2017年12月大学英语六级考试作文试题评析(一)
2019.02College English 2017年12月大学英语六级考试的三道作文试题属于阐述道理型。
这类作文的题目一般是一句谚语俗语或者名人名言。
谚语俗语和名人名言的区分不是十分严格，一般来说，短小精悍、押韵合辙的是谚语俗语，而字数多一点且不押韵的往往是名人名言。
无论谚语还是名言都揭示一个做人做事道理。
比如本题，要求考生阐述一个现实生活中的做人道理：帮助别人，你会在危难中被别人帮助。
考生在写这篇作文时，不能泛泛论述乐于助人的意义，而应着重阐述“助人”与“被助”之间的必然联系。
由于此类作文要阐述一个抽象的道理，其写作方法与分析现象型作文有很大不同。
尤其是作文的主体部分推荐用举例法展开论述，即通过举出具体的事例来证明这个抽象的道理。
这篇作文可以写成三个段落。
第一段先把题目中的谚语或名言引出来，然后用通俗的语言对它加以解释，此为立论。
第二段举出例子证明这个道理。
我们在举例的时候能举出名人或伟人的例子固然好，但如果举不出名人或伟人的例子，也可以举出生活中的平凡小人物的例子，或者自己的一段亲身经历。
英语写作中并不忌讳使用无名小卒的例子，这是英汉议论文写作的一个不同之处。
就本文而言，为了论述“帮助别人，你才会被别人帮助”，可以以自己的一段亲身经历为例：在担任大学话剧社的社长时，你发现你越是帮助话剧社的成员获得成功，话剧社就办得越成功，最终你自己获得了意想不到的成功。
第三段可以先重述本文主题：好有好报；然后建议读者向处于困境中的人施以援手，这样自己有困难的时候才能得到别人帮助。
下面请看范文：
A wise man once remarked that “Help others,and you will be helped when you are in need.”His words remind us that helping others actually helps ourselves.
The reason is not hard to see.When you ’re helping others,you are doing them a favour.It is only human nature that they will return the favour when you are in need.Actually,helping others is a win -win situation.The more you genuinely help others,the more they will in turn move heaven and earth to help you.I can say this with absolute conviction because I have seen it in my own life.As the president of the Drama Club of my university,I found that the more I focused on helping my colleagues to succeed both in their professional and personal lives,the more the Club
succeeded.As a result,I personally succeeded far more than I ever would have imagined.Directions:
For this part,you are allowed 30minutes to write an essay commenting on the say -ing “Help others,and you will be helped when you are in need.”You can cite examples to illustrate your views.You should write at least 150words but no more than 200words.2017年12月大学英语六级考试作文试题评析（一）
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55.What does Eric Schmidt think of artificial intelligence?
A)It will be far superior to human beings.
B)It will keep improving as time goes by.
C)It will prove to be an asset to human beings.
D)It will be here to stay whatever the outcome.大学
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1.A wise man once remarked that “Help oth-ers,and you will be helped when you are in need.”有一位智者曾经说过，“帮助别人，你就会在需要的时候被帮助”。
A wise man once remarked that ...这是引出名言的一种常见写法，尤其在不知语出何人的情况下使用。
2.His words remind us that helping others ac-tually helps ourselves.他的话提醒我们，帮助别人实际上就是帮助我们自己。
3.Actually,helping others is a win-win situa-tion.实际上，帮助别人是一种双赢的情况。
actually 是一个句子副词，可以用来为已经说过的话增加新的信息。
4.The more you genuinely help others,the more they will in turn move heaven and earth to help you .你越是真诚地帮助别人，
他们越会想方设法地帮助你。
move heaven and earth 想方设法，千方百计。
5.I can say this with absolute conviction be-cause I have seen it in my own lif e.我可以完全自信地这么说，因为我已经在我自己的生活中看到了这一点。
6.An ancient proverb goes that one good turn
deserves another .有一个古老的谚语说，善有善报。
An ancient proverb goes that ...是一个引用谚语的常用句型。
7.So,always be ready to lend a helping hand to others in distress,your payoff will be far greater than your invest ment.所以，总是向处于困境中的人伸出援助之手，你的回报
将会远远超过你的投入。
lend a helping hand to 向……施以援手。
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An ancient proverb goes that one good tu rn deserves another.S o,alw ay s be ready to lend a helping hand to others in distress,y ou r pay of f w ill be f ar greater than y ou r investment.(178w ords)(上接第59页)
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2017年12月英语六级试题真题及答案解析
2017年12月英语六级试题真题及答案解析2017年12月的大学英语六级考试已经结束了，考生最想知道的就是考试的答案了。
下面店铺整理了2017年12月英语六级试题真题及答案解析，供大家参考!2017年12月英语六级试题真题及答案解析Part Ⅰ Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on invention. Your essay should include the importance of invention and measures to be taken to encourage invention. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.参考范文My View on InventionDrawing a comparison between modern life and ancient life, we cannot imagine what life will be like now without invention. Invention must be attached great importance to, as it is invention that contributes to the advancement of our society. There are several examples which can be cited to illustrate this concept. I can think of no better illustration than the following one. If Edison hadn't invented the light bulb, we would have lived a life as the blind in the night.Given that invention plays such an essential role in our life, what can we do to cultivate this precious spirit? For one thing, it is advisable for the social media and publicity department to vigorously inform the public of the importance of invention. For another, the relevant authority should set up favorable regulations to encourage invention. For example, they can set up the practice of giving premiums or issuing patent certificate toinventors.Finally, I want to use the following saying as our mutual encouragement, “Invention is the spirit of human being’s progress.”At no time should we underestimate the power of invention. Therefore, when an idea comes to your mind next time, just make your own invention.Part Ⅱ Listening ComprehensionSection A1. C) It links the science of climate change to economic and policy issues.2. B) It would be more costly to deal with its consequences than to avoid it.3. A) The transition to low-carbon energy systems.4. C) Plan well in advance.5. B) What determines success.6. D) It means being good at seizing opportunities.7. D) Practice is essential to becoming good at something.8. C) Being passionate about work can make one wealthy.Section B9. A) The stump of a giant tree.10. B) Wind and water.11. D) It was created by supernatural powers.12. C) By lifting them well above the ground.13. A) They will buy something from the convenience stores.14. A) They can bring only temporary pleasures.15. D) Small daily savings can make a big difference in one’s life.Section C16. B) They are necessary in our lives.18. B) They feel too overwhelmed to deal with life’sproblems.18. A) They expand our mind.19. B) It came from a 3D printer.20. C) When she was studying at a fashion design school.21. C) It was hard and breakable.22. D) It marks a breakthrough in printing material.23. A) They arise from the advances in technology.24. D) It is intensely competitive.25. D) Sharing of costs with each other.Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension选词填空26. G) hypotheses 假设27. B) contextual 上下文的，情境的，前后关联的28. A) arena 舞台，竞技场29. C) convincing 有说服力的，使人信服的30. I) incorporate 合并，使并入31 .D) devoted献身于，把…专用于32 .N) reaping 收获33 .E) digits 数字34 .M) pride 以...自豪35 .F) hasten 加速长篇阅读36. D) For instance, new technologies that are building upon existing technology have not found their footing well enough to appeal to a mass audience…37. K)That, too, explains the heavy Washington presence at this year’s show, as these new technologies intrude upon heavily regulated areas.38. B) In some ways, the answer is yes. For years, smartphones, televisions, tablets, laptops and desktops…39. L) Curran, the Accenture analyst, said that increased government interest in the show makes sense as technology becomes a larger part of our lives.40. F) “So much of what CES has been about is the cool. It is about the flashiness and the gadgets,”…41. A) Scan the highlights of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and you may get a slight feeling of having seen them before.42. H) And when it comes to the hyper-connected super-smart world that technology firms are painting for us…43. E) Companies are promoting their own standards, and the marker has not had time to choose a winner yet as this is still very new.44. I) Companies have already won part of the battle, having driving tech into every part of our lives…45. C) Basically the tech industry seems to be in an awkward period now.篇章阅读Passage One46. A) it is unfair to those climate-vulnerable nations47. C) They hardly pay anything for the problems they have caused.48. C) They have to bear consequences they are not responsible for.49. B) There is no final agreement on where it will come from.50. D) Putting in effect the policies in the agreement at once.Passage Two51. C) Teenagers’mental problems are often too conspicuous not to be observed.52. D) Many hitherto unobserved youngsters may havepsychological problems.53. B) Their behaviors do not constitute a warning signal.54. A) They are almost as liable to depression as the high-risk group.55. B) It provides new early-warning signals for identifying teens in trouble.Part Ⅳ Translation(30 minutes)参考译文With the improvement of living standards, holiday is occupying a more and more prominent position in Chinese people’s life. In the past, making a living takes most of Chinese people’s time, which gives them rare chance to go off on a trip. However, tourism has undergone rapid growth in China for the past few years. The prosperity of economy and the emergence of the affluent middle class trigger an unprecedented tourism boom. Not only does domestic traveling become common, but traveling abroad is also enjoying an increasing popularity among Chinese people. During the National Day holidays in 2016, tourism consumption amounts to more than 400 billion yuan. According to the statistical data by the World Trade Organization, China will have become the world's largest tourism country by 2020, and she will also see the fastest growth in overseas traveling expenditure in the next few years.。
2017年12月六级作文
The rapid development of today's society has aroused a heated discussion as to whether we should help others in the society. Views on the topic vary greatly among people from different walks of life, among which there goes a well-known saying: "Help others and you will be helped when you are in need", suggesting that we should try to help others kindly. I totally agree with this saying for the reasons presented below. First, it is good for the whole society. For instance, if everyone in the society can give a hand to each other, it is more likely that the society will become more peaceful. Second, it is good for the person himself / herself. For example, if a person tries to help others when they have trouble, when he needs help, he can get help from other people. Finally, it is good for the whole word. Just imagine, if people in the whole world will help each other instead of competing each other, our world will be a beautiful and peaceful earth village. So, I totally agree with this saying. From my perspective, it is crucial that modern education should encourage people to support each other. Also it is crucial that people should understand the meaning and value of helping each other. Only in this way can they build a harmonious society.
2017年12月英语六级真题及答案完整版（第一套）【4】
2017年12月英语六级真题及答案完整版（第一套）【4】Section BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.who's really addicting you to Technology?A."Nearly everyone i know is addicted in some measure to the internet, "wrote tony Schwartz in The New York Times. it's a common complaint these days. A steady stream of similar headlines accuse the net and its offspring apps, social media sites and online games of addicting us to distractionB. There's little doubt that nearly everyone who comes in contact with the net has difficulty concentration than it takes to post a status update. as one person ironically put it in the comments section of Schwartz's online article, "As I was reading this very excellent article.I stopped at least half a dozen times to cheek my email.C.There's something different about this technology: it is both invasive and persuasive. but who's at fault for its overuse? To find solutions, it's important to understand what we’re dealing with.There are four parties conspiring to keep you connected the tech, your boss, your friends and you.D.The technologies themselves and their makers, are the easiest suspects to blame for our diminishing attention spans. Nicholas Carr,author of The Shallows： what the internet is doingOur brains, wrote, The net is designed to be an interruption system, a machine geared to dividing attention.E.Online services like Facebook, twitter and the like, are called out of manipula-tion--making，products so good that people can't stop using them. after studying these products for several years, I wrote a book about how they do it. I learned it all starts with the business model. since these services rely on advertising revenue, The more frequently you use money they make.It’s no winder these comp anies employ teams of people focused on engineering their services to be as engaging as possible. these products aren't habit-forming by chance; it's by design. they have an incentive to keep us hooked.F.However, as good as these services are, there are simple steps we can take to keep them at bay.For example, we can change how often we receive the distracting notifications that trigger our urge to check.According to adam marchick, ceo of mobile marketing company kahuna, less than 15 percent of smartphone users ever bother to adjust their notification setlings--meaning the remaining 85 percent of us default to the app makers' every preset trigger.Google and Apple have made it far too difficult to adjust these settings so it's up to us to take steps ensure we set these triggers to suit our own needs, not the needs of the app makers.G.While companies like Facebook harvest attention to generate revenue from advertisers, other technologies have no such agenda. take email, for example. this system couldn't care less how often you use it. Yet to many, email is the most habit-forming medium of all.We check email at all hours of the day--we're obsessed, but why? Because that's what the boss wants.For almost all white-collar jobs, A slowResponse to a message could hurt not only your reputation but also your livelihood.H.Your friends are also responsible.Think about this familiar scene.People gathered around a table, enjoying food and each others company. there's laughter and a bit of kidding. Then, during an interval in the conversation, someone takes out their phone to check who knows what.Barely anyone notices and no one says a thing.I.Now imagine the same dinner,but instead of checking their phone, the person belches(打嗝)-loudly.Everyone notices. unless the meal takes place in a beer house, this is considered bad manners. The impolite act violates the basic rules of etiquette. one has to wonder why don’t we apply the same social norms to checking phones during meals, meetings and conversations as we do to other antisocial behaviors somehow, we accept it and say nothing when someone offends.J.The reality is taking one's phone out at the wrong time is worse than belching because, unlike other minor offense, checking tech is contagious. once one person looks at their phone,other people feel compelled to do the same, starting a chain reaction. the more people are on their phones, the fewer people are talking until finally you are the only one left not reading email or checking twitter. from a societal perspective, phone checking is less like belching in public and more like another bad habit. our phones are like cigarettes-something to do when were bored or when our fingers need something to toy with seeing others enjoy a smoke,or sneak a quick glance, is too tempting to resist and soon everyone is doing it.K.The technology, your boss, and your friends, all influence how often you find yourself using (or overusing )these gadgets.but there's still someone who deserves scrutiny--the person holding the phone.L. I have a confession. even though i study habit-forming technology for a living, disconnecting is not easy for me.I'm online far more than I'd like like Schwartz and so many others, I often find myself distracted and off tack.I wanted to know why so i began self-monitoring to try to understand my behavior. that's when i discovered an uncomfortable truth. i use technology as an escape. when I'm doing something I'd rather not do, or when I'm someplace I'd rather not attention was often a good thing, like when passing time on public transportation, but frequently my tech use was not so benign. when i faced difficult work, like thinking through an article idea or editing the same draft for the hundredth time, for example, a more sinister screen would draw me in. i could easily escape discomfort.temporarlly.by answering email or browsing ing the web under the pretense of so-called"research. "though I desperately wanted to lay blame elsewhere, i finally had to admit that my bad habits had less to do with new-age.technology and more to do with old-fashioned procrastination(拖延)M.it's easy to blame technology for being so distracting, but distraction is nothing new. Aristotle and Socrates dehated nature of “akrasia”--our tendency to do things agninst our interests. If we're honest with ourselves, tech is just another way to occupy our time and minds,if we weren’t on our devices. We’d likely do similarly unproductive.N.personal technology is indeed more engaging than ever, and there's no doubt companies are engineering their products and services to be more compelling and attractive but would want it any other way the intended result of making somethingbetter is that people use it more. that's not necessarily a problem, that's progress.O.These improvements don't mean we shouldn't attempt to control our use of technology. In order to make sure it doesn't control us, we should come to terms with the fact that it's more than the technology itself that’s responsible for our habits. our workplace culture, social norns and individual behaviors all play a part to put technology in its place, we must be conscious not only of how technology is changing, but also of how it is changing us.36.Online services are so designed that the more they are used, the more profit they generate.37. The author admits using technology as an escape from the task at hand.38. Checking phones at dinners is now accepted as normal but not belching39. To make proper use of technology, we should not only increase our awareness of how it is changing but also how it is impacting us.40. Most of us find it hard to focus on our immediate tasks because of internet distractions41. when one person starts checking their phone, the others will follow suit.42.The great majority of smartphone users don' t take the trouble to adjust their settings to suit their own purposes.43.The internet is regarded by some as designed to distract our attention.44. The author attributes his tech addiction chiefly to his habit of putting off doing what he should45.White-collar workers check email round the clock becauseit is required by their employers。
2017真题解析
2017年12月四级作文第一套：医患关系第一段，现象阐述说医生和患者紧张关系是社会关注问题。
第二,三段，针对现象说明产生的现象的原因和解决方案。
第四段，总结：文章升华。
It seems to be an increasingly widespread phenomenon that the relationship between doctors and patients is becoming tense. Therefore, It is important to find out some causes and take effective ways to solve the problem.The causes to this problem involves many factors. It is mainly because there lacks effective communication between doctors and patients. Besides, patients don’t show respect and trust to doctors and they hold too much doubts and suspect toward medical treatment. What’s more, some hospitals don' attach importance to medical skills and occupational qualities of their faculty .In that case, it is indispensable that communication between doctor and patients should be strengthened, which is beneficial for them to improve their relationship. Meanwhile, trust is the basis for constructing a sound doctor-patients bond. What’s more, hospitals should get ready to provide doctors with regular training to strengthen their skills.All in all, it is high time that both hospitals and patients should take some steps to deal with current poor relationship. Only in this way can we create a harmonious society.第二套：两代关系：子女与父母第一段：现象阐述说子女和父母关系是生活中重要话题。
[英语六级作文]2017年12月英语六级作文范文(三套全)
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英语六级作文范文(三套全) 英语六级作文范文(卷一) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the saying “Help others and you will be helped when you are in need.”You can cite examples to illustrate your views. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Be Ready to Help Others There goes a saying that “Help others and you will be helped when you are in need”, which indicates a profound significance and value not only in our job but also in our study. Hence, my views are illustrated as follows. First and foremost, take finishing a job as an instance, one can't do all the jobs and complete all the things by himself, and cooperation and a help are needed. What’s more, to help others means to help ourselves. We can't live in the world alone. When we help others in trouble someday, they will do us a favor in return. On the contrary, if we don't offer a help for someone in need, we won't get a help. Last but not least, helping others is not only a good quality, but also a happy thing. We can get much happiness by helping others. To sum up, just as a proverb goes, the rose's in her hand, the flavor in mine. We should believe that the more we help others, the more benefits we will get in our daily life. 英语六级作文范文(卷二) The Importance of Mutual Understanding As the saying goes, “Seek to understand other, and you will be understood.” The simple saying tells us the importance of mutual understanding. As a matter of fact, mutual understanding is not just a matter of importance, but also of necessity. On the one hand, mutual understanding lays the foundation for all kinds of interpersonal relationships. The world is full of diversity and people hold different values and faith. Only when we understand each other can we put aside the differences, get along well with each other and keep a long-term relationship. On the other hand, mutual understanding can clear up misapprehensions. Everyone has his own principle when dealing with things. It’s unwise and unfair to judge a person’s behavior according to our own experience. To avoid misunderstanding, we need to put ourselves in others’shoes. In conclusion, mutual understanding undoubtedly fosters all relationships. Therefore, we should come to realize the importance of mutual understanding and try hard to create a harmonious world. 英语六级作文范文(卷三) On Respect When it comes to the issue of respects, a majority of people believe that they will respect others in the condition that others show respect to them, and others maintain that they only respect the stronger and richer persons. From my own perspective, all men need to respect others and be respected. To begin with, everyone is born to be equal. Regardless of one's appearance, social status, health conditions and financial conditions, he has the right to be respected as a member of the society. Moreover, respects, in other word, esteems are crucial to an individual. In terms of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, when we have solved the problems of surviving and safety, we are eager to achieve the other three needs. All in all, a healthy society contains respects of each other. A Chinese saying goes, treat other people as you hope they will treat you. Therefore, please show respects to other people and you will be respected. 四六级考前30天逆袭攻略-【0元领课】 四六级考前30天备考规划，原价29.9元，限时免费领！。
[英语六级作文]2017年12月英语六级写作真题及范文(第一套)
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It is common knowledge that if you want to gain esteem from others, you must do the same thing before. Obviously, we have to acknowledge that showing the respect to others has the potential to change an individual’s surrounding atmosphere and thus change his whole life. There are numerous details related to the significance of respecting others, with the following three being the most remarkable. Firstly, respecting people around you is one of our traditional brilliant cultures that ought to be inherited and maintained forever. Actually, it is a good way for us to spread our custom to the world through our daily behavior, for example, respecting the foreign students when we study together. Secondly, this valuable quality is not only a symbol of your politeness but also a useful way to build relationships. To be honest, no one wants to make friends with those who are contemptuous. Thirdly, as long as you respect others, they would in return take the same attitude to you and even appreciate you, which has the ability to place you in a beneficial position in the future. To sum up, the spirit of esteeming others is playing an increasingly important role in our life. Thus, we are supposed to respect people whenever and wherever. 更多英语六级作文、六级英语作文、四六级作文，请继续关注英语作文大全。
2017年12月大学英语六级考试真题附答案解析(三套全)
2017 年12 月英语六级考试真题及答案（第一套）考试采取“多题多卷”模式，试题顺序不统一，请依据试题进行核对Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: for this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting onthe saying " Respect others, and you will be respected. " you can cite examples toilustrate your views. you should write at least 150 words but no more than 200Part IIListening comprehension(30miutes)Section aDirections: in this section, you will hear two long conversations at the end of each comversation you will hear four questions. both the comversation and the questions will be spoken only once. afier you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked a, b) cand d). then mark the corresponding letter on answer Sheet i with a single line through the centre.Questions1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard1. a)they reward businesses that eliminate food wastb) they prohibit the sale of foods that have gone stalec) they facilitate the donation of unsold foods to the needyd) they forbid businesses to produce more foods than needed2. a)it imposed penalties on businesses that waste foodb) it passed a law aiming to stop overproductionC)it voted gainst food import from outside europe d) it prohibited the promotion of bulk food sales.3. a) it has warmed its people against possible food shortage.b) it has penalized businesses that keep overproducing foodsc) it has started a nationwide campaign against food waste.d) it has banned supermarkets from dumping edible foods.4 .a)the confusion over food expiration labels.b) the surplus resulting from overproductionc) americans' habit of buying food in bulkd) a lack of regulation on food consumptionQuestions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. a) it has started a week-long promotion campaign.b) it has just launched its annual anniversary salesc) it offers regular weekend sales all the year roundd) it specializes in the sale of ladies designer dresses6. a)price reductions for its frequent customers.b) coupons for customers with bulk purchases.c) free delivery of purchases for senior customers.d) price adjustments within seven days of purchase.7. a)mail a gift card to her.b) allow her to buy on credic) credit it to her accountd) give her some coupons.8. a) refunding for goods returnedb) free installing of appliances.c) prolonged goods warranty.d) complimentary tailoringSection bDirections: in this section, you will hear two passages. at the end of each passage, you will hear Iree or four questions. both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked a, b, cand d). then mark the corresponding letter on answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard9. a)they are thin, tall, and unlike real human beings.b) they have more than twenty different hair texturesc) they have twenty-four different body shapes in totald) they represent people from virtually all walks of life.10. a)they do not reflect young girls aspirationsb) they are not sold together with the originalc) their flat feet do not appeal to adolescentsd) their body shapes have not changed much11. a)in toy storesb) in shopping malls.c) on the internetd) at barbie shopsQuestions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.12. a )moveable metal type began to be used in printingb) chinese printing technology was first introducec) the earliest known book was publishedd) metal type was imported from korea13. a) it had more than a hundred printing presses.b) it was the biggest printer in the 16th century.c) it helped the german people become literate.d) it produced some 20 million volumes in total14. a)it pushed handwritten books out of circulation.b) it boosted the circulation of popular works.c) it made writing a very profitable career.d) it provided readers with more choices.15. a) it accelerated the extinction of the latin language.b) it standardized the publication of grammar books.c) turned translation into a welcome profession.d) it promoted the growth of national languagesSection cDirections: in this section, you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed by three or four questions. the recordings will be played only once. after you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked a, b, c and d)Then mark the corresponding letter on answer sheet 1 with a single line through centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.16. a) they get bored after working for a period of time.b) they spend an average of one year finding a job.c) they become stuck in the same job for decades.d) they choose a job without thinking it through.17. a)see if there will be chances for promotion.b) find out what job choices are available.c) watch a film about ways of job hunting.d) decide which job is most attractive to you.18. a)the qualifications you have.b) the pay you are going to get.c) the culture of your target company.d) the work environment you will be in.19. a) it is as important as christmas for african-americans.b) it is a cultural festival founded for african-americans.c) it is an ancient festival celebrated by african-americans.d) it is a religious festival celebrated by african-americans20. a)to urge african-americans to do more for society.b) to call on african-americans to worship their godsc) to help african-americans to realize their goals.d) to remind african-americans of their sufferings.21. a)faith in self-determinationb) the first fruits of the harvestc) unity and cooperative economics d creative work and achievement.22. a)they recite a principleb) they take a solemn oathc) they drink wine from the unity cupd) they call out their ancestors' names.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard23. a) it is one of the world's most healthy diets.b) it contains large amounts of dairy products.c) it began to impact the world in recent years.d) it consists mainly of various kinds of seafood.4. a) it involved 13, 000 researchers from asia, europe and america.b) it was conducted in seven mid-eastern countries in the 1950sc) it is regarded as one of the greatest researches of its kind.d) it has drawn the attention of medical doctors the world over.25. a) they care much about their health.b) they eat foods with little fat.c)they use little oil in cookingd) they have lower mortality ratesPart III Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.In the past 12 months,Nigeria has suffered from a shrinking economy, a slidingcurre ncy, and a proIon ged fuel shortage. Now, Africa ' s largest in facing a food crisis asmajor tomato fields have bee n destroyed by an in sect,lead ing to a n ati on wide shortage and escalating prices.The in sect, Tutaabsoluta, has destroyed 80% of farms in Kaduna, Nigeria's largesttomato produc ing state, leadi ng the gover nment there to declare a state of26 .The in sect, also known as the tomato leaf miner, devastates crops by 27 onfruits and diggi ng into and moving through stalks .It 28 in credibly quickly,breeding up to 12 generations per year if conditions are favorable. it is believed tohave 29 in South America in the early 1900s, and later spread to Europe before cross ing over to sub-Sahara n Africa.In Nigeria, where tomatoes are a staple of local diets,the in sect's effects aredevastat ing. Retail prices for a 30 of tomatoes at local markets have rise n from $0. 50to $2.50. Farmers are report ing steep losses and a new $20 milli on tomato-paste factory has 31 producti on due to the shortages.Given the moth's ability also to attack crops like pepper and potatoes, AuduOgbeh, Nigeria's minister of agriculture, has warned that the pest may"create seriousproblems for food 32 "in the coun try.Ogbeh says experts are in vestigati ng how tocon trol the pest ' s damage and preve nt its spread, which has gone largely 33 un tilnow.Despite being the continen t's sec on d-largest producer of tomatoes, Nigeria is 34 on $1 billi on worth of tomato-paste imports every year.as around 75% of thelocal harvest goes to waste tha nks to a lack of proper storage facilities. A further 35 inlocal supplies is yet ano ther un welcome setback to the in dustry.A)dependent I ) originatedB) Embark ing J) reducti onC) emerge nc K) reproducesD) feedi ng L ) securityE) grazes M ) terrorF) halted N) uncheckedG) han dful O ) uncheckedH) multitudeSectio n BDirections: In this secti on, you are going to read a passage with ten stateme nts attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questio ns by marking the corresp onding letter on An swer Sheet 2.who's really addicting you to Technology?A. "Nearly everyone i know is addicted in some measure to the internet, "wrote tony Schwartz in The New York Times. it's a common complaint these days. A steady stream of similar headlines accuse the net and its offspring apps, social media sites and online games of addicting us to distractionB. There's little doubt that nearly everyone who comes in contact with the net has difficulty concentration than it takes to post a status update. as one person ironically put it in the comments section of Schwartz'sonline article, "As I was reading this very excellent article.I stopped at least half a dozen times to cheek my email.C. There's something different about this technology: it is both invasive and persuasive.but who's at fault for its overuse ？To find solutions, it's important to understand whatwe ' re dealing with.There are four parties conspiring to keep you connected the tech,your boss, your friends and you.D. The technologies themselves and their makers, are the easiest suspects to blame for our diminishing attention spans. Nicholas Carr,author of The Shallows ：what the internet is doing Our brains, wrote, The net is designed to be an interruption system, a machine geared to dividing attention.E. Online services like Facebook, twitter and the like, are called out ofmanipula-tion--making ，products so good that people can't stop using them. afterstudying these products for several years, I wrote a book about how they do it. I learnedit all starts with the business model. since these services rely on advertising revenue, The more frequentlyyou use money they make.It teams of people focused on engineering their services to be as engaging as possible. these products aren't habit-forming by chance; it's by design.' s no wminpdaenr itehseseemcpoloy they have an incentive to keep us hooked.F. However, as good as these services are, there are simple steps we can take to keepthem at bay.For example, we can change how often we receive the distracting notifications that trigger our urge to check.According to adam marchick, ceo of mobile marketing company kahuna, less than 15 percentof smartphone users ever bother to adjust their notification setlings--meaning the remaining 85 percent of us default to the app makers' every preset trigger.Google and Apple have made it far too difficult to adjust these settings so it's up to us to take steps ensure we set these triggers to suit our own needs, not the needs of the app makers.G.While companies like Facebook harvest attention to generate revenue fromadvertisers, other technologies have no such agenda. take email, for example. this system couldn't care less how often you use it. Yet t o many, email is the mosthabit-forming medium of all.We check email at all hours of the day--we're obsessed, butwhy? Because that's what the boss wants.For almost all white-collar jobs, A slowResponse to a message could hurt not only your reputation but also your livelihood.H. Your friends are also responsible.Think about this familiar scene.People gathered around a table,enjoying food and each others company. there's laughter and a bit of kidding. Then, during an interval in the conversation, someone takes out their phone to check who knows what.Barely anyone notices and no one says a thing.I. Now imagine the same dinner,but instead of checking their phone, the person belches（打嗝）-loudly.Everyone notices. unless the meal takes place in a beer house, this is considered bad manners. The impolite act violates the basic rules of etiquette. one has to wonder why don ' t we apply the same social norms to checking phones during meals,meetings and conversations as we do to other antisocial behaviors somehow, we accept it and say nothingwhen someone offends.J. The reality is taking one's phone out at the wrong time is worse than belching because, unlike other minoroffense, checking tech is contagious. once one person looks at their phone,other people feel compelled to dothe same, starting a chain reaction. the more people are on their phones, the fewer people are talking untilfinally you are the only one left not reading email or checking twitter. from a societal perspective, phonechecking is less like belching in public and more like another bad habit. our phones are like cigarettes-something to do when were bored or when our fingers need something to toy with seeing others enjoy asmoke,or sneak a quick glance, is too tempting to resist and soon everyone is doing it.K. The technology, your boss, and your friends, all influence how often you find yourself using (or overusing )these gadgets. but there's still someone who deserves scrutiny--the person holding the phone. L. I have a confession. even though i study habit-forming technology for a living, disconnecting is not easyfor me.I'm online far more than I'd like like Schwartz and so many others, I often find myself distracted andoff tack.I wanted to know why so i began self-monitoring to try to understand my behavior. that's when idiscovered an uncomfortable truth. i use technology as an escape. when I'm doing something I'd rather notdo, or when I'm someplace I'd rather not attention was often a good thing, like when passing time on publictransportation, but frequently my tech use was not so benign.when i faced difficult work, like thinking through an article idea or editing the same draft for the hundredthtime, for example, a more sinister screen would draw me in. i could easily escape discomfort.temporarlly.byanswering email or browsing ing the web under the pretense of so-called"research. "though I desperatelywanted to lay blame elsewhere, i finally had to admit that my bad habits had less to do with new-age.technology and more to do with old-fashioned procrastination( 拖延 )M. it's easy to blame technology for being so distracting, but distraction is nothing new.Aristotle and Socrates dehated nature of “ akrasia--our”tendency to do things agninstour interests. If we're honest with ourselves, tech is just another way to occupy our time and minds,if we weren ' t on our deWviec'es.d likely do similarly unproductive.N. personal technology is indeed more engaging than ever, and there's no doubt companies are engineeringtheir products and services to be more compelling and attractive but would want it any other way theintended result of making something better is that people use it more. that's not necessarily a problem, that'sprogress.O. These improvements don't mean we shouldn't attempt to control our use of technology. In order to makesure it doesn't control us, we should come to terms withthe fact that it's more than the technology itself that workplace culture, social norns ands responsible for our habits. ou individual behaviors all play a part to put technology in its place, we must be conscious notonly of how technology is changing, but also of how it is changing us.36.Online services are so designed that the more they are used, the more profit they generate.37. The author admits using technology as an escape from the task at hand.38. Checking phones at dinners is now accepted as normal but not belching39. To make proper use of technology, we should not only increase our awareness of how it is changing butalso how it is impacting us.40. Most of us find it hard to focus on our immediate tasks because of internet distractions41. when one person starts checking their phone, the others will follow suit.42. T he great majority of smartphone users don' t take the trouble to adjust their settings to suit their ownpurposes.43. T he internet is regarded by some as designed to distract our attention.44. The author attributes his tech addiction chiefly to his habit of putting off doing what he should45. W hite-collar workers check email round the clock because it is required by their employersSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Eachstatement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which theinformation is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.who's really addicting you to Technology?A. "Nearly everyone i know is addicted in some measure to the internet, "wrote tony Schwartz in The New York Times. it's a common complaint these days. A steady stream of similar headlines accuse the net and its offspring apps, social media sites and online games of addicting us to distractionB. There's little doubt that nearly everyone who comes in contact with the net has difficulty concentration than it takes to post a status update. as one person ironically put it in the comments section of Schwartz's online article, "As I was reading this very excellent article.I stopped at least half a dozen times to cheek my email.C. There's something different about this technology: it is both invasive and persuasive. but who's at fault for its overuse ？To find solutions, it's important to understand whatwe ' re dealing with.There are four parties conspiring to keep you connected the tech, your boss, your friends and you.D. The technologies themselves and their makers, are the easiest suspects to blame for our diminishing attention spans. Nicholas Carr,author of The Shallows ：what theinternet is doing Our brains, wrote, The net is designed to be an interruption system, a machine geared to dividing attention.E. Online services like Facebook, twitter and the like, are called out of manipula-tion--making ，products so good that people can't stop using them.after studying these products for several years, I wrote a book about how they do it. I learned it all starts with the business model. since these services rely on advertising revenue, The more frequently you use money they make.It ' s no winder these companies employ teams of people focused on engineering their services to be as engaging as possible.these products aren't habit-forming by chance; it's by design. they have an incentive to keep us hooked.F. However, as good as these services are, there are simple steps we can take to keep them at bay.For example, we can change how often we receive the distracting notifications that trigger our urge tocheck.According to adam marchick, ceo of mobile marketing company kahuna, less than 15 percent of smartphone users ever bother to adjust their notification setlings--meaning the remaining 85 percent of us default to the app makers' every preset trigger.Google and Apple have made it far too difficult to adjust these settings so it's up to us to take steps ensure we set these triggers to suit our own needs, not the needs of the app makers.G.While companies like Facebook harvest attention to generate revenue from advertisers, other technologies have no such agenda. take email, for example. this system couldn't care less how often you use it. Yet t o many, email is the mosthabit-forming medium of all.We check email at all hours of the day--we're obsessed, butwhy? Because that's what the boss wants.For almost all white-collar jobs, A slowResponse to a message could hurt not only your reputation but also your livelihood.H. Your friends are also responsible.Think about this familiar scene.People gathered around a table, enjoying food and each others company. there's laughter and a bit of kidding. Then, during an interval in the conversation, someone takes out their phone to check who knows what.Barely anyone notices and no one says a thing.I. Now imagine the same dinner,but instead of checking their phone, the personbelches（打嗝）-loudly.Everyone notices. unless the meal takes place in a beer house, this is considered bad manners. The impolite act violates the basic rules of etiquette. one hasto wonder why don ' t we apply the sameciasol norms to checking phones during meals,meetings and conversations as we do to other antisocial behaviors somehow, we accept it and say nothing when someone offends.J. The reality is taking one's phone out at the wrong time is worse than belching because, unlike other minor offense, checking tech is contagious. once one person looks at their phone,other people feel compelled to do the same, starting a chain reaction. the more people are on their phones, the fewer people are talking until finally you are the only one left not reading email or checking twitter. from a societal perspective, phone checking is less like belching in public and more like another bad habit. our phones are like cigarettes-something to do when were bored or when our fingers need something to toy with seeing others enjoy a smoke,or sneak a quick glance, is too tempting to resist and soon everyone is doing it.K. The technology, your boss, and your friends, all influence how often you find yourself using (or overusing )these gadgets. but there's still someone who deserves scrutiny--the person holding the phone. L. I have a confession. even though i study habit-forming technology for a living, disconnecting is not easy for me.I'm online far more than I'd like like Schwartz and so many others, I often find myself distracted and off tack.I wanted to know why so i began self-monitoring to try to understand my behavior. that's when i discovered an uncomfortable truth. i use technology as an escape. when I'm doing something I'd rathernot do, or when I'm someplace I'd rather not attention was often a good thing, like whenpassing time on public transportation, but frequently my tech use was not so benign. when i faced difficult work, like thinking through an article idea or editing the same draft for the hundredth time, for example, a more sinister screen would draw me in. i could easily escape discomfort.temporarlly.by answering email orbrowsing ing the web under the pretense of so-called"research. "though I desperately wanted to lay blame elsewhere, i finally had to admit that my bad habits had less to do with new-age.technology and more to do with old-fashioned procrastination（拖延）M. it's easy to blame technology for being so distracting, but distraction is nothing new.Aristotle and Socrates dehated nature of “ akrasia--our”tendency to do things agninstour interests. If we're honest with ourselves, tech is just another way to occupy our time and minds,if we weren ' t on our deWviec'es.d likely do similarly unproductive.N. personal technology is indeed more engaging than ever, and there's no doubt companies are engineering their products and services to be more compelling and attractive but would want it any other way the intended result of making something better is that people use it more. that's not necessarily a problem, that's progress.O. These improvements don't mean we shouldn't attempt to control our use of technology. In order to make sure it doesn't control us, we should come to terms with the fact that it's more than the te chnology itself that ' s responsible for our habits. ourworkplace culture, social norns and individual behaviors all play a part to put technologyin its place, we must be conscious not only of how technology is changing, but also of how it is changing us.36.Online services are so designed that the more they are used, the more profit they generate.37. The author admits using technology as an escape from the task at hand.38. Checking phones at dinners is now accepted as normal but not belching39. To make proper use of technology, we should not only increase our awareness of how it is changing but also how it is impacting us.40. Most of us find it hard to focus on our immediate tasks because of distractions41. when one person starts checking their phone, the others will follow suit.42. T he great majority of smartphone users don' t take the trouble to adjust their settings to suit their own purposes.43. T he internet is regarded by some as designed to distract our attention.44. The author attributes his tech addiction chiefly to his habit of putting off doing what he should45. W hite-collar workers check email round the clock because it is required employers Part IVTranslation (30 minutes)Directions: for this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from chinese into English. you should write your answer on answer sheet 2. internet by their太湖是中国东部的一个淡水湖,占地面积2250 平方公里,是中国第三大淡水湖,仅次于鄱阳和洞庭。
[英语六级作文]2017年12月英语六级作文真题 第1套：尊重别人
重点单词 encouragement illustrate 单词illustrate 联想记忆： 源于luster（n 光彩；光泽vt 使有光泽）－说明 consideration quality indisputable crave 单词crave 联想记忆： crave＝cave＋r（run）：当你钻到一个山洞里，发现有一只cougar（哭歌），这时你就会热切渴望着能run出来。
但是，如果你没有跑出来，被困在了山洞里（craven把n看成山洞），你所能干得就是craven（adj 怯懦的；胆小的） confidence 单词confidence 联想记忆： con+fid相信，信念+ence→自信，信任 addition 单词addition 联想记忆： add增加，ition名词后缀 effective 单词effective 联想记忆： ef出，fect做－做出来的效果 social As human beings, we all crave the respect of others, which is coded into our DNA. If you show your respect for others, you are more likely to gain their respect. Just as the saying goes, "Respect others, and you will be respected". It indicates the great significance of respecting others in our daily life. First and foremost, respecting others gives them confidence and encouragement, especially those who are not as good as you. Your respect can help them become upbeat and active, and even enhance their self-assurance. In addition, polite words help improve your interpersonal relationships to a large extent. As mentioned above, if your respect proves to be effective, people will show their respect for you, too, and it will benefit your social intercourse. Last but not least, respecting others is a symbol of high quality, which shows one's good upbringing. Taking what has been discussed into consideration, it's indisputable that all people are fond of being respected. It is so important for us to show our respect for others. Only in this way, can we earn the respect of others. 来源:可可英语。
CET全国大学生英语2017年12月六级真题
2017年12月大学英语六级考试真题（第1套）Part I Writing (30 minutes)请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying “Respect others, and you will be respected.”You can cite examples to illustrate your views. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear two long conversations At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1.A)They reward businesses that eliminate food waste.B)They prohibit the sale of foods that have gone stale.C)They facilitate the donation of unsold foods to the needy.D)They forbid businesses to produce more foods than needed.2.A)It imposed penalties on businesses that waste food.B)It passed a law aiming to stop overproduction .C)It voted against food import from outside Europe.D)It prohibited the promotion of bulk food sales.3.A) It has warmed its people against possible food shortage.B)It has penalized businesses that keep overproducing foods.C)It has started a nationwide campaign against food waste.D)It has banned supermarkets from dumping edible foods.4 .A)The confusion over food expiration labels.B)The surplus resulting from overproduction.C)Americans' habit of buying food in bulk.D)A lack of regulation on food consumption.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5.A) It has started a week-long promotion campaign.B)It has just launched its annual anniversary sales.C)It offers regular weekend sales all the year round.D)It specializes in the sale of ladies designer dresses.6.A)Price reductions for its frequent customers.B)Coupons for customers with bulk purchases.C)Free delivery of purchases for senior customers.D)Price adjustments within seven days of purchase.7.A)Mail a gift card to her.B)Allow her to buy on credit.C)Credit it to her account.D)Give her some coupons.8.A) Refunding for goods returned.B)Free installing of appliances.C)Prolonged goods warranty.D)Complimentary tailoring.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C)and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single linethrough the centre.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.9.A)They are thin, tall, and unlike real human beings.B)They have more than twenty different hair textures.C)They have twenty-four different body shapes in total.D)They represent people from virtually all walks of life.10.A)They do not reflect young girls’ aspirations.B)They are not sold together with the original.C)Their flat feet do not appeal to adolescents.D)Their body shapes have not changed much.11.A)In toy stores.B)In shopping malls.C)On the Internet.D)At Barbie shops.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.12.A )Moveable metal type began to be used in printing.B)Chinese printing technology was first introduce.C)The earliest known book was published.D)Metal type was imported from Korea.13.A) It had more than a hundred printing presses.B)It was the biggest printer in the 16th century.C)It helped the German people become literate.D)It produced some 20 million volumes in total.14.A)It pushed handwritten books out of circulation.B)It boosted the circulation of popular works.C)It made writing a very profitable career.D)It provided readers with more choices.15.A) It accelerated the extinction of the Latin language.B)It standardized the publication of grammar books.C)It turned translation into a welcome profession.D)It promoted the growth of national languages.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed by three or four questions. The recordings will be played only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.16.A) They get bored after working for a period of time.B)They spend an average of one year finding a job.C)They become stuck in the same job for decades.D)They choose a job without thinking it through.17.A)See if there will be chances for promotion.B)Find out what job choices are available.C)Watch a film about ways of job hunting.D)Decide which job is most attractive to you.18.A)The qualifications you have.B)The pay you are going to get.C)The culture of your target company.D)The work environment you will be in.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.19.A) It is as important as Christmas for African-Americans.B)It is a cultural festival founded for African-Americans.C)It is an ancient festival celebrated by African-Americans.D)It is a religious festival celebrated by African-Americans.20.A)To urge African-Americans to do more for society.B)To call on African-Americans to worship their gods.C)To help African-Americans to realize their goals.D)To remind African-Americans of their sufferings.21.A)Faith in self-determination.B)The first fruits of the harvest.C)Unity and cooperative economics.D)Creative work and achievement.22.A)They recite a principle.B)They take a solemn oath.C)They drink wine from the unity cup.D)T hey call out their ancestors’ names.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.23.A) It is one of the world’s most healthy diets.B)It contains large amounts of dairy products.C)It began to impact the world in recent years.D)It consists mainly of various kinds of seafood.24.A) It involved 13, 000 researchers from Asia, Europe and America.B)It was conducted in seven Mid-Eastern countries in the 1950s.C)It is regarded as one of the greatest researches of its kind.D)It has drawn the attention of medical doctors the world over.25.A) They care much about their health.B)They eat foods with little fat.C)They use little oil in cooking.D)They have lower mortality rates.Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.In the past 12 months, Nigeria has suffered from a shrinking economy, a sliding currency, and a prolonged fuel shortage. Now, Africa’s largest economy is facing a food crisis as major tomato fields have been destroyed by an insect, leading to a nationwide shortage and escalating prices.The insect, Tutaabsoluta, has destroyed 80% of farms in Kaduna, Nigeria's largest tomato producing state, leading the government there to declare a state of 26 .The insect, also known as the tomato leaf miner, devastates crops by 27 on fruits and digging into and moving through stalks. It 28 incredibly quickly, breeding up to 12 generations per year if conditions are favorable. It is believed to have 29 in South America in the early 1900s, and later spread to Europe before crossing over to sub-Saharan Africa.In Nigeria, where tomatoes are a staple of local diets, the insect's effects are devastating. Retail prices for a 30 of tomatoes at local markets have risen from $0. 50 to $2.50. Farmers are reporting steep losses and a new $20 million tomato-paste factory has 31 production due to the shortages.Given the moth's ability also to attack crops like pepper and potatoes, Audu Ogbeh, Nigeria's minister of agriculture, has warned that the pest may “create serious problems for food 32 ” in the country. Ogbeh says experts are investigating how to control the pest’s damage and prevent its spread, which has gone largely 33 until now.Despite being the continent's second-largest producer of tomatoes, Nigeria is 34 on $1 billion worth of tomato-paste imports every year. as around 75% of the local harvest goes to waste thanks to a lack of proper storage facilities. A in local supplies is yet another unwelcome setback to the industry.further 35Section BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Who’s Really Addicting You to T echnology?A.“Nearly everyone I know is addicted in some measure to the I nternet,” wrote Tony Schwartz in The New York Times. It’s a common complaint these days. A steady stream of similar headlines accuse the Net and its offspring apps, social media sites and online games of addicting us to distractionB.There’s little doubt that nearly everyone who comes in contact with the Net has difficulty disconnecting. Many of us, like Schwartz, struggle to stay focused on tasks that require more concentration than it takes to post a status update. As one person ironically put it in the comments section of Schwartz's online article, “As I was reading this very excellent article. I stopped at least half a dozen times to cheek my email.”C.There's something different about this technology: it is both invasive and persuasive. But who's at fault for its overuse？To find solutions, it's important to understand what we’re dealing with.There are four parties conspiring to keep you connected: the tech, your boss, your friends and you.D.The technologies themselves, and their makers, are the easiest suspects to blame for our diminishing attention spans. Nicholas Carr, author of The Shallows：What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, wrote, “The net is designed to be an interruption system, a machine geared to dividing attention.”E.Online services like Facebook, Twitter and the like, are called out of manipula-tion—making products so good that people can’t stop using them. After studying these products for several years, I wrote a book about how they do it. I learned it all starts with the business model. Since these services rely on advertising revenue, the more frequently you use them, the more money they make. It’s no winder these companies employ teams of people focused on engineering their services to be as engaging as possible. These products aren't habit-forming by chance; it's by design. They have an incentive to keep us hooked.F.However, as good as these services are, there are simple steps we can take to keep them at bay. For example, we can change how often we receive the distracting notifications that trigger our urge to check. According to Adam Marchick, CEO of mobile marketing company Kahuna, less than 15 percent of smartphone users ever bother to adjust their notification settlings--meaning the remaining 85 percent of us default to the app makers' every preset trigger. Google and Apple have made it far too difficult to adjust these settings so it's up to us to take steps ensure we set these triggers to suit our own needs, not the needs of the app makers’.G.While companies like Facebook harvest attention to generate revenue from advertisers, other technologies have no such agenda. Take email, for example. This system couldn’t care less how often you use it. Yet to many, email is the most habit-forming medium of all. We check email at all hours of the day—we’re obsessed, But why? Because that’s what the boss wants. For almost all white-collar jobs, email is the primary tool of corporate communication, A slow response to a message could hurt not only your reputation but also your livelihood.H.Your friends are also responsible. Think about this familiar scene. People gathered around a table, enjoying food and each other’s company. There’s laughter and a bit of kidding. Then, during an interval in the conversation, someone takes out their phone to check who knows what. Barely anyone notices and no one says a thing.I.Now imagine the same dinner, but instead of checking their phone, the person belches(打嗝）-loudly. Everyone notices. Unless the meal takes place in a beer house, this is considered bad manners. The impolite act violates the basic rules of etiquette. One has to wonder: why don’t we apply the same social norms to checking phones during meals, meetings and conversations as we do to other antisocial behaviors? Somehow, we accept it and say nothing when someone offends.J.The reality is taking one’s phone out at the wrong time is worse than belching because, unlike other minor offense, checking tech is contagious. Once one person looks at their phone, other people feel compelled to do the same, starting a chain reaction. The more people are on their phones, the fewer people are talking until finally you are the only one left not reading email or checking Twitter. From a societal perspective, phone checking is less like belching in public and more like another bad habit. Our phones are like cigarettes-something to do when we’re anxious, bored or when our fingers need something to toy with Seeing others enjoy a smoke, or sneak a quick glance, is too tempting to resist and soon everyone is doing it.K.The technology, your boss, and your friends, all influence how often you find yourself using (or overusing )these gadgets. But there’s still someone who deserves scrutiny--the person holding the phone.L.I have a confession. Even though I study habit-forming technology for a living, disconnecting is not easy for me. I'm online far more than I'd like. Like Schwartz and so many others, I often find myself distracted and off tack. I wanted to know why so I began self-monitoring to try to understand my behavior. That's when I discovered an uncomfortable truth. I use technology as an escape. When I'm doing something I'd rather not do, or when I'm someplace I'd rather not be, I use my phone to port myself elsewhere. I found that this ability to instantly shift my attention was often a good thing, like when passing time on public transportation, But frequently my tech use was not so benign. When I faced difficult work, like thinking through an article idea or editing the same draft for the hundredth time, for example, a more sinister screen would draw me in. I could easily escape discomfort. temporarily. by answering email or browsing the web under the pretense of so-called “research.” Though I desperately wanted to lay blame elsewhere, I finally had to admit that my bad habits had less to do with new-age. technology and more to do with old-fashioned procrastination(拖延）M.It's easy to blame technology for being so distracting, but distraction is nothing new. Aristotle and Socrates debated the nature of “akrasia”--our tendency to do things against our interests. If we're honest with ourselves, tech is just another way to occupy our time and minds, I f we weren’t on our devices.We’d likely do similarly unproductive.N.Personal technology is indeed more engaging than ever, and there's no doubt companies are engineering their products and services to be more compelling and attractive. But would we want it any other way? The intended result of making something better is that people use it more. That's not necessarily a problem, that's progress.O.These improvements don't mean we shouldn't attempt to control our use of technology. In order to make sure it doesn't control us, we should come to terms with the fact that it's more than the technology itself that’s responsible for our habits. Our workplace culture, social norms and individual behaviors all play a part. To put technology in its place, we must be conscious not only of how technology is changing, but also of how it is changing us.36.Online services are so designed that the more they are used, the more profit they generate.37.The author admits using technology as an escape from the task at hand.38.Checking phones at dinners is now accepted as normal but not belching.39.To make proper use of technology, we should not only increase our awareness of how it is changing but also how it isimpacting us.40.Most of us find it hard to focus on our immediate tasks because of Internet distractions.41.When one person starts checking their phone, the others will follow suit.42.The great majority of smartphone users don' t take the trouble to adjust their settings to suit their own purposes.43.The Internet is regarded by some as designed to distract our attention.44.The author attributes his tech addiction chiefly to his habit of putting off doing what he should do right away.45.White-collar workers check email round the clock because it is required by their employers.Section CDirections: T here are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some question or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C)and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.You may have heard that Coca-Cola once contained an ingredient capable of sparking particular devotion in consumers: cocaine. The cocaine. The “coca” in the name referred to the extracts of coca leaf that the drink's originator, chemist John Pemberton, mixed with his sugary syrup( 浆汁). At the time, coca leaf extract mixed with wine was a common tonic( 滋补品), and Pemberton's sweet brew was a way to get around local laws prohibiting the sale of alcohol. But the other half of the name represents another ingredient, less infamous(名声不好的), perhaps, but also strangely potent: the kola nut.In West Africa, people have long chewed kola nuts as stimulants, because they contain caffeine that also occurs naturally in tea, coffee ,and chocolate .They also have heart stimulants .Historian Paul Lovejoy relates that the cultivation of kola nuts in West Africa is hundreds of years old. The leafy, spreading trees were planted on graves and as part of traditional rituals. Even though the nuts, which need to stay moist, can be somewhat delicate to transport, traders carried them hundreds of miles throughout the forests and grasslands.Europeans did not know of them until the 1500s when Portuguese ships arrived on the coast of what is now Sierra Leone. And while the Portuguese took part in the trade, ferrying nuts down the coast along with other goods, by 1620, when English explorer Richard Jobson made his way up the Gambia, the nuts were still peculiar to his eyes.By the late 19th century, kola nuts were being shipped by the tonne to Europe and the US. Many made their way into medicines, intended as a kind of energy boost. One such popular medicinal drink was Vin Mariani, a French product consisting of coca extract mixed with red wine. It was created by a French chemist, Angelo Mariani, in 1863. So when Pemberton created his drink, it represented an ongoing trend. When cocaine eventually fell from grace as a beverage ingredient, kola-extract colas became popular.The first year it was available, Coca-Cola averaged nine servings a day across all the Atlanta soda fountains where it was sold. As it grew more popular, the company sold rights to bottle the soda, so it could travel easily. Today about 1. 9 billion Cokes are purchased daily. It's become so iconic that attempts to change its taste in 1985- sweetening it in a move projected to boost sales proved disastrous, with widespread anger from consumers. "Coca-Cola Classic" returned to store shelves just three months after the "New Coke" was released.These days, the Coca-Cola recipe is a closely guarded secret. But it's said to no longer contain kola nut extract, relying instead on artificial imitations to achieve the flavour.46.What do we learn about chemist John Pemberton?A)He used a strangely potent ingredient in a food supplementB)He created a drink containing alcohol without breaking lawC)He became notorious because of the coca drink he developed.D)He risked breaking local law to make a drink with coca leaves.47.What does the passage say about kola nuts?A)Their commercial value was first discovered by Portuguese settler.B)They contain some kind of energy boost not found in any other food.C)Many were shipped to Europe in the late 19th century for medicinal use.D)They were strange to the Europeans when first imported from West Africa.48.How come kola-extract colas became popular?A)Cocaine had become notorious.C)Fountains were set up to sell them.B)Alcoholic drinks were prohibited.D)Rights were sold to bottle the soda.49.What is known about the taste of Coca-Cola?A)It was so designed as to create addiction in consumers.B)It still relies on traditional kola nut extract.C)It has become more popular among the old.D)It has remained virtually unchanged since its creation.50.What is the passage mainly about?A)The evolution of Coca-Cola.B)The medicinal value of Coca-Cola.C)The success story of Coca-Cola.D)The business strategy of Coca-Cola.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passageTwenty years ago, the Urban Land Institute defined the two types of cities that dominated the US landscape: smaller cities that operated around standard 9-5 business hours and large metropolitan areas that ran all 24 hours of the day. Analyzing and comparing cities using the lens of this basic divide gives interesting context to how investment capital flows and housing prices have shifted.In recent years, many mid-sized cities have begun to adopt a middle-of-the-road approach incorporating the excitement and opportunity of large cities with small cities’ quiet after midnight.These18-hour cities are beginning to make waves in real estate rankings and attract more real estate investment. What is underlying this new movement in real estate, and why do these cities have so much appeal?18-hour cities combine the best of 24-hour and 9-5 cities, which contributes to downtown revitalization. For decades, many downtown cores in small to mid-sized cities were abandoned after work hours by workers who lived in the suburbs. Movement out of city centers was widespread, and downtown tenants were predominantly made up of the working poor. This generated little commerce for downtown businesses in the evenings, which made business and generating tax revenue for municipal upkeep difficult. With the rise of a new concept in urban planning that aims to make life easier and more convenient, increasing popularity for urban areas that caused the real estate pushes, in major cities like San Francisco or New York, has inspired a type of forward thinking urbanity and in smaller citiesTransforming downtown areas so that they incorporate modern housing and improved walkability to local restaurants, retail, and entertainment -especially when combined with improved infrastructure for cyclists and public transit-makes them appeal to a more affluent demographic. These adjustments encourage employers in the knowledge and talent industries to keep their offices downtown. Access to foot traffic and proximity to transit allow the type of entertainment-oriented businesses such as bars and restaurants to stay open later, which attracts both younger, creative workers and baby boomers nearing retirement alike. Because of their smaller size, most keep hours that allow people to enjoy themselves, then have some quiet after midnight, as opposed to large major cities like New York, where the buzz of activity is ongoing.These 18-hour cities are rapidly on the rise and offer great opportunities for homeowner investment. In many of these cities such as Denver, a diverse and vigorous economy attracted to the urban core has offered stable employment for residents. The right urban mix has propped up home occupancy, increased property values, and attracted significant investment capital.51.What do we learn about American cities twenty years ago?A)They were divided into residential and business areas.B)Their housing prices were linked with their prosperity.C)There was a clear divide between large and small citiesD)They were places where large investment capital flowed.52.What can be inferred from the passage about 18-hour cities?A)They especially appeal to small businesses.B)They have seen a rise in property prices.C)They have replaced quiet with excitement.D)They have changed America's landscape.53 Years ago, many downtown cores in small to mid-sized cities().A)had hardly any business activity.C)exhibited no signs of prosperity.B)were crowded in business hours.D)looked deserted in the evenings.54.What characterizes the new downtown areas in 18-hour cities?A）A sudden emergence of the knowledge industry.B)Flooding in of large crowds of migrant workers.C)Modernized housing and improved infrastructure.D)More comfortable life and greater upward mobility.55.What have 18-hour cities brought to the local residents?A)More chances for promotion.C)Greater cultural diversity.B)Healthier living environment.D)Better job opportunities.Part IV T ranslation (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.太湖是中国东部的一个淡水湖,占地面积2250平方公里,是中国第三大淡水湖,仅次于鄱阳和洞庭。
2017年12月大学英语六级考试真题1
2017年12月大学英语六级考试真题1全文共3篇示例，供读者参考篇12017年12月大学英语六级考试真题1Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: The Importance of Developing Good Reading Habits. You should write at least 150 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:1. 有良好的阅读习惯的重要性。
2. 如何养成良好的阅读习惯。
3. 你的观点。
The Importance of Developing Good Reading HabitsIn today's fast-paced world, developing good reading habits is more important than ever. Reading is an essential skill that not only helps us expand our knowledge, but also improves our critical thinking and analytical abilities. However, in the age of smartphones and social media, many people are spending lesstime reading books and more time scrolling through their newsfeeds.There are several ways to develop good reading habits. Firstly, it is important to set aside dedicated time each day for reading. Whether it is before bed or during your daily commute, carving out time for reading will help you make it a regular habit. Secondly, choose reading materials that interest you. Whether it is fiction, non-fiction, or articles on a particular topic, reading something that captivates your interest will make reading more enjoyable.In my opinion, developing good reading habits is essential for personal growth and intellectual development. As a student, reading helps me expand my knowledge and improve my writing skills. It allows me to explore new ideas and perspectives, and keeps my mind sharp.In conclusion, developing good reading habits is crucial in today's information age. By setting aside time for reading and choosing materials that interest us, we can reap the many benefits that come with being a voracious reader.Water is becoming a new battlefield一水资源成为新的战场9.23级真题：The new frontier of many conflicts will not be fought over land or oil. In the 21st century, water will become the new battleground. Water has always been a crucial resource, but today it is becoming increasingly scarce due to factors such as climate change and population growth. As water shortages become more common, nations are coming into conflict over access to water resources.There have already been several disputes over water rights in recent years. In 2010, the U.S. and Mexico came into conflict over the allocation of water from the Colorado River. In 2016, India and Pakistan clashed over control of the Indus River. These conflicts are likely to increase in frequency as water becomes scarcer.One of the main reasons for the shortage of water resources is climate change. As temperatures rise, glaciers are melting at an alarming rate, leading to a decline in freshwater sources. In addition, population growth is putting a strain on existing water supplies, leading to increased competition for access to water.In order to prevent conflicts over water resources, it is crucial for nations to work together to manage water sources sustainably. This includes implementing measures to conserve water, such as improved irrigation techniques and rainwaterharvesting. It also requires cooperation between nations to ensure equitable access to water resources and resolve disputes through diplomacy rather than conflict.In conclusion, water scarcity is a pressing issue that requires urgent action. By working together to manage water resources sustainably, nations can prevent conflicts over access to water and ensure that this precious resource is available for future generations.篇22017年12月大学英语六级考试真题1Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the importance of learning English. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.With the globalization of the world economy, learning English has become increasingly important and necessary. There are several reasons why learning English is crucial in today's world.Firstly, English has become the international language of business. In order to succeed in the global market, it is essentialfor individuals to have a good command of English. Many multinational companies require their employees to communicate in English, and being proficient in English can give individuals a competitive edge in the job market.Secondly, English is also the language of education. Many of the world's top universities teach their courses in English, and in order to access the latest research and knowledge, students need to have a good grasp of the language.Lastly, English is the language of the internet. The majority of online content is in English, and being able to understand and communicate in English can open up a world of information and opportunities.In conclusion, learning English is not just a useful skill, it is an essential one in today's globalized world. Whether it is for business, education, or communication, having a good command of English can help individuals succeed and thrive in the 21st century.篇32017年12月大学英语六级考试真题1解析Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to stick to one's own way of doing things without accepting new ideas or contrary views. You can give examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.【参考范文】It is unwise to stick to one's own way of doing things without accepting new ideas or contrary views.In today's rapidly changing world, it is essential to beopen-minded and willing to accept new ideas or contrary views. By sticking to one's own way of doing things and refusing to consider alternative perspectives, one not only limits their own growth and development but also hinders the progress of society as a whole.History is full of examples of individuals and societies that have suffered from their refusal to accept new ideas. For instance, during the Scientific Revolution in the 16th and 17th centuries, those who clung to the traditional views of the world as static and unchanging were left behind while those who embraced new scientific theories and discoveries flourished.Moreover, in today's globalized world, it is more important than ever to be open to new ideas and diverse viewpoints. By engaging with different perspectives, we can learn from each other, challenge our own assumptions, and ultimately come up with better solutions to complex problems.In conclusion, it is unwise to stick to one's own way of doing things without accepting new ideas or contrary views. By being open-minded and willing to consider alternative perspectives, we can grow personally and contribute to the advancement of society as a whole.。