2009年6月英语六级考试答案解析

1、2009 年 6 月大学英语六级(CET-6)参考答案写作范文:On the importance of a name Interestingly, recently the importance of a name has been brought into hot discussion. Some people strongly believe that a name is responsible for a persons fate, thats why theywould take all the trouble to try various ways to find wonderfu

2、l names for their children, expectingthe names would work magic for a glorious future. According to these people, a child may grow uphappy, smart, attractive, elegant or successful due to their names. Despite that, others have voiced a different opinion that a name is relatively insignificantcompari

3、ng to the efforts a person makes to realize his/her future dream as a persons fate isdominantly decided by a person himself/herself instead of the name he/she was given at his/herbirth. Opportunities may count; and a persons own efforts and decisions definitely count; but aname simply functions as t

4、he way of the person being called by others, which doesnt work tochange ones life. As far as I am concerned, a beautiful name certainly is one of the factors to make a great firstimpression. However, its not so important and powerful as to decide a persons future. To grab thefate, we need intelligen

5、ce, honesty, sincerity and efforts more than a name.快速阅读：1. B) enjoyed having the independence2. A) hinders their healthy growth3. D) somewhat mixed responses4. A) promote sensible promoting5. B) is much safer than before6. C) their fear is amplified by media exposure of crime7. D) their maturity an

6、d personal qualities8. unsafe situation9. anxiety10. every moment1 / 13听力：Section A 短对话11. D) Fred may have borrowed a sleeping bag from someone else.12. B) It will cool down over the weekend.2 / 1313. C) Hosting a TV program.14. D) The plants should be put in a shady spot.15. C) Go to bed early.16.

7、 B) She has learned to appreciate modern sculptures.17. A)They seem satisfied with what they have done18. A)The man shouldnt hesitate to take the course.长对话19 B）Domestic issues of general social concern.20 D）Based on public expectation and .21 D) Professional qualification22 A）Their average life spa

8、n was less than 5023 C）learn to use now technology.24 D)When all people become wealthier25 C）Control environment短文听力26. B) 27 .A) 28. C) 29 .B) 30. B) 31. A) 32. C) 33. D) 34 .A) 35. D)36. tongue 37. official 38. administration 39 commerce 40 spread 41 disadvantaged 42 confidence 43 investigate44. c

9、ome to understand how it is used as a symbol of both individual identity and social connection45. infants born into English-speaking communities acquire their language before they learn to usefolks and knives46. You are encourage to develop your own individual responses to various practical andtheor

10、etical issues仔细阅读3 / 134 / 13完型填空62. C 63. B 64. D 65. A 66. D 67. B 68. C 69. A 70. C 71. B 72. A 73. D 74. C 75. B76. A 77. D 78. D 79. C 80. B 81. A5 / 13翻译82. With the oil prices ever rising, she tried to talk _（说服他不买车）.解析：做四六级翻译题的实质是补全句子，所以已给英文题干和中文部分都要仔细分析。说服某人，考生第一反应是 persuade sb. into doing

11、sth.,但是题干已给动词 talk，所以考察点是talk sb. into doing sth.，考生如果对这个词组不熟悉，可以大胆套用 persuade 这个词组的格式。参考答案：him into stopping buying a car.83. _（保持幽默感有助于）reduce stress and promote creative thinking in6 / 13todays competitive society.解析：考点有两个，“幽默感”和“有助于”。某方面的“感”，如正义感，责任感，在英语(论坛)中都用“sense”来表达，即 sense of justice, sens

12、e of responsibility。“有助于”可用两种表达方式，be helpful to do sth., 或者 help to do sth. 另外注意动词短语做主语，要转化为动名词形式，即 keep 表达为 keeping。参考答案：Keeping a sense of humor helps to84. When confronted with the evidence, _（他不得不坦白自己的罪行）.解析：本题考察一个完整的主句，考点在于“坦白”和“罪行”两个单词的表达。参考答案：he had to confess his crime.85. When people say, “

13、I can feel my ears burning”, it means they think_（一定有人在说他们的坏话）.解析：本题考察“说某人坏话”，六级高频词组，有两种表达方式，speak evil of sb.或者 talksb. behind ones back.后者在我的课堂上曾经以周星驰电影中的经典翻译摘举中给大家讲过，很多同学考后致电，感到很开心。另外，推断某人一定在做某事，考察情态动词“must bedoing sth.”。参考答案：someone must be talking about them behind their back.86. She has decide

14、d to go on a diet, but finds _（很难抵制冰淇淋的诱惑） .解析：本题考察词组“发现某事很难（find it hard/difficult to do sth.）”,以及高频词“抵制（resist）”和“诱惑（temptation）”参考答案：it hard/difficult to resist the temptation of ice-cream.7 / 132009 年 6 月英语六级真题听力原文短对话11. W: I forgot to tell you that Fred called last night to borrow your sleeping

15、 bag.M: Oh, I saw him at the gym this morning, but he didnt say anything. So he must have askedsomebody else.Q: What does the man imply?12. W: These summer days are getting to be more than I can take. It was even too hot to go to thepool yesterday.M: Hang in there. According to the weather report we

16、 should have some relief by the end of theweek.Q: What does the man mean?13. W: Well, tonight we have Professor Brown in our studio to talk about the famous oil painting ofQueen Victoria. Good evening, professor.M: Good evening, madam, my pleasure to be here tonight.Q: What is the woman doing?14. M:

17、 The plants next to the window always look brown. You wouldnt know by looking at themthat I water them every week.W: Maybe they dont like direct sunlight. I had the same problem with some of my plants. And alittle shade helps them immensely.Q: What does the woman imply?15. M: Im really exhausted, Ma

18、ry. But I dont want to miss the Hollywood movie that comes on at11.8 / 13W: If I were you, Id skip it. We both have to get up early tomorrow. And anyway Ive heard itsnot as exciting as advertised.Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?16. M: Those modern sculptures over there are really weird. Do

19、nt you think so?W：Well, I couldnt stand them either at first. But now Ive come to like modern art, particularly those sculptures carved by Italian artists.Q: What does the woman mean?17. M: Im really glad our club decided to raise money for the childrens hospital. And most of thepeople we phoned see

20、med happy to contribute.W: Yeah! I agree. Now that weve gone through all the numbers on our list, I guess we can call it aday.Q: What do we learn about the speakers?18. M: Have you heard of Professor Smith? Im thinking of taking an advanced engineering coursewith him. What do you think?W: Yeah! You

21、really should. Hes published dozens of books so far, once been recommended as atextbook for postgraduates.Q: What does the woman imply?长对话Long conversation oneW: Youre the editor of Public Eye. What kind of topics does your program cover?M: Well, there are essentially domestic stories. We dont cover

22、 international stories. We dontcover party politics or economics. We do issues of general social concern to our British audience.They can be anything from the future of the health service to the way the environment is goingdownhill.W: How do you choose the topic? Do you choose one because its what t

23、he public wants to knowabout or because its what you feel the public ought to know about?9 / 13M: I think its a mixture of both. Sometimes you have a strong feeling that something is importantand you want to see it examined and you want to contribute to a public debate. Sometimes peoplecome to you w

24、ith things they are worried about and they can be quite small things. They can be astory about corruption in local government, something they cannot quite understand, why it doesntseem to be working out properly, like they are not having their litter collected properly or thedustbins emptied.W: How

25、do you know that youve got a really successful program? One that is just right for thetime?M: I think you get a sense about it after working in it in a number of years. You know which storiesare going to get the attention. They are going to be published just the point when the public areconcerned ab

26、out that.Q19-2119. What kind of topics does Public Eye cover?20. How does Public Eye choose its topics?21. What factor plays an important role in running a successful program?Passage 1Getting behind the wheel of a car can be an exciting new step in a teens life. But along with thatexcitement comes a

27、 new responsibility-understanding the need for common sense and maturity toavoid accidents. In an effort to spread awareness to teens across the nation, the Allstate Foundationsponsored a Keep-The-Drive Summit at Sunset Station on January 23rd. Students from Kennedyand Alamo Heights High schools par

28、ticipated in the summit which was held here for the first time.The goal of the year-long effort is to educate teens on the rules of safe driving and the severeconsequences that can result if those rules are not followed, and then have them communicate thatinformation to their peers. The students wat

29、ched videos that told them about the numbers ofteenage driving injuries and deaths. They listen to the videos as students from other cities sharetheir stories of how their reckless driving affected not only their lives but also those of theirpassengers. “We are trying to create awareness in high sch

30、ools across the countries,” saidWesterman, an Allstate representative, “we focus on changing how teens think behind the wheel.”According to the presentation, more teens die in automobile crashes in the United States each yearthan from drugs, violence, smoking and suicide. An average of 16 teens die

31、every day in motorvehicle crashes and nearly forty percent of those are caused by speeding. Texas is the state with themost teen driving deaths according to the presentation. Students agreed that the statistics wereamazing and made them think twice about how they drive.Questions 26 to 28 are based o

32、n the question you have just heard.10 / 13Q26. For what purpose did the Allstate Foundation sponsor the Keep-The-Drive Summit?Q27. What causes the greatest number of deaths among American teens according to thepresentation?Q28. What can we conclude about the Keep-The-Drive Summit?Passage 2Dr. Allen

33、Hersh designs smells for businesses. He says that it doesnt take a whole lot of smell toaffect you. Store owners can lure you to the candy aisle, even if you dont realize your are smellingcandy. This idea scares a lot of people. Groups that protect the rights of shoppers are upset. Theysay the store

34、s are using a kind of brainwashing which they call “smell-washing”. “Its prettydishonest,” says Mark Silbergeld. He runs an organization that checks out products for consumers.The scientists hired to design the scents disagree. “Theres soft background music. Theres speciallighting. Therere all sorts

35、 of bells being used,” says Dr. Hersh, “why not smells?” “One reasonwhy not,” says Silbergeld, “is that some people are allergic to certain scents pumped into productsor stores.” But there is a whole other side to this debate, “do the smells really work?” So far, thereis little proof one way or the

36、other. But Dr. Hersh has run some interesting experiments. In one ofHershs experiments, 31 volunteers were led into a shoe store that smells slightly like flowers.Later, another group shopped in the same store, but with no flower odor. Dr. Hersh found that 84%of the shoppers were more likely to buy

37、the shoes in the flower-scented room, but Hersh found outsomething even stranger. “Whether the volunteers like the flower scent or not didnt matter,” Hershsays, “Some reported that they hated the smell, but they still were more likely to buy the shoes inthe scented room.”Questions 29 to 31 are based

38、 on the passage youve just heard.Q29. Why are some people against the use of smells to attract customers?Q30. What is Dr. Hershs attitude to the use of smells for business?Q31. What did Hershs experiment show?Passage 3This is Ray McCarthy with the news. Reports are coming in of a major train crash i

39、n Japan. Apassenger train carrying hundreds of workers home from the center of Tokyo is reported to have hitan oncoming goods train. Both were traveling at high speed. Figures are not yet available but it isbelieved that the death toll could be as high as 300, with hundreds more injured. Emergency a

40、ndrescue services rushed to the scene. But our reporter says it will take days to clear the track and toestablish the numbers of the dead and injured. There was a similar accident on the same stretch of11 / 13track four years ago.There was another bomb scare in a large London store last night during

41、 late night shopping.Following a telephone call to the police from an anonymous caller, hundreds of shoppers wereshepherded out of the store while roads in the area were sealed off. Police dogs spent hourssearching the store for a bag which the caller claimed contained 50 pounds of explosives. Nothi

42、ngwas found and the store was given the all-clear by opening time this morning. A police spokesmansaid that this was the third bomb scare within a week and that we should all be on our guard.And finally, the motoring organizations have issued a warning to drivers following the recent fallsof snow in

43、 many parts of the country. Although the falls may be slight, they say extra care isneeded.Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.Q32: What accident happened recently in Japan?Q33: What do the reports say about the recent accident in Japan?Q34: Why did people have to leave the London store last night?Q35: What did motoring organizations advise drivers to do?English is the leading international language. In different countries around the globe English isacquired as the mother tongue; in others it is used as a second language. Some nations use Englis