2008年6月英语六级真题精讲：快速阅读
【指点迷津】
首先浏览问题及选项，猜测一下文章的主要话题，定位具体信息，到原文相应的地方寻找正确答案。
【试题精讲】
【原题】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.
【快速解题】1．D)首先，考生可从题干中的提示信息 "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." 根据文章的首句可推知，"the world's finest minds" 指的是前面提到的"top scientists", 他们对2056年，也就是半个世纪后的世界做出了一些预测，故答案应为D。
【原题】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
【快速解题】2．B)考生应该不难根据题干中的Harvard professor Steven Pinker 找到原文的第6段。据他所说，"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."也就是说，这个预测可能实现不了，故正确答案应为B。这里值得注意的是，"invitation"的含义是"vision"，而非"邀请"，切不可断章取义，误选A和C。
【原题】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
【快速解题】3．A)文中第1个小标题Living longer的第2段首句与题干中的Bruce Lahn of University of Chicago是一致的。 从原文"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，题干中的predict 和句中的anticipate 同义，而 "without the need for human donors" 和A选项正好对应，故答案为A。
【原题】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
【快速解题】4．C)题干中的Professor Richard Miller of University of Michigan可以提示我们找到文中第1个小标题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."选项C中的vitality是句中vigorous的名词形式，故为正确答案。选项B没有提及，选项A"想活多久就活多久"和选项D"可以活得比鲸鱼更久"虽和寿命相关，但与原文含意不符，故可以排除。
【原题】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
【快速解题】5．C)考生可以先依据题干中的Princeton professor Freeman Dyson找到文中第2个小标题Aliens的第4段。
He "thinks it 'likely' that life from outer space will be discovered before 2056..."选项C中的alien life意义同句中的life from outer space, 选项A，B，D均未提及，故答案为C。
【原题】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
【快速解题】6．A)考生很容易根据题干中的Princeton professor Richard Gott找到原文第3个小标题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 为比喻用法，意为"可以保护人类免于地球上灾难的侵袭"，与选项A的含义正好一致。
【原题】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
【快速解题】7．D)题干中的Ellen Heber-Katz可以帮助考生准确地寻找到原文第4个小标题Spinal injuries的首句。"...foresees cures for injuries causing paralysis such as the one that afflicted Superman star Christopher Reeve."Foresee与题干中的predict同义，而第2段也说明了选项D与原文含义相符。选项A，B和C是根据第3段首句、第1段和第3段尾句中的个别字眼制造的干扰项，应排除。
【原题】8. Rodney Brooks says that it will be possible for robots to work with humans as a result of the development of _______________________________________.
【快速解题】8．artificial intelligence首先，考生应该根据题干中的Rodney Brooks和robots to work with humans找到原文第6个小标题Robots。短语with the development of 后面要接宾语，故只需填上develop的宾语即可，答案为artificial intelligence.
【原题】9. The most significant breakthrough predicted by Bill Joy will be an inexhaustible green energy source that can't be used to make _______________________________.
【快速解题】9．weaponsBill Joy和the most significant breakthrough这两个重点信息可以帮助考生找到文中第7个小标题Energy。动词make后面要接名词或名词短语，文中could not be made into 与题干can't be used to make含义相同，故答案应为weapon.
【原题】10. According to Geoffrey Miller, science will offer a more practical, universal and rewarding moral framework in place of _______________________________________.
【快速解题】10．religion考生可先依据题干中的Geoffrey Miller找到最后一个小标题Society。第二段说， "Thus, science will kill religion-not by reason challenging faith but by offering a more practical, universal and rewarding moral framework for human interaction." 而根据语法要求，介词短语in place of 后面需接名词，且in placae of与kill意义相近，故答案为religion.
