大学英语六级-121及答案解析.doc

1、大学英语六级-121 及答案解析(总分：710.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPart Writing(总题数：1，分数：106.50)1.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter. Suppose you are Li Ming. Write a letter to Martha, a teacher of yours in the senior high school. You should write at least 150 words following the outlines

2、 given below in Chinese:1得知老师要来伦敦访问非常高兴；2介绍自己的学习和生活；3希望能带老师参观伦敦。A Letter to My Teacher（分数：106.50）_二、BPart Listenin(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、BSection A/B(总题数：4，分数：106.50)Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or mote ques

3、tions 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 Answ

4、er Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.（分数：35.50）(1). A.Prepare for the test after the wedding. B.Listen to the recorded notes while driving. C.Review his notes once he arrives in Chicago. D.Cancel the trip to prepare for the test.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.The man lacks confidence in playing

5、 the part. B.The man hopes to change his role in the play. C.The woman will prompt the man during the show. D.The woman will help the man remember the lines.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.A complicated surgical case. B.Arranging a bed for a patient. C.Rescuing the womans uncle. D.Preparations for an operat

6、ion.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(4). A.He is interested in improving his editing skills. B.He is too busy to accept more responsibility. C.He is eager to be nominated the new editor. D.He is sure to do a better job than Simon.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(5). A.He has left his position in the government. B.He has already

7、reached the retirement age. C.He has been successfully elected Prime Minister. D.He made a stupid decision at the cabinet meeting.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.（分数：21.30）(1). A.The shuttle flight will be broadcast live worldwide. B.The man is excited at the news of the shuttle flight. C.This years shuttle missio

8、n is a big step in space exploration. D.The man is well informed about the space shuttle missions.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.At a suburban garage. B.At an auto rescue center. C.At a car renting company. D.At a mountain camp.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.He got his speakers fixed. B.He listened to some seriou

9、s music. C.He bought a stereo system. D.He went shopping with the woman.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. （分数：21.30）(1). A.Selling products made for left-handers. B.Printing labels for manufactured goods. C.Promoting products for manufacturers. D.P

10、roviding aid to the disabled.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.The kitchenware in his shop is of unique design. B.Most of them are specially made for his shop. C.All of them are manufactured in his own plant. D.About half of them are unavailable on the market.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.They have outlets througho

11、ut Britain. B.They specialise in one product only. C.They run chain stores in central London. D.They sell by mail order only.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. （分数：28.40）(1). A.It sponsors trade fairs. B.It is engaged in product design. C.It publis

12、hes magazines. D.It runs sales promotion campaigns.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.The womans company made last-minute changes. B.The ad specifications had not been given in detail. C.The womans company failed to make payments in time. D.Organizing the promotion was really time-consuming.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3

13、). A.Run another four-week campaign. B.Extend the campaign to next year. C.Cut the fee by half for this year. D.Give her a 10 percent discount.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(4). A.Stop negotiating for the time being. B.Improve their promotion plans. C.Reflect on their respective mistakes. D.Calm down and make pe

14、ace.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.四、BSection B/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、BPassage One/B(总题数：1，分数：28.40)Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：28.40）(1). A.They are labeled pet animals by the researchers. B.They are looked after by animal-care organizations. C.They sacrifice their lives for

15、the benefit of humans. D.They look spotlessly clean throughout their lives.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.They may breed out of control. B.They may affect the results of experiments. C.They may cause damage to the environment. D.They may behave abnormally.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.When they get too old. B.Wh

16、en they become ill. C.When they are no longer useful. D.When they become escapees.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(4). A.While holding a burial ceremony for a pet mouse, they were killing pest mice. B.While launching animal protection campaigns, they were trapping kitchen mice. C.While calling for animal rights, t

17、hey allowed their kids to keep pet animals. D.While advocating, freedom for animals, they kept their pet mouse in a cage.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.六、BPassage Two/B(总题数：1，分数：21.30)Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：21.30）(1). A.They are crazy about it. B.They often find fault

18、 with it. C.They contribute most to it. D.They take it for granted.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.Heat and light. B.Economic prosperity. C.Tidal restlessness. D.Historical continuity.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.They are adventurers from all over the world. B.They have difficulty surviving. C.They find the city

19、 alien to them. D.They lack knowledge of the culture of the city.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.七、BPassage Three(总题数：1，分数：21.30)Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：21.30）(1). A.A documentary. B.A murder mystery. C.A political debate. D.A football game.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.It en

20、hances family relationships. B.It helps broaden ones horizons. C.It is a sheer waste of time. D.It is unhealthy for the viewers.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.He is not a man who can keep his promise. B.He watches TV programs only selectively. C.He doesnt like watching sports programs. D.He cant resist the

21、 temptation of TV either.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.八、BSection C/B(总题数：1，分数：71.00)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 f

22、ill 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.In the past, one of the biggest disadvantages of machines has been their inability to work on a micro-scale. For example, doctors did not have devi

23、ces allowing them to go inside the human body to U U 1 /U /Uhealth problems or to perform delicate surgery. Repair crews did not have a way of U U 2 /U /Ubroken pipes located deep within a high-rise apartment building. However, thats about to change. Advances in computers and biophysics have started

24、 a microminiature (超微) revolution that allows scientists to envisionand U U 3 /U /Uactually buildmicroscopic machines. These devices promise to U U 4 /U /Uchange the way we live and work.Micromachines already are U U 5 /U /U. At Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, research scientists

25、 have designed a 4-inch silicon chip that holds 700 tiny U U 6 /U /Umotors. At Lucas Nova Sensor in Fremont, California, scientists have perfected the worlds first microscopic blood-pressure sensor. Threaded through a persons blood U U 7 /U /U, the sensor can provide blood pressure readings at the v

26、alve of the heart itself.Although simple versions of miniature devices have had an impact, U U 8 /U /Uversions are still several years away. Auto manufacturers, for example, are trying to use tiny devices that can sense when to release an airbag and how to keep engines and breaks operating U U 9 /U

27、/U. Some futurists envision nanotechnology (纳米技术) also being used to explore the deep sea in small submarines, or even to launch finger-sized rockets packed with microminiature instruments.“There is an explosion of new ideas and applications.“ So, when scientists now U U 10 /U /Ufuture machines doin

28、g large and complex tasks, theyre thinking smaller than ever before. （分数：71.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_九、BPart Reading (总题数：0，分数：0.00)十、BSection A/B(总题数：1，分数：35.50)Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to selec

29、t 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 thro

30、ugh the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.If you know where to find a good plastic-free shampoo, can you tell Jeanne Haegele? Last September, the 28-year-old Chicago resident U U 1 /U /Uto cut plastics out of her life. The marketing coordinator was concerned about w

31、hat the chemicals coming out of some common types of plastic might be doing to her body. She was also worried about the damage all the plastic U U 2 /U /Uwas doing to the environment. So she U U 3 /U /Uon her bike and rode to the nearest grocery store to see what she could find that did not include

32、plastic. “I went in and barely bought anything,“ Haegele says. She did U U 4 /U /Usome canned food and a carton (纸盒) of milkonly to discover later that both U U 5 /U /Uwere lined with plastic resin (树脂).“Plastic,“ she says, “just seemed like it was in everything.“She is right. Back in the 1960s, pla

33、stic was well on its way to becoming a staple of American life. The US produced 28 million tons of plastic waste in 200527 million tons of which U U 6 /U /Uup in landfills (垃圾填埋场), Our food and water come U U 7 /U /Uin plastic. Its used in our phones and our computers, the cars we drive and the plan

34、es we ride in. But the infinitely adaptable substance has its dark side.Environmentalists feel worried about the petroleum needed to make it. Parents worry about the possibility of U U 8 /U /Uchemicals making their way from household plastic into childrens bloodstreams. Which means Haegele is not th

35、e only person trying to cut plastic out of her lifeshe is not even the only one blogging about this kind of U U 9 /U /U. But those who have tried know it is far from easy to go plastic-free. “These things seem to be so common that it is U U 10 /U /Uimpossible to avoid coming into contact with them,“

36、 says Frederick Vom Saal, a biologist at the University of Missouri.AendeavorBpracticallyChoppedDtoxicEwrappedFresolvedGproductsHpurchaseIendedJpowerfulKcarryLrubbishMstickedNhardlyOcontainers（分数：35.50）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_十一、BSection B/B(总题数：1，分数：71.

37、00)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 wi

38、th a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Googles Plan for Worlds Biggest Online Library: Philanthropy Or Act of Piracy?AIn recent years, teams of workers dispatched by Google have been working hard to make digital copies of books. So far, Google has sca

39、nned more than 10 million titles from libraries in America and Europeincluding half a million volumes held by the Bodleian in Oxford. The exact method it uses is unclear; the company does not allow outsiders to observe the process. Why is Google undertaking such a venture?BWhy is it even interested

40、in all those out-of-print library books, most of which have been gathering dust on forgotten shelves for decades? The company claims its motives are essentially public-spirited. Its overall mission, after all, is to “organize the worlds information“, so it would be odd if that information did not in

41、clude books. The company likes to present itself as having lofty aspirations. “This really isnt about making money. We are doing this for the good of society.“ As Santiago de la Mom, head of Google Books for Europe, puts it: “By making it possible to search the millions of books that exist today, we

42、 hope to expand the frontiers of human knowledge.“CDan Clancy, the chief architect of Google Books, does seem genuine in his conviction that this is primarily a philanthropic (慈善的) exercise. “Googles core business is search and find, so obviously what helps improve Googles search engine is good for

43、Google,“ he says. “But we have never built a spreadsheet (电子数据表) outlining the financial benefits of this, and I have never had to justify the amount I am spending to the companys founders.“DIt is easy, talking to Clancy and his colleagues, to be swept along by their missionary passion. But Googles

44、book-scanning project is proving controversial. Several opponents have recently emerged, ranging from rival tech giants such as Microsoft and Amazon to small bodies representing authors and publishers across the world. In broad terms, these opponents have levelled two sets of criticisms at Google.EF

45、irst, they have questioned whether the primary responsibility for digitally archiving the worlds books should be allowed to fall to a commercial company, in a recent essay in the New York Review of Books, Robert Darnton, the head of Harvard Universitys library, argued that because such books are a c

46、ommon resourcethe possession of us allonly public, not-for-profit bodies should be given the power to control them.FThe second related criticism is that Googles scanning of books is actually illegal. This allegation has led to Google becoming mired in (陷入) a legal battle whose scope and complexity makes the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case in Charles Dickens Bleak House look straightforward. At its centre, however, is one simple issue: that of