2014年6月大学英语六级真题及答案最全

Part I Writing ( 30minutes)1、 Directions: 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.2、 Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise a person by their appearance. You can give examples to illustrate your point .You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.（小编写的就是这篇，还行）3、 Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to jump to conclusions upon seeing or hearing something. You can give examples to illustrate your point .You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200words.Part Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)For investors who desire low risk and guaranteed income, US government bonds are a secure investment because these bonds have the financial backing and full faith and credit of the federal government. Municipal bonds, also secure, are offered by local governments and often have_ 36_such as tax-free interest. Some may even be_37_. Corporate bonds are a bit more risky.Two questions often_38_first-time corporate bond investors. The first is “If I purchase a corporate bond, do I have to hold it until the maturity date?” The answer is no. Bonds are bought and sold daily on_39_securities exchanges. However, if you decide to sell your bond before its maturity date, youre not guaranteed to get the face value of the bond. For example, if your bond does not have_40_ that make it attractive to other investors, you may be forced to sell your bond at a_ 41_, i.e., a price less than the bonds face value. But if your bond is highly valued by other investors, you may be able to sell it at a premium, i. e ., a price above its face value. Bond prices generally_42_inversely (相反地) with current market interest rates. As interest rates go up, bond prices fall, and vice versa (反之亦然）. Thus, like all investments, bonds have a degree of risk.The second question is “ How can I_43_the investment risk of a particular bond issue?”Standard & Poors and Moodys Investors Service rate the level of risk of many corporate and government bonds. And_44_, the higher the market risk of a bond, the higher the interest rate. Investors will invest in a bond considered risky only if the 45 return is high enough.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2作答。A) advantages B) assess C) bother D) conserved E) deductionF) discount G) embarrass H) features I) fluctuate J) indefiniteK) insured L) major M) naturally N) potential O) simultaneouslyThe Street-Level SolutionA) When I was growing up, one of 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 recently, our society thought it understood the nature of homelessness, but it didnt.B) That 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 homogeneous group. Its only in the past 15 years that organizations like Common Ground, and others, have taken a street-level view of the problemdistinguishing the “ episodically homeless” from the “chronically homeless” in order to understand their needs at an individual level. This is why we can now envisage a different approach and get better results.C) Most 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 seen. 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 people 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.D) But that can be misleading, even to experts. When I asked Rosanne Haggerty, founder of Common Ground, which currently operates 2310 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 degree 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 first-hand experience for many people that that is really not the case. ”E) One of the startling realizations that I had while researching this column is that anybody could become like a homeless personall 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 woundand your life could become unrecognizable. James O Connell, 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 homeless.” 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. ”F) Once homeless people return to housing, theyre in a much better position to rebuild their lives. But its 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.G) Over the past decade. OConnell has seen this happen. “I spend half my time 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 step.”H) Once 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 experience 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 define stability gets reordered.”I) Many 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 activities or work, managing finances, and learning how to eat healthy food.J ) For 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 city.K) Common 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 photography, and job placement. Last year, 188 formerly homeless tenants in four of Common Grounds residences, found jobs.L) Because 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 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 years. (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 Haggerty. “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.”N) As I mentioned, homelessness is a catch-all for a variety of problems. A number of readers asked whether the campaign will address family homelessness, which has different causes and requires a different solution. Ive been following some of the promising ideas emerging to address and prevent family homelessness. Late in 2011, Ill explore these ideas in a column. For now, Ill conclude with an update on the Homes Campaign. Since Tuesday, New Orleans and a few other communities have reported new results. The current count of people housed is 7043.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2 上作答。46. Tenants in Common Grounds residences all want more room for storage.47. Homes Campaign provides first-hand proof that the homeless are not what they were once believed to be.48. Common Grounds residences are well-managed and by and large peaceful.49. Housing the homeless is only the first step to solving all their problems.50. A large percent of the chronically homeless have suffered from brain injury.51. After being housed many homeless people become confused at first as to how to deal with life off the street.52. Some people think the best way to help the homeless is to provide them with communal housing.53. The homeless with health problems should be given regular support in their daily lives.54. Until recently American society has failed to sec what homelessness is all about.55. Many formerly homeless tenants in New Yorks Common Grounds residences got hired.Passage OneQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.Deep reading” as opposed to the often superficial reading we do on the Webis an endangered practice, one we ought to take steps to preserve as we would a historic building or a significant work of art. Its disappearance would jeopardize the intellectual and emotional development of generations growing up online, as well as the preservation of a critical part of our culture： the novels, poems and other kinds of literature that can be appreciated only by readers whose brains, quite literally, have been trained to understand them.Recent research in cognitive science and psychology has demonstrated that deep readingslow, immersive, rich in sensory detail and emotional and moral complexityis a distinctive experience, different in kind from the mere decoding of words. Although deep reading does not, strictly speaking, require a conventional book, the built-in limits of the printed page are uniquely helpful to the deep reading experience. A books lack of hyperlinks（超链接）, for example, frees the reader from making decisionsShould I click on this link or not? allowing her to remain fully immersed in the narrative.That immersion is supported by the way the brain handles language rich in detail, indirect reference and figures of speech: by creating a mental representation that draws on the same brain regions that would be active if the scene were unfolding in real life. The emotional situations and moral dilemmas that are the stuff of literature arc also vigorous exercise for the brain, propelling us inside the heads of fictional characters and even, studies suggest, increasing our real-life capacity for empathy（认同）.None of this is likely to happen when were browsing through a website. Although we call the activity by the same name, the deep reading of books and the information-driven reading we do on the Web are very different, both in the experience they produce and in the capacities they develop. A growing body of evidence suggests that online reading may be less engaging and less satisfying, even for the “digital natives” to whom it is so familiar. Last month, for example, Britains National Literacy Trust released the results of a study of 34 910 young people aged 8 to 16. Researchers reported that 39% of children and teens read daily using electronic devices, but only 28% read printed materials every day. Those who read only onscreen were three times less likely to say they enjoy reading very much and a third less likely to have a favorite book. The study also found that young people who read daily only onscreen were nearly two times less likely to be above-average readers than those who read daily in print or both in print and onscreen.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。56. What does the author say about “deep reading”？A) U serves as a complement to online reading.B) It should be preserved before it is too late.C) ft is mainly suitable for reading literature.D) it is an indispensable part of education.57. Why does the author advocate the reading of literature?A) It helps promote readers intellectual and emotional growth.B) It enables readers to appreciate the complexity of language.C) It helps readers build up immersive reading habits.D) It is quickly becoming an endangered practice.58. In what way does printed-page reading differ from online reading?A) It ensures the readers cognitive growth.B) It enables the reader to be fully engaged.C) It activates a different region of the brain.D) It helps the reader learn rhetorical devices.59. What do the studies show about online reading?A) It gradually impairs ones eyesight.B) It keeps arousing readers curiosity.C) It provides up-to-date information.D) It renders reading less enjoyable.60. What do we learn from the study released by Britains National Literacy Trust?A) Onscreen readers may be less competent readers.B) Those who do reading in print are less informed.C) Young people find reading onscreen more enjoyable.D) It is now easier to find a favorite book online to read.Passage TwoQuestions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.Many current discussions of immigration issues talk about immigrants in general, as if they were abstract people in an abstract world. But the concrete differences between immigrants from different countries affect whether their coming here is good or bad for the American people.The very thought of formulating immigration laws from the standpoint of what is best for the American people seems to have been forgotten by many who focus on how to solve the problems of illegal immigration.It is hard to look for “the ideal outcome” on immigration in the abstract. Economics professor Milton Friedman once said. “The best is the enemy of the good,” which to me meant that attempts to achieve an unattainable ideal can prevent us from reaching good outcomes that are possible in practice.Too much of our current immigration controversy is conducted in terms of abstract ideals, such as “We are a nation of immigrants.” Of course we are a nation of immigrants. But we are also a nation of people who wear shoes. Does it follow that we should admit anybody who wears shoes?The immigrants of today are very different from those who arrived here a hundred years ago.Moreover, the society in which they arrive is different. To me, it is better to build a wall around the welfare state than the country.But the welfare state is already hereand, far from having a wall built around it, the welfare state is expanding in all directions. We do not have a choice between the welfare state and open borders.Anything we try to do as regards immigration laws has to be done in the context of a huge welfare state that is already a major, inescapable fact of life.Among other facts of life utterly ignored by many advocates of de facto amnesty（事实上的大赦）is that the free international movement of people is different from free international trade in goods.Buying cars or cameras from other countries is not the same as admitting people from those countries or any other countries. Unlike inanimate objects, people have cultures and not all cultures are compatible with the culture in this country that has produced such benefits for the American people for so long.Not only the United States, but the Western work I in general, has been discovering the hard way that admitting people with incompatible cultures is an irreversible decision with incalculable consequences. If we do not see that after recent terrorist attacks on the streets of Boston and London, when will we see it?“Comprehensive immigration reform” means doing everything all together in a rush, without time to look before we leap, and basing ourselves on abstract notions about abstract people.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。61. What does the author say about immigrants in America?A) They all hope to gain citizenship and enjoy the welfare.B) They come to America w