2012年12月英语六级真题阅读原文
<p>2012年12月英语六级真题阅读原文</p><p><span word="Reading">Reading</span> <span word="Comprehension">Comprehension</span> (<span word="Skimming">Skimming</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Scanning">Scanning</span>) (15 <span word="minutes">minutes</span>)</p><p><span word="Directions">Directions</span>: <span word="In">In</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="part">part</span>, <span word="you">you</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="have">have</span> 15 <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="passage">passage</span> <span word="quickly">quickly</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="answer">answer</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="questions">questions</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Answer">Answer</span> <span word="Sheet">Sheet</span> 1. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="questions">questions</span> 1-7, <span word="choose">choose</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="answer">answer</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="choices">choices</span> <span word="marked">marked</span> <span word="A">A</span>), <span word="B">B</span>), <span word="C">C</span>) <span word="and">and</span> <span word="D">D</span>). <span word="For">For</span> <span word="questions">questions</span> 8-10, <span word="complete">complete</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sentences">sentences</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="information">information</span> <span word="given">given</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="passage">passage</span>.</p><p><span word="Thirst">Thirst</span> <span word="grows">grows</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="unplugged">unplugged</span></p><p><span word="More">More</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="breaks">breaks</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="connected">connected</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="amid">amid</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stillness">stillness</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="quiet">quiet</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="retreats">retreats</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Jesuit">Jesuit</span> <span word="Center">Center</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Wernersville">Wernersville</span>, <span word="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</span>.</p><p><span word="About">About</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="flew">flew</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Singapore">Singapore</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="join">join</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="writer">writer</span> <span word="Malcolm">Malcolm</span> <span word="Gladwell">Gladwell</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fashion">fashion</span> <span word="designer">designer</span> <span word="Marc">Marc</span> <span word="Ecko">Ecko</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="graphic">graphic</span> <span word="designer">designer</span> <span word="Stefan">Stefan</span> <span word="Sagmeister">Sagmeister</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="addressing">addressing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="advertising">advertising</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Marketing">Marketing</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Child">Child</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Tomorrow">Tomorrow</span>. <span word="Soon">Soon</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="arrived">arrived</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="chief">chief</span> <span word="executive">executive</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="agency">agency</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="invited">invited</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="aside">aside</span>. <span word="What">What</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="interested">interested</span> <span word="in">in</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="began">began</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="stillness">stillness</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="quiet">quiet</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="months">months</span> <span word="later">later</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="interview">interview</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="well">well</span>-<span word="known">known</span> <span word="cutting">cutting</span>-<span word="edge">edge</span> <span word="designer">designer</span> <span word="Philippe">Philippe</span> <span word="Starck">Starck</span>.</p><p><span word="What">What</span> <span word="allowed">allowed</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="remain">remain</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="consistently">consistently</span> <span word="ahead">ahead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="curve">curve</span>? <span word="I">I</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="magazines">magazines</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="watch">watch</span> <span word="TV">TV</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="perhaps">perhaps</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="exaggeration">exaggeration</span>. <span word="Nor">Nor</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cocktail">cocktail</span> <span word="parties">parties</span>, <span word="dinners">dinners</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="anything">anything</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="that">that</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="outside">outside</span> <span word="conventional">conventional</span> <span word="ideas">ideas</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="implied">implied</span>, <span word="because">because</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="alone">alone</span> <span word="mostly">mostly</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="middle">middle</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="nowhere">nowhere</span>.</p>
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