Part I Writing
作文题一：学历歧视
Part II Listening
Section A
Question 1
A.At a grocery
B.In a parking lot
C.In a car showroom
D.At a fast food restaurant
Question 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
Passage One
Question 16
A. By reviewing what he has said previously
B.By comparing memorandums with letters
C.By showing a memorandum’ s structure
D.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
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 allpwing the intolerance to continue.
Intolerance should not be confused with disagreement.It is,of course,possible as diasgree 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)_____ disseniers(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 frim disagreement.It stems from fear,And fear stems from fear.And fear stems from ignorance.
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, Highgrove, to stimulate their growth. The Prince was 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 teenger.
Although he was gradually gained international(43)_____ as one of the world's lending conservationists,many British people still think of him as an(34)_____ 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
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H.originally
I.recognition
J.respond
K.subordinate
L.suppressing
M.throne
N.unnaturally
O.urging
36-45答案：
36-40：M throne C environmentalist F notions H originally N unnaturally
41-45：O urging E impact I recognition B eccentric J respond
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 Killing Academics
A)In this month’s Atlantic cover article, “The Case Against High-School Sports,” Amanda Ripley argues that school-sponsored sports programs should be seriously cut. She writes that, unlike most countries that outperform the United States on international assessments, American schools put too much of an emphasis on athletics, “ Sports are embedded in American schools in a way they are not almost anywhere else,” she writes, “Yet this di fference 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 learn from South Korea and Finland and every other country at the top level of international test scores, all of whom emphasize athletics far less in school. ”Even in eighth grade, American kids spend more than twice the time Korean kids spend playing sports,” she writes, citing a 2010 study published in the Journal of Advanced Academics.
C)It might well be true that sports are far more rooted in American high 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 similarities in performance. They can’t explain international differences either.
E)If it is true that sports undermine the academic mission of American schools, we would expect to see a negative relationship between the commitment to athletics and academic achievement. However, the University of Arkansas’s Daniel Bowen and Jay Greene actually find the opposite. They examine this relationship by analyzing schools’ sports winning percentages as w ell as student-athletic participation rates compared to graduation rates and standardized test score achievement over a five-year period for all public high schools in Ohio. Controlling for student poverty levels, demographics(人口统计状况), and district financi al resources, both measures of a school’s commitment 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 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 s ports programs actually facilitates or reflects greater social capital 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 athletic s in contempt, arguing that they crowded out schools’ academic missions. Ripley quotes his 1961 study, The Adolescent Society, where Coleman writes, “Altogether, the trophy(奖品)case would suggest to the innocent visitor that he was entering an athletic club, not an educational institution.”
H)However, in later research 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 t eachers. “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 schoo l 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 negat ive 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 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 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,spograms contribute to students's academic preformance 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 undermine a school's image.
46-55答案：
46-D 47-N48-H49-F50-J
51-C52-E53-R54-L55-B
Section C
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 liv ing 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 pa per, 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 grid is certainly a good thing — but it does carry an environmental price.
The urbanization wave 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 environment. “There’s an enormous opportunity 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 t he last couple of hundred years. The scale of this transition won’t allow that.” We’re headed 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.
57 C 58 B 59 A 60 C
Passage Two
When Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launched https://www.doczj.com/doc/066360423.html, 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 bound — as were previous generations of humans — by what they were taught. They are only 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.
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 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 distracted
from 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.
62 D 63 A 64 B 65 A
2014年6月英语六级真题及答案（第一套） .C.【精析】语义理解题。女士向男士提到了学生们正在因为学费上涨而进行抗 议，男士说他也听说了这一事件，但他却不认为学生们的行为会起到什么好的 效果。由此可知，男士对学生们抗议行为的效果有所怀疑。 2.D.【精析】综合理解题。女士说Jay就要21岁了，他到底知不知道班里正在 为他的生日聚会做准备；男士说Jay并不知情，一直以为班里是为即将退休的 系主任准备聚会。由此可知，班里都瞒着Jay，没让他知道聚会的真实目的。 3.C.【精析】推理判断题。对话中男士打电话告诉女士说，White先生上午去修 车的时候，把车留在了修车厂，而他把公文包和钱包也一并落在了那里；女士 说她会转告White先生，当天下午就去取回来。由此可知，White先生把汽车、 公文包和钱包都留在了修车厂。 4.D. 【精析】综合理解题。对话中女士对男士说电视台在重播一些二十世纪六 十年代的喜剧，问男士对这些喜剧的看法；男士说他并不怎么喜欢这些喜剧， 同时，他也说，新出的喜剧，即使是由著名导演执导，娱乐效果也不怎么样。 由此可知，男士认为从二十世纪六十年代起，喜剧并没有什么发展。 5.D.【精析】弦外之音题。男士向女士求助，说他的菜谱说烹饪时间为l0分钟，不知道是否应该把这些蔬菜再多煮一会儿；女士说在她看来，这些蔬菜已经可 以了，不用再煮了。由此可见，女士认为男士不应该再继续煮这些蔬菜了。 6. A.【精析】事实细节题。对话中女士问男士他是不是要去父母家，男士说是 的，他答应父母帮他们整理纳税申报单，免税代码对于他的父母来说太难懂了。由此可知，男士会帮助父母整理纳税申报单。 7. A.【精析】推理判断题。对话中女士说听说男士提前一个月就完成了项目， 她十分吃惊；而男士说他自己也没弄明白怎么就能提前这么长时间完成项目。 由此可知，男士自己也没想到能这么快完成工作。 8. B.【精析】事实细节题。对话中女士对男士说她希望能和男士一起上发展心 理学课，男士说他也是这么 想的，但是等他去注册的时候，该课程名额已经报满。由此可知，男士没能成 功注册该课程。 9. B.【精析】事实细节题。对话中男士一开头就说泰国丝绸的色彩让他惊叹， 并说从没有见过这样的色彩组合，还提出要看一下这些新色彩组合的样品。由 此可知，是泰国丝绸新的色彩组合让男士着迷。 10.C.【精析】细节辨认题。对话中男士说他也不确定究竟在找些什么，但可以 确定的是，他不喜欢在景点出售的东西。女士由此猜测男士应该是喜欢去乡村 转一转，男士表示同意。女士猜测男士应该对 尚未商业化的手工艺品更感兴趣，男士则强调说对当地人自己使用的东西很感 兴趣，这与选项中的“地方手工艺品”意思一致。 11.B【精析】细节推断题。对话中女士对男士说她可以为他安排一次去乡村的
2014年12月英语六级真题及答案（文字版） 考试采取“多题多卷”模式，试题顺序不统一，请依据试题进行核对Part I Writing Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the following t opic. You should write at least 180 words but no more than 200 words. 作文题一：学历歧视 作文部分： 【学历歧视：参考范文】 In the modern society, with competition becomes increasingly fierce, to find a job is to o difficult for the young generation. Academic qualification, as a job a stepping-stone, is a n essential factor during the job hunting. Some people think that the highly educated must be able to find a good job, because education can prove that a person has a good capacity. Therefore, it is commonly believe
that a job seeker with a master degree must be easier to find a promising job than a un dergraduate. However, now the company interviewers generally prefer to required a even h igher academic qualification, like a doctor degree. Otherwise, the applicants, even though h e or she has tremendous potential, will be refused relentlessly. As far as I am concerned, education should not be the single standard in an interview. As for the companies, it is not necessarily a good principle as well. Now the whole comm unity often talk about working ability and efficiency. For example, some people may have high academic qualification, but actually his ability is very limited. So both the individual a nd the community ought to change their attitude on academic qualification. We should rea lize that it is the operational Part II Listening 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 sai d. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question t here will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A) , B) , C) and D)，and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Ans wer Sheet I with a single line through the centre. Question 1 A.At a grocery B.In a parking lot
2014年12月6级第一套 Part III Reading comprehension Section A Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage. His future subjects have not always treated the Prince of Wales with the respect one might 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, Highgrove, to stimulate their growth. The Prince was being humorous—“My sense of humor will get me into trouble one day,”he said to the aides (随从)—but listening to Charles Windsor can indeed prove stimulating. The royal (37)________ that been promoting radical ideas for most of his adult life, some of his (38) _________ which once sounded a hit 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 to 1996.when most shoppers cared only about the low price tag on suspiciously blemish-free(无瑕疵的)V egetables and (40) __________ large chickens piled high in supermarkets. His warnings on climate change proved farsighted; too Charles began (41) _________ action on global warming in 1990 and says he has been worried about the (42) ____________ of man on the environment since he was a teenager. Although he has gradually gained international (43) __________ as one of the a world’s leading 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 sound. So Charles was ahead of the game there, too. A. conform B. eccentric C. environmentalist D. expeditions E. impact F. notions G. organic H. originally I. recognition J. respond K. subordinate L. suppressing M. throne N. unnaturally O. urging Section B Should Single-Sex Education Be Eliminated? [A] Why is a neuroscientist here debating single-sex schooling? Honestly, I had no fixed ideas on the topic when I started researching it for my book, Pink Brain, Blue Brain. But any discussion of gender differences in children inevitably leads to this debate, so I felt compelled to dive into the research data on single-sex schooling. I read every study I could, weighed the existing evidence, and ultimately concluded that single-sex education is not the answer to gender gaps in achievement—or the best way forward for today’s young people. After my book was published, I met several developmental and cognitive psychologists whose work was addressing gender and education from different angles, and we published a peer-reviewed Education Forum piece in Science magazine with the provocative title, “The Pseudoscience of Single-Sex Education.”[B] We showed that three lines of research used to justify single-sex schooling—educational, neuroscience, and social psychology—all fail to support its alleged benefits, and so the widely-held view that gender separation is somehow better for boys, girls, or both is nothing more than a myth.
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 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 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.
2013年12月大学英语六级考试真题（第1套） Part I Writing (30 minutes) （请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试） Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on happiness by referring to the saying“Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them.”You can cite examples to illustrate your point and then explain how you can develop your ability to deal with problems and be happy. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section A Directions:In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At theend of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1 上作答。 1. A) The rock band needs more hours of practice. B) The rock band is going to play here for a month. C) Their hard work has resulted in a big success. D) He appreciates the woman’s help with the band. 2. A) Go on a diving tour in Europe. C) Travel overseas on his own. B) Add 300 dollars to his budget. D) Join a package tour to Mexico. 3. A) In case some problem should occur. C) To avoid more work later on. B) Something unexpected has happened. D) To make better preparations. 4. A) The woman asked for a free pass to try out the facilities. B) The man is going to renew his membership in a fitness center. C) The woman can give the man a discount if he joins the club now. D) The man can try out the facilities before he becomes a member. 5. A) He is not afraid of challenge. B) He is not fit to study science. C) He is worried about the test. D) He is going to drop the physics course 6. A) Pay for part of the picnic food. C) Buy something special for Gary. B) Invite Gary’s family to dinner. D) Take some food to the picnic. 7. A) Bus drivers’ working conditions.C)Public transportation. B) A labor dispute at a bus company. D) A corporate takeover. 8. A) The bank statement. C) The payment for an order. B) Their sales overseas. D) The check just deposited.
2014.12.1st 反应在艺术和文学中的乡村生活理想是中国文明的重要特征。这在很大程度上归功于道家对自然地感情。传统中国画有两个最受青睐的主题，一是家庭生活的各种幸福场景，画中往往有老人在下棋饮茶，男人在耕耘收割，妇女在织布缝衣，小孩在户外玩耍。另一个则是乡村生活的种种乐趣，画有渔夫在湖上打渔，农夫在山上砍柴采药，或是书生坐在松树下吟诗作画。这两个主题可以分别代表儒家和道家的生活理想。 Rural life ideals reflected in Chinese arts and literature is an important feature of Chinese civilization. This is largely attributed to feelings of Taoism to the nature. There are two most popular themes in traditional Chinese paintings. One is various scenes of happy family life with the elderly drinking teas and playing chess, men plowing and harvesting, women sewing and weaving, or children playing outdoors. The other is a variety of fun in rural life with a fisherman fishing on the lake, farmers cutting firewood or collecting medicinal herbs, scholars reciting poems or painting pictures under a pine tree. These two themes represent separately Confucian and Taoist ideal life.
Part I Writing 作文题一：学历歧视 Part II Listening Section A Question 1 A.At a grocery B.In a parking lot C.In a car showroom D.At a fast food restaurant Question 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
2014年12月大学英语六级CET6考试 模拟试题及答案 2014年12月大学英语六级CET6考试模拟试题及答案（3）Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section C (复合式听写调整为单词及词组听写，短文长度及难度不变。) 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. There is growing dissatisfaction toward rich people, according to a new online poll. The poll by the China Youth Daily 26__________ https://www.doczj.com/doc/066360423.html, has highlighted the apparent 27__________ over the country’s widening income gap. Nearly 8,000 people filled in online 28__________ last week, and when asked to use three words to describe the society’s rich, the top 29__________ were “extravagant”，“greedy” and “corrupt”. About 57 percent of those 30__________ said that “extravagant” was the best word to d escribe the rich, followed closely by “greedy”. 31__________ , despite their dissatisfaction, 93 percent of those polled wished they could be rich too, and that richer people should be “socially 32__________ ”. Some 33__________ percent of respondents also praised rich people for being “smart”. Nearly 90 percent of respondents agreed that most people in society, including themselves, 33 speak up for the poor but were 34__________ to take action and actually do something for them. The survey comes on the heels of a heated debate over comments made by renowned economist Mao Yushi, who said a couple of days ago that he was speaking for the rich and working for the poor. A report released by the Asian Development Bank last Wednesday revealed that China’s Gini co efficient—an indicator of the wealth divide—rose from 0.407 in 1993 to 0.473 in 2004. An earlier Chinese Academy of Social Sciences report said that the richest 10 percent of Chinese families now own more than 40 percent of all private assets, while the poorest 10 percent in the country share less than 2 percent of the total wealth. The country’s income gap is close to that of Latin America, the report which 35__________ in January said.
2014年12月大学英语六级考试真题（第1套） 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. Meaning 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 you are, the better health outcomes we seem to have. In a meta-analysis (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 desire are easily satisfied, and difficult or taxing entanglements 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 who specializes in positive emotions at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and Steve Cole, a genetics and psychiatric 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 well-being,”or pleasure, the higher they scored on happiness.
2014年12月大学英语六级考试真题一（附答案）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 what qualities an employer should look for in job applicant. You should give sound arguments to support your views and write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section A 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 museum. 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.