2013年12月英語(yǔ)六級(jí)考試完整真題及參考答案.docx

2013年12月英語(yǔ)六級(jí)考試一、Writing(共1題，合計(jì)15分)1For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on happiness by referring tothe saying Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them. You can cite examples to illustrate your point and then explain how you can developyour ability to deal with problems and be happy. You should write at least 150 wordsbut no more than 200 words._二、聽力部分(共2題，合計(jì)35分)回答2-26題：2A. The rock band needs more hours of practice.B. The rock band is going to play here for a month.C. Their hard work has resulted in a big success.D. He appreciates the womans help with the band.3A. Go on a diving tour in Europe.B. Travel overseas on his own.C. Add 300 dollars to his budget.D. Join a package tour to Mexico.4A. In case some problem should occur.B. Something unexpected has happened.C. To avoid more work later on.D. To make better preparations.5A. The woman asked for a free pass to try out the facilities.B. The man is going to renew his membership in a fitness center.C. The woman can give the man a discount if he joins the club now.D. The man can try out the facilities before he becomes a member.6A. He is not afraid of challenge.B. He is not fit to study science.C. He is worried about the test.D. He is going to drop the physics course.7A. Pay for part of the picnic food.B. Invite Garys family to dinner.C. Buy something special for Gary.D. Take some food to the picnic.8A. Bus drivers working conditions.B. A labor dispute at a bus company.C. Public transportation.D. A corporate takeover.9A. The bank statement.B. Their sales overseas.C. The payment for an order.D. The check just deposited.10Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.A. A hotel receptionist.B. A private secretary.C. A shop assistant.D. A sales manager.11A. Voice.B. Intelligence.C. Appearance.D. Manners,12A. Arrange one more interview.B. Offer the job to David Wallace.C. Report the matter to their boss.D. Hire Barbara Jones on a trial basis.13Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.A. He invented the refrigerator. B. He patented his first invention.C. He got a degree in Mathematics.D. He was admitted to university.14A. He distinguished himself in low temperatu, re physics.B. He fell in love with Natasha Willoughby.C. He became a professor of Mathematics.D. He started to work on refrigeration.15A. Finding the true nature of subatoraic particles.B. Their work on very high frequency radio waves.C. Laying the foundations of modern mathematics.D. Their discovery of the laws of cause and effect.16A. To teach at a university.B. To patent his inventions.C. To spend his remaining years.D. To have a three-week holiday.17Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.A. They have fallen prey to wolves, B. They have become a tourist attraction.C. They have caused lots of damage to crops.D. They have become a headache to the community.18A. To celebrate their victory.B. To cheer up the hunters.C. To scare the wolves.D. To alert the deer19A. They would help to spre, ada fatal disease.B. They would pose a threat to the children.C. They would endanger domestic animals.D. They would eventually kill off the deer.20Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.A. She is an interpreter.B. She is a tourist guide.C. She is a domestic servant.D. She is from the royal family.21A. It was used by the family to hold dinner parties.B. It is situated at the foot of a beautiful mountain.C. It was frequently visited by heads of state.D. It is furnished like one in a royal palace.22A. It is elaborately decorated.B. It has survived some 2,000 years.C. It is very big, with only six slim legs.D. It is shaped like an ancient Spanish boat.23A. They are uncomfortable to sit in for long.B. They do not match the oval table at all.C. They have lost some of their legs.D. They are interesting to look at.24Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.A. It is an uncommon infectious disease. B. It destroys the patients ability to think, C. It is a disease very difficult to diagnose.D. It is the biggest crippler of young adults.25A. Search for the best cure.B. Hurry up and live life.C. Write a book about her life.D. Exercise more and work harder.26A. Aggressive.B. Adventurous.C. Sophisticated.D. Self-centered.回答27-36題Its difficult to estimate the number of youngsters involved in home schooling, where children are notsent to school and receive their formal education from one or both parents.26_and court decisionshave made it legally possible in most states for parents to educate their children at home, and each yearmore people take advantage of that opportunity. Some states require parents or a home tutor to meetteacher certification standards, and many require parents to complete legal forms to verify that their children are receiving 27_in state-approved curricula.Supporters of home education claim that its less expensive and far more 28_ than mass publiceducation. Moreover, they cite several advantages: alleviation of school overcrowding, strengthenedfaintly relationships, lower 29_ rates, the fact that students are allowed to learn at their own rate,increased 30 _, higher standardized test scores, and reduced 31_ problems.Critics of the home schooling movement 32_ that it creates as many problem as it solves.Theyacknowledge tha|, in a few cases, home schooling offers educational opportunities superior to those foundin most public schools, but few parents can provide such educational advantages. Some parents whowithdraw their children from the schools 33_ home schooling have an inadequate educationalbackground and insufficient formal training to provide a satisfactory education for their children.Typically, parents have fewer technological resources 34_than do schools. However, the relativelyinexpensive computer techoology that is readily available today is causing some to challenge the notionthat home schooling is in any way 35_ more highly structured classroom education.三、閱讀理解(共4題，合計(jì)35分)Questions 37-46 are based on the following passage. Some performance evaluations require supervisors to take action. Employees who receive a veryfavorable evaluation may deserve some type of recognition or even a promotion. If supervisors do notacknowledge such outstanding performance, employees may either lose their 36_ and reduce theireffort or search for a new job at a firm that will 37_ them for high performance. Supervisors shouldacknowledge high performance so that the employee will continue to perform well in the future. Employees who receive unfavorable evaluations must also be given attention. Supervisors must38_ the reasons for poor performance. Some reasons, such as a family illness, may have a temporaryadverse 39_ on performance and can be corrected. Other reasons, such as a bad attitude, may not betemporary. When supervisors give employees an unfavorable evaluation, they must decide whether to takeany 40 _action,s. If the, employees were unaware of their own deficiencies, the unfavorable evaluationcan pinpoint (指出) the deficiencies that employees must correct. In this case, the supervisor may simplyneed to monitor the employees 41_and ensure that the deficiencies are corrected. If the employees were already aware of their deficiencies before the evaluation period, however, theymay be unable or unwilling to correct them. This situation is more serious, and the supervisor may need totake action. The action should be 42_with the firms guidelines and may include reassigning theemployees to new jobs,43_them temporarily, or firing them. A supervisors action toward a poorlyperforming worker can 44_ the attitudes of other employees. If no 45_is imposed on an employeefor poor performance, other employees may react bv reducing their productivity as well.A additionalB affectC aptlyDassimilateE circulationF closelyG consistentH, enthusiasmIidentifyJimpactKpenaltyL rewardM simplifyingN suspendingOvulnerable回答47-56題The College Essay: Why Those,500 Words Drive Us CrazyA Meg is a lawyer-mom in suburban Washington, D. C., where lawyer-morns are thick on the ground.Her son Doug is one of several hundred thousand high-school seniors who had a painful fall. Thedeadline for applying to his favorite college was Nov.1, and by early October he had yet to fill outthe application. More to the point, he had yet to settle on a subject for the personal essayaccompanying the application. According to college folklore, a well-turned essay has the power toseduce (誘惑) an admissions committee. He wanted to do one thing at a time, Meg says,explaining her sons delay. But really, my son is a huge procrastinator (拖延者). The essay is thehardest thing to do, so hes put it off the longest. Friends and other veterans of the process havewarned Meg that the back and forth between editing parent and writing student can be traumatic ( 痛苦的). B Back in the good old days-say, two years ago, when the last of my children suffered the ordea/( 折磨)-a high-school student applying to college could procrastinate all the way to New Years Day oftheir senior year, assuming they could withstand the parental pestering (煩擾). But things changefast in the nail-biting world of college admissions. The recent trend toward early decision and earlyaction among selective colleges and universities has pushed the traditional deadline ofJanuary up toNov.1 or early December for many students.C If the time for heel-dragging has been shortened, the true source of the anxiety and panicremainswhat it has always been. And its not the application itself. A college application is a relativelystraightforward questionnaire asking for the basics: name, address, family history, employmenthistory. It would all be innocent enough-20 minutes of busy work-except it comes attached to apersonal essay.D There are good reasons it causes such anxiety, says Lisa Sohmer, director of collegecounseling atthe Garden School in Jackson Heights, N.Y. Its not just the actual writing. By now everything elseis already set. Your course load is set, your grades are set, your test scores are set. But the essay issomething you can still control, and its open-ended. So the temptation is to write and rewrite andrewrite. Or stall and stall and stall.E The application essay, along with its mythical importance, is a recent invention. In the 1930s,whenonly one in 10 Americans had a degree from a four-year college, an admissions committee wascontent to ask for a sample of applicants school papers to assess their writing ability. By the 1950s,most schools required a brief personal statement of why the student had chosen to apply to oneschool over another.F Today nearly 70 percent of graduating seniors go off to college, including two-year and fouryeariustitutions. Even ap .art from the increased competition, the kids enter a process that has been utterlytransformed from the one baby boomers knew. Nearly all application materials are submitted online,and the Common Application provides a one-size-fits form accepted by more than 400 schools,including the nations most selective.G Those schools usually require essays of their own, but the longest essay,500 words maximum,isgenerally attached to the Common Application. Students choose one of six questions. Applicants areasked to describe an ethical dilemma theyve faced and its impact on them, or discuss a public issueof special concern to them, or tell of a fictional character or creative work that has profoundlyinfluenced them. Another question invites them to write about the importance (to them, again) ofdiversity - a word that has assumed magic power in American higher education. The most popularoption: write on a topic of your choice.H “Boys in particular look at the other questions and say, Oh, thats too much work, ” saysJohnBoshoven, a counselor in the Ann Arbor, Mich., public schools. They think if they do a topic oftheir choice, Ill just go get that history paper I did last year on the Roman Empire and turn it into afirst-person application essay! And they end up producing something utterly ridiculous. I Talking to admissions professionals like Boshoven, you realize that the list of donts inessaywriting is much longer than the dos. ”“No book reports, no history papers, no character studies,says Sohmer.J It drives you crazy, how easily kids slip into cliches ( 老生常談) , says Boshoven. Theydontrealize how typical their experiences are. I scored the winning goal in soccer against our arch-rival. My grandfather served in World War H, and I hope to be just like him someday. That maymean a lot to that particular kid. But in the world of the application essay, its nothing.Youll losethe reader in the first paragraph. K The greatest strength you bring to this essay, says the College Boards how-to book, is 17 years or so of familiarity with the topic: YOU. The form and style are very familiar, and best of all, you arethe world-class expert on the subject of YOU. It has been the subject of your close scrutiny everymorning since you were tall enough to see into the bathroom mirror. The key word in the CommonApplication prompts is you. L The college admission essay contains the grandest American themes-status anxiety, parentalpiety(孝順), intellectual standards-and so it is only a matter of time before it becomes infected by thecountrys culture of excessive concern with self-esteem. Even if the question is ostensibly ( 表面上)about something outside the self ( describe a fictional character or solve a problem of geopolitics),the essay invariably returns to the favorite topic: what is its impact on YOU?M For all the anxiety the essay causes, says Bill McClintick of Mercersburg AcademyinPennsylvania, its a very small piece of the puzzle. I was in college admissions for 10 years. I sawldds and parents beat themselves up over this. And at the vast majority of places, it is simply not abig variable in the colleges decision-making process. N Many admissions officers say they spend less than a couple of minutes on each application, includingthe essay. According to a recent survey of admissions officers, only one in four private colleges saythe essay is of considerable importance in judging an application. Among public colleges anduniversities, the number drops to roughly one in 10. By contrast,86 percent placeconsiderableimportance on an applicants grades,70 percent on strength of curriculum. O Still, at the most selective schools, where thousands of candidates may submit identically high gradesand test scores, a marginal item like the essay may serve as a tie-breaker between two equallyqualified candidates. The thought is certainly enough to keep the pot boiling under parents like Meg,the lawyer-mom, as she tries to help her son choose an essay topic. For a moment the other day, shethought she might have hit on a good one. His fathers from France, she says. I said maybe youcould write about that, as something that makes you different. You know；half French, halfAmerican. I said, You could write about your identity issues. He said, I dont have any identityissues! And hes right. Hes a well-adjnsted， normal kid. But that doesnt make for a good essay,does it? 47Today many universities require their applicants to write an essay of up to five hundred words.48One recent change in college admissions is that selective colleges and universities have moved the traditional deadline to earlier dates.49Applicants and their parents are said to believe that the personal essay can sway the admissions committee.50Applicants are usually better off if they can write an essay that distinguishes them from the rest.51Not only is the competition getting more intense, the application process today is also totally different from what baby boomers knew.52In writing about their own experiences many applicants slip into cliches, thus falling to engage the reader.53According to a recent survey, most public colleges and universities consider an applicants grades highly important.54Although the application essay causes lots of anxiety, it does not play so important a role in thecolleges decision-making process.55The question you are supposed to write about may seem outside the self, but the theme of the essay should center around its impact on you.56In the old days, applicants only had to submit a sample of their school papers to show their writing ability. 根據(jù)下列材料，回答57-61題 Among the governments most interesting reports is one that estimates what parents spend on theirchildren. Not surprisingly, the costs are steep. For a middle-class, hnsband-and-wife famil