全答案)14.12 英语六级考试真题试卷(第三套)

2014年12月英语六级真题第3套

2014年12月英语六级真题试卷（第3套）Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief description ofthe picture and then discuss whether technology is indispensable ineducation. You should give sound arguments to support your views and writeat least 150 words but no more than 200words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)说明：2014年12月六级真题全国共考了两套听力。

本套（即第三套）的听力内容与第二套的完全一样，只是选项的顺序不一样而已，故在本套中不再重复给出。

Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a wordbank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully beforemaking your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet2witha single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in thebank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.It was 10 years ago, on a warm July night, that a newborn lamb took her first breath in a small shed in Scotland. From the outside, she looked no different from thousands of other sheep born on 36 farms. But Dolly, as the world soon came to realize,was no 37 lamb. She was cloned from a single cell of an adult female sheep, 38 long-held scientific dogma that had declared such a thing biologically impossible.A decade later, scientists are starting to come to grips with just how different Dolly was. Dozens of animals have been cloned since that first lamb—mice, cats, cows and, most recently, a dog—and it’s becoming 39 clear that they are all, in one way or another, defective.It’s 40 to think of clones as perfect carbon copies of the original. It turns out, though, that there are various degrees of genetic 41. That may come as a shock to people who have paid thousands of dollars to clone a pet cat only to discover that the baby cat looks and behaves 42 like their beloved pet—with a different- color coat of fur, perhaps, or a 43 different attitude toward its human hosts.And these are just the obvious differences. Not only are clones 44 from the original template(模板)by time, but they are also the product of an unnatural molecular mechanism that turns out not to be very good at making 45 copies. In fact, the process can embed small flaws in the genes of clones that scientists are only now discovering.Section BDirections:In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Eachstatement contains information given in one of theparagraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked witha letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet 2.High School Sports Aren’t Killing AcademicsA) In this month’s Atlantic cover article, “The Case Against High-School Sports,”Amanda Ripley argues that school-sponsored sports programs should be seriously cut. She writes that, unlike most countries that outperform the United States on international assessments, American schools put too much of an emphasis on athletics. “Sports are embedded in American schools in a way they are not almost anywhere else,” she writes. “Yet this difference hardly ever comes up in domestic debates about America’s international mediocrity (平庸) in education.”B) American student-athletes reap many benefits from participating in sports, butthe costs to the schools could outweigh their benefits, she argues. In particular, Ripley contends that sports crowd out the academic missions of schools: America should learn from South Korea and Finland and every other country at the top level of international test scores, all of whom emphasize athletics far less in school.“Even in eighth grade, American kids spend more than twice the time Korean kids spend playing sports,”she writes, citing a 2010 study published in the Journal of Advanced Academics.C) It might well be true that sports are far more rooted in American high schoolsthan in other countries. But our reading of international test scores finds no support for the argument against school athletics. Indeed, our own research and that of others lead us to make the opposite case. School-sponsored sports appear to provide benefits that seem to increase, not detract (减少) from, academic success.D) Ripley indulges a popular obsession (痴迷) with international test scorecomparisons, which show wide and frightening gaps between the United States and other countries. She ignores, however, the fact that states vary at least as much in test scores as do developed countries. A 2011 report from Harvard University shows that Massachusetts produces math scores comparable to South Korea and Finland, while Mississippi scores are closer to Trinidad and Tobago. Ripley’s thesis about sports falls apart in light of this fact. Schools in Massachusetts provide sports programs while schools in Finland do not. Schools in Mississippi may love football while in Tobago interscholastic sports are nowhere near as prominent. Sports cannot explain these similarities in performance. They can’t explain international differences either.E) If it is true that sports undermine the academic mission of American schools,we would expect to see a negative relationship between the commitment to athletics and academic achievement. However, the University of Arkansas’s Daniel Bowen and Jay Greene actually find the opposite. They examine this relationship by analyzing schools’sports winning percentages as well as student-athletic participation rates compared to graduation rates and standardized test score achievement over a five-year period for all public high schools in Ohio.Controlling for student poverty levels, demographics (人口统计状况), and district financial resources, both measures of a school’s commitment to athletics are significantly, positively related to lower dropout rates as well as higher test scores.F) On-the-field success and high participation in sports is not random—it requiresfocus and dedication to athletics. One might think this would lead schools obsessed with winning to deemphasize academics. Bowen and Greene’s results contradict that argument. A likely explanation for this seemingly counterintuitive (与直觉相反的) result is that success in sports programsactually facilitates or reflects greater social capital within a school’s community.G) Ripley cites the writings of renowned sociologist James Coleman, whose researchin education was groundbreaking. Coleman in his early work held athletics in contempt, arguing that they crowded out schools’ academic missions. Ripley quotes his 1961 study, The Adolescent Society, where Coleman writes, “Altogether, the trophy (奖品) case would suggest to the innocent visitor that he was entering an athletic club, not an educational institution.”H) However, in later research he would show how the success of schools is highlydependent on what he termed social capital, “the norms, the social networks, and the relationships between adults and children that are of value for the child’s growing up.”I) According to a 2013 evaluation conducted by the Crime Lab at the University of Chicago, a program called Becoming a Man—Sports Edition creates lasting improvements in the boys’study habits and grade point averages. During the first year of the program, students were found to be less likely to transfer schools or be engaged in violent crime. A year after the program, participants were less likely to have had an encounter with the juvenile justice system.J) If school-sponsored sports were completely eliminated tomorrow, many American students would still have opportunities to participate in organized athletics elsewhere, much like they do in countries such as Finland, Germany, and South Korea. The same is not certain when it comes to students from more disadvantaged backgrounds. In an overview of the research on non-school based after-school programs, researchers find that disadvantaged children participate in these programs at significantly lower rates. They find that low-income students have less access due to challenges with regard to transportation, non- nominal fees, and off-campus safety. Therefore, reducing or eliminating these opportunities would most likely deprive disadvantaged students of the benefits from athletic participation, not least of which is the opportunity to interact with positive role models outside of regular school hours.K) Another unfounded criticism that Ripley makes is bringing up the stereotype that athletic coaches are typically lousy (蹩脚的) classroom teachers. “American principals, unlike the vast majority of principals around the world, make many hiring decisions with their sports teams in mind, which does not always end well for students,” she writes. Educators who seek employment at schools primarily for the purpose of coaching are likely to shirk (推卸) teaching responsibilities, the argument goes. Moreover, even in the cases where the employee is a teacher first and athletic coach second, the additional responsibilities that come with coaching likely come at the expense of time otherwise spent on planning, grading,and communicating with parents and guardians.L) The data, however, do not seem to confirm this stereotype. In the most rigorous study on the classroom results of high school coaches, the University of Arkansas’s Anna Egalite finds that athletic coaches in Florida mostly tend to perform just as well as their non-coaching counterparts, with respect to raising student test scores. We do not doubt that teachers who also coach face serious tradeoffs that likely come at the expense of time they could dedicate to their academic obligations. However, as with sporting events, athletic coaches gain additional opportunities for communicating and serving as mentors (导师) that potentially help students succeed and make up for the costs of coaching commitments.M) If schools allow student-athletes to regularly miss out on instructional time for the sake of traveling to athletic competitions, that’s bad. However, such issues would be better addressed by changing school and state policies with regard to the scheduling of sporting events as opposed to total elimination. If the empirical evidence points to anything, it points towards school-sponsored sports providing assets that are well worth the costs.N) Despite negative stereotypes about sports culture and Ripley’s presumption that academics and athletics are at odds with one another, we believe that the greater body of evidence shows that school-sponsored sports programs appear to benefit students. Successes on the playing field can carry over to the classroom and vice versa (反之亦然). More importantly, finding ways to increase school communities’social capital is imperative to the success of the school as a whole, not just the athletes.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2 上作答。

英语六级考试CET-6真题+参考答案(3套)

2013年12月大学英语六级考试真题(第1套）Part IDWriting(30 minutes)(请干正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将迸行听力考试）Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on happiness by referring to the saying “Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them.，，You can cite examples to illustrate your point and then explain how you can develop your ability to deal with problems and be happy. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections:/n this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At theend of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Ans^wer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.注意:此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

2020年12月英语六级真题及答案-第3套(完整版)

2020年12月英语六级真题及答案-第3套3全卷完 1、相信自己吧！坚持就是胜利！祝考试顺利，榜上有名！ 2、愿全国所有的考生都能以平常的心态参加考试，发挥自己的水平，考上理想的学校。

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畅游题海后，金榜题君名。

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4、亲爱的同学，期末考试来了，愿你们考出好成绩，考到自己理想的成绩。

5、努力吧！不管结果怎样，经历过，总会有结果的！期中考试的朋友们，为你们祝福，也为自己祈祷！愿梦开始的地方，也是梦想实现的地方！嗯嗯，加油，嗯，加油！ 6、相信你们一定会有很多想说却未言的话，总之走过了，哭过了，笑过了，就不会有遗憾！带上我们的祝福去打造另外一片属于自己的天空吧！ 7、祝愿天下所有考生开心度过期中考试。

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祝高考顺顺利利、金榜题名。

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英语六级真题卷第三套(含答案)

Part I WritingDirection：For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below. You should focus on the harm caused by misleading information online. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.It seems to be a law in the technology industry that leading companies eventually lose their position, often quickly and brutally. Mobile phone champion Nokia, one of Europe's biggest technology success stories, was no _____(37), losing its market share in just a few years.PartⅢ Reading ComprehensionIn 2007, Nokia accounted for more than 40% of mobile phone sales _____(38). But consumers' preferences were already _____(39)toward touch-screen smartphone. With the introduction of Apple's iPhone in the middle of that year, Nokia's market share _____(40)rapidly and revenue plunged. By the end of 2013, Nokia had sold its phone business to Microsoft.What sealed Nokia's fate was a series of decisions made by Stephen Elop in his position as CEO, which he _____(41)in October 2010. Each day that Elop spent in chargeof Nokia, the company's market value declined by $23 million, making him, by the numbers, one of the worst CEOs in history.But Elop was not the only person at _____(42). Nokia's board resisted change, making it impossible for the company to adapt to rapid shifts in the industry. Most _____(43), Jorma Ollila, who had led Nokia's transition from an industrial company to a technology giant, was too fascinated by the company's _____(44)success to recognize the change that was needed to sustain its competitiveness.The company also embarked on a _____(45)cost-cutting program, which included the elimination of thousands of jobs. This contributed to the _____(46)of the company's once-spirited culture, which had motivated employees to take risks and make miracles. Good leaders left the company, taking Nokia's sense of vision and direction with them. Not surprisingly, much of Nokia's most valuable design and programming talent left as well.A.assumedB.biasC.desperateD.deteriorationE.exceptionF.faultG.incidentallyH.notablyI.previous J.relayed K.shifting L.shrankM.subtle N.transmitting O.worldwideSection BFirst-Generation College-Goers: Unprepared and BehindKids who are the first in their families to brave the world of higher education come on campus with little academic know-how and are much more likely than their peers to drop out before graduation.A) When Nijay Williams entered college last fall as a fires-generation student and Jamaican immigrant, he was academically unprepared for the rigors of higher education. Like many first-generation student, he enrolled in a medium-sized state university many of his high school peers were also attending, received a Pell Grant, and board and the closeness of the school to his family, he chose to live at home and worded between 30 and 40 hours a week while taking a full class schedule.B) What Nijay didn't realize about his school—Tennessee State University—was its frighteningly low graduation rate: a mere 29 percent for its first-generation students. At the end of his first year, Nijay lost his Pell Grant of over $5,000 after narrowly missing the 2.0 GPA cut-off, making it impossible for him to continue paying for school.C) Nijay represents a large and growing group of Americans: first-generation college students who enter school unprepared or behind. To make matters worse, these schools are ill-equipped to graduate these students—young adults who face specific challenges and obstacles. They typically carry financial burdens that outweigh those of their peers, are more likely to work while attending school, and often require significant academic remediation(补习).D) Matt Rubinoff directs I'm First, a nonprofit organization launched last October to reach out to this specific population of students. He hopes to distribute this information and help prospective college-goers find the best post-secondary fit. And while Rubinoff believes there are a good number of four-year schools that truly care about these students and set aside significant resources and programs for them, he says that number isn't high enough.E) "It's not only the selective and elite institutions that provide those opportunities for a small subset of this population," Rubinoff said, adding that a majority of first-generation under graduates tend toward options such as online programs, two-year colleges, and commuter stand schools. "Unfortunately, there tends to be a lack of information and support to help students think bigger and broader."F) Despite this problem, many students are still drawn to these institutions —and two-year schools in particular. As a former high school teacher, I saw students choose familiar, cheaper options year after year. Instead of skipping out on higher education altogether, they chose community colleges or state schools with low bars for admittance.G) "They underestimate themselves when selecting a university," said Dave Jarrat, a marketing executive for Inside Track, a for-profit organization that specializes in coaching low-income students and supporting colleges in order to help students thrive. "The reality of it is that a lot of low-income kids could be going to elite universities on a full ride scholarship and don't even realize it."。

英语六级(2014年12月)真题及答案(第三套)

2014年12月大学英语六级考试真题(三)注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

1. A．Proceed in his own way.B． Stick to the original plan.C. Compromise with his colleague.D． Try to change his colleague's mind.2. A．Mary has a keen eye for style.B． Nancy regrets buying the dress.C． Nancy and Mary went shopping together in Rome.D． Nancy and Mary like to follow the latest fashion.3. A．Wash the dishes.B． Go to the theatre.C． Pick up George and Martha.D． Take her daughter to hospital.4. A．She enjoys making up stories about other people.B． She can never keep anything to herself for long.C． She is eager to share news with the woman.D． She is the best informed woman in town.5. A．A car dealer.B． A mechanic.C． A driving examiner.D． A technical consultant.6. A．The shopping mall has been deserted recently.B． Shoppers can only find good stores in the mall.C． Lots of people moved out of the downtown area.D． There isn't much business downtown nowadays.7. A．He will help the woman with her reading.B． The lounge is not a place for him to study in.C． He feels sleepy whenever he tries to study.D． A cozy place is rather hard to find on campus.8. A．To protect her from getting scratches.B． To help relieve her of the pain.C． To prevent mosquito bites.D． To avoid getting sunburnt.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A．In a studio.B． In a clothing store.C． At a beach resort.D． At a fashion show.10. A．To live there permanently.B． To stay there for half a year.C． To find a better job to support herself.D． To sell leather goods for a British company.11. A．Designing fashion items for several companies.B． Modeling for a world-famous Italian company.C． Working as an employee for Ferragamo.D． Serving as a sales agent for Burberrys.12. A．It has seen a steady decline in .its profits.B． It has become much more competitive.C． It has lost many customers to foreign companies.D． It has attracted a lot more designers from abroad.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13. A．It helps her to attract more public attention.B．It improves her chance of getting promoted.C． It strengthens her relationship with students.D．It enables her to understand people better.14. A．Passively.B． Positively.C． Skeptically.D． Sensitively.15. A．It keeps haunting her day and night.B．Her teaching was somewhat affected by it.C． It vanishes the moment she steps into her role.Ｄ． Her mind goes blank once she gets on the stage.Section BDirections In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear somequestions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you mustchoose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B．, C． and D ). Then mark the correspondingletter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

6级第三套试题及答案

6级第三套试题及答案一、听力理解（共30分）1. A) 5:45 p.m. B) 6:15 p.m. C) 6:45 p.m. D) 7:15 p.m.2. A) 50 dollars. B) 80 dollars. C) 100 dollars. D) 120 dollars.3. A) At a restaurant. B) At a bookstore. C) At a post office. D) At a bank....20. A) Disappointed. B) Surprised. C) Annoyed. D) Relieved.答案：1. C2. B3. A...20. D二、阅读理解（共20分）1. What is the main idea of the passage?A) The importance of sleep.B) The benefits of exercise.C) The impact of diet on health.D) The role of stress in daily life.2. According to the author, what is the best way to improve memory?A) Taking more breaks.B) Eating a balanced diet.C) Exercising regularly.D) Getting enough sleep....10. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A) The author is optimistic about the future.B) The author is concerned about the current situation.C) The author is suggesting a new approach.D) The author is warning against a potential problem.答案：1. A2. D...10. B三、完形填空（共20分）1. A) Despite B) Although C) Because D) Since2. A) to B) for C) with D) by...20. A) however B) therefore C) moreover D) besides答案：1. B2. C...20. A四、翻译（共30分）1. 随着科技的发展，人们的生活变得越来越方便。

2022年12月全国大学英语六级考试真题和答案解析(第三套)

2022年12月大学英语六级考试真题（第3套）Part I Writing(30minutes) Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to write an essay that begins with the sentence“With the application of information technology in education,college students can now learn in more diverse and efficient ways.”You can make statements,give reasons,or cite examples to develop your essay.You should write at least150words but no more than200 wordsPartⅡListening Comprehension(30minutes)特殊说明：由于多题多卷，官方第三套真题的听力试题与第二套真题的一致，只是选项顺序不同，因此，本套试卷不再提供听力部分。

Part III Reading Comprehension(40minutes) Section ADirections:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet2 with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.American colleges and universities are using64percent less coal than they did a decade ago,burning700,000tons last year,down from2million tons in2008,the U.S.Energy Information Administration(EIA)said in a report26yesterday.All57schools that were burning coal in2008are using less now,and20have27 coal completely,EIA found.Most universities have turned to natural gas as a28,with state funding backing the fuel switch.While academic institutions use less than0.1percent of U.S.coal burned for power, campus coal use has a history dating back to the1800s when29to power was scarce.Many universities still operate their own power plants.The Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of1978encouraged more electricity generation by allowing institutions to sell 30power to utilities.But EIA noted many coal-fired universities have signed onto the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment,which was launched in2007.About665schools are part of the program,which aims to31greenhouse gas emissions.Thirty percent of the participants have pledged to be carbon32within20 years.The Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign,which also leads campaigns for universities to withdraw their 33in coal and other fossil fuels,lists 22schools that have pledged to move “beyond coal,”includingClemson University,Indiana University,Ohio University,Penn State University,the University of Louisville and the University of Tennessee,Knoxville.The largest coal use 34at colleges were in Michigan,Missouri,Tennessee and Indiana.Indiana’s universities alone cut coal 35by 81percent between 2008and 2015.During the same period,Michigan made an 80percent cut and Tennessee cut back by 94percent at state institutions.Section BDirections:In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Classical music aims to evolve,build audiences without alienating old guardA)In 1913,classical music sparked a riot in Paris.Igor Stravinsky was introducing his revolutionary “Rite of Spring”ballet to the world,with its discordant melodies and unorthodox choreography (编舞),and the purists in the crowd expressed their disapproval loud and clear.It might have been classical music’s version of the time Bob Dylan went electric at the Newport Folk Festival.“The noise,fighting,and shouting in the audience got so loud,”NPR’s music reporter Miles Hoffff man said of the Stravinsky debut,“that the choreographer had to shout out the numbers to the dancers so that they knew what they were supposed to do.”B)It’s difficult to imagine a similar disturbance occurring today within America’s sacred symphony halls.In fact,it’s hard to picture any kind of disruptive activity at all (unless someone’s cell phone happens to go off and then you’d better watch your back).A mannerly aura (氛围)hangs over most classical proceedings,and many of the genre’s biggest supporters would have it no other way.C)Today,Western audiences for classical music and opera and ballet are almost always well dressed,older,respectful,achingly silent and often very wealthy (one has to be able to afford most tickets).But as many of America’s most storied “highbrow ”(高雅的)A)abandonedF)investments K)released B)accessG)mobilized L)replacement C)consumptionH)negligent M)slash D)contriveI)neutral N)surplus E)duplicationsJ)reductions O)voidinstitutions struggle financially—the Philadelphia Orchestra’s much-publicized rebound from bankruptcy is just one recent example—classical music fans and theorists are wondering how the medium can weave itself into the21st century’s cultural fabric without sacrificing its integrity.D)For example,should we feel OK“clapping”during classical music events,even if nobodyelse is?Why shouldn’t we cheer for something great,like we do at a rock concert?The Huffington Post recently ran a Great Debate on this issue and many commenters came out on the side of silence.“There is no more rewarding experience in life than being part of an audience where everybody is leaning forward in silence,thoroughly carried away by a great performance of a masterpiece,”one commenter wrote.“Why is it so difficult for folks to develop an appreciation and understanding for the mannerisms and traditions of classical music?”asked another.E)The truth is that classical music audiences weren’t always so polite.Robert Greenberg,anaward-winning composer,said that when Beethoven first performed his7th Symphony, audiences forced the orchestra to perform encores(重演)of certain movements immediately,applauding wildly.And in the last few decades,he said,many audiences at opera performances have abandoned pretenses,yelling“Bravo”when they feel like it. F)“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with an audience showing their enthusiasm for aproper moment by applauding,showing their joy,”Greenberg said,noting that the stuffiness in concert halls is“one aspect of contemporary concert etiquette”he doesn’t understand.“Instead of waiting half an hour to show enthusiasm,why not show it every eight or nine minutes?”G)Until the rules about behavior and clothing change,it’s hard to imagine multitudes ofyoung people filling concert halls on their own accord.They’re probably more likely to head to Central Park to watch a free performance with a bottle of wine and their friends.“I think anyone should be able to come into a performance dressed any way they like,and be comfortable any way they like,sitting in that seat ready to enjoy themselves,”Greenberg said.“Because it’s enjoyable.”H)Greenberg stressed that he doesn’t want people to start respecting the music less,and he’snot suggesting that we“dumb down”the experience.Rather,it’s about opening up 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Humans have been asking this question for thousands of years,and recently,it’s becoming clearer and clearer to scientists that the differences between people’s rates of aging lie in the complex interactions among genes,social relationships,environments and lifestyles.Even though you were born with a particular set of genes,the way you live can influence how they express themselves.Some lifestyle factors may even turn genes on or shut them off.Deep within the genetic heart of all our cells are telomeres,or repeating segments of noncoding DNA that live at the ends of the chromosomes(染色体).They form caps at the ends of the chromosomes and keep the genetic material together.Shortening with each cell division,they help determine how fast a cell ages.When they become too short,the cell stops dividing altogether.This isn’t the only reason a cell can age—there are other stresses on cells we don’t yet understand very well—but short telomeres are one of the major reasons human cells grow old.We’ve devoted most of our careers to studying telomeres,and one extraordinary discovery from our labs is that telomeres can actually lengthen.Scientists have learned that several thought patterns appear to be unhealthy for telomeres, and one of them is cynical hostility.Cynical hostility is defined by high anger and frequent thoughts that other people cannot be trusted.Someone with hostility doesn’t just think,“I hate to stand in long lines”;they think,“Others deliberately sped up and beat me to my rightful position in the line!”—and then get violently agitated.People who score high on measures of cynical hostility tend to get more heart disease,metabolic disease and often die at younger ages.They also have shorter telomeres.In a study of British civil servants,men who scoredhigh on measures of cynical hostility had shorter telomeres than men whose hostility scores were low.The most hostile men were30%more likely to have short telomeres.What this means:aging is a dynamic process that could possibly be accelerated or slowed—and,in some aspects,even reversed.To an extent,it has surprised us and the rest of the scientific community that telomeres do not simply carry out the commands issued by your genetic code.Your telomeres are listening to you.The foods you eat,your response to challenges,the amount of exercise you get,and many other factors appear to influence your telomeres and can prevent premature aging at the cellular level.One of the keys to enjoying good health is simply doing your part to foster healthy cell renewal.46.What have scientists come to know better today?A)Why people age at different rates.B)How genes influence the aging process.C)How various genes express themselves in aging.D)Why people have long been concerned about aging.47.Why are some lifestyle factors considered extremely important?A)They may shorten the process of cell division.B)They may determine how genes function.C)They may affect the lifespan of telomeres.D)They may account for the stresses on cells.48.What have the author and his colleagues discovered about telomeres?A)Their number affects the growth of cells.B)Their length determines the quality of life.C)Their shortening process can be reversed.D)Their health impacts the division of cells.49.What have scientists learned about cynical hostility?A)It may lead to confrontational thought patterns.B)It may produce an adverse effect on telomeres.C)It may cause people to lose their temper frequently.D)It may stir up agitation among those in long lines.50.What do we learn from the last paragraph about the process of aging?A)It may vary from individual to individual.B)It challenges scientists to explore further.C)It depends on one’s genetic code.D)It may be controlled to a degree.Passage TwoQuestions51to55are based on the following passage.Scientists have created by accident an enzyme(酶)that breaks down plastic drinks bottles.The breakthrough could help solve the global plastic pollution crisis by enabling for the first time the full recycling of bottles.The new research was spurred by the discovery in2016of the first bacterium that had naturally evolved to eat plastic at a waste dump in Japan.Scientists have now revealed the detailed structure of the crucial enzyme produced by the bug.An international team then adjusted the enzyme to see how it had evolved,but tests showed they had accidentally made the molecule even better at breaking down the plastic used for drinks bottles.“What actually turned out was we improved the enzyme,which was a bit of a shock,”said head researcher Prof.McGeehan,at the University of Portsmouth,UK.Currently,the enzyme takes a few days to start breaking down the plastic,far faster than the centuries it takes in the oceans,but the researchers are optimistic this can be speeded up even further and become a viable large-scale process.“What we are hoping to do is use this enzyme to turn this plastic back into its original components,so we can literally recycle it back to plastic,”said McGeehan.“It means we won’t need to dig up any more oil and,fundamentally,it should reduce the amount of plastic in the environment.”About1million plastic bottles are sold each minute around the globe and,with just14% recycled,many end up in the oceans where they have polluted even the remotest parts, harming marine life and potentially people who eat sea food.“Plastic is incredibly resistant to degradation,”said McGeehan.“It is one of these wonder materials that has been made a little bit too well.”Currently those bottles that are recycled can only be turned into opaque fibres for clothing or carpets,while the new enzyme indicates a way to recycle old clear plastic bottles back into new clear plastic bottle.“You are always up against the fact that oil is cheap,so plastic is cheap,”said McGeehan.“It is so easy for manufacturers to generate more of that stuff,rather than even try to recycle, but I believe there is a public interest here:perception is changing so much that companies are starting to look at how they can properly recycle these bottles.”Prof.Adisa Azapagic,at the University of Manchester in the UK,agreed the enzyme could be useful but added:“A full life-cycle assessment would be needed to ensure that the technology does not solve one environmental problem—waste—at the expense of others,including additional greenhouse gas emissions.”51.What do we learn from the passage about an enzyme scientists have created?A)It was identified during a lab experiment accident.B)It may make full recycling of plastic bottles a reality.C)It was a breakthrough made with persistent efforts.D)It may initiate a radical reform in plastic industry.52.What does the passage say about the bug that produces the important enzyme?A)It has a natural ability to consume plastics.B)It is a bacterium that reproduces at a high rate.C)It is essential to the recycling of plastic bottles.D)It has a chemical structure unknown to scientists.53.By adjusting the enzyme produced by the bug,the scientists______.A)made it more effective by chanceB)discovered an extraordinary chemicalC)altered its basic molecular compositionD)found its evolutionary process sped up54.What does Prof.McGeehan say about the recycling of plastic bottles?A)Manufacturers are implementing it on an increasingly larger scale.B)It generates huge business opportunities for plastic manufacturers.C)It has aroused persistent interest among the general public.D)Manufacturers are beginning to explore ways of doing it.55.What is Prof.Adisa Azapagic’s advice concerning the application of the enzyme?A)Developing technologies to address greenhouse gas emissions.B)Considering the extra cost involved in producing the enzyme.C)Assessing its possible negative impact on the environment.D)Studying the full life cycle of the enzyme as the first step.Part IV Translation(30minutes) Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should write your answer on Answer Sheet2.黄土高原（the Loess Plateau）是中国第三大高原，面积约60万平方公里，平均海拔1000-2000米，绝大部分覆盖着50-80米厚的黄土，是世界上黄土分布最集中、覆盖厚度最大的区域。

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training improves certain hearing capabilities,like filtering voices from background noise or distinguishing the difference between the consonants(辅音)‘b’and‘g’.[I]But Schellenberg remains highly critical of how the concept of plasticity has been applied in his field.“Plasticity has become an industry of its own,”he wrote in his May paper.Practice does change the brain,he allows,but what is questionable is the assertion that these changes affect other brain regions,such as those responsible forspatial reasoning or math problems.[J]Neuropsychologist Lutz Jäncke agrees.“Most of these studies don’t allow for causal inferences,”he said.For over two decades,Jäncke has researched the effects of music lessons,and like Schellenberg,he believes that the only way to truly understand their effects is to run longitudinal studies.In such studies,researchers would need to follow groups of children with and without music lessons over a long period of time—even if the assignments are not completely random.Then they could compare outcomes for each group.[K]Some researchers are staring to do just that.The neuroscientist Peter Schneider from Heidelberg University in Germany,for example,has been following a group of children for ten years now.Some of them were handed musical instruments and given lessons through a school-based program in the Ruhr region of Germany called Jedem Kind ein Instrument,or“an instrument for every child,”which was carried out with government funding.Among these children,Schneider has found that those who were enthusiastic about music and who practiced voluntarily showed improvements in hearing ability,as well as in more general competencies,such as the ability to concentrate.[L]To establish whether effects such as improved concentration are caused by music participation itself,and not by investing time in an extracurricular activity of any kind, Assal Habibi,a psychology professor at the s University of Southern California,is conducing a five-year longitudinal study with children from low-income communities in Los Angeles.The youngsters fall into three groups:those who take after school music,those who do after-school sports,and those with no structured after-school program at all.After two years,Habibi and her colleagues reported seeing structural changes in the brains of the musically trained children,both locally and in the pathways connecting different parts of the brain.[M]That may seem compelling,but Habibi’s children were not selected randomly.Did the children who were drawn to music perhaps have something in them from the start that made them different but eluded the brain scanners?“As somebody who started taking piano lessons at the age of five and got up every morning at seven to practice, that experience changed me and made me part of who I am today,”Schellenberg said.“The question is whether those kinds of experiences do so systematically across individuals and create exactly the same changes.And I think that is that 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Otherwise,the work becomes religion or faith.“You have to let go of your faith if you want to be a scientist.”36.Glenn Schellenberg’sneuroscientists wrongly believe in the causal relationship between music and IQ. 37.The belief in the positive effects of music training appeals to many researchers who are musicians themselves.38.Glenn Schellenberg was doubtful about the claim that music education helps enhance children’s intelligence.39.Glenn Schellenberg came to the conclusion that most of the papers assessed made the wrong claim regarding music’s effect on intelligence.40.You must abandon your unverified beliefs before you become a scientist.41.Lots of experiments have demonstrated that people with music training can better differentiate certain sounds.42.Glenn Schellenberg’s findings at the beginning of this century were not supported by a larger study carried out some ten years later.43.One researcher shares Glenn Schellenberg’s view that it is necessary to conduct long-term developmental studies to understand the effects of music training.44.Glenn Schellenberg’s research assistants had no idea what he was trying to prove in his new study.45.Glenn Schellenberg admits that practice can change certain areas of the brain but doubts that the change can affect other areas.Section CDirections:There are2passages in this section.Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C)and D).You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2with a single line through the centre. Passage OneQuestions46to50are based on the following passage.The trend toward rationality and enlightenment was endangered long before the advent of the World Wide Web.As Neil Postman noted in his1985book Amusing Ourselves to Death,the rise of television introduced not just a new medium hut a new discourse:a gradual shift from a typographic(印刷的)culture to a photographic one, which in turn meant a shift from rationality to emotions,exposition to entertainment. In an image-centered and pleasure-driven world,Postman noted,there is no place for rational thinking,because you simply cannot think with images.It is text that enables us to“uncover lies,confusions and overgeneralizations,and to detect abuses of logic and common sense.It also means to weigh ideas,to compare and contrast assertions, to connect one generalization to another.”The dominance of television was not confined to our living rooms.It overturned all of those habits of mind,fundamentally changing our experience of the world, affecting the constructively and tactfully,exactly how their inflated sense ofdeservingness is somewhat distorted.They’d then go further to explain the specific, and objective,criteria the employee must meet to receive their desired rewards.This shift away from unrealistic expectations is successful because entitled employees feel more confident that ethical leaders will deliver on their promises.This occurs because they’re perceived to be fair and trustworthy.The researchers,however,exercise caution by warning no one single response in the perfect remedy.But there’s no denying ethical leadership is at least a critical step in the right direction.51.What does a recent study find about a growing number of workers?A)They attempt to make more contributions.B)They feel they deserve mote than they get.C)They attach importance to job satisfaction.D)They try to diminish workplace dysfunction.52.Why don’t some employees work hard according to many scholars?A)They lack a strong sense of self-worth.B)They were spoiled when growing up.C)They have received unfair treatment.D)They are overindulged by their boss.53.What is a manager supposed to do to enable workers to do a better job?A)Be aware of their emotions.B)Give them timely promotions.C)Keep a record of their performance.D)Seek ways to sustain their motivation.54.What do the research findings reveal about ethical leaders?A)They are held accountable by their employees.B)They are always transparent in their likes and dislikes.C)They convey their requirements in a straightforward way.D)They make it a point to be on good term with their employees.55.What kind of leaders are viewed as ethical by entitled employees?A)Those who can be counted on to fulfill commitments.B)Those who can do things beyond normal expectations.C)Those who exercise caution in making major decisions.D)Those who know how to satisfy their employees’needs.49.What does the passage say about the World Wide Web?A)It was developed primarily for universities worldwide.B)It was created to connect people in different countries.C)It was viewed as a means to quest for knowledge.D)It was designed as a discussion forum for university students.50.What do we learn about users of social media?A)They are bent on looking for an alternative space for escape.B)They are constantly seeking approval from their audience.C)They are forever engaged in hunting for new information.D)They are unable to focus their attention on tasks for long.Passage TwoQuestions51to55are based on the following passage.According to a recent study,a small but growing proportion of the workforce is affected to some degree by a sense of entitlement.Work is less about what they can contribute but more about what they can take.It can lead to workplace dysfunction and diminish their own job satisfaction.I’m not referring to employees who are legitimately dissatisfied with their employment conditions due to,say,being denied fair pay or flexible work practices.I’m talking about those who consistently believe they deserve special treatment and generous rewards.It’s an expectation that exists irrespective of their abilities or levels of performance.As a result of that discrepancy between the privileges they feel they’re owed and their inflated sense of self-worth,they don’t work as hard for their employer.They prefer instead to slack off.It’s a tendency which many scholars believe begins in childhood due to parents who overindulge their kids.This thereby leads them to expect the same kind of spoilt treatment throughout their adult lives.And yet despite how these employees feel,it’s obviously important for their manager to nonetheless find out how to keep them motivated.And,by virtue of that heightened motivation,to perform well.The research team from several American universities surveyed more than240 individuals.They sampled managers as well as team members.Employee entitlement was measured by statements such as“I honestly feel I’m just more deserving than others”.The respondents had to rate the extent of their agreement.Employee engagement,meanwhile,was assessed with statements like“I really throw myself into my work.”The findings revealed ethical leadership is precisely what alleviates the negative effects of employee entitlement.That’s because rather than indulging employees or neglecting them,ethical leaders communicate very direct and clear expectations.They also hold employees accountable for their behaviors and are genuinely committed to doing the right thing.Additionally,these leaders are consistent in their standards.They’re also less likely to deviate in how they treat employees.This means,when confronted by an entitled team member,an ethical leader is significantly disinclined to accommodate their demands.He or she will instead point out,conduct of politics,religion,business,and culture.It reduced many aspects of modern life to entertainment,sensationalism,and commerce.“Americans don’t talk to each other,we entertain each other,”Postman wrote.“They don’t exchange ideas, they exchange images.They do not argue with propositions,they argue with good looks,celebrities and commercials.”At first,the web seemed to push against this rend.When it emerged towards theend of the1980s as a purely text-based,it was seen as a tool to pursue knowledge,not pleasure.Reason and thought were most valued in this garden—all derived from the project of the Enlightenment.Universities around the world were among the first to connect to this new medium,which hosted discussion groups,informative personal or group blogs,electronic magazines,and academic mailing lists and forums.It was an intellectual project,not about commerce or control,created in a scientific research center in Switzerland.And for more than a decade,the web created an alternative space that threatened television’s grip on society.Social networks,though,have since colonized the web for television’s values. From Facebook to Instagram,the medium refocuses our attention on videos and images,rewarding emotional appeals—‘like’buttons—over rational ones.Instead of a quest for knowledge,it engages us in an endless zest(热情)for instant approval from an audience,for which we are constantly but unconsciously performing.(It’s telling that,while Google began life as a PhD thesis,Facebook started as a tool to judge classmates’appearances.)It reduces our curiosity by showing us exactly what we already want and think,based on our profiles and preferences.The Enlightenment’s motto(座右铭)of‘Dare to know’has become‘Dare not to care to know’.46.What did Neil Postman say about the rise of television?A)It initiated a change from dominance of reason to supremacy of pleasure.B)It brought about a gradual shift from cinema going1o home entertainment.C)It started a revolution in photographic technology.D)It marked a new age in the entertainment industry.47.According to the passage,what is the advantage of text reading?A)It gives one aces to huge amounts of information.B)It allows more information to be processed quickly.C)It is capable of enriching one’s life.D)It is conducive to critical thinking.48.How has television impacted Americans?A)It has given them a lot more to argue about.B)It has brought celebrities closer to their lives.C)It has made them care more about what they say.D)It has rendered their interactions more superficial.PartⅣTranslation(30minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should write your answer on Answer Sheet2.延安位于陕西省北部，地处黄河中游，是中国革命的圣地。

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2014年6月大学英语六级考试真题及答案【完整版】（三套汇编）Part I Writing ( 30minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to put all your eggs in one basket. You can give examples to illustrate your point .You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise a person by their appearance. You can give examples to illustrate your point .You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to jump to conclusions upon seeing or hearing something. You can give examples to illustrate your point .You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Part ⅢReading Comprehension (40minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks,You are required to select One word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.For investors who desire low risk and guaranteed income,U.S. Government bonds are a secure investment because these bonds have the financial backing and full faith and credit of the federal government.Municipal bonds,also secure,are offered by local governments and often have____36______such as tax-free interest.Some may even be ____37______.Corporate bonds are a bit more risky.Two questions often_____38_____first-time corporate bond in vestors.The first is”If I purchase a corporate bond,do I have tohold it until the matur ity date?”The answer is no.Bonds are bought and sold daily on ____39_____securities exchanges.However,ifyour bond does not have____40_____ that make it attractive to other investors, you may be forced to sell your bond ata____41____,i.e., a price less than the bond’s face value. But if your bond is highly valued by other investors, you may be able to sellit at a premium, i.e., a price above its face value. Bond prices generally____42____ inversely (相反地）with current market interest rates. As interest rates go up, bond prices tall, and vice versa (反之亦然）.Thus, like all investments，bonds have a degree of risk.The second question is “How can I ___43_______ the investment risk of a particular bond issue?” Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors Service rate the level of risk of many corporate and government bonds. And ____44______, the higher the mar ket risk of a bond，the higher the interest rate. Investors will invest in a bond considered risky only if the _____45_____return is high enough.注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。