2014年12月大学英语六级考试真题(二)
Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)
Section A
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1.A． In a parking lot.
B．At a grocery.
C． At a fast food restaurant.
D． In a car showroom.
2.A． Change her position now and then.
B．Stretch her legs before standing up.
C． Have a little nap after lunch.
D． Get up and take a short walk.
3.A． The students should practice long-distance running.
B．The students' physical condition is not desirable.
C． He doesn't quite believe what the woman says.
D． He thinks the race is too hard for the students.
4.A． They will get their degrees in two years.
B．They are both pursuing graduate studies.杞人忧天意思
C． They cannot afford to get married right now.
D． They do not want to have a baby at prent.
5.A． He must have been mistaken for Jack.
B．Twins usually have a lot in common.
C． Jack is certainly not as healthy as he is.
D． He has not en Jack for quite a few days.
6.A． The woman will attend the opening of the muum.
B．The woman is asking the way at the crossroads.
C． The man knows where the muum is located.
D． The man will take the woman to the muurn.
7.A． They cannot ask the guy to leave.
B．The guy has been coming in for years.
C． The guy must be feeling extremely lonely.
D． They should not look down upon the guy.
8.A． Collect timepieces.
B．Become time-conscious.
C． Learn to mend clocks.
D． Keep track of his daily activities.
Questions 9 to 11 are bad on the conversation you have just heard.
9.A． It is eating into its banks.
B．It winds its way to the a.
C． It is wide and deep.
D． It is quickly rising.
10.A． Try to speed up the operation by any means.
B．Take the equipment apart before being ferried.
C． Reduce the transport cost as much as possible.
D． Get the trucks over to the Other side of the river.
11.A． Find as many boats as possible.
B．Cut trees and build rowing boats.
C． Halt the operation her orders.
D． Ask the commander to nd a helicopter.
Questions 12 to 15 are bad on the conversation you have just heard.
12.A． Talk about his climbing experiences.
B．Help him join an Indian expedition.
C． Give up mountain climbing altogether.
D． Save money to buy climbing equipment.
13.A． He was the first to conquer Mr. Qomolangma.
B．He had an unusual religious background.
C． He climbed mountains to earn a living.
D． He was very strict with his children.
14.A． They are to be conquered.
B．They are to be protected.
C． They are sacred places.
D． They are like humans.
15.A． It was his father's training that pulled him through.
B．It was a milestone in his mountain climbing career.
C． It helped him understand the Sherpa view of mountains.
D． It was his father who gave him the strength to succeed.
Section B
Directions: In this ction, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will.hear somequestions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, youmust choo the best answer from the four choices marked A ), B ), C ) and D ). Then
mark thecorresponding letter on ,Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
Passage One结婚纪念日送什么花
Questions 16 to 19 are bad on the passage you have just heard.
16.A． By showing a memorandum's structure.
B．By analyzing the organization of a letter.
C． By comparing memorandums with letters.
D． By reviewing what he has said previously.
17.A． They ignored many of the memorandums they received. B．They placed emphasis on the format of memorandums.
C． They ldom read a memorandum through to the end;
D． They spent a lot of time writing memorandums.
18.A． Style and wording.
B．Directness and clarity.
C． Structure and length.
D． Simplicity and accuracy.
19.A． Inclusion of appropriate humor.
B．Direct statement of purpo.
C． Professional look.
D． Accurate dating.Passage Two
Questions 20 to 22 are bad on the passage you have just heard.
20.A． They give top priority to their work efficiency.
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B．They make an effort to lighten their workload.
C． They try hard to make the best u of their time.
D． They never change work habits unless forced to.
21.A． Sen of duty.
B．Self-confidence.
C． Work efficiency.
D． Passion for work.
22.A． They find no pleasure in the work they do.
B．They try to avoid work whenever possible.
C． They are addicted to playing online games.
D． They simply have no n of responsibility.Passage Three Questions 23 to 25 are bad on the passage you have just heard.
23.A． He lost all his property.
B．He was sold to a circus.
北的写法C． He ran away from his family.
D． He was forced into slavery.
24.A． A carpenter.
B．A master of his.
C． A businessman.
D． A black drummer.
任道重远的意思
25.A． It named its town hall after Solomon Northup,
B．It freed all blacks in the town from slavery.
C． It declared July 24 Solomon Northup Day.
D． It hosted a reunion for the Northup family.
Section C
Directions: In this ction, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the firs~ time,you should listen carefully for its general idea .. When the passage is read for the cond time, you arerequired to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read forthe third time, you should check what you have written.
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段前分页Intolerance is the art of ignoring any views that differ from your own. It 26itlf in hatred,stereotypes, prejudice, and 27. Once it intensifies in people, intolerance is nearly impossible toovercome. But why would anyone want to be labeled intolerant ? Why would people want
to be 28about the world around them? Why would one want to be part of the problem in America, instead of thesolution?
There are many explanations for intolerant attitudes, some29childhood. It is likely thatintolerant folks grew up 30intolerant parents and the cycle of prejudice has simply continued for31 Perhaps intolerant people are so t in their ways that they find it easier to ignore anything thatmight not32the
ir limited view of. life. Or maybe intolerant students have simply never been33to anyone different from themlves. But none of the reasons is an excu
for allowing theintolerance to continue.
Intolerance should not be confud with disagreement. It is, of cour, possible to disagree with anopinion without being intolerant of it. If you understand a belief but still don't believe
in that specificbelief, that's fine. You are 34your opinion. As a matter of fact,35 disnters (持异议者)are important for any belief. If we all believed the same things, we would never grow, and we wouldnever learn about the world around us. Intolerance does not stem from disagreement. It stems from fear.And fear stems from ignorance.
Part ⅢReading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this ction, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to lect one word for eachblank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefullybefore making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by
家常鲫鱼a letter. Plea mark the correspondingletter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not u any of thewords in the bank more than once.
Questions 36 to 45 are bad on the following passage.
His future subjects have not always treated the Prince of Wales with the respect one might expect.They laughed aloud in 1986 when the heir to the British 36told a TV reporter that he talked to hisplants at his country hou, Highgrove,.to stimulate their growth. The Prince was being humorous--"Myn of humor will get me into trouble one day," he said to his aids (随从)--but listening to CharlesWindsor can indeed prove stimulating. The royal 37has been promoting radical ideas for most ofhis adult life. Some of his 38, which once sounded a bit weird, were simply ahead oftheir time.their time.Now, finally, the world ems to be catching
up with him.
Take his views on farming. Prince Charles' Duchy Home Farm went39back in 1986, whenmost shoppers cared only about the low price tag on suspiciously blemish-free (无瑕疵的) vegetables and40large chickens piled high in supermarkets.
His warnings on climate change proved farsighted, too. Charles began41action on globalwarming
in 1990 and says he has been worried about the42of man on the environment since hewas a teenager.
Although he has gradually gained international43 as one of the world's leadingconrvationists, many British people still think of him as an44person who talks to plants. Thisyear, as it happens, South Korean scientists proved that plants really do 45to sound. So Charleswas ahead of the game there, too.
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A．conform F．notionsK．subordinateB．eccentric G． organicL． suppressingC． environmentalistH．originally M． throne
D． expeditions I．recognitionN． unnaturallyE． impact J． respond O． urging
Section B
Directions: In this ction, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Eachstatement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which theinformation is derived. You may choo a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is m
arked with aletter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.
High School Sports Aren't Killing Academics
A． In this month's Atlantic cover article, "The Ca Against High-School Sports," Amanda Ripley arguesthat school-sponsored sports programs should be riously cut. She writes that, unlike most countriesthat outperform the United States on international asssments, American schools put too much of anemphasis on athletics. “Sports are embedded in Ame rican schools in a way they are not almostanywhere el," she writes.“Yet this difference hardly ever comes up in domestic debates aboutAmerica's international mediocrity (平庸) in education."
B．American student-athletes reap many benefits from participating in sports, but the costs to the schoolscould outweigh their benefits, she argues. In particular, Ripley contends that sports crowd out theacademic missions of schools: America should learn from South Korea and Finland and every othercountry at the top level of international test scores, all of whom emphasize athletics far less in school."Even in eighth grade, American kids spend more than twice the time Korean kids spend playingsports," she writes, citing a 2010 study published in the Journal of Advanced Academics.
C． It might well be true that sports are far more rooted in American high schools than in other count
ries.But our reading of international test scores finds no support for the argument against school athletics.Indeed, our own rearch and that of others lead us to make the opposite ca. School-sponsored sportsappear to provide benefits that em to increa, not detract (减少) from, academic success.
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D． Ripley indulges a popular obssion (痴迷) with international test score comparisons, which show wideand frightening gaps between the United States and other countries. She ignores, however, the factthat states vary at least as much in test scores as do developed countries. A 2011 report from HarvardUniversity shows that Massachutts produces math scores comparable to South Korea and Finland,while Mississippi scores are clor to Trinidad and Tobago. Ripley's thesis about sports falls apart inlight of this fact. Schools in Massachutts provide sports programs while schools in Finland do not.Schools in Mississippi may love football while in Tobago interscholastic sports are nowhere near asprominent. Sports cannot explain the similarities in performance. They can't explain internationaldifferences either.
E． If it is true that sports undermine the academic mission of American schools, we would expect to e a
