促進經濟的繁榮。所以正確答案為D。Part

2：閱讀理解

（仔細閱讀）In

what

circumstances

do

currency

traders

escared?When

Beijing

allows

its

currency

exchangerates

tofloat.When

China

startstoreduceitscurrentforeign

reserves.When

China

talks

about

switching

itsdollarreserves

to

othercurrencies.When

Beijing

mentions

in

public

the

hugedebts

Americaowes

China.Part

2：閱讀理解

（仔細閱讀）That’s

what

happens

when

you’re

the

world’sbiggest

creditor:

you

get

to

drop

hints

likethat,which

would

be

enough

by

themselves

tocreateinternational

economic

chaos

if

they

wereeverleaked.

（Every

time

any

officialin

Beijing

deliberatespublicly

about

seeking

an

alternative

to

the

U.S.dollar

forthe$2.1trillionChina

holdsin

reserve,currency

traders

have

a

heart

attack.）If

Americanssaved

more

and

spent

less,

consistently

over

time,they

wouldn’t

have

to

worry

about

all

that.Part

2：閱讀理解

（仔細閱讀）60.

In

what

circumstances

do

currency

traders e

scared?D．When

Beijing

mentions

in

public

the

huge

debtsAmerica

owes

China.【解析】細節(jié)題。從原文中的“Every

time

any

official

inBeijing

deliberatelypublicly

about

seeking

an

alternative

to

the

U.S.

dollar

for

the

$2.1

trillion

China

holds

inreserve,currency

tradershave

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。Part

2：閱讀理解

（仔細閱讀）61.

What

isthe

author’s

purposeof

writingthepassage?A）Tourge

the

American

government

to

cut

deficits.B）To

encourage

Chinese

people

to

spend

more.C）To

tell

Americans

not

to

worry

about

theireconomy.D）To

promote

understanding

between

China

andAmerica.Part

2：閱讀理解

（仔細閱讀）61.

What

isthe

author’s

purposeof

writingthepassage?A．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

constantdeficits,

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。Part

2：閱讀理解

（仔細閱讀）長難句分析1.

President

Obama

will

no

doubt

make

thepoint

p