秋天英文2019年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案：Passage Two答案及解析

2021年1月21日发(作者：magazine)
2019
年
6
月英语六级阅读真题及答案：
Passage
Two
答案及解析





Question 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.



The market for products designed specifically for older
adults could reach $$30 billion by next year, and startups(
初
创公司
)want in on the action. What they sometimes lack is
feedback from the people who they hope will use their
products. So Brookdale, the c
ountry’s largest owner of
retirement communication, has been inviting a few select
entrepreneurs just to move in for a few days, show off their
products and hear what the residents have to say.



That’s what brought Dayle Rodriguez, 28, all the way
from England to the dining room of Brookdale South Bay in
Torrance, California. Rodriguez is the community and
marketing manager for a company called Sentab. The startup’s
product, Sentab TV, enables older adults who may not be
comfortable with computers to access email, video chat and
social media using just their televisions and a remote
control.



“It’s nothing new, it’s nothing too complicated and
it’s natural because lots of people have TV remotes,” says
Rodriguez.



But none of that is the topic of conversation in the
Brookdale
dining
room.
Instead,
Rodriguez
solicits
residents’
advice on what he should get on his cheeseburger and how he
should spend the afternoon. Playing cards was on the agenda,
as well as learning to play mahjong(
麻将
).



Rodriguez says
it’s important that residents here
don’t feel like he’s selling them something. “I’ve had
more feedback in a passive approach,” he says. “Playing
pool, playing cards, having dinner, having lunch,” all work
better “than going through a survey of questions.
When they
get to know me and to trust me, knowing for sure I’m not
selling them something
–

there’ll be more honest feedback
from them.”



Rodriguez is just the seventh entrepreneur to move into
one of Brookdale’s 1,100 senior living communities. Other
new products in the program have included a kind of full-body
blow dryer and specially designed clothing that allows people
with disabilities to dress and undress themselves.



Mary Lou Busch, 93, agreed to try the Sentab system. She
tells Rodriguez that it might be good for someone, but not
for her.



“I have the computer and Face Time, which I talk with
my family on,” she explains. She also has an iPad and a
smartphone. “So I do pretty much everything I need to do.”



To be fair, if Rodriguez had wanted feedback from some
more technophobic(
可怕技术的
) seniors, he might have ended up
in the wrong Brookdale community. This one is located in the
heart of Southern California’s aerospace corridor. Many
residents have backgrounds in engineering, business and
academic circles.



But Rodriguez says he’s still learning something
important by moving into this Brookdale community
：

“People
are more tech-
proficient than we thought.”



And besides, where else would he learn to play mahjong?



51. What does the passage say about the startups?



A) They never lose time in upgrading products for
seniors.



B) They want to have a share of the seniors’ goods
market.



C) They invite seniors to their companies to try their
products.



D) They try to profit from promoting digital products to
seniors.



答案：
B



【解析】



The market for products designed specifically for older
adults could reach $$30 billion by next year, and startups(
初
创公司
)want in on the action.



原句中说专门为老年人定制产品市场在明年将创300
亿美元的营
业额，而
startups
初创公司也
wan t in on the action
想要从中分取
一杯羹。选项，就是跟
The market for products designed
specifically for older adults could reach $$30 billion by next
year, and startups(
初创公司
)want in on the action.
的同义替换。



52. Some entrepreneurs have been invited to Brookdale
to .



A) have an interview with potential customers



B) conduct a survey of retirement communities



C) collect residents’ feedback on their products



D) show senior residents how to use IT products



答案：
C



【解析】



So Brookdale, the country’s largest owner of retirement
communication, has been inviting a few select entrepreneurs
just to move in for a few days, show off their products and
hear what the residents have to say.
这里的题眼在于
hear what
the residents have to say
，听听居民们对他们的产品 怎么看，也就
是选项
C
中的
collect residents’ feedback。



53. What do we know about SentabTV?



A) It is a TV program catering to the interest of the
elderly.



B) It is a digital TV which enjoys popularity among
seniors.



C) It is a TV specially designed for seniors to view
programs.



D) It is a communication system via TV instead of a
computer.



答案：
D



【解析】