2010年6月大学英语六级真题

2010年6月大学英语六级考试CET6A卷真题与B卷完全一致，仅题目顺序不一样而已， A卷考生请参照B

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Part I Writing (30 minutes) 注意：此部分试题在答题卡 1上。

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minu tes to write a short essay on the topic of Due Atte ntio n Should Be Give n to the Study of Chin ese. You should write at least 120 words followi ng the outl ine give n below:

1. 近年来在学生中出现了忽视中文学习的现象；

2. 出现这种现象的原因和后果；

3. 我认为…

Due Attention Should Be Given to the Study of Chinese

Almost no one in Chi na can have failed to no tice the fact that a nu mber of stude nts pay little atte ntio n to the study of Cheese no wadays. Taking a look around, one can find examples too many to list: some refuse to go to Chin ese classes, some read few Chin ese classics and some rarely write in Chinese

A nu mber of factors can acco unt for such phe nomenon, but the follow ing might be the critical on es. For one thing, the craze for lear ning En glish affect, to some degree, stude nts ' passi on for the study of t

For another, the increasing emphasis on some soalled — practical subjects II closely related to the pursuit for cut into stude nts ' time and en ergy spe nt on the study ofCh in ese

The problem men ti oned above is bound to gen erate severe con seque nces if we keep turning a bli nd eye to it. First ,stude nts ' weak ness in Chin ese would lead to their ignorance of Chin ese culture . Secon dly, their problem Chin ese would also hin der the study of other subjects

In view of the serious ness of the problem, effective measures must be take n before thi ngs get worse. In the first place, it is esse ntial that the school attach more importa nee to the teach ing of Chin ese. In the sec ond place, stude nts should enhance their awarenessof the importanee of mastering their mother tongue. Only with these measures take n can we expect the all-sided developme nt of stude nts

Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)

Direct ions: In this part, you will have 15 minu tes to go over the passage quickly and an swer the questio ns on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questio ns 8-10, complete the senten ces with the in formati on give n in the passage.

Obama's success isn't all good news for black Americans

As Erin White watched the election results head towards victory for Barack Obama, she felt a burden lifting from her shoulders. "I n that one sec on d, it was a validati on for my whole race," she recalls.

"I've always bee n an achiever," says White, who is study ing for an MBA at Van derbilt Un iversity in Nashville, Tenn essee. "But there had always bee n these thi ngs in the back of my mind questi oning whether I really can be who I wan t. It was like a shadow, follow ing me around say ing you can only go so far. Now it's like a barrier has bee n let dow n."

White's experie nee is what many psychologists had expected - that Obama would prove to be a powerful role model for Africa n America ns. Some hoped his rise to prominence would have a big impact on white America ns, too, challe nging those who still harbour racist sen time nts. "The traits that characterise him are very con tradictory to the racial stereotypes that black people are aggressive and uneducated," says Ashby Plantof Florida State University. "He's very in tellige nt and eloque nt."

Sting in the tail

Ashby Pla nt is one of a nu mber of psychologists who seized on Obama's can didacy to test hypotheses about the power of role models. Their work is already starti ng to reveal how the "Obama effect" is cha nging people's views and behaviour. Perhaps surpris in gly, it is not all good n ews: there is a sti ng in the tail of the Obama effect.

But first the good n ews. Barack Obama really is a positive role model for Africa n America ns, and he was maki ng an impact eve n before he got to the White House. In deed, the Obama effect can be surpris in gly immediate and powerful, as Ray Friedma n of Van derbilt Uni versity and his colleagues discovered.

They tested four separate groups at four key stages of Obama's preside ntial campaig n. Each group con sisted of around 120 adults of similar age and educati on, and the test assessed their Ian guage skills. At two of these stages, whe n Obama's success was less tha n certa in, the tests showed a clear differe nee betwee n the scores of the white an black participa nts— an average of 12.1 out of 20, compared to 8.8, for example. Whe n the Obama fever was at its height, however, the black participa nts performed much better. Those who had watched Obama's accepta nee speech as the Democrats' preside ntial can didate performed just as well, on average, as the white subjects.After his electio n victory, this was true of all the black participa nts.

Dramatic shift

What can explai n this dramatic shift? At the start of the test, the participa nts had to declare their race and were told their results would be used to assess their stre ngths and weak nesses. This should have primed the subjects with "stereotype threat" —an an xiety that their results will confirm n egative stereotypes, which has bee n show n to damage the performa nee of Africa n America ns.

Obama's successes seemed to act as a shield aga inst this. "We suspect they felt in spired and en ergised by his victory, so the stereotype threat would n't prove a distractio n," says Friedma n.

Lingering racism

If the Obama effect is positive for Africa n America ns, how is it affect ing their white compatriots （ 同胞）? Is the experie nee of hav ing a charismatic 有魅力的）black preside nt modify ing lin geri ng racist attitudes? There is no easy way to measure racism directly; in stead psychologists assess what is known as "implicit bias", using a computer-basedtest that measureshow quickly people associate positive and negative words— such as "love" or "evil" — with photos of black or white faces. A similar test can also measure how quickly subjects associate stereotypical traits— such as athletic skills or men tal ability— with a particular group.

In a study that will appear in the Jour nal of Experime ntal Social Psychology, Pla nt's team tested 229 stude nts duri ng the height of the Obama fever. They found that implicit bias has falle n by as much as 90% compared with the level found in a similar study in 2006. "That's an unu sually large drop," Pla nt says.

While the team can't be sure their results are due solely to Obama, they also showed that those with the lowest bias were likely to subconsciously associate black skin colour with political words such as "government" or "preside nt". This suggests that Obama was stro ngly on their mi nd, says Pla nt.

Drop in bias

Brian Nosek of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, who runs a website that measuresimplicit bias using similar test, has also observed a small drop in bias in the 700,000 visitors to the site since January 2007, which might be expla ined by Obama's rise to popularity. However, his prelim inary results suggest that cha nge will be much slower coming tha n Pla nt's results suggest.

Talking honestly

"People now have the opport un ity of express ing support for Obama every day," says Daniel Effron at Stanford University in California. "Our research arouses the concern that people may now be more likely to raise negative views of Africa n America ns." On the other hand, he says, it may just en courage people to talk more hon estly about their feeli ngs regard ing race issues, which may not be such a bad thing.

Ano ther part of the study suggests far more is at stake tha n the mere expressi on of views. The Obama effect ma have a n egative side. Just one week after Obama was elected preside nt, participa nts were less ready to support policies desig ned to address racial in equality tha n they had bee n two weeks before the electio n.

Huge obstacles

It could, of course, also be that Obama's success helps people to forget that a disproporti on ate nu mber of black America ns still live in poverty and face huge obstacles whe n trying to overcome these circumsta nces. "Barack Obama's family is such a salient （出色的）image, we generalise it and fail to see the larger picture—that there's

injustice in every aspect of American life," says Cheryl Kaiser of the University of Washington in Seattle. Those trying to address issues of racial in equality n eed to con sta ntly rem ind people of the in equalities that still exist to coun teract the Obama's effect, she says.

Though Pla nt's findings were more positive, she too warns aga inst thi nking that racism and racial in equalities are no Ion ger a problem. "The last thing I want is for people to thi nk everyth in g's solved."

These findings do not only apply to Obama, or eve n just to race. They should hold for any role model in any coun try. "There's no reas on we would n't have see n the same effect on our views of wome n if Hillary Cli nton or Sarah Pali n had bee n elected," says Effron. So the elect ion of a female leader might have a dow nside for other wome n.

Beyond race

We also don't yet know how long the Obama effec—both its good side and its ba— will last.Political sen time nt is no toriously cha ngeable: What if things beg in to go wrong for Obama, and his popularity slumps?

And what if America ns become so familiar with hav ing Obama as their preside nt that they stop con sideri ng his race altogether? "Over time he might become his own en tity," says Pla nt. This might seem like the ultimate defeat for racism, but ignoring the race of certa in select in dividual—a phe nomenon that psychologists call subtyp in —also has an in sidious (隐伏的)side. "We think it happe ns to help people preserve their beliefs, so they can still hold on to the previous stereotypes." That could turn out to be the cruellest of all the twists to the Obama effect.

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B) relati ons betwee n whites and Africa n America ns participati on

may become tense aga in

8. Accord ing to Effro n, if Hillary Cli nton or Sarah Palin had bee n elected, there would also have bee n a n egative effect on

9. It is possible that the Obama effect will be short-lived if there is a cha nge in people's .

10. The worst possible aspect of the Obama effect is that people could ignore his race altogether and continue tc

hold on to their old racial .

Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)

Section A

Direct ions: In this sect ion, you will hear 8 short conv ersati onsand 2 long conv ersati ons. At the end of each conv ersati on, one or more questi ons will be asked about what was said. Both the conv ersati on and the questi ons 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 an swer. Then mark the corresp onding letter on An swer Sheet 2 with a sin gle line through the cen tre.

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

19. A) He wan ts to sig n a Ion g-term con tract.

B) He is good at both Ian guage and literature.

C) He prefers teachi ng to admi nistrative work.

D) He is un decided as to which job to go for.

20. A) They hate exams. B) The all plan to study in Cambridge.

C) They are all adults. D) They are going to work in compa ni es.

21. A) Difficult but rewarding. B) Varied and in teresti ng.

C) Time-consuming and tiring. D)

Dema nding and frustrati ng.

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

22. A) Interviewing a moving star. B) Discuss ing tee nage role models.

C) Host ing a televisi on show. D) Reviewi ng a new biography.

23. A) He lost his mother. B) He was un happy in Califor nia.

C) He missed his aunt. D) He had to atte nd school there.

A) He delivered public speeches. B)

A) He made nu merous popular movies.

He got seriously into acting. B) He has long bee n a lege ndary figure.

C) He hosted talk shows on TV D) He played C) He was best at acti ng in Hollywood tragedies.

a role in East of Ede n. D) He was the most successful actor of his time.

Section B

Direct ions: In this sect ion, you will hear 3 short passagesAt the end of each passage,you will hear some questio ns. Both the passage and the questi ons will be spoke n only on ce.After you hear a questi on, you must choose the best an swer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). The n mark the corresp onding letter on An swer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2上作答。

Passage One Questions 26 to 29 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

26. A) It carried passe ngers leav ing an isla nd. B) A terrorist forced it to land on Ten erife.

C) It crashed whe n it was circli ng to land. D) 18 of its passe ngers survived the crash.

27. A) He was kid napped eight mon ths ago. B) He failed in his n egotiati ons with the Africa ns.

C) He was assass in ated in Cen tral Africa. D) He lost lots of money in his Africa n bus in ess.

28. A) The man ageme nt and union represe ntatives reached an agreeme nt.

B) The workers' pay was raised and their work ing hours were shorte ned.

C) The trade union gave up its dema nd. D) The workers on strike were all fired.

29. A) Sunny. B) Rai ny. C) Win dy. D) Cloudy.

Passage Two

Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

U. S. history occurred.

Directions: In this secti on, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should liste n carefully for its gen eral idea. Whe n the passage is read for the sec ond time, you are required to fill in the bla nks nu mbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For bla nks nu mbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missi ng in formati on. For these bla nks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write dow n the main points in your own words. Fin ally, whe n the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have writte n.

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George Herbert Mead said that huma ns are talked into huma ni ty. He meant that we gai n pers onal ide ntity as we com muni cate with others. In the earliest years of our lives, our pare nts tell us who we are. "You're (36) ."

"You're so stro ng." We first see ourselves through the eyes of others, so their messages form importa nt (37) c

our self-c on cepts. Later we in teract with teachers, frien ds, (38) partn ers, and co-workers who com muni cate

their views of us.Thus, how we see ourselves (39) the views of us that others com muni cate.

The (40) connection betwee n ide ntity and com muni cati on is (41) evide nt in childre n who are

(42) of huma n con tact. Case studies of childre n who were isolated from others reveal that they lack a firm

self-c on cept, and their men tal and psychological developme nt is severely (43) by lack of Ian guage.

Communi cati on with others not on ly affects our sense of ide ntity but also directly in flue nces our physical and

lack close friends have greater levels of anxiety and depression than people who are close to others. (45)

he con clusi on was that social isolati on is statistically

as dangerous as high blood pressure, smoking and obesity. Many doctors and researchers believe that (46)

Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)

Section A

Direct ions: In this secti on, there is a short passage with 5 questi ons or in complete stateme nts. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statementsin the fewest possible words. Please write your an swers on An swer Sheet 2.

Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.

Questi on: My nin th-grade art teacher does n't give any grade above 94% because, she says, "There's always roo for improveme nt." In previous years, I earned a 99% and a 100%. The 94 I received this term does not reflect the hare work that I put into this course. Because of her "improveme nt" theory, I got a lower grade tha n I deserve. Is her grading philosophy ethical (符合职业道德规范的)？

An swer: Your teacher's grad ing system may be un wise, but it is not un ethical. A teacher deserves wide latitude ir select ing the method of grad ing that best promotes lear ning in her classroom; that is, after all, the prime fun cti on of grades. It is she who has the training and experie nee to make this decisi on. Assu ming that your teacher is n either biased nor corrupt and that her system con forms to school rules, you can't fault her ethics.

You can criticize her methodology. A 100 n eed not imply that there is no possibility of improveme nt, only that a stude nt successfully completed the course work. A nin th grader could get a well-ear ned 100 in En glish class but still have a way to go before she writes as well as Jane Auste n. What's more, grades are not only an educati onal device b are also part of a scree ning system to help assig n kids to their n ext class or program. By capp ing her grades at 94 while most other teachers grade on a scale that tops out at 100, your teacher could jeopardize a stude nt's cha nee of gett ing a scholarship or gett ing into a top college.

What it is wrong to condemn her for is overlook ing your hard work. You dilige nee is worthy of en courageme nt, but effort does not equal accomplishme nt. If scholars sudde nly discovered that Rembra ndt had dashed off "The Night Watch" in an afternoo n, it would still be "The Night Watch."

I could spe nd mon ths sweati ng over my own "pa intin gs", but rd produce someth ing you would n't want to hang in your liv ing room. Or your garage.

One feature of a good gradi ng system is that those measured by it gen erally regard it as fair and reas on a—leot

the case here. Simmering 难以平息的)resentment is seldom an aid to education.And so your next step should be to discuss your concerns with your teacher or the prin cipal.

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47. The nin th-grader thought that his art teacher should have give n him .

48. Accordi ng to the an swer, a teacher should have the freedom to to en courage lear ning.

49. We lear n from the an swer that a stude nt who gets a 100 should still work hard and keep .

50. The example of Rembra ndt's pain ti ng suggests that a disti nction should be made betwee n .

51. The nin th-grader is advised to go to his teacher or the prin cipal to .

Section B

Direct ions: There are 2 passagesi n this secti on. Each passageis followed by some questi ons or unfini shed stateme nts. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresp onding letter on An swer Sheet 2 with a sin gle line through the cen tre.

Passage One

Questions 51 to 56 are based on the following passage.

Only two coun tries in the adva need world provide no guara ntee for paid leave from work to care for a n ewbor n child. Last spri ng one of the two, Australia, gave up the dubious disti nction by establish ing paid family leave start ing in 2011. I was n't surprised whe n this did n't make the n ews here in the Un ited States — we're now the on ly wealthy country without such a policy.

The Un ited States does have one explicit family policy, the Family and Medical Leave Act, passed in 1993. It entitles workers to as much as 12 weeks' unpaid leave for care of a newborn or dealing with a family medical problem. Despite the modesty of the ben efit, the Chamber of Commerce and other bus in ess groups fought it bitterly, describ ing it as "gover nment-run pers onnel man ageme nt" and a "da ngerous precede nt". I n fact, every step of the way as (usually) Democratic leaders have tried to in troduce work-family bala nee measures into the law, bus in ess groups have bee n stron gly opposed.

As Yale law professor Anne Alstott argues, justify ing pare ntal support depe nds on defi ning the family as a social good that, i n some sen se, society must pay for. I n her book No Exit: What Pare nts Owe Their Childre n and What Society Owes Pare nts, she argues that pare nts are burde ned in many ways in their lives: there is "no exit" whe n it comes to childre n. "Society expects— and n eeds— pare nts to provide their childre n with con ti nuity of care, meaning the inten sive, in timate care that huma n beings n eed to develop their in tellectual, emoti onal and moral capabilities. And society expects— and n eed— pare nts to persist in their roles for 18 years, or Ion ger if n eeded."

While most pare nts do this out of love, there are public pen alties for not provid ing care. What pare nts do, in other words, is of deep concern to the state, for the obvious reas on that cari ng for childre n is not only morally urge nt but esse ntial for the future of society. The state recog ni zes this in the large body of family laws that gover n childre n' welfare, yet pare nts receive little help in meet ing the life-cha nging obligati ons society imposes. To classify pare nti ng as a pers onal choice for which there is no collective resp on sibility is not merely to ignore the social ben efits of good pare nti ng; really, it is to steal those ben efits because they accrue (不断积累)to the whole of society as today's childre n become tomorrow's productive citize nry 公民).1 n fact, by some estimates, the value of pare ntal inv estme nts in childre n, in vestme nts of time and money (in cludi ng lost wages), is equal to 20-30% of gross domestic product. If these in vestme nts gen erate huge social ben efit— as they clearly do—the ben efits of provid ing more social support for the family should be that much clearer.

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52. What do we lear n about paid family leave from the first paragraph?

A) America is now the on ly developed country without the policy.

B) It has now become a hot topic in the Un ited States.

C) It came as a surprise whe n Australia adopted the policy.

D) Its mea ning was clarified whe n it was established in Australia.

53. What has preve nted the pass ing of work-family bala nee laws in the Un ited States?

A) The in compete nee of the Democrats.

B) The exist ing Family and Medical Leave Act.

C) The lack of a precede nt in America n history.

D) The oppositi on from bus in ess circles.

54. What is Professor Anne Alstott's argume nt for pare ntal support?

A) The cost of raisi ng childre n in the U. S. has bee n grow ing.

B) Good pare nting ben efits society.

C) The U. S. should keep up with other developed coun tries.

D) Childre n n eed continu ous care.

55. What does the author thi nk of America's large body of family laws gover ning childre n's welfare?

A) They fail to en sure childre n's healthy growth

B) The fail to provide eno ugh support for pare nts

C) They emphasize pare nts' legal resp on sibilities.

D) They impose the care of childre n on pare nts.

56. Why does the author object to classify ing pare nting as a pers onal choice?

A) It is regarded as a legal obligati on. B) It relies largely on social support.

C) It gen erates huge social ben efits. D) It is basically a social un dertak ing.

Passage Two

Questions 57 to 62 are based on the following passage.

A new study from the Cen ter for In formatio n and Research on Civic Lear ning and En gageme nt (CIRCLE) at Tufts Un iversity shows that today's youth vote in larger nu mbers tha n previous gen erati ons, and a 2008 study from the Cen ter for America n Progress adds that in creas ing nu mbers of young voters and activists support traditi on ally liberal causes. But there's no easy way to see what those figures mean in real life. During the preside ntial campaig n, Barack Obama assembled a racially and ideologically diverse coaliti on with his message of hope and cha nge; as the reality of life under a new administration settles in, some of those supporters might become disillusioned. As the nation moves further into the Obama presidency, will politically engaged young people continue to support the preside nt and his age nda, or will they gradually drift away?

The writers of Gen erati on O (short for Obama), a new Newsweek blog that seeks to chronicle the lives of a group of young Obama supporters, want to an swer that questi on. For the n ext three mon ths, Michelle Kremer and 11 other Obama supporters, ages 19 to 34, will blog about life across main stream America, with one twist: by tyi ng all of their ideas and experie nces to the new preside nt and his admi nistrati on, the bloggers will try to start a con versati on about what it means to be young and politically active in America today. Male na Amusa, a 24-year-old writer and dan cer from St. Louis sees the project as a way to preserve history as it happe ns. Amusa, who is traveli ng to In dia this spri ng to fin ish a book, the n to Sen egal to teach En glish, has ongoing conv ersati ons with her frie nds about how the Obama presidency has changed their daily lives and hopes to put some of those ideas, along with her global perspective, into her posts. She's excited because, as she puts it, "I don't have to wait [until] 15 years from now" to make sense of the world.

Henry Flores, a political-scie nee professor at St. Mary's Un iversity, credits this youn ger gen erati on's political stre ngth to their embrace of tech no logy. "[The Intern et] exposes them to more thinkin g," he says, "a nd groups that are like-min ded in differe nt parts of the country start to come together." That's exactly what the Gen erati on O bloggers are hop ing to do. The result could be a group of young people that, like their boomer (二 战后生育高峰期出生的美 国人)pare nts, grows up with a strong sense of purpose and sheds the image of apathy冷- 漠) they've in herited from Gen eratio n X (60 年代后期和 70 年代出生的美国人).It's no small challe nge for a blog run by a group of ordin ary— if ambitious——young people, but the members of Gen erati on O are up to the task.

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Part V Cloze (15 minutes)

Directions: There are 20 bla nks in the followi ng passage. For each bla nk there are four choices marked A), B), C and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.The n mark the corresp onding letter on An swer Sheet 2 with a sin gle line through the cen tre.

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A new study found that inn er-city kids liv ing in n eighborhoods with more gree n space gained about 13% less weight over a two-year period tha n kids livi ng amid more con crete and fewer trees. Such __62__ tell a powerful story. The obesity epidemic bega n in the 1980s, and many people __63__ it to in creased porti on sizes and in activity, but that can't be everything. Fast foods and TVs have been __64__ us for a long time. "Most experts agree that the cha nges were __65__ to somethi ng in the en vir onmen t," says social epidemiologist Thomas Glass of The Joh ns

Hopk ins Bloomberg School of Public Health. That somethi ng could be a __66__ of the gree n.

The new research, __67__ in the America n Journal of Preve ntive Medici ne, is n't the first to associate gree nery with better health, but it does get us closer __68__ ide ntify ing what works and why. At its most straightforward, a gree n n eighborhood __69__ means more places for kids to pla-which is __70__ since time spe nt outdoors is one of the stron gest correlates of childre n's activity levels. But gree n space is good for the mi nd __71__: research by en vir onmen tal psychologists has show n that it has cog nitive __72__ for childre n with atte nti on-deficit disorder. I n one study, just read ing __73__ in a gree n sett ing improved kids' symptoms.

__74__ to grassy areas has also been linked to __75__ stress and a lower body mass index体重指数)among adults. And an __76__ of 3,000 Tokyo residents associatedwalkable green spaces with greater Iongevity (长寿) among senior citize ns.

Glass cautions that most studies don't __77__ prove a causal link between greennessand health, but they're non etheless helpi ng spur action. In September the U. S. House of Represe ntatives __78__ the delightfully n amed No Child Left In side Act to en courage public in itiatives aimed at expos ing kids to the outdoors.

Finding gree n space is not __79__ easy, and you may have to work a bit to get your family a little grass and tree; If you live in a suburb or a city with good parks, take __80__ of what's there. Your children in particular will love it - and their bodies and minds will be __81__ to you.

Part VI Translation (5 minutes)

Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. Please wri1

you translation on Answer Sheet 2.

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82. 他们的独生儿子从未想过 )to leave them and strike out on his own though he is in

his late twen ties.

83. Before you take any action, please remember to 你的决定会产生的后果 ).

84. He assured his friend that under no circumstances 会违背还钱的承诺 ).

85. Most educators advise that kids 不要沉溺于电脑游戏).

86. Business major as he is, he has 未考虑过从事推销员工作).

2010年6月英语六级答案解析

听力原文：

Section A

Short Conversation

11. M: Oh, I ' m so sorry I forgot to bring along the book you borrowed from the library.

W: What a terrible memory you have! Any way, I won ' t n eed it un til Friday ni ght. As long as I can getK?by t

Q: What do we lear n from this con versati on?

M: Well, you know, spe nding too much time in doors with all that artificial light ing can do that to you. Your body loses track of whether it ' s day or night.

Q: What does the man imply?

13. M: I think I ' ll get one of thosesnets,_lyou know, with the school

W: You ' ll regret it. They are expensive, and I

Q: What does the woma n mea n?

14. W: I thi nk your article in the school n ewspaper is right on target, and your viewpo ints have certa inly convin ced me.

M: Than ks, but in view of the gen eral resp on ses, you and I are defi nitely in the mi nority.

Q: What does the man mean?

15. M: Daisy was furious yesterday because I lost her no tebook. Should I go see her and apologize to aga in?

W: Well, if I were you, I ' d let her cool off a few days before I approach her.

Q: What does the woma n suggest the man do?

16. M: Would you please tell me where I can get batteries for this brand of camera?

W: Let me have a look. Oh, yes, go down this aisle, pass the garden tools, you ' ll find them on t

light bulbs.

Q: What is the man look ing for?

17. M: Our basketball team is playing in the finals but I don ' t have a ticket. I guess I . Do you' ll

want to come over?

W: Actually I have a ticket. But I ' m not feeling well. You can have it for what it cost me.

Q: What do we lear n from the conv ersati on?

18. M: Honey, I ' ll be going straight to the theatre from work this evening. Could you bring my suit and tie along?

W: Sure, it ' s the first performanee of the State Symphony Orchestra in our city, so suit and tie is a must.

Q: What do we lear n from the conv ersati on?

Long Conversations

Conversation 1

M: I got two letters this morni ng with job offers, one from the Polytech nic, and the other from the Lan guage School in Pistoia, Italy.

W: So you are not sure which to go for?

M: That ' s it. Of course, the con diti ons of work are very differe nt: The Polytech nic is offeri ng twoar con tract which could be ren ewed, but the Ian guage school is only offeri ng a year ' s con tract, and that ' s a

ren ewed, but you n ever know.

W: I see. So it ' s much less secure. But you don ' t need to think too much about steady jobs when you M: That ' s true.

W: What about the salaries?

M: Well, the Pistoia job pays much better in the short term. I ' ll be gtettfnabthe equ22i(e0€ a year

there, but only £ 20,000 at the Polytechnic. But then the hours are different. At the Polytechnic I hours a week, 20 teach ing and 15 adm ini strati on, whereas the Pistoia school is only ask ing for 30 hours teach ing.

W: Mmm …

M: The n the type of teach ing is so differe nt. The Polytech nic is all adults and mostly preparati on for exams like the Cambridge certificates. The Lan guage School wan ts me to do a bit of exam preparatio n, but also quite a lot of work in companies andfactories, and a couple of children ' s classes. Oh, and a bit of literature teaching.

W: Well, that sounds much more varied and interesting. And I ' d imagine you would be doing quire a

outside the school, and moving around quite a bit.

M: Yes, whereas with the Polytechnic position, I ' d be stuck in the school all day.

Questi ons 19 to 21 are based on the conv ersati on you have just heard:

Q19. What do we lear n about the man from the conv ersatio n?

Q20. What do we learn about the stude nts at the Polytech nic?

Q21. What does the woma n thi nk of the job at the Lan guage school?

Conversation 2

Good eve ning and welcome to toni ght's editi on of Lege ndary Lives. Our subject this eve ning is James Dean, actor and hero for the young people of his time. Edward Murray is the author of a new biography of Dean.

W: Good eve ning, Edward.

M: Hello Tina.

W: Edward, tell us what you know about Dea n's early life.

M: He was born in In dia na in 1931, but his pare nts moved to Califor nia whe n he was five. He was n't there long though because his mother passed away just four years later. Jimmy's father sent him back to In dia na after that to live with his aunt.

W: So how did he get into acting?

M: Well, first he acted in plays at high school, the n he went to college in California where he got seriously into acting. In 1951 he moved to New York to do more stage acting.

W: The n whe n did his movie career really start?

M: 1955. His first starri ng role was in East of Ede n. It was fabulous. Dea n became a huge success. But the movie that really made him famous was his second one, Rebel Without a Cause, that was about teenagerswho felt like they did n't fit into society.

W: So how many more movies did he make?

M: Just one more, the n he died in that car crash in California in 1955.

W: What a tragedy! He only made three movies! So what made him the lege nd he still is today?

M: Well I guess his looks, his acting ability, his short life, and maybe the type of character he played in his movies. Many young people saw him as a symbol of America n youths.

Q22 What is the woma n doi ng?

Q23 Why did James Dean move back to In dia na whe n he was young?

Q24 What does the man say James Dean did at college in Califor nia?

Q25 What do we know about James Dean from the conv ersati on?

Section B

Passage 1

The time is 9 o ' clock and this is Marian Snow with the news.

The Germa n authorities are sending in vestigators to discover the cause of the pla ne crash late yesterday on the isla nd of Ten erife. The pla ne, a Boe ing 737, tak ing Germa n holiday makers to the isla nd crashed in to a hillside as it circled while preparing to land. The plane was carrying 180 passengers. It ' s thought there are no survivor

were at the sce ne.

The British in dustrialist James Louis, held by kid napper in cen tral Africa for the past 8 mon ths, was released un harmed yesterday. The kid nappers had bee n dema nding 1 milli on pounds for the release of Mr. Louis. The London Bank and their age nts who had bee n n egotiati ng with the kid nappers have not said whether any amount of money has bee n paid.

The 500 UK motors workers who had bee n on strike in High Tow n for the past 3 three weeks went back to work this morning. This follows successful talks between managementand union representatives,which resulted in a new agreement on working hour and conditions. A spokesman for the management said they ' d hope they cou

back to produc ing cars, and that they lost lots of money and orders over this dispute.

And fin ally the weather. After a code start, most of the country should be warm and sunny. But towards late after noon rain will spread from Scotla nd to cover most parts by midni ght.

Questi ons 26 -29 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26 What does the n ews say about the Boe ing 737 pla ne?

27 What happe ned to British in dustrialist James Louis?

28 How did the 3-week strike in High Tow n end?

29 What kind of weather will be expected by midni ght in most parts of the coun try?

Passage 2

Jua n Louis, a junior geology major, decided to give an in formative speech about how earthquakes occur. From his audienee and analysis he learned that only 2 or 3 of his classmatesknew much of anything about geology. Juan realized the n that he must prese nt his speech at an eleme ntary level and with a minimum of scie ntific Ian guage. As he prepared the speech, Jua kept ask ing himself, — How can I make this clear and meanin gful to some one who ki

nothing about earthquakes or geological principles? II Since he was speaking in the Midwest, he decide

noting that the most severe earthquake in America n history took place not in California or Alaska but at New Madrid, Missouri in 1811. If such an earthquake happe ned today, it would be felt from the Rocky Mountains to the Atla ntic Ocean and would flatten most of the cities in the Mississippi valley. That, he fi gured, should get his classmates ' atte nti on. Throughout the body of the speech, Jua n dealt only with the basic mecha nics of the earthquakes, carefully avoid tech ni cal terms. He also prepared visual aids, diagrammi ng photo line, so his classmates would net con fused. To be absolutely safe, Jua n asked his roommate, who was n ot a geology major, to liste n to the speech.

said, — any time I say something you don ' t understand. II Juan ' s roommate stopped him four times.

Jua n worked out a way to make his point more clearly. Fin ally, he had a speech that was in teresti ng and perfectly un dersta ndable to his audie nee.

Questi ons 30 -32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Q30 What did Jua n Louis lear n from the an alysis of his audie nee?

Q31 How did Jua n Louis start his speech?

Q32 What did Jua n ask his roommate to do whe n he was making his trial speech?

Passage 3

Espera nto is an artificial la nguage, desig ned to serve in ternatio nally as an auxiliary means of com muni catio n among speakers of differe nt Ian guages. It was created by Ludwig Lazar Zame nhof, a polish Jewish doctor specialized in eye diseases. Espera nto was first prese nted in 1887. An intern ati onal moveme nt was laun ched to promote its use. Despite argume nts and disagreeme nts, the moveme nt has con ti nued to flourish and has members in more tha n 80 coun tries. Espera nto is used in ternatio nally across Ian guage boun daries by at least 1 millio n people, particularly in specialized fields. It is used in pers onal con texts, on radio broadcasts and in a nu mber of Its popularity has spread form Europe, both east and west, to such coun tries as Brazil and Japa n. It is, however, i n Chi na that Espera nto has had its greatest impact. It is taught in uni versities and used in many tran slati ons, ofte n in scie ntific or tech no logical works. EL POPOLA CHINIO, which means from people ' s China, it ' s a monthly magazine in Esperanto and it Radio Beijing ' s Esperanto program is the most popular program in Esperanto in the world. Esperanto vdarybis

drawn primarily from Latin, the Roman ' s Ianguages, English and German. Spelling is completely regular. A

and con siste nt set of endings in dicates grammatical fun cti ons of words. Thus for example, every noun ends in every adjective in — a |©nd basic form of every verb in — i Es peranto also has a highly productive system of con struct ing new words from old on es.

Questi ons 33 -35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Q33 What does the speaker tell us about Espera nto?

Q34 What is said about the intern ati onal moveme nt to promote the use of Espera nto?

Q35 What does the speaker say about Espera nto in China?

Section C

George Herbert Mead said that huma ns are "talked in to" huma ni ty. He meant that we gai n pers onal ide ntity as we com muni cate with others. In the earliest years of our lives, our pare nts tell us who we are:"You're in tellige nt." "You're so stro ng."

We first see ourselves through the eyes of others. So their messages form importa nt foun dati ons of our self-c on cepts. Later, we in teract with teachers, frien ds, roma ntic part ners and coworkers who com muni cate their views of us. Thus, how we see ourselves reflects the views of us that others com muni cate.

The profo und connection betwee n ide ntity and com muni cati on is dramatically evide nt in childre n who are deprived of huma n con tact. Case studies of childre n who are isolated from others reveal that they lack a firm self-c on cept, and their men tal and psychological developme nt is severely hin dered by lack of Ian guage.

Communi cati ons with others not only affects our sense of ide ntity, but also directly in flue nces our physical and emoti onal well-be ing. Con siste ntly, research shows that com muni cat ing with others promotes health, whereas social isolati on is lin ked to stress, disease, and early death.

People who lack close frie nds have greater levels of an xiety and depressi on tha n people who are close to others. A group of researchers reveal scores of studies that trace the relati on ship betwee n health and in teracti on with others. The con clusi on was that social isolati on is statistically as dan gerous as high blood pressure, smok ing and obesity. Many doctors and researchersbelieve that Ion eli ness harms the immune system, mak ing us more vuln erable to a range of miner and major ill nesses.

作文解析

此次作文考的是学生忽视汉语学习的现象及其原因、后果和对策分析。本次试题仍是延续以往的考试风 格，关注与学生相关的学习、生活和社会问题，应该说这个题目从选题角度来看还是比较好把握的。

拿到题目时如何分析？引用沪江网校六级冲关班谢老师的一句话，写六级作文应该大而化之不拘小节。 看到这个题目，分析一下题目涉及到了哪些方面，而原因和对策必然是与这几方面相关的。题目是近年来在 学生中出现了忽视中文学习的现象。学生问题一般很容易联想到社会、校方及自身。因此全文可做如下安排。

第一段总起全文，陈述这一现象的存在。由于国际交流的需要，如今语言学习的重心基本是外语学习， 汉语学习却越来越不受重视了。

第二段进行原因和后果分析。我们可以从社会、校方及自身三方面进行论述。由于是社会问题，我们可 以主要论述社会和校方两层原因。第一，整个社会重视外语多于汉语。在就业时，掌握至少一门外语比掌握 汉语更有优势。后果是大多数学生都不再认可汉语学习的重要性了。第二，高校中也是重视外语教育，忽视 汉语教育。有这两点原因就足够了。另外由于字数和时间限制，可以不必另起一段陈述后果，而将后果放在 每条原因后面进行简要说明。

第三段进行对策分析。需要注意的是，这里的对策应与第二段提出的原因相对应。因此，第三段也应从 社会和校方这两个角度进行论述。全社会应该重视起汉语学习，校方应推进汉语教育和研究。当然，我们也 可以加上一点，即我们每个人都要去努力学习和保护汉语。

最后一段总结全文，既可以概述全文主题思想，也可以提出期望和要求。

总的来说，这篇文章不难写。需要大家注意的有三点：一是论述的条理性，二是总 -分-总结构的运用,

是尽可能做到表达的多样化。

快速阅读

5. A The cha nge in bias aga inst black is slow in

2. B she could go as far as she wan ted in life

6. C people are now less ready to supportpolicies

4. D Obama's success impacted blacks'

7. C racial in equality still persists in America n

9. political sen time nt

8. our views of wome n 10. stereotypes

听力解析

11. A) The man failed to keep his promise.

该题可用排除法得出答案。从对话中可知，男士忘了将女士的书带来，而女士的那本书是她从图书馆借 来的。同时女士也明确表明周五晚上是最后期限，男士必须在此之前还她，因此答案是 A，因为男士没有信

守承诺，将书带给女士。

12. C) The woma n should spe nd more time outdoors.

该题关键是弄懂医生说的那句话，因为女士一天到晚呆在室内接受人工光源的照射，于是身体无法自动 调节时间，因此医生认为女士应该多出去走走，做一些户外活动。

13. D) It is not a good idea to buy the T-shirt.

该对话中，男士想要买那些T恤，但女士认为—你会后悔的。他们很贵，同时她还听说这种 T恤洗的时候 容易褪色II,因此女士明显是自己没买那件 T恤，同时也不想让男士买那些 T恤。

14. B) Most readers do not share his viewpo in ts.

对话中女士赞扬男士发表的文章非常好，论点很有说服力。男士的回答是，就读者总体反映来看，他们 两个人绝对是出于少数人的行列，也就是说只有少数人认为赞同男士在文章中的论点。

15. A) Leave Daisy alone for the time being.

由女士说的一if I were you, I ' d Cddierff a few days before I 即proach her，因此，女士希望男士先让 Daisy冷静几天，等怒气消停了再说。cool off意为一冷静，平静下来，息怒I

16. A) Batteries.

男士刚开始便问 一where lean get batteries，因此本文选 A。

17. D) The man can get the ticket at its orig inal price.

该对话中，男士没买到票，而女士则刚好有，她身体不舒服，故而想将自己的票以原价转让给男士，故

选 D。该文主要是由一You can have it for what it cost m得出。II

18. A) The speakers will dress formally for the con cert.

对话中女士已表明，这是州交响乐团第一次到本市表演，因此必须要穿西装打领带，也就是着正装。

19. D) He is un decided as to which job to go for.

文中开始部分女士问一So you are not sure which to go for?,男士回答的是一That' s表明男士还没决定应 该选哪份工作。

20. C) They are all adults.

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21. B) Varied and in teresti ng.

男士提及the Language School in Pistoia时说到教学类型很多时，女士回答的是 一thatsounds much more varied and interesting.因此该题选 B。

22. C) Host ing a televisi on show.

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注意容易混淆的A选项。

23. A) He lost his mother.

男士提及一He was n't there long though because his mother passed away just four years later. Jimmy's father se him back to In dia na after that to live with his aunt. II

24. B) He got seriously into act ing.

文中原句：then he went to college in California where he got seriously into acting

25. B) He has long bee n a lege ndary figure.

原文提到 一 Scwhat made him the lege nd he still is today? I 说明从过去到现在 James Dea n —直是一个 Lege nd。

Sectio n B

26 C) It crashed whe n it was circli ng to land.

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27 A) He was kid napped eight mon ths ago.

原文第二句：...held by kid napper in cen tral Africa for the past 8 mon ths...

28 A) The man ageme nt and union represe ntatives reached an agreeme nt.

原句：....which resulted in a new agreement on working hour and conditions.

29 B) rai ny

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30 C) Very few of them knew much about geology.

原文：From his audienee and analysis he learned that only 2 or 3 of his classmates knew much of anything abou geology.

31 B) By noting where the most severe earthquake in U.S. history occurred.

以自己本地发生过的大地震以例子，引入自己的 speech。

32 C) Stop him whe n he had difficulty un dersta nding.

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33 D) It is a tool of com muni cati on among speakers of differe nt la nguages.

其他选项都没有在原文中提到。

34 D) It has supporters from many coun tries in the world.

原文： the moveme nt has continued to flourish and has members in more tha n 80 coun tries.

35 D) It has had greater impact tha n in any other coun try.

原文：It is, however, in China that Esperanto has had its greatest impact.

Sectio n C

36. i ntellige nt 39. reflects 42. deprived

37. foun dati ons 40. profo und 43. hin dered

38. roma ntic 41. dramatically

44. research shows that com muni cati ng with others promotes health, whereas social isolati on is lin ked to stress, disease, and early death.

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46. lo neli ness harms the immune system, maki ng us more vuln erable to a range of miner and major ill nesses. 仔细阅读解析

Sectio n A

47 a grade above 94 / a higher grade

48 select the method of gradi ng

49 impro ving

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51 discuss his concern

47文中第一段告诉我们，这个九年级学生不满意艺术老师给出的 94分，因为在前一学年中，他获得了

一个99, 一个100，他认为这个94不能反映出他花在这门课上的心血。因此，这个九年级同学认为他的老师 应该给他一个比94更高的分数。题目中的should have given him指一本应该给他II,表示一种与事实相反的假 设。

48答案在Answer部分的第一段第二句。原文中的 deserve wide latitude与have the freedom意义相近， promote learning 与 encourage learning 表达的意思相同。因此答案是 select the method of grading 指选择判分 的方式。

49答案在文章Answer部分的第二段第二、三句。这一部分表达的意思是一个拿到了 100分的学生仍会

有很大的需要进步的空间。第二句中有一个词可以表达继续进步的意思，即 improve, keep后需接动词的ing

形式，因此填入的词是improving.

50 Rembrandt (伦勃朗，17世纪一位荷兰画家，文章中提到的 The Night Watch是他的名作《夜巡》)出 现在Answer部分的第三段。伦勃朗的例子主要是为了说明付出与成就不完全对等。答案在这一段第二句中， 应填入的内容是 effort and accomplishment.题目中的distinction,意思是区别。

51答案在文章最后一句，应填入的内容是 discuss his con cern.

Sectio n B

Passage 1

52. A) America is now the only developed country without the policy.

由第一自然段最后一句 一We re now the only wealthy country without such a policy可得出答案I，答案 A 中 developed其实就与wealthy的同义。

53. D) The oppositi on from bus in ess circles.

由文章第二自然段可看出，美国商会和其他商业团体常常对于美国关于平衡工作与家庭生活两者关系的 法律均是百般阻挠，相反民主党领导人常常是支持这项法律的。

54. B) Good pare nti ng ben efits society.

Anne Alstott 教授在其书中表达的主要观点就是 —justifying parental support depends on defining the family as a social good that, i n some sene, society must pay for.也就是说应该将家庭视作一个为社会带来好处的事情，同 时该段中后面也阐述了社会期望也需要家长们对他们的孩子付出关爱。因此，教授的主要观点可以概括为良 好的教养能造福于社会。

55. B) They fail to provide eno ugh support for pare nts.

由最后一段中一Thestate recognizes this in the large body of family laws that govern children 'welfare, yet parents receive little help in meeting the life- changing obligations society imposes.尽管州政府意识至U了养育孩子 的重要性，但是仍然家长们接受的帮助少之又少，因此答案为 B。

56. D) It is basically a social un dertak ing.

由文中最后一段 一To classify parenting as a personal choice for whiclhere is no collective responsibility is not merely to ig nore the social ben efits of good pare nting 可得出，将养育孩子作为一种个人选择，而不加之以社

会责任的话，便是忽视良好教养所产生的社会效应 这里的collective responsibility指的就是一种社会责任,

意指良好教养是一个需要全社会共同努力的事业，因为其带来的社会效应是巨大的。因此作者反对将养育孩 子仅仅作为个人选择来看待。作者需要的是 collective responsibility，因此答案选D，因为教养孩子是一种社

会事业。该题是带概括性质的题。

Passage 2

57 A) More young voters are going to the polls tha n before.

本题问CIRCLE新的研究发现是什么，注意题目问的是 CIRCLE的研究，文章第一句就说研究发现当今 的年轻人比前几代年轻人更多地参与投票，因此选 A项。注意B项是另一项研究的发现。

58 C) Whether young people will continue to support Osama ' s policy.

本题问Y) I代人作家主要关心的是什么。文章第二段中说道他们想要观察年轻人是否会继续支持奥巴马。 因此此题选C项。

59 D) Their lives in relation to Osama ' s presidency.

本题问Y) I代人博客会写什么东西。文章第二段中说会记录美国人的生活，看新的总统和他的政府会如

何影响人民的生活，也就是记录奥巴马政府怎样影响人民的生活，因此此题选D项。

60 C) Their utilization of the In ternet.

本题问在Henry Flores看来，是什么原因造成年轻一代开始有一定的政治优势。文章最后一段告诉我们 互联网使年轻人接触更多的思想，也使不同地区有着同样想法的人聚集起来，因此本题选 C。

61 D) They are in differe nt to politics.

本题问从本段话中我们可以推断出一X代人有什么特征。文章最后一段的倒数第二句话说一boomer!脱了 从他们父母身上继承的冷漠的(apathy) 一面，由此可见一X代人是冷漠的，因此本题选 D。

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82. Their only son has n ever thought

本题考察时态，注意从未想过应该用现在完成时来表达。

83. weigh your decisi on aga inst its possible con seque nces.

本题重点考察权衡这个意思的表达，这里用了 weigh sth against sth，表示权衡某事/掂量某事。

84. would he break/breach his promise/commitme nt to pay back the mon ey.

本题考察部分倒装，当表示否定含义的词或者词组放句首时（本句是 under no circumstances，后面应该

用部分倒装，此外也要注意违背承诺的表达以及时态的选择。

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本题考察虚拟语气，句子中有表示建议的 advise等词时，从句里应该用虚拟语气 should +动词原形。

86. n ever con sidered work ing as a salesma n.

本题考察consider的用法，consider当考虑讲后面跟动词时应该用ing形式，此外注意从事某工作的表达 方式。

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