气压20186月英语六级真题及答案解析(三套)

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Passage 1

At

some

2300

miles

in

length,

the

Mississippi

is

the

longest

river

in

the

United

States.

At

some

1000

miles,

the

Mackenzie

is

the

longest

river

in

Canada.

But

these

waterways seem minute in comparison to the world’s 2 lengthiest rivers: the Nile

and the Amazon.

The

Nile

which

begins

in

central

Africa

and

flows

over

4100

miles

north

into

the

Mediterranean hosted one of the world’s great ancient civilizations along its

shores. Calm and peaceful for most of the year, the Nile used to flood annually,

thereby

creating,

irrigating

and

carrying

new

topsoil

to

the

nearby

farmland

on

which

ancient Egypt depended for livelihood. As a means of transportation, the river

carried various vessels up and down its length.

A journey through the unobstructed

part of this waterway today would pass by

the

splendid

valley

of

the

Kings,

where

the

tombs

of

many

of

these

ancient

monarchs

have stood for over 3000 years. Great civilizations and intensive settlement are

hardly associated with the Amazon, yet this 4000 mile-long south American river

carries about 20% of the world’s fresh water more than the Mississippi, Nile and

Yangtze combined. Other statistics are equally astonishing. The Amazon is so wide

at

some

points

that

from

its

center

neither

shore

can

be

seen.

Each

second,

the

Amazon

pours some 55 million gallons of water into the Atlantic.

There, at its mouth

stands

one

island

larger

than

Switzerland.

Most

important

of

all,

the

Amazon

irrigates the largest tropical rain forest on earth.

Passage 1

9. What can be found in the valley of the Kings?

10. In what way is the Amazon different from other big rivers?

11. What does the speaker say about the Amazon?

Recording 2

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the third in our cities of

business

seminars

in

the

program

“Doing

Business

Abroad”.

(Q19)

Today,

we

are

going

to

look

at

the

intercultural

awareness,

that

is

the

fact

that

not

everyone

is

British,

not everyone speaks English and not everyone does business in a British way. And,

why

should

they?

(Q19)

If

overseas

business

people

are

selling

to

us,

then

they

will

make every effort to speak English and to respect our traditions and methods. It

is only polite for us to do the same when we visit them. It is not only polite, it

is a central, if we want to sell British products overseas. First, a short quiz.

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Let’s

see

how

interculturally

-aware

you

are.

Question

1:

where

must

you

not

drink

alcohol

on

the

first

and

seventh

of

every

month.

Question

2:

where

should

you

never

admire

your

host’s

possessions.

Question

3:

how

should

you

attract

the

waiter

during

a business lunch in Bangkok. Question 4: where should you try to make all your

appointments either before 2 or after 5:30 pm. OK, everyone had a chance to make

some notes. Right! Here are the answers. Although I am sure that the information

could equally well apply to countries other than those I have chosen. No.1: (Q20)

you must not drink alcohol on the first and seventh of the month in India. In

international hotels, you may find it served, but if you are having a meal with an

India

colleague,

remember

to

avoid

asking

for

a

beer.

If

you

are

an

arrival,

coincide

with one of those tips. No.2: in Arab countries, the politeness and generosity of

the

people

is

without

parallel.

If

you

admire

your

colleague’s

beautifu

l

belt

and

bowls, you may well find yourself being presented with them as a present. This is

not

a

cheap

way

to

do

your

shopping,

however,

as

your

host

will

quite

correctly

expect

you

to

respond

by

presenting

him

with

a

gift

of

equal

worth

and

beauty.

In

Thailand,

clicking

the

fingers,

clapping

your

hands

or

just

shouting

“Waiter”

will

embarrass

your

hosts,

fellow

diners,

the

waiter

himself

and,

most

of

all,

you.

Place

your

palm

downward and make an inconspicuous waving gesture, which will produce instant and

satisfying results. And finally, (Q21) in Spain, some businesses maintain the

pattern

of

working

until

about

2

o’clock

and

then

returning

to

the

office

from

5:30

to 8, 9 or 10 in the evening.

Q19: What should you do when doing business with foreigners?

Q20: What must you avoid doing with your Indian colleague?

Q21: What do we learn about some Spanish people?

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儿歌

Did

Sarah

Josepha

Hale

write

“

Mary

’

s

Little

Lamb,

”

the

eternal

nursery

rhyme

（儿歌）

about

girl

named

Mary

with

a

stubborn

lamb?

This

is

still

disputed,

but

it

’

s

clear

that

the

woman

26

reputed

for

writing

it

was

one

of

America

’

s

most

fascinating

27 character

s. In honor

of the poem publication

on May 24,1830, here’s

more about

the 28 supposed author’s life.

Hale wasn’t just a writer,

she was also a 29 fierce social advocate, and she

was particularly 30 obsessed with an ideal New England, which she associated with

abundant

Thanksgivinx

xg

meals

that

she

claimed

had

“a

deep

moral

influence,”

she

began

a

nationwide

31

campaign

to

have

a

national

holiday

declared

that

would

bring

families together while celebrating the 32 traditional festivals. In 1863, after

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17 years of advocacy including letters to five presidents, Hale got it. President

Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, issued a 33 proclamation setting aside the

last Thursday in November for the holiday.

The true authorship of “Mary’s Little Lamb” is disputed. According to New

England Historical Society, Hale wrote only one part of the poem, but claimed

authorship. Regardless of the author, it seems that the poem was 34 inspired by a

real

event.

When

young

Mary

Sawyer

was

followed

to

school

by

a

lamb

in

1816,

it

caused

some

problems.

A

bystander

named

John

Roulstone

wrote

a

poem

about

the

event,

then,

at

some

point,

Hale

herself

seems

to

have

helped

write

it.

However,

if

a

1916

piece

by her great-niece is to be trusted, Hale claimed for the 35 rest of her life that

“Some other people pretended that someone else wrote the poem”.

A

）

campaign

B

）

career

C

）

characters

D

）

features

E

）

fierce

F

）

inspired

G

）

latter

H

）

obsessed

I

）

proclamation

J

）

rectified

K

）

reputed

L

）

rest

M

）

supposed

N

）

traditional

O

）

versatile

金字塔

Scientists scanning and mapping the Giza pyramids say they've discovered that

the

Great

Pyramid

of

Giza

is

not

exactly

even.

But

really

not

by

much.

This

pyramid

is

the

oldest

of

the

world’s

Seven

Wonders.

The

pyramid’s

exact

size

has

26

puzzled

experts

for

centuries,

as

the

than

21

acres

of

hard,

white

casing

stones

that

originally covered it were 27 removed long ago.

Reporting

in

the

most

recent

issue

of the

newsletter

which 28

chronicles the work of the Ancient Egypt Research Associates, engineer Glen Dash

says that by

using a new measuring approach that involved finding any

surviving 29

remnants

of

the

casing

in

order

to

determine

where

the

original

edge

was.

They

found

the

east

side

of

the

pyramid

to

be

a

30

maximum

of

5.55

inches

shorter

than

the

west

side.

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The question that most 31 fascinates him, however, isn't how the Egyptians who

designed and built the pyramid got it wrong 4,500 years ago, but how they got it

so close to 32 perfect.

laid out these lines with such 33 precision using only the tools they had,

writes. He says his 34 hypothesis is that the Egyptians laid out their design on

a grid, noting that the great pyramid is oriented only 35 slightly away from the

cardinal

directions

(its

north-south

axis

runs

3

minutes

54

seconds

west

of

due

north,

while its east-west axis runs 3 minutes 51 seconds north of due east)

—

an amount

that's

chronicles

complete

established

fascinates

hypothesis

maximum

momentum

mysteriously

perfect

precision

puzzled

remnants

removed

revelations

slightly

家用机器人

When

Elon

Musk

says,

as

he

did

this

week,

that

his

new

priority

is

using

artificial

intelligence

to

build

domestic

robots,

we

should

not

only

take

note,

but

look

forward

to the day we can put our legs up in admiration.

Mr. Musk is a guy who gets things done. The founder of two “moonshot” tech

companies, Tesla Motors and SpaceX, is bringing electric vehicles to mass market

and

26

humans

to

live on

other

planets.

Lest

this

strike

the

amateur

techie

—

not

that

readers

of

The

Independent

would

ever

count

among

them

—

as

so

much

hot

air,

you

can

be

reassured

that

the

near

$$13bn

(

?

8.8bn)

fortune

this

entrepreneur

has

27

comes from practical achievements rather than hypothetical ones.

A lot of clever people are

28

about artificial intelligence, fearing

that

robots

will

one

day

become

so

29

they’ll

murder

all

of

us.

These

fears

are mostly

30

: as with hysteria about genetic modification, we humans are

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generally wise enough to manage these problems with alacrity and care.

And

just

think

of

how

wonderful

it

would

be

if

you

had

a

live-in

robot.

It

could

—

31

—

be

like

having

a

babysitter

and

masseuse

rolled

into

one

—

or,

if

that

required

32

intelligence beyond the ken of

Mr. Musk’s imagined machine,

at

least

some

one

to

chop

the

carrots,

wash

the

car

and

mow

the

lawn.

Once

purchased

and trained, this would allow the

33

user to save money and time, freeing

up

34

space in our busy lives to, for instance, read The Independent.

That is why we

welcome Mr. Musk’s latest

35

, and wish him

well. As long

as

robots

add

to

the

sum

of

human

happiness,

reduce

suffering

or

cumbersome

activity,

and

create

time

to

read

world-class

journalism,

The

Independent

will

be

their

fans.

Especially since journalism is one job robots will never do.

A) amassed

B) casual

C) emotional

D) enabling

E) eventually

F) exaggerated

G) extravagant

H) generously

I) misleading

J) precious

K) reward

L) smart

M) sphere

N) terrified

O) venture

答案：

26. D enabling

27. A amassed

28. N terrified

29. L smart

30. F exaggerated

31. E eventually

32. C emotional

33. B casual

34. J precious

35. O venture

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Passage One

Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.

The Ebro Delta, in Spain, famous as a battleground during the Spanish Civil

War, is now the setting for a different contest, one that is pitting rice farmers

against

two

enemies:

the

rice-eating

giant

apple

snail,

and

rising

sea

levels.

What

happens here will have a bearing on the future of European rice production and the

overall health of southern European wetlands.

Located on the Mediterranean just two hours south of Barcelona, the Ebro

Delta

produces

120

million

kilograms

of

rice

a

year,

making

it

one

of

the

continent’s

most

important

rice-growing

areas.

As

the

sea

creeps

into

these

fresh-water

marshes,

however,

rising

salinity

（盐分）

is

hampering

rice

production.

At

the

same

time,

this

sea-water

also

kills

off

the

greedy

giant

apple

snail,

an

introduced

pest

that

feeds

on young rice plants. The most promising strategy has become to harness one foe

against the other.

The

battle

is

currently

being

waged

on

land,

in

greenhouses

at

the

University

of Barcelona. Scientists working under the banner “Project Neurice” are seeking

varieties of rice that can withstand the increasing salinity without losing the

absorbency that makes European rice ideal for traditional Spanish and Italian

dishes.

“The

project

has

two

sides,”

says

Xavier

Serrat,

Neurice

p

roject

manager

and

researcher

at

the

University

of

Barcelona.

“the

short

-term

fight

against

the

snail,

and a mid- to long- term fight against climate change. But the snail has given the

project greater urgency.”

Originally

from

South

America,

the

snails

were

accidentally

introduced

into

the

Ebro Delta by Global Aquatic Tecnologies, a company that raised the snails for

fresh-water aquariums

（水族馆）

, but failed to prevent their escape. For now, the

giant

apple

snail

’

s

presence

in

Europe

is

limited

to

the

Ebro

Delta.

But

the

snail

continues

its

march

to

new

territory,

says

Serrat.

“The

question

is

not

if

it

will

reach other rice-

growing areas of Europe, but when.”

Over

the next year and a half investigators will test the various

strains of

salt-tolerant ric

e they’ve bred. In 2018, farmers will plant the varieties with

the

most

promise

in

the

Ebro

Delta

and

Europe’s

other

two

main

rice

-growing

regions

—along the Po in Italy, and France’s Rh

?

ne. A season in the field will

help determine which, if any, of the varieties are ready for commercialization.

As an EU- funded effort, the search for salt-tolerant varieties of rice is

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