2013年12月六级真题第一套生词
2013年12月大学英语六级词汇表(新大纲_超级完美排版打印.
bald a.秃头的；无毛的
balletn.芭蕾舞；舞剧
bamboon.竹；竹杆，竹棍
bandage n.绷带，包带
banditn.土匪，盗匪，歹徒
bank vi.把钱存入银行
bankern.银行家
bankrupt a.破产的vt.使破产
banquet n.宴会，盛会，酒席
en.航空和宇宙航行空间
affirmvt.断言，批准；证实
agitationn.鼓动，煸动；搅动
agreeablea.惬意的；同意的
alas int.唉，哎呀
albumn.粘贴簿；相册；文选
alerta.警惕的；活跃的
algebra n.代数学
aliena.外国的n.外国人
alignmentn.队列；结盟，联合
cataloguevt.为…编目录
catalyst n.催化剂；刺激因素
category n.种类，类目；范畴
catervi.迎合，投合
Catholic a.天主教的n.天主教徒
caution n.小心；告诫vt.警告
cautious a.小心的，谨慎的
cavityn.洞，穴，空腔
cementvt.粘结vi.粘紧
announce vt.报告…的来到
annually ad.年年，每年
anoden.阳极，正极，板极
answervi.符合，适合
antarctica.南极的n.南极区
antenna n.触角；天线
antique a.古代的n.古物
anybody n.重要人物
apparent a.显然的
appendix n.附录，附属物；阑尾
2013年12月大学英语六级(新大纲)词汇表
2013.12.12abbreviation n.abidevt. vt. abolish vt. absenta. absorptionn. abstract a. n. absurda. abundancen. accessoryn. a. accordn. acknowledge vt.acquaint vt. actionn. adherevi. adjacent a. adjoinvt. adjustablea.administrationn. ( )admirationn.adoption n. adorevt. advantageous a.advertisevt. vi. advocate n. vt. aeriala. aerospacen.affirmvt. agitationn. agreeablea. alas int. albumn. alerta. algebra n.aliena. n. alignmentn. allieda. allowancen alongsideprep.ally n.alterationn.alternatevt. a.amateur a. n.ambassadorn.ambient a.ambiguousa.ambitiousa.amplea.amplituden.amusementn.analogue n.analogy n.analytic(al) a.anniversary n.announce vt.annually ad.anoden.answervi.antarctica. n.antenna n.antique a. n.anybody n.apparent a.appendix n.applaud vt. vi.applause n.appreciable a.appreciation n.apt a.arc n.arch n. vt.architectn.arctica. n.arrayvt. n.ascendvi.ascertainvt.ascribe vt.ashoread.ass n.assassinate vt.assault vt. n.assertvt.assessmentn.assumptionn.assurancen.astonishment n.astronomyn.atom n.attachmentn.attendancen.attendantn.attorney n.audience n.authorn.automate vt.availvt. n.availability n. ( )aviation n.awakevi.awfula.awkward a.axiala.axis n.axle n.( )baby n.bachelor n.baconn.bacteriumn.badgen.bafflevt. n.bait n.balcony n.bald a.balletn.bamboon.bandage n.banditn.bank vi.bankern.bankrupt a. vt.banquet n.barelyad.bargen.barleyn.barometern.baronn.barrena.baseball n.basement n.basinn.battery n.battlevi. vt.bazaarn.bead n.beam vi.bearing n.bed n. ( )beetlen.beforehandad.bend vt. vi.bestowvt.between ad.bewarevt.&vi.bewilder vt.bid vt. vi.bishopn.( )bitternessn.blacksmithn.blastn.blazevt. vi.bleachvt. vi.blindn.blockn.blondn.blousen.blue a.blunder vi. n.blushvi. n.boardvt.( )body n. ( )boilern.bore n.bounda.bourgeoisa.box n.boycott vt.&n.bracen. vt.brandvt.breakdownn.breakfastvi.breedn.( )briben. vt.bridegroomn.bridgevt.bridlen. vt.brightnessn.broaden vt.&vi.bronzen.broodvt. vi.Buddhism n.budgetn.buffalo n.bug n.buglen.bull n.bulletinbump vt. vi. n.bureaucracy n.burglar n.burialn.burnern.busheln. ( )butt n.buzz vi.( )bypassn. vt.by-productn.cablen.calculus n.calibration n.can vt.cane n.( )cancelvt.capabilityn.capacitance n.capacitorn.1cape n. captive a.carryvt.cartoon n. cartridgen.cataloguevt. catalyst n. category n. catervi. Catholic a. n.caution n. vt. cautious a. cavityn. cementvt. vi. censorvt. cerealn. certaintyn.challengen.champion n. characterize vt. charcoal n. chargen. vt. charmn. vi. charter vt. n. chatter vi.&n. cheatn. checkn.cherish vt. ( ) chestnut n. chillvi.chip n. choicen. a. chop n. chordn.( ) vi. chorusvt.&vi. Christn. ( ) Christiana. cigarn. circular n. circulation n. ( ) circusn.cite vt.civilian n. a.claimn.clampn. vt.clap n.clashn.claspvt.classic n. a.clatter n.cleanliness n.clearing n.( )clientn.climaxn.( )clingvi.clinicn.clip vt. n.clip vt.cloakvt.clockwisea.&ad.closetn.cloudya.clownn.( )cluster n. vt.clutchvt. vi.coachvt.cock n.coefficient n.coffinn.coherent a.coin vt. ( )coincide vi.coke n. vt.&vi.collaborate vi.collide vi.colonial a.colonist n.combatvt. vi.combustionn.comedyn.commence vt. vi.commend vt.commissionn.commodityn.commonplace a. n.commonsense a.commonwealth n.compact a. vt.comparablea.compatiblea.compensatevt.&vi.compensation n.competitive a.competitorn.complaintn.complementvt. n.( )completionn.complexityn. ( )complication n.complimentn. vt.complyvi.composer n.compositea. n.composition n.comprehendvt.compression n.compulsorya.conceit n.conceive vt.concentrate vt.&vi.conceptionn.concern n.concert n.concessionn.confidencen.confidential a.confirmation n.conform vt. vi.confront vt.conquerorn.consciousnessn.consequence n. ( )consequenta.conservative a.consistenta.console n.consolidate vt. vi.constituent a. n.constitutevt.constitution n.( )constraintn.construction n. ( )consuln.consumer n.consumption n. ( )contend vi. vt.context n.continental a.contradictvt.contrary n.contrast vt. vi.controversy n.conventionn. ( )convert vt.conveyvt.convictionn.cooperative a. n.coordinatea. n.correctlyad.correlaten.correlation n.correspondencen.corrosionn.corrupt vt. a.cosmica.cosmosn.couchn.counsel n.countn.counter a.&ad. ( )courageousa.courteousa.courtesy n.cowarda.crab n. vi.crackvi.&vt.cradlen.craftn.crankn. vi.crashvi.creditvt.&n.crisisn.crispa.criterionn.crooked a.crossa.cruelty n.cruisevi. vt.cubica.cuckoon.curlya.currency n.2currentlyad. customn. customarya.cuttern. cylinder n. ( )damn vt. n. datumn. dazzlevt.&vi. deafenvt.deal vi. dealern. dean n.( ) decayvt. decidedlyad. decimal a. decisive a. declaration n.decline vt. decomposevt.&vi. decorativea.decreen. dedicate vt. deem vt. vi. deepenvt.default n.&vi. deficiencyn. deficienta. definevt. ( ) deflect vt.&vi.( ) deflectionn. deformvt. deformation n.defy vt. degradation n.degrade vt. delegate n.deliberatea.deliberately ad.denialn.denotevt.denounce vt.dentist n.dependantn.deposit n.depositionn.depressionn.deprive vt. ( )deputyn. a.derivationn.descendantn.descent n.desertvt. ( )designatevt.desolate a.dessert n.destine vt.destiny n.destructive a. ( )detachvt. ( )detailn.detainvt.detectiven.detector n.develop vt. ( )deviate vt.( )deviationn.devotion n.devourvt.diagnose vt. ( )dictator n.dieseln.diet n.difficulta.dignity a. ( )diminish vt.dine vi. vt.dioxide n.diploma n.diplomatica.directoryn.disagreement n.disappearancen.disastrousa.discern vt.discount n.discoursen.discriminationn.disgrace n.disillusion n. vt.dismayn.dismiss vt.disorder n.dispatch vt. n.disperse vt.( )displace vt.displacement n.disregardvt. n.dissatisfaction n.dissipatevt. vi.dissolve vt. ( )distinct a.distinctlyad.distinguish v.distort vt.distortionn.distract vt. ( )disturbance n.diverge vi.diversionn.divertvt. vi.divinea.dizzya.dock vt.doctrine n.documentary a.dome n.domestic a.dominant a. n.dominate vt.doom n. vt.doubtlessad.dove n.drainvi.( )drainage n.draman.drastic a.drawback n.dreadful a.dry a.duke n.duplicaten. vt.dust n.dwarfn.dwelln. vi.dynamic(al) a.dynamon.ear n.( )earnings n.earthenware n.eastward a.&ad.echo vt. ( )eclipse n.( )ecology n.economically ad.economicsn.edit vt.editorialn.Egyptian a. n.ejectvt.elapsevi.( )elbowvt.electrician n.electroden.electronics n.elegant a.( )elementala.elevate vt. ( )elevationn.ellipticala.eloquencen.embarrassvt.embassy n.embodyvt.embrace vt.embroideryn.emergevi.emigrate vi.emission n.empiricala.enchant vt.enclosuren.end n.endanger vt.endeavor vi.&n.endowvt.endurancen.energetica.energize vt.engagevt. ( )engagementn.enhance vt.enlightenvt.enrichvt.enrollvt. vi.enterprisen.entertainmentn.entitle vt.entreat vt.&vi.3entryn. environmentala.episode n. epochn.( ) equation n.equator n. equilibrium n.equivalenta. ( ) erecta.erosion n. errandn. escortn.&vt. essence n. essentiala. establishvt.estaten. eternal n. evaporatevt. vi.even a. evenlyad. everlasting a. evil n. evolutionn. ( )excelvt. vi. exceptvt. exceptional a. excessn. excessively ad. exclamation n.exclusivea. excursionn. excusevt. executionn.executiven. exemplifyvt. ( ) exertvt. ( ) exilevt. n. expectvt. expeditionn.expenditure n.( )expelvt.experimentallyad.experimentation n.expirevi.explicit a.exploration n.expositionn.extinct a.extinguishvt.extran.extract vt. n.extractionn.extraordinarily ad.extravagant a.extreme n.fabricatevt.fabrication n.facilitatevt.faction n.fair a.fake n. a.fall vi.fantastica.fascinatevt. vi.fastener n.faultlessa.fearless a.feel vi.fell vt. ( )fellowshipn.feminine a.fencen. ( ) vi.ferrous a.ferryn. vt.fertile a.( )fighter n.filament n.fill vt. ( )filtervi.filthn.finance vt.finelyad.finitea.fireplacen.firework n.firmness n.first-ratea.fission n.fitness n.fitting a. n.fixture n.flaken.flamevi. vt.flankn.flannel n.flap vt.&n. vi.flaskn.flatten vt.flatter vt.flavour vt.flaw n.flee vi. vt.flexible a.flightn.flingvi.&vt.( )floatn.flockvi.fluctuatevi. vt.fluctuation n.flushn.flutter vi.( )flux n.fly v.foam n.followvt. ( )follower n.footpath n.fore ad. a.foreign a.foresee vt.forgevt. ( )formala.formerly ad.formidablea.formulatevt.formulation n.forsake vt.fort n.forthcoming a.fortress n.forumn.forward ad. vt.fossiln. a.fostervt.foul a.fowl n.fraction n.fracture n. vi.fragile a.fragrant a.fraila.frameworkn.freight n.frequencyn.frequent a.freshen vt.fret vt.&vi.( )friction n.frightn.frightfula.fringen.fro ad.frockn.( )frustratevt.furious a.further vt.fury n.fuse n.fuss n. vi.gamblen. vt.gangster n.gap n.garagen.garlicn.garment n.gathervt.gatheringn.gear n.generalizationn.generalizevt. vi.generate vt.generosityn.geographical a.( )geology n. ( )geometrical a.germ n.gesture vi.( )gigantic a.gingern.gleamn. vi.glidern.globala.glorify vt. ( )glossary n.glue vt.gnaw vt. vi.goddess n.goodness n.gorilla n.gorgeous a.gossipn.governvt.grab vt.&vi.gracious a.gradient n. a.gramophonen.granite a.grantn.graphite n.grasshopper n.4grassya. grateful a.graveln. grazevi. ( ) greasen. greedn.griefn. grim a. grin vi.grindvt. grooven. vt. gropevi.( ) grossa.( ) groven. growlvi.( ) grumble vi. gruntvi. guiltn. guitarn.gust n. guttern.hail vt. vi. halvevt.ham n. ( ) hampervt. handbook n.handicap vt. handout n. handya. harbour vt. hard a.( )hardya. harmoniousa. harp n. harsha. hatchvt. haughty a. haul vt. hauntvt. vi. hazardvt. n. head vt. ( )vi. heading n. headlong a.&ad. ( ) headquarters n. hearthn.heatern.heartya.heavevt.( )Heavenn.heighten vt.hemispheren.henceforthad.heraldad.herb n.herd vt. vi.hesitate vi.hide n.hike vi.hindrancen.hingen.hip n.hiss n. vi.historiann.historic a.hit n. ( )hitherto ad.hoarsea.( )hoe vt.&vi.hoistvt. vi.hollowvt. vi.homelya.homogeneous a.hook vt.hop vi. ( )horizon n.horn n.hose n.hospitality n.hostage n.hostess n.hostile a.houndn.housen.hovervi.howl n. vi.hug vt. n.hull n.hum n. vt.humanitarian a. n.humanity n.humidity n.hurl vt. vi.hurrahint.hurricanen.hurt n.hush n. int.hydraulica.hydrocarbon n.hymn n.hypothesisn.ice vt. vi.icy a.idealism n.ideally ad.identicala.identificationn.idiotn.idleness n.ignitevt. vi.ignorancen.illiteratea. n.illuminatevt.illusion n.imitationn.immerse vt.immigratevt.( )immortal a.impartvt.impartiala.implementn. vt.implore vt.imposevi.impress vt.improper a.impulse n.impurity n.inaccessible a.inaccuratea.inadequatea.inasmuch ad.inauguratevt.incapablea.incense n.incidencen.incidentally ad.inclination n.incline n.inclusivea.incompatible a.incompletea.incorporate vt.incrediblea.indefinitea.indicativea.indignation n.indispensablea.individuala.indoora.inducevt.inductionn.indulge vt. ( )vi.industrious a.inertia n.inevitablyad.infectvt.infectiousa.infervt.&vi.inferencen.inferior n.infinite n. ( )infinitelyad.infinity n.inflationn.influencen.ingeniousa.ingenuityn.ingredientn.inherent a.initial a.initiallyad.initiate vt.initiativea. n.injectvt.inlanda.inletn. vt.innovationn.innumerable a.inorganica.inputvt. n.insertvi.( )insight n.insignificanta.insistenta.inspectorn.inspiration n.instability n.installment n.instantaneousa.instructorn.instrumental a.insulate vt.insulatorn.intaken.integral a.integratevt.5ntegrityn. intellectn. intenta. interact vi. interconnect vt. intercourse n.interfacen.interior n. a. intermediate n.interpretvt. vi. intervenevi. interviewvt.intonationn.introducevt. ( ) invalid n. a. invariablyad. inverselyad.invoice n. ion n.irregularity n. irrespective a.irrigationn. irritate vt. Islamn. ivoryn. jack n. jam n. vt. jealousy n. jean n. jellyn. jerk vt. vi. Jesusn.jewelleryn. jinglevt.&vi.( )jog vt. ( )jug n. junction n.junglen. juniorn. Jupiter n. kerneln.( )kidnapvt.kidneyn.kilowatt n. ( )kindlevt. vi.kinetic a. ( )kit n.knightn.lace vi.landscapen.largely ad.late a.latenta.lathen. vt.latitude n.lattice n.laundry n.leaflet n.leakage n.leasen.legislation n.lengthn.lengthen vt. vi.leopard n.lessenvt. vi.levern.liabilityn.liablea. ( )lighter n.likelihoodn. ( )likeness n.lily n.limb n.limestonen.limp vi. n.line vt.lineara.linern.lingervi.liningn.( )lipstick n.literal a. ( )literallyad.literary a.littern. vi.lobbyn. ( )locality n.location n.locomotivea.locustn.lodging n.loftya.log n.longing n. a.longituden.loosely ad.loosenvi.loungen.( )lubricatevt. vi.luminous a.lump vt.( ) vi.lunara.luncheon n.luxuriousa.magician n.magistraten.magnetn. ()magnetismn.magnify vt.magnituden.maid n.maidenn.main n.maintenance n.majesty n.makeupn.malicen.mammaln.manifest vt. a.manipulatevt.mansion n.manuscriptn.maplen.marginn.marginal a.marketvt.( )Mars n.marshn.marshal n.martyrn.marveln. vt.masculinea.massacre n.massive a.mast n. vt.maturevt. vi.measurement n.( )mechanicsn.mechanismn.meditate vt.melancholyn.&a. ( )melodyn.membershipn.menacevt.&vi.&n.( )mend vt.merchandise n.merciful a.mercury n.meritvt. vi. ( )mesh n.mess vt.message n.metallic a. n.metallurgyn.metropolitan a. n.microprocessorn.microscopic a.microwaven.mightya.migrate vi.mild a.( )milkya.millionaire n.minglevt. vi.miniaturen. a.minimize vt.mint n.mint n.mirrorn.mishief n.misern.miseryn.misfortunen.missionaryn.mist n. vi.mistress n.mittenn.mixern.mob vi.mobilize vt. vi.mock n. vt.moderatelyad.modesty n.modification n.modulate vt. ( )modulen.moleculara.momentarya.monarch n.monk n.monopoly n.monster n.monstrousa.moor vt.mop n.morality n.mortgage n. vt.Moslemn.&a. ( )6mosquen.moss n. moteln. motivea. motorway n. mountv. n. mountainous a.move n. multiplicationn.multituden. municipala. murmurn. muscular a.muse vi. mustard n.mute n. mystery n.napkinn. ( ) narrationn.negative a. negligiblea. negotiatevi. neighbouring a.nest vi. vt.net vt. network n. neutron n.nice a. nickeln. nickname n. nightmaren.nominate vt.norm n. normalizationn.northward(s) ad. a.nose n. ( ) notable n.noteda.notifyvt.notionn.notoriousa.notwithstanding prep.noughtn.nourish vt.nourishment n. ()novela.novelty n.nucleus n.numbervt.numericala.nun n.nursery n.nut n.oar n. vi. ( )oath n.obediencen.obedient n.objectiven. a.obligationn.obligevt.obscure a.observation n.observe vi.obstinatea.occurrencen.offence n.offensivea.offervt. vi.offsetn. vt.offspringn.ohm n.oliven.onward(s)a. ( )opaquea.operationn.opiumn.optical a.optimism n.optimum n.optionn.orchard n.orchestran.ordinarilyad.orientn.orientation n.originatevi. vt.ornament n. vt.ornamentala. n.otherwisead.oughtv.auxoutbreak n.( )outcome n.outermosta.outlawn.outletn. ( )outline vt.outside prep.oval a. n.over prep. ( )overall a. n.overestimate vt.overflow vt.overhang vt. vi.overhear vt.overlap vt. vi.overload vt.overlook vt.overseas ad. ( )overtake vt.overthrowvt. n.overwhelmvt.overwhelming a.oxiden.oxidize vt.oystern.pace vi.( )pacific a.pal n.pamphlet n.paneln.( )panicn.pant vi.panther n.pantryn.pantsn.papervt. ( )parachuten.paradevt. ( )paragraphn.paralyse vt.parametern. ( )participant n. a.participate vi. vt.particulara.partitionn.passport n.pasture n.patenta. n.pathetic a.patriot n.patriotica.patroln. n.patronn.pattern vt.peacock n.peak n.( )peck vt.&vi.peculiarity n.pedaln.pedestriann.pedlarn.( )peel n.peer vi.penalty n.penetration n.pendulum n.( )perceptionn.perchn.( )perfect vt.perfectionn.periln.perimetern. ( )periodic n.periodicaln.peripherala.perishvi.perpendiculara. n.( )perpetuala.perplex vt.persecutevt.perseverevi.persist vi.persistence n.personality n.personneln.persuasionn.pertinenta.pest n.petition n. vt.pettya.photoelectrica.photography n.physicallyad.picklen.pier n.( )piercevt.pilgrim n.pineapplen.piousa.pipe n.piraten.pistonn.7pitchn. plaguen. plaina. plastic a. plateau n. platform n. plea n. pleadvt. vi. pledgen. vt. pluckvt. ( ) plumpvt. plunder v.&n. pneumatica. poke vt. ( ) polara. ( ) polarity n. ( ) politics n. poll n. vi. polymer n. pondervt. vi.pop vi.( )pope n.( ) popularityn.porcelainn. a. pore n. portable a.pose vt.( ) position n. positive a. positivelyad. possibility n. postala. postulatevt. poultry n.practicable a.prairie n. preachvt. precede vt. vi. predecessor n. predictionn.predominant a.pregnant a.prejudicen.prescription n.presentation n.preservation n.presetvt.preside vi.pressn.pressure n.prestige n.presumablyad.presume vt.prevalenta.preventionn.prey vi. vi.prickvt. ( ) n.primitivea.principally ad.printer n.priority n.prismn. ( )proben. vt.proceedingn.producer n.productivea.productivity n.proficiency n.proficienta.profitablea.profound a.program vi.prohibition n.projectorn.prolong vt.promotionn.promptly ad.propagandan.propagatevt.propagation n.propelvt.propellern.propera.prophecy n.prophet n.proposition n.propulsionn.prosen.protonn.prototypen.proverb n.province n.provisionn.provoke vt.prudent a.psychologyn.puff vi. vt. 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2013年12月英语六级备考核心词汇汇总
2013年12月英语六级备考核心词汇汇总Aaccelerate v. 加速affection n. 喜爱accessible a. 可接近的，可进入的acknowledge v. 感谢acquire v. 学会address v. 向……讲话alert a. 活跃的 b. 机警的 c. 外国的allocate a. 准许 b. 位于 c. 分配appeal v. 有吸引力applicable a. 适用的assess v. 估价assumption n. 假定abnormal a. 不正常的abolish v. 废除absurd a. 荒唐的accommodate v. 提供膳宿addict v. 上瘾 >I’m ~ed to computer games. Please save me!acquaint v. 使熟悉 > Are you ~ed with that MM?adhere to v. 遵守 >Adhere to your own principleadverse a. 不利的，有害的 >Adverse circumstances can test a person’s wisdom and courage。
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2013.12 英语六级考试真题试卷及部分答案(第一套)
2013.12 英语六级考试真题试卷及部分答案（第一套）【作文1】Directions：For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay about the impact of information explosion by referring to the saying "a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention". You can cite examples to illustrate your point and then explain what you can do to avoid being distracted by irrelevant information? You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.【范文1】2013年12月英语六级考试作文范文标准版点评，由沪江提供。
Ways to Get Over Information ExplosionAs a famous saying goes, “A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention”. Nowadays we are in the Information Age. Some people keep complaining about distraction by the information explosion.Admittedly, the new information age has brought us so much convenience that we are allowed to get enough information just with a simple click sitting in front of the computers. Nevertheless, we are also confused, annoyed, distracted and upset by an incredibly large quantity of information. For example, when searching for something online, people are easily carried away by irrelevant information and forget their original plan. Besides, some information often turns out to be useless and actually advertisement. Therefore, it can be time-consuming and troublesome to search information online.Then what we can do to avoid being distracted by irrelevant information? Here I have some useful tips: Firstly, make a list of what you really want before your searching. This will help you to refuse some appealing, yet irrelevant information. Secondly, find some trustful and professional sources or websites and then save and categorize them. In this case, you can easily leave some ads and useless information behind.【点评】本次作文主题围绕“信息爆炸给大众带来的困扰”，难度较小。
2013年12月大学英语六级考试真题第一套答案详解
2013年12月大学英语六级考试真题(一)答案详解Part 4 Translation参考译文与难点注释The Chinese garden has become a landscape of unique style after an evolution for more than 3 000 years. It includes not only the large gardens built as entertainment venues for the royal family, but also the private gardens built as secluded retreats for scholars, merchants and retired government officials. These gardens have constituted a miniature designed to express the harmonious relationship between man and nature. A typical Chinese garden is surrounded by walls, and in the garden there are ponds, rockwork, trees, flowers and all kinds of buildings linked by winding trails and corridors. Wandering in the gardens, people may feel that a series of well-designed scenery spreads out before us like a landscape scroll.1. 第一句中，"三千多年演变"可以译成an evolution for more than 3 000 years,不能译成more than 3 000 years of evolution;"独具一格的"可以用单个形容词unique来表达，也可以用短语of unique style来表达。
2013年12月六级真题及答案(共三套)
2013年12月大学英语六级考试真题（第1套）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.Some performance evaluations require supervisors to take action. Employees who receive a very favorable evaluation may deserve some type of recognition or even a promotion. If supervisors do not acknowledge such outstanding performance, employees may either lose their36 and reduce their effort or search for a new job at a firm that will37 them for high performance. Supervisors should acknowledge high performance so that the employee will continue to perform well in the future.Employees who receive unfavorable evaluations must also be given attention. Supervisors must 38 the reasons for poor performance. Some reasons, such as a family illness, may have a temporary adverse 39 on performance and can be corrected. Other reasons, such as a bad attitude, may not be temporary. When supervisors give employees an unfavorable evaluation, they must decide whether to take any 40 actions. If the employees were unaware of their own deficiencies, the unfavorable evaluation can pinpoint(指出) the deficiencies that employees must correct. In this case, the supervisor may simply need to monitor the employees 41 and ensure that the deficiencies are corrected.If the employees were already aware of their deficiencies before the evaluation period, however, they may be unable or unwilling to correct them. This situation is more serious, and the supervisor may need to take action. The action should be 42 with the f irm‟s guidelines and may include reassigning the employees to new jobs, 43 them temporarily, or firing them. A supervisor‟s action toward a poorly performing worker can 44 the attitudes of other employees. If no 45 isimposed on an employee for poor performance, other employees may react by reducing their productivity as well.Section BDirections:In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.The College Essay: Why Those 500 Words Drive Us CrazyA) Meg is a lawyer-mom in suburban Washington, D.C., where lawyer-moms are thick on theground. Her son Doug is one of several hundred thousand high-school seniors who had a painful fall. The deadline for applying to his favorite college was Nov. 1,and by early October he had yet to fill out the application. More to the point, he had yet to settle on a subject for the personal essay accompanying the application. According to college folklore, a well-turned essay has the power to seduce (诱惑) an admissions committee. “He wanted to do one thing ata time,”Meg says, explaining her son‟s delay. “But really, my son is a huge procrastinator (拖延者). The essay is the hardest thing to do, so he‟s put it off the longest.” Friends and other veterans of the process have warned Meg that the back and forth between editing parent and writing student can be traumatic (痛苦的).B) Back in the good old days—say, two years ago, when the last of my children suffered theordeal (折磨)—a high-school student applying to college could procrastinate all the way to New Year‟s Day of their senior year, assuming they could withstand the paren tal pestering (烦扰).But things change fast in the nail-biting world of college admissions.The recent trend toward early decision and early action among selective colleges and universities has pushed the traditional deadline of January up to Nov. 1 or early December for many students.C) If the time for heel-dragging has been shortened, the true source of the anxiety and panicremains what it has always been. And it‟s not the application itself. A college application is a relatively straightforward questionnaire asking for the basics: name, address, family history employment history. It would all be innocent enough—20 minutes of busy work—except it comes attached to a personal essay.D) “There are good reasons it causes such anxiety,” says Lisa Sohmer, directo r of collegecounseling at the Garden School in Jackson Heights, N.Y. “It‟s not just the actual writing. By noweverything else is already set. Your course load is set, your grades are set, your test scores are set. But the essay is something you can still control, and it‟s open-ended. So the temptation is to write and rewrite and rewrite.” Or stall and stall and stall.E) The application essay, along with its mythical importance, is a recent invention. In the1930s,when only one in 10 Americans had a degree from a four-year college, an admissionscommit tee was content to ask for a sample of applicants‟ school papers to assess their writing ability. By the 1950s, most schools required a brief personal statement of why the student had chosen to apply to one school over another.F) Today nearly 70 percent of graduating seniors go off to college, including two-year andfour-year institutions. Even apart from the increased competition, the kids enter a process that has been utterly transformed from the one baby boomers knew. Nearly all application materials are submitted online, and the Common Application provides a one-size-fits form accepted by more than 400 schools, including the nation‟s most selective.G) Those schools usually require essays of their own, but the longest essay, 500 words maximum,is generally attached to the Common Application. Students choose one of six questions.Applicants are asked to describe an ethical dilemma they‟ve faced and its impact on them, or discuss a public issue of special concern to them, or tell of a fictional character or creative work that has profoundly influenced them. Another question invites them to write about the importance (to them, again) of diversity―a word that has assumed magic power in American higher education. The most popular option: write on a topic of your choice.H) “Boys in particular look at the other questions and say, …Oh, that‟s too much work,‟” says JohnBoshoven, a counselor in the Ann Arbor, Mich., public schools. “They think if they do a topic of their choice, “I‟ll just go get that history paper I did last year on the Roman Empire and turn it into a first-person application essay!‟ And they end up producing something utterly ridiculous.”I) Talking to admissions professionals like Boshoven, you realize that the list of “don‟ts” in essaywriting is much longer than the “dos.”“No book reports, no history papers, no character studies,”says Sohmer.J) “It drives you cra zy, how easily kids slip into clichés(老生常谈),”says Boshoven. “They don‟t realize how typical their experiences arc. …I scored the winning goal in soccer against our arch-rival.‟…My grandfather served in World War II, and I hope to be just like him someday.‟That may mean a lot to that particular kid. But in the world of the application e ssay, it‟s nothing. You‟ll lose the reader in the first paragraph.”K) “The greatest strength you bring to this essay,” says the College Board‟s how-to book, “is 17 years or so of familiarity with the topic: YOU. The form and style are very familiar, and best of all, you are the world-class expert on the subject of YOU ... It has been the subject of your close scrutiny every morning since you were tall enough to see into the bathroom mirror.”Thekey word in the Common Application prompts is “you.”L) The college admission essay contains the grandest American themes―status anxiety, parental piety (孝顺), intellectual standards—and so it is only a matter of time before it becomes infected by the country‟s culture of excessive concern with self-esteem. Even if the question is ostensibly (表面上) about something outside the self (describe a fictional character or solve a problem of geopolitics), the essay invariably returns to the favorite topic: what is its impact on YOU?M)“For all the anxiety the essay causes,”says Bill McClintick of Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania, “it‟s a very small piece of the puzzle. I was in college admissions for 10 years. I saw kids and parents beat themselves up over this. And at the vast majority of places, it is simply not a big variable in the college‟s decision-making process.”N) Many admissions officers say they spend less than a couple of minutes on each application, including the essay. According to a recent survey of admissions officers, only one in four private colleges sa y the essay is of “considerable importance” in judging an application.Among public colleges and universities, the number drops to roughly one in 10. By contrast,86 percent place “considerable importance” on an applicant‟s grades, 70 percent on “strengthof curriculum.”O) Still, at the most selective schools, where thousands of candidates may submit identically high grades and test scores, a marginal item like the essay may serve as a tie-breaker between two equally qualified candidates. The thought is certainly enough to keep the pot boiling under parents like Meg, the lawyer-mom, as she tries to help her son choose an essay topic. For a moment the other day, she thought she might have hit on a good one. “His father‟s fromFrance,” she says. “I said maybe you could write about that, as something that makes you different. You know: half French, half American. I said, …You could write about your identity issues.‟He said, …I don‟t have any identity issues!‟And he‟s right. He‟s a well-adjusted, normal kid. B ut that doesn‟t make for a good essay, does it?”注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
2013-12CET-6真题总结翻译-版本1
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中国人自古以来就在中秋节时庆祝丰收。这与北 美地区庆祝感恩节的习俗十分相似。过中秋节的习俗 于唐代早期在中国各地开始流行。中秋节在农历八月 十五，是人们拜月的节日。这天夜晚皓月当空，人们 合家团聚，共赏明月。2006年，中秋节被列为中国的 文化遗产，2008年又被定为公共假日。月饼被视为中 秋节不可或缺的美食。人们将月饼作为礼物馈赠亲友 或在家庭聚会上享用。传统的月饼上带有“寿 （longevity）”、“福”或“和”等字样。
观赏 view and admire 据记载 It is recorded that 将„„与„„联系起来 connect sth. with sth. 风格迥异 have their own specific features
• 四大发明 the four great inventions of ancient China • 满足„„的需要 meet the needs of…
2013-12 CET6 Translation
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• Traditional festivals传统节日：
• Mid-Autumn Festival中秋节(2013.12)
• 自古以来 since the ancient times • 与„„十分相似 be similar to • 在中国各地开始流行 become popular throughout China • 拜月 worship the moon • 皓月当空 under the bright moon • 被列为中国的文化遗产 was listed as one of China’s cultural heritages • 公共假日 public holiday
2013年12月英语六级阅读真题及答案(卷一)
2013年12月英语六级阅读真题及答案(卷一)Part 3 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.Some performance evaluations require supervisors to take action. Employees who receive a very favorable evaluation may deserve some type of recognition or even a promotion. If supervisors do not acknowledge such outstanding performance, employees may either lose their 36 and reduce their effort or search for a new job at a firm that will 37 them for high performance. Supervisors should acknowledge high performance so that the employee will continue to perform well in the future.Employees who receive unfavorable evaluations must also be given attention. Supervisors must 38 the reasons for poor performance. Some reasons, such as a family illness, may have a temporary adverse 39 on performance and can be corrected. Other reasons, such as a bad attitude, may not be temporary. When supervisors give employees an unfavorable evaluation, they must decide whether to take any 40 actions. If the employees were unaware of their own deficiencies, the unfavorable evaluation can pinpoint (指出)the deficiencies that employees must correct. In this case, the supervisor may simply need to monitor the employees 41 and ensure that the deficiencies are corrected.If the employees were already aware of their deficiencies before the evaluation period, however, they may be unable or unwilling to correct them. This situation is more serious, and the supervisor may need to take action. The action should be 42 with the firm’s guidelines and may include reassigning the employees to new jobs, 43 them temporarily, or firing them. A supervisor's action toward a poorly performing worker can 44 the attitudes of other employees. If no 45 is imposed on an employee for poor performance, other employees may react by reducing their productivity as well.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
2013年12月大学英语六级真题试卷(一)(题后含答案及解析)
2013年12月大学英语六级真题试卷（一）(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Writing 2. Listening Comprehension 3. 4. Reading Comprehension 5. TranslationPart I Writing1．For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on happiness by referring to the saying “Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them. “ You can cite examples to illustrate your point and then explain how you can develop your ability to deal with problems and be happy. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.正确答案：The Way to Happiness When it comes to the topic of happiness, everybody has his own interpretation. But an inspiring idea goes that happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them, which reveals the nature of happiness. Happiness will be achieved only when we show great courage to confront problems and develop the capacity to solve them. There is no denying that we will encounter many problems in our life, but that doesn’t mean we are deprived of happiness. Many people have set great examples for us to follow: Nelson Mandela was sentenced to 27 years in prison, but he was optimistic and finally became successful in fighting against racial segregation. Steve Jobs was abandoned by his biological parents and dropped out of university but still managed to change the world. In our lives, no one is definitely immune to problems, but we may achieve happiness through striving. Therefore, it is of great necessity to equip ourselves with the ability to cope with problems. To be more specific, we need to be cooperative, persistent and decisive, and have a positive attitude toward problems. Only when we are proficient in dealing with problems can we fully enjoy happiness and live a merry life.Part II Listening ComprehensionSection A听力原文：W: What a wonderful performance! Your rock band has never sounded better. M: Many thanks. I guess all those hours of practice in the past month are finally paying off. Q: What does the man mean?2．A．The rock band needs more hours of practice.B．The rock band is going to play here for a month.C．Their hard work has resulted in a big success.D．He appreciates the woman’s help with the band.正确答案：C解析：语义理解题。
2013年12月六级考试真题答案解析(一)
2013年6月大学英语六级考试真题(一)答案与详解Part ⅠWriting1、审题:这是一篇评论性话题作文。
首先，抓住题目中的主题词life和meaningful,避免跑题。
接着，借助谚语内容（将生命花在比生命更长远的事上，就是尽用生命），谚语与题目相结合，可提炼出主题：怎样使生命更有意义。
然后，弄清题目与谚语的关系：主题与例证关系勒最后，确定行文思路：引出话题+提出观点+举例论证+总结建议；总结时，注意要观点明确，贴合所给主题，切勿模棱两可。
2、写作思路：第一段：以“总一分一总”形式引出话题，解释谚语。
第二段：提出观点，指出自己将怎样做，并举例论证。
第三段：做出呼吁，提出建议，总结全文。
Ho w to Li ve a Meanin gful Li fePeople always say that the greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. On the one hand, life is spent on something for the future, or for our offspring. For example, people work to build the Three Gorges Dam to make electricity. On the other hand, doing some little but meaningful things can also show the greatest useof life, such as offering a seat to a woman with a child.I will do the following things to make my life meaningful. First, I will plant trees every year to contribute my effort to make the sky blue and the water clean. Second, I will learn my major biology well to cure some diseases, such as cancers. Third, as the saying goes, to do your own job is to contribute your effort to the society.Only by spending our life for something that will outlast it can we contribute to our society. For one thing, we should learn from Lei Feng who did little but meaningful things. For another, we can do whatever we can to protect the environment. In a word, we can make our life meaningful by doing meaningful things.PartⅡListening Comprehension1.听力原文：W: Has my order arrived yet? I had been expecting it since last week.M: I called the company this morning. They had some labor problems, so your order will be shipped late. It should be here by the end of the week.Q: What has caused the delay of the shipment?【预测】选项中的weather conditions, labor problems和an error in the order均为可能导致送货推迟的原因表明，对话可能与送货推迟的原因有关。
2013年12月英语六级真题(含答案共3套)
2013年12月大学英语六级考试真题（第1套）Section CDirections:There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Youshould decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2with asingle line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.Among the government’s most interesting reports is one that estimates what parents spend ontheir children. Not surprisingly, the costs are steep. For a middle-class, husband-and-wife family(average pretax income in 2009: $76,250), spending per child is about $12,000 a year. With.inflation the family’s spending on a child will total $286,050 by age 17The dry statistics ought to inform the ongoing deficit debate, because a budget is not just acatalog of programs and taxes. It reflects a society’s priorities and values. Our society does not despite rhetoric(说辞) to the contrary—put much value on raising children. Present budgetpolicies tax parents heavily to support the elderly. Meanwhile, tax breaks for children are modest.If deficit reduction aggravates these biases, more Americans may choose not to have children or tohave fewer children. Down that path lies economic decline.Societies that cannot replace their populations discourage investment and innovation. Theyhave stagnant (萧条的) or shrinking markets for goods and services. With older populations,theyresist change. To stabilize its population—discounting immigration—women must have an2.0.Many countries with struggling economiesaverage of two children. That’s a fertility rate ofare well below that.shaped by culture, religion, Though having a child is a deeply personal decision, it’sa good answer” asto why fertility varies amongeconomics, and government policy. “No one hascountries, says sociologist Andrew Cherlin of The Johns Hopkins University. Eroding religiousbelief in Europe may partly explain lowered birthrates. In Japan young women may be rebellingisolated lives of child rearing. General optimism and pessimism count.against their mothers’ Hopefulness fueled Ameri ca’s baby boom. After the Soviet Union’s collapse, says Cherlin,Russiaand Eastern Europe.“anxiety for the future” depressed birthrates inIn poor societies, people have children to improve their economic well-being by increasingthe number of family workers and providing supports for parents in their old age. In wealthysocieties, the logic often reverses. Government now supports the elderly, diminishing the need forchildren. By some studies, the safety nets for retirees have reduced fertility rates by 0.5 children inthe United States and almost 1.0 in Western Europe, reports economist Robert Stein in the journalNational Affairs. Similarly, some couples don’t have children because they don’t want to sacrificetheir own lifestyles to the lime and expense of a family.Young Americans already face a bleak labor market that cannot instill (注入) confidenceabout having children. Piling on higher t axes won’t help, “If higher taxes make it more expensiveto raise children,” says Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute, “peopletwice about having another child.” That seems like common sense, despite the multiple influences on becoming parents.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
2013大学英语六级词汇表完整版
英语六级词汇(2013年)abbreviation n.节略，缩写，缩短 abolish vt.废除，取消absent a.不在意的absorption n.吸收；专注abstract a.理论上的 n.抽象absurd a.不合理的，荒唐的 abundance n.丰富，充裕accessory n.同谋 a.附属的accord n.调和，符合；协议 acknowledge vt.承认；告知收到acquaint vt.使认识，使了解action n.作用；情节adhere vi.粘附；追随；坚持 adjacent a.毗连的；紧接着的 adjoin vt.贴近，毗连；靠近 adjustable a.可调整的，可校准的 administration n.局(或署、处等)admiration n.钦佩；赞美，羡慕 adoption n.收养；采纳，采取 adore vt.崇拜；很喜欢advantageous a.有利的，有助的advertise vt.通知 vi.登广告英语六级词汇advocate n.辩护者 vt.拥护aerial a.空气的；航空的aerospace n.航空和宇宙航行空间 affirm vt.断言，批准；证实 agitation n.鼓动，煸动；搅动agreeable a.惬意的；同意的alas int.唉，哎呀album n.粘贴簿；相册；文选 alert a.警惕的；活跃的algebra n.代数学alien a.外国的 n.外国人alignment n.队列；结盟，联合allied a.联合的；联姻的allowance n津贴，补助费alongside prep.在…旁边ally n.盟国，同盟者，伙伴 alteration n.变更，改变；蚀变alternate vt.使交替 a.交替的amateur a.业余的n.业余爱好者 ambassador n.大使，使节ambient a.周围的，包围着的ambiguous a.模棱两可的；分歧的ambitious a.有雄心的；热望的ample a.足够的；宽敞的amplitude n.广大；充足；振幅amusement n.娱乐，消遣，乐趣analogue n.类似物；同源语analogy n.相似，类似；比拟analytic(al) a.分析的；分解的anniversary n.周年纪念日announce vt.报告…的来到annually ad.年年，每年anode n.阳极，正极，板极answer vi.符合，适合antarctic a.南极的 n.南极区antenna n.触角；天线antique a.古代的 n.古物anybody n.重要人物apparent a.显然的appendix n.附录，附属物；阑尾 applaud vt.喝彩；欢呼vi.欢呼 applause n.喝彩；夸奖，称赞appreciable a.可估价的；可察觉的 appreciation n.欣赏；鉴别；感激英语六级词汇apt a.恰当的；聪明的arc n.弧，弓形物；弧光 arch n.拱门 vt.用拱连接 architect n.建筑师；创造者arctic a.北极的 n.北极array vt.装扮 n.队列；排列 ascend vi.攀登，登高；追溯 ascertain vt.查明，确定，弄清 ascribe vt.把…归于ashore ad.在岸上，上岸ass n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人 assassinate vt.暗杀，行刺；中伤 assault vt.袭击；殴打 n.攻击 assert vt.断言，宣称；维护 assessment n.估定；查定；估计数 assumption n.采取；假定；傲慢 assurance n.保证；财产转让书 astonishment n.惊奇，惊讶astronomy n.天文学atom n.微粒；微量attachment n.连接物，附件；爱慕 attendance n.到场；出席人数attendant n.侍者；护理人员attorney n.代理人；辩护律师 audience n.正式会见；拜会author n.创造者，创始人automate vt.使自动化avail vt.有益于 n.效用availability n.有效(性)；可得性 aviation n.飞行awake vi.认识到awful a.威严的；令人崇敬的 awkward a.不雅观的axial a.轴的；轴向的axis n.轴，轴线；第二颈椎 axle n.(轮)轴，车轴，心棒 baby n.一家中年龄最小的人 bachelor n.未婚男子；学士bacon n.咸猪肉，熏猪肉bacterium n.细菌；拳击迷badge n.徽章，像章；标志 baffle vt.使挫折 n.迷惑bait n.饵；引诱物balcony n.阳台；楼厅，楼座英语六级词汇bald a.秃头的；无毛的ballet n.芭蕾舞；舞剧bamboo n.竹；竹杆，竹棍bandage n.绷带，包带bandit n.土匪，盗匪，歹徒 bank vi.把钱存入银行banker n.银行家bankrupt a.破产的 vt.使破产 banquet n.宴会，盛会，酒席 barely ad.仅仅，勉强barge n.驳船；大型游船barley n.大麦barometer n.气压计，睛雨表baron n.男爵；贵族；巨商 barren a.贫瘠的；不妊的baseball n.棒球；棒球运动basement n.地下室；地窖；底层 basin n.内海；盆地，流域 battery n.炮兵连；兵器群battle vi.战斗 vt.与…作战 bazaar n.集市，廉价商店bead n.有孔小珠；露珠beam vi.发光，发热；微笑 bearing n.支承；忍受；方位 bed n.河床，(湖)底，矿床 beetle n.甲虫；近视眼的人 beforehand ad.预先；提前地bend vt.使屈从 vi.屈从bestow vt.把…赠与between ad.当中，中间beware vt.&vi.谨防，当心bewilder vt.迷惑，把…弄糊涂 bid vt.命令 vi.报价bishop n.(基督教的)主教bitterness n.苦味，辛酸，苦难 blacksmith n.铁匠，锻工blast n.管乐器的声音blaze vt.使燃烧 vi.燃烧bleach vt.漂白 vi.变白blind n.百叶窗；窗帘；遮帘 block n.阻塞；障碍物；炮闩 blond n.白肤金发碧眼的人 blouse n.女衬衫；童衫；罩衫 blue a.伤心的；下流的英语六级词汇blunder vi.犯大错 n.大错blush vi.脸红，害臊 n.脸红 board vt.(收费)供…膳食body n.物体；(液)体；实质 boiler n.锅炉；热水贮槽bore n.讨厌的人；麻烦事 bound a.应当的；必定的bourgeois a.资产阶级的；平庸的 box n.专席boycott vt.&n.联合抵制brace n.支柱 vt.拉紧，撑牢 brand vt.在…上打烙印breakdown n.崩溃，倒塌；失败 breakfast vi.吃早餐breed n.(动物)品种bribe n.贿赂 vt.向…行贿 bridegroom n.新郎bridge vt.架桥于，用桥连接 bridle n.笼子；束缚 vt.抑制 brightness n.明亮，辉煌，聪明 broaden vt.&vi.放宽，变阔bronze n.青铜色brood vt.沉思vi.郁闭地沉思 Buddhism n.佛教，释教budget n.预算，预算案buffalo n.水牛；水陆坦克bug n.虫子；臭虫bugle n.军号，喇叭bull n.买空的证券投机商bulletin 告示，公告，公报bump vt.撞击 vi.撞 n.肿块 bureaucracy n.官僚主义；官僚机构 burglar n.夜盗，窃贼burial n.安葬，埋葬，埋藏burner n.灯头，煤气头bushel n.蒲式耳(容量单位) butt n.大酒桶，桶buzz vi.(蜂等)嗡嗡叫bypass n.旁通管 vt.绕过by-product n.副产品cable n.海底电报calculus n.微积分；结石calibration n.校准；标定，刻度can vt.装罐头英语六级词汇cane n.(藤等)茎；手杖cancel vt.删去，勾销，取消 capability n.能力，才能；性能capacitance n.电容，电容量capacitor n.电容器cape n.披肩，斗篷；海角captive a.被俘虏的；被迷住的 carry vt.刊登cartoon n.漫画，动画片cartridge n.弹药筒，子弹；软片 catalogue vt.为…编目录catalyst n.催化剂；刺激因素category n.种类，类目；范畴cater vi.迎合，投合Catholic a.天主教的n.天主教徒 caution n.小心；告诫 vt.警告 cautious a.小心的，谨慎的cavity n.洞，穴，空腔cement vt.粘结 vi.粘紧censor vt.审查，检查cereal n.谷类，五谷，禾谷certainty n.确实性，确信，确实challenge n.艰巨任务；要求回避 champion n.斗士；提倡者characterize vt.表示…的特性charcoal n.炭，木炭；生物炭 charge n.负荷；充电 vt.装满 charm n.魅力；妩媚 vi.迷人 charter vt.租 n.宪章；契据 chatter vi.&n.喋喋不休cheat n.欺诈；骗取check n.支票，帐单cherish vt.珍爱；怀有(感情) chestnut n.栗子；栗树；栗色 chill vi.感到寒冷；冷淬chip n.薄片，碎片choice n.入选者 a.优等的chop n.一块排骨，肉块chord n.(乐器的)弦 vi.协调 chorus vt.&vi.合唱Christ n.救世主(耶稣基督) Christian a.基督教的cigar n.雪茄烟，叶卷烟circular n.传单，通报，通函英语六级词汇circulation n.循环；(货币等)流通 circus n.马戏；马戏团cite vt.引用，引证；举例 civilian n.平民 a.平民的claim n.权利，所有权clamp n.夹子 vt.夹住，夹紧 clap n.拍手喝采声；霹雳声 clash n.碰撞声；抵触，冲突 clasp vt.扣住，扣紧，钩住 classic n.名著 a.不朽的clatter n.得得声，卡嗒声cleanliness n.清洁clearing n.(森林中的)空旷地 client n.顾客；诉讼委托人 climax n.(兴趣的)顶点cling vi.粘住；依附；坚持 clinic n.诊所，医务室；会诊 clip vt.夹住 n.夹子，钳子 clip vt.剪；剪辑报刊cloak vt.掩盖，覆盖，掩饰 clockwise a.&ad.顺时针方向转的 closet n.小房间；壁碗橱cloudy a.混浊的；模糊不清的 clown n.(马戏的)小丑，丑角 cluster n.一串 vt.使成群clutch vt.抓住 vi.掌握，攫 coach vt.辅导，指导，训练 cock n.旋塞，开关，龙头 coefficient n.协同因素；系数，率 coffin n.棺材，柩coherent a.粘着的；紧凑的coin vt.铸造(硬币)coincide vi.相符合；相巧合coke n.焦炭 vt.&vi.炼焦 collaborate vi.协作，合作；协调 collide vi.碰撞；冲突，抵触 colonial a.殖民地的，殖民的 colonist n.移民；殖民地居民 combat vt.跟…战斗 vi.格斗 combustion n.燃烧；氧化；骚动 comedy n.喜剧；喜剧场面commence vt.开始 vi.获得学位 commend vt.称赞，表扬；推荐 commission n.委托，委任；委托状英语六级词汇commodity n.日用品，商品，物品 commonplace a.平凡的 n.平常话commonsense a.有常识的commonwealth n.共和国；联邦compact a.紧密的 vt.使紧凑 comparable a.可比较的；类似的 compatible a.一致的；兼容制的 compensate vt.&vi.补偿，赔偿compensation n.补偿，赔偿，赔偿费 competitive a.竞争的，比赛的competitor n.竞争者，敌手complaint n.疾病，病痛；主诉 complement vt.补充 n.补足(物) completion n.完成，结束，完满 complexity n.复杂(性)complication n.复杂，混乱；并发症 compliment n.问候 vt.赞美，祝贺 comply vi.应允，遵照，照做 composer n.作曲家；调停人composite a.合成的 n.合成物composition n.组成，构成，结构 comprehend vt.了解，理解，领会compression n.压缩，压紧，浓缩 compulsory a.强迫的，义务的conceit n.自负，自高自大conceive vt.设想，以为；怀孕 concentrate vt.&vi.浓缩，提浓conception n.概念，观念，想法 concern n.所关切的事；商行 concert n.一齐，一致，协作 concession n.让步，迁就confidence n.私房话，秘密，机密 confidential a.秘密的；亲信的confirmation n.证实，确定；确认 conform vt.使遵守 vi.一致confront vt.使面对；使对证conqueror n.征服者，胜利者consciousness n.意识，知觉，觉悟 consequence n.重要(性)，重大意义 consequent a.作为结果的；必然的 conservative a.有保存力的，防腐的 consistent a.前后一致的，连贯的 console n.悬臂，肘托；控制台 consolidate vt.巩固 vi.合并英语六级词汇constituent a.形成的 n.选民constitute vt.构成，组成constitution n.(人的)体格，素质constraint n.强迫，结束；强制力 construction n.结构；作图(法)consul n.领事consumer n.消费者，用户consumption n.消费(量)，灭绝contend vi.竞争 vt.坚决主张 context n.上下文；来龙去脉continental a.大陆的，大陆性的contradict vt.反驳，否认contrary n.反对命题contrast vt.使对比vi.形成对比 controversy n.争论，辩论，争吵convention n.公约，(换俘等)协定 convert vt.转变，改变，变换 convey vt.传达；传播；转让 conviction n.确信，信服，深信cooperative a.合作的 n.合作社coordinate a.同等的 n.同等的人 correctly ad.正确地，恰当地correlate n.互相关联的事物correlation n.相互关系；对射correspondence n.通信；符合；对应 corrosion n.腐蚀，侵蚀；锈corrupt vt.贿赂 a.腐败的cosmic a.宇宙的；广大无边的 cosmos n.宇宙；秩序，和谐 couch n.睡椅，长沙发椅counsel n.商议；忠告；律师 count n.起拆理由，罪状counter a.&ad.相反的(地)courageous a.勇敢的，无畏的courteous a.有礼貌的，谦恭的 courtesy n.礼貌，谦恭，请安 coward a.懦怯的，胆小的crab n.蟹，蟹肉 vi.捕蟹 crack vi.&vt.发出爆裂声cradle n.摇篮，发源地craft n.技巧crank n.曲柄 vi.转动曲柄 crash vi.撞坏，摔坏，砸碎 credit vt.&n.相信，信任英语六级词汇crisis n.危机；转折点crisp a.脆的；卷曲的criterion n.标准，准则，尺度 crooked a.弯的，歪的；畸形的 cross a.易怒的；杂交的cruelty n.残酷；残酷行为cruise vi.巡航 vt.巡航于… cubic a.立方体的；立方的 cuckoo n.杜鹃，布谷鸟curly a.卷曲的；有卷毛的 currency n.通货；通用；市价 currently ad.普遍地；当前custom n.海关，关税customary a.通常的；照惯例的 cutter n.用于切割的器械cylinder n.圆筒；柱(面)；汽缸 damn vt.诅咒 n.诅咒；丝毫 datum n.资料；数据；已知数 dazzle vt.&vi.炫耀；迷惑deafen vt.使聋；使隔音deal vi.做买卖；对付dealer n.商人，贩子；发牌者dean n.(大学)院长，系主任 decay vt.使腐朽，使腐烂decidedly ad.明确地，坚决地decimal a.小数的，十进制的 decisive a.决定性的；果断的 declaration n.宣布，宣言；申诉 decline vt.下倾；偏斜；衰退 decompose vt.&vi.腐败；分解decorative a.装饰的；可作装饰的 decree n.法令，政令；教令 dedicate vt.奉献；献身deem vt.认为，相信 vi.想 deepen vt.加浓default n.&vi.不履行；缺席 deficiency n.缺乏；不足之数deficient a.缺乏的；欠缺的define vt.规定；立(界限) deflect vt.&vi.(使)偏斜deflection n.偏斜，歪斜；偏差 deform vt.损坏…的形状deformation n.损坏；变形；畸形 defy vt.向…挑战；蔑视英语六级词汇degradation n.降级；退化；衰变 degrade vt.使降给；使堕落delegate n.代表，委员，特派员 deliberate a.深思熟虑的；审慎的 deliberately ad.审慎地，故意地denial n.否定；拒绝相信denote vt.指示，意味着denounce vt.谴责，声讨；告发 dentist n.牙科医生dependant n.受赡养者；侍从deposit n.押金；寄存物deposition n.免职，罢免；口供 depression n.消沉；不景气萧条期 deprive vt.夺去；使(人)失去 deputy n.代理人 a.副的derivation n.引出；起源；衍生 descendant n.子孙，后裔；弟子 descent n.下降；出身；斜坡 desert vt.遗弃；擅离(职守) designate vt.指出，指示；指定 desolate a.荒芜的；孤独的dessert n.甜点心destine vt.命定，注定；预定 destiny n.命运，天数destructive a.破坏(性)的，危害的 detach vt.分开；派遣(军队) detail n.琐碎，小事detain vt.耽搁；扣押，拘留 detective n.侦探，密探detector n.发觉者，探测器develop vt.使(颜色等)显现deviate vt.(使)背离，偏离deviation n.背离，偏离；偏差数 devotion n.献身，热诚，专心 devour vt.吞食；吞灭，毁灭 diagnose vt.诊断(疾病)dictator n.独裁者，专政者diesel n.柴油发动机，内燃机 diet n.饮食，食物difficult a.难以满足的dignity a.尊贵；(举止)庄严 diminish vt.减少，减小，递减 dine vi.吃饭 vt.宴请dioxide n.二氧化物英语六级词汇diploma n.毕业文凭，学位证书 diplomatic a.外交的；有策略的directory n.姓名地址录；董事会 disagreement n.不一致；争论disappearance n.消失，消散；失踪disastrous a.灾难性的；悲惨的discern vt.看出，辨出；辨别 discount n.折扣；打折扣卖discourse n.讲话，演说，讲道discrimination n.辨别；识别力；歧视 disgrace n.失宠，耻辱，丢脸disillusion n.觉醒 vt.使觉醒dismay n.惊慌，沮丧，灰心dismiss vt.忘掉disorder n.疾病，小病dispatch vt.派遣；调度 n.急件 disperse vt.(使)分散；驱散displace vt.移置；取代；置换 displacement n.移置；免职；置换disregard vt.不管，不顾 n.不管 dissatisfaction n.不满，不平dissipate vt.驱散；浪费vi.消散dissolve vt.解除(婚约等)distinct a.独特的distinctly ad.显然，清楚地distinguish v.使显出特色，使杰出 distort vt.歪曲，曲解，扭曲 distortion n.弄歪，歪曲；畸变 distract vt.分散(心思)；打扰 disturbance n.动乱；干扰；侵犯 diverge vi.分岔；分歧diversion n.转移；改道；娱乐 divert vt.使转向 vi.转移divine a.神的；敬神的dizzy a.头晕眼花的，眩晕的 dock vt.把…引入船坞doctrine n.教义，主义；学说 documentary a.纪录的，文献的dome n.圆屋顶，拱顶domestic a.养在家里的dominant a.统治的 n.主因dominate vt.统治，支配，控制 doom n.命运，毁灭 vt.注定 doubtless ad.无疑地；很可能英语六级词汇dove n.鸽子，斑鸠drain vi.(水等)流掉drainage n.排水；下水道drama n.戏剧性事件；戏剧性 drastic a.激烈的；严厉的drawback n.退款；妨碍；弊端 dreadful a.可怕的；令人敬畏的 dry a.干巴巴的，枯燥的 duke n.公爵，君主；手duplicate n.复制品 vt.复制dust n.垃圾，废品，灰烬 dwarf n.矮子，侏儒dwell n.居住 vi.凝思，细想 dynamic(al) a.机能上的dynamo n.发电机ear n.(稻麦等的)穗earnings n.工资，收入；收益 earthenware n.陶器eastward a.&ad.向东的，向东 echo vt.反射(声音等)eclipse n.(日，月)食ecology n.生态学；个体生态学economically ad.节约地，在经济上 economics n.经济学；经济edit vt.编辑，编纂；校订 editorial n.社论，期刊的社论 Egyptian a.埃及的 n.埃及人eject vt.逐出，排斥；喷射 elapse vi.(时间)过去，消逝 elbow vt.用肘挤，挤进electrician n.电工，电气技师electrode n.电极；电焊条electronics n.电子学elegant a.(举止、服饰)雅致的 elemental a.基本的；自然力的 elevate vt.提高(思想)；抬高 elevation n.高度；标高；隆肿 elliptical a.椭圆的；省略的eloquence n.雄辩；口才，修辞 embarrass vt.使负债；使复杂化 embassy n.大使馆；大使的职务 embody vt.体现；包含，收录 embrace vt.包括，包含；包围 embroidery n.绣花，刺绣；绣制品英语六级词汇emerge vi.浮现，出现；显露 emigrate vi.永久移居国外emission n.散发；传播；发出物 empirical a.经验主义的enchant vt.迷住；用魔法迷惑 enclosure n.围绕；围场，围栏end n.目标，目的endanger vt.危及，危害endeavor vi.&n.努力，尽力endow vt.资助；赋予，授予 endurance n.耐久力，持久力energetic a.积极的；精力旺盛的 energize vt.给与…能量；电压 engage vt.使(齿轮等)啮合engagement n.婚约；约会，债务enhance vt.提高，增加；夸张 enlighten vt.启发，开导；启蒙 enrich vt.使富裕；使丰富enroll vt.登记，招收vi.参军 enterprise n.艰巨的事业；事业心 entertainment n.招待，招待会entitle vt.把…称作entreat vt.&vi.恳求entry n.通道；条目environmental a.环境的，环境产生的 episode n.一段情节；插曲epoch n.(新)时代；历元equation n.平衡；平均；反应式 equator n.赤道，天球赤道equilibrium n.平衡，均衡；均衡论 equivalent a.等面(体)积的erect a.竖起的erosion n.腐蚀，侵蚀；糜烂errand n.差使，差事escort n.&vt.护卫，护送essence n.本质，本体；精华essential a.特发的；自发的establish vt.使…被永久地接受 estate n.房地产；财产，产业 eternal n.永久的；不朽的evaporate vt.使脱水vi.发散蒸气 even a.同一日期的evenly ad.一致地，平静地everlasting a.永久的；持久的英语六级词汇evil n.邪恶，罪恶；祸害 evolution n.开方；(天体的)形成 excel vt.胜过 vi.杰出except vt.把…除外，除去exceptional a.例外的；优越的excess n.过度行为，暴行excessively ad.过分，极端地exclamation n.呼喊，惊叫；感叹 exclusive a.除外的；孤傲的excursion n.离题excuse vt.与…辩解；使免除 execution n.实行，执行；处死刑 executive n.总经理，董事exemplify vt.举例证明(解释) exert vt.发挥(威力)，施加 exile vt.流放 n.被流放者 expect vt.料想，认为expedition n.探险；探险队expenditure n.(时间等)支出，消费 expel vt.驱逐，开除；排出 experimentally ad.实验上，实验性地 experimentation n.实验，试验；实验法expire vi.满期，到期；断气 explicit a.明晰的；直率的exploration n.考察；勘探；探查 exposition n.说明，解释；陈列 extinct a.绝种的；熄灭了的 extinguish vt.熄灭，扑灭；消灭 extra n.附加物；额外的人手 extract vt.取出；榨取 n.摘录 extraction n.抽出；提取法；摘要 extraordinarily ad.非常地，特别地extravagant a.奢侈的；过度的extreme n.极端不同的性质fabricate vt.制作，组合；捏造 fabrication n.制作，构成；捏造 facilitate vt.使容易；助长faction n.派别，宗派，小集团 fair a.美丽的fake n.假货，膺品 a.假的 fall vi.变成，成为；陷于 fantastic a.空想的；奇异的fascinate vt.迷住 vi.迷人fastener n.扣件，钮扣，揿钮英语六级词汇faultless a.无过失的；无缺点的 fearless a.无畏的，大胆的feel vi.摸起来fell vt.砍倒(树等)；砍伐 fellowship n.伙伴关系；联谊会 feminine a.女性的；女子气的 fence n.击剑(术) vi.击剑 ferrous a.铁的；亚铁的ferry n.渡船；渡口 vt.运送 fertile a.(创造力)丰富的fighter n.斗争者；战斗机filament n.细丝；长丝；灯丝 fill vt.担任(职务)；填补 filter vi.滤过filth n.污秽，污物；淫猥 finance vt.提供资金finely ad.精细地，美好地finite a.有限的；有尽的fireplace n.壁炉firework n.爆竹，花炮，烟火 firmness n.坚固，坚定，稳固 first-rate a.第一流的，优秀的fission n.裂开；分裂生殖fitness n.适当，恰当；健康 fitting a.适当的 n.配合fixture n.固定；定期存款flake n.片，薄片；肌膈flame vi.发火焰 vt.点燃flank n.肋，肋腹；侧面flannel n.法兰绒；法兰绒衣服 flap vt.&n.拍打 vi.拍动 flask n.瓶；火药筒；砂箱 flatten vt.把…弄平；击倒flatter vt.奉承，阿谀，谄媚 flavour vt.给…调味flaw n.缺点，瑕疵；裂隙 flee vi.逃走 vt.逃避flexible a.灵活的，可变通的 flight n.溃退，逃跑；外流 fling vi.&vt.(用力)扔，抛 float n.漂浮物；浮标，木筏 flock vi.群集，聚集fluctuate vi.波动 vt.使波动fluctuation n.波动；脉动；踌躇英语六级词汇flush n.兴奋，脸红；发烧 flutter vi.(鸟)振翼；飘动flux n.流；涨潮；流量fly v.飞跑，逃跑，消失 foam n.泡沫；泡沫塑料follow vt.从事(职业)，经营 follower n.契据的附面；从动件 footpath n.小路，人行道fore ad.在前面 a.先前的 foreign a.无关的foresee vt.预见，预知，看穿 forge vt.打(铁等)，锻造formal a.形态的；规范的formerly ad.以前，从前formidable a.可怕的；难对付的 formulate vt.用公式表示formulation n.明确的表达forsake vt.遗弃，抛弃，摒绝 fort n.要塞，堡垒forthcoming a.即将到来的；现有的 fortress n.堡垒，要塞forum n.论坛，讨论会forward ad.向前，将来vt.转递 fossil n.化石 a.化石的foster vt.养育，抚养；培养 foul a.肮脏的；丑恶的fowl n.家禽；禽肉fraction n.分数；分馏的部分fracture n.破裂；裂痕 vi.破裂 fragile a.脆的；体质弱的fragrant a.香的，芬芳的frail a.脆弱的；意志薄弱的 framework n.机构，组织，体制freight n.运费；货运；负担frequency n.频繁，屡次；频率frequent a.常见的；频繁的freshen vt.使显得新鲜fret vt.&vi.(使)烦恼friction n.擦热皮肤fright n.惊吓，恐怖frightful a.可怕的；讨厌的fringe n.穗，毛边；边缘fro ad.往，去，回，向后 frock n.(女)上衣，罩衫英语六级词汇frustrate vt.挫败；使无效furious a.狂暴的；强烈的further vt.增进fury n.狂怒，暴怒；猛烈fuse n.保险丝，导火线fuss n.忙乱；吹捧 vi.忙乱 gamble n.赌博 vt.冒…的险gangster n.匪徒，歹徒，暴徒gap n.山口，山峡；差距garage n.汽车修理站；飞机库 garlic n.蒜，大蒜garment n.衣服；服装，衣着gather vt.推测，推断gathering n.集会，聚会，聚集gear n.齿轮，传动装置generalization n.一般化；概括，综合 generalize vt.概括出vi.形成概念 generate vt.发生，产生；生成 generosity n.慷慨，宽宏大量geographical a.地理的；地区(性)的 geology n.地质学；(某地)地质 geometrical a.几何学的germ n.细菌，病原菌；幼芽 gesture vi.(讲话时等)做手势 gigantic a.巨大的；巨人似的 ginger n.姜，生姜gleam n.微光 vi.发微光glider n.滑翔机；滑翔导弹 global a.球面的；全球的glorify vt.赞美(上帝)；颂扬 glossary n.词汇表；术语汇编 glue vt.粘牢gnaw vt.啃，咬断 vi.啮goddess n.女神；绝世美女goodness n.善良，善行，美德 gorilla n.大猩猩；暴徒，打手 gorgeous a.绚丽的；极好的gossip n.闲谈；碎嘴子；漫笔 govern vt.决定，支配；控制 grab vt.&vi.攫取，抓取gracious a.谦和的gradient n.斜坡 a.倾斜的gramophone n.留声机granite a.花岗岩，花岗石英语六级词汇grant n.授予物，拨款graphite n.石墨，石墨电极grasshopper n.蚱蜢，蝗虫，蚂蚱 grassy a.草多的；草似的grateful a.可喜的，令人愉快的 gravel n.砂跞；砂砾层；结石 graze vi.喂草；放牧(牲畜) grease n.动物脂，脂肪greed n.贪心，贪婪grief n.悲哀，悲痛，悲伤 grim a.冷酷无情的，严厉的 grin vi.咧着嘴笑grind vt.折磨，压榨groove n.槽 vt.开槽于grope vi.(暗中)摸索，探索 gross a.(语言、举止)粗俗的 grove n.林子，小树林，园林 growl vi.(狗等)嗥叫；咆哮 grumble vi.抱怨，发牢骚grunt vi.作呼噜声；咕哝guilt n.有罪，犯罪；内疚 guitar n.吉他，六弦琴gust n.阵风，一阵狂风gutter n.沟，边沟；檐槽hail vt.向…欢呼 vi.招呼 halve vt.对分；平摊ham n.火腿；(兽类的)后踝 hamper vt.妨碍，阻碍，牵制 handbook n.手册，便览，指南 handicap vt.妨碍，使不利handout n.施舍物，救济品handy a.方便的；便于使用的 harbour vt.隐匿，窝藏；怀着 hard a.(酒)烈性的hardy a.强壮的，耐劳的harmonious a.和谐的，协调的harp n.竖琴；天琴座harsh a.粗糙的；严厉的hatch vt.舱盖，舱口；短门 haughty a.傲慢的，轻蔑的haul vt.拖曳；拖运haunt vt.常去 vi.经常出没 hazard vt.使遭危险 n.危险 head vt.用头顶(球)vi.出发英语六级词汇heading n.标题，题词，题名 headlong a.&ad.头向前的(地) headquarters n.总局，总店hearth n.壁炉地面；炉边heater n.加热的人，加热器 hearty a.衷心的；丰盛的heave vt.(用力地)举起；抛 Heaven n.上帝，神heighten vt.加高，提高；增加 hemisphere n.半球；半球地图henceforth ad.今后，从今以后herald ad.传令官；通报者herb n.草本植物；香草herd vt.放牧 vi.成群hesitate vi.含糊，支吾；口吃 hide n.生皮，兽皮，皮革 hike vi.作长途徒步旅行hindrance n.障碍，妨碍hinge n.合页，折叶，铰链 hip n.臀部，髋；屋脊hiss n.嘶嘶声 vi.嘶嘶作声 historian n.历史学家；编史家historic a.历史的；历史性的hit n.轰动一时的人(或事) hitherto ad.迄今，到目前为止 hoarse a.(声音)嘶哑的hoe vt.&vi.锄地hoist vt.升起 vi.扯起来hollow vt.凿空 vi.变空homely a.家庭的；家常的homogeneous a.同类的；均匀的hook vt.用钩连接，用钩挂 hop vi.跳舞；(人)单足跳 horizon n.层位horn n.角状物，角制品hose n.长筒袜；软管hospitality n.好客，殷勤；宜人hostage n.人质，抵押品hostess n.女主人；旅馆女老板 hostile a.敌对的；不友好的hound n.狗；角鲨；卑鄙的人 house n.议院，会议厅hover vi.徘徊；傍徨；翱翔 howl n.嚎叫；哀号 vi.吠英语六级词汇hug vt.搂 n.紧紧拥抱hull n.外壳，豆荚；薄膜 hum n.嗡嗡声 vt.哼曲子 humanitarian a.博爱的 n.慈善家humanity n.人类；人性，人情 humidity n.湿气；湿度hurl vt.猛投 vi.猛冲hurrah int.好哇，万岁，乌拉 hurricane n.飓风，十二级风hurt n.损伤，伤害，创伤 hush n.沉默 int.嘘！hydraulic a.水力的；水力学的 hydrocarbon n.烃，碳氢化合物hymn n.赞美诗，圣歌；赞歌 hypothesis n.假设；前提ice vt.使成冰 vi.结冰icy a.冰冷的；冷冰冰的 idealism n.唯心主义；理想主义 ideally ad.理想地；理论上identical a.同一的；恒等的identification n.认出，鉴定；身份证 idiot n.白痴；傻子idleness n.懒惰；赋闲无事ignite vt.引燃 vi.着火ignorance n.无知，无学，愚昧 illiterate a.文盲的 n.文盲illuminate vt.照明，照亮；阐明 illusion n.幻想；错觉；假象 imitation n.仿制品，伪制物immerse vt.沉浸；给…施洗礼 immigrate vt.(使)移居入境immortal a.不朽的；永生的impart vt.给予，传递；告诉 impartial a.公正的，无偏见的 implement n.工具，服装 vt.贯彻 implore vt.乞求，恳求，哀求 impose vi.利用；欺骗impress vt.盖印，在…打记号 improper a.不适当的；不合理的 impulse n.推动，冲力；冲动 impurity n.不纯；杂质；不道德 inaccessible a.达不到的，难接近的 inaccurate a.不精密的，不准确的 inadequate a.不充足的，不适当的英语六级词汇inasmuch ad.因为，由于inaugurate vt.开始；使就职incapable a.无能力的；无资格的 incense n.香，熏香；香气incidence n.发生，影响；入射 incidentally ad.附带地；顺便提及 inclination n.倾斜，点头；斜坡 incline n.坡度inclusive a.包围住的；包括的 incompatible a.不相容的incomplete a.不完全的，未完成的 incorporate vt.结合，合并，收编 incredible a.难以置信的，惊人的 indefinite a.无限期的indicative a.指示的；陈述的indignation n.愤怒，愤慨，义愤 indispensable a.必不可少的，必需的 individual a.特殊的indoor a.室内的；室内进行的 induce vt.劝诱；引起；感应 induction n.就职；归纳推理indulge vt.放纵(感情)vi.纵情industrious a.勤劳的，勤奋的inertia n.惯性，惯量；无力 inevitably ad.不可避免地infect vt.使受影响infectious a.传染的；感染性的 infer vt.&vi.猜想，臆测inference n.推论；推断的结果 inferior n.下级；晚辈，次品 infinite n.无限；无穷(大)infinitely ad.无限地，无边地infinity n.大量，大宗；无穷大 inflation n.通货膨胀，物价飞涨 influence n.势力，权势ingenious a.机灵的；精巧制成的 ingenuity n.机灵；设计新颖ingredient n.配料，成分inherent a.固有的，生来的initial a.词首的initially ad.最初，开始initiate vt.开始，创始；启蒙 initiative a.创始的 n.第一步inject vt.注射；注满；喷射英语六级词汇inland a.国内的；内地的inlet n.进口，水湾 vt.引进 innovation n.创新，改革，新设施 innumerable a.无数的，数不清的 inorganic a.无生物的；无机的 input vt.输入 n.输入insert vi.(肌肉)附着insight n.洞察力，洞悉，见识 insignificant a.无意义的；低微的 insistent a.坚持的；逼人注意的 inspector n.检查员；巡官inspiration n.灵感；妙想；鼓舞 instability n.不稳定性；不坚决 installment n.分期付款instantaneous a.瞬间的，即刻的instructor n.指导者，教员instrumental a.仪器的；有帮助的 insulate vt.使绝缘，使绝热insulator n.隔离者；绝缘体intake n.吸入；输入能量integral a.组成的；整的integrate vt.使结合，使并入integrity n.诚实，正直intellect n.理智，智力，才智 intent a.目不转睛的，热切的 interact vi.相互作用interconnect vt.使互相联系intercourse n.交际，往来，交流 interface n.分界面interior n.内部 a.内部的intermediate n.中间体；调解人interpret vt.解释 vi.口译intervene vi.干涉，干预；播进 interview vt.接见，会见，会谈 intonation n.语调，声调；发声 introduce vt.提出(议案等)invalid n.病人 a.有病的invariably ad.不变地，永恒地inversely ad.相反地invoice n.发票，发货清单ion n.离子irregularity n.不规则；不整齐irrespective a.不考虑的，不顾的 irrigation n.灌溉；冲洗法英语六级词汇irritate vt.激怒；引起不愉快 Islam n.伊斯兰教，回教ivory n.象牙；牙质；乳白色 jack n.起重器；传动装置 jam n.堵塞 vt.使…堵塞 jealousy n.妒忌，嫉妒，猜忌 jean n.斜纹布，牛仔裤jelly n.冻，果子冻；胶状物 jerk vt.猛地一拉 vi.急拉 Jesus n.耶稣jewellery n.珠宝，珠宝饰物jingle vt.&vi.(使)丁当响jog vt.使(马等)缓步行进 jug n.带柄水罐，大壶junction n.连接；接头；中继线 jungle n.丛林，密林，莽丛 junior n.年少者；晚辈Jupiter n.丘庇特；木星kernel n.(果实的)核；谷粒 kidnap vt.诱拐，绑架kidney n.肾，腰子；性格kilowatt n.千瓦(特)kindle vt.点燃 vi.着火kinetic a.动力(学)的；活动的 kit n.成套工具；用具包 knight n.骑士，武士；爵士 lace vi.系带，用带子束紧 landscape n.风景，景色，景致 largely ad.大规模地late a.去世不久的latent a.存在但看不见的lathe n.车床 vt.用车床加工 latitude n.纬度；黄纬lattice n.格子；点阵，网络 laundry n.送洗衣店去洗的东西 leaflet n.传单，活页；广告 leakage n.漏，泄漏；漏出物 lease n.租约，契约，租契 legislation n.立法；法规length n.程度，范围lengthen vt.使延长 vi.变长leopard n.豹lessen vt.减少 vi.变少lever n.途径，工具，手段英语六级词汇liability n.责任；倾向；债务 liable a.有(法律)责任的lighter n.打火机，引燃器likelihood n.可能(性)likeness n.同样；类似，相似 lily n.百合，百合花，睡莲 limb n.分支，突出物limestone n.石灰石limp vi.蹒跚，跛行 n.跛行 line vt.加衬里于linear a.线的；长度的liner n.班船，定期班机linger vi.逗留，徘徊；拖延 lining n.(衣服里的)衬里lipstick n.唇膏，口红literal a.文字(上)的；字面的 literally ad.照字义，逐字地literary a.精通文学的litter n.废物，杂乱 vi.乱扔 lobby n.前厅，(剧院的)门廊 locality n.位置，地点，发生地 location n.定位，测位；测量。
2013年12月六级考试真题(一)
2013年12月六级考试真题（第一套）Part I WritingDirections:For this part you are allowed30minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark“The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.”You can give examples to illustrate your point and thenexplain what you will do to make your life more meaningful You should write at least150words but nomore than200words.PartⅡListening ComprehensionSection ADirections:In this section,you will hear8short conversations and2long 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 bespoken only once.After each question there will be a pause.During the pause,you must read the fourchoices marked A),B),C)and D),and decide which is the best answer.Then mark the corresponding letteron Answer Sheet1with a single line through the centre.1.A)Weather conditions.C)An error in the order.B)Labor problems.D)Misplacing of goods.2.A)What the woman says makes a lot of sense.B)The rich are opposed to social welfare.C)He agrees with Mr.Johnson’s views.D)He is sympathetic with poor people.3.A)He has work to finish in time.C)He has a tough problem to solve.B)He will be practicing soccer.D)He will be attending a meeting.4.A)Mary will not be able to keep a dog in the building.B)Mary should get rid of her pet as soon as possible.C)Mary might as well send her dog to her relative.D)Mary is not happy with the ban on pet animals.5.A)He does not believe they are twin sisters.C)Lisa and Gale are not very much alike.B)The woman seems a bit hard of hearing.D)The twins,voices are quite different.6.A)The serious economic crisis in Britain.C)A package deal to be signed in November.B)A message from their business associates.D)Their ability to deal with financial problems.7.A)Cleaning the pants will take longer than usual.B)The man will be charged extra for the service.C)The man has to go to the main cleaning facility.D)It is impossible to remove the stain completely.8.A)European markets.C)Luxury goods.B)Imported products.D)A protest rally.Questions9to12are based on the conversation you have just heard.9.A)He made a business trip.B)He had a quarrel with Marsha.C)He talked to her on the phone.D)He resolved a budget problem.10.A)She may have to be fired for poor performance.B)She has developed some serious mental problem.C)She is in charge of the firm's budget planning.D)She supervises a number of important projects.11.A)She failed to arrive at the airport on time.B)David promised to go on the trip in her place.C)Something unexpected happened at her home.D)She was not feeling herself on that day.12.A)He frequently gets things mixed up.B)He is always finding fault with Marsha.C)He has been trying hard to cover for Marsha.D)He often fails to follow through on his projects.Questions13to15are based on the passage you have just heard.13.A)They are better sheltered from all the outside temptations.B)They take an active part in more extracurricular activities.C)They are usually more motivated to compete with their peers.D)They have more opportunities to develop their leadership skills.14.A)Its students aim at managerial posts.C)Its chief positions are held be women.B)Its students are role models of women.D)Its teaching staff consists of women only.15.A)They have ample opportunities to meet the opposite sex.B)They are more or less isolated from the outside world.C)It is traditional but colourful.D)It is under adequate control.Section BDirections:In this section,you will hear3short 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 bestanswer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet1with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions16to19are based on the passage you have just heard.16.A)By speaking with the local agent.C)By making gestures at strategic points.B)By speaking in a deep,loud voice.D)By invading the personal space of listeners.17.A)To promote sportsmanship among business owners.B)To raise money for a forthcoming local sports event.C)To encourage people to support local sports groups.D)To show his family’s contribution to the community.18.A)They would certainly appeal to his audience.B)They are known to be the style of the sports world.C)They are believed to communicate power and influence.D)They represent the latest fashion in business circles.19.A)To create a warm personal atmosphere.C)To allow the audience to better enjoy his slides.B)To cover up his own nervousness.D)To enhance the effect of background music. Passage TwoQuestions20to22are based on the passage you have just heard.20.A)She was the first African-American slave to publish a book.B)She was born about the time-of the War of Independence.C)She was the greatest female poet in Colonial America.D)She was the first educated slave of John Wheatley’s.21.A)Turn to the colonial governor for help.C)Obtain consent from her owner.B)Go through a scholarly examination.D)Revise it a number of times.22.A)Religious scripts popular among slaves in America.B)Literary works calling for the abolition of slavery.C)A rich stock of manuscripts left by historical figures.D)Lots of lost works written by African-American women.Passage ThreeQuestions23to25are based on the passage you have just heard.23.A)It is a trait of generous character.C)It is a sign of happiness and confidence.B)It is a reflection of self-esteem.D)It is an indicator of high intelligence.24.A)It was the essence of comedy.C)It was self-defeating.B)It was something admirable.D)It was aggressive.25.A)It is a feature of a given culture.C)It is a result of both nature and nurture.B)It is a double-edged sword.D)It is a unique gift of human beings.Section CSection BDirections:In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questionsby marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2.The Uses of DifficultyThe brain likes a challenge—and putting a few obstacles in its way may well boost its creativity.[A]Jack White,the former frontman of the White Stripes and an influential figure among fellow musicians,likes to makethings difficult for himself.He uses cheap guitars that won’t stay in shape or in tune.When performing,he positions his instruments in a way that is deliberately inconvenient,so that switching from guitar to organ mid-song involves a mad dash across the stage.Why?Because he’s on the run from what he describes as a disease that preys on every artist:“ease of use”.When making music gets too easy,says White,it becomes harder to make it sing.[B]It’s an odd thought.Why would anyone make their work more difficult than it already is?Yet we know that difficultycan pay unexpected dividends.In1966,soon after the Beatles had finished work on“Rubber Soul”,Paul McCartney looked into the possibility of going to America to record their next album.The equipment in American studios was more advanced than anything in Britain,which had led the Beatles’great rivals,the Rolling Stones,to make their latest album.“Aftermath”,in Los Angeles.McCartney found that EMI’s(百代唱片）contractual clauses made it prohibitively expensive to follow suit,and the Beatles had to make do with the primitive technology of Abbey Road.[C]Lucky for us.Over the next two years they made their most groundbreaking work,turning the recording studio into amagical instrument of its own.Precisely because they were working with old-fashioned machines,George Martin and his team of engineers were forced to apply every ounce of their creativity to solve the problems posed to them by Lennon and McCartney.Songs like“Tomorrow Never Knows”.“Strawberry Fields Forever”,and“A Day in the Life”featured revolutionary sound effects that dazzled and mystified Martini American counterparts.[D]Sometimes it’s only when a difficulty is removed that we realise that it was doing for us.For more than two decades,starting in the1960s,the poet Ted Hughes sat on the judging panel of an annual poetry competition for British schoolchildren.During the1980s he noticed an increasing number of long poems among the submissions,with some running to70or80pages.These poems were verbally inventive and fluent,but also“strangely boring”.After making inquiries Hughes discovered that they were being composed on computers,then just finding their way into British homes.[E]You might have thought any tool which enables a writer to get words on to the page would be an advantage.But theremay be a cost to such facility.In an interview with the Paris Review Hughes speculated that when a person puts pen to paper,“you meet the terrible resistance of what happened your first year at it,when you couldn’t write at all”.As the brain attempts to force the unsteady hand to do its bidding,the tension between the two results in a more compressed, psychologically denser expression.Remove that resistance and you are more likely to produce a70-page ramble(不着边际的长篇大论).[F]Our brains respond better to difficulty than we imagine.In schools,teachers and pupils alike often assume that if aconcept has been easy to learn,then the lesson has been successful.But numerous studies have now found that when classroom material is made harder to absorb,pupils retain more of it over the long term,and understand it on a deeper level.[G]As a poet,Ted Hughes had an acute sensitivity to the way in which constraints on self-expression,like the disciplines ofmetre and rhyme（韵律）,spur creative thought.What applies to poets and musicians also applies to our daily lives.We tend to equate（等同）happiness with freedom,but,as the psychotherapist and writer Adam Phillips has observed, without obstacles to our desires it’s harder to know what we want,or where we’re heading.He tells the story of a patient,a first-time mother who complained that her young son was always clinging to her,wrapping himself around her legswherever she went.She never had a moment to herself,she said,because her son was“always in the way”.WhenPhillips asked her where she would go if he wasn’t in the way,she replied cheerfully,“Oh,I wouldn’t know where I was!”[H]Take another common obstacle:lack of money.People often assume that more money will make them happier.Buteconomists who study the relationship between money and happiness have consistently found that,above a certain income,the two do not reliably correlate.Despite the ease with which the rich can acquire almost anything they desire, they are just as likely to be unhappy as the middle classes.In this regard at least,F.Scott Fitzgerald was wrong. [I]Indeed,ease of acquisition is the problem.The novelist Edward St Aubyn has a narrator remark of the very rich that,“not having to consider affordability,their desires rambled on like unstoppable bores,relentless(持续不断的）and whimsical(反复无常的）at the same time.”When Boston College,a private research university,wanted a better feel for its potential donors,it asked the psychologist Robert Kenny to investigate the mindset of the super-rich.He surveyed 165households,most of which had a net worth of$25m or more.He found that many of his subjects were confused by the infinite options their money presented them with.They found it hard to know what to want,creating a kind of existential bafflement.One of them put it like this:“You know,Bob,you can just buy so much stuff,and when you get to the point where you can just buy so much stuff,now what are you going to do?”[J]The internet makes information billionaires out of all of us,and the architects of our online experiences are catching on to the need to make things creatively difficult.Twitter’s huge success is rooted in the simple but profound insight that ina medium with infinite space for self-expression,the most interesting thing we can do is restrict ourselves to140characters.The music service This Is My Jam helps people navigate the tens of millions of tracks now available instantly via Spotify and ers pick their favourite song of the week to share with others.They only get to choose one.The service was only launched this year,but by the end of September650,000jams had been chosen.Its co-founder Matt Ogle explains its raisondetre(存在的理由)like this:“In an age of endless choice,we were missing a way to say:‘This.This is the one you should listen to.”[K]Today’s world offers more opportunity than ever to follow the advice of the Walker Brothers and make it easy on pared with a hundred years ago,our lives are less tightly bound by social norms and physical constraints.Technology has cut out much of life’s donkey work,and we have more freedoms than ever:we can wear what we like and communicate with hundreds of friends at once at the click of a mouse.Obstacles are everywhere disappearing.Few of us wish to turn the clock back,but perhaps we need to remind ourselves how useful the right obstacles can be.Sometimes,the best route to fulfillment is the path of more resistance.46.The rigorous requirements placed on the writing of poetry stimulate the poet’s creativity.47.With creativity,even old-fashioned instruments may produce spectacular sound effects.48.More money does not necessarily bring greater happiness.49.It is a false assumption that lessons should be made easier to learn.50.Obstacles deliberately placed in the creation of music contribute to its success.51.Those who enjoy total freedom may not find themselves happy.52.Ted Hughes discovered many long poems submitted for poetry competition were composed on computers.53.Maybe we need to bear in mind that the right obstacles help lead us to greater achievements.54.An investigation found that many of the super-rich were baffled by the infinite choices their money made available.55.One free social networking website turned out to be successful because it limited each posting to one hundred and fortycharacters.Section CDirections:There are2passages 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 andmark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions56to60are based on the following passage.There was a time not long ago when new science Ph.D.s in the United Stated were expected to pursue a career path in academia（学术界）.But today,most graduates end up working outside academia,not only in industry but also in careers such as science policy,communications,and patent law.Partly this is a result of how bleak the academic job market is,but there’s also a rising awareness of career options that Ph.D.scientists haven’t trained for directly—but for which they have useful knowledge,skills,and experience.Still,there’s a huge disconnect between the way we currently train scientists and the actual employment opportunities available for them,and an urgent need for dramatic improvements in training programs to help close the gap.One critical step that could help to drive change would be to require Ph.D.students and postdoctoral scientists to follow an individual development plan(IDP).In2002,the U.S.Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology recommended that every postdoctoral researcher put together an IDP in consultation with an adviser.Since then,several academic institutions have begun to require IDPs for postdocs.And in June,the U.S.National Institutes of Health(NIH)Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group recommended that the NIH require IDPs for the approximately32,000postdoctoral researchers they support. Other funding agencies,public and private,are moving in a similar direction.IDPs have long been used by government agencies and the private sector to achieve specific goals for the employee and the organization.The aim is to ensure that employees have an explicit tool to help them understand their own abilities and aspirations,determine career possibilities,and set(usually short-term)goals.In science,graduate students and new Ph.D. scientists can use an IDP to identify and navigate an effective career path.A new Web application for this purpose,called my IDP,has become available this week.It’s designed to guide early-career scientists through a confidential,rigorous process of introspection(内省）to create a customized career plan. Guided by expert knowledge from a panel of science-focused career advisers,each trainee’s self-assessment is used to rank a set of career trajectories(轨迹).After the user has identified a long-term career goal,my IDP walks her or him through the process of setting short-term goals directed toward accumulating new skills and experiences important for that career choice.Although surveys reveal the IDP process to be useful,trainees report a need for additional resources to help them identify a long-term career path and complete an IDP.Thus,my IDP will be most effective when ifs embedded in larger career-development efforts.For example,universities could incorporate IDPs into their graduate curricula to help students discuss,plan,prepare for,and achieve their long-term goals.56.What do we learn about new science Ph.D.s in the United States today?A)They lack the skills and expertise needed for their jobs.B)They can choose from a wider range of well-paying jobs.C)They often have to seek jobs outside the academic circle.D)They are regarded as the nation’s driving force of change.57.What does the author say about America’s Ph.D.training?A)It should be improved to better suit the job market.B)It is closely linked to future career requirements.C)It should be re-oriented to careers outside academia.D)It includes a great variety of practical courses.58.What was recommended for Ph.D.s and postdoctoral researchers?A)They meet the urgent needs of the corporate world.B)A long-term career goal be set as early as possible.C)An IDP be made in consultation with an adviser.D)They acquire an explicit tool to help obtain jobs.ernment agencies and the private sector often use IDPs to____________________.A)bring into fall play the skills and expertise of their postdoctoral researchersB)help employees make the best use of their abilities to achieve their career goalsC)place employees in the most appropriate positionsD)hire the most suitable candidates to work for them60.What do we know about my IDP?A)It is an effective tool of self-assessment and introspection for better career plans.B)It enables people to look into various possibilities and choose the career they love.C)It promises a long-term career path.D)It is part of the graduate curricula.Passage TwoQuestions61to65are based on the following passage.Just over a decade into the21st century,women’s progress can be celebrated across a range of fields.They hold the highest political offices from Thailand to Brazil,Costa Rica to Australia.A woman holds the top spot at the International Monetary Fund;another won the Noble Prize in economics.Self-made billionaires in Beijing,tech innovators in Silicon Valley,pioneering justices in Ghana—in these and countless other areas,women are leaving their mark.But hold the applause.In Saudi Arabia,women aren’t allowed to drive.In Pakistan,1,000women die in honor killings every year.In the developed world,women lag behind men in pay and political power.The poverty rate among women in the U.S.rose to14.5%last year.To measure the state of women’s progress,Newsweek ranked165countries,looking at five areas that affect women’s lives:treatment under the law,workforce participation,political power,and access to education and health care.Analyzing data from the United Nations and the World Economic Forum,among others,and consulting with experts and academics,we measured28factors to come up with our rankings.Countries with the highest scores tend to be clustered in the West,where gender discrimination is against the law,and equal rights are constitutionally enshrined（神圣化）But there were some surprises.Some otherwise high-ranking countries had relatively low scores for political representation.Canada ranked third overall but26th in power,behind countries such as Cuba and Burundi.Does this suggest that a woman in a nation’s top office translates to better lives for women in general?Not exactly.“Trying to quantify or measure the impact of women in politics is hard because in very few counties have there been enough women in politics to make a difference,”says Anne-Marie Goetz,peace and security adviser for U.N.Women.Of course,no index can account for everything.Declaring that one country is better than another in the way that it treats more than half its citizens means relying on broad strokes and generalities.Some things simply can’t be measured.And cross-cultural comparisons can’t account for differences of opinion.Certain conclusions are nonetheless clear.For one thing,our index backs up a simple but profound statement made by Hillary Clinton at the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.“When we liberate the economic potential of women,we elevate the economic performance of communities,nations,and the world,”she said.“There’s a stimulative effect that kicks in when women have greater access to jobs and the economic lives of our countries:Greater political stability.Fewer military conflicts.More food.More educational opportunity for children.By harnessing the economic potential of all women,we boost opportunity for all people.”61.What does the author think about women’s progress so far?A)It still leaves much to be desired.B)It is too remarkable to be measured.C)It has greatly changed women’s fate.D)It is achieved through hard struggle.62.In what countries have women made the greatest progress?A)Where women hold key posts in government.B)Where women’s rights are protected by law.C)Where women’s participation in management is high.D)Where women enjoy better education and health care.63.What do Newsweek rankings reveal about women in Canada?A)They care little about political participation.B)They are generally treated as equals by men.C)They have a surprisingly low social status.D)They are underrepresented in politics.64.What does Anne-Marie Goetz think of a woman being in a nation’s top office?A)It does not necessarily raise women’s political awareness.B)It does not guarantee a better life for the nation’s women.C)It enhances women’s status.D)It boosts women’s confidence.65.What does Hillary Clinton suggest we do to make the world a better place?A)Give women more political power.B)Stimulate women’s creativity.C)Allow women access to education.D)Tap women’s economic potential.Part IV TranslationDirections:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should write your answer on Answer Sheet2.闻名于世的丝绸之路是一系列连接东西方的路线。
2013年12月英语六级考试完整真题及参考答案
2013年12月英语六级考试一、Writing(共1题，合计15分)1For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on happiness by referring tothe saying "Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them. "You can cite examples to illustrate your point and then explain how you can developyour ability to deal with problems and be happy. You should write at least 150 wordsbut no more than 200 words.__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________二、听力部分(共2题，合计35分)回答2-26题：2A. The rock band needs more hours of practice.B.The rock band is going to play here for a month.C.Their hard work has resulted in a big success.D.He appreciates the woman's help with the band.3A. Go on a diving tour in Europe.B.Travel overseas on his own.C.Add 300 dollars to his budget.D.Join a package tour to Mexico.4A. In case some problem should occur.B.Something unexpected has happened.C.To avoid more work later on.D.To make better preparations.5A. The woman asked for a free pass to try out the facilities.B.The man is going to renew his membership in a fitness center.C.The woman can give the man a discount if he joins the club now.D.The man can try out the facilities before he becomes a member.6A. He is not afraid of challenge.B.He is not fit to study science.C.He is worried about the test.D.He is going to drop the physics course.7A. Pay for part of the picnic food.B.Invite Gary's family to dinner.C.Buy something special for Gary.D.Take some food to the picnic.8A. Bus drivers' working conditions.B. A labor dispute at a bus company.C.Public transportation.D. A corporate takeover.9A. The bank statement.B.Their sales overseas.C.The payment for an order.D.The check just deposited.10．Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.A. A hotel receptionist.B. A private secretary.C. A shop assistant.D. A sales manager.11A. Voice.B.Intelligence.C.Appearance.D.Manners,12A. Arrange one more interview.B.Offer the job to David Wallace.C.Report the matter to their boss.D.Hire Barbara Jones on a trial basis.13．Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.A. He invented the refrigerator.B. He patented his first invention.C.He got a degree in Mathematics.D.He was admitted to university.14A. He distinguished himself in low temperatu, re physics.B.He fell in love with Natasha Willoughby.C.He became a professor of Mathematics.D.He started to work on refrigeration.15A. Finding the true nature of subatoraic particles.B.Their work on very high frequency radio waves.ying the foundations of modern mathematics.D.Their discovery of the laws of cause and effect.16A. To teach at a university.B.To patent his inventions.C.To spend his remaining years.D.To have a three-week holiday.17．Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.A. They have fallen prey to wolves,B. They have become a tourist attraction.C.They have caused lots of damage to crops.D.They have become a headache to the community.18A. To celebrate their victory.B.To cheer up the hunters.C.To scare the wolves.D.To alert the deer19A. They would help to spre, ada fatal disease.B.They would pose a threat to the children.C.They would endanger domestic animals.D.They would eventually kill off the deer.20．Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.A. She is an interpreter.B.She is a tourist guide.C.She is a domestic servant.D.She is from the royal family.21A. It was used by the family to hold dinner parties.B.It is situated at the foot of a beautiful mountain.C.It was frequently visited by heads of state.D.It is furnished like one in a royal palace.22A. It is elaborately decorated.B.It has survived some 2,000 years.C.It is very big, with only six slim legs.D.It is shaped like an ancient Spanish boat.23A. They are uncomfortable to sit in for long.B.They do not match the oval table at all.C.They have lost some of their legs.D.They are interesting to look at.24．Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.A. It is an uncommon infectious disease.B. It destroys the patient's ability to think,C. It is a disease very difficult to diagnose.D. It is the biggest crippler of young adults.25A. Search for the best cure.B.Hurry up and live life.C.Write a book about her life.D.Exercise more and work harder.26A. Aggressive.B.Adventurous.C.Sophisticated.D.Self-centered.回答27-36题It's difficult to estimate the number of youngsters involved in home schooling, where children are notsent to school and receive their formal education from one or both parents.26__________and court decisionshave made it legally possible in most states for parents to educate their children at home, and each yearmore people take advantage of that opportunity. Some states require parents or a home tutor to meetteacher certification standards, and many require parents to complete legal forms to verify that their children are receiving27__________in state-approved curricula.Supporters of home education claim that it's less expensive and far more 28__________ than mass publiceducation. Moreover, they cite several advantages: alleviation of school overcrowding, strengthenedfaintly relationships, lower 29_________ rates, the fact that students are allowed to learn at their ownrate,increased 30 _________, higher standardized test scores, and reduced 31_________ problems.Critics of the home schooling movement 32_________ that it creates as many problem as it solves.Theyacknowledge tha|, in a few cases, home schooling offers educational opportunities superior to those foundin most public schools, but few parents can provide such educational advantages. Some parents whowithdraw their children from the schools 33_________ home schooling have an inadequate educationalbackground and insufficient formal training to provide a satisfactory education for their children.Typically, parents have fewer technological resources 34_________than do schools. However, the relativelyinexpensive computer techoology that is readily available today is causing some to challenge the notionthat home schooling is in any way35_________ more highly structured classroom education.三、阅读理解(共4题，合计35分)Questions 37-46 are based on the following passage.Some performance evaluations require supervisors to take action. Employees who receive a veryfavorable evaluation may deserve some type of recognition or even a promotion. If supervisors do notacknowledge such outstanding performance, employees may either lose their 36_________ and reduce theireffort or search for a new job at a firm that will 37_________ them for high performance. Supervisors shouldacknowledge high performance so that the employee will continue to perform well in the future.Employees who receive unfavorable evaluations must also be given attention. Supervisors must38_________ the reasons for poor performance. Some reasons, such as a family illness, may have a temporaryadverse 39_________ on performance and can be corrected. Other reasons, such as a bad attitude, may not betemporary. When supervisors give employees an unfavorable evaluation, they must decide whether to takeany 40 _________action,s. If the, employees were unaware of their own deficiencies, the unfavorable evaluationcan pinpoint (指出) the deficiencies that employees must correct. In this case, the supervisor may simplyneed to monitor the employees 41_________and ensure that the deficiencies are corrected.If the employees were already aware of their deficiencies before the evaluation period, however, theymay be unable or unwilling to correct them. This situation is more serious, and the supervisor may need totake action. The action should be 42_________with the firm's guidelines and may include reassigning theemployees to new jobs,43_________them temporarily, or firingthem. A supervisor's action toward a poorlyperforming worker can 44_________ the attitudes of other employees. If no 45_________is imposed on an employeefor poor performance, other employees may react bv reducing their productivity as well.A． additionalB． affectC． aptlyD．assimilateE． circulationF． closelyG． consistentH, enthusiasmI．identifyJ．impactK．penaltyL． rewardM． simplifyingN． suspendingO．vulnerable回答47-56题The College Essay: Why Those,500 Words Drive Us Crazy[A] Meg is a lawyer-mom in suburban Washington, D. C., where lawyer-morns are thick on the ground.Her son Doug is one of several hundred thousand high-school seniors who had a painful fall. Thedeadline for applying to his favorite college was Nov.1, and by early October he had yet to fill outthe application. More to the point, he had yet to settle on a subject for the personal essayaccompanying the application. According to college folklore, awell-turned essay has the power toseduce (诱惑) an admissions committee. "He wanted to do one thing at a time," Meg says,explaining her son's delay. "But really, my son is a huge procrastinator (拖延者). The essay is thehardest thing to do, so he's put it off the longest. " Friends and other veterans of the process havewarned Meg that the back and forth between editing parent and writing student can be traumatic ( 痛苦的).[B] Back in the good old days--say, two years ago, when the last of my children suffered the ordea/( 折磨)--a high-school student applying to college could procrastinate all the way to New Year's Day oftheir senior year, assuming they could withstand the parental pestering (烦扰). But things changefast in thenail-biting world of college admissions. The recent trend toward early decision and earlyaction among selective colleges and universities has pushed the traditional deadline ofJanuary up toNov.1 or early December for many students.[C]If the time for heel-dragging has been shortened, the true source of the anxiety and panicremainswhat it has always been. And it's not the application itself. A college application is a relativelystraightforward questionnaire asking for the basics: name, address, family history, employmenthistory. It would all be innocent enough--20 minutes of busy work--except it comes attached to apersonal essay.[D]"There are good reasons it causes such anxiety," says Lisa Sohmer, director of collegecounseling atthe Garden School in Jackson Heights, N.Y. "It's not just the actual writing. By now everything elseis already set. Your course load is set, your grades are set, your test scores are set. But the essay issomething you can still control, and it's open-ended. So the temptation is to write and rewrite andrewrite. " Or stall and stall and stall.[E]The application essay, along with its mythical importance, is a recent invention. In the 1930s,whenonly one in 10 Americans had a degree from a four-year college, an admissions committee wascontent to ask for a sample of applicants' school papers to assess their writing ability. By the 1950s,most schools required a brief personal statement of why the student had chosen to apply to oneschool over another.[F] Today nearly 70 percent of graduating seniors go off to college, including two-year and fouryeariustitutions. Even ap .art from the increased competition, the kids enter a process that has been utterlytransformed from the one baby boomers knew. Nearly all application materials are submitted online,and the Common Application provides a one-size-fits form accepted by more than 400 schools,including the nation's most selective.[G]Those schools usually require essays of their own, but the longest essay,500 words maximum,isgenerally attached to the Common Application. Students choose one of six questions. Applicants areasked to describe an ethical dilemma they've faced and its impact on them, or discuss a public issueof special concern to them, or tell of a fictional character or creative work that has profoundlyinfluenced them. Another question invites them to write about theimportance (to them, again) ofdiversity -- a word that has assumed magic power in American higher education. The most popularoption: write on a topic of your choice.[H]“Boys in particular look at the other questions and say, ' Oh, that's too much work, ’ ” saysJohnBoshoven, a counselor in the Ann Arbor, Mich., public schools. "They think if they do a topic oftheir choice, ' I'll just go get that history paper I did last year on the Roman Empire and turn it into afirst-person application essay! ' And they end up producing something utterly ridiculous. "[I]Talking to admissions professionals like Boshoven, you realize that the list of "don'ts" inessaywriting is much longer than the "dos. ”“No book reports, no history papers, no character studies,"says Sohmer.[J]"It drives you crazy, how easily kids slip into cliches ( 老生常谈) ," says Boshoven. "Theydon'trealize how typical their experiences are. 'I scored the winning goal in soccer against our arch-rival. ’‘ My grandfather served in World War H, and I hope to be just like him someday.That maymean a lot to that particular kid. But in the world of the application essay, it's nothing.You'll losethe reader in the first paragraph. "[K]"The greatest strength you bring to this essay," says the College Board's how-to book, "is 17 years or so of familiarity with the topic: YOU. The form and style are very familiar, and best of all, you arethe world-class expert on the subject of YOU... It has been the subject of your close scrutiny everymorning since you were tall enough to see into the bathroom mirror. " The key word in the CommonApplication prompts is "you. "[L]The college admission essay contains the grandest American themes--status anxiety, parentalpiety(孝顺), intellectual standards--and so it is only a matter of time before it becomes infected by thecountry's culture of excessive concern with self-esteem. Even if the question is ostensibly ( 表面上)about something outside the self ( describe a fictional character or solve a problem of geopolitics),the essay invariably returns to the favorite topic: what is its impact on YOU?[M]"For all the anxiety the essay causes," says Bill McClintick of Mercersburg AcademyinPennsylvania, "it's a very small piece of the puzzle. I was in college admissions for 10 years. I sawldds and parents beat themselves up over this.And at the vast majority of places, it is simply not abig variable in the college's decision-making process. "[ N] Many admissions officers say they spend less than a couple of minutes on each application, includingthe essay. According to a recent survey of admissions officers, only one in four private colleges saythe essay is of "considerable importance" in judging an application. Among public colleges anduniversities, the number drops to roughly one in 10. By contrast,86 percent place"considerableimportance" on an applicant's grades,70 percent on "strength of curriculum. "[O] Still, at the most selective schools, where thousands of candidates may submit identically high gradesand test scores, a marginal item like the essay may serve as a tie-breaker between two equallyqualified candidates. The thought is certainly enough to keep the pot boiling under parents like Meg,the lawyer-mom, as she tries to help her son choose an essay topic. For a moment the other day, shethought she might have hit on a good one. "His father's from France," she says. "I said maybe youcould write about that, as something that makes you different. You know；half French, halfAmerican. I said, ' You could write about your identity issues. ' He said, ' I don't have any identityissues!' And he's right. He's a well-adjnsted， normal kid. But that doesn't make for a good essay,does it?" 47Today many universities require their applicants to write an essay of up to five hundred words.48．One recent change in college admissions is that selective colleges and universities have moved the traditional deadline to earlier dates.49．Applicants and their parents are said to believe that the personal essay can sway the admissions committee.50．Applicants are usually better off if they can write an essay that distinguishes them from the rest.51．Not only is the competition getting more intense, the application process today is also totally different from what baby boomers knew.52．In writing about their own experiences many applicants slip into cliches, thus falling to engage the reader.53．According to a recent survey, most public colleges and universities consider an applicant's grades highly important.54．Although the application essay causes lots of anxiety, it does not play so important a role in thecollege's decision-making process.55．The question you are supposed to write about may seem outside the self, but the theme of the essay should center around its impact on you.56．In the old days, applicants only had to submit a sample of their school papers to show their writing ability.根据下列材料，回答57-61题Among the government's most interesting reports is one that estimates what parents spend on theirchildren. Not surprisingly, the costs are steep. For a middle-class, hnsband-and-wife family (averagepretax income in 2009: $76,250), spending per child is about $12,000 a year. With inflation the family's spending on a child will total $ 286,050 by age 17.The dry statistics ought to inform the ongoing deficit debate, because a budget is not just a catalog ofprograms and taxes. It reflects a society's priorities and values. Our society does not-despite rhetoric(说辞) to the contrary--put much value on raising children. Present bridget policies tax parents heavily tosupport the elderly. Meanwhile, tax breaks for children are modest. If deficit reduction aggravates thesebiases, more Americans may choose not to have children or to have fewer children. Down that path lieseconomic decline.Societies that cannot replace their populations discourage investment and innovation. They havestagnant (萧条的) or shrinking markets for goods and services. With older populations, they resistchange. To stabilize its population--discounting immigration--women must have an average of twochildren. That's a fertility rate of 2.0. Many countries with struggling economies are well below that.Though having a child is a deeply personal decision, it's shaped by culture, religion, economics, andgovernment policy. "No one has a good answer" as to why fertility varies among countries, sayssociologist Andrew Cherlin of The Johns Hopkins University. Eroding religious belief in Europe may partlyexplain lowered birthrates. In Japan young women may be rebelling against their mothers' isolated lives ofchild rearing. General optimism and pessimism count. Hopefulness fueled America's baby boom. After theSoviet Union's collapse, saysCherlin, "anxiety for the future" depressed birthrates in Russia and EasternEurope.In poor societies, people have children to improve their economicwell-being by increasing thenumber of family workers and providing support for parents in their old age. In wealthy societies, the logicoften reverses. Govenunent now supports the elderly, diminishing the need for children. By some studies,the safety nets for retirees have reduced fertility rates by 0.5 children in the United States and almost 1.0in Western Europe, reports economist Robert Stein in the journal National Affairs. Similarly, somecouples don't have children because they don't want to sacrifice their own lifestyles to the time andexpense of a family.Young Americans already face a bleak labor market that cannot instill (注入) confidence abouthaving children. Piling on higher taxes won't help, "If higher taxes make it more expensive to raisechildren," says Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute, "people will think twice abouthaving another child. " That seems like common sense, despite the multiple influences on becomingparents.57．What do we learn from the government report?A. Inflation increases families' expenses.B.Raising children is getting expensive.C.Budget reduction is around the corner.D.Average family expenditure is increasing.58．What is said to be the consequence of a shrinking population?A. Weakened national strength.B.Increased immigration.C.Economic downturn.D.Social instability.59．What accounted for America's baby boom?A. Optimism for the future.B.Improved living conditions.C.Religious beliefs.D.Economic prosperity.60．Why do people in wealthy countries prefer to have fewer children?A. They want to further improve their economic well-being.B. They cannot afford the time and expenses of rearing children.C. They are concerned about the future of the coming generation.D. They don't rely on their children to support them in old age.61．What is the author's purpose in writing the passage?A. To instill confidence in the young about raising children.B. To advise couples to think twice before having children.C.To encourage the young to take care of the elderly.D.To appeal for tax reduction for raising children.Questions 62-66are based on the following passage.Space exploration has always been the province of dreamers: The human imagination readily soarswhere human ingenuity (创造力) struggles to follow.A Voyage to the Moon, often cited as the firstscience fiction story, was written by Cyrano de Bergerac in 1649. Cyrano was dead and buried for a goodthree centuries before the first manned rockets started to fly.In 1961, when President Kennedy declared that America would send a man to the moon by thedecade's end, those words, too, had a dreamlike quality. They resonated (共鸣) with optimism and ambition in much the same way as the most famous dream speech of all, delivered by Martin Luther KingJr. two years later. By the end of the decade, both visions had yielded concrete results and transformedAmerican society. And yet in many ways the two dreams ended up at odds with each other.The fight forracial and economic equality is intensely pragmatic (讲求实用的) and immediate in its impact. The urgeto explore space is just the opposite, It is figuratively and literally otherworldly in its aims. When the dust settled, the space dreamers lost out. There was no grand follow-up to the Apollomissions. The technologically compromised space shuttle program has just come to an end, with nosuccessor. The perpetual argument is that funds are tight, that we have more pressing problems here onEarth. Amid the current concerns about the federal deficit, reaching toward the stars seems a dispensableluxury--as if saving one-thousandth of a single year's budget would solve our problems. But human ingenuity struggles on. NASA is developing a series of robotic probes that will get the mostbang from a buck. They will serve as modern Magellans, mapping out the solar system for whateverexplorers follow, whether man or machine. On the flip side, companies like Virgin Galactic are plotting abottom-up assault on the space dream by making it a reality to the public. Private spaceflight could liewithin reach of rich civilians in a few years. Another decade or two and it could go mainstream.The space dreamers end up benefiting all of us--not just because of the way they expand human knowledge, or because of the spin-off technologies they produce, but because the two types of dreamsfeed off each other. Both Martin Luther King and John Kennedy appealed to the idea that humans cantranscend what were once considered inherent limitations. Today we face seeming challenges in energy,the environment, health care. Tomorrow we will transcend these as well, and the dreamers will deserve alot of the credit. The more evidence we collect that our species is capable of greatness, the more we willactually achieve it.62．The author mentions Cyrano de Bergerac in order to show that__________ A. imagination is the mother of inventionB.ingenuity is essential for science fiction writersC.it takes patience for humans to realize their dreamsD.dreamers have always been interested in science fiction63．How did the general public view Kennedy's space exploration plan? A.It symbolized the American spirit.B. It was as urgent as racial equality.C.It sounded very much like a dream.D.It made an ancient dream come true.64．What does the author say about America's aim to explore space?A. It may not bring about immediate economic gains.B. It cannot be realized without technological innovation.C.It will not help the realization of racial and economic equality.D.It cannot be achieved without a good knowledge of the other worlds.65．What is the author's attitude toward space programs?A. Critical.B.Reserved.C.Unbiased.D.Supportive.66．What does the author think of the problems facing human beings?A. They pose a serious challenge to future human existence.B. They can be solved sooner or later with human ingenuity.C.Their solutions need joint efforts of the public and private sectors.D.They can only be solved by people with optimism and ambition.四、翻译(共1题，合计15分)67．中国园林(the Chinese garden)是经过三千多年演变丽成的独具一格的园林景观(1andscape)。
2013年12月英语六级考试三套真题答案
2013年12月英语六级考试真题试卷（第1套）参考答案作文范文：The Way to Happiness1. When it comes to the topic of happiness, everybody has his own interpretation. But an inspiring idea goes that happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them, which reveals the nature of happiness. Happiness will be achieved only when we show great courage to confront problems and develop the capacity to solve them.2. There is no denying that we will encounter many problems in our life, but that doesn't mean we are deprived of h happiness. Many people have set great examples for us to follow: Nelson Mandela was sentenced to 27 years in prison, but he was optimistic and finally became successful in fighting against racial segregation. Steve Jobs was abandoned by his biological parents and dropped out of university but still managed to change the world. In our lives, no one is definitely immune to problems, but we may achieve happiness through striving.听力：1-25 CDADB ABCAC BDCBA DDCBA CADBB26. Legislation27. instruction28. efficient29. dropout30. motivation31. discipline32. contend33. in favor of34. at their disposal35. inferior to阅读：36-45 HLIJA FGNBK46-55 GBAOF JNMLE56-65 BCADD ACADB翻译：The Chinese garden has become a landscape of unique style after an evolution for more than 3000 years. It includes not only the large gardens built as entertainment venues for the royal family, but also the private gardens built as secluded retreats for scholars, merchants and retired government officials. These gardens have constituted a miniature designed to express theharmonious relationship between man and nature. A typical Chinese garden is surrounded by walls, and in the garden there are ponds, rockwork, trees, flowers and all kinds of buildings linked by winding trails and corridors. Wandering in the gardens, people may feel that a series of well-designed scenery spreads out before us like a2013年12月英语六级考试真题试卷（第2套）参考答案作文范文：Ways to Get Over Information Explosion1. As a popular saying goes, "A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention." Nowadays we are in an era of information explosion. More and more people complain that they are lost in the information age.Admittedly, no one can deny the fact that the new information age has brought us so much convenience that we are allowed to get plenty of information just with a simple click sitting in front of the computers. Nevertheless we are also confused, annoyed, distracted and upset by an incredibly large quantity of information. For example, when searching for something online, people are easily misguided by irrelevant information and forget their original plan. Besides, some information often turns out to be useless. Therefore, it may be time-consuming and troublesome to search information online.2. Then what can we do to avoid being distracted by irrelevant information? Here are some useful tips: Firstly, make a list of what you really want before your searching. You can avoid some appealing, yet irrelevant information by this way. Then, find some credible and professional sources or websites and then save and categorize them. In this case, you can easily leave some advertisements and useless information behind.听力：1-25 ADCBB CDBCA ACCAD ABDBD CDDBA26. abused27. industrial28. extremes29. extinguished30. mysteries31. tear apart32. toxic33. capable of34. manifested35. a multitude of阅读：36-45 FLIBK AEHDN46-55 GCHFA GDKIJ56-65 CACBA ABDBD翻译：Since ancient times, the Chinese people usually celebrate the harvest during the mid-autumn season, which is similar to the custom of celebrating Thanksgiving in North America. The tradition of celebrating Mid-autumn Festival became popular throughout China in the early Tang Dynasty. People worship the moon on August 15th in the Chinese lunar calendar. On this day, under the bright moon, families reunite and enjoy the moon's beauty. In 2006, Mid-autumn Festival was listed as one of China's cultural heritages, and in 2008, it was classified as a public holiday. Moon cakes, as indispensable delicious food of the Festival, are chosen as gifts sent to relatives and friends and usually enjoyed at family gatherings. There are characters, like "longevity", "good fortune" and "harmony", on the cakes.2013年12月英语六级考试真题试卷（第3套）参考答案作文范文：How to Live a Meaningful Life?Among all the highlighted topics, one is "how to live a meaningful life" 1. As for this topic, everyone's opinion varies. As the saying goes, "The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it." I cannot agree with it more. If one spends all his life pursuing benefits for himself, he will surely feel fruitless and meaningless when he gets old. From Nelson Mandela's life, we can get that he never wavered in his devotion to democracy, equality and learning.2. His life has been an inspiration in South Africa and throughout the world. Ina life that symbolizes the triumph of human spirit, Nelson Mandela accepted the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize. His life, though limited, definitely lasts longer. That's a life worth living.Therefore, if there is a way to make my life more meaningful, I believe it should be to find something I'm interested in and also is helpful to others or the whole society. Only in this way can I throughout my life.听力：1-25 DCBCD ABABD ACBCA BCCDA DACDB26. addition27. recognize28. challenges29. identify30. secret31. specific32. giving instructions33. shed light on34. acquisition35. caught up with阅读：36-45 NJOLB HKFIC46-55 ONHOA JGBEL56-65 CCBDA BCADD翻译：The world-famous Silk Road is a series of routes that connect the East and the West. The Silk Road extends more than 6000 kilometers and gets its name from ancient China's silk trade. The trade on the Silk Road has played an important role in the development of the civilizations of China, South Asia, Europe and the Middle East. It was through the Silk Road that The Four Great Inventions of ancient China, namely papermaking, gunpowder, compass and printing, had been introduced to other parts of the world. Similarly, China's silk, tea and porcelain had also been spread all over the world through it. The exchange of material culture is bilateral. Europe, in return, had exported various commodities and plants through the Silk Road, which met the needs of Chinese market.。
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2013年12月英语六级真题答案完整版第一篇：2013年12月英语六级真题答案完整版2013年12月全国大学生英语六级考试试卷Part ⅠWriting(30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Digital Age.You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:1．如今数字化产品得到越来越广泛的使用，例如……2．数字化产品的使用对人们的工作、学习、生活产生的影响。
Digital Age ____________________________________________________________________ _______ Part ⅢReading Comprehension(40 min utes)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.Women in 2011 made no significant gains in winning more top US business jobs, according to a study, but the head of the study said women are poised to make36in the year ahead.The number of women who were board directors, corporate officers or top earners at Fortune 500 companies remained37unchanged, said the study by Catalyst, a nonprofit group that38opportunities for women in business.The percentage of companies with women on the board of directors was 15.1 percent this year, compared with 14.8 percent in 2010,Catalyst said.Also, the percentage of corporate officer positions39by women was 15.7 percent in 2011 and 15.4percent in 2010, it said.The percentage of top earners in 2011 who were women was 6.2 percent, compared to 6.7percent in 2010, it said.The research on the Fortune 500 companies was40on data as of March 31, 2011.The slight changes in the numbers are not considered41significant, Catalyst said.Nevertheless, given the changes in U.S.politics, the future for women in business looks more42, said Ilene Lang, president and chief executive43of Catalyst.“Overall we’re44to see change next year,” Lang said.“When we look at shareholders, decision makers, the general public, they’re looking for change.”“What they’re basically saying is, ‘Don’t give us45of the status quo(现状).Get new ideas in there, get some fresh faces, ’” shesaid.A)officerB)changesC)basedD)positionsE)moreF)promisingG) businesslikeH)surveyingI)essentiallyJ)stridesK)promotesL)statisticallyM)c onfusedN)heldO)expectingSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.How Marketers Target KidsA)Kids represent an important demographic to marketers because they have their own purchasing power, they influence their parents’ buying decisions and they are the adultconsumers of the future.Industry spending on advertising to children has exploded in the past decade, increasing from a mere $100 million in 1990 to more than $2 billion in 2000.B)Parents today are willing to buy more for their kids because trends such as smaller family size, dual incomes and postponing children until later in life mean that families have more disposable income.As well, guilt can play a role in spending decisions as time-stressed parents substitute material goods for time spent with their kids.Here are some of the strategies marketers employ to target kids:Pester(纠缠)PowerC)Today’s kids have more autonomy and decision-making power within the family than in previous generations, so it follows that kids are vocal about what they want their parents to buy.“Pester power” refers to children’ ability to nag their parents into purchasing items they may not otherwise buy.Marketing to children is all about creating pester power, because advertisers know what a powerful force it can be.D)According to the 2001 marketing industry book Kidfluence, pestering or nagging can be divided into two categories—“persistence” and “importance”.Persistence nagging(a plea, that is repeated over and over again)is not as effective as the more sophisticated “importance nagging”.This latter method appeals to parents’ desire to provide the best for their children, and plays on any guilt they may have about not having enough time for their kids.The Marriage of Psychology and MarketingE)To effectively market to children, advertisers need to know what makes kids tick.With the help of well-paid researchers and psychologists, advertisers now have access to in-depth knowledge about children’s developmental, emotion al andsocial needs at different ing research that analyzes children’s behaviour, fantasy’ lives, art work, even their dreams, companies are able to craft sophisticated marketing strategies to reach young people.F)The issue of using child psychologists to help marketers target kids gained widespread public attention in 1999, when a group of U.S.mental health professionals issued a public letter to the American Psychological Association(APA)urging them to declare the practice unethical.The APA is currently studying the issue.Building Brand Name LoyaltyG)Canadian author Naomi Klein tracks the birth of “brand” marketing in her 2000 book No Logo.According to Klein, the mid-1980s saw the birth of a new kind of corporation—Nike, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, to name a few—which changed their primary corporate focus from producing products to creating an image for their brand name.By moving their manufacturing operations to countries with cheap labour, they freed up money to create their powerful marketing messages.It has been a tremendously profitable formula, and has led to the creation of some of the most wealthy and powerful multi-national corporations the world has seen.H)Marketers plant the seeds of brand recognition in very young children, in the hopes that the seeds will grow into lifetime relationships.According to the Center for a New American Dream, babies as young as six months of age can form mental images of corporate logos and mascots.Brand loyalties can be established as early as age two, and by the time children head off to school most can recognize hundreds of brand logos.While fast food, toy and clothing companies have been cultivating brand recognition in children for years, adult-oriented businesses such as banks andautomakers are now getting in on the act.Buzz or Street MarketingI)The challenge for marketers is to cut through the intense advertising clutter(杂乱)in young people’s lives.Many companies are using “buzz marketing” —a new twist on the tried-and-true “word of mouth” method.The idea is to find the coolest kids in a community and have them use or wear your product in order to create a buzz around it.Buzz, or “street marketing”, as it’s also called, can help a company to successfully connect with the elusive(难找的)teen market by using trendsetters to give them products “cool” status.J)Buzz marketing is particularly well-suited to the Internet, where young “Net promoters” use chat rooms and blogs to spread the word about music, clothes and other products among unsuspecting mercialization in EducationK)School used to be a place where children were protected from the advertising and consumer messages that permeated their world—but not anymore.Budget shortfalls(亏空，差额) are forcing school boards to allow corporations access to students in exchange for badly needed cash, computers and educational materials.L)Corporations realize the power of the school environment for promoting their name and products.A school setting delivers a captive youth audience and implies the endorsement of teachers and the educational system.Marketers are eagerly exploiting this medium in a number of ways, including: 1)sponsored educational materials;2)supplying schools with technology in exchange for high company visibility;3)advertising posted in classrooms, school buses, on computers in exchange for funds;4)contests andincentive programs: for example, the Pizza Hut reading incentives program in which children receive certificates for free pizza if they achieve a monthly reading goal;5)sponsoring school events.The InternetM)The Internet is an extremely desirable medium for marketers wanting to target children.It’s part of youth culture.This generation of young people is growing up with the Internet as a daily and routine part of their lives.Kids are often online alone, without parental supervision.Unlike broadcasting media, which have codes regarding advertising to kids, the Internet is unregulated.Sophisticated technologies make it easy to collect information from young people for marketing research, and to target individual children with personalized advertising.Marketing Adult Entertainment to KidsN)Children are often aware of and want to see entertainment meant for older audiences because it is actively marketed to them.In a report released in 2000, the U.S.Federal Trade Commission(FTC)revealed how the movie, music and video games industries routinely market violent entertainment to young children.O)The FTC studied 44 films rated “Restricted”, and discovered that 80 per cent were targeted to children under17.Marketing plans included TV commercials run during hours when young viewers were most likely to be watching.The FTC report also highlighted the fact that toys based on characters from mature entertainment are often marketed to young children.Mature rated video games are advertised in youth magazines;and toys based on “Restricted” movies and M-rated video games are marketed to children as young as four.46.Guilt can affect parents’ spending decisions because they don’t have enough time for their kids.47.The Center for a NewAmerican Dream pointed out that brand loyalties could be formed as early as age two.48.School boards allow corporations to access to students because they need money and educational materials badly.49.The FTC report highlighted the fact that toys based on characters from mature entertainment are often marketed to young children.50.For this generation of young people, the Interact is a daily and routine part of their lives.51.According to Kidfluence, “persistence nagging” is less effec tive than the more sophisticated “importance nagging”.52.According to a report released by the U.S.Federal Trade Commission, the movie, music and video games industries usually market violent entertainment to young children.53.Buzz marketing is well-suited to the Internet because the interactive environment can spread messages effectively.54.A group of U.S.mental health professionals think that it is unethical to use child psychologists to help marketers target kids.55.According to the Pizza Hut reading incentives program, children will receive certificates for free pizza if they achieve a monthly reading goal.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 One Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.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.Recently, however, I was disappointed to see that it also decides how I’m treated as a st year I left a professional position as a small-town reporter and took ajob waiting tables.As someone paid to serve food to people, I had customers say and do things to me I suspect they’d never say or do to their most casual acquaintances.One night a man talking on his cell phone waved me away, then beckoned(示意)me back with his finger a minute later, complaining he was ready to order and asking where I’d been.I had waited tables during summers in college and was treated like a peon(勤杂工)by plenty of people.But at 19 years old, I believed I deserved inferior treatment from professional adults.Besides, people responded to me differently after I told them I was in college.Customers would joke that one day I’d be sitting at their table, waiting to be served.Once I graduated I took a job at a community newspaper.From my first day, I heard a respectful tone from everyone who called me.I assumed this was the way the professional world worked—cordially.I soon found out differently.I sat several feet away from an advertising sales representative with a similar name.Our calls would often get mixed up and someone asking for Kristen would be transferred to Christie.The mistake was immediately evident.Perhaps it was because money was involved, but people used a tone with Kristen that they never used with me.My job title made people treat me with courtesy.So it was a shock to return to the restaurant industry.It’s no secret that there’s a lot to put up with when waiting tables, and fortunately, much of it can be easily forgotten when you pocket the tips.The service industry, by definition, exists to cater to others’ needs.Still, it seemed that many of my customers didn’t get the difference between server and servant.I’m now applying to graduate school, which means someday I’ll return to a profession where people need to be nice to me in order to get what they want.I think I’ll take themto dinner first, and see how they treat someone whose only job is to serve them.56.The author was disappointed to find that ________.A)one’s position is used as a gauge to measure one’s intelligenceB)talented people like her should fail to get a respectable jobC)one’s occupation affects the way one is treated as a personD)professionals tend to look down upon manual workers57.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.B)People absorbed in a phone conversation tend to be absent-minded.C)Waitresses are often treated by customers as casual acquaintances.D)Some customers like to make loud complaints for no reason at all.58.How did the author feel when waiting tables at the age of 19?A)She felt it unfair to be treated as a mere servant by professionals.B)She felt badly hurt when her customers regarded her as a peon.C)She was embarrassed each time her customers joked with her.D)She found it natural for professionals to treat her as inferior.59.What does the author imply by saying “...many of my customers didn’t get the difference between server and servant”(Line 3, Para.7)?A)Those w ho cater to others’ needs are destined to be looked down upon.B)Those working in the service industry shouldn’t be treated as servants.C)Those serving others have to put up with rough treatment to earn a living.D)The majority of customers tend to look on a servant as a server nowadays.60.The author says she’ll one day take her clients to dinner in order to ________.A)see what kind of person they areB)experience the feeling of being servedC)show her generosity towards people inferior to herD)arouse their sympathy for people living a humblelifePassage TwoQuestions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.What’s hot for 2007 among the very rich? A $7.3 million diamond ring.A trip to Tanzania to hunt wild animals.Oh, and income inequality.Sure, some leftish billionaires like George Soros have been railing against income inequality for years.But increasingly, centrist and right-wing billionaires are starting to worry about income inequality and the fate of the middle class.In December, Mortimer Zuckerman wrote a column in U.S.News & World Report, which lie owns.“Our nation’s core bargain with the middle class is disintegrating, ” lamented(哀叹)the 117th-riehest man in America.“Most of our economic gains have gone to people at the very top of the income ladder.Average income for a household of people of working age, by contrast, has fallen five years in a row.” He noted that “Tens of millions of Americans live in fear that a major health problem can reduce them to bankruptcy.”Wilbur Ross Jr.has echoed Zuckerman’s anger over the bitter struggles faced by middle-class Americans.“It’s an outrage that any American’s life expectancy should be shortened simply because the company they worked for went bankrupt and ended health-care coverage, ” said the former chairman of the International Steel Group.What’s happening? The very rich are just as trendy as you and I, and can be so when it comes to politics and policy.Given the recent change of control in Congress, the popularity of measures like increasing the minimum wage, and efforts by California’s governor to offer universal health care, these guys don’t need their own personal weathermen to know which way the wind blows.It’s possible that plutocrats(有钱有势的人)areexpressing solidarity with the struggling middle class as part of an effort to insulate themselves from confiscatory(没收性的)tax policies.But the prospect that income inequality will lead to higher taxes on the wealthy doesn’t keep plutocrats up at night.They can live with that.No, what they fear was that the political challenges of sustaining support for global economic integration will be more difficult in the United States because of what has happened to the distribution of income and economic insecurity.In other words, if middle-class Americans continue to struggle financially as the ultrawealthy grow ever wealthier, it will be increasingly difficult to maintain political support for the free flow of goods, services, and capital across borders.And when the United States places obstacles in the way of foreign investors and foreign goods, it’s likely to encourage reciprocal action abroad.For people who buy and sell companies, or who allocate capital to markets all around the world, that’s the real nightmare.61.What is the current topic of common interest among the very rich in America?A)The fate of the ultrawealthy people.B)The disintegration of the middle class.C)The inequality in the distribution of wealth.D)The conflict between the left and the right wing.62.What do we learn from Mortimer Zuckerman’s lamentation?A)Many middle-income families have failed to make a bargain for better welfare.B)The American economic system has caused many companies to go bankrupt.C)The American nation is becoming more and more divided despite its wealth.D)The majority of Americans benef it little from the nation’s growing wealth.63.From the fifth paragraph we can learn that ________.A)the very rich are fashion-consciousB)the very rich arepolitically sensitiveC)universal health care is to be implemented throughout AmericaD)Congress has gained popularity by increasing the minimum wage64.What is the real reason for plutocrats to express solidarity with the middle class?A)They want to protect themselves from confiscatory taxation.B)They know that the middle class contributes most to society.C)They want to gain support for global economic integration.D)They feel increasingly threatened by economic insecurity.65.What may happen if the United States places obstacles in the way of foreign investors and foreign goods?A)The prices of imported goods will inevitably soar beyond control.B)The investors will have to make great efforts to reallocate capital.C)The wealthy will attempt to buy foreign companies across borders.D)Foreign countries will place the same economic barriers in return.Part ⅣTransl ation(30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.中医(Traditional Chinese Medicine)是中华文化不可分割的一部分，为振兴华夏做出了巨大的贡献。
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2013年12月大学英语六级真题及详解（第一套）Part I Writing(30minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark“The greatest use of life is to spend it for something thatwill outlast it.”You can give examples to illustrate your point and thenexplain what you will do to make your life more meaningful.You shouldwrite at least150words but no more than200words.【审题构思】本题要求就观点“尽用生命，就是将生命花费在比生命更长远的事上。
”作出评论。
可以结合实例阐述自己的观点，然后阐释为使生命更加富有意义可能会采取的措施。
这篇文章的行文结构可分为三个段落依次展开论述，第一段解释“尽用生命，就是将生命花费在比生命更长远的事上。
”蕴含的深层意义，并结合例子阐释“比生命更长远”的事。
第二段结合实例阐释为使自己的生命更富有意义而将采取的行动。
第三段总结全文，生命苦短，但我们可以采取措施使自己的生命更加丰富，更加富有意义，并号召大家一起为此而努力。
【参考范文】(1)For my understanding,the famous saying“The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it”is telling us that the meaning of life remains to make a profound and positive influence on the world.Life is so short that to live a meaningful life we should make a good use of every minute to undertake meaningful things,(2)such as working as a community-supported teacher,helping disadvantaged groups as well as promoting environmentprotection affairs.(3)As for myself,I will try my best to make my life more meaningful.For example,I will help to promote environment protection affairs of the world because every people deserves a blue sky,clear air and water.We should not sacrifice the environment for a richer society but should(4)develop environment-friendly industries.Therefore,I will start from myself by(5)saving every drop of water and every piece of paper and by sorting the garbage out before throwing them into the garbage can.I will also tell everyone around me to take such actions.(6)In addition,I will try to protect the vulnerable groups and stand up to make a voice for them so as to make the world a nice place for everyone to live in.Even the smallest move will make huge differences!(7)Life is short,but we can take actions to make it full and meaningful.Little drops of water will make an ocean.I believe that with a small but positive act every day,we can make a tremendous influence on the future.Let’s start from this moment!【行文点评】(1)开篇直接点题，指出谚语蕴含的深层意义是使生命更有意义就是对世界产生深远而积极的影响。
2013年12月大学英语六级考试真题之第一套（含答案）
2013年12月大学英语六级考试真题（第I 套）Part I Writing (30 minutes)（请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试）（请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试）Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on happiness byreferring to the saying “Happiness “Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them.”You can cite examples to illustrate your point and then explain how you can develop your ability to deal with problems and be happy . 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 theend 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。
2013年12月大学英语六级词汇表(新大纲_超级完美排版打印
audience n.正式会见；拜会
authorn.创造者，创始人
automate vt.使自动化
availvt.有益于n.效用
availability n.有效(性)；可得性
aviation n.飞行
awakevi.认识到
awfula.威严的；令人崇敬的
awkward a.不雅观的
compact a.紧密的vt.使紧凑
comparablea.可比较的；类似的
compatiblea.一致的；兼容制的
compensatevt.&vi.补偿，赔偿
censorvt.审查，检查
cerealn.谷类，五谷，禾谷
certaintyn.确实性，确信，确实
challengen.艰巨任务；要求回避
champion n.斗士；提倡者
characterize vt.表示…的特性
charcoal n.炭，木炭；生物炭
chargen.负荷；充电vt.装满
charmn.魅力；妩媚vi.迷人
between ad.当中，中间
bewarevt.&vi.谨防，当心
bewilder vt.迷惑，把…弄糊涂
bid vt.命令vi.报价
bishopn.(基督教的)主教
bitternessn.苦味，辛酸，苦难
blacksmithn.铁匠，锻工
blastn.管乐器的声音
blazevt.使燃烧vi.燃烧
civilian n.平民a.平民的
claimn.权利，所有权
clampn.夹子vt.夹住，夹紧
clap n.拍手喝采声；霹雳声
clashn.碰撞声；抵触，冲突