2012年12月英语六级考试答案（完形&翻译）

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The shorter growing seasons expected with climate change over the next 40 years will endanger hundreds of millions of already poor people in the global tropics, say researchers working 62 the world's leading agricultural organisations.

The effects of climate change are likely to be seen across the entire tropical 63 but many areas previously considered to be 64 food secure are likely to become highly 65 to droughts, extreme weather and higher temperatures, say the 66 with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research.

Intensively farmed areas 67 northeast Brazil and Mexico are likely to see their 68 growing seasons fall below 120 days, which is 69 for crops such as corn to mature. Many other places in Latin America are likely to 70 temperatures that are too hot for bean 71 , a staple in the region.

The impact could be 72 most in India and southeast Asia. More than 300 million people in south Asia are likely to be affected even with a 5% decrease in the 73 of the growing season.

Higher peak temperatures are also expected to take a heavy 74 on food producers. Today there are 56 million crop-dependent people in parts of west Africa and India who live in areas where, in 40 years, maximum daily temperatures could be higher than 30C. This is 75 to the maximum temperature that beans can tolerate, 76 corn and rice yields suffer when temperatures 77 this level.

"We are starting to see much more clearly 78 the effects of climate change on agriculture could 79 hunger and poverty," said research leader Patti Kristjanson. "Farmers already adapt 80 variable weather by changing their planting schedules. What this study suggests is that the speed of climate 81 and the magnitude of the changes required to adapt could be much greater. "

【答案】

62. with

63. zone

64. relatively

65. vulnerable

66. researchers

67. like

68. prime

69. critical

70. experience

71. production

72. felt

73. length

74. toll

75. close

76. while

77. exceed

78. where

79. intensify

80. to

81. shifts

翻译A

82. The new movie we are going to see this evening____________(据说是基于一次真实的事件).

83.Sometimes the coupon attached to a product may______________(分散顾客对其质量的注意力).

84.If we had left half an hour earlier, we______________________(或许就不会为交通阻塞所耽搁).

85.Nancy refused the assistance provided, for she objected________________(被当成残疾人看待).

86.Hard_______________(他们虽然尽了力)，their first attempt at a solution was unsuccessful.

翻译答案及解析

82. was said to be based on a true event

【解析】本题考查固定句型及短语用法。”It is (was)said to be…”,表示“据说……”。该句子的主语是”The new movie”, “we are going to see this evening”这个句子是定语从句用来修饰主语，因此翻译的时候可以先不看它，抓住句子的主干。“基于”的表达有许多种：sth.be based on sth. ; sth. be on the base of sth.等等。

83. disperse customers’ attention to its quality

【解析】本题考查短语固定用法。“分散某人的注意力”表达方式也有许多种：disperse / distract one’s attention to sth.

84. could not have been delayed by the traffic jam

【解析】本题考查过去时态的虚拟语气;而且根据句意可知为被动态，因此主句的结构为”could not have been done”，表示本不可能发生的情况却发生了。另外注意“交通阻塞”、“耽搁”这些日常生活中常用词的英语表达。

85. to be treated as the disabled

【解析】本题考查动词短语固定表达。”treat sb. as”表示“把某人看作”，而此句用被动态”sb. was treated as”即“某人被当作(对待)……”。另外注意表示一类人的方法，通常用”the+adj.”所以“残疾人”为”the disabled”，又如，”the old”“老年人”等等。

86. as they had tried

【解析】本题考查让步主语从句及句子倒装。因为该从句以副词”Hard”开头表示强调，因此用连词”as”来引导该从句要整句倒装，”as”的意思为“虽然，尽管”。同时因主句是过去时可判断，从句的时态应为过去完成时。本句的正常语序为”As they had tried hard, their…”

翻译B

82.Through years of hard work, they_______________(已经把那片荒地变成了肥沃的农田).

83.It was long since I last saw her, and if she had not greeted me first_____________(我几乎认不出她来).

84.Our defense at the court hearing finally___________________(使法官确信我们是清白的).

85._________________(你可以放心)we will fulfill our task ahead of time.

86.Man should live in harmony with nature, and____________________(试图征服它是不明智的).

翻译答案及解析

82. have turned the waste land into fertile farm land.

【解析】本题考查完成时态固定短语用法。“把……变成”为”turn …into…”.另外“荒地”的表达”waste land, barren land, uncultivated land”;“农田”为”farm land, cropland, cultivated land”。

83. I would not have recognized her

【解析】本题考查虚拟语气。if引导的条件句时态为过去完成时，那么主句的结构为“would not have done“。“认出某人”一般用”recognize sb.”

84. convinced the judge that we were blameless

【解析】本题考查固定表达及时态一致。“让某人确信某事”有多种表达”convince sb. that…”;”make sb. sure that…”，”blameless”意思为“清白的;无可责备的;无过失的”;另外据句意可判定主句谓语为过去时，因此that 引导的从句与主句时态要保持一致。

85.You can count on us

【解析】本题考查固定表达。”count on sb.”“指望、依靠某人”意即“某人可以放心”。

86.it is unwise to attempt to conquer it

【解析】本题考查形式主语结构及短语用法“做什么是不明智的”为”it is unwise to do sth.”。“试图做某事”为”attempt to do sth. ;try doing sth.”