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1、2014年12月英语六级真题试卷（第1套）Part IWriting(30 minutes)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then discuss whether technology is indispensable in education. You should give soun

2、d arguments to support your views and write at least 150 words but no more than200words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked

3、 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 Answer Sheet 1 with

4、 a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。1. A) In a parking lot. B) At a grocery.C) At a fast food restaurant. D) In a car showroom.2. A) Change her position now and then. B) Stretch her legs before standing up.C) Have a little nap after lunch. D) Get up and take a short walk.3. A) The st

5、udents should practice long-distance running.B) The students physical condition is not desirable.C) He doesnt quite believe what the woman says.D) He thinks the race is too hard for the students.4. A) They will get their degrees in two years. B) They are both pursuing graduate studies.C) They cannot

6、 afford to get married right now. D) They do not want to have a baby at present.5. A) He must have been mistaken for Jack.B) Twins usually have a lot in common.C) Jack is certainly not as healthy as he is.D) He has not seen Jack for quite a few days.6. A) The woman will attend the opening of the mus

7、eum.B) The woman is asking the way at the crossroads.C) The man knows where the museum is located.D) The man will take the woman to the museum.7. A) They cannot ask the guy to leave.B) The guy has been coming in for years.C) The guy must be feeling extremely lonely.D) They should not look down upon

8、the guy.8. A) Collect timepieces.B) Become time-conscious.C) Learn to mend clocks.D) Keep track of his daily activities.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A) It is eating into its banks.B) It winds its way to the sea.C) It is wide and deep.D) It is quickly rising.

9、10. A) Try to speed up the operation by any means.B) Take the equipment apart before being ferried.C) Reduce the transport cost as much as possible.D) Get the trucks over to the other side of the river.11. A) Find as many boats as possible.B) Cut trees and build rowing boats.C) Halt the operation un

10、til further orders.D) Ask the commander to send a helicopter.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) Talk about his climbing experiences.B) Help him join an Indian expedition.C) Give up mountain climbing altogether.D) Save money to buy climbing equipment.13. A) He

11、 was the first to conquer Mt. Qomolangma.B) He had an unusual religious background.C) He climbed mountains to earn a living.D) He was very strict with his children.14. A) They are to be conquered.B) They are to be protected.C) They are sacred places.D) They are like humans.15. A) It was his fathers

12、training that pulled him through.B) It was a milestone in his mountain climbing career.C) It helped him understand the Sherpa view of mountains.D) It was his father who gave him the strength to succeed.Section BDirections：In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, y

13、ou will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you mustchoose the best answer from the four choices marked A) , B) , C) and D). Then mark the correspondingletter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题

14、卡1上作答。Passage OneQuestions 16 to 19 are based on the conversation you have just heard.16. A) By showing a memorandums structure.B) By analyzing the organization of a letter.C) By comparing memorandums with letters.D) By reviewing what he has said previously.17. A) They ignored many of the memorandum

15、s they received.B) They placed emphasis on the format of memorandums.C) They seldom read a memorandum through to the end.D) They spent a lot of time writing memorandums.18. A) Style and wording. B) Directness and clarity.C) Structure and length. D) Simplicity and accuracy.19. A) Inclusion of appropr

16、iate humor. B) Professional look.C) Direct statement of purpose. D) Accurate dating.Passage TwoQuestions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.20. A) They give top priority to their work efficiency.B) They make an effort to lighten their workload.C) They try hard to make the best use

17、 of their time.D) They never change work habits unless forced to.21. A) Sense of duty. B) Work efficiency. C) Self-confidence. D) Passion for work.22. A) They find no pleasure in the work they do.B) They try to avoid work whenever possible.C) They are addicted to playing online games.D) They simply

18、have no sense of responsibility.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23. A) He lost all his property. B) He was sold to a circus.C) He ran away from his family. D) He was forced into slavery.24. A) A carpenter. B) A master of his. C) A businessman. D) A black

19、drummer.25. A) It named its town hall after Solomon Northup.B) It freed all blacks in the town from slavery.C) It declared July 24 Solomon Northup Day.D) It hosted a reunion for the Northup family.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for

20、 the first time,you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you arerequired to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read forthe third time, you should check what you have written.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作

21、答。Intolerance is the art of ignoring any views that differ from your own. It _26_ itself in hatred, stereotypes, prejudice, and 27. Once it intensifies people, intolerance is nearly impossible to overcome. But why would anyone want to be labeled as intolerance? Why would people want to be _28_ about

22、 the world around them? Why would one want to be part of the problem in America, instead of the solution?There are many of the explanations for intolerant attitude, some _29_ childhood. It is likely that intolerant forks grew up _30_ intolerant parents and the cycle of prejudice has simply continued

23、 for _31_. Perhaps intolerant people are so set in their ways that they find it easier to ignore anything that might not _32_ to their limited view of life. Or maybe intolerant students have simply never been _33_ to anyone different from themselves. But none of these reasons is an excuse for allowi

24、ng the intolerance to continue.Intolerance should not be confused with disagreement. It is, of course, possible to disagree with an opinion without being intolerant of it. If you understand a belief but still dont believe in that specific belief, thats fine. You are _34_ your opinion. As a matter of

25、 fact, _35_ dissenters (持异议者) are important for any belief. If we all believed the same things, we would never grow, and we would never learn about the world around us. Intolerance does not stem from disagreement. It stems from fear. And fear stems from ignorance.Part III Reading Comprehension (40 m

26、inutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select 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

27、by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.His future subjects have not always treated the Prince of Wales wi

28、th the respect one might expect. They laughed in 1986 when the heir to the British _36_ told a TV reporter that he talked to his plants at his country house, Highgrove, to stimulate their growth. The Prince was being humorous“My sense of humor will get me into trouble one day,” he has confided to ai

29、des (随从)but listening to Charles Windsor can indeed prove stimulating. The royal _37_ has been promoting radical ideas for most of his adult life. Some of his _38_ which once sounded a bit weird, were simply ahead of their time. Now, finally, the world seems to be catching up with him.Take his views

30、 on farming. Prince Charles Duchy Home Farm went _39_ back in 1986, when most shoppers cared only about the low price tag on suspiciously blemish-free (无瑕疵的) vegetables and _40_ large chickens piled high in supermarkets.His warnings on proved farsighted, too. Charles began _41_ action on global warm

31、ing in 1990 and says hes been worried about the _42_ of man on the environment since he was a teenager.Although he has gradually gained international _43_ as one of the worlds leading conservationists, many British people still think of him as a _44_ person who talks to plants. This year, as it happ

32、ens, South Korean scientists proved that plants really do _45_ to sound. So Charles was ahead of the game there, too.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2 上作答。A) conform B) eccentricC) environmentalist D) expeditions E) impactF) notions G) organicH) originallyI) recognition J) respondK) subordinate L) suppressing M) thron

33、eN) unnaturallyO) urgingSection BDirections:In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Eachstatement 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.

34、 Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Should Single-Sex Education Be Eliminated?A Why is a neuroscientist here debating single-sex schooling? Honestly, I had no fixed ideas on the topic when 1 started researching it for my

35、 book, Pink Brain, Blue Brain. But any discussion of gender differences in children inevitably leads to this debate, so I felt compelled to dive into the research data on single-sex schooling. I read every study I could, weighed the existing evidence, and ultimately concluded that single-sex educati

36、on is not the answer to gender gaps in achievementor the best way forward for todays young people. After my book was published, I met several developmental and cognitive psychologists whose work was addressing gender and education from different angles, and we published a peer-reviewed Education For

37、um piece in Science magazine with the provocative title, “The Pseudoscience of Single-Sex Education.”B We showed that three lines of research used to justify single-sex schoolingeducational, neuroscience, and social psychologyall fail to support its purported benefits, and so the widely-held view th

38、at gender separation is somehow better for boys, girls, or both is nothing more than a myth.The Research on Academic OutcomesC First, we reviewed the extensive educational research that has compared academic outcomes in students attending single-sex versus coeducational schools. The overwhelming con

39、clusion when you put this enormous literature together is that there is no clear academic advantage of sitting in all-female or all-male classes, in spite of much popular belief to the contrary. I base this conclusion not on any individual study, but on large-scale and systematic reviews of thousand

40、s of studies conducted in every major English-speaking country.D Of course, there are many excellent single-sex schools out there, but as these careful research reviews have demonstrated, it is not their single-sex composition that makes them excellent. It is all the other advantages that are typica

41、lly packed into such schools, such as financial resources, quality of the faculty, and pro-academic culture, along with the family background and pre-selected ability of the students themselves that determine their outcomes.E A case in point is the study by Linda Sax at UCLA, who used data from a la

42、rge national survey of college freshmen to evaluate the effect of single-sex versus coeducational high schools. Commissioned by the National Coalition of Girls Schools, the raw findings look pretty good for the flindershigher SAT scores and a stronger academic orientation among women who had attende

43、d all girls high schools (men werent studied). However, once the researchers controlled for both student and school attributesmeasures such as family income, parentseducation, and school resourcesmost of these effects were erased or diminished.F When it comes to boys in particular, the data show tha

44、t single-sex education is distinctly unhelpful for them. Among the minority of studies that have reported advantages of single-sex schooling, virtually all of them were studies of girls. Therere no rigorous studies in the United States that find single-sex schooling is better for boys, and in fact,

45、a separate line of research by economists has shown that both boys and girls exhibit greater cognitive growth over the school year based on the “dose” of girls in a classroom. In fact, boys benefit even more than girls from having larger numbers of female classmates. So single-sex schooling is reall

46、y not the answer to the current “boy crisis” in education.Brain and Cognitive DevelopmentG The second line of research often used to justify single-sex education falls squarely within my area of expertise: brain and cognitive development. Its been more than a decade now since the “brain sex movement

47、” began infiltrating A) our schools, and there are literally hundreds of schools caught up in the fad Public schools in Wisconsin, Indiana, Florida and many other states now proudly declare on their websites that they separate boys and girls because “research solidly indicates that boys and girls le

48、arn differently,” due to “hard-wired” differences in their brains, eyes, ears, autonomic nervous systems, and more.H All of these statements can be traced to just a few would-be neuroscientists, especially physician Leonard Sax and therapist Michael Gurian. Each gives lectures, runs conferences, and does a lot of professional development on so-called “gender-spe