2010年12月英语六级真题完形填空原文与解答

2010年12月英语六级真题完形填空原文与解答

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 (鸿沟) 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

参考答案

62 B set out set out plans表示制定计划

63 D abandoning abandon 放弃，once unshakeable orthodoxy表示曾经不可动摇的做法，也就是现在要放弃了。

64 A with struggle with表示同斗争，介词搭配，这里表示设法应对广告收入和报纸销售量下降的局面。

65 B intends intend to表示打算,从后面的at the beginning of 2011，可知还没有这么做，只是计划或者打算这么做。

66 A exceeded 超过，是说当用户每月阅读文章超过一定量时就要收费。

67 A on 和side搭配，on the side of 表示拥护站在一边。

68 D charge 本词在文章中多次出现，charge sb表示向某人收费。

69 C such as 表示举例，从后面举Londons Evening Standard作为例子，可知应该选such as.

70 B free 前面提到abandon readership revenue，即放弃读者收益，由此可知应该是make print editions free.

71 C acknowledged 表示承认，这里表示Arthur Sulzberger承认这么做是一种赌博。

72 C bet 打赌，赌注，从前面的gamble可知应该选bet。

73 C circulation 发行量，从后面的数量可知应该选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在这里表示对比，从上下文可知NYT与美国其他报纸不同。

76 D claim 声称，宣称，这里是说NYT声称自己是全国范围的报纸。

77 C maintains 维持，运营，即NYT还在世界其他地方运营着26个办公室。

78 A like 从下文可知NYT和印刷行业的其他公司一样，也受到金融危机的影响，所以选like，表示同一样。

79 D serious 严重的，考察形容词与名词的搭配，从下文的数据可知遭受严重经济损失。

80 C suffered 遭受，suffer a loss遭受损失，常见搭配。

81 D loan 贷款，前文提到公司损失了很多钱，所以需要从别处借钱来补充资金。