历年大学英语四六级真题试卷

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　　历年大学英语四六级真题试卷 1

　　Part I Reading Comprehension (共20小题，每小题2分，共40分)

　　Directions: In this part there are four passages. Each passage is followed byfour comprehension questions. Read the passage and answer the questions. Then mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.

　　Passage 1

　　Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:

　　Some years ago the captain of a ship was very interested in medicine. He always took medicine books to sea and liked to talk about different diseases.

　　One day a lazy sailor on his ship pretended to be ill. He lay on his bunk (铺) and groaned as if he were very sick. The captain came to see him and was very pleased to have a patient to look after. He told the man to rest for a few days and made the other sailors do his work. Three days later another sailor pretended that he had something wrong with his chest. Once more the captain looked in his medical books and told “sick” man to have a rest.

　　The other sailors were very angry because they had more work to do. The patients had the best food and laughed at their friends when the captain was not looking. At last the mate (船长副手) decided to cure the “sick” men. He mixed up some soap, soot (烟灰), glue (胶水) and other unpleasant things. Then he obtained permissionfromthe captain to give his medicine to the “sick” men. When they tasted the medicine, they really did feel ill. It was so horrible that one of the patients jumped out of hi bunk, ran up on desk and climbed the highest mast on the ship. He did not want any more medicine.

　　The mate told both of the men that they must take the medicine every half an hour, night and day. This soon cured them. They both said they felt better and wanted to start word again. The captain realized that the men tried to deceive him so he made them work very hard for the rest of the voyage.

　　1. The first sailor pretended to be ill because he wanted to .

　　A. test the captain’s knowledge of medicine B. be freefromwork

　　C. have the best food on the ship D. play a joke on his friends

　　2. When the captain knew a sailor was ill, he .

　　A. didn’t care much B. sent for a doctor

　　C. looked after him and told him to have a rest D. gave him some medicine

　　3. The patients felt better quickly because .

　　A. they had been given proper medicine

　　B. they learned that the captain had found out the truth

　　C. they were laughed at by their friends

　　D. the medicine the mate gave was horrible

　　4. When the captain knew he had been deceived, he .

　　A. told them not to do so again B. lost his temper

　　C. made them work harder D. fired them

　　5. Which of the following best summarizes the passage?

　　A. A sudden Cure. B. Two Patients. C. Captain and Sailors. D. A Difficult Voyage.

　　Passage 2

　　Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:

　　When aluminum was first produced about a hundred and fifty years ago, it was so difficult to separate form the ores in which it was found that its price was higher than that of gold. The price remained high until a new process was discovered for refining the metal with the aid of electricity approximately three quarters of a century later. The new method was so much cheaper that aluminum because practical for many purposes, one of which was making pots and pans.

　　Aluminum is lightweight, rustproof and easily shaped into different forms. By mixing it with other metals, scientists have been able to produce a variety of alloys, some of which have the strength of steel but weigh only one third as much.

　　Today, the uses of aluminum are innumerable. Perhaps its most important use is in transportation. Aluminum is found in the engine of automobiles, in the hulls of boats. It is also used in many parts of airplanes. In fact, the huge “airbus” planes would probably never have been produced if aluminum did not exist. By making vehicles lighter in weight aluminum has greatly reduced the amount of fuel needed to move them, Aluminum is also being used extensively in the building industry in some countries.

　　Since aluminum is such a versatile (多用的) metal, it is fortunate that bauxite (铝土矿), which is one of its chief sources, is also one of the earth’s most plentiful substances. As the source of aluminum is almost inexhaustible, we can expect that more and more uses will be found for this versatile metal.

　　6. The price of aluminum was sharply reduced when people discovered a new refining process with the aid of .

　　A. wind B. solar energy C. hydraulic power D. electricity

　　7. Aluminum is .

　　A. lightweight, rustproof but not easily shaped into different forms

　　B. heavyweight, rustproof and easily shaped into different forms

　　C. lightweight, rustproof and easily shaped into different forms

　　D. lightweight and easily shaped into different forms but it is easy tobecome rusty

　　8. Which of the following is NOT true?

　　A. Aluminum is widely used in transportation.

　　B. Aluminum is also used in many parts of airplanes.

　　C. Aluminum is being used extensively in the building industry.

　　D. Aluminum is not used in its pure form.

　　9. Aluminum is found on earth mostly in the form of .

　　A. pure metal B. bauxite C. gold D. liquid

　　10. What is the passage talking about?

　　A. The features of aluminum and its functions. B. The process of aluminum.

　　C. The discovery of aluminum. D. The promising future of aluminum.

　　Passage 3

　　Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:

　　The idea of a special day to honor mothers was first put forward in America in 1907. two years later a woman, Mrs. John Bruce Dodd, in the state of Washington proposed a similar day to honor the head of the family—the father. Her mother died when she was very young, and her father brought her up. She loved her father very much.

　　In response to Mrs. Dodd’s idea that same year—1909, the state governor of Washington proclaimed (宣布) the third Sunday in June Father’s Day. The idea was officially approved by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916. in 1924, President Calvin Coolidgerecommended national observance of the occasion “to establish more intimate (亲密) relations between fathers and their children, and to impress upon fathers the full measure of their obligations.” The red or white rose is recognized as the official Father’s Day flower.

　　Father’s Day took longer to establish on a national scale than Mother’s Day, but as the idea grained popularity, tradesmen and manufacturers began to seethe commercial possibilities. They encouraged sons and daughters to honor their fathers with small thank-you presents, such as a tie or pair of socks, as well as by sending greeting cards.

　　During the Second World War, American servicemen stationed in Britain began to request Father’s Day greeting cards to sendhome. This generated a response with British card publishers. Though at first the British public was slow to accept this rather artificial day, it’s now well celebrated in Britain on the third Sunday in June in much the same way as in America.

　　Father’s Day seems to be much less important as occasion than the Mother’s Day. Not many of the children offer their fathers some presents. But the American fathers still think they are much better fated than the fathers of many other countries, who have not even a day for their sakein nameonly.

　　11. When did Father’s Day officially begin to have national popularity?

　　A. 1907 B. 1909 C. 1916 D. 1924

　　12. Who first started the idea of holding the Father’s Day?

　　A. Mrs. John Bruce Dodd B. Mrs. John Bruce’s Mother

　　C. The government of Washington. D. Some businessmen.

　　13. What flower will be popular on Father’s Day?

　　A. Lily B. Water Lily C. Red rose or white rose D. Sunflower.

　　14. Which statement is true, a according to this passage?

　　A. It took even longer for Mother’s Day to gain national popularity.

　　B. The businessmen helped to make Father’s Day popular.

　　C. Father’s Day is only celebrated in America.

　　D. Father’s Day is only a trick of the businessmen to make money.

　　15. What was the first reaction of the British publishing towards Father’s Day?

　　A. They thought highly of it and accepted it at once.

　　B. They just accepted it at once without any hesitation.

　　C. They just thought it a joke.

　　D. They thought it was too artificial and took a long time to accept.

　　Passage 4

　　Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:

　　Culture shock is an occupational disease (职业病) for people who have been suddenly transplanted abroad.

　　Culture shock is caused by the anxiety that resultsfromlosing all familiar signs and symbols of social intercourse. Those signs are as following: when to shake hands and what to say when meet people, when and how to give tips, how to make purchases, when to accept and refuse invitations, when to take statements seriously and when not. These signs, which may be words, gestures, facial expressions, or customs, are acquired by all of us in the course of growing up and as much a part of our culture as the language we speak or the beliefs we accept. All of us dependon hundreds of these signs for our peace of mind and day-to-day efficiency, but we do not carry most at the level of conscious awareness.

　　Now when an individual enters a strange culture, all or most of these familiar signs are removed. No matter how broadminded or full of good will you may be a series of supports have been knockedfromunder you, followed by a feeling of frustration. When sufferingfromculture shock people first reject the environment which causeddiscomfort. The ways of the host country are bad because they make us feel bad. When foreigners in a strange land get togetherin complain about the host country its people, you can be sure that they are sufferingfromculture shock.

　　16. According to the passage, culture shock is .

　　A. an occupational disease of foreign people B. may lead to very serious symptoms

　　C. actually not a disease D. incurable

　　17. According to the passage, culture shock resultfrom.

　　A. the sudden change of social atmosphere and customs

　　B. the sudden change of our daily habits

　　C. the sudden loss of our own signs and symbols

　　D. thediscomfort that we feel when faced with a foreigner

　　18. Which one of the following may not be a symptom of culture shock?

　　A. You don’t know how to express your gratitude.

　　B. You don’t know how to greet other people.

　　C. You suddenly forget what a word means.

　　D. You don’t understand why a foreigner shrugs.

　　19. According to the passage, how would a person who stays abroad most probably react when he is frustrated by the culture shock?

　　A. He is most likely to refuse to absorb the strange environment at first.

　　B. He is really to accept the change and adapt himself to the new environment.

　　C. Although he takes the culture difference for granted, he still doesn’t know how to do with it.

　　D. He may begin to hate the people or things around him.

　　20. The main idea of this passage is that .

　　A. culture shock is an occupational disease

　　B. culture shock is caused by the anxiety of living in a strange culture

　　C. culture shock has peculiar symptoms

　　D. it is very hard to cope with life in a new setting

　　Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:

　　In a family where the roles of men and women are not sharply separated and where many household tasks are shared to a greater or lesser extent, notions of male superiority are hard to maintain. The pattern of sharing in tasks and in decisions makes for equality and this in turn leads to further sharing. In such a home, the growing boy and girl learn to accept equality more easily than did their parents and to prepare more fully for participation in a world characterized by cooperation rather by the “battle of the sexes”.

　　If the process goes too far and man’s role is regarded as less important—and that has happened in some cases—we are as badly off as before, only in reverse.

　　It is time to reassess the role of the man in the American family. We are getting a little tired of “Monism”—but we don’t want to exchange it for a “neo-Popism”. What we need, rather, is the recognition that bringing up children involves a partnership of equals. There are sings that psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and specialists on the family arebecoming more aware of the part men play and that they have decided that women should not receive all the credit—nor the blame. We have almost given up saying that a woman’s place is in the home. We are beginning, however, to analyze man’s place in the home and to insist that he does have a place on it. Nor is that place irrelevant to the healthy development of the child.

　　The family is a co-operative enterprise for which it is difficult to lay down rules, because each family needs to work out its own ways for solving its own problems.

　　Excessive authoritarianism (命令主义) has unhappy consequences, whether it wears skirts or trousers, and the ideal of equal rights and equal responsibilities is pertinent (相关的，切题的) not only to a healthy democracy, but also to a healthy family.

　　16. The ideal of equal rights and equal responsibilities is .

　　A. fundamental to a sound democracy B. not pertinent to healthy family life

　　C. responsible for Monism D. what we have almost given up

　　17. The danger in the sharing of household tasks by the mother and the father is that .

　　A. the role of the father maybecome an inferior one

　　B. the role of the mother maybecome an inferior one

　　C. the children will grow up believe that life is a battle of sexes

　　D. sharing leads to constant arguing

　　18. The author states that bringing up children .

　　A. is mainly the mother’s job B. belongs among the duties of the father

　　C. is the job of schools and churches D. involves a partnership of equals

　　19. According to the author, the father’s role in the home is .

　　A. minor because he is an ineffectual parent

　　B. irrelevant to the healthy development of the child

　　C. pertinent to the healthy development of the child

　　D. identical to the role of the child’s mother

　　20. With which of the following statements would the author be most likely to agree?

　　A. A healthy, co-operative family is a basic ingredient of a healthy society.

　　B. Men are basically opposed to sharing household chores.

　　C. Division of household responsibilities is workable only in theory.

　　D. A woman’s place is always in the home.

　　Part II Vocabulary and Structure (共40小题，每小题1分，共40分)

　　Directions: In this part there are fortyincomplete sentences. Each sentence is followed by four choices. Choose the one thatbest completes the sentence and then mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.

　　21. The teacher the students on a tour through the art museum.

　　A. made B. indicated C. forced D. took

　　22. Tom’s parents died when he was a child, so he was by his relatives.

　　A. grown up B. brought up C. raised D. fed up

　　23. Here is my card. Let’s keep in .

　　A. touch B. relation C. connection D. friendship

　　24. So far there is no proof peoplefromotherplanets do exist.

　　A. which B. how C. what D. that

　　25. The newspapers reported yesterday several on the boundaries of these two countries.

　　A. incidents B. happenings C. events D. accidents

　　26. We’ve worked out the plan and now we must put it into .

　　A. fact B. reality C. practice D. deed

　　27. He didn’t and so he failed the examination.

　　A. work enough hard B. hard work enough C. hard enough work D. work hard enough

　　28. Not until Mr. Smith came to China what kind of country she is.

　　A. he knew B. he didn’t know C. did he know D. he couldn’t know

　　29. Scientists say it may be ten years this medicine was put to use.

　　A. since B. before C. after D. when

　　30. In some countries, is called “equality” does not really mean equal rights for all people.

　　A. that B. what C. which D. how

　　31. We didn’t know his telephone number, otherwise we him.

　　A. would telephone B. would have telephone

　　C. had telephoned D. must have telephoned

　　32. We’ve missed the last bus, I’m afraid we have no but to take a taxi.

　　A. way B. possibility C. choice D. selection

　　33. Luckily, most sheep the flood last month.

　　A.endured B. survived C. lived D. passed

　　34. My parents always let me have my own of living.

　　A. way B. method C. manner D. fashion

　　35. Like other language skills, reading requires practice.

　　A. the most of B. much of the C. most of the D. more of the

　　36. It is only through practice one will be able to swim skillfully.

　　A. what B. who C. that D. which

　　37. The brain is capable of ignoring pain message of to concentrate on other activities.

　　A. it allowed B. is it allowed C. allowed D. allowed it

　　38. Don’t worry, I have already them the decision.

　　A. informed; with B. informed; of C. informed; for D. informed; that

　　39. The child was sorry his mother when he arrived at the station.

　　A. to miss B. having missed C. missing D. to have missed

　　40. I wonder why he to discuss the problem at the meeting.

　　A. declined B. rejected C. refused D. delayed

　　41. You can hang up what you like on these walls.

　　A. bare B. empty C. blank D. vacant

　　42. According to a , the majority would rather have newspapers without a government than a government without newspapers.

　　A. election B. campaign C. poll D. vote

　　43. The population of the village has decreased 150 to 500.

　　A. in B. at C. by D. with

　　44. It seems that there is that I can’t do.

　　A. nothing B. anything C. everything D. none

　　45. They are often caring more about animals than human beings.

　　A. accused if B. accused with C. charged of D. charged for

　　46. a good beginning is made, the word is half done.

　　A. As soon as B. While C. As D. Once

　　47. George could not his foolish mistake.

　　A. account in B. count on C. count for D. account for

　　48. We came into this field late, so we must work hard to the lost time.

　　A. make up for B. make out C. keep up with D. put up with

　　49. The new law will came into on the day it is passed.

　　A. effect B. use C. service D. existence

　　50. We can separate the mixture into the purechemical compounds itis composed.

　　A. in which B. of what C. of which D.fromwhich

　　51. Mrs. Lincoln has that she is unable to get a job.

　　A. suchsmall education B. solittle education

　　C. a suchlittle education D. a sosmall education

　　52. She can’t prevent her little boy shooting birds.

　　A.from; to B. on; at C. with; up D.from; at

　　53. Many countries are increasing their use of natural gas, wind and other forms of .

　　A. energy B. source C. power D. material

　　54. A darkened sky in the daytime is usually and indication that a storm is .

　　A.possible coming B. about to take place

　　C. close by D. expected to be severe

　　55. We all know that speak louder than words.

　　A. movements B. performance C. operations D. actions

　　56. , he could not cover the whole distance in fifteen minutes.

　　A. Fast as he can B. As he can ran fast

　　C. If he can ran fast D. Since he ran fast

　　57. Agricultural production in that country has increased in recent years.

　　A. vastly B. strikingly C. considerably D. extremely

　　58. Peter has planned to some money every month so that he can buy a used car next year.

　　A. set aside B. set up C. set in D. set along

　　59. Although I spoke to him many times, he never took any of what I said.

　　A. attention B. notice C. warning D. observation

　　60. They overcame all the difficulties and fulfilled the plan three months ahead of time, is something we had not expected.

　　A. that B. what C. it D. which

　　Part III Cloze (共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)

　　Directions: There are twenty blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices. Choose the one that best fits into the passage and then marks your answer on the Answer Sheet.

　　Most Americans don’t like to get advicefrommembers of their family. When they need advice, they don’t usually 61 people they know. 62 , many Americans write letters to newspapers and magazines which give advice 63 many different subjects, including family problem, sex, the use 64 the language, health, cooking, children, and how to buy a house or a car.

　　65 newspaper regularly print letters 66 readers with problems. Along 67 the letters there are answers written 68 people who are supposed to know how to 69 such problems. Some of these writers are doctors: 70 are lawyersor educators. But two of the most famous writers of advice 71 women without special training 72 this kind of work. One of them answers letters 73 to “Dear Abby”. The other is addressed 74 “Dear Ann Landers”. Experience is their preparation for 75 advice.

　　There is one writer who has not lived long 76 to have much experience. She is agirl named Angel Cavaliere, who started writing 77 for newspaper readers 78 the age of ten, her advice to young readers now 79 regularly in the Philadelphia Bulletin in a column 80 DEAR ANGEL.

　　61. A. talk B. ask C. tell D. speak

　　62. A. Because B. Instead C. When D. As

　　63. A. for B. in C. on D. with

　　64. A. with B. on C. to D. of

　　65. A. Most B. These C. Those D. The

　　66. A.fromB. for C. to D. about

　　67. A. in B. with C. on D. for

　　68. A. to B. for C. about D. by

　　69. A. make B.overcome C. beat D. solve

　　70. A. some B. many C. others D. those

　　71. A. is B. are C. were D. was

　　72. A. for B. on C. at D. by

　　73. A. made B. addressed C. written D. sent

　　74. A. with B. for C. as D. by

　　75. A. producing B. giving C. making D. sending

　　76. A. time B. yet C. way D. enough

　　77. A. advise B. answers C. advice D. problems

　　78. A. at B. on C. in D. about

　　79. A. gives B. sends C. appears D. writes

　　There are two factors which determine an individual’s intelligence. The first is the sort of brain he is born 61 . Human brains differ considerably, 62 being more capable than others. 63 no matter how good a brain he has to begin with, an individual will have a low order of intelligence 64 he has opportunities to learn. So the second factor is what 65 to the individual—the sort of environment in which he is brought 66 . If an individual is handicapped (受阻碍) 67 , it is likely that his brain will 68 to develop and he will 69 attain the level of intelligence of which he is 70 .

　　The importance of environment in determining an individual’s intelligence can be 71 by the case history of the identical twins, Peter and John. When the twins were three months old, their parents died, and they are placed in 72 foster (寄养) homes. Peter was reared by parents of low intelligence in an73 community withpoor educational 74 . John, 75 ,was educated in the home of well-to-do parents who has been to college. This environmental 76 continued until the twins were 77 their late teens, 78 they were given tests to 79 their intelligence. John’s I.Q. (智商) was 125, twenty-five points higher than the 80 and fully forty points higher than his identical brother.

　　61. A. for B. by C. with D. in

　　62. A. most B. some C. many D. few

　　63. A. But B. For C. Still D. And

　　64. A. if B. thought C. as D. unless

　　65. A. refers B. applies C. happens D. concerns

　　66. A. about B. up C. forward D. forth

　　67. A. relatively B. intelligently C. regularly D. environmentally

　　68. A. fail B. help C. manage D. stop

　　69. A. ever B. never C. even D. nearly

　　70. A. able B. capable C. available D. acceptable

　　71. A. demonstrated B. denied C. neglected D. ignored

　　72. A. separate B. similar C. remote D. individual

　　73. A. omitted B. isolated C. enclosed D. occupied

　　74. A. possibilities B. opportunities C. capacities D. responsibilities

　　75. A. moreover B. consequently C. then D. however

　　76. A. exception B. division C. difference D. alteration

　　77. A. in B. by C. at C. for

　　78. A. while B. since C. when D. because

　　79. A. estimate B. count C. decide D. measure

　　80. A. average B. common C. usual D. ordinary

　　第II卷(共50分)

　　Part IV Translation (共35分)

　　Section A (共5小题，每小题4分，共20分)

　　Directions: Translate the following sentences into Chinese. You may refer to the corresponding passages in Part I.

　　81、The captain realized that the men tried to deceive him so he made them work very hard for the rest of the voyage. (Passage One)

　　82、By making vehicles lighter in weight aluminum has greatly reduced the amount of fuel needed to move them, (Passage Two)

　　83、As the source of aluminum is almost inexhaustible, we can expect that more and more uses will be found for this versatile metal. (Passage Two)

　　84Not many of the children offer their fathers some presents. But the American fathers still think they are much better fated than the fathers of many other countries, who have not even a day for their sakein nameonly. (Passage Three)

　　85Culture shock is caused by the anxiety that resultsfromlosing all familiar signs and symbols of social intercourse. (Passage Four)

　　84In a family where the roles of men and women are not sharply separated and where many household tasks are shared to a greater or lesser extent, notions of male superiority are hard to maintain. (Passage Four)

　　85

　　Excessive authoritarianism (命令主义) has unhappy consequences, whether it wears skirts or trousers, and the ideal of equal rights and equal responsibilities is pertinent (相关的，切题的) not only to a healthy democracy, but also to a healthy family. (Passage Four)

　　Section B (共5小题，每小题3分，共15分)

　　Directions: Translate the following sentences into English.

　　86、如果你听从我的劝告，你可能会获胜。

　　87、新班机不直接飞往罗马，二是要绕道巴黎。

　　88、他如此愚蠢竟然认敌为友。

　　89、此规定不适用于你，你还未满18岁。

　　90、每个人手里都有一张申请表，但却都不知道送往哪个办公室。

　　Part V Writing (共15分)

　　Directions: For this part, you are given thirty minutes to writea composition on the topic: How to Solve the Problem of Heavy Traffic. You should write no less than 150 words and baseyour composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:

　　1、为解决交通难的问题，有人建造多建造马路;

　　2、有人则建议限制私家车的数量;

　　3、我的看法。

　　参考答案

　　01-05 BCDCA 06-10 DCDBA 11-15 DACBD

　　16-20 CACCB 16-20 AADCA

　　21-25 DBADA 26-30 CDCAB 31-35 BCBAC 36-40 CCBDC

　　41-45 ACCAA 46-50 DDAAC 51-55 BDABD 56-60 ACABD

　　61-65 BBCDA 66-70 ABDDC 71-75 BABCB 76-80 DCACA

　　61-65 CBADC 66-70 BDABB 71-75 AABBD 76-80 CACDA

　　81、船长意识到这些船员是要欺骗他，因此，在余下的航程里他让他们干更累的活。

　　82、由于能够减轻运输工具本身的重量，铝材能大大地减少驱动它们本身所需的燃料。

　　83、由于铝的资源几乎是无止境的，我们可预计对这种多用途的金属将会发挥越来越多的用途。

　　84、不是很多孩子送给父亲礼物。但美国的父亲们仍然认为他们比在别的国家的父亲们幸运得多;因为在别的国家连一个名誉上的父亲节都没有。

　　85、文化震撼是由于社会交往过程中失去了所有本来熟悉的标记和符号引起焦虑而产生的。

　　84、在家庭中，若果男女的`角色区别不明显，双方或多或少地共同分担许多家务活，男人具有优势的概念就很难存在。

　　85、无论是男方还是女方，过分的命令都会产生不愉快的后果。平等的权利和责任不仅关系到一个健康的民主国家，也关系到一个健康的家庭。

　　86. If you follow my advice, you’ll probably succeed.

　　87. The next flight doesn’t go direct to Rome but (it) goes by way of Pairs.

　　88. He is so foolish as to take the enemy for friends.

　　89. The regulation doesn’t apply to you. You are under 18.

　　90. Everyone had an applicationfromin his hand, but no one knew which office to sendit to.

　　Part V参考例文

　　How to Solve the Problem of Heavy Traffic

　　People nowbecome more and more concerned about the heavy traffic problem. They have proposed different ways to solve the problem. Some people have suggested that more roads be built and expanded to relieve the pressure of traffic. Others believe that traffic congestion is themost common problem in modern big cities, which cannot be solved unless new ways of public transportation are found. And still others think that the number of private cars should be strictly controlled by the government.

　　Firstly, it is very difficult to construct new roads or expand the roads to meet the new needs in the heavily populated urban area. Secondly, more and more people in China desire to own a car to satisfy their vanity. However, automobiles take up too much time and space. If everyone has his or her car, the traffic congestion seems to be inevitable and driving to work would be a nightmare. Thirdly, cars pollute our air, which eventually leads to many serious diseases.

　　Therefore, in my opinion, on the one hand, more roads should be built if it is possible; on the other hand, some measures must be taken to control the number of automobiles in the cities, so that the traffic congestion could be possibly be solved.

　　历年大学英语四六级真题试卷 2

　　2023年3月英语六级试卷（第二套）

　　Part I Writing (30 minutes)

　　Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to wvrite an essay that begins with the sentence “People are now increasingly aware of the challenges in making a decision when faced with too many choices."You can make comments,cite examples or use your personal experiences to develop your essay.You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200words.

　　Part Ⅱ 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 bespoken only once.Afier 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 I with a single line through the centre.

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

　　1.A)In a food store.

　　B)In a restaurant.

　　C)In a kitchen.

　　D)In a supermarket.

　　2.A)She eats meat occasionally.

　　B)She enjoys cheeseburgers.

　　C)She is a partial vegetarian.

　　D)She is allergic to seafood.

　　3.A)Changing ones eating habit.

　　B)Dealing with ones colleagues.

　　C)Following the same diet for years.

　　D)Keeping awake at morning meetings.

　　4.A)They are both animal lovers.

　　B)They enjoy perfect health.

　　C)They only eat organic food.

　　D)They are cutting back on coffee.

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

　　5.A)The man had an attitude problem.

　　B)The man made little contribution to the company.

　　C)The man paid attention to trivial things.

　　D)The man got a poor evaluation from his colleagues.

　　6.A)They reject employeesreasonable arguments for work efficiency.

　　B)They make unhelpful decisions for solving problems.

　　C)They favor some employeessuggestions over others.

　　D)They use manipulative language to mask their irrational choices.

　　7.A)It is a good quality in the workplace.

　　B)It is more important now than ever.

　　C)It is a must for rational judgment.

　　D)It is more of a sin than a virtue.

　　8.A)Making rational and productive decisions.

　　B)Focusing on employeescareer growth.

　　C)Preserving their power and prestige.

　　D)Smoothing relationships in the workplace.

　　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 I with a single line through the centre.

　　Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　9.A)They bring great honor to their country.

　　B)They create very high commercial value.

　　C)They accomplish feats many of us cannot.

　　D)They show genius which defies description.

　　10.A)They try to be positive role models to children.

　　B)They work in spare time to teach children sports.

　　C)They take part in kidsextra-curricular activities.

　　D)They serve as spokespersons for luxury goods.

　　11.A)Being super sports stars without appearing arrogant.

　　B)Keeping athletes away from drug or alcohol problems.

　　C)Preventing certain athletes from getting in trouble with the law.

　　D)Separating an athletes professional life from their personal life.

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

　　12.A)They are dreams coming true to the brides.

　　B)They should be paid up by the attendees.

　　C)They are joyous and exciting occasions.

　　D)They always cost more than expected.

　　13.A)It was cancelled.

　　B)It had eight guests only.

　　C)It cost $60,000.

　　D)It was held in Las Vegas.

　　14.A)Ask her friends for help.

　　B)Postpone her wedding.

　　C)Keep to her budget.

　　D)Invite more guests.

　　15.A)She called it romantic.

　　B)She rejected it flatly.

　　C)She said she would think about it.

　　D)She welcomed it with open arms.

　　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 I with a single line through the centre.

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

　　16.A)It determines peoples moods.

　　B)It can impact peoples wellbeing.

　　C)It can influence peoples personalities.

　　D)It is closely related to peoples emotions.

　　17.A)They make people more reproductive.

　　B)They tend to produce positive feelings.

　　C)They increase peoples life expectancy.

　　D)They may alter peoples genes gradually.

　　18.A)The Americans are apparently more outgoing than the Chinese.

　　B)People in the same geographical area may differ in personality.

　　C)People share many personality traits despite their nationalities.

　　D)The link between temperature and personality is fairly weak.

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

　　19.A)A growing number of US seniors face the risk of early mortality.

　　B)Correlations have been found between loneliness and ill health.

　　C)Chronic loneliness does harm to senior citizens in particular.

　　D)The number of older Americans living alone is on the rise.

　　20.A)Loneliness is probably reversible.

　　B)Being busy helps fight loneliness.

　　C)Loneliness rarely results from living alone.

　　D)Medication is available for treating loneliness.

　　21.A)Living with ones children.

　　B)Meaningful social contact.

　　C)Meeting social expectations.

　　D)Timely medical intervention.

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

　　22.A)She had a successful career in finance.

　　B)She wrote stories about women travelers.

　　C)She invested in several private companies.

　　D)She made regular trips to Asian countries.

　　23.A)Travel round the world.

　　B)Set up a travel agency.

　　C)Buy a ranch.

　　D)Start a blog.

　　24.A)Create something unique to enter the industry.

　　B)Gain support from travel advertising companies.

　　C)Try to find a full-time job in the travel business.

　　D)Work hard to attract attention from publishers.

　　25.A)Refraining from promoting similar products.

　　B)Avoiding too much advertising early on.

　　C)Creating an exotic corporate culture.

　　D)Attracting sufficient investment.

　　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.

　　Unthinkable as it may be,humanity,every last person,could someday be wiped from the face of the Earth. We have learned to worry about asteroids(小行星)and super volcanoes,but the more likely.26according to Nick Bostrom,a professor of philosophy at Oxford,is that we humans will destroy ourselves.

　　Professor Bostrom,who directs Oxfords Future of Humanity Institute,has argued over the course of several papers that human27risks are poorly understood and,worse still,28underestimated by society.Some of these existential risks are fairly well known,especially the natural ones.But others are29or even exotic. Most worrying to Bostrom is the subset of existential risks that30from human technology,a subset that he expects to grow in number and potency over the next century.

　　Despite his concerns about the risks31to humans by technological progress,Bostrom is no luddite(科 技进步反对者).In fact,he is a longtime32of trans-humanism—the effort to improve the human condition, and even human nature itself,through technological means.In the long run he sees technology as a bridge,a bridge we humans must cross with great care,in order to reach new and better modes of being.In his work, Bostrom uses the tools of philosophy and mathematics,in33probability theory,to try and determine how we as a,34might achieve this safe passage.What follows is my conversation with Bostrom about some of the most interesting and worrying existential risks that humanity might.35in the decades and centuries to come,and about what we can do to make sure we outlast them.

　　A)advocateI)particulan

　　B)ariseJ)posed

　　C)emphasizecK)scenarig

　　D)encounterL)severely

　　E)essentialM)shrewdly

　　F)evaporationN)species

　　G)extinctionO)variety

　　H)obscure

　　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.

　　San Francisco Has Become One Huge Metaphor for Economic Inequality in America

　　A)The fog still chills the morning air and the cable cars still climb halfway to the stars.Yet on the ground,the Bay area has changed greatly since singer Tony Bennet left his heart here.Silicon Valley and the tech industry have led the region into a period of unprecedented wealth and innovation.But existing political and land limits have caused an alarming housing crisis and astronomical rise in social and economic difference.

　　B)While the residents of most cities display pride and support for their home industries,drastic market distortions in the San Francisco Bay Area have created boiling resentment in the region towards the tech industry.A vocal minority is even calling on officials to punish those who are benefitting from the economic and housing boom.If this boom and its consequences are not resolved,a drastic increase in social and economic difference may have a profound impact on the region for generations.A history and analysis of this transformation may hold invaluable insights about the opportunities.Perils of tech cities are currently being cultivated across the US,and indeed around the world.

　　C)According to a recent study,San Francisco ranks first in California for economic difference.The average income of the top 1%of households in the city averages $3.6 million.This is 44 times the average income of those at the bottom,which stands at $81,094.The top 1%of the San Francisco peninsulas share of total income now extends to 30.8%of the regions income.This was a dramatic jump from 1989,where it stood at 15.8%.

　　D)The regions economy has been fundamentally transformed by the technology industry springing from Silicon Valley.Policies pushed by Mayor Ed Lee provided tax breaks for tech companies to set up shop along the citys long-neglected Mid-Market area.The city is now home to Twitter,Uber,Airbnb,Pinterest,Dropbox and others.In short,the Bay Area has become a global magnet for those with specialized skills,which has in turn helped fuel economic enthusiasm,and this economic growth has reduced unemployment to 3.4%,an admirable feat.

　　E)In spite of all that,the strength of the recent job growth,combined with policies that have traditionally limited housing development in the city and throughout the peninsula,did not help ease the affordability crisis.In 2015 alone,the Bay Area added 64,000 in jobs.In the same year,only 5,000 new homes were built.

　　F)With the average house in the city costing over $1.25 million and average flat prices over $1.11 million,the minimum qualifying income to purchase a house has increased to $254,000.Considering that the average household income in the city currently stands at around $80,000,it is not an exaggeration to say that the dream of home ownership is now beyond the grasp of the vast majority of todays people who rent.

　　G)For generations,the stability and prosperity of the American middle class has been anchored by home ownership.Studies have consistently shown that the value of land has overtaken overall income growth,thus providing a huge advantage to property owners as a vehicle of wealth building.When home prices soar above the reach of most households,the gap between the rich and the poor dramatically increases.

　　H)If contributing factors leading to housing becoming less than affordable are not resolved over multiple generations,a small elite will control a vast share of the countrys total wealth.The result?A society where the threat of class warfare would loom large.A societys level of happiness is tied less to measures of quantitative wealth and more to measures of qualitative wealth.This means that how a person judges their security in comparison to their neighborshas more of an impact on their happiness than their objective standard of living.At the same time,when a system no longer provides opportunities for the majority to participate in wealth building,it not only robs those who are excluded from opportunities,but also deprives them of their dignity.

　　I) San Francisco and the Bay Area have long been committed to values which embrace inclusion and rejection of mainstream culture.To see these values coming apart so publicly adds insult to injury for a region once defined by its progressive social fabric.In the face of resentment,it is human to want revenge.But deteriorating policies such as heavily taxing technology companies or real estate developers are not likely to shift the balance.

　　J)The housing crisis is caused by two primary factors:the growing desirability of the Bay Area as a place to live due to its excellent economy,and our limited housing stock.Although the city is experiencing an unprecedented boom in new housing,more units are sorely needed.Protection policies were originally designed to suppress bad development and boost historic preservation in our urban areas.Now,too many developers are experiencing excessive delays.Meanwhile,there are the land limitations of the Bay Area to consider.The region is surrounded by water and mountains.Local governments need to aid development as well.This means increasing housing density throughout the region and building upwards while streamlining the approval process.

　　K)Real estate alone will not solve the problem,of course.Transportation,too,needs to be updated and infrastructure extended to link distant regions to Silicon Valley and the city.We need to build an effective high-speed commuting system linking the high-priced and crowded Bay Area with the low-priced and low- density Central Valley.This would dramatically reduce travel times.And based on the operating speeds of hovering trains used in countries such as Japan or Spain,high-speed rail could shorten the time to travel between San Francisco and Californias capital,Sacramento,or from Stockton to San Jose,to under 30 minutes.This system would bring once distant regions within reasonable commute to heavy job centers. The city also needs to existing transportation routes combined with smart home-building policies that dramatically increase housing density in areas surrounding high-speed rail stations.By doing so,we will be able to build affordable housing within acceptable commuting distances for a significant bulk of the workforce.

　　L)Our threatening housing crisis forces the difficult question of what type of society we would like to be.Will it be one where the elite command the vast bulk of wealth and regional culture is defined by an aggressive business world?We were recently treated to a taste of the latter,when local tech employee Justin Keller wrote an open letter to the city complaining about having to see homeless people on his way to work.

　　M)It doesnt have to be this way.But solutions need to be implemented now,before angry crowds grow from a nuisance to serious concern.It may take less than you might think.And in fact,the solutions to our housing crisis are already fairly clear.We need to increase the density of housing units.We need to use existing technology to shorten travel times and break the land limits.There is a way to solve complex social and economic problems without abandoning social responsibility.This is the Bay Areas opportunity to prove that it can innovate more than just technology.

　　36.San Francisco city government offered tax benefits to attract tech companies to establish operations in a less developed area.

　　37.The fast rise in the prices of land and houses increases the economic inequality among people.

　　38.San Francisco has been found to have the biggest income gap in California between the rich and the poor.

　　39.The higher rate of employment,combined with limited housing supply,did not make it any easier to buy a bouse.

　　40.When people compare their own living standard with others,it has a greater impact on their sense of contentment.

　　41.Improved transport networks connecting the city to distant outlying areas will also help solve the housing crisis.

　　42.Average incomes in the Bay Area make it virtually impossible for most tenant families to buy a home.

　　43.Innovative solutions to social and economic problems should be introduced before it is too late.

　　44.Residents of the San Francisco Bay Area strongly resent the tech industry because of the economic inequality it has contributed to.

　　45.One way to deal with the housing crisis is for the government to simplify approval procedures for housing projects.

　　Section C

　　Directions:There are 2 passages in this section.Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C)and D).You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

　　Passage One

　　Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.

　　The suggestion that people should aim for dietary diversity by trying to eat a variety of foods has been a basic public health recommendation for decades in the United States and elsewhere.Now,however,experts are warning that aiming for a diverse diet may actually lead to just eating more calories,and,thus,to obesity.One issue is that people may not interpret "variety"the way nutritionists intend.This problem is highlighted by new research conducted by the American Heart Association.Researchers reviewed all the evidence published related to dietary diversity and saw a correlation between dietary diversity and a greater intake of both healthy and unhealthy foods.This had implications for obesity,as researchers found a greater prevalence of obesity amongst people with a greater dietary diversity.

　　One author of the new study explained that their findings contradict standard dietary advice,as most dietary guidelines around the world include a statement of eating a variety of foods.But this advice does not seem to be supported by science,possibly because there is little agreement about the meaning of “dietary diversity,”which is not clearly and consistently defined.Some experts measure dietary diversity by counting the number of food groups eaten,while others look at the distribution of calories across individual foods,and still others measure how different the foods eaten are from each other.

　　Although the findings of this new study contradict standard dietary advice,they do not come as a surprise to all of the researchers involved.Dr.Rao,one of the study authors,noted that,after 20 years of experience in the field of obesity,he has observed that people who have a regimented lifestyle and diet tend to be thinner and healthier than people with a wide variety of consumption.This anecdotal evidence matches the conclusions of the study,which found no evidence that dietary diversity promotes healthy body weight or optimal eating patterns, and limited evidence shows that eating a variety of foods is actually associated with consuming more calories, poor eating patterns and weight gain.Further,there is some evidence that a greater variety of food options in a single meal may delay peoples feeling of fullness and actually increase how much they eat.

　　Based on their findings,the researchers endorse a diet consisting of a limited number of healthy foods such as vegetables,fruits,grains,and poultry.They also recommend that people simultaneously endeavor to restrict consumption of sweets,sugar and red meat.The researchers stress,however,that their dietary recommendations do not imply dietary diversity is never positive,and that,in the past,diversity in diets of whole,unprocessed food may have actually been very beneficial.

　　46.What has been a standard piece of dietary advice for decades?

　　A)People should diversify what they eat.

　　B)People should have a well-balanced diet.

　　C)People should cultivate a healthy eating habit.

　　D)People should limit calorie intake to avoid obesity.

　　47.What did the new research by the American Heart Association find?

　　A)Unhealthy food makes people gain weight more easily.

　　B)Dietary diversity is positively related to good health.

　　C)People seeking dietary diversity tend to eat more.

　　D)Big eaters are more likely to become overweight.

　　48.What could help to explain the contradiction between the new findings and the common public health recommendation?

　　A)There is little consensus on the definition of dietary diversity.

　　B)The methods researchers use to measure nutrition vary greatly.

　　C)Conventional wisdom about diet is seldom supported by science.

　　D)Most dietary guidelines around the world contradict one another.

　　49.What did Dr.Rao find after 20 years of research on obesity?

　　A)There is no clear definition of optimal eating patterns.

　　B)Diversified food intake may not contribute to health.

　　C)Eating patterns and weight gain go hand in hand.

　　D)Dietary diversity promotes healthy body weight.

　　50.What does the passage say about people who eat a great variety of food?

　　A)They are more likely to eat foods beneficial to their health.

　　B)They dont have any problems getting sufficient nutrition.

　　C)They dont feel they have had enough until they overeat.

　　D)They tend to consume more sweets,sugar and red meat.

　　Passage Two

　　Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.

　　The ability to make inferences from same and different,once thought to be unique to humans,is viewed as a cornerstone of abstract intelligent thought.A new study,however,has shown that what psychologists call same- different discrimination is present in creatures generally seen as unintelligent:newborn ducklings(小鸭) .

　　The study,published Thursday in Science,challenges our idea of what it means to have a birdbrain,said Edward Wasserman,an experimental psychologist at the University of lowa who wrote an independent review of the study

　　“In fact,birds are extremely intelligent and our problem pretty much lies in figuring out how to get them to talkto us,or tell us how smart they really are,"he said.

　　Antone Martinho and Alex Kacelnik,co-authors of the new paper,devised a clever experiment to better test bird intelligence

　　First,they took 1-day-old ducklings and exposed them to a pair of moving objects.The two objects were either the same or different in shape or color.Then they exposed each duckling to two entirely new pairs of moving objects.

　　The researchers found that about 70%of the ducklings preferred to move toward the pair of objects that had the same shape or color relationship as the first objects they saw.A duckling that was first shown two green spheres,in other words,was more likely to move toward a pair of blue spheres than a mismatched pair of orange and purple spheres.

　　Ducklings go through a rapid learning process called imprinting shortly after birth—its what allows them to identify and follow their mothers.

　　These findings suggest that ducklings use abstract relationships between sensory inputs like color,shape, sounds and odor to recognize their mothers,said Dr.Kacelnik.

　　By studying imprinting,the authors of this study have shown for the first time that an animal can learn relationships between concepts without training,said Jeffrey Katz,an experimental psychologist at Auburn University who was not involved in the study.

　　Previous studies have suggested that other animals,including pigeons,dolphins,honeybees and some primates (灵长类动物) ,can discern same from different,but only after extensive training.

　　Adding ducklings to the list—particularly untrained newborn ducklings-suggests that the ability to compare abstract concepts“is far more necessary to a wider variety of animalssurvival than we previously thought,”Dr.Martinho said.He believes the ability is so crucial because it helps animals consider context when identifying objects in their environment.

　　Its clear from this study and others like it that “animals process and appreciate far more of the intricacies in their world than weve ever understood,"Dr.Wasserman said."We are in a revolutionary phase in terms of our ability to understand the minds of other animals.”

　　51.In what way were humans thought to be unique?

　　A)Being capable of same-different discrimination.

　　B)Being able to distinguish abstract from concrete.

　　C)Being a major source of animal intelligence.

　　D)Being the cornerstone of the creative world.

　　52.What do we learn from the study published in Science?

　　A)Our understanding of the bird world was biased.

　　B)Our communication with birds was far from adequate.

　　C)Our knowledge about bird psychology needs updating.

　　D)Our conception of birdsintelligence was wrong.

　　53.What did the researchers discover about most ducklings from their experiment?

　　A)They could associate shape with color.

　　B)They could tell whether the objects were the same.

　　C)They preferred colored objects to colorless ones.

　　D)They reacted quickly to moving objects.

　　54.What was novel about the experiment in the study reported in Science?

　　A)The ducklings were compared with other animals.

　　B)It was conducted by experimental psychologists.

　　C)The animals used received no training.

　　D)It used a number of colors and shapes.

　　55.What do we learn from Dr.Wassermans comment on the study of animal minds at the end of the passage?

　　A)Research methods are being updated.

　　B)It is getting more and more intricate.

　　C)It is attracting more public attention.

　　D)Remarkable progress is being made.

　　Part N Translation (30 minutes)

　　Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.

　　郑和是中国历史上最杰出的航海家，在航海、外交、军事等诸多领域都表现出非凡的`智慧和卓越 的才能。他曾七次率领庞大的船队远航，访问了西太平洋和印度洋的许多国家和地区，加深了中国同 东南亚、东非的相互了解。

　　郑和下西洋对中外的经济和文化交流起到了十分积极的推进作用，也为维护区域和平做出了巨大 贡献。为了永远铭记郑和及其丰功伟绩，7月11 日，即郑和首次率船队远航启程的日子，被定为中国 的航海节。

　　2023年3月英语六级参考答案（第二套）

　　PartI Writing

　　参考范文:

　　People are now increasingly aware of the challenges in making a decision when faced with too many choices.We are faced with various choices since our childhood, such as choosing friends,schools,careers and so on.Different choices will surely bring different lives.Therefore,it is of great significance to make decisions carefully.

　　From my perspective,there are both positive and negative aspects no matter what choice is made.Take us college students as an example.We are about to graduate and will face a dilemma of choosing whether to take the postgraduate entrance exam or hunt for jobs after graduation.On the one hand,pursuing postgraduate study can help us improve our academic level and lay a solid foundation for our future career development,while also requiring a lot of time and effort.On the other hand,going to work allows you to enter the workplace earlier and gain practical experience,as well as a certain amount of money.But in an increasingly competitive society,your career development may be limited by not having a distinguished educational background.

　　In short,any decision has two sides.We need to take our own actual situation into account in order to make a wiser choice.

　　Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension

　　1.B 2.C 3.A 4.B 5.A 6.D 7.D 8.C 9.C 10.A 11.D 12.D 13.A 14.C 15.B

　　16.C 17.B 18.D 19.C 20.A 21.B 22.A 23.D 24.A 25.B

　　Part III Reading Comprehension

　　26.K 27.G 28.L 29.H 30.B 31.J 32.A 33.I 34.N 35.D

　　36.D 37.G 38.C 39.E 40.H 41.K 42.F 43.M 44.B 45.J

　　46.A 47.C 48.A 49.B 50.C 51.A 52.D 53.B 54.C 55.D

　　Part IV Translation

　　参考译文:

　　Zheng He was the most outstanding navigator in Chinese history.He showed extraordinary wisdom and talent in many fields such as navigation,diplomacy and military affairs.He led a huge fleet of ships on seven long voyages and visited many countries and regions in the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean,deepening the mutual understanding between China and Southeast Asia and East Africa.

　　Zheng Hes voyages to the western oceans played a very positive role in promoting economic and cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries,and also made great contributions to the maintenance of regional peace.In order to forever remember Zheng He and his great achievements,July 11,the day when Zheng He first set sail for a long voyage with his fleet of ships,was designated as Chinas Maritime Day.

　　历年大学英语四六级真题试卷 3

　　Part I Writing (25 minutes)

　　(请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试)

　　Directions:Lets say your university is soliciting opinionsfromstudents on whether university dining halls should be open to the public. You will have 30 minutes for the task. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

　　In the modern era, there is a heated debate regarding whether the universitys canteens should be open to the public. Some believe that it will do us more good than harm, while others argue that it will pose a threat to the order and operation of the university. In my view, the university should recognize that this has both pros and cons.Lets start with the advantages. First, it allows the public to enjoy the diverse and delicious food offered by university canteens. This can enhance the reputation of the university and foster a stronger relationship between the university and thelocal community. Second, it can also generate additional revenue for the university, which can be used to improve the facilities and services provided to students . However, there are also potential drawbacks to consider. For in-stance, the increased number of people using the canteen may lead to overcrowding and longer waiting times for students during peak hours. Additionally, the public may have different preferences and dietaryrequirements compared to students, which could affect the menu options available and potentially increase costs.

　　In conclusion, the university should weigh the merits and demerits so that it can provide the best possible experience for both students and members of the public.

　　在现代，关于大学食堂是否应该向公众开放存在着激烈的争论。一些人认为这对我们利大于弊，而另一些人则认为这将对大学的秩序和运作构成威胁。在我看来，大学应该认识到这有利也有弊。首先，它可以让公众享受到大学食堂提供的多样化和美味的食物。这可以提高大学的声誉，并促进大学与当地网站之间更牢固的`关系。其次，它还可以为大学带来额外的收入，这些收入可以用来改善为学生提供的设施和服务。然而，也有潜在的缺点需要考虑。例如，使用食堂的人数增加可能会导致拥挤，学生在高峰时间等待的时间更长。此外，与学生相比，公众可能有不同的偏好和饮食要求，这可能会影响菜单的选择，并可能增加成本。总之，大学应该权衡利弊，以便为学生和公众提供最好的体验。

　　Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)

　　Directions:In this section, you will hear three news reports. At theendof each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and questions will be spoken only once. After you hear questions, you must choose the best answerfromthe four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

　　Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)

　　Section A 26-35

　　Directions:In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blankfroma 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.

　　文章开头

　　A team of researchers led by Priyanka Joshi examined the degree to...

　　答案速查

　　26-35 DMLFG IOBEJ

　　26.D) detailed

　　27.M) required

　　28. L) partly

　　29.F) dipping

　　30.G)distinction

　　31.l) involves

　　32.O) vigorous

　　33.B) contradictory

　　34. E) difference

　　35.J) moderate

　　Section B 36-45

　　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 paragraphfromwhich 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.

　　New Formula One Chief Hopes to Grab Americans Attention

　　文章标题

　　Why Do Americans Work So Much?

　　答案速查

　　36-40 EHBFD 41-45 AICJG

　　Section C 46-55

　　Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

　　Passage One

　　Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.

　　文章开头

　　Lao Zi once said...

　　答案

　　46-50 CBDAD

　　Passage Two

　　Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.

　　文章开头

　　Some people have said aging is more a slide into forgetfulness

　　答案

　　51-55 BCDAC

　　Part IV Translation (30 minutes)

　　Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passagefromChinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.

　　Siheyuan is a traditional chinese residential construction which is characterized with houses built around a courtyard.Siheyuan is usually warm in winter and cool in summer with the living environmentso comfortable that it is especially suitable for a large family to live in. There are many different types of Siheyuan across China, among which that of Beijing is the most typical. Nowadays, with the development of modern cities, traditional Siheyuan buildings are decreasing gradually, However, with its unique architecture style, siheyuan still plays a significant role in the inheritance of chinese cultures and the study of chinese history.

　　四合院(siheyuan)是中国一种传统的住宅建筑，其特点是房屋建造在一个院子的四周，将院子合围在中间。四合院通常冬暖夏凉，环境舒适，尤其适合大家庭居住。四合院在中国各地有多种类型，其中以北京的四合院最为典型。如今，随着现代城市的发展，传统的四合院已逐渐减少，但因其独特的建筑风格，四合院对中国文化的传承和中国历史的研究具有重要意义。

　　历年大学英语四六级真题试卷 4

　　2024年6月英语六级试题及答案（第一套）

　　六级听力第一套——

　　Conversation one.

　　ive just bought a new blender.

　　Whats that a blender?

　　A machine that blends food.

　　the electric kitchen appliance, exactly.

　　This one is state of the art. Ive been meaning to buy one for a while. I did thorough research on which specific model to get. I read through maybe hundreds of online user reviews. Anyway.

　　its amazing really what could be so special about it. I its just a blender.

　　Basically its just a very good one. It feels heavy and sturdy and well made. It also has lots of power and can easily cut and crush practically anything. This way. The soups and juices I make come out really fine and smooth with no lumpy bits.

　　I see I have never thought of getting one myself. It sounds like the kind of thing that for me personally I would rarely use.

　　Ive never had one before now that I do, I use it all the time. I make a fresh fruit juice in the morning, maybe not every morning but 3 or 4 times a week and it feels fantastic. Its a really healthy habit.

　　I can imagine that must feel quite satisfying. I can picture you getting all creative in the kitchen and trying out a multitude of different ingredients. Its obviously going to be healthier than buying packaged juice from a supermarket.

　　Its so much healthier. Its not even close did you know that store bought juice is like 10% sugar, right?

　　Then you bought it for the health benefits, mostly yes.

　　Basically, it allows me to have a more varied diet with a far wider assortment of nutrients, because its not only fruit in my morning juices. You see. I can also throw in vegetables, nuts, yogurt, cereals, anything that tickled my fancy.

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

　　Question 1, what does the man say he did before buying the blender?

　　Question 2, what does the woman say she has never thought of doing?

　　Question 3, what does the man say is a really healthy habit?

　　Question 4, what do we learn about store bought juice from the conversation two?

　　Today we have a very interesting guest, mister thomas benjamin grimm, the mayor of burkington is here to talk about his job and responsibilities overseeing this charming village. Mr. Grimm, thank you for being here.

　　Thank you for having me.

　　Id like to start by stating the obvious burketon has become one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country and this has happened under your watch. Just how did you achieve this?

　　The achievements belongs to all the residents of burton. It was a shared effort where everybody pitched in for the communal good.

　　But how did this change happen? In about 10 years, burkton has gone from a relatively unheard of sleepy village to a must see destination.

　　Yes, the change has truly been remarkable. Burkton was always fortunate to be endowed with such a beautiful natural allure. The anbury hills above the village remain untouched by human development. The sonora valley just below it is equally stunning. The transformation commenced in a town hall meeting in spring 2008 over 10 years ago. Now when an overwhelming majority of neighbors voted in favor of motion, 836, this legislative proposal essentially set out to harmonize the aesthetic appearance of all the houses in berkton. The idea was that if all the properties looked a certain way with shared design features, then the village as a whole would look more beautiful. It worked, it certainly did.

　　Im looking now at a before and after photo and the change is truly remarkable. Its hard to believe its the same place. How do the neighbours feel now? Great pride.

　　I would say.

　　But what about the multitudes of visitors now crowding the streets? Is everyone happy about that?

　　The tourists we receive are a blessing as they have completely revitalized our local economy. Every visitor is warmly welcome.

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

　　Question 5, what is the question the woman asked mister grimm after the introduction?

　　Question 6, what do we learn about burkton of 10 years ago?

　　Question 7, what resulted from the passing of the legislative proposal motion 836.

　　Question 8, why does the man say the tourists are a blessing to bergen? Passage one,

　　researchers in the us have created a remote controlled robot that is so small. It can walk on the top of aus penny in research published in the journal science, robotics. A team at northwestern university said the crab like robot is 0.5 millimeters wide. Researchers described it as the smallest ever remote controlled walking robot. The tiny robot can bend, twist, crawl, walk, turn and even jump without the use of complex hardware or special power. The engineers said this is because the robot is powered by the elastic property of its body. To construct the robot, the researchers used a shape memory alloy material that transforms to its remembered shape when heated using a laser, the team is able to heat the robot at specific parts of its body, causing it to change shape as the robot deforms and goes back to its original shape. It creates movement from one place to another, because these structures are so tiny, the rate of cooling is very fast. Project lee, professor john a rogers said, in fact, reducing the sizes of these robots allows them to run faster. While the research is still in the exploratory phase, the team believes that technology could lead to micro sized robots that can perform practical tasks. In tightly confined spaces, you might imagine micro robots as agents to repair or assemble small structures or machines in industry or a surgical assistance to clear clogged arteries to stop internal bleeding or to eliminate cancerous tumors all in minimally invasive procedures. Rogers said.

　　Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　Question 9, what does the passage say about a team of researchers at northwestern university?

　　Question 10, what did the researchers say about the robot they created?

　　Question 11, what do the researchers expect their robots to do in the future?

　　Passage two, I dont want to boast or anything, but I have always considered myself something of an elite sleeper given the opportunity, I will sleep for marathon stretches and condose through the most extreme situations on one very rough ferry crossing on the route to the isles of silly. For example, my traveling companion spent the entire 3 hour ride throwing up in the bathroom while I dozed happily on a plastic chair. Unfortunately, it has come to my attention that I am not an elite sleeper. After all. It seems I am just lazy because elite sleepers are defined as the approximately 3% of the population who are biologically programmed to need less sleep than the rest of us. According to a study that came out in march, elite sleepers have rare genetic changes, which means they can sleep fewer hours than mere mortals without any risk of cognitive decline, it may not be possible to change your own genes, but can you train yourself to need less sleep? Is there a non biological way to reach elite sleeper status? I have spent the past year trying to answer that question, not for fun, I should add because having a baby has severely disrupted my sleep for which I still have a great passion for a while. I assumed id be forced to become one of those people who jump out of bed at the crack of dawn. After a year of tough scientific study, however, I have discovered being forced to get up early in the morning is very different from being an early bird.

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

　　Question 12. What does the speaker say she did on her ride to the isles of silly

　　Question 13. What do we learn from the passage about elite sleepers?

　　Question 14, what has the speaker been trying to find out over the past year?

　　Question 15, what has the speaker discovered after a year of tough scientific study?

　　Recording one if you read an article about a controversial issue, do you think youd realize if it had changed your beliefs? No one knows your own mind like you do. It seems obvious that you would know if your beliefs had shifted. And yet a new paper in the quarterly journal of experimental psychology suggests that we actually have very poor awareness of our own belief change, meaning that we will tend to underestimate how much weve been swayed. By a convincing article, the researchers recruited over 200 undergraduates across two studies and focused on their beliefs about whether physical punishment of kids is an effective form of discipline. The students reported their initial beliefs about whether physical punishment is an effective way to discipline a child on a scale from one completely disbelief to nine completely believe. Several weeks later, they were given one of two research based text to read. Each was several pages long and either presented the arguments and data in favor of physical punishments or against it. After this, the students answered some questions to test their comprehension and memory of the text. Then the students again scored their belief in whether physical punishment is effective or not. Finally, the researchers asked them to recall what their belief had been at the start of the study. The students belief about physical punishment changed when they read a text that argued against their own initial position. Crucially, the memory of their initial belief was shifted in the direction of their new belief. In fact, their memory was closer to their current belief than their original belief. The more their belief had changed, the larger this memory bias tended to be suggesting the students were relying on their current belief to deduce their initial belief, the memory bias was unrelated to the measures of how well theyd understood or recalled the text, suggesting these factors didnt play a role in memory of initial belief or awareness of belief change. The researchers concede that this research was about changes to mostly moderate beliefs. Its likely the findings would be different in the context of changes to extreme or deeply held beliefs. However, our beliefs on most topics are in the moderate range. And as we go about our daily lives reading informative material, these intriguing findings suggest we are mostly ignorance of what we just read has updated and altered our own position. Questions.

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

　　Question 16. What does a new paper in the quarterly journal of experimental psychology suggest?

　　Question 17, what happened when the students read a text that argued against their own initial position?

　　Question 18, what did the researchers concede concerning their findings according to as the american population grows?

　　So does the number of american moms recording to as the american population grows? So does the number of american moms, but more than a century after mothers day became an official holiday. Even as that number increases, the share of the american population who are mothers is at the lowest point in 1/4 century. Its frequently noted that fertility rates are falling sharply in richer countries, but the less observed consequence of this trend is that a decline in births can also mean a decline in motherhood in general. According to my analysis of data from the census bureau, the decline of american motherhood is real occurring very quickly and may continue for some time yet. Not only are moms making up less of the population, but their characteristics are changing too. And in a way that might be linked to their proportional decline, moms today tend to be older than in the past. Just looking at recent years, the change in age specific birth rates has been drastic. In just the past few years, the peak childbearing age range for american women has advanced from that of 25 to 29 that To 34. Meanwhile childbearing among women under 20 has fallen by half or more. While childbearing among women 35 and older is rising. One positive consequence of this age shift is that a larger proportion of new mothers are economically prepared to raise children less positively. However, many women find that as they age, they cant have as many kids as they would like. Plus having children later in life can increase the risk of health complications. These finer points aside, one major consequence of the older moms trend is that fewer years of a womans life are spent as a mother. This means that at any given time, a larger share of women and thus of the whole population will report not having children in government surveys. In other words, later motherhood means less motherhood, even as motherhood rates decline, mothers day will endure. In fact, despite the demographic shift, retail spending on the holiday appears to be rising. It is hard to say if mothers day spending is rising more than one would expect, given that the american population keeps growing. But one factor might be that the proportion of women who are the mothers of adult children is rising. Those adult children may spend more generously when it comes to celebrating the moms. They no longer live with.

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

　　Question 19. What does the speaker conclude from her analysis of the census bureaus data?

　　Question 20. What does the speaker say is a positive consequence of the age shift in childbearing?

　　Question 21. What might be one explanation for the rise in retail spending on mothers day?

　　Recording three. Since nasa published a paper in 1989, claiming that house plants can soak up pollution and toxic chemicals, businesses and homeowners have increasingly invested in greenery to help clean their air. But a new analysis suggests it could actually take more than 1,000 plants per square meter to gain a benefit any greater than simply opening a couple of windows. The problem lies in the fact that NASA conducted their tests in sealed containers that do not simulate the conditions in most peoples homes or offices. The space agency was primarily concerned about keeping the air fresh for astronauts cut off in biosphere or space stations and helping to combat sick building syndrome, which had become a problem due to the super insulated and energy efficient officers of the late 1970s. By the early 1980s, workers regularly complained of skin rashes, sleepiness, headaches and allergies as they breathed in toxic chemicals from paints and plastics. Nasa found that certain plants could remove chemicals from the air. And even today, garden centers recommend the plants for air cleaning properties. However, a new evaluation of dozens of studies spanning 30 years found that house plants in a normal environment have little impact. In fact, natural ventilation is far better at cleaning the air. The researchers also calculated the clean air delivery rates for plants in the studies they analyzed and found that the rate at which plants dispersed the compounds was well below the usual rates of air exchange in a normal building caused by the movements of people coming and going opening doors and windows. Many of the studies did show a reduction in the concentration of volatile organic compounds over time, which is likely why people have seized on them to praise the air purifying virtues of plants. But the researchers calculation showed it would take 10 to 1,000 plants per square meter of floor space to compete with the air cleaning capacity of a buildings, air handling system, or even just a couple of open windows in a house. In contrast, NASA sealed experiment recommended one pot plants per 100 square feet. This is certainly an example of how scientific findings can be misleading or misinterpreted over time. But its also a great example of how scientific research should continually re examine and question findings to get closer to the ground truth of understanding whats actually happening.

　　Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording. You have just heard question 22. What does nas as 1989 paper? Claim house plants can do.

　　Question 23. What is said to be the problem with nas as study reported in its 1989 paper?

　　Question 24. What is the finding of a new evaluation of dozens of studies spanning 30 years?

　　Question 25. What does NASA sealed experiment recommendation exemplify in scientists pursuit of truth?

　　六级翻译1——

　　扇子

　　Fans have enjoyed great popularity among Chinese sinceancient times.However,now they are regarded less as toolsof relievingheat andkeeping cool but more as art works forpeople to appreciate.Many fans feature graceful design andfine workmanship as well as exquisite pictures of landscape,flowers,birdsand figures,with superb artistic value.Manyfamous Chinese painters and calligraphers prefer to havepoems or paintings on the fans to demonstrate their artistictaste.Fans are often given to others as gifts to express ourgood wishes and sincere feelings.Nowadays,the practicalfunctions of fans have considerable decreased,but theystillplay a significant role in traditional Chinese culture as a cul-tural symbol and artistic form.

　　六级作文1——

　　数字技术篇

　　There isa growing awarenessof the importance of digital lit-eracy and skills in todays world.Some believe that digitalliteracy is the key to success,while others argue that it is notcompulsory for everyone to learn.Personally,I find theformer view more reasonable.

　　Firstly,digitat literacy is crucial for students in todays world.It enables students to develop critical thinking and prob-lem-solving skills,preparing them for future careers in atechnology-driven society.Secondly,digital skills are essen-tial for success in the modern workplace.Employers increas-ingly require employees who can utilize technology tostreamlineprocesses,analyze data,and solve problems.Forinstance,the ability to use software applications such as Mi-crosoft Office or data analysis tools like Excel can greatly en-hance ones productivity and employability.Lastly,digital lit-eracy is invaluable in daily life.From managing personalfinances online to accessing information and services,digi-tal skills are essential for navigating the digitalworld.

　　In conclusion,digital literacy and skills are of paramount im-portance in todays world.As technology continues toevolve,it is crucial that we invest in developing digital litera-cy skillsto navigate and thrive in the digital age.

　　历年大学英语四六级真题试卷 5

　　2024年6月英语六级试题及答案(第二套)

　　2024英语六级听力--

　　After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices,mark abc and d then mark the corresponding letter on answer sheet one with a single line through the sensor.Conversation one.

　　Thank you for meeting with me,steven at such short notice.

　　not a problem,margaret.Now please give me some good news.Have you agreed to my last proposal?

　　I have indeed and I wish to sign the agreement pending one small change to be made to the contract.

　　Margaret,we have been through this for almost a year now back and forth making alterations.Are you sure you want to make a sponsorship deal for your clients or not?I ask this because frankly,some people at my end are running out of patience.I understand your concerns.

　　but as im sure you understand,we hold our clients best interests to be of the utmost concern.We therefore comb through the fine details of all contracts.Rest assured we all appreciate your firms patience.

　　Fine.So what changes do you wish to make?

　　Essentially,we would like the new deal to exclude the middle east.

　　Thats all the middle east.

　　Why my client has a couple of other perspective marketing deals from companies in the middle east.Those offers should they materialize would exclusively employ my clients image in the middle east only.Therefore,in order to avoid any conflict,we would need to ensure that both marketing campaigns do not overlap geographically.

　　What business sector in the middle east are we talking about here?

　　Real estate.

　　that should be okay then so long as the product is very different from our food and beverage market,there should be no conflict of interest.Nevertheless,I will have to run this through my people.I dont foresee any problem though,the middle east is a negligible market for us,but I still need to check this with a couple of departments.

　　Questions 1to4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　Question 1,what does the woman say she will do?

　　Question 2,what does the man say about some people he represents?

　　Question 3,what reason does the woman give for the new deal to exclude the middle east?

　　Question 4,what does the man say about the middle east?

　　Next,we have a special science related news story.Paula hancock is at the denver observatory.Paula,what is the big story over there?Hi.john.All the astronomers on site here are very excited.In fact,space enthusiasts all across north america and the rest of the northern hemisphere will be congregated on mountain tops tonight to watch the night sky.

　　Whats the big event?Is there an eclipse happening soon?

　　Tonight the earth will come into close proximity with the oppenheimer comet.It is the closest our planet has been to such a phenomenon in over 100years.For this reason.It is expected that thousands of people will gaze up at the sky tonight in order to see this formidable object.

　　How far away is this common?Will people be able to see it with the naked eye?

　　The oppenheimer comet will still be millions of miles away on the edge of our galaxy.But nevertheless,this is a relatively close distance,close enough for people to observe in good detail through a telescope.People will only see a blur without one.However that does not mean one needs professional equipment.Even the most ordinary of telescopes should be conducive for people to observe and wonder at this flying object.

　　Many of our viewers will be wondering how they too can take part in this once in a lifetime event.Where will this comment be in the sky?How can people find it?

　　The comet will be almost exactly due north at60°above the equator.However,finding the comet is indeed very tricky and scientists here have told me there are plenty of phone apps that will facilitate this.

　　How fantastic?Thank you,paula for the information.

　　Questions 5to8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Question five,what does the woman say about all the astronomers at the denver observatory?

　　Question 6,what do we learn from the conversation about the oppenheimer comment?

　　Question 7,what does the woman say?People will only see in the sky without a telescope?

　　Question 8,what do scientists at the denver observatory advise amateurs do to facilitate their observation.

　　single line through the center.Passage one,

　　dietary guidelines form the basis for nutrition advice and regulations around the world.While there is strong scientific consensus around most existing guidelines.One question has recently stirred debate.Should consumers be warned to avoid ultra processed foods?Two papers published today in the american journal of clinical nutrition outline the case for and against using the concept of ultra processed foods to help inform dietary guidelines beyond conventional food classification systems.The authors,carlos monteiro of the university of sao paulo and arna ostrich of novo nordisk foundation.Well discuss the issue in a live virtual debate.August14th,during nutrition,2024live online.The debate centers around a system developed by monteiro and colleagues that classifies foods by their degree of industrial processing,ranging from unprocessed to ultra processed.The system defines ultra processed foods as those made using sequences of processes that extract substances from foods and alter them with chemicals.In order to formulate the final product,ultra processed foods are characteristically designed to be cheap,tasty and convenient.Examples include soft drinks and candy,package snacks and pastries,ready to heat products and reconstituted meat products.Studies have linked consumption of ultra processed foods which are often high in salt,sugar and fat weight gain and an increased risk of chronic diseases,even after adjusting for the amount of salt,sugar and fat in the diet,while the mechanisms behind these associations are not fully understood,montero argues that the existing evidence is sufficient to justify discouraging consumption of ultra processed foods in dietary recommendations and government policies.

　　Questions 9to11 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　Question 9,what question is said to have recently stirred debate?

　　Question 10,how does the system developed by montero and colleagues classify foods?

　　Question 11,what is consumption of ultra processed foods linked with according to studies passage two,believe it or not?

　　Human creativity benefits from constraints.According to psychologists,when you have less to work with,you actually begin to see the world differently.It constraints.You dedicate your mental energy acting more resourcefully when challenged you figure out new ways to be better the most successful creative people know that constraints give their minds the impetus to leap higher.People who invent new products are not limited by what they dont have or cant do.They leverage their limitations to push themselves even further.Many products and services are created because the founders saw a limitation in what they use.They created innovation based on what was not working for them at the moment.Innovation is a creative persons response to limitation in a 2015study which examined how thinking about scarcity or abundance influences how creatively people use their resources.Ravi matter at the university of illinois and meng zhu at johns hopkins university found that people simply have no incentive to use whats available to them in novel ways.When people face scarcity,they give themselves the freedom to use resources in less conventional ways because they have to obstacles can broaden your perception and open up your thinking processes,consistent constraints,help you improve at connecting unrelated ideas and concepts.Marissa meyer,former vice president for search products and user experience at google.Once wrote in a publication on bloomberg constraints,shape and focus problems and provide clear challenges to overcome.Creativity thrives best and constraint.

　　Questions 12to15 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　Question12,what do psychologists say?People do when they are short of resources,

　　question13,what does the passage say about innovation?

　　Question14.What did a 2015 study by ravi mehta and meng zhu find?

　　question15.What did marissa meyer once write concerning creativity with a single line through the center?

　　Recording one different people use different strategies for managing conflicts.These strategies are learned in childhood.Usually we are not aware of how we act in conflict situations.We just do whatever seems to come naturally,but we do have a personal strategy and because it is learned,we can always change it by learning new and more effective ways of managing conflicts.When you get involved in a conflict,there are two major concerns you have to take into account,achieving your personal goals and keeping a good relationship with the other person,how important your personal goals are, how important the relationship is to you affect how you act in a conflict.Given these two concerns,five styles of managing conflicts can be identified when the turtle turtles withdraw into their shells to avoid conflicts.They give up their personal goals and relationships.They believe it is easier to withdraw from a conflict than to face it.Two,the shark sharks try to overpower opponents by forcing them to accept their solution to the conflict they seek to achieve their goals at all costs.Sharks assume that conflicts are settled by one person winning and one person losing.Winning gives sharks a sense of pride and achievement losing gives them a sense of weakness,inadequacy and failure.Three,the teddy bear.Teddy bears want to be accepted and liked by other people.They think that conflict should be avoided in favor of harmony and believe that conflicts cannot be discussed without damaging relationships.They give up their goals to preserve the relationship for the fox foxes are moderately concerned with their own goals and about their relationships,with other people.They give up part of their goals and persuade the other person in a conflict to give up part of his goals.They seek a solution to conflicts where both sides gain something5,the owl owls view conflicts as problems to be solved.They see conflicts as improving relationships by reducing tension between two people.They try to begin a discussion that identifies the conflict as a problem by seeking solutions that satisfy both themselves and the other person.Owls maintain the relationship.Owls are not satisfied until a solution is found that achieves their own goals and the other persons goals.And they are not satisfied until the tensions and negative feelings have been fully resolved.

　　Questions 16to18 are based on the recording you have just heard.

　　Question 16.Why does the speaker say strategies for managing conflicts can always be changed?

　　Question 17,what is said to affect the way one acts in a conflict?

　　Question 18 of the five styles the speaker discusses which views conflicts as problems to be solved?

　　Recording two,the genetic code of all1.5million known species of animals and plants living on earth will be mapped to help save species from extinction and boost human health.Scientists hope that cracking the genetic code of plants and animals could help uncover new treatments for infectious diseases.Slow aging improve crops in agriculture create new bio materials in britain,organizations including the natural history museum,the royal botanic gardens,a queue and the welcome sanger institute have joined forces to sequence britains 66,000 species of animals and plants dubbed the darwin tree of life project.It is expected to take 10 years and cost￡100 million once completed.All the information will be publicly available to researchers.Many scientists believe that earth has now entered the 6th mass extinction with humans creating a toxic mix of habitat loss,pollution and climate change,which has already led to the loss of at least 77 species of mammals and 140 types of birds.Since1500,it is the biggest loss of species since the dinosaurs were wiped out 66 million years ago.Scientists say that sequencing every species will revolutionize the understanding of biology and evolution,bolster efforts to conserve as well as protect and restore biodiversity.Doctor tim littlewood,head of life sciences department at the natural history museum said whether you are interested in food or disease,the history of how every organism on the planet has adapted to its environment is recorded in its genetic makeup,how you then harness that is dependent on your ability to understand it.We will be using modern methods to get a really good window on the present and the past.And course,a window on the past gives you a prospective model on the future.Sir jim smith,director of science at welcome said,try as I I cant think of a more exciting,more relevant,more timely or more internationally inspirational project.Since1970,humanity has wiped out60%of animal populations about 23,000of80,000 species surveyed are approaching extinction.We are in the midst of the 6th great extinction events of life on our planet which not only threatens wildlife species,but also imperils the global food supply.As scientists,we all realise we desperately need to catalogue life on a fragile planet.Now I think were making history.

　　Questions19to21 are based on the recording you have just heard

　　question 19.what do scientists hope to do by cracking the genetic code of plants and animals?

　　Question 20,what do many scientists believe with regard to earth?

　　How does sir jim smith,director of science at welcome describe the darwin tree of life project.John dunn,the english poet wrote in the 17th century,no man is an island entire of itself.Every man is a piece of the continent,a part of the main.Now a british academic has claimed that human individuality is indeed just an illusion,because societies are far more interconnected at a mental,physical and cultural level than people realize.In his new book,the self delusion.Professor tom oliver,a researcher in the ecology and evolution group at the university of reading argues there is no such thing as self. And not even our bodies are truly us. Just as Copernicus realized, the earth is not the center of the universe. Professor Oliver said society urgently needs a Copernican like revolution to understand people are not detached beings, but rather part of one connected identity, a significant milestone in the cultural evolution of human minds was the acceptance that the earth is not the center of the universe, the so called Copernican revolution, he writes, however, we have one more big myth to dispose of that we exist as independent selves at the center of a subjective universe. You may feel as if you are an independent individual acting autonomously in the world that you have unchanging inner self that persists throughout your lifetime, acting as a central anchor point with the world changing around you. This is the illusion I seek to tackle. We are intimately connected to the world around us. Professor Oliver argues there are around 37 trillion cells in the body, but most have a lifespan of just a few days or weeks. So the material us is constantly changing. In fact, there is no part of your body that has existed for more than 10 years. Since our bodies are essentially made anew every few weeks, the material in them alone is clearly insufficient to explain the persistent thread of an identity. Professor Oliver claims that individualism is actually bad for society only by realizing we are part of a bigger Entity. Can we solve pressing environmental and societal problems through selfish over consumption? We are destroying the natural world and using non renewable resources at an accelerating rate. We are at a critical crossroads as a species where we must rapidly reform our mindset and behavior to act in less selfish ways. He said so lets open our eyes to the hidden connections all around us.

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

　　Question 22. What is indeed just an illusion according to professor Tom Oliver?

　　Question 23. What does professor Tom Oliver think of the idea that we exist as independent selves at the center of a subjective universe?

　　Question 24. Why does professor Tom Oliver claim that the material us is constantly changing?

　　Question 25. How can we solve pressing environmental and societal problems? According to professor Tom Oliver.

　　六级翻译2--

　　中国传统婚礼

　　Traditional Chinese wedding customs have a long history.Acomplete set of wedding ceremonies were gradually formedin the Zhou Dynasty,and someof them are still in use today.Nowadays,although Chinese wedding conventions havechanged a lot,the ceremony isstill a very grand occasion,when the wedding venue is carefully decorated,with red asthe main color to symbolize happiness,and with many spe-cial objects placed to wish the couple well-being.At thewedding ceremony,the couple should bow to heaven andearth,to their parents and to each other,and afterwardshold a banquet to entertain and toast to the guests.Today,many young people still love the traditional Chinese wed-ding to experience the unique and beautiful Chinese ro-mance.

　　六级作文2--

　　社会实践和学习同样重要

　　There is a growing awareness of the equal importance ofsocial practice and academic learning in todays world.Some believe that social practice is thekey to success,whileothers arguethat it is not compulsory for everyone toengage in.Personally,I find the former view morereason-able.

　　Firstly,social practice is essential for students.It allows themto apply what they have learned in the classroom to real-lifescenarios,enhancing their understanding and reinforcingtheir knowledge.For example,participating in internships orvolunteer work can provide students with valuable insightsinto their chosen field and help them develop practical skillsthat cannot be learned from textbooks.Secondly,in theworkplace,employers value individuals who can effectivelycollaborate,communicate,and adapt to different situations.Lastly,in daily life,social practice enables individuals to in-teract effectively with others,resolve conflicts,and make in-formed decisions.

　　In conclusion,social practice and academic learning are ofequal importance in todays world.By recognizing and em-bracing the value of both,we can foster a society thatvaluesknowledge,practical skills,and social responsibility.

　　历年大学英语四六级真题试卷 6

　　四级作文：

　　问题：假设你的大学正在就大学食堂是否应该向公众开放征求学生的意见

　　范文参考：In the modern era,there is a heated debate regarding whether theuniversitys canteens should be open to the public.Some believethatit will do us more good than harm,while others argue that it willpose a threat to theorder and operationof the university.In myview,the university should recognize that this has both pros andcons.

　　Lets start with the advantages.First,it allowsthe public to enjoy thediverse and delicious food offered by university canteens.This canenhance the reputation of the university and foster a stronger rela-tionship between the university andthelocal community.Second,itcan also generate additional revenue for the university,which canbe used to improve the facilities and services provided tostudents.However,there are also potential drawbacks to consider.For in-stance,the increased number of people using the canteen may leadto overcrowding and longer waiting times for students during peakhours.Additionally,the public may have different preferences anddietaryrequirements compared to students,which could affect themenu options available and potentially increase costs.

　　In conclusion,the university should weigh the merits and demeritsso that itcan provide the best possible experiencefor both studentsand membersof the public.

　　四级翻译

　　四合院(siheyuan)是中国一种传统的住宅建筑，其特点是房屋建造在一个院子的.四周，将院子合围在中间。四合院通常冬暖夏凉，环境舒适，尤其适合大家庭居住。四合院在中国各地有多种类型，其中以北京的四合院最为典型。如今，随着现代城市的发展，传统的四合院已逐渐减少，但因其独特的建筑风格，四合院对中国文化的传承和中国历史的研究具有重要意义。

　　"Siheyuan" is a traditional residential building in China, characterized by houses built around a courtyard, enclosing the courtyard in the middle. Siheyuan is usually warm in winter and cool in summer, witha comfortable environment, especially suitable for large families to live in. There are various types of Siheyuan in different parts of China, among which the Siheyuan in Beijing is the most typical. Today, with the development of modern cities, traditional Siheyuan has gradually decreased, but due to its unique architectural style, Siheyuan has important significance for the inheritance of Chinese culture and the study of Chinese history.

　　四级阅读

　　四级听力

　　四级听力答案

　　news1

　　Q1:B、Q2:D

　　news2

　　Q3:C、Q4:B

　　news3

　　Q5:A、Q6:D、Q7:A

　　Conversation 1

　　Q8:D、Q9:C、Q10:D、Q11:A

　　Conversation 2

　　Q12:B、Q13:B、Q14:C、Q15:A

　　Passage 1

　　Q16:C、Q17:D、Q18:B

　　Passage 2

　　Q19:D、Q20:A、Q21:A

　　Passage 3

　　Q22:C、Q23:B、Q24:C、Q25:D

　　四级听力原文

　　Conversation 1 Echo

　　M:Whats the bestway toteach childrenhow to saveand spendtheirmoney?

　　W:You should make money a regular topic of discussion.Its best to startyoung,soits instinctiveratherthana scarysubject.

　　M:In ourfamily,wetalk openly aboutthings likethe budget forholidays,howtaxes reduceyourincome,andhow to shop around for the best deals.

　　W:Indeed.Its also essentialto make moneyreal forchildrenthrough practical examples.Workingouthowmuch we save using discount pizzacoupons,forexample,is muchmore relevantthanabstract sums.

　　M:We alsogiveourkids pocket money,andtheamountthey get islinked to chores,such asputting thebinsoutandemptyingthe dishwasher.

　　W:Wedo that too,anditspaidaccordingtotheir age.Two pounds for eachyear,so they can see someprogression.

　　M:Teaching them tosaveis important.We openeda savings accountwhen they were young.Afterbirthdaysand Christmas,they would goto thebranch and deposittheir gift money.

　　W:Oh,Ihadnt considered doing that.

　　Inour house,we have transparent money boxesfor themto putsmall change in,so they can see their savingsgrow.

　　M:When thetime is nght,Ilstarttalking toourchildren aboutinvesting andshow them how themoneysaved fortheirfurther education has grown.

　　W:I am ahways talkingto my elder daughterabout theimportanceofsavinginto a pension.

　　Shes just starteda part time job andwasthinking of not contributing to herpension.Luckily,I managedtopersuadeherotherwise.

　　M:Yes,its suchan important lesson to learn

　　Questions 8 to 11 are basedon the conversation you have just heard.

　　Question 8.What should we dowith the topic ofmoney,according tothe woman?Question 9.How doesthe womansay money canbe made realfor children?Question 10.What isthe commonpracticebetween theman andthe woman?Question 11.What is the womanalways talking about to herelderdaughter?

　　Conversation 2 Endeavor

　　W:Welcometo Books inReview.Our guest today is John Banks,the author ofthebestsellingnewbook,Rewarding Success.

　　M:Glad to behere,Jane.

　　W:Your bookhas sold2 million copies,butbefore we discusswhy its getting somuch attention,lets talkaboutyour background.Youre aneconomist and spent twodecades teaching atuniversities?

　　M:Ispent 25 years as a professor,actually.And then,forthelast 10 years,Iveworked asa politicalconsultant,advising politicians at the national level about problemsin our country.

　　W:You discussthree ofthose problems in thebook,improvingpubliceducation,reducing our nations healthcareburden,and increasingpersonal savings.But your ideasabout education are the most controversial.

　　M:Absolutely.A lot ofpeoplethink Im tryingto punish students who arent doing well,when actually mygoaistogive allstudents more incentive to succeed.

　　W:Imnot sure Iagree withyou.Yourproposal topay cashrewards to students who getgoodgradesis a

　　particularproblem.Whatabout students who dontget good grades?It seems like youre blaming themfor notsucceeding,whenpoor performancein schoolisnt a childsfault.

　　M:ButMyproposal is not just to reward studentswith goodgrades,but alsostudentswho showimprovement.

　　W:Okay,anotherciticism of the plan is the cash rewards themselves.Where willthemoneycomefrom?

　　M:If students dobetter well spendless on schooling.So,intheend,therewardswill pay forthemselves.

　　W:What aboutnow?How will wefund therewards in themeantime?

　　M:Well,by increasingtaxesor moving moneyfromotherareas ofthe budgetintoeducation.

　　Q12:Whatdo we learn about the man?

　　Q13:What does the woman say is the most controversial?

　　Q14:What does theman say ishis realgoal?

　　Q15:Whatwill beone option for funding the proposed rewardsaccordingtothe man?

　　NEWS 1

　　A JetBlue AirlinesflightfromWest Palm BeachtoNew York City was forced to turn around andland Sunday morning after the plane struck abird.The flightfromPalm Beach InternationalAirport to LaGuardia Airport turned around justminutes after takeoff following the strike.

　　No injuries were reported on the plane,and theflight took off once again,7.5 hours after thefirst attempt."It was like a split second of panicthat resulted in this nervous reaction on theplane,said passenger Brian Healy,"there wastotal quiet.And then there was relief when theplane came to a stop."An emailfromJetBlueread,"our team is working toaccommodatecustomers on later flights."

　　Q1:What do we learn about theJetBlue Airlines

　　flightfromthe news report?

　　Q2:How did the passengers feel when the plane

　　came to a stop,according to Brian Healy?

　　NEWS 2

　　A deadly snake,which had finally been tracked downafter escaping a zoo has slipped away for the secondtime.The poisonous snake forced the closure of theattraction last week when staff noticed thedisappearance. fter six /days of desperatesearching,he was eventually found and placed in asupposedly secure area.

　　But,it seems the animal is no fan ofthe zoo,becauseyet again,he is out on the loose.The snake is arelativenewcomer to the zo0,but has already beenfrustrating its staff.The staff believe he squeezedhimself out of a gap located around new energysaving bulbs installed inside the snake house.Hewas only found the first time around because staffbrought in a special machine to trace him inside awall opening.

　　This kind of snake is one of the most deadly andpoisonous in the wild,and they can rangefrom3 to 5meters in length.

　　Q3:What do we learn about the deadly snakefromthe news report?

　　Q4:How have the zoo staff been feeling about thesnake?

　　NEWS 3

　　Electric bikes have been the craze in downtownJacksonville since they were first introduced earlier thismonth as a one-year pilot program,but theyre leadingto safety concerns,mainly at night when some ridersdont follow the rules of the road.As the night goes on,groups of riders are often seen traveling in just aboutevery direction in thestreets and on pedestrian paths.

　　That is increasing the probability of dangerousaccidents.Electric bike riders have to follow all thesame rules as you would if you were in an automobile.

　　That means no running red lights or traveling intheoppositedirection of traffic on one way streets.

　　City Council Member Anna Kumber was instrumental inintroducing the electric bikes to Jacksonville as a wayto bringnew life into downtown.And shes aware oftheconcerns.Cumber said,people can have fun,but bothdrivers and riders are responsible for paying attentionwhile on the road.And never assume the driver is goingto stop or see you.

　　Q5:What do we learnfromthe news report about theintroduction of electricbikes into Jacksonville?

　　Q6:What are electric bike riderssupposed todo?

　　Q7:Why did City Council member Anna Cumberadvocate th introduction of electric bikes intoJacksonville?

　　Passage 1

　　I met three different people today,and each time,when l asked,how are you,thereply was exactly thesame.Im busy.Honestly,Ihearthe same answerfromthe vast majority of people I meet.So I started tothink,guess what?Everybodys busy.Im busy.Yourebusy.Everybodys busy.So you being busy doesntmakeme sympathetic atall,because busy is the state of the world.

　　So Imlaunching acampaign to stoppeople complaining aboutbeing busy.It may sound harsh,but thetruth is,nobody cares.Ina busy world,being busy doesnt stand out,nor does it meanproductive,creative,accomplished,or professional.SteveMaraboli once said,When someone tells you they are too busy,its not a reflectionoftheirschedule,its a reflection of yourspoton theirschedule.

　　Donna Lynn Hope has also remarked,Busy doesnt mean better.I have neverenvied a busyperson.The one who likesto point outtheir busylivesto others.The reality is,nobodys too busy.Itsjust aboutpriorities.So the next time someoneasksyou how you

　　are,maybe respond differently.In my experience,the Im busyresponse is really coveringup the fact that theyre notactuallyaccomplishing their real purpose,and being busy is the lie theytell themselves about why they cant achieve it.

　　Q16:Whyis the speaker launchinga campaign?

　　Q17:What does thespeaker advise us to donext time someoneasksus howwe are?

　　Q18:Why do many people make theIm busy response,according to the speaker?

　　Passage2

　　After all,if you can jump out of a plane or off a bridge,thenyou can face anything else easily.When doing extremesports,you have tobecome more focused.Youll be pushedto your limits,and ifyou arent focused,youll makedangerous mistakes.Learning to be thisfocused when

　　enjoying extreme sportswill help you to be focused at work,keeping you more productive and ultimately moresuccessful.

　　Its greatto stay fit and healthy,but standard exercise

　　routines and sports only work the same muscles repeatedly.With extreme sports,youll be working entirely differentmuscles.And that means you get an all over workout.Extreme sports also burn a lot more calories than other

　　sports.Skateboarding,for example,can burn as many as 500calories per hour.Basketball burns around 300 in the sametime.

　　When you find that you canovercome the physical or mentalchallenges involved in extremesports,youll feel

　　superhuman and your selfconfidence will beat an all timehigh.

　　Q19:What may sound strange to say aboutextreme sports?

　　Q20:Why should one be highly focused when doingextremesports?

　　Q21:How can extreme sports benefitus more than standardexercise routines and sports?

　　Passage 3

　　Most ofus have been in teamsor organizations where weve hadconflict with the people that were working with around the ideasor decisions that werediscussing.Conflict is natural.We all bringdifferent life and work experiences to the table.We all havedifferent personality preferences and tendencies.

　　Were notall going to have the same ideas on how to approachpolicies,programs,or problems.Buttoo often,we get caught inthis placewhere conflict isperceived to be negative.Something wewant to avoid,sothat we can maintain the harmony of ourworkplace.This could be because somepeoplewant to avoidconflict at all costs.

　　Afterall,they still have to work together.But this kind ofartificialharmony isnt the answer.Productiveconflict is a vital part ofteamsand organizations that wantto push forward and do more.Without conflict,were often stuck in this artificial harmonywherepeople dont expresspotentiallyinnovative ideasforfear that theymay startconflict with others.

　　But ifyoure in aplace where you have a basis of trust,conflict canbe extremely productive.Itcan lead to increased innovation andgreatertrust on teams.It may be anuncomfortable process,butgood leaders and healthy teams recognize that productive andhealthy conflict is an important part of howtheyfunction.

　　Q22:What doesthe passage say about conflictin organizations?

　　Q23:Why do some people want to avoid conflict at all costs?

　　Q24:Why is productiveconflict importantforteamsandorganizations?

　　Q25:What does productive conflict need as a basis?

　　历年大学英语四六级真题试卷 7

　　2024年6月英语四级真题及答案（第一套）

　　四级作文

　　问题：假设你的大学正在就大学图书馆是否应该向公众开放征求学生的意见

　　范文参考：In the modern era,there is aheated debate regarding whether theuniversitys library should be open to the public.Some believe thatit will do us more good than harm,while others argue that it wilpose a threat to the order and operation of the university.In myview,the university authorities shouldbe cautious about offeringthe outsiders an access to such an important venue,

　　Above all,the library,serving as a critical academic facility as well asan indispensable researchsite for both students and teachers,issupposed to keep those limited valuable resourcesto its authorizedusers.If the university choosesto open the library to the public,it ishighly possible that a mass of people will rush into this place,leavingmany college students and teachersunable to complete their aca-demic work.Furthermore,when too many citizens crowd into thelibrary,there will be unnecessary talking,laughing,quarreling oreven chasing,incurring disorder of one kind oranother.

　　In conclusion,the merits of such a practice outweigh the demerits.Therefore,opening the universitys library tothe public must neverbe put on the universitys agenda.

　　四级翻译

　　农历(the lunar calendar)起源于数千年前的中国，根据太阳和月亮的.运行规律制定。长期以来农历在农业生产和人们日常生活中发挥着重要作用。古人依据农历记录日期，安排农活，以便最有效地利用自然资源和气候条件，提者农作物的产量和质量。中国的春节、中秋节等传统节日的日期都基于农历。农历是中国传统文化的重要组成部分，当今依然广为使用。

　　The lunar calendar,which originated from China thousandsof years ago,was set by themoving law of the sun and themoon.For a long period of time,such a calenda has playeda very important role inagricultural production and peoplesdaily life.Ancient Chinese arranged their farm work by thedate of the lunar calendar to make the best use of natural re-sources and climate and improve the quality and yield ofcrops.Traditional Chinese festivals such as the Spring Festi-val and the Mid-autumn Festival are based on the lunar cal-endar.It is a significant part of traditionalChinese culturewhich is still widely used today.

　　四级阅读

　　选词填空，文章开头A team of researchers led by Priyanka...

　　26-35 OBCAD MNIFE

　　26.0)ultimate

　　27.B)attaining

　　30.D)difficultark

　　28.C)conclusion

　　29.A)approximately

　　30.D)difficult

　　31.M)significantly

　　32.N)source

　　33.I)manipulated

　　34.F)fixed

　　35.E)emerges

　　文章标题 How to better work towards long-term goals

　　答案速查36-40 ICMFA

　　36.Our brains are genetically determined tosatisfyimmediate desires.

　　【1】定位：Our brains are hard-wired for instantgratification.

　　37.Taken in a practical way,saving for post-workyears is likegiving money away to others.

　　【C】定位：Understand inthat way,saving forretirementisthe equivalent of giving money awayto someone elseentirely.

　　38.Research found that,as regards achievementof onesgoals,it is important to focus more onenjoyingthe processthan the long-term benefits.

　　【M】定位：These findings suggest that whedit话comes toachieving your goals,enjoving theprocess itself is moreimportant than wanting thelong-term benefits.

　　39.Regarding our future selves as still beingourselves willhelp us makě better long-termdecisions.

　　【F】定位：If the central problem..,it follows thattrying toidentify more closelywith our future语selves will encourageus to make better long-termdecisions.

　　40.Savings rates in America have dropped inrecent decadeseven though peoples lifeexpectancy has increased.

　　【A】定位：Across the board,people are livinglonger...Andyet,saving rates in the U.S.have gonedown in recent decade,not up.

　　文章标题How to better work towards long-term goals

　　答案速查41-45 KELBG

　　41.Researchers found that enjoyment rather thanimportance enabled peoplé to persist in theirgoals.

　　【K】定位：We found that enjoyment predictedpeople’sgoal persistence two months aftersetting the goal far morethan how important theyratedtheir goalto be,Woolley said.

　　42.When making decisions,we give priorityto ourcurrentframe of mind without thinking much ofthe consequences.

　　【E】定位：…but in daing so,we prioritize ourcurrent moodover the consequences of our火央inaction forthfuture slf.

　　43.People ate more of a healthyfood when theyfocused onits good taste instead of its long-termbenefits.

　　【L】定位：For example,people ate 50%more of ahealthyfood when directed to focus on the goodtaste rather thanthe long-termhealth benefits.

　　44.As was expected,when people thought of theirpresentselves,their brains were observed tobecome more active.

　　【B】定位：Unsurprisingly,people’s brains weremost activewhen thinking about their currentselves and...

　　45.Researchers found thatparticipants who sawtheimagesof their aged selves would save morefor their later years thanthose who didnt.

　　【G】定位：Participants who saw their aged selvessaid theywould save 30%moreof their salary fordretirement than thecontrol group.

　　Passage One文章开头 People often wonder why some entrepreneurs..

　　答案46-50 BADCB

　　46.What does the authorsay we need to do tostrengthen ourwillpower?

　　B)Applyit continuously.

　　47.How arealmost halfof our daily actionsperformedaccording to the passage?

　　A)Out of habit.

　　48.What will help peoplestick to doingsomethingconstructive automatically?

　　D)Foreseeing the desiredoutcome it will yield.

　　49.How does the artof self-control help ussucceed?

　　C)Byenabling us to take positive actions.

　　50.Why can it be difficult for us to maintain self-control?

　　B)We may not get immediate rewardfrom self-control.

　　Passage Tow

　　文章开头 Today,most scientific research is funded bygovernment

　　答案51-55 DBACC

　　51.What does the passage mainly discussregarding scientificresearch?

　　D)Its funding.

　　52.Whatdo we learnfrom the passage aboutresearchers like

　　birdwatchers and rock collectors?

　　B)They can do research with limited resources.

　　53.Whatwould scientific studies look like in aperfect worldaccording to the author?

　　A)They would be totally unbiased.

　　54.What does the authorsay aboutcompaniesand specialinterest groups?

　　C)They provide valuable resources for scientificresearch.

　　55.What does the author think of research fundedbyindustry or specialinterest group?

　　C)It’s validity should be checked with additional care.

　　四级听力

　　NEWS 1

　　Six people had to move away from their home toanother place after a fire broke out in a building onMain Street Saturday,officials said.Firefightersresponded to the three story building shortly after 1p.

　　m.for a reported structure fire.According to NorwalkDeputy FireChief Adam Markiewicz.

　　Markiewicz said crews encountered heavy smokecoming from the second floor when they arrived.Ateam of about 25 firefighters then spent about 25minutes extinguishing the flames.Officials describedthe structure as a mixed use building that featurescommercial businesses on the first floor andresidential on the second and third floors.

　　Town records list four apartments in the building.Dueto smoke and heat damage,the four apartments weredeclared uninhabitable,and the six residents had tomove to another place,officials said.No injuries werereported in connection with the fire.The Norwalk FireMarshal is investigating the cause and origin of thefire.

　　Q1:Why did the 6 residents haveto find another placeto stay?

　　Q2:What does the news report say the Norwalk FireMarshal is doing?

　　NEWS 2

　　A new study has cast doubt on historic research,suggesting that the season or month of someones birth isassociated with an increased risk of certain mental healthconditions.The study looks at symptoms of anxiety anddepression among more than 70,000 older adults inEurope.A number of past studies have found the linkbetween season of birth and mental health diagnoses.

　　Researchers have suggested that such links could arisefrom various things.These include nutrient intake,sunexposure,climate,and disease exposure varying across thecourse of the year.However,evidence has been mixed.More recent studies have suggested thatfactors such associal class oreconomicbackground have more to do withthese diagnoses thanmonth of birth.

　　Overall,the new study found no significant relationshipbetween participants month of birth and symptoms ofdepression or anxiety.There was some variability in somecountries.In Poland,depressive symptoms fluctuated alittle depending on birth month.In the Czech Republic,thesame was true of anxiety symptoms.But on the whole,there was no systematic pattern.

　　Q3:What have a number of past studies found aboutseason of birth?

　　Q4:What did the new study find about the relationshipbetween participantsmonth of birth and symptoms ofdepression?

　　NEWS 3

　　Genetic researchers in China have made a clone of astar police dog.The clone was born in a laboratory inBeijing in December.Tests show that the clone andher mother are almost identical genetically.Themother dog helped solve multiple murders and manyother crimes.The clone has already performed betterthan traditionally bred dogs on several tests.

　　If the clone continues to perform as well as expected,itcould mean a huge reduction in thetraining time forpolice dogs,which usually takes about fiveyears.Theultimate goal of scientists is to produce clones oftalented police dogs that can be trained in monthsinstead of years.However,this goal is not yet possibledue to thecurrent costs ofthe technology.

　　This is not the first time a clone has been made of astar police dog.In South Korea,six clones beganworking with the police in 2008.

　　Q5:What do the researchers tests show about thecloned dog?

　　Q6:What is the scientists purpose in cloning policedogs?

　　Q7:Why does the news report say the scientists goal isnot yet possible?

　　Conversation 1

　　W:Tom,did you see the article online about the new TV seriesbased on the book The Three Body Problem?

　　M:A colleague mentioned the book,but Ive been so busywritingmythesis that I havent been able to read for pleasure in months.W:Well,soundslike if youre going to read anything for fun,this isthe book.Its written by a Chinese science fiction writer.I cantremember his name,but hes written three books in all,and TheThree Body Problem is the first inthe series.I dont wantto say toomuch and spoil it for you,but its definitely got some amazingtechnological and sociological concepts in it.

　　M:It does soundlike itwould suit my taste,but if they are makingaTV series based on it now,I dont know ifI should read the book orwatch the show first.

　　W:I think its better to read the book first.Its rare for the show ormovie to be better than the book.And then,you just end upruining the book for yourself,ifthe show isntvery good.

　　M:When is the show supposed to start?Im a bit overwhelmed withthe amount of data I still need to collect to finish my thesis.But Istill need to relax sometimes.

　　W:I cant remember exactly.Its pretty soon,and its going to bequite long.There are 24 episodes.Well,maybe you coulddownload an electronic copyof the book and try to read it beforethe show starts

　　M:Thats a good idea.And then,maybe we can watch the seriestogether.Thanks forthe tip,Alice.No problem.

　　Q8:How did the man getto know aboutthe book The Three BodyProblem?

　　Q9:What does the woman say she cant remember about thebooks author?

　　Q10:What does the man haveto do tofinish his thesis?

　　Q11:What will the man most probably do first aftertheconversation?

　　Conversation 2

　　W:Hello,good afternoon.I have an inquiry to make.Itsabout thevegetarian food festival you are holding on the 19thof August at the Newcastle City Hall.

　　M:Yes,ofcourse.My names Philip.How can I help you?

　　W:It says on your website that you are still looking forvendors,and I grow organic vegetables on my farm,as well asdoing my own home baking.Would I be able to sell both thevegetables and items baked from them at the festival?

　　M:Thats exactly the type of thing we are looking for.Weregetting close to the deadline,however.Do you prefer to fillout an application on the web,or to print it out and fill it in byhand and then post it back to us?Remember that you willhave to have all your certificates to hand when you are fillingout the forms,as the standards are high and they will becarefully checked before anyone will be able to sell theirproduce at the event.

　　W:I should be fine with doing it on your website,and I alreadyhave all my certificates,as we run a small farm shop too.Butcan you give me yourdetails anyway?

　　M:Sure.Please address it to the Organic Organization,VendorApplications,112 Queens Road,Newcastle,Northumbria.The postcode is NU 293LJ.Remember that the closing dateis next Tuesday,the 28th of June.

　　W:Thats absolutely wonderful.Thank you so much for yourhelp.Goodbye.

　　Q12:why does the woman call the man?

　　Q13:what is the man still lookingfor?

　　Q14:what does the man say?They are getting close to.

　　Q15:what does the man finallyask the woman to remember?

　　Passage 1

　　Supporters call it wild camping.Opponents call itillegal camping.What both sides accept is that there has been a boom in the pastfew months,with increasing numbers of visitors pitching theirtents on any bit of land theyfancy in the UK.In part,this reflectsthe factthat official campsites have been wholly or partiallyclosed,or are overflowing,in a summer when fewer people aregoing abroad.

　　It is also cheap,at a time when many are worried about whattheeconomic future holds.Butit may alsobe an expression ofadesire forgoingoutdoors.Aresponse to themonths of lockdown.Most of the coverage ofthe boom in wild campinghas beennegative.Camping in public parks has now been banned forAugust and the early part of September because campers dumplitter,human waste,and even their tents on the grassland.

　　Similar action has been taken even in Scotland,wherecamping isusually permitted on most of its open land.Clearly,there have tobe rules.It would make sensethatwild campers need to ask forpermission to camp from landowners,especially outside Scotland,wherethe law is far more restrictive.It would be common senseforpeople to use small tentsand leave no trace of their visit.

　　They have been attracted by a patch ofland that is close towilderness,and itis their responsibility to keep it that way.

　　Q16:Why has wild camping become popular in the UK?

　　Q17:Why is campingbanned for partof the summer in publicparks?

　　Q18:What does the speaker suggestcampers do?

　　Passage 2

　　Imagine boating down the Amazon River,minding your ownbusiness,calmly keepingan eye outfor alarmingly large snakes,and a curious pink dolphin appears to swim alongside.While thismay seem like a mythical creature,pink dolphinsdo exist in theAmazon region.The Amazon River Dolphin is a giant among itsspecies.

　　It can measure up to2 meters long and weigharound 204kilograms.Size isnt the only thing that setsthe Amazon RiverDolphin apart.Thriving in South American rivers and temporarylakes caused byseasonal flooding,this freshwater dolphin issometimes shockingly pink.Although born gray,males of thespecies are easilyidentified as they enter adulthood bya decisivepinkshade.

　　Their unusual coloringis believed to be the result ofscar tissuefromdolphin fights,whetherplay fighting or a seriousbid for amate.The deeper the pink,the more attractivethe males arebelieved to be,and the older the male,the more pink he will have.Theres also a theory that this color helps thedolphins more readilyblend in withtheir surroundings.

　　During heavy rains,rivers along the Amazon rainforestturn a pinkshade,and with Male dolphins are harderto detect.The Amazonwetland system,fed by the Amazon River,is a crucial place for pinkdolphinsto breed.And,since 2018,has been grantedinternationally protected status.

　　Q19:Whatdoes the passage say about pink dolphins?

　　Q20:What is the unusual coloring of pink dolphins believed tooriginate in?

　　Q21:What has become of the Amazon wetland system since 2018?

　　Passage 3

　　In a new Merrill Lynch Age Wave survey,a full 70 percent of the earlyadults said theyve received financial support from their parents inthe past year,and 58 percent said they couldnt afford their currentlifestyles without it.The most common types of financial supportinclude cell phone plans,food,school costs and car expenses.

　　Parental financial support of early adults,said Ken Dichtwald,CEO ofAge Wave,is the new normal.But 64 percent of theyoung adultssurveyed said parents financial support to children aged 25-34 is abad thing,because it makes thosekids dependent.By contrast,only29 percentthought supporting men and women aged 18-24 is bad.

　　The remaining 71 percent thought that assistance helps the adultchildren get ahead.Dick Fould believes the young women and mensurveyed were saying that by 25,young adultsought to be financiallyindependent.In fact,the respondents said financial independencedefines adulthood.Financial independence is something they werestruggling with and challengedby.

　　And it scared them a bit,Dichtwald said.One big reason theyrestruggling is attributed to college loans,of which the averageamounts to $37,000.Many ofthe parents havetaken on college loansfor the kids too,sometimes at the expense of their own finances.Inthe survey,60 percent of early adults define financial success asbeing debt-free.Whether thats likely,or even possible,anytimesoon,is anyones guess.

　　Q22:What do we learn from a new survey by Merrill Lynch Age Wave?

　　Q23:Why did most young adults in the survey sayfinancialsupport tochildren aged 25-34 is a bad thing?

　　Q24:What did the respondents in the survey say regarding financialindependence?

　　Q25:What is one big reason young adults are struggling?

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