2016年6月英语六级答案下载卷一

　　I’ve been looking at what self-proclaimed experts were saying about unemployment during the Great Depression; it was almost identical to what Very Serious People are saying now. Unemployment cannot be brought down rapidly, declared one 1935 analysis, because the workforce is “unadoptable and untrained. It cannot respond to the opportunities which industry may offer.” A few years later, a larger defense buildup finally provided a fiscal stimulus adequate to the economy’s needs—and suddenly industry was eager to employ those “unadoptable and untrained” workers.

　　But now, as then, powerful forces are ideologically opposed to the whole idea of government action on a sufficient scale to jump-start the economy. And that, fundamentally, is why claims that we face huge structural problems have been multiplying: they offer a reason to do nothing about the mass unemployment that is crippling our economy and our society.

　　So what you need to know is that there’s no evidence whatsoever to back these claims. We aren’t suffering from a shortage of needed skilled; we’re suffering from a lack of policy resolve. As I said, structural unemployment isn’t a real problem, it’s an excuse—a reason not to act on America’s problems at a time when action is desperately needed.

　　51. What does the author think is the root cause of mass unemployment in America?

　　A) Corporate mismanagement. C) Technological advances.

　　B) Insufficient demand. D) Workers’ slow adaptation.

　　52. What does the author think of the experts’ claim concerning unemployment?

　　A) Self-evident. C) Irrational.

　　B) Thought-provoking. D) Groundless.

　　53. What does the author say helped bring down unemployment during the Great Depression?

　　A) The booming defense industry. C) Nationwide training of workers.

　　B) The wise heads’ benefit package. D) Thorough restructuring of industries.

　　54. What has caused claims of huge structural problems to multiply?

　　A) Powerful opposition to government’s stimulus efforts.

　　B) Very Serious People’s attempt to cripple the economy.

　　C) Evidence gathered from many sectors of the industries.

　　D) Economists’ failure to detect the problems in time.

　　55. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?

　　A) To testify to the experts’ analysis of America’s problems.

　　B) To offer a feasible solution to the structural unemployment.

　　C) To show the urgent need for the government to take action.

　　D) To alert American workers to the urgency for adaptation.

　　答案

　　51. B Insufficient demand.

　　52. D Groundless.

　　53. A The booming defense industry.

　　54. A Powerful opposition to government’s stimulus efforts.

　　55. C To show the urgent need for the government to take action.