1、机密*启用前大 学 英 语 六 级 考 试COLLEGE ENGLISH TESTBand Six(2018年6月第2套)试 题 册敬 告 考 生一、在答题前，请认真完成以下内容:1. 请检查试题册背面条形码粘贴条、答题卡的印刷质量，如有问题及时向监考员反映，确认无误后完成以下两点要求。2. 请将试题册背面条形码粘贴条揭下后粘贴在答题卡1的条形码粘贴框内，并将姓名和准考证号填写在试题册背面相应位置。3. 请在答题卡1和答题卡2指定位置用黑色签字笔填写准考证号、姓名和学校名称，并用HB-2B铅笔将对应准考证号的信息点涂黑。二、在考试过程中，请注意以下内容:1. 所有题目必须在答题卡上规定位置作答
2、，在试题册上或答题卡上非规定位置的作答一律无效。2. 请在规定时间内在答题卡指定位置依次完成作文、听力、阅读、翻译各部分考试，作答作文期间不得翻阅该试题册。听力录音播放完毕后，请立即停止作答，监考员将立即收回答题卡1，得到监考员指令后方可继续作答。3. 作文题内容印在试题册背面，作文题及其他主观题必须用黑色签字笔在答题卡指定区域内作答。4. 选择题均为单选题，错选、不选或多选将不得分，作答时必须使用HB-2B铅笔在答题卡上相应位置填涂，修改时须用橡皮擦净。三、以下情况按违规处理:1. 未正确填写(涂)个人信息，错贴、不贴、毁损条形码粘贴条。2. 未按规定翻阅试题册、提前阅读试题、提前或在收答题
3、卡期间作答。3. 未用所规定的笔作答、折叠成毁损答题卡导致无法评卷。4. 考试期间在非听力考试时间佩戴耳机。全国大学英语四、六级考试委员会PartI Writing (30minutes)Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessayontheimportanceof buildingtrustbetweenteachersandstudents.Youcanciteexamplesto illustrateyourviews.Youshouldwriteatleast150wordsbutnomorethan200wor
4、ds.PartII ListeningComprehension (30minutes)SectionADirections:Inthissection,youwillheartwolong conversations.Attheendofeachconversation,youwillhearfourquestions.Boththe conversationandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmust choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)a
5、ndD).Thenmarkthe correspondingletteronAnswerSheet1withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Questions1to4arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.1.A)Sheadvocatesanimalprotection.B)Shesellsaspecialkindofcoffee.C)Sheisgoingtostartacafchain.D)Sheistheownerofaspecialcaf.2.A)Theybearalotofsimilarities.B)Theyarea
6、profitablebusinesssector.C)Theycatertodifferentcustomers.D)Theyhelptakecareofcustomerspets.3.A)Bygivingthemregularcleaningandinjections.B)Byselectingbreedsthataretameandpeaceful.C)Byplacingthematasafedistancefromcustomers.D)Bybriefingcustomersonhowtogetalongwiththem.4.A)Theywanttolearnaboutrabbits.B
7、)Theyliketobringintheirchildren.C)Theylovetheanimalsinhercaf.D)Theygivehercaffavoritereviews.Questions5to8arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.5.A)Itcontainstoomanyadditives.B)Itlackstheessentialvitamins.C)Itcancauseobesity.D)Itismostlygarbage.6.A)Itsfancydesign.B)TVcommercials.C)Itstasteandtex
8、ture.D)Peerinfluence.7.A)Investingheavilyintheproductionofsweetfoods.B)Marketingtheirproductswithordinaryingredients.C)Tryingtotrickchildrenintobuyingtheirproducts.D)Offeringchildrenmorevarietiestochoosefrom.8.A)Theyhardlyatevegetables.B)Theyseldomhadjunkfood.C)Theyfavoredchocolate-coatedsweets.D)Th
9、eylikedthefoodadvertisedonTV.SectionBDirections:Inthissection,youwillheartwopassages.Attheendofeachpassage,youwill hearthreeorfourquestions.Boththepassageandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Thenmarkthecorresponding
10、letteronAnswerSheet1withasinglelinethrough thecentre.Questions9to11arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.9.A)Stretchesoffarmland.B)TypicalEgyptiananimalfarms.C)Tombsofancientrulers.D)Ruinsleftbydevastatingfloods.10.A)Itprovideshabitatsformoreprimitivetribes.B)Itishardlyassociatedwithgreatcivilization
11、s.C)Ithasnotyetbeenfullyexploredandexploited.D)Itgatherswaterfrommanytropicalrainforests.11.A)Itcarriesaboutonefifthoftheworldsfreshwater.B)Ithasnumeroushumansettlementsalongitsbanks.C)ItissecondonlytotheMississippiRiverinwidth.D)ItisaslongastheNileandtheYangtzecombined.Questions12to15arebasedonthep
12、assageyouhavejustheard.12.A)Livingalifeinthefastlaneleadstosuccess.B)Wearealwaysinarushtodovariousthings.C)Thesearchfortranquilityhasbecomeatrend.D)Allofusactuallyyearnforaslowandcalmlife.13.A)Shehadtroublebalancingfamilyandwork.B)Sheenjoyedthevarioussocialevents.C)Shewasaccustomedtotightschedules.D
13、)Shespentallherleisuretimewritingbooks.14.A)Thepossibilityofruiningherfamily.B)Becomingawareofherdeclininghealth.C)Thefatiguefromlivingafast-pacedlife.D)Readingabookaboutslowingdown.15.A)Shestartedtofollowtheculturalnorms.B)Shecametoenjoydoingeverydaytasks.C)Shelearnedtousemorepoliteexpressions.D)Sh
14、estoppedusingto-dolistsandcalendars.SectionCDirections:Inthissection,youwillhearthreerecordingsoflecturesortalksfollowedbythree orfourquestions.Therecordingswillbeplayedonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmust choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Thenmarkthe correspondingletteronAn
15、swerSheet1withasinglelinethroughcentre.Questions16to18arebasedontherecordingyouhavejustheard.16.A)Theywillrootoutnativespeciesaltogether.B)Theycontributetoaregionsbiodiversity.C)Theyposeathreattothelocalecosystem.D)Theywillcrossbreedwithnativespecies.17.A)Theirclassificationsaremeaningful.B)Theirint
16、eractionsarehardtodefine.C)Theirdefinitionsarechangeable.D)Theirdistinctionsareartificial.18.A)Onlyafewofthemcauseproblemstonativespecies.B)Theymayturnouttobenefitthelocalenvironment.C)Fewofthemcansurviveintheirnewhabitats.D)Only10percentofthemcanbenaturalized.Questions19to21arebasedontherecordingyo
17、uhavejustheard.19.A)Respecttheirtraditionalculture.B)Attendtheirbusinessseminars.C)Researchtheirspecificdemands.D)Adopttherightbusinessstrategies.20.A)Showingthemyourpalm.B)Givingthemgiftsofgreatvalue.C)Drinkingalcoholoncertaindaysofamonth.D)Clickingyourfingersloudlyintheirpresence.21.A)Theyareverye
18、asytosatisfy.B)Theyhaveastrongsenseofworth.C)Theytendtobefriendlyandenthusiastic.D)Theyhaveabreakfrom2:00to5:30p.m.Questions22to25arebasedontherecordingyouhavejustheard.22.A)Hecompletelychangedthecompanysculture.B)Hecollectedpaintingsbyworld-famousartists.C)HetookoverthesalesdepartmentofReadersDiges
19、t.D)Hehadthecompanysboardroomextensivelyrenovated.23.A)Itshouldbesoldatareasonableprice.B)Itsarticlesshouldbeshortandinspiring.C)Itshouldbepublishedintheworldsleadinglanguages.D)Itsarticlesshouldentertainblue-andpink-collarworkers.24.A)Heknewhowtomakethemagazineprofitable.B)Heservedasachurchminister
20、formanyyears.C)Hesufferedmanysetbacksandmisfortunesinhislife.D)Hetreatedtheemployeeslikemembersofhisfamily.25.A)Itcarriedmanymoreadvertisements.B)GeorgeGrunejoineditasanadsalesman.C)Severalhundredofitsemployeesgotfired.D)Itssubscriptionsincreasedconsiderably.PartIII ReadingComprehension (40minutes)S
21、ectionADirections:Inthissection,thereisapassagewith tenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordfor eachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassage throughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonA
22、nswerSheet2withasinglelinethrough thecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.DidSarahJosephaHalewriteMarysLittleLamb,theeternalnurseryrhyme(儿歌)abouta girlnamedMarywithastubbornlamb?Thisisstilldisputed,butitsclearthatthewoman26forwritingitwasoneofAmericasmostfascinating27.Inhonorofthepo
23、emspublicationon May24, 1830,heresmoreaboutthe28authorslife.Halewasntjustawriter,shewasalsoa29socialadvocate,andshewasparticularly30with anidealNewEngland,whichsheassociatedwithabundantThanksgivingmealsthatshe claimedhadadeepmoralinfluence.Shebegananationwide31tohaveanationalholiday declaredthatwoul
24、dbringfamiliestogetherwhilecelebratingthe32festivals.In1863,after17yearsofadvocacyincludingletterstofivepresidents,Halegotit.PresidentAbrahamLincoln,duringtheCivilWar,issueda33settingasidethelastThursdayinNovemberfortheholiday.ThetrueauthorshipofMarysLittleLambisdisputed.AccordingtotheNewEnglandHist
25、orical Society,Halewroteonlypartofthepoem,butclaimedauthorship.Regardlessoftheauthor,it seemsthatthepoemwas34byarealevent.WhenyoungMarySawyerwasfollowedtoschool byalambin1816,itcausedsomeproblems.AbystandernamedJohnRoulstonewrotea poemabouttheevent,then,atsomepoint,Haleherselfseemstohavehelpedwritei
26、t.However,ifa1916piecebyhergreat-nieceistobetrusted,Haleclaimedforthe35ofherlifethatsomeotherpeoplepretendedthatsomeoneelsewrotethepoem.A)campaign B)careerC)characters D)featuresE)fierce F)inspiredG)latter H)obsessedI)proclamation J)rectifiedK)reputed L)restM)supposed N)traditionalO)versatileSection
27、BDirections:Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraph fromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Each paragraphismarkedwithaletter.Answerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespo
28、ndingletteron AnswerSheet2.GrowPlantsWithoutWaterA) Ever since humanity began to farm our own food, weve faced the unpredictable rain that is both friend and enemy. It comes and goes without much warning, and a field of lush (茂盛的) leafy greens one year can dry up and blow away the next. Food securit
29、y and fortunes depend on sufficient rain, and nowhere more so than in Africa, where 96% of farmland depends on rain instead of the irrigation common in more developed places. It has consequences: South Africas ongoing droughtthe worst in three decadeswill cost at least a quarter of its corn crop thi
30、s year.B) Biologist Jill Farrant of the University of Cape Town in South Africa says that nature has plenty of answers for people who want to grow crops in places with unpredictable rainfall. She is hard at work finding a way to take traits from rare wild plants that adapt to extreme dry weather and
31、 use them in food crops. As the earths climate changes and rainfall becomes even less predictable in some places, those answers will grow even more valuable. The type of farming Im aiming for is literally so that people can survive as its going to get more and more dry, Farrant says.C) Extreme condi
32、tions produce extremely tough plants. In the rusty red deserts of South Africa, steep-sided rocky hills called inselbergs rear up from the plains like the bones of the earth. The hills are remnants of an earlier geological era, scraped bare of most soil and exposed to the elements. Yet on these and
33、similar formations in deserts around the world, a few fierce plants have adapted to endure under ever-changing conditions.D) Farrant calls them resurrection plants (复苏植物). During months without water under a harsh sun, they wither, shrink and contract until they look like a pile of dead gray leaves.
34、 But rainfall can revive them in a matter of hours. Her time-lapse (间歇性拍摄的) videos of the revivals look like someone playing a tape of the plants death in reverse.E) The big difference between drought-tolerant plants and these tough plants: metabolism. Many different kinds of plants have developed t
35、actics to weather dry spells. Some plants store reserves of water to see them through a drought; others send roots deep down to subsurface water supplies. But once these plants use up their stored reserve or tap out the underground supply, they cease growing and start to die. They may be able to han
36、dle a drought of some length, and many people use the term drought tolerant to describe such plants, but they never actually stop needing to consume water, so Farrant prefers to call them drought resistant.F) Resurrection plants, defined as those capable of recovering from holding less than 0.1 gram
37、s of water per gram of dry mass, are different. They lack water-storing structures, and their existence on rock faces prevents them from tapping groundwater, so they have instead developed the ability to change their metabolism. When they detect an extended dry period, they divert their metabolisms,
38、 producing sugars and certain stress-associated proteins and other materials in their tissues. As the plant dries, these resources take on first the properties of honey, then rubber, and finally enter a glass-like state that is the most stable state that the plant can maintain, Farrant says. That sl
39、ows the plants metabolism and protects its dried-out tissues. The plants also change shape, shrinking to minimize the surface area through which their remaining water might evaporate. They can recover from months and years without water, depending on the species.G) What else can do this dry-out-and-
40、revive trick? Seedsalmost all of them. At the start of her career, Farrant studied recalcitrant seeds (顽拗性种子), such as avocados, coffee and lychee. While tasty, such seeds are delicatethey cannot bud and grow if they dry out (as you may know if youve ever tried to grow a tree from an avocado pit). I
41、n the seed world, that makes them rare, because most seeds from flowering plants are quite robust. Most seeds can wait out the dry, unwelcoming seasons until conditions are right and they sprout (发芽). Yet once they start growing, such plants seem not to retain the ability to hit the pause button on
42、metabolism in their stems or leaves.H) After completing her Ph. D. on seeds, Farrant began investigating whether it might be possible to isolate the properties that make most seeds so resilient (迅速恢复活力的) and transfer them to other plant tissues. What Farrant and others have found over the past two decades is that there are many genes involved in resurrection plants response to dryness. Many of them are the same that regulate how seeds become dryness-tolerant while still attached to their parent plants. Now they are trying to figure out what molecular signaling processes activate those
