1、2014年 6月大学英语六级真题试卷（二）及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 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 least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Section A （ A） T
2、hey might be stolen goods. （ B） They might be fake products. （ C） They might be faulty products. （ D） They might be smuggled goods. （ A） They are civil servants. （ B） They are job applicants. （ C） They are news reporters. （ D） They are public speakers. （ A） The man has decided to quit his computer c
3、lass. （ B） The woman wants to get a degree in administration. （ C） A computer degree is a must for administrative work. （ D） The man went to change the time of his computer class. （ A） A lot of contestants participated in the show. （ B） The fifth contestant won the biggest prize. （ C） It was not as
4、exciting as he had expected. （ D） It was sponsored by a car manufacturer. （ A） Reading a newspaper column. （ B） Looking at a railway timetable. （ C） Driving from New York to Boston. （ D） Waiting for someone at the airport. （ A） He wears a coat bought in the mall. （ B） He got a new job at the barbers
5、hop. （ C） He had a finger hurt last night. （ D） He had his hair cut yesterday. （ A） He cannot appreciate the Picasso exhibition. （ B） Even his nephew can draw as well as Picasso. （ C） He is not quite impressed with modern paintings. （ D） Some drawings by kindergarten kids are excellent. （ A） He shou
6、ld not put the cart before the horse. （ B） His conduct does not square with his words. （ C） His attitude to student government has changed. （ D） He has long been involved in student government. （ A） She left her own car in Manchester. （ B） Something went wrong with her car. （ C） She wants to go trav
7、eling on the weekend. （ D） Her car wont be back in a weeks time. （ A） Safety. （ B） Comfort. （ C） Size. （ D） Cost. （ A） Third-party insurance. （ B） Value-added tax. （ C） Petrol. （ D） CDW. （ A） How to update the basic facilities. （ B） What to do to enhance their position. （ C） Where to locate their pl
8、ant. （ D） How to attract investments. （ A） Their road link to other European countries is fast. （ B） They are all located in the south of France. （ C） They are very close to each other. （ D） Their basic facilities are good. （ A） Try to avoid making a hasty decision. （ B） Take advantage of the train
9、links. （ C） Talk with the local authorities. （ D） Conduct field surveys first. （ A） Future product distribution. （ B） Local employment policies. （ C） Road and rail links for small towns. （ D） Skilled workforce in the hilly region. Section B （ A） One fifth of them were on bad terms with their sisters
10、 and brothers. （ B） About one eighth of them admitted to lingering bitter feelings. （ C） More than half of them were involved in inheritance disputes. （ D） Most of them had broken with their sisters and brothers. （ A） Less concern with money matters. （ B） More experience in worldly affairs. （ C） Adv
11、ance in age. （ D） Freedom from work. （ A） They have little time left to renew contact with their brothers and sisters. （ B） They tend to forget past unhappy memories and focus on their present needs. （ C） They are more tolerant of one another. （ D） They find close relatives more reliable. （ A） They
12、have bright colors and intricate patterns. （ B） They can only survive in parts of the Americas. （ C） They are the only insect that migrates along fixed routes. （ D） They have strong wings capable of flying long distances. （ A） In a Michigan mountain forest. （ B） In a Louisiana mountain forest. （ C）
13、In a Kentucky mountain foresl. （ D） In a Mexican mountain forest. （ A） Each flock of butterflies lays eggs in the same states. （ B） They start to lay eggs when they are nine months old. （ C） Each generation in a cycle lays eggs at a different place. （ D） Only the strongest can reach their destinatio
14、n to lay eggs. （ A） Evolution of monarch butterflies. （ B） Living habits of monarch butterflies. （ C） Migration patterns of monarch butterflies. （ D） Environmental impacts on monarch butterfly life. （ A） Time has become more limited. （ B） Time has become more precious. （ C） Time is money. （ D） Time
15、is relative. （ A） Americans now attach more importance to the effective use of time. （ B） Americans today have more free time than earlier generations. （ C） The number of hours Americans work has increased steadily. （ D） More and more Americans feel pressed for time nowadays. （ A） Our interpersonal
16、relationships improve. （ B） Our work efficiency increases greatly. （ C） Our living habits are altered. （ D） Our behavior is changed. Section C 26 The first copyright law in the United States was passed by Congress in 1790. In 1976 Congress enacted the latest copyright law, 【 B1】 _the technological d
17、evelopments that had occurred since the passage of the Copyright Act of 1909. For example, in 1909, anyone who wanted to make a single copy of a【 B2】 _work for personal use had to do so by hand. The very process【 B3】 _a limitation on the quantity of materials copied. Today, a photocopier can do the
18、work in seconds; the limitation has disappeared. The 1909 law did not provide full protection for films and sound recordings, nor did it【 B4】 _the need to protect radio and television. As a result,【 B5】 _of the law and abuses of the intent of the law have lessened the 【 B6】 _rewards of authors, arti
19、sts, and producers. The 1976 Copyright Act has not prevented these abuses fully, but it has clarified the legal rights of the injured parties and given them an【 B7】 _for remedy. Since 1976 the Act has been【 B8】 _to include computer software, and guidelines have been adopted for fair use of televisio
20、n broadcasts. These changes have cleared up much of the confusion and conflict that followed【 B9】 _the 1976 legislation. The fine points of the law are decided by the courts and by acceptable common practice over time. As these decisions and agreements are made, we modify our behavior accordingly. F
21、or now, we need to【 B10】 _the law and its guidelines as accurately as we can and to act in a fair manner. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 Fear can be an effective way to change behavior. One study compared the effects of high-fe
22、ar and low-fear appeals on changes in attitudes and behaviors related to dental hygiene(卫生 ). One group of subjects was shown awful pictures of【 C1】 _teeth and diseased gums; another group was shown less frightening materials such as plastic teeth, charts, and graphs. Subjects who saw the frightenin
23、g materials reported more anxiety and a greater【 C2】 _to change the way they took care of their teeth than the low-fear group did. But were these reactions actually【 C3】 _into better dental hygiene practices? To answer this important question, subjects were called back to the laboratory on two【 C4】
24、_ (five days and six weeks after the experiment). They chewed disclosing wafers(牙疾诊断片 )that give a red stain to any uncleaned areas of the teeth and thus provided a direct【 C5】 _of how well they were really taking care of their teeth. The result showed that the high-fear appeal did actually result i
25、n greater and more【 C6】_changes in dental hygiene. That is, the subjects【 C7】 _to high-fear warnings brushed their teeth more【 C8】 _than did those who saw low-fear warnings. However, to be an effective persuasive device it is very important that the message not be too frightening and that people be
26、given【 C9】 _guidelines to help them to reduce the cause of the fear. If this isnt done, they may reduce their anxiety by denying the message or the【 C10】 _of the communicator. If that happens, it is unlikely that either attitude or behavior change will occur. A)accustomed I)eligible B)carefully J)ex
27、posed C)cautiously K)indication D)concrete L)occasions E)credibility M)permanent F)decayed N)sensitivity G)desire O)translated H)dimensions 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 The Street-Level Solution AWhen I was growing up, one of
28、 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 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
29、 recently, our society thought it understood the nature of homelessness, but it didnt. BThat led to a series of mistaken assumptions about why people become homeless and what they need. Many of the errors in our homelessness policies have stemmed from the conception that the homeless are a homogeneo
30、us group. Its only in the past 15 years that organizations like Common Ground, and others, have taken a street-level view of the problem distinguishing the “ episodically homeless“ from the “ chronically homeless“ in order to understand their needs at an individual level. This is why we can now envi
31、sage a different approach and get better results. CMost readers expressed support for the effort, although a number were skeptical, and a few utterly 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 se
32、en. As Niccolo Machiavelli wrote in The Prince, one of the major obstacles in any effort to advance systemic change is the “incredulity of men,“ 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 peopl
33、e on the streets for decades. Few have seen formerly homeless people after they have been housed successfully. We dont have reference points for that story. So we generalize from what we know or think we know. DBut that can be misleading, even to experts. When I asked Rosanne Haggerty, founder of Co
34、mmon Ground, which currently operates 2,310 units of supportive housing(with 552 more under construction), what had been her biggest surprise in 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 degre
35、e that they do in our buildings. “ And Becky Kanis, the campaigns director, commented; “There is this sense in our minds that someone whos on the streets is almost in their DNA different from someone who has a house. The campaign is creating a firsthand experience for many people that that is really
36、 not the case. “ EOne of the startling realizations that I had while researching this column is that anybody could become like a homeless person all 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 wound and your life could b
37、ecome unrecognizable. James OConnell, a doctor who has been treating the most vulnerable homeless people on the streets of Boston for 25 years, 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 ho
38、meless,“ he said. “They became unpredictable. Theyd have mood swings, fits of explosive behavior. They couldnt hold onto their jobs. Drinking made them feel better. Theyd end up on the streets. “ FOnce homeless people return to housing, theyre in a much better position to rebuild their lives. But it
39、s important to note that housing alone is not enough. As with many complex social problems, when you get through the initial crisis, you have another problem to solve which is no less challenging. But it is a better problem. GOver the past decade, OConnell has seen this happen. “I spend half my time
40、 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 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 ste
41、p. “ HOnce in housing, formerly homeless people can become isolated and lonely. If theyve lived on the streets for years, they may have 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 exper
42、ience a profound disorientation at the outset. “ If youre homeless for more than six months, you kind of lose your bearings,“ says Haggerty. “ 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 d
43、efine stability gets reordered. “ IMany need regular, if not continuous, support with mental health problems, addictions and illnesses and, equally important, assistance in the day-to-day challenges of life, reacquainting with family, building relationships with neighbors, finding enjoyable activiti
44、es or work, managing finances, and learning how to eat healthy food. JFor some people, the best solution is to live in a communal(集体 )residence, with special services. This isnt available everywhere, however. In Boston, for example, homeless people tend to be scattered in apartments throughout the c
45、ity. KCommon Grounds large residences in New York offer insight into the possibilities for change when homeless people have a rich array of supports. In addition to more traditional social services, residents also make use of communal gardens, classes in things like cooking, yoga, theatre and photog
46、raphy, and job placement. Last year, 188 formerly homeless tenants in four of Common Grounds residences, found jobs. LBecause the properties 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
47、of incidents of quarrels between tenants. There is very little graffiti(涂鸦 )or vandalism(破坏 ). And the turnover is almost negligible. 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 year
48、s.(All residents pay 30 percent of their income for rent; for the formerly homeless, this comes out of their government benefits.)When 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 Hag
49、gerty. “They formed a gardening committee. They want a terrace on the roof. Those are things I didnt count on. “ The most common tenant 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. “ NAs I mentioned, homelessness is a catch-all for a variety of problems. A number of
