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最新2013年6月英语六级真题及答案-第三套(最新整理吐血整理)

最新2013年6月英语六级真题及答案-第三套(最新整理吐血整理)

写作作文范文:Greed or Greet?The earth has nurtured generations of human beings, offering us with every resource to survive and prosper. Nowadays, with the explosion of population and boom of economy, human’s rel entless exploitation of natural resources has caused crisis of exhaustion of energy and resources.The remark “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.” gives out a warning for us all. The ecosystem has remained balanced until man becomes obsessed with their ambition to conquer Nature and they are blinded by greed. On one hand, they are so economy-oriented that they ignore the protection of environment. Increasing pollution not only causes serious problems such as global warming but also could threaten to end human life on our planet. On the other hand, man exploits and abuses non-renewable energy and resources for the sake of developing economy. If man insists on extracting natural resources recklessly, it will be too dreadful to face the consequence.Let us remember that only when we shake off greed and heal the earth can we build a better home for ourselves and our future generations.【快速阅读】美国工业制造1-7 DADAAAB8 higher9 the immigrants10 doing more themselves听力11. Why she could not get through to him.12. He has difficulty finding affordable housing.13. A code number is necessary to run the copy machine.14. He will stop work to take care of the baby.15. The shopping center is flooded with people.16. It will take longer to reconnect the computers to the Net.17. She did see Prof. Smith on TV.18. The man has to go to see his doctor again.19. It is planning to tour East Asia.20. A lot of good publicity.21. Pay for the printing of the performance programme.22. He might give up concert tours.23. It can do harm to singer’s voice chords.24. Many lack professional training.25. Voice problems among pop singers.Q26 It has not been very successful.Q27 It increases parking capacity.Q28 Collect money and help new users.Q29 They will be discountable to regular customers.Q30 D. Meat consumption has an adverse effect on the environment. Q31 B. It lacks the vitamins and minerals essential for health.Q32 C. Quit eating meats.Q33 D. They do not admit being alcohol addicts.Q34 A. To stop them from fighting back.Q35 B. With support they can be brought back to a normal life.36. Included37. categories38. similar39. acquaintance40. recently41. volunteer42. citizen43. indicative44. You believe you have leadership abilities and your boss put you in c harge of a new work team45. He thought he was a good public official, but the voters obviously th ought otherwise46. A student writes what he thinks is an excellent composition, but the teacher writes no encouraging remarks【阅读】孩子47 attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors48 gender roles49 observing and imitating50 adulthood or later life51 explain第一篇美国经济52.第一题是美国经济越变越差有一个词是worse53. 是不能够反映真实情况有两个词是fully reflected54.第三题是没有把雇佣人数算进去55. 是没有提供真实的信息56.是两个机构一起合作第二篇城乡57.城乡迁移现象58.是趋势不会被减慢59.本书有一个向导,新颖。

2013年6月英语六级真题及答案详解

2013年6月英语六级真题及答案详解

2013年6月英语六级真题及答案Part I Writing2013年6月六级作文范文一It is not exaggerating to say that habits determine how much a person can achieve. This is due to the magical power that habits have. It can redouble the effort of our daily behavior.Take this for example: if you recite one word every day, you will add 365 words to your vocabulary by one year, and 700 words by two years, and 1400 words before graduation which is by far beyond the curricular of CET-6. While if you spend two hours on playing computer games—which is far less than how much time is spent in reality for college students— you will probably get addicted to it and fail your study. This phenomenon can be easily found in the college that it is high time for us to be aware of the importance of habits. We should cultivate good habits and get rid of the bad habits such as staying up late, being addicted to games, consuming extravagantly, etc as soon as possible. Rome was not built in one day. We can accumulate a great fortune by the tiny efforts we made every day. From now on say good bye to the bad habits and stick to the good ones, we will enjoy a profitable return in the future.2013年6月六级作文范文二Good habit result…Good habits are a valuable thing and a bridge reaching desirable results. Evidently, good habits include teamwork, optimistic attitude, confidence and so on. It is well known that teamwork always leaves us less mean-spirited and more inclusive. Again, optimistic attitude and confidence can encourage us to never give up and find silver linings in desperate situations.Why should we actively cultivate good habits? For one thing, good habits can jump our trains of thought onto correct tracks, in turn, we can bypass the wrong path. For another thing, persisting what we are good at and doing even more of it creates excellence. This is where developing good habits comes in.As a result, we should take some effective steps to cultivate our good habits. For instance, we can frequently inform young people that opportunities for errors abound, so we must develop good habits to cope with them. To sum up, we cannot deny it that good habits do carry a positive connotation.Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)暂缺Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

2013年6月英语六级真题及答案含作文

2013年6月英语六级真题及答案含作文

2013年6月英语六级真题及答案Part I WritingDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting o n the remark n the remark ―A ―A smile is the shortest distance between two smile is the shortest distance between two peopleǁ.peopleǁ. You may cite so me examples to support your view. You should write at least 150 words but no more t han 200 words.Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer fr om the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sent ences with the information given in the passage.Welcome, Freshmen. Have an iPod. Taking a step that many professors may view as a bit counterproductive, some colleges and universities are doling out Apple iPhones and Internet-capable iPods to their students. The always-on Internet devices raise s ome novel possibilities, like tracking where students gather together. With far less co ntroversy, colleges could send messages about canceled classes, delayed buses, camp us crises or just the cafeteria menu. While schools emphasize its usefulness While schools emphasize its usefulness —— onlin e research in class and instant polling of students, for example e research in class and instant polling of students, for example —— a big part of the attr action is, undoubtedly, that the iPhone is cool and a hit with students. Being equipped with one of the most recent cutting-edge IT products could just help a college or uni versity foster a cutting-edge reputation. Apple stands to win as well, hooking more young consumers with decades of technology purchases ahead of them. The lone lose rs, some fear, could be professors. Students already have laptops and cell phones, of course, but the newest devices can take class distractions to a new level. They practi cally beg a user to ignore the long-suffering professor struggling to pass on accumulated wisdom from the front of the room ted wisdom from the front of the room —— a prospect that teachers find most irritating and students view as, well, inevitable. ―When it gets a little boring, I might pull it o it gets a little boring, I might pull it o ut,ǁ acknowledged Naomi Pugh, a first-year student at Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Term., referring to her new iPod Touch, which can connect to the Interne t over a campus wireless network. She speculated that professors might try even hard er to make classes interesting if they were to compete with the devices. Experts see a movement toward the use of mobile technology in education, though they say it is i n its infancy as professors try to come up with useful applications. Providing powerfu l handheld devices is sure to fuel debates over the role of technology in higher educat ion. ―W e think this is the way the future is going to think this is the way the future is going tothink this is the way the future is going to work,ǁwork,ǁ said Kyle Dickson, co-di rector of research and the mobile learning initiative at Abilene Christian University in Texas, which has bought more than 600 iPhones and 300 iPods for students entering this fall. Although plenty of students take their laptops to class, they Although plenty of students take their laptops to class, they don’t don’t don’t take them take them everywhere and would prefer something lighter. Abilene Christian settled on the dev ices after surveying students and finding that they did not like hauling around their la ptops, but that most of them always carried a cell phone, Dr. Dickson said. It is not clear how many colleges and universities plan to give out iPhones and iPods this fall; officials at Apple were unwilling to talk about the subject and said that they would n ot leak any ot leak any institution’s institution’s institution’s plans. plans. ―W e can’t can’t announce other announce other announce other people’s people’snews,ǁ said Greg Joswiak, vice president of iPod and iPhone marketing at Apple. He also said that he c ould not discuss discounts to universities for bulk purchases. At least four institutio ns ns —— the University of Maryland, Oklahoma Christian University, Abilene Christian and Freed-Hardeman and Freed-Hardeman —— have announced that they will give the devices to some or al l of their students this fall. Other universities are exploring their options. Stanford U niversity has hired a student-run company to design applications like a campus map a nd directory for the iPhone. It is considering whether to issue iPhones but not sure it, necessary, noting that more than 700 iPhones were registered on the university’s university’s net net work last year. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, iPhones might alreadyhave been everywhere, if AT&T, the wireless carrier offering the iPhone in the Unite d States, had a more reliable network, said Andrew Yu, mobile devices platform proje ct manager at M.I.T. ―W e would have probably gone ahead with this, maybe just get would have probably gone ahead with this, maybe just get ting a thousand iPhones and giving them ting a thousand iPhones and giving them out,ǁout,ǁ Mr. Y u said. ―The University of Mar University of Mar yland at College Park is proceeding cautiously, giving the iPhone or iPod Touch to 150 0 students,ǁstudents,ǁ said Jeffrey Huskamp, vice president and chief information officer at the university. university. ―W ―W e don’t don’t think that we have all the think that we have all the think that we have all the answers,ǁanswers,ǁ Mr. Huskamp said. By obs erving how students use the gadgets, he said, erving how students use the gadgets, he said, ―We’re ―We’re trying to get answers from the st trying to get answers from the st udents.ǁ At each college, the students who choose to get an iPhone must pay for mo bile phone service. Those service contracts include unlimited data use. Both the iPho nes and the iPod Touch devices can connect to the Internet through campus wireless networks. With the iPhone, those networks may provide faster connections and longe r battery life than r battery life than A A T&T’s data network. Many cell phones allow users to surf the We b, but only some newer ones are capable of wireless connection to the local area com puter network. University officials say that they have no plans to track their students (and Apple said it would not be possible unless students give their permission). They say that they are drawn to the prospect of learning applications outside the classroom , though such lesson plans have yet to surface. ―My colleagues and I are studying so colleagues and I are studying so mething called augmented reality (a field of computer research dealing with the com bination of real-world and virtual bination of real-world and virtual reality),ǁreality),ǁ said Christopher Dede, professor in learni ng technologies at Harvard University. ―AlienContact,ǁ for example, is an exercise d eveloped for middle-school students who use hand-held devices that can determine th eir location. As they walk around a playground or other area, text, video or audio pop s up at various points to help them try to figure out why aliens were in the schoolyard . ―Y ou can imagine similar kinds of interactive activities along historical can imagine similar kinds of interactive activities along historical lines,ǁ like following the Freedom Trail in Boston, Professor Dede said. ―It’s important that we important that we do research, so that we know how well something like this do research, so that we know how well something like this works.ǁworks.ǁ The rush to distr ibute the devices worries some professors, who say that students are less likely to participate in class if they are multi-tasking. ticipate in class if they are multi-tasking. ―I’m ―I’m not someone not someone who’s who’s who’s anti-technology, b anti-technology, b ut ut I’m I’m I’m always worried that technology becomes an end in and of itself, and it replaces always worried that technology becomes an end in and of itself, and it replaces teaching or it replaces teaching or it replaces analysis,ǁanalysis,ǁ said Ellen Millender, associate professor of classics at Reed College in Portland, Ore. (She added that she hoped to buy an iPhone for her self once prices fall.) Robert Summers, who has taught at Cornell Law School for a bout 40 years, announced this week bout 40 years, announced this week —— in a detailed, footnoted memorandum in a detailed, footnoted memorandum —— that he would ban laptop computers from his class on Contract Law. ―I would ban that to o if I knew the students were using it in o if I knew the students were using it in class,ǁclass,ǁ Professor Summers said of the iPhone , after the device and its capabilities were explained to him. , after the device and its capabilities were explained to him. ―What ―Whatwe want to encour age in these students is an active intellectual experience, in which they develop the w ide range of complex reasoning abilities required of good ide range of complex reasoning abilities required of good lawyers.ǁlawyers.ǁ The experience at Duke University may ease some concerns. A few years ago, Duke began giving iP ods to students with the idea that they might use them to record lectures (these older models could not access the models could not access the Internet)―We Internet)―We had assumed that the biggest focus of these had assumed that the biggest focus of these devices would be consuming the devices would be consuming the content,ǁcontent,ǁ said Tracy Futhey, vice president for infor mation technology and chief information officer at Duke. But that is not all that the students did. They began using the iPods to create their own ―content,ǁ making audio making audio recordings of themselves and presenting them. The students turned what could have been a passive interaction into an active one, Ms. Futhey said. 注意:此部分试题在答题卡1上作答。

2013年6月六级听力试题与答案解析

2013年6月六级听力试题与答案解析

Part I Writing (30 minutes) 注意:注意:此部分试题在答题卡1 上。

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic of Due Attention Should Be Given to the Study of Chinese You should write at Chinese. least 120 words following the outline given below:1.近年来在学生中出现了忽视中文学习的现象;2.出现这种现象的原因和后果;3我认为… Given Due Attention Should Be Given to the Study of Chinese__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)Section ADirections: 注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2 上作答。

2013年6月六级考试真题答案解析(第三套)

2013年6月六级考试真题答案解析(第三套)

2013年6月大学英语六级考试真题(三)答案与详解Part ⅠWriting1、审题:本篇为评论性的话题作文。

题目中要求评论的“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed”这句话出自圣雄甘地(Mahatma Gandhi)之口,是甘地生态世界观的体现。

地球一直是哺育生于斯的人类的最无私的母亲,为人类提供着各种生存和生活所需。

然而,随着科技进步、人口数量的激增,人类对地球的抢夺也越来越严重。

常言道:欲壑难填,而资源有限。

寻找合适的方式,维持人与地球及其资源之间的和谐关系,已是人类必须认真思考、快速行动的当务之急。

出题人似乎也是鉴于当前由于人类对自然界无穷无尽的索取,导致各种自然灾害频发、物种灭绝、资源枯竭等问题,借这个题目引发思考和更多关注。

考生可以从不同角度对这一主题进行阐释:可以先描述当前灾害频发、物种灭绝、资源枯竭等现状,引出主题,然后分析产生这些现象的人为因素(只追求GDP,不保护资源;人口激增,资源消耗,浪费更大;追求利益,盲目、过度开采等),最后发出呼吁;或者也可以先简述当前人与地球的关系(人们为了满足自己的贪欲,向地球无止境地索取,造成一系列问题),然后陈述人类积极协调自身利益与地球之间关系的意义,最后提出一两点建议结束全文。

2、写作思路:第一段:描述人类欲望膨胀带来的问题,如灾害频发、物种灭绝、资源枯竭,指出地球现状值得人们高度关注。

第二段:分析产生上述各种现象的原因,如只追求GDP而不保护资源;人口激增,资源的消耗和浪费更大;为求利益而盲目、过度开采等。

第三段:总结,指出人类应该控制自己的贪婪欲望,如此才能在地球上世代生存。

Time to Shake off Greed and Heal the EarthEarth, as has always been regarded as mother to human beings, has fallen ill with the symptoms of the frequent eruption of natural disasters, the extinction of wild animals and the exhaustion of natural resources. And the situation illustrated should arouse great attention of all human beings.As a matter of fact, blinded by greed, human beings have great responsibility for the present situation we confront with. To start with, human beings are so economy-oriented that they ignore the protection of the environment. Then, population in the planet has experienced great booming, which makes more and more resources needed and exhausted, and in turn threatens to end human life. Finally, human beings excessively exploit and abuse non-renewable energy and resources just for the expanding of their own benefits, which will only lead to the darkness of future for their offspring.Since the vista of the human’s greed towards the Mother Earth is so terrible that we should stop the unreasonable exploitation of the earth. Let’s shake off greed and heal the earth, and build a better home for ourselves and for our later generations.PartⅢReading ComprehensionSection A答案详解:36、C)。

2013年6月大学英语六级考试真题

2013年6月大学英语六级考试真题

Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意:此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。

11. A) She has completely recovered.B) She went into shock after an operation.C) She is still in a critical condition.D) She is getting much better.12. A) Ordering a breakfast. C) Buying a train ticket.B) Booking a hotel room. D) Fixing a compartment.13. A) Most borrowers never returned the books to her.B) The man is the only one who brought her book back.C) She never expected anyone to return the books to her.D) Most of the books she lent out came back without jackets.14. A) She left her work early to get some bargains last Saturday.B) She attended the supermarket’s grand opening ceremony.C) She drove a full hour before finding a parking space.D) She failed to get into the supermarket last Saturday.15. A) He is bothered by the pain in his neck.B) He cannot do his report without a computer.C) He cannot afford to have a coffee break.D) He feels sorry to have missed the report.16. A) Only top art students can show their works in the gallery.B) The gallery space is big enough for the man’s paintings.C) The woman would like to help with the exibition layout.D) The man is uncertain how his art works will be received.17. A) The woman needs a temporary replacement for her assistant.B) The man works in the same department as the woman does.C) The woman will have to stay in hospital for a few days.D) The man is capable of dealing with difficult people.18. A) It was better than the previous one.B) It distorted the mayor’s speech.C) It exaggerated the city’s economy problems.D) It reflected the opinions of most economists.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) To inform him of a problem they face.B) To request him to purchase control desks.C) To discuss the content of a project report.D) To ask him to fix the dictating machine.20. A) They quote the best price in the market.B) They manufacture and sell office furniture.C) They cannot deliver the steel sheets on time.D) They cannot produce the steel sheets needed21. A) By marking down the unit price.B) By accepting the penalty clauses.C) By allowing more time for delivery.D) By promising better after-sales service.22. A) Give the customer a ten percent discount.B) Claim compensation from the stool suppliers.C) Ask the Buying Department to change suppliers.D) Cancel the contract with the customer.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) Stockbroker. C) Mathematician.B) Physicist. D) Economist.24. A) Improve computer programming.B) Predict global population growth.C) Explain certain natural phenomena.D) Promote national financial health.25. A) Their different educational backgrounds.B) Changing attitudes toward nature.C) Chaos theory and its applications.D) The current global economic crisis.Section BDirections: In this section you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some 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 2 with a single line through the centre.注意:此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。

2013年六月英语六级真题及答案完整版

2013年六月英语六级真题及答案完整版

2013年六月英语六级真题及答案完整版(文都)Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

11. A) She has completely recovered.B) She went into shock after an operation.C) She is still in a critical condition.D) She is getting much better.12. A) Ordering a breakfast. C) Buying a train ticket.B) Booking a hotel room. D) Fixing a compartment.13. A) Most borrowers never returned the books to her.B) The man is the only one who brought her book back.C) She never expected anyone to return the books to her.D) Most of the books she lent out came back without jackets.14. A) She left her work early to get some bargains last Saturday.B) She attended the supermarket’s grand opening ceremony.C) She drove a full hour before finding a parking space.D) She failed to get into the supermarket last Saturday.15. A) He is bothered by the pain in his neck.B) He cannot do his report without a computer.C) He cannot afford to have a coffee break.D) He feels sorry to have missed the report.16. A) Only top art students can show their works in the gallery.B) The gallery space is big enou gh for the man’s paintings.C) The woman would like to help with the exibition layout.D) The man is uncertain how his art works will be received.17. A) The woman needs a temporary replacement for her assistant.B) The man works in the same department as the woman does.C) The woman will have to stay in hospital for a few days.D) The man is capable of dealing with difficult people.18. A) It was better than the previous one.B) It distorted the mayor’s speech.C) It exaggerated the city’s economy problems.D) It reflected the opinions of most economists.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) To inform him of a problem they face.B) To request him to purchase control desks.C) To discuss the content of a project report.D) To ask him to fix the dictating machine.20. A) They quote the best price in the market.B) They manufacture and sell office furniture.C) They cannot deliver the steel sheets on time.D) They cannot produce the steel sheets needed21. A) By marking down the unit price.B) By accepting the penalty clauses.C) By allowing more time for delivery.D) By promising better after-sales service.22. A) Give the customer a ten percent discount.B) Claim compensation from the stool suppliers.C) Ask the Buying Department to change suppliers.D) Cancel the contract with the customer.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) Stockbroker. C) Mathematician.B) Physicist. D) Economist.24. A) Improve computer programming.B) Predict global population growth.C) Explain certain natural phenomena.D) Promote national financial health.25. A) Their different educational backgrounds.B) Changing attitudes toward nature.C) Chaos theory and its applications.D) The current global economic crisis.Section BDirections: In this section you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear aquestion, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

2013年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题第三套试卷及参考答案

2013年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题第三套试卷及参考答案

2013年6月英语六级考试真题试卷(第3套)Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark "A smile is the shortest distance between two people." You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words._____________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ __________注意:此部分试题在答题卡1上作答。

Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A) , B) , C) and D) . For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Norman Borlaug: 'Father of the Green Revolution'Few people have quietly changed the world for the better more than this rural lad from the midwestern state of Iowa in the United States. The man in focus is Norman Borlaug, the Father of the 'Green Revolution', who died on September 12, 2009 at age 95.Norman Borlaug spent most of his 60 working years in the farmlands of Mexico, South Asia and later in Africa, fighting world hunger, and saving by some estimates up to a billion lives in the process. An achievement, fit for a Nobel Peace Prize.Early Years"I'm a product of the great depression" is how Borlaug described himself. A great-grandson of Norwegian immigrants to the United States, Borlaug was born in 1914 and grew up on a small farm in the northeastern corner of Iowa in a town called Cresco. His family had a 40-hectare (公顷) farm on which they grew wheat, maize (玉米) and hay and raised pigs and cattle. Norman spent most of his time from age 7-17 on the farm, even as he attended a one-room, one-teacher school at New Oregon in Howard County.Borlaug didn't have money to go to college. But through a Great Depression era programme, known as the National Youth Administration, Borlaug was able to enroll in the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis to study forestry. He excelled in studies and received his Ph.D. in plant pathology (病理学) and genetics in 1942. From 1942 to 1944, Borlaug was employed as a microbiologist at DuPont in Wilmington. However, following the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Borlaug tried tojoin the military, but was rejected under wartime labour regulations.In MexicoIn 1944, many experts warned of mass starvation in developing nations where populations were expanding faster than crop production. Borlaug began work at a Rockefeller Foundation-funded project in Mexico to increase wheat production by developing higher-yielding varieties of the crop. It involved research in genetics, plant breeding, plant pathology, entomology (昆虫学) , agronomy (农艺学) , soil science, and cereal technology. The goal of the project was to boost wheat production in Mexico, which at the time was importing a large portion of its grain.Borlaug said that his first couple of years in Mexico were difficult. He lacked trained scientists and equipment. Native farmers were hostile towards the wheat programme because of serious crop losses from 1939 to 1941 due to stem rust.Wheat varieties that Borlaug worked with had tall, thin stalks. While taller wheat competed better for sunlight, they had a tendency to collapse under the weight of extra grain -a trait called lodging. To overcome this, Borlaug worked on breeding wheat with shorter and stronger stalks, which could hold on larger seed heads. Borlaug's new semi-dwarf, disease-resistant varieties, called Pitic 62 and Penjamo 62, changed the potential yield of Mexican wheat dramatically. By 1963 wheat production in Mexico stood six times more than that of 1944.Green Revolution in IndiaDuring the 1960s, South Asia experienced severe drought condition and India had been importing wheat on a large scale from the United States. Borlaug came to India in 1963 along with Dr. Robert Anderson to duplicate his Mexican success in the sub-continent. The experiments began with planting a few of the high-yielding variety strains in the fields of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute at Pusa in New Delhi, under the supervision of Dr. M. S. Swaminathan. These strains were subsequently planted in test plots at Ludhiana, Pantnagar, Kanpur, Pune and Indore. The results were promising, but large-scale success, however, was not instant. Cultural opposition to new agricultural techniques initially prevented Borlaug from going ahead with planting of new wheat strains in India. By 1965, when the drought situation turned alarming, the Government took the lead and allowed wheat revolution to move forward. By employing agricultural techniques he developed in Mexico, Borlaug was able to nearly double South Asian wheat harvests between 1965 and 1970.India subsequently made a huge commitment to Mexican wheat, importing some 18000 tonnes of seed. By 1968, it was clear that the Indian wheat harvest was nothing short of revolutionary. It was so productive that there was a shortage of labour to harvest it, of bull carts to haul it to the threshing floor (打谷场) , of jute (麻黄) bags to store it. Local governments in some areas were forced to shut down schools temporarily to use them as store houses.United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) observed that in 40 years between 1961 and 2001, "India more than doubled its population, from 452 million to more than 1 billion. At the same time, it nearly tripled its grain production from 87 million tonnes to 231 million tonnes. It accomplished this feat while increasing cultivated grain acreage (土地面积) a mere 8 percent."It was in India that Norman Borlaug's work was described as the 'Green Revolution.' In AfricaAfrica suffered widespread hunger and starvation through the 70s and 80s. Food and aid poured in from most developed countries into the continent, but thanks to the absence of efficient distribution system, the hungry remained empty-stomach. The then Chairman of the Nippon Foundation, Ryoichi Sasakawa wondered why the methods used in Mexico and India were not extended to Africa. He called up Norman Borlaug. now leading a semi-retired life, for help. He managed to convince Borlaug to help with his new effort and subsequently founded the Sasakawa Africa Association. Borlaug later recalled, "but after I saw the terrible circumstances there, I said, 'Let's just start growing'".The success in Africa was not as spectacular as it was in India or Mexico. Those elements that allowed Borlaug's projects to succeed, such as well-organized economies and transportation and irrigation systems, were severely lacking throughout Africa. Because of this, Borlaug's initial projects were restricted to developed regions of the continent. Nevertheless, yields of maize, sorghum (高粱) and wheat doubled between 1983 and 1985.Nobel PrizeFor his contributions to the world food supply, Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970. Norwegian officials notified his wife in Mexico City at 4:00 a. m., but Borlaug had already left for the test fields in the Toluca valley, about 65 km west of Mexico City. A chauffeur (司机) took her to the fields to inform her husband. In his acceptance speech, Borlaug said, "the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind. Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world. Yet, 50 percent of the world population goes hungry."Green Revolution vs EnvironmentalistsBorlaug’s advocacy of intensive high-yield agriculture came under severe criticism from environmentalists in recent years. His work faced environmental and socio-economic criticisms, including charges that his methods have created dependence on monoculture crops, unsustainable farming practices, heavy indebtedness among subsistence farmers, and high levels of cancer among those who work with agriculture chemicals. There are also concerns about the long-term sustainability of fanning practices encouraged by the Green Revolution in both the developed and the developing world. In India, the Green Revolution is blamed for the destruction of Indian crop diversity, drought vulnerability, dependence on agro-chemicals that poison soils but reap large-scale benefits mostly to the American multi-national corporations. What these critics overwhelmingly advocate is a global movement towards "organic" or "sustainable" farming practices that avoid using chemicals and high technology in favour of natural fertilizers, cultivation and pest-control programmes.注意:此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

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2013年6月英语六级答案(卷三)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 WritingScience creates the futurePart II Reading comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)1. “violent fight” is different from domestic violence in that .[B] the former is two-sided while the latter is one-sided2. From what singer Kanye West said, we know that .[D] he forgave Chris Brown’s deed3. The author suggests that in most domestic-abuse cases, women return home after the abuse because .[B] they are too scared of men’s power to leave4. What can be described as an accident or a mistake according to the author?[B] Taking the gas for the brake killing a cat.5. What do we know for sure about Chris Brown and Rihanna according to the first paragraph?[C] Rihanna has accused Chris Brown of abusing her.6. What does the author suggest we do when teaching children about domestic violence?[A] Spend some time to expose some myths.7. According to the passage, when discussing about domestic violence, we should .[D] avoid referring to it as being provoked8. What makes those abused stay with their abusive partners is the horrible cycle of emotional dependence, shame and fear .9. Women would criticize their own behavior when explaining why they are abused by their lovers.10. According to experts, in domestic violence, abusers’attacks tend to be intensifying .Part III Listening ComprehensionSection A11. [C] She would like to know about that problem.12. [B] It is very interesting.13. [A] Taking a train.14. [C] The man should practice using the vocabulary.15. [A] Choose other time.16. [D] It will probably be cold.17. [A] The woman bought too many skirts.18. [B] In a hotel.19. [C] It’s the easiest way to communicate with other users.20. [A] It may not be of a high level of security.21. [B] IE and Windows.22. [D] Try to get a free E-mail account.23. [D] Refrigerator and kitchen stuff.24. [B] Advertise them on the university notice boards.25. [A] It may not pay well.Section BPassage One26. [C] Delighted.27. [B] Tell him the truth.28. [C] Remember a couple of names first.Passage Two29. [A] Cycling around a lake.30. [D] It needs water and electricity to keep its courses green.31. [C] It uses fewer resources.32. [B] To encourage people to go in for green sports.Passage Three33. [B] 334. [D] To get to know how to ask for financial aid.35. [B] To make JohnsonReview popular.Section C36. solo37. distances38. undertaking39. continent40. stranger41. puzzled42. afford43. estimated44. rapid economic growth has fuelled an explosive expansion in car ownership45. one of his aims was to promote cycling as safe, sustainable and environmentally friendly means of getting about46. with some estimates saying the number of people cycling to work has almost doubled in the last five yearsPart IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)Section A47. What’s the main idea of the passage?[D] People in different cultures have different concepts of space.48. The Arabs and the Japanese differ in that .[A] the Japanese keep their closeness within limits while the Arabs don’t49. According to Dr. Edward Hall, .[B] space doesn’t mean emptiness in the eyes of the Japanese50. When an Arab wants to be alone, he .[B] may still stay with his companion51. It can be inferred from the passage that .[C] even impolite bodily contact is acceptable by the ArabsSection BPassage One52. What do we learn about African elephants from the passage?[A] It is difficult for people to tame them.53. Thailand was once called “Land of the White Elephant” because .[D] white elephant was a national symbol until the 1920s54. According to the passage, why is the Thai elephant “out of work”?[C] The elephants are no longer useful to their owners.55. What is said about Thailand’s elephant population at various times?[B] Today the elephant population is estimated at 5,150.56. The passage is most probably from .[C] a research reportPassage Two57. Picasso quoted the example of the English language to maintain that .[D] the intricacy of the surrealist art should not be blamed on the artists58. Which of the following artists pioneered Cubist art?[B] Picasso.59. The author most probably thinks that Picasso’s art is .[A] unprecedented60. What do people tend to think of Picasso’s paintings?[B] They are enjoyable amusements.61. Which of the following is the true description of the surrealist world?[C] It had never been explored by anyone before Picasso.Part V Cloze62. mystery63. sounds64. upon65. combined66. down67. or68. associations69. filled70. longer71. recall72. roughly73. controls74. communication.75 greatest76 aspects73 expeeted74 modeling75 assumed76. indication77. development78. defects79. diseases80. capability81. surroundings82. experiencesPart VI Translation83. Life is a journey, one that is much better traveled with a companion by our side (我们最好结伴同行).84. While crossing the mountain area, all the men carried guns lest they be attacked by wild animals (被野生动物袭击).85. He was proud of being chosen to participate in the game (为被选定参加比赛而自豪) and he assured us that he would try as hard as possible.86. My father seems to be in no mood (似乎没心情) to look at my school report.。

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