2017年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案 第1套 选词填空

2017年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案第1套选词填空AfterbecomingpresidentofPurdueUniversityin2013,MitchDanielsaskedthefacultytoprovethattheirstudentshaveactuallyachievedoneofhighereducation’smostimportantgoals:criticalthinkingskills.Twoyearsbefore,anationwidestudyofcollegegraduateshadshownthatmorethanathirdhadmadeno26gainsinsuchmentalabilitiesduringtheirschoolyears.Mr.Danielsneededto__27__thehighcostofattendingPurduetoitsstudentsandtheirfamilies.Afterall,thepercentageofAmericanswhosayacollegedegreeisveryimportanthasfallen28inthelast5-6years.Purduenowhasapilottesttoassessstudents'criticalthinkingskills.YetlikemanycollegeteachersaroundtheU.S.,thefacultyremain__29__thattheirworkaseducatorscanbemeasuredbylearning30_suchasagraduate'sabilitytoinvestigateandreason.However,theprofessorsneednotworrysomuch.Theresultsofarecentexperimentshowedthatprofessorscanuse__31__metricstomeasurehowwellstudentsdointhreekeyareas:criticalthinking,writtencommunication,andquantitativeliteracy.Despitethesuccessoftheexperiment,theactualresultsareworrisome,andmostly__32__earlierstudies.Theorganizersoftheexperimentconcludedthatfarfewerstudentswereachievinghighlevelsoncriticalthinkingthantheyweredoingforwrittencommunicationorquantitativeliteracy.Andthatconclusionisbasedonlyonstudentsnearinggraduation.Americanuniversities,despitetheirglobal33__forexcellenceinteaching,haveonlybeguntodemonstratewhattheycanproduceinreal-worldlearning.Knowledge-baseddegreesarestillimportant,butemployersarestillimportant,butemployersare__34__advancedthinkingskillsfromcollegegraduates.Iftheintellectualworthofacollegedegreecanbe__35__measured,morepeoplewillseekhighereducation—andcomeoutbetterthinkers.A.accuratelyB.confirmC.demandingD.doubtfulE.drasticallyF.justifyG.monopolizedH.outcomeI.predominanceJ.presumingK.reputationL.significantM.signifyN.simultaneouslyO.standardized答案：(26)L.significant(27)F.justify(28)E.drastically(29)D.doubtful(30)H.outcome(31)O.standardized(32)B.confirm(33)K.reputation(34)C.demanding(35)A.accurately2017年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案第1套仔细阅读2篇Opendatasharersarestillintheminorityinmanyfields.Althoughmanyresearchersbroadlyagreethatpublicaccesstorawdatawouldacceleratescience,mostarereluctanttoposttheresultsoftheirownlaborsonline.Somecommunitieshaveagreedtoshareonline—geneticists,forexample,postDNAsequencesattheGenBankrepository(库),andastronomersareaccustomedtoaccessingimagesofgalaxiesandstarsfrom,say,theSloanDigitalSkySurvey,atelescopethathasobservedsome500millionobjects—buttheseremaintheexception,nottherule.Historically,scientistshaveobjectedtosharingformanyreasons:itisalotofwork;untilrecently,gooddatabasesdidnotexist;grantfunderswerenotpushingforsharing;ithasbeendifficulttoagreeonstandardsforformattingdata;andthereisnoagreedwaytoassigncreditfordata.Butthebarriersaredisappearing,inpartbecausejournalsandfundingagenciesworldwideareencouragingscientiststomaketheirdatapublic.Lastyear,theRoyalSocietyinLondonsaidinitsreportthatscientistsneedtoshiftawayfromaresearchculturewheredataisviewedasaprivatepreserve.Fundingagenciesnotethatdatapaidforwithpublicmoneyshouldbepublicinformation,andthescientificcommunityisrecognizingthatdatacannowbeshareddigitallyinwaysthatwerenotpossiblebefore.Tomatchthegrowingdemand,servicesarespringinguptomakeiteasiertopublishresearchproductsonlineandenableotherresearcherstodiscoverandcitethem.Althoughcallstosharedataoftenconcentrateonthemoraladvantagesofsharing,thepracticeisnotpurelyaltruistic(利他的).Researcherswhosharegetplentyofpersonalbenefits,includingmoreconnectionswithcolleagues,improvedvisibilityandincreasedcitations.Themostsuccessfulsharers—thosewhosedataaredownloadedandcitedthemostoften---getnoticed,andtheirworkgetsused.Forexample,oneofthemostpopulardatasetsonmultidisciplinaryrepositoryDryadisaboutwooddensityaroundtheworld;ithasbeendownloaded5,700times.Co-authorAmyZannethinksthatusersprobablyrangefromclimate-changeresearcherswantingtoestimatehowmuchcarbonisstoredinbiomass,toforesterslookingforinformationondifferentgradesoftimber.I'dmuchprefertohavemydatausedbythemaximumnumberofpeopletoasktheirownquestions,shesays.It'simportanttoallowreadersandreviewerstoseeexactlyhowyouarriveatyourresults.Publishingdataandcodeallowsyoursciencetobereproducible.Evenpeoplewhosedataarelesspopularcanbenefit.Bymakingtheefforttoorganizeandlabelfilessootherscanunderstandthem,scientistsbecomemoreorganizedandbetterdisciplinedthemselves,thusavoidingconfusionlateron.46.Whatdomanyresearchersgenerallyaccept?A.Itisimperativetoprotectscientists'patents.B.Repositoriesareessentialtoscientificresearch.C.Opendatasharingismostimportanttomedicalscience.D.Opendatasharingisconducivetoscientificadvancement.47.Whatistheattitudeofmostresearcherstowardsmakingtheirowndatapublic?A.Opposed.B.Ambiguous.C.Liberal.D.Neutral.48.Accordingtothepassage,whatmighthinderopendatasharing?A.Thefearofmassivecopying.B.Thelackofaresearchculture.C.Thebeliefthatresearchdataisprivateintellectualproperty.D.Theconcernthatcertainagenciesmaymakeaprofitoutofit.49.Whathelpsliftsomeofthebarrierstoopendatasharing?A.Theever-growingdema