2014年6月大学英语六级真题及答案完整版

2014年6月大学英语六级真题及答案完整版PartI Writing ( 30minutes)Directions: For this part, you areallowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to put allyour eggs in one basket. You can give examples to illustrate your point .Youshould write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Directions: For this part, you areallowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise a person bytheir appearance. You can give examples to illustrate your point .You shouldwrite at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Directions: For this part, you areallowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to jump toconclusions upon seeing or hearing something. You can give examples toillustrate your point .You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200words.Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,youwill hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.At the end of eachconversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said.Both theconversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After each questionthere will be a pause.During the pause,you must read the four choices markedA),B),C)and D),and decide which is the best answer.Then mark the correspondingletter on Answer Sheet1 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

1.A)They might be stolen goodsB)They might be fake productsC)They might be faulty productsD)They might be smuggled good2.A)They are civil servantsB)They are job applicantsC)They are news reportersD)They are public speakers3.A)The man has decided to quithis computer classB)The woman wants to get a degreein administrationC)A computer degree is a must foradministrative workD)The man went to change the timeof his computer class4.A)A lot of contestantsparticipated in the showB)The fifth contestant won thebiggest prizeC)It was not as exciting as he hadexpectedD)It was sponsored by a carmanufacturer5.A)Reading a newspaper columnB)Looking at a railway timetableC)Driving form New York to BostonD)Waiting for someone at theairport6.A)He wears a coat bought in themallB)He got a new job at thebarbershopC)He had a finger hurt last nightD)He had his hair cut yesterday7.A)He cannot appreciate thePicasso exhibitionB)Even his nephew can draw as wellas PicassoC)He is not quite impressed withmodern paintingsD)Some drawings by kindergartenkids are excellent8.A)He should not put the cart before the horseB)His conduct does not square withhis wordsC)His attitude to studentgovernment has changedD)He has long been involved in student governmentQuestions 9 to 11 are based on theconversation you have just heard9.A)She left her own car inManchesterB)Something went wrong with hercarC)She wants to go traveling on theweekendD)Her car won,t be back in aweek,s time10.A)SafetyB)SizeC)ComfortD)Cost11.A)Third-party insuranceB)Value-added taxC)PetrolD)CDWQuestions 12 to 15 are based onthe conversation you have just heard12.A)How to update the basicfacilitiesB)What to do to enhance theirpositionC)Where to locate their plantD)How to attract investments13.A)Their road link to other European countries is fastB)They are all located in thesouth of FranceC)They are very close to eachotherD)Their basic facilities are good14.A)Try to avoid making a hastydecisionB)Take advantage of the train linksC)Talk with the local authoritiesD)Conduct field surveys first15.A)Future product distributionB)Local employment policiesC)Road and rail links for smalltownsD)Skilled workforce in the hillyregionSection BDirections:In this section,youwill hear 3 short passages..At the end of each passage, you will hear somequestions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After youhear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices markedA),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with asingle line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

Passage oneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on thepassage you have just haard.16.A)One fifth of them were on badterms with their sisters and broithers.B)About one eighth of themadmitted to lingering bitter feelings.C)More than half of them wereinvolved in inheritance disputes.D)Most of them had broken withtheir sisters and brothers.17.A)Less concern with moneymatters.B)More experience in worldlyaffairs.C)Advance in age.D)Freedom from work.18.A)They have little time left torenew contact with their brothers and sisters.B)They tend to forget past unhappymemories and focus on their present needs .C)They are more tolerant of oneanother.D)They find close relatives morereliable.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 22 are based onthe passage you have just heard.19.A)They have bright colors andintricate patterns.B)They can only survive in partsof the Americas.D)They have strong wings capableof flying long distances.20.A)In a Michigan mountainforest.B)In a Louisiana mountain forest.C)In a Kentucky mountain forest.D)In aMexican mountain forest.21.A)Each flock of butterflieslays eggs in the same states.B)They start to lay eggs when theyare nine months old.C)Each generation in a cycle layseggs at a different place.D)Only the strongest can reachtheir destination to lay eggs.22.A)Evolution of monarchbutterflies.B)Living habits of monarchbutterflies.C)Migration patterns of monarchbutterflies.D)Environmental impacts on monarch butterfly life.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based onthe passage you habe just heard.23.A)Time has become more limitedB)Time has become more preciousC)Time is moneyD)Time is relative24.A)Americams now attach moreimportance to the effective use of time.B)Americans today have more freetime than earlier generationsC)The number of hours Americanswork has increased steadilyD)More and more Americans feel pressed for time nowadays25.A)Our interpersonalrelationships improveB)Our work efficiency increasesgreatly.C)Our living habits are alteredD)Our behavior is changedSection CDirections:In this section,youwill hear a passage three times.when the passage isRead for the first time,youshould listen carefully for its general idea.when the passage is read for the secondtime.you are required to fill the blanks with the exact words you have justheard ,Finally,when the passage is read for the third time,youshould checkwhat you have written.The first copyright law in the United States was passed by Congressin1790. .In1976 Congress enacted the latest copyright law, __(26) __ thetechnological developments that had occurredsince the passage of the Copyright Act of 1909. For example,in 1909,anyone whowanted to make a single copy of a __(27) __ workfor personal use had to do so by hand.The very process__(28) __ a limitation on the quantity of materials copied. Today, aphotocopier can do the work in seconds; the limitation has diasppeared. The 1909 law did not provide fullprotection for films and suond recording,nordid it__(29) __ the need to protect radio and television. As a result,__(30) __of the law and abuese of the intent of the law have lessened the__(31)__ rewards of authors,artises,and producers.The1976 Copyright Act has not prevented these abuses fully, but it has clarifiedthe legal rights of the injured parties and given them an__(32) __for remedy.since 1976 the Act has been__(33)__ to inclued computer sofrware,and guiedlines have been adpoted for fair use of television broadcases.These changes havecleared up much of the confusion and conflictthat followed__(34) __ the 1976 legislation.The fine points of the law are decided by the courts and by acceptablecommon practice over time.As these decisions and agreements are made,we modifyour behavior accordingly. For now,we need to__(35) __ the law and itsguidelines as accurately as we can and to act in a fair manner.Part III Rdading Comprehension (40minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, thereis a passage with ten blanks,You are required to select One word for each blankfrom a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through carefully before making yourchoices. Each choice in the bamk is identified by a letter.Please mark thecorresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre You may not useany of the words in the bank more than once.For investors who desire low riskand guaranteed income,U.S. Government bonds are a secure investment becausethese bonds have the financial backing and full faith and credit of the federalgovernment.Municipal bonds,also secure,are offered by local governmengts andoften have____36______such as tax-free interest.Some may even be____37______.Corportate bonds are a bit more risky.Two questionsoften_____38_____first-time corportate bond investors.The firstis”If I purchase a corportate bond,do I have to hold it until thematueity date?”The answer is no.Bonds are bought and sold daily on____39_____securities exchanges.However,if your bond does not have____40_____that make it attractive to other investors, you may be forced to sell your bondat a____41____i.e., a price less than the bond’s face value. But if your bond is highly valued by otherinvestors, you may be able to sell it at a premium, i.e., a price above itsface value. Bond prices gcncrally____42____ inversely (相反地)with current market interest rates. Asinterest rates go up, bond pnccs tall, and vice versa (反之亦然).Thus, like all investments，bonds have adegree of risk.The second question is “How can I ___43_______ the investment risk of a particular bondissue?” Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors Service rate the level of risk of many corporateand government bonds. And ____44______, the higher the market risk of a bond，the higher the interest rate. Investors willinvest in a bond considered risky only if the _____45_____return is highenough.注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

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2014年6月大学英语6级真题（三套全）2014年6月大学英语六级真题(第一套) PartI Writing ( 30minutes)Directions: For this part, you areallowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to put allyour eggs in one basket. You can give examples to illustrate your point .Youshould write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Directions: For this part, you areallowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise a person bytheir appearance. You can give examples to illustrate your point .You shouldwrite at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Directions: For this part, you areallowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to jump toconclusions upon seeing or hearing something. You can give examples toillustrate your point .You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200words.Part Ⅱ List ening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,youwill hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.At the end of eachconversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said.Both theconversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After each questionthere will be a pause.During the pause,you must read the four choices markedA),B),C)and D),and decide which is the best answer.Then mark the correspondingletter on Answer Sheet1 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

2014年6月英语六级真题及答案详解

Passage One Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.Texting has long been bemoaned (哀叹）as the downfall of the written word,””penmanship for illiter,”as one critic called it. To which the proper response is LOL.Texting properly isn′t writing at all. It′s a “spoken” language that is getting richer and more complex by the year.First,some historical perspective. Writing was only invented 5,500 years ago. whereas Ianguage probably traces back at least 80.000 years. Thus talking came first; writing is just a craft that came along later. As such, the first writing was based on the way people talk，with short sentences.However, while talking is largely subconscious and rapid, writing is deliberate and slow, Over time,writers took advantage of this and started cratting long-winded sentences such as this one:The whole engagement lasted above 12 hours, till the gradual retreat of the Per trsians was changed into a disorderly flight, of which the shameful example was given by the principal le aders and……”No one talks like that casually — or should. But it is natural to desire to do so for special occasions. In the old days, we didn’t much write like talking because there was no mechanism to reproduce the speed of conversation. But texting and instant messaging do —and a revolution has begun. It involves the crude mechanics of writing, but in its economy, spontaneity and even vulgaritv. texting is actually a new kind of talking, with its own kind of grammar and conventions.Take LOL. It doe sn’t actually mean “laughing out loud” in a literal sense anymore. LOL has evolved into something much subtler and sophisticated and is used even when nothing is remotely amusing. Jocelyn texts “Where have you been?” and Annabelle texts back ，LOL at the li brary studying for two hours.” LOL signals basic empath)’（同感)between tcxters. easing tension and creating a sense of equality. Instead of having a literal meaning, it docs something - conveying an attitude — just like the -cd ending conveys past tense rather than “meaning.，anything. LOL. of all things, is grammar.Of course no one thinks about that consciously. But then most of communication operates without being noticed. Over time, the meaning ofa word or an expression drifts meat used to mean any kind of food, silly used to mean, believe it or not，blessed.Civilization, then，is fine 一 people banging away on their smartphones are fluently using a code separate from the one they use in actual writing, and there is no evidence that texting is ruining composition skills. Worldwide people speak differently from the w ay they write, and texting -quick, casual and only intended to be read once —is actually a way of talking with your fingers.56. What do critics say about texting?A) It is mainly confined to youngstersB) It competes with traditional writing.C) It will ruin the wnttcn language.D) It is often hard to understand.57. In what way does the author say writing is different from talking?A) It is crafted with specific skills.C) It does not have as long a history.B) It expresses ideas more accuratcly.D) It is not as easy to comprehend.58. Why is LOL much used in tcxting?A) It brings textcrs closer to each other.B) It shows the tcxtcr's sophistication.C) It is a trendy way to communicateD) It adds to the humor of the text59. Examples like meat and silly are cited to showA) the difTerencc between writing and talkingB) how difTercntly words are used in tcxtingC) why people use the words the way they doD) the gradual change of word meaning60.what does the author think of texting?A)It facilitates exchange of ideas among people.B)It is a new form of verbal communication.C)It deteriorates pelple's composition skills.D)It hastens the decline of the written word.Passage Two Questions 61to 65are based on the following passage.it's possible to admire oprah winfrey and still wish Harvard hadn't awarded her an honorary doctor of law degree and the commencement(毕业典礼)speaker spot at yesterday's graduation.There's no question Oprah's achievements place her in the temple of American success stories. Talent,charm,and an exceptional work ethic have rarely hurled anyone of world's most successful entertainment icons and the firstAfrican-American female billionaire.Honorary degrees are often conferred on non-academic leaders in the arts,business,and politics.Harvard's list in recent years has included Kofi fi Annan,Bill Gates,Meryl Streep,and David Souter.But Oprah's list in recent years has included Kofi Annan,Bill Gates,Mery1 Streep,and david souter.But Oprah's particular brand of celebrity is not a good fit for the values of a university whose motto（座右铭）,Veritas,meanstruth.Oprah's passionate advocacy extends,unfortunately,to a hearty embrace of fake science.Most notoriously,Oprah's validation of jenny McCarthy's claim that vaccines cause autism(自闭症)has no doubt contributed to much harm through the foolish avoidance of vaccines.Famous people arc entitled to a few failings, like the rest of us. and the choice of commencement speakers often reflects a balance of insututional pnonties and aspirations. Judging from our conversations with many students. Oprah was a widely popular choice.But this vote of confidence in Oprah sends a troubling message at precisely the time when American univereities need to do more to advance the cause of reason. As former Dean of Harvard College. Harry Lewis, noted in a blog post about his objections. “It seems vcrv odd for Harvard to honor such a high profile popularizer of the irrational…… at a time when political and religious nonsense so jeopardize the rule of reason in this allegedly enlightened democr acy and around the world.”As America′s oldest and most visible university. Harvard has a spccial opportunity to convey its respcct for science not only through its research and teaching programs but also in its public affirmation of evidence-based inquiry.Unfortunately，many American universities seem awfully busy protecting their brand name and not nearly busy enough protecting the pursuit of knowledge. A recent article in The Harvard Crimson noted the shocking growth of Harvard′s public relations arm in the last five yearsand it questioned whether a focus on risk management and avoiding controversywas really the best outward-looking face of this great institution.As American research universities begin to resemble profit centers and entertainment complexes, it’s easy to lose sight of their primary mission; to produce and spread knowledge.This mission depends on traditions of rational discourse and vigorous defense of the scientific method.Oprah Winfrey’s honoray doctorate was a step in the wrong direction.61.what do we learn about Oprah Winfrey from the passage?A)She was a distinguished graduate of H arvard School of LaW.B)She worked her way to success in the entertainment industry.C)She used to abuse her children when she was a young mother.D)She achieved her fame through persistent advocacy of fake science.62.Why does the author deem it inappropriate for Harvard to confer an honorary degree on Oprah winfrey?A) She did not specialize in the study of law.B)She was known as a supporter of fake science.C)She was an icon of the entertainment industryD)She had not distinguished herself academically.63.How did Harry Lewis react to Harvard’s decision in his blong post ?A)He was strongly against it.B)He considered it unpopular.C)He thought it w ould help enhance Harvard’s reputation.D)He thought it represented the will of the Harvard community.64.What is the author’s regret about many American universities?A)They show inadequate respect for evidence-based inquiryB)They fall short of expectations in teaching and researchC)They attach too much importance to public relationsD)They are tolerant of political and religious nonsense65.What does the author think a prestigious university like H arvard should focus on?A)Cultivation of student creativityB)Liberation of the human mindC)Liberation of the human mindD)Pursuit of knowledge and truth。

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大学英语六级真题2014年6月-（2）大学英语六级真题2014年6月-(2)Part Ⅰ Writing1、Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to judge a person by their appearance. You can give examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Part Ⅱ Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices markedA.,B.,C. andD., and decide which is the best answer.2、A. College tuition has become a heavy burden for the students.B. College students are in general politically active nowadays.C. He took part in many protests when he was at college.D. He is doubtful about the effect of the students' action.3、 A. The class has kept the party a secret from Jay.B. Jay is organizing a party for the retiring dean.C. Jay is surprised to learn of the party for him.D. The dean will come to Jay's birthday party.4、 A. He found his wallet in his briefcase.B. He went to the lost-and-found office.C. He told the woman to go and pick up his car.D. He left his things with his car in the garage.5、 A. The show he directed turned out to be a success.B. He watches only those comedies by famous directors.C. TV comedies have not improved much since the 1960s.D. New comedies are exciting, just like those in the 1960s.6、 A. The man should stop boiling the vegetables.B. The man should try out some new recipes.C. Overcooked vegetables are often tasteless.D. All vegetables should be cooked fresh.7、 A. Help them tidy up the house.B. Sort out their tax returns.C. Help them to decode a message.D. Figure out a way to avoid taxes.8、 A. The woman remains a total mystery to him.B. The woman is still trying to finish her work.C. He has devoted a whole month to his research.D. He didn't expect to complete his work so soon.9、 A. He has failed to register for the course.B. He would like to major in psychology too.C. There should be more time for registration.D. Developmental psychology is newly offered.10、 A. The brilliant product design.B. The unique craftsmanship.C. The new color combinations.D. The texture of the fabrics.11、 A. Fancy products.B. Local handicrafts.C. Traditional Thai silks.D. Unique tourist attractions.12、 A. It will start tomorrow.B. It will last only one day.C. It will be out into the countryside.D. It will be on the following weekend.13、 A. A year of practical training.B. A happy childhood.C. A pleasant neighbourhood.D. A good secondary education.14、 A. He is good at carpentry.B. He is academically gifted.C. He should be sent to a private school.D. He ought to get good vocational training.15、 A. Donwell School.B. Carlton Abbey.C. Enderby High.D. Enderby Comprehensive.16、 A. Find out more about the five schools.B. Send their children to a better private school.C. Talk with their children about their decision.D. Put Keith in a good boarding school.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices markedA.,B.,C. andD.. Passage One17、 A. It will be well ventilated.B. It will be brightly lit.C. It will provide easy access to the disabled.D. It will have a large space for storage.18、 A. Opposite to the library.B. On the same floor as the labs.C. On the first floor.D. On the ground floor.19、 A. To make the building appear traditional.B. To cut the construction cost to the minimum.C. To match the style of construction on the site.D. To embody the subcommittee's design concepts.Passage Two20、 A. Sell financial software.B. Write financial software.C. Conduct research on financial software.D. Train clients to use financial software.21、 A. Rewarding.B. Unsuccessful.C. Tedious.D. Important.22、 A. He provided individual support.B. He held group discussions.C. He gave the trainees lecture notes.D. He offered online tutorials.23、 A. Nobody is able to solve all the problems in a couple of weeks.B. The fault might lie in his style of presenting the information.C. The trainees' problems had to be dealt with one by one.D. The employees were a bit slow to follow his instruction. Passage Three24、 A. Their teachers meet them only in class.B. Their parents tend to overprotect them.C. They have little close contact with adults.D. They rarely read any books about adults.25、 A. Writers and lawyers are brought in to talk to students.B. Real-life cases are simulated for students to learn law.C. More Teacher and Writer Collaboratives are being set up.D. Opportunities are created for children to become writers.26、 A. Children like to form partnerships with each other.B. Children are often the best teachers of other children.C. Paired Learning cultivates the spirit of cooperation.D. Sixth-graders can teach first-graders as well as teachers. Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. T ests may be the most unpopular part of academic life. Students hate them because they produce fear and 27 about being evaluated, and a focus on grades instead of learning for learning's sake.But tests are also valuable. A well-constructed test 28 what you know and what you still need to learn. Tests help you see how yourperformance 29 that of others. And knowing that you'll be testedon 30 material is certainly likely to 31 you to learn the material more thoroughly.However, there's another reason you might dislike tests: You may assume that tests have the power to 32 your worth as a person. If you do badly on a test, you may be tempted to believe that you've receivedsome 33 information about yourself from the professor,information that says you're a failure in some significant way.This is a dangerous—and wrong-headed—assumption. If you do badly on a test, it doesn't mean you're a bad person or stupid. Or that you'll never do better again, and that your life is 34 If you don't do well on a test, you're the same person you were before you took the test—no better, no worse. You just did badly on a test. That's it.35 tests are not a measure of your value as an individual—they area measure only of how well and how much you studied. Tests are tools; they are indirect and 36 measures of what we know.Part Ⅲ Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Fear can be an effective way to change behavior. One study compared the effects of high-fear and low-fear appeals on changes in attitudes and behaviors related to dental hygiene(卫生). One group of subjects was shown awful pictures of 37 teeth and diseased gums; another group was shown less frightening materials such as plastic teeth, charts, and graphs. Subjects who saw the frightening materials reported more anxiety and a greater 38 to change the way they took care of their teeth than the low-fear group did.But were these reactions actually 39 into better dental hygiene practices? To answer this important question, subjects were called back to the laboratory on two 40 (five days and six weeks after the experiment). They chewed disclosing wafers(牙疾诊断片) that give a red stain to any uncleaned areas of the teeth and thus provided a direct 41 of how well they were really taking care of their teeth. The result showed that the high-fear appeal did actually result in greater and more 42 changes in dental hygiene. That is, the subjects 43 to high-fear warnings brushed their teeth more 44 than did those who saw low-fear warnings.However, to be an effective persuasive device it is very important that the message not be too frightening and that people be given 45 guidelines to help them to reduce the cause of the fear. If this isn't done, they may reduce their anxiety by denying the message or the 46 of the communicator. If that happens, it is unlikely that either attitude or behavior change will occur.A. accustomedB. carefullyC. cautiouslyD. concreteE. credibilityF. decayedG. desireH. dimensionsI. eligibleJ. exposedK. indicationL. occasionsM. permanentN. sensitivityO. translatedSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passagewith ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter.The Street-Level SolutionA. When I was growing up, one of my father's favorite sayings (borrowed from the humorist Will Rogers) was: "It isn't what we don't know that causes the trouble; it's what we think we know that just ain't so." One of the main insights to be taken from the 100,000 Homes Campaign and its strategy to end chronic homelessness is that, until recently, our society thought it understood the nature of homelessness, but it didn't.B. That led to a series of mistaken assumptions about why people become homeless and what they need. Many of the errors in our homelessness policies have stemmed from the conception that the homeless are a homogeneous group. It's only in the past 15 years that organizations like Common Ground, and others, have taken a street-level view of the problem—distinguishing the "episodically homeless" from the "chronically homeless" in order to understand their needs at an individual level. This is why we can now envisage a different approach—and get better results.C. Most readers expressed supports for the effort, although a number were skeptical, and a few utterly dismissive, about the chances of long-term homeless people adapting well to housing. This is to be expected; it's hard to imagine what we haven't yet seen. As Niccol6 Machiavelli wrote in The Prince, one of the major obstacles in any effort to advance systemic change is the "incredulity of men," which is to say that people "do not readily believe in new things until they have had a long experience ofthem." Most of us have witnessed homeless people on the streets for decades. Few have seen formerly homeless people after they have been housed successfully. We don't have reference points for that story. So we generalize from what we know—or think we know.D. But that can be misleading, even to experts. When I asked Rosanne Haggerty, founder of Common Ground, which currently operates 2,310 units of supportive housing (with 552 more under construction), what had been her biggest surprise in this work, she replied: "Fifteen years ago, I would not have believed that people who had been so broken and stuck in homelessness could thrive to the degree that they do in our buildings." And Becky Kanis, the campaign's director, commented: "There is this sense in our minds that someone who's on the streets is almost in their DNA different from someone who has a house. The campaign is creating a first-hand experience for many people that that is really not the case."E. One of the startling realizations that I had while researching this column is that anybody could become like a homeless person—all it takes is a traumatic(创伤的) brain injury.A bicycle fall, a car accident, a slip onthe ice, or if you're a soldier, a head wound—and your life could become unrecognizable. James O'Connell, a doctor who has been treating the most vulnerable homeless people on the streets of Boston for 25 years, estimates that 40 percent of the long-term homeless people he's met had such a brain injury. "For many it was a head injury prior to the time they became homeless," he said. "They became unpredictable. They'd have mood swings, fits of explosive behavior. They couldn't hold onto their jobs. Drinking made them feel better. They'd end up on thestreets."F. Once homeless people return to housing, they're in a much better position to rebuild their lives. But it's important to note that housing alone is not enough. As with many complex social problems, when you get through the initial crisis, you have another problem to solve which is no less challenging. But it is a better problem.G. Over the past decade, O'Connell has seen this happen. "I spend half my time on the streets or in the hospital and the other half making house calls to people who lived for years on the streets," he said. "So from a doctor's point of view it's a delightful switch, but it's not as if putting someone in housing is the answer to addressing all of their problems. It's the first step."[H] Once in housing, formerly homeless people can become isolated and lonely. If they've lived on the streets for years, they may have acquired a certain standing as well as a sense of pride in their survival skills. Now indoors, those aspects of their identity may be stripped away. Many also experience a profound disorientation at the outset. "If you're homeless for more than six months, you kind of lose your bearings," says Haggerty. "Existence becomes not about overcoming homelessness but about finding food, begging, looking for a job to survive another day. The whole process of how you define stability gets reordered."[I] Many need regular, if not continuous, support with mental health problems, addictions and illnesses—and, equally important, assistance in the day-to-day challenges of life, reacquainting with family, building relationships with neighbors, finding enjoyable activities or work, managing finances, and learning how to eat healthy food.[J] For some people, the best solution is to live in a communal(集体) residence, with special services. This isn't available everywhere, however. In Boston, for example, homeless people tend to be scattered in apartments throughout the city.[K] Common Ground's large residences in New York offer insight into the possibilities for change when homeless people have a rich array of supports. In addition to more traditional social services, residents also make use of communal gardens, classes in things like cooking, yoga, theatre and photography, and job placement. Last year, 188 formerly homeless tenants in four of Common Ground's residences, found jobs.[L] Because the properties have many services and are well-managed, Haggerty has found post-housing problems to be surprisingly rare. In the past 10 years, there have been only a handful of incidents of quarrels between tenants. There is very little graffiti(涂鸦) or vandalism(破坏). And the turnover is almost negligible. In the Prince George Hotel in New York, which is home to 208 formerly homeless people and 208 low-income tenants, the average length of tenancy is close to seven years. (All residents pay 30 percent of their income for rent; for the formerly homeless, this comes out of their government benefits.) When people move on, it is usually because they've found a preferable apartment.[M] "Tenants also want to participate in shaping the public areas of the buildings," said Haggerty. "They formed a gardening committee. They want a terrace on the roof. Those are things I didn't count on." The most commontenant demand? "People always want more storage space—but that's true of every New Yorker," she adds. "In many ways, we're a lot like a normal apartment building. Our tenants look likeanyone else."[N] As I mentioned, homelessness is a catch-all for a variety of problems.A number of readers asked whether the campaign will address family homelessness, which has different causes and requires a different solution. I've been following some of the promising ideas emerging to address and prevent family homelessness. Later in 2011, I'll explore these ideas in a column. For now, I'll conclude with an update on the 100,000 Homes Campaign. Since Tuesday, New Orleans and a few other communities have reported new results. The current count of people housed is 7,043.47、 Tenants in Common Ground's residences all want more room for storage.48、Homes Campaign provides first-hand proof that the homeless are not what they were once believed to be.49、Common Ground's residences are well-managed and by and large peaceful.50、 Housing the homeless is only the first step to solving all their problems.51、 A large percent of the chronically homeless have suffered from brain injury.52、After being housed many homeless people become confused at first as to how to deal with life off the street.53、 Some people think the best way to help the homeless is to provide them with communal housing.54、The homeless with health problems should be given regular support in their daily lives.55、 Until recently American society has failed to see what homelessness is all about.56、Many formerly homeless tenants in New York's Common Ground's residences got hired.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices markedA.,B.,C. andD..Passage OneTechnology can make us smarter or stupider, and we need to develop a set of principles to guide our everyday behaviour and make sure that tech is improving and not hindering our mental processes. One of the big questions being debated today is: What kind of information do we need to have stored in our heads, and what kind can we leave "in the cloud," to be accessed as necessary?An increasing powerful group within education are championing "digital literacy". In their view, skills beat knowledge, developing "digital literacy" is more important than learning mere content, and all facts are now Google-able and therefore unworthy of committing to memory. But even the most sophisticated digital literacy skills won't help students and workers navigate the world if they don't have a broad base of knowledge about how the world actually operates. If you focus on the delivery mechanism and not the content, you are doing kids a disservice.Indeed, evidence from cognitive science challenges the notion that skills can exist independent of factual knowledge. Data from the last thirty years leads to a conclusion that is not scientifically challengeable: thinking wellrequires knowing facts, and that's true not only because you need something to think about. The very processes that teacherscare about most—critical thinking processes—are intimately intertwined(交织) with factual knowledge that is stored in long-term memory.In other words, just because you can Google the date of Black Tuesday doesn't mean you understand why the Great Depression happened or how it compares to our recent economic slump. There is no doubt that the students of today, and the workers of tomorrow, will need to innovate, collaborate and evaluate. But such skills can't be separated from the knowledge that gives rise to them. To innovate, you have to know what came before. To collaborate, you have to contribute knowledge to the joint venture. And to evaluate, you have to compare new information against knowledge you've already mastered. So here is a principle for thinking in a digital world, in two parts. First, acquire a base of factual knowledge in any domain in which you want to perform well. This base supplies the essential foundation for building skills, and it can't be outsourced(外包) to a search engine.Second, take advantage of computers' invariable memory, but also the brain's elaborative memory. Computers are great when you want to store information that shouldn't change. But brains are the superior choice when you want information to change, in interesting and useful ways: to connect up with other facts and ideas, to acquire successive layers of meaning, to steep for a while in your accumulated knowledge and experience and so producea richer mental brew.57、What is the author's concern about the use of technology?A. It may leave knowledge "in the cloud".B. It may misguide our everyday behaviour.C. It may cause a divide in the circles of education.D. It may hinder the development of thinking skills.58、What is the view of educators who advocate digital literacy?A. It helps kids to navigate the virtual world at will.B. It helps kids to broaden their scope of knowledge.C. It increases kids' efficiency of acquiring knowledge.D. It liberates kids from the burden of memorizing facts.59、 What does the evidence from cognitive science show?A. Knowledge is better kept in long-term memory.B. Critical thinking is based on factual knowledge.C. Study skills are essential to knowledge acquisition.D. Critical thinking means challenging existing facts.60、 What does the author think is key to making evaluations?A. Gathering enough evidence before drawing conclusions.B. Mastering the basic rules and principles for evaluation.C. Connecting new information with one's accumulated knowledge.D. Understanding both what has happened and why it has happened.61、 What is the author's purpose in writing the passage?A. To warn against learning through memorizing facts.B. To promote educational reform in the information age.C. To explain human brains' function in storing information.D. To challenge the prevailing overemphasis on digital literacy. Passage TwoAmerica's recent history has been a persistent tilt to the West—of people, ideas, commerce and even political power. California and Texas are the twin poles of the West, but very different ones. For most of the 20th century the home of SiliconValley and Hollywood has been the brainier and trendier of the two. Texas has trailed behind: its stereotype has been a conservative Christian in cowboy boots. But twins can change places. Is it happening now? It is easy to find evidence that California is in a panic. At the start of this month the once golden state started paying creditors in IOUs(欠条). The gap between projected outgoings and income for the current fiscal(财政的) year has leapt to a horrible $26 billion. With no sign of a new budget to close this gulf, one credit agency has already downgraded California's debt. As budgets are cut, universities will let in fewer students, prisoners will be released early and schemes to protect the vulnerable will be rolled back.By contrast, Texas has coped well with the recession, with an unemployment rate two points below the national average and one of the lowest rates of housing repossession. In part this is because T exan banks, hard hit in the last property bust, did not over expand this time. Texas also clearly offers a different model, based on small government. It has no state capital-gains or income tax, and a business-friendly and immigrant-tolerant attitude. It is home to more Fortune 500 companies than any other state.Despite all this, it still seems too early to hand over America's future to Texas. To begin with, that lean Texan model has its own problem. It has not invested enough in education, and many experts rightly worry about a "lost generation" of mostly Hispanic Texans with insufficient skills for the demands of the knowledge economy.Second, it has never paid to bet against a state with as many inventive people as California. Even if Hollywood has gone into depression, it still boasts an unequalled array of sunrise industriesand the most brisk venture-capital on the planet. The state also has an awesome ability to reinvent itself—as it did when its defence industry collapsed at the end of the cold war.The truth is that both states could learn from each other. Texas still lacks California's great universities and lags in terms of culture. California could adopt not just Texas's leaner state, but also its more bipartisan (两党的) approach to politics. There is no perfect model of government: it is America's genius to have 50 public-policy laboratories competing to find out what works best.62、 What does the author say about California and Texas in Paragraph 1?A. They have been competing for the leading position.B. California has been superior to Texas in many ways.C. They are both models of development for other states.D. Texas's cowboy culture is less known than California's.63、 What does the author say about today's California?A. Its debts are pushing it into bankruptcy.B. Its budgets have been cut by $26 billion.C. It is faced with a serious financial crisis.D. It is trying hard to protect the vulnerable.64、 In what ways is Texas different from California?A. It practices small government.B. It is home to traditional industries.C. It has a large Hispanic population.D. It has an enviable welfare system.65、 What problem is Texas confronted with?A. Its Hispanic population is mostly illiterate.B. Its sunrise industries are shrinking rapidly.C. Its education can not meet the needs of the knowledge economy.D. Its immigrants have a hard time adapting to its cowboy culture.66、What do we learn about American politics from the passage?A. Each state has its own way of governing.B. Most states favor a bipartisan approach.C. Parties collaborate in drawing public policies.D. All states believe in government for the people.Part Ⅳ TranslationDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.67、中文热词通常反映社会变化和文化，有些在外国媒体上愈来愈流行。

2014年6月英语六级真题及答案解析第二套

2014年6月大学英语六级考试真题(二)Part I Writing (30 minutes)题目一：Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to put all eggs in one basket．You can give examples to illustrate your point．You should write at least 150 words and no more than 200words．题目二：Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to jump to conclusions upon seeing or hearing something．You can give examples to illustrate your point．You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words．注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

Part ⅡListening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations．At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said．Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once．After each question there will be a pause．During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer ．Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre．注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

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2014年6月英语六级真题及答案详解PartI Writing ( 30minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to put all your eggs in one basket. You can give examples to illustrate your point .You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise a person by their appearance. You can give examples to illustrate your point .You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to jump to conclusions upon seeing or hearing something. You can give examples to illustrate your point .You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section A Directions:In this section,you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said.Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After each question there will be a pause.During the pause,you must read the four choices marked A),B),C)and D),and decide which is the best answer.Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet1 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分题库请在答题卡1上作答。

2014年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案

2014年6⽉英语六级阅读真题及答案 Section A Directions:In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks,You are required to select One word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bamk is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on　Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. For investors who desire low risk and guaranteed income,U.S. Government bonds are a secure investment because these bonds have the financial backing and full faith and credit of the federal government.Municipal bonds,also secure,are offered by local governmengts and often have____36______such as tax-free interest.Some may even be____37______.Corportate bonds are a bit more risky. Two questions often_____38_____first-time corportate bond investors.The first is”If I purchase a corportate bond,do I have to hold it until the matueity date?”The answer is no.Bonds are bought and sold daily on ____39_____securities exchanges.However,if your bond does not have____40_____ that make it attractive to other investors, you may be forced to sell your bond at a____41____i.e., a price less than the bond’s face value. But if your bond is highly valued by other investors, you may be able to sell it at a premium, i.e., a price above its face value. Bond prices gcncrally____42____ inversely (相反地)with current market interest rates. As interest rates go up, bond pnccs tall, and vice versa (反之亦然).Thus, like all investments，bonds have a degree of risk. The second question is “How can I ___43_______ the investment risk of a particular bond issue?” Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors Service rate the level of risk of many corporate and government bonds. And ____44______, the higher the market risk of a bond，the higher the interest rate. Investors will invest in a bond considered risky only if the_____45_____return is high enough. 注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

2014年6月大学英语六级答案解析(一)

2014年6月大学英语六级考试真题(一)答案与详解Part ⅠWriting1、审题:本次作文仍旧是六级考试中常见的体裁：议论文【考频：★★★】,所选取的话题为it is unwise to jump to conclusions upon seeing or hearing something(只凭所见所闻就仓促下结论是不明智的）。

考生应该着重阐释在信息爆炸的当今社会，如果仅凭所见所闻就仓促得出结论，我们可能会深受其害。

因此，我们在作结论时要去伪存真，三思而后行。

2、列提纲：3.语言: 对谚语的描述要用词准确，议论部分可使用从句等高分句型。

Looking Before LeapingConfronted with various kinds of Information, modern people tend to trust whatever they have heard or read. However, it is unwise to jump to conclusions upon seeing or hearing something because the things we see or hear cannot all be correct. Living in the information age full of changes, we should discern clearly right from wrong.It is evident that some information is so misleading that we should not believe it. For instance several years ago, due to the nuclear pollution in Japan, a host of Chinese, especially middle-aged people and seniors, rushed to buy salt, firmly believing salt could prevent radiation, which was very ridiculous. Also, although it is generally accepted that a picture is worth a thousand words, some pictures cannot be trusted in this day and age, for photoshop has prevailed all around the world.In conclusion, it is imperative for us to hold correct attitudes towards the information we see or hear. Instead of drawing conclusions in a hurry, we should raise our awareness of judging right from wrong and look before leap. I firmly believe a better future is awaiting us if we make each and every decision upon deep thinking.PartⅡListening Comprehension1.听力原文：W：The students have been protesting against the increased tuition.M：Yeah, I heard about the protest. But I don’t know how much good it will do..Q: What does the man mean?1. A) College tuition has become a heavy burden for the students.B)College students are in general politically active nowadays.C)He is doubtful about the effect of the students5 action.D) He took part in many protests when he was at college.【预测】四个选项中多次出现了College和students两词，结合选项中的burden, politically active，action，protests可以推测，对话内容与大学生们.的抗议行动相关。

2014年6月大学英语六级考试真题(第2套)

2014年6月大学英语6级考试真题(第二套)Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to jump to conclusions upon seeing or hearing something. You can give examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.1. A) College tuition has become a heavy burden for the students.B) College students are in general politically active nowadays.C) He took part in many protests when he was at college.D) He is doubtful about the effect of the students’ action.2.A) The class has kept the party a secret from Jay.B) Jay is organizing a party for the retiring dean.C)Jay is surprised to learn of the party for him.D)The dean will come to Jay’s birthday party.3. A) He found his wallet in his briefcase.B) He went to the lost-and-found office.C) He told the woman to go and pick up his car.D) He left his things with his car in the garage.4. A) The show he directed turned out to be a success.B) He watches only those comedies by famous directors.C) TV comedies have not improved much since the 1960sD) New comedies are exciting, just like those in the 1960s.5. A) The man should stop boiling the vegetables.B) The man should try out some new recipes.C) Overcooked vegetables are often tasteless.D) All vegetables should be cooked fresh.6. A) Help them to decode a message.B) Help them tidy up the house.C) Figure out a way to avoid taxes.D) Sort out their tax returns.7. A) The woman remains a total mystery to him.B) He has devoted a whole month to his research.C) The woman is still trying to finish her work.D) He didn’t expect to complete his work so soon.8.A) He has failed to register for the course.B) He would like to major in psychology too.C) There should be more time for registration.D) Developmental psychology is newly offered.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A) The brilliant product design. B) The unique craftsmanship.C) The new color combinations. D) The texture of the fabrics.10. A)Fancy products. B) Local handicrafts.C) Traditional Thai silks. D) Unique tourist attractions.11. A)It will start tomorrow. C) It will last only one day.B) It will be out into the countryside. D) It will be on the following weekend. Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) A year of practical training. C) A happy childhood.B) A pleasant neighborhood D)A good secondary education.13. A) He is good at carpentry. C) He is academically gifted.B) He should be sent to a private school. D)He ought to get good vocational training.14. A) Donwell School. C) Carlton Abbey.B) Enderby High. D) Enderby Comprehensive.15. A) Put Keith in a good boarding school. B) Send their children to a better private school.C) Talk with their children about their decision. D) Find out more about the five schools. Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.A) It will be well ventilated. B) It will be brightly lit.C) It will provide easy access to the disabled. D) It will have a large space for storage.17. C) Opposite to the library. D) On the same floor as the labs.A) On the first floor. B) On the ground floor.18. A) To make the building appear traditional.C) To cut the construction cost to the minimum.B) To match the style of construction on the site.D) To embody the subcommittee’s design concepts.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A) Sell financial software. B) Write financial software.D) Conduct research on financial software. C) Train clients to use financial software.20. A) Rewarding. B) Unsuccessful.C) Tedious. D) Important.21.A) He provided individual support.B) He held group discussions.C) He gave the trainees lecture notes. D) He offered online tutorials.22. A) Nobody is able to solve all the problems in a couple of weeks.B) The trainees’ problems have to be dealt with one by one.C) The fault might lie in his style of presenting the information.D) The employees were a bit slow to follow his instruction.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23. A) Their teachers meet them only in class.B) Their parents tend to overprotect them.C) They have little close contact with adults.D) They rarely read any books about adults.24. A) Writers and lawyers are brought in to talk to students.B) Real-life cases are simulated for students to learn law.C) More Teacher and Writer Collaboratives are being set up.D) Opportunities are created for children to become writers.25. A) Children like to form partnerships with each other.B) Children are often the best teachers of other children.C) Paired Learning cultivates the spirit of cooperation.D) Sixth-graders can teach first-graders as well as teachers.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.Tests may be the most unpopular part of academic life. Students hate them because they produce fear and (26) __________ about being evaluated, and a focus on grades instead of learning for learning’s sake.But tests are also valuable. A well-constructed test (27) __________ what you know and what you still need to learn. Tests help you see how your performance (28) __________ that of others. And knowing that you’ll be tested on (29) __________ material is certainly likely to (30)__________ you to learn the material more thoroughly.However, there’s another reason you might dislike tests: You may assume that tests have the power to (31) __________ your worth as a person. If you do badly on a test, you may be tempted to believe that you’ve received some (32) __________ information about yourself from the professor, information that says you’re a failure in some significant way.This is a dangerous—and wrong-headed—assumption. If you do badly on a test, it doesn’t mean you’re a bad person or stupid. Or that you’ll never do better again, and that your life is (33) __________. If you don’t do well on a test, you’re the same person you were befo re you took the test—no better, no worse. You just did badly on a test. That’s it.(34) __________, tests are not a measure of your value as an individual—they are a measure only of how well and how much you studied. Tests are tools; they are indirect and (35) __________ measures of what we know.Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.Fear can be an effective way to change behavior. One study compared the effects of high-fear and low-fear appeals on changes in attitudes and behaviors related to dental hygiene(卫生). One group of subjects was shown awful pictures of ___36___ teeth and diseased gums; another group was shown less frightening materials such as plastic teeth, charts, and graphs. Subjects who saw the frightening materials reported more anxiety and a greater ___37___ to change the way they took care of their teeth than the low-fear group did.But were these reactions actually ___38___ into better dental hygiene practices? To answerthis important question, subjects were called back to the laboratory on two ___39___ (five days and six weeks after the experiment). They chewed disclosing wafers(牙疾诊断片) that give a red stainto any uncleaned areas of the teeth and thus provided a direct ___40___ of how well they werereally taking care of their teeth. The result showed that the high-fear appeal did actually result in greater and more ___41___ changes in dental hygiene. That is, the subjects ___42___ to high-fear warnings brushed their teeth more ___43___ than did those who saw low-fear warnings.However, to be an effective persuasive device it is very important that the message not be too frightening and that people be given ___44___ guidelines to help them to reduce the cause of the fear. If this isn’t done, they may redu ce their anxiety by denying the message or the ___45___ of the communicator. If that happens, it is unlikely that either attitude or behavior change will occur.A) accustomed B) carefully C) cautiously D) concrete E) credibility F) decayed G) desire H) dimensions I) eligible J) exposed K) indication L) occasions M) permanent N) sensitivity O) translated Section BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from whichthe information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.The Street-Level SolutionA) When I was growing up, one of my father’s favorite sayings (borrowed from the humorist Will Rogers) was: “It isn’t what we don’t know that causes the trouble: it’s what we think we knowthat just ain’t so.” One of the main insi ghts to be taken from the 100,000 Homes Campaign andits strategy to end chronic homelessness is that, until recently, our society thought it understood the nature of homelessness, but it didn’t.B) That led to a series of mistaken assumptions about why people become homeless and what they need. Many of the errors in our homelessness policies have stemmed from the conception that the homeless are a homogeneous group. It’s only in the past 15 years that organizations like Common Ground, and others, have taken a street-level view of the problem—distinguishing the “episodically homeless” from the “chronically homeless” in order to understand their needs at an individual level. This is why we can now envisage a different approach—and get better results. C) Most readers expressed support for the effort, although a number were skeptical, and a few utterly dismissive, about the chances of long-term homeless people adapting well to housing.This is to be expected; it’s hard to imagine what we haven’t yet seen. As Nic colò Machiavelli wrote in The Prince, one of the major obstacles in any effort to advance systemic change is the “incredulity of men,” which is to say that people “do not readily believe in new things until they have had a long experience of them.” Most of us have witnessed homeless people on the streetsfor decades. Few have seen formerly homeless people after they have been housed successfully.We don’t have reference points for that story. So we generalize from what we know—or think we know.D) But that can be misleading, even to experts. When I asked Rosanne Haggerty, founder of Common Ground, which currently operates 2,310 units of supportive housing (with 552 more under construction), what had been her biggest surprise in this work, she replied: “Fifte en years ago, I would not have believed that people who had been so broken and stuck in homelessness could thrive to the degree that they do in our buildings.” And Becky Kanis, the campaign’s director, commented: “There is this sense in our minds that someone who’s on the streets is almost in their DNA different from someone who has a house. The campaign is creating afirst-hand experience for many people that that is really not the case. ”E) One of the startling realizations that I had while researching this column is that anybody could become like a homeless person—all it takes is a traumatic(创伤的) brain injury. A bicycle fall, a car accident, a slip on the ice, or if you’re a soldier, a head wound—and your life could become unrecognizable. James O’Connell, a doctor who has been treating the most vulnerable homeless people on the streets of Boston for 25 years, estimates that 40 percent of the long-term homeless people he’s met had such a brain injury. “For many it was a head injury prior to the time theyb ecame homeless.” he said. “They became unpredictable. They’d have mood swings, fits of explosive behavior. They couldn’t hold onto their jobs. Drinking made them feel better. They’d end up on the streets. ”F) Once homeless people return to housing, they’r e in a much better position to rebuild their lives. But it’s important to note that housing alone is not enough. As with many complex social problems, when you get through the initial crisis, you have another problem to solve which is no less challenging. But it is a better problem.G) Over the past decade, O’Connell has seen this happen. “I spend half my time on the streets or in the hospital and the other half making house calls to people who lived for years on the streets,” he said. “So from a doctor’s point of view it’s a delightful switch, but it’s not as if putting someone in housing is the answer to addressing all of their problems. It’s the first step.”H) Once in housing, formerly homeless people can become isolated and lonely. If they’ve lived on the streets for years, they may have acquired a certain standing as well as a sense of pride in their survival skills. Now indoors, those aspects of their identity may be stripped away. Many also experience a profound disorientation at the outset. “If you’r e homeless for more than six months, you kind of lose your bearings,” says Haggerty. “Existence becomes not about overcoming homelessness but about finding food, begging, looking for a job to survive another day. The whole process of how you define stabili ty gets reordered.”I) Many need regular, if not continuous, support with mental health problems, addictions and illnesses—and, equally important, assistance in the day-to-day challenges of life, reacquainting with family, building relationships with neighbors, finding enjoyable activities or work, managing finances, and learning how to eat healthy food.J ) For some people, the best solution is to live in a communal(集体) residence, with special services. This isn’t available everywhere, however. In Boston, for example, homeless people tend to be scattered in apartments throughout the city.K) Common Ground’s large residences in New York offer insight into the possibilities for change when homeless people have a rich array of supports. In addition to more traditional social services, residents also make use of communal gardens, classes in things like cooking, yoga, theatre and photography, and job placement. Last year, 188 formerly homeless tenants in four ofCommon Ground’s residences, found jobs.L) Because the properties have many services and are well-managed, Haggerty has found posthousing problems to be surprisingly rare. In the past 10 years, there have been only a handful of incidents of quarrels between tenants. There is very little graffiti(涂鸦) or vandalism(破坏). And the turnover is almost negligible. In the Prince George Hotel in New York, which is home to 208 formerly homeless people and 208 low-income tenants, the average length of tenancy is close to seven years. (All residents pay 30 percent of their income for rent; for the formerly homeless, this comes out of their government benefits.) When people move on, it is usually because they’ve found a preferable apartment.M) “Tenants also want to participate in shaping the public areas of the buildings,” said Haggerty. “They formed a gardening committee. They want a terrace on the roof. Those are things I didn’t count on.” The most common tenant demand? “People always want more storage space—but that’s true of every New Yorker,” she adds. “In many ways, we’re a lot like a normal apartment building. Our tenants look like anyone else.”N) As I mentioned, homelessness is a catch-all for a variety of problems. A number of readers asked whether the campaign will address family homelessness, which has different causes and requires a different solution. I’ve been following some of the promising ideas emerging to address and prevent family homelessness. Later in 2011, I’ll explore these ideas in a column. For now, I’ll conclude with an update on the 100,000 Homes Campaign. Since Tuesday, New Orleans and a few other communities have reported new results. The current count of people housed is 7,043.46. Tenants in Common Ground’s residences all want more room for storage.47. Homes Campaign provides first-hand proof that the homeless are not what they were once believed to be.48. Common Ground’s residences are well-managed and by and large peaceful.49. Housing the homeless is only the first step to solving all their problems.50. A large percent of the chronically homeless have suffered from brain injury.51. After being housed many homeless people become confused at first as to how to deal with life off the street.52. Some people think the best way to help the homeless is to provide them with communal housing.53. The homeless with health problems should be given regular support in their daily lives.54. Until recently American society has failed to see what homelessness is all about.55. Many formerly homeless tenants in New York’s Common Ground’s residences got hi red. Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.Technology can make us smarter or stupider, and we need to develop a set of principles to guide our everyday behavior and make sure that tech is improving and not hindering our mental processes. One of the big questions being debated today is: What kind of information do we need to have stored in our heads, and what kind can we leave “in the cloud,” to be accessed as necessary?An increasingly powerful group within education are championing “digital literacy”. In theirview, skills beat knowledge, developing “digital literacy” is more important than learning mere content, and all facts are now Google-able and therefore unworthy of committing to memory. But even the most sophisticated digital literacy skills won’t help students and workers navigate the world if they don’t have a broad base of knowledge about how the world actually operates. If you focus on the deliver y mechanism and not the content, you’re doing kids a disservice.Indeed, evidence from cognitive science challenges the notion that skills can exist independent of factual knowledge. Data from the last thirty years leads to a conclusion that is not scientifically challengeable: thinking well requires knowing facts, and that’s true not only because you need something to think about. The very processes that teachers care about most—critical thinking processes—are intimately intertwined (交织) with factual knowledge that is stored in long-term memory.In other words, just because you can Google the date of Black Tuesday doesn’t mean you understand why the Great Depression happened or how it compares to our recent economic slump. There is no doubt that the students of today, and the workers of tomorrow, will need to innovate, collaborate and evaluate. But such skills can’t be separated from the knowledge that gives rise to them. To innovate, you have to know what came before. To collaborate, you have to contribute knowledge to the joint venture. And to evaluate, you have to compare new information against knowledge you’ve already mastered.So here’s a principle for thinking in a digital world, in two parts. First, acquire a base of factual knowledge in any domain in which you want to perform well. This base supplies the essential foundation for building skills, and it can’t be outsourced (外包) to a search engine.Second, take advantage of computers’ invariable memory, but also the brain’s elaborative memory. C omputers are great when you want to store information that shouldn’t change. But brains are the superior choice when you want information to change, in interesting and useful ways: to connect up with other facts and ideas, to acquire successive layers of meaning, to steep for a while in your accumulated knowledge and experience and so produce a richer mental brew.56. What is the author’s concern about the use of technology?A) It may leave knowledge “in the cloud”.B) It may misguide our everyday behavior.C) It may cause a divide in the circles of education.D) It may hinder the development of thinking skills.57. What is the view of educators who advocate digital literacy?A) It helps kids to navigate the virtual world at will.B) It helps kids to broaden their scope of knowledge.C) It increases kids’ efficiency of acquiring knowledge.D) It liberates kids from the burden of memorizing facts.58. What does evidence from cognitive science show?A) Knowledge is better kept in long-term memory.B) Critical thinking is based on factual knowledge.C) Study skills are essential to knowledge acquisition.D) Critical thinking means challenging existing facts.59. What does the author think is key to making evaluations?A) Gathering enough evidence before drawing conclusions.B) Mastering the basic rules and principles for evaluation.C) Connecting new information with one’s accumulated knowledge.D) Understanding both what has happened and why it has happened.60. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?A) To warn against learning through memorizing facts.B) To promote educational reform in the information age.C) To explain human brains’ function in storing information.D) To challenge the prevailing overemphasis on digital literacy.Passage TwoQuestions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.America’s recent history has been a persistent tilt to the West—of people, ideas, commerce and even political power. California and Texas are the twin poles of the West, but very different ones. For most of the 20th century the home of Silicon Valley and Hollywood has been the brainier and trendier of the two. Texas has trailed behind: its stereotype has been a conservative Christian in cowboy boots. But twins can change places. Is that happening now?It is easy to find evidence that California is in a panic. At the start of this month the once golden state started paying creditors in IOUs (欠条). The gap between projected outgoings and income for the current fiscal (财政的)year has leapt to a horrible $26 billion. With no sign of a new budget to close this gulf, one credit agency has already downgraded California’s debt. As budgets are cut, universities will let in fewer students, prisoners will be released early and schemes to protect the vulnerable will be rolled back.By contrast, Texas has coped well with the recession, with an unemployment rate two points below the national average and one of the lowest rates of housing repossession. In part this is because Texan banks, hard hit in the last property bust, did not overexpand this time. Texas also clearly offers a different model, based on small government. It has no state capital-gains or income tax, and a business friendly and immigrant-tolerant attitude. It is home to more Fortune 500 companies than any other state.Despite all this, it still seems too early to hand over America’s future to Texas. To begin with, that lean Texan model has its own problems. It has not invested enough in education, and many experts rightly worry ab out a “lost generation” of mostly Hispanic Texans with insufficient skills for the demands of the knowledge economy.Second, it has never paid to bet against a state with as many inventive people as California. Even if Hollywood has gone into depression, it still boasts an unequalled array of sunrise industries and the most brisk venture-capital industry on the planet. The state also has an awesome ability to reinvent itself—as it did when its defence industry collapsed at the end of the cold war.The t ruth is that both states could learn from each other. Texas still lacks California’s great universities and lags in terms of culture. California could adopt not just Texas’s leaner state, but also its more bipartisan(两党的)approach to politics. There is no perfect model of government: it is America’s genius to have 50 public-policy laboratories competing to find out what works best.61. What does the author say about California and Texas in Paragraph 1?A) They have been competing for the leading position.B) California has been superior to Texas in many ways.C) They are both models of development for other states.D) Texas’s cowboy culture is less known than California’s.62. What does the author say about today’s California?A) Its debts are pushing it into bankruptcy.B) Its budgets have been cut by $26 billion.C) It is faced with a serious financial crisis.D) It is trying hard to protect the vulnerable.63. In what way is Texas different from California?A) It practices small government.C) It has a large Hispanic population.B) It is home to traditional industries.D) It has an enviable welfare system.64. What problem is Texas confronted with?A) Its Hispanic population is mostly illiterate.B) Its sunrise industries are shrinking rapidly.C) Its education cannot meet the needs of the knowledge economy.D) Its immigrants have a hard time adapting to its cowboy culture.65. What do we learn about American politics from the passage?A) Each state has its own way of governing.B) Most states favor a bipartisan approach.C) Parties collaborate in drawing public policies.D) All states believe in government for the people.Part IV Translation (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.最近，中国科学院(Chinese Academy of Sciences)出版了关于其最新科学发现与未来一年展望的年度系列报告。

2014年6月英语六级真题及答案(第一套)

2014年6月大学英语六级考试真题(一)Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to jump to conclusions upon seeing or hearing something. You can give examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A．, B), C． and D．, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on ,Answer Shoot 1 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

2014年6月大学英语六级答案解析(三)

2014年6月大学英语六级考试真题(三)答案与详解Part ⅠWriting1、审题:这是一篇议论文【考频:★★★】。

本次作文的主题是考生比较熟悉的“不要以貌取人”，理解起来难度不大。

现实生活中，很多人都不可避免地以貌取人，关注长相而不是个人能力，这种做法是不明智的。

2、列提纲：3. 语言:运用过渡词及富有逻辑性的词语为文章增色Don’t Judge People by Their AppearanceAlthough many people acknowledge the old saying that "Never judge people by their appearance’’, they still fall into the trap of “good appearance” easily. In my opinion, for a person, abilities are far more important than the appearance.Firstly, although good appearance can help make an impression, it is always abilities that really matter. Secondly, peopled good appearance is natural, while abilities have to be gained through self- improvement and years of hard work, which speak more of peopled true selves. Last but not least, good appearance fades while abilities can be improved over time. Eventually, it is abilities that help people succeed, so it is safe to say that abilities will always bring more to life than good appearance.In conclusion, it is unwise to judge people by their appearance and it is always abilities that count in the long run. As college students, we should spend more efforts developing our abilities.PartⅡListening Comprehension1.听力原文：W: Jim, you are on the net again! When arc you going to get off? It’s time for the talk show.M: Just a minute, dear! I’m looking at a new jewelry site. I want to make sure I get the right gift for mom’s birthday.Q：What is the man doing right now?1. A) Surfing the net. C) Packing a birthday gift.B) Watching a talk show. D) Shopping at a jewelry store.【预测】四个选项均以动词的-ing形式开头，且从选项内容可以看出，选项是在描述“正在做什么”，所以问题应是问对话中一人或两人正在做什么。

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