2014年12月六级真题答案解析(第二套)
2014年12月英语六级真题及答案解析(第三套)
2014年12月英语六级考试真题及答案解析（第三套）Part IPart IIPart IIIPart IVSection ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 longconversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be askedabout 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 fourchoices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.1.A. The man’s tennis racket is good enough.B. The man should get a pair of new shoes.C. She can wait for the man for a little while.D. Physical exercise helps her stay in shape.正确答案：B 本题解析：B)。
对话中男士说下次打球之前，他要去买一副新的网球拍。
女士说男士的鞋也不是很好。
由此可知，女士认为男士应该买一双新鞋。
2.A. The woman will skip Dr Smith’s lecture to help the man.B. Kathy is very pleased to attend the lecture by Dr Smith.C. The woman is good at doing lab demonstrations.D. The man will do all he can to assist the woman.正确答案：A 本题解析：A)。
2014年12月大学英语六级真题试卷(二)(题后含答案及解析)
2014年12月大学英语六级真题试卷（二）(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Writing 2. Listening Comprehension 3. 4. Reading Comprehension 5. TranslationPart I Writing1．For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the picture below. You should start, your essay with a brief description of the picture and then discuss whether there is a shortcut to learning. You should give sound arguments to support your views and write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.正确答案：No Shortcut to Learning Given is a stimulating but thought-provoking cartoon, in which a young man asks where he can find a book named How To Do Well In School Without Studying, and the woman suggests him to find it in the fiction section. Apparently, the cartoon ironically demonstrates a truth that there is no such a thing as a shortcut to learning. It is the nature of study that requires a solid foundation. Just as we cannot build a castle in the air, neither can we obtain advanced knowledge through a shortcut, for even a slight shortcut can shatter the whole foundation. For example, students may choose to cheat to acquire a good score. However, the cheaters will wind up in a total ignorance, let alone dishonesty. In addition, although many students are averse to learning by rote, there is no denying that only by rote can one remember and learn the basic knowledge, thus achieving the possibility to further study in the future. In this case, shortcuts also do not exist. To sum up, students should come to realize that there exists no shortcut in study. Only by hard work can we form the bedrock of good performance in school.Part II Listening ComprehensionSection A听力原文：W: Oh, here’s a piece of cake and a small coffee for you, sir. The total is 35 yuan. For here or to go? M: To go. I’d like to have them in my car. Thank you. Q: Where does this conversation most probably take place?2．A．In a parking lot.B．At a grocery.C．At a fast food restaurant.D．In a car showroom.正确答案：C解析：对话中女店员拿给男士一块蛋糕以及一小杯咖啡，告知总共是35元钱，并询问男士是要在店里吃还是带走，由此可知，这最有可能是在快餐店发生的对话，故答案为C)。
2023年12月大学英语六级考试真题及答案(第二套)
2023年12月大学英语六级考试真题及答案（第二套）2023年12月大学英语六级考试真题及答案第二套英语六级听力第二套1.A) Spending their holidays in a novel way.2. D) He once owned a van.3. A) Generate their own electricity.4.C) Enjoying the freedom to choose where to go and work.5. C) Her job performance has worsened over the past month.6.B) Some problems at home7. B) The womans work proficiency.8. C) The woman will be off work on the next two Mondays.9. D) It can enable us to live a healthier and longer life.10.B) The spouses level of education can impact oneshealth.11.A) They had more education than their spouses.12.C) Forecasting flood risks accurately.13.D) To improve his mathematical flooding model.14.A) To forecast rapid floods in real time.15.B) They set up Internet-connected water-level sensors.16.B) To argue about the value of a college degree.17.D) The factor of wages.18.A) The sharp decline in marriage among men with no college degrees.19.C) More and more people prioritize animal welfare when buying things to wear.20.D)Avoided the use of leather and fur.21.A)Whether they can be regarded as ethical.22.D) The era we live in is the most peaceful in history.23.C) They believed the world was deteriorating.24.B) Our psychological biases.25.A) Paying attention to negative information.翻译第二篇在中国，随着老龄化社会的到来，养老受到普遍关注。
2014年12月全国大学英语六级考试真题及答案(第二套)
Section AHis future subjects have not always treated the Prince of Wales with the respect o ne XXXX expect. They laughed aloud in 1986 when the heir to the British(36)_____ t old a TV reporter that he talked to his plants at his country house, Highgrove, to stimu late their growth. The Prince was being humorous- “My sense of humor will get me in to trouble one day”, he said to his aids(随从)-but listening to Charles Windsor can ind eed prove stimulating. The royal(37)_____ has been promoting radical ideas for most of his adult life. Some of his(38)_____, which once sounded a bit weird, were simply ahead of their time. Now, finally, the world seems to be catching up with him. Take hi s views on farming. Prince Charles’ Duchy Home Farm went(39)_____ back in 1986. When most shoppers cared only about the low price tag on suspiciously blemish-free (无瑕疵的) vegetables and(40)_____ large chickens piled high in supermarkets.His warnings on climate change proved farsighted,too.Charles began(41)_____ a ction in warming in 1990 and says he has been worried about the(42)_____ of man on the environment same be was a teenger.Although he was gradually gained international(43)_____ as one of the world's l ending conservationists,many British people still think of him as an(44)_____ person who talks to plants.This year,as it happens,South Korean scientists proved that plants really do(45)_____ to round.So Charles was ahead of the game there,too.A.conformB.eccentricC.environmentalistD.expeditionsE.impactF.notion sanic H.originally I.recognition J.respond K.subordinate L.suppressi ng M.throne N.unnaturally O.urgingSection BDirections: In this section，you are going to read a passage with ten statements a ttached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Iden tify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragrap h more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. High School Sports Aren’t Killing AcademicsA)In this month’s Atlantic cover article, “The Case Against High-School Sports,” Amanda Ripley argues that school-sponsored sports programs should be seriously cut. She writes that, unlike most countries that outperform the United States on internatio nal assessments, American schools put too much of an emphasis on athletics, “ Sports are embedded in American schools in a way they are not almost anywhere e lse,” she writes, “Yet this difference hardly ever comes up in domestic debates about America’s international mediocrity(平庸)in education.”B)American student-athletes reap many benefits from participating in sports, but the costs to the schools could outweigh their benefits, she argues, In particular, Ripley contends that sports crowd out the academic missions of schools: America should lea rn from South Korea and Finland and every other country at the top level of internatio nal test scores, all of whom emph asize athletics far less in school. ”Even in eighth gra de, American kids spend more than twice the time Korean kids spend playing sports,” she writes, citing a 2010 study published in the Journal of Advanced Academics.C)It might well be true that sports are far more rooted in American high schools t han in other countries. But our reading of international test scores finds no support for the argument against school athletics. Indeed, our own research and that of others lea d us to make the opposite case. School-sponsored sports appear to provide benefits tha t seem to increase, not detract(减少)from, academic success.D)Ripley indulges a popular obsession(痴迷)with international test score compar isons, which show wide and frightening gaps between the United States and other cou ntries. She ignores, however, the fact that states vary at least as much in test scores as do developed countries. A 2011 report from Harvard University shows that Massachu setts produces math scores comparable to South Korea and Finland, while Mississippi scores are closer to Trinidad and Tobago. Ripley’s thesis about sports falls apart in li ght of this fact. Schools in Massachusetts provide sports programs while schools in Fi nland do not. Schools in Mississippi may love football while in Tobago interscholastic sports are nowhere near as prominent. Sports cannot explain these similarities in per formance. They can’t explain international differences either.E)If it is true that sports undermine the academic mission of American schools, we would expect to see a negative relationship between the commitment to athletics a nd academic achievement. However, the University of Arkansas’s Daniel Bowen and Jay Greene actually find the opposite. They examine this relationship by analyzing sc hools’ sports wi nning percentages as well as student-athletic participation rates compa red to graduation rates and standardized test score achievement over a five-year perio d for all public high schools in Ohio. Controlling for student poverty levels, demograp hics(人口统计状况), and district financial resources, both measures of a school’s com mitment to athletics are significantly and positively related to lower dropout rates as well as higher test scores.F)On-the-field success and high participation in sports is not random-it requires f ocus and dedication to athletics. One might think this would lead schools obsessed wit h winning to deemphasize academics. Bowen and Greene’s results contradict that arg ument. A likely explanation for this seemingly counterintuitive(与直觉相反的)result is that success in sports programs actually facilitates or reflects greater social capital within a school’s community.G)Ripley cites the writings of renowned sociologist James Coleman, whose resea rch in education was groundbreaking. Coleman in his early work held athletics in cont empt, arguing that they crowded out schools’ academic missions. Ripley quotes his 19 61 study, The Adolescent Society, where Coleman writes, “Altogether, the trophy(奖品)case would suggest to the innocent visitor that he was entering an athletic club, not an educational institution.”H)However, in later research Coleman would show how the success of schools is highly dependent on what he termed social capital, “the social networks, and the relat ionships between adults and children th at are of value for the child’s growing up.”I)According to a 2013 evaluation conducted by the Crime Lab at the University o f Chicago, a program called Becoming a Man-Sports Edition creates lasting improvements in the boys’ study habits and grade point ave rages. During the first year of the p rogram, students were founds to be less likely to transfer schools or be engaged in viol ent crime. A year after the program, participants were less likely to have had an encou nter with the juvenile justice system.J)If school-sponsored sports were completely eliminated tomorrow, many Ameri can students would still have opportunities to participate in organized athletics elsewh ere, much like they do in countries such as Finland, Germany, and South Korea. The s ame is not certain when it comes to students from more disadvantaged backgrounds. I n an overview of the research on non-schoolbased after-school programs, researchers find that disadvantaged children partici pate in these programs at significantly lower rates. They find that low-income student s have less access due to challenges with regard to transportation, non-nominal fees, a nd off-campus safety. Therefore, reducing or eliminating these opportunities would m ost likely deprive disadvantaged students of the benefits from athletic participation, no t least of which is the opportunity to interact with positive role models outside of regu lar school hours.K)Another unfounded criticism that Ripley makes is bringing up the stereotype t hat athletic XX are typically lousy(蹩脚的)c lassroom teachers. “American principals, unlike the XX XX of principals around the world, make many hiring decisions with th eir sports teams in mind, which does not always end well for students,” she writes. Ed ucators who seek employment at schools primarily for the purpose of coaching are lik ely to shirk(推卸)teaching responsibilities, the argument goes. Moreover, even in the cases where the employee is a teacher first and athletic coach second, the additional re sponsibilities that come with coaching likely comes at the expense of time otherwise s pent on planning, grading, and communicating with parents and guardians.L)The data, however, do not seem to confirm this stereotype. In the most rigorou s study on the classroom results of high school coaches, the Un iversity of Arkansas’s Anna Egalite finds that athletic coaches in Florida mostly tend to perform just as well as their non-coaching counterparts, with respect to raising student test scores. We do n ot doubt that teachers who also coach face serious tradeoffs that likely come at the expense of time they could dedicate to their academic obligations. However, as with spo rting events, athletic coaches gain additional opportunities for communicating and ser ving as mentors(导师)that potentially help students succeed and make up for the costs of coaching commitments.M)If schools allow student-athletes to regularly miss out on instructional time for the sake of traveling to athletic competitions, that’s bad. However, such issues would be better addressed by changing school and state policies with regard to the schedulin g of sporting events as opposed to total elimination. If the empirical evidence points t o anything, it points towards school sponsored sports providing assets that are well wo rth the costs.N)Despite n egative stereotypes about sports culture and Ripley’s presumption th at academics and athletics are at odds with one another, we believe that the greater bo dy of evidence shows that school-sponsored sports programs appear to benefit student s. Successes on the playing field can carry over to the classroom and vice versa(反之亦然). More importantly, finding ways to increase school communities’ social capital is imperative to the success of the school as whole, not just the athletes.46.Stunets from low-income families have less access to off-campus sports progr ams.47.Amanda Ripley argues that America should learn from other countries that ra nk high in international tests and lay less emphasis on athletics.48.According to the author,Amanda Ripley fails to note that stunents'performance in exams varies from state to state.49.Amanda Ripley thinks that athletic coaches are poor at classroom instruction.50.James Coleman's later resrarch make an argument for a school's social capital.51.Reaearchers find that there is a ppsitive relationship between a school's comm itment toathletics and academic achievements.52.Aa rigorous study finds that athletic coaches also do well in raising students'te st scores.53.According to an evaluation,spograms contribute to students's academic prefor mance and character building.54.Amanda Ripley believes the emphasis on school sports shuold be brought up when trying to understand why Aamerican students are mediocre.55.James Coleman suggests in his earlier writings that school athletics would un dermine a school's image.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by som e questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. . You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding let ter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage oneIt is easy to miss amid the day-to-day headlines of global economic recession, bu t there is a less conspicuous kind of social upheaval(剧变)underway that is fast alterin g both the face of the planet and the way human beings live. That change is the rapid acceleration of urbanization. In 2008, for the first time in human history, more than ha lf the world’s population was living in towns and cities. And as a recently published p aper shows, the process of urbanization will only accelerate in the decades to come—with an enormous impact on biodiversity and potentially on climate change.As Karen Seto, the led author of the paper, points out, the wave of urbanization i sn’t just about the migration of people into urban environments, but about the environ ments themselves becoming bigger to accommodate all those people. The rapid expansion of urban areas will have a huge impact on biodiversity hotspots and on carbon e missions in those urban areas.Humans are the ultimate invasive species—when the move into new territory, the often displace the wildlife that was already living there. And as land is cleared for tho se new cities—especially in the dense tropical forests—carbon will be released into th e atmosphere as well. It’s true that as people in developing nations move from the cou ntryside to the city, the shift may reduce the pressure on land, which could in turn be good for the environment. This is especially so in desperately poor countries, where re sidents in the countryside slash and burn forests each growing season to clear space fo r farming. But the real difference is that in developing nations, the move from rural ar eas to cities often leads to an accompanying increase in income — and that increase le ads to an increase in the consumption of food and energy, which in turn causes a rise i n carbon emissions. Getting enough to eat and enjoying the safety and comfort of livi ng fully on the grid is certainly a good thing — but it does carry an environmental pri ce. The urbanization wave can’t be stopped —and it shouldn’t be. But Seto’s paper d oes underscore the importance of managing that transition. If we do it the right way, we can reduce urbanization’s impact on the environment. “There’s an enormous oppo rtunity here, and a lot of pressure and responsibility to think about how we urbanize,” says Seto. “One thing that’s clear is that we can’t build cities the way we have over th e last couple of hundred years. The s cale of this transition won’t allow that.” We’re he aded towards an urban planet no matter what, but whether it becomes heaven or hell is up to us.56. What issue does the author try to draw people’s attention to?A. The shrinking biodiversity worldwide.B. The rapid increase of world population.C. The ongoing global economic recession.D. The impact of accelerating urbanization.57. In what sense are humans the ultimate invasive species?A. They are much greedier than other species.B. They are a unique species born to conquer.C. They force other species out of their territories.D. They have an urge to expand their living space.58. In what way is urbanization in poor countries good for the environment?A. More land will be preserved for wildlife.B. The pressure on farmland will be lessened.C. Carbon emissions will be considerably reduced.D. Natural resources will be used more effectively.59. What does the author say about living comfortably in the city?A. It incurs a high environmental price.B. It brings poverty and insecurity to an end.C. It causes a big change in people’s lifestyle.D. It narrows the gap between city and country.60. What can be done to minimize the negative impact of urbanization according to Seto?A. Slowing down the speed of transition.B. Innovative use of advanced technology.C. Appropriate management of the process.D. Enhancing people’s sense of responsibility.Passage TwoWhen Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launched in Feb. 2004, even he could not imagine the forces it would let loose. His intent was to connect coll ege students. Facebook, which is what this website rapidly evolved into, ended up con necting the world.To the children of this connected era, the world is one giant social network. They are not bound — as were previous generations of humans — by what they were taugh t. They are only limited by their curiosity and ambition. During my childhood, all kno wledge was local. You learned everything you knew from your parents, teachers, prea chers, and friends.With the high-quality and timely information at their fingertips, today’s children are rising normally tame middle class is speaking up against social ills. Silicon Valley executives are being shamed into adding women to their boards. Political leaders are marshalling the energy of millions for elections and political causes. All of this is bein g done with social media technologies that Facebook and its competitors set free.As does every advancing technology, social media has created many new proble ms. It is commonly addictive and creates risks for younger users. Social media is used by extremists in the Middle East and elsewhere to seek and brainwash recruits. And it exposes us and our friends to disagreeable spying. We may leave our lights on in the house when we are on vacation, but through social media we tell criminals exactly wh ere we are, when we plan to return home, and howtoblackmail(敲诈)us.；Governmen tsdon’tneedinfo；Themarketersarealsoseein；Regardlessofwhatsocialme；61.Whatw asthepurposeofFa；A.Tohelpstudentsconnectw；B.Tobringuniversitystude；C.Tohel phow to blackmail(敲诈)us.Governments don’t need informers any more. Social media allows government a gencies to spy on their own citizens. We record our thoughts, emotions, likes and dislikes on Facebook; we share our political views, social preferences, and plans. We post intimate photographs of ourselves. No spy agency or criminal organization could activ ely gather the type of data that we voluntarily post for them.The marketers are also seeing big opportunities. Amazon is trying to predict wha t we will order. Google is trying to judge our needs and wants based on our social-me dia profiles. We need to be aware of the risks and keep working to alleviate the dange rs.Regardless of what social media people use, one thing is certain: we are in a peri od of accelerating change. The next decade will be even more amazing and unpredicta ble than the last. Just as no one could predict what would happen with social media in the last decade, no one can accurately predict where this technology will take us. I am optimistic, however, that a connected humanity will find a way to uplift itself.61. What was the purpose of Facebook when it was first created?A. To help students connect with the outside world.B. To bring university students into closer contact.C. To help students learn to live in a connected era.D. To combine the world into an integral whole.62. What difference does social media make to learning?A. Local knowledge and global knowledge will merge.B. Student will become more curious and ambitious.C. People are able to learn wherever they travel.D. Sources of information are greatly expanded.63. What is the author’s greatest concern with social media technology?A. Individuals and organizations may use it for evil purposes.B. Government will find it hard to protect classified information.C. People may disclose their friends’ information unintentionally.D. People’s attention will be easily distractedfrom their work in hand.64. What do businesses use social media for?A. Creating a good corporate image.B. Conducting large-scale market surveys.C. Anticipating the needs of customers.D. Minimizing possible risks and dangers.65. What does the author think of social media as a whole?A. It will enable human society to advance at a faster pace.B. It will pose a grave threat to our traditional ways of life.C. It is bound to bring about another information revolution.D. It breaks down the final barriers in human communication.Part IV Translation (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.翻译题一：自从1978年启动改革以来，中国已从计划经济转为以市场为基础的经济，经历了经济和社会的快速发展。
2018年12月大学英语六级真题试卷(二)(题后含答案及解析)
2018年12月大学英语六级真题试卷（二）(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Writing 2. Listening Comprehension 3. Reading Comprehension 4. TranslationPart I Writing1．For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on how to balance job responsibilities and personal interests. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.正确答案：How to Balance Job Responsibilities and Personal Interests When it comes to the issue of how to balance job responsibilities and personal interests, the majority of people will be confused. Since both of them have a significant impact on our life, then how to strike a balance between the two. Here are my views. On the one hand, we should attach primary importance to job responsibilities, as our job can provide us regular income with which we can live the life we like. Besides, now that we’ve taken this job, we should regard it as our mission and be conscientious about it. On the other hand, important as it is, job is not everything of our life. It’ s also necessary for us to spend due time on our personal interests, so that we can take a rest from work. What’ s more, whether we can develop our personal interests also has a great effect on our life quality. All in all, it is high time that we placed great emphasis on the balance of job responsibilities and personal interests. We are supposed to ensure the time to develop our interests on the condition of finishing our job.解析：这是一篇议论文写作，话题是如何平衡工作责任与个人兴趣。
2014年12月大学英语六级真题及详解(第二套)【圣才出品】
2014年12月大学英语六级真题及详解（第二套）Part I Writing(30minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to write an essay based on the picture below.You should start your essay with a brief description of thepicture and then discuss whether there is a shortcut to learning.Youshould give sound arguments to support your views and write at least150words but no more than200words.“‘How To Do Well in School WithoutStudying’is over there in the fiction section.”【审题构思】本题要求讨论学习是否存在捷径。
从图片上可以看到，一位图书管理员对来借书的学生说到：“不学习就能学习好”这本书在那边放小说的书架上。
在这里考生必须理解“小说”的深层次含义，即“虚构的，幻想的”，也就是说关于学习的捷径这种想法根本就不存在。
写作时，考生首先必须把图片上隐含的这层意思表达清楚，从而提出自己的观点，学习没有捷径。
【参考范文】There is No Shortcut to Learning(1)In the cartoon,the student wants to borrow a book named How To Do Well In School Without Studying and then the librarian answers(2)ironically that the book is in the fiction section.The word“fiction”means something unreal,and the librarian is trying to warn the student that(3)there is no such thing as shortcut to learning.For this point,I cannot agree with the librarian more.(4)For one thing,learning is to understand the knowledge and to acquire the skills to solve the related problems.Only when you really spend time on learning, can you really master the knowledge.Some students may think that they can learn something or finish their study tasks(5)by so-called“shortcut”,like plagiarism or learning by rote,but the fact is that the knowledge is not really grasped by them and they still don’t know how to solve the problem next time.(6)For another, knowledge that one possesses is accumulated step by step and to learn more complicated things usually need a solid foundation of other knowledge.Thus,if you want to learn something by shortcut,then in the future,you will meet problems to obtain advanced knowledge and you will(7)wind up in failure to make progress.(8)To sum up,If you really want to perform well in school and really want to learn something,there exists no shortcut.Success in study needs your diligence.【行文点评】(1)通过分析图片中隐含的信息，指出学习没有捷径。
2014年12月英语六级真题及答案(卷二)(文字完整版)(20200611193405)
2014年12月英语六级真题及答案(卷二)Part IWritingDirect ions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minu tes to write on essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then discuss what qualities an employer should look for in job applicants.You should give sound argume nts to support your views and write at least 150 words but no more tha n 200 words.卷传到监考教师指令前.不得翻阅该试题册!(30 min(HP“I m sjoh堺to need \ech仙pportZ•之后掲进荷晰力f r.r pan IYIM E “仏小如Jfl 叫唤；t r t,如出&心“心*艸屮»如皿界如如g 1阳“诃如TJ枷“亦丽叨如01仙：叽g 血*曲fcchDokifiy特〃斷网步杯严etAic^Utn- Ybtt *加讷H的亡⑷疔w洌科rm Mzppgiw讨吋帕“a慚、2、亦加袖曲由曲22014年12月英语六级作文真题范文1:科技与学习For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief descripti on of the picture and the n discuss whether tech no logy is indispensable in education. You should give sound arguments to support your views and write at least 150 words but no more tha n 200 words.From this cartoon, we clearly see that the student is asking his teacher about whether or not he can use some tech support to figure out the problem in his math class. W'ts beh ind the carto on is the fact that no wadays stude nts become in creas in gly depe ndenton tech no logical devices to help them with their school work.In my opi nio n, with the adva nces in tech no logy, stude nts can lear n more efficie ntly. First of all,technology provides infinite resources for learning. When our parents were students, they could only learn from their teachers, while nowadays, we can learn much more from the Internet. Second, it 's more convenient to learn with tech support. For example, I got enrolled in a Spanish class in an online school called Hujiang Online Class. All it requires is a PC or a smartphone, and I can learn the lectures anytime and anywhere. Lastly, it 's more economical to learn online. Besides the courses, free Apps are also easily accessible.As for me, tech support has become an important part in my daily study. I will continue to learn in this way, and I believe that we can learn more efficiently if we are able to utilize the technologies around us.2014年12月英语六级作文真题范文2：科技与学习参考范文：The picture vividly depicts that a teaching is asking a pupil to answer a simple math-related question——what' s two plus two? Unfortunately, the child cannot answer such an easy question without tech help. In fact, the phenomenon conveyed in the picture does not surprise us, because as the science and technology develops, the topic concerning the side effects of technological advancement increasingly arouses peop'le s attention.Undoubtedly, the drawer of the picture aims at reminding us that we should use technology in a proper way and not be too tech-dependent to solve the simple problem independently. It is well known that thanks to the development of human civilization, many formerly unimaginable things come into reality. But, while enjoying the convenience produced by tech, we must alert its harm. Being over-addicted to technology will cost our health, independence, wisdom，creativity and even our ability to live.Weighing the pros and cons of the technology, perhaps the best policy is to apply it properly. At the same time, we must avoid its harmful part. Furthermore, young people should be advised that depending too much on technology is hardly beneficial for them at all and more importantly they are expected to acquire the capacity to think independently.范文译文：这幅图形象地描述了一位老师正在让一名小学生回答一个简单的数学问题：2 加2 等于几?然而不幸的是，这个小孩在没有计算器的帮助下居然无法回答一个如此简单的问题。
2014年12月大学英语六级答案解析(卷三)
2014年12月大学英语六级考试真题(三)答案详解作文范文：On Diploma Discrimination in Job InterviewAs is vividly shown in the cartoon,an applicant with a master's degree was rejected in a job interview by an interviewer because all the other applicants are Ph.D.s.The applicant seems quite helpless and embarrassed. Simple as the cartoon may seem,it conveys a thought-provoking message that people are exaggerating the significance of educational degrees excessively,which inevitably exerts a negative influence in society.What factors might contribute to diploma discrimination?Answers to this question may involve many aspects,and here are a few guesses:on the one hand,quite a few employers hold that the higher degree people have,the more competent they will be.Of course this is not necessarily a logical viewpoint,because certificates cannot prove one's capability.On the other hand,due to increase of enrollment,too many students graduate from universities and colleges year after year,and the number is still growing;however,society fails to provide adequate posts,whichresults in the companies'too picky attitude on diploma since they don't worry about lacking candidates.In my opinion,the public should realize that real ability speaks much louder than a piece of paper.Only in this way can China's economy keep booming.Section C26．floating【精析】句意推断题。
2014年12月六级真题答案解析(第二套)
2014年12月大学英语六级考试真题(二)Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section A注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
1.A． In a parking lot.B．At a grocery.C． At a fast food restaurant.D． In a car showroom.2.A． Change her position now and then.B．Stretch her legs before standing up.C． Have a little nap after lunch.D． Get up and take a short walk.3.A． The students should practice long-distance running.B．The students' physical condition is not desirable.C． He doesn't quite believe what the woman says.D． He thinks the race is too hard for the students.4.A． They will get their degrees in two years.B．They are both pursuing graduate studies.C． They cannot afford to get married right now.D． They do not want to have a baby at present.5.A． He must have been mistaken for Jack.B．Twins usually have a lot in common.C． Jack is certainly not as healthy as he is.D． He has not seen Jack for quite a few days.6.A． The woman will attend the opening of the museum.B．The woman is asking the way at the crossroads.C． The man knows where the museum is located.D． The man will take the woman to the museurn.7.A． They cannot ask the guy to leave.B．The guy has been coming in for years.C． The guy must be feeling extremely lonely.D． They should not look down upon the guy.8.A． Collect timepieces.B．Become time-conscious.C． Learn to mend clocks.D． Keep track of his daily activities.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9.A． It is eating into its banks.B．It winds its way to the sea.C． It is wide and deep.D． It is quickly rising.10.A． Try to speed up the operation by any means.B．Take the equipment apart before being ferried.C． Reduce the transport cost as much as possible.D． Get the trucks over to the Other side of the river.11.A． Find as many boats as possible.B．Cut trees and build rowing boats.C． Halt the operation until fu.rther orders.D． Ask the commander to send a helicopter.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12.A． Talk about his climbing experiences.B．Help him join an Indian expedition.C． Give up mountain climbing altogether.D． Save money to buy climbing equipment.13.A． He was the first to conquer Mr. Qomolangma.B．He had an unusual religious background.C． He climbed mountains to earn a living.D． He was very strict with his children.14.A． They are to be conquered.B．They are to be protected.C． They are sacred places.D． They are like humans.15.A． It was his father's training that pulled him through.B．It was a milestone in his mountain climbing career.C． It helped him understand the Sherpa view of mountains.D． It was his father who gave him the strength to succeed.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will.hear somequestions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, youmust choose the best answer from the four choices marked A ), B ), C ) and D ). Then mark thecorresponding 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。
2014年12月英语四级真题答案及解析(卷二)
2014年12月大学英语六级考试真题(二)答案与详解Part ⅠWriting审题思路这是一篇叙议结合式作文。
a course that has impressed you most in college(大学中令你印象最深刻的一门课程)是考生非常熟悉的一个话题，因此写起来并不难。
写作时，重点应放在第二段阐释这门课程令你印象最深刻的原因上。
例如，授课教师的知识水平和个人魅力、课程内容本身以及课程设置的前景展望等。
考生可联系自身学习情况进行阐述。
写作提纲一、描述现象：大学课程丰富（a variety of courses, broaden their knowledge)二、分析原因：1、印象最深刻的一门课程(the course that has impressed me most)2、原因：授课教授因素（the scholarly image of the professor, unusual but interesting teaching method);开阔视野（my vision has been broadened);激发了学好英语的热情（arouse the enthusiasm for studyingEnglish well)三、归纳点题：l、对学校提供的多种多样的课程感到满足(I am satisfied with the broad range of courses)2、很高兴选择了英国文学课程(I am glad to have chosen the course of British iterature)范文点评高分范文精彩点评A Course That Has Impressed Me Most in College① There are a variety of courses in college which provide students with multiple options to broaden their knowledge. ②They can choose different courses according to their own preferences. ③It goes without saying that students really benefit from it in many respects.④As far as I am concerned, I do harvest a lot from the courses I choose. ⑤Last semester, as a junior student, I chose the course of British Literature which has impressed me most. ⑥ In the first place, I was deeply charmed by the scholarly image of the professor for this course—his broad range of knowledge and unusual but interesting teaching method. ⑦In the second place, my vision has been definitely broadened by this course. Apart from the basic knowledge in our textbook, I have also learnt something practical and got an in-depth understanding of Britain. ⑧ Last but not least, this course has aroused my enthusiasm for studying English well. This will help perfect my knowledge system.⑨ In general, I am satisfied with the broad range of courses offered by my college. ⑩And I am glad to have chosen the course of British Literature. It surely has a great effect on me. ①开篇总起，描述现象:大学课程丰富。
2023年12月六级真题第2套
大学英语六级考试2023年12月真题(第二套)Part] Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay that begins with the sentence “Nowadaysparents are increasingly aware that allowing kids more freedom to explore and learn on their own helps foster their independence and boost their confidence.”You can make comments,cite examples or use your personal experiences to develop your essay.You should write at least 150words but no more than 200words (not including the sentence given).Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section ADirections: In this section,you will hear two long conversations.At the end of each conversation,you will hear four questions.Both the conversation and the questions will bespoken only once.Afier 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 o n Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1.A)Renting a car instead of driving their own. C)Exploring more summer holiday resorts.B)Surfing online to check out the best deals. D)Spending their holidays in a novel way.2.A)He once owned a van. C)He did not find holiday homes appealing.B)He was well travelled. D)He did not like to be locked into one place.3.A)Ensure the safety of passengers. C)Receive instructions via computers.B)Drive under any weather condition.D)Generate their own electricity.4.A)Having one's basic needs covered while away from home.B)Enjoying the freedom to choose where to go and work.C)Slowing down in one's increasingly hectic life.D)Riding one's mountain bike on vacation.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5.A)She has missed several important appointments lately.B)Her job performance has worsened over the past month.C)She has lagged behind most of her co-workers in output.D)Her physical health has deteriorated these past few weeks.6.A)Serious health issues. C)Some problems at home.B)Disturbance of her mind. D)Penalty for curtailed output.7.A)The woman's work proficiency. C)His engaging personalityB)The woman's whole-hearted support. D)His management capability8.A)The woman will resume her work in two weeks.B)The man will be back at his 100%in a couple of weeks.C)The woman will be off work on the next two Mondays.D)The man will help the woman get back to her usual self.·2023年12月六级真题(第二套)·10Section BDirections: In this section,you will hear two passages.At the end of each passage,you will hear three or four 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 I with a single line through the centre.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.9.A)It can have an impact on our moods and emotions.B)It can enable us to live a healthier and longer life.C)It can improve our financial status significantly.D)It can help us achieve better work performance.10.A)One's health tends to differ before and after marriage.B)One's health status is related to one's social background.C)The wealthier one's spouse is,the healthier one becomes.D)The spouse's level of education can impact one's health.11.A)They benefited a lot from their career achievements.B)They showed interest in their spouse's occupations.C)They had much in common with their spouses.D)They had more education than their spouses.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.12.A)Eliminating their root cause. C)Identifying the cities'geological features.B)Forecasting flood risks accurately. D)Finding out the changing climate patterns.13.A)To validate his hypothesis about the gravity of floods.B)To determine the frequency of high tides causing floods.C)To improve his mathematical flooding model.D)To see the feasibility of his project on flooding.14.A)To study the consequences of high tides on flooded areas.B)To teach local citizens how to collect data of incoming floods.C)To forecast rapid floods in real time.D)To classify the flooding data processed.15.A)They set up Internet-connected water-level sensors.B)They tracked the rising tides with video-cameras.C)They used newly-developed supercomputing facilities.D)They observed the direction of water flow on the spot.Section CDirections: In this section,you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed by three or four questions. The recordings will be played only once.Afier 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 I with a single line through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.16.A)To argue about the value of a college degree.B)To debate the validity of current survey data.11·2023年12月六级真题(第二套) ·C)To account for the drastic decline in employment among men.D)To compare men without college degrees with those who have.17.A)The increase in women taking up jobs. C)The factor of wages.B)The issue of changing job requirements. D)The impact of inflation.18.A)Men's unwillingness to accept low wages in times of growing inflation.B)The wage gap between those with college degrees and those without.C)More jobs requiring their holders to have a college degree nowadays.D)The sharp decline in marriage among men with no college degrees.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.19.A)More and more people attach importance to protecting endangered animals.B)More and more people prioritize animal welfare when buying things to wear.C)An increasing number of people demand to free animals being kept in cages.D)An increasing number of people follow the latest trend of becoming vegetarians.20.A)Avoided the use of leather and fur. C)Refrained from using chemicals in their products.B)Labelled all their products as vegan.D)Utilized a silk substitute made from mushrooms.21.A)Whether they actually signify a substantial change. C)Whether they can be considered sustainable.B)Whether they effectively protect animals at large. D)Whether they can be regarded as ethical.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.22.A)The era we live in is the most peaceful in history.B)The world has seen more violence in recent years.C)The environmental welfare has worsened in the world.D)The belief is less prevalent that the world is going to hell.23.A)They were actually not in their right mind.B)They believed the world was deteriorating.C)They did not wish to live in the previous century.D)They were convinced by the statistics presented to them.24.A)The subjectivity of mass media. C)Our psychological biases.B)The current state of affairs. D)Our ancestors'influence.25.A)Spreading exciting news around us far and wide. C)Calculating dangerous risks to our survival.B)Vacuuming up depressing or enraging stories. D)Paying attention to negative information. Part ⅢReading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through carefiully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter:Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Our brains respond to language expressing facts differently than they do to words conveying possibility, scientists at New York University have recently found.Their work offers new insights into the impact word choice has on how we 26between statements expressing what is real versus what is merely possible.The ·2023年12月六级真题(第二套)·12researchers assert their findings are important because we are presented with false information all the time. Some of this is 27 ,as is the case with deceptive advertisements,but the problem is 28_by individuals who believe they are sharing correct information.Thus,it is more important than ever to separate the factual from the possible or merely 29 in how we communicate.This is especially true as the study makes clear that information presented as fact 30 special responses in our brains,which are distinct from when we process the same content with clear indicators of 31In their new study,the scientists intended to 32 how the brain computes possibilities as expressed by words such as “may,”“might,”and “if.”The researchers compared brain responses to statements expresing factual 33 and those expressing possibility."There is a monster under my bed"exemplifies a factual statement.“I will stay home,”is also factual.This is opposed to statements that express possibility,like “There might be a monster under my bed,"or “If it rains,I will stay home."The results of the study showed that factual language_ 34 a rapid increase in brain activity,with the brain responding more powerfully and showing more engagement with factual phrases compared to those communicating possibility.Thus,facts rule when it comes to the brain.Brain regions involved in processing 35 rapidly distinguish facts from possibilities.Further,these regions respond in a much more robust fashion to factual statements.Section BDirections: In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter:Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Treasure FeverA)Most visitors come to Cape Canaveral,on the northeast coast of Florida,for the tourist attractions.It's hometo the second-busiest cruise ship port in the world and is a gateway to the cosmos.Nearly 1.5 million visitors flock here every year to watch rockets,spacecraft,and satellites blast off into the solar system from Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.Nearly 64 kilometers of undeveloped beach and 648 square kilometers of protected refuge fan out from the cape's sandy shores.B)Yet some of Cape Canaveral's most legendary attractions lie unseen,wedged under the sea's surface inmud and sand,for this part of the world has a reputation as a deadly ship trap.Over the centuries,dozens of majestic Old World sailing ships smashed and sank on this irregular stretch of windy Florida coast.They were vessels built for war and commerce,crossing the globe carrying everything from coins to cannons,boxes of silver and gold,chests of jewels and porcelain,and pearls from the Caribbean.13·2023年12月六级真题(第二套)·C)Cape Canaveral contains one of the greatest concentrations of colonial shipwrecks in the world.In recentyears,advances in radar,diving,detection equipment,computers,and GPS have transformed the hunt.The naked eye might see a pile of rocks,but technology can reveal the precious artifacts(人工制品) that lie hidden on the ocean floor.D)As technology renders the seabed more accessible,the hunt for treasure-filled ships has drawn a fresh tideof salvors(打捞人员)and their investors—as well as marine archaeologists(考古学家)wanting to bring to light the lost relics.But of late,when salvors have found vessels,their rights have been challenged in court.The big question:who should have control of these treasures?E)High-stakes fights over shipwrecks pit archacologists against treasure hunters in a vicious cycle ofaccusations.Archacologists regard themselves as protectors of history,and they see salvors as careless destroyers.Salvors feel they do the hard work of searching for ships,only to have them stolen from under them when discovered.This kind of clash inevitably takes place on a grand scale.Aside from the salvors, their investors,and the maritime archacologists who serve as expert witnesses,the battles sweep in local and international govemments and organizations like UNESCO that work to protect under-water heritage.The court cases that ensue stretch on for years.Are finders keepers,or do the ships belong to the countries that made them and sent them sailing centuries ago?Where once salvors and archacologists worked side by side, now they belong to opposing,and equally contemptuous,tribes.F)Nearly three million vessels lie wrecked on the Earth's ocean floor-from old canoes to the Titanic—andikely less than one percent have been explored.Some—like an ancient Roman ship found off Antikythera, Greece,dated between 70 and 60 BC and carrying astonishingly sophisticated gears and dials for navigating by the sun-are critical to a new understanding of our past.No wonder there is an eternal stirring among everybody from salvors to scholars to find them.G)In May 2016,a salvor named Bobby Pritchett,president of Global Marine Exploration (GME)in Tampa,Florida,announced that he had discovered scattered remains of a ship buried a kilometer off Cape Canaveral.Over the prior three years,he and his crew had obtained 14 state permits to survey a nearly 260-square- kilometer area off the cape;they worked 250 days a year,backed by investor funds of,he claims,US S4 million.It was hard work.Crew members were up at dawn,dragging sensors from their expedition vessels back and forth,day in and day out,year after year,to detect metal of any ing computer technology, Pritchett and his crew created intricate,color-coded maps marked with the GPS coordinates of thousands offinds,all invisible under a meter of sand.H)One day in 2015,the magnetometer (磁力计)picked up metal that turned out to be an iron cannon;when thedivers blew the sand away,they also discovered a more precious bronze cannon with markings indicating French royalty and,not far off,a famous marble column carved with the coat of arms of France,known from historical paintings.The discovery was cause for celebration.The arifacts indicated the divers had likely found the wreck of La Trinité,a 16th-century French vessel that had been at the center of a bloody battle between France and Spain that changed the fate of the United States of America.I)And then the legal storm began,with GME and Pritchett pitted against Florida and France.The SunkenMilitary Craft Act of 2004,a US federal act,protects any vessel that was on a military mission,allowing the originating country to claim their ship even centuries later.In 2018,two long years after Pritchett's discovery, the federal district court ruled in favor of France.For Pritchett,the decision was lions of dollars of investor funding and years of labor were lost.J)But this is far from the first time a salvor has lost all rights to a discovery.In 2012,for instance,Spain won a five-year legal battle against Odyssey Marine Exploration,which had hauled 594,000 gold and silver coins ·2023年12月六级真题(第二套) · 14from a Spanish wreck off the coast of Portugal across the Atlantic to the United States.“Treasure hunters can be naive,”says attorney David Concannon,who has had several maritime archaeologists as clients and represented two sides in the battles over the Titanic for 20 years.“Many treasure hunters don't understand they are going to have to fight for their rights against a govemment that has an endless supply of money for legal battles that treasure hunters are likely to lose.”K)Puting an inflated price on artifacts rather than viewing them as cultural and historical treasures that transcend any price is what iritates many archaeologists.For the archaeologist,everything in a wreck matters-hair,fabric,a fragment of a newspaper,rat bones-all things speak volumes.Archacologists don't want artifacts ending up in a private collection instead of taking humanity on a jourmey of understanding.L)George Bass is one of the pioneers of under-water archacology,and a researcher at Texas A&M University.He has testified in court against treasure hunters,but says archacology is not without its own serious problems.He believes archacologists need to do a better job themselves instead of routinely criticizing treasure hunters.“Archaeology has a terrible reputation for not publishing enough on its excavations (发掘) and finds,"he says.Gathering data,unearthing and meticulously preserving and examining finds,verifying identity and origin,piecing together the larger story,and writing and publishing a comprehensive paper or book can take decades.A bit cynically,Bass describes colleagues who never published because they waited so long they became ill or died.Who is more at fault,Bass asks,the professional archacologist who carefully excavates a site and never publishes on it or the treasure hunter who locates a submerged wreck,salvages part,conserves part,and publishes a book on the operation?M)Pritchett concedes that his find deserves careful excavation and preservation."I think what I found should go in a museum,"he says."But I also think I should get paid for what I found.”Indeed,it's a bit of a mystery why governments,archacologists,and treasure hunters can't work together-and why salvors aren't at least given a substantial finder's fee before the original owner takes possession of the vessel and its artifacts.36.Exploration of shipwrecks on the sea floor is crucial in updating our understanding of humanity's past.37.Quite a number of majestic ships sailing from Europe to America were wrecked off the Florida coast over thecenturies.38.Pritchett suffered a heavy loss when a US district court ruled against him.39.Recently,people who found treasures in shipwrecks have been sued over their rights to own them.40.Pritchett claims he got support of millions of dollars from investors for his shipwreck exploration.41.One pioneer marine scientist thinks archacologists should make greater efforts to publish their findings.42.With technological advancement in recent years,salvors now can detect the invaluable man-made objectslying buried under the sea.43.According to a lawyer,many treasure hunters are susceptible to loss because they are unaware they face afinancially stronger opponent in court.44.Salvors of treasures in sunken ships and marine archaeologists are now hostile to each other.45.Archacologists want to see artifacts help humans understand their past instead of being sold to privatecollectors at an outrageous price.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section.Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C)and D).You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.15 ·2023年12月六级真题(第二套) ·Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.Could you get by without using the internet for four and a half years?That's exactly what singer and actress Selena Gomez has done in a bid to improve her mental health.She has spoken extensively about the relationship between her social media usage and her mental wellbeing, recalling feeling like “an addict”when she became Instagram's most followed user in 2016.“Taking a break from social media was the best decision that I ve ever made for my mental health”,says she.“The unnecessary hate and comparisons went away once I put my phone down.”Ditching the web at large,however,is a far more subtle and complicated prospect.The increasing digitisation of our society means that everything from paying a gas bill to ploting a route to a friend's house and even making a phone call is at the merey of your internet connection.Actively opting out of using the internet becomes a matter of privilege.Ms Gomez's multi-millionaire status has allowed her to take the “social"out of social media,so she can continue to leverage her enormous fame while keeping the trolls(恶意挑衅的帖子)at bay.The fact that she's still the second most-followed woman on Instagram suggests it's entirely possible to maintain a significant web profile to promote various projects-by way of a dedicated team—without being exposed to the cruel comments, hate mail and rape or death threats.It goes without saying that this is fundamentally different from how the rest of us without beauty deals and films to publicise use the likes of Instagram,TikTok and Twiter,but even the concept of a digital detox( 戒瘾 ) requires having a device and connectivity to choose to disconnect from.The UK's digital divide has worsened over the past two years,leaving poorer families without broadband connections in their homes.Digital exclusion is a major threat to wider societal equality in the UK,so witnessing companies like Faccbook championing the metaverse(元宇宙)as the next great frontier when school children are struggling to complete their homework feels particularly irritating.Consequently,it's worth bearing in mind that while deleting all social media accounts will undoubtedly make some feel infinitely better,many other people benefit from the strong sense of community that sharing platforms can breed.Intemet access will continue to grow in importance as we edge further towards web 3.0,and greater resources and initiatives are needed to provide the underprivileged with the connectivity they desperately need to learn,work and ive.It's crucial that people who feel that social media is having a detrimental effect on their mental health are allowed to switch off and for those living in digital exclusion to be able to switch on in the first place.46.What do we learn about singer and actress Selena Gomez in the past four and a half years?A)She has had worsening mental problems. C)She has refrained from using social media.B)She has won Instagram's most followers. D)She has succeeded in a bid on the internet.47.Why does actively opting out of using the internet become a matter of privilege?A)Most people find it subtle and complicated to give up using the internet.B)Most people can hardly ditch the web while avoiding hate and comparisons.C)Most people can hardly get by without the internet due to growing digitisation.D)Most people have been seriously addicted to the web without being aware of it.48.Why does the author say “witnes ing companies…feels particularly irritating”(Lines2-4,Para.6)?A)The UK digital divide would further worsen due to the metaverse.B)The concept of the metaverse is believed to be still quite illusory.·2023年12月六级真题(第二套) ·16C)School children would be drawn farther away from the real world.D)Most families in the UK do not have stable broadband connections.49.What is worth bearing in mind concerming social media platforms?A)They are conducive to promoting societal equality.B)They help many people feel connected with others.C)They provide a necessary device for a digital detox.D)They create a virtual community on the internet.50.What does the author think is really important for those living in digital exclusion?A)Having access to the internet. C)Getting more educational resources.B)Edging further towards web 3.0. D)Opening more social media accounts.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.Psychologists have long been in disagreement as to whether competition is a learned or a genetic component of human behavior.Whatever it is,you cannot but recognize the effect competition is exerting in academics and many other areas of contemporary life.Psychologically speaking,competition has been seen as an inevitable consequence of human drives. According to Sigmund Freud,humans are born screaming for attention and full of organic drives for fulfillment in various areas.Initially,we compete for the attention of our parents.Thereafter,we are at the mercy of a battle between our base impulses for self-fulfillment and social and cultural norms which prohibit pure indulgence.Curent work in anthropology(人类学)has suggested,however,that this view of the role of competition in human behavior may be incorrect.Thomas Hobbes,one of the great philosophers of the seventeenth century,is perhaps best remembered for his characterization of the "natural world,"that is,the world before the imposition of the will of humanity,as being“nasty,brutish,and short.”This image of the pre-rational world is still widely held,reinforced by Charles Darwin's highly influential work,The Origin of Species,which established the doctrine of natural selection.This doctrine,which takes for granted that those species best able to adapt to and master the natural environment in which they live will survive,has suggested that the struggle for survival is an inherent human trait which determines a person's success.Darwin's theory has even been summarized as “survival of the fittest”—a phrase Darwin himself never used—further highlighting competition's role in success. As it has often been pointed out,however,there is nothing in the concept of natural selection that suggests that competition is the most successful strategy for “survival of the fittest.”Darwin asserted in The Origin of Species that the struggles he was describing should be viewed as metaphors and could easily include dependence and cooperationMany studies have been conducted to test the importance placed on competition as opposed to other values, such as cooperation—by various cultures,and generally conclude that Americans uniquely praise competition as natural,inevitable,and desirable.In 1937,the world-renowned anthropologist Margaret Mead published Cooperation and Competition among Primitive Peoples,based on her studies of several societies that did notprize competition,and,in fact,seemed at times to place a negative value on it.One such society was the Zuni Indians of Arizona,and they,Mead found,valued cooperation far more than competition.After studying dozens of such cultures,Mead's final conclusion was that competitiveness is a culturally created aspect of human behavior,and that its prevalence in a particular society is relative to how that society values it.17 ·2023年12月六级真题(第二套) ·51.What does the author think is easy to see in many areas of contemporary life?A)The disagreement on the inevitability of competition.B)The consequence of psychological investigation.C)The effect of human drives.D)The impact of competition.52.According to psychology,what do people strive to do following the initial stage of their life?A)Fulfill individual needs without incurring adverse effects of human drives.B)Indulge in cultural pursuits while keeping their base impulses at bay.C)Gain extensive recognition without exposing pure indulgence.D)Satisfy their own desires while observing social conventions.53.What do we learn about the “natural world”characterized by Thomas Hobbes?A)It gets misrepresented by philosophers and anthropologists.B)It gets distorted in Darwin's The Origin of Species.C)It is free from the rational intervention of humans.D)It is the pre-rational world rarely appreciated nowadays.54.What can we conclude from Darwin's assertion in The Origin of Species?A)All species inherently depend on others for survival.B)Struggles for survival do not exclude mutual support.C)Competition weighs as much as cooperation as a survival strategy.D)The strongest species proves to be the fittest in natural selection.55.What conclusion did Margaret Mead reach after studying dozens of different cultures?A)It is characteristic of humans to be competitive.B)Americans are uniquely opposed to cooperation.C)Competition is relatively more prevalent in Western societies.D)People's attitude towards competition is actually culture-bound.Part IV Translation (30 minutes) Directions: For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.随着经济与社会的发展，中国人口结构发生了显著变化，逐渐步入老龄化社会。
2014年12月英语六级真题及答案解析(第二套)
2014年12月英语六级考试真题及答案解析（第二套）Part I Listening ComprehensionPart II Reading ComprehensionPart III TranslationPart IV WritingSection ADirections:In this section,you will hear8short conversations and2long conversations.At theend of each conversation,one or more questions will be asked about what was said.Both the conversationand the questions will be spoken only once.After each question there will be a pause.During thepause,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 Sheet1with a single line through the centre.1.M:Before we play again,I’m going to buy a good tennis racket.W:Your shoes aren’t in a very good shape,either.Q:What does the woman mean?2.M:Barbara,I’d like you could assist me in the lab demonstration,but aren’t you supposed togo to Dr Smith’s lecture today?W:I ask Cathy to take notes for me.Q:What do we learn from the conversation?3.W:Steve invited me to the dinner party on Sunday evening.Have you received your invitation yet?M:Yes,he phoned me this morning and told me he wanted all his old classmates to come to thereunion.Q:What do we learn from the conversation?4.W:I’m afraid I’m a little bit seasick.I feel dizzy.M:Close your eyes and relax.You’ll be all right as soon as we come at shore.Q:Where does the conversation most probably take place?5.W:I wonder what’s happened to our train.It should’ve been here20minutes ago according tothe timetable.But it’s already9:30.M:There’s no need to get nervous.The announcement says it’s40minutes late.Q:When is the train arriving?6.M:John is handsome and wealthy.Believe it or not,he is still a bachelor.W:He is a notorious guy in many girls’eyes.I’m sick of hearing his name.Q:What does the woman mean?7.M:Cars had lined up bumper to bumper.And I’ve been held up on the express way for an entirehour.W:Really?It must be a pain in the neck.But be patient,anyway,you can do nothing but wait.Q:What do we learn about the man?8.W:Yesterday I was surprised to see Mary using that washing machine you’re going to throw away.M:Yes,it’s quite old and in very poor condition.Frankly speaking,that she got it workingamazes me a lot.Q:What does the man imply about Mary?1.A.The man’s tennis racket is good enough.B.The man should get a pair of new shoes.C.She can wait for the man for a little while.D.Physical exercise helps her stay in shape.【答案】B【解析】B)。
2014年12月全国大学英语六级考试真题及答案（第二套）
Part II Listening(30 minutes) Section A Directions：In this section，you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A) , B) , C) and D)， and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centre. Question 1 A.At a grocery B.In a parking lot C.In a car showroom D.At a fast food restaurant 2、A.Have a little nap after lunch B.Get up and take a short walk C.Change her position now and then D.Stretch legs before standing up Question 3 A.The students should practice long-distance running B.He doesn’t quite believe what the woman says C.The students’ physical condition is not desirable D.He thinks the race is too hard for the students Question 4 A.They do not want to have a baby at present B.They cannot afford to get married right now C.They are both pursuing graduate studies D.They will get their degrees in two years Question 5 A.Twins usually have a lot in common B.He must have been mistaken for Jack C.Jack is certainly not as healthy as he is D.He has not seen Jack for quite a few days Question 6 A.The man will take the woman wo the museum B.The man knows where the museum is located C.The woman is asking the way at the crossroads D.The woman will attend the opening of the museum Question 7 A.They cannot ask the guy to leave B.The guy has been coming in for years C.They should not look down upon the guy D.The guy must be feeling extremely lonely Question 8 A.Collect timepieces B.Become time-conscious C.Learn to mend locks D.Keep track of his daily activities Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. Question 9 A.It winds its way to the sea B.It is quickly rising C.It is eating into its banks D.It is wide and deep Question 10 A.Get the trucks over to the other side of the river B.Take the equipment apart before being ferried C.Reduce the transport cost as much as possible. D.Try to speed up the operation by any means Question 11 A.Ask the commander to send a helicopter B.Halt the operation until further orders C.Cut trees and build rowing boats D.Find as many coats as possible Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. Question 12 A.Help him join an Indian expedition B.Talk about his climbing experiences C.Give up mountain climbing altogether D.Save money to buy climbing equipment Question 13 A.He was very strict with his children B.He climbed mountains to earn a living C.He had an unusual religious background D.He was the first to conquer Mt. Qomolangma Question 14 A.They are like humans B.They are sacred places C.They are to be protected D.They are to be conquered Question 15 A.It was his father’s training that pilled him through B.It was a milestone in his mountain climbing career C.It was his father who gave him the strength to succeed D.It helped him understand the Sherpa view of mountains Section B Directions：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 I with a single line through the centre Passage One Question 16 A. By reviewing what he has said previously B.By comparing memorandums with letters C.By showing a memorandum’ s structureD.By analyzing the organization of a letter Question 17 A.They spent a lot of time writing memorandums B.They seldom read a memorandum through to the end C.They placed emphasis on the format of memorandums D.They ignored many of the memorandums they received. Question 18 A.Style and wording B.Structure and length C.Directness and clarity D.Simplicity and accuracy Passage Two Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. Question 19 A.Accurate dating B.Professional look C.Direct statement of purpose D.Inclusion of appropriate humor Question 20 A.They give top priority to their work efficiency B.They make an effort to lighten their workload C.They never change work habits unless forced to D.They try hard to make the best use of their time Question 21 A.Self-confidence B.Sense of duty C.Work efficiency D.Passion for work Question 22 A.They are addicted to playing online games B.They try to avoid work whenever possible C.They find to pleasure in the work they do D.They simply have no sense of responsibility Passage Three Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. Question 23 A.He lost all his property B.He was sold to a circus C.He was forced into slavery D.He ran away from his family Question 24 A.A carpenter B.A businessman C.A master of his D.A black drummer Question 25 A.It named its town hall after Solomon Northup B.It declared July 24 Solomon Northup Day C.It freedom all blacks in the town from slavery D.It hosted a reunion for the Northup family Section C Directions：In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. Section C Intolerance is the art of ignoring any views that differ from your own. It(26)_____ itself a hatred. Stereotypes, prejudice, and(27)_____.Once it intensifies in people, intolerance is nearly impossible to overcome. But why would anyone want to be labeled intolerant. Why would people want to be (28)_____about the world around them? Why would one want to be part of the problem in America, instead of the solution? There are many explanations for intolerant attitudes, some (29)_____ childhood. It is likely that intolerant folks grew up (30)_____ intolerant parents and the cycle of prejudice has simply continued for (31)_____. Perhaps intolerant people are so set in their ways that they find it easier to ignore anything that might not (32)_____ their limited view of life. Or maybe intolerant students have simply never been (33)_____ to anyone different form themselves. But none of these reason is an excuse for allowing the intolerance to continue. Intolerance should not be confused with disagreement. It is, of course, possible as disagree with an opinion without being intolerant of it. If you understand a belief but still don't believe in that specific belief, that's fine. You are (34)_____ your opinion. As a matter of fact.(35)_____ dissenters(持异议者)are important for any belief. If we all believed the same things. we would never grow, and we would never learn about the world around us, does not stem firm disagreement. It stems from fear, And fear stems from fear. And fear stems from ignorance. 答案：答案：26.manifests 27.discrimination 28.uninformed 29.dating back to 30.imitating 31.generations 32.conform to 33.exposed 34.entitled to 35.knowledgeable Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A His future subjects have not always treated the Prince of Wales with the respect one XXXX expect. They laughed aloud in 1986 when the heir to the British(36)_____ told a TV reporter that he talked to his plants at his country house, High grove, to stimulate their growth. The Prince was “My sense of humor will get me into trouble one day”, he said to his aids(being humorous- “My sense of humor will get me into trouble one day”, he said to his aids(随从)-but listening to Charles Windsor can indeed prove stimulating. The royal(37)_____ has been promoting radical ideas for most of his adult life. Some of his(38)_____, which once sounded a bit weird, were simply ahead of their time. Now, finally, the world seems to be catching up with him. Take his views on farming. Prince Charles’ Duchy Home Farm went(39)_____ back in 1986. When most shoppers cared only about the low price tag on suspiciously blemish-free(无瑕疵的) vegetables and(40)_____ large chickens piled high in supermarkets. His warnings on climate change proved farsighted, too. Charles began(41)_____ action in warming in 1990 and says he has been worried about the(42)_____ of man on the environment same be was a teenager. Although he was gradually gained international(43)_____ as one of the world's lending conservationists, many British people still think of him as an(44)_____ person who talks to plants. This year, as it happens, South Korean scientists proved that plants really do(45)_____ to round. So Charles was ahead of the game there, too. A.conform B.eccentric C.environmentalist D.expeditions E.impact F.notions anic H.originally I.recognition J.respond K.subordinate L.suppressing M.throne N.unnaturally O.urging Section B Directions: In this section，you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. High School Sports Aren’t Kil ling Academics -School Sports,” Amanda A)In this month’s Atlantic cover article, “The Case Against HighRipley argues that school-sponsored sports programs should be seriously cut. She writes that, unlike most countries that outperform the United States on international assessments, American schools put too much of an emphasis on athletics, “ Sports are embedded in American schools in a way they are not almost anywhere else,” she writes, “Yet this difference hardly ever comes up in domestic debates about Ame rica’s international mediocrity(平庸平庸)in education.”B)American student-athletes reap many benefits from participating in sports, but the costs to the schools could outweigh their benefits, she argues, In particular, Ripley contends that sports crowd out the academic missions of schools: America should learn from South Korea and Finland and every other country at the top level of international test scores, all of whom emphasize twice the time athletics far less in school. ”Even in eighth grade, American kids spend more than Korean kids spend playing sports,” she writes, citing a 2010 study published in the Journal of Advanced Academics. C)It might well be true that sports are far more rooted in American high schools than in other countries. But our reading of international test scores finds no support for the argument against school athletics. Indeed, our own research and that of others lead us to make the opposite case. School-sponsored sports appear to provide benefits that seem to increase, not detract(减少)from, academic success. D)Ripley indulges a popular obsession(痴迷)with international test score comparisons, which show wide and frightening gaps between the United States and other countries. She ignores, however, the fact that states vary at least as much in test scores as do developed countries. A 2011 report from Harvard University shows that Massachusetts produces math scores comparable to South Korea and Finland, while Mississippi scores are closer to Trinidad and Tobago. Ripley’s thesis about sports falls apart in light of this fact. Schools in Massachusetts provide sports programs while schools in Finland do not. Schools in Mississippi may love football while in Tobago interscholastic sports are nowhere near as prominent. Sports cannot explain these simi similarities in performance. They can’t explain international differences rities in performance. They can’t explain international differences either. E)If it is true that sports undermine the academic mission of American schools, we would expect to see a negative relationship between the commitment to athletics and academic ac achievement. However, the University of Arkansas’s Daniel Bowen and Jay Greene actually find hievement. However, the University of Arkansas’s Daniel Bowen and Jay Greene actually find the opposite. They examine this relationship by analyzing schools’ sports winning percentages as well as student-athletic participation rates compared to graduation rates and standardized test score achievement over a five-year period for all public high schools in Ohio. Controlling for student poverty levels, demographics(人口统计状况人口统计状况), and district financial resources, both measures of a school’s commitment to athletics a re significantly and positively related to lower dropout rates as well as higher test scores. F)On-the-field success and high participation in sports is not random-it requires focus and dedication to athletics. One might think this would lead schools obsessed with winning to deemphasize academics. Bowen and Greene’s results contradict that argument. A likely explanation for this seemingly counterintuitive(与直觉相反的)result is that success in sports programs actually facilitates or reflects greater social c apital within a school’s community.G)Ripley cites the writings of renowned sociologist James Coleman, whose research in education was groundbreaking. Coleman in his early work held athletics in contempt, arguing that they crowded out schools’ academic mis sions. Ripley quotes his 1961 study, The Adolescent Society, where Coleman writes, “Altogether, the trophy(奖品)case would suggest to the innocent visitor that he was entering an athletic club, not an educational institution.”H)However, in later research Coleman would show how the success of schools is highly dependent on what he termed social capital, “the social networks, and the relationships between adults and children that are of value for the child’s growing up.”I)According to a 2013 evaluation conducted by the Crime Lab at the University of Chicago, a program called Becoming a Man-Sports Edition creates lasting improvements in the boys’ study habits and grade point averages. During the first year of the program, students were founds to be less likely to transfer schools or be engaged in violent crime. A year after the program, participants were less likely to have had an encounter with the juvenile justice system. J)If school-sponsored sports were completely eliminated tomorrow, many American students would still have opportunities to participate in organized athletics elsewhere, much like they do in countries such as Finland, Germany, and South Korea. The same is not certain when it comes to students from more disadvantaged backgrounds. In an overview of the research on non-school based after-school programs, researchers find that disadvantaged children participate in these programs at significantly lower rates. They find that low-income students have less access due to challenges with regard to transportation, non-nominal fees, and off-campus safety. Therefore, reducing or eliminating these opportunities would most likely deprive disadvantaged students of the benefits from athletic participation, not least of which is the opportunity to interact with positive role models outside of regular school hours. K)Another unfounded criticism that Ripley makes is bringing up the stereotype that athletic XX are typically lousy(蹩脚的)classroom teachers. “American principals, unlike the XX XX of principals around the world, make many hiring decisions with their sports teams in mind, which does not always end well for students,” she writes. Educators who seek employment at schools primarily for the purpose of coaching are likely to shirk(推卸)teaching responsibilities, the argument goes. Moreover, even in the cases where the employee is a teacher first and athletic coach second, the additional responsibilities that come with coaching likely comes at the expense of time otherwise spent on planning, grading, and communicating with parents and guardians. L)The data, however, do not seem to confirm this stereotype. In the most rigorous study on the classroom results of high school coaches, the University of Arkansas’s Anna Egalite finds that athletic coaches in Florida mostly tend to perform just as well as their non-coaching counterparts, with respect to raising student test scores. We do not doubt that teachers who also coach face serious tradeoffs that likely come at the expense of time they could dedicate to their academic obligations. However, as with sporting events, athletic coaches gain additional opportunities for communicating and serving as mentors(导师)that potentially help students succeed and make up for the costs of coaching commitments. M)If schools allow student-athletes to regularly miss out on instructional time for the sake of traveling to athletic competitions, that’s bad. However, such issues would be better addressed by changing school and state policies with regard to the scheduling of sporting events as opposed to total elimination. If the empirical evidence points to anything, it points towards school sponsored sports providing assets that are well worth the costs. N)Despite negative stereotypes about sports culture and Ripley’s presumption that academics and athletics are at odds with one another, we believe that the greater body of evidence shows that school-sponsored sports programs appear to benefit students. Successes on the playing field can carry over to the classroom and vice versa(反之亦然). More importantly, finding ways to increase school communities’ social capital is imperative to the success of the school as whole, not just the athletes. 46.Stunets from low-income families have less access to off-campus sports programs. 47.Amanda Ripley argues that America should learn from other countries that rank high in international tests and lay less emphasis on athletics. 48.According to the author, Amanda Ripley fails to note that students’students’' performance in exams ' performance in exams varies from state to state. 49.Amanda Ripley thinks that athletic coaches are poor at classroom instruction. 50.James Coleman's later research make an argument for a school's social capital. 51.Reaearchers find that there is a positive relationship between a school's commitment to athletics and academic achievements. 52.Aa rigorous study finds that athletic coaches also do well in raising students' test scores. 53.According to an evaluation, programs contribute to students' academic performance and character building. 54.Amanda Ripley believes the emphasis on school sports should be brought up when trying to understand why American students are mediocre. 55.James Coleman suggests in his earlier writings that school athletics would undermine a school's image. Section C Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. . You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. Passage one It is easy to miss amid the day-to-day headlines of global economic recession, but there is a less conspicuous kind of social upheaval(剧变)underway that is fast altering both the face of the planet and the way human beings live. That change is the rapid acceleration of urbanization. In 2008, for the first time in human history, more than half the world’s population was living in towns and cities. And as a recently published paper shows, the process of urbanization will only accelerate in the decades to come —with an enormous impact on biodiversity and potentially on climate change. As Karen Seto, the led author of the paper, points out, the wave of urbanization isn’t just about the migration of people into urban environments, but about the environments themselves becoming bigger to accommodate all those people. The rapid expansion of urban areas will have a huge impact on biodiversity hotspots and on carbon emissions in those urban areas. Humans are the ultimate invasive species —when the move into new territory, the often displace the wildlife that was already living there. And as land is cleared for those new cities —especially in the dense tropical forests —carbon will be released into the atmosphere as well. It’s true that as people in developing nations move from the countryside to the city, the shift may reduce the pressure on land, which could in turn be good for the environment. This is especially so in desperately poor countries, where residents in the countryside slash and burn forests each growing season to clear space for farming. But the real difference is that in developing nations, the move from rural areas to cities often leads to an accompanying increase in income — and that increase leads to an increase in the consumption of food and energy, which in turn causes a rise in carbon emissions. Getting enough to eat and enjoying the safety and comfort of living fully on the — but it does carry an environmental price. The urbanization wave grid is certainly a good thing can’t be stopped —and it shouldn’t be. But Seto’s paper does underscore the importance of managing that transition. If we do it the right way, we can reduce urbanization’s impact on the pressure and responsibility to environment. “There’s an enormous opportunity here, and a lot ofthink about how we urbanize,” says Seto. “One thing that’s clear is that we can’t build cities the way we have over the last couple of hundred years. The scale of this transition won’t allow that.” We’re headed towards an ur ban planet no matter what, but whether it becomes heaven or hell is up to us. 56. What issue does the author try to draw people’s attention to?A. The shrinking biodiversity worldwide. B. The rapid increase of world population. C. The ongoing global economic recession. D. The impact of accelerating urbanization. 57. In what sense are humans the ultimate invasive species? A. They are much greedier than other species. B. They are a unique species born to conquer. C. They force other species out of their territories. D. They have an urge to expand their living space. 58. In what way is urbanization in poor countries good for the environment? A. More land will be preserved for wildlife. B. The pressure on farmland will be lessened. C. Carbon emissions will be considerably reduced. D. Natural resources will be used more effectively. 59. What does the author say about living comfortably in the city? A. It incurs a high environmental price. B. It brings poverty and insecurity to an end. ge in people’s lifestyle.C. It causes a big chanD. It narrows the gap between city and country. 60. What can be done to minimize the negative impact of urbanization according to Seto? A. Slowing down the speed of transition. B. Innovative use of advanced technology. C. Appropriate management of the process. D. Enhancing people’s sense of responsibility.Passage Two When Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launched in Feb. 2004, even he could not imagine the forces it would let loose. His intent was to connect college students. Facebook, which is what this website rapidly evolved into, ended up connecting the world. To the children of this connected era, the world is one giant social network. They are not — by what they were taught. They are only bound — as were previous generations of humans limited by their curiosity and ambition. During my childhood, all knowledge was local. You learned everything you knew from your parents, teachers, preachers, and friends. quality and timely information at their fingertips, today’s children are rising With the high-q uality and timely information at their fingertips, today’s children are rising normally tame middle class is speaking up against social ills. Silicon Valley executives are being shamed into adding women to their boards. Political leaders are marshalling the energy of millions for elections and political causes. All of this is being done with social media technologies that Facebook and its competitors set free. As does every advancing technology, social media has created many new problems. It is commonly addictive and creates risks for younger users. Social media is used by extremists in the Middle East and elsewhere to seek and brainwash recruits. And it exposes us and our friends to disagreeable spying. We may leave our lights on in the house when we are on vacation, but through social media we tell criminals exactly where we are, when we plan to return home, and how to blackmail(敲诈) us. Governments don’t need informers any more. Social media allows government agencies to spy on their own citizens. We record our thoughts, emotions, likes and dislikes on Facebook; we share our political views, social preferences, and plans. We post intimate photographs of ourselves. No spy agency or criminal organization could actively gather the type of data that we voluntarily post for them. The marketers are also seeing big opportunities. Amazon is trying to predict what we will order. Google is trying to judge our needs and wants based on our social-media profiles. We need to be aware of the risks and keep working to alleviate the dangers. Regardless of what social media people use, one thing is certain: we are in a period of accelerating change. The next decade will be even more amazing and unpredictable than the last. Just as no one could predict what would happen with social media in the last decade, no one can accurately predict where this technology will take us. I am optimistic, however, that a connected humanity will find a way to uplift itself. 61. What was the purpose of Facebook when it was first created? A. To help students connect with the outside world. B. To bring university students into closer contact. C. To help students learn to live in a connected era. D. To combine the world into an integral whole. 62. What difference does social media make to learning? A. Local knowledge and global knowledge will merge. B. Student will become more curious and ambitious. C. People are able to learn wherever they travel. D. Sources of information are greatly expanded. 63. What is the author’s greatest concern with social media technology?A. Individuals and organizations may use it for evil purposes. B. Government will find it hard to protect classified information. C. People may disclose their friends’ information unintentionally.D. People’s attention will be easily distractedfrom their work in hand. 64. What do businesses use social media for? A. Creating a good corporate image. B. Conducting large-scale market surveys. C. Anticipating the needs of customers. D. Minimizing possible risks and dangers. 65. What does the author think of social media as a whole? A. It will enable human society to advance at a faster pace. B. It will pose a grave threat to our traditional ways of life. C. It is bound to bring about another information revolution. D. It breaks down the final barriers in human communication. Part IV Translation (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2. 翻译题一：自从1978年启动改革以来，中国已从计划经济转为以市场为基础的经济，经历了经济和社会的快速发展。
2014年12月英语六级真题及答案(卷二)(文字完整版)
2014年12月英语六级真题及答案（卷二）Part IWritingDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write on essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then discuss what qualities an employer should look for in job applicants. You should give sound arguments to support your views and write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.2014年12月英语六级作文真题范文1：科技与学习For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then discuss whether technology is indispensable in education. You should give sound arguments to support your views and write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.From this cartoon, we clearly see that the student is asking his teacher about whether or not he can use some tech support to figure out the problem in his math class. What’s behind the cartoon is the fact that nowadays students become increasingly dependent on technological devices to help them with their school work.In my opinion, with the advances in technology, students can learn more efficiently. First of all,technology provides infinite resources for learning. When our parents were students, they could only learn from their teachers, while nowadays, we can learn much more from the Internet. Second, it’s more convenient to learn with tech support. For example, I got enrolled in a Spanish class in an online school called Hujiang Online Class. All it requires is a PC or a smartphone, and I can learn the lectures anytime and anywhere. Lastly, it’s more economical to learn online. Besides the courses, free Apps are also easily accessible.As for me, tech support has become an important part in my daily study. I will continue to learn in this way, and I believe that we can learn more efficiently if we are able to utilize the technologies around us.2014年12月英语六级作文真题范文2：科技与学习参考范文：The picture vividly depicts that a teaching is asking a pupil to answer a simple math-related question——what’s two plus two? Unfortunately, the child cannot answer such an easy question without tech help. In fact, the phenomenon conveyed in the picture does not surprise us, because as the science and technology develops, the topic concerning the side effects of technological advancement increasingly arouses people’s attention.Undoubtedly, the drawer of the picture aims at reminding us that we should use technology in a proper way and not be too tech-dependent to solve the simple problem independently. It is well known that thanks to the development of human civilization, many formerly unimaginable things come into reality. But, while enjoying the convenience produced by tech, we must alert its harm. Being over-addicted to technology will cost our health, independence, wisdom，creativity and even our ability to live.Weighing the pros and cons of the technology, perhaps the best policy is to apply it properly. At the same time, we must avoid its harmful part. Furthermore, young people should be advised that depending too much on technology is hardly beneficial for them at all and more importantly they are expected to acquire the capacity to think independently.范文译文：这幅图形象地描述了一位老师正在让一名小学生回答一个简单的数学问题：2加2等于几?然而不幸的是，这个小孩在没有计算器的帮助下居然无法回答一个如此简单的问题。
2014年英语六级阅读真题及答案解析(第一套)
2014年英语六级阅读真题及答案解析（第一套）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。
1 A) College tuition has become a heavy burden for the students.B) College students are in general politically active nowadays.C)He took part in many protests when he was at college.D)He is doubtful about the effect of the students’ action,2. A) The class has kept the party a secret from Jay.B) Jay is organizing a party for the retiring dean.C) Jay is surprised to learn of the party for him.D) The dean will come to Jay's birthday party.3. A) He found his wallet in his briefcase.B) He went to the lost-and-found office.C) He found the woman to go and pick up his car.D) He left his things with his car in the garage.4. A) The show he directed turned out lo be a success.B) He watched only those comedies by famous directors.C) TV comedies have not improved much since the 1960s.D) New comedies are exciting, just like those in the 1960s.5. A) The man should stop boiling the vegetables.B) The man should try out some new recipes.C) Overcooked vegetables are often tasteless.D) All vegetables should be cooked fresh.6 A) Help them tidy up the house.B) Sort out I heir tax returns.C) Help them to decode a message.D) Figure out a way to avoid taxes.7 A) The woman remains a total mystery to him.B) The woman is still trying to finish her work.C) He has devoted a whole month to his research.D) He didn't expect to complete his work so soon8 A) He has failed to register for the course.B) He would like to major in psychology too.C) There should be more time for registration.D) Developmental psychology is newly offered.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard9. A) The brilliant product design.B) The unique craftsmanship.C) The new color combinations.D) The texture of the fabrics.10. A) Fancy products.B) Local handicrafts.C) Traditional Thai silks.D) Unique tourist attractions.11. A) It will start tomorrow.B) It will last only one day.C) It will be out into the countryside.D) It will be on the following weekend.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard12. A) A year of practical training.B) A happy childhood.C) A pleasant neighborhood.D) A good secondary education.13. A) He is good at carpentry.B) He is academically gifted.C) He should be sent to a private school.D) He ought to get good vocational training.14. A) Donwell School.B) Carlton AbbeyC) Enderby High.D) Enderby Comprehensive.15. A) Find out more about the five schools.B) Send their children to a better private school.C) Talk with their children about their decision.D) Put keith in a good boarding school.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). 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。
2014年12月大学英语六级考试真题及答案（第二套）
2014年12⽉⼤学英语六级考试真题及答案（第⼆套）2014年12⽉⼤学英语六级考试真题⼆Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then discuss whether there is a shortcut to learning. You should give sound arguments to support your views and write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words."'How To Do Well In School WithoutStudying’ is over there in the fiction section."Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section A1. A) The man should get a pair of new shoes. B) The man’s tennis racket is good enough.C) The man spent too much on his tennis shoes. D) The man is out of shape.2. A) The woman doesn’t want to assist the man.B) The woman will ask Kathy to assist the man.C) Kathy is very pleased to attend the lecture by Dr. Smith.D) The woman will skip Dr. Smith’s lecture to help the man.3. A) The speakers and Steve used to be classmates.B) Steve invited his classmates to visit his big cottage.C) Steve became rich soon after graduation from college.D) The woman asked the man to accompany her to the party.4. A) In a bus. B) In a boat.C) In a clinic. D) In a plane.5. A) 9:10. B) 9:40.C) 9:50. D) 10:10.6. A) John has got many admirers. B) She does not like John at all.C) John has just got a bachelor’s degree. D) She does not think John is handsome.7. A) He has been bumping along for hours. B) He is trapped in a terrible traffic jam.C) He is involved in a serious accident. D) He has got a sharp pain in the neck.8. A) She cannot go without a washing machine. B) She should improve her physical fitness.C) She is a professional mechanic. D) She is good at repairing things.9. A) The accused was found guilty of murder. B) The accused was found innocent.C) The accused was found guilty of stealing. D) The accused was sentenced to death.10. A) He was unemployed. B) He was out of his mind.C) His children were sick. D) His wife deserted him.11. A) He had committed the same sort of crime. B) He was unlikely to get employed.C) He was unworthy of sympathy. D) He had been in jail before.12. A) Irresponsible. B) Aggressive.C) Conservative. D) Unsatisfactory.13. A) Public relations. B) Product design.C) Internal communication. D) Distribution of brochures.14. A) Placing advertisements in the trade press.B) Drawing sketches for advertisements.C) Making television commercials.D) Advertising in the national press.15. A) She has the motivation to do the job.B) She knows the tricks of advertising.C) She is not suitable for the position.D) She is not so easy to get along with.Section BPassage One16. A) The cozy communal life. B) The beautiful environment.C) The variety of culture. D) The richness of resources.17. A) It ensures their physical and mental health. B) It helps them soak up the surrounding culture.C) It is as important as their learning experience. D) It is very beneficial to their academic progress.18. A) It has the world’s best-known military academies.B) It offers the most challenging academic programs.C) It draws faculty from all around the world.D) It provides numerous options for students.19. A) They are responsible merely to their Ministry of Education.B) They try to give students opportunities for experimentation.C) They strive to develop every student’s academic potential.D) They ensure that all students get roughly equal attention.Passage Two20. A) It is leaving Folkestone in about five minutes.B) It is now about half way to the French coast.C) It crosses the English Channel twice a day.D) It will arrive at Boulogne at half past two.21. A) Next to the duty-free shop. B) Opposite the ship’s office.C) In the front of A deck. D) At the rear of B deck.22. A) It is much more spacious than the lounge on C deck.B) It is for the sole use of passengers travelling with cars.C) It is for the use of passengers travelling with children.D) It is for senior passengers and people with VIP cards.Passage Three23. A) It was named after one of its painters. B) It was named after a cave art expert.C) It was named after its discoverer. D) It was named after its location.24. A) Deer were worshiped by the ancient Cro-Magnon people.B) Animal painting was part of the spiritual life of the time.C) Cro-Magnon people painted animals they hunted and ate.D) They were believed to keep evils away from cave dwellers.25. A) They have misinterpreted the meaning of the cave paintings.B) They are unable to draw such interesting and fine paintings.C) They have difficulty telling when the paintings were done.D) They know little about why the paintings were created.Section CIf you are attending a local college, especially one without residence halls, you’ll probably live at home and commute to classes. This arrangement has a lot of (26)__________ . It’s cheaper. It provides a comfortable and familiar setting, and it means you'll get the kind of home cooking you're used to instead of the monotony（单调）that (27)________ even the best institutional food.However, commuting students need to (28)_____________ to become involved in the life of their college and to take special steps to meet their fellow students. Often, this means a certain amount of initiative on your part in (29)________ and talking to people in your classes whom you think you might like.One problem that commuting students sometimes face is their parents' unwillingness to recognize that they're adults. The (30)____________ from high school to college is a big one, and if you live at home you need to develop the same kind of independence you’d have if you were living away. Home rules that might have been (31)________ when you were in high school don’t apply. If your parents are (32)________________ to renegotiate, you can speed the process along by letting your behavior show that you have the responsibility that goes with maturity. Parents are more willing to (33)__________ their children as adults when they behave like adults. If, however, there’s so much friction at home that it (34)_________ your academic work, you might want to consider sharing an apartment with one or more friends. Sometimes this is a happy solution when family (35)____________ make everyone miserable.Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section AChildren are natural-born scientists. They have 36 minds, and they aren’t afraid to admit they don’t know something. Most of them, 37, lose this as they get older. They become self-conscious and don’t want to appear stupid. Instead of finding things out for themselves they make 38 that often turn out to be wrong.So it’s not a case of getting kids interested in science. You just have to avoid killing the 39 for learning that they were born with. It’s no coincidence that kids start deserting science once it becomes formalised. Children naturally have a blurredapproach to 40 knowledge. They see learning about science or biology or cooking as all part of the same act—it’s all learning. It’s only because of the practicalities of education that you have to start breaking down the curriculum into specialist subjects. You need to have specialist teachers who 41 what they know. Thus once they enter school, children begin to define subjects and erect boundaries that needn’t otherwise exist.Dividing subjects into science, maths, English, etc. is something we do for 42. In the end it’s all learning, but many children today 43 themselves from a scientific education. They think science is for scientists, not for them.Of course we need to specialise 44. Each of us has only so much time on Earth, so we can’t study everything. At 5 years old, our field of knowledge and 45 is broad, covering anything from learning to walk to learning to count. Gradually it narrows down so that by the time we are 45, it might be one tiny little comer within science.A) accidentallyB) acquiringC) assumptionsD) convenienceE) eventuallyF) excludeG) exertionH) explorationI) formulasJ) igniteK) impartL) inquiringM) passionN) provokingO) unfortunately参考答案：LOCMJ KDFEHSection BMeaning Is Healthier Than Happiness[A] For at least the last decade, the happiness craze has been building. In the last three months alone, over 1,000 books on happiness were released on Amazon, including Happy Money, Happy-People-Pills For All, and, for those just starting out, Happiness for Beginners.[B] One of the consistent claims of books like these is that happiness is associated with all sorts of good life outcomes, including—most promisingly—good health. Many studies have noted the connection between a happy mind and a healthy body—the happier we are, the better health outcomes we seem to have. In an overview of 150 studies on this topic, researchers put it like this: “Inductions of well-being lead to healthy functioning, and inductions of ill-being lead to compromised health.”[C] But a new study, just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) challenges the rosy picture. Happiness may not be as good for the body as researchers thought. It might even be bad.[D] Of course, it’s important to first define happiness. A few months ago, I wrote a piece called “There’s More to Life Than Being Happy” about a psychology study that dug into what happiness really means to people. It specifically explored the difference between a meaningful life and a happy life.[E] It seems strange that there would be a difference at all. But the researchers, who looked at a large sample of people over a month-long period, found that happiness is associated with selfish “taking” behavior and that having a sense of meaning in life is associated with selfless “giving” behavior.[F] “Happiness without meaning characterizes a relatively shallow, self-absorbed or even selfish life, in which things go well, needs and desires are easily satisfied, and complicatedrelationships are avoided,” the authors of the study wrote. “If anything, pure happiness is linked to not helping others in need.”While being happy is about feeling good, meaning is derived from contributing to others or to society in a bigger way. As Roy Baumeister, one of the researchers, told me, “Partly what we do as human beings is to take care of others and contribute to others. This makes life meaningful but it does not necessarily make us happy.”[G] The new PNAS study also sheds light on the difference between meaning and happiness, but on the biological level. Barbara Fredrickson, a psychological researcher at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and Steve Cole, a genetics and psychiatry（精神病学）researcher at UCLA, examined the self-reported levels of happiness and meaning in 80 research subjects.[H] Happiness was defined, as in the earlier study, by feeling good. The researchers measured happiness by asking subjects questions like “How often did you feel happy?’’, “How often did you feel interested in life?” and “How often did you feel satisfied?” The more strongly people endorsed these measures of “hedonic（享乐主义的）well-being,” or pleasure, the higher they scored on happiness.[I]Meaning was defined as an orientation to something bigger than the self. They measured meaning by asking questions like “How often did you feel that your life has a sense of direction or meaning to it?” and “How often did you feel that you had something to contribute to society?”The more people endorsed these measures of “eudaimonic（幸福论的）well-being”—or, simply put, virtue—the more meaning they felt in life.[J] After noting the sense of meaning and happiness that each subject had, Fredrickson and Cole, with their research colleagues, looked at the ways certain genes expressed themselves in each of the participants. Like neuroscientists who use JMRI（功能磁共振成像）scanning to determine how regions in the brain respond to different stimuli, Cole and Fredrickson are interested in how the body, at the genetic level, responds to feelings of happiness and meaning.[K] Cole’s past work has linked various kinds of chronic adversity to a particular gene expression pattern. When people feel lonely, are grieving the loss of a loved one, or are struggling to make ends meet, their bodies go into threat mode. This triggers the activation of astress-related gene pattern that has two features: an increase in the activity of pro-inflammatory （促炎症的）genes and a decrease in the activity of genes involved in anti-viral responses.[L] Cole and Fredrickson found that people who are happy but have little or no sense of meaning in their lives have the same gene expression patterns as people who are responding to and enduring chronic adversity. That is, the bodies of these happy people are preparing them for bacterial threats by activating the pro- inflammatory response. Chronic inflammation is, of course, associated with major illnesses like heart disease and various cancers.[M] “Empty positive emotions”—like the kind people experience during manic（狂喜的）episodes or artificially induced euphoria（欣快）from alcohol and drugs—“are about as good for you as adversity,” says Fredrickson.[N] It’s important to understand that for many people, a sense of meaning and happiness in life overlap; many people score jointly high (or jointly low) on the happiness and meaning measures in the study. But for many others, there is a dissonance（不⼀致）they feel that they are low on happiness and high on meaning or that their lives are very high in happiness, but low in meaning. This last group, which has the gene expression pattern associated with adversity, formed 75 percent of study participants. Only one quarter of the study participants had what the researchers call “eudaimonic predominance”—that is, their sense of meaning outpaced their feelings of happiness.[O] This is too bad given the more beneficial gene expression pattern associated with meaningfulness. People whose levels of happiness and meaning line up, and people who have a strong sense of meaning but are not necessarily happy, showed a de-activation of the adversity stress response. Their bodies were not preparing them for the bacterial infections that we get when we are alone or in trouble, but for the viral infections we get when surrounded by a lot of other people.[P] Fredrickson’s past research, described in her two books, Positivity and Love 2.0, has mapped the benefits of positive emotions in individuals. She has found that positive emotions broaden a person’s perspective and help protect people against adversity. So it was surprising to her that hedonic well-being, which is associated with positive emotions and pleasure, did so badly in this study compared with eudaimonic well-being.[Q] “It’s not the amount of hedonic happiness that’s a problem,” Fredrickson tells me, “It’s that it’s not matched by eudaimonic well-being. It’s great when both are in step. But if you have more hedonic well-being than would be expected, that’s when this [gene] pattern that’s similar to adversity emerged.”[R] The terms hedonism and eudaimonism bring to mind the great philosophical debate, which has shaped Westerncivilization for over 2,000 years, about the nature of the good life. Does happiness lie in feeling good, as hedonists think, or in doing and being good, as Aristotle and his intellectual descendants, the virtue ethicists（伦理学家）, think? From the evidence of this study, it seems that feeling good is not enough. People need meaning to thrive. In the words of Carl Jung,“The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.” Jung’s wisdom certainly seems to apply to our bodies, if not also to our hearts and our minds.46. The author’s recent article examined how a meaningful life is different from a happy life.47. It should be noted that many people feel their life is both happy and meaningful.48. According to one survey, there is a close relationship between hedonic well-being measures and high scores on happiness.49. According to one of the authors of a new study, what makes life meaningful may not make people happy.50. Experiments were carried out to determine our body’s genetic expression of feelings of happiness and meaning.51. A new study claims happiness may not contribute to health.52. According to the researchers, taking makes for happiness while giving adds meaning to life.53. Evidence from research shows that it takes meaning for people to thrive.54. With regard to gene expression patterns, happy people with little or no sense of meaning in life are found to be similar to those suffering from chronic adversity.55. Most books on happiness today assert that happiness is beneficial to health.参考答案：DNHKJ CERLBSection CPassage OneNothing succeeds in business books like the study of success. The current business-book boom was launched in 1982 by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman with In Search of Excellence. The trendhas continued with a succession of experts and would-be experts who promise to distil the essence of excellence into three (or five or seven) simple rules.The Three Rules is a self-conscious contribution to this type of writing; it even includes a bibliography of “success studies”. Michael Raynor and Mumtaz Ahmed work for a consultancy, Deloitte, that is determined to turn itself into more of a thought-leader and less a corporate repairman. They employ all the tricks of the success books. They insist that their conclusions are “measurable and actionable”—guides to behaviour rather than analysis for its own sake. Success authors usually serve up vivid stories about how exceptional businesspeople stamped their personalities on a company or rescued it from a life-threatening crisis. Messrs Raynor and Ahmed are happier chewing the numbers: they provide detailed appendices on “calculating the elements of advantage” and “detailed analysis”.The authors spent five years studying the behaviour of their 344 “exceptional companies,”only to come up at first with nothing. Every hunch（直觉）led to a blind alley and every hypothesis to a dead end. It was only when they shifted their attention from how companies behave to how they think that they began to make sense of their voluminous material.Management is all about making difficult tradeoffs in conditions that are always uncertain and often fast- changing. But exceptional companies approach these tradeoffs with two simple rules in mind, sometimes consciously, sometimes unconsciously. First: better before cheaper. Companies are more likely to succeed in the long run if they compete on quality or performance than on price. Second: revenue before cost. Companies have more to gain in the long run from driving up revenue than by driving down costs.Most success studies suffer from two faults. There is “the halo（光环）effect”, whereby good performance leads commentators to attribute all manner of virtues to anything and everything the company does. These virtues then suddenly become vices when the company fails. Messrs Raynor and Ahmed work hard to avoid these mistakes by studying large bodies of data over several decades. But they end up embracing a different error: stating the obvious. Most businesspeople will not be surprised to learn that it is better to find a profitable niche（隙缝市场）and focus on boosting your revenues than to compete on price and cut your way to success. The difficult question is how to find that profitable niche and protect it. There, The Three Rules is less useful.56. What kind of business books are most likely to sell well?A) Books on excellence. B) Guides to management.C) Books on business rules. D) Analyses of market trends.57. What does the author imply about books on success so far?A) They help businessmen one way or another. B) They are written by well-recognised experts.C) They more or less fall into the same stereotype. D) They are based on analyses of corporate leaders.58. How does The Three Rules differ from other success books according to the passage?A) It focuses on the behaviour of exceptional businessmen.B) It bases its detailed analysis on large amounts of data.C) It offers practicable advice to businessmen.D) It draws conclusions from vivid examples.59. What does the passage say contributes to the success of exceptional companies?A) Focus on quality and revenue. B) Management and sales promotion.C) Lower production costs and competitive prices. D) Emphasis on after-sale service and maintenance.60. What is the author’s comment on The Three Rules?A) It can help to locate profitable niches. B) It has little to offer to businesspeople.C) It is noted for its detailed data analysis. D) It fails to identify the keys to success.Passage TwoUntil recently, the University of Kent prided itself on its friendly image. Not any more. Over the past few months it has been working hard, with the help of media consultants, to play down its cosy reputation in favour of something more academic and serious.Kent is not alone in considering an image revamp（翻新）. Changes to next year’s funding regime are forcing universities to justify charging students up to ￡9,000 in fees.Nowadays universities are putting much more of a focus on their brands and what their value propositions are. While in the past universities have often focused on student social life and attractions of the university town in recruitment campaigns, they are now concentrating on more tangible（实在的）attractions, such as employment prospects, engagement with industry, and lecturer contact hours, making clear exactly what students are going to get for their money.The problem for universities is that if those benefits fail to materialise, students notice. That worries Rob Behrens, who deals with student complaints. “Universities need to be extremely careful in describing what’s going to happen to students，” he says. “As competition is going to get greater for attracting gifted students, there is a danger that universities will go the extra mile.”One university told prospective engineering students they would be able to design a car and race it at Brands Hatch, which never happened, he says. Others have promised use of sophisticated equipment that turned out to be broken or unavailable.“If universities spent as much money on handling complaints and appeals appropriately as they spend on marketing, they would do better at keeping students, and in the National Student Survey returns,” he says.Ongoing research tracking prospective 2012 students suggests that they are not only becoming more sophisticated in thinking about what they want from a university, but are also spending more time researching evidence to back up institutional claims.Hence the growing importance of the student survey. From next September, all institutions will also be expected to publish on their websites key information sets, allowing easier comparison between institutions, between promises and reality, and the types of jobs and salaries graduates go on to.As a result, it is hardly surprising that universities are beginning to change the way they market themselves. While the best form of marketing for institutions is to be good at what they do, they also need to be clear about how they are different from others.And it is vital that once an institution claims to be particularly good at something, it must live up to it. The moment you positionyourself, you become exposed, and if you fail in that you are in trouble.61. What was the University of Kent famous for?A) Its comfortable campus life. B) Its up-to-date course offerings.C) Its distinguished teaching staff. D) Its diverse academic programmes.62. What are universities trying to do to attract students?A) Improve their learning environment. B) Offer more scholarships to the gifted.C) Upgrade their campus facilities. D) Present a better academic image.63. What does Rob Behrens suggest universities do in marketing themselves?A) Publicise the achievements of their graduates.B) Go to extra lengths to cater to students’ needs.C) Refrain from making promises they cannot honour.D) Survey the expectations of their prospective students.64. What is students’ chief consideration in choosing a university?A) Whether it promises the best job prospects.B) Whether it is able to deliver what they want.C) Whether it ranks high among similar institutions.D) Whether it offers opportunities for practical training.65. What must universities show to win recruitment campaigns?A) They are positioned to meet the future needs of society.B) They are responsible to students for their growth.C) They are ever ready to improve themselves.D) They are unique one way or another.参考答案：ACBAB AACBDTranslation (30 minutes)⾃从1978年启动改⾰以来，中国已从计划经济转为以市场为基础的经济，经历了经济和社会的快速发展。
2023年12月六级真题第2套
大学英语六级考试2023年12月真题(第二套)Part] Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay that begins with the sentence “Nowadaysparents are increasingly aware that allowing kids more freedom to explore and learn on their own helps foster their independence and boost their confidence.”You can make comments,cite examples or use your personal experiences to develop your essay.You should write at least 150words but no more than 200words (not including the sentence given).Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section ADirections: In this section,you will hear two long conversations.At the end of each conversation,you will hear four questions.Both the conversation and the questions will bespoken only once.Afier 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 o n Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1.A)Renting a car instead of driving their own. C)Exploring more summer holiday resorts.B)Surfing online to check out the best deals. D)Spending their holidays in a novel way.2.A)He once owned a van. C)He did not find holiday homes appealing.B)He was well travelled. D)He did not like to be locked into one place.3.A)Ensure the safety of passengers. C)Receive instructions via computers.B)Drive under any weather condition.D)Generate their own electricity.4.A)Having one's basic needs covered while away from home.B)Enjoying the freedom to choose where to go and work.C)Slowing down in one's increasingly hectic life.D)Riding one's mountain bike on vacation.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5.A)She has missed several important appointments lately.B)Her job performance has worsened over the past month.C)She has lagged behind most of her co-workers in output.D)Her physical health has deteriorated these past few weeks.6.A)Serious health issues. C)Some problems at home.B)Disturbance of her mind. D)Penalty for curtailed output.7.A)The woman's work proficiency. C)His engaging personalityB)The woman's whole-hearted support. D)His management capability8.A)The woman will resume her work in two weeks.B)The man will be back at his 100%in a couple of weeks.C)The woman will be off work on the next two Mondays.D)The man will help the woman get back to her usual self.·2023年12月六级真题(第二套)·10Section BDirections: In this section,you will hear two passages.At the end of each passage,you will hear three or four 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 I with a single line through the centre.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.9.A)It can have an impact on our moods and emotions.B)It can enable us to live a healthier and longer life.C)It can improve our financial status significantly.D)It can help us achieve better work performance.10.A)One's health tends to differ before and after marriage.B)One's health status is related to one's social background.C)The wealthier one's spouse is,the healthier one becomes.D)The spouse's level of education can impact one's health.11.A)They benefited a lot from their career achievements.B)They showed interest in their spouse's occupations.C)They had much in common with their spouses.D)They had more education than their spouses.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.12.A)Eliminating their root cause. C)Identifying the cities'geological features.B)Forecasting flood risks accurately. D)Finding out the changing climate patterns.13.A)To validate his hypothesis about the gravity of floods.B)To determine the frequency of high tides causing floods.C)To improve his mathematical flooding model.D)To see the feasibility of his project on flooding.14.A)To study the consequences of high tides on flooded areas.B)To teach local citizens how to collect data of incoming floods.C)To forecast rapid floods in real time.D)To classify the flooding data processed.15.A)They set up Internet-connected water-level sensors.B)They tracked the rising tides with video-cameras.C)They used newly-developed supercomputing facilities.D)They observed the direction of water flow on the spot.Section CDirections: In this section,you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed by three or four questions. The recordings will be played only once.Afier 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 I with a single line through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.16.A)To argue about the value of a college degree.B)To debate the validity of current survey data.11·2023年12月六级真题(第二套) ·C)To account for the drastic decline in employment among men.D)To compare men without college degrees with those who have.17.A)The increase in women taking up jobs. C)The factor of wages.B)The issue of changing job requirements. D)The impact of inflation.18.A)Men's unwillingness to accept low wages in times of growing inflation.B)The wage gap between those with college degrees and those without.C)More jobs requiring their holders to have a college degree nowadays.D)The sharp decline in marriage among men with no college degrees.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.19.A)More and more people attach importance to protecting endangered animals.B)More and more people prioritize animal welfare when buying things to wear.C)An increasing number of people demand to free animals being kept in cages.D)An increasing number of people follow the latest trend of becoming vegetarians.20.A)Avoided the use of leather and fur. C)Refrained from using chemicals in their products.B)Labelled all their products as vegan.D)Utilized a silk substitute made from mushrooms.21.A)Whether they actually signify a substantial change. C)Whether they can be considered sustainable.B)Whether they effectively protect animals at large. D)Whether they can be regarded as ethical.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.22.A)The era we live in is the most peaceful in history.B)The world has seen more violence in recent years.C)The environmental welfare has worsened in the world.D)The belief is less prevalent that the world is going to hell.23.A)They were actually not in their right mind.B)They believed the world was deteriorating.C)They did not wish to live in the previous century.D)They were convinced by the statistics presented to them.24.A)The subjectivity of mass media. C)Our psychological biases.B)The current state of affairs. D)Our ancestors'influence.25.A)Spreading exciting news around us far and wide. C)Calculating dangerous risks to our survival.B)Vacuuming up depressing or enraging stories. D)Paying attention to negative information. Part ⅢReading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through carefiully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter:Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Our brains respond to language expressing facts differently than they do to words conveying possibility, scientists at New York University have recently found.Their work offers new insights into the impact word choice has on how we 26between statements expressing what is real versus what is merely possible.The ·2023年12月六级真题(第二套)·12researchers assert their findings are important because we are presented with false information all the time. Some of this is 27 ,as is the case with deceptive advertisements,but the problem is 28_by individuals who believe they are sharing correct information.Thus,it is more important than ever to separate the factual from the possible or merely 29 in how we communicate.This is especially true as the study makes clear that information presented as fact 30 special responses in our brains,which are distinct from when we process the same content with clear indicators of 31In their new study,the scientists intended to 32 how the brain computes possibilities as expressed by words such as “may,”“might,”and “if.”The researchers compared brain responses to statements expresing factual 33 and those expressing possibility."There is a monster under my bed"exemplifies a factual statement.“I will stay home,”is also factual.This is opposed to statements that express possibility,like “There might be a monster under my bed,"or “If it rains,I will stay home."The results of the study showed that factual language_ 34 a rapid increase in brain activity,with the brain responding more powerfully and showing more engagement with factual phrases compared to those communicating possibility.Thus,facts rule when it comes to the brain.Brain regions involved in processing 35 rapidly distinguish facts from possibilities.Further,these regions respond in a much more robust fashion to factual statements.Section BDirections: In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter:Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Treasure FeverA)Most visitors come to Cape Canaveral,on the northeast coast of Florida,for the tourist attractions.It's hometo the second-busiest cruise ship port in the world and is a gateway to the cosmos.Nearly 1.5 million visitors flock here every year to watch rockets,spacecraft,and satellites blast off into the solar system from Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.Nearly 64 kilometers of undeveloped beach and 648 square kilometers of protected refuge fan out from the cape's sandy shores.B)Yet some of Cape Canaveral's most legendary attractions lie unseen,wedged under the sea's surface inmud and sand,for this part of the world has a reputation as a deadly ship trap.Over the centuries,dozens of majestic Old World sailing ships smashed and sank on this irregular stretch of windy Florida coast.They were vessels built for war and commerce,crossing the globe carrying everything from coins to cannons,boxes of silver and gold,chests of jewels and porcelain,and pearls from the Caribbean.13·2023年12月六级真题(第二套)·C)Cape Canaveral contains one of the greatest concentrations of colonial shipwrecks in the world.In recentyears,advances in radar,diving,detection equipment,computers,and GPS have transformed the hunt.The naked eye might see a pile of rocks,but technology can reveal the precious artifacts(人工制品) that lie hidden on the ocean floor.D)As technology renders the seabed more accessible,the hunt for treasure-filled ships has drawn a fresh tideof salvors(打捞人员)and their investors—as well as marine archaeologists(考古学家)wanting to bring to light the lost relics.But of late,when salvors have found vessels,their rights have been challenged in court.The big question:who should have control of these treasures?E)High-stakes fights over shipwrecks pit archacologists against treasure hunters in a vicious cycle ofaccusations.Archacologists regard themselves as protectors of history,and they see salvors as careless destroyers.Salvors feel they do the hard work of searching for ships,only to have them stolen from under them when discovered.This kind of clash inevitably takes place on a grand scale.Aside from the salvors, their investors,and the maritime archacologists who serve as expert witnesses,the battles sweep in local and international govemments and organizations like UNESCO that work to protect under-water heritage.The court cases that ensue stretch on for years.Are finders keepers,or do the ships belong to the countries that made them and sent them sailing centuries ago?Where once salvors and archacologists worked side by side, now they belong to opposing,and equally contemptuous,tribes.F)Nearly three million vessels lie wrecked on the Earth's ocean floor-from old canoes to the Titanic—andikely less than one percent have been explored.Some—like an ancient Roman ship found off Antikythera, Greece,dated between 70 and 60 BC and carrying astonishingly sophisticated gears and dials for navigating by the sun-are critical to a new understanding of our past.No wonder there is an eternal stirring among everybody from salvors to scholars to find them.G)In May 2016,a salvor named Bobby Pritchett,president of Global Marine Exploration (GME)in Tampa,Florida,announced that he had discovered scattered remains of a ship buried a kilometer off Cape Canaveral.Over the prior three years,he and his crew had obtained 14 state permits to survey a nearly 260-square- kilometer area off the cape;they worked 250 days a year,backed by investor funds of,he claims,US S4 million.It was hard work.Crew members were up at dawn,dragging sensors from their expedition vessels back and forth,day in and day out,year after year,to detect metal of any ing computer technology, Pritchett and his crew created intricate,color-coded maps marked with the GPS coordinates of thousands offinds,all invisible under a meter of sand.H)One day in 2015,the magnetometer (磁力计)picked up metal that turned out to be an iron cannon;when thedivers blew the sand away,they also discovered a more precious bronze cannon with markings indicating French royalty and,not far off,a famous marble column carved with the coat of arms of France,known from historical paintings.The discovery was cause for celebration.The arifacts indicated the divers had likely found the wreck of La Trinité,a 16th-century French vessel that had been at the center of a bloody battle between France and Spain that changed the fate of the United States of America.I)And then the legal storm began,with GME and Pritchett pitted against Florida and France.The SunkenMilitary Craft Act of 2004,a US federal act,protects any vessel that was on a military mission,allowing the originating country to claim their ship even centuries later.In 2018,two long years after Pritchett's discovery, the federal district court ruled in favor of France.For Pritchett,the decision was lions of dollars of investor funding and years of labor were lost.J)But this is far from the first time a salvor has lost all rights to a discovery.In 2012,for instance,Spain won a five-year legal battle against Odyssey Marine Exploration,which had hauled 594,000 gold and silver coins ·2023年12月六级真题(第二套) · 14from a Spanish wreck off the coast of Portugal across the Atlantic to the United States.“Treasure hunters can be naive,”says attorney David Concannon,who has had several maritime archaeologists as clients and represented two sides in the battles over the Titanic for 20 years.“Many treasure hunters don't understand they are going to have to fight for their rights against a govemment that has an endless supply of money for legal battles that treasure hunters are likely to lose.”K)Puting an inflated price on artifacts rather than viewing them as cultural and historical treasures that transcend any price is what iritates many archaeologists.For the archaeologist,everything in a wreck matters-hair,fabric,a fragment of a newspaper,rat bones-all things speak volumes.Archacologists don't want artifacts ending up in a private collection instead of taking humanity on a jourmey of understanding.L)George Bass is one of the pioneers of under-water archacology,and a researcher at Texas A&M University.He has testified in court against treasure hunters,but says archacology is not without its own serious problems.He believes archacologists need to do a better job themselves instead of routinely criticizing treasure hunters.“Archaeology has a terrible reputation for not publishing enough on its excavations (发掘) and finds,"he says.Gathering data,unearthing and meticulously preserving and examining finds,verifying identity and origin,piecing together the larger story,and writing and publishing a comprehensive paper or book can take decades.A bit cynically,Bass describes colleagues who never published because they waited so long they became ill or died.Who is more at fault,Bass asks,the professional archacologist who carefully excavates a site and never publishes on it or the treasure hunter who locates a submerged wreck,salvages part,conserves part,and publishes a book on the operation?M)Pritchett concedes that his find deserves careful excavation and preservation."I think what I found should go in a museum,"he says."But I also think I should get paid for what I found.”Indeed,it's a bit of a mystery why governments,archacologists,and treasure hunters can't work together-and why salvors aren't at least given a substantial finder's fee before the original owner takes possession of the vessel and its artifacts.36.Exploration of shipwrecks on the sea floor is crucial in updating our understanding of humanity's past.37.Quite a number of majestic ships sailing from Europe to America were wrecked off the Florida coast over thecenturies.38.Pritchett suffered a heavy loss when a US district court ruled against him.39.Recently,people who found treasures in shipwrecks have been sued over their rights to own them.40.Pritchett claims he got support of millions of dollars from investors for his shipwreck exploration.41.One pioneer marine scientist thinks archacologists should make greater efforts to publish their findings.42.With technological advancement in recent years,salvors now can detect the invaluable man-made objectslying buried under the sea.43.According to a lawyer,many treasure hunters are susceptible to loss because they are unaware they face afinancially stronger opponent in court.44.Salvors of treasures in sunken ships and marine archaeologists are now hostile to each other.45.Archacologists want to see artifacts help humans understand their past instead of being sold to privatecollectors at an outrageous price.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section.Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C)and D).You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.15 ·2023年12月六级真题(第二套) ·Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.Could you get by without using the internet for four and a half years?That's exactly what singer and actress Selena Gomez has done in a bid to improve her mental health.She has spoken extensively about the relationship between her social media usage and her mental wellbeing, recalling feeling like “an addict”when she became Instagram's most followed user in 2016.“Taking a break from social media was the best decision that I ve ever made for my mental health”,says she.“The unnecessary hate and comparisons went away once I put my phone down.”Ditching the web at large,however,is a far more subtle and complicated prospect.The increasing digitisation of our society means that everything from paying a gas bill to ploting a route to a friend's house and even making a phone call is at the merey of your internet connection.Actively opting out of using the internet becomes a matter of privilege.Ms Gomez's multi-millionaire status has allowed her to take the “social"out of social media,so she can continue to leverage her enormous fame while keeping the trolls(恶意挑衅的帖子)at bay.The fact that she's still the second most-followed woman on Instagram suggests it's entirely possible to maintain a significant web profile to promote various projects-by way of a dedicated team—without being exposed to the cruel comments, hate mail and rape or death threats.It goes without saying that this is fundamentally different from how the rest of us without beauty deals and films to publicise use the likes of Instagram,TikTok and Twiter,but even the concept of a digital detox( 戒瘾 ) requires having a device and connectivity to choose to disconnect from.The UK's digital divide has worsened over the past two years,leaving poorer families without broadband connections in their homes.Digital exclusion is a major threat to wider societal equality in the UK,so witnessing companies like Faccbook championing the metaverse(元宇宙)as the next great frontier when school children are struggling to complete their homework feels particularly irritating.Consequently,it's worth bearing in mind that while deleting all social media accounts will undoubtedly make some feel infinitely better,many other people benefit from the strong sense of community that sharing platforms can breed.Intemet access will continue to grow in importance as we edge further towards web 3.0,and greater resources and initiatives are needed to provide the underprivileged with the connectivity they desperately need to learn,work and ive.It's crucial that people who feel that social media is having a detrimental effect on their mental health are allowed to switch off and for those living in digital exclusion to be able to switch on in the first place.46.What do we learn about singer and actress Selena Gomez in the past four and a half years?A)She has had worsening mental problems. C)She has refrained from using social media.B)She has won Instagram's most followers. D)She has succeeded in a bid on the internet.47.Why does actively opting out of using the internet become a matter of privilege?A)Most people find it subtle and complicated to give up using the internet.B)Most people can hardly ditch the web while avoiding hate and comparisons.C)Most people can hardly get by without the internet due to growing digitisation.D)Most people have been seriously addicted to the web without being aware of it.48.Why does the author say “witnes ing companies…feels particularly irritating”(Lines2-4,Para.6)?A)The UK digital divide would further worsen due to the metaverse.B)The concept of the metaverse is believed to be still quite illusory.·2023年12月六级真题(第二套) ·16C)School children would be drawn farther away from the real world.D)Most families in the UK do not have stable broadband connections.49.What is worth bearing in mind concerming social media platforms?A)They are conducive to promoting societal equality.B)They help many people feel connected with others.C)They provide a necessary device for a digital detox.D)They create a virtual community on the internet.50.What does the author think is really important for those living in digital exclusion?A)Having access to the internet. C)Getting more educational resources.B)Edging further towards web 3.0. D)Opening more social media accounts.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.Psychologists have long been in disagreement as to whether competition is a learned or a genetic component of human behavior.Whatever it is,you cannot but recognize the effect competition is exerting in academics and many other areas of contemporary life.Psychologically speaking,competition has been seen as an inevitable consequence of human drives. According to Sigmund Freud,humans are born screaming for attention and full of organic drives for fulfillment in various areas.Initially,we compete for the attention of our parents.Thereafter,we are at the mercy of a battle between our base impulses for self-fulfillment and social and cultural norms which prohibit pure indulgence.Curent work in anthropology(人类学)has suggested,however,that this view of the role of competition in human behavior may be incorrect.Thomas Hobbes,one of the great philosophers of the seventeenth century,is perhaps best remembered for his characterization of the "natural world,"that is,the world before the imposition of the will of humanity,as being“nasty,brutish,and short.”This image of the pre-rational world is still widely held,reinforced by Charles Darwin's highly influential work,The Origin of Species,which established the doctrine of natural selection.This doctrine,which takes for granted that those species best able to adapt to and master the natural environment in which they live will survive,has suggested that the struggle for survival is an inherent human trait which determines a person's success.Darwin's theory has even been summarized as “survival of the fittest”—a phrase Darwin himself never used—further highlighting competition's role in success. As it has often been pointed out,however,there is nothing in the concept of natural selection that suggests that competition is the most successful strategy for “survival of the fittest.”Darwin asserted in The Origin of Species that the struggles he was describing should be viewed as metaphors and could easily include dependence and cooperationMany studies have been conducted to test the importance placed on competition as opposed to other values, such as cooperation—by various cultures,and generally conclude that Americans uniquely praise competition as natural,inevitable,and desirable.In 1937,the world-renowned anthropologist Margaret Mead published Cooperation and Competition among Primitive Peoples,based on her studies of several societies that did notprize competition,and,in fact,seemed at times to place a negative value on it.One such society was the Zuni Indians of Arizona,and they,Mead found,valued cooperation far more than competition.After studying dozens of such cultures,Mead's final conclusion was that competitiveness is a culturally created aspect of human behavior,and that its prevalence in a particular society is relative to how that society values it.17 ·2023年12月六级真题(第二套) ·51.What does the author think is easy to see in many areas of contemporary life?A)The disagreement on the inevitability of competition.B)The consequence of psychological investigation.C)The effect of human drives.D)The impact of competition.52.According to psychology,what do people strive to do following the initial stage of their life?A)Fulfill individual needs without incurring adverse effects of human drives.B)Indulge in cultural pursuits while keeping their base impulses at bay.C)Gain extensive recognition without exposing pure indulgence.D)Satisfy their own desires while observing social conventions.53.What do we learn about the “natural world”characterized by Thomas Hobbes?A)It gets misrepresented by philosophers and anthropologists.B)It gets distorted in Darwin's The Origin of Species.C)It is free from the rational intervention of humans.D)It is the pre-rational world rarely appreciated nowadays.54.What can we conclude from Darwin's assertion in The Origin of Species?A)All species inherently depend on others for survival.B)Struggles for survival do not exclude mutual support.C)Competition weighs as much as cooperation as a survival strategy.D)The strongest species proves to be the fittest in natural selection.55.What conclusion did Margaret Mead reach after studying dozens of different cultures?A)It is characteristic of humans to be competitive.B)Americans are uniquely opposed to cooperation.C)Competition is relatively more prevalent in Western societies.D)People's attitude towards competition is actually culture-bound.Part IV Translation (30 minutes) Directions: For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.随着经济与社会的发展，中国人口结构发生了显著变化，逐渐步入老龄化社会。
2014年6月英语六级真题及答案解析 第二套
2014年6月大学英语六级考试真题(二)Part I Writing (30 minutes)题目一：Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to put all eggs in one basket．You can give examples to illustrate your point．You should write at least 150 words and no more than 200words．题目二：Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to jump to conclusions upon seeing or hearing something．You can give examples to illustrate your point．You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words．注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
Part ⅡListening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations．At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said．Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once．After each question there will be a pause．During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer ．Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre．注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
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2014年12月大学英语六级考试真题(二)Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section A注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
1.A． In a parking lot.B．At a grocery.C． At a fast food restaurant.D． In a car showroom.2.A． Change her position now and then.B．Stretch her legs before standing up.C． Have a little nap after lunch.D． Get up and take a short walk.3.A． The students should practice long-distance running.B．The students' physical condition is not desirable.C． He doesn't quite believe what the woman says.D． He thinks the race is too hard for the students.4.A． They will get their degrees in two years.B．They are both pursuing graduate studies.C． They cannot afford to get married right now.D． They do not want to have a baby at present.5.A． He must have been mistaken for Jack.B．Twins usually have a lot in common.C． Jack is certainly not as healthy as he is.D． He has not seen Jack for quite a few days.6.A． The woman will attend the opening of the museum.B．The woman is asking the way at the crossroads.C． The man knows where the museum is located.D． The man will take the woman to the museurn.7.A． They cannot ask the guy to leave.B．The guy has been coming in for years.C． The guy must be feeling extremely lonely.D． They should not look down upon the guy.8.A． Collect timepieces.B．Become time-conscious.C． Learn to mend clocks.D． Keep track of his daily activities.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9.A． It is eating into its banks.B．It winds its way to the sea.C． It is wide and deep.D． It is quickly rising.10.A． Try to speed up the operation by any means.B．Take the equipment apart before being ferried.C． Reduce the transport cost as much as possible.D． Get the trucks over to the Other side of the river.11.A． Find as many boats as possible.B．Cut trees and build rowing boats.C． Halt the operation until fu.rther orders.D． Ask the commander to send a helicopter.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12.A． Talk about his climbing experiences.B．Help him join an Indian expedition.C． Give up mountain climbing altogether.D． Save money to buy climbing equipment.13.A． He was the first to conquer Mr. Qomolangma.B．He had an unusual religious background.C． He climbed mountains to earn a living.D． He was very strict with his children.14.A． They are to be conquered.B．They are to be protected.C． They are sacred places.D． They are like humans.15.A． It was his father's training that pulled him through.B．It was a milestone in his mountain climbing career.C． It helped him understand the Sherpa view of mountains.D． It was his father who gave him the strength to succeed.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will.hear somequestions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, youmust choose the best answer from the four choices marked A ), B ), C ) and D ). Then mark thecorresponding 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。
Passage OneQuestions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.A． By showing a memorandum's structure.B．By analyzing the organization of a letter.C． By comparing memorandums with letters.D． By reviewing what he has said previously.17.A． They ignored many of the memorandums they received. B．They placed emphasis on the format of memorandums.C． They seldom read a memorandum through to the end;D． They spent a lot of time writing memorandums.18.A． Style and wording.B．Directness and clarity.C． Structure and length.D． Simplicity and accuracy.19.A． Inclusion of appropriate humor.B．Direct statement of purpose.C． Professional look.D． Accurate dating.Passage TwoQuestions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.20.A． They give top priority to their work efficiency.B．They make an effort to lighten their workload.C． They try hard to make the best use of their time.D． They never change work habits unless forced to.21.A． Sense of duty.B．Self-confidence.C． Work efficiency.D． Passion for work.22.A． They find no pleasure in the work they do.B．They try to avoid work whenever possible.C． They are addicted to playing online games.D． They simply have no sense of responsibility.Passage Three Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23.A． He lost all his property.B．He was sold to a circus.C． He ran away from his family.D． He was forced into slavery.24.A． A carpenter.B．A master of his.C． A businessman.D． A black drummer.25.A． It named its town hall after Solomon Northup,B．It freed all blacks in the town from slavery.C． It declared July 24 Solomon Northup Day.D． It hosted a reunion for the Northup family.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the firs~ time,you should listen carefully for its general idea .. When the passage is read for the second time, you arerequired to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read forthe third time, you should check what you have written.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。