2014年6月大学英语六级考试真题及答案详解和听力原文第三套

2014年6月大学英语六级考试真题第三套

Part I Writing (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to put all your eggs in one basket. You can give examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the center.

1. A) The man is the manager of the apartment building.

B) The woman is very good at bargaining. C) The woman will get the apartment refurnished.

D) The man is looking for an apartment.

2. A) How the pictures will turn out. C) What the man thinks of the shots.

B) Where the botanical garden is. D) Why the pictures are not ready.

3. A) There is no replacement for the handle. C) The suitcase is not worth fixing.

B) There is no match for the suitcase. D) The suitcase can be fixed in time.

4. A) He needs a vehicle to be used in harsh weather.

B) He has a fairly large collection of quality trucks.

C) He has had his truck adapted for cold temperatures.

D) He does routine truck maintenance for the woman.

5. A) She cannot stand her boss’s bad temper.

B) She has often been criticized by her boss.

C) She has made up her mind to resign.

D) She never regrets any decisions she makes.

6. A) Look for a shirt of a more suitable color and size.

B) Replace the shirt with one of some other material.

C) Visit a different store for a silk or cotton shirt.

D) Get a discount on the shirt she is going to buy.

7. A) At a “Lost and Found”. B) At a reception desk. C) At a trade fair. D) At an exhibition.

8. A) Repair it and move in. B) Pass it on to his grandson. C) Convert it into a hotel. D) Sell it for a good price. Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

9. A) Unique descriptive skills. C) Colourful world experiences.

B) Good knowledge of readers’ tastes. D) Careful plotting and clueing.

10. A) A peaceful setting. B) A spacious room. C) To be in the right mood. D) To be entirely alone.

11. A) They rely heavily on their own imagination.

B) They have experiences similar to the characters’.

C) They look at the world in a detached manner.

D) They are overwhelmed by their own prejudices.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

12. A) Good or bad, they are there to stay. C) Believe it or not, they have survived.

B) Like it or not, you have to use them. D) Gain or lose, they should be modernised.

13. A) The frequent train delays. C) The food sold on the trains.

B) The high train ticket fares. D) The monopoly of British Railways.

14. A) The low efficiency of their operation.

B) Competition from other modes of transport. C) Constant complaints from passengers.

D) The passing of the new transport act.

15. A) They will be de-nationalised. C) They are fast disappearing.

B) They provide worse service. D) They lose a lot of money.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the center.

Passage One

Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.

16. A) The whole Antarctic region will be submerged.

B) Some polar animals will soon become extinct.

C) Many coastal cities will be covered with water.

D) The earth will experience extreme weathers.

17. A) How humans are to cope with global warming.

B) How unstable the West Antarctic ice sheet is.

C) How vulnerable the coastal cities are.

D) How polar ice impacts global weather.

18. A) It collapsed at least once in the past 1.3 million years.

B) It sits firmly on solid rock at the bottom of the ocean.

C) It melted at temperatures a bit higher than those of today.

D) It will have little impact on sea level when it breaks up.

19. A) The West Antarctic region was once an open ocean.

B) The West Antarctic ice sheet was about 7,000 feet thick.

C) The West Antarctic ice sheet was once floating ice.

D) The West Antarctic region used to be warmer than today.

Passage Two

Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.

20. A) Whether we can develop social ties on the Internet.

B) Whether a deleted photo is immediately removed from the web.

C) Whether our blogs can be renewed daily.

D) Whether we can set up our own websites.

21. A) The number of visits they receive. C) The files they have collected.

B) The way they store data. D) The means they use to get information.

22. A) When the system is down. C) When the URL is reused.

B) When new links are set up. D) When the server is restarted.

Passage Three

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

23. A) Some iced coffees have as many calories as a hot dinner.

B) Iced coffees sold by some popular chains are contaminated.

C) Drinking coffee after a meal is more likely to cause obesity.

D) Some brand-name coffees contain harmful substances.

24. A) Have some fresh fruit. B) Exercise at the gym. C) Take a hot shower. D) Eat a hot dinner.

25. A) They could enjoy a happier family life.

B) They could greatly improve their work efficiency.

C) Many cancer cases could be prevented.

D) Many embarrassing situations could be avoided.

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

Psychologists are finding that hope plays a surprisingly vital role in giving people a measurable advantage in realms (26)__________ academic achievement, bearing up in tough jobs and coping with (27)___________ illness. And, by contrast, the loss of hope is turning out to be a stronger sign that a person may (28)___________ suicide than other factors long thought to be more likely risks.

“Hope has proven a powerful predictor of(29)__________ in every study we’ve done so far,”said Dr. Charles R. Snyder, a psychologist who has devised a (30)__________ to assess how much hope a person has.

For example, in research with 3,920 college students, Dr. Snyder and his (31)__________ found that the level of hope among freshmen at the beginning of their first semester was a more (32)__________ predictor of their college grades than were their S.A.T. scores or their grade point (33)__________ in high school, the two measures most commonly used to predict college performance.

“Students with high hope set themselves higher goals and know how to work to attain them,”Dr. Snyder said.“When you compare students of equivalent intelligence and past academic achievements, what (34)__________ is hope.”

In devising a way to assess hope scientifically, Dr. Snyder went beyond the simple notion that hope is merely the sense that everything will(35) __________ all right. “That notion is not concrete enough and it blurs two key components of hope,”Dr. Snyde r said. “Having hope means believing you have both the will and the way to accomplish your goals, whatever they may be.”

Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.

Millions of Americans are entering their 60s and are more concerned than ever about retirement. They know they need to save, but how much? And what exactly are they saving for—to spend more time ___36___ the grandkids, go traveling, or start another career? It turns out that husbands and wives may have ___37___ different ideas about the subject.

The deepest divide is in the way spouses envisage their lifestyle in their later years. Fidelity Investments Inc. found 41 percent of the 500 couples it surveyed ___38___ on whether both or at least one spouse will work in retirement. Wives are generally right regarding their husbands’ retirement age, but men ___39___ the age their wives will be when they stop working. And husbands are slightly more ___40___ about their standard of living than wives are.

Busy juggling (穷于应对) careers and families, most couples don’t take the time to sit down, ___41___ or together, and think about what they would like to do 5, 10 or 20 years from now. They ___42___ they are on the same page, but the ___43___ is they have avoided even talking about it.

If you are self-employed or in a job that doesn’t have a standard retirement age, you may be more apt to delay thinking about these issues. It is often a ___44___ retirement date that provides the catalyst (催化剂) to start planning. Getting laid off or accepting an early-retirement ___45___ can force your hand. But don’t wait until you get a severance (遣散费) check to begin planning.

A) assume D) formula G) mysteriously J) package M) separately

B) confidential E) forthcoming H) observe K) radically N ) spoiling

C) disagree F) illustrating I) optimistic L) reality O) underestimate

Section B

Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.

What If Middle-Class Jobs Disappear?

A) The most recent recession in the United States began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. However, two years after the official end of the recession, few Americans would

say that economic troubles are behind us. The unemployment rate, in particular, remains above 9%. Some labor market indicators, such as the proportion of long-term unemployed, are worse now than for any postwar recession.

B) There are two widely circulated narratives to explain what’s going on. The Keynesian narrative is that there has been a major drop in aggregate demand. According to this narrative, the slump can be largely cured by using monetary and fiscal (财政的) stimulus. The main anti-Keynesian narrative is that businesses are suffering from uncertainty and over-regulation. According to this narrative, the slump can be cured by having the government commit to and follow a more hands-off approach.

C) I want to suggest a third interpretation. Without ruling out a role for aggregate demand or for the regulatory environment, I wish to suggest that structural change is an important factor in the current rate of high unemployment. The economy is in a state of transition, in which the middle-class jobs that emerged after World War Ⅱhave begun to decline. As Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee put it in a recent e-book Race Against the Machine: “The root of our problems is not that we’re in a great recession, or a great stagnation (停滞), but rather that we are in the early throes (阵痛) of a great restructuring. ”

D) In fact, I believe the Great Depression of the 1930s can also be interpreted in part as an economic transition. The impact of the internal combustion engine(内燃机) and the small electric motor on farming and manufacturing reduced the value of uneducated laborers. Instead, by the 1950s, a middle class of largely clerical(从事文秘工作的) workers was the most significant part of the labor force. Between 1930 and 1950, the United States economy underwent a great transition. Demand fell for human effort such as lifting, squeezing, and hammering. Demand increased for workers who could read and follow directions. The evolutionary process eventually changed us from a nation of laborers to a nation of clerks.

E) The proportion of employment classified as “clerical workers”grew from 5.2% in 1910 to a peak of 19.3% in 1980. (However, by 2000 this proportion had edged down to 17.4%.) Overall, workers classified as clerical workers, technical workers, managers and officials exceeded 50% of the labor force by 2000. Corresponding declines took place in the manual occupations. Workers classified as laborers, other than farm hands or miners, peaked at 11.4% of the labor force in 1920 but were barely 6% by 1950 and less than 4% by 2000. Farmers and farm laborers fell from 33% of the labor force in 1910 to less than 15% by 1950 and only 1.2% in 2000.

F) The introduction of the tractor and improvements in the factory rapidly reduced the demand for uneducated workers. By the 1930s, a marginal farm hand could not produce enough to justify his employment. Sharecropping, never much better than a subsistence occupation, was no longer viable(可行的). Meanwhile, machines were replacing manufacturing occupations like cigar rolling and glass blowing for light bulbs.

G) The structural-transition interpretation of the unemployment problem of the 1930s would be that the demand for uneducated workers in the United States had fallen, but the supply remained high. The high school graduation rate was only 8.8% in 1912 and still just 29% in 1931. By 1950, it had reached 59%. With a new generation of workers who had completed high school, the mismatch between skills and jobs had been greatly reduced.

H) What took place after World WarⅡwas not the revival of a 1920s economy, with its small farming units, urban manufacturing, and plurality of laborers. Instead, the 1950s saw the creation of a new suburban economy, with a plurality of white-collar workers. With an expanded transportation and communications infrastructure(基础设施), businesses needed telephone operators, shipping clerks and similar occupations. If you could read, follow simple instructions, and settle into a routine, you could find a job in the post-war economy.

I) The trend away from manual labor has continued. Even within the manufacturing sector, the share of production and non-supervisory workers in manufacturing employment went from over 85% just after World War II to less than 70% in more recent years. To put this another way, the proportion of white-collar work in manufacturing has doubled over the past 50 years. On the factory floor itself, work has become less physically demanding. Instead, it requires more cognitive skills and the ability to understand and carry out well-defined procedures.

J) As noted earlier, the proportion of clerical workers in the economy peaked in 1980. By that date, computers and advanced communications equipment had already begun to affect telephone operations and banking. The rise of the personal computer and the Internet has widened the impact of these technologies to include nearly every business and industry.

K) The economy today differs from that of a generation ago. Mortgage and consumer loan underwriters (风险评估人) have been replaced by credit scoring. Record stores have been replaced by music downloads. Book stores are closing,

while sales of books on electronic readers have increased. Data entry has been moved off shore. Routine customer support also has been outsourced (外包) overseas.

L) These trends serve to limit the availability of well-defined jobs. If a job can be characterized by a precise set of instructions, then that job is a candidate to be automated or outsourced to modestly educated workers in developing countries. The result is what David Autor calls the polarization of the American job market.

M) Using the latest Census Bureau data, Matthew Slaughter found that from 2000 to 2010 the real earnings of college graduates (with no advanced degree) fell by more in percentage terms than the earnings of high school graduates. In fact, over this period the only education category to show an increase in earnings was those with advanced degrees.

N) The outlook for mid-skill jobs would not appear to be bright. Communications technology and computer intelligence continue to improve, putting more occupations at risk. For example, many people earn a living as drivers, including trucks and taxicabs. However, the age of driverless vehicles appears to be moving closer. Another example is in the field of education. In the fall of 2011, an experiment with an online course in artificial intelligence conducted by two Stanford professors drew tens of thousands of registrants(报名者). This increases the student-teacherratio by a factor of close to a thousand. Imagine the number of teaching jobs that might be eliminated if this could be done for math, economics, chemistry, and so on.

O) It’s important to bear in mind that when we offer a structural interpretation of unemployment, a “loss of jobs”means an increase in productivity. Traditionally, economists have argued that productivity increases are a good thing, even though they may cause unemployment for some workers in the short run. In the long run, the economy does not run out of jobs. Rather, new jobs emerge as old jobs disappear. The story we tell is that average well-being rises, and the more people are able to adapt, the more widespread the improvement becomes.

46. Even factory floor work today has become intellectually challenging rather than physically demanding.

47. Increases in productivity prove beneficial though some people may lose their jobs temporarily.

48. The unemployment rate remained high even two years after the government declared the recent recession was over.

49. The author suggests that the recent high unemployment rate is mainly caused by a decrease of middle-class jobs.

50. The creation of a suburban economy in the 1950s created lots of office jobs.

51. In the first decade of the 21st century, only people with postgraduate degrees experienced an increase in earnings.

52. One economics theory suggests using monetary and fiscal stimulus to cope with an economic recession.

53. The popularity of online courses may eliminate many teaching jobs.

54. Computer technology has brought about revolutionary changes in the record and book business.

55. White-collar workers accounted for more than half of the labor force by the end of the 20th century.

Section C

Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.

“Deep reading”—as opposed to the often superficial reading we do on the Web—is an endangered practice, one we ought to take steps to preserve as we would a historic building or a significant work of art. Its disappearance would jeopardize the intellectual and emotional development of generations growing up online, as well as the preservation of a critical part of our culture：the novels, poems and other kinds of literature that can be appreciated only by readers whose brains, quite literally, have been trained to understand them.

Recent research in cognitive science and psychology has demonstrated that deep reading—slow, immersive, rich in sensory detail and emotional and moral complexity—is a distinctive experience, different in kind from the mere decoding of words. Although deep reading does not, strictly speaking, require a conventional book, the built-in limits of the printed page are uniquely helpful to the deep reading experience. A book’s lack of hyperlinks (超链接), for example, frees the reader from making decisions—Should I click on this link or not? —allowing her to remain fully immersed in the narrative.

That immersion is supported by the way the brain handles language rich in detail, indirect reference and figures of

speech: by creating a mental representation that draws on the same brain regions that would be active if the scene were unfolding in real life. The emotional situations and moral dilemmas that are the stuff of literature are also vigorous exercise for the brain, propelling us inside the heads of fictional characters and even, studies suggest, increasing our real-life capacity for empathy (认同).

None of this is likely to happen when we’re browsing through a website. Although we call the activity by the same name, the deep reading of books and the information-driven reading we do on the Web are very different, both in the experience they produce and in the capacities they develop. A growing body of evidence suggests that online reading may be less engaging and less satisfying, even for the “digital natives” to whom it is so familiar. Last month, for example, Britain’s National Literacy Trust released the results of a study of 34,910 young people aged 8 to 16. Researchers reported that 39% of children and teens read daily using electronic devices, but only 28% read printed materials every day. Those who read only onscreen were three times less likely to say they enjoy reading very much and a third less likely to have a favorite book. The study also found that young people who read daily only onscreen were nearly two times less likely to be above-average readers than those who read daily in print or both in print and onscreen.

56. What does the author say about “deep reading”?

A) It serves as a complement to online reading.

B) It should be preserved before it is too late. C) It is mainly suitable for reading literature.

D) It is an indispensable part of education.

57. Why does the author advocate the reading of literature?

A) It helps promote readers’intellectual and emotional growth.

B) It enables readers to appreciate the complexity of language.

C) It helps readers build up immersive reading habits.

D) It is quickly becoming an endangered practice.

58. In what way does printed-page reading differ from online reading?

A) It ensures the reader’s cognitive growth.

B) It enables the reader to be fully engaged. C) It activates a different region of the brain.

D) It helps the reader learn rhetorical devices.

59. What do the studies show about online reading?

A) It gradually impairs one’s eyesight. C) It provides up-to-date information.

B) It keeps arousing readers’curiosity. D) It renders reading less enjoyable.

60. What do we learn from the study released by Britain’s National Literacy Trust?

A) Onscreen readers may be less competent readers.

B) Those who do reading in print are less informed.

C) Young people find reading onscreen more enjoyable.

D) It is now easier to find a favorite book online to read.

Passage Two

Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.

Many current discussions of immigration issues talk about immigrants in general, as if they were abstract people in an abstract world. But the concrete differences between immigrants from different countries affect whether their coming here is good or bad for the American people.

The very thought of formulating immigration laws from the standpoint of what is best for the American people seems to have been forgotten by many who focus on how to solve the problems of illegal immigration.

It is hard to look for “the ideal outcome”on immigration in the abstract. Economics professor Milton Friedman once said, “The best is the enemy of the good,”which to me meant that attempts to achieve an unattainable ideal can prevent us from reaching good outcomes that are possible in practice.

Too much of our current immigration controversy is conducted in terms of abstract ideals, such as “We are a nation of immigrants.”Of course we are a nation of immigrants. But we are also a nation of people who wear shoes. Does it follow that we should admit anybody who wears shoes?

The immigrants of today are very different from those who arrived here a hundred years ago. Moreover, the society in which they arrive is different. To me, it is better to build a wall around the welfare state than the country.

But the welfare state is already here—and, far from having a wall built around it, the welfare state is expanding in all directions. We do not have a choice between the welfare state and open borders. Anything we try to do as regards

immigration laws has to be done in the context of a huge welfare state that is already a major, inescapable fact of life.

Among other facts of life utterly ignored by many advocates of de facto amnesty(事实上的大赦) is that the free international movement of people is different from free international trade in goods.

Buying cars or cameras from other countries is not the same as admitting people from those countries or any other countries. Unlike inanimate objects, people have cultures and not all cultures are compatible with the culture in this country that has produced such benefits for the American people for so long.

Not only the United States, but the Western world in general, has been discovering the hard way that admitting people with incompatible cultures is an irreversible decision with incalculable consequences. If we do not see that after recent terrorist attacks on the streets of Boston and London, when will we see it?

“Comprehensive immigration reform”means doing everything all together in a rush, without time to look before we leap, and basing ourselves on abstract notions about abstract people.

61. What does the author say about immigrants in America?

A) They all hope to gain citizenship and enjoy the welfare.

B) They come to America with different dreams and purposes.

C) Their background may determine whether they benefit the American people.

D) Their cultures affect the extent to which they will achieve success in America.

62. What does the author try to say by citing Milton Friedman’s remark?

A) It is hardly practical to find an ideal solution to America’s immigration problem.

B) Ideal outcomes could be produced only by comprehensive immigration reform.

C) As for immigration, good results cannot be achieved without good intentions.

D) The proper solution of immigration issues is an ideal of the American public.

63. What is the author’s view regarding America’s immigration policy?

A) America should open its borders to immigrants from different countries.

B) Immigrants have contributed greatly to the welfare of American people.

C) Unrestricted immigration will undermine the American welfare state.

D) There is no point building a wall around the American welfare state.

64. What is the author’s purpose in citing the recent terrorist attacks on the streets of Boston and London?

A) To show that America should join hands with Europe in fighting terrorists.

B) To prove that it is high time America made comprehensive immigration reforms.

C) To prove that terrorism is the most dangerous threat to America and the world in general.

D) To show that immigrants’cultural incompatibility with the host country has consequences.

65. What is the author’s attitude towards “comprehensive immigration reform”?

A) Supportive. B) Negative. C) Wait-and-see. D) Indifferent.

Part IV Translation (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.

最近，中国科学院(Chinese Academy of Sciences)出版了关于其最新科学发现与未来一年展望的年度系列报告。系列报告包括三部分：科学发展报告、高技术发展报告、中国可持续发展战略报告。第一份报告包含中国科学家的最新发现，诸如新粒子研究与H7N9病毒研究的突破。该报告还突出强调了未来几年需要关注的问题。第二份报告公布了一些应用科学研究的热门领域，如3D打印和人造器官研究。第三份报告呼吁加强顶层设计，以消除工业升级中的结构性障碍，并促进节能减排。

2014年6月大学英语六级考试真题答案详解第三套

Part I Writing (30 minutes)

作文范文：把全部鸡蛋放到一个篮子里是不明智的

When making crucial decisions or important plans, it is always necessary to have a plan B. As the old saying goes, "Never put all your eggs in one basket." Having a second choice is essential to reducing the loss.

It is easy to understand that, for any plan that involves investments beforehand, one should prepare for the worst situation no matter how well it appears currently. When the profits are higher, people are also taking greater risks. For example, as the real-estate market is highly profitable nowadays, many people invest all their money into new houses and

some even raise a mortgage. The possible result is that once the market cools down and the house prices go on a decrease, the investors are more likely to lose the profits as well as the capital. Admittedly, putting all the eggs in one basket maximizes the possible gaining. However, in unfavorable conditions, it also maximizes the loss.

In conclusion, it is unwise to put all your hopes into one possible solution. People should all learn the importance of avoiding risks with a plan B.

【点评】

题解：“把所有鸡蛋放在一个篮子里是不明智的。”

本题难度中上，讨论风险与机会的关系，以及减少风险的方法，较抽象。

文章可采取三段式。首段简单阐述话题含义。主体部分重点论述“把所有鸡蛋放在一个篮子里”可能带来的风险。由于话题较抽象，此处可用具体的事例论述，证明在有一定风险的情况下，人们不应该将所有的希望都集中在同一个解决方案中，而是应该有备用方案，以减少风险。结论部分重述主题。

Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)

Section A

1.【答案】A. The man is the manager of the apartment building

【解析】从对话中看出女士在找apartment building，不是男士。因此选A

2. 【答案】A. How the pictures will turn out.

【解析】女士想知道的是if the shots I took are as good as I thought. 照片是不是和她想的异样好。这里shots指照片。turn out指照片拍出来的效果。

3. 【答案】D. The suitcase can be fixed in time.

【解析】男士说到find a handle后面提到 but that shouldn’t take too long说明不是没有handle可以匹配。因此排除A,B。

4. 【答案】A. He needs a vehicle to be used in harsh weather.

【解析】男士说到truck需要operate for long periods of time in very cold temperatures，因此选择选项A。very cold temperatures对应harsh weather.

5. 【答案】C. She has made up her mind to resign.

【解析】从文中女士强硬的口气I could no longer live with…可以看出她下定决心。

6. 【答案】B. Replace the shirt with one of some other material.

【解析】女士首先提到exchange the shirt，后面又解释了原因allergic to wool，从男士的回答也可以看出换成别的材质。

7. 【答案】A. At a “Lost and Found”

【解析】男士首先问Did anyone happen to turn in a new handbag?，女士又问了他handbag的详细信息，可见是在失物招领处，选A。

【精析】语义理解题。女士说她担心Anna，因为她最近很沮丧，整天待在屋子里；男士建议Anna去咨询中心(counseling center．看精神科医生。看精神科医生的目的当然是要寻求医生的专业建议。

8. 【答案】C Convert in into a hotel

【解析】but后面是真正意图: turning it into a guest house。guest house 意为宾馆，因此选C。9. 【答案】D. Careful plotting and clueing.

【解析】对话中提到it must be so carefully plotted and so carefully clued，对应D选项。

10. 【答案】D. To be entirely alone.

【解析】对话中can’t even bare anybody else, be completely alone都说明该作家需要独立的写作空间，因此选择D。

11. 【答案】C. They look at the world in a detached manner.

【解析】关键词detachment 分离。作家提到作者的经历和写作。虽然说道some experiences overwhelm everyone, 但是后面的but暗示了答案，stand aside、detachment都对应了C选项。

12.【答案】B. Like it or not, you have to use them.

【解析】在对话一开始，女士就提到了There’s only one railway system, if you don't like a particular railway, you can’t go and use another. 因为只有一条铁路，即使不喜欢，也只能乘坐，换句话说不论喜欢与否都得用它。因此选择B。

13.【答案】D. The monopoly of British Railways.

【解析】对话中谈及monopoly，铁路垄断，因此选D。其他选项均未涉及。

14.【答案】B. Competition from other modes of transport.

【解析】对话中modes of transport are all around对应选项B。

15.【答案】D. They lose a lot of money.

【解析】男士以德、法两国铁路为例，每年铁路都有大量亏损。因此选择D。而B选项中disappearing仅仅是美国的情况。

Questions 16 to 19 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

文章解析：

本文是一篇地理科学类文章，有点难度，关键是对一些专有名词的把握。文章开始先指出全球变暖带来最主要的威胁是极地冰盖的融化，并给出了相应的事实和数据加以证明。接着更多例子表明南极洲的冰盖在过去的130万年间至少坍塌过一次。相关高等学府的学者和科学家也相继用实验证明南极洲西部曾是一片汪洋。最后引用Herman Engleheart的话，再次提醒我们，西南极洲大冰原很可能再次融化消失。

其实按常理来说，如果听力文章比较有难度的话，题目的难度相对应会降低。所以大家在遇到此类题型时不必惊慌。提取关键信息、边听边记笔记，运用好背景知识等就能把题目做出来。平时也要注意扩大阅读范围，增长见识。关于环境保护和全球变暖之类的文章屡见不鲜，要求考生在这方面要引起足够的重视。

难点词汇：

West Antarctic ice sheet西南极洲大冰原 ice shelf 冰架 anchored 固定的

fossil 化石 microscopic marine plants 海洋微生物 geological 地质的

16.【答案】C. Many coastal cities will be covered with water.

【解析】细节题。本题不难，从听力开头即可听到“raising sea level so much that coastal cities from New York to Los Angles to Shanghai will be flooded”所以选C选项。

17.【答案】B. How unstable the West Antarctic ice sheet is.

【解析】细节题。本题不难。注意关键句“but Antarctic experts disagree strongly on just how unstable it is”即可得出答案。

18.【答案】A. It collapsed at least once during the past 1.3 million years.

【解析】细节题。注意提取关键信息“new evidence reveals that all or most of the Antarctic ice sheet collapsed at least once during the past 1.3 million years”所以选A选项。

19.【答案】A. The West Antarctic region was once a open ocean.

【解析】细节题。听力最后的例子说明了这一点“which suggest that the region was once open ocean not solid ice”，而其他选项都不是最新的发现。

20.【答案】B. Whether a deleted photo is immediately removed from the web.

【解析】听力一开始作者就建议我们尝试删除自己上传的照片“Take a photo and upload it to Facebook, then after a day or so, note what the URL link to the picture is and then delete it.”，由此可知应该选B。

21.【答案】B. The way they store data.

【解析】“Why do "deleted" photos stick around so long? The problem relates to the way data is stored on large websites”，从这句话可知图片之所以不能立即删除跟它们存储的方式有关。22.【答案】C. When the URL is reused.

【解析】“In the case of Facebook, the company says data may hang around until the URL in question is reused”，从这句话可知只有URL被再次用到才会被删除

23.【答案】A. Some iced coffees have as many calories as a hot dinner.

【解析】：第一段原文可以找到对应句子，即some iced coffees contain as many calories as a hot dinner.

24.【答案】B. Exercise at the gym.

【解析】：第一段原文中有对应语句，即Better skip dinner or hit the gym afterwards.

25.【答案】C. Many cancer cases could be prevented.

【解析】：在此句中，“The WCRF has estimated that 19,000 cancers a year in Britain could be prevented…”，关键词prevented可以得知答案为C选项。

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30.scale

31.colleagues

32.accurate

33.averages

34.sets them apart

35.turn out

Part III Reading Comprehension Section A

参考译文

假如中产阶级的工作消失会怎样？

数百万的美国人正迈入60岁的行列比以往更加关心退休事宜。他们知道需要存钱，但存多少呢？而且存钱的目的是什么——为了花更多地时间来宠孙子、旅游，还是发展新的事业？结果显示，夫妻双方在这个问题上可能有着完全不同的观点。

最大的分歧在于夫妻俩对晚年生活方式所持的态度。忠诚投资公司对500对夫妻进行了调查，发现41%的夫妻对退休后两人都工作还是有一人两人或同伴是否在退休时继续工作存在分歧。妻子对丈夫的退休年龄推断大致正确，但丈夫却低估了妻子们退休的年龄。并且，丈夫比妻子对于生活水平要略微乐观些。

许多夫妻忙于应付事业和家庭，没有时间单独或者两人一起坐下来。想想5年后、10年后或20年后自己想做些什么。他们以为彼此意见一致，但事实却是他们甚至都没有谈论过这个话题。

如果你是个体经营者、或者从事一份没有标准退休年龄的职业，你会更倾向于推迟思考这些问题。通常是马上就要来临的退休日期成为了退休规划的催化剂。被解雇或接受提前退休方案可以迫使你着手退休计划，但不要等到领取遣散费才开始计划。

36. N) spoiling

本空与前面的spend构成spend time doing的搭配，需要动词ing形式。备选的有illustrating（阐述）和spoiling （宠爱），能与空后的grandkids构成合理搭配的明显只有spoiling，意为“花更多时间去宠孙子”。

37. K) radically

本空所在句不缺主干成分，且本空是修饰different ideas，因此需要副词。备选的有mysteriously（神秘地）、radically （根本地）和separately（分开地）。能与different ideas构成合理搭配的只有radically，这里做程度副词，表示丈夫与妻子有着“根本上不同的观点”。

38. C) disagree

本空为从句中的谓语，因此缺少动词，由于从句主语为复数couples，因此需要动词原形或过去式；且要考虑与空后的on构成搭配，应为不及物动词。备选的有assume（假设）、disagree（不同意）、observe（观察）和underestimate （低估）。其中不及物且与on能构成搭配的只有disagree。另外，第一段段末提到的丈夫与妻子有着“根本上不同的观点”也提示了这里所描述的现象应当是夫妻们不同意彼此的意见。

39. O) underestimate

本空为该句谓语，且与之并列的前半句使用的是一般现在时，因此需要动词原形，备选的有assume（假设）、observe（观察）和underestimate（低估）。能够与空后的age构成合理搭配的只有underestimate，意为丈夫们“低估了妻子退休时的年龄”。另外，前半句与该句构成转折，而前半句提到的是妻子一般能正确判断丈夫的退休年龄，可知该句应描述的是丈夫不了解妻子的退休年龄。

40. I) optimistic

本空为表语，且被副词slightly修饰，空气还有more，提示了应为形容词。备选的又confidential（机密的）、forthcoming（即将到来的）和optimistic（乐观的）。注意本空形容的是空后的standard of living（生活标准），能构成合理意思的只有optimistic，意为丈夫比妻子“对于生活标准要略微乐观一些”。

41. M) separately

本空与together构成并列，因此应该与together词性一致，为副词。备选的有mysteriously（神秘地）和separately （分开地）。能与together意思上构成并列的只有separately，表示正好相反的状态，被or串联，构成选择型的并列。

42. A) assume

本空为该句谓语，且并列的后半句用的是一般现在时，而本句主语为复数they，因此本空需要动词原形。备选的有assume（假设）和observe（观察）。能在这里构成合理意思的只有assume，意为“他们以为他们意见一致”。

43. L) reality

空前的the提示了本空需要名词，空后的is提示了本空需要可数名词单数或不可数名词。备选的有formula（公式、方案）、package（包裹）和reality（现实）。这里能构成合理意思的只有reality，意为“但现实是他们甚至都没有谈论这个话题”。注意前半句的assume暗示了前半句是夫妻们自以为的现象、也就是假象，这也暗示43空所在的转折之后的后半句描述的才是真相。

44. E) forthcoming

本空是在形容retirement date（退休日期），需要形容词。备选的有confidential（机密的）和forthcoming（即将到来的）。能构成合理意思的只有forthcoming，意为“常常是马上就要来临的退休日成为了退休规划的催化剂”，即人们只有接近退休的时候才会被迫开始做规划。

45. J) package

空前的an后面需要可数名词单数，但early-retirement并非可数名词单数，因此本空才应当是被an限定的可数名词单数。备选的有formula（公式、方案）和package（包裹）。这里意思更合理的是package，这个词可以表示“一揽子计划”，early-retirement package意为“提前退休计划”。

Section B

46．Ｉ．【定位】由题干中的factory floor和physically demandin9定位到Ｉ．段倒数第二句。

【精析】细节归纳题。定位句提到，在工厂车间，工作已不那么需要体力劳动；最后一句接着指出，相反，它需要更多的认知技能，以及理解和执行明确程序的能力，即对智力的挑战。题干是对定位句的归纳总结，故答案为D。

47．Ｏ．【定位】由题干中的Increases in productivity和lose their jobs temporarily定位到Ｏ．段第一、二句。

【精析】细节辨认题。定位句提到，“失业”意味着生产力的提高。从传统意义上来说，经济学家们认为，生产力的提高是一件好事，即使可能会导致一些工人在短期内失业。题干中的lose their jobs temporarily对应定位句中的cause unemployment for some workers in the short run，故答案为Ｏ．。

48．A．【定位】由题干中的The unemployment rate和two years after定位到A．段第二、三句。

【精析】细节辨认题。定位句指出，在官方宣布经济衰退结束的两年后，没有几个美国人会说已经摆脱了经济问题，尤其是失业率，仍然保持在9％以上。题干中的remained high对应定位句中的remains above 9％，the government…over对应定位句中的the official end of the recession，故答案为A．。

49．C．【定位】由题干中的high unemployment rate和middle．class jobs定位到C．段第二、三句。

【精析】细节推断题。C．段第二句提到作者想表明的是，结构变化是当前高失业率的一个重要因素。紧接着在第三句提到，经济正处于转型期，二战以后出现的中产阶级的工作岗位已经开始减少。题干中的the recent high unemployment rate对应定位句中的the current rate of high unemployment，decrease对应定位句中的decline，故答案为C．。

50．H．【定位】由题干中的suburban economy以及the 1950s定位到H．段第二句。

【精析】细节辨认题。定位句提到，20世纪50年代建立了拥有大量白领工人的新郊区经济。题干中的lots of office jobs对应定位句中的a plurality of white—collar workers，故答案为H．。

51．M．【定位】由题干中的the first decade of the 21st

century和an increase in earnings定位到M．段。

【精析】细节辨认题。定段首旬提到，从2000年至2010年，高校毕业生(无高级学位的)的实际收入下降的比例比高中毕业生的要多，这里的高级学位是指本科以上的学位；定位段第二旬指出，事实上，在此期间，唯一显示收入增加的教育类别就是那些具有高级学位的毕业生。题干中的In thefirst decade of the 21st century对应定位段中的from 2000 t02010。with postgraduate degrees对应定位段中的with advanced degrees，故答案为M．。

52．B．【定位】由题干中的monetary and fiscal stimulus定位到B．段第三句。

【精析】细节辨认题。定位句提到，根据该说法，经济不景气可以通过使用货币和财政刺激基本上得到解决。此处的该说法是指前一句中提到的凯恩斯主义的说法，与题干中的0ne economics theory对应。题干中的cope with 对应定位句中的cured，economic recession对应定位句中的the slump，故答案为B．。

53．N．【定位】由题干中的0nline courses，eliminate和teaching jobs定位到N．段倒数第三旬和最后一句。

【精析】细节归纳题。N．段倒数第三句提到，两位斯坦福大学教授进行的人工智能在线课程的实验吸引了数以万计的报名者。N．段最后一句提到，如果数学、经济学、化学等课程也开设在线课程的话，那么大量的教学岗位会被淘汰。题干中的may eliminate many teaching jobs对应定位句中的teaching jobs that might be eliminated，故答案为N．。

54．K．【定位】由题干中的record and book business定位到K．段第三、四句。

【精析】细节推断题。J．段末句提到，个人电脑和互联网的兴起已扩大了这些技术的影响，几乎影响了所有的企业和行业。接着定位旬中具体介绍了个人电脑和互联网对各行各业的影响，如唱片店已被音乐下载所取代，书店在倒闭，而电子书的销量却在增加。由此可推知，音乐下载和电子书这些电脑技术导致唱片和图书行业发生了革命性的变化。题干中的Computer technology是对定位句中的music downloads和books on electronic readers的归纳，故答案为K．

Section C

Passage One

55．E．【定位】由题干中的half of the labor force和by theend of the 20th century定位到E．段第三句。

【精析】细节辨认题。定位句提到，到2000年，被划分为文职人员、技术工人、管理人员和行政人员的劳动者超过了劳动力总数的50％，该句中的clerical workers．technical workers，managers and officials就是指题干中的White．Collar workers。题干中的accounted for more than half of the labor force对应定位句中的exceeded 50％of the labor force，by the end of the 20th century对应定位句中的by 2000，故答案为E．

56．B．【定位】由题干中的“deep reading”定位到首段第一句。

【精析】事实细节题。定位句指出，深阅读是一种濒临消失的阅读行为，我们应当像保护古建筑或重要的艺术品那样对其采取保护措施。由此可见，作者认为我们应该保护深阅读，以免为时过晚，故答案为B．。

57．A．【定位】由题干中的the reading of literature定位到第一段第二句。

【精析】推理判断题。定位句指出，深阅读的消失将会危及伴随网络长大的几代人的智力和情感发展，以及对人类文化关键组成部分—小说、诗歌和其他文学类型——的保护。由此可以推出，作者提倡文学阅读的原因是它有助于促进读者的智力和情感发展，故答案为A．

58．B．【定位】由题干中的printed—page定位到第二段第二句。

【精析】推理判断题。定位句提到，虽然深阅读严格来说并不需要传统书籍，但是印刷品内在的限制却对深阅读体验特别有益，紧接着第三句以书籍没有超链接为例说明这可以令读者完全沉浸在故事之中，故答案为B．59．D．【定位】由题干中的the studies和online reading定位到第四段第三句。

【精析】推理判断题。定位句指出，越来越多的证据表明，在线阅读可能不那么吸引人，也不太令人满意，也就是说在线阅读不那么令人愉快，故答案为D．。

60．A．【定位】由题干中的Britain’s National LiteracyTrust定位到第四段第四句和最后一句。

【精析】推理判断题。本段最后一句指出，每天阅读纸质书或者既读纸质书也读电子书的年轻人的阅读能力高于平均水平的可能性是每天只看电子书的年轻人的两倍，由此推出用电子设备阅读的读者可能阅读能力稍差，故答案为A．

Passage Two

61．C．【定位】由题干中的immigrants in America定位到首段最后一句。

【精析】事实细节题。定位句指出，来自不同国家的移民之间的具体差异会影响他们的到来对美国人而言是好还是坏，也就是说移民的背景决定他们是否有利于美国人的利益，故答案为C．

62．A．【定位】由题干中的Milton Friedman定位到第三段第二句。

【精析】推理判断题。由定位句可知，经济学教授Milton Friedman曾经说过：“至善者善之敌。”紧接着作者给出了对这句话的理解：企图实现一个无法企及的理想可能会使我们无法取得在实践中有可能得到的好结果；该段首句也指出，从抽象的角度很难给移民问题找出“理想出路”。由此推出作者试图通过引用Milton Friedman的话来表明给美国移民问题找到理想的解决方法实际上行不通，因为这个目标过高，故答案为A．

63．C．【定位】根据题干中的the author’s view及America’s immigration policy定位到第五段最后一句以及第六段。

【精析】推理判断题。第五段最后一句提到作者的观点：给国家建起围墙不如给福利制度筑起壁垒。也就是说，作者认为限制移民不如限制福利制度。紧接着第六段的第一句用But转折，提到事实是福利制度并未加以限制；第二句指出在福利制度和开放边界之间我们没有选择。第三句提到，福利体制已成为生活中一个重大的、不可避免的事实，关于移民法我们所尝试做的任何事情都要考虑到此背景。定位句暗含的意思就是作者认为必须限制移民，否则会破坏美国的福利制度，故答案为C．

64．D．【定位】由题干中的terrorist attacks及Boston and London定位到倒数第二段最后一句。

【精析】推理判断题。定位句指出，如果在近来波士顿和伦敦街头发生的恐怖袭击之后我们还没有认识到这一点，那么我们什么时候才能认识到呢?该句中的“这一点”是指前一句中提到的“准许拥有不兼容文化的人移入本国是不可逆转的、会带来无法估量的后果的决定”，由此可知移民与东道国的文化不兼容会带来后果，故答案为D．65．B．【定位】由题干中的“comprehensive immigration reform”定位到最后一段。

【精析】观点态度题。定位段指出，“全面移民改革”意味着草率行事，没有时间三思而后行，并以抽象人的抽象概念为依据。由“草率行事”和“没有时间三思而后行”可知，作者对“全面移民改革”持否定的态度，故答案为B．

Part IV Translation (30 minutes)

参考译文与难点注释

Recently, the Chinese Academy of Sciences released a series of annual reports concerning its latest scientific findings and the prospect of the next year. The reports consisted of three parts: scientific development, hi-tech development and

the sustainable development strategy of China. The first report included the latest findings of Chinese scientists, such as the breakthrough in the research fields of new particles and H7N9 virus. The report also highlighted some issues that we need to pay attention to in the coming years. The second report announced several hot fields of the applied scientific research, such as the study of 3D printing and artificial organs. The third report called on the improvement in top-level design so as to get rid of the structural barriers of industrial upgrading and contribute to energy conservation and emission reduction.

1．第一句中的“年度系列报告”可译为a series of annual reports。

2．第二句中，“报告”这个词出现的次数较多，为了避免重复，可以采用减译法。“系列报告包括三部分”中的“包括”可以用consist of或be comprised of来表达。”中国可持续发展战略”可以译为thesustainable development strategy of China。

3．第四句中，“需要关注的问题”采用增译法，翻译为issues that we need to pay attention to。

4．第五句中，“3D打印”可译为3D printin9。

5．第六句中的“顶层设计”可以译为top—level design；“消除”可以译为9et rid of或eliminate；“节能减排”可译为energy conservation and emission reduction。

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Section A

Short Conversation

W: This is one of our best and least expensive two-bedroom listings. It’s located in a quiet building and it’s close to bus lines.

M: That maybe true. But look at it, it’s awful, the paint has peeled off（脱落）and carpet is worn and the stove is ancient.

Q1: What can we infer from the conversation?

M: The pictures we took at the botanical garden（植物园）should be ready tomorrow.

W: I can’t wait to see them, I’m wondering if the shots I took are as good as I thought.

Q2: What is the woman eager to know?

W: The handle of the suitcase is broken. Can you have it fixed by next Tuesday?

M: Let me see, I need to find a handle that matches but that shouldn’t take too long.

Q3: What does the man mean?

M: This truck looks like what I need but I’m worried about maintenance. For us it’ll have to operate for long periods of time in very cold temperatures.

W: We have several models that are especially adaptive for extreme conditions. Would you like to see them?

Q4: What do we learn about the man from the conversation?

[A] He needs a vehicle to be used in harsh weather.

M: I think your boss would be very upset when he gets your letter of resignation.

W: That may be so. But in the letter, I just told him frankly I could no longer live with his poor management and stupid decisions.

Q5: What do we learn about the woman?

W：I’d like to exchange the shirt. I’ve learned that the person bought it for allergic（过敏）to wool.

M：Maybe we can find something in cotton or silk. Please come this way.

Q6：What does the women want to do？

M: Excuse me, Miss？Did anyone happen to turn in a new handbag? You know, it’s a birthday gift for my wife.

W: Let me see. Oh, we’ve got quite a lot of women’s bags here. Can you give me more detailed information, such as t he color, the size and the trademark?

Q7: Where does this conversation most probably take place?

M: What are you going to do with the old house you are in heritage from your grandfather?

W: I once intended to sell it, but now, I’m thinking of turning it into a guest house, because it's still a solid structure.

Q8: What does the man plan to do with his old house?

Long Conversation One

W: When you write a novel, do you know where you’re going, Dr. James?

M: Yes, you must, really, if you’re writing the classical detective story, because it must be so carefully plotted and so ca refully clued. I have schemes. I have charts. I have diagrams. It doesn’t mean to say that I always get it right, but I do plan b efore I begin writing. But what is so fascinating is how a bookchanges during the process of writing. It seems to me that cre ative writing is a process of revelation（发现）, really, rather than of creativity in the ordinary sense.

W: When you’re planning the basic structure, do you like to go away to be sure that you’re by yourself?

M: I need to be by myself certainly, absolutely. I can’t even bare anybody else in the house. I don’t mind much where I am as long as I’ve got enough space to write, but I need to be completely alone. W: Is that very important to you?

M: Oh, yes. I’ve never been lonely in all my life. W: How extraordinary! Never? M: No, never.

W: You’re very lucky. Someone once said that there’s a bit of ice at the heart of every writer.

M: Yes. I think this is true. The writer can stand aside from experience and look at it, watch it happening. There is this ‘detachment’（分离）and I realize that there are obviously experiences which would overwhelm everyone. But very often, a writer can appear to stand asid e, and this detachment makes people feel there’s a bit of ice in the heart.

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

9. What is the key to write a good classical detective story according to the man?

10. What does the man mainly need when working on a book?

11. What does the man say about writers?

W: There is an element there about competition then, isn’t there? Because British railways are a nationalized industry （国有企业）.There’s only one railway system in the country. If you don’t like a particular kind of big beans, you can go and buy another. But if you don't like a particular railway, you can’t go and use another.

M: Some people who write to me say this. They say that if you didn’t have monopoly, you wouldn’t be able to do the t hings you do. Well, I don’t think we do anything deliberately to upset our customers. We have particular problems. Since 1 946, when the Transport Act came in, we were nationalized.

W: Do you think that’s a good thing? Has it been a good thing for the railways, do you think, to be nationalized?

M: Oh I think so, yes. Because in general, modes of transport are all around. Let’s face the fact. Thecar arrived. The c ar is here to stay. There is no question about that.

W: So what are you saying then? Is it if the railways happen being nationalized（没有发生被国有化的情况）, they would simply have disappeared?

M: Oh, I think they would have. They’re disappearing fast in America. Er, the French railways lose 1 billion ponds a year. The German railways, 2 billion ponds a year. But you see, those governments are preparing to pour money into the transport system to keep it going.

W: So in a sense, you cope between two extremes. On the one hand, you’re trying not to lose too much money. And o n the other hand, you’ve got to provide the best service.

M: Yes, you are right.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

12. What does the woman say about British railways?

13. What do some people who write to the man complain about?

14. What does the man say threatens the existence of railways?

15. What does the man say about railways in other countries?

Section B

Passage One

Among global warming’s most frightening threats is the prediction is that the polar ice-caps （冰盖）will melt, raising sea level so much that coastal cities from New York to Los Angles to Shanghai will be flooded. Scientists agree that key player in this scenario is the West Antarctic（南极）ice sheet, a Brazil-size mass of frozen water that is much as 7000 feet thick. Unlike floating ice shelves（冰架）which have little impact on sea level when they break up, the ice sheet is anchored （固定的）to bedrock will blow the sea surface. Surrounded by open ocean, it is also vulnerable, but Antarctic experts disagree strongly on just how unstable it is. Now, new evidence reveals that all or most of the Antarctic ice sheet collapsed at least once during the past 1.3 million years, a period when global temperatures probably were not significantly higher than they are today. And the ice sheet was assumed to have been stable. In geological time, a million years is recent history. The proof, which was published last week in Science, comes from a team of scientists from Uppsala University in Sweden

and California Institute of Technology who drew deep holes near the edge of ice sheet. Within samples collected from the solid substances lying beneath the ice. They found fossils of microscopic marine plants（海洋微生物）which suggest that the region was once open ocean not solid ice. As Herman Engleheart, a co-author from the California Institute of Technology says, ‘the West Antarctic ice sheet disappear once and can disappear again.’

Questions 16 to 19 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

16. What is one of the most frightening threats of global warming according to the passage?

17. What did scientists disagree on?

18. What is the latest information revealed about the West Antarctic ice sheet?

19. What the scientists’ latest findings suggest?

[A] The West Antarctic region was once an open ocean.

Passage Two

It's always fun to write about research that you can actually try out for yourself.

Try this: Take a photo and upload it to Facebook, then after a day or so, note what the URL link to the picture is and th en delete it. Come back a month later and see if the link works. Chances are: It will.

Facebook isn't alone here. Researchers at Cambridge University have found that nearly half of the social networking si tes don't immediately delete pictures when a user requests they be removed. In general, photo-centric websites like Flickr were found to be better at quickly removing deleted photos upon request.

Why do "deleted" photos stick around so long? The problem relates to the way data is stored on large websites: While your personal computer only keeps one copy of a file, large-scale services like Facebook rely on what are called content de livery networks to manage data and distribution. It's a

complex system wherein data is copied to multiple intermediate devices, usually to speed up access to files when milli ons of people are trying to access the service at the same time. But because changes aren't reflected across the content de livery networks immediately, ghost copies of files tend to linger（逗留） for days or weeks.

In the case of Facebook, the company says data may hang around until the URL in question is reused, which is usually "after a short period of time", though obviously that time can vary considerably.

Questions 20 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

20. What does the speaker ask us to try out?

21. What accounts for the failure of some websites to remove photos immediately?

22. When will the unwanted data eventually disappear from Facebook according to the company?

Passage Three

Enjoying an iced coffee? Better skip dinner or hit the gym afterwards, with a cancer charity warning that some iced co ffees contain as many calories as a hot dinner.

The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) conducted a survey of iced coffees sold by some popular chains in Britain inc luding Starbucks, Caffe Nero and Costa Coffee to gauge the calories as studies increasingly link obesity with cancer.

The worst offender - a coffee from Starbucks -- had 561 calories. Other iced coffees contained more than 450 calories and the majority had an excess of 200.

Health experts advise that the average woman should consume about 2,000 calories a day and a man about 2,500 cal ories to maintain a healthy weight. Dieters aim for 1,000 to 1,500 calories a day.

"The fact that there is an iced coffee on the market with over a quarter of a woman's daily calories allowance is alarmi ng," Dr Rachel Thompson, science programme manager at London-based WCRF, said in a widely-reported statement.

"This is the amount of calories you might expect to have in an evening meal, not in a drink."

The WCRF has estimated that 19,000 cancers a year in Britain could be prevented if people lost their excess weight wit h growing evidence that excess body fat increases the risk of various cancers.

"If you are having these types of coffee regularly then they will increase the chances of you becoming overweight, whi ch in turn increases your risk of developing cancer, as well as other diseases such as heart disease." she added.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

23. What warning did some health experts give?

24. What does the author suggest people do after they have an iced coffee?

25. What could British people expect if they maintain a normal body weight according to the WCRF?

Section C

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Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: Suppose you are asked to give advice on whether to attend college at home or abroad, write an essay to state your opinion. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. 【参考范文】 Whether to Attend College at Home or Abroad? Currently, with studying abroad gains mounting popularity among people, there is a heated debate about whether to attend college at home or abroad. Opinions on this topic vary from person to person. Some see more benefits in studying at home while others claim that studying abroad is a more ideal choice as it’s more challenging. Personally, I am a strong favorer of the latter view. Listed below are the reasons for my advice. First of all, attending college abroad provides an opportunity to broaden one’s experience and mind. You can acquire cross-cultural experiences and gain new perspectives on your chosen field of study. In addition, studying abroad helps you to polish your social skills; you can make friends with different people with different background. Thirdly, overseas studying is conducive to the formation of an independent, autonomous and tenacious personality, which will ultimately benefit the achievement of our life goals. Just as an old saying goes: “It is better to travel thousand miles than to read ten thousand books.” Then studying abroad can not only enable us to reap in our books, but also in our trips. And this is why attending college abroad is a preferable selection for me. Part II Listening Comprehension 说明：2017年6月大学英语六级真题全国共考了两套听力。本套（即第三套）的听力材料与第一套完全一样，只是选项的顺序不同而已，故本套不再重复给出。 Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

2019年6月英语六级第1套听力原文

Section A Conversation 1 Cathy: Hi, my name's Cathy, nice to meet you. John: Nice to meet you too Kathy, my name's John. I'm a university friend of the bride. What about you? Who do you know at this party? Cathy: I am a colleague of Brenda. I was a little surprised to be invited to be honest. We've only been working together the last six months, but we quickly became good friends. (1) We just wrapped up a project with a difficult client last week. I bet Brenda is glad it's done with, and she can focus on wedding preparations. John: Oh, yes. So you are Cathy from the office. Actually I've heard a lot about you in that project, the client sounded like a real nightmare. Cathy: Oh, he was, I mean we deal with all kinds of people on a regular basis, it's part of the job, but he was especially particular. Enough about that, what line of work are you in? John: Well, right out of college I worked in advertising for a while. Recently though, I turn my photography hobby into a small business. (2) I'll actually be taking photos during the big event as a wedding gift. Cathy: That sounds wonderful and very thoughtful of you. I bake, just as a hobby. (3) But Brenda has asked me to do the cake for the wedding. I was a bit nervous saying yes because I'm far from a professional. John: Did you bake the cookies here at the party tonight? Cathy: Yes, I got the idea from a magazine. John: They're delicious! You've got nothing to worry about. You are a natural. Cathy: You really think so? John: If you hadn’t told me that. I would ha ve guessed they were baked by the restaurant. (4) You know, with your event planning experience you could very well open your own shop. Cathy: (laughing) One step at a time. First, I'll see how baking the wedding cake goes. If it's not a disaster, maybe I'll give it some more thought. 1. What did Cathy and Brenda finished doing last week? C) A project with a troublesome client. 2. What is John going to do for Brenda? A) Take wedding photos. 3. How did Kathy feel when asked to bake the cake? B) Nervous. 4. What does the man suggest the woman do? A) Start her own bakery. 解析： 本篇长对话的两人在婚礼上刚认识，主要谈论的是各自在忙的工作，以及他们为本次婚礼所做的贡献。4道问题的答案在对话全文均匀分布在男女两人说的话中，利用答案提示词but 可以定位到第3题的答案，其他3题需要借助关键词来进行定位和选择。

2019年12月大学英语六级考试真题及答案(第一套)

2019年12月大学英语六级考试真题及答案（第一套） Part Ⅰ Writing (30 minutes) Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the importance of having a sense of community responsibility. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. 【参考范文】 There is no doubt that community responsibility plays an indispensable role in personal development, for instance, in the workplace. There are several factors accounting for this perspective and the following are the most typical ones. First and foremost, a strong sense of community responsibility is helpful to develop harmonious interpersonal relationships. As we all know, we are very likely to spend more time with our colleagues than our families after entering the workplace. Therefore, the sound working atmosphere and interpersonal relationships among employees are crucial to both physical and mental pleasure. In addition, community responsibility can improve efficiency. In the fast-paced modern society, time is money and efficiency holds the key to saving time. As the saying goes, two heads are better than one. So great importance should be attached to the cultivation of the sense of community responsibility and we will eventually benefit from it. From what has been mentioned above, we can come to the conclusion that the sense of community responsibility is a kind of good personal quality, which deserves our attention. 【参考译文】 毫无疑问，集体责任在个人发展中起着不可或缺的作用，例如在工作场所。 支持这一观点的原因有很多，但以下原因是最典型的。首先，强烈的社区责任感有助于培养和谐的人际关系。我们都知道，进入职场后，与同事相处的时间很可能比与家人相处的时间更多。因此，良好的工作氛围和员工之间的人际关系对大家的身心愉悦至关重要。此外，集体责任意识可以提高效率。在快节奏的现代社会，时间就是金钱，而效率是节约时间的关键。俗话说，三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。因此，我们应该高度重视集体责任感的培养，而且我们自己将最终会从中受益。 综上所述，我们可以得出结论，集体责任感是一种良好的个人品质，值得我们的关注。 Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section A Directions:In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A）, B）, C）and D）. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions l to 4 are based on the conversations you have just heard. 1. A) It focuses exclusively on jazz. B) It sponsors major jazz concerts. C) It has several branches in London. D) It displays albums by new music talents. 2. A) It originated with cowboys. B) Its market has now shrunk.