2013年6月英语六级真题及答案（文都版）
Part ⅣReading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
Question 47 to 51 are bad on the following passage
often assumed musical
那一刻我Highly proficient musicianship is hard won. Although it’s
evidence that this isn’t the ca. While it ems ability us inherited, there’s abundant
that at birth virtually everyone has perfect pitch, the reasons that one child is better
than another are motivation and practice.
Highly musical children were sung to more as infants and more encouraged to join in
教育随笔song games as kids than less musical ones, long before any musical ability could
have been evident. Studies of classical musicians prove that the best ones practiced
considerably more from childhood onwards than ordinary orchestral players, and this
is becau their parents were at them to put in the hours from a very young age.
The same was true of children lected for entry to specialist music schools,
compared with tho who were rejected. The chon children had parents who had
very actively supervid music lessons and daily practice from young ages, giving up
substantial periods of leisure time to take the children to lessons and concerts.
The singer Michael Jackson’s story, although unusually brutal and extreme, is
illumination when considering musical prodigy(天才). Accounts suggest that he was
仿写爬天都峰subjected to cruel beatings and emotional torture ,and that he was humiliated (羞辱)
constantly by his father, What ts Jackson’s family apart is that his father ud his reign of terror to train his children as musicians and dancers.
On top of his extra ability Michael also had more drive. This may have been the
result of being the clost of his brothers and sisters to his mother. “He emed
other said of him. She
different to me from the other children —special,”Michael’s m
may not have realized that treating her son as special may have been part of the
reason be became like that.
All in all, if you want to bring up a Mozart or Bach, the key factor is how hard you
are prepared to crack the whip. Thankfully, most of us will probably ttle for a bit of
fun on the recorder and some ill-executed pieces of music-on the piano from our children.
47. According to the author, a child’s musical ability has much to do with their ___.
48. In order to develop the musical ability of their children, many parents will accompany them during their practice sacrificing a lot of then own ___.
49. Becau of their father’s pressure and strict training, Michael Jackson and some of his brothers and sisters eventually became ___.
50. Michael’s extra drive for music was partly due to the fact that he was ___ by his mother.
51. To bring up a great musician like Mozart or Bach, willingness to be strict with
your child is ___.
Section B
Passage One Questions 52 to 56 are bad pm the following passage.
In 2011, many shoppers cho to avoid the frantic crowds and do their holiday shopping from the comfort of their computer. Sales at online retailers gained by more
than 15%, making it the biggest ason ever. But people are also returning tho purchas at record rates, up 8% from last year.
What went wrong? Is the lingering shadow of the global financial crisis making it
harder to accept extravagant indulgences? Or that people shop more impulsively—and therefore make bad decisions—when online? Both arguments are plausible. However, there is a third factor: a question of touch. We can love the look
but, in an online environment, we cannot feel the quality of a texture, the shape of the
fit, the fall of a fold or, for that matter, the weight of an earring. And physically interacting with an object makes you more committed to your purcha.
When my most recent book Brandwashed was relead, I teamed up with a local bookstore to conduct an experiment about the difference between the online and
offline shopping experience. I carefully instructed a group of volunteers to promote
my book in two different ways. The first was a fairly hands-off approach. Whenever
a customer would inquire about my book, the volunteer would take them over to the shelf and point to it. Out of 20 such requests, six customers proceeded with the purcha.
The cond option also involved going over to the shelf but, this time, removing the book and them s
ubtly holding onto it for just an extra moment before placing it in the customer’s hands. Of the 20 people who were handed the book, 13 ended up buying it. Just physically passing the book showed a big difference in sales. Why? We feel something similar to a n of ownership when we hold things in our hand. That
why we establish or reestablish connection by greeting strangers and friends with a handshake. In this ca, having to then let go of the book after holding it might generate a subtle n of loss, and motivate us to make the purcha even more.
A recent study also revealed the power of touch, in this ca when it came to conventional mail. A deeper and longer-lasting impression of a message was formed when delivered in a letter, as oppod to receiving the same message online. Brain imaging showed that, on touching the paper, the emotional center of the brain was activated, thus forming a stronger bond. The study also indicated that once touch becomes part of the process, it could translate into a n of posssion.
This n of ownership is simply not part of the equation in the online shopping experience.
52. Why do people prefer shopping online according to the author?
雨念A) It is more comfortable and convenient.
B) It saves them a lot of money and time.
C) It offers them a lot more options and bargains.
D) It gives them more time to think about their purcha.
53. Why do more customers return their purchas bought online?
A) They regretted indulging in costly items in the recession.
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白裤子配什么上衣B) They changed their mind by the time the goods were delivered.
C) They had no chance to touch them when shopping online.
D) They later found the quality of goods below their expectations.
54. What is the purpo of author’s experiment?
苹果手机怎么静音A) To test his hypothesis about online shopping.
B) To find out people’s reaction to his r
ecent book.
C) To find ways to increa the sale of his new book.
D) To try different approaches to sales promotion.
55. How might people feel after letting go of something they held?
A) A n of disappointment C) A subtle loss of interest
B) More motivated to own it. D) Less nsitive to its texture.
56. What does train imaging in a recent study reveal?
A) Conventional letters contain subtle messages.
B) A lack of touch is the chief obstacle to e-commerce.
C) Email lacks the potential to activate the brain.
D) Physical touch helps form a n of posssion.
Passage Two Questions 57 to 61 are bad on the following passage.
Apparently everyone knows that global warming only makes climate more extreme.
A hot, dry summer has triggered another flood of such claims. And, while many
interests are at work, one of the players that benefits the most from this story are the
media: the notion of “extreme” climate simply makes for more compelling news. Consider Paul Krugman writing breathlessly in the New York Times about the “rising
He claims that global warming caud the current incidence of extreme events,”
Midwest, and that suppodly record-high corn prices could
drought in America’s
cau a global food crisis.
But the United Nations climate panel’s latest asssment tells us precily the opposite. For “North America there is medium confidence that there has an overall
slight tendency toward less dryness” Moreover, there is no way that Krugman could have identified this drought as being caud by global warming without a time
machine; Climate models estimate that such detection will be possible by 2048, at the earliest.
And, fortunately, this year’s drought appears unlikely to cau a food crisis, as global
rice and wheat supplies retain plentiful. Moreover, Krugman overlooks inflation:
Prices have incread six-fold since 1969. so, while com futures(期货) did t a
record of about S8 per bushel(葡式耳)in late July, the inflation-adjusted price of corn
was higher throughout most of the 1970s, reaching 516 in1974.
Finally, Krugman conveniently forgets that concerns about global warming are the
main reason that corn prices have skyrocketed since 2005. Nowadays 40 percent of
corn grown in the United States is ud to produce ethanol（乙醇）,which does absolutely nothing for the climate, but certainly distorts the price of corn—at the expen of many of the world’s
poorest people.
Bill Mickbben similarly worries in The Guardian about the Midwest drought and
corn prices. He confidently tells us that raging wildfires from New Mexico and Colorado to Siberia are “exactly” what the early stages of global warming look like
.
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In fact, the latest overview of global wildfire suggests that fire intensity has declined
over the past 70 years and is now clo to its preindustrial level.
When well-meaning campaigners want us to pay attention to global warming, they
often end up pitching beyond the facts. And, while this may em justified by a noble
goal, such “policy by people” tactics rarely work, and often backfire.
Remember how, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Al Gore claimed that we
were in store for ever more destructive hurricanes? Since then, hurricane incidence
has dropped off the charts. Exaggerated claims merely fuel public distrust and dingagement.
That is unfortunate, becau global warming is a real problem, and we do need to address it.
57. In what way do the media benefit from extreme weather?
A) They can attract peopl e’s attention to their reports.
