2018年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案：试卷一选词填空（沪江）

六级阅读部分答案&解析

Section A

Did Sarah Josepha Hale write “Mary’s Little Lamb,” the eternal nursery rhyme (儿歌) about girl named Mary with a stubborn lamb? This is still disputed, but it’s clear that the woman 26 for writing it was one of America’s most fascinating 27 . In honor of the poem publication on May 24, 1830, here’s more about the 28 author’s life.

Hale wasn’t just a writer, she was also a 29 social advocate, and she was particularly 30 with an ideal New England, which she associated with abundant Thanksgiving meals that she claimed had “a deep moral influence,” she began a nationwide 31 to have a national holiday declared that would bring families together while celebrating the 32 festivals. In 1863, after 17 years of advocacy including letters to five presidents, Hale got it. President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, issued a __33__ setting aside the last Thursday in November for the holiday.

The true authorship of “Mary’s Little Lamb” is disputed. According to New England Historical Society, Hale wrote only one part of the poem, but claimed authorship. Regardless of the author, it seems that the poem was __34__by a real event. When young Mary Sawyer was followed to school by a lamb in 1816, it caused some problems. A bystander named John Roulstone wrote a poem about the event, then, at some point, Hale herself seems to have helped write it. However, if a 1916 piece by her great-niece is to be trusted, Hale claimed for the __35__of her life that “Some other people pretended that someone else wrote the poem”.

campaign I) proclamation
career J) rectified
characters K) reputed
features L) rest
fierce M) supposed
inspired N) traditional
latter O) versatile
obsessed

参考答案：
26. K) reputed
27. C) characters
28. M) supposed
29. E) fierce
30. H) obsessed
31. A) campaign
32. N) traditional
33. I) proclamation
34. F) inspired
35. L) rest

解析：
本文节选自smithsonianmag.com网站一篇名为Five Fascinating Details About the Media Mogul Who May Have Written "Mary Had a Little Lamb"的文章。文章首先介绍了Hale为把感恩节列入国家法定节假日，作出了很大贡献。其次，文章指出“Mary's little lamb”这首诗歌的原创作者有争议，但确实是由真实事件改编的。文章难度不大，挖空的十个单词分别为动词、名词和形容词这三类。考生做题时，可以先对所给十五个单词进行词性归类，再结合“be + 动词过去分词 + by”和“the + n. + of”的结构，形容词修饰名词，动词过去分词可作名词的后置定语等规律，结合上下文选择出最合适的单词。