2018年6月英语六级真题及答案(三套全)

2018

年

6

月英语六 级真题和答案

听力

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 len

gthiest 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.

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

yo

u

admire

your

colleague’s

beautiful 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?

选词填空

儿歌

Did Sarah Josepha Hale write “Mary’s Little Lamb,” the eternal nursery rhyme

（儿歌）

about girl

nam

ed 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 l

ife.

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

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

ago.

Reporting in the most recent issue of the newsletter

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.

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.

only

speculate

as

to

how

the

Egyptians

could

have

laid

out

these

lines

with

such

33

precision

using only the tools they had,

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

Atlas Obscura points out.

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. M

usk 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

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. Mu

sk’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 project manager and researcher at the

University

of

Barcelona.

“the

shor

t-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

rice

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 taking place in all three

countries. Each team is crossbreeding a local European short-grain rice with a long-grain Asian

variety

that

carries

the

salt- resistant

gene.

The

scientists

are

breeding

successive

generations

to

arrive at varieties that incorporate salt tolerance but retain about 97 percent of the European rice

genome

（基因组）

.

does the author mention the Spanish Civil War at the beginning of the passage?

A. It had great impact on the life of Spanish rice farmers.

B. It is of great significance in the records of Spanish history.

C. Rice farmers in the Ebro Delta are waging a battle of similar importance.

D. Rice farmers in the Ebro Delta are experiencing as hard a time as in the war.

may be the most effective strategy for rice farmers to employ in fighting their enemies?

A. Striking the weaker enemy first

B. Killing two birds with one stone

C. Eliminating the enemy one by one

D. Using one evil to combat the other

48. What do we learn ab

out “Project Neurice”?

A. Its goals will have to be realized at a cost.