2015年6月大學(xué)英語六級考試閱讀的section A選詞填空，要求從15個(gè)題目中選出10個(gè)詞填到文章中對應(yīng)的空格部分。文章主題是論述科技的進(jìn)步對于就業(yè)的影響。下面是網(wǎng)校搜集整理的題目原文及答案解析，供大家參考：

　　考試采取“多題多卷”模式，試題順序不統(tǒng)一，請依據(jù)試題進(jìn)行核對。

　　題目原文如下：

　　Innovation, the elixir (靈丹妙藥) of progress, has always cost people their jobs. In the Industrial Revolution hand weavers were ___36___ aside by the mechanical loom. Over the past 30 years the digital revolution has ___37___ many of the mid-skill jobs that underpinned 20th-century middle-class life. Typists, ticket agents, bank tellers and many production-line jobs have been dispensed with, just as the weavers were.

　　For those who believe that technological progress has made the world a better place, such disruption is a natural part of rising ___38___. Although innovation kills some jobs, it creates new and better ones, as a more ___39___ society becomes richer and its wealthier inhabitants demand more goods and services. A hundred years ago one in three American workers was ___40___ on a farm. Today less than 2% of them produce far more food. The millions freed from the land were not rendered ___41___, but found better-paid work as the economy grew more sophisticated. Today the pool of secretaries has___42___, but there are ever more computer programmers and web designers.

　　Optimism remains the right starting-point, but for workers the dislocating effects of technology may make themselves evident faster than its ___43___. Even if new jobs and wonderful products emerge, in the short term income gaps will widen, causing huge social dislocation and perhaps even changing politics. Technology's ___44___ will feel like a tornado (旋風(fēng)), hitting the rich world first, but ___45___ sweeping through poorer countries too. No government is prepared for it.

　　答案解析：

　　36. N swept

　　解析：sweep aside + N 將……掃到一邊，文中是比喻用法。In the Industrial Revolution hand weavers were swept aside by the mechanical loom. 在工業(yè)革命中，機(jī)器式織布機(jī)代替了手工織布工人。

　　37. B displaced

　　解析：displace many of the mid-skill jobs 取代了許多需要中等技術(shù)水平的工作。

　　38. I prosperity

　　解析：such disruption is a natural part of rising prosperity 這種破壞性(指技術(shù)進(jìn)步造成個(gè)別技術(shù)含量不高的崗位的事失業(yè))是逐漸繁榮的過程中所必經(jīng)的階段。

　　39. H productive

　　解析：Although innovation kills some jobs, it creates new and better ones， as a more productive society becomes richer and its wealthier inhabitants demand more goods and services. 雖然技術(shù)創(chuàng)新使一些崗位消失了，但是創(chuàng)新帶來了更多更好的崗位。因?yàn)�。�?dāng)一個(gè)生產(chǎn)力更高的社會(huì)(文都)變得更富有時(shí)，富裕起來的人們也就需要更多的產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)。

　40. C employed

　　解析：A hundred years ago one in three American workers was employed on a farm. 100年前，有三分之一的美國工人在農(nóng)場工作。

　　41. F jobless

　　解析：The millions freed from the land were not rendered jobless, but found better-paid work as the economy grew more sophisticated. 那些離開農(nóng)場數(shù)以百萬計(jì)的工人沒有失業(yè)，相反，當(dāng)經(jīng)濟(jì)增加更為多樣化的時(shí)候，他們也找到了薪水更高的工作。

　　42. M shrunk

　　解析：Today the pool of secretaries has shrunk, but there are ever more computer programmers and web designers. 現(xiàn)在，當(dāng)秘書的人少了，但是當(dāng)電腦程序員和網(wǎng)頁設(shè)計(jì)師的人卻多了。

　　43. A benefits

　　解析：Optimism remains the right starting-point, but for workers the dislocating effects of technology may make themselves evident faster than its benefits. 樂觀主義者的出發(fā)點(diǎn)是正確的，但是對于工人來說，技術(shù)對工作崗位所帶來的混亂影響遠(yuǎn)比技術(shù)所帶來的好處更為明顯。

　　44. E impact 45. D eventually

　　解析：Technology's impact will feel like a tornado, hitting the rich world first, but eventually sweeping through poorer countries too. 技術(shù)的沖擊猶如一場龍卷風(fēng)，首先影響發(fā)達(dá)國家，但是終究也會(huì)席卷那些不發(fā)達(dá)的國家。