07-11历年大学英语六级真题及答案(完整版)
六级口语考试历年真题整理
2004年5月II．Questions about Sense of Responsibility responsible people• 1. What kind of people would you like to work with?• 2. What do you think about people who don’t keep their promises?• 3. How do you feel about students who are often late for class?• 4. What kind of people would you like to employ if you were the boss?Sense of Responsibility (for candidates)Discussion•Whether the younger generation today has a strong sense of responsibility?More Questions• 1. Do adult children have the responsibility to care for their elderly parents? Why or why not?• 2. Do you think it’s important for students to have a strong responsibility? Reasons?• 3. Could you suggest some ways to enhance one’s sense of responsibility?• 4. What could you do with an irresponsible employee?• 5. During the discussion, why did you say that…?III. Questions about Social Behavior honesty• 1. Do you get along with your roommates?• 2. Do you think people are less honest today than they used to be?• 3. Do you think it’s always wrong to tell a lie?• 4. Do you think one should always be ready to help others?• 5. Some people say interpersonal relationships are becoming more and more complicated.What’s your opinion?Fighting Dishonesty (for candidates)•Please comment on the following form of dishonest behavior and give examples to illustrate your point.• 1. Cheating in exams• 2. Selling fake commodities• 3. Taking stimulants, or illegal drugs, for better athletic performance• 4. Evading or escaping taxesDiscussion•The best way to fight dishonestyMore Questions• 1. Do you believe in the saying that honesty is the best policy?• 2. Have you ever been cheated by anybody? If yes, please tell us about it. If not, how did you avoid being cheated?• 3. Do you believe honesty is important in developing friendships?• 4. What would you do if your found somebody cheating in exams?• 5. Do you think people will benefit from being dishonest?• 6. During the discussion, why did you say that…?IV. Questions about City development urbanization, city construction• 1. Can you give examples to illustrate the rapid development of cities in China?• 2. Which city do you like best? Why?• 3. Where do you prefer to work, a coastal city or an inland city?• 4. Why does the government encourage young people to work in the western areas of China?• 5. Now many people from rural areas are trying to make a living in cities . What do you think about that?If You Were Mayor of a City (for candidates)•Please tell us what you would do about the two areas of concern listed on your card if you were mayor of the city.• 1. Environment Housing• 2. Employment Public Security• 3. Education Medical Care• 4. Welfare for the unemployed Public transportationDiscussion•The qualities a mayor should haveMore Questions• 1. If you were given the job of a mayor, would you accept it?• 2. What do you think could be the most difficult problem for a mayor?• 3. What do you think is the best way to solve the problem of unemployment?• 4. Have you ever thought of doing administration work after graduation?• 5. What contribution so you think a university student can make to city development? V. Questions about Education Education• 1. How did you feel when you first went to school?• 2. How did you like the school you attended?• 3. Do all children in your hometown go to school when they reach school age? Why or why not?• 4. Did you have to pay a lot of extra fees when you went to school? Explain.• 5. Can you say something about your former classmates who failed to get into university?• 6. Have you ever been back to your former school to see your teacher?The Right to Education (for candidates)•Describe the pictures and talk about the difficulties children in poor areas face in getting an education.• 1. 学校环境对比• 2. 上学路途对比• 3. 考上大学与否对比• 4. 兄妹上学对比Discussion•Why all children should be given equal opportunity to get an education?More Questions• 1. Why is education important for the development of our county?• 2. Do you think it’s a good idea for parents to send their young children abroad to study?• 3. Why do you think some parents like to send their children to expensive private schools?• 4. What’s your comment on schools which charge students unreasonable fees?• 5. Why do we encourage people to contribute to Project Hope?VI. Questions about College Education College Education• 1. Do you think studying in college is challenging?• 2. Do you consider yourself a hard-working student?• 3. Have you won any awards since entered college? If yes, what kind of award is it? If not, what do you think about winning awards?• 4. Why do you think some students indulge in playing computer games?• 5. Do you think you are overburdened in your studies?Ways to Motivate Students (for candidates)•Do you think the following way is effective in motivating students to learn?• 1. Giving frequent exams• 2. Updating course content• 3. Enhancing students’ interest in what is being taught• 4. Enforcing strict regulationsDiscussion•Why some students lack motivation for learning?More Questions• 1. What’s your motivation for learning?• 2. Do you think it’s the teacher’s job to motivate students?• 3. Do you think motivation is important for success?• 4. DO your have any other suggestions for motivating students?• 5. Some students are planning to study abroad after graduation. What’s their reasons for doing so?• 6. During the discussion, why did you day that…?2004年11月I. Questions respected people• 1. What kind of people do you like working with?• 2. Do you believe in the saying “A friend in need is a friend indeed”?• 3. What do you think of people who always rely on other people’s homework?• 4. What do you think of students who often copy other people’s homework?• 5. Among your classmates, who do you admire most?• 6. Among your teachers, who do you respect most?People you admire (for candidates)• 1. people who have team spirit• 2. people who are ready to help others• 3. people who have a strong determination• 4. people who are willing to try new ideas or methodsDiscussion•Which kind of person is more likely to be successful in life?More Questions• 1. Do you think we should carry on the spirit of Lei Feng today?• 2. Do you think Bill Gates would have been successful if he had finished college?• 3. Do you think a good education will ensure a successful career?• 4. Would you say wealth is a symbol of success?• 5. Do you think people who get rich overnight can be considered successful?• 6. During the discussion, why did you say that…?II. Questions reuse waste• 1. Do you ever throw away things that can still be used? Please give an example.• 2. Do you think garbage can be recycled?• 3. Do you save used things like plastic bags for future use?• 4. What sort of people do you think like to keep used things?• 5. Do you think used things are always worthless?The Throw-away Culture (for candidates)A card listing two different groups of people:1.manufacturers & consumers2.young people & elderly people3.wealthy people & low-income people4.people who care about durability & people who care about fashionDiscussion•Whether the throw-away culture should be encouraged?More questions• 1. Do you think it’s wasteful to throw away things that can still be used?• 2. Why are many young people in the habit of throwing away things which can still be used?• 3. Are wealthy people wasteful?• 4. Are disposable products a waste of natural resources?• 5. Why do elderly people rarely have the habit of throwing away things which can still be used?• 6. In which way can we stimulate productions?•7. Why government encourage people to consume?III. Questions means of transportation• 1. Do you think bicycles are a good means of transportation?• 2. Which form of city transport do you prefer?• 3. Have you ever traveled long distances? Please say something about our travels. If not, have you any plans to do so?• 4. Which do you think is the most convenient way to travel over distances?• 5. Do you think more and more people are going to buy cars?• 6. Some people don’t what to own a car even though they can afford it. What do you think is their reason for not buying one?Intercity transportation (for candidates)•Please talk about the advantages and disadvantages of the means of intercity transportation as shown on your card.• 1. Trains• 2. Airplanes• 3. Long-distance buses• 4. Private carsDiscussion•Which means should be given priority when planning intercity transportation systems? More questions• 1. What is the biggest problem with public transportation in the city you live in?• 2. What is the major cause of traffic jams in big cities?• 3. Should drivers always be held responsible for road accidents?• 4. Can you think of any measures to make people obey traffic rules? Please name one or two.• 5. What form of transportation causes the least environmental pollution? Please explain. IV. Questions• 1. Do you spend a lot of time reviewing your lessons after class?• 2. Do you often attend lectures given by distinguished scholar? In what way have those lectures benefited you?• 3. Do you like taking exams?• 4. Do you spend a lot of time preparing for exams?• 5. Do you think exams are helpful to your studies?• 6. Are you happy when an exam is postponed or cancelled?Cheating in Exams (for candidates)•Please comment on the statement about cheating in exams given on your card.• 1. “It’s shameful to cheat and those who cheat should be severely punished.”• 2. “I don’t care whether other people cheat in exams so long as I don’t cheat myself.”• 3. “I’m strongly against cheating in exams and will report any such case.”• 4. “As long as there are exams, there will be people who cheat. Nothing can be done about it.”Discussion•What should be done to stop cheating in exams?More questions• 1. Do you think exams are necessary?• 2. Do you think exams are the only way to evaluate a student’s academic performance?• 3. Do you have any suggestions for reforming the present examination system at college?• 4. Do you think exams will be done away with someday?• 5. What are the positive and negative aspects of exams at college?V. Questions. Job, career• 1. When do college students usually start to look for a job?• 2. Is a college degree a guarantee for a good job in the future? Why or why not?• 3. Is it becoming more and more difficult for university graduates to get a good job? Why or why not?• 4. Do you agree that work experience should be a precondition for employment? Why or why not?• 5. What kind of job do you expect to get when you graduate? Why?• 6. Have you got any work experience? (If yes) Please say something about it. (If not) Do you think it’s a disadvantage?Job Hunting (for candidates)•Do you think the student should take the job or turn it down? Try to help him come to a decision.• 1. 专业对口，但工资低• 2 .工资高，但专业不对• 3. 工资高，但工作强度很大• 4. 专业对口，但晋升机会少Discussion•What should be one’s chief concern in choosing a job.More Questions• 1. Some applicants ask for a low salary in order to get a job. Do you think that is a good strategy? Why?• 2. What qualifications must one have to be more competitive in the job market?• 3. Do you think it’s easier for male students to get a job than female students? Why or why not?• 4. Do you think the higher one’s degree, the easier it will be for one to get a job? (Explain the reasons)• 5. Many university graduates would rather start their own businesses than hunt for a job.Do you think it’s a good idea? Why?• 6. During the discussion, why did you say that…?VI. Questions• 1. Can you say something about your primary school education?• 2. Can you say something about your middle school education?• 3. What subject did you like most at middle school?• 4. What extracurricular activities did you often take part in at middle school?• 5. Do you think you have more free time at college that at middle school? (If yes) How do you spend your free time? (If not) Why not?• 6. What do you think of your teachers at middle school.Education in China (for candidates)Please say what you know about education in China, focusing on the area specified on your card. The prompts provided are Only For Your Reference. You don’t have to cover all the points or be limited to them.• 1. Compulsory education•Nine-year compulsory education / quality of education / student workload• 2. Higher education•Rapid development / chances for admission / labor market• 3. Continuing education•Updating one’s knowledge / distance education / on-the-job training• 4. Vocational education•Need for skilled technicians / possibilities of career advancement / teaching staff and facilitiesDiscussion•Which area of education should be given priority at present?More questions• 1. Do you think it’s easy to develop education in rural areas? (explain reasons)• 2. What do you think you can do to help improve education in remote areas?• 3. Do you think primary school education an important part of your life? (explain reasons)• 4. Do you think a university education is the only road to a successful career? Why or why not?• 5. What kind of school would you like to teach in if you were a teacher? (explain reasons)• 6. During the discussion, why did you say…?2005年5月•Topic Area: Social Issues•Topic: Equality between Men and WomenQuestions• 1. Do you think you’re fortunate to be admitted to college?• 2. What’s the ratio of males to females in your class? Do you think this ratio is reasonable?• 3. DO men students and women students have different likes and dislikes? Examples?• 4. Who do you like to work with if you have a choice, men or women?• 5. What kind of job would you like to have after graduation? Why?Equality Between Men and Women (for candidates)• 1. Talk about differences in opportunities for men and women in terms of employment and give your comments.• 2. Talk about differences in opportunities for men and women in terms of promotion and give your comments.• 3. Talk about differences in incomes for men and women and give your comments.• 4. Talk about differences in family responsibilities for men and women and give your comments.Discussion•What we can do to ensure equality between men and women?More Questions• 1. Do you think men and women have different roles to play in society?• 2. Do you think there can ever be absolute equality between men and women?• 3. Do you think women should stay at home instead of taking a job after marriage?• 4. Do you think men and women should share housework and childcare?• 5. Do you think women managers are easier to work with than men managers?II．•Topic Area: Elderly People•Topic: Life after RetirementQuestions• 1. Can you say something about your grandparent?• 2. What do you think elderly people need most? Reasons?• 3. Some people find a new job after they retire. What do you think about that?• 4. What kink of jobs do you think are suitable for elderly people? Why?• 5. What can elderly people do to stay healthy?• 6. What should we do to show our concern for elderly people?Life After Retirement (pictures) (for candidates)• 1. Traveling• 2. Learning something new• 3. Taking care of grandchildren• 4. Having a good timeDiscussion•Whether early retirement should be encouraged in China?More Questions• 1. Why do some people prefer late retirement to early retirement?• 2. Do you think elderly people would like to live in homes for the elderly?• 3. Do you think jogging is a good exercise for elderly people?• 4. What can people do for their community after they retire?• 5. Do elderly people like living with their children or grandchildren?III retirement• 1. Why do some people prefer late retirement to early retirement?• 2. Do you think elderly people would like to live in homes for the elderly?• 3. Do you think jogging is a good exercise for elderly people?• 4. What can people do for their community after they retire?• 5. Do elderly people like living with their children or grandchildren?Questions• 1. Is it easy for you to access the Internet? How often? (_If not), Why not?• 2. People often say we are now living in a small world. What’s your opinion?• 3. What do you think is the most convenient means of communication? Reasons?• 4. Mobile phones are popular with teenagers. Do you think it’s a good thing?• 5. More and more people are using mobile phones. What do you think about that?• 6. How do you usually communicate with your family and friends?Surfing the Net (for candidates)Please talk about the advantages and disadvantages of surfing the net specified on the following topic:eful information & harmful informationmunication via the Internet & Junk mail, computer viruses, etc.3.E-learning & overindulging in computer games4.E-shopping & computer crimesMore Questions• 1. What’s your advice to classmate and friends who spend too much time surfing the net?• 2. It is said that students who major in information technology are likely to get a good job. What’s your opinion?• 3. Do you think e-learning is an efficient way of learning?• 4. What websites do you often visit? Why?• 5. What do you think is the future of e-business?IV•Topic Area: University Life•Topic: Coping with StressQuestions• 1. What do you think of campus life?• 2. How’s the food in your school dining hall?• 3. How often do you have tests? What if you don’t do well on the tests?• 4. How do you usually spend your weekends?• 5. What would you do if you feel lonely on campus?Coping with Stress (for candidates)•Please talk about the kind of pressure college students may experience as specified on your card:• 1. Academic pressure• 2. Financial pressure• 3. Job-hunting pressure• 4. Emotional pressureDiscussion•How to cope with the stress students may experience while studying at school?More Questions• 1. Why is it important for college students to learn to cope with stress?• 2. Do you think it a good habit to stay up late before an examination? Why or why not?• 3. DO you think pressure is always a bad thing?• 4. Do you think school authorities are paying enough attention to students’ psychological health? Explain.• 5. Do you think psychological counseling can help students relieve their stress? Why or why not?2005年11月•Topic Area: University Life•Topic: Students’ All-round DevelopmentQuestions• 1. How did you feel when you received your college admission letter?• 2. What was the response of your parents or relatives when they learned you were admitted to college?• 3. What preparations did you make before leaving for university?• 4. What impressed you most when you first arrived on campus?• 5. Do you like the courses offered by your university? Why or why not?Are you satisfied with your university life? Please Explain. (for candidates)•Please talk about the possible problems facing college students from the perspective written on your card.• 1. 学习方面（态度、方法、成绩）• 2. 生活方面（自理、自律、适应能力）• 3. 社交方面（团队精神、合作共事能力）Discussion•What measures should be taken to ensure students’ all-round development?More Questions• 1. What do you think is the greatest progress you’ve made at college so far?• 2. What’s the biggest challenge you encountered at college?• 3. What would you say if one of your classmates doesn’t like his current major?• 4. Do you believe in DIY, that is , “Do It Yourself”? Why or why not?• 5. What do you plan to accomplish during your college years?• 6. During the discussion, why did you say that…?II•Topic Area: Social Issues• Topic: Charity and DonationsQuestions• 1. What will you do if someone has difficulty in their studies and turns to you for help?• 2. Have you ever noticed there are people in need of help in our society? Who are they?• 3. What do you think of the saying “A friend in need is a friend indeed”?• 4. Have you ever done any voluntary work? If yes, what did you do? If no, do you think you’ll do some voluntary work when needed?• 5. Are there any students in serious financial difficulty in your class? If yes, what will you do to help them?• 6. Are there any students in your class who are from the rural areas? What’s their financial condition?The Kind of Charitable Donations (for candidates)•Please talk about the kind of charitable donation written on your card.• 1. 捐助希望工程，捐助贫困生• 2. 捐建卷教学大楼、图书馆等• 3. 捐款捐物，赈济灾民Discussion•What should be done to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor?More questions• 1. Do you think rich people are always happy?• 2. What do you think you can do for the poor after you graduate?• 3. Can you name one or two causes for the difference between the rich and the poor?• 4. Are you from a developed area or a less develop0ed area?• 5. In what way do you think you can contribute to the development of the western part of our country?• 6. What do you think a harmonious society should be like?•7. In the discussion, why did you mention that…?2006年5月•Topic Area: Social Behavior• Topic: Trust among PeopleQuestions• 1. Do you live on campus or at home? How do you get along with your classmates?• 2. What do you do when someone asks for help?• 3. Why do some people tell lies?• 4. What would you do if you found someone stealing or cheating?• 5. What do you do when a classmate faces difficulty?Trust among People (for candidates)•Each of you will be given a card. I’d like you to tell the story based on the pictures given on your card. Remember, you should tell only your part of the story.•Right. Now that we all know what the story is about, we can see that instead of being trusted and rewarded, the lady got herself into trouble.Discussion•The importance of building more trust among peopleMore questions• 1. What do you think of the claim made by the old man’s family members in the story?• 2. What would you do if you were the lady driver in the story?• 3. Why do you think the old man’s family members behaved that way?• 4. How is it that people sometimes don’t trust each other?• 5. What do you think we should do to promote trust among people?II•Topic Area: University Life• Topic: Living and Studying HabitsQuestions• 1. Do you exercise in the morning or in the afternoon, or not at all? Please explain.• 2. When do you usually go to bed? What do you usually do in the evening?• 3. Can you always finish your homework in time? Why or why not?• 4. Do you enjoy the food in your school cafeteria? What are your favorite foods?• 5. Do most of your classmates lead a healthy life? Please elaborate.Living and Studying Habits (for candidates)•Please describe the unhealthy habits stated on your card and comment on them.• 1. 学习无计划：如作业拖拉、不预习、不复习、临时抱佛脚• 2. 饮食不规律：如不吃早餐、偏食、暴食暴饮、过度节食• 3. 作息不规律：如睡懒觉、熬夜、不休息、不锻炼Discussion•How Healthy Living and Studying Habits Contribute to one’s success.More questions• 1. Do your roommates or classmates have different living habits? How do you manage to get along?• 2. Do you find it annoying if your classmates are late for class? What do you think could be done to solve the problems?• 3. What are some of your living habits that you consider healthy?• 4. Do you think it’s easy to change one’s living habits? Why or why not?• 5. Do you believe punctuality (being on time) is a virtue? Please explain.• 6. During the discussion, why did you say that…?2006年11月•Topic Area: Attitude towards Life• Topic: How to Find Happiness in LifeQuestions about People’s Attitudes towards Life• 1. Do you find college life challenging? If yes, in what way?• 2. Have you met with any difficulties while at college? What are they?• 3. If you ran out of money, what would you do?• 4. What do you usually do when you meet with difficulties in your studies?• 5. Have you ever fallen ill? If yes, what was the problem? If not, how have you managed to keep so healthy?• 6. Suppose one of your classmates came down with a fatal illness, what would you do for them?How to Find Happiness in Life (for candidates)•Please talk about the way to find happiness in life as suggested on your card. You can give examples to illustrate your point if necessary.• 1. Happiness lies in contentedness知足常乐• 2. Find happiness in helping others助人为乐• 3. Derive happiness from what you are doing自得其乐Discussion•How Young People Should View HappinessMore questions• 1. Do you think there are mental health problems among college students? Why do you say so?• 2. What attitude do you adopt towards problems that come up in your life?• 3. What should be done to ensure that students have a happy time at college?• 4. Do you think wealthy people enjoy a happier life? Why do you say so?• 5. Some people take a pessimistic attitude towards life. What do you think you can do to help them?• 6. During the discussion, why did you say that…?II•Topic Area: University Life• Topic: Job Hunting and StudyQuestions• 1. What’s your major? Why did you choose it?• 2. Have you ever taken a part-time job? If yes, what did you do? If not, why not?• 3. Do you think part-time jobs benefit college students? Why do you say so?• 4. Does your university provide students with part-time jobs on campus? Why or why not?• 5. Have you thought of pursuing graduate studies? Why or why not?Job Hunting and Study (for candidates)•Please talk about the topic given on your card.• 1. 目前大学生的就业形式• 2. 大学生找工作的途径• 3. 大学生求职时考虑的主要因素Discussion•Whether College Students Should Start Looking for a Job Long Before GraduationMore questions• 1. Do you think postgraduates have better job opportunities than undergraduates? Why or why not?• 2. Do you think work experience will help you find a good job? Please explain.• 3. What role do academic records play in job hunting?• 4. What do you think contributes most to finding an ideal job?• 5. What would be your chief consideration in choosing a job?• 6. During the discussion, why did you say that…?2007年5月•Topic Area: Language and Society• Topic: Foreigners Learning ChineseQuestions• 1. Can you name some of the leading languages in the world?• 2. Is it necessary for university students to learn a foreign language? Why or why not?• 3. Do you think learning a foreign language should start at an early age? Why do you say so?• 4. Do you think you can travel to a foreign county without learning to speak its language?Why or why not?• 5. What do you think of the Chinese language proficiency of today’s college students? Foreigner Learning Chinese (for candidates)•The following is a topic concerning foreigners learning Chinese. Please elaborate.• 1. 外国人学汉语的不同目的• 2. 外国人学汉语的各种途径• 3. 外国人学汉语的主要困难Discussion•Whether Chinese is Likely to Become a World LanguageMore questions• 1. Do you know any foreigners who speak Chinese? What do you think of their Chinese?• 2. Would you like to make friends with foreigners? Why or why not?• 3. Do you think it’s necessary for your university to enroll international students? Why do you say so?• 4. As a college student, what suggestions do you have for foreigner learning Chinese?• 5. What do you think of the idea of finding a foreign student who will teach you English in exchange for your Chinese lessons?• 6. During the discussion, why did you say that…?II•Topic Area: Everyday Life• Topic: How to Stay HealthyQuestions• 1. Do you think early morning is the best time for exercise? Why or why not?• 2. What exercises do you usually do? Why?• 3. What’s your favorite food? Why do you like it so much?• 4. Do you often go to class without breakfast?• 5. Do you sometimes feel depressed? If yes, when, for instance? If not, how do you manage?• 6. When you find a classmate in low spirits, how do you help them get over it?How to Stay Healthy (for candidates)•The following is one way some people try to stay healthy. Please offer your comments.• 1. Regular exercise• 2. Balanced diet• 3. Good living habitsDiscussion•How to sty healthyMore questions• 1. What do you think of students’ health in your university?• 2. Do you think people are more concerned about their health today? Why do you think so?• 3. You’ve talking about various threats to people’s health. What do you think we can do to deal with them?• 4. People say “Health is better than wealth.” What’s your opinion?• 5. Do you think medical advances have contributed to people’s health? Please give an example.。
2020年7月大学英语六级cet6考试真题及答案
2020年7月大学英语六级cet6考试真题及答案六级作文主题：The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today对明天做好的准备就是今天做到最好。
听力真题原文：恐龙遗址恐龙遗址The partial skeletons of more than 20 dinosaurs and scattered bones of about 300 more have been discovered in Utah and Colorado at what is now the dinosaur natural monument. Menu of the best specimens may be seen today at museums of natural history in the largest cities in the United States and Canada. This dinosaur pit is the largest and best-preserved deposit of dinosaurs known today. Many people get the idea from the massive bones in the pit wall that some disaster such as a volcanic explosion or a sudden flood killed a whole herd of dinosaurs in this area. This could have happened but it probably did not. The main reasons for thinking otherwise are the scattered bones and the thickness of the deposit. In other deposits where the animals were thought to have died together， the skeletons were usually complete and often all the bones were in the proper places， rounded pieces of fossil bone have been found here. These fragments got their smooth round shape by rolling along the stream bottom. In a mass killing， the bones would have been left on the stream or lake bottom together at the same level. But in this deposit， the bones occur throughout a zone of sand stone about 12 feet thick. The mixture of swamp dwellers and dryland types also seems to indicate that the deposit is a mixture from different places. The pit area is a large dinosaur graveyard， not a place where they died. Most of the remains probably floated down on eastward flowing river until they were left on a shallow sandbar. Some of them may have come from far away dryland areas to the west， perhaps they drowned trying to cross the small stream or were washed away during floods. Some of the swamp dwellers may have got stuck in the very sandbar that became their grave， others may have floated for miles before being stranded， even today similar events take place. When floods come in the spring， sheep， cattle and deer are often trapped by rising waters and often drown. Their dead bodies float down-stream until the flood recedes and leaves them stranded on the bar or shore where they lie， half buried in sand until they decay. Early travelers on the Missouri river reported that shores and bars often lined with the decaying bodies of buffalo that have died during spring floods /XQuestion 19： Where can many of the best dinosaur s specimens be found in North America?Question 20： What occurs to many people when they see the massive bones in the pit wall?Question 21： What does the speaker suggest about the large number of dinosaur bones in the pit?听力篇章原文：基因遗传Passage 2Public interest was aroused by the latest discovery of the changed gene in obese life. The news was made by Rockefeller University geneticist Jeffery Friedman. The researchers believe this gene influences development of a hormone that tells the organism how fat or full it is. Those was the changed gene may not sense when they have eaten enough or if they have sufficient fatty tissue. And thus，you can't tell when to stop eating.The researchers also reported finding a gene nearly identical to the mouse obesity gene in humans. The operation of this gene in humans has not yet been demonstrated. however. Still， professionals like University of Vermont psychologist Esther Rothblum， reacted enthusiastically：”This research indicate that people really are born with the tendency to have a certain weight just as they are to have a particular skin color or height”.Actually， behavioral geneticists believe that less than half of total weight variation is programmed in the genes， while height is almost entirely genetic determined. Whatever role genes play，Americans are getting fatter. A survey by the Center for Disease Control found obesity has increased greatly over the last ten years. Such rapid change underlines the role of environmental factors like the abundance of rich foods in Americans' overeating. The Center for Disease Control has also found that teens are far less physically active than they were even a decade ago. Accepting that weight is predetermined can relieve guilt for overweight people. But people’s belief that they cannot control their weight can itself contribute to obesity.Q12： What does the speaker say has aroused public interest?Q13： What do we learn about the changed gene?Q14： What does the University of Vermont psychologist Esther Rothblum say? Q15： What accounts for Americans' obesity according to a survey by the Center of Disease Control?听力真题原文：友谊Recording 1Qualities of a relationship such as openness， compassion and mental stimulation are of concern to most of us regardless of sex， but - judging from the questionnaire response， they are more important to women than to men. Asked to consider the ingredients of close friendship， women rated these qualities above all others. Men assigned a lower priority to them in favor of similarity in interests， selected by seventy-seven percent of men， and responsiveness in a crisis， chosen by sixty-one percent of male respondents. Mental stimulation， ranked third in popularity by men as well as women， was the only area of over-lap. Among men， only twenty-eight percent named openness as an important quality; caring was picked by just twenty -three percent.It is evident by their selections that when women speak of close friendships， they are referring to emotional factors， while men emphasize the pleasure they find in a friend's company. That is，when a man speaks of 'a friend'， he is likely to be taking about someone he does things with - a teammate，a fellow hobbyist， a drinking buddy. These activities are the fabric of the friendship; it is a 'doing' relationship in which similarity in interests is the key bond. This factor was a consideration of less than eleven percent of women. Women opt for a warm， emotional atmosphere where communication flows freely; activity is mere background.Lastly， men， as we have seen， have serious questions about each other's loyalty. Perhaps this is why they placed such strong emphasis on responsiveness in a crisis - 'someone I can call on for help.' Women， as their testimonies indicate， are generally more secure with each other and consequently are more likely to treat this issue lightly. In follow-up interviews this was confirmed numerous times as woman after woman indicated that 'being there when needed was taken for granted.'As for the hazards of friendship， more than a few relationships have been shattered because of cutthroat competition and feelings of betrayal. This applies to both men and women， but unequally. In comparison， nearly twice as many men complained about these issues as women. Further， while competition and betrayal are the main thorns to female relationship， men are plagued in almost equalamounts by two additional issues： lack of friendship and a fear of appearing unmanly. Obviously，for a man， a good friend is hard to find.Question 16： What quality do men value most concerning friendship according to a questionnaire response?Question 17： What do women refer to when speaking of close friendships?Question 18： What may threaten a friendship for both men and women?听力真题原文：家庭关系Recording 3主题：家庭关系I would like particularly to talk about the need to develop a new style of aging in our new society.Young people in this country have been accused of not caring for their parents， the way they would have in the old country. And this is true， but it is also true that old people have been influenced by an American ideal of independence and autonomy. So， we live alone， perhaps on the verge of starvation， in time without friends， but we are independent. This standard American style has been forced on every ethnic group， although there are many groups for whom the ideal is not practical. It is a poor ideal and pursuing it does a great deal of harm.This ideal of independence also contains a tremendous amount of unselfishness. In talking to today's young mothers， I have asked them what kind of grandmothers they think they are going to be. I hear devoted， loving mother say that when they are through raising their children， they have no intention of becoming grandmothers. They were astonished to hear that in most of the world throughout most of its history， families have been three- or four-generation families， living under the same roof. We have over-emphasized the small family unit - father， mother， small children. We think it is wonderful if Grandma and Grandpa， if they're still alive， can live alone.We have reached the point where we think the only thing we can do for our children is to stay out of their way. And the only thing we can do for our daughter-in-law is to see as little of her as possible. Old people's nursing homes， even the best run， are filled with older people who believe the only thing they can do for their children is to look cheerful when they come to visit. So， in the end，older people have to devote all their energies to 'not being a burden.'Were beginning to see what a tremendous price we've paid for our emphasis on independence and autonomy. We've isolated old people and we've cut off the children from their grandparents. One of the reasons we have as bad a generation gap today as we do is that grandparents have stepped out. Young people are being deprived of the thing they need most - perspective， to know why their parents behave so peculiarly and why their grandparents say the things they do.Q22 What have young Americans been accused of?Q23 What does the speaker say about old people in the United States?Q24 What is astonishing to the young mothers interviewed by the speaker?O25 What does the speaker say older people tried their best to do?听力真题原文：幽默”Too many people view their jobs as a five-day prison from which they are paroled6every Friday ，”says Joel Goodman ， founder of The Humor Project ， a humor-consulting group in Saratoga Springs， New York. Humor unlocks the office prison because it lets adults bring some of their childlike spirit to the job.According to Howard Pallio， professor of psychology at the University of Tennessee，Knoxville ， an office with humor breaks is an office with satisfied and productiveemployees. Pollio conducted the study that proved humor can help workers excel at routine production tasks. Employees perform better when they have fun .In large corporations with a hierarchy of power， there is often no outlet for stress，“Every company needs underground ways of poking fun at the organization，”says Lynn N Mark ， the speaker on workplace humor for St . Mary's Health Center inSt. Louis . 7Kodak's Rochester New York branch discovered a way for its 20 000 employees to uncork their bottled-up resentments . Their 1 000 square foot ”Humor Room”features a “toy store”. ”Among the room's many stress-reducing gadgets， the main attraction is a boss doll with detachable arms and legs. Employees can take the doll apart， as long as they put its arms and legs back in place.Sandy Cohen， owner of a graphic print-production business， created ”The QuoteBoard” to document the bizarre phrases people say when under strictdeadlines. ”When you’re under stress， you say stupid things，”says Cohen，“now we just look at each other and say that’s one for the Quote Board!”9. What does the passage say about humor in the workplace?10. What does the study by Howard Pollio show?11. What can Kodak's employees do in the Humor Room?六级听力长对话真题：体育Conversation 1M： Tonight， we have a very special guest. Mrs. Anna Sanchez is a three-time Olympic champion and author of the new book To the Edge. Mrs. Sanchez， thank you for joining us.W： Thank you for having me.M： Let's start with your book. What does the title ”To the Edge” mean? What are you referring to?W： The book is about how science and technology has helped push humans to the edge of their physical abilities. I argue that in the past 20 years， we have had the best athletes the world has ever seen.M： But is this a fair comparison? How do you know how， say， a football player from 50 years ago would compare to one today?W： Well. You are right. That comparison would be perhaps impossible to make. But the point is more about our knowledge today of human biochemistry， nutrition and mechanics. I believe that while our bodies have not changed in thousands of years， what has changed is the scientific knowledge. This has allowed athletes to push the limits of what was previously thought possible.M： That's interesting. Please tell us more about these perceived limits.W： The world is seeing sports records being broken that could only be broken with the aid of technology. Whether this be the speed of a tennis serve or the fastest time in a hundred-meter dash or a two-hundred-meter swimming race.M： Is there any concern that technology is giving some athletes an unfair advantage over others?W： That is an interesting question and one that has to be considered very carefully. Skis， for example， went from being made of wood to a metal alloy， which allows for better control and faster speed. There is no stopping technological progress but， as I said， each situation should be considered carefully on a case-by-case basis.Questions 1-4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Question 1： What do we learn about Anna Sanchez?Question 2： What is the woman's book mainly about?Question 3： What has changed in the past thousands ofyears?Question 4： What is the man's concern about the use of technology in sports competitions?六级听力长对话真题原文：国际贸易Conversation 2W： l've worked in international trade all my life. My father did so too before me. So， I guess you could say it rounds in the family.M： What products have you worked with?W： All sorts， really. l've imported textiles， machinery， toys， solar panels， all kinds of things over the years. Trends and mind come and go， so one needs to be very flexible to succeed in this industry.73M： I see. What goods are you trading now?W： I now import furniture from China into Italy. And foods from Italy into China. I even use the same container. It's a very efficient way of conducting trade.M： The same container? You mean you own a 40-foot cargo container?W： Yeah， that's right. I have a warehouse in Genova， Italy and another in Shanghai. I source mid-century modern furniture from different factories in China. It's very good value for money. I collect it all in my warehouse and then dispatch it to my other warehouse in Italy. Over there I do the same， but with Italian foods instead of furniture. Things like pasta， cheese， wine， chocolates，and I send all that to my warehouse in China in the same free container I use for the fumiture.M： So， I presume you sell both lines of products wholesale in each respective country. W： Of course， I possess a network of clients and partners in both countries. That's the main benefit of having done this for so long. l've made great business contacts over time.M： How many times do you ship?W： I did 12 shipments last year， 18 this year， and I hope it'll grow to around 25 next year. That's both ways， there and back again. Demand for authentic Italian food in China is growing rapidly，and similarly， sales of affordable yet stylish wooden furniture are also increasing in Italy. Furniture is marginally more profitable， mostly because it enjoys lower customs duties.Questions 5-8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Questions 5： What does the woman think is required to be successful in international trade?Question 6： What does the woman say is special about her way of doing trade?Question 7： What does the woman have in both Italy and China?Question 8： What does the woman say makes furniture marginally more profitable?英语六级听力答案：友谊听力答案：长对话2(国际贸易)英语六级听力答案：长对话1(体育)听力篇章答案：幽默英语六级听力答案：恐龙遗址听力篇章答案：基因遗传六级听力答案：家庭关系翻译真题：三国演义《三国演义》写于14世纪，是中国著名的历史小说。
大学英语六级07-12阅读理解和答案解析
2007年6月Y ou hear the refrain all the time: the U.S. economy looks good statistically, but it doesn’t feel good. Why doesn’t ever-greater wealth promote ever-greater happiness? It is a question that dates at least to the appearance in 1958 of The Affluent (富裕的)52. What question does John Kenneth Galbraith raise in his book The Affluent Society? BB) Why affluence doesn’t guarantee happiness.53. According to Galbraith, people feel discontented because __D__.D) materialism has run wild in modern society54. Why do people feel squeezed when their average income rises considerably? AA) Their material pursuits have gone far ahead of their earnings.55. What does Louis Uchitelle mean by “the disposable American” (Line 3, Para. 5)?DD) Workers who no longer have secure jobs.56. What has affluence brought to American society? CC) New conflicts and complaints.Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.The use of deferential (敬重的) language is symbolic of the Confucian ideal of the woman, which dominates conservative gender norms in Japan.57. The first paragraph describes in detail ____B____.B) the Confucian influence on gender norms in Japan58. What change has been observed in today’s young Japanese women?BB) The use fewer of the deferential linguistic forms.59. How do some people react to women’s appropriation of men’s language forms as reported in the Japanese media? DD) They express strong disapproval.60. According to Y oshiko Matsumoto, the linguistic behavior observed in today’s young women _____B___.B) has been true of all past generations61. The author believes that the use of assertive language by young Japanese women is_____C___.C) one of their strategies to compete in a male-dominated society2007年12月Like most people, I’ve long understood that I will be judged by my occupation, that my profession is a gauge people use to see how smart or talented I am.52. The author was disappointed to find that ___________________.C) one’s occupation affects the way one is treated as a person53. What does the author intend to say by the example in the second paragraph?A) Some customers simply show no respect to those who serve them.54. How did the author feel when waiting tables at the age of 19?D) She found it natural for professionals to treat her as inferior.55. What does the author imply by saying “…many of my customers didn’t get the difference between server and servant” (Lines 3-4, Para.7)?B) Those working in th e service industry shouldn’t be treated as servants.56. The author says she’ll one day take her clients to dinner in order to _______.A) see what kind of person they arePassage TwoWhat’s hot for 2007 among the very rich? A S7.3 million diamond ring. A trip to Tanzania to hunt wild animals. Oh. and income inequality.57. What is the current topic of common interest among the very rich in America? CC) The inequality in the distribution of wealth.58. What do we learn from Mortimer Zucker man’s lamentation? CC) The American nation is becoming more and more divided despite its wealth.59. From the fifth paragraph we can learn that ______B______.B) the very rich are politically sensitive60. What is the real reason for plutocrats to express solidarity with the middle class? CC) They want to gain support for global economic integration.61. What may happen if the United States places obstacles in the way of foreign investors and foreign goods? DD) Foreign countries will place the same economic barriers in return.2008年6月Imagine waking up and finding the value of your assets has been halved. No, you’re not an investor in one of those hedge funds that failed completely.52. Why do Americans feel humiliated? CC) Their currency has slumped53.How does the current dollar affect the life of ordinary Americans? CC) They have to spend more money when buying imported goods.54 How do many Europeans feel about the U.S with the devalued dollar? DD) They think of it as a good tourist destination.55 what is the author’s advice to Americans? CC)They vacation at home rather than abroad56 What does the author imply by saying “currencies don’t turn on a dime” (Line 2,Para 7)? AA)The dollar’s value will not increase in the short term.Passage TwoIn the college-admissions wars, we parents are the true fights. We are pushing our kids to get good grades, take SA T preparatory courses and build resumes so they can get into the college of our first choice.57.Why dose the author say that parents are the true fighters in the college-admissions wars? DD.they care more about which college their children go to than the children themselves.58.Why do parents urge their children to apply to more school than ever?AA.they want to increase their children chances of entering a prestigious college.59.What does the author mean by kids count more than their college(Line1,para.4? CC.Kids actual abilities are more importang than their college background.60.What does Krueger study tell us? BB.Degrees of prestigious universities do not guarantee entry to graduate programs.61.One possible result of pushing children into elite universities is that__C____C.they experience more job dissatisfaction after graduation2008年12月Sustainable development is applied to just about everything from energy to clean water and economic growth,52. How do people often measure progress in agriculture? B[B] By its sustainability.53. Specialization and the effort to increase yields have resulted in __D______.[D] the decrease of biodiversity54. What does the author think of traditional farming practices? C[C] They are not necessarily sustainable.55. What will agriculture be like in the 21st century? A[A] It will go through radical changes.56. What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage? D[D] T o urge people to rethink what sustainable agriculture is.Passage TwoThe percentage of immigrants (including those unlawfully present) in the United States has been creeping upward for years. At 12.6 percent,57. How were immigrants viewed by U.S. Congress in the early days? A[A] They were of inferior races.58. What does the author think of the new immigrants? B[B] They can do just as well as their predecessors.59. What does Edward Tells’ research say about Mexican-Americans? D[D] They may forever remain poor and underachievin g.60. What should be done to help the new immigrants? C[C] Prevent them from being marginalized.61. According to the author, the burning issue concerning immigration is____B___.[B] How to help immigrants to better fit into American society2009年6月For hundreds of millions of years, turtles (海龟) have struggled out of the sea to lay their eggs on sandy beaches,52. We can learn from the first paragraph that ___B_____.B．efforts have been made to protect turtles from dying out53. What does the author mean by “Nature is indifferent to human notions of fairness”(Line 1, Para. 2)? DD．The turtle population has decreased in spite of human protection.54. What constitutes a major threat to the survival of turtles according to Elizabeth Griffin? B B．Unregulated commercial fishing.55. How does global warming affect the survival of turtles? AA．It threatens the sandy beaches on which they lay eggs.56. The last sentence of the passage is meant to _C_______.C．call for effective measures to ensure sea turtles’survivalThere are few more sobering online activities than entering data into college-tuition calculators57. What’s the opinion of economists about going to college? CC．College education is rewarding in spite of the startling costs.58. The two Harvard economists note in their study that, for much of the 20th century,_____D___.D．the gap between the earnings of college and high-school graduates narrowed59. Students who attend an in-state college or university can ____A____.A．save more on tuition60. In this consumerist age, most parents ___D_____.D．consider college education a consumer product61. What is the chief consideration when students choose a college today? BB．A satisfying experience within their budgets.2009年12月份There is nothing like the suggestion of a cancer risk to scare a parent, especially one of the over-educated, eco-conscious type52. What does a recent investigation by USA Today reveal? CC) The air quality around Berkeley’s school campuses is poor.53. What response did USA Today’s report draw? CC) Widespread panic.54. How did parents feel in the face of the experts’ studies? CC) They didn’t know who to believe.55. What is the view of the 2004 report in the journal Pediatrics? DD) Attention should be paid to toxic chemical exposure.56. Of the dangers in everyday life, the author thinks that people have most to fear from_______A___.A) the uncertainCrippling health care bills, long emergency-room waits and the inability to find a primary care physician just scratch the surface of the problems that patients face daily.57. The author’s chief concern about the current U.S. health care system is _ C_________.C) the shrinking primary care resources58. We learn from the passage that people tend to believe that ____D______.D) the more doctors taking care of a patient, the better59. Faced with the government threats to cut reimbursements indiscriminately, primary care physicians have to _________D_ .D) see more patients at the expense of quality60. Why do many new medical graduates refuse to choose primary care as their career? BB) The current system works against primary care.61. What suggestion does the author give in order to provide better health care? AA) Bridge the salary gap between specialists and primary care physicians.2010年6月Only two countries in the advanced world provide no guarantee for paid leave from work to care for a newborn child. Last spring one of the two, Australia,52. What do we learn about paid family leave from the first paragraph? AA) America is now the only developed country without the policy.53. What has prevented the passing of work-family balance laws in the United States? DD) The opposition from business circles.54. What is Professor Anne Alstott's argument for parental support? BB) Good parenting benefits society.55. What does the author think of America's large body of family laws governing children'sB) The fail to provide enough support for parents56. Why does the author object to classifying parenting as a personal choice? DD) It is basically a social undertaking.A new study from the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE)57. What is the finding of a new study by CIRCLE? AA) More young voters are going to the polls than before.58. What is a main concern of the writers of Generation O? CC) Whether young people will continue to support Obama's policy.59. What will the Generation O bloggers write about in their posts? DD) Their lives in relation to Obama's presidency.60. What accounts for the younger generation's political strength according to Professor Henry CC) Their utilization of the Internet.61. What can we infer from the passage about Generation X? DD) They are indifferent to politics.2010年12月In the early 20th century, few things were more appealing than the promise of scientific knowledge. In a world struggling with rapid industrialization,52. In the early 20th century Americans believed science and technology could _______.[A] solve virtually all existing problems53. Why did many American scholars become enthusiastic about humanistic studies after World[D] They realized science and technology alone were no guarantee for a better world.54. Why are American scholars worried about education today?[C] America is lagging behind in the STEM disciplines.55. What accounts for the significant decline in humanistic studies today?[A] Insufficient funding.56. Why does the author attach so much importance to humanistic studies?[C] Humanistic thinking helps define our culture and values.Will there ever be another Einstein? This is the undercurrent of conversation at Einstein memorial meetings throughout the year.57. What do scientists seem to agree upon, judging from the first two paragraphs?[B] It will take another Einstein to build a unified theory.58. What was critical to Einstein’s success?[B] His independent and abstract thinking.59. What does the author tell us about physicists today?[D] They often go into fields yielding greater financial benefits.60. What does Brian Greene imply by saying “... it would be a lot harder for him to be heard”[C] Papers like Einstein’s would unlikely get published today.61. When he submitted his papers in 1905, Einstein _______.[B] was little known in academic circles2011年6月Minority Report1. What is the author's main concern about American higher education?B) The low graduation rates of minority students.2. What was the pride of President Barry Mills of Bowdoin College?D) Its increased enrollment of minority students.3. What is the risk facing America?B) The rising generation will be less well educated than the previous one.4. How many African-American students earned their degrees in California community colleges according to a recent review?C) Fifteen percent5. Harvard, Yale, and Princeton show almost no gap between black and white graduation rates mainly because .B) they recruit the best students6. How does Amy Wilkins of the Education Trust view minority students' failure to get a degree?A) Universities are to blame.7. Why do some students drop out after a year or two according to the author?B) They cannot afford the high tuition.Passage OneAt the heart of the debate over illegal immigration lies one key question: are immigrants good or bad for the economy? The American public overwhelmingly thinks they're bad. Yet the consensus among most economists is that immigration, both legal and illegal, provides a small net boost to the economy.52. What can we learn from the first paragraph?D) The general public thinks differently from most economists on the impact of immigration.53. In what way does the author think ordinary Americans benefit from immigration?B) They can get consumer goods at lower prices.54. Why do native low-skilled workers suffer most from illegal immigration?C) They have a harder time getting a job with decent pay.55. What is the chief concern of native high-skilled, better-educated employees about the inflow of immigrants?D) It may place a great strain on the state budget.56. What is the irony about the debate over immigration?C) People are making too big a fuss about something of small impact.Passage TwoPicture a typical MBA lecture theatre twenty years ago. In it the majority of students will have conformed to the standard model of the time: male, middle class and Western. Walk into a class today, however, and you'll get a completely different impression. For a start, you will now see plenty more women – the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, for example, boasts that 40% of its new enrolment is female. You will also see a wide range of ethnic groups and nationals of practically every country.57. What characterises the business school student population of today?A) Greater diversity.58. What is the author's concern about current business school education?B) It will produce business leaders of a uniform style.D) It stresses competition rather than cooperation.59. What aspect of diversity does Valerie Gauthier think is most important?C) Attitude and approach to business.60. What applicants does the author think MBA programmes should consider recruiting?C) Applicants from outside the traditional sectors.61. What does Mannaz say about the current management style?D) It is shifting towards more collaborative models.2011年12月Google's Plan for World's Biggest Online Library: Philanthropy Or Act of Piracy?1. Google claims its plan for the world's biggest online library is _____.D) to promote its core business of searching2. According to Santiago de la Mora, Google's book-scanning project will _____.D) make full use of the power of its search engine3. Opponents of Google Books believe that digitally archiving the world's books should be controlled by _____.A) non-profit organizations4. Google has involved itself in a legal battle as it ignored _____.A) the copyright of authors of out-of-print books5. Google defends its scanning in-copyright books by saying that _____.B) it is willing to compensate the copyright holders6. What do we learn about the class action suit against Google?D) It could lead to more out-of-court settlements of such disputes.7. What remained controversial after the class action suit ended?C) Google's further exploitation of its database.Passage oneWhat's the one word of advice a well-meaning professional would give to a recent college graduate? China"} India! Brazil! How about trade!52. How do pessimists interpret the U.S. trade deficit in June?D) It could lead to slower growth of the national economy.53. What does the author say about the trade data of the past two years?A) It indicates that economic activities in the U.S. have increased.54. Who particularly benefit from the rising volume of trade?C) Producers of agricultural goods and raw materials.55. What is one of the challenges facing the American economy?B) People's reluctance to sp end.56. What is the author's advice to U.S. companies and individuals?C) To increase their market share overseas.Passage twoA recurring criti cism of the UK's university sector i s its perceived weakness in translatingnew knowledge into new products and services.57. What does the author think of UK universities in terms of commercialization?C) They still have a place among the world leaders.58. What does the author say about the national data on UK universities' performance in commercialization?C) It does not reflect the differences among universities.59. We can infer from Paragraph 5 that "policy interventions" (Line 1, Para. 4) refers to _____.D) concentration of resources in a limited numb er of universities60. What does the author suggest research-led universities do?B) Fully utilize their research to benefit all sectors of society.61. How can the university sector play a key role in the UK's economic growth?C) By promoting technology transfer and graduate school education.2012年6月The Three-Y ear Solution1. Why did Hartwick College start three-year degree programs?B) T o cut students’ expenses.2. By quoting Stephen Trachtenberg the author wants to say that .C) college facilities could be put to more effective use3. The author thinks the tenure system in American universities .A)suppresses creative thinking4. What is said about the new three-year degree program at Hartwick?A) Its students have to earn more credits each year.5. What do we learn about Judson College’s three-year degree program?A) It has been running for several decades.6. What changes in high schools help students earn undergraduate degrees in three years?B) More students have Advanced Placement credits.7. What is said to be a drawback of the three-year college program?B) Students don’t have much time to roam intellectually.Passage OneAs anyone who has tried to lose weight knows, realistic goal-setting generally produces the best results. That's partially because it appears people who set realistic goals actually work more efficiently, and exert more effort, to achieve those goals.52. What message does the author try to convey about goal-setting?A) Its negative effects have long been neglected.53. What does Maurice Schweitzer want to show by citing the example of Enron?D) Goals with financial rewards have strong motivational power.54. How did Sears’ goal-setting affect its employees?C) They resorted to unethical practice to meet their sales quota.55. What do advocates of goal-setting think of Schwei tzer’s research?C) Its conclusion is not based on solid scientific evidence.56. What is Schweitzer’s contention against Edwin Locke?D) Studying goal-setting can throw more light on successful business practices.Passage T woFor most of the 20th century, Asia asked itself what it could learn from the modern, innovating West. Now the question must be reversed. What can the West’s overly indebted and sluggish (经济滞长的) nations learn from a flourishing Asia?57. What has contributed to the rapid economic growth in China and India?D) Free market plus government intervention.58. What does Ronald Reagan mean by saying “government is the problem” (line4, Para. 3)?C) Government action is key to solving economic problems.59. What stopped the American economy from collapsing in 2007?D) Effective measures adopted by the government.60. What is the author’s suggestion to the American public in face of the public government deficit?C) They give up the idea of smaller government and less regulation.61. What’s the pr oblem with the European Union?D) Excessive borrowing.。
历年大学英语六级真题及答案(完整版
95-08历年大学英语六级真题及答案(完整版)之马矢奏春创作Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section A1. A) She was given a new job.B) She was given a raise.C) She was criticized for being late.D) She was praised for her hard work.2. A) Whether to employ the woman.B) Whether to take up the new job.C) Whether to ask for a raise.D) Whether to buy a new house.3. A) A teacher.B) A psychologist.C) A librarian.D) A publisher.4. A) To visit more places in the city.B) To take a lot of pictures of the beautiful city.C) To take some pictures of his friends.D) To spare some time to meet his friends.5. A) In town.B) Out of town.C) In the man’s house.D) Outside Ann’s house.6. A) Because she feels very hot in the room.B) Because she wants to avoid meeting people.C) Because she wants to smoke a cigarette outside.D) Because she doesn’t like the smell of smoke inside.7. A) Painters hired by the man and woman.B) Painters hired by Mr. Jones.C) Mr. Jones.D) The man and the woman.8. A) The woman enjoyed the movie very much.B) The woman saw a horror movie.C) The man asked the woman to be careful at night.D) The man went to the show with the woman.9. A) He doesn’t write well enough.B) He is not a professional writer.C) He hasn’t got any professional experience.D) H e didn’t perform well in the interview.10. A) He doesn’t think it necessary to refuel the car.B) He can manage to get the gasoline they need.C) He hopes the woman will help him select a fuel.D) He thinks it is difficult to get fuel for the car.Section BPassage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) Because they can’t afford to.B) Because they think small houses are more comfortable to live in.C) Because big houses are usually built in the countryside.D) Because they prefer apartments.12. A) Because many young people have moved into comfortable apartments.B) Because many old houses in the bad part of the town are not inhabited.C) Because many older people sell their houses after their children leave.D) Because many people have quit their old house to build new ones.13. A) They have to do their own maintenance.B) They have to furnish their own houses.C) They will find it difficult to make the rest of the payment.D) They will find it difficult to dispose of their old-style furniture.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A) They are not active hunters.B) They don’t sleep much.C) They are often seen alone.D) They don’t eat much.15. A) To catch the birds.B) To look for shade in the heat of the day.C) To catch other animals.D) To look for a kill made by another animal.16. A) They are larger in size.B) They have to hunt more to feed the young.C) They run faster.D) They are not as lazy as the males.Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17. A) Less than 30 minutes.B) From 30 to 45 minutes.C) At least 45 minutes.D) More than 45 minutes.18. A) He should show respect for the interviewer.B) He should show confidence in himself.C) He should talk enthusiastically.D) He should be dressed properly.19. A) Speaking confidently but not aggressively.B) Talking loudly to give a lasting impression.C) Talking a lot about the job.D) Speaking politely and emotionally.20. A) Professional knowledge is a decisive factor in job interview.B) Finding a job is more difficult than one can imagine.C) A job seeker should create a good image during an interview.D) Self-confidence is most important for a job seeker.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.The process of perceiving other people is rarely translated (to ourselves or others) into cold, objective terms. “She was 5 feet 8 inches tall, had fair hair, and wore a colored ski rt.” More often, we try to get inside the other person to pinpoint his or her attitudes, emotions, motivations, abilities, ideas and characters. Furthermore, we sometimes behave as if we can accomplish this difficult job very quickly-perhaps with a two-second glance.We try to obtain information about others in many ways. Berger suggests several methods for reducing uncertainties about others: watching, without being noticed, a person interacting with others, particularly with others who are known to you so you can compare the observed person’s behavior with the known others’ behavior; observing a person in a situation where social behavior is relatively unrestrained or where a wide variety of behavioral responses are called for; deliberately structuring the physical or social environment so as to observe the person’s responses to specific stimuli; asking people who have had or have frequent contact with the person about him or her; and using various strategies in face-to-face interaction to uncover information about another person-questions, self-disclosures (自我流露), and so on. Getting to know someone is a never-ending task, largely because people are constantly changing and the methods we use to obtain information are often imprecise. You may have known someone for ten years and still know very little about him. If we accept the idea that we won’t ever fully know another person, it enables us to deal more easily with those things that get in the way of accurate knowledge such as secrets and deceptions. It will also keep us from being too surprised or shocked by seemingly inconsistent behavior. Ironically (讽刺性地) those things that keep us from knowing another person too well (e.g., secrets and deceptions) may be just asimportant to the development of satisfying relationship as those things that enable us to obtain accurate knowledge about a person(e.g., disclosure and truthful statements).21. The word “pinpoint” (Para. 1, Line 3) basically means ________.A) appreciateB) obtainC) interpretD) identify22. What do we learn from the first paragraph?A) People are better described in cold, objective terms.B) The difficulty of getting to know a person is usually underestimated.C) One should not judge people by their appearances.D) One is usually subjective when assessing other people’s personality.23. It can be inferred from Berger’s suggestions that ________.A) people do not reveal their true self on every occasionB) in most cases we should avoid contacting the observed person directlyC) the best way to know a person is by making comparisonsD) face-to-face interaction is the best strategy to uncover information about a person24. In developing personal relationships, secrets and deceptions, in the author’s opinion, are ________.A) personal matters that should be seriously dealt withB) barriers that should be done away withC) as significant as disclosures and truthful statementsD) things people should guard against25. The author’s purpose in writing the passage is ________.A) to give advice on appropriate conduct for social occasionsB) to provide ways of how to obtain information about peopleC) to call the reader’s attention to the negative side of people’s charactersD) to discuss the various aspects of getting to know peopleQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.The competition among producers of personal computers is essentially a race to get the best, most innovative products to the marketplace. Marketers in this environment frequently have to make a judgement as to their competitor s’ role when making marketing strategy decisions. If major competitors are changing their products, then a marketer may want to follow suit to remain competitive. Apple Computer, Inc.has introduced two new, faster personal computers, the Mackintosh II and Mackintosh SE, in anticipation of the introduction of a new PC by IBM, one of Apple’s major competitors.Apple’s new computers are much faster and more powerful than its earlier models. The improved Mackintosh is able to run programs that previously were impossible to run on an Apple PC, including IBM-compatible (兼容的) programs. This compatibility feature illustrates computer manufactures’ new attitude of giving customers the features they want. Making Apple computers capable of running IBM software is Appl e’s effort at making the Mackintosh compatible with IBM computers and thus more popular in the office, where Apple hopes to increase sales. Users of the new Apple can also add accessories (附件) to make their machines specialize in specific uses, such as engineering and writing.The new computers represent a big improvement over past models, but they also cost much more. Company officials do not think the higher price will slow down buyers who want to step up to a more powerful computer. Apple wants to stay in the high-price end of the personal computer market to finance research for even faster, more sophisticated computers.Even though Apple and IBM are major competitors, both companies realize that their competitor’s computers have certain features that their own models do not. The Apple line has always been popular for its sophisticated color graphics (图形), whereas the IBM machines have always been favored in offices. In the future, there will probably be more compatibility between the two companies’ products, which no doubt will require that both Apple and IBM change marketing strategies.26. According to the passage, Apple Computer, Inc, has introduced the Mackintosh II and the Mackintosh SE because ________.A) IBM is changing its computer models continuouslyB) it wants to make its machines specialize in specific usesC) it wants to stay ahead of IBM in the competitive computer marketD) it expects its major competitor IBM to follow its example27. Apple hopes to increase Mackintosh sales chiefly by ________.A) making its new models capable of running IBM softwareB) improving the color graphics of its new modelsC) copying the marketing strategies of IBMD) giving the customers what they want28. Apple sells its new computer models at a high price because ________.A) they have new features and functionsB) they are more sophisticated than other modelsC) they have new accessories attachedD) it wants to accumulate funds for future research29. It can be inferred from the passage that both Apple and IBM try to gain a competitive advantage by ________.A) copying each other’s technologyB) incorporating features that make their products distinctiveC) making their computer more expensiveD) making their computers run much faster30. The best title for the passage would be ________.A) Apple’s Efforts to Stay Ahead of IBMB) Apple’s New Computer TechnologyC) Apple’s New personal ComputersD) Apple’s Research ActivitiesPassage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.It is a curious paradox that we think of the physical sciences as “hard”, the social sciences as “soft”, and the biological sciences as somewhere in between. This is interpreted to mean that our knowledge of physical systems is more certain than our knowledge of biological systems, and these in turn are more certain than our knowledge of social systems. In terms of our capacity to sample the relevant universes, however, and the probability that our images of these universes are at least approximately correct, one suspects that a reverse order is more reasonable. We are able to sample earth’s social systems with some degree of confidence that we have a reasonable sample of the total universe being investigated. Our knowledge of social systems, therefore, while it is in many ways extremely inaccurate, is not likely to be seriously overturned by new discoveries. Even the folk knowledge in social systems on which ordinary life is based in earning, spending, organizing, marrying, taking part in political activities, fighting and so on, is not very dissimilar from the more sophisticated images of the social system derived from the social sciences, even though it is built upon the very imperfect samples of personal experience.In contrast, our image of the astronomical universe, of even of earth’s geological history, can easily be subject to revolutionary changes as new data comes in and new theories are worked out. If we define the “security” our image of various parts of the total system as the probability of their suffering significant changes, then we would reverse the order of hardness and see the social sciences as the most secure, the physical sciences as the leastsecure, and again the biological sciences as somewhere in between. Our image of the astronomical universe is the least secure of all simply because we observe such a fantastically small sample of it and its record-keeping is trivial as compared with the rich records of the social systems, or even the limited records of biological systems. Records of the astronomical universe, despite the fact that we see distant things as they were long ago, are limited in the extreme.Even in regard to such a close neighbour as the moon, which we have actually visited, theories about its origin and history are extremely different, contradictory, and hard to choose among. Our knowledge of physical evolution is incomplete and highly insecure.31. The word “paradox” (Para. 1, Line 1) means “________”.A) implicationB) contradictionC) interpretationD) confusion32. According to the author, we should reverse our classification of the physical sciences as “hard” and the social sciences as “soft” because ________.A) a reverse ordering will help promote the development of the physical sciencesB) our knowledge of physical systems is more reliable than that of social systemsC) our understanding of the social systems is approximately correctD) we are better able to investigate social phenomena than physical phenomena33. The author believes that our knowledge of social systems is more secure than that of physical systems because ________.A) it is not based on personal experienceB) new discoveries are less likely to occur in social sciencesC) it is based on a fairly representative quantity of dataD) the records of social systems are more reliable34. The chances of the physical sciences being subject to great changes are the biggest because ________.A) contradictory theories keep emerging all the timeB) new information is constantly coming inC) the direction of their development is difficult to predictD) our knowledge of the physical world is inaccurate35. We know less about the astronomical universe than we do about any social system because ________.A) theories of its origin and history are variedB) our knowledge of it is highly insecureC) only a very small sample of it has been observedD) few scientists are involved in the study of astronomyQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following.In the early days of nuclear power, the United States made money on it. But today opponents have so complicated its development that no nuclear plants have been ordered or built here in 12 years.The greatest fear of nuclear power opponents has always been a reactor “meltdown” (堆内熔化). Today, the chances of a meltdown that would threaten U.S. public health are very little. But to even further reduce the possibility, engineers are testing new reactors that rely not on human judgement to shut them down but on the laws of nature. Now General Electric is already building two advanced reactors in Japan. But do n’t expect them ever on U.S. shores unless things change in Washington.The procedure for licensing nuclear power plants is a bad dream. Any time during, or even after, construction, an objection by any group or individual can bring everything to a halt while the matter is investigated or taken to court. Meanwhile, the builder must add nice-but-not-necessary improvements, some of which force him to knock down walls and start over. In every case where a plant has been opposed, the Nuclear Regulation Commission has ultimately granted a license to construct or operate. But the victory often costs so much that the utility ends up abandoning the plant anyway.A case in point is the Shoreham plant on New York’s Long Island. Shoreham was a virtual twin to the Millstone plant in Connecticut, both ordered in the mid-’60s. Millstone, completed for $101 million, has been generating electricity for two decades. Shoreham, however, was singled out by anti-nuclear activists who, by sending in endless protests, drove the cost over $5 billion and delayed its use for many years.Shoreham finally won its operation license. But the plant has never produced a watt of power. Governor Mario Cuomo, an opponent of a Shoreham start-up, used his power to force New York’s public-utilities commission to accept the following settlement; the power company could pass the cost of Shoreham along to its consumers only if it agreed not to operate the plant! Today, a perfectly good facility, capable of servicing hundreds of homes, sits rusting.36. What has made the procedure for licensing nuclear power plantsa bad dream?A) The inefficiency of the Nuclear Regulation commission.B) The enormous cost of construction and operation.C) The length of time it takes to make investigations.D) The objection of the opponents of nuclear power.37. It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that ________.A) it is not technical difficulties that prevent the building of nuclear power plants in the U.S.B) there are not enough safety measures in the U.S. for running new nuclear power plantsC) there are already more nuclear power plants than necessary in the U.S.D) the American government will not allow Japanese nuclear reactors to be installed in the U.S.38. Any objection, however trivial it may be, can ________.A) force the power companies to cancel the projectB) delay the construction or operation of a nuclear plantC) cause a serious debate within the Nuclear Regulation CommissionD) take the builders to court39. Governor Mario’s chief intention in proposing t he settlement was to ________.A) stop the Shoreham plant from going into operationB) help the power company to solve its financial problemsC) urge the power company to further increase its power supplyD) permit the Shoreham plant to operate under certain conditions40. The author’s attitude towards the development of nuclear power is ________.A) negativeB) neutralC) positiveD) questioningPart III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)41. They ________ to enter the building by the back door; however, the front door was locked.A) weren’t supposedB) wouldn’t be supposedC) were supposedD) would be supposed42. ________ human behavior may be caused by eating substances that upset the delicate chemical balance in the brain.A) DeliberateB) ConsistentC) PrimitiveD) Abnormal43. The captured criminals were ________ in chains through thestreets.A) exhibitedB) displayedC) paradedD) revealed44. In reading stories we anticipate what is to come ________ on our memory of what has gone before.A) basedB) basingC) to baseD) to be based45. The world’s governments have done ________ nothing to combat the threat of nuclear accidents.A) inherentlyB) vitallyC) virtuallyD) identically46. I guess Jones didn’t have a chance to win the election. Almost all of the people in the city voted for his ________.A) candidateB) opponentC) alternativeD) participant47. The background music in an assembly line is designed ________.A) not being listened toB) not to be listened toC) being not listened toD) to be not listened to48. Teaching students of threshold level is hard work but the effort is very ________.A) preciousB) rewardingC) worthD) challenging49. The boy students in this school are nearly ________ as the girl students to say they intend to get a college degree in business.A) as likely twiceB) likely as twiceC) as twice likelyD) twice as likely50. The explorer lost his way so he climbed to the top of the hill to ________ himself.A) spotB) locateC) placeD) situate51. The city has decided to ________ smoking.A) do away withB) take awayC) get away withD) put away52. Perhaps it wouldn’t be ________ to go and see such a film.A) worthy you whileB) worth of whileC) worthy of whileD) worth your while53. The old building is in a good state of ________ except for the wooden floors.A) observationB) preservationC) conservationD) compensation54. While some office jobs would seem ________ to many people, there are quite a few jobs that are stimulating, exciting and satisfying.A) hostileB) tediousC) fantasticD) courageous55. ________ she wondered if she had made a mistake.A) Not until long afterwards thatB) It was not until long afterwards thatC) Not long until afterwardsD) It was long afterwards until56. The people who objected to the new approach were told that since work had already started there was no point in ________.A) denyingB) upsettingC) protestingD) competing57. The ceremony will ________ as soon as the minister arrives.A) completeB) commenceC) disperseD) descend58. So confused ________ that he didn’t know how to start his lecture.A) since he becameB) would he becomeC) that he becameD) did he become59. Since the couple could not ________ their differences, they decided to get a divorce.A) reconcileB) complyC) coincideD) resign60. After the collision, he examined the considerable ________ to his car.A) ruinB) destructionC) damageD) injury61. Output is now six times ________ it was before 1990.A) thatB) whatC) for whichD) of that62. The heavily populated area was a breeding place for ________ diseases.A) infectiousB) powerfulC) influentialD) suspicious63. It is unfortunate that, owing to lack of money, these experiments must now be ________ before the objective has been achieved.A) transferredB) testifiedC) terminatedD) transformed64. The synthetic vitamins are identical ________ those naturally present in our food.A) forB) ofC) asD) with65. Just as a book is often judged ________ by the quality and appearance of its cover, a person is judged immediately by his appearance.A) previouslyB) uniquelyC) outwardlyD) initially66. Recycling wastes slows down the rate ________ which we use up the Earth’s finite resources.A) InB) ofC) withD) at67. Gasoline is ________ by the spark plugs in the engine.A) ignitedB) inspiredC) excitedD) illuminated68. He ________ another career but, at the time, he didn’t have enough money to attend graduate school.A) might have chosenB) might chooseC) had to chooseD) must have chosen69. Many visitors praised the magnificent architecture of the Palace, ________.A) known to foreigners for the Forbidden CityB) known for foreigners to be the Forbidden CityC) known to foreigners as the Forbidden CityD) know for foreigners as the Forbidden City70. The travelers ________ their journey after a short break.A) recoveredB) resumedC) renewedD) restoredPart IV Error Correction (15 minutes)Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in thecorresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it and put a slash (/) in the blank.Example:Television is rapidly becoming the literature of our periods╱. 1. time/times/periodMany of the arguments having╱ used for the study of literature as2. _______\_______a school subject are valid for ∧ study of television. 3.______the______We are all naturally attracted to people with ideas, beliefs and interests like our own. Similarly, we feel comfortable with people with physical qualities similar as ours. (71)You may have noticed about how people who live or work (72) closely together come to behave in a similar way. Unconsciously we copy these we are close to or love or admire. So a spor tsman’s (73) individual way of walking with raised shoulders is imitated by an admired (74) fan; a pair of lovers both shake their heads in the same way; an employer finds himself duplicating his boss’s habit of wagging (摆动) (75) a pen between his fingers while thinking.In every case, the influential person may consciously notice the (76) imitation but he will feel comfortably in its presence. And if he does (77) notice the matching of his gestures or movements, he finds it pleasing he is influencing people; they are drawn to them. (78) Sensitive people have been mirroring their friend and acquaintances (79) all their lives, and winning affection and respect in this way without aware of their methods. Now, for people who want to win (80) agreement or trust, affection or sympathy, some psychologists recommend the deliberate use of physical imitation.Part V Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic My view on the Negative Effects of Some Advertisements. You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:1. 现在有些不良的商业广告2. 这些广告的副作用和危害性3. 我对这些广告的态度1995年1月六级参考答案Part I1. C2. B3. C4. D5. A6. D7. D8. B9. C 10. B11. A 12. C 13. A 14. A 15. D16. B 17. B 18. D 19. A 20. CPart II21. D 22. B 23. B 24. C 25. D26. C 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. A31. B 32. D 33. B 34. B 35. C36. D 37. A 38. B 39. A 40. BPart III41. A 42. D 43. C 44. A 45. C46. B 47. C 48. B 49. D 50. B51. A 52. D 53. B 54. B 55. C56. C 57. B 58. D 59. A 60. C61. B 62. A 63. C 64. D 65. C66. D 67. A 68. A 69. C 70. B71. as → to72. about → /73. these → those74. admired → admiring75. employer → employee76. consciously → unconsciously77. comfortably → comfortable78. them → him79. friend → friends80. (without) → (without) being1995年1月六级听力原文Section A1. W: You wanted to see me, Mr. Wright?M: Yes, Miss Gray. You’ll have to start getting to work on time, or your service will no longer be needed here.Q: What happened to Miss Gray?2. M: You know, I’m just not too sure if the new salary will be high enough or even the new position is really what I want. Besides, I like the work that I am doing now.W: It sounds as though you’ve already made up your mind ab out what you are going to do.Q: What is the man thinking about?3. W: I’m looking for textbook for my Psychology course. It’s called “Introduction to Educational Psychology”. Do you have it? M: Yes, we do. You’ll find it in Section 24 on the top shelf.Q: What’s the man’s occupation?4. W: Oh, this is a beautiful city. I’m really glad I’ve brought my camera.M: Yes, there are lots of things to take pictures of here. But I。
历年英语6级真题翻译及答案(含2010年6月)
一、翻译命题原则和测试重点1. 汉译英题型2. 一般的短句翻译，内容日常，关键在正确用词、搭配、语法。
3. 实质为补全句子，考察语法结构和词组运用知识：句型、词组、单词拼写、大小写、标点符号等二、翻译原则与应试技巧1. 正确理解原文词义，正确选词，重点吃透原文例如：入世与否，对中国来讲，是一个面子问题。
The access to WTO, for China, is a question of dignity2. 注意词的搭配：重点是定语和中心词、动宾例如：1. 他整个下午都在忙着接电话。
He was busy answering the telephones all afternoon.2. 被告在法庭上承认了自己的罪行。
The accused confessed his crime in court.3. 具体翻译方法的运用（1）增译法：冠词、时态词、动态词、连词、概括词例如：a. 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后modesty helps one to go forward, while conceitmakes one lag behind.例如: b.谁都知道战场是艰苦的Everyone knows that life on battlefields is very hard.（2）减词法a：使之符合英文习惯，不能死译例如：中国足球的落后状态必须改变。
The (state/condition of) backwardness of the Chinesefootball must be changed.总结：汉语中的范畴词在英文中往往省略，用英文中相应的抽象名词翻译,常考范畴词为：谦虚态度：modesty 发展过程：development残暴行为：brutality 同情心理：sympathy悲伤情绪：sadness 无知表现：innocence稳定性： stability 灵敏度：sensibility防爆措施：anti-violence 同化作用：assimilation（3）转换词性：重点是动词派生词、介词和副词例如a：看到喷气式飞机令我非常向往。
2023年12月英语六级CET6真题及答案完整版
2023年12月CET6大学英语六级考试真题及答案解析【官方完整版】Part I 写作Writing (30 minutes)Directions: Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on innovation. Your essay should include the importance of innovation and measures to be taken to encourage innovation.You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.【参照范文】It is universally acknowledged that innovation refers to being creative, unique and different. In fact, today it is impossibly difficult for us to image a 21st century without innovation.We should place a high value on innovation firstly because innovative spirit can enable an individual to ameliorate himself, so he can be equipped with capacity to see what others cannot see, be qualified for future career promotion, and be ready for meeting the forthcoming challenges. What’s more, we ought to attach importance to the role played by innovation in economic advancement. Put it another way, in this ever-changing world, innovation to economic growth is what water is to fish. To sum up, if innovation misses our attention in any possible way, we will suffer a great loss beyond imagination.In order to encourage innovation, it is wise for us to take some feasible measures. For example, mass media should greatly publicize the significance of creative spirit and encouragethe public to cultivate awareness of innovation. Besides, those who manage to innovate should be awarded generous prize. Though there is a long way ahead to go, I am firmly certain that the shared efforts will be paid off.【参照译文】众所周知创新意味着有发明力，独一无二和不一样。
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95-08历年大学英语六级真题及答案(完整版)Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section A1. A) She was given a new job.B) She was given a raise.C) She was criticized for being late.D) She was praised for her hard work.2. A) Whether to employ the woman.B) Whether to take up the new job.C) Whether to ask for a raise.D) Whether to buy a new house.3. A) A teacher.B) A psychologist.C) A librarian.D) A publisher.4. A) To visit more places in the city.B) To take a lot of pictures of the beautiful city.C) To take some pictures of his friends.D) To spare some time to meet his friends.5. A) In town.B) Out of town.C) In the man’s house.D) Outside Ann’s house.6. A) Because she feels very hot in the room.B) Because she wants to avoid meeting people.C) Because she wants to smoke a cigarette outside.D) Because she doesn’t like the smell of smoke inside.7. A) Painters hired by the man and woman.B) Painters hired by Mr. Jones.C) Mr. Jones.D) The man and the woman.8. A) The woman enjoyed the movie very much.B) The woman saw a horror movie.C) The man asked the woman to be careful at night.D) The man went to the show with the woman.9. A) He doesn’t write well enough.B) He is not a professional writer.C) He hasn’t got any professional experience.D) He didn’t perform well in the interview.10. A) He doesn’t think it necessary to refuel the car.B) He can manage to get the gasoline they need.C) He hopes the woman will help him select a fuel.D) He thinks it is difficult to get fuel for the car.Section BPassage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) Because they can’t afford to.B) Because they think small houses are more comfortable to live in.C) Because big houses are usually built in the countryside.D) Because they prefer apartments.12. A) Because many young people have moved into comfortable apartments.B) Because many old houses in the bad part of the town are not inhabited.C) Because many older people sell their houses after their children leave.D) Because many people have quit their old house to build new ones.13. A) They have to do their own maintenance.B) They have to furnish their own houses.C) They will find it difficult to make the rest of the payment.D) They will find it difficult to dispose of their old-style furniture.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A) They are not active hunters.B) They don’t sleep much.C) They are often seen alone.D) They don’t eat much.15. A) To catch the birds.B) To look for shade in the heat of the day.C) To catch other animals.D) To look for a kill made by another animal.16. A) They are larger in size.B) They have to hunt more to feed the young.C) They run faster.D) They are not as lazy as the males.Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17. A) Less than 30 minutes.B) From 30 to 45 minutes.C) At least 45 minutes.D) More than 45 minutes.18. A) He should show respect for the interviewer.B) He should show confidence in himself.C) He should talk enthusiastically.D) He should be dressed properly.19. A) Speaking confidently but not aggressively.B) Talking loudly to give a lasting impression.C) Talking a lot about the job.D) Speaking politely and emotionally.20. A) Professional knowledge is a decisive factor in job interview.B) Finding a job is more difficult than one can imagine.C) A job seeker should create a good image during an interview.D) Self-confidence is most important for a job seeker.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.The process of perceiving other people is rarely translated (to ourselves or others) into cold, objective terms. “She was 5 feet 8 inches tall, had fair hair, and w ore a colored skirt.” More often, we try to get inside the other person to pinpoint his or her attitudes, emotions, motivations, abilities, ideas and characters. Furthermore, we sometimes behave as if we can accomplish this difficult job very quickly-perhaps with a two-second glance.We try to obtain information about others in many ways. Berger suggests several methods for reducing uncertainties about others: watching, without being noticed, a person interacting with others, particularly with others who are known to you so you can compare the observed person’s behavior with the known others’ behavior; observing a person in a situation where social behavior is relatively unrestrained or where a wide variety of behavioral responses are called for; deliberately structuring the physical or social environment so as to observe the person’s responses to specific stimuli; asking people who have had or have frequent contact with the person about him or her; and using various strategies in face-to-face interaction to uncover information about another person-questions, self-disclosures (自我表露), and so on. Getting to know someone is a never-ending task, largely because people are constantly changing and the methods we use to obtain information are often imprecise. You may have known someone for ten years and still know very little about him. If we accept the idea that we won’t ever fully know another person, it enables us to deal more easily with those things that get in the way of accurate knowledge such as secrets and deceptions. It will also keep us from being too surprised or shocked by seemingly inconsistent behavior. Ironically (讽刺性地) those things that keep us from knowing another person too well (e.g., secrets and deceptions) may be just as important to the development of satisfying relationship as those things that enable us to obtain accurate knowledge about a person(e.g., disclosure and truthful statements).21. The word “pinpoint” (Para. 1, Line 3) basically means ________.A) appreciateB) obtainC) interpretD) identify22. What do we learn from the first paragraph?A) People are better described in cold, objective terms.B) The difficulty of getting to know a person is usually underestimated.C) One should not judge people by their appearances.D) One is usuall y subjective when assessing other people’s personality.23. It can be inferred from Berger’s suggestions that ________.A) people do not reveal their true self on every occasionB) in most cases we should avoid contacting the observed person directlyC) the best way to know a person is by making comparisonsD) face-to-face interaction is the best strategy to uncover information about a person24. In developing personal relationships, secrets and deceptions, in the author’s opinion, are ________.A) personal matters that should be seriously dealt withB) barriers that should be done away withC) as significant as disclosures and truthful statementsD) things people should guard against25. The author’s purpose in writing the passage is ________.A) to give advice on appropriate conduct for social occasionsB) to provide ways of how to obtain information about peopleC) to call the reader’s attention to the negative side of people’s charactersD) to discuss the various aspects of getting to know people Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.The competition among producers of personal computers is essentially a race to get the best, most innovative products to the marketplace. Marketers in this environment frequently have to make a judgement as to their competitors’ role when making marketing strategy decisions. If major competitors are changing their products, then a marketer may want to follow suit to remain competitive. Apple Computer, Inc. has introduced two new, faster personal computers, the Mackintosh II and Mackintosh SE, in anticipation of the introduction of a new PC by IBM, one of Apple’s major competitors.Apple’s new computers are much faster and more powerful than its earlier models. The improved Mackintosh is able to run programs that previously were impossible to run on an Apple PC, including IBM-compatible (兼容的) programs. This compatibility feature illu strates computer manufactures’new attitude of giving customers the features they want. Making Apple computers capable of running IBM software is Apple’s effort at making the Mackintosh compatible with IBM computers and thus more popular in the office, where Apple hopes to increase sales. Users of the new Apple can also add accessories (附件) to make their machines specialize in specific uses, such as engineering and writing.The new computers represent a big improvement over past models, but they also cost much more. Company officials do not think the higher price will slow down buyers who want to step up to a more powerful computer. Apple wants to stay in the high-price end of the personal computer market to finance research for even faster, more sophisticated computers.Even though Apple and IBM are major competitors, both companies realize that their competitor’s computers have certain features that their own models do not. The Apple line has always been popular for its sophisticated color graphics (图形), whereas the IBM machines have always been favored in offices. In the future, there will probably be more compatibility between the two companies’ products, which no doubt will require that both Apple and IBM change marketing strategies.26. According to the passage, Apple Computer, Inc, has introduced the Mackintosh II and the Mackintosh SE because ________.A) IBM is changing its computer models continuouslyB) it wants to make its machines specialize in specific usesC) it wants to stay ahead of IBM in the competitive computer marketD) it expects its major competitor IBM to follow its example27. Apple hopes to increase Mackintosh sales chiefly by ________.A) making its new models capable of running IBM softwareB) improving the color graphics of its new modelsC) copying the marketing strategies of IBMD) giving the customers what they want28. Apple sells its new computer models at a high price because ________.A) they have new features and functionsB) they are more sophisticated than other modelsC) they have new accessories attachedD) it wants to accumulate funds for future research29. It can be inferred from the passage that both Apple and IBM try to gain a competitive advantage by ________.A) copying each other’s technologyB) incorporating features that make their products distinctiveC) making their computer more expensiveD) making their computers run much faster30. The best title for the passage would be ________.A) Apple’s Efforts to Stay Ahead of IBMB) Apple’s New Computer TechnologyC) Apple’s New personal ComputersD) Apple’s Research ActivitiesPassage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.It is a curious paradox that we think of the physical sciences as “hard”, the social sciences as “soft”, and the biological sciences as somewhere in between. This is interpreted to mean that our knowledge of physical systems is more certain than our knowledge of biological systems, and these in turn are more certain than our knowledge of social systems. In terms of our capacity to sample the relevant universes, however, and the probability that our images of these universes are at least approximately correct, one suspects that a reverse order is more reasonable. We are able to sample earth’s social systems with some degree of confidence that we have a reasonable sample of the total universe being investigated. Our knowledge of social systems, therefore, while it is in many ways extremely inaccurate, is not likely to be seriously overturned by new discoveries. Even the folk knowledge in social systems on which ordinary life is based in earning, spending, organizing, marrying, taking part in political activities, fighting and so on, is not very dissimilar from the more sophisticated images of the social system derived from the social sciences, even though it is built upon the very imperfect samples of personal experience.In contrast, our image of the astronomical universe, of even of earth’s geological history, can easily be subject torevolutionary changes as new data comes in and new theories are worked out. If we define the “security” our image of various parts of the total system as the probability of their suffering significant changes, then we would reverse the order of hardness and see the social sciences as the most secure, the physical sciences as the least secure, and again the biological sciences as somewhere in between. Our image of the astronomical universe is the least secure of all simply because we observe such a fantastically small sample of it and its record-keeping is trivial as compared with the rich records of the social systems, or even the limited records of biological systems. Records of the astronomical universe, despite the fact that we see distant things as they were long ago, are limited in the extreme.Even in regard to such a close neighbour as the moon, which we have actually visited, theories about its origin and history are extremely different, contradictory, and hard to choose among. Our knowledge of physical evolution is incomplete and highly insecure.31. The word “paradox” (Para. 1, Line 1) means “________”.A) implicationB) contradictionC) interpretationD) confusion32. According to the author, we should reverse our classification of the physical sciences as “hard” and the social sciences as “soft” because ________.A) a reverse ordering will help promote the development of the physical sciencesB) our knowledge of physical systems is more reliable than that of social systemsC) our understanding of the social systems is approximately correctD) we are better able to investigate social phenomena than physical phenomena33. The author believes that our knowledge of social systems is more secure than that of physical systems because ________.A) it is not based on personal experienceB) new discoveries are less likely to occur in social sciencesC) it is based on a fairly representative quantity of dataD) the records of social systems are more reliable34. The chances of the physical sciences being subject to great changes are the biggest because ________.A) contradictory theories keep emerging all the timeB) new information is constantly coming inC) the direction of their development is difficult to predictD) our knowledge of the physical world is inaccurate35. We know less about the astronomical universe than we do about any social system because ________.A) theories of its origin and history are variedB) our knowledge of it is highly insecureC) only a very small sample of it has been observedD) few scientists are involved in the study of astronomy Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following.In the early days of nuclear power, the United States made money on it. But today opponents have so complicated its development that no nuclear plants have been ordered or built here in 12 years.The greatest fear of nuclear power opponents has always been a reactor “meltdown” (堆内熔化). Today, the chances of a meltdown that would threaten U.S. public health are very little. But to even further reduce the possibility, engineers are testing new reactors that rely not on human judgement to shut them down but on the laws of nature. Now General Electric is already building two advanced reactors in Japan. But don’t expect them ever on U.S. shores unless things change in Washington.The procedure for licensing nuclear power plants is a bad dream. Any time during, or even after, construction, an objection by any group or individual can bring everything to a halt while the matter is investigated or taken to court. Meanwhile, the builder must add nice-but-not-necessary improvements, some of which force him to knock down walls and start over. In every case where a plant has been opposed, the Nuclear Regulation Commission has ultimately granted a license to construct or operate. But the victory often costs somuch that the utility ends up abandoning the plant anyway.A case in point is the Shoreham plant on New York’s Long Island. Shoreham was a virtual twin to the Millstone plant in Connecticut, both ordered in the mid-’60s. Millstone, completed for $101 million, has been generating electricity for two decades. Shoreham, however, was singled out by anti-nuclear activists who, by sending in endless protests, drove the cost over $5 billion and delayed its use for many years. Shoreham finally won its operation license. But the plant has never produced a watt of power. Governor Mario Cuomo, an opponent of a Shoreham start-up, used his power to force New York’s public-utilities commission to accept the following settlement; the power company could pass the cost of Shoreham along to its consumers only if it agreed not to operate the plant! Today, a perfectly good facility, capable of servicing hundreds of homes, sits rusting.36. What has made the procedure for licensing nuclear power plants a bad dream?A) The inefficiency of the Nuclear Regulation commission.B) The enormous cost of construction and operation.C) The length of time it takes to make investigations.D) The objection of the opponents of nuclear power.37. It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that ________.A) it is not technical difficulties that prevent the building of nuclear power plants in the U.S.B) there are not enough safety measures in the U.S. for running new nuclear power plantsC) there are already more nuclear power plants than necessary in the U.S.D) the American government will not allow Japanese nuclear reactors to be installed in the U.S.38. Any objection, however trivial it may be, can ________.A) force the power companies to cancel the projectB) delay the construction or operation of a nuclear plantC) cause a serious debate within the Nuclear Regulation CommissionD) take the builders to court39. Governor Mario’s chief intenti on in proposing the settlement was to ________.A) stop the Shoreham plant from going into operationB) help the power company to solve its financial problemsC) urge the power company to further increase its power supplyD) permit the Shoreham plant to operate under certain conditions40. The author’s attitude towards the development of nuclear power is ________.A) negativeB) neutralC) positiveD) questioningPart III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)41. They ________ to enter the building by the back door; however, the front door was locked.A) weren’t supposedB) wouldn’t be supposedC) were supposedD) would be supposed42. ________ human behavior may be caused by eating substances that upset the delicate chemical balance in the brain.A) DeliberateB) ConsistentC) PrimitiveD) Abnormal43. The captured criminals were ________ in chains through the streets.A) exhibitedB) displayedC) paradedD) revealed44. In reading stories we anticipate what is to come ________ on our memory of what has gone before.A) basedB) basingC) to baseD) to be based45. The world’s governments have done ________ nothing to combat the threat of nuclear accidents.A) inherentlyB) vitallyC) virtuallyD) identically46. I guess Jones didn’t have a chance to win the e lection. Almost all of the people in the city voted for his ________.A) candidateB) opponentC) alternativeD) participant47. The background music in an assembly line is designed ________.A) not being listened toB) not to be listened toC) being not listened toD) to be not listened to48. Teaching students of threshold level is hard work but the effort is very ________.A) preciousB) rewardingC) worthD) challenging49. The boy students in this school are nearly ________ as the girl students to say they intend to get a college degree in business.A) as likely twiceB) likely as twiceC) as twice likelyD) twice as likely50. The explorer lost his way so he climbed to the top of the hill to ________ himself.A) spotB) locateC) placeD) situate51. The city has decided to ________ smoking.A) do away withB) take awayC) get away withD) put away52. Perhaps it wouldn’t be ________ to go and see such a film.A) worthy you whileB) worth of whileC) worthy of whileD) worth your while53. The old building is in a good state of ________ except for the wooden floors.A) observationB) preservationC) conservationD) compensation54. While some office jobs would seem ________ to many people, there are quite a few jobs that are stimulating, exciting and satisfying.A) hostileB) tediousC) fantasticD) courageous55. ________ she wondered if she had made a mistake.A) Not until long afterwards thatB) It was not until long afterwards thatC) Not long until afterwardsD) It was long afterwards until56. The people who objected to the new approach were told that since work had already started there was no point in ________.A) denyingB) upsettingC) protestingD) competing57. The ceremony will ________ as soon as the minister arrives.A) completeB) commenceC) disperseD) descend58. So confused ________ that he didn’t know how to starthis lecture.A) since he becameB) would he becomeC) that he becameD) did he become59. Since the couple could not ________ their differences, they decided to get a divorce.A) reconcileB) complyC) coincideD) resign60. After the collision, he examined the considerable ________ to his car.A) ruinB) destructionC) damageD) injury61. Output is now six times ________ it was before 1990.A) thatB) whatC) for whichD) of that62. The heavily populated area was a breeding place for ________ diseases.A) infectiousB) powerfulC) influentialD) suspicious63. It is unfortunate that, owing to lack of money, these experiments must now be ________ before the objective has been achieved.A) transferredB) testifiedC) terminatedD) transformed64. The synthetic vitamins are identical ________ those naturally present in our food.A) forB) ofC) asD) with65. Just as a book is often judged ________ by the quality and appearance of its cover, a person is judged immediately by his appearance.A) previouslyB) uniquelyC) outwardlyD) initially66. Recycling wastes slows down the rate ________ which we use up the Earth’s finite resources.A) InB) ofC) withD) at67. Gasoline is ________ by the spark plugs in the engine.A) ignitedB) inspiredC) excitedD) illuminated68. He ________ another career but, at the time, he didn’t have enough money to attend graduate school.A) might have chosenB) might chooseC) had to chooseD) must have chosen69. Many visitors praised the magnificent architecture of the Palace, ________.A) known to foreigners for the Forbidden CityB) known for foreigners to be the Forbidden CityC) known to foreigners as the Forbidden CityD) know for foreigners as the Forbidden City70. The travelers ________ their journey after a short break.A) recoveredB) resumedC) renewedD) restoredPart IV Error Correction (15 minutes)Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In thispassage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it and put a slash (/) in the blank.Example:Television is rapidly becoming the literature of our periods╱.1. time/times/periodMany of the arguments having╱used for the study of literature as 2. _______\_______a school subject are valid for ∧ study of television. 3.______the______We are all naturally attracted to people with ideas, beliefs and interests like our own. Similarly, we feel comfortable with people with physical qualities similar as ours. (71)You may have noticed about how people who live or work (72) closely together come to behave in a similar way. Unconsciously we copy these we are close to or love or admire. So a sportsman’s (73) individual way of walking with raised shoulders is imitated by an admired (74) fan; a pair of lovers both shake their heads in the same way; an employer finds himself duplicating his boss’s habit of wagging (摆动) (75) a pen between his fingers while thinking.In every case, the influential person may consciously notice the (76) imitation but he will feel comfortably in its presence. And if he does (77) notice the matching of his gestures or movements, he finds it pleasing he is influencing people; they are drawn to them. (78)Sensitive people have been mirroring their friend and acquaintances (79) all their lives, and winning affection and respect in this way without aware of their methods. Now, for people who want to win (80) agreement or trust, affection or sympathy, some psychologists recommend the deliberate use of physical imitation.Part V Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic My view on the Negative Effects of Some Advertisements. You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:1. 现在有些不良的商业广告2. 这些广告的副作用和危害性3. 我对这些广告的态度1995年1月六级参考答案Part I1. C2. B3. C4. D5. A6. D7. D8. B9. C 10. B11. A 12. C 13. A 14. A 15. D16. B 17. B 18. D 19. A 20. CPart II21. D 22. B 23. B 24. C 25. D26. C 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. A31. B 32. D 33. B 34. B 35. C36. D 37. A 38. B 39. A 40. BPart III41. A 42. D 43. C 44. A 45. C46. B 47. C 48. B 49. D 50. B51. A 52. D 53. B 54. B 55. C56. C 57. B 58. D 59. A 60. C61. B 62. A 63. C 64. D 65. C66. D 67. A 68. A 69. C 70. B71. as → to72. about → /73. these → those74. admired → admiring75. employer → employee76. consciously → unconsciously77. comfortably → comfortable78. them → him79. friend → friends80. (without) → (without) being1995年1月六级听力原文Section A1. W: You wanted to see me, Mr. Wright?M: Yes, Miss Gray. You’ll have to start getting to work on time, or your service will no longer be needed here.Q: What happened to Miss Gray?2. M: You know, I’m just not too sure if the new salary will be high enough or even the new position is really what I want. Besides, I like the work that I am doing now.W: It sounds as though you’ve already mad e up your mind about what you are going to do.Q: What is the man thinking about?3. W: I’m looking for textbook for my Psychology course. It’s called “Introduction to Educational Psychology”. Do you have it?M: Yes, we do. You’ll find it in Section 24 on the top shelf. Q: What’s the man’s occupation?4. W: Oh, this is a beautiful city. I’m really glad I’ve brought my camera.M: Yes, there are lots of things to take pictures of here. But I hope you will not plan to spend all your time taking pictures. I have some friends who would like to meet you.Q: What does the man want the woman to do?5. M: Why are you so sure that Anne didn’t commit the crime?W: She couldn’t have committed that crime because I was with her. And we were out of town on that day.Q: Where was the crime most probably committed?6. M: Isn’t it rather cold outside, Sally?W: It is a bit, but I can’t stand the terrible smoke inside. I’d rather stay here if you don’t mind.Q: Why does the woman want to stay outside?7. W: We’ve lived here in Thornton for 5 years now and I think its time to have the house painted.M: You’re right. Mr. Johns, our neighbor, just had his house painted. But we cannot afford to do it only if paint it ourselves. Q: Who is going to paint it ourselves.8. W: I still ca n’t get over the show last Saturday evening. I keep having frightening dreams all night.M: So, next time before you walk into a theatre, make sure。
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2017年大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷及答案解析Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section A1. A) She wants to return the skirt her husband bought.B) She wants to buy another skirt.C) She wants to change the blue skirt for a yellow one.D) She wants to change the yellow skirt for a blue one.2. A) It’s too expensive.B) It isn’t needed.C) It should be built.D) A college would be better.3. A) Jack’s car was stolen.B) Jack sold his car.C) Jack bought a new car.D) Jack had a car accident.4. A) Some people pretend to know what they really don’t.B) What the woman said is true.C) What the woman said is wrong.D) He knows more than the woman does.5. A) The woman’s job is a librarian.B) Women’s rights in society.C) An important election.D) Career planning.6. A) She thinks it is easier said than done.B) She totally agrees with him.C) She feels that what he says is simply nonsense.D) She thinks that he is rather impolite person.7. A) To clean the yard.B) To weed the garden.C) To hire a gardener.D) To work in the flower beds.8. A) On the 6th of June.B) On the 8th of June.C) On the 9th of June.D) On the 19th of June.9. A) The man thinks the woman is wasting her time.B) The man thinks the woman should make full use of her time.C) The man is eager to know the woman’s answer.D) The man can wait and there is no need for her to hurry.10. A) To run into each other.B) To get bargains.C) To avoid the crowds.D) To join the crowds.Section BPassage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) Because of their love for hobbies and pastimes.B) Because of their enthusiasm for sports.C) Because of their fear of heart attacks.D) Because of their strong desire for good health.12. A) It was decreasing.B) It was increasing.C) It remained almost unchanged.D) It was going up slowly.13. A) Those who have heart attacks.B) Those who have the desire to be physically fit.C) Those who have spare time.D) Those who have inactive jobs.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A) In the white pages.B) In the blue pages.C) In the yellow pages.D) In a special section.15. A) On the first page of the telephone book.B) At the end of the telephone book.C) In the front of the white pages.D) Right after the white pages.16. A) Check your number and call again.B) Tell the operator what has happened.C) Ask the operator to put you through.D) Ask the operator what has happened.Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17. A) Its specialization in transporting small packages.B) The low cost of its service.C) Being the first airline to send urgent letters.D) Its modern sorting facilities.18. A) 10,000.B) 35.C) 130.D) 30.19. A) Because of its good airport facilities.B) Because of its location in the country.C) Because of its size.D) Because of its round-the-clock service.20. A) Its full-time staff.B) The postmen who work in Memphis.C) Students who work in their spare time.D) The staff members of the International Airport.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant that they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they talk too much about certain problems and that they have no sense of humour, at least in parent-child relationships.I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young.Young people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste.Sometimes you are resistant, and proud because you do not want your parents to approve of what you do. If they did approve, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are the underdog: you can’t win but at least you can keep your honour. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you were completely under your parents’ control. But it ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself.If you plan to control your life, co-operation can be part of that plan. You can charm others, especially parents, into doing things the ways you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.21. The author is primarily addressing ________.A) parents of teenagersB) newspaper readersC) those who give advice to teenagersD) teenagers22. The first paragraph is mainly about ________.A) the teenagers’ criticism of their parentsB) misunderstandings between teenagers and their parentsC) the dominance of the parents over their childrenD) the teenagers’ ability to deal with crises23. Teenagers tend to have strange clothes and hairstyles because they ________.A) want to show their existence by creating a culture of their ownB) have a strong desire to be leaders in style and tasteC) have no other way to enjoy themselves betterD) want to irritate their parents24. Teenagers do not want their parents to approve of whatever they do because they________.A) have already been accepted into the adult worldB) feel that they are superior in a small way to the adultsC) are not likely to win over the adultsD) have a desire to be independent25. To improve parent-child relationships, teenagers are advised to be ________.A) obedientB) responsibleC) co-operativeD) independentQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.The long years of food shortage in this country have suddenly given way to apparent abundance. Stores and shops are choked with food.Rationing (定量供应) is virtually suspended, and overseas suppliers have been asked to hold back deliveries. Yet, instead of joy, there is widespread uneasiness and confusion. Why do food prices keep on rising, when there seems to be so much more food about? Is the abundance only temporary, or has it come to stay? Does it mean that we need to think less now about producing more food at home? No one knows what to expect.The recent growth of export surpluses on the world food market has certainly been unexpectedly great, partly because a strange sequence of two successful grain harvests. North America is now being followed by a third. Most of Britain’s overseas suppliers of meat, too, are offering more this year and home production has also risen.But the effect of all this on the food situation in this country has been made worse by a simultaneous rise in food prices, due chiefly to the gradual cutting down of government support for food. The shops are overstocked with food not only because there is more food available, but also because people, frightened by high prices, are buying less of it.Moreover, the rise in domestic prices has come at a time when world prices have begun to fall, with the result that imported food, with the exception of grain, is often cheaper than the home-produced variety. And now grain prices, too, are falling. Consumers are beginning to ask why they should not be enabled to benefit from this trend.The significance of these developments is not lost on farmers. The older generation have seen it all happen before. Despite the present price and market guarantees, farmers fear they are about to be squeezed between cheap food imports and a shrinking home market. Present production is running at 51 per cent above pre-war levels, and the government has called for an expansion to 60 per cent by 1956; but repeated Ministerial advice is carrying little weight and the expansion programme is not working very well. 26. Why is there “wide-spread uneasiness and confusion about the food situation inBritain?”A) The abundant food supply is not expected to last.B) Britain is importing less food.C) Despite the abundance, food prices keep rising.D) Britain will cut back on its production of food.27. The main reason for the rise in food prices is that ________.A) people are buying less foodB) the government is providing less financial support for agricultureC) domestic food production has decreasedD) imported food is driving prices higher28. Why didn’t the government’s expansion programme work very well?A) Because the farmers were uncertain about the financial support the governmentguaranteed.B) Because the farmers were uncertain about the benefits of expanding production.C) Because the farmers were uncertain about whether foreign markets could befound for their produce.D) Because the older generation of farmers were strongly against the programmer.29. The decrease in world food price was a result of ________.A) a sharp fall in the purchasing power of the consumersB) a sharp fall in the cost of food productionC) the overproduction of food in the food-importing countriesD) the overproduction on the part of the main food-exporting countries30. What did the future look like for Britain’s food production at the time this articlewas written?A) The fall in world food prices would benefit British food producers.B) An expansion of food production was at hand.C) British food producers would receive more government financial support.D) It looks depressing despite government guarantees.Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.It is hard to predict how science is going to turn out, and if it is really good science it is impossible to predict. If the things to be found are actually new, they are by definition unknown in advance. You cannot make choices in this matter. You either have science or you don’t, and if you have it you are obliged to accept the surprising and disturbing pieces of information, along with the neat and promptly useful bits.The only solid piece of scientific truth about which I feel totally confident is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature. Indeed, I regard this as the major discovery of the past hundred years of biology. It is, in its way, an illumination piece of news. It would have amazed the brightest minds of the 18th century Enlightenment (启蒙运动) to be told by any of us how little we know and how bewildering seems the way ahead. It is this sudden confrontation with the depth and scope of ignorance that represents the most significant contribution of the 20th century science to the human intellect. In earlier times, we either pretended to understand how things worked or ignored the problem, or simply made up stories to fill the gaps. Now that we have begun exploring in earnest, we are getting glimpses of how huge the questions are, and how far from being answered. Because of this, we are depressed. It is not so bad being ignorant if you are totally ignorant; the hard thing is knowing in some detail the reality of ignorance, the worst spots and here and there the not-so-bad spots, but no true light at the end of the tunnel nor even any tunnels that can yet be trusted.But we are making a beginning, and there ought to be some satisfaction. There are probably no questions we can think up that can’t be answered, sooner or later, including even the matter of consciousness. To be sure, there may well be questions we can’t think up, ever, and therefore limits to the reach of human intellect, but that is another matter. Within our limits, we should be able to work our way through to all our answers, if we keep at it long enough, and pay attention.31. According to the author, really good science ________.A) would surprise the brightest minds of the 18th century EnlightenmentB) will produce results which cannot be foreseenC) will help people to make the right choice in advanceD) will bring about disturbing results32. It can be inferred from the passage that scientists of the 18th century ________.A) thought that they knew a great deal and could solve most problems of scienceB) were afraid of facing up to the realities of scientific researchC) knew that they were ignorant and wanted to know more about natureD) did more harm than good in promoting man’s understanding of nature33. Which of the following statements is NOT true of scientists in earlier times?A) They invented false theories to explain things they didn’t understand.B) They falsely claimed to know all about nature.C) They did not believe in results from scientific observation.D) They paid little attention to the problems they didn’t understand.34. What is the author’s attitude towards science?A) He is depressed because of the ignorance of scientists.B) He is doubtful because of the enormous difficulties confronting it.C) He is confident though he is aware of the enormous difficulties confronting it.D) He is delighted because of the illuminating scientific findings.35. The author believes that ________.A) man can find solutions to whatever questions concerning nature he can think upB) man can not solve all the problems he can think up because of the limits ofhuman intellectC) sooner or later man can think up all the questions concerning nature and answerthemD) questions concerning consciousness are outside the scope of scientific researchD Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.Greenspace facilities are contributing to an important extent to the quality of the urban environment. Fortunately it is no longer necessary that every lecture or every book about this subject has to start with the proof of this idea. At present, it is generally accepted, although more as a self-evident statement than on the base of a closely-reasoned scientific proof. The recognition of the importance of greenspaces in the urban environment is a first step on the right way, this does not mean, however, that sufficient details are known about the functions of greenspace in towns and about the way in which the inhabitants are using these spaces. As to this rather complex subject I shall, within the scope of this lecture, enter into one aspect only, namely the recreative function of greenspace facilities.The theoretical separation of living, working, traffic and recreation which for many years has been used in town-and-country planning, has in my opinion resulted in disproportionate attention for forms of recreation far from home, whereas there was relatively little attention for improvement of recreative possibilities in the direct neighbourhood of the home. We have come to the conclusion that this is not right, because an important part of the time which we do not pass in sleeping or working, is used for activities at and around home. So it is obvious that recreation in the open air has to begin at the street-door of the house. The urban environment has to offer as many recreation activities as possible, and the design of these has to be such that more obligatory activities can also have a recreative aspect.The very best standard of living is nothing if it is not possible to take a pleasantwalk in the district, if the children cannot be allowed to play in the streets, because the risks of traffic are too great, if during shopping you can nowhere find a spot for enjoying for a moment the nice weather, in short, if you only feel yourself at home after the street-door of your house is closed after you.36. According to the author, the importance of greenspaces in the urban environment________.A) is still unknownB) is usually neglectedC) is being closely studiedD) has been fully recognized37. The theoretical separation of living, working, traffic and recreation has led to________.A) the disproportion of recreation facilities in the neighbourhoodB) the location of recreation facilities far from homeC) relatively little attention for recreative possibilitiesD) the improvement of recreative possibilities in the neighbourhood38. The author suggests that the recreative possibilities of green space should beprovided ________.A) in special areasB) in the suburbsC) in the neighbourhood of the houseD) in gardens and parks39. According to the author, greenspace facilities should be designed in such a way that________.A) more obligatory activities might take on a recreative aspectB) more and more people might have access to themC) an increasing number of recreative activities might be developedD) recreative activities might be brought into our homes40. The main idea of this passage is that ________.A) better use of greenspace facilities should be made so as to improve the quality ofour lifeB) attention must be directed to the improvement of recreative possibilitiesC) the urban environment is providing more recreation activities than it did manyyears agoD) priority must be given to the development of obligatory activitiesPart III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)41. Tom ________ better than to ask Dick for help.A) shall knowB) shouldn’t knowC) has knownD) should have known42. The magician picked several persons ________ from the audience and asked themto help him with the performance.A) by accidentB) at randomC) on occasionD) on average43. Water enters into a great variety of chemical reactions, ________ have beenmentioned in previous pages.A) a few of itB) a few of thatC) a few of themD) a few of which44. They’ll have you ________ if you don’t pay your taxes.A) to be arrestedB) arrestC) arrestedD) being arrested45. There was a knock at the door. It was the second time someone ________ me thatevening.A) had interruptedB) would have interruptedC) to have interruptedD) to interrupted46. Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of ________standards.A) equivalentB) alikeC) uniformD) likely47. ________ for your help, we’d never have been able to get over the difficulties.A) Had it notB) If it were notC) Had it not beenD) If we had not been48. Some people either ________ avoid questions of right and wrong or remain neutralabout them.A) violentlyB) enthusiasticallyC) sincerely yoursD) deliberately49. There is no easy solution to Japan’s labour ________.A) declineB) vacancyC) rarityD) shortage50. I’m sure your suggestion will ________ the problem.A) contribute to solvingB) contribute to solveC) be contributed to solveD) be contributed to solving51. I left for the office earlier than usual this morning ________ traffic jam.A) in line withB) for the sake ofC) in case ofD) at the risk of52. Some areas, ________ their severe weather conditions, are hardly populated.A) due toC) but forD) with regard to53. The new washing machines are ________ at the rate of fifty a day.A) turned upB) turned downC) turned outD) turned in54. On turning the corner, we saw the road ________ steeply.A) departingB) descendingC) decreasingD) depressing55. The managing director took the ________ for the accident, although it was notreally his fault.A) guiltB) blameC) chargeD) accusation56. Once they had fame, fortune, secure futures; ________ is utter poverty.A) now that all is leftB) now all that is leftC) now all which is leftD) now all what is left57. The shop-assistant was straight with his customers. If an article was of ________quality he’d tell them so.A) humbleB) inferiorC) minorD) awkward58. His tastes and habits ________ with those of his wife.A) combineC) coincideD) compromise59. The branches could hardly ________ the weight of the fruit.A) retainB) sustainC) maintainD) remain60. With all its advantages, the computer is by no means without its ________.A) boundariesB) restraintsC) confinementsD) limitations61. Visitors are asked to ________ with the regulations.A) contrastB) consultC) complyD) conflict62. He ________ so much work that he couldn’t really do it efficiently.A) put onB) turned onC) brought onD) took on63. ________ should any money be given to a small child.A) On no accountB) From all accountsC) Of no accountD) By all accounts64. Without facts, we cannot form a worthwhile opinion for we need to have factualknowledge ________ our thinking.A) which to be based onB) which to base uponC) upon which to baseD) to which to be based65. ________ that they may eventually reduce the amount of labor needed onconstruction sites by 90 percent.A) so clever are the construction robotsB) so clever the construction robots areC) such construction robots are cleverD) such clever construction robots are66. All flights ________ because of the storm, they decided to take the train.A) having canceledB) having been canceledC) were canceledD) have been canceled67. The microscope can ________ the object 100 times in diameter.A) magnifyB) increaseC) developD) multiply68. Language belongs to each one of us, to the flower-seller ________ to the professor.A) as much asB) as far asC) the same asD) as long as69. We ________ Edison’s success to his intelligence and hard work.A) subjectB) attributeC) oweD) refer70. She once again went through her composition carefully to ________ all spellingmistakes from it.A) withdrawB) diminishC) abandonD) eliminatePart IV Error Correction (15 minutes)Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word,add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the correctionsin the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write thecorrect word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put aninsertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in theblank. If you delete a word, cross it and put a slash (/) in the blank. Example:Part V Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition write a composition based on the graph below.Outline:1. Rise and fall of the rate of car accident as indicated by the graph;2. Possible reason(s) for the decline of car accidents in the city;3. Your predictions of what will happen this year.加一个图表Your composition should be no less than 120 words and you should quote as few figures as possible.2017年六级参考答案Part I72. because → although73. nineteen → nineteenth74. that → what75. aroused → arose76. like → as/being77. complicated → simple78. (consist) → (consist) of79. that → which80. not → /作文范文：The graph shows the changing rate of car accidents in Walton city in 1990. The first two months of 1990 showed an increasing trend. The rate rose to 32 in March but fell to 26 in June. From June on the rate was rising again and reached the peak point 39 in August. After August the rate began to decline, and eventually dropped to the lowest point 16 at the end of the year.The highest rate in August was due to unfavorable weather conditions. Humidity and high temperature make drivers impatient, which easily leads to car accidents. The high rate in the first half of 1990 was also caused by the bad weather condition. In Walton City the excessive rain comes at early spring. The rain made road slippery, which often resulted in car accidents.This year the pattern is expected to change. The city government has raised fund to improve the road condition. Two new roads will be finished at the beginning of this year and are expected to open to traffic soon. Furthermore, the new road regulation provides that in summer every car must be air-conditioned. With all these precautions, I’m sure that the rate of car accidents will be much lower this year.。
大学生英语六级真题及解析
[解析] 四个选项中出现了problems，error，Misplacing，都是关于错误方面的词汇， order和goods与订货有关，故推测本题考查的内容与订货出问题有关。
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[解析] 四个选项中提到了social welfare和poor people，推测本题可能涉及社会人群和 福利方面的话题，而从sympathetic和agrees又可以推测本题将会是一道考查观点态度的题 目，进而我们得出结论：该题很有可能是第一说话人提出了一个关于社会福利方丽的话题，第 二说话人就此表达自己的观点。
B. Mary will not be able to keep a dog in the building. C. Mary is not, happy with the ban on pet animals. D. Mary might as well send her dog to her relative. 答案:B [听力原文] W: Mary is going to get a little dog from one of her relatives. M: Really? But I hear her apartment building is about to place a ban on pet animals.
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