《六级阅读强化训练600题》是新东方考试研究**研发的英语六级阅读类书籍,特别适合备考六级考试的考生。全书参照六级考试真题中的阅读题型,一共分为三部分:选词填空、长篇阅读和仔细阅读。考生可以根据自身的需求单独强化训练某一题型,也可以自行将各部分的文章按照六级真题的结构组合起来,在考前进行充分的六级阅读实战模拟。 本书从文章的选材到题目的难度都尽可能地贴近真题,而且对每道题都作了精准的解析,帮助考生掌握快速解题的方法。除此之外,本书还给出了选项分析、长难句点睛、全文译文。“选项分析”引导考生对选词填空部分的备选词汇进行分类整理,做到心中有数,快速答题;“长难句点睛”对文章中的较难理解的句子从结构、语法等方面进行分析,提升考生的阅读理解能力;“全文译文”给出了本书全80篇文章的参考译文,帮助考生充分理解文意,加强学习效果。

PART 1 选词填空 01 A Cube That Can Walk…………………………………………………………………………………………………2 02 Memory Appears Susceptible to Eradication of Fear Responses ………………………………………………………5 03 Online Privacy: How to Disappear……………………………………………………………………………………...9 04 Light Pollution May Cause Early Spring in Cities…………………………………………………………………….14 05 Solar Power Could Serve All of the World’s Energy Needs …………………………………………………………..17 06 It’s No Better to Put Your Child Into a Gifted Program……………………………………………………………….21 07 Information Superhighway…………………………………………………………………………………………….25 08 How to Live Longer: Find Your Purpose in Life………………………………………………………………………29 09 Does Greeness Affect Health?........................................................................................................................................32 10 Poverty Will Never Die in American Society?...............................................................................................................36 11 Various Recreation Tastes……………………………………………………………………………………………...40 12 Eating in Antarctica……………………………………………………………………………………………………44 13 Einstein and Hilbert……………………………………………………………………………………………………48 14 Does Creative Intelligence Matter?................................................................................................................................52 15 Physicians Integrate Yoga Into Medical Practice………………………………………………………………………56 16 A New Study Shows Benefit of Playing Video Games for Kids………………………………………………………59 17 Texting Makes You Stupid……………………………………………………………………………………………..63 18 Smoking: Weight Watchers…………………………………………………………………………………………….67 19 Big in Norway: Slow TV………………………………………………………………………………………………71 20 Replacing Food: An Engineer’s Approach to Body Fuel………………………………………………………………74 PART 2 长篇阅读 01 The Amazon Mystery………………………………………………………………………………………………….80 02 Too Much Healthcare………………………………………………………………………………………………….88 03 The Health Risks of Small Apartments ………………………………………………………………………………..96 04 Should Medical School Be Shortened to Three Years?................................................................................................104 05 Raising the Minimum Wage Reduces Poverty……………………………………………………………………….112 06 Why Do You Go to College?........................................................................................................................................120 07 Sardines Will Abandon You……………………………………………………………………………………….….128 08 What America Won in the “War on Poverty”?..............................................................................................................136 09 The Secret of Obesity…………………………………………………………………………………………………143 10 Food Doesn’t Have to Wear Makeup…………………………………………………………………………………150 11 Don’t Worry, Be Happy…………………………………………………………………………………………….…158 12 Are Modern Kids Coddled? …………………………………………………………………………………….……166 13 The Morality Test…………………………………………………………………………………………………..…173 14 Eating Our Young………………………………………………………………………………………………..……182 15 The Drugs Don’t Work……………………………………………………………………………………..…………190 16 Save the Post Office From Extinction…………………………………………………………………………...……199 17 What Dreams Are Made of? ……………………………………………………………………………………….…207 18 Into the Unknown……………………………………………………………………………………………………..215 19 Flexible Study for the Future Universities……………………………………………………………………………222 20 What Do the Humanities Teach Us? …………………………………………………………………………………230 PART 3 仔细阅读 01 Delivery by Drone? …………………………………………………………………………………………………..238 02 Why You Have the Illusion That Your Phone Is Vibrating? ………………………………………………………… 242 03 Is Sustainable Always Better? ……………………………………………………………………………………. …246 04 Tobacco Control Has Saved 8 Million Lives…………………………………………………………………………250 05 The Art Market: Fairly Popular…………………………………………………………………………………….…254 06 Millennials Dream About Travel and Self-employment………………………………………………………………258 07 Know Yourself: How Mindfulness Can Improve Self-knowledge……………………………………………………262 08 Will the Leaning Tower of Pisa Ever Fall? ……………………………………………………………………..….…266 09 More Time Is Needed to Pay Off the Mortgage…………………………………………………………………....…269 10 Sorry, Marriage Is a “Luxury Good” ………………………………………………………………………...……….273 11 Are Selective Schools the Only School? …………………………………………………………………………..…276 12 The Myth of Blind Conformity…………………………………………………………………………………….…280 13 America’s Clash of Generations Is Inevitable………………………………………………………………….…..…285 14 You Have Never Actually Used a Styrofoam Product……………………………………………………………..…289 15 It’s Better to Be Right Than Happy………………………………………………………………………………..…293 16 Form Good Habits Instead of Enhancing Self-control Ability…………………………………………………….…297 17 Are People Really Staring at You? ………………………………………………………………………………...…301 18 What If There Were No Gravity on Earth? ………………………………………………………………………..…305 19 Is Einstein 2.0 Possible Today? ………………………………………………………………………………………309 20 Is an Expensive Watch Any Better at Telling Time? …………………………………………………………………313 21 The Brains of Men and Women Really Are Different……………………………………………………………..…317 22 Walt Disney………………………………………………………………………………………………………...…321 23 AIDS in India: The Cost of Living……………………………………………………………………………………325 24 GM Maize and Health…………………………………………………………………………………………………329 25 Intelligence……………………………………………………………………………………………………………333 26 Bigger Weddings Lead to Happier Marriages……………………………………………………………………...…337 27 A Decline of the Traditional Work-moral Values………………………………………………………………..……342 28 Conceptions of the World Is Relative to the Language One Learns? …………………………………………..….…346 29 The Spice of Language……………………………………………………………………………………………..…351 30 The Extinction of the Whales……………………………………………………………………………..………..…356 31 Too Much Choice Leads to Riskier Decisions…………………………………………………………………..……361 32 Ostracism Cuts Both Ways……………………………………………………………………………………………365 33 What Effect Does Extreme Cold Have on the Human Body? ………………………………………………….……369 34 Turtles in Danger…………………………………………………………………………………………………..…372 35 Growing Up Poor and Stressed Impacts Brain Function……………………………………………………….……376 36 Electricity From Waste Heat With More Efficient Materials. ………………………………………………………380 37 What You Should Ask Before Opting for Elective Surgery…………………………………………………………384 38 Why Are There So Many Tunnels Under London? …………………………………………………………………388 39 Our History Is Under Attack. ……………………………………………………………………………………..…392 40 Scientists Discover Freshwater Under the Ocean……………………………………………………………………396