2011年12月大学六级真题+听力原文+答案详解

2011年12月大学英语六级真题及答案Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Way to Success by commenting on Abraham Lincoln'sfamous remark, "Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I willspend, the first four sharpening the axe." You should write atleast 150 words but no more than 200 words.The Way to Success注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming andScanning) (15 minutes)Directions:In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7,choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) andD). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the informationgiven in the passage.Google's Plan for World's Biggest Online Library: Philanthropy Or Actof Piracy?In recent years, teams of workers dispatched by Google have been working hard to make digital copies of books. So far, Google has scanned more than 10 million titles from libraries in America and Europe - including half a million volumes held by the Bodleian in Oxford. The exact method it uses is unclear; the company does not allow outsiders to observe the process.Why is Google undertaking such a venture? Why is it even interested in all those out-of-print library books, most of which have been gathering dust on forgotten shelves for decades? The company claims its motives are essentially public-spirited. Its overall mission, after all, is to "organize the world's information", so it would be odd if that information did not include books.The company likes to present itself as having lofty aspirations. "This really isn't about making money. We are doing this for the good of society." As Santiago de la Mora, head of Google Books for Europe, puts it: "By making it possible to search the millions of books that exist today, we hope to expand the frontiers of human knowledge."Dan Clancy, the chief architect of Google Books, does seem genuine in his conviction that this is primarily a philanthropic (慈善的) exercise. "Google's core business is search and find, so obviously what helps improve Google's search engine is good for Google," he says. "But we have never builta spreadsheet (电子数据表) outlining the financial benefits of this, and I havenever had to justify the amount I am spending to the company's founders."It is easy, talking to Clancy and his colleagues, to be swept along by their missionary passion. But Google's book-scanning project is proving controversial. Several opponents have recently emerged, ranging from rival tech giants such as Microsoft and Amazon to small bodies representing authors and publishers across the world. In broad terms, these opponents have leveled two sets of criticisms at Google.First, they have questioned whether the primary responsibility for digitally archiving the world's books should be allowed to fall to a commercial company. In a recent essay in the New York Review of Books, Robert Danton, the head of Harvard University's library, argued that because such books are a common resource – the possession of us all – only public, not-for-profit bodies should be given the power to control them.The second related criticism is that Google's scanning of books is actually illegal. This allegation has led to Google becoming mired in (陷入) a legal battle whose scope and complexity makes the Jaundice and Jaundice case in Charles Dickens' Bleak House look straightforward.At its centre, however, is one simple issue: that of copyright. The inconvenient fact about most books, to which Google has arguably paid insufficient attention, is that they are protected by copyright. Copyright laws differ from country to country, but in general protection extends for the duration of an author's life and for a substantial period afterwards, thus allowing the author's heirs to benefit. (In Britain and America, this post-death period is 70 years.) This means, of course, that almost all of the books published in the 20th century are still under copyright – and the last century saw more books published than in all previous centuries combined. Of the roughly 40million books in US libraries, for example, an estimated 32 million are in copyright. Of these, some 27 million are out of print.Outside the US, Google has made sure only to scan books that are out of copyright and thus in the "public domain" (works such as the Bodleian's first edition of Middlemarch, which anyone can read for free on Google Books Search).But, within the US, the company has scanned both in-copyright and out-of-copyright works. In its defense, Google points out that it displays only small segments of books that are in copyright– arguing that such displays are "fair use". But critics allege that by making electronic copies of these books without first seeking the permission of copyright holders, Google has committed piracy."The key principle of copyright law has always been that works can be copied only once authors have expressly given their permission," says PiersBluffed, of the Sheila Land literary agency in London. "Google has reversed this – it has simply copied all these works without bothering task."In 2005, the Authors Guild of America, together with a group of US publishers, launched a class action suit (集团诉讼) against Google that, after more than two years of negotiation, ended with an announcement last October that Google and the claimants had reached an out-of-court settlement. The full details are complicated - the text alone runs to 385 pages– and trying to summarize it is no easy task. "Part of the problem is that it is basically incomprehensible," says Bluffed, one of the settlement's most vocal British critics.Broadly, the deal provides a mechanism for Google to compensate authors and publishers whose rights it has breached (including giving them a share of any future revenue it generates from their works). In exchange for this, the rights holders agree not to sue Google in future.This settlement hands Google the power - but only with the agreement of individual rights holders – to exploit its database of out-of-print books. It can include them in subscription deals sold to libraries or sell them individually under a consumer license. It is these commercial provisions that are proving the settlement's most controversial aspect.Critics point out that, by giving Google the right to commercially exploit its database, the settlement paves the way for a subtle shift in the company's role from provider of information to seller. "Google's business model has always been to provide information for free, and sell advertising on the basis of the traffic this generates," points out James Grimmelman, associate professor at New York Law School. Now, he says, because of the settlement's provisions, Google could become a significant force in bookselling.Interest in this aspect of the settlement has focused on "orphan" works, where there is no known copyright holder – these make up an estimated 5-10% of the books Google has scanned. Under the settlement, when no rights holders come forward and register their interest in a work, commercial control automatically reverts to Google. Google will be able to display up to 20% of orphan works for free, include them in its subscription deals to libraries and sell them to individual buyers under the consumer license.It is by no means certain that the settlement will be enacted (执行) – it is the subject of fairness hearing in the US courts. But if it is enacted, Google will in effect be off the hook as far as copyright violations in the US are concerned. Many people are seriously concerned by this - and the company is likely to face challenges in other courts around the world.No one knows the precise use Google will make of the intellectual propertyit has gained by scanning the world's library books, and the truth, as Gerick, an American science writer and member of the Authors Guild, points out, is that the company probably doesn't even know itself. But what is certain is that, in some way or other, Google's entrance into digital bookselling will havea significant impact on the book world in the years to come.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

Section A11.W: This crazy bus schedule has got me completely confused. I can‘t figure out when my bus to Cleveland leaves?M: Why don’t you just go to the ticket window and ask?Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?12.W: I really enjoyed the TV special about drafts last night. Did you get home in time to see it?W: Oh, yes, but I wish I could have stayed awake long enough to see the whole thing.Q: What does the man mean?13.W: Airport, please. I’m running a little late. So just take the fastest way even if it’s not the most direct. M: Sure, but there is a lot of traffic everywhere today because of thefootball game.Q: What do we learn about the woman from the conversation?14.W: May I make a recommendation, sir? Our seafood with this special sauce is very good.M: Thank you, but I don’t eat shellfish. I’m allergic to it.Q: Where does this conversation most probably take place?15. W: now one more question if you don’t mind, what position in the company appeals to you most?M: Well, I’d like the position of sales manager if that position is still vacant. Q: What do we learn about the man?16. M: I don’t think I want to live in the dormitory next year. I need more privacy.W: I know what you mean. But check out the cost if renting an apartment first.I won’t be surprised if you change your mind.Q: What does the woman imply?17. M: You’re on the right track. I just think you need to narrow the topic down. W: Yeah, you’re right. I always start by choosing two boarder topics when I’m doing a research paper.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?18. W: This picnic should beat the last one we went to, doesn’t it?M: Oh, yeah, we had to spend the whole time inside. Good thing, the weather was cooperative this time.What do we learn about the speakers from the conversation?Long ConversationConversation OneM: When I say I live in Sweden, people always want to know about the seasons. W: The seasons?M: Yeah, you know how cold it is in winter? What is it like when the days are so short?W: So what is it like?Q19: What do we learn about the man from the conversation?M: Well, it is cold ,very cold in winter. Sometimes it is cold as 26 degrees below centigrade. And of course when you go out, you’ll wrap up warm.But inside in the houses it’s always very warm, much warmer than at home. Swedish people always complain that when they visit England, the houses are cold even in the good winter.Q20: What do Swedish people complain about when they visit England in winter?W: And what about the darkness?Q21: How does the man describe the short hour of daylight around Christmas in Sweden?M: Well, yeah, around Christmas time there’s only one hour of daylight, so you really looks forward to the spring. It is sometimes a bit depressing. But you see the summers are amazing, from May to July in the North of Sweden the sun never sets. It’s still light in the midnight. You can walk in the mountains and read a newspaper.W: Oh, yeah, the land of the midnight sun. M: Yeah, that’s right, but it’s wonderful. You won’t stay up all night. And the Swedes makes most of it often they started work earlier in summer and then leave at about 2 or 3 in the afternoon, so that they can really enjoy the long summer evenings. They’d liketo work hard, but play hard, too. I think Londoners work longer hours, but I’m not sure this is a good thing.Q22: What does the man say about the Swedish people?Conversation TwoW: What kind of training does one need to go into this type of job?M: That’s a very good question. I don’t think there is any, specifically. W: For example, in your case, what was your educational background?Q23. What was the man’s major at university?Q24: What was the man’s job in secondary schools?M: Well, I did a degree in French at Nottingham. After that, I did careers work in secondary schools like the careers guidance people. Here is in the university. Then I went into localgovernment because I found I was more interested in the administrative side. Then progressed on to universities. So there wasn’t any plan and there was no specific training. There are plenty of training courses in management techniques and committee work which you can attend now.W: But in the first place, you did a French degree.M: In my time, there wasn’t a degree you could do for administration. I think most of the administrators I’ve come across have degrees and all sorts of things.W: Well, I know in my case, I did an English literature degree and I didn’t really expect to end up doing what I am doing now.M: Quite.W: But you are local to Nottingham,actually? Is there any reason why you went to Nottingham University?Q25: What attracted the man to Nottingham University?M: No, no, I come from the north of England, from west Yorkshire. Nottingham was one of the universities I put on my list. And I like the look of it. The campus is just beautiful.W: Yes, indeed. Let’s see. Were you from the industrial part of Yorkshire?M: Yes, from the Woolen District.Section BPassage One26, What did Obcamp’s speech focus on? While Gail Obcamp, an American artist was giving a speech on the art of Japanese brush painting to an audience that included visitors from Japan, she was confused to see that many of herJapanese listeners have their eyes closed. Were they tuned off because an American had the nerve to instruct Japanese in their own art form or they deliberately tried to signal their rejection of her? Obcamp later found out that her listeners were not being disrespectful. Japanese listeners sometimes closed their eyes to enhance concentration. Her listeners were showing their respect for her by chewing on her words.27, Why do Japanese listeners sometimes close their eyes while listening to a speech?Some day you may be either a speaker or a listener in a situation involving people from other countries or members of minority group in North America. 28, What does the speaker try to explain?Learning how different cultures signal respect can help you avoid misunderstandings. Here are some examples. In the deaf culture of North America, many listeners show applause not by clapping their hands but by waving them in the air. In some cultures, both overseas and in some minority groups in North America, listeners are considered disrespectful if they look directly at the speaker. Respect is shown by looking in the general direction but avoiding direct eye contact. In some countries, whistling by listeners is a sign of approval while in other courtiers it is a form of insult.Passage Two29. What is Chris’s main responsibility at Taxlong Company?Chris is in charge of purchasing and maintaining equipment in his Divisionat Taxlong Company. He is soon going to have an evaluation interview with his supervisor and the personnel director to discuss the work he has done in the past year. Salary, promotion and plans for the coming year will also be discussed at the meeting. Chris has made several changes for his Division in the past year. First, he bought new equipment for one of the departments. He has been particularly happy about the new equipment because many of the employees have told him how much it has helped them. Along with improving the equipment, Chris began a program to train employees to use equipment better and do simple maintenance themselves. The training saved time for the employees and money for the company.30. What problem did Chris encounter in his Division?Unfortunately, one serious problem developed during the year. Two employees the Chris hired were stealing, and he had to fire them.31. What does Chris hope for in the near future?Chris knows that a new job for a purchasing and maintenance manager for the whole company will be open in a few months, and he would like to be promoted to the job. Chris knows, however, that someone else wants that new job, too.32. What do we learn about Kim from the passage?Kim is in charge of purchasing and maintenance in another Division of the company. She has also made several changes over the year. Chris knows that his boss likes Kim’s work, and he expects that his work will be compared with hers.Passage Three33. Why are proverbs so important? Proverbs, sometimes called sayings, are examples of folk wisdom. They are little lessons which older people of a culture pass down to the younger people to teach them about life. Many proverbs remind people of the values that are important in the culture. Values teach people how to act, what is right, and what is wrong. Because the values of each culture are different, understanding the values of another culture helps explain how people think and act. Understanding your own culture values is important too. If you can accept that people from other cultures act according to their values, not yours, getting along with them will be much easier. Many proverbs are very old.34. According to the speaker what happens to some proverbs with the passage of time?So some of the values they teach may not be as important in the culture as they once were. For example, Americans today do not pay much attention to the proverb “Haste makes waste”, because patience is not important to them.But if you know about past values, it helps you to understand the present and many of the older values are still strong today. Benjamin Franklin, a famous American diplomat, writer and scientist, died in 1790, but his proverb “Time is money”is taken more seriously by Americans of today than ever before.35 What do we learn from the study of proverbs from around the world?A study of proverbs from around the world shows that some values are shared by many cultures. In many cases though, the same idea is expressed differently.Compound Dictationown. Even if I am on vacation in the mountains, I am eating food someone else has grown, living in a house someone else has built, wearing clothes someone else has sewn from cloth woven by others, using electricity someone else is distributing to my house. Evidence of interdependence is everywhere; we are on this journey together.As I was growing up, I remember being carefully taught that independence not interdependence was everything.“Make your own way”,” Stand on your own two feet” or my mother’s favorite remark when I was face-to-face with consequences of some action: Now that you’ve made your bed, lie on it.Total independence is a dominant thing in our culture. I imagine that what my parents were trying to teach me was to take responsibilities for my actions and my choices. But the teaching was shaped by our cultural imagines. And instead, I grew up believing that I was supposed to be totally independent and consequently became very reluctant to ask for help. I would do almost anything not to be a burden, and not require any help from anybody.翻译答案：1.raise money for people who survived the earthquakeraise money for the survivors in the earthquake2.couldn’t have received my e-mail3. who always encourages me not tolose heart / give up /dismay4. take the popularity of the fiction / novel into consideration /account5. define one’s happiness only by how much money he has /money measure one’s happiness only by money / how much money one has .。

六级听⼒真题：2011年12⽉英语六级短对话原⽂（新东⽅版） 11. A: I don’t know what to do. I have to drive toChicago next Friday for my cousin’s wedding but I’ve got a psychology test toprepare for。

B: Why don’t you record your notes so that you canstudy on the way? Q: What does the woman suggest the man do? 12. A: Professor Right, you may have to find anotherstudent to play this role. The lines are so long and I simply can’t rememberthem all。

B: Look, Tony. It’s still a long time before thefirst show. I don’t expect you to know all the lines yet. Just keep practicing。

Q: what do we learn from the conversation? 13. A: Hello. This is Doctor Martin from the EmergencyDepartment. I have a male patient with a fractured ankle。

B: Oh, we have one bed available in Ward 3. Sendhim here and I’ll take care of him。

Q: What are the speakers talking about? 14. A: Since Simon will graduate this May, the schoolpaper needs a new editor. So if you are interested, I will be happy to nominateyou。

Listening Comprehension短对话答案Section A11.W:This crazy bus schedule has got me completely confused.I can’t figure out when my bus to Cleveland leaves?M:Why don’t you just go to the ticket window and ask?Q:What does the man suggest the woman do?【答案】B)Go and ask the staff.【解析】这是一道事实细节题。

从对话中可知，女士搞不清楚列车时刻表，男士建议她去售票窗口咨询。

ticket window售票窗口。

12.W:I really enjoyed the TV special about drafts last night.Did you get home in time to see it?W:Oh,yes,but I wish I could have stayed awake long enough to see the whole thing.Q:What does the man mean?【答案】A)He fell asleep in the middle of the TV program.【解析】这是道推理判断题，考查男士的言下之意以及虚拟语气。

could have done意为本可以做某事，但未做。

从对话中可知，男士确实回家看了电视节目，但是他说道：I wish I could have stayed awake long enough to see the whole thing.我真希望自己当时能再晚点睡着，这样我就可以看完整场节目了。

说明他没有看完整场节目就睡着了。

13.W:Airport,please.I’m running a little late.So just take the fastest way even if it’s not the most direct.M:Sure,but there is a lot of traffic everywhere today because of the football game.Q:What do we learn about the woman from the conversation?【答案】B)She is worried about missing her flight.【解析】这是道场景题，略有难度。

英语六级听⼒真题：2011年12⽉六级听⼒passage2原⽂解析(昂⽴版) There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man orwoman who was born here , who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of thecommuter. The city that is swallowed up by locusts each day and spat out eachnight. Third, there’s a New York of the personwho was born somewhere else and came to New York and quest of something. Of these three tremblingcities, the greatest is the last, the city of final destination. The city thatis a goal. It is a start’s city that accounts for New York’s high strong disposition. It’sdedication to the arts and its incomparable achievements. Commuters give thecity its title restlessness. Natives give its solidity and continuity. But thesettlers give it passion. And whether it is a farmer arriving from Italy to setup a small grocery store in a slum; or a young girl arriving from a small townin Misiippi to escape the indignity of being observed by her neighbors; or aboy arriving from the corn belt with a manual script in his suitcase and a painin his heart. It makes no difference. Each embraces New York with the intense excitement of firstlove. Each absorbs New Yorkwith the fresh eyes of an adventure. Each generates heat and light to dwarfconsolidated Edison company。

Listening Comprehension短对话答案Section A11.W: This crazy bus schedule has got me completely confused. I can’t figure out when my bus to Cleveland leaves?M: Why don’t you just go to the ticket window and ask?Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?【答案】B) Go and ask the staff.【解析】这是一道事实细节题。

从对话中可知，女士搞不清楚列车时刻表，男士建议她去售票窗口咨询。

ticket window售票窗口。

12.W: I really enjoyed the TV special about drafts last night. Did you get home in time to see it?W: Oh, yes, but I wish I could have stayed awake long enough to see the whole thing.Q: What does the man mean?【答案】A) He fell asleep in the middle of the TV program.【解析】这是道推理判断题，考查男士的言下之意以及虚拟语气。

could have done意为本可以做某事，但未做。

从对话中可知，男士确实回家看了电视节目，但是他说道：I wish I could have stayed awake long enough to see the whole thing. 我真希望自己当时能再晚点睡着，这样我就可以看完整场节目了。

说明他没有看完整场节目就睡着了。

13.W: Airport, please. I’m running a little late. So just take the fastest way even if it’s not the most direct.M: Sure, but there is a lot of traffic everywhere today because of the football game.Q: What do we learn about the woman from the conversation?【答案】B) She is worried about missing her flight.【解析】这是道场景题，略有难度。

2011年12月大学英语六级真题Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Way to Success by commenting on Abraham Lincoln's famous remark, "Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I willspend, the first four sharpening the axe." You should write at least 150 words but no morethan 200 words.The Way to Success注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions:In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer thequestions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Forquestions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Google's Plan for World's Biggest Online Library: Philanthropy Or Act of Piracy?In recent years, teams of workers dispatched by Google have been working hard to make digital copies of books. So far, Google has scanned more than 10 million titles from libraries in America and Europe - including half a million volumes held by the Bodleian in Oxford. The exact method it uses is unclear; the company does not allow outsiders to observe the process.Why is Google undertaking such a venture? Why is it even interested in all those out-of-printlibrary books, most of which have been gathering dust on forgotten shelves for decades? Thecompany claims its motives are essentially public-spirited. Its overall mission, after all, is to "organise the world's information", so it would be odd if that information did not include books.The company likes to present itself as having lofty aspirations. "This really isn't about making money. We are doing this for the good of society." As Santiago de la Mora, head of Google Books for Europe, puts it: "By making it possible to search the millions of books that exist today, we hope to expand the frontiers of human knowledge."Dan Clancy, the chief architect of Google Books, does seem genuine in his conviction that thisis primarily a philanthropic (慈善的) exercise. "Google's core business is search and find, soobviously what helps improve Google's search engine is good for Google," he says. "But we havenever built a spreadsheet (电子数据表) outlining the financial benefits of this, and I have neverhad to justify the amount I am spending to the company's founders."It is easy, talking to Clancy and his colleagues, to be swept along by their missionary passion. But Google's book-scanning project is proving controversial. Several opponents have recently emerged, ranging from rival tech giants such as Microsoft and Amazon to small bodies representing authors and publishers across the world. In broad terms, these opponents have levelled two sets of criticisms at Google.First, they have questioned whether the primary responsibility for digitally archiving the world's books should be allowed to fall to a commercial company. In a recent essay in the New YorkReview of Books, Robert Darnton, the head of Harvard University's library, argued that because such books are a common resource – the possession of us all – only public, not-for-profit bodiesshould be given the power to control them.The second related criticism is that Google's scanning of books is actually illegal. This allegation has led to Google becoming mired in (陷入) a legal battle whose scope and complexity makes the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case in Charles Dickens' Bleak House look straightforward.At its centre, however, is one simple issue: that of copyright. The inconvenient fact about most books, to which Google has arguably paid insufficient attention, is that they are protected by copyright. Copyright laws differ from country to country, but in general protection extends for the duration of an author's life and for a substantial period afterwards, thus allowing the author's heirs to benefit. (In Britain and America, this post-death period is 70 years.) This means, of course, that almost all of the books published in the 20th century are still under copyright – and the lastcentury saw more books published than in all previous centuries combined. Of the roughly 40 million books in US libraries, for example, an estimated 32 million are in copyright. Of these, some 27 million are out of print.Outside the US, Google has made sure only to scan books that are out of copyright and thus in the "public domain" (works such as the Bodleian's first edition of Middlemarch, which anyone canread for free on Google Books Search).But, within the US, the company has scanned both in-copyright and out-of-copyright works. Inits defence, Google points out that it displays only small segments of books that are in copyright– arguing that such displays are "fair use". But critics allege that by making electronic copies of these books without first seeking the permission of copyright holders, Google has committed piracy."The key principle of copyright law has always been that works can be copied only once authors have expressly given their permission," says Piers Blofeld, of the Sheil Land literary agency in London. "Google has reversed this – it has simply copied all these works without bothering toask."In 2005, the Authors Guild of America, together with a group of US publishers, launched a class action suit (集团诉讼) against Google that, after more than two years of negotiation, endedwith an announcement last October that Google and the claimants had reached an out-of-courtsettlement. The full details are complicated - the text alone runs to 385 pages– and trying tosummarise it is no easy task. "Part of the problem is that it is basically incomprehensible," saysBlofeld, one of the settlement's most vocal British critics.Broadly, the deal provides a mechanism for Google to compensate authors and publishers whose rights it has breached (including giving them a share of any future revenue it generates fromtheir works). In exchange for this, the rights holders agree not to sue Google in future.This settlement hands Google the power - but only with the agreement of individual rights holders – to exploit its database of out-of-print books. It can include them in subscription deals sold to libraries or sell them individually under a consumer licence. It is these commercial provisions that are proving the settlement's most controversial aspect.Critics point out that, by giving Google the right to commercially exploit its database, thesettlement paves the way for a subtle shift in the company's role from provider of information to seller. "Google's business model has always been to provide information for free, and sell advertising on the basis of the traffic this generates," points out James Grimmelmann, associate professor at New York Law School. Now, he says, because of the settlement's provisions, Google could become a significant force in bookselling.Interest in this aspect of the settlement has focused on "orphan" works, where there is noknown copyright holder – these make up an estimated 5-10% of the books Google has scanned. Under the settlement, when no rights holders come forward and register their interest in a work, commercial control automatically reverts to Google. Google will be able to display up to 20% oforphan works for free, include them in its subscription deals to libraries and sell them to individual buyers under the consumer licence.It is by no means certain that the settlement will be enacted (执行) – it is the subject of afairness hearing in the US courts. But if it is enacted, Google will in effect be off the hook as far as copyright violations in the US are concerned. Many people are seriously concerned by this - and the company is likely to face challenges in other courts around the world.No one knows the precise use Google will make of the intellectual property it has gained byscanning the world's library books, and the truth, as Gleick, an American science writer and member of the Authors Guild, points out, is that the company probably doesn't even know itself. But what is certain is that, in some way or other, Google's entrance into digital bookselling will have a significant impact on the book world in the years to come.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

11.【答案】A) Listen to the recorded notes while driving.12.【答案】C) The man lacks confidence in playing the part.13.【答案】A) Arranging a bed for a patient14.【答案】A) He is too busy to accept more responsibility.15. 【答案】C) He has left his position in the government.16. 【答案】D) The man is well informed about the space shuttle missions.17. 【答案】A) At a car renting company18. : What did the man do over the weekend?【答案】A) He listened to some serious music.19: What kind of business does the man engaged in?【答案】B) Selling products made for left-handers.20: What does the man say about his stock of products?【答案】D) Most of them are specially made for his shop.21: What does the man say about other people in his line of business?【答案】D) They sell by mail order only.22: What do we learn about the man’s company?【答案】C)It sponsors trade fairs.23: Why was the campaign delayed according to the man?【答案】C)The woman's company made last-minute changes.24: What does the woman propose as a solution to the problem?【答案】D) Cut the fee by half for this year.25: What does the man suggest they do at the end of the conversation?【答案】D)Reflect on their respective mistakes.26. What does the passage say about most of the mice used for experiments?【答案】D)They sacrifice their lives for the benefit of humans.27 Why did the so-called bad mice have to be captured and destroyed?【答案】C) They may affect the results of experiments.28 When are mice killed without prior approval?【答案】C) When they become escapees.29 Why does the speaker say wha t the Herzau’s did at home is ironical?【答案】A)While holding a burial ceremony for a pet mouse, they were killing pest mice.30. What does the speaker say about the natives of New York?【答案】D) They take it for granted.31. What does the speaker say commuters give to New York?【答案】A) Tidal restlessness.32. What do we learn about the settlers of New York?【答案】B) They are adventurers from all over the world.33. As the speaker walked into the living room, what was being shown on TV?【答案】D) A murder mystery34. What does the speaker say about watching television?【答案】C)It is unhealthy for the viewers.35. What can we say about the speaker?【答案】B) He can’t resist the temptation of T.V. either.（36）detect （37）delicate （38）identifying （39）apartment（40）revolution （41）dramatically 42）primitive （43）vessels（44）Although simple versions of miniature devices have had an impact, advanced versions are still several years away.（45）that can sense when to release an airbag and how to keep engines and breaks operating efficiently.（46）when scientists now think about future machines doing large and complex tasks, they smaller than ever before.。

2011年12月英语六级真题答案汇总Section A11.【答案】A) Listen to the recorded notes while driving.12.【答案】C) The man lacks confidence in playing the part.13.【答案】A) Arranging a bed for a patient14.【答案】A) He is too busy to accept more responsibility.15. 【答案】C) He has left his position in the government.16. 【答案】D) The man is well informed about the space shuttle missions.17. 【答案】A) At a car renting company26 What does the passage say about most of the mice used for experiments? 【答案】D）They sacrifice their lives for the benefit of humans.27 Why did the so-called bad mice have to be captured and destroyed?【答案】C) They may affect the results of experiments.28 When are mice killed without prior approval?【答案】C) When they become escapees.29 Why does the speaker say what the Herzau’s did at home is ironical?【答案】A）While holding a burial ceremony for a pet mouse, they were killing pest mice.30. What does the speaker say about the natives of New York?【答案】D) They take it for granted.31. What does the speaker say commuters give to New York?【答案】A) Tidal restlessness.32. What do we learn about the settlers of New York?【答案】B) They are adventurers from all over the world.33. As the speaker walked into the living room, what was being shown on TV? 【答案】D）A murder mystery34. What does the speaker say about watching television?【答案】C）It is unhealthy for the viewers.35. What can we say about the speaker?【答案】B) He can’t resist the temptation of T.V. either.36. detect37. delicate38. identifying39. apartment40. revolution41. dramatically42.primitive43.vessels44. Although simple versions of miniature devices have had an impact, advanced versions are still several years away45.that can sense when to release an airbag and how to keep engines and breaks operating efficiently46. when scientists now think about future machines doing large and complex tasks, they’re thinking smaller than ever beforeSection A47. values, abilities and strengths48. doing the right things49. positive mental attitude50. manage themselves51. trustSection B53. A It indicates that economic activities in the US have increased.54. C Producers of agricultural goods and raw materials55. C People’s reluctance to spend56. B To increase their market share overseas.57. A. they still have a place among the world leaders.58. B. It does not reflect the differences among universities.59. A. concentration of resources in a limited number of universities.60. A. Fully utilize their research to benefit all sectors of society.61. C. By promoting the efficiency of technology transfer agencies. Part V Cloze62:resolved63:what64:essence65:hopped66:include67:barely68:purchase69:merely70:combined71:on72:ended up73:wrapped74:infinitely75:toxic76:household77:even78:endeavor79:far80:that81:contact1. Google claims its plan for the world’s bigge st online library is _____【答案】B. to serve the interest of the general public2. According to Santiago de la Mora, Google’s book-scanning project will【答案】B. broaden humanity’s intellectual horizons3. Opponents of Google Books believe that digitally archiving the world's books should be controlledby_______.【答案】C. non-profit organizations4.【答案】D. the copyright of the books it scanned5. 【答案】B. the online display of in-copyright books is not for commercial use6.【答案】B. It was settle after more than two years of negotiation.7. 【答案】D. The commercial provision of the settlement8. 【答案】Providing information for free9. 【答案】orphan works10. 【答案】change the world’s book marketPart VI Translation1. You shouldn't have run across the road without looking, you would have been knocked down by a car. (也许会被车撞到)2 By no means does he regard himself as an expert, (他把自己当成专家) although he knows a lot about the field.3 He doesn't appreciate the sacrifice his friends have made for him, however, he takes it for granted.(把他们所做的视作理所应当)4 Janet told me that she would rather her mother not have interfered with her marriage.(不干涉她的婚姻)5 To keep up with the expanding frontiers of scholarship. Edward Wilson found himself always searching for information on the internet. （经常上网查信息）。

2011年12月六级真题听力长对话原文长对话Conversation OneA: Now, could you tell me where the idea for the business first came from?B: Well, the original shop was opened by a retired printer by the name of Cruby. Mr Cruby, being left-handed himself, thought of the idea of trying to promote a few products for lefthanders.A: and how did he then go about actually setting up the business?B: Well, he looked for any left-handed products that might already be on the market, which were very few and then contacted manufactures with the idea of having products produced for him, mainly in the scissor range to start with.A: Right. So you do commission some part of your stock?B: Yes, very much so. About 75% of our stock is specially made for us.A: And the rest of it?B: The rest of it now, some 25, 30 years after Mr Cruby’s initial efforts, there are more left-handed products actually on the market and manufactures are now beginning to see that there is a market for left-handed products.A: And w hat’s the range of your stock?B: The range consists of a variety of scissors, from children scissors to scissors for tailors, hairdressers, etc. We also have a large range of kitchenware.A: What’s the competition like? Do you have quite a lot of co mpetition?B: There are other people in the business now as specialists, but only as Mellorder outlets. But we have a shop here in central London plus our Mellorder outlet. And we are, without any doubt, the largest supplier of left-handed items.19: What kind of business is the man engaged in?20: what does the man say about his stock of products?21: What does the man say about other people in his line of business?Conversation TwoM: Can we make you an offer? We would like to run a campaign for four extra weeks.W: Well, can we summarize the problem from our point of view? First of all, the campaign was late, it missed two important trade fairs. The ads also did not appear in two key magazines. As a result, the campaign failed. Do you accept that summary of what happened?M:Well, the delay wasn’t entirely our fault. You did in fact make late changes to the specifications of the advertisements.W: Hm......., actually, you were late with the initial proposals so we have very little time and in fact, we only asked for small changes.M: Well, whatever, can we repeat our offer to run the campaign for four extra weeks?W: That’s not really the point. The campaign missed two key trade fairs, because of this we are asking you either to keep the campaign next year for free or we only pay fifty percent of the fee for this year.M: Could we suggest a 20% reduction to the fee together with a fourweeks extension to the campaign?W: We are not happy, we lost the business.M: I think we both made mistakes, the responsibility is on both sides.W: OK, let’s suggest a new solution. How about a 40% cut in fee or a free repeat campaign?M: Well, let’s take a brea k, we are not getting very far, perhaps we should think about this.22. What do we learn about the man’s company?23. Why was the campaign delayed according to the man?24. What did the woman propose as a solution to the problem?25. What does the man suggest they do at the end of the conversation?。