大学英语六级卷三真题2014年6月(暂缺听力)及答案解析.doc

1、大学英语六级卷三真题 2014 年 6 月(暂缺听力)及答案解析(总分：710.50，做题时间：120 分钟)一、Part I Writing (3(总题数：1，分数：106.50)1.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to put all your eggs in one basket. You can give examples to illustrate your point. You should write at lea

2、st 150 words but no more than 200 words.（分数：106.50）_二、Part II Listening Co(总题数：1，分数：56.80)_四、Section C(总题数：3，分数：71.00)_五、Section C(总题数：1，分数：71.50)_六、Part III Reading Com(总题数：1，分数：35.50)Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage. Millions of Americans are entering their 60s and are more co

3、ncerned than ever about retirement. They know they need to save, but how much? And what exactly are they saving for to spend more time _36_ the grandkids, go traveling, or start another career? It turns out that husbands and wives max have _37_ different ideas about the subject. The deepest divide i

4、s in the way spouses envisage their lifestyle in their later years. Fidelity Investments Inc. found 41 percent of the 500 couples it surveyed _38_ on whether both or at least one spouse will work in retirement. Wives are generally right regarding their husbands retirement age, but men _39_ the age t

5、heir wives will be when they stop working. And husbands are slightly more _40_ about their standard of living than wives are. Busy juggling（穷于应对）careers and families, most couples dont take time to sit down , _ 41_ together, and think about what they would like to do 5, 10 or 20 years from now. They

6、 _42_ they are on the same page, but the _43_ is they have avoided even talking about it. If you are self-employed or in a job that doesnt have a standard retirement age, you may be more apt to delay thinking about these issues. It is often a _44_ retirement date that provides the catalyst（催化剂）to st

7、art planning. Getting laid off or accepting an early-retirement _45_ can force your hand. But dont wait until you get a severance（遣散费）check to begin planning. A) assume B) confidential C) disagree D) formula E) forthcoming H) observe I) optimistic J) package F) illustrating G) mysteriously K) radica

8、lly L) reality M) separately N ) spoiling O) underestimate（分数：35.50）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.

9、L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.七、Section B(总题数：1，分数：71.00)The Street-Level Solution A) When I was growing up, one of my fathers favorite sayings (borrowed from the humorist Will Rogers) was: “It isnt what we dont know that causes the trouble: its what we think we

10、 know that just aint so.” One of the main insights to be taken from the 100 000 Homes Campaign and its strategy to end chronic homelessness is that, until recently, our society thought it understood the nature of homelessness, but it didnt. B) That led to a series of mistaken assumptions about why p

11、eople become homeless and what they need. Many of the errors in our homelessness policies have stemmed from the conception that the homeless are a homogeneous group. Its only in the past 15 years that organizations like Common Ground, and others, have taken a street-level view of the problemdistingu

12、ishing the “ episodically homeless” from the “chronically homeless” in order to understand their needs at an individual level. This is why we can now envisage a different approach and get better results. C) Most readers expressed support for the effort, although a number were skeptical, and a few ut

13、terly dismissive, about the chances of long-term homeless people adapting well to housing. This is to be expected; its hard to imagine what we havent yet seen. As Niccolo Machiavelli wrote in The Prince, one of the major obstacles in any effort to advance systemic change is the “incredulity of men,”

14、 which is to say that people “do not readily believe in new things until they have had a long experience of them.” Most of us have witnessed homeless people on the streets for decades. Few have seen formerly homeless people after they have been housed successfully. We dont have reference points for

15、that story. So we generalize from what we know or think we know. D) But that can be misleading, even to experts. When I asked Rosanne Haggerty, founder of Common Ground, which currently operates 2310 units of supportive housing (with 552 more under construction), what had been her biggest surprise i

16、n this work, she replied: “ Fifteen years ago, I would not have believed that people who had been so broken and stuck in homelessness could thrive to the degree that they do in our buildings. ” And Becky Kanis, the campaigns director, commented: “There is this sense in our minds that someone whos on

17、 the streets is almost in their DNA different from someone who has a house. The campaign is creating a first-hand experience for many people that that is really not the case. ” E) One of the startling realizations that I had while researching this column is that anybody could become like a homeless

18、personall it takes is a traumatic（创伤的）brain injury. A bicycle fall, a car accident, a slip on the ice, or if youre a soldier, a head woundand your life could become unrecognizable. James O Connell, a doctor who has been treating the most vulnerable homeless people on the streets of Boston for 25 yea

19、rs, estimates that 40 percent of the long-term homeless people hes met had such a brain injury. “For many it was a head injury prior to the time they became homeless.” he said. “They became unpredictable. Theyd have mood swings, fits of explosive behavior. They couldnt hold onto their jobs. Drinking

20、 made them feel better. Theyd end up on the streets. ” F) Once homeless people return to housing, theyre in a much better position to rebuild their lives. But its important to note that housing alone is not enough. As with many complex social problems, when you get through the initial crisis, you ha

21、ve another problem to solve which is no less challenging. But it is a better problem. G) Over the past decade. OConnell has seen this happen. “I spend half my time on the streets or in the hospital and the other half making house calls to people who lived for years on the streets.” he said. “So from

22、 a doctors point of view its a delightful switch, but its not as if putting someone in housing is the answer to addressing all of their problems. Its the first step.” H) Once in housing, formerly homeless people can become isolated and lonely. If theyve lived on the streets for years, they may have

23、acquired a certain standing as well as a sense of pride in their survival skills. Now indoors, those aspects of their identity may be stripped away. Many also experience a profound disorientation at the outset. “If youre homeless for more than six months, you kind of lose your bearings,” says Hagger

24、ty. “Existence becomes not about overcoming homelessness but about finding food, begging, looking for a job to survive another day. The whole process of how you define stability gets reordered.” I) Many need regular, if not continuous, support with mental health problems, addictions and illnesses-an

25、d, equally important, assistance in the day-to-day challenges of life, reacquainting with family, building relationships with neighbors, finding enjoyable activities or work, managing finances, and learning how to eat healthy food. J) For some people, the best solution is to live in a communal（集体）re

26、sidence, with special services. This isnt available everywhere, however. In Boston, for example- homeless people tend to be scattered in apartments throughout the city. K) Common Grounds large residences in New York offer insight into the possibilities for change when homeless people have a rich arr

27、ay of supports. In addition to more traditional social services, residents also make use of communal gardens, classes in things like cooking, yoga, theatre and photography, and job placement. Last year, 188 formerly homeless tenants in four of Common Grounds residences, found jobs. L) Because the pr

28、operties have many services and are well-managed. Haggerty has found posthousing problems to be surprisingly rare. In the past 10 years, there have been only a handful of incidents of quarrels between tenants. There is very little graffiti（涂鸦）or vandalism（破坏）. And the turnover is almost negligible.

29、In the Prince George Hotel in New York, which is home to 208 formerly homeless people and 208 low-income tenants, the average length of tenancy is close to seven years. (All residents pay 30 percent of their income for rent; for the formerly homeless, this comes out of their government benefits.) Wh

30、en people move on, it is usually because theyve found a preferable apartment. M) “Tenants also want to participate in shaping the public areas of the buildings,” said Haggerty. “They formed a gardening committee. They want a terrace on the roof. Those are things I didnt count on.” The most common te

31、nant demand? “People always want more storage space-but thats true of every New Yorker,” she adds. “In many ways, were a lot like a normal apartment building. Our tenants look like anyone else.” N) As I mentioned, homelessness is a catch-all for a variety of problems. A number of readers asked wheth

32、er the campaign will address family homelessness, which has different causes and requires a different solution. Ive been following some of the promising ideas emerging to address and prevent family homelessness. Late in 2011, Ill explore these ideas in a column. For now, Ill conclude with an update

33、on the 100000 Homes Campaign. Since Tuesday, New Orleans and a few other communities have reported new results. The current count of people housed is 7043. （分数：71.00）(1).Tenants in Common Grounds residences all want more room for storage.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.(2).Homes Campaign provid

34、es first-hand proof that the homeless are not what they were once believed to be.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.(3).Common Grounds residences are well-managed and by and large peaceful.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.(4).Housing the homeless is only the first step to solving all their pro

35、blems.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.(5).A large percent of the chronically homeless have suffered from brain injury.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.(6).After being housed many homeless people become confused at first as to how to deal with life off the street.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J

36、K.L.M.N.(7).Some people think the best way to help the homeless is to provide them with communal housing.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.(8).The homeless with health problems should be given regular support in their daily lives.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.(9).Until recently American s

37、ociety has failed to sec what homelessness is all about.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.(10).Many formerly homeless tenants in New Yorks Common Grounds residences got hired.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.八、Section C(总题数：2，分数：142.00)Passage One Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following

38、 passage. Technology can make us smarter or stupider, and we need to develop a set of principles to guide our everyday behavior and make sure that tech is improving and not hindering our mental processes. One of the Dig questions being debated today is: What kind of information do we need to have st

39、ored in our heads, and what kind can we leave “in the cloud,” to be accessed as necessary? An increasingly powerful group within education are championing “digital literacy”. In their view, skills beat knowledge, developing “digital literacy” is more important than learning mere content, and all fac

40、ts are now Google-able and therefore unworthy of committing to memory. But even the most sophisticated digital literacy skills wont help students and workers navigate the world if they dont have a broad base of knowledge about how the world actually operates. If you focus on the delivery mechanism a

41、nd not the content, youre doing kids a disservice. Indeed, evidence from cognitive science challenges the notion that skills can exist independent of factual knowledge. Data from the last thirty years leads to a conclusion that is not scientifically challengeable: thinking well requires knowing fact

42、s, and thats true not only because you need something to think about. The very processes that teachers care about mostcritical thinking processes are intimately intertwined（交织）with factual knowledge that is stored in long-term memory. In other words, just because you can Google the date of Black Tue

43、sday doesnt mean you understand why the Great Depression happened or how it compares to our recent economic slump. There is no doubt that the students of today, and the workers of tomorrow, will need to innovate, collaborate and evaluate. But such skills cant be separated from the knowledge that giv

44、es rise to them. To innovate, you have to know what came before. To collaborate, you have to contribute knowledge to the joint venture. And to evaluate, you have to compare new information against knowledge youve already mastered. So heres a principle for thinking in a digital world, in two parts. F

45、irst, acquire a base of factual knowledge in any domain in which you want to perform well. This base supplies the essential foundation for building skills, and it cant be outsourced（外包）to a search engine. Second, take advantage of computers1 invariable memory, but also the brains elaborative memory.

46、 Computers are great when you want to store information that shouldnt change. But brains are the superior choice when you want information to change, in interesting and useful ways: to connect up with other facts and ideas, to acquire successive layers of meaning, to steep for a while in your accumu

47、lated knowledge and experience and so produce a richer mental brew. （分数：71.00）(1).What is the authors concern about the use of technology? （分数：14.20）A.It may leave knowledge “in the cloud”.B.It may misguide our everyday behavior.C.It may cause a divide in the circles of education.D.It may hinder the development of thinking skills.(2).What is the view of educators who advocate digi