2016年12月英语六级阅读理解:发挥你的潜力
Ⅰ. It might be tempting, therefore, to think that the old barriers have been broken down and equal opportunity achieved.(2011. 06 阅读 Text3) 【翻译】所以“旧的障碍已经消除了,能做到机会均等了”这样的想法似乎很吸引人。 【词汇】1. tempting a. 诱人的,吸引人的 例:I turned down their tempting offer. 我拒绝了他们诱人的邀约。 2. barrier n. 栅栏,障碍物 例:The barriers kept them from moving on. 障碍物使得他们无法继续前进。 3. opportunity n. 机会,时机 例:He grasped this rare opportunity. 他抓住了这次良机。 Ⅱ. At the moment candidates are selected on a fairly narrow set of criteria such as prior academic and career performance, and analytical and problem solving abilities. (2011.06 阅读 Text3) 【翻译】现在,候选人是根据一套相当有局限性的准则来选出的,比如先前的学习成绩和职业表现,分析能力和解决问题的能力等。 【词汇】1. candidate n. 候选人 例:She was nominated as candidate for the Best Actress. 她被提名为最佳女演员的候选人。 2. criteria n. 标准,准则;criterion的复数形式; 例:The new criteria should be made known to all staff. 新标准应该让所有职员都清楚知道。 3. prior a. 在……之前的,优先的 例:She claimed that she had no prior knowledge of the strike. 她声称她事前对于罢工并不知情。 4. analytical a. 分析的 例:He lacks analytical ability. 他缺乏分析能力。 Ⅲ. But schools rarely dig down to find out what really makes an applicant succeed, to create a class which also contains diversity of attitude and approach arguably the only diversity that, in a business context, really matters. (2011.06 阅读 Text3) 【翻译】但是学校很少深挖下去找出到底是什么真正使得一个申请人成功。创建一门也涵盖态度和方法差异的课程才是真正重要的。而这一差异可以说是商务中唯一的差异。 【词汇】1. applicant n. 申请人 apply (v.申请,应用)application(n.)applicant(n.)applicable(a.可用的) 2. diversity n. 多样性,差异 例:the cultural diversity of American society 美国社会的文化多样性 3. approach n. 途径,方法 例:I think it is the best approach to solve this problem. 我认为这是解决这个问题的最佳方法。 4. arguably adv. 雄辩地,可论证地 例:He is arguably the best actor of this century. 他可以称得上是本世纪最棒的演员。 相关资料 |