2006年12月英语六级真题听力原

You probable have noticed that people express similar ideas in different ways 1 the situation they are in. This is very 2 . All languages have two general levels of 3 : a formal level and an informal level. English is no 4 . The difference in these two levels is the situation in which you use a 5 level. Formal language is the kind of language you find in textbooks, 6 books and in business letters. You would also use formal English in compositions and 7 that you write in school. Informal language is used in conversation with 8 , family members and friends, and when we write 9 notes or letters to close friends.Formal language is different from informal language in several ways. First, formal language 10 be more polite. What we find interesting is that it usually takes more words to be polite. For example, I might say to a friend or a family member, “Close the door, please”but to a stranger, I probably would say “Would you mind closing the door?”Another difference between formal and informal language is some of the vocabulary. There are bound to be some words and phrases that belong in formal language and others that are informal. Let’s say that I really like soccer. If I am talking to may friend I might say “I am just crazy about soccer!”But if I were talking to my boss, I would probably say “I really enjoy soccer”.。

Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

11.A) Dr. Smith’s waiting room isn’t tidy. B) Dr. Smith enjoys reading magazines.C) Dr. Smith has left a good impression on her. D) Dr. Smith may not be a good choice.12.A) The man will rent the apartment when it is available.B) The man made a bargain with the landlady over the rent.C) The man insists on having a look at the apartment first.D) The man is not fully satisfied with the apartment.13.A) Packing up to go abroad. B) Brushing up on her English.C) Drawing up a plan for her English course. D) Applying for a visa to the United States.14.A) He is anxious to find a cure for his high blood pressure.B) He doesn’t think high blood pressure is a p roblem for him.C) He was not aware of his illness until diagnose d with it.D) He did not take the symptoms of his illness seriously.15.A) To investigate the causes of AIDS.B) To raise money for AIDS patients.C) To rally support for AIDS victims in Africa.D) To draw attention to the spread of AIDS in Asia.16.A) It has a very long history.B) It is a private institution.C) It was founded by Thomas Jefferson.D) It stresses the comprehensive study of nature.17.A) They can’t fit into the machine. B) They have not been delivered yet.C) They were sent to the wrong address. D) They were found to be of the wrong type.18.A) The food served in the cafeteria usually lacks variety.B) The cafeteria sometimes provides rare food for the students.C) The students find the service in the cafeteria satisfactory.D) The cafeteria tries hard to cater to the students’ needs.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19 .A) He picked up some apples in his yard.B) He cut some branches off the apple tree.C) He quarreled with his neighbor over the fence.D) He cleaned up all the garbage in the woman’s yard.20.A) Trim the apple trees in her yard. B) Pick up the apples that fell in her yard.C) Take the garbage to the curb for her. D) Remove the branches from her yard.21.A) File a lawsuit against the man. B) Ask the man for compensation.C) Have the man’s apple tree cut down. D) Throw garbage into the man’s yard.22.A) He was ready to make a concession. B) He was not intimidate d.C) He was not prepared to go to court. D) He was a bit concerned.Questions 23 to 25are based on the conversation you have just heard.23.A) Bad weather. B) Human error.C) Breakdown of the engines. D) Failure of the communications system.24.A) Two thousand feet. B) Twelve thousand feet.C) Twenty thousand feet. D) Twenty-two thousand feet.25.A) Accurate communication is of utmost importance.B) pilots should be able to speak several foreign languages.C) Air controllers should keep a close watch on the weather.D) Cooperation between pilots and air controllers is essential.Section B注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

根据考生答题的顺序，试卷共由6部分组成：写作测试、快速阅读理解、听力理解、仔细阅读理解、改错和翻译。

2006.12.24实际考卷结构如下：第一部分：写作 (时间:30 minutes)(分值:15分）第二部分：阅读理解 (时间:40 minutes)(分值:35分)仔细阅读理解 (25m)(篇章阅读理解和篇章词汇理解) （形式为分别为多项选择和选词填空) 快速阅读理解(15 minutes) (形式为是非判断 + 句子填空或其他 )第三部分：听力理解(时间:35 minutes)(分值:35分)听力对话(短对话和长对话)(形式为多项选择)听力短文(短文理解和短文听写)(形式为分别为多项选择和复合式听写)第四部分综合测试 (时间:20 minutes)(分值:15分)完型填空或改错 (15m) (形式分别为多项选择和错误辨认并改正)篇章问答或句子翻译 (5m) (形式为简短回答或汉译英)先做写作，再做快速阅读，再做听力，最后做其它题型。

样卷结构试题内容答题时间答题卡Part I Writing 30 minutes Answer Sheet 1Part II Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 15 minutesPart III Listening Comprehension 35 minutes Answer Sheet 2Part IV Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 25 minutesPart V Cloze 15 minutesPart VI Translation 5 minutes2006年12月新英语六级真题（完整版）2006年12月新英语六级真题 -- 写作/exam/zt_5757.asp2006年12月新英语六级真题 -- 快速阅读/exam/zt_5758.asp2006年12月新英语六级真题 -- 听力/exam/zt_5759.asp2006年12月新英语六级真题 -- 阅读1/exam/zt_5760.asp2006年12月新英语六级真题 -- 阅读2/exam/zt_5761.asp2006年12月新英语六级真题 -- 阅读3 /exam/zt_5762.asp2006年12月新英语六级真题 -- 改错/exam/zt_5763.asp2006年12月新英语六级真题 -- 翻译/exam/zt_5764.asp。

正保远程教育旗下品牌网站美国纽交所上市公司(NYSE:DL)外语教育网外语学习的网上乐园2006年12月大学英语六级考试真题Part I Writing (30 minutes)1．阅读经典书籍对人的成长至关重要2．现在愿意阅读经典的人却越来越少，原因是……3．我们大学生应该怎么做The Importance of Reading ClassicsPart II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning )(15 minutes)Space TourismMake your reservations now. The space tourism industry is officially open for business, and tickets are going for a mere $20 million for a one-week stay in space. Despite reluctance from National Air and Space Administration (NASA), Russi a made American businessman Dennis Tito the world’s first space tourist. Tito flew into space aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket that arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on April 30,2001. The second space tourist, South African businessman Mark Shuttleworth, took off aboard the Russian Soyuz on April 25, 2002, also bound for the ISS.Lance Bass of’N Sync was supposed to be the third to make the $20 million trip, but he did not join the three-man crew as they blasted off on October 30,2002, due to lack of payment. Probably the most incredible aspect of this proposed space tour was that NASA approved of it.These trips are the beginning of what could be a profitable 21st century industry. There are already several space tourism companies planning to build suborbital vehicles and orbital cities within the next two decades. These companies have invested millions, believing that the space tourism industry is on the verge of taking off.In 1997, NASA published a report concluding that selling trips into space to private citizens could be worth billions of dollars. A Japanese report supports these findings, and projects that space tourism could be a $10 billion per year industry within the next two decades. The only obstacles to opening up space to tourists are the space agencies, who are concerned with safety and the development of a reliable, reusable launch vehicle.Space AccommodationsRussia’s Mir space station was supposed to be the first destination for space tourists. But in March 2001, the Russian Agency brought Mir down into the Pacific Ocean. As it turned out, bringing down Mir only temporarily delayed the first tourist trip into space.The Mir crash did cancel plans for a new reality-based game show from NBC, which was going to be called Destination Mir. The survivor-like TV show was scheduled to air in fall 2001. Participants on the show were to go through training at Russia’s cosmonaut(宇航员) training center, Star City. Each week, one of the participants would be eliminated from the show, with the winner receiving a trip to the Mir space station. The Mir crash has ruled out NBC’s space plants for now. NASA is against beginning space tourism until the International Space Station is completed in 2006.Russia in not alone in its interest in space tourism. There are several projects underway to commercialize space。

2006年12月六级听力真题原文及答案Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

11.A) Dr. Smith’s waiting room isn’t tidy. B) Dr. Smith enjoys reading magazines. C) Dr. Smith has left a good impression on her. D) Dr. Smith may not be a good choice.12. A) The man will rent the apartment when it is available.B) The man made a bargain with the landlady over the rent.C) The man insists on having a look at the apartment first.D) The man is not fully satisfied with the apartment.13. A) Packing up to go abroad. B) Brushing up on her English.C) Drawing up a plan for her English course. D) Applying for a visa to the United States.14. A) He is anxious to find a cure for his high blood pressure.B) He doesn’t think high blood pressure is a problem for h im.C) He was not aware of his illness until diagnosed with it.D) He did not take the symptoms of his illness seriously.15. A) To investigate the causes of AIDS.B) To raise money for AIDS patients.C) To rally support for AIDS victims in Africa.D) To draw attention to the spread of AIDS in Asia.16. A) It has a very long history. B) It is a private institution.C) It was founded by Thomas Jefferson. D) It stresses the comprehensive study of nature.17. A) They can’t fit into the machine. B) They h ave not been delivered yet.C) They were sent to the wrong address. D) They were found to be of the wrong type.18. A) The food served in the cafeteria usually lacks variety.B) The cafeteria sometimes provides rare food for the students.C) The students find the service in the cafeteria satisfactory.D) The cafeteria tries hard to cater to the students’ needs. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19 .A) He picked up some apples in his yard.B) He cut some branches off the apple tree.C) He quarreled with his neighbor over the fence.D) He cleaned up all the garbage in the woman’s yard.20. A) Trim the apple trees in her yard. B) Pick up the apples that fell in her yard. C) Take the garbage to the curb for her. D) Remove the branches from her yard.21. A) File a lawsuit against the man. B) Ask the man for compensation.C) Have the man’s apple tree cut down. D) Throw garbage into the man’s yard.22. A) He was ready to make a concession. B) He was not intimidated.C) He was not prepared to go to court. D) He was a bit concerned. Questions 23 to 25are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) Bad weather. B) Human error.C) Breakdown of the engines. D) Failure of the communications system.24. A) Two thousand feet. B) Twelve thousand feet.C) Twenty thousand feet. D) Twenty-two thousand feet.25. A) Accurate communication is of utmost importance.B) pilots should be able to speak several foreign languages.C) Air controllers should keep a close watch on the weather.D) Cooperation between pilots and air controllers is essential. Section B注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

2006年12月英语听力真题及答案Part III Listing Comprehension (35 minutes)Section A11. A) Plan his budget carefully B) Give her more information.C) Ask someone else for advice. D) Buy a gift for his girlfriend.12. A) She’ll have some chocol ate cake. B) She’ll take a look at the menu.C) She’ll go without dessert.D) She’ll prepare the dinner.13. A) The man can speak a foreign language.B) The woman hopes to improve her English.C) The woman knows many different languages.D) The man wishes to visit many more countries.14.A) Go to the library. B) Meet the woman. C) See Professor Smith.D) Have a drink in the bar.15.A) She isn’t sure when Professor Bloom will be backB) The man shouldn’t be late for his class.（C) The man can come back sometime later.D) She can pass on the message for the man.16. A) He has a strange personality. B) He’s got emotional problems.C) His illness is beyond cure. D) His behavior is hard to explain.17. A) The tickets are more expensive than expected.B) The tickets are sold in advance at half price.C ) It’s difficult to buy the tickets on the spot.D) It’s better to the tickets beforehand.18. A) He turned suddenly and ran into a tree.B) He was hit by a fallen box from a truck.C) He drove too fast and crashed into a truck.D) He was trying to overtake the truck ahead of him.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) To go boating on the St. Lawrence RiverB) To go sightseeing in Quebec ProvinceC) To call on a friend in Quebec CityD) To attend a wedding in Montreal20. A) Study the map of Quebec Province B) Find more about Quebec ProvinceC) Brush up on her French D) Learn more about the local customs21.A) It’s most beautiful in summerB) It has many historical buildings.C) It was greatly expanded in the 18th century.D) It’s the only French-speaking city in Canada.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.22.A) It was about a little animal. B) It took her six years to write.C) It was adapted from a fairy tale. D) It was about a little girl and her pet.23.A) She knows how to write best-selling novels.B) She can earn a lot of money by writing for adults.C) She is able to win enough support from publishers.D) She can make a living by doing what she likes.24. A) The characters. B) Her ideas. C) The readers. D) Her life experiences.25. A) She doesn’t really know where they originatedB) She mainly drew on stories of ancient saints.C) They popped out of her childhood dreams.D) They grew out of her long hours of thinking.Section BPassage One26. A) Monitor students’ sleep patterns.B) Help students concentrate in class.C) Record students’ weekly performance.D) Ask students to complete a sleep report.27. A) Declining health. B) Lack of attention.C) Loss of motivation. D) Improper behavior.28. A) They should make sure their children are always punctual for school.B) They should ensure their children grow up in a healthy environment.C) They should help their children accomplish high-quality work.D) They should see to it that their children have adequate sleep.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.29.A) She stopped being a homemaker. B) She became a famous educator.C) She became a public figure. D) She quit driving altogether.30.A) A motorist’s speeding.B) Her running a stop sign.C) Her lack of driving experience. D) A motorist’s failure to concentrate.31.A) Nervous and unsure of herself. B) Calm and confident of herself.C) Courageous and forceful. D) Distracted and reluctant.32.A) More strict training of women drivers.B) Restrictions on cell phone use while driving.C) Improved traffic conditions in cities.D) New regulations to ensure children’s safety.Passage ThreeQuestions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33. A) They haven’t devoted as much energy to medicine as to space travel.B) Three are too many kinds of cold viruses for them to identify.C) It is not economical to find a cure for each for each type of cold.D) They believe people can recover without treatment.34. A) They reveal the seriousness of the problem.B) They indicate how fast the virus spreads.C) They tell us what kind of medicine to take.D) They show our body is fighting the virus.35.A) It actually does more harm than good.B) It causes damage to some organs of our bodyC) It works better when combined with other remedies.D) It helps us to recover much sooner.Section C注意：此部分试题在答题卡2上；请在答题卡2上作答。

2006年12月b卷六级听力英文回答：The passage is an interview between a reporter and a spokesperson for the American Cancer Society. The reporter asks the spokesperson about the organization's fundraising efforts, the latest advances in cancer research, and the challenges that the organization faces.The spokesperson begins by providing an overview of the American Cancer Society's mission and goals. She explains that the organization is dedicated to fighting cancer through research, education, and patient services. She then discusses the organization's fundraising efforts, emphasizing the importance of donations from individuals and businesses.The spokesperson goes on to describe the latest advances in cancer research. She mentions the development of new drugs and treatments, as well as the progress thathas been made in understanding the genetic basis of cancer. She also discusses the organization's work in the area of cancer prevention, highlighting the importance of healthy lifestyles and early detection.Finally, the spokesperson discusses the challenges that the American Cancer Society faces. She mentions the rising costs of cancer care, the need for increased funding for research, and the challenges of reaching underserved populations. However, she expresses optimism about the future, emphasizing the organization's commitment tofighting cancer until it is eliminated.中文回答：这篇采访主要围绕美国癌症协会展开，涉及了该组织的筹款活动、癌症研究的最新进展以及所面临的挑战。

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We will have to limit the registration.W:Yeah,otherwise we won’t have room for the more.Q:What are the speakers going to do?【答案】C)Limit the number of participants in the conference.18.W:Hi,I’m calling about the ad for the one bedroom apartment.M:Perfect timing!The person who was supposed to rent it just backed town to take a room on campus.Q:What do we learn from the conversation?【答案】A)The apartment is still available.Conversation1W:One of the most interesting experiments with dolphins must be one done by Doctor Jarvis Bastian.What he tried to do was to teach a male dolphin called Bass and a female called Doris to communicate with each other across a solid barrier.M:So how did he do it exactly?W:Well,first of all,he kept the two dolphins together in the same tank and taught them to press levers whenever they saw a light.The levers were fitted to the side of the tank next to each other.If the light flashed on and off several times,the dolphins were supposed to press the left-hand lever followed by the right-hand one.If the light was kept steady,the dolphins were supposed to press the levers in reverse order.Whenever they responded correctly,they were rewarded with fish.M:Sounds terribly complicated.W:Well,that was the first stage.In the second stage,Doctor Bastian separated the dolphins into two tanks.They could still hear one another,but they couldn’t actually see each other.The levers and light were set up in exactly the same way except that this time it was only Doris who could see the light indicating which lever to press first.But in order to get their fish,both dolphins had to press the levers in the correct order.This meant of course that Doris had to tell Bass whether it was a flashing light or whether it was a steady light.M:So did it work?W:Well,amazingly enough,the dolphins achieved a100%success rate.Questions19-21are based on the conversation you have just heard.Q19.What is the purpose of Doctor Jarvis Bastian’s experiment?Q20.What were the dolphins supposed to do when they saw a steady light?Q21.How did the second stage of the experiment differ from the first stage?答案：19.D)to see if dolphins can communicate with each other.20.A)Press the right-hand lever first.21.C)Only one dolphin was able to see the light.Conversation2W:This week’s program Up Your Street takes you to Harrogate,a small town in Yorkshire. Harrogate became a fashionable resort during Victorian times,when people came to take a bath in the mineral waters.Today,few people come to visit the town for its mineral waters.Instead,Harrogate has become a popular town for people to retire to.Its clean air, attractive parks,and the absence of any industry,make this an ideal spot for people looking for a quiet life.Now,to tell us more about Harrogate,I have with me Tom Percival, President of the Chamber of Commerce.Tom,one of the things visitor notices about Harrogate is the large area of open park land right down into the middle of the town.Can you tell us more about it?M:Yes,certainly.The area is called the Stray.W:Why the Stray?M:It’s called that because in the old days,people let their cattle stray on the area,which was common land.W:Oh,I see.M:Then,we’ve changes in farming and in land ownership.The Stray became part of the land owned by Harrogate.W:And is it protected?M:Oh,yes,indeed.As a special law,no one can build anything on the stray.It’s protected forever.W:So it will always be park land?M:That’s right.As you can see,some of the Stray is used for sports fields.W:I believe it looks lovely in the spring.M:Yes,it does.There’re spring flowers on the old trees,and people visit the town just to see the flowers.Question22-25are based on the conversation you have just heard.Q22.Where does this conversation most probably take place?Q23.What do we learn about modern Harrogate?Q24.What does the man say about the area called the Stray?Q25.What attracts people most in the Stray during the spring time?答案：22.B)In a resort town.23.D)It is an ideal place for people to retire to.24.D)It is protected as parkland by a special law.25.C)The beautiful flowers.Section BDirections:In this section,you will hear3short passages.At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2with a single line through the centre.Passage OneRussell Fazio,an Ohio State psychology professor who has studied interracial roommates there and at Indiana University,discovered an intriguing academic effect.In a study analyzing data on thousands of Ohio State freshmen who lived in dorms,he found that black freshmen who came to college with high standardized test scores earned better grades if they had a white roommate—even if the roommate’s test scores were low.The roommate’s race had no effect on the grades of white students or low-scoring black students.Perhaps,the study speculated,having a white roommate helps academically prepared black students adjust to a predominantly white university.That same study found that randomly assigned interracial roommates at Ohio State broke up before the end of the quarter about twice as often as same-race roommates.Because interracial roommate relationships are often problematic,Dr.Fazio said,many students would like to move out,but university housing policies may make it hard to leave.“At Indiana University,where housing was not so tight,more interracial roommates split up,”he said.“Here at Ohio State,where housing was tight,they were told to work it out. The most interesting thing we found was that if the relationship managed to continue for just10weeks,we could see an improvement in racial attitudes.”Dr.Fazio’s Indiana study found that three times as many randomly assigned interracial roommates were no longer living together at the end of the semester,compared with white roommates.The interracial roommates spent less time together,and had fewer joint activities than the white pairs.Question26-2926.What do we know about Russell Fazio?27.Who benefited from living with a white roommate according to Fazio’s study?28.What did the study find about randomly assigned interracial roommates at Ohio State University?29.What did Dr.Fazio find interesting about interracial roommates who had lived together for10weeks?答案：26,C.He specialized in interpersonal relationship.27.D.Black freshman with high standardized scores28,C.They broke up more often than same-race roommates29,C.The racial attitudes improved.Passage twoIn a small laboratory at the Medical University of South Carolina,Dr.Vladimir Mironov has been working for a decade to grow meat.A developmental biologist and tissue engineer, Dr.Mironov,is one of only a few scientists worldwide involved in bioengineering'cultured' meat.It's a product he believes could help solve future global food crises resulting from shrinking amounts of land available for growing meat the old-fashioned way.“Growth of cultured meat is also under way in the Netherlands”,Mironov told Reuters in an interview,“but in the United States,it is science in search of funding and demand.”The new National Institute of Food and Agriculture won't fund it,the National Institutes of Health won't fund it,and the NASA funded it only briefly,Mironov said."It's classic disruptive technology,"Mironov said."Bringing any new technology on the market,on average,costs$1billion.We don't even have$1million."Director of the Advanced Tissue Biofabrication Center in the Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology at the medical university,Mironov now primarily conducts research on tissue engineering,or growing,of human organs."There's an unpleasant factor when people find out meat is grown in a lab.They don't like to associate technology with food,"said Nicholas Genovese,a visiting scholar in cancer cell biology."But there are a lot of products that we eat today that are considered natural that are produced in a similar manner,"Genovese said.30.What does Dr.Mironov think of bioengineering cultured meat?31.What does Dr.Mironov say about the funding for their research?32.What does Nicholas Genovese say about a lot of products we eat today?答案：30,A.It will help solve the global food crisis.31,D.It is still far from being sufficient.32,D.They are not as natural as we believed.Passage threeBernard Jackson is a free man today,but he has many bitter memories.Jackson spent five years in prison after a jury wrongly convicted him of raping two women.At Jackson's trial,although two witnesses testified that Jackson was with them in another location at the times of the crimes,he was convicted anyway.Why?The jury believed the testimony of the two victims,who positively identified Jackson as the man who has attacked them. The court eventually freed Jackson after the police found the man who had really committed the crimes.Jackson was similar in appearance to the guilty man.The two women has made a mistake in identity.As a result,Jackson has lost five years of his life.The two women in this case were eyewitnesses.They clearly saw the man whoattacked them,yet they mistakenly identified an innocent person.Similar incidents have occurred before.Eyewitnesses to other crimes have identified the wrong person in a police lineup or in photographs.Many factors influence the accuracy of eyewitness testimony.For instance,witnesses sometimes see photographs of several suspects before they try to identify the person they saw in a lineup of people.They can become confused by seeing many photographs or similar faces.The number of people in the lineup,and whether it is a live lineup or a photograph,may also affect a witness's decision.People sometimes have difficulty identifying people of other races.The questions the police ask witnesses also have an effect on them.Question33:What do we learn about Bernard Jackson?Question34:What led directly to Jackson’s sentence?Question35:What lesson do we learn from Jackson’s case?答案：33,A.He was wrongly imprisoned34,A.The two victims’identification35,B.Many factors influence the accuracy of witness testimony.Section CDirections:In this section,you will hear a passage three times.When the passage is read for the first time,you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is read for the second time,you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from36to43with the exact words you have just heard.For blanks numbered from44to46you are required to fill in the missing information.For these blanks,you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words.Finally,when the passage is read for the third time,you should check what you have written.答案：36.slight37.official38.shrinking39.plunge40.decline41.primary42.heads43.Poverty44.Hampered by higher taxes and weak demand for its exports,Mexico's economy is seen only partially recovering this year.45.Mexico has historically had high drop-out rates as poor families pull kids out of school to help put food on the table，46.The nation's drop-out problem is just the latest bad news for the long-term competitiveness of the Mexican economy.2011年12月六级听力原文Part III Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections:In this section,you will hear8short conversations and2long conversations.At the end of each conversation,one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After each question there will be a pause.During the pause,you must read the four choices marked A),B),C) and D),and decide which is the best answer.Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2with a single line through the centre.11.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 the football 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?M:Well,it is cold,very cold in winter.Sometimes it is cold as26degrees 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.W:And what about the darkness?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 about2or3 in the afternoon,so that they can really enjoy the long summer evenings.They’d like to work hard,but play hard,too.I think Londoners work longer hours,but I’m not sure this is a good thing.Q19:What do we learn about the man from the conversation?Q20:What do Swedish people complain about when they visit England in winter?Q21:How does the man describe the short hour of daylight around Christmas in Sweden? Q21: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?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 local government 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?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.Q23.What was the man’s major at university?Q24:What was the man’s job in secondary schools?Q25:What attracted the man to Nottingham University?Section BPassage OneWhile 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 her Japanese 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.Some day youmay be either a speaker or a listener in a situation involving people from other countries or members of minority group in North America.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.Questions:26,What did Obcamp’s speech focus on?27,Why do Japanese listeners sometimes close their eyes while listening to a speech? 28,What does the speaker try to explain?Passage TwoChris is in charge of purchasing and maintaining equipment in his Division at 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.Unfortunately,one serious problem developed during the year.Two employees the Chris hired were stealing,and he had to fire them.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.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.Questions29to32are based on the passage you have just heard.29.What is Chris’s main responsibility at Taxlong Company?30.What problem did Chris encounter in his Division?31.What does Chris hope for in the near future?32.What do we learn about Kim from the passage?Passage ThreeProverbs,sometimes called sayings,are examples of folk wisdom.They are little lessonswhich 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.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 in1790,but his proverb“Time is money”is taken more seriously by Americans of today than ever before.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.Questions33-35are based on the passage you have just heard.33.Why are proverbs so important?34.According to the speaker what happens to some proverbs with the passage of time? 35What do we learn from the study of proverbs from around the world?Section CCompound DictationOur lives are woven together.As much as I enjoy my own company,I no longer imagine I can get through a single day much less all my life completely on my own.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 anybody2011年6月六级听力原文11M:I left20pages here to copy,here’s the receiptW:I’m sorry,sir,but we are a little behind,could you come back in a few minutes?Q:what does the woman mean?12W:I hope you are not to put out with me for the delay,I had to stop for the Fred’s home to pick up a book on my way hereM:well,that’s not a big deal,but you might at least phone if you know you will keep someone waitingQ:what do we learn about the women?13W:Mark is the best candidate for chairman of the student’s union,isn’t he?M:well,that guy won’t be able to win the election unless he got the majority vote from women students,and I am not sure about it?Q:what does the man mean?14M:sorry to have kept you waiting,Madam,I’ve located your luggage,it was left behind in Paris and won’t arrive until later this eveningW:oh,I can’t believe this,have it been to delivered to my hotel then,I guessQ:what happened to the woman’s luggage?15W：I don’t think we have enough information for our presentation.But we have to give it tomorrow.That doesn’t seem to be much we can do about it.M:Yeah,at this point,we’ll have to make do with what we’ve got.Q:what does the man suggest they do?16M:I’m taking this great course psychology of language.It’s really interesting.Since you’re psychology major,you should sign up for it.W:Actually,I tried to do that.But they told me I have to take language studies first.Q:What do we learn from the conversation?17W:Can you believe the way Larry was talking to his roommate?No wonder they don’t get along.M:Well,maybe Larry was just reacting to something his roommate said.There are two sides to every story you know.Q:What does the man imply about Larry and his roommate?18M:We don’t have the resources to stop those people from buying us out.Unless a miracle happens,this may be the end of us.W:I still have hope we can get help from the bank.After all,we don’t need that much money.Q:What do we learn about the speakers from the conversation?Conversation OneQuestions19to22are based on the conversation you have just heard.W:You know I've often wondered why people laugh at the picture of a big belly businessman slipping on a banana skin and falling on his bottom.We are to feel sorry for them.M:Actually,Laura,I think we laugh because we are glad it didn't happen to us.But of course there is also a kind of humorous satisfaction in seeing somebody self-important making a fool of themselves.W:Yes,and there are a lot of jokes about people who are too fat or physically handicapped,you know,deaf,or short-sighted things like that.After all,it's not really funny to be like that.M:Oh,I think that's because we're embarrassed.We don't know how to cope with the situation.Perhaps we are even a bit frightened we may get like that,so we laugh.M:What about the custard pie routine?W:What do you mean'custard pie routine'?M:You know,all those old films where someone gets so outraged with his boss,He picks up a custard pie and plasters it all over the other person's face.W:That never makes me laugh much,because you can guess what's going to happen.But a lot of people still find it laughable.It must because of the sort of the thing we'd all love to do once in a while and never quiet have the courage to.M:I had an old aunt who used to throw cups of tea at people when she was particularly irritated.She said it relieved her feelings.W:It must have come a bit expensive.M:Not really.She took care never to throw her best china.19.Why does the man say we laughed when we see some self-important people。

2006年12月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题总分：100分及格：60分考试时间：120分Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)(1)Questions {TSE} are based on the following passage.Each summer, no matter how pressing my work schedule, I take off one day exclusively for my son. We call it dad-son day. This year our third stop was the amusement park, where be discovered that he was tall enough to ride one of the fastest roller coasters （过山车）in the world. We blasted through face-stretching turns and loops for ninety seconds. Then, as we stepped off the ride, be shrugged and, in a distressingly calm voice, remarked that it was not as exciting as other rides he’d been on. As I listened, I began to sense something seriously out of balance.Throughout the season, I noticed similar events all around me. Parents seemed hard pressed to find new thrills for indifferent kids. Surrounded by ever-greater stimulation, their young faces were looking disappointed and bored.Facing their children’s complaints of “nothing to do“, parents were shelling out large numbers of dollars for various forms of entertainment. In many cases the money seemed to do little more than buy transient relief from the terrible moans of their bored children. This set me pondering the obvious question:“ How can it be so hard for kids to find something to do when there’s never been such a range of stimulating entertainment available to them?”What really worries me is the intensity of the stimulation. I watch my little daughter’s face as she absorbs the powerful onslaught （冲击）of arousing visuals and bloody special effects in movies.Why do children immersed in this much excitement seem starved for more? That was, I realized, the point. I discovered during my own reckless adolescence that what creates excitement is not going fast, but going faster. Thrills have less to do with speed than changes in speed.I’m concerned about the cumulative effect of years at these levels of feverish activity. It is no mystery to me why many teenagers appear apathetic （麻木的）and burned out, with a “been there, done that”air of indifference toward much of life. As increasing numbers of fr iends’ children are prescribed medications-stimulants to deal with inattentiveness at school or anti-depressants to help with the loss of interest and joy in their lives-I question the role of kids’ boredom in some of the diagnoses.My own work is focused on the chemical imbalances and biological factors related to behavioral and emotional disorders. These are complex problems. Yet I’ve be en reflecting more and more on how the pace of life and the intensity of stimulation may be contributing to the rising rates of psychiatric problems among children and adolescents in our society.{TS}The author tell surprised in the amusement park at fact that（）.A. his son was not as thrilled by the roller coasters ride as expectedB. his son blasted through the turns and loops with his face stretchedC. his son appeared distressed but calm while riding the roller coastersD. his son could keep his ba(2)According to the author, children are bored（）.A. unless their parents can find new thrills for themB. when they don’t have any access to stimulating fun gamesC. when they are left alone at weekends by their working parentsD. even if they are exposed to more and more kinds of entertainment(3)From his own experience, the author came to the conclusion that children seem to expect（）.A. a much wider variety of sports facilitiesB. activities that require sophisticated skillsC. ever-changing thrilling forms of recreationD. physical exercises that are more challenging(4)In Para 6 the author expresses his doubt about the effectiveness of trying to change children’s indifference toward much of life by（）.A. diverting their interest from electronic visual gamesB. prescribing medications for their temporary reliefC. creating more stimulating activities for themD. spending more money on their entertainment(5)In order to alleviate children’s boredom, the author would probably suggest（）.A. adjusting the pace of life and intensity of stimulationB. promoting the practice of dad-son daysC. consulting a specialist in child psychologyD. balancing school work with extracurricular activities(6)Questions {TSE} are based on the following passage.It used to be that people were proud to work for the same company for the whole of their working lives. They’d get a gold watch at the end of their productive years and a dinner featuring speeches by their bosses praising their loyalty. But today’s rich capitalists have regressed （倒退）to the “survival of the fittest”ideas and their loyalty extends not to their workers or even to their stockholders but only to themselves. Instead of giving out gold watches worth a hundred or so dollars for forty or so years of word, they grab tens and even hundreds of millions of dollars as they sell for their own profit the company they may have been with for only a few years.The new rich selfishly act on their own to unfairly grab the wealth that the country as a whole has produced. The top 1 percent of the population now has wealth equal to the whole bottom 95 percent and they want more. Their selfishness is most shamelessly expressed in downsizing and outsourcing （将产品包给分公司做）because these business maneuvers don’t act to created new jobs as the founder of new industries used to do, but only out jobs while keeping the money value of what those jobs produced for themselves.To keep the money machine working smoothly the rich have bought all the politicians from the top down. The president himself is constantly leaving Washington and the business at the nation because he is summoned to “fundraising dinners” where fat cats pay a thousand or so dollars a plate to worm their way into government not through service but through donations of vast amounts of money. Once on the inside they have both political parties busilytearing up all the regulations that protect the rest of us from the greed of the rich.The middle class used to be loyal to the free enterprise system. In the past, the people of the middle class mostly thought they’d be rich themselves someday or have a good shot at becoming rich. But nowadays income is being distributed more and more unevenly and corporate loyalty is a thing of the past. The middle class may also wake up to forget its loyalty to the so-called free enterprise system altogether and the government which governs only the rest of us while letting the corporations do what they please with our jobs. As things stand, if somebody doesn’t wake up, the middle class is on a path to being downsized all the way to the bottom of society.{TS}It can be inferred from the first paragraph that people used to place a high value on（）.A. job securityB. bosses’ prai seC. corporate loyaltyD. retirement benefits(7)The author is strongly critical of today’s rich capitalists for（）.A. not giving necessary assistance to laid-off workersB. maximizing their profits at the expense of workersC. not setting up long-term goals for their companiesD. rewarding only those who are considered the fittest(8)The immediate consequence of the new capitalists’practice is（）.A. loss of corporate reputationB. lower pay for the employeesC. a higher rate of unemploymentD. a decline in business transactions(9)The rich try to sway the policy of the government by（）.A. occupying important positions in both political partiesB. making monetary contributions to decision-makersC. pleasing the public with generous donationsD. constantly hosting fundraising dinners(10)What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?A. to call on the middle class to remain loyal to the free enterprise systemB. to warn the government of the shrinking of the American middle classC. to persuade the government to change its current economic policiesD. to urge the middle class to wake up and protect their own interests(11)Questions {TSE} are based on the following passage.Intel chairman Andy Grove hasdecided to cut the Gordian knot of controversy surrounding stem cell research by simply writing a check.The check, which he pledged last week, could be for as much as 55 million, depending on how many donors make gifts of between 550,000 and 5,500,000, which he has promised to match. It will be made out to the University of California-San Francisco （UCSF）.Thanks in part to such private donations, university research into uses for human stem cells—the cells at the earliest stages of development that can form any body part—will continue in California. With private financial support, the state will be less likely to lose talented scientists who would be tempted to leave the field or even leave the country as research dependent on federal money slows to glacial （极其缓慢的）pace.Hindered by limits President Bush placed on stem cell research a year age, scientists are turning to laboratories that can carry out work without using federal money. This is awkward for universities, which must spend extra money building separate labs and keeping rigor cots records proving no federal funds were involved. Grove’s donation, a first step toward a $20 million target at UCSF, will ease the burden.The president’s decision a year ago to allow research on already existing stem cell lines was portrayed as a reasonable compromise between scientists’needs for cells to work with, and concerns that this kind of research could lead to wholesale creation and destruction of human embryos （胚胎）, cloned infants and a general contempt for human life.But Bush’s effort to please both sides ended up pleasing neither. And it certainly didn’t provide the basis for cutting edge research. Of the 78 existing stem cell lines which Bush said are all that science would ever need, only one is in this country （at the University of Wisconsin）and only five are ready for distribution to researchers. All were grown in conjunction with mouse cells, making future therapeutic （治疗的）uses unlikely.The Bush administration seems bent on satisfying the small but vocal group of Americans who oppose stem cell research under any conditions. Fortunately, Grove and others are more interested in advancing scientific research that could benefit the large number of Americans who suffer from Parkinson’s disease, nerve injuries, heart diseases and many other problems.{TS}When Andy Grove decided to cut the Gordian knot, he meat to（）.A. put an end to stem cell researchB. end Intel’s relations with GordianC. settle the dispute on stem cell research quicklyD. expel Gordian from stem cell research for good(12)For UCSF to carry on stem cell research, new funds have to come from（）.A. interested businesses and individualsB. the United States federal governmentC. a foundation set up by the Intel CompanyD. executives of leading American companies(13)As a result of the limit Bust placed on stem cell research. American universities will（）.A. conduct the research in laboratories overseasB. abandon the research altogether in the near futureC. have to carry out the research secretlyD. have to raise money to build separate labs(14)We may infer from the passage that future therapeutic uses of stem cells will be unlikely unless（）.A. human stem cells are used in the researchB. a lot more private donations can be securedC. more federal money is used for the researchD. talented scientists are involved in the research(15)The reason lying behind President Bush’s placing limits on stem cell research is that（）.A. his administration is financially pinchedB. he did not want to offend its opponentsC. it amounts to a contempt for human lifeD. it did not promise any therapeutic value(16)Questions {TSE} are based on the following passage.This looks like the year that hard-pressed tenants in California will relief-not just in the marketplace, where tents have eased, but from the state capital Sacramento.Two significant tenant reforms stand a good chance of passage. One bill, which will give more time to tenants being evicted （逐出）, will soon be heading to the governor’s desk. The other, protecting security deposits, faces a vote in the Senate on Monday.For more than a century, landlords in California have been able to force tenants out with only 30 days’notice. That will now double under SB 1403, which got through the Assembly recently. The new protection will apply only to renters who have been in an apartment for at least a year.Even 60 days in a tight housing market won’t be long enough for some families to find an apartment near where their kids go to school. But is will be an improvement in cities like San Jose, where renters rights groups charge that unscrupulous （不择手段的）landlords have kicked out tenants on short notice to put up tents.The California Landlords Association argued that landlords shouldn’t have to wait 60 days to get rid of problem tenants. But the bill gained support when a Japanese real estate investor sent out 30-day eviction notices to 550 families renting homes in Sacramento and Santa Rosa. The landlords lobby eventually dropped its opposition and instead turned its forces against AB 2330, regarding security deposits. Sponsored by Assemblywoman Carole Migden of San Francisco, the bill would establish a procedure and a timetable for tenants to get back security deposits.Some landlords view security deposits as a free month’s rent, theirs for the taking. In most cases, though, there are honest disputes over damages-what constitutes ordinary wear and tear AB 2330 would give a tenant the right to request a walk-through with the landlord and to make the repairs before moving out; reputable landlords already do this. It would increase the penalty for failing to return a deposit. The original bill would have required the landlord to pay interest on the deposit. The landlords lobby protested that it would involve too much paperwork over too little money-less than $10 a year on a $1,000 deposit, at current rates. On Wednesday, the sponsor dropped the interest section to increase the chance of passage.Even in its amended form, AB 2330 is, like SB 1403, vitally important for tenants and should be made state law.{TS}We learn from the passage that SB 1403will benefit（）.A. long-term real estate investorsB. short-term tenants in SacramentoC. landlords in the State of CaliforniaD. tenants renting a house over a year(17)A 60-day notice before eviction may not be early enough for renters because（）.A. moving house is something difficult to arrangeB. appropriate housing may not be readily availableC. more time is needed for their kids’ school registrationD. the furnishing of the new house often takes a long time(18)Very often landlords don’t return tenants’deposits on the pretext that（）.A. their rent has not been paid in timeB. there has been ordinary wear and tearC. tenants have done damage to the houseD. the 30-day notice for moving out is over(19)Why did the sponsor of the AB 2330 bill finally give in on the interest section?A. To put an end to a lengthy argumenB. To urge landlords to lobby for its passagC. To cut down the heavy paperwork for its easy passagD. To make it easier for the State Assembly to pass the bil(20)It can be learned from the passage that（）.A. both bills are likely to be made state lawsB. neither bill will pass through the AssemblyC. AB 2330 stands a better chance of passageD. Sacramento and San Jose support SB 1403Part III V ocabulary (20 minutes)(1)Grey whales have long been（）in the north Atlantic and hunting was an important cause for that.A. extinctB. extinguishedC. detainedD. deprived(2)He was given major responsibility for operating the remote manipulator to（）the newly launched satellite.A. retreatB. retrieveC. embodyD. embrace(3)Foreign students are facing unprecedented delays, as visa applications receive closer（）than ever.A. appraisalB. scanningC. retentionD. scrutiny(4)If you are late for the appointment, you might（）the interviewer and lose your chance of being accepted.A. irrigateB. intrigueC. irritateD. intimidate(5)Children’s idea of a magic kingdom is often dancers in animal（）as they have often seen in Disneyland.A. cushionsB. costumesC. skeletonsD. ornaments(6)Ever since the first nuclear power stations were built, doubts have（）about their safety.A. preservedB. survivedC. suspendedD. lingered(7)This clearly shows that crops and weeds have quite a number of（）in common.A. traitsB. tracesC. tracksD. trails(8)From science to Shakespeare, excellent television and video programs are available（）to teacher.A. in stockB. in storeC. in operationD. in abundance(9)When the Italian poet Dante was（）from his home in Florence, he decided to walk from Italy to Paris to search for the real meaning of life.A. exertedB. expiredC. exiledD. exempted(10)Habits acquired in youth-notably smoking and drinking-may increase the risk of（）diseases in a person’s later life.A. consecutiveB. chronicC. criticalD. cyclical(11)F. W. Woolworth was the first businessman to erect a true skyscraper to（）himself, and in 1929, A1 Smith, a former governor of New York, sought to outreach him.A. portrayB. proclaimC. exaggerateD. commemorate(12)To label their produce as organic, farmers have to obtain a certificate showing that no（）chemicals have been used to kill pests on the farm for two years.A. toxicB. tragicC. nominalD. notorious(13)Ancient Greek gymnastics training programs were considered to be an（）part of thechildren’s education.A. intactB. integralC. inclusiveD. infinite(14)Researchers have found that happiness doesn’t appear to be anyone’s; the capacity for joy is a talent you develop largely for yourself.A. disposalB. domainC. heritageD. hostage(15)We want out children to have more than job skills; we want their lives to be（）and their perspectives to be broadened.A. envisagedB. excelledC. exceededD. enriched(16)Online schools, which（）the needs of different people, have emerged as an increasingly popular education alternative.A. stir upB. switch onC. cater toD. consent to(17)This kind of songbird sleeps much less during its annual（）,but that doesn’t seem to affect its flying.A. migrationB. emigrationC. conveyanceD. transference(18)The developing nations want rich countries to help shoulder the cost of（）forests.A. updatingB. upgradingC. conservingD. constructing(19)In the study, researchers succeeded in determining how coffee（）different areas of the brain in 15 volunteers.A. integratedB. motivatedC. illuminatedD. activated(20)They are trying to（）the risk as much as they can by making a more thorough investigation of the market.A. minimizeB. harmonizeC. summarizeD. jeopardize(21)The cycles of the sun and moon are simple, but forces which have shaped human lives since the beginning.A. franticB. giganticC. sensationalD. maximum(22)An effort was launched recently to create the first computer（）of the entire human brain.A. repetitionB. repressionC. saturationD. simulation(23)In the face of the disaster, the world has united to aid millions of（）people trying to piece their lives back together.A. fragileB. primitiveC. vulnerableD. susceptible(24)AIDS is a global problem that demands a unified, worldwide solution, which is not only the responsibility of nations in which AIDS is most（）.A. relevantB. prevalentC. vigorousD. rigorous(25)After the earthquake, a world divided by（）and religious disputes suddenly faced its common humanity in this shocking disaster.A. eligibleB. engagedC. proneD. prospective(26)Psychologists suggest that children who are shy are more（）to develop depression and anxiety later in life.A. eligibleB. engagedC. proneD. prospective(27)Initially, the scientists and engineers seemed（）by the variety of responses people can make to a poem.A. reinforcedB. embarrassedC. depressedD. bewildered(28)Is it possible to stop drug（）in the country within a very short time?A. adoptionB. addictionC. contemplationD. compulsion(29)The parents of Lindsay, 13, an（）tennis player who spends eight hours a day on the court, admit that a regular school is not an option for their daughter.A. exoticB. equivalentC. eliteD. esthetic(30)Our research confirmed the（）that when children have many different caregivers important aspects of their development are liable to be overlooked.A. hypothesisB. hierarchyC. synthesisD. syndromePart IV Error Correction (15 minute)(1)The most important starting point for improving the understanding of silence is undoubtedly an adequate scientific education at school. Public attitudes towards <U>science owe much the way science is taught in these （S1）</U> <U>institutions. Today, school is what most people come into （S2）</U> contact with a formal instruction and explanation of science for the first time, at least in a systematic way. It is at this <U>point which the foundations are laid for an interest in science. （S3）</U> What is taught （and how）in this first encounter will largely determine an individual’s view of the subject in adult life.<U>Understanding the original of the negative attitudes （S4）</U> towards science may help us to modify them. Most education <U>system neglect exploration, understanding and reflection. （S5）</U> Teachers in schools tend to present science as a collection of <U>facts, often by more detail than necessary. As a result, （S6）</U> children memorize processes such as mathematical formulas or the periodic table, only to forget it shortly afterwards. The （S7）task of learning facts and concepts, one at a time, makes <U>learning laborious, boring and efficient. Such a purely （S8）</U> empirical approach, which consists of observation and description, is also, in a sense, unscientific or incomplete. There is therefore a need for resources and methods of <U>teaching that facilitates a deep understanding of science in （S9）</U> an enjoyable way. Science should not only be “fun”in the same way as playing a video game, but ‘hard fun’—deep <U>feeling of connection made possibly only imaginative （S10）</U> engagement.答案和解析Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)(1) :A(2) :D(3) :C(4) :B(5) :A(6) :C(7) :B(8) :C(9) :B(10) :D(11) :C(12) :A(13) :D(14) :A(15) :B(16) :D(17) :B(18) :C(19) :D(20) :APart III V ocabulary (20 minutes)(1) :A(2) :B(3) :D(4) :C(5) :B(6) :D(7) :A(8) :D(9) :C(10) :B(11) :D(12) :A(13) :B(14) :C(15) :D(16) :C(17) :A(18) :C(19) :D(20) :A(21) :B(22) :D(23) :C(24) :B(25) :A(26) :C(27) :D(28) :B(29) :C(30) :APart IV Error Correction (15 minute) (1) :S1．在much和the way间插入to S2．what →whereS3．which →thatS4．original →originS5．system →systemsS6．by →inS7．it →themS8．efficient →inefficient S9．facilitates →facilitate S10．possibly →possible。