2014年12月英语六级仔细阅读真题答案
56 B) Whether local bike shops will suffer.
57 C) It saw its bike sales on the rise.
58 B) Its customers have been drawn away by Citi Banks.
59 A) Inexperienced riders might break biking rules.
60 D) Approving.
这是一篇关于自行车共享的议论文，改编自The Villager一篇题为Bike store owners put their spin on new bike-share的文章。文章认为，花旗自行车共享计划的推出给自行车商店带来了一定的影响。有些商家的自行车销售量因此而上升，市民也觉得在城市里骑车非常棒。但对于一些小规模的店家来说，花旗自行车共享计划的推出使得他们的自行车租赁量大幅减少。但总体来说，自行车商店对花旗自行车还是持积极态度的。
文章本身话题和语言难度不高，根据题目关键词定位到相应段落，还是比较容易选出正确答案的。
56 D The impact of accelerating urbanization
57 C they force other species out...
58 B the pressure on farmland will...
59 A it incurs a high environmental...
60 C appropriate management...
56. D) They are major contributors to environmental problems.
57. C) The desire to generate profits.
58. C) They believe building such a system is too costly.
59. A) It helps businesses to save and gain at the same time.
60. B) They do much better than their counterparts in terms of revenues.
仔细阅读二：
61. A) Its comfortable campus life.
62. A) Improve their learning environment.
63. C) Refrain from making promises they cannot honour.
64. B) Whether it is able to deliver what they want.
65. D) They are unique one way or another.
这是一篇关于大学招生竞争的议论文，节选自The Guardian题为Universities risk aggressive marketing的文章，属于考生比较熟悉的教育类话题。文章指出，英国大学目前面临着招生的压力，为争取生源，他们必须改变以往的形象去迎合考生需求。调查显示，学生不仅看重他们能从大学得到什么，而且会求证大学在招生时是否能兑现承诺。因此，大学在招生时不得不改变他们的营销方式，不仅要凸出自己独有且擅长的方面，而且要言行一致。
教育类话题属于阅读常考话题，本文难度中等偏上，根据问题直接在原文进行信息定位即可排除错误选项，找到正确答案。
61 B to bring university students into closer...
62 D sources of information are greatly expanded
63 A individuals and organizations may use it for evil purpose
64 B anticipating the needs of customers
65 A it will enable human society to advance at a faster pace.
61. D. Eliminate emotional and ideological bias.
62. B. Win the election if they can raise enough funds.
63. C. They believe students’ learning styles vary.
64. D. A pattern in confident people’s use of pronouns.
65. C. Data cannot always do what we imagine it can.
61. C) Little improvement in education has resulted from increased spending.
62. B) Skilled students are moving to private schools.
63. C) Talented women teachers.
64. A) New career opportunities were made available to them by women’s liberation.
65. D) An ever-growing number of administrators.
