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2013
年
12
月英语六级真题及答
案解析
(3
套
)

2013
年
12
月大学英语六级考试真题 （第
1
套）

Part I

Writing
(30 minutes)
（请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试）

Directions:
For
this
part,
you
are
allowed
30
minutes
to
write
an
essay
on
happiness
by
referring to the saying
“Happiness is not the absence of problem
s, but the ability to deal with
them.”
You can cite examples to illustrate your point and then explain how you can develop
your ability to deal with problems and be happy. 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
theend 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 centre.
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1
.
A) The rock band needs more hours of
5. A) He is not afraid of challenge.

practice.
B) He is not fit to study science.
B) The rock band is going to play here
C) He is worried about the test.

for a month.
D)
He
is
going
to
drop
the
physics
C)
Their
hard
work
has
resulted
in
a
course
big success.
6. A) Pay for part of the picnic food.
D)
He
appreciates
the
woman’s
help



with the band.
B) Invite Gary’s family to dinner.


2. A) Go on a diving tour in Europe.



B) Add 300 dollars to his budget.
C) Buy something special for Gary.
C) Travel overseas on his own.
D) Take some food to the picnic.
D) Join a package tour to Mexico.

7. A) Bus drivers’ working conditions.

3. A) In case some problem should occur.








B) A labor dispute at a bus company.
B) Something unexpected has happened.




C) To avoid more work later on.

C)Public transportation.
D) To make better preparations.
D) A corporate takeover.
4. A) The woman asked for a free pass to
8. A) The bank statement.



try out the facilities.



B)
The
man
is
going
to
renew
his
B) Their sales overseas.



membership in a fitness center.



C)
The
woman
can
give
the
man
a
C) The payment for an order.
discount if he joins the club now.
D) The check just deposited.
D)
The
man
can
try
out
the
facilities
before he becomes a member.
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9. A) A hotel receptionist.





C) A shop assistant.
B) A private secretary.





D) A sales manager.

10. A) Voice.








C) Appearance.
B) Intelligence.







D) Manners.
11. A) Arrange one more interview.



C) Report the matter to their boss.
B) Offer the job to David Wallace.



D)
Hire
Barbara
Jones
on
a
trial
basis.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. A) He invented the refrigerator.



C) He got a degree in Mathematics.
B) He patented his first invention.



D) He was admitted to university.
13. A) He distinguished himself in low temperature physics.
B) He fell in love with Natasha Willoughby.
C) He became a professor of Mathematics.
D) He started to work on refrigeration.
14. A) Finding the true nature of subatomic particles.
B) Their work on very high frequency radio waves.
C) Laying the foundations of modem mathematics.
D) Their discovery of the laws of cause and effect.
15. A) To teach at a university.




C) To spend his remaining years.
B) To patent his inventions.




D) To have a three-week holiday.

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 he 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.
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意
：此部分试题请在答题卡
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上作答
。


Passage One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A) They have fallen prey to wolves.
C) To scare the wolves.
B)
They
have
become
a
tourist
D) To alert the deer.
attraction.
18. A) They would help to spread a fatal
C)
They
have
caused
lots
of
damage
disease.
to crops.
B)
They
would
pose
a
threat
to
the
D)
They
have
become
a
headache
to
children.
the community.
C)
They
would
endanger
domestic
17. A) To celebrate their victory.


animals.



D) They would eventually kill off the
B) To cheer up the hunters.


deer.




Passage Two
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A) She is an interpreter.



D) She is from the royal family.



20. A) It was used by the family to hold
B) She is a tourist guide.


dinner parties.



B)
It
is
situated
at
the
foot
of
a
C) She is a domestic servant.
beautiful mountain.

C) It was frequently visited by heads
D)
It
is
shaped
like
an
ancient
of state.
Spanish boat.
D)
It
is
furnished
like
one
in
a
royal
22.
A)
They
are
uncomfortable
to
sit
in
palace.
for long.
21. A) It is elaborately decorated.
B)
They
do
not
match
the
oval
table
B) It has survived some 2,000 years.
at all.
C)
It
is
very
big,
with
only
six
slim
C) They have lost some of their legs.
legs.
D) They are interesting to look at.

Passage Three
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
23. A) It in an uncommon infectious disease.
B) It destroys t
he patient’s abi
lity to think.
C) It is a disease very difficult to diagnose.
D) It is the biggest crippler of young adults.
24. A) Search for the best cure.




C) Write a book about her life.
B) Hurry up and live life.





D) Exercise more and work harder.
25. A) Aggressive.







C) Sophisticated.
B) Adventurous.





D) Self-centered.

Section C
Directions:
In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read fort
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
youhave
just
heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you shouldcheck what you have
written.
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上作答。

It’s difficult to estimate the
number of youngsters involved in home schooling, where
childrenare
not
sent
to
school
and
receive
their
formal
education
from
one
or
both
parents. (26)_______ and court decisions have made it legally possible in most states for
parents to educate their children at home, and each year more people take advantage of
that
opportunity.
Some
states
require
parents
or
a
home
tutor
to
meet
teacher
certification
standards,
and
many
require
parents
to
completelegal
forms
to
verify
that
their children are receiving (27) _______ in state-approved curricula.
Supports of home education claim that it
’
s less expensive and far more (28)_______
thanmass public education. Moreover, they cite several advantages: alleviation of school
overcrowding, strengthened family relationships, lower (29) _______
rates, the fact that
students
are
allowed
to
learn
at
their
own
rate,
increased
(30)
_______,
higher
standardized test scores, and reduced (31) _______ problems.
Critics
of
the
home
schooling
movement
(32)
_______
that
it
creates
as
many
problems
as
it
solves.
They
acknowledge
that,
in
a
few
cases,
home
schooling
offers
educational opportunities superior to those found in most public schools, but few parents
can
provide
such
educational
advantages.
Some
parents
who
withdraw
their
children
from the schools (33) _______ homeschooling have an inadequate educational background
and
insufficient
formal
training
to
provide
a
satisfactory
education
for
their
children.
Typically,
parents
have
fewertechnological
resources
(34)
_______
than
do
schools.
However, the relatively inexpensivecomputer technology that is readily available today is
causing some to challenge the notion that home schooling is in any way (35) _______ more
highly structured classroom education.

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.
Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
Some
performance
evaluations
require
supervisors
to
take
action.
Employees
who
receive
a
very
favorable
evaluation
may
deserve
some
type
of
recognition
or
even
a
promotion. If supervisors do not acknowledge such outstanding performance, employees
may
either
lose
their36
and
reduce
their
effort
or
search
for
a
new
job
at
a
firm
that
will37 them for high performance. Supervisors should acknowledge high performance so
that the employee will continue to perform well in the future.
Employees
who
receive
unfavorable
evaluations
must
also
be
given
attention.
Supervisors must
38
the reasons for poor performance. Some reasons, such as a family
illness,
may have a temporary adverse
39
on performance and can
be corrected. Other
reasons, such as a bad attitude, may not be temporary. When supervisors give employees
an
unfavorable
evaluation,
they
must
decide
whether
to
take
any
40
actions.
If
the
employees
were
unaware
of
their
own
deficiencies,
the
unfavorable
evaluation
can
pinpoint
(
指出
)
the
deficiencies
that
employees
must
correct.
In
this
case,
the
supervisor
may
simply
need
to
monitor
the
employees
41
and
ensure
that
the
deficiencies
are
corrected.
If the employees were already aware of their deficiencies before the evaluation period,
however, they may be unable or unwilling to correct them. This situation is more serious,
and
the
supervisor
may
need
to
take
action.
The
action
should
be
42
with
the
firm’s
guidelines and may include reassigning the employees to new jobs, 43 them temporarily,
or
firing
them.
A
supervisor’s
action
toward
a
poorly
performing
worker
can
44
the
attitudes of other employees.
If no
45
isimposed on an employee for poor performance,
other employees may react by reducing their productivity as well.
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上作答。

A) additional
I) identify
B) affect
J) impact
C) aptly
K) penalty
D) assimilate
L) reward
H) circulation
M) simplifying
F) closely
N) suspending
G) consistent
O) vulnerable
H) enthusiasm

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.
The College Essay: Why Those 500 Words Drive Us Crazy

A) Meg is a lawyer-mom in suburban Washington, D.C., where lawyer-moms are thick on
the ground. Her son Doug is one of several hundred thousand high- school seniors who
had a painful fall. The deadline for applying to his favorite college was Nov. 1,and by
early October he had yet to fill out the application. More to the point, he had yet to
settle on a subject for the personal essay accompanying the application. According to
college
folklore,
a
well-turned
essay
has
the
power
to
seduce
(
诱惑
)
an
admissions
committee.
“He
wanted
to
do
one
thing
at
a
time,”

Meg
says,
explaining
her
son’s
delay. “But really, my son is a huge
procrastinator
(
拖延者
). The essay is the hardest
thing to do, so he’s put it off the longest.”
Friends and other veterans of the process
have warned Meg that the back and forth between editing parent and writing student
can be
traumatic
(
痛苦的
).
B) Back in the good old days
—
say, two years ago, when the last of my children suffered
the
ordeal
(
折磨
)
—
a high-school student applying to college could procrastinate all the
way
to
New
Year’s
Day
of
their
senior
year,
assuming
they
could
withstand
the
parental
pestering
(
烦扰
).But
things
change
fast
in
the
nail-biting
world
of
college

recent
trend
toward
early
decision
and
early
action
among
selective
colleges and universities has pushed the traditional deadline of January up to Nov. 1
or early December for many students.
C) If the time for heel- dragging has been shortened, the true source of the anxiety and
panic remains what it has
always been. And it’s not the application itself. A college
application is a relatively straightforward questionnaire asking for the basics:
name,
address,
family
history
employment
history.
It
would
all
be
innocent
enough
—
20
minutes of busy work
—
except it comes attached to a personal essay.
D) “There are good reasons it causes such anxiety,” says Lisa Sohmer, director of college
counseling
at
the
Garden
School
in
Jackson
Heights,
N.Y.
“It’
s
not
just
the
actual
writing. By noweverything else is already set. Your course load is set, your grades are
set, your test scores are set. But the essay is something you can still control, and it’s
open-ende
d. So the temptation is to write and rewrite and rewrite.” Or stall and stall
and stall.
E) The application essay, along with its mythical importance, is a recent invention. In the
1930s,when
only
one
in
10
Americans
had
a
degree
from
a
four-year
college,
an
admissionscommit
tee was content to ask for a sample of applicants’ school papers to
assess
their
writing
ability.
By
the
1950s,
most
schools
required
a
brief
personal
statement of why the student had chosen to apply to one school over another.
F) Today nearly 70 percent of graduating seniors go off to college, including two-year and
four-year
institutions.
Even
apart
from
the
increased
competition,
the
kids
enter
a
process that has been utterly transformed from the one baby boomers knew. Nearly
all application materials are submitted online, and the Common Application provides
a
one-size-
fits
form
accepted
by
more
than
400
schools,
including
the
nation’s
most
selective.
G)
Those
schools
usually
require
essays
of
their
own,
but
the
longest
essay,
500
words
maximum, is generally attached to the Common Application. Students choose one of
six questions. Applicants are
asked to describe an ethical dilemma they’ve faced and
its impact on them, or
discuss a public issue of special concern to
them, or tell of a
fictional
character
or
creative
work
that
has
profoundly
influenced
them.
Another
question invites them to write about the importance (to them, again) of diversity―a
word that has assumed magic power in American higher education. The most popular
option: write on a topic of your choice.

H) “Boys in particular look at the other questions and say, ‘Oh, that’s too much work,’”
says John Boshoven, a counselor in the Ann Arbor, Mich., public schools. “They think
if they do a topic of their choice,
“I’ll just go ge
t that history paper I did last year on
the Roman Empire and turn it into a first- person application essay!
’
And they end up
producing something utterly ridiculous.”

I) Talking to admissions professionals like Boshoven, you realize that the list of “don’
ts
”
in essay writing is much longer than the “dos.”“No book reports, no history papers, no
character studies,”
says Sohmer.
J) “It drives you cra
zy, how easily kids slip into
cliché
s
(
老生常谈
)
,”says Boshoven. “They
don’t
realize
how
typical
their
experiences
arc.

‘
I
scored
the
winning
goal
in
soccer
against our arch- rival.
’‘
My grandfather served in World War II, and I hope to be just
like him someday.
’
That may mean a lot to that particular kid. But in the world of the
application essay, it’s nothing. You’ll lose the reader in the first paragraph.”

K) “The greatest strength you bring to this essay,” says the College Board’s how
-to book,
“is
17
years
or
so
of
familiarity
with
the
topic:
YOU.
The
form
and
style
are
very
familiar, and best of all, you are the world-class expert on the subject of YOU ... It has
been the subject of your close scrutiny every morning since you were tall enough to see
into
the
bathroom
mirror.”
Thekey
word
in
the
Common
Application
prompts
is
“you.”

L) The college admission essay
contains t
he grandest American
themes―status anxiety,
parental
piety
(
孝顺
), intellectual standards
—
and so it is only a matter of time before
it
becomes
infected
by
the
country’s
culture
of
excessive
concern
with
self
-esteem.
Even if the question is
ostensibly
(
表面上
) about something outside the self (describe a
fictional character or solve a problem of geopolitics), the essay invariably returns to
the favorite topic: what is its impact on YOU?
M)
“For all the anxiety the essay causes,” says Bill McClintick of Mercersburg
Academy
in Pennsylvania, “it’s a very small piece of the puzzle. I was in college admissions for
10 years. I saw kids and parents beat themselves up over this. And at the vast majority
of places, it is simply not a big variable in the college’s decision
-ma
king process.”

N)
Many
admissions
officers
say
they
spend
less
than
a
couple
of
minutes
on
each
application, including the essay. According to a recent survey of admissions officers,
only
one
in
four
private
colleges
say
the
essay
is
of
“considerable
importance”
in
judging an application. Among public colleges and universities, the number drops to
roughly
one
in
10.
By
contrast,
86
percent
place
“considerable
importance”
on
an
applicant’s grades, 70 percent on “strength of curriculum.”

O)
Still,
at
the
most
selective
schools,
where
thousands
of
candidates
may
submit
identically high grades and test scores, a marginal item like the essay may serve as a
tie-breaker between two equally qualified candidates. The thought is certainly enough
to keep the pot boiling under parents like Meg, the lawyer-mom, as she tries to help
her
son
choose
an
essay
topic.
For
a
moment
the
other
day,
she
thought
she
might
have hit on a good one. “His father’s from France,” she says. “I said maybe you could
write about that, as something that makes you different. You know: half French, half
American. I said,
‘
You could write about your identity issues
.’
He said,
‘I don’t have
any identity issues!
’

And he’s right. He’s a well
-adjusted, normal kid.
But that doesn’t
make for a good essay
, does it?”

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46.
Today
many
universities
require
their
applicants
to
write
an
essay
of
up
to
five
hundred words.

47. One recent change in college admissions is that selective colleges and universities have
movedthe traditional deadline to earlier dates.
48. Applicants and their parents are said to believe that the personal essay can sway the
admissions committee.
49.
Applicants
are
usually
better
off
if
they
can
write
an
essay
that
distinguishes
them
from the rest.
50. Not only is the competition getting more intense, the application process today is also
totally different from what baby boomers knew.
51. In writing about their own experiences many applicants slip into cliché
s, thus failing
to engage the reader.
52.
According
to
a
recent
survey,
most
public
colleges
and
universities
consider
an
applicant’s grades highly important.

53. Although the application essay causes lots of anxiety, it does not play so important a
role in the college’sdecision
-making process.
54. The question you aresupposed to write about may seem outside the self, but the theme
of the essay should center around its impact on you.
55. In the old days, applicants only had to submit a sample of their school papers to show
their writing ability.

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.
Among the government’s most interesting reports is one that estimates what parents
spend
on
their
children.
Not
surprisingly,
the
costs
are
steep.
For
a
middle-class,
husband-and-wife family (average pretax income in 2009: $$76,250), spending per child is
about $$12,000 a year. With inflation the family’s spending on a child will total $$286,050
by age 17.
The dry statistics ought to inform the ongoing deficit debate, because a budget is not
just
a
catalog
of
programs
and
taxes.
It
reflects
a
society’s
priorities
and
values.
Our
society
does
not
—

despite
rhetoric
(
说辞
)
to
the
contrary
—
put
much
value
on
raising
children. Present budget policies tax parents
heavily to support the elderly. Meanwhile,
tax
breaks
for
children
are
modest.
If
deficit
reduction
aggravates
these
biases,
more
Americans may choose not to have children or to have fewer children. Down that path lies
economic decline.
Societies that cannot replace their populations discourage investment and innovation.
They
have
stagnant
(
萧条的
)
or
shrinking
markets
for
goods
and
services.
With
older
populations,
theyresist
change.
To
stabilize
its
population
—
discounting
immigration
—
women
must
have
an
avera
ge
of
two
children.
That’s
a
fertility
rate
of
countries with struggling economies are well below that.
Though having a child is a deeply personal decision,
it’s shaped by culture, religion,
economics, and government policy. “No one has
a
good ans
wer” asto why fertility varies
among
countries,
says
sociologist
Andrew
Cherlin
of
The
Johns

Hopkins
University.
Eroding religious belief in Europe may partly explain lowered birthrates. In Japan young
women
may
be
rebelling
against
their
mothers’
isolated

lives
of
child
rearing.
General
optimism
and
pessimism
count.
Hopefulness
fueled
America’s
baby
boom.
After
the

Soviet
Union’s
collapse,
says
Cherlin,
“anxiety
for
the
future”
depressed
birthrates
in
Russiaand Eastern Europe.
In
poor
societies,
people
have
children
to
improve
their
economic
well-being
by
increasing the number of family workers and providing supports for parents in their old
age. In wealthy societies, the logic often reverses. Government now supports the elderly,
diminishing
the
need
for
children.
By
some
studies,
the
safety
nets
for
retirees
have
reduced
fertility
rates
by
0.5
children
in
the
United
States
and
almost
1.0
in
Western
Europe, reports economist Robert Stein in the journal
National Affairs.
Similarly, some
couples
don’t have children because they don’t want to sacrifice their own lifestyles to the
lime and expense of a family.
Young
Americans
already
face
a
bleak
labor
market
that
cannot
instill
(
注入
)
confidence
about
having
children.
Piling
on
higher
t
axes
won’t
help,
“If
higher
taxes
make
it
more
expensive
to
raise
children,”
says
Nicholas
Eberstadt
of
the
American
Enterprise Institute, “people will think twice about having another child.” Tha
t seems like
common sense, despite the multiple influences on becoming parents.
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56. What do we learn from the government report?
A) Inflation increases families’ expenses.

B) Raising children is getting expensive.
C) Budget reduction in around the corner.
D) Average family expenditure is increasing.
57. What is said to be the consequence of a shrinking population?
A) Weakened national strength.


C) Economic downturn.
B) Increased immigration.



D) Social instability.
58. What accounted for America’s baby boom?

A) Optimism for the future.



C) Religious beliefs.
B) Improved living conditions.



D) Economic prosperity.

59. Why do people in wealthy countries prefer to have fewer children?
A) They want to further improve their economic well- being.
B) They cannot afford the time and expenses of rearing children.
C) They are concerned about the future of the coming generation.
D) They don’t rely on their children to support them in old age.

60. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?

A) To instill confidence in the young about raising children.
B) To advise couples to think twice before having children.
C) To encourage the young to take care of the elderly.
D) To appeal for tax reduction for raising children.

Passage Two
Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.
Space
exploration
has
always
been
the
province
of
dreamers:
The
human
imagination readily soars where human
ingenuity
(
创造力
)struggles to follow.
A Voyage to
the Moon
,often cited as the first science fiction story, was written by Cyrano de Bergerac
in 1649. Cyrano was dead and buried for a good three centuries before the first manned
rockets started to fly.
In 1961, when President Kennedy declared that America would send a
man to
the
moon by the decade’s end, those words, too, had a dreamlike quality. They
resonated
(
共鸣
)
with optimism and ambition in much the same way as the most famous dream speech of
all, delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. two years later. By the end of the decade, both

visions had yielded concrete results and transformed American society. And yet in many
ways the two dreams ended up at odds with each other. The fight for racial and economic
equality
is
intensely
pragmatic
(
讲求实用的
)
and
immediate
in
its
impact.
The
urge
to
explore space is just the opposite. It is figuratively and literally otherworldly in its aims.
When the dust settled, the space dreamers lost out. There was no grand follow-up to
the
Apollo
missions.
The
technologically
compromised
space
shuttle
program
has
just
come to an end, with no successor. The perpetual argument is that funds are tight, that we
have more pressing problems here on Earth. Amid the current concerns about the federal
deficit,
reaching
toward
the
stars
seems
a
dispensable
luxury
—
as
if
saving
one-
thousandth of a single year’s budget would solve our problems.

But human ingenuity struggles on. NASA is developing a series of robotic probes that
will get the most bang from a buck. They will serve as modem Magellans, mapping out
the solar system for whatever explorers follow, whether man or machine. On the flip side,
companies like Virgin Galactic are plotting a bottom-up assault on the space dream by
making it a reality to the public. Private spaceflight could lie within reach of rich civilians
in a few years. Another decade or two and it could go mainstream.
The
space
dreamers
end
up
benefiting
all
of
us
—
not
just
because
of
the
way
they
expand
human
knowledge,
or
because
of
the
spin-off
technologies
they
produce,
but
because the two types of dreams feed off each other. Both Martin Luther King and John
Kennedy
appealed
to
the
idea
that
humans
can
transcend
what
were
once
considered
inherent limitations. Today we face seeming challenges in energy, the environment, health
care. Tomorrow we will transcend these as well, and the dreamers will deserve a lot of the
credit. The more evidence we collect that our species is capable of greatness, the more we
will actually achieve it.
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61.
The
author
mentions
Cyrano
de
B)
It
cannot
be
realized
without
Bergerac
in
order
to
show
technological innovation.
that_________.
C)
It
will
not
help
the
realization
of
A)
imagination
is
the
mother
of
racial and economic equality.
invention
D)
It
cannot
be
achieved
without
a
B)
ingenuity
is
essential
for
science
good knowledge of the other worlds.
fiction writers
64. What is the author’s attitude toward
C)
it
takes
patience
for
humans
to
space programs?
realize their dreams
A) Critical.





C)
D)
dreamers
have
always
been
Unbiased.
interested in science fiction
B) Reserved.





D)
62.
How
did
the
general
public
view
Supportive.
Kennedy’s space exploration plan?

65.
What
does
the
author
think
of
the
A) It symbolized the American spirit.
problems facing human beings?
B) It was as urgent as racial equality.
A)
They
pose
a
serious
challenge
to
C)
It
sounded
very
much
like
a
future human existence.
dream.
B) They can be solved sooner or later
D)
It
made
an
ancient
dream
come
with human ingenuity.
true.
C)
Their
solutions
need
joint
efforts
63.
What
does
the
author
say
about
of the public and privatesectors.
America’s aim to explore space?

D) They can only be solved by people
A) It may not bring about immediate
with optimism andambition.
economic gains.

Part IV Translation(30 minutes)
Directions:
For
this
part,
you
are
allowed
30
minutes
to
translate
a
passage
from
Chinese
intoEnglish. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.
中国园林（
the
Chinese
garden
）是经过三千多年演变而成的独具一格的园林景观（
landscape
）。它既包括为皇室成员享乐而建造的大型花园，也包括学者、商人 和卸任
的政府官员为摆脱嘈杂的外部世界而建造的私家花园。这些花园构成了一种意在表达人
与 自然之间应有的和稭关系的微缩景观。典型的中国园林四周有围墙，园内有池塘、假
山（
roc kwork
）、树木、花草以及各种各样由蜿蜒的小路和走廊连接的建筑。漫步在花
园中，人们 可以看到一系列精心设计的景观犹如山水画卷（
scroll
）一般展现在面前。

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答案

1~5 CDADB

6~10 ABCAC

11~15 BDCBA
16~20 DDCBA
21~25 CADBB
26. Legislation

27. instruction

28. efficient 29. dropout 30. motivation
31. discipline
32. contend 33. in favor of
34. at their disposal

35. inferior to
36~40 HLIJA
41~45 FGNBK
46~50 GBAOF
51~55 JNMLE
56~60 BCADD
61~65 ACADB 2013
年
12
月大学英语六级考试真题（第
2
套）

Part I Writing (30 minutes)
（请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试）

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay about the impact
of the information explosion b
y referring to the saying “A wealth of information creates a
poverty
of
attention.”
You
can
give
examples
to
illustrate
your
point
and
then
explain
what you can do to avoid being distracted by irrelevant information. 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 centre.
1. A) Labor problems.

B) Mary will not be able to keep a dog in
B) Weather conditions.




the building.
C) An error in the order.
C)Mary is not happy with the ban on pet
D) Misplacing of goods.
animals.
2. A) What the woman says
makes
a lot
D)Mary
might
as
well
send
her
dog
to
of sense.



her relative.
B) The rich are opposed to social welfare.




5.A) The twins’ voices are quite different.

C) He is sympathetic with poor people.
B)
Lisa
and
Gale
are
not
very
much
D) He agrees with Mr. Johnson’s views.

alike.
3. A) He will be practicing soccer.

C)
He
does
not
believe
they
are
twin
B) He has work to finish in time.




sisters.
C) He will be attending a meeting.
D)
The
woman
seems
a
bit
hard
of
D) He has a tough problem to solve.
hearing.
4.
A)
Mary
should
get
rid
of
her
pet
as
6.A)
The
serious
economic
crisis
in
soon as possible.
Britain.

B)
A
package
deal
to
be
signed
in
C)
Something
unexpected
happened
at
November.
her home.
C)
A
message
from
their
business
D)
She
was
not
feeling
herself
on
that
associates.
day.
D)
Their
ability
to
deal
with
financial
12.A)
He
frequently
gets
things
mixed
problems.
up.
7.A) It is
impossible to remove the stain
B)
He
is
always
finding
fault
with
completely.
Marsha.
B) The man will be charged extra for the
C) He has been trying hard to cover for
service.
Marsha.
C)
The
man
has
to
go
to
the
main
D) He often fails to follow through on his
cleaning facility.
projects.
D)
Cleaning
the
pants
will
take
longer

than usual.
Questions
13
to
15
are
based
on
the
8.A) European markets.
conversation you have just heard.

B) A protest rally.
13.A) They are better
sheltered from all
C) Luxury goods.
the outside temptations.
D) Imported products.
B)
They
are
usually
more
motivated
to

compete with their peers.
Questions
9
to
12
are
based
on
the
C)
They
have
more
opportunities
to
conversation you have just heard.

develop their leadership skills.
9.A) He made a business trip.
D)
They
make
an
active
part
in
more
B) He had a quarrel with Marsha.
extracurricular activities.
C) He talked to her on the phone.
14.A)
Its
chief
positions
are
held
by
D) He resolved a budget problem.
women.
10.A) She may have to be fired for poor
B)
Its
teaching
staff
consists
of
women
performance.
only.
B)
She
has
developed
some
serious
C) Its students aim at managerial posts.
mental problem.
D) Its students are role models of women.
C) She is
in charge of the firm’s budget
15.A) It is under adequate control.
planning.
B) It is traditional but colourful.
D) She supervises a number of important
C)
They
are
more
or
less
isolated
from
projects.
the outside world.
11.A)
She
failed
to
arrive
at
the
airport
D)
They
have
ample
opportunities
to
on time.
meet the opposite sex.
B)
David
promised
to
go
on
the
trip
in

her place.
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 1with a single
line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16.A)
By
invading
the
personal
space
of
C) By speaking in a deep, loud voice.
listeners.
D) By speaking with the local accent.
B)
By
making
gestures
at
strategic
17.A) To promote sportsmanship among
points.
business owners.

B) To encourage people to support local
B) Obtain consent from her owner.
sports groups.
C) Go through a scholarly examination.
C)
To
raise
money
for
a
forthcoming
D)
Turn
to
the
colonial
governor
for
local sports event.
help.
D)
To
show
his
family’s
contribution
to
22.A)
Literary
works
calling
for
the
the community.
abolition of slavery.
18.A)
They
are
known
to
be
the
style
of
B)
Religious
scripts
popular
among
the sports world.
slaves in America.
B)
They
would
certainly
appeal
to
his
C)
A
rich
stock
of
manuscripts
left
by
audience.
historical figures.
C)
They
represent
the
latest
fashion
in
D)
Lots
of
lost
works
written
by
the business circles.
African-American women.
D)
They
are
believed
to
communicate

power and influence.
Passage Three
19.A) To cover up his own nervousness.
Questions
23
to
25
are
based
on
the
B)
To
create
a
warm
personal
passage you have just heard.
atmosphere.
23.A) It is a trait of generouscharacter.
C)
To
enhance
the
effect
of
background
B) It is a reflection of self- esteem.
music.
C) It is an indicator of high intelligence.
D) To allow the audience to better enjoy
D)
It
is
a
sign
of
happiness
and
his slides.
confidence.

24.A) It was self- defeating.
Passage Two
B) It was aggressive.
Questions
20
to
22
are
based
on
the
C) It was the essence of comedy.
passage you have just heard.
D) It was something admirable.
20.A) She was the first educated slave of
25.A) It is a double-edged sword.
John Whitley’s.

B) It is a feature of a given culture.
B)
She
was
the
greatest
female
poet
in
C) It is a unique gift of human beings.
Colonial America.
D)
It
is
a
result
of
both
nature
and
C)
She
was
born
about
the
time
of
the
nurture.
War of Independence.

D)
She
was
the
first
African-American
slave to publish a book.
21.A) Revise in a number of times.
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.
It is important that we be mindful of the earth, the planet out of which we are born and
by
which
we
are
nourished,
guided,
healed
—
the
planet,
however,
which
we
have
(26)_______to
a
considerable
degree
in
these
past
two
centuries
of
(27)_______
exploitation. This exploitation has reached such (28)_______ that presently it appears that
some hundreds of thousands of species will be (29)_______ before the end of the century.
In our times, human shrewdness has mastered the deep (30)_______ of the earth at a level
far beyond the capacities of earlier peoples. We can break the mountains apart; we can
drain
the
rivers
and
flood
the
valleys.
We
can
turn
the
most
luxuriant
forests
into
throwaway
paper
products.
We
can
(31)_______
the
great
grass
cover
of
the
western

plains and pour (32)_______ chemicals into the soil until the soil is dead and blows away
in the wind. We can pollute the air with acids, the rivers with sewage(
污水
), the seas with
oil. We can invent computers (33)_______ processing ten million calculations per second.
And why?To increase the volume and the speed with which we move natural resources
through the consumer economy to the junk pile or the waste heap. Our managerial skills
are
measured
by
the
competence
(34)_______
in
accelerating
this
process.
If
in
these
activities
the
physical
features
of
the
planet
are
damaged,
if
the
environment
is
made
inhospitable for (35)_______ living species, then so be it. We are, supposedly, creating a
technological wonderworld.

Part III

Reading Comprehension
(40 minutes)
Section A
Directions: Inthis 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
2with
a
single
line
through
the
centre.
You
may
not
use
any
of
the
words
in
the
bank more than once.
Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
Quite
often,
educators
tell
families
of
children
who
are
learning
English
as
a
second
language to speak only English, and not their native language, at home. Although these
educators may have good36

,their advice to families is misguided, and it


37


from
misunderstandings
about
the
process
of
language
acquisition.
Educators
may
fear
that
children
hearing
two
languages
will
become
38


confused
and
thus
their
language
development will be 39

;this concern is not documented in the literature. Children are
capable of learning more than one language, whether


40


or sequentially(
依次地
). In
fact, most children outside of the United States are expected to become bilingual or even,
in many cases, multilingual. Globally, knowing more than one language is viewed as an

41



and even a necessity in many areas.
It is also of concern that the misguided advice that students should speak only English is
given primarily to poor families with limited educational opportunities, not to wealthier
families who have many educational advantages. Since children from poor families often
are


42


as
at-risk
for
academic
failure,
teachers
believe
that
advising
families
to
speak
English
only
is
appropriate.
Teachers
consider
learning
two
languages
to
be
too


43


for children from poor families, believing that the children are already burdened by
their home situations.
If families do not know English or have limited English skills themselves, how can they
communicate in English? Advising non- English-speaking families to speak only English is


44


to telling them not to communicate with or interact with their children. Moreover,
the

45message is that the family's native language is not important or valued.
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上作答。

A) asset
G) object
M) successively
B) delayed
H) overwhelming
I)
N) underlying
C) deviates
permanently
O) visualizing
D) equivalent
J) prevalent

E) identified
K) simultaneously
F) intentions
L) stems
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
The Uses of Difficulty
The
brain
likes
a
challenge
—
and
putting
a
few
obstacles
in
its
way
may
well
boost
its
creativity.

A)
Jack
White,
the
former
frontman
of
the
White
Stripes
and
an
influential
figure
among fellow musicians, likes to make things difficult for himself. He uses cheap guitars
that won’t stay in shape or in tune. When performing, he positions his instrume
nts in a
way
that
is
deliberately
inconvenient,
so
that
switching
from
guitar
to
organ
mid-song
involves
a
mad
dash
across
the
stage.
Why?
Because
he’s
on
the
run
from
what
he
describes as a disease that preys on every artist: “ease of use”. When making mu
sic gets
too easy, says White, it becomes harder to make it sing.
B)
It’s
an
odd
thought.
Why
would
anyone
make
their
work
more
difficult
than
it
already is? Yet we know that difficulty can pay unexpected dividends. In 1966, soon after
the
Beatles
had
fini
shed
work
on
“Rubber
Soul”,
Paul
McCartney
looked
into
the
possibility of going to America to record their next album. The equipment in American
studios
was
more
advanced
than
anything
in
Britain,
which
had
led
the
Beatles’
great
rivals,
the
Rolling
Stones
,
to
make
their
latest
album,
“Aftermath”,
in
Los
Angeles.
McCartney
found
that
EMI
’
s
(
百代唱片
)
contractual
clauses
made
it
prohibitively
expensive to follow suit, and the Beatles had to make do with the primitive technology of
Abbey Road.
C)
Lucky for us. Over the next two years they made their most groundbreaking work,
turning the recording studio into a magical instrument of its own. Precisely because they
were
working
with
old-fashioned
machines,
George
Martin
and
his
team
of
engineers
were forced to apply every ounce of their creativity to solve the problems posed to them
by
Lennon
and
McCartney.
Songs
like
“Tomorrow
Never
Knows”,
“Strawberry
Fields
Forever”, and “A Day in the Life” featured revolutionary sound effects that dazzled and
mystified Martin’s A
merican counterparts.
D)
Sometimes it’s only when a difficulty is removed that we realise what it was doing for
us.
For
more
than
two
decades,
starting
in
the
1960s,
the
poet
Ted
Hughes
sat
on
the
judging
panel
of
an
annual
poetry
competition
for
British
schoolchildren.
During
the
1980s he noticed an increasing number of long poems among the submissions, with some
running
to
70
or
80
pages.
These
poems
were
verbally
inventive
and
fluent,
but
also
“strangely
boring”.
After
making
inquiries
Hughes
discovered
that
they
were
being
composed on computers, then just finding their way into British homes.
E)
You might have thought any tool which enables a writer to get words on to the page
would be an advantage. But there may be a cost to such facility. In an interview with the
Paris
Review
Hughes
speculated
that
when
a
person
puts
pen
to
paper,
“you
meet
the
terrible resistance of what happened your first year at it, when you couldn’t write at all”.
As the brain attempts to force the unsteady hand to do its bidding,
the tension between
the
two
results
in
a
more
compressed,
psychologically
denser
expression.
Remove
that
resistance and you are more likely to produce a 70-page ramble (
不着边际的长篇大论
).


F)
Our
brains
respond
better
to
difficulty
than
we
imagine.
In
schools,
teachers
and
pupils alike often assume that if a concept has been easy to learn, then the lesson has been
successful. But numerous studies have now found that when classroom material is made
harder
to
absorb,
pupils
retain
more
of
it
over
the
long
term,
and
understand
it
on
a
deeper level.
G)
As
a
poet,
Ted
Hughes
had
an
acute
sensitivity
to
the
way
in
which
constraints
on
self- expression,
like
the
disciplines
of
metre
and
rhyme
(
韵律
),
spur
creative
thought.
What applies to poets and musicians also applies to our daily lives. We tend to equate
（等
同于）
happiness with freedom, but, as the psychotherapist and writer Adam Phillips has
observed, without obstacles to our desires it
’
s harder to know what we want, or where
we
’
re heading. He tells the story of a patient, a first-time mother who complained that
her young son was always clinging to her, wrapping himself around her legs wherever she
went. She never had a moment to herself, she said, because her son was “always in the
way”. When Phillips asked her where she would go if he wasn’t in the way, she replied
cheerfully, “Oh, I wouldn’t know where I was!”

H)
Take another common obstacle: lack of money. People often assume that more money
will make them happier. But economists who study the relationship between money and
happiness
have consistently found that, above a certain income, the
two do not reliably
correlate. Despite the ease with which the rich can acquire almost anything they desire,
they are just as likely to be unhappy as the middle classes. In this regard at least, F. Scott
Fitzgerald was wrong.
I)
Indeed,
ease
of
acquisition
is
the
problem.
The
novelist
Edward
St
Aubyn
has
a
narrator remark of the very rich that,
“
not having to consider affordability, their desires
rambled on like unstoppable bores, relentless (
持续不断的
) and whimsical
（反复无常的）
at the same time.” When Boston College, a private research university, wanted a better
feel
for
its
potential
donors,
it
asked
the
psychologist
Robert
Kenny
to
investigate
the
mindset of the super-rich. He surveyed 165 households, most of which had a net worth of
$$25m or more. He found that many of his subjects were confused by the infinite options
their money presented them with. They found it hard to know what to want, creating a
kind of existential bafflement. One of them p
ut it like this: “You know, Bob, you can just
buy so much stuff, and when you get to the point where you can just buy so much stuff,
now what are you going to do?”

J)
The internet makes information billionaires out of all of us, and the architects of our
online
experiences
are
catching
on
to
the
need
to
make
things
creatively
difficult.
Twitter’s huge success is rooted in the simple but profound insight that in a medium with
infinite space for self-expression, the most interesting thing we can do is restrict ourselves
to
140
characters.
The
music
service
This
Is
My
Jam
helps
people
navigate
the
tens
of
millions
of
tracks
now
available
instantly
via
Spotify
and
iTunes.
Users
pick
their
favourite song of the week to share with others. They only get to choose one. The service
was only launched this year, but by the end of September 650,000 jams had been chosen.
Its co-founder Matt Ogle explains its raison d
’ê
tre (
存在的理由
) like this: “In an age of
endless choice, we were missing a way to say: ‘This. This is the one

you should listen to’.”

K)
Today’s world offers more opportunity than ever to follow the advice of the Walker
Brothers and make it easy on ourselves. Compared with a hundred years ago, our lives
are less tightly bound by social norms and physical constraints. Technology has cut out
much of life’s donkeywork, and we have more freedoms than ever: we can wear what we

like and communicate with hundreds of friends at once at the click of a mouse. Obstacles
are everywhere disappearing. Few of us wish to turn the clock back, but perhaps we need
to remind ourselves how useful
the right obstacles can be. Sometimes, the best route to
fulfilment is the path of more resistance.
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46.
The
rigorous
requirements
placed
on
the
writing
of
poetry
stimulate
t
he
poet’s
creativity.
47.
With
creativity,
even
old-fashioned
instruments
may
produce
spectacular
sound
effects.
48. More money does not necessarily bring greater happiness.
49. It IS a false assumption that lessons should be made easier to learn.
50. Obstacles deliberately placed in the creation of music contribute to its success.
51. Those who enjoy total freedom may not find themselves happy.
52.
Ted
Hughes
discovered
many
long
poems
submitted
for
poetry
competition
were
composed oncomputers.

53. Maybe we need to bear in bear in mind that the right obstacles help lead us to greater
achievements.
54. An investigation found that many of the super-rich were baffled by the infinite choices
theirmoney made available.
55.
One
free
social
networking
website
turned
out
to
successful
because
it
limited
each
posting to one hundred and forty characters.


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 arefour choices marked A), B),
C)
and
D).
You
should
decide
on
the
best
choice
andmark
the
corresponding
letter
on
Answer Sheet 2with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.
There
was
a
time
not
long
ago
when
new
science
Ph.D.s
in
the
United
States
were
expected to pursue a career path in academia (
学术界
).But today, most graduates end up
working outside academia, not only in industry but also in careers such as science policy,
communications,
and
patent
law.
Partly
this
is
a
result
of
how
bleak
the
academic
job
market
is,
but
there's
also
a
rising
awareness
of
career
options
that
Ph.D.
scientists
haven't
trained
for
directly
—
but
for
which
they
have
useful
knowledge,
skills,
and
experience. Still, there's a huge disconnect between the way we currently train scientists
and
the
actual
employment
opportunities
available
for
them,
and
an
urgent
need
for
dramatic improvements in training programs to help close the gap. One critical step that
could help to drive change would be to require Ph.D. students and postdoctoral scientists
to follow an individual development plan (IDP).
In
2002
the
U.S.
Federation
of
American
Societies
for
Experimental
Biology
recommended
that
every
postdoctoral
researcher
put
together
an
IDP
m
consultation
with
an
adviser.
Since
then,
several
academic
institutions
have
begun
to
require
IDPsforpostdocs
And
in
June,
the
U.S.
National
Institutes
of
Health
(NIH)
Biomedical
Research
Workforce
Working
Group
recommended
that
the
NIH
require
IDPs
for
the

approximately
32,000
postdoctoral
researchers
they

funding
agencies,
public and private, are moving in a similar direction.
IDPs
have
long
been
used
by
government
agencies
and
the
private
sector
to
achieve
specificgoals for the employee and the organization. The aim is to ensure that employees
have
an
explicittool
to
help
them
understand
their
own
abilities
and
aspirations,
determine
career
possibilities,
and
set
(usually
short-term)
goals.
In
science,
graduate
students
and
new
Ph.D.
scientists
can
use
an
IDP
to
identify
and
navigate
an
effective
career path.
Afree Web application for this purpose, called my
become
available this week.
It's
designed
to
guide
early-career
scientists
through
a
confidential, rigorous
process
of
introspection (
内省
)to create a customized career plan. Guided by expert knowledge from
a panel of science-focused career advisers, each trainee
’
s self-assessment is used to rank a
set of career trajectories(
轨迹
). After the user has identified a long-term career
IDP
walks
her
or
him
through
the
process
of
setting
short-term
goals
directed
toward
accumulating new skills and experiences important for that career choice.
Although
surveys
reveal
the
IDP
process
to
be
useful,
trainees
report
a
need
for
additional resources to help them identify a long-term career path and complete an IDP.
Thus,
myIDP
will
be
most
effective
when
it’s
embedded
in
larger
career
-development
efforts. For example, universities could incorporate IDPs into their graduate curricula to
help students discuss, plan, prepare for, and achieve their long-term career goals.
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56. What do we learn about new science
B) A long-term career goal be set as early
Ph.D.s in the United States today?
as possible.
A)
They
lack
the
skills
and
expertise
C) An IDP be made in consultation with
needed for their jobs.
an adviser.
B)
They
can
choose
from
a
wider
range
D)
They
acquire
an
explicit
tool
to
help
of well-paying jobs.
obtain jobs.
C)
They
often
have
to
seek
jobs
outside
59. Government agencies and the private
the academic circle.
sector often use IDPs to __________.
D)
They
are
regarded
as
the
nation’s
A)
bring
into
full
play
the
skills
and
driving force of change.
expertise
of
their
postdoctoral
57.
What
does
the
author
say
about
researchers
America’s Ph.D. training?

B)
help
employees
make
the
best
use
of
A)
It
should
be
improved
to
better
suit
their
abilities
to
achieve
their
career
the job market.
goals
B)
It
is
closely
linked
to
future
career
C)
place
employees
in
the
most
requirements.
appropriate positions
C)
It
should
be
re-oriented
to
careers
D)
hire
the
most
suitable
candidates
to
outside academia.
work for them
D) It includes a great variety of practical
60. What do we know about my IDP?
courses.
A) It is an effective tool of self-assessment
58.
What
was
recommended
for
Ph.D.s
and introspection for better career plans.
and postdoctoral researchers?
B) It enables people to look into various
A)
They
meet
the
urgent
needs
of
the
possibilities
and
choose
the
career
they
corporate world.
love.
C) It promises a long-term career path.

D) It is part of the graduate curricula.

Passage Two
Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.
Just
over
a
decade
into
the
21st
century,
women’s
progress
can
be
celebrated
across
a
range of fields. They hold the highest political offices from Thailand to Brazil, Costa Rica
to Australia. A woman holds the top spot at the International Monetary Fund; another
won
the
Nobel
Prize
in
economics.
Self-made
billionaires
in
Beijing,
tech
innovators
in
Silicon Valley, pioneering justices in Ghana
—
in these and countless other areas, women
are leaving their mark.
But
hold
the
applause.
In
Saudi
Arabia,
women
aren’t
allowed
to
drive.
In
Pakistan,
1,000women die in honor killings every year. In the developed world, women lag behind
men in pay and political power. The poverty rate among women in the U.S. rose to 14.5%
last year.
To
measure
the
state
of
women’s
progress.
Newsweek
ranked
165
countries,
looking
at
five
areas
that
affect
women’s
lives;
treatment
under
t
he
law,
workforce
participation,
political power, and access to education and health care. Analyzing data from the United
Nations and the World Economic Forum, among others, and consulting with experts and
academics, we measured 28 factors to come up with our rankings.
Countries
with
the
highest
scores
tend
to
be
clustered
in
the
West,
where
gender
discrimination is against the law, and equal rights are constitutionally enshrined(
神圣化
).
But there were some surprises. Some otherwise high-ranking countries had relatively low
scores for political representation. Canada ranked third overall but 26th in power, behind
countries such as Cuba and Burundi.
Does this
suggest that a woman in a nation’s top
office translates to better lives for women in general? Not exac
tly.“Trying to quantify or
measure the impact of women in politics is hard because in very few countries have there
been enough women in politics to make a difference,”says Anne
-Marie Goetz, peace and
security adviser for U.N. Women.
Of course, no index can account for everything. Declaring that one country is better than
another in the way that it treats more than half its citizens means relying on broad strokes
and generalities. Some things simply can’t be measured. And cross
-cultural comparisons
can t account for difference of opinion.
Certain conclusions are nonetheless clear. For one thing, our index backs up a simple but
profound
statement
made
by
Hillary
Clinton
at
the
recent
Asia-Pacific
Economic
Cooperation

summit.
“When
we
liberate
the
economic
po
tential
of
women,
we
elevate
the
economic
performance
of
communities,
nations,
and
the
world,”
she
said.
“There’s
a
stimulative
effect that kicks in when women have greater access to jobs and the economic lives of our
countries:
Greater
political
stability.
Fewer
military


educational opportunity for children. By harnessing the economic potential of all women,
we boost opportunity for all people.”

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61.
What
does
the
author
think
about
62. In what countries have women made
women’s progress so far?

the greatest progress?
A) It still leaves much to be desired.
A)
Where
women
hold
key
posts
in
B) It is too remarkable to be measured.
government.
C) It has greatly changed women’s fate.

B)
Where
women’s
rights
are
protected
D) It is achieved through hard struggle.
by law.

C)
Where
women’s
participation
in
management is high.
D) Where women enjoy better education
and health care.
63.
What
do
Newsweek
rankings
reveal
about women in Canada?
A)
They
care
little
about
political
participation.
B)
They
are
generally
treated
as
equals
by men.
C)
They
have
a
surprisingly
low
social
status.
D) They are underrepresented in politics.
64.
What
does
Anne-Marie
Goetz
think
of
a
woman
being
in
a
nation’s
top
office?
A) It does not necessari
ly raise women’s
political awareness.
B) It does not guarantee a better life for
the nation’s women.

C) It enhances women’s status.

D) It boosts women’s confidence.

65. What does Hillary Clinton suggest we
do to make the world a better place?
A) Give women more political power.
B) Stimulate women’s creativity.

C) Allow women access to education.
D) Tap women’s economic potential.


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.
中国人自古以来就在 中秋时节庆祝丰收。这与北美地区庆祝感恩节的习俗十分相似。过
中秋节的习俗于唐代早期在中国各地开 始流行。中秋节在农历八月十五，是人们拜月的
节日。这天夜晚皓月光空，人们合家团聚，共赏明月。< br>2006
年，中秋节被列为中国的文
化遗产，
2008
年又被定为公共 假日。月饼被视为中秋节不可或缺的美食。人们将月饼作
为礼物馈赠亲友或在家庭聚会上享用。传统的月 饼上带有“寿（
longevity
）”、“福”
或“和”等字样。


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2
上作答。

答案

1~5 ADCBB



6~10 CDBCA



11~15 ACCAD



16~20 ABDBD



21~25 CDDBA
26. abused



27. industrial



28. extremes



29. extinguished




30. mysteries
31.
tear
apart

32.
toxic







33.
capable
of


34.
manifested





35.
a
multitude
of
36~40 FLIBK

41~45 AEHDN


46~50 GCHFA



51~55 GDKIJ




56~60 CACBA
61~65 ABDBD
2013
年
1 2
月大学英语六级考试真题（第
3
套）


Part I Writing (30 minutes)
（请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试）

Directions:
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the
remarks
“The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast
it.” You can give examples to illustrate your point and then
explain what you
will do to make your life more meaningful. You should write at least 150 words
but no more than 200 words.


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1
指定区域内作答作文题，在试题册上的作答无效！


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