1、2018年 6月大学英语六级真题试卷（一）及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the importance of building trust between employers and employees. You can cite examples to illustrate your views. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Section A （
2、 A） It is a typical salad. （ B） It is a Spanish soup. （ C） It is a weird vegetable. （ D） It is a kind of spicy food. （ A） To make it thicker. （ B） To make it more nutritious. （ C） To add to its appeal. （ D） To replace an ingredient. （ A） It contains very little fat. （ B） It uses olive oil in cooking
3、. （ C） It uses no artificial additives. （ D） It is mainly made of vegetables. （ A） It does not go stale for two years. （ B） It takes no special skill to prepare. （ C） It comes from a special kind of pig. （ D） It is a delicacy blended with bread. （ A） They come in a great variety. （ B） They do not ma
4、ke decent gifts. （ C） They do not vary much in price. （ D） They go well with Italian food. （ A） $30-$40. （ B） $40 - $50. （ C） $50-$60. （ D） Around $150. （ A） They are a healthy choice for elderly people. （ B） They are especially popular among Italians. （ C） They symbolize good health and longevity.
5、（ D） They go well with different kinds of food. （ A） It is a wine imported from California. （ B） It is less spicy than all other red wines. （ C） It is far more expensive than he expected. （ D） It is Italy s most famous type of red wine. Section B （ A） Learning others secrets. （ B） Searching for info
6、rmation. （ C） Decoding secret messages. （ D） Spreading sensational news. （ A） They helped the U. S. army in World War Two. （ B） They could write down spoken codes promptly. （ C） They were assigned to decode enemy messages. （ D） They were good at breaking enemy secret codes. （ A） Important battles fo
7、ught in the Pacific War. （ B） Decoding of secret messages in war times. （ C） A military code that was never broken. （ D） Navajo Indians contribution to code breaking. （ A） All services will be personalized. （ B） A lot of knowledge-intensive jobs will be replaced. （ C） Technology will revolutionize a
8、ll sectors of industry. （ D） More information will be available. （ A） In the robotics industry. （ B） In the information service. （ C） In the personal care sector. （ D） In high-end manufacturing. （ A） They charge high prices. （ B） They need lots of training. （ C） They cater to the needs of young peop
9、le. （ D） They focus on customers specific needs. （ A） The rising demand in education and healthcare in the next 20 years. （ B） The disruption caused by technology in traditionally well-paid jobs. （ C） The tremendous changes new technology will bring to people s lives. （ D） The amazing amount of pers
10、onal attention people would like to have. Section C （ A） It was the longest road in ancient Egypt. （ B） It was constructed some 500 years ago. （ C） It lay 8 miles from the monument sites. （ D） It linked a stone pit to some waterways. （ A） Saws used for cutting stone. （ B） Traces left by early explor
11、ers. （ C） An ancient geographical map. （ D） Some stone tool segments. （ A） To transport stones to block floods. （ B） To provide services for the stone pit. （ C） To link the various monument sites. （ D） To connect the villages along the Nile. （ A） Dr. Gong didn t give him any conventional tests. （ B）
12、 Dr. Gong marked his office with a hand-painted sign. （ C） Dr. Gong didn t ask him any questions about his pain. （ D） Dr. Gong slipped in needles where he felt no pain. （ A） He had heard of the wonders acupuncture could work. （ B） Dr. Gong was very famous in New York s Chinatown. （ C） Previous medic
13、al treatments failed to relieve his pain. （ D） He found the expensive medical tests unaffordable. （ A） More and more patients ask for the treatment. （ B） Acupuncture techniques have been perfected. （ C） It doesn t need the conventional medical tests. （ D） It does not have any negative side effects.
14、（ A） They were on the verge of breaking up. （ B） They were compatible despite differences. （ C） They quarreled a lot and never resolved their arguments. （ D） They argued persistently about whether to have children. （ A） Neither of them has any brothers or sisters. （ B） Neither of them won their pare
15、nts favor. （ C） They werent spoiled in their childhood. （ D） They didn t like to be the apple of their parents eyes. （ A） They are usually good at making friends. （ B） They tend to be adventurous and creative. （ C） They are often content with what they have. （ D） They tend to be self-assured and res
16、ponsible. （ A） They enjoy making friends. （ B） They tend to be well adjusted. （ C） They are least likely to take initiative. （ D） They usually have successful marriages. Section A 26 When Elon Musk says that his new priority is using artificial intelligence to build domestic robots, we should look f
17、orward to the day in admiration. Mr. Musk is a guy who gets things done. The founder of two tech companies, Tesla Motors and SpaceX, is bringing electric vehicles to mass market and【 C1】_humans to live on other planets. This sounds like so much hot air, but the near $13 billion fortune this entrepre
18、neur has【 C2】 _comes from practical achievements rather than hypothetical ones. A lot of clever people are【 C3】 _about artificial intelligence, fearing that robots will one day become so【 C4】 _that they 11 murder all of us. These fears are mostly【 C5】 _: as with hysteria about genetic modification,
19、we humans are generally wise enough to manage these problems with speed and care. And just think of how wonderful it would be if you had a live-in robot. It could,【 C6】_, be like having a babysitter and a nurse rolled into oneor, if that required【 C7】 _intelligence beyond the power of Mr. Musk s ima
20、gined machine, at least someone to chop the carrots, wash the car and mow the lawn. Once purchased and trained, this would allow the【 C8】 _user to save money and time, freeing up【 C9】_space in our busy lives to read a good book. That is why we welcome Mr. Musk s latest【 C10】 _, and wish him well. As
21、 long as robots add to the sum of human happiness, reduce suffering, and create time to read world-class journalism, we should be their fans. Especially since journalism is one job robots will never do. A) amassed I) misleading B) casual J) precious C) emotional K) reward D) enabling L) smart E) eve
22、ntually M) sphere F) exaggerated N) terrified G) extravagant O) venture H) generously 27 【 C1】 28 【 C2】 29 【 C3】 30 【 C4】 31 【 C5】 32 【 C6】 33 【 C7】 34 【 C8】 35 【 C9】 36 【 C10】 Section B 36 In the Real World, Nobody Cares that You Went to an Ivy League School A As a high school junior, everything in
23、 my life revolved around getting into the right college. I diligently attended my SAT, ACT, and Advanced Placement test preparation courses. I juggled (尽力应付 ) cross-country and track schedules, newspaper staff, and my church s youth group and drama team. I didn t drink, party, or even do much dating
24、. The right college, I thought, was one with prestige, one with a name. It didn t have to be the Ivy League, but it needed to be a “ top school“. B Looking back now, nine years later, I can t remember exactly what it was about these universities that made them seem so much better. Was it a curriculu
25、m that appeared more rigorous, perhaps? Or an alumni network that I hoped would open doors down the line? Maybe. “I do think there are advantages to schools with more recognition,“ notes Marybeth Gasman, a professor of higher education at the University of Pennsylvania. “ I don t necessarily think t
26、hat s a reason to go to one. “ C In reflection, my firm belief in the power of the brand was naive, not to mention a bit snobby. I quickly passed over state schools and southern schools, believing their curriculums to be automatically inferior to northeastern or western counterparts. Instead, I drea
27、med of living in New York City and my parents obliged me with a visit to New York University s (NYU) campus. During the tour, tuition fees were discussed. (NYU is consistently ranked one of the country s most expensive schools, with room and board costs totaling upwards of $64,000 a year.) Up until
28、then, I hadn t truly realized just how expensive an education can be. Over the next few months, I realized not only could I not afford my dream school, I couldn t even afford the ones where I d been accepted. City University of New York (CUNY) , Rutgers University, and Indiana University were out of
29、 reach as were Mississippi State and the University of Alabama, where I would have to pay out-of-state fees. Further complicating my college search was a flourishing track careerI wanted to keep running but my times weren t quite fast enough to secure a scholarship. D And so, at 11pm on the night of
30、 Georgia State University s (GSU) midnight deadline, I applied online. Rated No. 466 overall on Forbes Lists Top Colleges, No. 183 in Research Universities, and No. 108 in the South, I cant say it was my top choice. Still, the track coach had offered me a walk-on spot, and I actually found the urban
31、 Atlanta campus a decent consolation prize after New York City. E While it may have been practical, it wasnt prestigious. But heres the thing: I loved my “lower-tier“ (低层次的 ) university. (I use the term “low-tier“ cautiously, because GSU is a well-regarded research institution that attracts high qua
32、lity professors and faculty from all over the country.) We are taught to believe that only by going to the best schools and getting the best grades can we escape the rat race and build a better future. But what if lower-tier colleges and universities were the ticket to escaping the rat race? After a
33、ll, where else can you leave school with a decent degreebut without a lifetime of debt? F My school didnt come pre-packaged like the more popular options, so we were left to take care of ourselves, figuring out city life and trying to complete degree programs that no one was championing for us to su
34、cceed in. What I m saying is, I loved my university because it taught us all to be resourceful and we could make what we wanted out of it. G I was lucky enough to have my tuition covered by a lottery-funded scholarship called HOPE (Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally). When I started college, t
35、he HOPE scholarship was funded by the state of Georgia and offered to graduating high school seniors with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Living costs and books I paid for with money earned during high school, supplemented by a small college fund my deceased grandfather left for me and a modest savings acco
36、unt my parents created when I was born. H So what about all that name recognition? Sure, many of my colleagues and competitors have more glamorous alma maters (母校 ) than I do. As a journalist, I have competed against NYU, Columbia, and Northeastern graduates for jobs. And yet, not a single interview
37、er has ever asked me about my educational background. In fact, almost every interview I ve ever had was due to a connectionone that I ve gained through pure determination, not a school brand. I According to The Boston Globe, students who earned their bachelor s in 2012 have an average monthly loan p
38、ayment of $312, which is one-third more than those who graduated in 2004. Ultimately, that s the thing universities don t want to admit. Private universities are money-making institutions. If you can afford to buy prestige, that s your choice. For the rest of us, however, our hearty lower-tiered uni
39、versities are just fine, thank you. J Wealthy universities talk up the benefits their name will give graduates: namely, strong alumni networks, star faculty, and a resum6 boost. But you needn t attend an Ivy League school to reap those rewards. Ludacris and the former CEO of Bank of America Ken Lewi
40、s are alumni of my college, as well as VICE s first female editor-in-chief, Ellis Jones. Successful people tend to be successful no matter where they go to school, and lower-tier schools can have alumni networks just as strong as their big name counterparts. In fact, lower-tier school alumni network
41、s are arguably stronger, because fellow alumni recognize that you didn t necessarily have an easy path to follow. They might be more willing to offer career help, because your less famous school denotes that, like them, you are also full of energy and perseverance. K The Washington Post reported on
42、a recent study by Princeton economists, in which college graduates who applied to the most selective schools in the 12th grade were compared to those who applied to slightly less selective schools. They found that students with more potential earned more as adults, and the reverse held true as well,
43、 no matter where they went to school. L Likewise, star faculty are not always found where you d expect. Big name schools are not necessarily the best places for professors; plus, many professors split teaching time between multiple colleges and/or universities. This means, for instance, a CUNY stude
44、nt could reasonably expect to receive the same quality of instruction from a prestigious professor as they would if they were enrolled in the same class at NYU. M It s possible that some hiring managers may be drawn to candidates with a particular educational resume, but it s no guarantee. According
45、 to a 2012 survey described in The Atlantic, college reputation ranked lowest in relative importance of attributes in evaluating graduates for hire, beaten out by top factors like internships, employment during college, college major, volunteer experience, and extracurriculars. N Maybe students who
46、choose less prestigious universities are bound to succeed because they are determined to. I tend to think so. In any case, if I could do it again, I d still make the same choice. Today I m debt-free, resourcefuland I understand that even the shiniest packaging cant predict what you 11 find on the in
47、side. 37 Modest institutions can also have successful graduates and strong alumni networks. 38 The money the author made in high school helped pay for her living expenses and books at college. 39 The author came to see how costly college education could be when she was trying to choose a university
48、to attend. 40 A recent study found that a graduate s salary is determined by their potential, not the university they attended. 41 The author cannot recall for sure what made certain top universities appear a lot better. 42 None of the author s job interviewers cared which college she went to. 43 Th
49、e author thinks she did the right thing in choosing a less prestigious university. 44 In order to be admitted to a prestigious university, the author took part in various extracurricular activities and attended test preparation courses. 45 The author liked her university which was not prestigious but less expensive. 46 Colleges are reluctant to admit that graduates today are in heavier debt. Section C 46 Economically speaking, are we be
