2007.6~2012.6大学英语六级真题题答案及解析

2007年6月23日六级参考答案 Part I Writing (30 minutes) Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) 1.N 2.Y 3.NG 4.Y 5.those things that they love most 6.products 7.more confidence 8.What do I really want to do? 9.give up, or risk 10.the lack of action Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes) 11.A) 12.B) 13.D) 14.C) 15.A) 16.B) 17.C) 18.A) 19.B) 20.D) 21.D) 22.C) 23.A) 24.C) 25.B) 26.A) 27.D) 28.D) 29.B) 30.B) 31.A) 32.B) 33.D) 34.A) 35.C) 36.licensed 37.obligation 38.assess 39.coordinate 40.circumstance 41.inappropriate 42.responsibility 43.prime 44.It is sometimes required that we work overtime, and that we change shifts four or five times a month. 45.Most hospitals are now staffed by new graduates, as experienced nurses finally give up trying to change the system. 46.they will find that most critical hospital cares will be provided by new, inexperienced, and sometimes inadequately trained nurses. Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) 47.The brilliance of S. Brin and L. Page 48.the academic project 49.By word of mouth 50.meet their price 51.advertising 52.B) 53.D) 54.A) 55.D) 56.C) 57.B) 58.B) 59.D) 60.A) 61.C) Part V Cloze (15 minutes) 62.B) 63.A) 64.C) 65.D) 66.A) 67.D) 68.C) 69.A) 70.C) 71.B) 72.D) 73.B) 74.A) 75.C) 76.B) 77.A) 78.C) 79.B) 80.A) 81.D) Part VI Translation (5 minutes) 82.competing with foreign firms for market share 83.does he feel secure and relaxed 84.are deprived of the rights to receive education 85.not to mention / let alone the large amount of money we have spent 86.have gained / caused considerable public concern in recent decades 2007年6月23日六级听力原文 11.W: Jim, you are on the net again? When are you going to get off? It‘s the time for the talk show. M: Just a minute, dear. I‘m looking at a new jewelry site. I want to make sure I get the right gift for Mum‘s birthday. Q: What is the man doing right now? 12.W: I‘ve never seen you have such confidence before an exam. M: It‘s more than confidence. Right now I feel that if I get less than an A, it‘ll be the fault of the exam itself. Q: What does the man mean? 13.W: Just look at this newspaper, nothing but murder, death and war! Do you still believe people are basically good? M: Of course I do. But newspapers hardly ever report stories about peace and generosity. They are not news. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 14.M: Tom must be joking when he said he plans to sell his shop and go to medical school. W: You are quite right. He is just kidding. He‘s also told me time and time again he wished he‘d studied for some profession instead of going into business. Q: What will Tom probably do according to the conversation? 15.W: I hear your boss has a real good impression of you and he is thinking about giving you two more days off each month. M: I hope not. I‘d rather get more work hours so I can get enough bucks to help out my two kids at college. Q: What does the man truly want? 16.M: I heard you took a trip to Mexico last month. How did you like it? W: Oh, I got sick and tired of hotels and hotel food. So now I understand the saying, ―East, west, home‘s best‖. Q: What does the woman mean? 17.W: I‘m worried about Anna. She is really been depressed lately. All she does is staying in her room all day. M: That sounds serious. She‘d better see a psychiatrist at the consoling center. Q: What does the man suggest Anna do? 18.M: I could hardly recognize Sam after he got that new job. He‘s always in a suit and a tie now. W: Yeah, he was never like that at college. Back then he would‘ve run in an old T-shirt and jeans. Q: What do the speakers say about Sam? Conversation One M: Hi, Ann, welcome back. How‘s your trip to the states? W: Very busy. I had a lot of meetings. So, of course, I didn‘t have much time to see New York. M: What a pity. Actually I have a trip there myself next week. W: Do you? Then take my advice. Do the well-being in the air program. It really works. M: Oh, I read about that in a magazine. You say it works? W: Yes. I did the program on the flight to the States. And when I arrived in New York, I didn‘t have any problem. No jet leg at all. On the way back I didn‘t do it, and I felt terrible. M: You are joking. W: Not at all. It really made a lot of difference. M: Hmm…So, what did you do? W: Well, I didn‘t drink any alcohol or coffee and I didn‘t eat any meat or rich food. I drink a lot of water and fruit juice and I eat the meals on the well-being menu. They are lighter. They have fish, vegetables and noodles, for example. And I did some of the exercises in the program. M: Exercises? On a plane? W: Yes. I didn‘t do many, of course. There isn‘t much space on the plane. M: How many passengers did the exercises? W: Not many. M: And how much champagne did they drink? W: A lot. It was more popular than mineral water. M: So, basically it‘s a choice. Mineral water and exercises or champagne and jet lag. W: That‘s right. It‘s a difficult choice. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. Why did the woman go to New York? 20. What does the woman say about the well-being in the air program? 21. What did the woman do to follow the well-being menu? 22. What did the woman say about other passengers? Conversation Two W: Morning. Can I help you? M: Well, I‘m not really sure. I‘m just looking. W: I see. Well, there‘s plenty to look at again this year. I‘m sure you‘d have to walk miles to see each stand. M: That‘s true. W: Would you like a coffee? Come and sit down for a minute. No obligation. M: Well, that‘s very kind of you. But… W: No, please, is this the first year you‘ve been to the fair, Mr. …? M: Yes. Johnson. James Johnson. W: My name‘s Susan Carter. Are you looking for anything in particular or are you just interested in computers in general? M: Well, actually, I have some specific jobs in mind. I own a small company. We‘ve grown quite dramatically over the past 12 months and we really need some technological help to enable us to keep on top of everything. W: What‘s your line of business, Mr. Johnson? M: We are a training consultancy. W: I see. And what do you need to keep on top? M: The first thing is correspondence. We have a lot f standard letters and forms. So I suppose we need some kind of word processor. W: Right. Well, that‘s no problem. But it may be possible for you to get a system that does a lot of other things in addition to word processing. What might suit you is the MR5000. That‘s over there. It‘s IBM compatible. M: What about the price? W: Well, the MR5000 costs 1,050 pounds. Software comes free with the hardware. M: Well, I‘ll think about it. Thank you. W: Here‘s my card. Please feel free to contact me. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. Where did the conversation take place? 24. What are the speakers talking about? 25. What is the man‘s line of business? Passage One The New Year always brings with it a cultural tradition of new possibilities. We see it as a chance for renewal. We begin to dream of new possible selves. We design our ideal self or an image that is quite different from what we are now. For some of us, we roll that dreamy film in our heads just because it is the beginning of the New Year, but we are serious about making changes. We just make some half hard resolution and it evaporates after a week or two. The experience makes us less successful and leads us to discount ability to change in the future. It‘s not the changes impossible, but it won‘t last unless our resolutions are supported with plans for implementation. We have to make our intensions manageable by detailing the specific steps that will carry us to our goal. Say your goal is to lose weight by dieting and cutting off sweets. But one night you just have to have a cookie and you know there is a bag of your favorites in the cupboard. You want one, you eat two, you check the bag and find out that you‘ve just shot 132 calories. You say to yourself, ―What the hell. I‘ll polish off the whole bag. Then you begin to draw all kinds of unpleasant conclusions about yourself. To protect your sense of yourself, you begin to discount the goal. You may think, ―Well, dieting wasn‘t that important to me and I wouldn‘t make it anyhow.‖ So you‘ll abandon the goal and return to your bad habits. Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you‘ve just heard. 26. What do people usually wish to do at the beginning of the New Year? 27. How can people turn their New Year‘s resolutions into reality? 28. Why does the speaker mention the example of sweets and cookies? Passage Two 25 years ago, Ray Anderson, a single parent with a one-year-old son, witnessed a terrible accident, which took place when the driver of a truck ran a red light and collided it with the car of Sandra Drinkens. The impact of the collision killed Sandra instantly, but her three-month-old daughter was left trapped in the burning car. While others looked on in horror, Anderson jumped out of his vehicle and crawled into the car through the shattered rear window to try to free the infant. Seconds later, the car was enclosed in flames, but to everyone‘s amazement, Anderson was able to pull the baby to safety. While the baby was all right, Anderson was seriously injured. Two days later, he died. But his heroic act was published widely in the media. His son was soon adopted by relatives. The most remarkable part of this story unfolded only last week. Karen and her boyfriend Michael were looking through some old boxes when they came across some old newspaper clippings. ―This is me when I was a new born baby. I was rescued from a burning car but my mother died in the accident,‘‘ explained Karen. Although Michael knew Karen‘s mother had died years earlier, he never fully understood the circumstances until he skimmed over the news paper article. To Karen‘s surprise, Michael was absorbed in the details of the accident and he began to cry uncontrollably. Then he revealed that the man that pulled Karen from the flames was the father he never knew. The two embraced and shed many tears, recounting stories told to them about their parents. Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you‘ve just heard. 29. What happened 25 years ago? 30. What does the speaker say about Michael‘s father? 31. Why did Michael cry uncontrollably when he skimmed over the newspaper article? Passage Three Americans suffer from an overdose of work. Regardless of who they are or what they do, Americans spend more time at work than at any time since World War II. In 1950, the US had fewer working hours than any other industrialized country. Today it exceeds any country but Japan, where industrial employees log 2,155 hours a year, compared with 1,951 in the US, and 1,603 in the former West Germany. Between 1969 and 1989 employed Americans added an average of 138 hours to their yearly work schedules. The work week has remained at about 40 hours, but people are working more weeks each year. Specifically, paid time off, holidays, vacations, sick leave shrank by 50% in the1980’s. As co-operations have experienced stiff competition and slower growth productivity, they have pressed employees to work longer. Cost cutting lay-offs in the 1980‘s reduced the professional and managerial ranks leaving fewer people to get the job done. In lower paid occupations, when wages have been reduced, workers have added hours in overtime or extra jobs to preserve their living standards. The government estimates that more than 7 million people hold a second job. For the first time, large numbers of people say they want to cut back on working hours even if it means earning less money. But most employers are unwilling to let them to do so. The government, which has stepped back from its traditional role as a regulator of work time should take steps to make shorter hours possible. Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 32. In which country do the employees work the longest hours? 33. How do employed Americans manage to work more hours? 34. Why do corporations press the employees to work longer hours according to the speaker? 35. What does the speaker say many Americans prefer to do? Compound Dictation Nursing, as a typically female profession, must deal constantly with the false impression that nurses are there to wait on the position. As nurses, we are licensed to provide nursing care only. We do not have any legal or moral obligation to any physician. We provide health teaching, assess physical as well as emotional problems, coordinate patient-related services and make all of our nursing decisions based upon what is best or suitable for the patient. If, in any circumstance, we feel that the physician‘s order is inappropriate or unsafe, we have a legal responsibility to question that order or refuse to carry it out. Nursing is not a nine-to-five job with every weekend off. All nurses are aware of that before they enter the profession. The emotional and physical stress, however, that occurs due to hard working hours is a prime reason for a lot of the career for dissatisfaction. It is sometimes required that we work overtime and that we change shifts four or five times a month. That disturbs our personal lives, disrupts our sleeping and eating habits, and isolates us from everything except job-related friends and activities. The quality of nursing care is being affected dramatically by these situations. Most hospitals are now staffed by new graduates as experienced nurses finally give up trying to change the system. Consumers of medically-related services have evidently not been affected enough yet to demand changes in our medical system. But if trends continue as predicted, they will find that most critical hospital care will be provided by new, inexperienced and sometimes inadequately-trained nurses. 2007.12六级真题答案及解析 Part Ⅰ Writing (30 minutes) 范文 The Digital Age Nowadays with the rapid development of advanced digital technology, more and more digital products are commonly and widely used in everyday life, ranging from computers and MP4s to mobile telephones and digital cameras. We are indeed coming into the digital age. The popularity of digital products will have great influence on our work, study and everyday life. On the one hand, the digital products really facilitate our life. With the help of computers, we may even deal with our work at home, enjoying music at the same time. With digital cameras, we may take photos to our hearts’ content, keeping happy occasions as a permanent memory.With digital TV programs, it is convenient for us to watch whatever programs at any time we like.But on the other hand, some people are becoming too dependent on digital products and almost becoming slaves of advanced technology. Nowadays some students even can’t calm down to study without wearing their MP4s and mobile phones at hand. What a terrible scene! To conclude, digital products are just like a double-edged sword. With them we may have less trouble dealing with problems in life and enjoy a better-off life. However, one point should be kept in mind that we should take sensible use of them, always being the master of them. Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) 1.A)。[定位]由题干中的the best way to conserve energy定位到文章首段第2句These days conservation is all about efficiency: getting the same—or better—results from just a fraction of the energy. [精解]题干中的the best way与原文中的all about是同义转述。原文中提到“现在节约都与效率相关”随后进行了详细解说。换言之节约能源的最好方式就是能源使用效率的提高。 2.B)。[定位]由题干中的European Union定位到文章第三段第2句On Jan. 10, the European Uninon unveiled a plan to cut energy use across the continent by 20 percent by 2020. [精解]题干中的plan to do和原文中的unveiled a plan to. . . 属于同义转述其后的不定式短语cut energy use就是本题的答案而consumption和use同义故答案为B)。这里的unveil意为“使?公布于众披露”。 3.C)。 [定位]由题干中的add enough insulation to your house定位到文章第一个小标题下第4句. . . if you add enough, you can scale down or even eliminate heating and air-conditioning equipment, . . . [精解]题干中的if条件句是对原文中if条件句的补充所以产生的结果显然是scale down or even eliminate heating and air-conditioning equipment其中的eliminate和选项C)中的短语get rid of是同义转述选项C)的内容是原文论述的结果中的一个故为答案。这里scale down意为“按比例减少缩小”eliminate意为“排除消除”。 4.A)。 [定位]由题干中的incandescent bulbs定位到文章第二个小标题下第2句Forty percent of that powers old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs. . . [精解]题干中问的是白炽灯泡能将多大比例的能量转换为光能原文提到其浪费了大部分的人们不希望消耗的能量也就 是说只有一小部分的能量被转化成光能所以答案为A)。 5. D)。 [定位]由题干中的jump-start the market和heat pumps定位到文章第三个小标题下第二段第3句Several countries have used subsidies to jump-start the market, including Japan. [精解]题干针对一些对热泵国家进行市场推广的方式而提问题干中的provide和原文中的use同义used subsidies即是采用的市场推广方式故答案为D。 6. A)。 [定位]由题干中的German chemicals giant BASF和200 million定位到文章第四个小标题下的第4句At the Ludwigshafen site alone, such recycling of heat and energy saves the company 200 million a year and. . . [精解]题干中的句子和原文中的句子意思相同只是结构略微有些变化原句中的主语转变成了题干中的句子的方式状语不难得出答案为A)即原文中句子的主语。 7. D)。 [定位]由题干中的global residential power consumption和43 percent定位到文章第六个小标题下末句. . . , if consumers chose those models that would save them the most money over the life of the appliance, they’d cut global residential power consumption (and their utility bills) by 43 percent. [精解]题干中的句子和原文的句子都有条件状语从句结构相似对比之后可以得出答案为those models that would save them the most money结合原文前一句的内容这里models实际上是指前一句中的the most efficient models of refrigerators and other white goods故本题答案为D)。 8.annual utility-bill savings [定位]由题干中的Energy service contractor定位到文章第七个小标题下第2句“Energy service contractors”will pay for retrofitting in return for a share of the client’s annual utility-bill savings. [精解]此处需要填入名词性成分承接前面的所有格形式。题干中的profit是动词意为“获利”与原文中的in return属近义表达题干中的a part of和原文中的a share of是同义转述由此可知Energy service contractors获得利润的方式就是收取部分annual utility-bill savings即本题答案。 9.self-denial [定位]由题干中的many environmentalists定位到文章倒数第四段最后两句In many people’s minds, conservation is still associated with self-denial. Many environmentalists still push that view. [精解]此处需要填入名词性成分作介词with的宾语。题干中的maintain the view和原文中的push that view是同义转述但是view的内容没有在最后一句中提到而是出现在前一句中许多人认为节约仍然与自我节制相关。题干中的has much to do with和原文中的is still associated with是同义转述介词with后的宾语self-denial就是本题的答案。 10.the market itself [定位]由题干中的incentives for energy conservation定位到文章倒数第二段首句The most powerful incentives, of course, will come from the market itself. [精解]此处需要填入名词性成分作介词from的宾语。题干中的strongest和derive from分别是对原文中的most powerful和come from的同义转述两个句子中的from的宾语是相同的故答案为the market itself。 Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension (35 minutes) Section A 11.C)。 [听前猜测]四个选项都是动词短语故推测本题考查说话人要做什么。 [精解]对话中男士埋怨生物学项目出麻烦了同事和他的观点截然不同女士用why don’t you引导的句式进行劝说建议他compromise(让步)实现win-win situation(双方共赢的局面)。由此可见女士建议男士作出让步以和为贵。故本题答案是C)。 12.B)。 [听前猜测]四个选项中多次提到Nancy和Mary还出现了style, dress, fashion等词所以推测本题可能涉及两人的某件服装款式。 [精解]对话中男士打听Nancy是否喜欢新买的衣服女士回答到Nancy说如果她知道Mary已经有一件这样款式的衣服她绝对不会买的。结合生活实际任何人都想买一件与众不同的衣服可见Nancy后悔自己买了一件 与别人同样款式的衣服。故答案为B)。 13.A)。 [听前猜测]四个选项都是动词短语内容涉及到洗碗、看电影、接人等故推测本题考查说话人的动作。 [精解]对话中男士反问女士不会等洗完了碗再走吧接着说如果不在25分钟内接上George 和Martha可能无法按时到达剧院女士回答说Martha来电话说女儿病了今晚去不了了可见他们不用去接人了时间也就不紧张了。因此女士首先可能做的事情是洗碗。故答案为A)。 14.C)。 [听前猜测]四个选项都是以she作主语听音时侧重女士的话语。 [精解]男士询问女士和谁通电话女士回答说是和Sally接着说Sally总是有最新消息并且迫不及待地要和她讨论。故答案为C)。 15.B)。 [听前猜测] 四个选项都是职业名称因此推测本题考查说话人的身份。 [精解]两人的对话中提到了this carfirst gearclutchfix it for you等关键词而且男士说要为女士修车可见女士的说话对象应该是机修工。故正确答案为B)。 16.D)。 [听前猜测]选项中出现了shopping mallshoppersdowntownbusiness等词语因此推测本题与购物相关。 [精解]对话中男士问为什么市区看上去十分萧条女士解释说以前的确有一些不错的店铺但是很多都搬到商业街去了。可见四个选项中仅有D)的表述正确故答案是D)。 17. B)。 [听前猜测]有两个选项以he作主语还出现了readingstudycampus等可以推测对话内容与校园中的学习生活相关。 [精解]对话中女士认为在休息室学习很舒服男士说对他而言在