2017年12月英语六级听力历年真题高频词汇分类word下载

2017英语六级听力高频词汇盘点十九•prescient 有先见之明的venture capitalist 风险投资家moved off campus to turn into a business 走出校园转战商场stroke of luck 幸运refrain 叠句，副歌Affluent Society 《小康社会》classic 名著dread 恐惧Great Depression 大萧条give way to 给……做出让步an economic boom 经济腾飞materialism 唯物主义，物质主义better off 状况好的，富裕的a necessary evil 无可避免之灾祸insecurity 不安全，心神不定layoffs 解雇，裁员physical misery 身体上的痛苦contradictions 矛盾，反驳predestine 注定great boom years 繁荣年份export markets 出口市场domestic market国内市场over-priced 价格过高的sparkling wines 带气泡的酒breed discontent 引起不满undeserving rich 不应该富有的人overpaid chief executives 过高薪酬的执行官corporate layoff 公司裁员erode 减弱，侵蚀social conflict 社会冲突multiplying wants 多种需求let loose 自由anti-social consequence 反社会的结果family breakdown 家庭破碎deferential language 敬语Confucian 儒家conservative gender norm 保守的性别标准modesty 谦逊，稳重tread softly 谨言慎行deferential 恭敬的，惯于顺从的feminine beauty and grace 女性的美丽和优雅outcry 呼声。

2017英语六级听力高频词汇盘点十四
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criminal justice system 刑事司法/审判体系
short prison sentences 短期徒刑
capital punishment 死刑
take an eye for an eye 以眼还眼，以牙还牙
insanity plea 精神失常的借口
gas-powered car 天然气动力汽车
rub shoulders with sb. 与某人为伍
nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners 核动力真空吸尘器
movie trailers 电影预告片
visceral 震撼心灵的
turn on a dime 事情很快会有变化
beverage 软饮料
mom-and-pop 小型的
weak dollar 疲软的美元
college-admissions war 高考“战争”
elite 精英，中坚分子
prestige 威望，名誉
instructional approaches 教学方法
feedback 反馈
graduate school 研究生院
old-boy networks 老同学关系网
lighten up 放松，不要生气
up to a point 不完全如此，在某种程度上
impose on sb. 施加影响于某人
rationalize our pushiness 不要一意孤行
self-denial 克己的，忘我的
dimming the lights 调暗灯光
a fraction of 一小部分
family-owned hotel 家族旅馆insulation 隔离(层)。

2017年12月英语六级考试真题试卷附答案(完整版第3套)Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write on essay commenting on the saying "Help others, and you will be helped when you are in need.,f You can cite examples to illustrate your views. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)说明：由于2017年12月六级考试全国共考了2套听力，本套真题听力与前2套内容完全一样，只是顺序不一样，因此在本套真题中不再重复出现。

Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage・ Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresp on ding 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.Many European countries have been making the shift to electric vehicles and Germany has just stated that they plan to ban the sale of vehicles using gasoline and diesel as fuel by 2030. The coun try is also planning to reduce its carb on footprint by 80-95% by 2050, 26 a shift to green energy in the country. Effectively, the ban will in elude the regist ration of new cars in the country as they will not allow any gasoline 27 vehicle to be registered after 2030.Part of the reason this ban is being discussed and 28 is because energy officials see that they will not reach their emissions goals by 2050 if they do not 29 a large portion of vehicle emissions. The country is still 30 that it will meet its emissions goals, like reducing emissions by 40% by 2020, but the 31 of electric cars in the country has not occurred as fast as ejected.Other efforts to in crease the use of electric vehicles in elude plans to build over 1million hybrid and electric car battery changing stations across the country. By 2030, Germany plans on having over 6 million charging stations 32 . According to the In ter national Business Times, electric car sales are expected to increase as Volkswagen is still recovering from its emissions seandal.There are 33 around 155,000 registered hybrid and electric vehicles on German roads, dwarfed by the 45 million gasoline and diesel cars driving there now. As countries continue setting goals of reducing emissions, greater steps need to be taken to have a 34 effect on the surrounding environment. While the efforts are certainly not 35 , the results of such bans will likely only start to be seen by generations down the line, bettering the world for the future.A)acceptanee B) currently C) disrupting D) eliminate E) exhaust F) futile G) hopeful H) implemented I) incidentally J) installed K) noticeable L) powered M) restoration N) skeptical O) sparkingSection BDirections: In this sectior\ 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.Apple's Stance Highlights a More Confrontational Tech Industry[A]The battle between Apple and law enforcement officials over unlocking a terrorist's smartphone is the culmination of a slow turning of the tables between the technology industry and the United States government・[B]After revelati ons by the former Nati onal Security Agency con tractor Edward J. Snowden in 2013 that the government both cozied up to (讨好)certain tech companies and hacked into others to gain access to private data on an enormous scale, techgiants began to recognize the United States government as a hostile actor・ But if the confrontation has crystallized in this latest battle, it may already be heading toward a predictable conclusion: In the long run, the tech companies are destined to emerge victorious.[C]It may not seem that way at the moment. On the one side, you have the United States government's mighty legal and security apparatus fighting for data of the most sympathetic sort: the secrets buried in a dead mass murderers phone. The action steins from a federal court order issued on Tuesday requiring Apple to help the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to unlock on iPhone used by one of the two attackerswho killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, in December.[D]In the other corner is the world's most valuable compan* whose chief executive, Timothy Cook, has said he will appeal the court's order. Apple argues that it is fighting to preserve a principle that most of us who are addicted to our smartphones can defend: Weaken a single iPhone so that its contents can be viewed by the American government and you risk weakening all iPhones for any gover nment in truder, any where.[E]There will probably be mon ths of legal confrontati on, and it is not at all clear which side will prevail in court, nor in the battle for public opinion and legislative favor.Yet underlying all of this is a simple dynamic: Apple, Google, Facebook and other companies hold most of the cards in this confrontation. They have our data, and their businesses depend on the global public f s collective belief that they will do everything they con to protect that data.[F]Any crack in that front could be fatal for tech companies that must operate worldwide. If Apple is forced to open up an iPhone for an American law enforce me nt investigation, what is to preve nt it from doing so for a request from the Russia ns or the Ira nians? If Apple is for ced to write code that lets the FBI get into the Phone 5c used by Syed Rizwan Farook, the male attacker in the San Bernardino attack, who would be responsible if some hacker got hold of that code and broke into its other devices?[G]Apple's stance on these issues emerged post-Snowden, when the company started putting in place a series of technologies that, by default, make use of en crypti on （加密）to limit access to people's data ・ More tha n that, Apple—a nd, in different ways, other tech companies, including Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft—have made their opposition to the government's claims a point of corporate pride・[H]Apple's emerging global brand is privacy; it has staked its corporate reputati on, not to men tion the in vestment of considerable tech nical and financial resources, on limiting the sort of mass surveillance that was uncovered by Mr. Snowden. So now, for many cases involving governmental intrusions into data, once-lonely privacy advocates find themselves fighting alongside the most powerful company in the world.[I]U A comparison point is in the 1990s battles over encryption/ said Kurt Opsahl, general counsel of the Electronic Frontier Foundatior\ a privacy watchdog group. n Then you had a few companies involved, but not one of the largest compa nies in the world comi ng out with a lengthy and impassi oned post, like we saw yesterday from Timothy Cook. Its profile has really been raised.H[J]Apple and oilier tech companies hold another ace: the technical means to keep making their devices more and more inaccessible. Note that Apple's public opposition to the governmerit's request is itself a hindrance to mass government intrusion. And to get at the contents of a single iPhone, the government says it needs a court order and Apple's help to write new code; in earlier versions of the iPhone, ones that were created before Apple found religion on （热衷于）privacy, the FBI might have been able to break into the device by itself.[K]You can expect that noose （束缚）to continue to tighten・ Experts said that whether or not Apple loses this specific case, measures that it could put into place in the future will almost certainly be able to further limit the government's reach.[L]That is not to say that the outcome of the San Bernardino case is insignificant. As apple and several security experts have argued, an order compelling Apple to write software that gives the FBI access to the iPhone in questi on would establish an unsettli ng precede nt. The order esse ntially asks Apple to hack its own devices, and once it is in place, the pr ecede nt could be used to justify law enforcement efforts to get around encryption technologies in other investigations far removed from national security threats.[M]Once aimed with a method for gaining access to iPhones, the government couldask to use it proactively （先发制人地），before a suspected terrorist attack—leaving Apple in a bind as to whether to comply or risk an attack and suffer a public-relations nightmare. H This is a brand new move in the war against encryptioMr. Opsahl said.H We have had plenty of debates inCongress and the media over whether the government should have a backdoor, and this is an end run （迂回战术）around that—here they come with an order to create that backdoor."[N]Yet it is worth noting that even if Apple ultimately loses this case, it has plenty of tech nical means to close a backdoor over time. H If they are any where near worth their salt as engineeI bet they are rethinking their threat model as we speak,n said Jonathan Zdziarski, a digital expert who studies the iPhone and its vulnerabilities. [O]One relatively simple fix, Mr. Zdziarski said, would be for Apple to modify future versions of the iPhone to require a user to enter a passcode before the phone will accept the sort of modified operating system that the FBI wants Apple to create. That way, Apple could not unilaterally introduce a code that weakens the iPhone—a user would have to consent to it.[P]"Nothing is 100 percent hacker-proof," Mr. Zdziarski said, but he pointed out that the judge's order in this case required Apple to provide "reas on able security assistance'1 to unlock Mr. Farook's phone. If Apple alters the security model of future iPh ones so that even its own en gineers* H reas on able assistance11 will not be able to crack a given device when compelled by the government, a precedent set in this case might lose its lasting force. In other words, even if the FBI wins this case, in the long run z it loses.36.It is a popular belief that tech companies are committed to protecting their customers* private data.37.The US government believes that its access to people's iPhones could be used to prevent terrorist attacks.38.A federal court asked Apple to help the FBI access data in a terrorist's iPhone.39.Privacy advocates now have Apple fighting alongside them against government access to personal data.40.Snowden revealed that the American government had tried hard to access private data on a massive scale.41.The FBI might have been able to access private data in earlier iPhones without Apple's help・42.After the Snowden incident, Apple made clear its position to counter government intrusion into personal data by means of encryption.43.According to one digital expert, no iPhone can be entirely free from hacking.44.Timothy Cook's long web post has helped enhance Apple's image.45.Apple's CEO has decided to appeal the federal court's order to unlock a user!s iPhone.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 corresp onding letter on An swer Sheet 2 with a single line through the cen tre.Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.At the base of a moun tain in Tanzania's Gregory Rift, Lake Natr on bur ns bright red, surrotinded by the remains of animals that were unfortunate enough to fall into the salty water. Bats, swallows and more are chemically preserved in the pose in which they perished, sealed in the deposits of sodium carb on ate in the water. The lake's Ion dscape is bizarre and deadly—a nd made eve n more so by the fact that it's the place where nearly 75 percent of the world's flamingos （火烈鸟）are born.The water is so corrosive that it can bum the skin and eyes of unadapted animals. Flamingos『however, are the only species that actually makes life in the midst of all that death. Once every three or four years, when conditions are right, the lake is covered with the pink birds as they stop flight to breed.Three・quarters of the world's flamingos fly over from other salt lakes in the Rift Valley and nest on salt-crystal islands that appear when the water is at a specific level—too high and the birds can't build their nests, too low and predators can move briskly across the lake bed and attack. When the water hits the right level, the baby birds are kept safe from predators by a corrosive ditch."Flamingos have evolved very leathery skin on their legs so they can tolerate the salt water," says David Harper, a professor at the University of Leicester・,f Humans carmot, and would die if their legs were exposed for any length of time.1' So far this year,water levels have been too high for the flamingos to nest. Some fish, too, have had limited success vacationing at the lake as less salty lagoons （泻1胡）form on the outer edges from hot springs flowing into Lake Natron. Three species of tilapia （罗鱼）thrive there part-time. "Fish have a refuge in the streams and can expand into the Iagoons when the lake is low and the Iagoons are separate,H Harper said. "All the Iagoons join when the lake is high and fish must retreat to their stream refuges or die.1' Otherwise, no fish are able to survive in the naturally toxic lake.This unique ecosystem may soon be under pressure. The Tanzanian government has once again started mining the lake for soda ash, used for making chemicals, glass and detergents. Although the planned operation will be located more than 40 miles away, drawing the soda ash in through pipelines, conservationists worry it could still upsetthe natural water cycle and breeding grounds. For now, though, life prevails—even in a lake that kills almost everything it touches.46.What can we learn about Lake Natron?A)It is simply uninhabitable for most animals.B)It remains little known to the outside world.C)It is a breeding ground for a variety of birds.D)It makes an ideal habitat for lots of predators.47.Flamingos nest only when the lake water is at a specific level so that their babies can .A)find safe shelter more easilyB)grow thick feathers on their feetC)stay away from predatorsD)get accustomed to the salty water48.Flamingos in the Rift Valley are unique in that .A)they can move swiftly across IagoonsB)they can survive well in salty waterC)they breed naturally in corrosive ditchesD)they know where and when to nest49.Why can certain species of tilapia sometimes survive around Lake Natron?A)They can take refuge in the less salty waters・B)They can flee quick eno ugh from predators.C)They can move freely from lagoon to Iago on.D)They can stand the heat of the spring water.50.What may be the consequence of Tanzanian governmenfs planned operation?A)The accelerated extinotion of flamingos.B)The change of flamingos* migration route.C)The overmining of Lake Natron^ soda ash.D)The disruption of Lake Natron's ecosystem.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.It is the seas on for some frantic last-mi nute math—ac ross the coun try, employees of all stripes are counting backward in an attempt to figure out just how much paid time-off they have left in their reserves. More of them, though, will skip those calculations altogether and just power through the holidays into 2017: More than half of American workers don't use up all of their allotted vacation days each year.Not so long ago, people would have turned up their noses at that kind of dedication to the job. As marketing professors Silvia Bellezza, Neeru Paharia, and Anat Keinan recently explained in Harvard Business Review (HBR), leisure time was once seen as an indicator of high social status, something attainable only for those at the top. Since the middle of the 20th century, though, things have turned the opposite way—these days, punishing hours at your desk, rather than days off, are seen as the mark of someone important.In a series of several experiments, the researchers illustrated just how much we've come to admire busyness, or at least the appearance of it. Volunteers read two passages, one about a man who led a life of leisure and another about a man who was over-worked and over-scheduled; when asked to determine which of the two had a higher social status, the majority of the participants said the latter. The same held true for people who used products that implied they were short on time: In one experiment, for example, customers of the grocery-delivery service Peapod were seen as of higher status than people who shopped at grocery stores that were equally expensive; in another, people wearing wireless headphones were considered further up on the social ladder than those wearing regular headphones, even when both were just used to listen to music.In part, the authors wrote in HBR, this pattern may have to do with the way work itself has changed over the past several decades.We think that the shift from leisure-as-status to busyness-as-status may be linked to the development of knowledge-intensive economics. In such economies, individuals who possess the human capital characteristics that employers or die nts value (e. g. , compete nee and ambition) are expected to be in high demand and short supply on the job market. Thus, by telling others that we are busy and working all the time, we are implicitly suggesting that we are sought after, which enhances our perceived status. Even if you feel tempted to sacrifice your own vacation days for fake busyness, though, at least consider leaving your weekends unscheduled. It's for your own good.51.What do most employees plan to do towards the end of the year?A)Go for a vacation.B)Keep on working.C)Set an objective for next year.D)Review the year's achievements.52.How would people view dedication to work in the past?A)They would regard it as a matter of course.B)They would consider it a must for success.C)They would look upon it with con tempt.D)They would deem it a trick of businessmen.53.What did the researchers find through a series of experiments?A)The busier one appears, the more respect one ear ns.B)The more one works, the more one feels exploited.C)The more kno wledge one has, the more compete nt one will be.D)The higher one's status, the more vacation time one will enjoy.54.What may account for the change of people's attitude towards being busy?A)The fast pace of life in modern society.B)The fierce competition in the job market.C)The widespread use of computer technology.D)The role of knowledge in modern economy.55.What does the author advise us to do at the end of the passage?A)Schedule our time properly for efficiency.B)Plan our weekends in a meaningful way.C)Find time to relax however busy we are.D)Avoid appearing busy when we are not.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. 洞庭湖位于湖南省东北部，面积很大，但湖水很浅。

大学英语六级真题2017年12月-(1)Part Ⅰ Writing1、Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying "Respect others, and you will be respected." You can cite examples to illustrate your views. You should write at least 150words but no more than 200 words.Part Ⅱ Listening ComprehensionSection 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 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.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.2、 A. They reward business that eliminate food waste.B. They prohibit the sale of foods that have gone stale.C. They facilitate the donation of unsold foods to the needy.D. They forbid business to produce more foods than needed.3、 A. It imposed penalties on businesses that waste food.B. It passed a law aiming to stop overproduction.C. It voted against food import from outside Europe.D. It prohibited the promotion of bulk food sales.4、 A. It has warned its people against possible food shortages.B. It has penalized businesses that keep overproducing foods.C. It has started a nationwide campaign against food waste.D. It has banned supermarkets from dumping edible foods.5、 A. The confusion over food expiration labels.B. The surplus resulting from overproduction.C. Americans' habit of buying food in bulk.D. A lack of regulation on food consumption.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.6、 A. It has started a week-long promotion campaign.B. It has just launched its annual anniversary sales.C. It offers regular weekend sales all the year round.D. It specializes in the sale of ladies' designer dresses.7、 A. Price reductions for its frequent customers.B. Coupons for customers with bulk purchases.C. Free delivery of purchases for senior customers.D. Price adjustments within seven days of purchase.8、 A. Mail a gift card to her.B. Allow her to buy on credit.C. Credit it to her account.D. Give her some coupons.9、 A. Refunding for goods returned.B. Free installing of appliances.C. Prolonged goods warranty.D. Complimentary tailoring.Section 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 1 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.10、 A. They are thin, tall, and unlike real human beings.B. They have more than twenty different hair textures.C. They have twenty-four different body shapes in total.D. They represent people from virtually all walks of life.11、 A. They do not reflect young girls' aspirations.B. They are not sold together with the original.C. Their flat feet do not appeal to adolescents.D. Their body shapes have not changed much.12、 A. In toy stores.B. In shopping malls.C. On the Internet.D. At Barbie shops.Passage TwoQuestions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.13、 A. Movable metal type began to be used in printing.B. Chinese printing technology was first introduced.C. The earliest known book was published.D. Metal type was imported from Korea.14、 A. It had more than a hundred printing presses.B. It was the biggest printer in the 16th century.C. It helped the German people become literate.D. It produced some 20 million volumes in total.15、 A. It pushed handwritten books out of circulation.B. It boosted the circulation of popular works.C. It made writing a very profitable career.D. It provided readers with more choices.16、 A. It accelerated the extinction of the Latin language.B. It standardized the publication of grammar books.C. It turned translation into a welcome profession.D. It promoted the growth of national languages.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. 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.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.17、 A. They get bored after working for a period of time.B. They spend an average of one year finding a job.C. They become stuck in the same job for decades.D. They choose a job without thinking it through.18、 A. See if there will be chances for promotion.B. Find out what job choices are available.C. Watch a film about ways of job hunting.D. Decide which job is most attractive to you.19、 A. The qualifications you have.B. The pay you are going to get.C. The culture of your target company.D. The work environment you will be in.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.20、 A. It is as, important as Christmas for African-Americans.B. It is a cultural festival founded for African-Americans.C. It is an ancient festival celebrated by African-Americans.D. It is a religious festival celebrated by African-Americans.21、 A. To urge African-Americans to do more for society.B. To call on African-Americans to worship their gods.C. To help African-Americans to realize their goals.D. To remind African-Americans of their sufferings.22、 A. Faith in self-determination.B. The first fruits of the harvest.C. Unity and cooperative economics.D. Creative work and achievement.23、 A. They recite a principle.B. They take a solemn oath.C. They drink wine from the unity cup.D. They call out their ancestors' names.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.24、 A. It is one of the world's most healthy diets.B. It contains large amounts of dairy products.C. It began to impact the world in recent years.D. It consists mainly of various kinds of seafood.25、 A. It involved 13,000 researchers from Asia, Europe and America.B. It was conducted in seven Mid-Eastern countries in the 1950s.C. It is regarded as one of the greatest researches of its kind.D. It has drawn the attention of medical doctors the world over.26、 A. They care much about their health.B. They eat foods with little fat.C. They use little oil in cooking.D. They have lower mortality rates.Part Ⅲ Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.In the past 12 months, Nigeria has suffered from a shrinking economy, a sliding currency, and a prolonged fuel shortage. Now, Africa's largest economy is facing a food crisis as major tomato fields have been destroyed by an insect, leading to a nationwide shortage and escalating prices.The insect, Tutaabsoluta, has destroyed 80% of farms in Kaduna, Nigeria's largest tomato-producing state, leading the government there to declare a state of 27 . The insect, also known as the tomato leaf miner, devastatescrops by 28 on fruits and digging into and moving through stalks.It 29 incredibly quickly, breeding up to 12 generations per year if conditions are favorable. It is believed to have 30 in South America in the early 1900s, and later spread to Europe before crossing over to sub-Saharan Africa.In Nigeria, where tomatoes are a staple of local diets, the insect's effects are devastating. Retail prices for a 31 of tomatoes at local markets have risen from $0.50 to $2.50. Farmers are reporting steep losses and a new $20 million tomato-paste factory has 32 production due to the shortages.Given the moth's ability also to attack crops like pepper and potatoes, Audu Ogbeh, Nigeria's minister of agriculture, has warned that the pest may "create serious problems for food 33 " in the country. Ogbeh says experts are investigating how to control the pest's damage and prevent its spread, which has gone largely 34 until now.Despite being the continent's second-largest producer of tomatoes, Nigeria is 35 on $1 billion worth of tomato-paste imports every year, as around 75% of the local harvest goes to waste thanks to a lack of proper storage facilities. A further 36 in local supplies is yet another unwelcome setback to the industry.A. dependentB. embarkingC. emergencyD. feedingE. grazesF. haltedG. handfulH. multitudeI. originatedJ. reductionK. reproducesL. securityM. terrorN. uncheckedO. untouchedSection 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.Who's Really Addicting You to Technology?A. "Nearly everyone I know is addicted in some measure to the Internet," wrote Tony Schwartz in The New York Times. It's a common complaint these days.A steady stream of similar headlines accuse the Net and its offspring apps, social media sites and online games of addicting us to distraction.B. There's little doubt that nearly everyone who comes in contact with the Net has difficulty disconnecting. Many of us, like Schwartz, struggle to stay focused on tasks that require more concentration than it takes to post a status update. As one person ironically put it in the comments section of Schwartz's online article, "As I was reading this very excellent article, I stopped at least half a dozen times to check my email."C. There's something different about this technology: it is both invasive and persuasive. But who's at fault for its overuse? To find solutions, it'simportant to understand what we're dealing with. There are four parties conspiring to keep you connected: the tech, your boss, your friends and you.D. The technologies themselves, and their makers, are the easiest suspects to blame for our diminishing attention spans. Nicholas Carr, author of The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, wrote, "The net is designed to be an interruption system, a machine geared to dividing attention."E. Online services like Facebook, Twitter and the like, are called out as masters of manipulation—making products so good that people can't stop using them. After studying these products for several years, I wrote a book about how they do it. I learned it all starts with the business model. Since these services rely on advertising revenue, the more frequently you use them, the more money they make. It's no wonder these companies employ teams of people focused on engineering their services to be as engaging as possible. These products aren't habit-forming by chance; it's by design. They have an incentive to keep us hooked.F. However, as good as these services are, there are simple steps we can take to keep them at bay. For example, we can change how often we receive the distracting notifications that trigger our urge to check. According to Adam Marchick, CEO of mobile marketing company Kahuna, less than 15 percent of smartphone users ever bother to adjust their notification settings—meaning the remaining 85 percent of us default to the app makers' every preset trigger. Google and Apple have made it far too difficult to adjust these settings so it's up to us to take steps to ensure we set these triggers to suit our own needs, not the needs of the app makers'.G. While companies like Facebook harvest attention to generate revenue from advertisers, other technologies have no such agenda. Take email, for example. This system couldn't care less how often you use it. Yet to many, email is the most habit-forming medium of all. We check email at all hours of the day—we're obsessed. But why? Because that's what the boss wants. For almost all white-collar jobs, email is the primary tool of corporate communication. A slow response to a message could hurt not only your reputation but also your livelihood.H. Your friends are also responsible for the addiction. Think about this familiar scene. People gathered around a table, enjoying food and each other's company. There's laughter and a bit of kidding. Then, during an interval in the conversation, someone takes out their phone to check who knows what. Barely anyone notices and no one says a thing.I. Now, imagine the same dinner, but instead of checking their phone, the person belches (打嗝)—loudly. Everyone notices. Unless the meal takes place in a beer house, this is considered bad manners. The impolite act violates the basic rules of etiquette. One has to wonder: why don't we apply the same social norms to checking phones during meals, meetings and conversations as we do to other antisocial behaviors? Somehow, we accept it and say nothing when someone offends.J. The reality is, taking one's phone out at the wrong time is worse than belching because, unlike other minor offense, checking tech is contagious. Once one person looks at their phone, other people feel compelled to do the same, starting a chain reaction. The more people are on their phones, the fewer people are talking until finally you're the only one left not reading email or checking Twitter. From a societal perspective, phone checking is less like belching in public and more like another bad habit. Our phones are like cigarettes—something to do when we're anxious, bored or when our fingers need something to toy with. Seeing others enjoy a smoke, or sneak a quick glance, is too tempting to resist and soon everyone is doing it.K. The technology, your boss, and your friends, all influence how often you find yourself using (or overusing) these gadgets. But there's still someonewho deserves scrutiny—the person holding the phone.L. I have a confession. Even though I study habit-forming technology for a living, disconnecting is not easy for me. I'm online far more than I'd like. Like Schwartz and so many others, l often find myself distracted and off task.I wanted to know why so I began self-monitoring to try to understand my behavior. That's when I discovered an uncomfortable truth. I use technology as an escape. When I'm doing something I'd rather not do, or when I'm someplace I'd rather not be, I use my phone to port myself elsewhere. I found that this ability to instantly shift my attention was often a good thing, like when passing time on public transportation. But frequently my tech use was not so benign. When I faced difficult work, like thinking through an article idea or editing the same draft for the hundredth time, for example, a more sinister screen would draw me in. I could easily escape discomfort, temporarily, by answering email or browsing the web under the pretense of so-called "research." Though I desperately wanted to lay blame elsewhere, I finally had to admit that my bad habits had less to do with new-age technology and more to do withold-fashioned procrastination (拖延).M. It's easy to blame technology for being so distracting, but distraction is nothing new. Aristotle and Socrates debated the nature of "akrasia"—our tendency to do things against our interests. If we're honest with ourselves, tech is just another way to occupy our time and minds. If we weren't on our devices, we'd likely do something similarly unproductive.N. Personal technology is indeed more engaging than ever, and there's no doubt companies are engineering their products and services to be more compelling and attractive. But would we want it any other way? The intended result of making something better is that people use it more. That's not necessarily a problem, that's progress.O. These improvements don't mean we shouldn't attempt to control our use of technology. In order to make sure it doesn't control us, we should come to terms with the fact that it's more than the technology itself that's responsible for our habits. Our workplace culture, social norms and individual behaviors all play a part. To put technology in its place, we must be conscious not only of how technology is changing, but also of how it is changing us.37、 Online services are so designed that the more they are used, the more profit they generate.38、 The author admits using technology as an escape from the task at hand.39、 Checking phones at dinners is now accepted as normal but not belching.40、 To make proper use of technology, we should not only increase our awareness of how it is changing but also how it is impacting us.41、 Most of us find it hard to focus on our immediate tasks because of Internet distractions.42、 When one person starts checking their phone, the others will follow suit.43、 The great majority of smartphone users don't take the trouble to adjust their settings to suit their own purposes.44、 The Internet is regarded by some as designed to distract our attention.45、 The author attributes his tech addiction chiefly to his habit of putting off doing what he should do right away.46、 White-collar workers check email round the clock because it is required by their employers.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 markthe corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneYou may have heard that Coca-Cola once contained an ingredient capable of sparking particular devotion in consumers: cocaine. The "coca" in the name referred to the extracts of coca leaf that the drink's originator, chemist John Pemberton, mixed with his sugary syrup (浆汁). At the time, coca leaf extract mixed with wine was a common tonic (滋补品), and Pemberton's sweet brew was a way to get around local laws prohibiting the sale of alcohol. But the other half of the name represents another ingredient, less infamous (名声不好的), perhaps, but also strangely potent: the kola nut.In West Africa, people have long chewed kola nuts as stimulants, because they contain caffeine that also occurs naturally in tea, coffee, and chocolate. They also have heart stimulants.Historian Paul Lovejoy relates that the cultivation of kola nuts in West Africa is hundreds of years old. The leafy, spreading trees were planted on graves and as part of traditional rituals. Even though the nuts, which need to stay moist, can be somewhat delicate to transport, traders carried them hundreds of miles throughout the forests and grasslands.Europeans did not know of them until the 1500s, when Portuguese ships arrived on the coast of what is now Sierra Leone. And while the Portuguese took part in the trade, ferrying nuts down the coast along with other goods, by 1620, when English explorer Richard Jobson made his way up the Gambia, the nuts were still peculiar to his eyes.By the late 19th Century, kola nuts were being shipped by the tonne to Europe and the US. Many made their way into medicines, intended as a kind of energy boost. One such popular medicinal drink was Vin Mariani, a French product consisting of coca extract mixed with red wine. It was created by a French chemist, Angelo Mariani, in 1863. So when Pemberton created his drink, it represented an ongoing trend. When cocaine eventually fell from grace as a beverage ingredient, kola-extract colas became popular.The first year it was available, Coca-Cola averaged nine servings a day across all the Atlanta soda fountains where it was sold. As it grew more popular, the company sold rights to bottle the soda, so it could travel easily. Today about 1.9 billion Cokes are purchased daily. It's become so iconic that attempts to change its taste in 1985—sweetening it in a move projected to boost sales—proved disastrous, with widespread anger from consumers. "Coca-Cola Classic" returned to store shelves just three months aider the "New Coke" was released.These days, the Coca-Cola recipe is a closely guarded secret. But it's said to no longer contain kola nut extract, relying instead on artificial imitations to achieve the flavour.47、 What do we learn about chemist John Pemberton?A. He used a strangely potent ingredient in a food supplement.B. He created a drink containing alcohol without breaking law.C. He became notorious because of the coca drink he developed.D. He risked breaking local law to make a drink with coca leaves.48、 What does the passage say about kola nuts?A. Their commercial value was first discovered by Portuguese settlers.B. They contain some kind of energy boost not found in any other food.C. Many were shipped to Europe in the late 19th century for medicinal use.D. They were strange to the Europeans when first imported from West Africa.49、 How come kola-extract colas became popular?A. Cocaine had become notorious.B. Alcoholic drinks were prohibited.C. Fountains were set up to sell them.D. Rights were sold to bottle the soda.50、 What is known about the taste of Coca-Cola?A. It was so designed as to create addiction in consumers.B. It still relies on traditional kola nut extract.C. It has become more popular among the old.D. It has remained virtually unchanged since its creation.51、 What is the passage mainly about?A. The evolution of Coca-Cola.B. The success story of Coca-Cola.C. The medicinal value of Coca-Cola.D. The business strategy of Coca-Cola.Passage TwoTwenty years ago, the Urban Land Institute defined the two types of cities that dominated the US landscape: smaller cities that operated around standard 9-5 business hours and large metropolitan areas that ran all 24 hours of the day. Analyzing and comparing cities using the lens of this basic divide gives interesting context to how investment capital flows and housing prices have shifted.In recent years, many mid-sized cities have begun to adopt amiddle-of-the-road approach incorporating the excitement and opportunity of large cities with small cities' quiet after midnight. These 18-hour cities are beginning to make waves in real estate rankings and attract more real estate investment. What is underlying this new movement in real estate, and why do these cities have so much appeal?18-hour cities combine the best of 24-hour and 9-5 cities, which contributes to downtown revitalization. For decades, many downtown cores in small to mid-sized cities were abandoned after work hours by workers who lived in the suburbs. Movement out of city centers was widespread, and downtown tenants were predominantly made up of the working poor. This generated little commerce for downtown businesses in the evenings, which made business and generating tax revenue for municipal upkeep difficult. With the rise of a new concept in urban planning that aims to make life easier and more convenient, however, increasing popularity for urban areas that caused the real estate pushes, in major cities like San Francisco or New York, has inspired a type of forward thinking urbanity and policy in smaller cities.Transforming downtown areas so that they incorporate modem housing and improved walk ability to local restaurants, retail, andentertainment-especially when combined with improved infrastructure for cyclists and public transit—makes them appeal to a more affluent demographic. These adjustments encourage employers in the knowledge and talent industries to keep their offices downtown. Access to foot traffic and proximity to transit allow the type of entertainment-oriented businesses such as bars and restaurants to stay open later, which attracts both younger, creative workers and baby boomers nearing retirement alike. Because of their smaller size, most keep hours that allow people to enjoy themselves, then have some quiet after midnight, as opposed to large major cities like New York, where the buzz of activity is ongoing.These 18-hour cities are rapidly on the rise and offer great opportunities for homeowner investment. In many of these cities such as Denver, a diverse and vigorous economy attracted to the urban core has offered stable employment for residents. The right urban mix has propped up home occupancy, increased property values, and attracted significant investment capital.52、 What do we learn about American cities twenty years ago?A. They were divided into residential and business areas.B. Their housing prices were linked with their prosperity.C. There was a clear divide between large and small cities.D. They were places where large investment capital flowed.53、 What can be inferred from the passage about 18-hour cities?A. They especially appeal to small businesses.B. They have seen a rise in property prices.C. They have replaced quiet with excitement.D. They have changed America's landscape.54、 Years ago, many downtown cores in small to mid-sized cities ______.A. had hardly any business activityB. were crowded in business hoursC. exhibited no signs of prosperityD. looked deserted in the evenings55、 What characterizes the new downtown areas in 18-hour cities?A. A sudden emergence of the knowledge industry.B. Flooding in of large crowds of migrant workers.C. Modernized housing and improved infrastructure.D. More comfortable life and greater upward mobility.56、 What have 18-hour cities brought to the local residents?A. More chances for promotion.B. Healthier living environment.C. Greater cultural diversity.D. Better job opportunities.Part Ⅳ TranslationDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.57、太湖是中国东部的一个淡水湖，占地面积2250平方公里，是中国第三大淡水湖，仅次于鄱阳和洞庭。

2017年12月全国大学英语六级听力真题及答案二为您整理了“2017年12月全国大学英语六级听力真题及答案”，希望对您有所帮助!在这里提前预祝考生们都能取得好成绩!2017年12月全国大学英语六级听力真题及答案二Section AQuestions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1、a)they forbid business produce more foods than neededb)they facilitate the donation of unsold foods to the needyc)they prohibit the sale of foods that have gone staled)they reward businesses that eliminate food waste2、a)it passed a law aiming to stop overproductionb)it prohibited the promotion of bulk food salesc)it voted against food import from outside europed) imposed penalties on businesses that waste food3. a)it has penalized businesses that keep overproducing foodsb) it has started a nationwide campaign against food wastec) it has warmed its people against possible food shortagd) it has banned supermarkets from dumping edible foods4. a)americans habit of buying food in bulk.b)a lack of regulation on food consumption.c) the confusion over food expiration labelsd) the surplus resulting from overproductionQuestions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. a) it specializes in the sale of ladies'designer dressesb)it offers regular weekend sales all the year roundc) it has just launched its annual anniversary salesd)it has started a week-long promotion campaign.6. a)price reductions for its frequent customers.b)coupons for customers with bulk purchasesc)free delivery of purchases for senior customersd) price adjustments within seven days of purchase7. a) mail a gift card to her.b) allow her to buy on credic) credit it to her accountd)give her some coupons8. a) refunding for goods returnedb) free installing of appliances.c)prolonged goods warranty.d)complimentary tailoringSection A参考答案Long Conversation 11、b)they facilitate the donation of unsold foods to the needy2、a)it passed a law aiming to stop overproduction3、d) it has banned supermarkets from dumping edible foods4、d) it has banned supermarkets from dumping edible foodsLong Conversation 25、c) it has just launched its annual anniversary sales6、b)coupons for customers with bulk purchases7、c) credit it to her account8、d)complimentary tailoring。

2017英语六级听力高频词汇四•1. decision决定Specilist advice is available to help you choose the mostsuitable breed of dog, but in part, the decision depends on common sense.2. decline下降减少衰退谢绝拒绝The major reason for the decline of Asian elephants is the lossof their forests.3. decorate装饰装潢修饰It is better to reside in a bad part of town, I think, than notto live the house at all, or they buy an old house,and redesign it, then decorate it with old style furniture.4. decrease减少 (减少)量Schools that show a decrease in deliberate destruction ofproperty can receive theamount of money, that would be spent on repairs and replacements.5. definite明确的确切的一定的肯定的I am sorry, madam, the plane is somewhat behind the schedule,take a seat, I willinform you as soon as we know something definite.Thank you, I’d rather look around, and I will be back in several minutes.6. definitely明确地肯定地 [口]的确You’re a fantastic teacher that definitely tought me a lot about reasoning.7. deliberate故意的深思熟虑的仔细考虑A chemical attack is the deliberate release of toxic gas, liquid or solid that can poison people and the enviroment.8. demand要求强令The strike of the porters has held up export orders for two weeks, Do you think it will end soon?So far as I know, the management side has made an improved pay offer, but theunions are just holding out for the original demands.9. demanding费力的过分要求的Susan brown found that a night nurse’s work is physically less demanding than aclearner’s, and she can sleep 8 hours during the day.Dogs are demanding pets, whereas cats identify with the house and so are content of if their place there is secure.a dog identify with its master and consequently wantshim to show proof of his affection.10. democracy民主(制) 民主国家You have got to do far more to take the leadership role in protecting the freedoms, and the democracy, and the citizens of your country.11. demonstrate证明显示展示Drugs are approved only after tests have demonstrated that they are relatively safe when use as directed, and when their benefits outweigh their risks.12. dental牙齿的牙科的What kind of food is most likely to cause dental decay?13. dentist牙科医生I need to find a dentist; you said you know Doctor Smith Well, do you recommend her?Well, I had to see her a few times, but what impressed me most is the magzines in her waiting room.14. depart离去出发背离违反Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve commenced our descent in the Sydney Airport and we will depart the terminal building about 30 minutes from now.15. department部部门系The report says all the departments are making a profit except the Asian Department.Well, Mr.smith seems to be the wrong person to head that department, One more step wrong, and he would be removed from that office.16. departure离开出发背离违反I’d like to remind you when you leave Sydeny airport on the next international flight, you will berequired to pay a departure tax of 10 dollars.17. depend依赖决定于If the earth gets hotter in new century, what will happen to animals and the plants which animals depend on for survival?18. deputy副职副手Just the deputy governor of the prison said, we try to preserve the prisoners respect as much as possible by imaging ourselves in their prison. His words explained why this new prison is run in unique way.19. descend下来下降So the pilot did descend to the wrong altitude then, because they were following the air controllers’ instructions.20. description描写形容种类性质。

2017英语六级听力高频词汇一•1. concept概念观念设想Do you think home video players would replace movie theaters and force them out of the entertainment businesses?We certainly face to the great challenge from the DVD industry, that’s why I think we have to revolution our concept about the movie showing. As I said, the movie theater should not just be a place to watch a film, but place to meet people.2. concerning关于You must be familiar with all safety preceduling operation and maitainment this equipment.3. concert音乐会演奏会Did you see just now, I want to ask her to go with us to the concert tonight.She must be around somewhere. You might still be able to catch her.4. conduct进行管理举止行为What’s considered typical popular conduct in one country maybe regarded as odd, inproper or even rude in the other.5. conference会议正式会议讨论会I thought you are going to call me last night about the plans for the conference on language teaching.Sorry, I should have. But tom and Jane stopped by, and stayeduntil midnight.6. confidence信任信赖信心自信I’ve never seen you have such confidence before in the exam.It’s more than confidence! Right now I feel if I got less than A, it will be the fault of the exam itself.7. confirm证实肯定确认When the docotor examed Wilt, the docotor confirmed Wilt’s fears. The doctor told Wilt that he had a broken bone in the wirst, and he couldn’t play anymore.8. consequently所以因此因而Fishes are caught when they are on the way upstream to lay eggs, Consequently, not enough fished are left to reproduce in large numbers.9. consider考虑认为把…看作Most Americans are consider to success when they make a name for themselves.10. constitude构成形成建立Professor Stevenson, as a economist, how do you look upon the surging chinese ecnomy? does it constitude a threat to the rest of the world?I believe china’s economics success should be seen more as an opportunity than a threat, those who look upon it as a threat overlooked the benefit of china’s growth to the world economy, they also lack the understanding of elementary economics.11. constitutional宪法的宪法规定的As ambassador to France, Benjamin Franklin encouraged the french to help Georgy Washingdon. After the war, he attended the American Constitutional Congress.12. consultant顾问专科医生By the way, Jane, did you talk to the consultant about our new health program?I contacted his office, but his secrectary said he would be out for lunch until 2.13. consume消耗喝光The human body is a remarkable food processer. as a adult, you can consume over a ton of food per year, and still not gain or lose a pound of body weight.14. contact接触联系与…取得联系The virus can be highly infectious. If you come in contact with a victim’s blood or other body fluids, you can get sick, too.Mary, could you please tell thomas to contact to me, I was hoping him would be able to help me out with the freshmen orientation program next week.I would certainly tell him If I saw him, but I haven’t see him around for quite a few days.15. continue继续延续Until marriage again become a serious important part of people’s lives, we’ll probably continue to see a high rate of divorce.16. contract合同契约You have the right to cancel the contract at anytime up to 7 working days after the date you send your acceptance form to us.17. contribute作出贡献有助于When her youngest child reach the school age, jane decided to go back to work, she felt she should contribute to the household finances.18. contribution共线促成作用。

听力技巧：12月英语六级听力高频词汇(3)1.ascendThe pilots were told to descend to two-two thousand feet. The instruction actually meant twenty two thousand feet,but they thought they heard descent two thousand feet. That is a huge difference, and it should have been confirmed,but it was not. Unfortunately,the terrain of mountains in that region ascend to two thousand feet.2.aspectThe next three qustion were all concerned with aspects of marriage.Number 3 looked at the ideal age to getmarried.Number 4 examined the quailties looked for in the partner and number 5 asked about the ideal number of children.3.assessAs nurses we are licensed to provide nursing care only.We provide health teaching, assess with physical as well as emotional problems, and coordinate patient related sevices.4.assistanceI couldn't have won the award without yourassistance.Thank you very much.You've been working so hard.You deserve the honor.5.atmosphereThe "wake up,wake up" call by loudspeakers at 7o'clock every morning is followed by a music program which creats atmosphere of a hoilday camp.6.attachRadio trainsmitters to some of the sea animals help the research keep track of the animal's movements.7.attackThe doctor said if I kept smoking, I would increase my chances of having a heart attack.Did he suggest reducing weight, too?8.attendDunant gathered together a number of women who attended hundreds of wounded solidiers fo all nationalities and helped the surgeons as best as they could.Can you tell me when I can leave here doctor?I have a some of important business to attend to.That depends on how your condition reacts to our treatment.You may leave as soon as the bleeding stops.I think that will take a couple of days.9.attendenceThe pupils with good attendence have been given free humbugers,toys and T-shirts.10.attentionSo you just back for a trip to India.What were you doing there?The trip was intended to bring to the world's ofattention the fact that AIDS is not just an Africens diseases;It's also eddangering other countries, notably, India and Thailand.11.attitudeAccording to their fans,insects not only high protein and low in fat, but also very tasty.But until our attitude to food change from the fundamentally.It seems that insect eaters will remain a select few.12.attractionWomen's liberation groups in Britain have used graffiti to show their anger at the sex descrimination of many advertisements where women's bodies are used to sellgoods,yesterdays could be graffiti can be todays tourist attration.13.attributeThinness is currently an attribute that females desire highly.14.authorityI mean, I hope I'll be able to choose the kind of job I do and who I work for.Of course,I'd like to have more money and more authortiy than I have now.15.automaticCan you show me how to use John?It's fully automatic.All you have to do is focus on the scene and press the button here.16.availableCould I speak to doctor Chen?He told me to call today.He is not available right now.Would you try aroud three?17.averageBetween 1969 and 1989, employed Americans add an average of 138 hours to their yearly work schedules.Nilrikman and many others of the Harvard research group have done some research into the differences between average and good negotiators.18.avoidMr. Wilson, you said you saw the bus crash into the truck.Did you know what caused the accident?I saw boy riding in his bicycle in the street.The bus drivers tried to avoid hitting him.He made the sudden turn and lost control of the bus.19.awardIn 1931,Jane Adams was awarded the Nobel Prize of what he has done for his society.20.balanceSometimes the overall energy balance is upset and new normal body weight will be either fall or increase.To maintain a given body weight,your energy input must balance your energy output.21.baldAn America's national symbol-the Bald Eagle, almost went extinct 20 years ago,but it has made a comeback.22.bargainI know it's the end of the season, but those peach essuch bargain and I couldn't help buying them!Have one please!Thank you!Actually, they seem past their prime.23.battleOn 24th June, 1859 while on his way from Geneva to France,Dunant witnessed the battle between the Franch and Austrian armies.24.behaviorBy comparison, Americans are often frank obout displaying both positive and negative emotions on the street and in other public places.American is visting Asia should keep in mind that such behavior may cause affence.。

2017英语六级听力高频词汇三•1.ascendThe pilots were told to descend to two-two thousand feet. The instruction actually meant twenty two thousand feet,but they thought they heard descent two thousand feet. That is a huge difference, and it should have been confirmed,but it was not. Unfortunately,the terrain of mountains in that region ascend to two thousand feet.2.aspectThe next three qustion were all concerned with aspects of marriage.Number 3 looked at the ideal age to get married.Number 4 examined the quailties looked for in the partner and number 5 asked about the ideal number of children.3.assessAs nurses we are licensed to provide nursing care only.We provide health teaching, assess with physical as well as emotional problems, and coordinate patient related sevices.4.assistanceI couldn't have won the award without your assistance.Thank you very much.You've been working so hard.You deserve the honor.5.atmosphereThe "wake up,wake up" call by loudspeakers at 7o'clock every morning is followed by a music program which creats atmosphere of a hoilday camp.6.attachRadio trainsmitters to some of the sea animals help the research keep track of the animal's movements.7.attackThe doctor said if I kept smoking, I would increase my chances of having a heart attack.Did he suggest reducing weight, too?8.attendDunant gathered together a number of women who attended hundreds of wounded solidiers fo all nationalities and helped the surgeons as best as they could.Can you tell me when I can leave here doctor?I have a some of important business to attend to.That depends on how your condition reacts to our treatment.You may leave as soon as the bleeding stops.I think that will take a couple of days.9.attendenceThe pupils with good attendence have been given free humbugers,toys and T-shirts.10.attentionSo you just back for a trip to India.What were you doing there?The trip was intended to bring to the world's of attention the fact that AIDS is not just an Africens diseases; It's also eddangering other countries, notably, India and Thailand.11.attitudeAccording to their fans,insects not only high protein and low in fat, but also very tasty.But until our attitude to food change from the fundamentally.It seems that insect eaters will remain a select few.12.attractionWomen's liberation groups in Britain have used graffiti to show their anger at the sex descrimination of many advertisements where women's bodies are used to sell goods,yesterdays could be graffiti can be todays tourist attration.13.attributeThinness is currently an attribute that females desire highly.14.authorityI mean, I hope I'll be able to choose the kind of job I do and who I work for.Of course,I'd like to have more money and more authortiy than I have now.15.automaticCan you show me how to use John?It's fully automatic.All you have to do is focus on the scene and press the button here.16.availableCould I speak to doctor Chen?He told me to call today.He is not available right now.Would you try aroud three?17.averageBetween 1969 and 1989, employed Americans add an average of 138 hours to their yearly work schedules.Nilrikman and many others of the Harvard research group have done some research into the differences between average and good negotiators.18.avoidMr. Wilson, you said you saw the bus crash into the truck.Did you know what caused the accident?I saw boy riding in his bicycle in the street.The bus drivers tried to avoid hitting him.He made the sudden turn and lost control of the bus.19.awardIn 1931,Jane Adams was awarded the Nobel Prize of what he has done for his society.。

2017年12月大学英语六级真题及答案解析（全三套）六级听力第一套：Section AConversation 1M: And now, for the lighter side of the news, Europe is setting an example for the rest of the world when it comes to food waste.W: That’s right John. This week the Italian government pass legislation that aims to dramatically reduce the amount of food wasted in the country. New laws have been put into place that would make it easier for farms and supermarkets to donate unsold foods to those who are in need.M: Yes. And in addition to this, businesses would now be rewarded for successful efforts to cut food waste.W: Italy is not the only country to focus on reducing food waste. Just earlier this year, the European Parliament voted in favor of legislation that would stop grocery giants from unfair trading practices that result in overproduction, thus creating waste.M: In France, the government has banned supermarkets from throwing away edible foods and imposed harsh penalties on businesses that fail to comply with the regulations.W: While there is still much progress to be made, other countries could learn a thing or two from the example set by France and Italy. In the United States, up to forty percent of all food goes uneaten. Despite the fact that one in seven American households lacks regular access to good food, one major cause of this problem is the confusion over food expiration labels, which are currently not regulated by the government.M: All this could change soon. This wave of new laws in Europe will definitely put more pressure on law makers to reduce food waste here. We turn now to a spokesperson from Harvard University’s Food Law and Policy Clinic for more on the story. And now, let’s welcome Prof. Edward Becker to speak to us.Q1: What does the woman say about the new laws in Italy?Q2: What did the European Parliament do reduce food waste?Q3: What has the French government done recently?Q4: What is the major cause of food waste in the United States?Q1. C) They facilitate the donation of unsold foods to the needy.Q2. B) It passed a law aiming to stop overproduction.Q3. D) It has banned supermarkets from dumping edible foods.Q4. A) The confusion over food expiration labels.Conversation 2M: Thank you for calling Saks Fifth Avenue department store. How can I be of assistance to you today?W: Hello. I was in your store this past weekend and bought a few items. Yesterday, my friend told me that the annual anniversary sales had begun. It turned out she bought the same sweater as I did but for a much lower price.M: Yes. Our anniversary sale started on Monday. We do offer price adjustments within seven days of purchase to ensure our customer satisfaction. You said you did the purchase here this past weekend?W: Yes. I was shopping in your store last Sunday afternoon.M: That would definitely fall within the price adjustment window. Do you have an account with us? We can credit your account directly with the difference if you wish. Otherwise we can send a gift card by mail if you prefer.W: Crediting my account would be wonderful. Thank you. Now that you mention there's a sale going on, I do remember a dress I quite like when I was in the shop on Sunday. Is it on offer as well?M: Yes, ma'am. All the new arrivals are 15-20% off. In addition to the sale, we're running a promotion for complimentary tailoring if you need it.W: That's a good news. The dress really caught my eye but I did have some concerns about the length. How long will the alterations take?M: Our tailoring department guarantees alterations to be completed within five working days. If you like I can set one aside for you. If you're able to come this afternoon, you can give your name to the sale manager and they will be able to assist you.Q5. What do we learn about Saks department store?Q6. What does the man say Saks department store offers?Q7. What does the woman want the store to do to address the price difference?Q8. What is the service Saks department store offers in addition to the promotional sale?Q5. B) It has just launched its annual anniversary sales.Q6. D) Price adjustments within seven days of purchase.Q7. C) Credit it to her account.Q8. D) Complimentary tailoring.Section BPassage 1Barbie dolls have a particular look to them. They’re thin, tall, long-legged and virtually unlike any real human being. Although over the years Barbie has had more than 180 different careers-including football coach, sign language teacher, ambassador, president and astronaut–her body shape hasn’t changed much.Last year Mattel, the company that makes Barbie dolls, added some Barbies to its line that have different skin tones and hair textures. There are now Barbies with one of seven skin tones, 22 eye colours and 24 hair styles to choose from. Last year Mattel also gave Barbie a flat foot, rather than forcing her to be “in heels” all the time like the original Barbie is.Now they are introducing new Barbies with three slightly different body shapes while the original, tall and thin Barbies will continue to be sold.In a statement on its website, the company says it wants Barbies to look more like real people, and to give girls everywhere infinitely more ways to spark their imagination and play out their stories.Although many people say the new Barbies are a step in the right direction, some people say they don’t go far enough. They say that the new body shapes could be even more different from the original, tall, thin Barbies.Sales of Barbie dolls have been falling “every year since 2012,” according to CBC News.The toys aren’t in stores yet but they will be sold online at the Barbie website, starting this week, for $9.99.Q9. What do we know about the original Barbie dolls?Q10. Why do some people feel unsatisfied with the new Barbie dolls?Q11. Where will the new Barbie dolls be sold first?Q9. A. They are thin, tall, and unlike real human beings.Q10. D. Their body shapes have not changed much.Q11. C. On the Internet.Passage 2The earliest printed book we know today appeared in China in the year 868, and metal type was in use in Korea at the beginning of the fifteenth century, but it was in Germany around the year 1450 that a printing press using movable metal type was invented.Capitalism turned printing from an invention into an industry. Right from the start, book printing and publishing were organized on capitalist lines. 'The biggest sixteenth- century printer, Plantin of Antwerp, had twenty-four printing presses and employed more than a hundred workers. Only a small fraction of the population was literate, but the production of books grew at an extraordinary speed. By 1500 some twenty million volumes had already been printed.The immediate effect of printing was to increase the circulation of works that were already popular in the handwritten form, while less popular works went out of circulation. Publishers were interested only in books that would sell fairly quickly in sufficient numbers to cover the costs of production and make a profit. Thus, while printing enormously increased access to books by making cheap, high-volume production possible, it also reduced choice.The great cultural impact of printing was that it facilitated the growth of national languages. Most early books were printed in Latin, but the market for Latin was limited, and in its pursuit of larger markets the book trade soon produced translations into the national languages emerging at the time. Printingindeed played a key role in standardizing and stabilizing these languages by fixing them in print, and producing dictionaries and grammar books.Q12. What happened in Germany around the year of 1450?Q13. What does the speaker say about the printer, Plantin of Antwerp?Q14. What was the immediate effect of printing?Q15. What was the great cultural impact of printing?Q12. A) Movable metal type began to be used in printing.Q13. B) It was the biggest printer in the 16th century.Q14. B) It boosted the circulation of popular works.Q15. D) It promoted the growth of national languages.Section CRecording OneYou dream about being a movie star. You live in a big house in Hollywood, go to the Oscars every year, and win. You will be rich and famous. Wait a minute. You also hate having your photos taken and you are very shy. So how could you ever become a movie star? Choosing a right career can be hard. Many people graduate from school or college not knowing what they want to do with their lives and get a job without really thinking about it. For some, things work out fine. But others often find themselves stuck in a job they hate. Your working life lasts in average 40 years, so it’s important to find a job you like and feel enthusiastic about.Luckily, there are many ways you can get help to do this. The Australian website WWW. Careers online. com, compares choosing a career with going to the movies. Before you see a movie, you find out what films are showing. The site suggests you should do the same with your career. Find out what jobs are available and what your options are. Next, decide which movie you like best. If you are not a romantic person, you won’t want to see a love story. In other words, with yourcareer, you should decide which job will suit your personality. Finally, decide how to get movie tickets and find out where the theater is before you go. With your career, you need to find information about where you can work and how to get a job in that profession.So, how do you start? Begin by asking yourself some questions, certain life experiences. Have you travelled overseas? Do you have any extra certificates at your degree? Such as the first aid license, for example. Your physical state and build can also affect which jobs you can do. A person, for example, who is allergic to cats will probably never become an animal doctor. Flight attendants, firefighters and police officers have to be over a certain height and be physically fit. Your personality matters too. Are you outgoing or shy? If you like working alone, a job that requires lots of team work might not suit you.Choosing a career can take time and a lot of thought. However, when you know you can look forward to working in your dream job, you will be glad you thought it through.16. What does the speaker say about many college graduates?17. What does the Australia website suggest you do first to find a suitable job?18. What should you think about when you look for the right job according to the Australian website?16.D) They choose a job without thinking it through.17.B) Find out what job choices are available.18.A) The qualifications you have.Recording 2Kwanzaa is a cultural festival, during which African-American celebrate and reflect upon their rich heritage as the products of the two worlds. It begins December 26th and last for seven days. Kwanzaa was founded in 1966 by Dr. Karenga, a college professor and African-American leader, who believed that a special holiday could help African Americans meet their goals of building strong families,learning about their history and creating a sense of unity. After conducting extensive research in which he studied the festivals of many African groups of people, he decided that the new holiday should be a harvest or first fruit’s celebration. In cooperating ideas from many different harvest traditions. Kwanzaa is a … word meaning the first fruits of the harvest. The east African language of … was chosen as an official language of Kwanzaa. Because it is a non-tribal language spoken by a large portion of the African population. Also its pronunciation is easy. Kwanzaa is based on seven principles which are unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith. One principal is highlighted each day of the holiday. In preparation for the celebration, a astroy matters placed on the table. Along with the candle holder was seven candles. One black, three red and three green. The black candle represents the African-American people. The red is for their struggles, and the green represents their hopes for their future. Other items placed on our table are a variety of fruit is of comes gifts and communal unity cup for pouring and sharing drinks. Each day of Kwanzaa usually before the evening meal，family and friends gather around the table and someone lights the candle beginning with the black. After that，candles are lit alternatively from left to right. While the candles is being lit, a principal is recited then each person present takes turn to speak about the importance that the principle has to himself or herself. Next, the ceremony focuses on remembering those who've died. A selected person pours water or juice from the unity cup into a bowl. That person then drinks from the cup and raises it high saying “her thanmbi”，whic h means that let’s all pour together. All repeat “her thanmbi” seven times and each person drinks from the cup . Then they and names of African American leaders and heroes a cold out to and everyone reflects upon the great things these people did. The ceremony is followed by a meal, and then singing and perhaps listening to African music19.What does the speaker say about Kwanzaa?20. For what purpose did Doctor Karenga create the special holiday?21. What does the word Kwanzaa mean?22. What do people do while each candle is being let at the Kwanzaa celebration?19. B)It is a cultural festival founded for African-Americans.20. C)To help African-Americans to realize their goals.21. B)The fruits of the harvest.22. A)They recite a principle.Recording 3The Mediterranean diet is based upon the eating patterns of traditional cultures in the Mediterranean region. Several noted nutritionists in research projects have concluded that this diet is one of the most healthful in the world in terms of preventing such illnesses as heart disease and cancer and increasing life expectancy. The countries that have inspired Mediterranean diet all surround the Mediterranean Sea. These cultures have eating habits that developed over thousands of years. In Europe, parts of Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain and southern France adhere to principles of the Mediterranean diet as to the morocco, Indonesia, and North Africa. Parts of the Balkan region and turkey follow the diet as well as middle eastern countries like Lebanon and Syria, the Mediterranean region is warm and sunny and produces large supplies of fresh fruits and vegetables almost a year round that the people eat many times a day. Wine, bread, all of oil and nuts are other staples of the region. In the Mediterranean sea has historically yielded abundant quantities of fish. International interest in therapeutic qualities of Mediterranean diet began back in the late nineteen fifties. When medical researchers started to link the currency of heart disease with diet, Doctor Ansol Keths performed the epidemiological analysis of diets around the world. In titled of the seven countries study, it is considered one of the greatest studies of its kind ever performed. In it, Keths gathered data on heart disease in its potential causes from nearly thirty thousand men in Greece, Italy, Croatia, Serbia, Japan, Finland, the Netherlands and the United States. The study was conducted over period of decades. It concluded that the Mediterranean people in the study enjoyed some significant health advantages. The Mediterranean groups have lower mortality rates in all age brackets in form of all causes particularly from heart disease. The study also showed that the Mediterranean diet is as high as or higher in fat than other diets, obtaining up to forty percent of all its calories from fat. It has however, different patterns of fat intake. Mediterranean cooking, in its smaller amounts of saturated fat and higher amount of unsaturated fat, mostly in form of all of oil. Saturated fats are fats are found principally in meat and dairy products, although some nuts in vegetable oils also contain them. Saturated fats are used by the body tomake cholesterol in high levels of cholesterol has since been directly related to heart disease.23. What has research concluded about the Mediterranean diet?24. What do we learn about the seven countries study?25. What do we learn about the Mediterranean people from the seven countries study?23. D) It is one of the world’s most healthy diets.24. A) It is regarded as one of the greatest researches of its kind.25. B) They have lower mortality rates.六级听力第二套：1.A) Say a few words to thank the speaker.2.D) He joined the local history societ when young.3.B) She had a good knowledge of the town's history.4.C) He made an embarrassing remark.5. B) What their rivals are doing.6. D) Their potentials has been underestimated.7. C) She had not seen it yet.8. D) Exporting their motorbikes to Indonesia.9. B) It makes claims in conflict with the exising research.10. C) They run a higher risk of gaining weight.11. D) Go to bed earlier.12. A) All the acting nominees are white.13. D) Only 3.4 percent of film directors are female.14. C) Females color over 40.15. B) They are most underrepresented across TV and film.16. C) One that covers their debts and burial expenses.17. D) Add more insurance on the breadwinner.18. A) When their children grow up and leave home.19.D）They may not always be negative.20.A) Biased sources of information.21.B) They may have a negative impact on people they apply to.22.C) A positive stereotype may help one achieve better results.23. B) Quit taking the medicine immediately.24. D) It may increase the effect of certain drugs.25. A)Tell their children to treat medicine with respect.六级阅读第一套选词填空帕劳群岛的捕鱼业The Pacific island nation of Palau has become home to the sixth largest marine sanctuary in the world.26. I) permit27. O) territory28. F) exclusive29. C) commercial30. D) communities31. E) essential32. G) independent33. M) sponsor34. J) secure35. N) stocks匹配题Who's really addicting you to technology?36. [E] Online services are so designed that the more they are used, the more profit they generate.37. [L] The author admits using technology as an escape from the task at hand.38. [I] Checking phones at dinners is now accepted as normal but not belching.39. [O] To make proper use of technology, we should not only increase our awareness of how it is changing but also how it is impacting us.40. [B] Most of us find it hard to focus on our immediate tasks because of Internet distractions.41. [J] When one person starts checking their phone, the others will follow suit.42. [F] The great majority of smartphone users don’t take the trouble to adjust their settings to suit their own purposes.43. [D]The Internet is regarded by some as designed to distract our attention.44. [L] The author attributes his tech addiction chiefly to his habit of putting off doing what he should do right away.45. [G] White-collar workers check email round the clock because it is required by their employers.仔细阅读Passage One46. A) He used a strangely potent ingredient in a food supplement.47. C) Many were shipped to Europe in the late 19th century for medicinal use.48. A) Cocaine had become notorious.49. D) It has remained virtually unchanged since its creation.50. A) The evolution of Coca-cola.Passage Two51. C) There was a clear divide between large and small cities.52. D) They have changed America's landscape.53. D) looked deserted in the evenings54. C) Modernized housing and improved infrastructure.55. D) Better job opportunities.六级阅读第二套选词填空第二套：尼日利亚西红柿减产In the past 12 months, Nigeria has suffered from a shrinking economy, a sliding currency, and a prolonged fuel shortage.26. C) emergency27. D) feeding28. K) reproduces29. I) originated30. G) handful31. F) halted32. L) security33. N) unchecked34. A) dependent35. J) reduction匹配题It is a movement building steady momentum: a call to make research data, software code and experimental methods publicly available and transparent.[M] 36. Astronomer David Hogg doesn’t think scooping is as serious a problem as generally thought.[G] 37. Some researchers are hesitant to make their data public for fear that others might publish something similar before them.[D] 38. Some psychology journals have offered incentives to encourage authors to share their data.[A] 39. There is a growing demand in the science community that research data be open to the public.[P] 40. Sharing data offers early-career researchers the chance to build a certain level of reputation.[L] 41. Data sharing enables scientists to publish each step of their research work, thus leading to more citations.[B] 42. Scientists hold different opinions about the extent and timing of data sharing.[O] 43. Potential problems related to data sharing should be made known to and discussed by all participants at the beginning of a joint research project.[I] 44. Sharing data and handling data-related issues can be time-consuming. [F] 45. Junior researchers may have no say when it comes to sharing data.仔细阅读Passage One46. A) Whether robots can reach better decisions47. D) They did not take moral issues into consideration.48. C) They perform duties in their owners' best interest.49. A) Abstract concepts are hard to program.50. C) Robots can have trouble making decisions in complex scenarios.Passage Two51. D) The rapid technological progress in a very short period of time.52. B) The popularization of smart homes.53. B) Gain automatic control of their businesses.54. A) How to turn it to profitable use.55. A) It is feasible with a connection to the internet.六级阅读第三套选词填空26. O) sparking27. L) powered28. H) implemented29. D) eliminate30. G) hopeful31. A) acceptance32. J) installed33. B) currently34. K) noticeable35. F) futile匹配题36. E37. B38. I39. C40. D41. J42. F43. A44. L45. G仔细阅读Passage 146. A) It is simply uninhabitable for most animals.47. C) stay away from predators.48. B) they can survive well in salty water49. A) They can take refuges in the less salty waters.50. D) The disruption of Lake Natron’s ecosystem.Passage 2 城市规划用地51. A) They were divided into residential and business areas.52. B) They have seen a rise in property prices.53. D) look deserted in the evenings54. C) More comfortable life and greater upward mobility55. B) More chances for promotion翻译：青海湖青海湖位于海拔3205米、青海省省会西宁以西约100公里处。