2019年6月大学英语六级考试(全三套)

2019

年

6

月大学英 语六级考试真题及参考答

案（第

1

套）

Part I Writing (30 minutes)

Directions:

For

this

part,

you

are

allowed

30

minutes

to

write

an

essay

on

the importance of motivation and methods in learning.

You should

write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

【参考范文】

As an old saying goes, knowledge can change one’s life. In order to

acquire knowledge, we

have

to study

hard. However, it can not be ignored

that effective learning needs both motivation and scientific methods.

It’s not difficult for us to come up with se

veral possible reasons

accounting for this perspective. In the first place, learning is a kind

of serious and hard work. Therefore, not everyone is able to keep going

without certain internal motivations. Besides, scientific methods play

a significant role in improving learning efficiency. Many of us believe

that the longer you study, the better grades you will get. But a lot of

experiences

of

our

classmates

prove

that

this

view

is

not

entirely

correct.

In details, studying for a long time is exhausting and it is very likely

to

decrease

study

efficiency,

which

is

critical

to

academic

performance.

From what has been

mentioned above,

we

can easily draw

a conclusion that

the

importance

of

motivation

and

methods

in

learning

is

self- evident.

And

it is necessary for us to develop good learning methods.

【参考范文译文】

俗话说，知识能改 变命运。因此，为了获得知识，我们必须努力学习。然而，不

可忽略的是，有效的学习既 离不开学习动力的存在，也离不开科学的学习方法。

不难列举 上述观点的原因。首先，学习是一件严肃且困难的事。因此，不是每个

人都能在没有某种 内在动机的情况下一直继续。

此外，

科学的方法在提高学习效< /p>

率方面发挥着重要的作用。

我们当中有不少人都认为，

成绩就

会越好。但是我们周边同 学的很多经历证明这个观点并不完全正确。具体来说，

长时间的学习是累人的，

因此它很可能会降低学习效率，

而学习效率对于学业成

< br>绩来说却是至关重要的。

综上所述，

< br>我们可以很容易就得出如下结论：

学习动机和方法的重要性是不言而

喻的，因此我们非常有必要形成良好的学习方法。

PartⅡ

Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)

Section A

Directions:

In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At

the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the

conversation 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 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

1. A) why Roman Holiday was more famous than Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

B)why Audrey Hepburn had more female fans than male ones.

C)Why the woman wanted to be like Audrey Hepburn.

D)why so many girls adored Audrey Hepburn.

2. A)Her unique personality.

B)Her physical condition.

C)Her shift of interest to performing arts.

D)Her family’s suspension of financial aid.

3. A) She was not an outgoing person.

B)She was modest and hardworking

C)She was easy- going on the whole.

D)She was usually not very optimistic.

4. A)She was influenced by the roles she played in the films.

B)Her parents taught her to symbolize with the needy.

C)She learned to volunteer when she was a child.

D)Her family benifited from other people’s help.

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

5. A) Give a presentation.

B)Rise some questions.

C)Start a new company.

D)Ateed a board meeting.

6. A) It will cut production costs.

B)It will raise productivities.

C)No staff willl be dismissed.

D)No new staff will be hired.

7.

A) The timeline of restructuring.

B) The reasons for restructuring.

C) The communication channels.

D) The company’s new missions.

8.

A) By consulting their own department managers.

B) By emailing questions to the man or the woman.

C) By exploring various channels of communication.

D) By visiting the company’s own computer network.

Section B

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 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.

9.

A) It helps passengers to take care of their pet animals.

B) It has animals to help passengers carry their language.

C) It uses therapy animals to soothe nervous passengers.

D) It allows passengers to have animal travel with them.

10.

A) Avoiding possible dangers.

B) Finding their way around.

C) Identifying drug smugglers.

D) Looking after sick passengers.

11.

A) Schedule their flights around the animal visits.

B) Photograph the therapy animals at the airport.

C) Keep some animals for therapeutic purposes.

D) Bring their animals on board their plane.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.

12.

A) Beside a beautifully painted wall in Arles.

B) Beside the gate of an ancient Roman city.

C) At the site of an ancient Roman mansion.

D) At the entrance to a reception hall in Rome.

13. A) A number

of different

images.

B) A number of

mythological heroes.

C) Various musical instruments. D) Paintings by famous French artists.

14.

A)

The

originality

and

expertise

shown.

B)

The

worldly

sophistication

displayed.

C)The stunning images vividly depicted. D) The impressive skills and

costly dyes.

15. A) His artistic taste is superb. B) His identity remains unclear.

C) He was a collector of antiques. D) He was a rich Italian merchant.

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), C) 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) They encourage international cooperation.

B) They lay stress on basic scientific research.

C) They place great emphasis on empirical studies.

D) They favour scientists from its member countries.

17. A) Many of them wish to win international recognition.

B) They believe that more hands will make light work.

C) They want to follow closely the international trend.

D) Many of their projects have become complicated.

18. A) It requires mathematicians to work independently.

B) It is faced with many unprecedented challenges.

C) It lags behind other disciplines in collaboration.

D) It calls for more research funding to catch up.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.

19. A) Scientists tried to send a balloon to Venus.

B) Scientists discovered water on Venus.

C) Scientists found Venus had atmosphere.

D) Scientists observed Venus from a space vehicle.

20.A) It resembles Earth in many aspects.

B)It is the same as fiction has portrayed.

C)It is a paradise of romance for alien life.

D)It undergoes geological changes like Earth.

21.A) It might have been hotter than it is today.

B)It might have been a cozy habitat for life.

C)It used to have more water than Earth.

D)It used to be covered with rainforests.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.

22.A) Causes of sleeplessness.

B)Cross-cultural communication.

C)Cultural psychology.

D)Motivation and positive feelings.

23.A) They attach great importance to sleep.

B)They often have trouble falling asleep.

C)They pay more attention to sleep efficiency.

D)They generally sleep longer than East Asians.

24.A) By asking people to report their sleep habits.

B)By observing people’s sleep patterns in labs.

C)By having people wear motion-detecting watches.

D)By videotaping people’s daily sleeping processes.

25.A) It has made remarkable progress in the past few decades.

B)It has not yet explored the cross-cultural aspect of sleep.

C)It has not yet produced anything conclusive.

D)It has attached attention all over the world.

【参考答案】

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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 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.

Pasta is no longer off the menu, after a new review of studies suggested

that

the

carbohydrate

can

form

part

of

a

healthy

diet,

and

even

help

people

lose

weight.

For

years,

nutritionists

have

recommended

that

pasta

be

kept

to a 26 , to cut calories, prevent fat build-up and stop blood sugar 27

up.

The

low-carbohydrate

food

movement

gave

birth

to

such

diets

as

the

Atkins,

Paleo

and

Keto,

which

advised

swapping

foods

like

bread,

pasta

and

potatoes

for

vegetables,

fish

and

meat.

More

recently

the

trend

of

swapping spaghetti for vegetables has been 28 by clean- eating experts.

But now a 29 review and analysis of 30 studies by Canadian researchers

found that not only does pasta not cause weight gain, but three meals a

week

can

help

people

drop

more

than

half

a

kilogram

over

four

months.

The

reviewers found that pasta had been unfairly demonized (

妖魔化

) because

it had been 30 in with other, more ft-promoting carbohydrates.

“The

study

found

that

pasta

didn’t

3

to

weight

gain

or

increase

in

body

fat,”

said

lead

author

Dr

John

Sievenpiper.

“In

32

the

evidence,

we

can

now

say

with

some

confidence

that

pasta

does

not

have

an

33

effect

on

body

weigh

outcomes

when

it

is

consumed

as

part

of

a

healthy

dietary

pattern.”

In fact, analysis actually showed a small weigh loss 34 to concerns.

perhaps pasta can be part of a healthy diet

Those involved in the 35 trials on average ate 3.3 servings of pasta a

week instead of other carbohydrates, one serving equaling around half a

cup. They lost around half a kilogram over an average follow-up of 12

weeks.

A) adverse

B) championed

C) clinical

D) contrary

E) contribute

F) intimate

G) lumped

H) magnified

I) minimum

J) radiating

K) ration

L) shooting

M) subscribe

N) systematic

O) weighing

26-30 K L B N G

31-35 E O A D C

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 Best Retailers Combine Bricks and Clicks

A) Retail profits are falling sharply. Stores are closing. Malls are

emptying. The depressing stories just keep coming. Reading the earnings

announcements

of

large

retail

stores

like

Macy’s,

Nordstrom,

and

Target

is about as uplifting as a tour of an intensive care unit. The interact

is apparently taking down yet another industry. Brick and mortar stores

(

实体店

) seem to be going the way of the yellow pages. Sure enough, the

Census

Bureau

just

released

data

showing

that

online

retail

sales

surged

15.2 percent between the first quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of

2016.

B) But before you dump all of your retail stocks, there are more facts

you should consider. Looking only at that 15.2 percent

misleading. It was an increase that was on a small base of 6.9 percent.

Even when a tiny number grows by a large percentage terms, it is often

still tiny.

C)

More

than

20

years

after

the

internet

was

opened

to

commerce,

the

Census

Bureau tells us that brick and mortar sales accounted for 92.3 percent

of retail sales in the first quarter of 2016. Their data show that only

0.8 percent of retail sales shifted from offline to online between the

beginning of 2015 and 2016.

D) So, despite all the talk about drone (

无人机

) deliveries to your

doorstep, all the retail executives expressing anxiety over consumers

going online, and even a Presidential candidate exclaiming that Amazon

has a

retail is thriving. Of course, the closed stores, depressed executives,

and sinking stocks suggest otherwise. What's the real story?

E)

Many

firms

operating

brick

and

mortar

stores

are

in

trouble.

The

retail

industry

is

getting

reinvented,

as

we

describe

in

our

new

book

Matchmakers.

It's standing in the Path of what Schumpeter called a gale (

大风

) of

creative destruction. That storm has been brewing for some time, and as

it has reached gale force, most large retailers are searching for a

response.

As

the

CFO

of

Macy’s

put

it

recently,

“We’re

frankly

scratching our heads.”

F) But it’s not happening as experts predicted. In the peak of the dot.

com bubble, brick and mortar retail was one of those industries the

internet was going to kill-and quickly. The

bust

discredited

most

predictions

of

that

sort

and

in

the

years

that

followed,

onventional

retailers’

confidence

in

the

future

increased

as Census continued to report weak online sales. And then the gale hit.

G) It is becoming increasingly clear that retail reinvention

isn’t a

simple

battle

to

the

death

between

bricks

and

clicks.

It

is

about

devising

retail models that work for people who are making increasing use of a

growing

array

of

internet-connected

tools

to

change

how

they

search,

shop,

and buy. Creative retailers are using the new technologies to innovate

just about everything stores do from managing inventory, to marketing,

to getting paid.

H) More than drones

dropping a

new

supply of underwear on

your doorstep,

Apple’s massively successful brick

-and-mortar-and-glass retail stores

and Amazon’s small steps in the same direction are what should keep

old-fashioned retailers awake at night. Not to mention the large number

of creative new retailers, like Bonobos, that are blending online and

offline experiences in creative ways.

I)

Retail

reinvention

is

not

a

simple

process,

and

it’s

also

not

happening

on what used to be called

have happened quickly, of course. Craigslist quickly overtook newspaper

classified

ads

and

turned

newspaper

economics

upside

down.

But

many

widely

anticipated changes weren’t quick, and some haven’t really started.

With

the

benefit

of

hindsight

(

后见之明

),

it

looks

like

the

interact

will

transform

the

economy

at

something

like

the

pace

of

other

great

inventions

like electricity. B2B commerce, for example, didn’t move mainly online

by

2005

as

many

had

predicted

in

2000,

nor

even

by

2016,

but

that

doesn’t

mean it won’t do so over the next few decades.

J) But the gale is still blowing. The sudden decline in foot traffic in

recent

years,

even

though

it

hasn’t

been

accompanied

by

a

massive

decline

in

physical

sales,

is

a

critical

warning.

People

can

shop

more

efficiently

online

and

therefore

don’t

need

to

go

to

as

many

stores

to

find

what

they

want.

There’s

a

surp

lus

of

physical

shopping

space

for

the

crowds,

which

is one reason why stores are downsizing and closing.

K)

The

rise

of

the

mobile

phone

has

recently

added

a

new

level

of

complexity

to

the

process

of

retail

reinvention.

Even

five

years

ago

most

people

faced

a

choice.

Sit

at

your

computer,

probably

at

home

or

at

the

office,

search

and browse, and buy. Or head out to the mall, or Main Street, look and

shop, and buy. Now, just about everyone has a smartphone, connected to

the

internet

almost

everywhere

almost

all

the

time.

Even

when

a

retailer

gets a customer to walk in the store, she can easily see if there’s a

better deal online or at another store nearby.

L) So far, the main thing many large retailers have done in response to

all this is to open online stores, so people will come to them directly

rather

than

to

Amazon

and

its

smaller

online

rivals

．

Many

are

having

the

same

problem

that

newspapers

have.

Even

if

they

get

online

traffic,

they

struggle

to

make

enough

money

online

to

compensate

for

what

they

are

losing

offline.

M)

A

few

seem

to

be

making

this

work

．

Among

large

traditional retailers,

Walmart recently reported the best results, leading its stock price to

surge, while Macy’s, Target, and Nordstrom’s dropped. Yet Walmart’s

year-over-year

online

sales

only

grew

7

percent,

leading

its

CEO

to

lament

(

哀叹), “Growth here is too slow．”Part of the problem is that almost

two decades after Amazon filed the one

．

click patent, the online retail

shopping and buying experience is filled with frictions

．

A recent study

graded

more than

600 internet retailers on

how easy it

was for consumers

to

shop,

buy,

and

pay

．Almost

half

of

the

sites

didn’t

get

a

passing

grade

and only 18 percent got an A or B

．

N) The turmoil on the ground in physical retail is hard to square with

the

Census

data

．

Unfortunately,

part

of

the

explanation

is

that

the

Census

retail data are unreliable

．

Our deep 100k into those data and their

preparation

revealed

serious

problems

．

It

seems

likely

that

Census

simply

misclassifies

a

large

chunk

of

online

sales

．

It

is

certain

that

the

Census

procedures, which lump the online sales of major traditional retailers

like

Walmart

with“non

-store

retailers

food

trucks

．

can

mask

major

changes

in

individual

retail

categories

．

The

bureau

could

easily

present

their data in more useful ways

．

but they have chosen not to.

O)

Despite

the

turmoil,

brick

and

mortar

won’t

disappear

any

time

soon

．

The big questions are which, if any, of the large traditional

retailers

will

still

be

on

the

scene

in

a

decade

or

two

because

they

have

successfully reinvented themselves, which new players will operate busy

stores on Main Streets and maybe even in shopping malls, and how the

shopping

and

buying

experience

will

have

changed

in

each

retail

category.

Investors

shouldn’t

write

off

brick

and

morta

r.

Whether

they

should

bet

on the traditional players who run those stores now is another matter

gh online retailing has existed for some twenty years, nearly

half

of

the

internet

retailers

still

fail

to

receive

satisfactory

feedback

from consumers, according to a recent survey

．

tive

retailers

integrate

internet

technologies

with

conventional retailing to create new retail models

．

e

what

the

Census

data

suggest,

the

value

of

physical

retail’s

stocks has been dropping

．

tive

—driven changes in the retail industry didn’t take place

as quickly as widely anticipated

．

40. Statistics indicate that brick and mortar sales still made up the

lion’s share of the retail business.

41.

Companies

that

successfully

combine

online

and

offline

business

models may prove to be a big concern for traditional retailers.

and

mortar

retailers’

faith

in

their

business

was

strengthened

when the dot com bubble burst.

43.

Despite

the

tremendous

challenges

from

online

retailing,

traditional

retailing will be here to stay for quite some time.

44. With the rise of online commerce, physical retail stores are likely

to suffer the same fate as i the yellow pages.

45. The wide use

of smartphones

has

made it more

complex for traditional

retailers to reinvent their business.

36-40 M G D I C

41-45 H F O A K

Section C

Directions:

There

are

2

passages

in

this

passage

is

followed

by

some

questions

or

unfinished

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 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.

Professor

Stephen

Hawking

has

warned

that

the

creation

of

powerful

artif

cial

intelligence

(AI)

will

be

“either

the

best,

or

the

worst

thing,

ever to happen to humanity”, and praised the creation of an academic

institute

dedicated

to

researching

the

future

of

intelligence

as

“ crucial to the future of our civilisation and our species”.

Hawking

was

speaking

at

the

opening

of

the

Leverhulme

Centre

for

the

Future

of

Intelligence(LCFI)

at

Cambridge

University,

a

multi-disciplinary

institute that will attempt to tackle some of the open-ended questions

raised

by

the

rapid

pace

of

deve

lopment

in

AI

research.

“We

spend

a

great

deal of time studyin history,” Hawking said, “which, let’s face it,

is mostly the history

of stupidity. So

it;s a welcome

change that people

are studying instead the future of intelligence.”

While the world-renowned physicist has often been cautious about AI,

raising

concerns

that

humanity

could

be

the

architect

of

its

own

destruction if it creates a super-intelligence with a will of its own,

he was also quick

to highlight

the positives

that AI research can bring.

“The potential benefits of creating intelligence are huge,” he said.

“We

cannot

predict

what

we

might

achieve

when

our

own

minds

are

amplified

by AI. Perhaps with the tools of this new technological revolution, we

will be able to undo some of the damage done to the natural world by the

last one-industrialisation. And surely we will aim to finally eradicate

disease and poverty. And every aspect of our lives will be transformed.

In

short,

success

in

creating

AI

could

be

the

biggest

event

in

the

history

of our

civilization.”

Huw Price, the centre’s academic director and the Bertrand Russell

professor of philosophy at Cambridge University, where Hawking is also

an

academic,

said

that

the

centre

came

about

partially

as

a

result

of

the

university’s Centre for Exist

ential Risk. That institute examined a

wider

range

of

potential

problems

for

humanity,

while

the

LCFI

has

a

narrow

focus.

AI

pioneer

Margaret

Boden,

professor

of

cognitive

science

at

the

University

of

Sussex,

praised

the

progress

of

such

discussions.

As

re

cently

as

2009,

she

said,

the

topic

wasn’t

taken

seriously,

even

among

AI

researchers.

“AI

is

hugely

exciting,”

she

said,

“but

it

has

limitations, which present grave dangers given uncritical use.”

The

academic

community

is

not

alone

in

warning

about

the

potential

dangers

of AI as well as the potential benefits. A number of pioneers from the

technology

industry,

most

famously

the

entrepreneur

Elon

Musk,

have

also

expressed their concerns about the damage that a super-intelligent AI

could do to humanity.

46. What did Stephen Hawking think of artificial intelligence?

A) It would be vital to the progress of human civilisation.

B) It might be a blessing or a disaster in the making.

C) It might present challenges as well as opportunities.

D) It would be a significant expansion of human intelligence.

47. What did Hawking say about the creation of the LCFI?

A) It would accelerate the progress of AI research.

B) It would mark a step forward in the AI industry.

C) It was extremely important to the destiny of humankind.

D) It was an achievement of multi- disciplinary collaboration.

48. What did Hawking say was a welcome change in AI research?

A) The shift of research focus from the past to the future.

B) The shift of research from theory to implementation.

C) The greater emphasis on the negative impact of AI.

D) The increasing awareness of mankind’s past stupidity.

49. What concerns did Hawking raise about AI?

A) It may exceed human intelligence sooner or later.

B) It may ultimately over-amplify the human mind.

C) Super-intelligence may cause its own destruction.

D) Super- intelligence may eventually ruin mankind.

50.

What

do

we

learn

about

some

entrepreneurs

from

the

technology

industry?

A) They are much influenced by the academic community.

B) They are most likely to benefit from AI development.

C) They share the same concerns about AI as academics.

D) They believe they can keep AI under human control.

Passage Two

Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.

The

market

for

products

designed

specifically

for

older

adults

could

reach

$$30 billion by next

year, and

startups

(

初创公司

)

want in on

the action.

What they sometimes lack is feedback from the people who they hope will

use

their

products.

So

Brookdale,

the

country’s

largest

owner

of

retirement

communities,

has

been

inviting

a

few

select

entrepreneurs

just

to move in for a few days, show off their products and hear what the

residents have to say.

That’s

what

brought

Dayle

Rodriguez,

28,

all

the

way

from

England

to

the

dining

room

of

Brookdale

South

Bay

in

Torrance,

California.

Rodriguez

is

the community and marketing manager for a company called Sentab. The

startup’s

product,

SentabTV,

enables

older

adults

who

may

not

be

comfortable with computers to access email, video chat and social media

using just their televisions and a remote control.

“It’s nothing new, it’s nothing too complicated and it’s natural

because lots of people have TV remotes,”says Rodriguez.

But

none

of

that

is

the

topic

of

conversation

in

the

Brookdale

dining

room.

Instead, Rodriguez solicits resi

dents’ advice on what he should get on

his

cheeseburger

and

how

he

should

spend

the

afternoon.

Playing

cards

was

on the agenda, as well as learning to play mahjong (

麻将

).

Rodriguez

says

it’s

important

that

residents

here

don’t

feel

like

he’s

selling

them

so

mething.

“I’ve

had

more

feedback

in

a

passive

approach,”he

says.

“Playing

pool,

playing

cards,

having

dinner,

having

lunch,”all

work

better

“than

going

through

a

survey

of

questions.

When

they get to know me and to trust me, knowing for sure I’m not sellin

g

them something

—there’ll be more honest feedback from them.”

Rodriguez

is

just

the

seventh

entrepreneur

to

move

into

one

of

Brookdale’s 1,100 senior living communities. Other new products in the

program

have

included

a

kind

of

full-body

blow

dryer

and

specially

designed clothing that allows people with disabilities to dress and

undress themselves.

Mary

Lou

Busch,

93,

agreed

to

try

the

Sentab

She

tells

Rodriguez

that it might be good for someone, but not for her.

“I have the computer

and FaceTime, which I talk

with my family

on,”she

explains. She also has an iPad and a smartphone. “So I do pretty much

everything I need to do.”

To

be

fair,

if

Rodriguez

had

wanted

feedback

from

some

more

technophobic

(

害怕技术的

) seniors, he might have ended up in the wrong Brookdale

community. This one is located in the heart of Southern California’s

aerospace

corridor.

Many

residents

have

backgrounds

in

engineering,

business and academic circles.

But

Rodriguez

says

he's

still

learning

something

important

by

moving

into

this

Brookdale

community:

“People

are

more

tech

-proficient

than

we

thought.”

And besides, where else would he learn to play mahjong?

51. What does the passage say about the startups?

A) They never lose time in upgrading products for seniors.

B) They want t

o have a share of the seniors’ goods market.

C) They invite seniors to their companies to try their products.

D) They try to profit from promoting digital products to seniors.

52. Some entrepreneurs have been invited to Brookdale to

A) have an interview with potential customers

B) conduct a survey of retirement communities

C) collect residents’ feedback on their products

D) show senior residents how to use IT products

53. What do we know about SentabTV?

A) It is a TV program catering to the interest of the elderly.

B) It is a digital TV which enjoys popularity among seniors.

C) It is a TV specially designed for seniors to view programs.

D) It is a communication system via TV instead of a computer.

54. What does Rodriguez say is important in promoting products?

A) Winning trust from prospective customers.

B) Knowing the likes and dislikes of customers.

C) Demonstrating their superiority on the spot.

D) Responding promptly to customer feedback.

55. What do we learn about the seniors in the Brookdale community?

A) Most of them are interested in using the Sentab.

B) They are quite at ease with high-tech products.

C) They have much in common with seniors elsewhere.

D) Most of them enjoy a longer life than average people.

46-50 BCADC 51-55 BCDAB

Part

Ⅳ

Translation (30 minutes)

Directions:

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a

passage

from

Chinese

into

should

write

your

answer

on

Answer

Sheet 2

.

成语

（

Chinese

idioms

）

是汉语中的一种独特的表达方式，< /p>

大多由四个汉字组成。

它们高度简练且形式固定，

但通常能形象地表达深刻的含义。

成语大多数来源于

中 国古代的文学作品，

通常与某些神话、

传说或者历史事件有关。

如果不知道某

个成语的出处，

就很难理 解其确切含义。

因为，

学习成语有助于人们更好地理解

中国传统文化。

成语在日常会话和文学创作中广泛使用。

恰当使用成语可以使一

个人的语言更具表现力，交流更有效。

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【译文】

Chinese

idioms,

mostly

made

up

of

four

Chinese

characters,

is

a

unique

expression in Chinese. Despite their high conciseness and regular form,

they

can

usually

vividly

express

profound

meanings.

Chinese

idioms,

mostly originating from literary works of ancient China, are usually

related to some myths, legends or historical events. If one has no idea

where

Chinese

idioms

come

from,

it

will

be

difficult

for

him

to

understand

their precise meaning. Therefore, learning Chinese idioms helps people

have

a

better

understanding

of

Chinese

traditional

culture.

Chinese

idioms

are

widely

used

in

the

daily

conversations

and

literary

creation.

Using

them

pr

operly

can

enable

one’s

language

more

expressive,

and

thus

make the communication more effective.

【逐句解析】

(1)

成语

(Chinese

idioms )

是汉语中的一种独特的表达方式，

大多由四个汉

字组成。

【解析】考查一主多动词的翻译：同一个主语“成语”有两个 动词“是”和

“由…组成”，可以将“由组成”处理为非谓语动词。独特的：

表达方

式：

expression;

由…组成：

be made up of;

汉字：

Chinese character

【译文】

Chinese idioms, mostly made up of four Chinese characters,

is a unique expression in Chinese.

(2)

它 们高度简练且形式固定，但通常能形象地表达深刻的含义。

【解析】

考查逻辑关系：

前后句有明显的让步转折关系。

“高度简练”< /p>

和

“形

式固定”可以统一处理为名词词性 ：

high conciseness and regular form;

形象

地：

vividly;

深刻含义：

profound meaning

【译文】

Despite their high conciseness and regular form, they can

usually vividly express profound meanings.