1、大学英语六级卷一真题 2013 年 12 月及答案解析(总分：710.00，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 on happiness by referring to the saying“Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them.”You can cite examples to
2、 illustrate your point and then explain how you can develop your ability to deal with problems and be happy. You should write at least 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)A.The rock band needs more hours of practice.B.The rock band is going to play
3、here for a month.C.Their hard work has resulted in a big success.D.He appreciates the womans help with the band.A.Go on a diving tour in Europe.B.Add 300 dollars to his budget.C.Travel overseas on his own.D.Join a package tour to Mexico.A.In case some problem should occur.B.Something unexpected has
4、happened.C.To avoid more work later on.D.To make better preparations.A.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
5、 he becomes a member.A.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 courseA.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.A.Bus drivers
6、 working conditions.B.A labor dispute at a bus company.C.Public transportation.D.A corporate takeover.A.The bank statement.B.Their sales overseas.C.The payment for an order.D.The check just deposited.三、Section A(总题数：2，分数：49.70)Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.（分数：2
7、1.30）A.A hotel receptionist.B.A private secretary.C.A shop assistant.D.A sales manager.A.Voice.B.Intelligence.C.Appearance.D.Manners.A.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.Questions 12 to 15 are based on t
8、he conversation you have just heard.（分数：28.40）A.He invented the refrigerator.B.He patented his first invention.C.He got a degree in Mathematics.D.He was admitted to university.A.He distinguished himself in low temperature physics.B.He fell in love with Natasha Willoughby.C.He became a professor of M
9、athematics.D.He started to work on refrigeration.A.Finding the true nature of subatomic particles.B.Their work on very high frequency radio waves.C.Laying the foundations of modem mathematics.D.Their discovery of the laws of cause and effect.A.To teach at a university.B.To patent his inventions.C.To
10、 spend his remaining years.D.To have a three-week holiday.四、Section B(总题数：3，分数：71.00)Passage One Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.（分数：21.30）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
11、become a headache to the community.A.To celebrate their victory.B.To cheer up the hunters.C.To scare the wolves.D.To alert the deer.A.They would help to spread a 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.
12、Passage Two Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：28.40）A.She is an interpreter.B.She is a tourist guide.C.She is a domestic servant.D.She is from the royal family.A.It was used by the family to hold dinner parties.B.It is situated at the foot of a beautiful mountain.C
13、.It was frequently visited by heads of state.D.It is furnished like one in a royal palace.A.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.A.They are uncomfortable to sit in for long.B.They do not m
14、atch the oval table at all.C.They have lost some of their legs.D.They are interesting to look at.Passage Three Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：21.30）A.It in an uncommon infectious disease.B.It destroys the patients ability to think.C.It is a disease very difficul
15、t to diagnose.D.It is the biggest crippler of young adults.A.Search for the best cure.B.Hurry up and live life.C.Write a book about her life.D.Exercise more and work harder.A.Aggressive.B.Adventurous.C.Sophisticated.D.Self-centered.五、Section C(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Its difficult to estimate the number of y
16、oungsters involved in home schooling, where childrenare not sent to school and receive their formal education from one or both parents. (26) 1 and court decisions have made it legally possible in most states for parents to educate their children at home, and each year more people take advantage of t
17、hat opportunity. Some states require parents or a home tutor to meet teacher certification standards, and many require parents to completelegal forms to verify that their children are receiving (27) 2 in state-approved curricula. Supports of home education claim that its less expensive and far more
18、(28) 3 thanmass public education. Moreover, they cite several advantages: alleviation of school overcrowding, strengthened family relationships, lower (29) 4 rates, the fact that students are allowed to learn at their own rate, increased (30) 5, higher standardized test scores, and reduced (31) 6 pr
19、oblems. Critics of the home schooling movement (32) 7 that it creates as many problems as it solves. They acknowledge that, in a few cases, home schooling offers educational opportunities superior to those found in most public schools, but few parents can provide such educational advantages. Some pa
20、rents who withdraw their children from the schools (33) 8 homeschooling have an inadequate educational background and insufficient formal training to provide a satisfactory education for their children. Typically, parents have fewertechnological resources (34) 9 than do schools. However, the relativ
21、ely inexpensivecomputer technology that is readily available today is causing some to challenge the notion that home schooling is in any way (35) 10 more highly structured classroom education. （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:_六、Part III Reading Com(总题数：
22、1，分数：35.50)Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage. Some performance evaluations require supervisors to take action. Employees who receive a very favorable evaluation may deserve some type of recognition or even a promotion. If supervisors do not acknowledge such outstanding performanc
23、e, employees may either lose their36 and reduce their effort or search for a new job at a firm that will37 them for high performance. Supervisors should acknowledge high performance so that the employee will continue to perform well in the future. Employees who receive unfavorable evaluations must a
24、lso be given attention. Supervisors must 38 the reasons for poor performance. Some reasons, such as a family illness, may have a temporary adverse 39 on performance and can be corrected. Other reasons, such as a bad attitude, may not be temporary. When supervisors give employees an unfavorable evalu
25、ation, they must decide whether to take any 40 actions. If the employees were unaware of their own deficiencies, the unfavorable evaluation can pinpoint(指出) the deficiencies that employees must correct. In this case, the supervisor may simply need to monitor the employees 41 and ensure that the defi
26、ciencies are corrected. If the employees were already aware of their deficiencies before the evaluation period, however, they may be unable or unwilling to correct them. This situation is more serious, and the supervisor may need to take action. The action should be 42 with the firms guidelines and
27、may include reassigning the employees to new jobs, 43 them temporarily, or firing them. A supervisors action toward a poorly performing worker can 44 the attitudes of other employees. If no 45 isimposed on an employee for poor performance, other employees may react by reducing their productivity as
28、well. A) additional B) affect C) aptly D) assimilate H) circulation F) closely G) consistent H) enthusiasm I) identify J) impact K) penalty L) reward M) simplifying N) suspending O) vulnerable （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
29、.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.七、Section B(总题数：1，分数：71.00)The College Essay: Why Those 500 Words Drive Us Crazy A) Meg is a lawy
30、er-mom in suburban Washington, D.C., where lawyer-moms are thick on the ground. Her son Doug is one of several hundred thousand high-school seniors who had a painful fall. The deadline for applying to his favorite college was Nov. 1,and by early October he had yet to fill out the application. More t
31、o the point, he had yet to settle on a subject for the personal essay accompanying the application. According to college folklore, a well-turned essay has the power to seduce (诱惑) an admissions committee. “He wanted to do one thing at a time,” Meg says, explaining her sons delay. “But really, my son
32、 is a huge procrastinator (拖延者). The essay is the hardest thing to do, so hes put it off the longest.” Friends and other veterans of the process have warned Meg that the back and forth between editing parent and writing student can be traumatic (痛苦的). B) Back in the good old dayssay, two years ago,
33、when the last of my children suffered the ordeal (折磨)a high-school student applying to college could procrastinate all the way to New Years Day of their senior year, assuming they could withstand the parental pestering (烦扰).But things change fast in the nail-biting world of college admissions.The re
34、cent trend toward early decision and early action among selective colleges and universities has pushed the traditional deadline of January up to Nov. 1 or early December for many students. C) If the time for heel-dragging has been shortened, the true source of the anxiety and panic remains what it h
35、as always been. And its not the application itself. A college application is a relatively straightforward questionnaire asking for the basics: name, address, family history employment history. It would all be innocent enough20 minutes of busy workexcept it comes attached to a personal essay. D) “The
36、re are good reasons it causes such anxiety,” says Lisa Sohmer, director of college counseling at the Garden School in Jackson Heights, N.Y. “Its not just the actual writing. By noweverything else is already set. Your course load is set, your grades are set, your test scores are set. But the essay is
37、 something you can still control, and its open-ended. So the temptation is to write and rewrite and rewrite.” Or stall and stall and stall. E) The application essay, along with its mythical importance, is a recent invention. In the 1930s,when only one in 10 Americans had a degree from a four-year co
38、llege, an admissionscommittee was content 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 one school over another. F) Today nearly 70 percent of graduating senior
39、s go off to college, including two-year and four-year institutions. Even apart from the increased competition, the kids enter a process that has been utterly transformed from the one baby boomers knew. Nearly all application materials are submitted online, and the Common Application provides a one-s
40、ize-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, is generally attached to the Common Application. Students choose one of six questions. Applicants are asked to descri
41、be an ethical dilemma theyve faced and its impact on them, or discuss a public issue of special concern to them, or tell of a fictional character or creative work that has profoundly influenced them. Another question invites them to write about the importance (to them, again) of diversitya word that
42、 has assumed magic power in American higher education. The most popular option: write on a topic of your choice. H) “Boys in particular look at the other questions and say, Oh, thats too much work,” says John Boshoven, a counselor in the Ann Arbor, Mich., public schools. “They think if they do a top
43、ic of their choice, “Ill just go get that history paper I did last year on the Roman Empire and turn it into a first-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” in essay
44、writing 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 clichs(老生常谈),”says Boshoven. “They dont realize how typical their experiences arc. I scored the winning goal in soccer against our arch-riv
45、al.My grandfather served in World War II, and I hope to be just like him someday. That may mean a lot to that particular kid. But in the world of the application essay, its nothing. Youll lose the reader in the first paragraph.” K) “The greatest strength you bring to this essay,” says the College Bo
46、ards 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 are the world-class expert on the subject of YOU . It has been the subject of your close scrutiny every morning since you were tall enough to see into the bathroom mirr
47、or.” Thekey word in the Common Application prompts is “you.” L) The college admission essay contains the grandest American themesstatus anxiety, parental piety (孝顺), intellectual standardsand so it is only a matter of time before it becomes infected by the countrys culture of excessive concern with
48、self-esteem. Even if the question isostensibly (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 Academy in Pennsylvania, “its a very small piece of the puzzle. I was in college admissions for 10 years. I saw kids and parents beat themselves up over this. And at the vast majority of places, it is simply not a big variable in the colleges decision-making process.” N) Many admissions
