英语六级阅读模拟训练附翻译

　　Electronic cigarettes _5_ use a rechargeable battery-operated heating element to vaporize thenicotine in a replaceable pipe. Nicotine is the substance in tobacco that people can becomeaddicted to. Some cigarettes are made to look like real cigarettes, cigars or pipes. Others looklike pens or USB memory devices. No tobacco is _6_ in e-cigarettes and there is no smokeeither. Instead, as users breathe in, they take in nicotine-filled vapor.

　　By isolating nicotine, e-cigarettes should carry far fewer chemical risks than _7_ cigarettes.Tobacco contains about 5,000 _8_ chemicals with as many as 100,000 more that haven’t yetbeen known. E-cigarettes _9_ many of those ingredients. Researchers also found evidencethat e-cigarettes reduce desires among smokers, not just for nicotine but also for the need tohold something in their hands and put something in their mouths. As a cigarette-quittingstrategy, it’s not that the devices are good for anyone, but they are just better than whatthey’re meant to _10_.

　　A) alternative B) engaged C) regular D) opaque

　　E)involved F)typically G)solely H) appeal

　　I) momentum J) equally K) replace L) unregulated

　　M) eliminate N) detect O)identified

　　解题思路

　　1.[L]空格作remained的表语，可能是名词、形容词或分词。空格所在定语从句解释纽约禁止电子香烟的原因。unregulated符合句法和语义要求，remained unregulated意为“(电子香烟)仍缺乏监管”。

　　2.[H] too much提示空格处应为不可数名词。句子开头提到“颜色可爱、水果味、设计巧妙”，这表明电子香烟对年轻人“很有吸引力”，appeal符合句意。

　　3.[J]此处需填人修饰strong的副词。空格前后的criticisms和value形成对比，再结合下文提到电子香烟的好处，可知有些人批评，有些人赞成，equally符合上下文语境，指争论双方“旗鼓相当”。

　　4.[A] a提示空格处应为单数名词。句子后半部分提到，很多人借助电子香烟戒烟，可见它可以“替代”普通香烟。名词库中alternative“供替代的选择”能与to搭配，符合句意。

　　5.[F]句子主谓宾语齐全，空格处应填人副词。本段从工作原理、外观等方面介绍电子香烟。副词库中typically符合语义，表明电子香烟“通常”使用一个可充电电池驱动的加热器对可替换烟管里的尼古丁进行加热雾化。

　　6.[E]空格作句子表语,再结合其后的介词in,推断空格可能是分词。上文提到，电子香烟利用加热器对烟管里的尼古丁进行加热并使其雾化，由此可知这种香烟不需要用到烟草。involved“含有”符合上下文语义。

　　7.[C]空格所在句意为“通过将尼古丁分离出来，与……香烟相比，电子香烟导致的化学危害要小得多”，regular符合语境，regular cigarettes意为“普通香烟”。

　　8.[O]空格在名词前面，可能是名词、形容词或分词作定语。空格后提到“仍有10万种以上‘未知的’化学成分”，由此推断空格所在部分讲烟草中已有5000种“已知的”化学成分，identified作定语表示已鉴定的、已认出的”符合句意。

　　9.[M]空格处填人动词原形作句子谓语。本段首句提到，电子香烟带来的化学危害比普通香烟少得多，再结合上一句对烟草化学成分的描述，可以推断电子香烟危害低是因为“去掉”了烟草中的许多化学成分,eliminate符合上下文语义。

　　10.[K]不定式标记to提示空格为动词原形。此句总结电子香烟并不完美，但至少比普通香烟好。句中they指“电子香烟”，句中比较关系表明what应指“普通香烟”replace符合句意，指出电子香烟比它所要取代的香烟好。

　　The idea of using your dishwasher to cook a meal has been around since the ’80s. It’s beenused to cook _1_ , mainly fish. The Times ran a recipe on dishwasher-cooked salmon back in1986. The recipe said to _2_ the salmon in foil then run it through a full cycle without usingany soap.

　　That sounds like a fun dinner-party _3_ but not exactly a good way to _4_ your carbon

　　Emission. What’s more, using water and electricity to run a load without _5_ cleaning soundslike a waste of time and money.

　　But a recent survey suggested the technique could be making a _6_ It may have a littlesomething to do with the change to the original cooking technique that could prove to be _7_to a eco-friendly, convenience-focused generation in the kitchen.

　　lisa Casali, an Italian author, wrote a book on dishwasher cooking that’s actually meant to saveenergy. The book, “Cucinare in lavastoviglie” suggests recipes for meals cooked in airtight _8_during a regular dish cycle, with detergent, including one for cooking pasta with vegetables inthe dishwasher. A little salmon in a jar cooked next to last night’s dirty dishes doesn’t soundall that _9_.Initially, you may feel _10_ by such an idea, but when you get past that stage, itdoes make sense for the busy parent or college student looking to save time.

　　Will we see dishwasher-cooked fish on a restaurant menu anytime soon? Probably not, butsounds like it’s worth a try.Let us know if you’ve used your dishwasher to cook or if you，rewilling to give it a try.

　　A) trick B) appetizing C) sealed D) decrease

　　E) attractive F) comeback G) protein H) profoundly

　　I) prolonged J) shocked K) actually L) wrap

　　M) accordingly N) misleading O) menu

　　解题思路

　　1.[G]空格前的动词cook提示空格处应为名词作其宾语。句末的mainly fish提示该名词应该是一种食物，据此

　　在词库中选用protein。

　　2.[L] 根据空格前的不定式标记to判断空格应为动词原形。空格所在句描述用洗碗机烹煮三文鱼的方法，foil提示三文鱼是用锡纸“包”起来的，词库中动词wrap符合语义。

　　3.[A] a fun dinner-party…作sounds like的宾语，宾语部分缺少中心名词。“用洗碗机烹煮三文鱼”算是一种烹调技巧，因此选用trick一词，a fun dinner-party trick意为“让宴会变得有趣的小花招”。

　　4.[D]根据空格前的不定式to判断空格应为动词原形。a good way提示不定式短语应该是说具体的好处，故从词库中选取decrease一词，表示“减少二氧化碳的排放量”。

　　5.[K]空格所在句不缺少主谓宾成分，由此推断此处可能填人副词，用以强调without cleaning anything。词库中actually符合语义。

　　6.[F]空格前的a提示此处填人名词。上一段讲到使用洗碗机煮食费时费钱，本段开头的but提示，此处讲的是现在人们对于这一煮食方法的不同看法。名词库中的comeback符合语义，表示“洗碗机煮食的做法再次流行起来”。

　　7.[E] prove to be后可接名词、形容词或分词。洗碗机煮食方法改良后，更可能博得注重eco-friendly,convenience-focused的一代人的好感，题库中attractive符合句意。

　　8.[C]空格位于形容词airtight和名词jars之间，据此推断应填人名词、形容词或分词，与airtight并列修饰jars。词库中sealed与airtight近义，填人文中表示“密封的罐子”，符合语义。

　　9.[B]空格需要一个形容词，与副词词组all that"到那种地步”一起跟在动词doesn’t sound后作表语。根据该句的主语“紧挨昨晚的脏碗碟煮熟的三文鱼”，可推知这样煮熟的三文鱼让人没胃口。因此选用appetizing。

　　10.[J]空格位于系动词feel之后，应填人名词、形容词或分词。前半句讲人们刚开始对用洗碗机煮鱼的感受，后半句指出，对于那些繁忙的父母或想节省时间的大学生而言，这种做法是明智的。but前后内容形成对比，词库中的shocked符合文中语境。