2015年6月大学英语六级考试真题及答案解析(第二套)

2015

年

6

月英语六级真题及答案（第二套）

Part I

Writing

(30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on Einstein's

remark

two to illustrate

your point of mew. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200

words.

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Part

Ⅱ

Listening

Comprehension

(30 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the

end

of

each

conversation,

one

or

more

questions

will

be

asked

about

what

was

said.

Both

the

conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause.

During the pause , you must read the four choices marked A ), B., C. and D., and decide which is

the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through

the centre.

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1.

A. The woman thinks she is cleverer than the man.

B. The man behaves as if he were a thorough fool.

C. The man is unhappy with the woman's remark.

D. The woman seldom speaks highly of herself.

2.

A. Three crew members were involved in the incident.

B. None of the hijackers carried any deadly weapons.

C. None of the passengers were injured or killed.

D. The plane had been scheduled to fly to Japan.

3.

A. At a travel agency.

B. At a hotel front desk.

C. At a checkout counter.

D. At a commercial bank.

4.

A. Chinatown has got the best restaurants in the city.

B. The critic thought highly of the Chinese restaurant.

C. The restaurant places many ads in popular magazines.

D. The restaurant was not up to the speakers' expectations.

5.

A. ProL Laurence is going into an active retirement.

B. ProL Laurence has stopped conducting seminars.

C. The professor's graduate seminar is well received.

D. The professor will lead a quiet life after retirement.

6.

A. signing Leon to a new position.

B. Finding a replacement for Leon.

C. Aranging for Rodney's visit tomorrow.

D. Finding a solution to Rodney's problem.

7.

A. Photography is one of Helen's many hobbies.

B. Helen asked the man to book a ticket for her.

C. The photography exhibition will close tomorrow.

D. Helen has been looking forward to the exhibition.

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8.

A. The speakers share the same opinion.

B. Steve knows how to motivate employees.

C. The man has a better understanding of Steve.

D. The woman is out of touch with the real world.

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

9.

A. It is well paid.

B. It is stimulating.

C. It is demanding.

D. It is fairly secure.

10.

A. A quick promotion.

B. Free accommodation.

C. Moving expenses.

D. A lighter workload.

11.

A. He has difficulty communicating with local people.

B. He has to spend a lot more traveling back and forth.

C. He has trouble adapting to the local weather.

D. He has to sign a long-term contract.

12.

A. The woman will help the man make a choice.

B. The man is going to attend a job interview.

C. The man is in the process of job hunting.

D. The woman sympathizes with the man.

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

13.

A. To inquire about the interest rates at the woman's bank.

B. To inquire about the current financial market situation.

C. To see if he can find a job in the woman's company.

D. To see if he can get a loan from the woman's bank.

14.

A. Long-term investment.

B. A three-month deposit.

C. Any high-interest deposit.

D. Any high-yield investment.

15.

A. She treated him to a meal.

B. She gave him loans at low rates.

C. She offered him dining coupons.

D. She raised interest rates for him.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear

some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a

question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A ), B ),

C ) and D ).

Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet

1 with a single line through the centre.

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Passage One

Questions 16 to 18 are bused on the passage you have just heard.

16.

A. Strict professional training.

B. Years of practical experience.

C. A refined taste for artistic works.

D. The ability to predict fashion trends.

17.

A. Purchasing handicrafts from all over the world.

B. Conducting trade in art works with dealers overseas.

C. Strengthening cooperation with foreign governments.

D. Promoting all kinds of American hand-made specialties.

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18.

A. She has access to fashionable things.

B. She can enjoy life on a modest salary.

C. She is doing what she enjoys doing.

D. She is free to do whatever she wants.

Passage Two

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

19.

A. It is a Portuguese company selling coffee in New York.

B. Its most important task is to conduct coffee studies.

C. It represents several countries that export coffee.

D. Its role is to regulate international coffee prices.

20.

A. The freezing weather in Brazil.

B. The impact of global warming.

C. The increased coffee consumption.

D. The fluctuation of coffee prices.

21.

A. He is doing a bachelor's degree.

B. He is young, handsome and single.

C. He is a heavy coffee drinker.

D. He is tall, rich and intellieent.

22.

A. A visit to several coffee-growing plantations.

B. Coffee prices and his advertising campaign.

C. A vacation on some beautiful tropical beach.

D. A quick promotion and a handsome income.

Passage Three

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

23.

A. They were held up in a traffic jam.

B. They boarded a wrong coach in a hurry.

C. They were late for the first morning bus.

D. They were delayed by the train for hours.

24.

A. It was canceled because of an unexpected strike.

B. It was the most exciting trip they ever had.

C. It was spoiled by poor accommodations.

D. It was postponed due to terrible weather.

25.

A. Go overseas.

B. Stay at home.

C. Take romantic cruises.

D. Take escorted trips.

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the

first

time,

you

should

listen

carefully

for

its

general

idea.

When

the

passage

is

read

for

the

second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally,

when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

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Why would an animal kill itself? It seems a strange question, and yet it is one that has

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some

people

for

a

long

time.

The

lemming

(

旅鼠

)

is

one

such

animal.

Lemmings

periodically

commit mass 27, and no one knows just why!

The small

28, which inhabit the Scandinavian mountains, sustain themselves on a diet

of roots and live in nests they make underground. When their food supply is

29

large, the

lemmings live a normal, undisturbed life.

However, when the lemmings' food supply becomes too low to support the population, a

singular30

commences. The lemmings leave their nests all together at the same time, forming

huge

crowds.

Great

numbers

of

the

lemmings

begin

a

long

and

hard

journey

across

the

Scandinavian plains, z journey that

may last weeks. The lemmings eat everything in their path,

continuing their

31

march until they reach the sea.

The

reason

for

what

follows

remains

a

mystery

for

zoologists

and

naturalists.

Upon

reaching the coast, the lemmings do not stop but swim by the thousands into the surf. Most

32

only a short time before they tire, sink, and drown.

A common theory for this unusual phenomenon is that the lemmings do not realize that the

ocean

is

such

33

water.

In

their

cross-country

journey,

the

animals

must

traverse

many

smaller bodies of water, such as rivers and small lakes. They may

34

that the sea is just

another such swimmable 35. But no final answer has been found to the mystery.

Part III

Reading

Comprehension

(40 minutes)

Section A

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

for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage

through carefully before

making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.

Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through

the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.

put

this

36

into

practice.

Now

technology

has

become

the

new

field

for

the

age-old

battle

between adults and their freedom-seeking kids.

Locked indoors, unable to get on their bicycles and hang out with their friends, teens have

turned to social media and their mobile phones to socialize with their peers. What they do online

often

37what they might otherwise do if their mobility weren't so heavily .38

in the age of

helicopter parenting. Social media and smart-phone apps have become so popular in recent years

because teens need a place to call their own. They want the freedom

to

39

their identity

and the world around them. Instead of

40

out, they jump online.

As teens have moved online, parents have projected their fears onto the Internet, imagining

all the41

dangers that youth might face--from

42

strangers to cruel peers to pictures or

words that could haunt them on Google for the rest of their lives.

Rather

than

helping

teens

develop

strategies

for

negotiating

public

life

and

the

risks

of

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with

others,

fearful

parents

have

focused

on

tracking,

monitoring

and

blocking.

These

tactics (

策略

) don't help teens develop the skills they need to manage complex social situations,44

risks and get help when they're in trouble.

4

it

45

the learning that teens need to do as they come of age in a technology-soaked world.

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A. assess

B. constrained

C. contains

D. explore

E. influence

F. interacting

G

. interpretation

H

. magnified

I. mirrors

J. philosophy

K. potential

L. sneaking

M. sticking

N. undermines

O. violent

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.

Inequality Is Not Inevitable

[A] A dangerous trend has developed over this past third of a century. A country that experienced

shared growth after World War II began to tear apart, so much so that when the Great Recession

hit in late 2007, one could no longer ignore the division that had come to define the American

economic landscape. How did this

greatest level of inequality?

[B] Over the past year and a half, The Great divide, a series in The New York Times, has presented

a wide range of examples that undermine the notion that there are any truly fundamental laws of

capitalism.

The

dynamics

of

the

imperial

capitalism

of

the

19th

century

needn't

apply

in

the

democracies of the 21st. we don't need to have this much inequality in America.

[C] Our current brand of capitalism is a fake capitalism. For proof of this go back to our response

to

the

Great

Recession,

where

we

socialized

losses,

even

as

we

privatized

gains.

Perfect

competition

should

drive

profits

to

zero,

at

least

theoretically,

but

we

have

monopolies

making

persistently high profits. C.E.O.s enjoy incomes that are on average 295 times that of the typical

worker, a much higher ratio than in the past, without any evidence of a proportionate increase in

productivity.

[D] If it is not the cruel laws of economics that have led to America's great divide, what is it? The

straightforward

answer:

our

policies

and

our

politics.

People

get

tired

of

hearing

about

Scandinavian success stories, but the fact of the matter is that Sweden, Finland and Norway have

all succeeded in having about as much or faster growth in per capita

（人均的）

incomes than the

United States and with far greater equality.

[E] So why has America chosen these inequality-enhancing policies? Part of the answer is that as

World War II faded into memory, so too did the solidarity it had created. As America triumphed in

the

Cold

War,

there

didn't

seem

to

be

a

real

competitor

to

our

economic

model.

Without

this

international competition, we no longer had to show that our system could deliver for most of our

citizens.

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[F] Ideology and interests combine viciously. Some drew the wrong lesson from the collapse of

the Soviet system in 1991. The pendulum swung from much too much government there to much

too

little

here.

Corporate

interests

argued

for

getting

rid

of

regulations,

even

when

those

regulations had done so much to protect and improve pur environment, our safety, our health and

the economy itself.

[G] But this ideology was hypocritical

（虚伪的）

. The bankers, among the strongest advocates of

laissez- faire

（自由放任的）

economics,

were

only

too

willing

to

accept

hundreds of

billions

of

dollars from the government in the aid programs that have been a recurring feature of the global

economy since the beginning of the Thatcher-Reagan era of

[H]

The

American

political

system

is

overrun

by

money.

Economic

inequality

translates

into

political in-equality, and political inequality

yields increasing economic inequality.

So corporate

welfare increases as we reduce welfare for the poor. Congress maintains subsidies for rich farmers

as we cut back on nutritional support for the needy. Drug companies have been given hundreds of

billions of dollars as we limit Medicaid benefits. The banks that brought on the global financial

crisis

got

billions

while

a

tiny

bit

went

to

the

homeowners

and

victims

of

the

same

banks' < /p>

predatory

（掠夺性的）

len ding practices. This last decision was particularly foolish. There were

alternatives

to

throwing

money

at

the

banks

and

hoping

it

would

circulate

through

increased

lending.

[I] Our divisions are deep. Economic and geographic segregation has immunized those at the top

from

the

problems

of

those

down

below.

Like

the

kings

of

ancient

times'

they

have

come

to

perceive their privileged positions essentially as a natural right.

[J] Our economy, our democracy and our society have paid for these gross inequalities. The true

test of an economy is not how much wealth its princes can accumulate in tax havens

（

庇护所）

, but

how well off the typical citizen is. But average incomes are lower than they were a quarter-century

ago. Growth

has gone

to

the

very,

very

top,

whose

share

has almost

increased

four

times

since

1980. Money that was meant to have trickled

（流淌）

down has instead evaporated in the agreeable

climate of the Cayman Islands.

[K]

With

almost

a

quarter

of

American

children

younger

than

5

living

in

poverty,

and

with

America doing so little for its poor, the deprivations of one generation are being visited upon the

next. Of course, no country has ever come close to providing complete equality of opportunity.

But why is America one of the advanced countries where the life prospects of the young are most

sharply determined by the income and education of their parents?

[L] Among the most bitter stories in The Great Divide were those that portrayed the frustrations of

the young, who long to enter our shrinking middle class. Soaring tuitions and declining incomes

have

resulted

in

larger

debt

burdens.

Those

with

only

a

high

school

diploma

have

seen

their

incomes decline by 13 percent over the past 35 years.

[M] Where justice is concerned, there is also a huge divide. In the eyes of the rest of the world and

a

significant

part

of

its

own

population,

mass

imprisonment

has

come

to

define

America

—

a

country, it bears repeating, with about 5 percent of the world's population but around a fourth of

the world 's prisoners.

[N] Justice has become a commodity, affordable to only a few. While Wall Street executives used

their expensive lawyers to ensure that their ranks were not held accountable for the misdeeds that

the crisis in 2008 so graphically revealed, the banks abused our legal system to foreclose

（取消 赎

回权）

on mortgages and eject tenants, some of whom did not even owe money.

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[O]

More

than

a

half-century

ago,

America

led

the

way

in

advocating

for

the

Universal

Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in 1948. Today, access to health care

is among the most universally accepted rights, at least in the advanced countries. America, despite

the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, is the exception. In the relief that many felt when

the Supreme Court did not overturn the Affordable Care Act, the implications of the decision for

Medicaid were not fully appreciated. Obamacare's objective

一

to ensure that all Americans have

access to health care

—

has been blocked: 24 states have not implemented the expanded Medicaid

program, which was the means by which Obamacare was supposed to deliver on its promise to

some of the poorest.

[P] We need not just a new war on poverty but a war to protect the middle class. Solutions to these

problems do not have to be novel. Far from it. Making markets act like markets would be a good

place

to

start.

We

must

end

the

rent- seeking

society

we

have

gravitated

toward,

in

which

the

wealthy obtain profits by manipulating the system.

[Q]

The

problem

of

inequality

is

not

so

much

a

matter

of

technical

economics.

It's

really

a

problem of practical politics. Inequality is not just about the top marginal tax rate but also about

our children's access to food and the right to justice for all. If we spent more on education, health

and infrastructure

（基础设施）

, we would strengthen our economy, now and in the future.

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46.

In theory, free competition is supposed to reduce the margin of profits to the minimum.

47.

The United States is now characterized by a great division between the rich and the poor.

48. America lacked the incentive to care for the majority of its citizens as it found no rival for its

economic model.

49. The wealthy top have come to take privileges for granted.

50.

Many

examples

show

the

basic

laws

of

imperial

capitalism

no

longer

apply

in

present-day

America.

51. The author suggests a return to the true spirit of the market.

52. A quarter of the world's prisoner population is in America.

53.

Government

regulation

in

America

went

from

one

extreme

to

the

other

in

the

past

two

decades.

54. Justice has become so expensive that only a small number of people like corporate executives

can afford it.

55. No country in the world so far has been able to provide completely equal opportunities for all.

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 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.

I'll

admit

I've

never

quite

understood

the

obsession

(

难以破除的成见

)

surrounding

genetically modified (GM) crops. To environmentalist opponents, GM foods are simply evil, an

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understudied.

possibly

harmful

tool

used

by

big

agricultural

businesses

to

control

global

seed

markets

and

crush

local

farmers.

They

argue

that

GM

foods

have

never

delivered

on

their

supposed promise, that money spent on GM crops would be better channeled to organic farming

and

that

consumers

should

be

protected

with

warning

labels

on

any

products

that

contain

genetically

modified

ingredients.

To

supporters,

GM

crops

are

a

key

part

of

the

effort

to

sustainably provide food to meet a growing global population. But more than that, supporters see

the

GM

opposition

of

many

environmentalists

as

fundamentally

anti-science,

no

different

than

those who question the basics of man- made climate change.

For

both

sides,

GM

foods

seem

to

act

as

a

symbol:

you're

pro-agricultural

business

or

anti-science. But science is exactly what we need more of when it comes to GM foods, which is

why I was happy to see Nature devote a special series of articles to the GM food controversy. The

conclusion: while GM crops haven't yet realized their initial promise and have been dominated by

agricultural

businesses,

there

is

reason

to

continue

to

use

and

develop

them

to

help

meet

the

enormous challenge of Sustainably feeding a growing planet.

That doesn't mean GM crops are perfect, or a one-size-fits-all solution to global agriculture

problems. But anything that can increase farming efficiency--the amount of crops we can produce

per acre of land-- will be extremely useful. GM crops can and almost certainly will be part of that

suite

of

tools,

but

so

will

traditional

plant

breeding,

improved

soil

and

crop

management--and

perhaps most important of all, better storage and transport infrastructure (

基础设施

), especially in

the developing world. (It doesn't do much good for farmers in places like sub-Saharan Africa to

produce more food if they

can't get it to hungry consumers. )

I'd like

to see

more non-industry

research done on GM crops--not just because we'd worry

less about bias, but also because seed companies like Monsanto and Pioneer shouldn't be the only

entities working to harness genetic modification. I'd like to see GM research on less commercial

crops,

like

corn.

I

don't

think

it's

vital

to

label

GM

ingredients

in

food,

but

I

also

wouldn't

be

against it--and industry would be smart to go along with labeling, just as a way of removing fears

about the technology.

Most of all, though, I wish a tenth of the energy that's spent endlessly debating GM crops

was focused

on those more pressing challenges for global agriculture. There are much bigger battles to fight.

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56. How do environmentalist opponents view GM foods according to the passage?

A. They will eventually ruin agriculture and the environment.

B. They are used by big businesses to monopolize agriculture.

C. They have proved potentially harmful to consumers' health.

D. They pose a tremendous threat to current farming practice.

57.

What

does

the

author

say

is

vital

to

solving

the

controversy

between

the

two

sides

of

the

debate?

A. Breaking the GM food monopoly.

B. More friendly exchange of ideas.

C. Regulating GM food production.

D. More scientific research on GM crops.

58. What is the main point of the Nature articles?

A. Feeding the growing population makes it imperative to develop GM crops.

B. Popularizing GM technology will help it to live up to its initial promises.

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C. Measures should be taken to ensure the safety of GM foods.

D. Both supporters and opponents should make compromises.

59. What is the author's view on the solution to agricultural problems?

A. It has to depend more and more on GM technology.

B. It is vital to the sustainable development of human society.

C. GM crops should be allowed until better alternatives are found.

D. Whatever is useful to boost farming efficiency should be encouraged.

60.

What does the author think of the ongoing debate around GM crops?

A. It arises out of ignorance of and prejudice against new science.

B. It distracts the public attention from other key issues of the world.

C. Efforts spent on it should be turned to more urgent issues of agriculture.

D. Neither side is likely to give in until more convincing evidence is found.

Passage Two

Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.

Early

decision--you

apply

to

one

school,

and

admission

is

binding--seems

like

a

great

choice

for

nervous

applicants.

Schools

let

in

a

higher

percentage

of

early-decision

applicants,

which arguably means that you have a better chance of getting in. And if you do, you're done with

the whole agonizing process by December. But what most students and parents don't realize is that

schools have hidden motives for offering early decision.

Early decision, since it's binding, allows schools to fill their classes with qualified students;

it

allows

admissions

committees

to

select

the

students

that

are

in

particular

demand

for

their

college and know those students will come. It also gives schools a higher yield rate, which is often

used as one of the ways to measure college selectivity and popularity.

The problem is that this process effectively shortens the window of time students have to

make one of the most important decisions of their lives up to that point. Under regular admissions,

seniors

have

until

May

1

to

choose

which

school

to

attend;

early

decision

effectively

steals

six

months from them, months that could be used to visit more schools, do more research, speak to

current students and alumni (

校友

) and arguably make a more informed decision.

There are, frankly, an astonishing number of exceptional colleges in America, and for any

given student, there are a number of schools that are a great fit. When students become too fixated

(

专注

)

on

a

particular

school

early

in

the

admissions

process,

that

fixation

can

lead

to

severe

disappointment if they don't get in or, if they do, the possibility that they are now bound to go to a

school that, given time forefather reflection, may not actually be right for them.

Insofar as early decision offers a genuine admissions edge, that advantage goes largely to

students who already have numerous advantages. The students who use early decision tend to be

those who have received higher-quality college guidance, usually a result of coming from a more

privileged background. In this regard, there's an argument against early decision, as students from

lower-income families are far less likely to have the admissions know-how to navigate the often

confusing early deadlines.

Students who have done their research and are confident that there's one school they would

be thrilled to get into should, under the current system, probably apply under early decision. But

for

students

who

haven't

yet

done

enough

research,

or

who

are

still

constantly

changing

their

minds on favorite schools, the early- decision system needlessly and prematurely narrows the field

9

of

possibility

just

at

a

time

when

students

should

be

opening

themselves

to

a

whole

range

of

thrilling options.

注意：此部分试题请 在答题卡

2

上作答。

61. What are students obliged to do under early decision?

A. Look into a lot of schools before they apply.

B. Attend the school once they are admitted.

C. Think twice before they accept the offer.

D. Consult the current students and alumni.

62. Why do schools offer early decision?

A. To make sure they get qualified students.

B. To avoid competition with other colleges.

C. To provide more opportunities for applicants.

D. To save students the agony of choosing a school.

63. What is said to be the problem with early decision for students?

A. It makes their application process more complicated.

B. It places too high a demand on their research ability.

C. It allows them little time to make informed decisions.

D. It exerts much more psychological pressure on them.

64. Why are some people opposed to early decision?

A. It interferes with students' learning in high school.

B. It is biased against students at ordinary high schools.

C. It causes unnecessary confusion among college applicants.

D. It places students from lower-income families at a disadvantage.

65. What does the author advise college applicants to do?

A. Refrain from competing with students from privileged families.

B. Avoid choosing early decision unless they are fully prepared.

C. Find sufficient information about their favorite schools.

D. Look beyond the few supposedly thrilling options.

Part IV

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.

201 1

年是中国城市化

(urbanization)

进程中的历史性时刻，

其城市人口首次超过农村人口。

在

未来

20

年里，

< br>预计约有

3

．

5

亿农村人口将移居到城市。

如此规模的城市发展对城市交通来

< br>说既是挑战，

也是机遇。

中国政府一直提倡

“

以人为本

??

的发展理念 ，

强调人们以公交而不是

私出行。它还号召建设

“

资源节约和环境友好型

”

社 会。有了这个明确的目标，

中国城市就可

以更好地规划其发展， 并把大量投资转向安全、清洁和经济型交通系统的发展上。

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡

2

上作答 。

10

2 015

年

6

月大学英语六级考试真题< /p>

(

二

)

答案与详 解

interest

兴趣

stimulate/satisfy one's curiosity

/

满足某人的好

奇心

innovate

创新

explore

探索

immense intellectual curiosity

强烈的求知欲

cultivate

培养

Curiosity killed the cat.

好奇害死猫

enthusiasm

热情

intrigue

激起

的兴趣

Part II

Listening

Comprehension

Section A

1. W: A clever man hides his virtues within himself.A fool keeps them on his tongue.

M.. You mean I'm saying my own raises. In that case, I'm a fool, a thorough fool.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

C)

【精析】语义理解 题。女士认为智者美不外现，而愚蠢的人才四处炫耀，言语中暗示男士

属于后者。男士回 答

“

你是说我往自己脸上贴金。这样的话，我就是十足的傻瓜< /p>

?

。

”

从男士< /p>

11

的语气上可以听出他的不悦，男士说的是反语。

2.

W:

What

does

the

paper

say

about

the

horrible

incident

that

happened

this

morning

on

Flight 870 to Hong Kong?

M: It ended with the arrest of the three

hijackers. They had forced the plane to fly

to Japan, but

all the passengers and crew members landed safely.

O.. What do we learn from the conversation?

C)

【精析 】

综合理解题。

女士问男士报纸上是怎样报

道飞往香港的

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