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2020
年
12
月六级
答案完整版（网友版第一套）
（一）
Direction
：
For
this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to
write a short eaasy based on the
picture below. You should
focus on the
difficulty in acquiring useful information in
spite of advanced information
technology. You are required to
write
at least 150 words but no more than 200
words.
As is graphicallyrevealed in the
cartoon, a few employees
are
holding
a conference in themeeting room
equipped with advanced
devices.
However, the moststriking feature of the drawing
is
that the man in the center, whoseems
like a manager, says
that they have
lots of informationtechnology, while useful
information is badly needed. Simple as
theillustration seems,
it discloses a
serious problem that it israther hard to
obtain helpful information in the
highly modernizedsociety.
A multitude of reasonscan
account for the phenomenon. On
the one
hand, it can bepartially due to the fact that the
modern technology has beendeveloping at
an incredible speed,
which provides a
booming amountof information and it is
difficult to tell the right from
thewrong. On the other hand,
it is also
because the restriction aboutspreading information
on the Internet is far from perfect,
makingit difficult to
get rid of the
problem effectively andfundamentally.
From my
perspective,it is high time that we transferred
our focus from developingtechnology to
searching for
something helpful. Only
in this way canwe acquire what we
literally need.
第一版：
短对话
1.
W
：
Wow, what a variety of salads you’ve
got on your
menu, could yourecommend
something special?
M
：
Well, I think you can try this mixed salad. We
make
the dressingwith fresh
berries.
Q
：
what does the
man mean?
2.
W
：
I was talking
to Mary the other day, and she
mentioned that your newconsulting firm
is doing really well.
M
：
Yes, business paced up much faster than we
anticipated. We now haveover 200
clients.
Q
：
What do we
learn about the man from the
conversation?
3.
W
：
Do you know
where we keep flash disks and printing
paper?
M
：
They should be in the cabinet if there are any.
That’s where we keepall of our office
supplies.
Q
：
what does the
woman mean?
4.
W
：
The
printing of this dictionary is so small. I can’t
read theexplanations at all.
M
：
Let
me get my magnify glass. I know I just can’t do
without it.
Q
：
What does the man mean?
5.
W
：
I’m considering having my office
redecorated, the
furniture is oldand
the paint is chipping.
M
：
I’ll give you my
sister
-in-
law’s number. She
just
graduated from aninterior
designing academy, and will give a
free
estimate.
Q
：
What is the
woman considering?
6.
W
：
We
have a full load of goods that needs to be
delivered. But wecan’t get a container
ship anyway.
M
：
That’s always being a problem in this
port. The
facilities here arenever able
to meet our needs.
Q
：
What are the speakers talking about?
7.
W
：
Why
didn’t Rod get a pay raise?
M
：
The boss just isn’t convinced that his
work attitude
warranted said she saw
him by the coffee machine more
often
than at his desk.
Q
：
What are the speakers talking about?
8.
W
：
The hotel
called, saying that because of the
scheduling there, theywon’t be are able
to cater for our
banquet.
M
：
I know an
Indian restaurant on the high street that
offers a specialdiner for groups. The
food is excellent, and
the room is
large enough toaccommodate us.
Q
：
What does the
man suggest they do?
长对话
Conversation 1
M
：
Hello
Jane.
W
：
Hello
Paul.
M
：
Please coming. I’m just getting ready
to go home.
Susan is expectingme for
dinner. I wanted to be on time for a
change.
W
：
Look, I’m terribly sorry to drop in
this time on
Friday, Paul, butit is
rather important.
M
：
That’s OK. What’s the
problem?
W
：
Well, Paul, I won’t keep you long. You
see there is
a problem withthe exchange
rates. The Indian Rupee has taken
a
fall on the foreign exchangemarket. You see there
is being
a sharp increase in Indian’s
balance of paymentdeficit.
M
：
I see. How serious, isn’t
it?
W
：
Well, as you
know, there have been reports of unrest
India, and theprospects for the Rupee
look pretty gloomy.
M
：
And that’s going to affect us, as if we
didn’t have
enough problemson our
hands.
W
：
So I thought
it would be wise to take out forward
exchange cover toprotect our position
on the outstanding
contract.
M
：
Just a minute.
Forward exchange cover, now what does
that meanexactly?
W
：
Well, it means
that JO notes enters into a commitment
to sell IndianRupees at the present
rate.
M
：
I see. And how
will that benefit us?
W
：
Well, JO notes wouldn’t lose out if
Indian Rupee
falls further.
M
：
What will it
cost, Jane?
W
：
A small
percentage, about 1% and that can be built
into the price ofthe bike.
M
：
Well, I don’t suppose there is much
choice. All
right Jane, let’sput it
into action.
Q9
：
What do we learn aboutthe man’s daily
life?
Q10
：
Why did the
woman cometo see the man?
Q11
：
What makes the womanworry about the Indian
Rupee?
Conversation 2
W
：
Charles, among other things, you regarded as one
of
the America’sgreat masters of the
blues. A musical idiom
does essentially
about loss,particularly the loss of romantic
love. Why does love die?
M
：
People often
get into love affairs because they have
unrealisticexpectations about somebody.
Then when the person
doesn’t turn out
to be whothey thought he or she was, they
start thinking maybe I can change him
or kind of
thinking is a mistake.
Because when the dust settles, people
aregoing to be pretty much what they
are. It’s a rare thing
for anybody to
be ableto change who they really are. And this
creates a lot of problems.
W
：
At 62, you
continue to spend a large percentage of
your lifetouring. What appeals to you
about life on the road?
M
：
Music, I don’t especially love life on
the road, but
I figure if youare lucky
enough to be able to do what you
truly
love doing, you’ve go
t theultimate of
life.
W
：
What’s the most widely
-held
misconception about the
life of a
famousmusician?
M
：
People think it’s all glamour. Actually
we have the
same troublesthey do.
Playing music doesn’t mean life treats
you any better.
W
：
How do you feel about being recognized everywhere
you
go?
M
：
You think I be used to it by now. But I still find
it
go to a little town in Japan, where
nobody
speaks English, yet they knowyou
on side and know all your