2017年大学英语六级考试真题及答案解析

这表明他的妻子认为他写的书毫无价值。

因此选

B

。

3. A) He seldom writes a book straight through.

B) He writes several books simultaneously.

C) He draws on his real- life experiences.

D) He often turns to his wife for help.

【答案】

A

【解析】题目问当男士在写作的时候，他通常会做什么。在对话中，女士问男士他那本《被埋葬的

巨人》

为什么被搁置了那么久，显然是过了十年才 把这本书写好。男士回答：他写书通常都是写写停停，

写到一半就会搁置几年时间再继续 写。男士的言外之意是，他很少会一口气把

一本书写完。因此 选

A

。

4. A) Writing a book is just like watching a football match.

B) Writers actually work every bit as hard as footballers.

C) He likes watching a football match after finishing a book.

D) Unlike a football match, there is no end to writing a book.

Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

【答案】

D

【解析】题目问男士提到足球比赛是想表达什么。男士在最后 说到，足球运动员在结束的哨声吹响

的时候，就意味着比赛已经结束了。但是对于作家来 说，永远都没有结束的哨声这一说。因此选

D

。

5. A) Achievements of black male athletes in college.

B) Financial assistance to black athletes in college.

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C) High college dropout rates among black athletes.

D) Undergraduate enrollments of black athletes.

【答案】

C

【解析】题目问这两个讲话者在谈论什么。女士在一开始就引出主题：一份研究表明，在大学中黑

人运动员的辍学率特别高。因此选

C

。

6. A) They display great talent in every kind of game.

B) They are better at sports than at academic work.

C) They have difficulty finding money to complete their studies.

D) They make money for the college but often fail to earn a degree.

【答案】

D

【解析】题目问这份研究对黑人男性运动员有什么新的发现。 男士说到：他们是以给学校创造收入

的工薪阶层的身份存在的，而不是以受教育的学生的 身份存在的。就是说，黑人男性运动员只是学校的挣

钱工具，而学校并没有给他们太多接 受学术教育的机会。因此选

D

。

7. A) About 15%. B) Around 40%.

C) Slightly over 50%. D) Approximately 70%.

【答案】

C

【解析】题目问黑人男性运动员的毕业率是多少。女士回答：在

65

< br>所学校中只有勉强一半多一点儿

的黑人能毕业。因此选

C

。

8. A) Coaches lack the incentive to graduate them.

B) College degrees do not count much to them.

C) They have little interest in academic work.

D) Schools do not deem it a serious problem.

【答案】

A

【解析】题目问根据男士可知，黑人运动员没能取得大学学位 的原因是什么。男士在最后说到：所

有的动机不是要赢得比赛就是不能输掉比赛。教练缺 乏让他们毕业的动力。因此选

A

。

Section B

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Directions: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or

four questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must

choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on

Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.

9. A) Marketing strategies. B) Holiday shopping.

C) Shopping malls. D) Online stores.

【答案】

B

【解析】

题目问说话者主要说了什么。

听力材料一开始就提到

“America’s holiday shopping season starts

on Black Friday... It is the busiest shopping day of the year”

，因此，不难 推断出该篇听力的主题是关于

holiday

shoppin g

，因此本题选

B

。

< br>

10. A) About 50% of holiday shoppers.

B) About 20-30% of holiday shoppers.

C) About 136 million.

D) About 183.8 million.

【答案】

D

【解析】

题目问有多少人会在网络星期一那天购物。

听力篇章 中提及，

“About 183.8 million people will

shop on Cyber Monday”

，就不难选出本 题答案

D

。

11. A) They have fewer customers.

B) They find it hard to survive.

C) They are thriving once more.

D) They appeal to elderly customers.

【答案】

C

【解析】

题目问关于传统购物中心，

《财富》

是怎么说的。

听力篇章中提及

“Fortune says the weakest of

the malls have closed. The sector is thriving again”

，由 此可知，本题答案选

C

。

12. A) Better quality of consumer goods.

B) Higher employment and wages.

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C) Greater varieties of commodities.

D) People having more leisure time.

【答案】

B

【解析】

题目是问购物者数量增加的 原因是什么。

篇章中提到，

“…lower unemployment and rising wages

could give Americans more money to spend”

，其中< /p>

B

选项与这句话完全符合，

lower unemployment

即

higher

employment

，故本题选

B

< br>。

Questions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.

13. A) They are new species of big insects.

B)They are overprescribed antibiotics.

C)They are life-threatening diseases.

D)They are antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

【答案】

D

【解析】

题目问关于超级细菌我们知道什么。

篇章中提及，< /p>

“you may have heard about the new superbugs

which are antibiotic- resistant bacteria that have developed as a result of overprescribed antibiotics.

其中

D

选项

与这句话完全符合。

14. A) Antibiotics are now in short supply.

B)Many infections are no longer curable.

C)Large amounts of tax money are wasted.

D)Routine operations have become complex.

【答案】

D

【解析】题目问抗生素用量过度的后果是什么。篇章中提到

“seemingly routine operations... are now

much more hazardous...”

，

D

选项与此相符合。

15. A) Facilities.

B)Expertise.

C)Money.

D)Publicity.

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【答案】

C

【解析】题目问，在说话者看来，为应对严重威胁生命的传染病，什么是最迫切需要的。篇章最后

提及：面对严重威胁生命的传染病，却只有

1.2%

的预算被用于研究上，这与所需的资金相差甚远。由此可

知

C< /p>

选项正确。

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed by three or four

questions. The recordings will be played only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer

from the four choices marked A), B), CJ and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a

single line through the centre.

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.

16. A) It is accessible only to the talented.

B) It improves students’ ability to think.

C) It starts a lifelong learning process.

D) It gives birth to many eminent scholars.

【答案】

B

【解析】题目问说话者是如何描述大学的。听力材料中提到

“you are here to understand thinking better

and to think better your-

self”

，

B

选项与此相 符合。

17. A) They encourage academic democracy.

B) They promote globalization.

C) They uphold the presidents’ authority.

D) They protect students’ rights.

【答案】

A

【解析】

题目问关于大学，

我们可以从说话者的故事中了解到 什么。

篇章中提到

“But what was really

important about that was the universities stand out as places that really are about the authority of ideas.

，

由此可推

断出大学鼓励思想交流，鼓励学术民主，

A

选项正确。

18. A) His thirst for knowledge. B) His eagerness to find a job.

C) His contempt for authority. D) His potential for leadership.

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【答案】

A

【解析】题目是问说话者在挑战他论文的年轻人身上看到了什么。听力篇章中提及

“a ... you couldn’t

debate that young man’s hunger to learn”

，由此可判断选

A

。

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.

19. A) Few people know how to retrieve information properly.

B)People can enhance their memory with a few tricks.

C)Most people have a rather poor long-term memory.

D)People tend to underestimate their mental powers.

【答案】

D

【解析】

听力篇章一开始就提及，

“Psychologic al research shows we consistently underestimate our mental

powers. ”

，这与

选项完全符合。

20. A) They present the states in a surprisingly different order.

B)They include more or less the same number of states.

C)They are exactly the same as is shown in the atlas.

D)They contain names of the most familiar states.

【答案】

B

【解析】听力材料中提到，

“The two l

ists will contain roughly the same number of states but they will not

be i dentical”

，由此可知本题答案为

B

< br>选项。

21. A) Focusing on what is likely to be tested.

B)Having a good sleep the night before.

C)Reviewing your lessons where the exam is to take place.

D)Making sensible decisions while choosing your answers.

【答案】

C

【解析】题目问说话者对如何准备和参加考试有何建议。听力篇章中提及

“If possible, you should also

try to learn information in the room where it is going to be te sted”

，这与

C

选项完全符合，故 本题选

C

。

22. A) Discover when you can learn best.

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B) Change your time of study daily.

B) Give yourself a double bonus afterwards.

D) Follow the example of a marathon runner.

【答案】

A

【解析】题目问关于学习，说话者给了我们什么建议。听力篇章中曾提及：

“When you learn is also

important”

，这表明，要找到最适合自己学习的时间，故

A

选项正确。

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

23. A) He is a politician. B) He is a businessman.

C)He is a sociologist. D) He is an economist.

【答案】

C

【解析】题目是问说话者是做什么的。听力篇章中提及

“It concerns not only us sociologists but also

economists, politicians and business p< /p>

eople.”

，答案为

C

选项。

24. A) In slums.

B) In Africa.

C) In pre-industrial societies.

D) In developing countries.

【答案】

D

【解析】题目是问说话者说在哪可以发

现极度贫穷的情况。听力篇章中提及：

“Where does extreme

poverty occur? Well, you can find it only in developing countries.”

， 因此本题答案选

D

。

25. A) They have no access to health care, let alone entertainment or recreation.

B)Their income is less than 50% of the national average family income.

C)They work extra hours to have their basic needs met.

D)Their children cannot afford to go to private schools.

【答案】

B

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【解析】

题目是问家庭相对贫穷的美国人是什么样的。

听力篇章中提及：

“in the United States a family

can be considered poor if their income is less than 50% of the national average family income.”

，

这与

B

选项完全

符合。

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.

Let’s all stop judging people who talk to themselves. New research says that those who can’t seem to keep

their inner monologues(

独白

) in are actually more likely to stay on task, remain __26__ better and show improved

perception capabilities. Not bad, really, for some extra muttering.

According to a series of experiments published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology by

professors Gary Lupyan and Daniel Swignley, the act of using verbal clues to __27__ mental pictures helps people

function quicker.

In one experiment, they showed pictures of various objects to twenty __28__ and asked them to find just

one of those, a banana. Half were __29__ to repeat out loud what they were looking for and the other half kept

their lips __30__. Those who talked to themselves found the banana slightly fa

ster than those who didn’t

，

the

researchers say. In other experiments, Lupyan and Swignley found that __31__ the name of a common product

when on the hunt for it helped quicken someone’s pace, but talking about uncommon items showed no advantage

and slowed you down.

Common research has long held that talking themselves through a task helps children learn, although doing

so when you’ve __32__ matured is not a great sign of __33__. The two professors hope to refute that idea, __34__

that just as when kids walk themselves through a process, adults can benefit from using language not just to

communicate, but also to help “augment thinking”.

Of course, you are still encouraged to keep the talking at library tones and, whatever you do, keep the

information you sh

are simple, like a grocery list. At any __35__, there’s still such a thing as too much information.

26.

【解析】

F

。空格前的

remain

为系动词，因此空格处需要填入一个形容词；根据前面的句意

“ ……

更有可能坚持做一件事

”

，可知< /p>

focused

最为符合，表示

“

保持全神贯注

”

，因此本题选

F

。

27.

【解析】

L

< br>。根据空格前的

to

可判断空格处应填入动词原形，根据 句意，

“

使用口头提示来记忆

图像

”

，可知选项

L

符 合。

28.

【解析】

0

。

空格前是量词

twenty

，

因此空格处需填入一个名词复 数；

再由前边的

“In one experiment”

可知这是一个实验，所以这里选择

volunteers