2013年6月六级完形填空(二)真题及答案

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2013年6月英语六级考试答案卷二

2013年6月英语六级考试答案卷二2013年6月英语六级答案(卷二)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Part I WritingControl trafficPart II Reading comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)1. What does the woman feel about the beauty in the picture?[C] Make-up can turn the ugly to be the beauty.2. What do women tend to do nowadays to care for their skins?[C] They tend to try natural vegetable on the face.3. What is the skincare function of cucumber according to the woman?[D] It is effective in tightening the skin.4. What does the woman suggest the man do?[B] Try some herbal plants.5. Why are flavorings added to the paste?[B] To give it a particular taste.6. What would be a good reason for buying the product?[A] It’s healthy food.7. When will the new product be available?[C] In about two years.8. One thing that most touched my heart was that she would go to whoever was sick and just be with them.9. When I looked at her and said “Bad girl,” She looked down at the ground and then went and hid.I saw a tear in her eyes.10. People would stop and ask if they could pet her. Of courseshe’d let anyone pet her. She was just the most lovable dog.Part III Listening ComprehensionSection A11. [C] She would like to know about that problem.12. [B] It is very interesting.13. [A] Taking a train.14. [C] The man should practice using the vocabulary.15. [A] Choose other time.16. [D] It will probably be cold.17. [A] The woman bought too many skirts.18. [B] In a hotel.19. [C] It’s the easiest way to communicate with other users.20. [A] It may not be of a high level of security.21. [B] IE and Windows.22. [D] Try to get a free E-mail account.23. [D] Refrigerator and kitchen stuff.24. [B] Advertise them on the university notice boards.25. [A] It may not pay well.Section BPassage One26. [C] Delighted.27. [B] Tell him the truth.28. [C] Remember a couple of names first.Passage Two29. [A] Cycling around a lake.30. [D] It needs water and electricity to keep its courses green.31. [C] It uses fewer resources.32. [B] To encourage people to go in for green sports.Passage Three33. [B] 334. [D] To get to know how to ask for financial aid.35. [B] To make JohnsonReview popular.Section C36. solo37. distances38. undertaking39. continent40. stranger41. puzzled42. afford43. estimated44. rapid economic growth has fuelled an explosive expansion in car ownership45. one of his aims was to promote cycling as safe, sustainable and environmentally friendly means of getting about46. with some estimates saying the number of people cycling to work has almost doubled in the last five yearsPart IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)Section A47. She fell so in love with a description of the Southwest of the U.S. that she moved there.48. As adventurous as the job sounds, the hard part is fact-checking all the information.49. What do we know about Jarolim from the passage?She is successful in her job.50. I always loved traveling and always liked to eat, but it never occurred to me that I could make money doing both of those things.51. What is one of the disadvantages of traveling as an air courier?She cannot decide when and where to travel.Section BPassage One52. Why is the woman calling the delivery company?[A] She needs some information.53. What is the woman sending to her sister?[C] Home-made candy.54. What day is the day when the conversation takes place?[B] Tuesday.55. Which method will the woman probably use to send her package?[D] Priority service.56. According to the conversation, in the late nineteenth century, what could a man’s headwear reveal about him?[C] His social status.Passage Two57. Tulips became popular among the upper classes because they associated the flowers with .[A] power and prestige58. In the tulip market, the Dutch bought and sold , which is similar to the futures market.[D] unsprouted flowers59. What does the author think about the age when the price of ever Internet stock skyrockets?[B] It is madness.60. when the market crashed, the prices of tulips fell by Percent of the highest prices.[C] ninety / 9061. What is regarded as the most recent version of the “tulip craze”?[A] The American investors’ madness over Internet stocks.Part V Cloze62. accelerated63. railways64. distant65. scarcely66. radius67. commute68. entrainment69. sparked70. know71. residential72. most73. but74. future75. occupied76. excesses77. related78. essentially79. where80. as81. processPart VI Translation82. If you are able to appreciate beauty in the ordinary (如果你擅于欣赏平凡中的美好), your life will be more vibrant.83. Consider the bad times as down payment for the good times. (把苦日子当做好日子的首付), Hang in there.84. You can’t change your situation. The only thing that you can change is how you choose to deal with it (你能改变的唯有面对它时的态度).85. A person’s character isn’t determined by how he or she enjoys victory, (一个人的品行不取决于这个人如何享受胜利), but rather how he or she endures defeat.86. No mater what, we all want to solve in a friendly way (我们都希望以友好的方式解决).。

2013年6月大学英语六级(CET6)考试真题试题完整版真题+听力原文+答案详解

2013年6月大学英语六级(CET6)考试真题试题完整版Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

11. A) She has completely recovered.B) She went into shock after an operation.C) She is still in a critical condition.D) She is getting much better.12. A) Ordering a breakfast. C) Buying a train ticket.B) Booking a hotel room. D) Fixing a compartment.13. A) Most borrowers never returned the books to her.B) The man is the only one who brought her book back.C) She never expected anyone to return the books to her.D) Most of the books she lent out came back without jackets.14. A) She left her work early to get some bargains last Saturday.B) She attended the supermarket’s grand opening ceremony.C) She drove a full hour before finding a parking space.D) She failed to get into the supermarket last Saturday.15. A) He is bothered by the pain in his neck.B) He cannot do his report without a computer.C) He cannot afford to have a coffee break.D) He feels sorry to have missed the report.16. A) Only top art students can show their works in the gallery.B) The gallery space is big enough for the man’s paintings.C) The woman would like to help with the exibition layout.D) The man is uncertain how his art works will be received.17. A) The woman needs a temporary replacement for her assistant.B) The man works in the same department as the woman does.C) The woman will have to stay in hospital for a few days.D) The man is capable of dealing with difficult people.18. A) It was better than the previous one.B) It distorted the mayor’s speech.C) It exaggerated the city’s economy problems.D) It reflected the opinions of most economists.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) To inform him of a problem they face.B) To request him to purchase control desks.C) To discuss the content of a project report.D) To ask him to fix the dictating machine.20. A) They quote the best price in the market.B) They manufacture and sell office furniture.C) They cannot deliver the steel sheets on time.D) They cannot produce the steel sheets needed21. A) By marking down the unit price.B) By accepting the penalty clauses.C) By allowing more time for delivery.D) By promising better after-sales service.22. A) Give the customer a ten percent discount.B) Claim compensation from the stool suppliers.C) Ask the Buying Department to change suppliers.D) Cancel the contract with the customer.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) Stockbroker. C) Mathematician.B) Physicist. D) Economist.24. A) Improve computer programming.B) Predict global population growth.C) Explain certain natural phenomena.D) Promote national financial health.25. A) Their different educational backgrounds.B) Changing attitudes toward nature.C) Chaos theory and its applications.D) The current global economic crisis.Section BDirections: In this section you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

2013年6月英语六级完形填空原文

2013年6月英语六级完形填空原文+答案+解析The continuous presentation of scary stories about global warming in the popular media makes us unnecessarily frightened. Even worse, it __62__ our kids.Al Gore famously __63__ how a sea-level rise of 20 feet would almost completely flood Florida, New York, Holland, and Shanghai, __64__the United Nations says that such a thing will not even happen, __65__ that sea levels will rise 20 times less than that.When __66__ with these exaggerations, some of us say that they are for a good cause, and surely __67__ is no harm done if the result is that we focus even more on tackling climate change.This __68__ is astonishingly wrong. Such exaggerations do plenty of harm. Worrying __69__ about global warming means that we worry less about other things, where we could do so much more good. We focus, __70 __, on global warming's impact on malaria (疟疾)-which will put slightly more people at __71__ in 100 years - instead of tackling the half a billion people __72__from malaria today with prevention and treatment policies that are much cheaper and dramatically more effective than carbon reduction would be.__73__ also wears out the public's willingness to tackle global warming. If the planet is __74__, people wonder, why do anything? A record 54% of American voters now believe the news media make global warming appear worse than it really is. A __75__ of people now believe – incorrectly – that global warming is not even caused by humans.But the __76__ cost of exaggeration, I believe, is the unnecessary alarm that it causes –particularly __77__ children. An article in The Washington Post cited nine-year-old Alyssa, who cries about the possibility of mass animal __78__ from global warming.The newspaper also reported that parents are __79__ "productive" outlets for their eight-year-olds' obsessions (忧心忡忡) with dying polar bears. They might be better off educating them and letting them know that, contrary __80__ common belief,the global polar bear population has doubled and perhaps even quadrupled (成为四倍) over the past half- century, to about 22,000. __81__ diminishing - and eventually disappearing - summer Arctic ice, polar bears will not become extinct.62. A. exhausts B. suppresses C. terrifies D. disgusts63. A. dismissed B. distracted C. deposited D. depicted64. A. as if B. even though C. in that D. in case65. A. measuring B. signifying C. estimating D. extracting66. A. confronted B. identified C. equipped D. entrusted67. A. such B. there C. what D. which68. A. morality B. interaction C. argument D. dialogue69. A. prevalently B. predictably C. expressively D. excessively70. A. for example B. in addition C. by contrast D. in short71. A. will B. large C. ease D. risk72. A. suffering B. deriving C. developing D. stemming73. A. Explanation B. Reservation C. Exaggeration D. Revelation74. A. dumped B. dimmed C. doubled D. doomed75. A. mixture B. majority C. quantity D. quota76. A. smallest B. worst C. fewest D. least77. A. among B. of C. by D. toward78. A. separation B. sanction C. isolation D. extinction79. A. turning out B. tiding over C. searching for D. pulling through80. A. upon B. to C. about D. with81. A. Despite B. Besides C. Regardless D. Except【总评】本文选自2009年6月15日英国卫报里面的一篇报道，讲述了夸大气候变暖引起了一些不必要的惊慌的现象。

2013年6月大学英语六级考试真题及答案(汇总版)

2013年6月大学英语六级考试真题及答案(汇总版)来源：文都教育Part III Listening Comprehension(35minutes) Section ADirections:In this section you will hear8short conversations and2long conversations.At the end of each conversation,one or more questions will be asked about what was said.Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once.After each question there will be a pause.During the pause,you must read the four choices marked A),B),C)and D),and decide which is the best answer.Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

11.A)She has completely recovered.B)She went into shock after an operation.C)She is still in a critical condition.D)She is getting much better.12.A)Ordering a breakfast.C)Buying a train ticket.B)Booking a hotel room.D)Fixing a compartment.13.A)Most borrowers never returned the books to her.B)The man is the only one who brought her book back.C)She never expected anyone to return the books to her.D)Most of the books she lent out came back without jackets.14.A)She left her work early to get some bargains last Saturday.B)She attended the supermarkets grand opening ceremony.C)She drove a full hour before finding a parking space.D)She failed to get into the supermarket last Saturday.15.A)He is bothered by the pain in his neck.B)He cannot do his report without a computer.C)He cannot afford to have a coffee break.D)He feels sorry to have missed the report.16.A)Only top art students can show their works in the gallery.B)The gallery space is big enough for the mans paintings.C)The woman would like to help with the exibition layout.D)The man is uncertain how his art works will be received.17.A)The woman needs a temporary replacement for her assistant.B)The man works in the same department as the woman does.C)The woman will have to stay in hospital for a few days.D)The man is capable of dealing with difficult people.18.A)It was better than the previous one.B)It distorted the mayors speech.C)It exaggerated the citys economy problems.D)It reflected the opinions of most economists.Questions19to22are based on the conversation you have just heard.19.A)To inform him of a problem they face.B)To request him to purchase control desks.C)To discuss the content of a project report.D)To ask him to fix the dictating machine.20.A)They quote the best price in the market.B)They manufacture and sell office furniture.C)They cannot deliver the steel sheets on time.D)They cannot produce the steel sheets needed21.A)By marking down the unit price.B)By accepting the penalty clauses.C)By allowing more time for delivery.D)By promising better after-sales service.22.A)Give the customer a ten percent discount.B)Claim compensation from the stool suppliers.C)Ask the Buying Department to change suppliers.D)Cancel the contract with the customer.Questions23to25are based on the conversation you have just heard.23.A)Stockbroker.C)Mathematician.B)Physicist.D)Economist.24.A)Improve computer programming.B)Predict global population growth.C)Explain certain natural phenomena.D)Promote national financial health.25.A)Their different educational backgrounds.B)Changing attitudes toward nature.C)Chaos theory and its applications.D)The current global economic crisis.Section BDirections:In this section you will hear3short passages.At the end of each passage,you will hear some questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

2013年6月份6级真题第二套

2013年6月六级考试第二套听力训练1Section A11. A) She has completely recovered.B) She went into shock after an operation.C) She is still in a critical condition.D) She is getting much better.12. A) Ordering a breakfast. C) Buying a train ticket.B) Booking a hotel room. D) Fixing a compartment.13. A) Most borrowers never returned the books to her.B) The man is the only one who brought her book back.C) She never expected anyone to return the books to her.D) Most of the books she lent out came back without jackets.14. A) She left her work early to get some bargains last Saturday.B) She attended the supermarket’s grand opening ceremony.C) She drove a full hour before finding a parking space.D) She failed to get into the supermarket last Saturday.15. A) He is bothered by the pain in his neck.B) He cannot do his report without a computer.C) He cannot afford to have a coffee break.D) He feels sorry to have missed the report.16. A) Only top art students can show their works in the gallery.B) The gallery space is big enough for the man’s paintings.C) The woman would like to help with the exhibition layout.D) The man is uncertain how his art works will be received.17. A) The woman needs a temporary replacement for her assistant.B) The man works in the same department as the woman does.C) The woman will have to stay in hospital for a few days.D) The man is capable of dealing with difficult people.18. A) It was better than the previous one.B) It distorted the mayor’s speech.C) It exaggerated the city’s economy problems.D) It reflected the opinions of most economists.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) To inform him of a problem they face.B) To request him to purchase control desks.C) To discuss the content of a project report.D) To ask him to fix the dictating machine.20. A) They quote the best price in the market.B) They manufacture and sell office furniture.C) They cannot deliver the steel sheets on time.D) They cannot produce the steel sheets needed21. A) By marking down the unit price.B) By accepting the penalty clauses.C) By allowing more time for delivery.D) By promising better after-sales service.22. A) Give the customer a ten percent discount.B) Claim compensation from the stool suppliers.C) Ask the Buying Department to change suppliers.D) Cancel the contract with the customer.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) Stockbroker. C) Mathematician.B) Physicist. D) Economist.24. A) Improve computer programming.B) Predict global population growth.C) Explain certain natural phenomena.D) Promote national financial health.25. A) Their different educational backgrounds.B) Changing attitudes toward nature.C) Chaos theory and its applications.D) The current global economic crisis.Section BPassage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. A) They lay great emphasis on hard work.B) They name 150 star engineers each year.C) They require high academic degrees.D) They have people with a very high IQ.27. A) long years of job training.B) High emotional intelligence.C) Distinctive academic qualifications.D) Devotion to the advance of science.28. A) Good interpersonal relationships.B) Rich working experience.C) Sophisticated equipment.D) High motivation.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. A) A diary.B) A fairy tale.C) A history textbook.D) A biography.30. A) He was a sports fan.B) He loved architecture.C) He disliked school.D) He liked hair-raising stories.31. A) Encourage people to undertake adventures.B) Publicize his colorful and unique life stories.C) Raise people’s environmental awareness.D) Attract people to America’s national parks.Passage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32. A) The first infected victim.B) A coastal village in Africa.C) The doctor who first identified it.D) A river running through the Congo.33. A) They exhibit similar symptoms.B) They can be treated with the same drug.C) They have almost the same mortality rate.D) They have both disappeared for good.34. A) By inhaling air polluted with the virus.B) By contacting contaminated body fluids.C) By drinking water from the Congo River.D) By eating food grown in Sedan and Zaire.35. A) More strains will evolve from the Ebola virus.B) Scientists will eventually find cures for Ebola.C) Another Ebola epidemic may erupt sooner or later.D) Dose infected, one will become immune to Ebola.Section CThe ideal companion machine would not only look, feel, and sound friendly but would also be programmed to behave in an agreeable manner. Those (36) that make interaction with other people enjoyable would be simulated as closely as possible, and the machine would appear to (37) stimulating and easygoing. Its informal conversation style would make interaction comfortable, and yet the machine would remain slightly (38) and therefore interesting. In its first (39) it might be somewhat honest and unsmiling that it came to know the user it would progress to a mere (40) and intimate style. The machine would not be a passive (41) but would add its own suggestions, information, and opinions; it would sometimes take the (42) in developing or changing the topic and would have a (43) of its own. The machine would convey presence. We have all seen how a computer’s use of personal names (44). Such features are wholly written into the software (45) . Friendships are not made in a day, and the computer would be more acceptable as a friend (46). At an appropriate time I might also express the kind of affection that simulates attachment and intimacy.。

2013.06英语六级真题(第2套)

T o t a l s c o r e710T o t a l t i m e a l l o w e d130m i n s 2013年6月大学英语六级考试真题(第2套)P a r t I W r i t i n g(30m i n u t e s)D i r e c t i o n s:F o r t h i s p a r t,y o u a r e a l l o w e d30m i n u t e s t ow r i t e a n e s s a y c o m m e n t i n g o n t h e r e m a r k G o o d h a b i t s r e s u l t f r o mr e s i s t i n g t e m p t a t i o n .Y o u c a n c i t e e x a m p l e s t o i l l u s t r a t e y o u r p o i n t.Y o u s h o u l dw r i t e a t l e a s t150w o r d s b u t n om o r e t h a n200w o r d s.注意:此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答㊂P a r t I I L i s t e n i n g C o m p r e h e n s i o n(30m i n u t e s) S e c t i o nAD i r e c t i o n s:I n t h i s s e c t i o n,y o uw i l l h e a r8s h o r t c o n v e r s a t i o n s a n d2l o n g c o n v e r s a t i o n s.A t t h e e n d o f e a c h c o n v e r s a t i o n,o n e o r m o r e q u e s t i o n sw i l lb ea s k e da b o u tw h a tw a ss a i d.B o t h t h ec o n v e r s a t i o na n dt h e q u e s t i o n sw i l l b e s p o k e n o n l y o n c e.A f t e r e a c h q u e s t i o n t h e r ew i l l b e a p a u s e.D u r i n g t h e p a u s e,y o um u s t r e a d t h e f o u r c h o i c e sm a r k e dA),B),C)a n dD),a n dd e c i d ew h i c h i s t h e b e s t a n s w e r.T h e nm a r k t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g l e t t e r o n A n s w e r S h e e t1w i t ha s i n g l e l i n e t h r o u g h t h e c e n t r e.注意:此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答㊂1.A)W h y h i s p h o n eh a db e e nd i s c o n n e c t e d.B)W h y s h e c o u l dn o t g e t t h r o u g h t oh i m.C)W h y h e d i d n t l e a v eh e r am e s s a g e.D)W h y h e r e f u s e d t o a n s w e r h e r c a l l.2.A)T h eh o u s e sw i t h i nh i s p r i c e r a n g e a r e s o l do u t.B)M o s t p e o p l e i n t h i s c i t y w a n t t oo w nah o m e.C)H eh a s d i f f i c u l t y f i n d i n g a f f o r d a b l eh o u s i n g.D)T h ew o m a n s h o u l d r e n t an i c e r a p a r t m e n t.3.A)T h ew o m a nw o u l d l i k e t h em a n t o t a k e c a r e o f h e rm a i l.B)T h ew o m a nh a s p u t t h en u m b e r i n t o e v e r y o n e sm a i l b o x.C)T h en e wc o p y m a c h i n e c a nm e e t e v e r y o n e s n e e d s.D)Ac o d en u m b e r i s n e c e s s a r y t o r u n t h e c o p y m a c h i n e.4.A)H ew i l l s t o p w o r k t o t a k e c a r e o f t h eb a b y.B)H ew i l l f i n d a j o bn e a r h i s h o m en e x t y e a r.C)H i sw i f e i s g o i n g t o g i v eb i r t h t o ab a b y.D)H i sw i f ew i l l l e a v eh e rw o r ks o o n.5.A)T h e s h o p p i n g c e n t e r i s f l o o d e dw i t h p e o p l e.B)T h e y w i l l c o m e t o t h em a l l s o m e o t h e r d a y.C)P a r k i n g i n t h i s c i t y i s ah o r r i b l en i g h t m a r e.D)S h ew i l lw a i t f o r t h em a na t t h e s o u t h g a t e.6.A)H ew i l l b eb a c k i nam i n u t e t o r e p a i r t h e c o m p u t e r s.B)I tw i l l t a k e l o n g e r t o r e c o n n e c t t h e c o m p u t e r s t o t h eN e t.C)H eh a s t a c k l e dm o r e c o m p l i c a t e d p r o b l e m s t h a n t h i s.㊃1㊃D)Al o t o f c o o l s t u f fw i l l b e a v a i l a b l e o n l i n e t o m o r r o w.7.A)S h e f o r g o t t o c a l l h e rm o t h e r.B)P r o f.S m i t h g i v e s l e c t u r e s r e g u l a r l y o nT V.C)H e rm o t h e r i s a f r i e n do f P r o f.S m i t h s.D)S h e d i d s e eP r o f.S m i t ho nT V.8.A)T h em a nh a s t ow a i t t o g e t h i sm e d i c i n e.B)T h e s t o r e d o e s n t h a v e t h e p r e s c r i b e dm e d i c i n e.C)T h em a nh a s t o g o t o s e eh i s d o c t o r a g a i n.D)T h e p r e s c r i p t i o n i s n o tw r i t t e n c l e a r l y e n o u g h.Q u e s t i o n s9t o11a r e b a s e do n t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n y o uh a v e j u s t h e a r d.9.A)I t i s a d v e r t i s i n g e l e c t r o n i c p r o d u c t s.B)I t i s p l a n n i n g t o t o u rE a s tA s i a.C)I t i s s p o n s o r i n g aT V p r o g r a m m e.D)I t i s g i v i n gp e r f o r m a n c e s i n t o w n.10.A)Al o t o f g o o d p u b l i c i t y.B)T a l e n t e d a r t i s t s t ow o r k f o r i t.C)L o n g-t e r mi n v e s t m e n t s.D)Ad e c r e a s e i n p r o d u c t i o n c o s t s.11.A)P r o m i s e l o n g-t e r mc o o p e r a t i o nw i t h t h eC o m p a n y.B)E x p l a i n f r a n k l y t h e i r o w n c u r r e n t f i n a n c i a l s i t u a t i o n.C)P a y f o r t h e p r i n t i n g o f t h e p e r f o r m a n c e p r o g r a m m e.D)B e a r t h e c o s t o f p u b l i c i s i n g t h eC o m p a n y s p e r f o r m a n c e.Q u e s t i o n s12t o15a r e b a s e do n t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n y o uh a v e j u s t h e a r d.12.A)H eh a s b e e n s e e i n g d o c t o r s a n d c o u n s e l l o r s.B)H eh a s f o u n d an e w w a y t o t r a i nh i s v o i c e.C)H ew a s c a u g h t a b u s i n g d r u g s.D)H em i g h t g i v eu p c o n c e r t t o u r s.13.A)S i n g e r sm a y b e c o m e a d d i c t e d t o i t.B)I t h e l p s s i n g e r sw a r mt h e m s e l v e s u p.C)S i n g e r s u s e i t t o s t a y a w a y f r o mc o l d s.D)I t c a nd oh a r mt o s i n g e r s v o c a l c h o r d s.14.A)T h e y a r e e a g e r t ob e c o m e f a m o u s.B)M a n y l a c k p r o f e s s i o n a l t r a i n i n g.C)F e w w i l l b e c o m e s u c c e s s f u l.D)T h e y l i v e a g l a m o r o u s l i f e.15.A)H a r mt o s i n g e r s d o n eb y s m o k y a t m o s p h e r e s.B)S i d e e f f e c t s o f s o m e c o m m o nd r u g s.C)V o i c e p r o b l e m s a m o n gp o p s i n g e r s.D)H a r d s h i p s e x p e r i e n c e db y.S e c t i o nBD i r e c t i o n s:I n t h i s s e c t i o n,y o uw i l l h e a r3s h o r t p a s s a g e s.A t t h e e n do f e a c h p a s s a g e,y o uw i l l h e a r s o m e q u e s t i o n s.B o t h t h e p a s s a g ea n dt h e q u e s t i o n sw i l l b e s p o k e no n l y o n c e.A f t e r y o uh e a ra q u e s t i o n,y o u m u s t c h o o s et h eb e s ta n s w e r f r o m t h e f o u rc h o i c e s m a r k e d A),B),C)a n d D).T h e n m a r kt h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g l e t t e r o n A n s w e r S h e e t1w i t ha s i n g l e l i n e t h r o u g h t h e c e n t r e.注意:此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答㊂P a s s a g eO n eQ u e s t i o n s16t o19a r e b a s e do n t h e p a s s a g e y o uh a v e j u s t h e a r d.16.A)I t h a s n o t b e e nv e r y s u c c e s s f u l.B)I t h a s l o n g b e c o m e an e wt r e n d.C)I t h a sm e tw i t hs t r o n g r e s i s t a n c e.D)I t h a s a t t r a c t e d a l o t o f u s e r s.17.A)I t s a v e s t i m e.B)I t i n c r e a s e s p a r k i n g c a p a c i t y.㊃2㊃C)I t e n s u r e s d r i v e r s s a f e t y.D)I t r e d u c e s c a r d a m a g e.18.A)C o l l e c tm o n e y a n dh e l p n e wu s e r s.B)M a i n t a i n t h e a u t o m a t e d s y s t e m.C)S t a y a l e r t t o a n y e m e r g e n c y.D)W a l ka r o u n d a n d g u a r d a g a i n s t c a r t h e f t.19.A)T h e y w i l l v a r y w i t h t h e s i z e o f v e h i c l e s.B)T h e y w i l l b e d i s c o u n t a b l e t o r e g u l a r c u s t o m e r s.C)T h e y w i l l b e l o w e r t h a n c o n v e n t i o n a l p a r k i n g.D)T h e y w i l l b e r e d u c e d i f p a i d i n c a s h.P a s s a g eT w oQ u e s t i o n s20t o22a r e b a s e do n t h e p a s s a g e y o uh a v e j u s t h e a r d.20.A)H a l f o f t h em e t h a n e i n t h e a t m o s p h e r e i s f r o ma n i m a l s.B)M e t h a n eh a s b e c o m e t h e c h i e f s o u r c e o f g r e e n h o u s e g a s.C)C o n s u m e r b e h a v i o rm a y b e i n f l u e n c e db y t h e e n v i r o n m e n t.D)M e a t c o n s u m p t i o nh a s a na d v e r s e e f f e c t o n t h e e n v i r o n m e n t.21.A)I t t a k e s t i m e f o r t h eh u m a nb o d y t o g e t u s e d t o i t.B)I t l a c k s t h e v i t a m i n s a n dm i n e r a l s e s s e n t i a l f o r h e a l t h.C)I t e n h a n c e s i m m u n i t y t o c e r t a i nd i s e a s e s.D)I t h e l p s p e o p l e t o l i v e am u c h l o n g e r l i f e.22.A)P r o d u c e g r e e n f o o d.B)W a s t 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2013年6月英语六级第二套答案

2013年6月英语六级答案第二套作文范文高分版：Keep Our Hearts StrongAs the proverb goes, constant drops wear out the stone. Good habits help pave our way to success. However, during the cultivation of good habits we are frequently bewildered and baffled by temptations from the world around us. Only when we are alert and determined enough to resist these temptations can we take a right and unswerving road to success。

In our daily life, it is essential for us to be self-disciplined. A healthy lifestyle, which may consist of regular exercise and balanced diet, is what most people are pursuing in contemporary society. Yet many people cannot resist the coziness of staying in and temptation of tasty but fatty food, thus giving up half way cultivating healthy habits and getting decreasingly robust. In addition, our progress in academic performance depends on good habits. We must restrain ourselves from endless entertainment. Otherwise, distracted and indulged, we can never maintain a good learning habit, let alone achieve academic excellence。

2013年6月英语六级真题(含答案)

2013年6月英语六级真题及答案Part I WritingPart Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

11. A) She has completely recovered.B) She went into shock after an operation.C) She is still in a critical condition.D) She is getting much better.12. A) Ordering a breakfast.B) Booking a hotel room.C) Buying a train ticket.D) Fixing a compartment.13. A) Most borrowers never returned the books to her.B) The man is the only one who brought her book back.C) She never expected anyone to return the books to her.D) Most of the books she lent out came back without jackets.14. A) She left her work early to get some bargains last Saturday.B) She attended the supermarket’s grand opening ceremony.C) She drove a full hour before finding a parking space.D) She failed to get into the supermarket last Saturday.15. A) He is bothered by the pain in his neck.B) He cannot do his report without a computer.C) He cannot afford to have a coffee break.D) He feels sorry to have missed the report.16. A) Only top art students can show their works in the gallery.B) The gallery space is big enough for the man’s paintings.C) The woman would like to help with the exibition layout.D) The man is uncertain how his art works will be received.17. A) The woman needs a temporary replacement for her assistant.B) The man works in the same department as the woman does.C) The woman will have to stay in hospital for a few days.D) The man is capable of dealing with difficult people.18. A) It was better than the previous one.B) It distorted the mayor’s speech.C) It exaggera ted the city’s economy problems.D) It reflected the opinions of most economists.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) To inform him of a problem they face.B) To request him to purchase control desks.C) To discuss the content of a project report.D) To ask him to fix the dictating machine.20. A) They quote the best price in the market.B) They manufacture and sell office furniture.C) They cannot deliver the steel sheets on time.D) They cannot produce the steel sheets needed21. A) By marking down the unit price.B) By accepting the penalty clauses.C) By allowing more time for delivery.D) By promising better after-sales service.22. A) Give the customer a ten percent discount.B) Claim compensation from the stool suppliers.C) Ask the Buying Department to change suppliers.D) Cancel the contract with the customer.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) Stockbroker. C) Mathematician.B) Physicist. D) Economist.24. A) Improve computer programming.B) Predict global population growth.C) Explain certain natural phenomena.D) Promote national financial health.25. A) Their different educational backgrounds.B) Changing attitudes toward nature.C) Chaos theory and its applications.D) The current global economic crisis.Section BDirections: In this section you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

2013年6月英语四级考试真题以及答案(第2套)(1)

2013年6月四级真题(第2套)Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on .the importance of learning basic skills. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

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

2013年6月英语四级完形填空答案及解析第二套

2013年6月英语四级完形填空答案及解析第二套UK households are cutting back on spending at the fastest rate since 1980. This is __67__ to the worst economic slowdown in three decades.Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed __68__ spending fell by 1.2% in the first three months of the year. People spent less on housing, household goods and services, __69__ those who went on holiday abroad also spent __70__ less.Consumers tightened their belts __71__ the face of job losses, pay __72__ or freezes and sharply reduced City bonuses. The figures showed employees'__73__ falling by 1.1% in the quarter, the largest fall__74__ records began in 1955. Wages and salaries declined, __75__ lower bonus payments in the financial sector than normal, while __76__ also fell.The data was __77__ as part of the ONS's latest assessment of the UK economy, which __78__ that gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 1.9% in the first quarter, __79__sharpest decline since 1979. GDP stood 4.1% __80__ than a year ago, the biggest annual fall since 1980."The breakdown(分析) of first-quarter GDP gives a pretty __81__ picture of weakness right across the __82__ in the early months of this year," said Jonathan Loynes of Capital Economics."With __83__ components like household spending and investment set to fall considerably further in __84__ to the weakness in the housing market, the labour market and bank lending, we __85__ unconvinced that recent 'green shoots' will translate __86__ a return to decent growth next year."67. A. submitting B. resorting C. contributing D. extending68. A. personnel B. consumer C. folk D. client69. A. while B. although C. because D. but70. A. instantly B. simultaneously C. significantly D. actively71. A. at B. in C. up D. over72. A. dives B. pauses C. halts D. cuts73. A. composition B. conservation C. compensation D. construction74. A. since B. when C. as D. until75. A. to B. by C. for D. with76. A. competition B. employment C. achievement D. attraction77. A. released B. relieved C. related D. relaxed78. A. promoted B. justified C. confirmed D. advocated79. A. whose B. this C. their D. its80. A. poorer B. slimmer C. weaker D. lower81. A. amazing B. depressing C. blurring D. puzzling82. A. economy B. finance C. business D. commerce83. A. right B. free C. cheap D. key84. A. opposition B. response C. regard D. contrast85. A. remain B. maintain C. retain D. sustain86. A. toward B. through C. into D. beyond【总评】：本文选自2009年5月22日英国卫报里面的一篇经济报道，讲述了经济危机导致居民消费开支产生了自1980以来的最大幅度的下滑这一现象。

2013年6月六级真题及答案

2013年6月英语六级真题及答案Part I WritingDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic of Due Attention Should Be Given to the Study of Chinese Yo u should write at Chinese. least 120 words following the outline given belo w:1.近年来在学生中出现了忽视中文学习的现象；2.出现这种现象的原因和后果；3我认为…Given Due Attention Should Be Given to the Study of ChinesePart II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minute s)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage qu ickly and answer the questions on Answer sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choo se the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For qu estions 8-10, complete the sen-tences with the information given in the pas sage. Welcome,Freshmen. Have an iPod.Taking a step that many professors may view as a bit counterproductive, so me colleges and universities are doling out Apple iPhones and Internet-cap able iPods to their students.The always-on Internet devices raise some novel possibilities, like tracking where students gather together. With far less controversy, colleges could s end messages about canceled classes, delayed buses, campus crises or just the cafeteria menu.While schools emphasize its usefulness —online research in class and inst ant polling of students, for example — a big part of the attraction is, undou btedly, that the iPhone is cool and a hit with students. Being equipped with one of the most recent cutting-edge IT products could just help a college o r university foster a cutting-edge reputation.Apple stands to win as well, hooking more young consumers with decades of technology pur-chases ahead of them. The lone losers, some fear, could be professors.Students already have laptops and cell phones, of course, but the newest de vices can take class distractions to a new level. They practically beg a user to ignore the long-suffering professor strug-gling to pass on accumulated wisdom from the front of the room — a prospect that teachers find most irr itating and students view as, well, inevitable.―When it gets a little boring, I might pull it out,‖ acknowledged Naomi Pu gh, a first-year student at Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Term. , referring to her new iPod Touch, which can connect to the Internet over a campus wireless network. She speculated that professors might try even ha rder to make classes interesting if they were to compete with the devices. Experts see a movement toward the use of mobile technology in education, t hough they say it is in its infancy as professors try to come up with useful applications. Providing powerful hand-held devices is sure to fuel debates over the role of technology in higher education.―We think this is the way the future is going to work,‖ said Kyle Dickson, co-director of re-search and the mobile learning initiative at Abilene Christ ian University in Texas, which has bought more than 600 iPhones and 300 iPods for students entering this fall.Although plenty of students take their laptops to class, they don’t take the m everywhere and would prefer something lighter. Abilene Christian settle d on the devices after surveying students and finding that they did not like hauling around their laptops, but that most of them always carried a cell ph one, Dr. Dickson said.It is not clear how many colleges and universities plan to give out iPhones and iPods this fall; officials at Apple were unwilling to talk about the subje ct and said that they would not leak any institution’s plans.―We can’t announce other people’s news,‖said Greg Joswiak, vice presiden t of iPod and iPhone marketing at Apple. He also said that he could not dis cuss discounts to universities for bulk purchases.At least four institutions — the University of Maryland, Oklahoma Christi an University, Abilene Christian and Freed-Hardeman — have announced t hat they will give the devices to some or all of their students this fall.Other universities are exploring their options. Stanford University has hire d a student-run com-pany to design applications like a campus map and dir ectory for the iPhone. It is considering whether to issue iPhones but not sur e it, snecessary, noting that more than 700 iPhones were registered on the u niversity’s network last year.At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, iPhones might already have been everywhere, if AT&T, the wireless carrier offering the iPhone in the United States,had a more reliable network, said Andrew Yu, mobile devices platform pro ject manager at M.I.T.―We would have probably gone ahead with this, maybe just getting a thous and iPhones and giving them out,‖ Mr. Yusaid.The University of Maryland at College Park is proceeding cautiously, givi ng the iPhone or iPod Touch to 150 students, said Jeffrey Huskamp, vice p resident and chief information officer at the university. ―We don’t think tha t we have all the answers,‖ Mr. Huskamp said. By observing how students use the gadgets, he said, ―We’re trying to get answers from the students.‖At each college, the students who choose to get an iPhone must pay for mo bile phone service. Those service contracts include unlimited data use. Bot h the iPhones and the iPod Touch devices can connect to the Internet throu gh campus wireless networks. With the iPhone, those networks may provid e faster connections and longer battery life than A T&T’s data network. Many cell phones allow users to surf the Web, but only some newer ones are c apable of wireless connection to the local area computer network. University officials say that they have no plans to track their students (and Apple said it would not be possible unless students give their permission). They say that they are drawn to the prospect of learning applications outsid e the classroom, though such lesson plans have yet to surface.―My colleagues and I are studying something called augmented reality (a f ield of computer research dealing with the combination of real-world and v irtual reality),‖ said Christopher Dede, professor in learning technologies a t Harvard University. ―Alien Contact,‖ for example, is an exer-cise develop ed for middle-school students who use hand-held devices that can determin e their location. As they walk around a playground or other area, text, vide o or audio pops up at various points to help them try to figure out why alie ns were in the schoolyard.―You can imagine similar kinds of interactive activities along historical lin es,‖ like following the Freedom Trail in Boston, Professor Dede said. ―It’s important that we do research, so that we know how well something like th is works.‖The rush to distribute the devices worries some professors, who say that st udents are less likely to participate in class if they are multi-tasking. ―I’m n ot someone who’s anti-technology, but I,m always worried that technology becomes an end in and of itself, and it replaces teaching or it replaces analysis,,’ said Ellen Millender, associate professor of classics at Reed College in Portland, Ore. (She added that she hoped to buy an iPhone for herself on ce prices fall.)Robert Summers, who has taught at Cornell Law School for about 40 years , announced this week — in a detailed, footnoted memorandum —that he would ban laptop computers from his class on contract law.―I would ban that too if I knew the students were using it in class,‖ Profess or Summers said of the iPhone, after the device and its capabilities were ex plained to him. ―What we want to encour-age in these students is an active intellectual experience, in which they develop the wide range of complex r easoning abilities required of good lawyers.‖The experience at Duke University may ease some concerns. A few years a go, Duke began giving iPods to students with the idea that they might use t hem to record lectures (these older models could not access the Internet). ―We had assumed that the biggest focus of these devices would be consum ing the content,‖ said Tracy Futhey, vice president for information technol ogy and chief information officer at Duke.But that is not all that the students did. They began using the iPods to creat e their own ―content,‖ making audio recordings of themselves and presenti ng them. The students turned what could have been a passive interaction in to an active one, Ms. Futhey said. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

2013年英语六级真题及答案汇总(完整文字版)

DUANG~~DUANG~~DUANG~~，又到一年CET。

说到四六级，你第一反应是裸考刷分？还是abandon？是单词书本？还是逝去的青春？考过的，满满都是回忆；将要考的，给你们加油鼓劲！2013年英语六级真题及答案汇总目录2013年6月英语六级真题及答案 (2)2013年12月英语六级真题及答案 (25)（为了这份资源，我也蛮拼的）2013年6月英语六级真题及答案Part ⅡListening ComprehensionSection A1. CM: The biological project is now in trouble. You know, my colleague and I have completely different ideas about how to proceed.W: Why don’t you compromise? Try to make it a win-win situation for you both.Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?【听前预测】1．四项均以动词原形开头。

2．两项提到同事(colleague)。

结论：对话应该是工作场景，可能提问接下来要怎么做或建议某人做什么。

2．BM: How does Nancy like the new dress she bought in Rome?W: She said she would never have bought an Italian style dress if she had knownMary had already got such a dress.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?【听前预测】1．四项提及两个人物——Mary和Nancy。

2．三项均与服饰、时尚有关(style，dress，fashion)，两项与购物有关(buying，shopping)。

2013年6月大学英语四级真题试卷(第2套)(题后含答案及解析)

2013年6月大学英语四级真题试卷（第2套）(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Writing 2. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) 3. Listening Comprehension 4. Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) 5. Cloze 8. TranslationPart I Writing (30 minutes)1．For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on the importance of reading literature. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.正确答案：On the Importance of Reading Literature As is vividly depicted in the picture above, a teacher asks her student to read a piece of literature and tells him just to think of it as if he is reading a long text-message. Nonetheless, fewer people are willing to sit down and enjoy a good literary work. The concept of literature may seem to be very old, but its importance has not faded. We can benefit a lot from reading literature. To begin with, it brings us a wide range of intellectual benefits, such as expanding vocabulary and developing new ideas. Furthermore, it broadens our horizons. Reading literature helps us understand the everyday life and historical events described in the books, which are quite different from those of our time. Lastly, it entertains us. Although with the advent of television, people have lost their interest in reading literature to some extent, they can still get to know the classics via films or TV series, which have been derived from them. In conclusion, literature is not something to be tossed away. Reading literature can be an enriching and eye-opening experience.Part 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 attached to the passage. For questions 1-7, mark：Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN)if the information is not given in the passage.School Lunch Ryan moved silently through the lunch line. The cook put a cheeseburger(奶酪汉堡)and an applesauce cup on his tray. He grabbed a bottle of milk from the cooler at the end of the line and found a seat in the cafeteria(食堂). Ryan saw that his friend Tyler had brought lunch from home.”What did you bring today, Tyler?” he asked. Tyler pulled his meal out of its brown paper sack. “ I’ve got a ham sandwich, chips, two cupcakes, and a can of soda. “Ryan’s mouth started to water. “ Uh, Tyler,” he said. “ If you don’t want one of those cupcakes, I’ll take it. They sure look good. “Tyler handed Ryan his cupcake. “ Sure,” he said.“ I won’t eat all this. “ Lunch Requirements Is Ryan eating a healthy meal if he eats the school lunch? School lunch supporters say “ Yes. “ Recent studies show that a government-approved school lunch has more variety and is more nutritious(有营养的)than most lunches brought from home. It’s also lower in fat. The National School Lunch Act requires that school lunches go along with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans developed by the government. Meals must contain a variety of foods with plenty of grains and at least one fruit or vegetables each day. Foods must not contain too much sugar or salt. A hot lunch can contain up to 30% fat, but not more than 10% of its calories(卡路里)should come from saturated(饱和的)fat. In an average week, you should get one-third of the daily Recommended Dietary Allowances for protein, iron, calcium(钙), and vitamins A and C from your school lunch. Dare to Compare Let’s compare Ryan’s and Tyler’s meals to see which is healthier. Ryan’s hot lunch(without the cupcake from his friend)has 577 calories, 25 grams of total fat, and 12 grams of saturated fat. He had one serving of fruit, 26 grams of protein, and 483 milligrams of calcium. Ryan ate more total fat(39%)and saturated fat(19%)than the dietary guidelines recommend. However, schools can still meet the guidelines by having the numbers average out over a week of lunches. Tyler’s lunch from home(this includes both cupcakes)had 1,014 calories, 45 grams(40%)of total fat, and 10 grams(9%)of saturated fat. He ate 21 grams of protein and 155 milligrams of calcium, but no fruits or vegetables. Tyler’s meal met the saturated fat guidelines, but had too much total fat. Tyler ate more calories and total fat than Ryan did, Ryan ate more protein, calcium, and fruit than Tyler did. Which meal would you say is the healthier choice? A la Carte Options Federal standards and most school districts forbid selling food in the cafeteria that competes with the school lunch. Many programs do, however, offer a la carte choices for students who don’t want the hot meal. Foods sold a la carte are separate from the main meal and are priced individually. These foods do not have to meet the same nutritional standards as the foods on the hot lunch menu. Neither do the foods sold at a snack-bar or those foods available elsewhere in the school. A study in one Texas school district compared the lunches of fourth graders who did not have food choices with those of fifth graders who could choose either a standard lunch or select from a snackbar. The fourth graders ate 25% more fruits and vegetables than the fifth graders. Food sold as fund-raisers can also have an impact on school lunch. The money raised is important to provide needed funds for many after-class activities. But the meal’s overall nutritional quality usually goes down. Many of these foods are high in fat, sugar, or both, and often come in extralarge portions. Fund-raisers rarely sell fruits and vegetables. Choosing Wisely School food-service programs are trying to please students, and still offer quality, nutritious meals at low cost. That task isn’t easy. One school district in New York decided to do something about it. A student advisory board kept the food-service director up-to-date on what the kids wanted. They also worked with school snack-bars to sell smaller servings of chips and candy. You can make healthy meal choices at school even when not-so-healthy choices are available. You can be sure to get a nutritious meal when you pick foods from the Food Guide Pyramid. For example, always drink milk or a calcium-rich juice for lunch.Even chocolate milk is more nutritious than soda or a sports drink. Stay away from snack foods offered a la carte. They may fill you up now, but the ones that contain a lot of fat and sugar will slow you down later. Always eat the fruits and vegetables offered at the meal. They help give you the energy and vitamins you need to get you through the rest of your school day. Some people like to make fun of school lunches, but good nutrition is no laughing matter. Your school’s hot lunch is based on the Food Guide Pyramid, so it’s full of nutrition. Give it a try. You might be pleasantly surprised. It’s a Team Effort Team Nutrition is a program that gets schools excited about healthy eating. Schools across the nation pick a team leader who develops fun nutrition activities. The leader works with students, teachers, parents, food-service workers, and people from the community. Activities can range from running a school health fair to planting a garden. At the Jordan Community School in Chicago, Illinois, one group of fifth graders showed off their “pizza(比萨饼)garden” in a big, colorful poster showing vegetarian pizzas. The students and food-service staff planted and took care of the vegetables that they would later use as ingredients on their pizzas. The group started growing the plants in the school’s cafeteria. Then they moved them outdoors to the students’demonstration garden. This is just one way to get everyone involved in making school lunch healthy and fun. Team up with your own group and see how creative you can get.2．What did Ryan do when he saw Tyler?A．He compared his lunch with Tyler’s.B．He offered to share lunch with Tyler.C．He showed off his healthy lunch.D．He asked Tyler for a cupcake.正确答案：D解析：定位句提到，赖安对泰勒说，“如果你不想吃其中的一个杯形蛋糕，让我吃吧。

2013年6月英语四级真题答案（卷二）

Part I Writing Return to the society Part II Reading comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) 1. What do we know for sure about Chris Brown and Rihanna according to the first paragraph? [C] Rihanna has accused Chris Brown of abusing her. 2. What does the author suggest we do when teaching children about domestic violence? [A] Spend some time to expose some myths. 3. According to the passage, when discussing about domestic violence, we should . [D] avoid referring to it as being provoked 4. “violent fight” is different from domestic violence in that . [B] the former is two-sided while the latter is one-sided 5. The author suggests that in most domestic-abuse cases, women return home after the abuse because . [B] they are too scared of men’s power to leave 6. From what singer Kanye West said, we know that . [D] he forgave Chris Brown’s deed 7. What can be described as an accident or a mistake according to the author? [B] Taking the gas for the brake killing a cat. 8. According to experts, in domestic violence, abusers’attacks tend to be intensifying . 9. What makes those abused stay with their abusive partners is the horrible cycle of emotional dependence, shame and fear . 10. Women would criticize their own behavior when explaining why they are abused by their lovers.Part III Listening Comprehension Section A 11. [A] Play the music more quietly. 12. [B] The professor may change his mind 13. [D] She can’t go on the trip because of academic reasons. 14. [D] It’s not certain whether the trip will take place. 15. [D] The woman is applying a job. 16. [A] She is unhappy with the man’s promises. 17. [B] He wants to make sure that Mr. Smith will see him. 18. [D] The man is unwilling to take a look at the houses for sale. 19. [A] She needs some information. 20. [C] Home-made candy. 21. [B] Tuesday. 24. [A] Through signs. 25. [C] His social status. Section B Passage One 26.[C] People differ from each other in facial features. 27. [B] Learn to recognize human faces. 28. [A] Movie actors. 29. [D] People differ in their behaviors and physical characteristics. Passage Two 30. [B] deg@. 31. [C] $8,000. 32. [D] See a doctor at the school Medical Centre. Passage Three 33. [D] Human beings can make anything stand for anything by agreement. 34. [B] Our culture determines what a symbol stands for. 35. [C] Words are not necessarily connected with the things they stand for. Section C 36. variety 37. response 38. usual 39. approach 40.discovered 41. lengthy 42. surveyed 43. possible 44. A list is then presented to the advisory committee which meets about once a month 45. If the committee likes the list, it sends it up to the board of directors which makes the final decision 46. So there’s a possibility that a stamp might be designed, but still never actually go into circulation Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) Section A 47. [N] regardless 48. [F] if 49. [L] with 53. [J] that 54. [E] work 55. [B] necessarily 56. [H] on Section B Passage One 57. What would Brownie do when someone was ill in the family? [C] Keep them company. 58. What do we learn about Brownie from the passage? [B] She felt scary for her mistake. 59. Why does the speaker say that Brownie was more than just a family pet? [A] She was loved by everybody she met. 60. What is most difficult for Jarolim? [C] Checking all the facts to be written in the guides. 61. What do we know about Jarolim from the passage? [A] She is especially interested in museums. Passage Two 62. Why was Brian wearing so many clothes for his travel? [D] His backpack had no room for his clothes. 63. What do we learn about an air courier’s job from the passage? [C] He delivers papers and packages to foreign countries. 64. Why do businesses choose the air-courier service according to the passage? [C] It saves time. 65. What is one of the disadvantages of traveling as an air courier? [D] He saves little money from the travel. 66. When will the new product be available? [C] Two or three months.　Part V Cloze 67. artificial 68. imitate 69. nature 70. agreeable 74. supply 75. as 76. Whoever 77. uneasy 78. never 79. affects 80. contented 81. what 82. sake 83. Manners 84. but 85. proper 86. in　Part VI Translation 87. Consider the bad times as down payment for the good times. (把苦⽇⼦当做好⽇⼦的⾸付), Hang in there. 88. He has a habit, The very next day not to wear the same clothes (第⼆天不会穿同样的⾐服). 89. .If you are able to appreciate beauty in the ordinary (如果你擅于欣赏平凡中的美好), your life will be more vibrant. 90. Everyone wants to have a healthy body (每个⼈都希望拥有健康的⾝体). but are not properly maintained their. 91. No mater what, we all want to solve in a friendly way (我们都希望以友好的⽅式解决).　写作The importance of doing small things 图画作⽂：⼀屋不扫何以扫天下 We cansee clearly from the cartoon there is a father talking with her son. Havingheard his son’s words that “ Dad, I am a bit worried about disposing of nuclearweapon.” The father replies that “ If you can empty the dustbin here, you cando anything”.　图⽚说明：⼦：Dad, I'm a bit worried about disposing of nuclear waste（处理核废料）⽗：If you can empty the dustbin（垃圾筒） here, you can do anything。

2013年6月英语四级完形填空答案及解析第二套

2013年6月英语四级完形填空答案及解析第二套2013年6月英语四级完形填空原文+答案+解析UK households are cutting back on spending at the fastest rate since 1980. This is __67__ to the worst economic slowdown in three decades.Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed __68__ spending fell by 1.2% in the first three months of the year. People spent less on housing, household goods and services, __69__ those who went on holiday abroad also spent __70__ less.Consumers tightened their belts __71__ the face of job losses, pay __72__ or freezes and sharply reduced City bonuses. The figures showed employees'__73__ falling by 1.1% in the quarter, the largest fall__74__ records began in 1955. Wages and salaries declined, __75__ lower bonus payments in the financial sector than normal, while __76__ also fell.The data was __77__ as part of the ONS's latest assessment of the UK economy, which __78__ that gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 1.9% in the first quarter, __79__sharpest decline since 1979. GDP stood 4.1% __80__ than a year ago, the biggest annual fall since 1980."The breakdown(分析) of first-quarter GDP gives a pretty __81__ picture of weakness right across the __82__ in the early months of this year," said Jonathan Loynes of Capital Economics."With __83__ components like household spending and investment set to fall considerably further in __84__ to the weakness in the housing market, the labour market and bank lending, we __85__ unconvinced that recent 'green shoots' will translate __86__ a return to decent growth next year."67. A. submitting B. resorting C. contributing D. extending68. A. personnel B. consumer C. folk D. client69. A. while B. although C. because D. but70. A. instantly B. simultaneously C. significantly D. actively71. A. at B. in C. up D. over72. A. dives B. pauses C. halts D. cuts73. A. composition B. conservation C. compensation D. construction74. A. since B. when C. as D. until75. A. to B. by C. for D. with76. A. competition B. employment C. achievement D. attraction77. A. released B. relieved C. related D. relaxed78. A. promoted B. justified C. confirmed D. advocated79. A. whose B. this C. their D. its80. A. poorer B. slimmer C. weaker D. lower81. A. amazing B. depressing C. blurring D. puzzling82. A. economy B. finance C. business D. commerce83. A. right B. free C. cheap D. key84. A. opposition B. response C. regard D. contrast85. A. remain B. maintain C. retain D. sustain86. A. toward B. through C. into D. beyond【总评】：本文选自2009年5月22日英国卫报里面的一篇经济报道，讲述了经济危机导致居民消费开支产生了自1980以来的最大幅度的下滑这一现象。

2013年6月六级考试真题答案解析(第二套)

2013 年 6 月大学英语六级考试真题(二)答案与详解Part ⅠWritingGood Habits Result from Resisting TemptationAs is known to all,good habits help us pave the way to success.However,lack of social experience and determined will,youngsters often fall into the traps of temptations such as computer games,smoking and so on.So it is high time that youngsters refused temptations and formed good habits.Good habits result from refusing temptation and contribute to the growth of youngsters in various ways.Firstly,if youngsters stop such time-and healthconsuming activities as playing computer games and spend the time reading several pages of books every day instead, a good habit of reading will be formed and their academic performance will be greatly improved.Secondly,refusing junk food by eating healthily and regularly,youngsters need not be concerned about their health and body shape.Thirdly,youngsters seem always to be tempted by those who pretend to be “cool”by smoking or drinking.Distancing themselves from these people and making friends with better ones,youngsters themselves will be really cool.Rome was not built in one day.Therefore,determined will and a wise mind should be gradually cultivated so that youngsters can resist various bad temptations and form good habits.Only in this way can they grow happily and achieve success.PartⅡListening Comprehension1. 听力原文：W: Wh a t ’s w r o n g wi t h yo u r ph o n e . G a r y ? I tr i e d t o ca l l yo u al l ni g h t ye s t e r d a y .M:I’m sorry.No one was able to get through yesterday.My telephone was disconnected by the phone company.Q: What does the woman ask the man about?【预测】选项均以why 开头，表明问题是关于某事的原因；其中的his phone... disconnected ，she , not get through to him 和refused to answer her call 表明，对话可能与女士没能打电话联系上男士有关。

2013年6月六级完型真题

2013年6月六级完型真题In most cultures throughout the world, there is an expectation that when a person reaches adulthood, marriage should soon follow. In the United States 62，each month upwards of 168,000 couples wed, 63to love, honor, and respect their chosen life mates 64death parts them. The expectation is deep-rooted.65 the social functions, purposes, and relevance of marriage are rapidly changing in 66society, making them less clear-cut than they have been 67history. For instance, in a Pew Research Center random polling of over 2,000 68fewer than half of all of the adults polled indicated that 69 a man and a woman plan to spend the 70of their lives together as a couple, it was important than 71 marry.Those of us who choose to marry have 72reasons why we decide to marry the person we do. There is a 72, however in our Western, individualistic culture: We tend to marry for reasons that benefit ourselves, 74for reasons that benefit the society 75, such as found in collectivist cultures. Research in Western cultures has found, for example, that the number-one 76people cite for marrying to signify a lifelong commitment 77someone they love. However, this reason is not the only response to why people wed—today, people get married for reasons of commitment, security, and personal belief systems. The Pew Research Center’s recent findings 78 that the main reasons people get married are for 79 happiness and commitment, and bearing and missing children. As the date from this 80 show us, there are racial, age, and religious differences in what people 81 to be the main purposes of getting married.62.A）alone C) barelyB) solely D) again63. A）trusting C) vowingB) competing D) pretending64. A）after C) whenB) until D) though65. A）However C)ThereforeB) Hence D) Then66. A) contemporary C) constructiveB) conventional D)consequent67. A) beyond C) withinB) throughout D) amidst68. A) objects C) individualsB) specimens D) incidents69. A) whereas C) forB) unless D) if70. A) whole C) leftoverB) total D) rest71. A) equally C) nominallyB) legally D) vitally72. A) radical C) specificB) constant D) designated73. A) worry C) mythB) confidence D) tendency74. A) rather than C) not onlyB) or else D) as well75. A) at length C) at randomB) at large D) at risk76. A) ease C) reasonB) belief D) notion77. A) about C) inB) over D) to78. A) suggest C) signifyB) raise D) resolve79. A) moral C) visualB) mutual D) versatile80. A) legend C)surveyB) episode D) blueprint81. A) observe C) substituteB) dispatch D) consider。

2013年6月英语六级考试第二套真题(卷二)

2013年6月全国大学生六级考试真题（卷二）PartⅠ WritingDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark “Good habits result from resisting temptation.” You can cite examples to illustrate your point You should write at least 150 wordsbut no more than 200 words.Part II Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will bespoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 1 with a single line through the centre.1. A) Why his phone had been disconnected. C) Why he didn’t leave her a message.B) Why she could not get through to him. D) Why he refused to answer her call.2. A) The houses within his price range are sold out.B)Most people in this city want to own a home.C)He has difficulty finding affordable housing.D)The woman should rent a nicer apartment.3. A) The woman would like the man to take care of her mail.B)The woman has put the number into everyone^ mailbox.C)The new copy machine can meet everyone’s needs.D) A code number is necessary to run the copy machine.4. A) He will stop work to take care of the baby. C) His wife is going to give birth to a baby.B) He will find a job near his home next year. D) His wife will leave her work soon.5. A) The shopping centre is flooded with people. C) Parking in this city is a horrible nightmare.B) They will come to the mall some other day. D) She will wait for the man at the south gate.6. A) He will be back in a minute to repair the computers.B)It will take longer to reconnect the computers to the Net.C)He has tackled more complicated problems than this.D) A lot of cool stuff will be available online tomorrow.7. A) She forgot to call her mother. C) She did see Prof Smith on TV.B)Prof Smith gives lectures regularly on TV. D) Her mother is a friend of Prof Smith’s.8. A) The man has to wait to get his medicine.B)The store doesn’t have the prescribed medicine.C)The man has to go to see his doctor again.D)The prescription is not written clearly enough.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A) It is advertising electronic products. C) It is sponsoring a TV programme.B)It is planning to tour East Asia. D) It is giving performances in town.10. A) A lot of good publicity. C) Long-term investments.B)Talented artists to work for it. D) A decrease in production costs.11. A) Promise long-term cooperation with the Company.B)Explain frankly their own current financial situation.C)Pay for the printing of the performance programme.D)Bear the cost of publicising the Company’s performance.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) He has been seeing doctors and counselors. C) He was caught abusing drugs.B)He has found a new way to train his voice. D) He might give up concert tours.13. A) Singers may become addicted to it. C) Singers use it to stay away from colds.B)It helps singers warm themselves up. D) It can do harm to singers’ vocal chords.14. A) They are eager to become famous. C) Few will become successful.B)Many lack professional training. D) They live a glamorous life.15. A) Harm to singers done by smoky atmospheres.B)Side effects of some common drugs.C)Voice problems among pop singers.D)Hardships experienced by many young singers.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) It has not been very successful. C) It has met with strong resistance.B) It has long become a new trend. D) It has attracted a lot of users.17.A) It saves time. C) It ensures drivers’ safety.B) It increases parking capacity. D) It reduces car damage.18.A) Collect money and help new users. C) Stay alert to any emergency.B) Maintain the automated system. D) Walk around and guard against car theft.19. A) They will vary with the size of vehicles.B)They will be discountable to regular customers.C)They will be lower than conventional parking.D)They will be reduced if paid in cash.Passage TwoQuestions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.20. A) Half of the methane in the atmosphere is from animals.B)Methane has become the chief source of greenhouse gas.C)Consumer behaviour may be influenced by the environment.D)Meat consumption has an adverse effect on the environment.21. A) It takes time for the human body to get used to it.B)It lacks the vitamins and minerals essential for health.C)It enhances immunity to certain diseases.D)It helps people to live a much longer life.22. A) Produce green food. C) Quit eating meats.B) Waste no food. D) Grow vegetables.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23. A) They do not know any solution. C) They do not behave in public places.B) They do not give up drunk driving. D) They do not admit being alcohol addicts.24. A) To stop them from fighting back. C) To teach them the European lifestyle.B) To thank them for their hospitality. D) To relieve their pains and sufferings.25. A) Without intervention they will be a headache to the nation.B)With support they can be brought back to a normal life.C)They readily respond to medical treatment.D)They pose a serious threat to social stability.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in theblanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, youshould check what you have written.Self-image is the picture you have of yourself, the sort of person you believe you are 26 in our self-image are the categories in which you place yourself, the roles you play, and other 27 descriptors you use to identify yourself. If you tell an 28 you are a grandfather who recently lost his wife and who does 29 work on weekends, several elements of your self-image are brought to light —the roles of grandparent, widower, and 30 citizen.But self-image is more than how you picture yourself; it also involves how others see you. Three types of feedback from others 31 how they see us: confirmation, rejection, and disconfirmation. Confirmation occurs when others treat you in a manner consistent with who you believe you are. You believe you have leadership abilities and your boss put you in charge of a new work team. On the other hand, rejection occurs when others treat you in a manner that 32 your self-definition. Pierre Salinger was appointed senator from California but 33 lost his first election. He thought he was a good public official, but the voters obviously thought otherwise —their vote was inconsistent with his 34 . The third type of feedback is disconfirmation, which occurs when others fail to respond to your notion of self by responding neutrally. A student writes what he thinks is an excellent composition, but the teacher writes no encouraging remarks. Rather than 35 how others classify you, consider how you identify yourself. The way in which you identify yourself is the best reflection of your self-image.Part III Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections：In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word- far each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank 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 letterfor each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words inthe bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.Proper street behaviour in the United States requires a nice balance of attention and inattention. You are supposed to look at a passerby just enough to show that you are aware of his 36 If you look too little, you appear haughty(目中无人的), too much and you are inquisitive（过分好奇地）.Usually what happens is that people eye each other until they are about eight feet apart, at which point both cast down their eyes. Sociologist Erving Goffman describes this as “a kind of 37 of lights”.Much of eye behaviour is so 38 that we react to it only on the intuitive level. The next time you have a conversation with someone who makes you feel liked, notice what he does with his eyes. Chances are he looks at you more often than is usual with 39 a little longer than the normal. You 40 this as a sign — a polite one — that he is interested in you as a person rather than just in the topic of conversation. Probably you also feel that he is both self-confident and sincere.All this has been demonstrated in 41 experiments. Subjects sit and talk in the psychologist’s laboratory, 42 of the fact that their eye behaviour is being observed from a one way vision screen. In one fairly typical experiment, subjects were 43 to cheat while performing a task, then were interviewed and observed. It was found that those who had cheated met the interviewer’s eyes less often than was 44 , an indication that “shifty eyes” —to use the mystery writers’ stock phrase —can 45 be a tip-off(表明）to an attempt to deceive or to feelings of guilt.A) innocent I) actuallyB) interpret J) subtleC) sights K) inducedD) dimming L) hidingE) normal M) presenceF) deceived N) doubtfullyG) glances O) elaborateH) obscureSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questionsby marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.A Nation That’s Losing Its Toolbox[A]The scene inside the Home Depot on Weyman Avenue here would give the old-time American craftsman pause. InAisle 34 is precut plastic flooring, the glue already in place. In Aisle 26 are prefabricated windows. Stacked near the checkout counters, and as colourful as a Fisher-Price toy, is a not-so-serious-looking power tool: a battery-operated saw-and-drill combination. And if you don’t want to do it yourself, head to Aisle 23 or Aisle 35, where a help desk will arrange for an installer.[B]I t’s all very handy stuff, I guess, a convenient way to be a do-it-yourselfer without being all that good with tools. But ata time when the American factory seems to be a shrinking presence, and when good manufacturing jobs have vanished,perhaps never to return, there is something deeply troubling about this dilution of American craftsmanship.[C]This isn’t a lament(伤感)— or not merely a lament —for bygone times. It’s a social and cultural issue, as well as aneconomic one. The Home Depot approach to craftsmanship — simplify it, dumb it down, hire a contractor— is one signal that mastering tools and working with one’s hands is receding in America as a hobby, as a valu ed skill, as a cultural influence that shaped thinking and behaviour in vast sections of the country.[D]That should be a matter of concern in a presidential election year. Yet neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romneypromotes himself as tool-savvy(使用工具很在行的）presidential timber, in the mold of a Jimmy Carter, a skilled carpenter and cabinet maker. The Obama administration does worry publicly about manufacturing, a first cousin of craftsmanship. When the Ford Motor Company, for example, recently announced that it was bringing some production home, the White House cheered. “When you see things like Ford moving new production from Mexico to Detroit, instead of the other way around, you know things are changing,”says Gene Sperling, director of the National Economic Council.[E]Ask the administration or the Republicans or most academics why America needs more manufacturing, and theyrespond that manufacturing gives birth to innovation, brings down the trade deficit, strengthens the dollar, generates jobs, arms the military and brings about a recovery from recession. But rarely, if ever, do they publicly take the argument a step further, asserting that a growing manufacturing sector encourages craftsmanship and that craftsmanship is, if not a birthright, then a vital ingredient of the American self-image as a can-do, inventive, we-can-make-anything people.[F]Traditional vocational training in public high schools is gradually declining, stranding thousandsof young people who seek training for a craft without going to college. Colleges, for their part, have since 1985 graduated fewer chemical, mechanical, industrial and metallurgical(冶金的）engineers, partly in response to the reduced role of manufacturing, a big employer of them. The decline started in the 1950s, when manufacturing generated a sturdy 28% of the national income, or gross domestic product, and employed one-third of the workforce.Today, factory output generates just 12% of GDP and employs barely 9% of the nation’s workers.[G]Mass layoffs and plant closings have drawn plenty of headlines and public debate over the years, and they stilloccasionally do. But the damage to skill and craftsmanship —what’s needed to build a complex airliner or a tractor, or for a worker to move up from assembler to machinist to supervisor — went largely unnoticed.[H]“In an earlier generation, we lost our connection to the land, and now we are losing our connection to the machinery wedepend on,” says Michael Hout, a sociologist at the University of California, Berkeley. “People who work with their hands,” he went on, “are doing things today that we call service jobs, in restaurants and laundries, or in medical technology and the like.”[I]Tha t’s one explanation for the decline in traditional craftsmanship. Lack of interest is another. The big money is infields like finance. Starting in the 1980s, skill in finance grew in importance, and, as depicted in the news media and the movies, became a more appealing source of income. By last year, Wall Street traders, bankers and those who deal in real estate generated 21% of the national income, double their share in the 1950s. And Warren Buffett, the good-natured financier, became a homespun folk hero, without the tools and overalls(工作服).[J]“Young people grow up without developing the skills to fix things around the house,” says Richard Curtin, director of the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. “They know about computers, of course, but they don’t know how to build them.”[K]Manufacturing’s shrinking presence undoubtedly helps explain the decline in craftsmanship, if only because many of the nation’s assembly line workers were skilled in craft work, if not on the job then in their spare time. In a late 1990sstudy of blue-collar employees at a General Motors plant (now closed) in Linden, NJ, the sociologist Ruth Milkman of City University of New York found that many line workers, in their off-hours, did home renovation and other skilled work. “I have often thought,” Ms Milkman says, “that these extracurricular jobs were an effort on the part of the w orkers to regain their dignity after suffering the degradation of repetitive assembly line work in the factory.”[L]Craft work has higher status in nations like Germany, which invests in apprenticeship（学徒）programmes for high school students. “Corporations in Germany realised that there was an interest to be served economically and patriotically in building up a skilled labour force at home; we never had that ethos（风气）,”says Richard Sennett, a New York University sociologist whohas written about the connection of craft and culture.[M]The damage to American craftsmanship seems to parallel the steep slide in manufacturing employment. Though the decline started in the 1970s, it became much steeper beginning in 2000. Since then, some 5.3 million jobs, or one-third of the workforce in manufacturing, have been lost. A stated goal of the Obama administration is to restore a big chunk of this employment, along with the multitude of skills that many of the jobs required.[N]As for craftsmanship itself, the issue is how to preserve it as a valued skill in the general population. Ms Milkman, the sociologist, argues that American craftsmanship isn’t disappearing as quickly as some would argue —that it has instead shifted to immigrants. “Pride in craft, it is alive in the immigrant world,” she says.[O]Sol Axelrod, 37, the manager of the Home Depot here, fittingly learned to fix his own car as a teenager, even changing the brakes. Now he finds immigrant craftsmen. gathered in abundance outside his store in the early morning, waiting for it to open so they can buy supplies for the day’s work as contractors. Skilled day laborers, also mostly immigrants, wait quietly in hopes of being hired by the contractors. Mr Axelrod also says the recession and persistently high unemployment have forced many people to try to save money by doing more themselves, and Home Depot in response offers classes in fixing water taps and other simple repairs. The teachers are store employees, many of them older and semi-retired from a skilled trade, or laid off. “Our customers may not be building cabinets or outdoor decks; we try to do that for them,’’ Mr Axelrod says, “but some are trying to build up skill so they can do more for themselves in these hard times.”46.Mastering tools and working with one’s hands shapes people’s thinking and behaviour.47.The factor that people can earn more money in fields other than manufacturing contributes to the decline in traditionalcraftsmanship.48.According to the author, manufacturing encourages craftsmanship.49.According to Ruth Milkman, American craftsmanship, instead of disappearing, is being taken up by immigrants.50.The White House welcomed Ford’s announcement to bring some production back to America.51.According to Mr Axelrod of Home Depot, people are trying to ride out the recession by doing more themselves.52.America’s manufacturing in the 1950s constituted 28% of the gross domestic product.53.In Ruth Milkman’s opinion, many assembly line workers did home renovation and other skilled work in their off-hoursin order to regain their dignity.54.The author felt troubled about the weakening of American craftsmanship.pared with that in America, the status of craft work in Germany is higher.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice andmark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.The report from the Bureau of Labour Statistics was just as gloomy as anticipated. Unemployment in January jumped to a 16-year high of 7.6 percent, as 598,000 jobs were slashed from U.S. payrolls in the worst single-month decline since December, 1974. With 1.8 million jobs lost in the last three months, there is urgent desire to boost the economy as quickly as possible. But Washington would do well to take a deep breath before reacting to the grim numbers.Collectively, we rely on the unemployment figures and other statistics to frame our sense of reality. They are a vital part of an array of data that we use to assess if we’re doing well or doing badly, and that in turn shapes government policies and corporate budgets and personal spending decisions. The problem is that the statistics aren’t an objective measure of reality; they are simply a best approximation. Directionally, they capture the trends, but the idea that we know precisely how many are unemployed is a myth. That makes finding a solution all the more difficult.First, there is the way the data is assembled. The official unemployment rate is the product of a telephone survey of about 60,000 homes. There is another survey, sometimes referred to as the “payroll survey”, that assesses 400,000 businesses based on their reported payrolls. Both surveys have problems. The payroll survey can easily double-count someone: if you are one person with two jobs, you show up as two workers. The payroll survey also doesn’t capture the number of self- employed, and so says little about how many people are generating an independent income.The household survey has a larger problem. When asked straightforwardly, people tend to lie or shade the truth when the subject is sex, money or employment. If you get a call and are asked if you’re employed, and you say yes, you’re employed. If you say no, however, it may surprise you to learn that you are only unemployed if you’ve been actively looking for work in the past four weeks; otherwise, you are “m arginally attached to the labour force” and not actually unemployed.The urge to quantify is embedded in our society. But the idea that statisticians can then capture an objective reality isn’t just impossible. It also leads to serious misjudgments. Democrats and Republicans can and will take sides on a number of issues, but a more crucial concern is that both are basing major policy decisions on guesstimates rather than looking at the vast wealth of raw data with a critical eye and an open mind.56.What do we learn from the first paragraph?A)The US economic situation is going from bad to worse.B)Washington is taking drastic measures to provide more jobs.C)The US government is slashing more jobs from its payrolls.D)The recent economic crisis has taken the US by surprise.57.What does the author think of the unemployment figures and other statistics?A) They form a solid basis for policy making. C) They signal future economic trends.B) They represent the current situation. D) They do not fully reflect the reality.58. One problem with the payroll survey is that .A) it does not include all the businesses C) it magnifies the number of the joblessB) it fails to count in the self-employed D) it does not treat all companies equally59. The household survey can be faulty in that _________________ .A)people tend to lie when talking on the phoneB)not everybody is willing or ready to respondC)some people won’t provide truth ful informationD)the definition of unemployment is too broad60. At the end of the passage, the author suggests that __________________ .A)statisticians improve their data assembling methodsB)decision makers view the statistics with a critical eyeC)politicians listen more before making policy decisionsD)Democrats and Republicans cooperate on crucial issuesPassage TwoQuestions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.At some point in 2008, someone, probably in either Asia or Africa, made the decision to move from the countryside to the city. This nameless person pushed the human race over a historic threshold, for it was in that year that mankind became, for the first time in its history, a predominantly urban species.It is a trend that shows no sign of slowing. Demographers(人口统计学家）reckon that three-quarters of humanity could be city-dwelling by 2050, with most of the increase coming in the fast-growing towns of Asia and Africa. Migrants to cities are attracted by plentiful jobs, access to hospitals and education, and the ability to escape the boredom of a farmer’s agricultural life. Those factors are more than enough to make up for the squalor（肮脏）disease and spectacular poverty that those same migrants must often at first endure when they become urban dwellers.It is the city that inspires the latest book from Peter Smith. His main thesis is that the buzz of urban life, and the opportunities it offers for cooperation and collaboration, is what attracts people to the city, which in turn makes cities into the engines of art, commerce, science and progress. This is hardly revolutionary, but it is presented in a charming format. Mr Smith has written a breezy guidebook, with a series of short chapters dedicated to specific aspects of urbanity — parks, say, or the various schemes that have been put forward over the years for building the perfect city. The result is a sort of high-quality, unusually rigorous coffee-table book, designed to be dipped into rather than read from beginning to end.In the chapter on skyscrapers, for example, Mr Smith touches on construction methods, the revolutionary invention of the automatic lift, the practicalities of living in the sky and the likelihood that, as cities become more crowded, apartment living will become the norm. But there is also time for brief diversions onto bizarre ground, such as a discussion of the skyscraper index (which holds that a boom in skyscraper construction is a foolproof sign of an imminent recession).One obvious criticism is that the price of breadth is depth: many of Mr Smith’s essays raise as many questions as they answer. Although that can indeed be frustrating, this is probably the only way to treat so grand a topic. The city is the building block of civilisation and of almost everything people do; a guidebook to the city is really, therefore, a guidebook to how a large and ever-growing chunk of humanity chooses to live. Mr Smiths book serves as an excellent introduction to a vast subject, and will suggest plenty of further lines of inquiry.61. In what way is the year 2008 historic?A)For the first time in history, urban people outnumbered rural people.B)An influential figure decided to move from the countryside to the city.C)It is in this year that urbanisation made a start in Asia and Africa.D)The population increase in cities reached a new peak in Asia and Africa.62. What does the author say about urbanisation?A)Its impact is not easy to predict. C) It is a milestone in human progress.B)Its process will not slow down. D) It aggravates the squalor of cities.63. How does the author comment on Peter Smith’s new book?A)It is but an ordinary coffee-table book. C) It serves as a guide to art and commerce.B)It is flavoured with humorous stories. D) It is written in a lively and interesting style.64. What does the author say in the chapter on skyscrapers?A)The automatic lift is indispensable in skyscrapers.B)People enjoy living in skyscrapers with a view.C)Skyscrapers are a sure sign of a city’s prosperity.D)Recession closely follows a skyscraper boom.65. What may be one criticism of Mr Smith’s book?A)It does not really touch on anything serious.B)It is too long for people to read from cover to cover.C)It does not deal with any aspect of city life in depth.D)It fails to provide sound advice to city dwellers.Part IV TranslationDirections : For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.明朝第三位皇帝朱棣在夺取（usurp)帝位后，从南京迁都北京，于1406年开始建造紫禁城这座宫殿，至明永乐十八年（ 1420年）落成。

2013年6月六级考试真题(二)

2013年6月六级考试真题（第二套）PartⅠ WritingDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark “Good habits result from resisting temptation.” You can cite examples to illustrate your point You should write at least 150 wordsbut no more than 200 words.Part II Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will bespoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the fourchoices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letteron Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.1. A) Why his phone had been disconnected. C) Why he didn’t leave her a message.B) Why she could not get through to him. D) Why he refused to answer her call.2. A) The houses within his price range are sold out.B) Most people in this city want to own a home.C) He has difficulty finding affordable housing.D) The woman should rent a nicer apartment.3. A) The woman would like the man to take care of her mail.B) The woman has put the number into everyone^ mailbox.C) The new copy machine can meet everyone’s needs.D) A code number is necessary to run the copy machine.4. A) He will stop work to take care of the baby. C) His wife is going to give birth to a baby.B) He will find a job near his home next year. D) His wife will leave her work soon.5. A) The shopping centre is flooded with people. C) Parking in this city is a horrible nightmare.B) They will come to the mall some other day. D) She will wait for the man at the south gate.6. A) He will be back in a minute to repair the computers.B) It will take longer to reconnect the computers to the Net.C) He has tackled more complicated problems than this.D) A lot of cool stuff will be available online tomorrow.7. A) She forgot to call her mother. C) She did see Prof Smith on TV.B) Prof Smith gives lectures regularly on TV. D) Her mother is a friend of Prof Smith’s.8. A) The man has to wait to get his medicine.B) The store doesn’t have the prescribed medicine.C) The man has to go to see his doctor again.D) The prescription is not written clearly enough.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A) It is advertising electronic products. C) It is sponsoring a TV programme.B) It is planning to tour East Asia. D) It is giving performances in town.10. A) A lot of good publicity. C) Long-term investments.B) Talented artists to work for it. D) A decrease in production costs.11. A) Promise long-term cooperation with the Company.B) Explain frankly their own current financial situation.C) Pay for the printing of the performance programme.D) Bear the cost of publicising the Company’s performance.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) He has been seeing doctors and counselors. C) He was caught abusing drugs.B) He has found a new way to train his voice. D) He might give up concert tours.13. A) Singers may become addicted to it. C) Singers use it to stay away from colds.)B) It helps singers warm themselves up. D) It can do harm to singers’ vocal chords.14. A) They are eager to become famous. C) Few will become successful.B) Many lack professional training. D) They live a glamorous life.15. A) Harm to singers done by smoky atmospheres.B) Side effects of some common drugs.C) Voice problems among pop singers.D) Hardships experienced by many young singers.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the bestanswer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) It has not been very successful. C) It has met with strong resistance.B) It has long become a new trend. D) It has attracted a lot of users.17. A) It saves time. C) It ensures drivers’ safety.B) It increases parking capacity. D) It reduces car damage.18. A) Collect money and help new users. C) Stay alert to any emergency.B) Maintain the automated system. D) Walk around and guard against car theft.19. A) They will vary with the size of vehicles.B) They will be discountable to regular customers.C) They will be lower than conventional parking.D) They will be reduced if paid in cash.Passage TwoQuestions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.20. A) Half of the methane in the atmosphere is from animals.B) Methane has become the chief source of greenhouse gas.C) Consumer behaviour may be influenced by the environment.D) Meat consumption has an adverse effect on the environment.21. A) It takes time for the human body to get used to it.B) It lacks the vitamins and minerals essential for health.C) It enhances immunity to certain diseases.D) It helps people to live a much longer life.22. A) Produce green food. C) Quit eating meats.B) Waste no food. D) Grow vegetables.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23. A) They do not know any solution. C) They do not behave in public places.B) They do not give up drunk driving. D) They do not admit being alcohol addicts.24. A) To stop them from fighting back. C) To teach them the European lifestyle.B) To thank them for their hospitality. D) To relieve their pains and sufferings.25. A) Without intervention they will be a headache to the nation.B) With support they can be brought back to a normal life.C) They readily respond to medical treatment.D) They pose a serious threat to social stability.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in theblanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, youshould check what you have written.Section ADirections：In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word- far each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before makingyour choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for eachitem on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bankmore than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.Proper street behaviour in the United States requires a nice balance of attention and inattention. You are supposed to look at a passerby just enough to show that you are aware of his 36 If you look too little, you appear haughty(目中无人的), too much and you are inquisitive（过分好奇地）.Usually what happens is that people eye each other until they are about eight feet apart, at which point both cast down their eyes. Sociologist Erving Goffman describes this as “a kind of 37 of lights”.Much of eye behaviour is so 38 that we react to it only on the intuitive level. The next time you have a conversation with someone who makes you feel liked, notice what he does with his eyes. Chances are he looks at you more often than is usual with 39 a little longer than the normal. You 40 this as a sign — a polite one — that he is interested in you as a person rather than just in the topic of conversation. Probably you also feel that he is both self-confident and sincere.All this has been demonstrated in 41 experiments. Subjects sit and talk in the psychologist’s laboratory, 42 of the fact that their eye behaviour is being observed from a one way vision screen. In one fairly typical experiment, subjects were 43 to cheat while performing a task, then were interviewed and observed. It was found that those who had cheated met the interviewer’s eyes less often than was 44 , an indication that “shifty eyes” —to use the mystery writers’ stock phrase — can 45 be a tip-off(表明）to an attempt to deceive or to feelings of guilt.A) innocent I) actuallyB) interpret J) subtleC) sights K) inducedD) dimming L) hidingE) normal M) presenceF) deceived N) doubtfullyG) glances O) elaborateH) obscureSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questionsby marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.A Nation That’s Losing Its Toolbox[A]The scene inside the Home Depot on Weyman Avenue here would give the old-time American craftsman pause. InAisle 34 is precut plastic flooring, the glue already in place. In Aisle 26 are prefabricated windows. Stacked near the checkout counters, and as colourful as a Fisher-Price toy, is a not-so-serious-looking power tool: a battery-operated saw-and-drill combination. And if you don’t want to do it yourself, head to Aisle 23 or Aisle 35, where a help desk will arrange for an installer.[B]I t’s all very handy stuff, I guess, a convenient way to be a do-it-yourselfer without being all that good with tools. Butat a time when the American factory seems to be a shrinking presence, and when good manufacturing jobs havevanished, perhaps never to return, there is something deeply troubling about this dilution of American craftsmanship.[C]This isn’t a lament(伤感)— or not merely a lament —for bygone times. It’s a social and cultural issue, as well as aneconomic one. The Home Depot approach to craftsmanship — simplify it, dumb it down, hire a contractor— is one signal that mastering tools and working with one’s h ands is receding in America as a hobby, as a valued skill, as a cultural influence that shaped thinking and behaviour in vast sections of the country.[D]That should be a matter of concern in a presidential election year. Yet neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romneypromotes himself as tool-savvy(使用工具很在行的）presidential timber, in the mold of a Jimmy Carter, a skilled carpenter and cabinet maker. The Obama administration does worry publicly about manufacturing, a first cousin of craftsmanship. When the Ford Motor Company, for example, recently announced that it was bringing some production home, the White House cheered. “When you see things like Ford moving new production from Mexico to Detroit, instead of the other way around, you know things are changing,” says Gene Sperling, director of the National Economic Council.[E]Ask the administration or the Republicans or most academics why America needs more manufacturing, and theyrespond that manufacturing gives birth to innovation, brings down the trade deficit, strengthens the dollar, generates jobs, arms the military and brings about a recovery from recession. But rarely, if ever, do they publicly take the argument a step further, asserting that a growing manufacturing sector encourages craftsmanship and that craftsmanship is, if not a birthright, then a vital ingredient of the American self-image as a can-do, inventive, we-can-make-anything people.[F]Traditional vocational training in public high schools is gradually declining, stranding thousandsof young people who seek training for a craft without going to college. Colleges, for their part, have since 1985 graduated fewer chemical, mechanical, industrial and metallurgical(冶金的）engineers, partly in response to the reduced role of manufacturing, a big employer of them. The decline started in the 1950s, when manufacturing generateda sturdy 28% of the national income, or gross domestic product, and employed one-third of the workforce. Today,factory output generates just 12% of GDP and employs barely 9% of the nation’s workers.[G]Mass layoffs and plant closings have drawn plenty of headlines and public debate over the years, and they stilloccasionally do. But the damage to skill and craftsmanship —what’s needed to build a complex airliner or a tractor, or for a worker to move up from assembler to machinist to supervisor — went largely unnoticed.[H]“In an earlier generation, we lost our connection to the land, and now we are losing our connection to the machinerywe depend on,” says Michael Hout, a sociologist at the Univ ersity of California, Berkeley. “People who work with their hands,” he went on, “are doing things today that we call service jobs, in restaurants and laundries, or in medical technology and the like.”[I]Tha t’s one explanation for the decline in traditional craftsmanship. Lack of interest is another. The big money is infields like finance. Starting in the 1980s, skill in finance grew in importance, and, as depicted in the news media and the movies, became a more appealing source of income. By last year, Wall Street traders, bankers and those who deal in real estate generated 21% of the national income, double their share in the 1950s. And Warren Buffett, the good-natured financier, became a homespun folk hero, without the tools and overalls(工作服).[J]“Young people grow up without developing the skills to fix things around the house,” says Richard Curtin, director of the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. “They know about computers, of course, but they don’t know how to build them.”[K]Manufacturing’s shrinking presence undoubtedly helps explain the decline in craftsmanship, if only because many of the nation’s assembly line workers were skilled in craft work, if not on the job then in their spare time. In a late 1990sstudy of blue-collar employees at a General Motors plant (now closed) in Linden, NJ, the sociologist Ruth Milkman of City University of New York found that many line workers, in their off-hours, did home renovation and other skilled work. “I have often thought,” Ms Milkman says, “that these extracurricular jobs were an effort on the part of the workers to regain their dignity after suffering the degradation of repetitive assembly line work in the factory.”[L]Craft work has higher status in nations like Germany, which invests in apprenticeship（学徒）programmes for high school students. “Corporations in Germany realised that there was an interest to be served economically and patriotically in building up a skilled labour force at home; we never had that ethos（风气）,”says Richard Sennett, a New York University sociologist whohas written about the connection of craft and culture.[M]The damage to American craftsmanship seems to parallel the steep slide in manufacturing employment. Though the decline started in the 1970s, it became much steeper beginning in 2000. Since then, some 5.3 million jobs, or one-third of the workforce in manufacturing, have been lost. A stated goal of the Obama administration is to restore a big chunk of this employment, along with the multitude of skills that many of the jobs required.[N]As for craftsmanship itself, the issue is how to preserve it as a valued skill in the general population. Ms Milkman, the sociologist, argues that American craftsmanship isn’t disappearing as quickly as some would argue — that it has instead shifted to immigrants. “Pride in craft, it is alive in the immigrant world,” she says.[O]Sol Axelrod, 37, the manager of the Home Depot here, fittingly learned to fix his own car as a teenager, even changing the brakes. Now he finds immigrant craftsmen. gathered in abundance outside his store in the early morning, waiting for it to open so they can buy supplies for the day’s work as contractors. Skilled day laborers, also mostly immigrants, wait quietly in hopes of being hired by the contractors. Mr Axelrod also says the recession and persistently high unemployment have forced many people to try to save money by doing more themselves, and Home Depot in response offers classes in fixing water taps and other simple repairs. The teachers are store employees, many of them older and semi-retired from a skilled trade, or laid off. “Our customers may not be building cabinets or outdoor decks; we try to do that for them,’’ Mr Axelrod says, “but some are trying to build up skill so they can do more for themselves in these hard times.”46.Mastering tools and working with one’s hands shapes people’s thinking and behaviour.47.The factor that people can earn more money in fields other than manufacturing contributes to the decline in traditionalcraftsmanship.48.According to the author, manufacturing encourages craftsmanship.49.According to Ruth Milkman, American craftsmanship, instead of disappearing, is being taken up by immigrants.50.The White House welcomed Ford’s ann ouncement to bring some production back to America.51.According to Mr Axelrod of Home Depot, people are trying to ride out the recession by doing more themselves.52.America’s manufacturing in the 1950s constituted 28% of the gross domestic product.53.In Ruth Milkman’s opinion, many assembly line workers did home renovation and other skilled work in their off-hoursin order to regain their dignity.54.The author felt troubled about the weakening of American craftsmanship.pared with that in America, the status of craft work in Germany is higher.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice andmark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.The report from the Bureau of Labour Statistics was just as gloomy as anticipated. Unemployment in January jumped to a 16-year high of 7.6 percent, as 598,000 jobs were slashed from U.S. payrolls in the worst single-month decline since December, 1974. With 1.8 million jobs lost in the last three months, there is urgent desire to boost the economy as quickly as possible. But Washington would do well to take a deep breath before reacting to the grim numbers.Collectively, we rely on the unemployment figures and other statistics to frame our sense of reality. They are a vital part of an array of data that we use to assess if we’re doing well or doing badly, and that in turn shapes government policies and corporate budgets and personal spending decisions. The problem is that the statistics aren’t an objective measure of reality; they are simply a best approximation. Directionally, they capture the trends, but the idea that we know precisely how many are unemployed is a myth. That makes finding a solution all the more difficult.First, there is the way the data is assembled. The official unemployment rate is the product of a telephone survey of about 60,000 homes. There is another survey, sometimes referred to as the “payroll survey”, that assesses 400,000 businesses based on their reported payrolls. Both surveys have problems. The payroll survey can easily double-count someone: if you are one person with two jobs, you show up as two workers. The payroll survey also doesn’t capture the number of self- employed, and so says little about how many people are generating an independent income.The household survey has a larger problem. When asked straightforwardly, people tend to lie or shade the truth when the subject is sex, money or employment. If you get a call and are asked if you’re employed, and you say yes, you’re employed. If you say no, however, it may surprise you to learn that you are only unemployed if you’ve been actively looking for work in the past four weeks; otherwise, you are “m arginally attached to the labour force” and not actually unemployed.The urge to quantify is embedded in our society. But the idea that statisticians can then capture an objective reality isn’t just impossible. It also leads to serious misjudgments. Democrats and Republicans can and will take sides on a number of issues, but a more crucial concern is that both are basing major policy decisions on guesstimates rather than looking at the vast wealth of raw data with a critical eye and an open mind.56.What do we learn from the first paragraph?A)The US economic situation is going from bad to worse.B)Washington is taking drastic measures to provide more jobs.C)The US government is slashing more jobs from its payrolls.D)The recent economic crisis has taken the US by surprise.57.What does the author think of the unemployment figures and other statistics?A) They form a solid basis for policy making. C) They signal future economic trends.B) They represent the current situation. D) They do not fully reflect the reality.58. One problem with the payroll survey is that .A) it does not include all the businesses C) it magnifies the number of the joblessB) it fails to count in the self-employed D) it does not treat all companies equally59. The household survey can be faulty in that _________________ .A)people tend to lie when talking on the phoneB)not everybody is willing or ready to respondC)some people won’t provide truth ful informationD)the definition of unemployment is too broad60. At the end of the passage, the author suggests that __________________ .A)statisticians improve their data assembling methodsB)decision makers view the statistics with a critical eyeC)politicians listen more before making policy decisionsD)Democrats and Republicans cooperate on crucial issuesPassage TwoQuestions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.At some point in 2008, someone, probably in either Asia or Africa, made the decision to move from the countryside to the city. This nameless person pushed the human race over a historic threshold, for it was in that year that mankind became, for the first time in its history, a predominantly urban species.It is a trend that shows no sign of slowing. Demographers(人口统计学家）reckon that three-quarters of humanity could be city-dwelling by 2050, with most of the increase coming in the fast-growing towns of Asia and Africa. Migrants to cities are attracted by plentiful jobs, access to hospitals and education, and the ability to escape the boredom of a farmer’s agricultural life. Those factors are more than enough to make up for the squalor（肮脏）disease and spectacular poverty that those same migrants must often at first endure when they become urban dwellers.It is the city that inspires the latest book from Peter Smith. His main thesis is that the buzz of urban life, and the opportunities it offers for cooperation and collaboration, is what attracts people to the city, which in turn makes cities into the engines of art, commerce, science and progress. This is hardly revolutionary, but it is presented in a charming format. Mr Smith has written a breezy guidebook, with a series of short chapters dedicated to specific aspects of urbanity — parks, say, or the various schemes that have been put forward over the years for building the perfect city. The result is a sort of high-quality, unusually rigorous coffee-table book, designed to be dipped into rather than read from beginning to end.In the chapter on skyscrapers, for example, Mr Smith touches on construction methods, the revolutionary invention of the automatic lift, the practicalities of living in the sky and the likelihood that, as cities become more crowded, apartment living will become the norm. But there is also time for brief diversions onto bizarre ground, such as a discussion of the skyscraper index (which holds that a boom in skyscraper construction is a foolproof sign of an imminent recession).One obvious criticism is that the price of breadth is depth: many of Mr Smith’s essays raise as many questions as they answer. Although that can indeed be frustrating, this is probably the only way to treat so grand a topic. The city is the building block of civilisation and of almost everything people do; a guidebook to the city is really, therefore, a guidebook to how a large and ever-growing chunk of humanity chooses to live. Mr Smiths book serves as an excellent introduction to a vast subject, and will suggest plenty of further lines of inquiry.61. In what way is the year 2008 historic?A)For the first time in history, urban people outnumbered rural people.B)An influential figure decided to move from the countryside to the city.C)It is in this year that urbanisation made a start in Asia and Africa.D)The population increase in cities reached a new peak in Asia and Africa.62. What does the author say about urbanisation?A)Its impact is not easy to predict. C) It is a milestone in human progress.B)Its process will not slow down. D) It aggravates the squalor of cities.63. How does the author comment on Peter Smith’s new book?A)It is but an ordinary coffee-table book. C) It serves as a guide to art and commerce.B)It is flavoured with humorous stories. D) It is written in a lively and interesting style.64. What does the author say in the chapter on skyscrapers?A)The automatic lift is indispensable in skyscrapers.B)People enjoy living in skyscrapers with a view.C)Skyscrapers are a sure sign of a city’s prosperity.D)Recession closely follows a skyscraper boom.65. What may be one criticism of Mr Smith’s book?A)It does not really touch on anything serious.B)It is too long for people to read from cover to cover.C)It does not deal with any aspect of city life in depth.D)It fails to provide sound advice to city dwellers.Part IV TranslationDirections : For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.明朝第三位皇帝朱棣在夺取（usurp)帝位后，从南京迁都北京，于1406年开始建造紫禁城这座宫殿，至明永乐十八年（1420年）落成。

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In most cultures throughout the world, there is an expectation that when a person reaches adulthood, marriage should soon follow. In the United States 62 ，each month upwards of 168,000 couples wed, 63 to love, honor, and respect their chosen life mates 64 death parts them. The expectation is deep-rooted.
65 the social functions, purposes, and relevance of marriage are rapidly changing in 66 society, making them less clear-cut than they have been 67 history. For instance, in a Pew Research Center random polling of over 2,000 68 fewer than half of all of the adults polled indicated that 69 a man and a woman plan to spend the 70 of their lives together as a couple, it was important than 71 marry.
Those of us who choose to marry have 72 reasons why we decide to marry the person we do. There is a 72 , however in our Western, individualistic culture: We tend to marry for reasons that benefit ourselves, 74 for reasons that benefit the society 75 , such as found in collectivist cultures. Research in Western cultures has found, for example, that the number-one 76 people cite for marrying to signify a lifelong commitment 77 someone they love. However, this reason is not the only response to why people wed—today, people get married for reasons of commitment, security, and personal belief systems. The Pew Research Center’s recent findings 78 that the main reasons people get married are for 79 happiness and commitment, and bearing and missing children. As the dater from this
80 show us, there are racial, age, and religious differences in what people
81 to be the main purposes of getting married.
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68. A) objects C) individuals
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71. A) equally C) nominally
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B) constant D) designated
73. A) worry C) myth
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74. A) rather than C) not only
B) or else D) as well
75. A) at length C) at random
B) at large D) at risk
76. A) ease C) reason
B) belief D) notion
77. A) about C) in
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78. A) suggest C) signify
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79. A) moral C) visual
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80. A) legend C)survey
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