2017年6月大学英语六级考试真题答案(第二套)

【作文及范文】

Directions:Supposeyouareaskedtogiveadviceonwhethertomajorin

humanitiesorscience,writeanessaytostateyouropinion.Youarerequiredto

writeatleast150wordsbutnomorethan200words.

参考范文：

Livinginaworldwhichisfullofchangesandchallenges,weareconfrontedwith

newproblemseverysingleday.Ofalltheissues,onemightconcernthehighschool

graduatesthemost,anditisiftherearetwooptions:tomajorinscienceor

humanities.Asforme,Ipreferthelatter.

Why,youmaywonder,shouldIprefertomajorinhumanities.Thereasons

responsibleforitcanbelistedasfollows.

Amongthemostimportantreasonscitedbypeopleisthattomajorinhumanities，

directlyorindirectly，cannotonlyenrichourbasicknowledgeaboutthediversified

culturebutalsosharpenone’sinsightindailyroutine，whichisofgreatimportance

inone’sgrowth.

What’smore,tostudyhumanitiescangiveusanindependentpersonalityand

adeepervisiontowardstheworld,ifitwerenotforthosetwoattributes,howcould

weachievegreatgoalsinthisdog-eat-dogworld.

Aboveall,insuchasocietywhereemphasis，moreoftenthannot，islaidon

thedepthofone’sthought,tochoosehumanitiesasone’smajor,mustbethebest

way.

Tomajorhumanities,soatleastitseemstome,ispreferableforcollege

students,iftheyhadthechance,intheprocessofwhichwewilldevelopan

innovativethoughtmode.

Asaproverbgoes,thereisnodifficultythataninnovativethoughtmodecan

notsolve,nodoorthataninnovativethoughtmodecannotopen,nomountainthat

aninnovativethoughtmodecannotsurmount.

【听力】

Longconversation1

Q1:BHavingfriendlycolleagues

解析：原文中前半部分男士说到：“Themostimportantfactorforthemajorityof

thepeopleinterviewedwashavingfriendly,supportivecolleagues.”对于大部分

接受采访的人来说，最重要的因素是拥有友好的、互相支持的同事们。

Q2：B20%

解析：原文中部男士说到：“However,20%ofemployeesdescribedthemselvesasbeing

unhappy.”20%的员工说他们工作得不开心。

Q3：Athoseofasmallsize

解析：后半部男士提到：“Firstofall,smallisbeautiful:peopledefinitelyprefer

workingforsmallerorganizationsorcompanieswithlessthan100staff.”首先

小就是好：人们绝对偏爱在少于100人的小公司工作。

Q4：CTheycanbetterbalanceworkandlife

解析：原文中男士说到：“Andworkersonpart-timecontracts,whoonlywork4or

5hoursaday,arehappierthanthosewhoworkfull-time.Theresearchersconcluded

thatthisisprobablyduetoabetterwork-lifebalance”.每天工作4、5个小时的

兼职人员比全职人员要开心，这可能是由于一种更好的工作与生活之间的平衡。

Longconversation2

Q5：DItisacollectionofphotos.

解析：原文前部分男士提到：“In2006,whentheconcerthallofthecityofBruges

askedmetotakesomepicturesforacatalogueforanewconcertseasonaroundthe

themeofwater.”在2006年，布鲁日城市音乐厅请我帮他们完成一个以水为主题的摄影

系列。所以这本书是一个摄影系列。

Q6:CWhentakingpicturesforaconcertcatalogue.

解析：原文前部分男士提到：“In2006,whentheconcerthallofthecityofBruges

askedmetotakesomepicturesforacatalogueforanewconcertseasonaroundthe

themeofwater.”在2006年，布鲁日城市音乐厅请我帮他们完成一个以水为主题的摄影

系列。所以是在拍摄这个系列时产生的灵感。

Q7：ATheentireEuropeancoastlinewillbesubmerged.

解析：原文中部提到：“Itisclearnowthatitisamatteroftimebeforethe

entireEuropeancoastlinedisappearsunderwater”.很明确，整个欧洲海岸线的消失

只是时间的问题，由此判断出正确答案。

Q8：DTouristsusewoodenpathstoreachtheirhotelsinthemorning.

解析：文章结尾提到：“Also,Venice,thecityeternallythreatenedbythesea,

whereeverymorningwoodenpathwayshavetobesetuptoallowtouriststoreach

theirhotels.”威尼斯全程都被海洋威胁着，每天早上人们都要搭上木桥，游客们才能顺

利到达旅馆。

Passage1

Q9:Ctheyspendtoomuchtimeanticipatingtheirdefeat

解析：原文第一句说到：“Whenfacinganewsituation,somepeopletendtorehearse

theirdefeatbyspendingtoomuchtimeanticipatingthewors”t.当面临新的挑战，

人们总花很多时间去想最坏的情况。由此得出正确答案。

Q10：DThinkinghasthesameeffectonthenervoussystemasdoing

解析：原文提到：“ResearchconductedatStanfordUniversityshowsamentalimage

firesthenervesystemthesamewayasactuallydoingsomething.”斯坦福大学发

布的研究表明，心理暗示对神经系统作用巨大，会最终导致同样的结果。

Q11：CPicturethemselvessucceeding

解析：由文中年轻律师成功的例子得出正确答案。

Q12：BShewonherfirstjurytrail

解析：根据文中年轻律师成功的例子得出正确答案。

Passage2

Q13:CIthelpspeopletoavoiddevelopingbreastcancer

解析：文章前部分提到：“Tellingthemthateatinglotsofhigh-fiberfoodscould

reducetheriskofbreastcancerbeforemiddleage”.摄入大量高纤维食品合一降低

中年时期患乳腺癌的概率。

Q14：DIttrackedtheireatinghabitssincetheiradolescence

解析：文章中间提到：“Itturnsoutthatthosewhoconsumedthehighestlevels

offiberduringadolescencehadalowerriskofdevelopingbreastcancer”.研究

发现青春期摄入越多纤维的女性在未来患乳腺癌的概率越低。所以答案是这项研究从她们青

春期开始追踪的。

Q15：AFibermayhelptoreducehormonesinthebody

解析：文章后半部分提到：“Thefindingpointstolong-standingevidencethatfiber

mayreducecirculatingfemalehormonelevels”,研究表明长期实验的证据表明纤维可

以降低女性体内的荷尔蒙。

Lecture1

Q16:BConductingresearchonconsumerbehaviour

解析：原文第一句提到：“Wellmycurrentresearchisreallyaboutconsumer

behavior.”最近我在关注消费者行为这个课题。

Q17：DItisanactofsocialisting

解析：文章中部提到：“OneofthethingsthatI'veidentifiedisthatdrinking

forpeoplesaybetweentheagesof18and24isallaboutthesocialactivity.”

我的一项发现是年龄在18至24岁的人喝酒是出于社交原因。

Q18：ATheyspentaweekstudyingtheirownpurchasingbahaviour.

解析：文章最后提到：“lastyearmystudentsspentaweeklookingattheirown

purchasingandanalyzeditindetailfromshoppingtotherelationshipthatthey

havewiththeirretailbanksandtheirmobilephoneproviders.”去年我的学生花

了一周时间去关注、分析他们的购物情况，以及他们和银行、手机制造商的关系。

Lecture2

Q19:DItislikelytogiveuppapermoneyinthenearfuture

解析：在听力原文中说到SwedenwasthefirstEuropeancountrytoprintanduse

papermoney,butitmaysoondoawaywithphysicalcurrencies.瑞典是欧洲第一个

印刷并使用纸币的国家，但可能不久就会停止使用。

Q20：Cwhethertheabsenceofphysicalcurrencycausesapersontospendmore

解析：在听力原文中说到Barrettwantedtofindoutiftheabsenceofphysical

currencydoesindeedcauseapersontospendmore,soshedecidedtoconductan

experimentafewmonthsago.Barrett想知道不带现金是否会导致人们花更多的钱，所

以几个月前她决定做一个实验。

Q21：Ctherestaurantcaracceptedcashonly

解析：在听力原文中说到Ontheway,therewasanannouncementthattherestaurant

carwasnotcurrentlyacceptingcreditcards.Thetraincarswerefilledwithgroans

becausemanyofthepassengersweretravelingwithoutcash.在火车上，她发现餐车

不接受信用卡消费，结果车上便充满了呻吟因为很多乘客都没有带现金。

Q22：AByputtingintoenvelopes

解析：在听力原文中说到Myparents,whentheywereyounger,usedtobudgetby

puttingmoneyintoenvelopes—they'dgetpaidandthey'dimmediatelyseparatethe

cashintopilesandputtheminenvelopes,sotheyknewwhattheyhadtospendweek

byweek.我父母那一代，当他们年轻的时候，他们会把钱放进信封里来做预算。当他们拿

到工资后，他们便立马把现金分为几份并放进信封，这样他们就能知道每周要花多少钱。

Lecture3

Q23：BChromehunger

解析：原文提到：“Solet’sstartwithafewproblems.Rightnow,abillionpeople

arechronicallyhungry.”让我们先来说几个问题。现在有上十亿人长期处于饥饿状态。

Q24：BAbouthalfofthemareunintended

解析：在听力原文中说到Abouthalfofallpregnanciesgloballyareunintended.

全球有近五成意外受孕。

Q25：AItisessentialtothewellbeingofallspeciesonearth

解析：原文提到：“It’snotonlythestudyofhumanpopulation,butthepopulations

ofnon-humanspecies.Demographyalsoincludesthestudyofnon-livingobject”s.

人口统计学，不仅是关于人类的种群，也关乎于非人类种群，还包括无生命的对象。由此可

见，人口问题对所有物种来说都是必要的。

【选词填空】

选词填空：普渡大学

文章开头：AfterbecomingpresidentofPurdueUniversityin2013,MitchDaniels

askedthefacultytoprovethat....

26.L)significant

27.F)justify

28.E)drastically

29.D)doubtful

30.H)outcome

31.O)standardized

32.B)confirm

33.K)reputation

34.C)demanding

35.A)accurately

【信息匹配】

信息匹配(二)

G36.Working-classparentsteachtheirchildrentobeobedientandshowrespect

toadults.

F37.Americanparents,whetherrichorpoor,havesimilarexpectationsoftheir

childrendespitedifferentwaysofparenting.

C38.whilerichparentsaremoreconcernedwiththeirchildren’spsychological

well-being,poorparentsaremoreworriedabouttheirchildren’ssafety.

D39.Theincreasingdifferencesinchildrearingbetweenrichandpoorfamilies

reflectgrowingsocialinequality.

G40.Parentingapproachesofworking-classandaffluentfamiliesbothhave

advantages.

M41.Higher-incomefamiliesandworking-classfamiliestendtolivein

differentneighborhoods.

K42.Physicalpunishmentisusedmuchlessbywell-educatedparents.

H43.Ms.Lareaudoesn’tbelieveparticipatinginfewerafter-classactivities

willnegativelyaffectchildren’sdevelopment.

B44.Wealthyparentsareconcernedabouttheirchildre’nsmentalhealthand

busyschedules.

P45.Somesocioeconomicdifferencesinchildrearinghaveshrunkinthepast

tenyears.

【仔细阅读】

46.D)Opendatasharingisconducivetoscientificadvancement.

47.A)Opposed.

48.C)Thebeliefthatresearchdataisprivateintellectualproperty.

49.C)Thechangingattitudeofjournalsandfunders.

50.B)benefitssharersandusersalike

51.A)ItisattributabletotherisingvalueoftheU.S.dollar.

52.B)Theycannotbeattributedtoweatheronly.

53.D)reducethesizeofitsstaff

54.D)Tobemorecompetitiveinsalesofbeautyproducts.

55.A)Salesdroppedsharply