2014年英语六级考试（新题型）模拟冲刺试题1_第8页

　　What is the possible cause of the fact that happiness increases with age ?

　　A.The grow-up of children.

　　B.The stable source of income.

　　C.Better control of the emotions.

　　D.More and more happy experience.

　　详解 短文最后提到了幸福感随着年龄而增长的原因，有理论认为随着年龄的增长，人们更知道为自己所拥有的东西而感恩，能够"更好地控制情绪"，并且不再去想那些不好的经历，故答案为C.。

　　二、听力填空 Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

　　27听音频，回答下面各题。

　　Some people think of politics as a game. But an online game makes people 26 themselves doing one of the hardest jobs in American politics: cutting the federal budget. The game is called Budget Hero.

　　Students in Los Angeles and other cities have been playing it. Budget Hero lets them 27 how they want to spend federal tax dollars. The game uses information from the 28 Budget Office. It shows what effects each cost-cutting proposal would have.

　　The game was developed in 2008. In the newest 29 , students make decisions about what spending is important to them. Do they want to reduce taxes? 30 environmental protection? What should they do about defense spending? Making these decisions helps 31 their goals.

　　Jane Harmon, a former Democratic 32 from California who has served in Congress for almost twenty years, offered students some ideas. She now heads the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, which helped create Budget Hero. More than one million people have played it 33 , she says, and she thinks they have learned at least two things. One is how hard it is and the other is that it can be done if there's a will to do it. Ms. Harmon also says the students are having more 34 than Congress at cutting the budget. She says that kids, and actually adults too who play this game, have open minds and they want to learn what the facts are. And sadly, a lot of Congress is a fact-free universe, and that is 35 for the country.

　　请回答(26)题__________. 本题共7.1分

　　此处应填入动词原形作make的补语。think of意为"认为"。

　　28 请回答(27)题__________.

　　本题共7.1分

　　此处应填入动词原形作let的补语。decide意为"决定"。

　　29 请回答(28)题__________.

　　本题共7.1分

　　此处应填入形容词来修饰Budget Office。Congressional意为"国会的"。注意此处Congressional Budget Office为专有名词，空格中的单词首字母需要大写。

　　30 请回答(29)题__________.

　　本题共7.1分

　　空格前是形容词的最高级形式newest，故此处应填入名词。version意为 "版本"。

　　31请回答(30)题__________. 本题共7.1分

　　空格所在句为问句，空格后为名词，推测为祈使句，故应填入谓语动词。spend…on意为"花费在……上"。

　　32 请回答(31)题__________.

　　本题共7.1分

　　空格位于help后，应填入动词原形。clarify意为"澄清，阐明"。

　　33 请回答(32)题__________.

　　本题共7.1分

　　空格位于形容词Democratic后，应填入名词。representative意为"代表"。

　　34 请回答(33)题__________.

　　本题共7.1分

　　空格所在句结构完整，应填入副词或副词短语修饰整句话。so far意为"迄今为止"。

　　35 请回答(34)题__________.

　　本题共7.1分

　　空格位于比较级more之后，应填入名词作其中心词。success意为"成功"。

　　36 请回答(35)题__________.

　　本题共7.1分

　　空格位于that is…for…结构中，应填入形容词。tragic意为"悲剧的"。