200612月-2012年12月历年英语六级翻译真题
2012年12月大学英语六级考试阅读翻译
2012年大学12月英语六级考试多题多卷（一）阅读翻译Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)对离线生活的渴望在增加越来越多的人从错综复杂的生活中解脱出来，正像宾夕法尼亚州沃纳斯维尔的耶稣会会士中心那样的静居所中享受宁静。
大约一年前，我飞抵新加坡，与作家Malcolm Gladwell、时装设计师Marc Ecko以及图形设计师Stefan Sagmeister共同为一群广告宣传人士做“向明天的孩子推销”的演讲。
到达后不久，邀请我们前来的这家机构的首席执行官就把我拉到了一边。
他一开口便说，自己最感兴趣的就是宁静。
几个月之后，我阅读了著名的前卫设计师Philippe Starck的访谈。
是什么东西使他一直以来都能够独领风骚？“我从来不看杂志，也不看电视，”他说，这也许有点夸张。
“我也不参加鸡尾酒会、聚餐会或任何类似的聚会。
”他实际上是想说，他生活在世俗思想之外，因为“绝大部分时间我都是一个人待着，待在一个偏僻的地方。
”大约也是在那段时间里，我注意到，房客们愿意花费每晚高达2 285美元的住宿费，住在位于加利福尼亚大苏尔的波斯特农庄酒店的崖顶房间，其中的一部分原因是为了获得房间里没有电视的特权；房客们真诚地告诉我，未来旅行的真正价值就在于这种“黑洞式的度假胜地”，这种房间的价格之所以高，就是因为房间里不能上网。
难道真的到了这种地步？我们需要联系的方式越多，我们当中的许多人看起来越是渴望切断联系。
中国与韩国的互联网营救基地正努力挽救那些痴迷于网络的孩子们。
我的作家朋友们出高价购买“自由”软件，这个软件可以使他们断掉不久前还被认为是巨大解放的互联网连接。
就连英特尔公司早在2007年就开展了这方面的试验，每周二上午为300名工程师和管理人员提供连续四个小时不受干扰的时间(不受电话或电子邮件之扰)。
在这段时间里，工作人员不允许使用手机或者发送电子邮件，这样他们就有机会理清头绪，倾听发自肺腑的声音。
英语六级翻译真题
Translation2006年12月If you had (听从了我的忠告，你就不会陷入麻烦).followed my advice, you would not be in trouble nowWith tears on her face, the lady (看着她受伤的儿子被送进手术室).watched her injured son being sent into the operation roomAfter the terrorist attack, tourists (被劝告暂时不要去该国旅游).were advised not to travel to that country at the momentI prefer to communicate with my customers (通过写电子邮件而不是打电话).via e-mail instead of telephone(直到截止日他才寄出) his application form.Not until the deadline came, did he send out2007年6月The auto manufacturers found themselves (正在同外国公司竞争市场份额). competing with foreign firms for market shareOnly in the small town (他才感到安全和放松).does he feel secure and relaxedIt is absolutely unfair that these children (被剥夺了受教育的权利).are deprived of the rights to receive educationOur years of hard work are all in vain, (更别提我们所花费的大量金钱了). not to mention the large amount of money we have spentThe problems of blacks and women (最近几十年受到公众相当大的关注).have gained considerable public concern in recent decades2007年12月But for mobile phones, (我们的通讯就不可能如此迅速和方便).our communication would not have been so efficient and convenientIn handling an embarrassing situation, (没有什么比幽默感更有帮助的了). nothing is more helpful than humorThe Foreign Minister said he was resigning, (但他拒绝进一步解释这样做的原因). but he refused to make further explanationHuman behavior is mostly a product of learning, (而动物的行为主要依靠本能). while animal behavior depends mainly on their instinctThe witness was told that under no circumstances (他都不应该对法庭说谎). should he lie to the court2008年6月We can say a lot of things about those (毕生致力于诗歌的人); they are passionate, impulsive, and unique.who dedicate/devote/contribute their whole lives to poemsMary couldn’t have received my letter, (否则她上周就该回信了).otherwise she would have replied to me last weekNancy is supposed to (做完化学实验) at least two weeks ago.have finished her chemical experimentsNever once (老两口互相争吵) since they were married 40 years ago.has the old couple quarreled with each other(一个国家未来的繁荣在很大程度上有赖于) the quality of education of its people. To a great extent, the future prosperity of a nation depends on2008年12月He designed the first suspension bridge, which (把美观与功能完美地结合起来). combined beauty with function perfectlyIt was very dark, but Mary seemed to (本能地知道该走哪条路).know which way to take by instinctI don’t think it advisable that parents (剥夺孩子们的自由) to spend their spare time as they with.(should) deprive children of their freedomOlder adults who have a high level of daily activities have more energy and (与不那么活跃的人相比死亡率要低).a lower death rate compared with those who don’tYour resume should attract a would-be boss’s attention by demonstrating (为什么你是某个特定职位的最佳人选).why you are the best candidate for a specific position2009年6月With the oil prices ever rising, she tried to talk (说服他不买车).him out of buying a car(保持幽默感有助于) reduce stress and promote creative thinking in today’s competitive society.Keeping a sense of humor helpsWhen confronted with the evidence, (他不得不坦白自己的罪行).he had to confess his crimeWhen people say, “I can feel my ears burning,” it means they think (一定有人在说他们的坏话).somebody must be saying bad words behind their backShe has decided to go on a diet, but finds (很难抵制冰淇淋的诱惑).it hard/difficult to resist the temptation of ice cream2009年12月How long does a jacket like this last me ? (这要看你多长时间穿一次).It depends on how often you wear itThe theory he advanced has proved (对许多传统概念的一种挑战).to be a challenge to many traditional conceptsThe manager (本可以亲自参加会议), but he was called away for some urgent business abroad.could have attended the meeting by himselfBoth research and practical experience have shown that a (均衡的饮食对健康是必不可少的).balanced diet is essential to healthMuch (我感到遗憾), I was unable to finish the work on time.regretful did I feel2010年6月(他们的独生儿子从未想过) to leave them and strike out on his own though he is in his late twenties.Their only son has never thoughtBefore you take any action, please remember to (权衡你的决定会产生的后果). weigh possible consequences of your decisionHe assured his friend that under no circumstances (他会违背还钱的承诺).would he break his promise of paying back the moneyMost educators advise that kids (不要沉溺于电脑游戏).should not be addicted to computer gamesBusiness major as he is, he has (从未考虑过从事推销员的工作).never considered working as a salesman2010年12月There is no denying that you (越仔细越好) in dealing with this matter.can never be too carefulOnly when I reached my thirties (我才意识到读书是不能被忽视的).did I realize that reading cannot be neglected/overlookedMuch (使研究人员感到惊讶), the outcome of the experiment was far better than they had expected.to the researchers’ surpriseOh, my, I can’t find my key; (我一定是把它忘在哪儿了).I must have left it somewhereI (宁愿加入你们去做义工) than go to the beach for a holiday.would rather join you to work as a volunteer2011年6月Even though they were already late, they (宁愿停下来欣赏美丽的景色) than just go on.would rather stop to enjoy the beautiful sceneryNo agreement was reached in the discussion between the two parties, as (任何一方都不肯放弃自己的立场).neither would give up his positionThe pills (本来可以治愈那位癌症病人的), but he didn’t follow the doctor’s advice and take them regularly.could have cured the cancer ptientIt is (你真好，给了我那么多帮助); I really feel obliged to you.really kind of you to give me so much help.The war left the family scattered all over the world, and it was thirty years (他们才得以重聚).before they were able to reunite。
2006年12月英语六级真题(含答案)(新)
声明：本资料由考试吧（）收集整理，转载请注明出自服务：面向较高学历人群，提供计算机类，外语类，学历类，资格类，会计类，工程类，医学类等七大类考试的全套考试信息服务及考前培训.2006年12月24日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷(A卷)Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Importance of Reading Classics. You should write at least 150 wordsfollowing the outline given below.1. 阅读经典书籍对人的成长至关重要2. 现在愿意阅读经典的人却越来越少，原因是…3. 我们大学生应该怎么做The Importance of Reading ClassicsPart II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.For questions 1-4, markY (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given inthe passage;N (for NO) if statement contradicts the information given in thepassage;NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.For questions 5-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Space TourismMake your reservations now. The space tourism industry is officially open for business, and tickets are going for a mere $20 million for a one-week stay in space. Despite reluctance from National Air and Space Administration (NASA)，Russia made American businessman Dennis Tito the world‟s first space tourist. Tito flew into space aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket that arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on April 30, 2001. The second space tourist, South African businessman Mark Shuttleworth, took off aboard the Russian Soyuz on April 25, 2002, also bound for the ISS.Lance Bass of …N Sync was supposed to be the third to make the $20 million trip, but he did not join the three-man crew as they blasted off on October 30, 2002, due tolack of payment. Probably the most incredible aspect of this proposed space tour was that NASA approved of it.These trips are the beginning of what could be a profitable 21st century industry. There are already several space tourism companies planning to build suborbital vehicles and orbital cities within the next two decades. These companies have invested millions, believing that the space tourism industry is on the verge of taking off.In 1997, NASA published a report concluding that selling trips into space to private citizens could be worth billions of dollars. A Japanese report supports these findings, and projects that space tourism could be a $10 billion per year industry within the next two decades. The only obstacles to opening up space to tourists are the space agencies, who are concerned with safety and the development of a reliable, reusable launch vehicle. Space AccommodationsRussia‟s Mir space station was supposed to be the first destination for space tourists. But in March 2001，the Russian Aerospace Agency brought Mir down into the Pacific Ocean. As it turned out, bringing down Mir only temporarily delayed the first tourist trip into space.The Mir crash did cancel plans for a new reality-based game show from NBC, which was going to be called Destination Mir. The Survivor-like TV show was scheduled to air in fall 2001, Participants on the show were to go through training at Russia‟s cosmonaut (宇航员) training center, Star City. Each week, one of the participants would be eliminated from the show, with the winner receiving a trip to the Mir space station. The Mir crash has ruled out NBC‟s space plans for now. NASA is against beginning space tourism until the International Space Station is completed in 2006.Russia is not alone in its interest in space tourism. There are several projects underway to commercialize space travel. Here are a few of the groups that might take tourists to space:● Space Island Group is going to build a ring-shaped, rotating “commercial space infrastructure (基础结构)”that will resemble the Discovery spacecraft in the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey.”Space Island says it will build its space city out of empty NASA space-shuttle fuel tanks (to start, it should take around 12 or so), and place it about 400 miles above Earth. The space city will rotate once per minute to create a gravitational pull one-third as strong as Earth‟s.● According to their vision statement. Space Adventures plans to “fly tens of thousand of people in space over the next 10-15 years and beyond, around the moon, and back, from spaceports both on Earth and in space, to and from private space stations, and board dozen of different vehicles...”● Even Hilton Hotels has shown interest in the space tourism industry and possibility of building or co-funding a space hotel. However, the company did say that it believes such a space hotel is 15 to 20 years away.Initially, space tourism will offer simple accommodations at best. For instance, if the International Space Station is used as a tourist attraction, guests won‟t find theluxurious surroundings of a hotel room on Earth. It has been designed for conducting research, not entertainment. However, the first generation of space hotels should offer tourists a much more comfortable experience.In regard to a concept for a space hotel initially planned by Space Island, such a hotel could offer guests every convenience they might find at a hotel on Earth, and some they might not. The small gravitational pull created by the rotating space city would allow space-tourists and residents to walk around and function facilities would be possible. Additionally, space tourists would even be able to take space walks.Many of these companies believe that they have to offer an extremely enjoyable experience in order for passengers to pay thousands, if not millions, of dollars to ride into space. So will space create another separation between the haves and have-nots?The Most Expensive VacationWill space be an exotic retreat reserved for only the wealthy? Or will middle-class folks have a chance to take their families to space? Make no mistake about it, going to space will be the most expensive vacation you ever take. Prices right now are in the tens of millions of dollars. Currently, the only vehicles that can take you into space are the space shuttle and the Russian Soyuz, both of which are terribly inefficient. Each spacecraft requires millions of pounds of fuel to take off into space, which makes them expensive to launch. One pound of payload (有效载重) costs about $10,000 to put into Earth‟s orbit.NASA and Lockheed Martin are currently developing a single-stage-to-orbit launch space plane, called the VentureStar, that could be launched for about a tenth of what the space shuttle costs to launch. If the VentureStar takes off, the number of people who could afford to take a trip into space would move into the millions.In 1998, a joint report from NASA and the Space Transportation Association stated that improvements in technology could push fares for space travel as low as $50,000, and possibly down to $20,000 or $10,000 a decade later. The report concluded that a ticket price of $50,000, there could be 500,000 passengers flying into space each year. While still leaving out many people, these prices would open up space to a tremendous amount of traffic.Since the beginning of the space race, the general public has said, “Isn‟t that great—when do I get to go?” Well, our chance might be closer than ever. Within the next 20 years, space planes could be taking off for the Moon at the same frequency as airplanes flying between New York and Los Angles.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
六级翻译历年真题及参考答案
三套练习1.中国的官方语言普通话( Mandarin)在美国的学校中突然热起来。
由于中国经济在本世纪的领先地位，美国的公立和私立学校纷纷在外语教学中加入汉语这一科目，或将已有的汉语教学项目进行扩展。
据统计，在美国的学校中，有5万名孩子在学习汉语。
推动汉语项目的发展不是没有遇到困难。
由于缺乏受过专业训练、持有证书的教师，一些学校很难加入汉语教学的竞争。
当学校聘用教师时，它们通常直接从中国将他们招来，这种方式为文化冲突埋下了隐患。
Mandarin, China’s official language, suddenly becomes popular in American schools. Due to the leading role of China’s economy in this century, both public and private schools of the U.S. are a dding Chinese to their foreign language teaching or expanding esta blished Chinese teaching subjects. According to statistics, 50 thousa nd children are learning Chinese in American schools. Difficulties d o have emerged in the process of promoting the Chinese teaching projects. Due to the lack of teachers with professional training an d certificates, some schools are less competitive in Chinese teachin g. While hiring teachers, they would recruit some directly from Chi na, leaving potential dangers for cultural conflicts.2.农历正月(the first lunar month)十五是中国的元宵节(LanternFestival)，人们习惯在门外悬挂大红灯笼，孩子们提着彩色的灯笼玩，大人们则上街观赏各式各样的灯笼。
06年12月六级真题参考答案
Part VI Translation
72. followed my advice, you would not have run into trouble 73. watched her injured son being sent into the operation room 74. were advised not to travel to that country at the moment 75. by/ via email instead of phone 76. It was not until the deadline did he send out/post
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Section A 47. a blessing 48. simplified 49. it had nearly been destroyed by a firestorm Or: A tragedy / disaster / loss almost occurred to it 50. different 51. make a list of the unnecessary things (before unloading them)
Part III Listening Comprehension
Section A 11. D 12. C 15. D 16. A 19. B 20.D 23. B 24.C Section B 26. B 27. C 30. A 31. D 34.D /them its----their
• 语义矛盾： acceptance----rejection • 词性：adj-adv，adv-adj
2006年12月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题-中大网校
2006年12月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题总分：100分及格：60分考试时间：120分Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)(1)Questions {TSE} are based on the following passage.Each summer, no matter how pressing my work schedule, I take off one day exclusively for my son. We call it dad-son day. This year our third stop was the amusement park, where be discovered that he was tall enough to ride one of the fastest roller coasters （过山车）in the world. We blasted through face-stretching turns and loops for ninety seconds. Then, as we stepped off the ride, be shrugged and, in a distressingly calm voice, remarked that it was not as exciting as other rides he’d been on. As I listened, I began to sense something seriously out of balance.Throughout the season, I noticed similar events all around me. Parents seemed hard pressed to find new thrills for indifferent kids. Surrounded by ever-greater stimulation, their young faces were looking disappointed and bored.Facing their children’s complaints of “nothing to do“, parents were shelling out large numbers of dollars for various forms of entertainment. In many cases the money seemed to do little more than buy transient relief from the terrible moans of their bored children. This set me pondering the obvious question:“ How can it be so hard for kids to find something to do when there’s never been such a range of stimulating entertainment available to them?”What really worries me is the intensity of the stimulation. I watch my little daughter’s face as she absorbs the powerful onslaught （冲击）of arousing visuals and bloody special effects in movies.Why do children immersed in this much excitement seem starved for more? That was, I realized, the point. I discovered during my own reckless adolescence that what creates excitement is not going fast, but going faster. Thrills have less to do with speed than changes in speed.I’m concerned about the cumulative effect of years at these levels of feverish activity. It is no mystery to me why many teenagers appear apathetic （麻木的）and burned out, with a “been there, done that”air of indifference toward much of life. As increasing numbers of fr iends’ children are prescribed medications-stimulants to deal with inattentiveness at school or anti-depressants to help with the loss of interest and joy in their lives-I question the role of kids’ boredom in some of the diagnoses.My own work is focused on the chemical imbalances and biological factors related to behavioral and emotional disorders. These are complex problems. Yet I’ve be en reflecting more and more on how the pace of life and the intensity of stimulation may be contributing to the rising rates of psychiatric problems among children and adolescents in our society.{TS}The author tell surprised in the amusement park at fact that（）.A. his son was not as thrilled by the roller coasters ride as expectedB. his son blasted through the turns and loops with his face stretchedC. his son appeared distressed but calm while riding the roller coastersD. his son could keep his ba(2)According to the author, children are bored（）.A. unless their parents can find new thrills for themB. when they don’t have any access to stimulating fun gamesC. when they are left alone at weekends by their working parentsD. even if they are exposed to more and more kinds of entertainment(3)From his own experience, the author came to the conclusion that children seem to expect（）.A. a much wider variety of sports facilitiesB. activities that require sophisticated skillsC. ever-changing thrilling forms of recreationD. physical exercises that are more challenging(4)In Para 6 the author expresses his doubt about the effectiveness of trying to change children’s indifference toward much of life by（）.A. diverting their interest from electronic visual gamesB. prescribing medications for their temporary reliefC. creating more stimulating activities for themD. spending more money on their entertainment(5)In order to alleviate children’s boredom, the author would probably suggest（）.A. adjusting the pace of life and intensity of stimulationB. promoting the practice of dad-son daysC. consulting a specialist in child psychologyD. balancing school work with extracurricular activities(6)Questions {TSE} are based on the following passage.It used to be that people were proud to work for the same company for the whole of their working lives. They’d get a gold watch at the end of their productive years and a dinner featuring speeches by their bosses praising their loyalty. But today’s rich capitalists have regressed （倒退）to the “survival of the fittest”ideas and their loyalty extends not to their workers or even to their stockholders but only to themselves. Instead of giving out gold watches worth a hundred or so dollars for forty or so years of word, they grab tens and even hundreds of millions of dollars as they sell for their own profit the company they may have been with for only a few years.The new rich selfishly act on their own to unfairly grab the wealth that the country as a whole has produced. The top 1 percent of the population now has wealth equal to the whole bottom 95 percent and they want more. Their selfishness is most shamelessly expressed in downsizing and outsourcing （将产品包给分公司做）because these business maneuvers don’t act to created new jobs as the founder of new industries used to do, but only out jobs while keeping the money value of what those jobs produced for themselves.To keep the money machine working smoothly the rich have bought all the politicians from the top down. The president himself is constantly leaving Washington and the business at the nation because he is summoned to “fundraising dinners” where fat cats pay a thousand or so dollars a plate to worm their way into government not through service but through donations of vast amounts of money. Once on the inside they have both political parties busilytearing up all the regulations that protect the rest of us from the greed of the rich.The middle class used to be loyal to the free enterprise system. In the past, the people of the middle class mostly thought they’d be rich themselves someday or have a good shot at becoming rich. But nowadays income is being distributed more and more unevenly and corporate loyalty is a thing of the past. The middle class may also wake up to forget its loyalty to the so-called free enterprise system altogether and the government which governs only the rest of us while letting the corporations do what they please with our jobs. As things stand, if somebody doesn’t wake up, the middle class is on a path to being downsized all the way to the bottom of society.{TS}It can be inferred from the first paragraph that people used to place a high value on（）.A. job securityB. bosses’ prai seC. corporate loyaltyD. retirement benefits(7)The author is strongly critical of today’s rich capitalists for（）.A. not giving necessary assistance to laid-off workersB. maximizing their profits at the expense of workersC. not setting up long-term goals for their companiesD. rewarding only those who are considered the fittest(8)The immediate consequence of the new capitalists’practice is（）.A. loss of corporate reputationB. lower pay for the employeesC. a higher rate of unemploymentD. a decline in business transactions(9)The rich try to sway the policy of the government by（）.A. occupying important positions in both political partiesB. making monetary contributions to decision-makersC. pleasing the public with generous donationsD. constantly hosting fundraising dinners(10)What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?A. to call on the middle class to remain loyal to the free enterprise systemB. to warn the government of the shrinking of the American middle classC. to persuade the government to change its current economic policiesD. to urge the middle class to wake up and protect their own interests(11)Questions {TSE} are based on the following passage.Intel chairman Andy Grove hasdecided to cut the Gordian knot of controversy surrounding stem cell research by simply writing a check.The check, which he pledged last week, could be for as much as 55 million, depending on how many donors make gifts of between 550,000 and 5,500,000, which he has promised to match. It will be made out to the University of California-San Francisco （UCSF）.Thanks in part to such private donations, university research into uses for human stem cells—the cells at the earliest stages of development that can form any body part—will continue in California. With private financial support, the state will be less likely to lose talented scientists who would be tempted to leave the field or even leave the country as research dependent on federal money slows to glacial （极其缓慢的）pace.Hindered by limits President Bush placed on stem cell research a year age, scientists are turning to laboratories that can carry out work without using federal money. This is awkward for universities, which must spend extra money building separate labs and keeping rigor cots records proving no federal funds were involved. Grove’s donation, a first step toward a $20 million target at UCSF, will ease the burden.The president’s decision a year ago to allow research on already existing stem cell lines was portrayed as a reasonable compromise between scientists’needs for cells to work with, and concerns that this kind of research could lead to wholesale creation and destruction of human embryos （胚胎）, cloned infants and a general contempt for human life.But Bush’s effort to please both sides ended up pleasing neither. And it certainly didn’t provide the basis for cutting edge research. Of the 78 existing stem cell lines which Bush said are all that science would ever need, only one is in this country （at the University of Wisconsin）and only five are ready for distribution to researchers. All were grown in conjunction with mouse cells, making future therapeutic （治疗的）uses unlikely.The Bush administration seems bent on satisfying the small but vocal group of Americans who oppose stem cell research under any conditions. Fortunately, Grove and others are more interested in advancing scientific research that could benefit the large number of Americans who suffer from Parkinson’s disease, nerve injuries, heart diseases and many other problems.{TS}When Andy Grove decided to cut the Gordian knot, he meat to（）.A. put an end to stem cell researchB. end Intel’s relations with GordianC. settle the dispute on stem cell research quicklyD. expel Gordian from stem cell research for good(12)For UCSF to carry on stem cell research, new funds have to come from（）.A. interested businesses and individualsB. the United States federal governmentC. a foundation set up by the Intel CompanyD. executives of leading American companies(13)As a result of the limit Bust placed on stem cell research. American universities will（）.A. conduct the research in laboratories overseasB. abandon the research altogether in the near futureC. have to carry out the research secretlyD. have to raise money to build separate labs(14)We may infer from the passage that future therapeutic uses of stem cells will be unlikely unless（）.A. human stem cells are used in the researchB. a lot more private donations can be securedC. more federal money is used for the researchD. talented scientists are involved in the research(15)The reason lying behind President Bush’s placing limits on stem cell research is that（）.A. his administration is financially pinchedB. he did not want to offend its opponentsC. it amounts to a contempt for human lifeD. it did not promise any therapeutic value(16)Questions {TSE} are based on the following passage.This looks like the year that hard-pressed tenants in California will relief-not just in the marketplace, where tents have eased, but from the state capital Sacramento.Two significant tenant reforms stand a good chance of passage. One bill, which will give more time to tenants being evicted （逐出）, will soon be heading to the governor’s desk. The other, protecting security deposits, faces a vote in the Senate on Monday.For more than a century, landlords in California have been able to force tenants out with only 30 days’notice. That will now double under SB 1403, which got through the Assembly recently. The new protection will apply only to renters who have been in an apartment for at least a year.Even 60 days in a tight housing market won’t be long enough for some families to find an apartment near where their kids go to school. But is will be an improvement in cities like San Jose, where renters rights groups charge that unscrupulous （不择手段的）landlords have kicked out tenants on short notice to put up tents.The California Landlords Association argued that landlords shouldn’t have to wait 60 days to get rid of problem tenants. But the bill gained support when a Japanese real estate investor sent out 30-day eviction notices to 550 families renting homes in Sacramento and Santa Rosa. The landlords lobby eventually dropped its opposition and instead turned its forces against AB 2330, regarding security deposits. Sponsored by Assemblywoman Carole Migden of San Francisco, the bill would establish a procedure and a timetable for tenants to get back security deposits.Some landlords view security deposits as a free month’s rent, theirs for the taking. In most cases, though, there are honest disputes over damages-what constitutes ordinary wear and tear AB 2330 would give a tenant the right to request a walk-through with the landlord and to make the repairs before moving out; reputable landlords already do this. It would increase the penalty for failing to return a deposit. The original bill would have required the landlord to pay interest on the deposit. The landlords lobby protested that it would involve too much paperwork over too little money-less than $10 a year on a $1,000 deposit, at current rates. On Wednesday, the sponsor dropped the interest section to increase the chance of passage.Even in its amended form, AB 2330 is, like SB 1403, vitally important for tenants and should be made state law.{TS}We learn from the passage that SB 1403will benefit（）.A. long-term real estate investorsB. short-term tenants in SacramentoC. landlords in the State of CaliforniaD. tenants renting a house over a year(17)A 60-day notice before eviction may not be early enough for renters because（）.A. moving house is something difficult to arrangeB. appropriate housing may not be readily availableC. more time is needed for their kids’ school registrationD. the furnishing of the new house often takes a long time(18)Very often landlords don’t return tenants’deposits on the pretext that（）.A. their rent has not been paid in timeB. there has been ordinary wear and tearC. tenants have done damage to the houseD. the 30-day notice for moving out is over(19)Why did the sponsor of the AB 2330 bill finally give in on the interest section?A. To put an end to a lengthy argumenB. To urge landlords to lobby for its passagC. To cut down the heavy paperwork for its easy passagD. To make it easier for the State Assembly to pass the bil(20)It can be learned from the passage that（）.A. both bills are likely to be made state lawsB. neither bill will pass through the AssemblyC. AB 2330 stands a better chance of passageD. Sacramento and San Jose support SB 1403Part III V ocabulary (20 minutes)(1)Grey whales have long been（）in the north Atlantic and hunting was an important cause for that.A. extinctB. extinguishedC. detainedD. deprived(2)He was given major responsibility for operating the remote manipulator to（）the newly launched satellite.A. retreatB. retrieveC. embodyD. embrace(3)Foreign students are facing unprecedented delays, as visa applications receive closer（）than ever.A. appraisalB. scanningC. retentionD. scrutiny(4)If you are late for the appointment, you might（）the interviewer and lose your chance of being accepted.A. irrigateB. intrigueC. irritateD. intimidate(5)Children’s idea of a magic kingdom is often dancers in animal（）as they have often seen in Disneyland.A. cushionsB. costumesC. skeletonsD. ornaments(6)Ever since the first nuclear power stations were built, doubts have（）about their safety.A. preservedB. survivedC. suspendedD. lingered(7)This clearly shows that crops and weeds have quite a number of（）in common.A. traitsB. tracesC. tracksD. trails(8)From science to Shakespeare, excellent television and video programs are available（）to teacher.A. in stockB. in storeC. in operationD. in abundance(9)When the Italian poet Dante was（）from his home in Florence, he decided to walk from Italy to Paris to search for the real meaning of life.A. exertedB. expiredC. exiledD. exempted(10)Habits acquired in youth-notably smoking and drinking-may increase the risk of（）diseases in a person’s later life.A. consecutiveB. chronicC. criticalD. cyclical(11)F. W. Woolworth was the first businessman to erect a true skyscraper to（）himself, and in 1929, A1 Smith, a former governor of New York, sought to outreach him.A. portrayB. proclaimC. exaggerateD. commemorate(12)To label their produce as organic, farmers have to obtain a certificate showing that no（）chemicals have been used to kill pests on the farm for two years.A. toxicB. tragicC. nominalD. notorious(13)Ancient Greek gymnastics training programs were considered to be an（）part of thechildren’s education.A. intactB. integralC. inclusiveD. infinite(14)Researchers have found that happiness doesn’t appear to be anyone’s; the capacity for joy is a talent you develop largely for yourself.A. disposalB. domainC. heritageD. hostage(15)We want out children to have more than job skills; we want their lives to be（）and their perspectives to be broadened.A. envisagedB. excelledC. exceededD. enriched(16)Online schools, which（）the needs of different people, have emerged as an increasingly popular education alternative.A. stir upB. switch onC. cater toD. consent to(17)This kind of songbird sleeps much less during its annual（）,but that doesn’t seem to affect its flying.A. migrationB. emigrationC. conveyanceD. transference(18)The developing nations want rich countries to help shoulder the cost of（）forests.A. updatingB. upgradingC. conservingD. constructing(19)In the study, researchers succeeded in determining how coffee（）different areas of the brain in 15 volunteers.A. integratedB. motivatedC. illuminatedD. activated(20)They are trying to（）the risk as much as they can by making a more thorough investigation of the market.A. minimizeB. harmonizeC. summarizeD. jeopardize(21)The cycles of the sun and moon are simple, but forces which have shaped human lives since the beginning.A. franticB. giganticC. sensationalD. maximum(22)An effort was launched recently to create the first computer（）of the entire human brain.A. repetitionB. repressionC. saturationD. simulation(23)In the face of the disaster, the world has united to aid millions of（）people trying to piece their lives back together.A. fragileB. primitiveC. vulnerableD. susceptible(24)AIDS is a global problem that demands a unified, worldwide solution, which is not only the responsibility of nations in which AIDS is most（）.A. relevantB. prevalentC. vigorousD. rigorous(25)After the earthquake, a world divided by（）and religious disputes suddenly faced its common humanity in this shocking disaster.A. eligibleB. engagedC. proneD. prospective(26)Psychologists suggest that children who are shy are more（）to develop depression and anxiety later in life.A. eligibleB. engagedC. proneD. prospective(27)Initially, the scientists and engineers seemed（）by the variety of responses people can make to a poem.A. reinforcedB. embarrassedC. depressedD. bewildered(28)Is it possible to stop drug（）in the country within a very short time?A. adoptionB. addictionC. contemplationD. compulsion(29)The parents of Lindsay, 13, an（）tennis player who spends eight hours a day on the court, admit that a regular school is not an option for their daughter.A. exoticB. equivalentC. eliteD. esthetic(30)Our research confirmed the（）that when children have many different caregivers important aspects of their development are liable to be overlooked.A. hypothesisB. hierarchyC. synthesisD. syndromePart IV Error Correction (15 minute)(1)The most important starting point for improving the understanding of silence is undoubtedly an adequate scientific education at school. Public attitudes towards <U>science owe much the way science is taught in these （S1）</U> <U>institutions. Today, school is what most people come into （S2）</U> contact with a formal instruction and explanation of science for the first time, at least in a systematic way. It is at this <U>point which the foundations are laid for an interest in science. （S3）</U> What is taught （and how）in this first encounter will largely determine an individual’s view of the subject in adult life.<U>Understanding the original of the negative attitudes （S4）</U> towards science may help us to modify them. Most education <U>system neglect exploration, understanding and reflection. （S5）</U> Teachers in schools tend to present science as a collection of <U>facts, often by more detail than necessary. As a result, （S6）</U> children memorize processes such as mathematical formulas or the periodic table, only to forget it shortly afterwards. The （S7）task of learning facts and concepts, one at a time, makes <U>learning laborious, boring and efficient. Such a purely （S8）</U> empirical approach, which consists of observation and description, is also, in a sense, unscientific or incomplete. There is therefore a need for resources and methods of <U>teaching that facilitates a deep understanding of science in （S9）</U> an enjoyable way. Science should not only be “fun”in the same way as playing a video game, but ‘hard fun’—deep <U>feeling of connection made possibly only imaginative （S10）</U> engagement.答案和解析Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)(1) :A(2) :D(3) :C(4) :B(5) :A(6) :C(7) :B(8) :C(9) :B(10) :D(11) :C(12) :A(13) :D(14) :A(15) :B(16) :D(17) :B(18) :C(19) :D(20) :APart III V ocabulary (20 minutes)(1) :A(2) :B(3) :D(4) :C(5) :B(6) :D(7) :A(8) :D(9) :C(10) :B(11) :D(12) :A(13) :B(14) :C(15) :D(16) :C(17) :A(18) :C(19) :D(20) :A(21) :B(22) :D(23) :C(24) :B(25) :A(26) :C(27) :D(28) :B(29) :C(30) :APart IV Error Correction (15 minute) (1) :S1．在much和the way间插入to S2．what →whereS3．which →thatS4．original →originS5．system →systemsS6．by →inS7．it →themS8．efficient →inefficient S9．facilitates →facilitate S10．possibly →possible。
2012年12月英语四六级真题答案及详解（完整版）
2012年12月英语六级试题答案(完整版)Part ⅠWritingMy View on University RankingIn recent years, all kinds of University Ranking Lists can be found on some educational websites, or newspapers. The ranking standards also vary. These lists have great influence on students. They are even becoming the only scale to evaluate the colleges and universities.People hold different views toward this phenomenon. Some believe that these lists help the students a lot, especially for those who will choose their university. While some other protest vigorously. In their points, the list is really ridiculous and harmful. In my view, the university ranking may have its own reference values, but its disadvantages overweigh its values.For those university-students-to-be, they are supposed to choose the school according to his or her own situation, but not the so-called Ranking List. What’s more, how about the university students? How do they feel about themselves when they see the ranking? The list may become some intangible shackles for them if their own school ranks poorly.In a nutshell, there is no easy method to rank these universities, but the Ranking, only helps students ignore the essentials, namely, their ninety-nine percent perspiration.此次六级作文的自由度很大，看似给出了提纲，实际上具体的观点全靠个人发挥。
近几年英语六级翻译真题（个人收集）
近几年英语六级翻译真题（个人收集）2015年12月英语六级真题翻译，中国政府决定将其工业升级。
中国现在涉足建造高速列车，远洋船舶，机器人，甚至飞机。
不久前，中国获得了在印度尼西亚建造一条高铁的合同：中国还与马拉西亚签署了为其提供高速列车的合同。
这证明人们信赖中国造产品。
中国造产品越来越受欢迎。
中国为此付出了代价。
但这确实有助于消除贫困，同时还为世界各地的人们提供了就业机会。
这是一件好事，值得称赞。
下次你去商店时，可能想看一看你所购商品的出产国名。
很有可能这件商品是中国造的。
The Chinese government has decided to upgrade theindustrial structure recently. T he construction of high speedtrains, ocean-going vessels, robots and even airplanes h ave beeninvolved in and a contract on the construction of high-speed railhas been sig ned by China and Indonesia lately, which proved thefact that the product made in Chi na enjoys a high level ofreliability.The “Made in China” have been widely spread around theworld at a hefty cost. Ho wever, with the elimination of poverty and the jobopportunities provided for peopl e around the world, the popularityof the “ Made in China” deserves applause. Theref ore, you may wantto check the original places of the product you have bought instor es because it is exceedingly possible that this product is madein China.在帮助国际社会于2030年前消除极端贫困过程中，中国正扮演着越来越重要的角色。
六级翻译历年真题及参考答案
三套练习1.中国的官方语言普通话( Mandarin)在美国的学校中突然热起来。
由于中国经济在本世纪的领先地位，美国的公立和私立学校纷纷在外语教学中加入汉语这一科目，或将已有的汉语教学项目进行扩展。
据统计，在美国的学校中，有5万名孩子在学习汉语。
推动汉语项目的发展不是没有遇到困难。
由于缺乏受过专业训练、持有证书的教师，一些学校很难加入汉语教学的竞争。
当学校聘用教师时，它们通常直接从中国将他们招来，这种方式为文化冲突埋下了隐患。
Mandarin, China’s official language, suddenly becomes popular in American schools. Due to the leading role of China’s economy in this century, both public and private schools of the U.S. are a dding Chinese to their foreign language teaching or expanding esta blished Chinese teaching subjects. According to statistics, 50 thousa nd children are learning Chinese in American schools. Difficulties d o have emerged in the process of promoting the Chinese teaching projects. Due to the lack of teachers with professional training an d certificates, some schools are less competitive in Chinese teachin g. While hiring teachers, they would recruit some directly from Chi na, leaving potential dangers for cultural conflicts.2.农历正月(the first lunar month)十五是中国的元宵节(LanternFestival)，人们习惯在门外悬挂大红灯笼，孩子们提着彩色的灯笼玩，大人们则上街观赏各式各样的灯笼。
2012年12月大学英语六级(CET-6)参考答案(一)
2012年12月大学英语六级(CET-6)参考答案Ⅰ【作文】On Maintaining TrustTrustis crucial and indispensable in maintaining a relationship. Without trust, wecannot get along well with other people, let alone cooperate with them or gethelp from them. People are social animals. Without interacting with otherpeople, life would be dull and meaningless。
Nowadays,the whole society is faced with “credit crisis”. We become unwillingly tobelieve the governments, friends, colleagues and strangers. This poses a greatthreat to the building of a harmonious society. And sometimes, we even believedthat we might be deceived if we trust too much. But in our everyday life, if wedon’t trust other people, we could live in torment. Since trust is of greatsignificance, what should we do to improve our sense of trust? First of all, wecannot lie to those who trust us. Secondly, it’s never too late to apologize toothers for our mistakes. What’s more, we should strike a trust balance between ourselves and others。
2006年12月大学英语六级真题试卷A卷
2006年12月24日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷(A卷)Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Importance of Reading Classics. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below.1. 阅读经典书籍对人的成长至关重要2. 现在愿意阅读经典的人却越来越少，原因是…3. 我们大学生应该怎么做The Importance of Reading ClassicsPart II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.For questions 1-4, markY (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO) if statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.For questions 5-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. Space TourismMake your reservations now. The space tourism industry is officially open for business, and tickets are going for a mere $20 million for a one-week stay in space. Despite reluctance from National Air and Space Administration (NASA)，Russia made American businessman Dennis Tito the world’s first space tourist. Tito flew into space aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket that arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on April 30, 2001. The second space tourist, South African businessman Mark Shuttleworth, took off aboard the Russian Soyuz on April 25, 2002, also bound for the ISS.Lance Bass of ‘N Sync was supposed to be the third to make the $20 mil lion trip, but he did not join the three-man crew as they blasted off on October 30, 2002, due to lack of payment. Probably the most incredible aspect of this proposed space tour was that NASA approved of it.These trips are the beginning of what could be a profitable 21st century industry. There are already several space tourism companies planning to build suborbital vehicles and orbital cities within the next two decades. These companies have invested millions, believing that the space tourism industry is on the verge of taking off.In 1997, NASA published a report concluding that selling trips into space to private citizens could be worth billions of dollars. A Japanese report supports these findings, and projects that space tourism could be a $10 billion per year industry within the next two decades. The only obstacles to opening up space to tourists are the space agencies, who are concerned with safety and the development of a reliable, reusable launch vehicle.Space AccommodationsRussia’s Mir space sta tion was supposed to be the first destination for space tourists.But in March 2001，the Russian Aerospace Agency brought Mir down into the Pacific Ocean. As it turned out, bringing down Mir only temporarily delayed the first tourist trip into space.The Mir crash did cancel plans for a new reality-based game show from NBC, which was going to be called Destination Mir. The Survivor-like TV show was scheduled to air in fall 2001, Participants on the show were to go through training at Russia’s cosmonaut (宇航员) training center, Star City. Each week, one of the participants would be eliminated from the show, with the winner receiving a trip to the Mir space station. The Mir crash has ruled out NBC’s space plans for now. NASA is against beginning space tourism until the International Space Station is completed in 2006. Russia is not alone in its interest in space tourism. There are several projects underway to commercialize space travel. Here are a few of the groups that might take tourists to space:? Space Island Group is going to build a ring-shaped, rotating “commercial space infrastructure (基础结构)” that will resemble the Discovery spacecraft in the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Space Island says it will build its space city out of empty NASA space-shuttle fuel tanks (to start, it should take around 12 or so), and place it about 400 miles above Earth. The space city will rotate once per minute to create a gravitational pull one-third as strong as Earth’s.? According to their vision statement. Space Adventures pl ans to “fly tens of thousand of people in space over the next 10-15 years and beyond, around the moon, and back, from spaceports both on Earth and in space, to and from private space stations, and board dozen of different vehicles...”? Even Hilton Hotels has shown interest in the space tourism industry and possibility of building or co-funding a space hotel. However, the company did say that it believes such a space hotel is 15 to 20 years away.Initially, space tourism will offer simple accommodations at best. For instance, if the International Space Station is used as a tourist attraction, guests won’t find the luxurious surroundings of a hotel room on Earth. It has been designed for conducting research, not entertainment. However, the first generation of space hotels should offer tourists a much more comfortable experience.In regard to a concept for a space hotel initially planned by Space Island, such a hotel could offer guests every convenience they might find at a hotel on Earth, and some they might not. The small gravitational pull created by the rotating space city would allow space-tourists and residents to walk around and function facilities would be possible. Additionally, space tourists would even be able to take space walks.Many of these companies believe that they have to offer an extremely enjoyable experience in order for passengers to pay thousands, if not millions, of dollars to ride into space. So will space create another separation between the haves and have-nots? The Most Expensive VacationWill space be an exotic retreat reserved for only the wealthy? Or will middle-class folks have a chance to take their families to space? Make no mistake about it, going to space will be the most expensive vacation you ever take. Prices right now are in the tens of millions of dollars. Currently, the only vehicles that can take you into spaceare the space shuttle and the Russian Soyuz, both of which are terribly inefficient. Each spacecraft requires millions of pounds of fuel to take off into space, which makes them expensive to launch. One pound of payload (有效载重) costs about $10,000 to put into Earth’s orbit.NASA and Lockheed Martin are currently developing a single-stage-to-orbit launch space plane, called the VentureStar, that could be launched for about a tenth of what the space shuttle costs to launch. If the VentureStar takes off, the number of people who could afford to take a trip into space would move into the millions.In 1998, a joint report from NASA and the Space Transportation Association stated that improvements in technology could push fares for space travel as low as $50,000, and possibly down to $20,000 or $10,000 a decade later. The report concluded that a ticket price of $50,000, there could be 500,000 passengers flying into space each year. While still leaving out many people, these prices would open up space to a tremendous amount of traffic.Since the beginning of the space race, the general public has said, “Isn’t that great—when do I get to go?” Well, our chance might be closer th an ever. Within the next 20 years, space planes could be taking off for the Moon at the same frequency as airplanes flying between New York and Los Angles.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
六级历年真题翻译
2013年6月大学英语六级考试真题（第一套）Passage One美国劳工统计局的报告就像预期的一样令人沮丧。
一月份的失业率猛增到7.6%，创16年新高，因为美国就业人数锐减59.8万，这是1974年12月以来的最大单月降幅。
由于过去三个月失掉了180万个工作岗位，所以美国人民迫切希望尽快提振经济。
但美国政府在对不容乐观的数据做出反应前最好还是深呼吸冷静一下。
总体上，我们基于失业数据和其他统计数据形成现实感。
它们是我们用以评估经济状况好坏的大量数据中至关重要的一部分，而这反过来又会影响政府政策、公司预算以及个人开支决定的形成。
问题是统计数据并不能客观地衡量现实；它们仅仅是最佳近似值。
在方向上，它们充分体现了发展趋势，但我们准确知道有多少人失业的观点却是谬论。
这也使得找到解决方案更加困难。
首先，数据收集是有方法的。
官方失业率是对约6万个家庭通过电话调查的产物。
还有另一种调查——有时被称为“薪资调查”——是基于汇报的工资名单对40万家企业进行估算。
两种调查都有问题。
薪资调查很容易重复计算某人：如果你身兼两职，你就会显示为两个人。
薪资调查也没有体现个体经营者的数量，因而几乎不能说明有多少人在产生独立收入。
家庭调查的问题就更大了。
当调查主题涉及性别、收入或就业情况时，直接询问的话，人们往往会撒谎或隐瞒真相。
如果你接到的电话询问你是否就业，你会说是的，你处于就业状态。
然而，如果你说没有，你惊讶地得知只有在过去四周内积极寻找工作，你才算失业；否则，你只是“与劳动力有些许关联”而并非真正失业。
量化的紧迫性一直存在于我们的社会之中。
但认为统计学家们这样就可以获知客观现实的想法不仅不可能实现，还会导致严重的判断错误。
民主党人和共和党人能够也将会对很多问题有自己的看法，但更重要的担忧是双方的主要决策都基于大概的估计，而不是用批判的眼光和开放的态度看待大量的原始数据。
Passage Two在2008年的某个瞬间，很可能是在亚洲或者非洲，某个人决定从农村迁移到城市。
2006年12月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题(A卷)(含答案、听力原文)(打印版)
2006年12月24日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷(A卷)新Part I Writing (30 minutes) 30 minutes at least 150The Importance of Reading Classics1. 阅读经典书籍对人的成长至关重要2. 现在愿意阅读经典的人却越来越少，原因是…3. 我们大学生应该怎么做Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Space TourismMake your reservations now. The space tourism industry is officially open for business, and tickets are going for a mere $20 million for a one-week stay in space. Despite reluctance from National Air and Space Administration (NASA)，Russia made American businessman Dennis Tito the world’s first space tourist. Tito flew into space aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket that arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on April 30, 2001. The second space tourist, South African businessman Mark Shuttleworth, took off aboard the Russian Soyuz on April 25, 2002, also bound for the ISS.Lance Bass of ‘N Sync was supposed to be the third to make the $20 million trip, but he did not join the three-man crew as they blasted off on October 30, 2002, due to lack of payment. Probably the most incredible aspect of this proposed space tour was that NASA approved of it.These trips are the beginning of what could be a profitable 21st century industry. There are already several space tourism companies planning to build suborbital vehicles and orbital cities within the next two decades. These companies have invested millions, believing that the space tourism industry is on the verge of taking off.In 1997, NASA published a report concluding that selling trips into space to private citizens could be worth billions of dollars. A Japanese report supports these findings, and projects that space tourism could be a $10 billion per year industry within the next two decades. The only obstacles to opening up space to tourists are the space agencies, who are concerned with safety and the development of a reliable, reusable launch vehicle.Space AccommodationsRussia’s Mir space station was supposed to be the first destination for space tourists. But in March 2001，the Russian Aerospace Agency brought Mir down into the Pacific Ocean. As it turned2 / 18 大家版收藏级大学英语四六级真题大全 大家网深情奉献！ 阁明俊审校制作！2 out, bringing down Mir only temporarily delayed the first tourist trip into space.The Mir crash did cancel plans for a new reality-based game show from NBC, which was going to be called Destination Mir. The Survivor-like TV show was scheduled to air in fall 2001, Participants on the show were to go through training at Russia ’s cosmonaut (宇航员) training center, Star City. Each week, one of the participants would be eliminated from the show, with the winner receiving a trip to the Mir space station. The Mir crash has ruled out NBC ’s space plans for now. NASA is against beginning space tourism until the International Space Station is completed in 2006.Russia is not alone in its interest in space tourism. There are several projects underway to commercialize space travel. Here are a few of the groups that might take tourists to space:Space Island Group is going to build a ring-shaped, rotating “commercial space infrastructure (基础结构)” that will resemble the Discovery spacecraft in the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Space Island says it will build its space city out of empty NASA space-shuttle fuel tanks (to start, it should take around 12 or so), and place it about 400 miles above Earth. The space city will rotate once per minute to create a gravitational pull one-third as strong as Earth ’s.According to their vision statement. Space Adventures plans to “fly tens of thousand of people in space over the next 10-15 years and beyond, around the moon, and back, from spaceports both on Earth and in space, to and from private space stations, and board dozen of different vehicles ...”Even Hilton Hotels has shown interest in the space tourism industry and possibility of building or co-funding a space hotel. However, the company did say that it believes such a space hotel is 15 to 20 years away.Initially, space tourism will offer simple accommodations at best. For instance, if the International Space Station is used as a tourist attraction, guests won ’t find the luxurious surroundings of a hotel room on Earth. It has been designed for conducting research, not entertainment. However, the first generation of space hotels should offer tourists a much more comfortable experience.In regard to a concept for a space hotel initially planned by Space Island, such a hotel could offer guests every convenience they might find at a hotel on Earth, and some they might not. The small gravitational pull created by the rotating space city would allow space-tourists and residents to walk around and function facilities would be possible. Additionally, space tourists would even be able to take space walks.Many of these companies believe that they have to offer an extremely enjoyable experience in order for passengers to pay thousands, if not millions, of dollars to ride into space. So will space create another separation between the haves and have-nots?The Most Expensive VacationWill space be an exotic retreat reserved for only the wealthy? Or will middle-class folks have a chance to take their families to space? Make no mistake about it, going to space will be the most expensive vacation you ever take. Prices right now are in the tens of millions of dollars. Currently, the only vehicles that can take you into space are the space shuttle and the Russian Soyuz, both of which are terribly inefficient. Each spacecraft requires millions of pounds of fuel to take off into space, which makes them expensive to launch. One pound of payload (有效载重) costs about $10,000 to putinto Earth’s orbit.NASA and Lockheed Martin are currently developing a single-stage-to-orbit launch space plane, called the VentureStar, that could be launched for about a tenth of what the space shuttle costs to launch. If the VentureStar takes off, the number of people who could afford to take a trip into space would move into the millions.In 1998, a joint report from NASA and the Space Transportation Association stated that improvements in technology could push fares for space travel as low as $50,000, and possibly down to $20,000 or $10,000 a decade later. The report concluded that a ticket price of $50,000, there could be 500,000 passengers flying into space each year. While still leaving out many people, these prices would open up space to a tremendous amount of traffic.Since the beginning of the space race, the general public has said, “Isn’t that great—when do I get to go?” Well, our chance might be closer than ever. Within the next 20 years, space planes could be taking off for the Moon at the same frequency as airplanes flying between New York and Los Angles.1. Lance Bass wasn’t able to go on a tour of space because of health problems.2. Several tourism companies believe space travel is going to be a new profitable industry.3. The space agencies are reluctant to open up space to tourists.4. Two Australian billionaires have been placed on the waiting list for entering space as privatepassengers.5. The price for the winner in the fall 2001 NBA TV game show would have bee n ________.6. Hilton Hotels believes it won’t be long before it is possible to build a ________.7. In order for space tourists to walk around and function normally, it is necessary for the space cityto create a ________.8. What making going to space the most expensive vacation is the enormous cost involved in________.9. Each year 500,000 space tourists could be flying into space if ticket prices could be lowered to________.10. Within the next two decades, ________ could be as intercity air travel.Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes) Section A11. A) Dr. Smith’s waiting room isn’t tidy.B) Dr. Smith enjoys reading magazines.34 / 18 大家版收藏级大学英语四六级真题大全 大家网深情奉献！ 阁明俊审校制作！ 4 C) Dr. Smith has left a good impression on her.D) Dr. Smith may not be a good choice.12. A) The man will rent the apartment when it is available.B) The man made a bargain with the landlady over the rent.C) The man insists on having a look at the apartment first.D) The man is not fully satisfied with the apartment.13. A) Packing up to go abroad.B) Drawing up a plan for her English course.C) Brushing up on her English.D) Applying for a visa to the United Sates.14. A) He is anxious to find a cure for his high blood pressure.B) He doesn ’t think high blood pressure is a problem for him.C) He was not aware of his illness until diagnosed with it.D) He did not take the symptoms of his illness seriously.15. A) To investigate the cause of AIDS.B) To raise money for AIDS patients.C) To rally support for AIDS victims in Africa.D) To draw attention to the spread of AIDS in Asia.16. A) It has a very long history.B) It is a private institution.C) It was founded by Thomas Jefferson.D) It stresses the comprehensive study of nature.17. A) They can ’t fit into the machine.B) They have not been delivered yet.C) They were sent to the wrong address.D) They were found to be of the wrong type.18. A) The food served in the cafeteria usually lacks variety.B) The cafeteria sometimes provides rare food for the students.C) The students find the service in the cafeteria satisfactory.D) The cafeteria tries hard to cater to the students ’ needs.Questions 19 to 2219. A) He picked up some apples in his yard.B) He cut some branches off the apple tree.C) He quarreled with his neighbor over the fence.D) He cleaned up all the garbage in the woman’s yard.20. A) Trim the apple trees in her yard.B) Pick up the apples that fell in her yard.C) Take the garbage to the curb for her.D) Remove the branches from her yard.21. A) File a lawsuit against the man.B) Ask the man for compensation.C) Have the man’s apple tree cut down.D) Throw garbage into the man’s yard.22. A) He was ready to make a concession.B) He was not intimidated.C) He was not prepared to go to court.D) He was a bit concerned.Questions 23 to 2523. A) Bad weather.B) Breakdown of the engines.C) Human error.D) Failure of the communications system.24. A) Two thousand feet.B) Twenty thousand feet.C) Twelve thousand feet.D) Twenty-two thousand feet.25. A) Accurate communication is of utmost importance.B) Pilots should be able to speak several foreign languages.C) Air controllers should keep a close watch on the weather.D) Cooperation between pilots and air controllers is essential. Section B Passage One Questions 26 to 2826. A) His father caught a serious disease.56 / 18 大家版收藏级大学英语四六级真题大全 大家网深情奉献！ 阁明俊审校制作！ 6 B) His mother passed away.C) His mother left him to marry a rich businessman.D) His father took to drinking.27. A) He disliked being disciplined.B) He couldn ’t pay his gambling debts.C) He was expelled by the university.D) He enjoyed working for a magazine.28. A) His poems are heavily influenced by French writers.B) His stories are mainly set in the State of Virginia.C) His work difficult to read.D) Hid language is not refined.29. A) He grieved to death over the loss of his wife.B) He committed suicide for unknown reasons.C) He was shot dead at the age of 40.D) He died of heavy drinking.Passage Two Questions 30 to 3230. A) Women. B) Manual workers. C) Prisoners. D) School age children.31. A) He taught his students how to pronounce the letters first.B) He matched the letters with the sounds familiar to the learners.C) He showed the learners how to combine the letters into simple words.D) He divided the letters into groups according to the way they are written.32. A) It can help people to become literate within a short time.B) It was originally designed for teaching the English language.C) It enables the learners to master a language within three months.D) It is effective in teaching any alphabetical language to Brazilians.Passage Three Questions 33 to 3533. A) The crop ’s blooming period is delayed.B) The roots of crops are cut off.C) The topsoil is seriously damaged.D) The growth of weeds is accelerated.34. A) It’s a new way of applying chemical fertilizer.B) It’s an improved method of harvesting crops.C) It’s an creative technique for saving labor.D) It’s a farming process limiting the use of ploughs.35. A) In areas with few weeds and unwanted plants.B) In areas with a severs shortage of water.C) In areas lacking in chemical fertilizer.D) In areas dependent on imported food.Section CAdults are getting smarter about how smart babies are. Not long ago, researchers learned that 4-day-olds could understand (36) ________ and subtraction. Now, British research (37) ________ Graham Schafer has discovered that infants can learn words for uncommon things long before they can speak. He found that 9-month-old infants could be taught, through repeated show-and-tell, to (38) ________ the names of objects that were foreign to them, a result that (39) ________ in some ways the received (40) ________ that, apart from learning to (41) ________ things common to their daily lives, children don’t begin to build vocabulary until well into their second year. “It’s no (42) ________ that children learn words, but the words they tend to know are words linked to (43) ________ situations in the home,”explains Schafer. “(44) ________________________________ with an unfamiliar voice giving instructions in an unfamiliar setting.”Figuring out how humans acquire language may shed light on why some children learn to read and write later than others, Schafer says, and could lead to better treatments for developmental problems. (45) ________________________________. “Language is a test case for human cognitive development,”says Schafer. But parents eager to teach their infants should take note (46) ________________________________. “This is not about advancing development,”he says. “It’s just about what children can do at an earlier age than what educators have often thought.”Part IV Reading Comprehension (25 minutes) Section A Questions 47 to 51I’ve heard from and talked to many people who described how Mother Nature simplified their lives for them. They’d lost their home and many or all of their possessions through fires, floods, earthquakes, or some other disaster. Losing everything you own under such circumstances can be distressing, but the people I’ve heard from all saw their loss, ultimately as a blessing.“The fire saved us the agony of deciding what to keep and what to get rid of,” one woman wrote. And once all those things were no longer there, she and her husband saw how they had weighed them down and complicate their lives.“There was so much stuff we never used and that was just taking up space. We vowed when we started over, we’d replace only what we needed, and this time we’d do it right. We’ve kept our promise: we don’t have much now, but what we have is exactly what we want.”Though we’ve never had a catastrophic loss such as that, Gibbs and I did have a close call shortly before we decided to simplify. At that time we lived in a fire zone. One night a firestorm rages78 / 18 大家版收藏级大学英语四六级真题大全 大家网深情奉献！ 阁明俊审校制作！8 through and destroyed over six hundred homes in our community. That tragedy gave us the opportunity to look objectively at the goods we ’d accumulated.We saw that there was so much we could get rid of and only never miss, but be better off without. Having almost lost it all, we found it much easier to let go of the things we knew we ’d never use again.Obviously, there ’s a tremendous difference between getting rid of possessions and losing them through a natural disaster without having a say in the matter. And this is not to minimize the tragedy and pain such a loss can generate.But you might think about how you would approach the acquisition process if you had it to do all over again. Look around your home and make a list of what you would replace.Make another list of things you wouldn ’t acquire again no matter what, and in fact would be happy to be rid of.When you ’re ready to start unloading some of your stuff, that list will be a good place to start.47. Many people whose possessions were destroyed in natural disasters eventually considered theirloss ________.48. Now that all their possessions were lost in the fire, the woman and her husband felt that theirlives had been ________.49. What do we know about the author ’s house from the sentence “Gibbs and did have a closecall ...” (Line 1-2, Para. 4)?50. According to the author, getting rid of possessions and losing them through a natural disaster arevastly ________.51. What does the author suggest people do with unnecessary things?Section B Passage One Questions 52 to 56In a purely biological sense, fear begins with the body ’s system for reacting to things that can harm us —the so-called fight-or-flight response. “An animal that can ’t detect danger can ’t stay alive,” says Joseph LeDoux. Like animals, humans evolved with an elaborate mechanism for processing information about potential threats. At its core is a cluster of neurons (神经元) deep in the brain known as the amygdale (扁桃核).LeDoux studies the way animals and humans respond to threats to understand how we form memories of significant events in our lives. The amygdale receives input from many parts of the brain, including regions responsible for retrieving memories. Using this information, the amygdale appraises a situation —I think this charging dog wants to bite me —and triggers a response by radiating nerve signals throughout the body. These signals produce the familiar signs of distress: trembling, perspiration and fast-moving feet, just to name three.This fear mechanism is critical to the survival of all animals, but no one can say for sure whether beasts other than humans know they’re afraid. That is, as LeDoux says, “if you put that system into a brain that has consciousness, then you get the feeling of fear.”Humans, says Edward M. Hallowell, have the ability to call up images of bad things that happened in the past and to anticipate future events. Combine these higher thought processes with our hardwired danger-detection systems, and you get a near-universal human phenomenon: worry.That’s not necessarily a bad thing, says Hallowell. “When used properly, worry is an incredible device,”he says. After all, a little healthy worrying is okay if it leads to constructive action—like having a doctor look at that weird spot on your back.Hallowell insists, though, that there’s a right way to worry. “Never do it alone, get the facts and then make a plan.”He says. Most of us have survived a recession, so we’re familiar with the belt-tightening strategies needed to survive a slump.Unfortunately, few of us have much experience dealing with the threat of terrorism, so it’s been difficult to get fact about how we should respond. That’s why Hallowell believes it was okay forpeople to indulge some extreme worries last fall by asking doctors for Cipro (抗炭疽菌的药物) andbuying gas masks.52. The “so-called fight-or-flight response” (Line 2, Para. 1) refers to “________”.A) the biological process in which human beings’ sense of self-defense evolvesB) the instinctive fear human beings feel when faced with potential dangerC) the act of evaluatin g a dangerous situation and making a quick decisionD) the elaborate mechanismin the human brain for retrieving information53. From the studies conducted by LeDoux we learn that ________.A) reactions of humans and animals to dangerous situations are often unpredictableB) memories of significant events enable people to control fear and distressC) people’s unpleasant memories are derived from their feeling of fearD) the amygdale plays a vital part in human and animal responses to potential danger54. From the passage we know that ________.A) a little worry will do us good if handled properlyB) a little worry will enable us to survive a recessionC) fear strengthens the human desire to survive dangerD) fear helps people to anticipate certain future events55. Which of the following is the best way to deal with your worries according to Hallowell?A) Ask for help from the people around you.B) Use the belt-tightening strategies for survival.C) Seek professional advice and take action.910 / 18 大家版收藏级大学英语四六级真题大全大家网深情奉献！ 阁明俊审校制作！ 10 D) Understand the situation and be fully prepared.56. In Hallowell ’s view, people ’s reaction to the terrorist threat last fall was ________.A) ridiculousB) understandableC) over-cautiousD) sensiblePassage Two Questions 57 to 61Amitai Etzioni is not surprised by the latest headings about scheming corporate crooks (骗子). As a visiting professor at the Harvard Business School in 1989, he ended his work there disgusted with his students ’ overwhelming lost for money. “They ’re taught that profit is all that matters,” he says. “Many schools don ’t even offer ethics (伦理学) courses at all.”Etzioni expressed his frustration about the interests of his graduate students. “By and large, I clearly had not found a way to help classes full of MBAs see that there is more to life than money, power, fame and self-interest.” He wrote at the time. Today he still takes the blame for not educating these “business-leaders-to-be.” “I really like I failed them,” he says. “If I was a better teacher maybe I could have reached them.”Etzioni was a respected ethics expert when he arrived at Harvard. He hoped his work at the university would give him insight into how questions of morality could be applied to places where self-interest flourished. What he found wasn ’t encouraging. Those would be executives had, says Etzioni, little interest in concepts of ethics and morality in the boardroom —and their professor was met with blank stares when he urged his students to see business in new and different ways.Etzioni sees the experience at Harvard as an eye-opening one and says there ’s much about business schools that he ’d like to change. “A lot of the faculty teaching business are bad news themselves,” Etzioni says. From offering classes that teach students how to legally manipulate contracts, to reinforcing the notion of profit over community interests, Etzioni has seen a lot that ’s left him shaking his head. And because of what he ’s seen taught in business schools, he ’s not surprised by the latest rash of corporate scandals. “In many ways things have got a lot worse at business schools, I suspect,” says Etzioni.Etzioni is still teaching the sociology of right and wrong and still calling for ethical business leadership. “People with poor motives will always exist.” He says. “Sometimes environments constrain those people and sometimes environments give those people opportunity.” Etzioni says the booming economy of the last decade enabled those individuals with poor motives to get rich before getting in trouble. His hope now: that the cries for reform will provide more fertile soil for his long-standing messages about business ethics.57. What impressed Amitai Etzioni most about Harvard MBA students?A) Their keen interest in business courses.B) Their intense desire for money.C) Their tactics for making profits.D) Their potential to become business leaders.58. Why did Amitai Etzioni say “I really feel like I failed them” (Line 4, Para. 2)?A) He was unable to alert his students to corporate malpractice.B) He didn’t teach his students to see business in new and different ways.C) He could not get his students to understand the importance of ethics in business.D) He didn’t offer courses that would meet the expectations of the business-leaders-to-be.59. Most would-be executives at the Harvard Business School believed that ________.A) questions of morality were of utmost importance in business affairsB) self-interest should not be the top priority in business dealingsC) new and different principles should be taught at business schoolsD) there was no place for ethics and morality in business dealings60. In Etzioni’s view, the latest rash of corporate scandals could be attributed to ________.A) the tendency in business schools to stress self-interest over business ethicsB) the executives’ lack of knowledge in legally manipulating contractsC) the increasingly fierce competition in the modern business worldD) the moral corruption of business school graduates61. We learn from the last paragraph that ________.A) the calls for reform will help promote business ethicsB) businessmen with poor motives will gain the upper handC) business ethics courses should be taught in all business schoolsD) reform in business management contributes to economic growthPart V Error Correction (15 minutes)Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete aword. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If youchange a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. Ifyou add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing wordin the blank. If you delete a word, cross it and put a slash (/) in the blank.Example:╱. 1. time/times/period Television is rapidly becoming the literature of our periods╱used for the study of literature as 2. _______\_______ Many of the arguments havinga school subject are valid for ∧study of television. 3. ______the______1112 / 18 大家版收藏级大学英语四六级真题大全大家网深情奉献！ 阁明俊审校制作！12 The National Endowment for the Arts recently released the results of its “Reading at Risk ”survey, which described the movement of the American public away from books and literature andtoward television and electronic media. According to the survey, “reading is on the decline on every(62) region, within every ethnic group, and at every educational level.”The day the NEA report released, the U.S. House, in a tie (63) Vote, upheld the government ’s right to obtain bookstore and library records under a provision of the USA Patriot Act. The House proposal would have barred the federal government (64) from demand library records, reading lists,book customer lists and other material in terrorism and intelligence investigations.and desirable activities that might undermine our system of government rather than helping democracyflourish.Our culture ’s decline in reading begin well before the (69) existence of the Patriot Act. Duringthe 1980s ’ culture wars, school systems across the country pulled some books from (70) libraryshelves because its content was deemed by parents and teachers to be inappropriate. Now what startedin schools across the country is playing itself out on a nation stage and (71) is possibly having animpact on the reading habits of the American public.Part VI Translation (5 minutes)72. If you had ________ (听从了我的忠告，你就不会陷入麻烦).73. With tears on her face, the lady ________ (看着她受伤的儿子被送进手术室).74. After the terrorist attack, tourists ________ (被劝告暂时不要去该国旅游).75. I prefer to communicate with my customers ________ (通过写电子邮件而不是打电话).76. ________ (直到截止日他才寄出) his application form.答案2006年12月24日大学英语六级(CET-6)The Importance of Reading ClassicsNow some people, especially the elderly, are of the view that classics play a significant role in the life. English learners, for example, can benefit a lot from the famous readings, or classical books. Besides, they maintain that their childhood is exposed to these great minds.However, young men in growing numbers seldom enjoy reading these articles or books. In other words, they find few interests in reading so-called classics. A lot of reasons are responsible for this. To begin with, they are in the shadow of practical minds. These classics may not meet the needs. What’s more, online reading is a good way for people to get information easily and efficiently. Moreover, the young people are too busy to read them.From what has been discussed above, we may safely draw the conclusion that effective actions should be taken to prevent the situation. First, we can enjoy these minds in our free time. Second, these articles or novels will be arranged for further reading in our retirement. Certainly, it is high time that we placed great emphasis on the issue.1.N2.Y3. Y4.NG5.a trip to the Mir Space Station6.a space hotel7.small gravitation pull8.the fuel of spacecraft 9.$50,000 10.space travel47.as a blessing 48.simplified 49.their house need to be simplified 50.different51. make a list of the unnecessary things before unloading them52.B 53.D 54.A 55.D 56.B 57.B 58.C 59. D 60.A 61.A62.on → in63.day和the之间插入when 64.demand → demanding65. 去掉to66.in → that67.writing → write68.desirable → undesirable69.begin → began70.its → their71. nation → national72. f ollowed my advice, you would not be in trouble now.73. watched her injured son sent into the operation room.74. were advised not to travel to that country at the moment75. via E-mail instead of telephone76. Until the deadline came, he didn’t sent out13。
2013年12月英语六级翻译真题
2013年12月英语六级翻译真题第一套：中秋节【翻译原文】中国人自古以来就在中秋时节庆祝丰收，这与北美地区庆祝感恩节的习俗十分相似，过中秋节的习俗与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。
【参考译文】Since ancient times, the Chinese people usually celebrate harvest in the Mid-Autumn, which is similar to the custom of celebrating Thanksgiving in the North America. The tradition of celebrating Mid-Autumn festival became popular throughout China in the early Tang dynasty. The lunar August 15 is a day for people worshiping the moon. On this day, under the dazzling bright moon, families reunite and enjoy the moon’s beau ty. In 2006, Mid-Autumn festival was listed as one of China's cultural heritage, and in 2008, it was classified as a public holiday. Moon cakes, as indispensable delicious food of the festival, were gifts people sent to families and friends during the festival and usually eaten on family gatherings. There are character s of “longevity”,“good fortune”and “harmony” on the Traditional moon cakes.第二套：丝绸之路【翻译原文】丝绸之路：闻名于世的丝绸之路是一系列连接东西方的路线。
六级翻译历年真题及参考答案.doc
三套练习1.中国的官方语言普通话（Mandarin）在美国的学校中突然热起来。
由于中国经济在本世纪的领先地位，美国的公立和私立学校纷纷在外语教学中加入汉语这一科目，或将已有的汉语教学项目进行扩展。
据统计，在美国的学校中,有5万名孩了在学习汉语。
推动汉语项目的发展不是没有遇到困难。
由于缺乏受过专业训练、持有证书的教师，一些学校很难加入汉语教学的竞争。
当学校聘用教师时，它们通常直接从中国将他们招来，这种方式为文化冲突埋下了隐患。
Mandarin, China's official language, suddenly becomes popular in American schools. Due to the leading role of China's economy in this century, both public and private schools of the U.S. are a dding Chinese to their foreign language teaching or expanding esta blished Chinese teaching subjects. According to statistics, 50 thousa nd children are learning Chinese in American schools. Difficulties d o have emerged in the process of promoting the Chinese teaching projects. Due to the lack of teachers with professional training an d certificates, some schools are less competitive in Chinese teachin g. While hiring teachers, they would recruit some directly from Chi na, leaving potential dangers for cultural conflicts.2.农历正月(the first lunar month)十五是中国的元宵节(LanternFestival),人们习惯在门外悬挂大红灯笼，孩子们提着彩色的灯笼玩, 大人们则上街观赏各式各样的灯笼。
2006年12月24日大学英语六级（CET-6）真题试卷（A卷）
2006年12月24日大学英语六级（CET-6）真题试卷（A卷）2006年12月24日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷(A卷)Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Importance of Reading Classics. You should write at least 150 wordsfollowing the outline given below.1. 阅读经典书籍对人的成长至关重要2. 现在愿意阅读经典的人却越来越少，原因是…3. 我们大学生应该怎么做The Importance of Reading ClassicsPart II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.For questions 1-4, markY (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given inthe passage;N (for NO) if statement contradicts the information given in thepassage;NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.For questions 5-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Space TourismMake your reservations now. The space tourism industry isofficially open for business, and tickets are going for a mere $20 million for a one-week stay in space. Despite reluctance from National Air and Space Administration (NASA)，Russia made American businessman Dennis Tito the world?s first space tourist. Tito flew into space aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket that arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on April 30, 2001. The second space tourist, South African businessman Mark Shuttleworth, took off aboard the Russian Soyuz on April 25, 2002, also bound for the ISS.Lance Bass of …N Sync was supposed to be the third to make the $20 million trip, but he did not join the three-man crew as they blasted off on October 30, 2002, due to lack of payment. Probably the most incredible aspect of this proposed space tour was that NASA approved of it.These trips are the beginning of what could be a profitable 21st century industry. There are already several space tourism companies planning to build suborbital vehicles and orbital cities within the next two decades. These companies have invested millions,believing that the space tourism industry is on the verge of taking off.In 1997, NASA published a report concluding that selling trips into space to private citizens could be worth billions of dollars. A Japanese report supports these findings, and projects that space tourism could be a $10 billion per year industry within the next two decades. The only obstacles to opening up space to tourists are the space agencies, who are concerned with safety and the development of a reliable, reusable launch vehicle. Space AccommodationsRussia?s Mir space station was supposed to be the firstdestination for space tourists. But in March 2001，the Russian Aerospace Agency brought Mir down into the Pacific Ocean. As it turned out, bringing down Mir only temporarily delayed the first tourist trip into space.The Mir crash did cancel plans for a new reality-based game show from NBC, which was going to be called Destination Mir. The Survivor-like TV show was scheduled to air in fall 2001, Participants on the show were to go through training at Russia?s cosmonaut (宇航员) training center, Star City. Each week, one of the participants would be eliminated from the show, with the winner receiving a trip to the Mir space station. The Mir crash has ruled out NBC?s space plans for now. NASA is against beginning space tourism until the International Space Station is completed in 2006.Russia is not alone in its interest in space tourism. There are several projects underway to commercialize space travel. Here are a few of the groups that might take tourists to space:● Space Island Group is going to build a ring-shaped, rotating “commercial space infrastructure (基础结构)”that will resemble the Disc overy spacecraft in the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey.”Space Island says it will build its space city out of empty NASA space-shuttle fuel tanks (to start, it should take around 12 or so), and place it about 400 miles above Earth. The space city will rotate once per minute to create a gravitational pull one-third as strong as Earth?s.● According to their vision statement. Space Adventures plans to “fly tens of thousand of people in space over the next 10-15 years and beyond, around the moon, and back, from spaceports both on Earth and in space, to and from private space stations, and board dozen of different vehicles...”● Even Hilton Hotels has shown interest in the space tourism industry and possibility of building or co-funding a space hotel. However, the company did say that it believes such a space hotel is 15 to 20 years away.Initially, space tourism will offer simple accommodations at best. For instance, if the International Space Station is used as a tourist attraction, guests won?t find the luxurious surroundings of a hotel room on Earth. It has been designed for conducting research, not entertainment. However, the first generation of space hotels should offer tourists a much more comfortable experience.In regard to a concept for a space hotel initially planned by Space Island, such a hotel could offer guests every convenience they might find at a hotel on Earth, and some they might not. The small gravitational pull created by the rotating space city wouldallow space-tourists and residents to walk around and function facilities would be possible. Additionally, space tourists would even be able to take space walks.Many of these companies believe that they have to offer an extremely enjoyable experience in order for passengers to pay thousands, if not millions, of dollars to ride into space. So will space create another separation between the haves and have-nots?The Most Expensive VacationWill space be an exotic retreat reserved for only the wealthy? Or will middle-class folks have a chance to take their families to space? Make no mistake about it, going to space will be the most expensive vacation you ever take. Prices right now are in the tens of millions of dollars. Currently, the only vehicles that can takeyou into space are the space shuttle and the Russian Soyuz, both of which are terribly inefficient. Each spacecraft requires millions of pounds of fuel to take off into space, which makes them expensive to launch. One pound of payload (有效载重) costs about $10,000 to put into Earth?s orbit.NASA and Lockheed Martin are currently developing a single-stage-to-orbit launch space plane, called the VentureStar, that could be launched for about a tenth of what the space shuttle costs to launch. If the VentureStar takes off, the number of people who could afford to take a trip into space would move into the millions.In 1998, a joint report from NASA and the Space Transportation Association stated that improvements in technology could push fares for space travel as low as $50,000, and possibly down to $20,000 or $10,000 a decade later. The report concluded that a ticket price of $50,000, there could be 500,000 passengers flying into space each year. While still leaving out many people, these prices would open up space to a tremendous amount of traffic.Since the beginning of the space race, the general public has said, “Isn?t that great—when do I get to go?” Well, our chance might be closer than ever. Within the next 20 years, space planes could be taking off for the Moon at the same frequency as airplanes flying between New York and Los Angles.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
2006~2012六级翻译汇总
2012.61.I think that the meal is well worth 80 dollars without a discount. (没有折扣的情况下值80美元).2. Facing the fierce competition from other companies(面对来自其他公司的激烈竞争),the automobile manufacturer is considering launching a promotion campaign.3.As far as hobbies are concerned,Jane and her sisterhave little in common (几乎没有什么共同之处).4.Only after many failures have I realized (that)success can not be achieved merely by luck我才认识到仅凭运气是不能成功的).5.But for the survival instinct which nearly all creatures have,more species would have been extinct from the earth(更多的物种就可能已经在地球上灭绝了)2011.121.You shouldn’t have run across the road without looking.You mighthave been knocked down by a car (也许会被车撞倒的).2.By no means does he regard himself as an expert (他把自己当成专家)although he knows a lot about the field.3.He doesn’t appreciate the sacrifice his friends have made for him, but he takes it for granted (把他们所做的视作理所当然).4.Janet told me that she would rather her mother hadn’t interfered in her marriage (不干涉她的婚姻).5.To keep up with the expanding frontiers of scholarship,Edward Wilson found himself surfing online frequently for information (经常上网查找信息).2011.61 ．Cultural invasion is likely to have a negative effect on the diversity of culture. (文化多样性产生消极的影响).2．Although punctual himself, the professor was quite used to students’being late for class（学生上课迟到）.3．If only the committee made some regulations（做些规定）and put them into effect as soon as possible.4．Color and sex are not relevant to whether someone is suitable for the job or not（一个人是否适合这份工作）.5．The manager would rather his daughter didn't work in the same office with him.（不与他在同一间办公室工作）2010.121.There is no denying that you can’t be too careful(越仔细越好)in dealing with this matter.2.Only when I reached my thirties did I realize reading can’t beneglected (我才意识到读书是不能被忽视的).3.Much to researchers’ surprise(使研究人员感到惊讶),the outcome of the experiment was far better than they had expected.4.Oh,my,I can’t find my key, I must have left it somewhere (我一定是把它忘记在哪儿了).5.I would rather join you to be a volunteer(宁愿加入你们去做义工)than go to the beach for a holiday.2010.61.Their only son has never thought(他们的独生儿子从未想过)to leave them and strike out on his own though he is in his late twenties.2.Before you take any action,please remember to weigh the possibleconsequences of your decision (权衡你的决定会产生的后果).3.He assured his friend that under no circumstances would he breakhis promise to return the money(他会违背还钱的承诺).4.Most educators advise that kids not indulge (themselves) in computer games (不要沉溺于电脑游戏).5.Business major as he is,he has never considered being a sales promoter(从未考虑过从事推销员的工作).2009.121.How long does a jacket like this last me? This depends on how often you wear it.（这要看你多长时间穿一次。
2012年英语六级翻译真题汇总
2011年12月87. Charity groups organized various activities to raise money for the survial in the earthquck（为地震幸存者筹款）.88. Linda can’t receive my e-mail（不可能收到我的电子邮件）；otherwise, she would have replied.89. It's my mother oncovrage me not lose heart (一直在鼓励我不要灰心)when I have difficulties in my studies.90. The publishing house has to condsider the popularrring of this novel（考虑这部小说的受欢迎程度）.91. It is absolutely wrong to defive the happiness only by momey (仅仅以金钱来定义幸福).2011年6月87. The university authorities did not approve the regulation, nor did they make any explanation / nor did they give the reason for doing so (也没有解释为什么).88. Jane is tired of dealing with customer complaints and wishes that she could be assigned (to) another job（能被分配做另一项工作）89. John rescued the drowning child at the risk of his own life (冒着自己生命危险).90. George called his boss from the airport but it ①was his assistant who answered / picked up the phone；②turned out that his assistant answered / picked up the phone（接电话的却是他的助手）91. Although he was interested in philosophy, his father persuaded him into / talked him into （他的父亲说服他）majoring in law.2010年12月82. There is no denying that you _ can never be too careful / can not be too careful（越仔细越好）in dealing with this matter.无可否认，处理这件事，越仔细越好83. Only when I reached my thirties- did I realize that reading cannot be neglected/ did I realize that reading is unignorable（我才意识到读书是不能被忽视的）直到三十岁，我才意识不能忽视读书。
2012年12月英语六级翻译真题及答案（文都版）
2012年12⽉英语六级翻译真题及答案(⽂都版)以下为2012年12⽉英语六级翻译真题及答案(⽂都版)，仅供各位参考，祝⼤家成功！考试采取“多题多卷”模式，试题顺序不统⼀，请依据试题进⾏核对。
82. __________________不管中国变得多么强⼤，it will constitute no threat to any other country。
83. success in life does not depends so much on one’s school records______________________⽽是靠勤奋和坚持 84. ______________他们要是此刻在这⾥就要了，we would be able to celebrate their wedding anniversary。
85. In recent years, with his business booming, he __________________给慈善事业捐了⼤笔钱。
86. without the atmosphere we______________________将被迫寻找躲避太阳的藏⾝处，as there would be nothing to protect us from its deadly rays。
82.No matter how strong China becomes 83.but on diligence and persistence 84.If they were here at the moment 85.donates a large sum of money to charity 86. would be forced to look for avoiding the sun's burrow。
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far better than they had expected.
85. Oh, my, I can’t find my key;(我一定是把它忘在哪儿了).
84. The manager（本来可以参加会议）, but he was called away for some urgent business abroad.
85. Both research and practical experience have showed that _____ ___（均衡的饮食对健康是必不可少的）.
2009年6月六级翻译试题
82. With the oil prices ever rising, she tried to talk ___ _____(说服他不买车).
83. _____ ___(保持幽默有助于) reduce stress and promote creative thinking in
86. Much _____ ____（我感到很遗憾）, I was unable to finish the work on time.
2010年6月六级翻译试题
82.__________ ________ (他们的独生儿子从未想过) to leave them and strike out on his own
85. Our years of hard work are all in vain,（更别提我们花费的大量金钱了）.
86. The problems of blacks and womenhave received（最近几十年受到公众相当大的关注）.
2007年12月六级翻译试题
82. But for mobile phones,（我们的通讯就不可能如此迅速和方便）.
2008年12月六级翻译试题
82. He designed the first suspension bridge, which（把美观与功能完美地结合起来）.
83. It was very dark, but Mary seemed to（本能地知道该走哪条路）.
84. I don't think it advisable that parents ________ ______（剥夺孩子们的自由）to spend their spare time as they wish.
83. In handling an embarrassing situation,（没有什么比幽默感更有帮助的了）.
84. The Foreign Minister said he was resigning（但他拒绝进一步解释这样做的原因）.
85. Human behavior is mostly a product of learning（而动物的行为主要依靠本能）.
today’s competitive society.
84. When confronted with the evidence,_____ ___(他不得不坦白自己的罪行).
85. When people say, “I can feel my ears burning,” it means they think(一定有人在说他们坏话).
2011年12月六级翻译试题
82. You shouldn't have run across the road without looking, you. (也许会被车撞到)
83. By no means _________________________, (他把自己当成专家) although he knows a lot about the field.
84.Our defense at the court hearing finally(使法官确信我们是清白的).
85.(你可以放心)we will fulfill our task ahead of time.
86.Man should live in harmony with nature, and(试图征服它是不明智的)
than just go on.
83.No agreement was reached in the discussion between the two parties, as ______ ________(任何
一方都不肯放弃自己的立场).
84.The pills(本来可以治愈那位癌症病人的), but he didn't follow the
86. She has decided to go on a diet, but finds(很难抵制冰淇淋的诱惑).
2009年12月六级翻译试题
82. How long does a jacket like this last me?_________ _______（这要看你多长时间穿一次）.
83. The theory he advanced has proved__________ ________（对许多传统观念的一种挑战）.
74. After the terrorist attack, tourists are（被劝告暂时不要去该国旅游）.
75. I prefer to communicate with my customers（通过写电子邮件而不是打电话）.
76. _________________cation form.
2012年12月六级翻译试题
（卷1）
82.Through years of hard work, they(已经把那片荒地变成了肥沃的农田).
83.It was long since I last saw her, and if she had not greeted me first(我几乎认不出她来).
84. Nancy is supposed to（做完化学实验）at least two weeks ago.
85. Never once_______ _______（老两口互相争吵）since they were married 40 years ago.
86.（一个国家未来的繁荣在很大程度上有赖于）the quality of education of its people
84. He doesn't appreciate the sacrifice his friends have made for him,.(把他们所做的视作理所应当)
85. Janet told me that she would rather her mother ____________________________________.(不干涉她的婚姻)
83. ______________________ (面对来自其他公司的激烈竞争), the automobile manufacturer is considering launching a promotion campaign.
84. As far as hobbies are concerned, Jane and her sister(几乎没有什么共同之处).
86. I _____________ _____________ (宁愿加入你们去做义工) than go to the beach for a holiday
2011年06月六级翻译试题
82.Even though they were already late, they(宁愿停下来欣赏美丽的景色)
86. To keep up with the expanding frontiers of scholarship. Edward Wilson found himself.（经常上网查信息）
2012年6月六级翻译试题
82. I think that the meal is well_______ _______________(没有折扣的情况下值80美元).
85. Older adults who have a high level of daily activities have more energy and（与不那么活跃的人相比死亡率要低）.
86. Your resume should attract a would-be boss's attention by demonstrating _____ _________（为什么你是某个特定职位的最佳人选）.
though he is in his late twenties.
83. Before you take any action, please remember to ________ __________(权衡你的决定会产生的后果).
84. He assured his friend that under no circumstances ________ __________ (他会违背还钱的承诺).
86. The witness was told the under no circumstances_______ _______（他都不应该对法庭说谎）.
2008年6月六级翻译试题
82. We can say a lot of things about those（毕生致力于诗歌的人）:
83. Mary couldn’t have received my letter,（否则她上周就该回信了）.
82. There is no denying that you ______________ ___________(越仔细越好) in dealing with this matter.
83. Only when I reached my thirties ________ ______________(我才意识到读书是不能被忽视的).