六级Ask the administration or the Republicans or most academics why America needs more manufacturing, and they respond that manufacturing gives birth to innovation, brings down the trade deficit, strengthens the dollar, generates jobs, arms the military and brings about a recovery from recession

问政府、共和党人或大多数学者，为什么美国需要更多的制造业，他们回答说，制造业催生了创新，降低了贸易赤字，增强了美元，创造了就业机会，武装了军队，并使经济从衰退中复苏

2013年6月阅读原文

六级If deficit reduction aggravates these biases, more Americans may choose not to have children or to have fewer children.

如果赤字削减加剧了这些偏见，更多的美国人可能选择不生孩子或少生孩子。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级The children we identified as having attention difficulties were not diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (注意力缺乏多动症, ADHD), although some may have had the disorder.

我们确定有注意力障碍的儿童没有被诊断为注意力缺陷多动障碍(注意力缺乏多动症, 虽然有些人可能患有ADHD。

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级Amid the current concerns about the federal deficit, reaching toward the stars seems a dispensable luxury—as if saving one-thousandth of a single year's budget would solve our problems.

在当前对联邦赤字的担忧中，接近明星似乎是一种可有可无的奢侈，似乎节省一年预算的千分之一就能解决我们的问题。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级When the Commerce Department reported last week that the trade deficit in June approached $50 billion, it set off a new round of economic doom saying

当商务部上周报告说6月份的贸易赤字接近500亿美元时，它引发了新一轮的经济灾难

2011年12月阅读原文

六级Ask the administration or the Republicans or most academics why America needs more manufacturing, and they respond that manufacturing gives birth to innovation, brings down the trade deficit, strengthens the dollar, generates jobs, arms the military and brings about a recovery from recession.

问政府、共和党人或大多数学者为什么美国需要更多的制造业，他们回答说，制造业催生了创新，降低了贸易赤字，增强了美元，创造了就业机会，武装了军队，并从衰退中复苏。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级A study in the US: families had moved to better housing and the children were assessed for ADHD—attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (多动症).

美国的一项研究：家庭搬到了更好的住房，孩子们被评估为多动症注意力缺陷多动障碍(多动症).

2010年12月阅读原文

六级You see there has been a sharp increase in Indian's balance of payment deficit.

你看，印度的国际收支赤字急剧增加。

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

四级Facing an 8.3-billion-dollar budget deficit this year, closing post offices is one of several proposals the Postal Service has put forth recently to cut costs.

今年面临83亿美元的预算赤字，关闭邮局是邮政部门最近提出的几项削减成本的建议之一。

2016年12月听力原文

六级The dry statistics ought to inform the ongoing deficit debate, because a budget is not just a catalog of programs and taxes.

干燥的统计数据应该为正在进行的赤字辩论提供信息，因为预算不仅仅是计划和税收的目录。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级Amid the current concerns about the federal deficit, reaching toward the stars seems a dispensable luxury—as if saving one-thousandth of a single year's budget would solve our problems

在当前对联邦赤字的担忧中，接近明星似乎是一种可有可无的奢侈，似乎节省一年预算的千分之一就能解决我们的问题

2013年12月阅读原文

六级A simple consumption tax of, say, 5% would significantly reduce the country's huge government deficit without damaging productivity.

比如说，5%的简单消费税将在不损害生产率的情况下显著减少该国巨大的政府赤字。

2012年6月阅读原文

四级We are suffering, he writes, from a serendipity deficit.

他写道，我们正遭受着偶然性赤字的折磨。

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级If deficit reduction aggravates these biases, more Americans may choose not to have children or to have fewer children

如果赤字削减加剧了这些偏见，更多的美国人可能选择不生孩子或少生孩子

2013年12月阅读原文

六级In the same way, a significant reduction of wasteful agricultural subsidies could also lower the deficit

同样，大幅减少浪费性农业补贴也可以降低赤字

2012年6月阅读原文

六级What is the author's suggestion to the American public in face of the public government deficit?

面对公共政府赤字，作者对美国公众的建议是什么？

2012年6月阅读原文

六级With inflation the family’s spending on a child will total $286,050 by age The dry statistics ought to inform the ongoing deficit debate, because a budget is not just a catalog of programs and taxes.

随着通货膨胀，按年龄划分，家庭在孩子身上的支出总额将达到286050美元

2013年12月六级考试真题（三）

六级The money tourists spend helps decrease our chronic trade deficit.

游客们花的钱有助于减少我们长期的贸易赤字。

2008年6月英语六级真题

六级For first five months of 2007, the trade deficit actually fell 7 percent from 2006.

2007年前五个月，贸易逆差实际上比2006年下降了7%。

2008年6月英语六级真题

六级When the Commerce Department reported last week that the trade deficit in June approached $50 billion, it set off a new round of economic doom saying.

当商务部上周报告6月份的贸易赤字接近500亿美元时，这引发了新一轮的经济厄运。

2011年12月英语六级真题

六级The larger the trade deficit, the smaller the GDP.

贸易逆差越大，国内生产总值就越小。

2011年12月英语六级真题

四级We are suffering, he writes, from a “serendipity deficit.

他写道，我们正遭受“意外收获不足”的折磨。

2017年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)