1、大学六级-150 及答案解析(总分：710.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Writing(总题数：1，分数：106.50)1.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark “If one does not exert oneself in youth, one will regret in old age.“ You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write
2、 at least 1500 words but no more than 200 words. （分数：106.50）_二、Part Listening Com(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Section A(总题数：4，分数：106.50)（分数：35.50）A.Help the woman find a better paying job to cover her expenses.B.Teach the woman how to prepare a financial management plan.C.Show the woman how she can apply for lo
3、w-interest student credit cards.D.Give the woman advice on cleaning the mess in the house.A.She doesn“t want to go home for lunch.B.She spends her time shopping.C.She gets absorbed in what she is reading.D.She doesn“t wake up in time.A.The man has to meet his customer.B.The woman lost her car.C.The
4、man will give the woman a lift.D.The man has to cook dinner after work.A.Do the assignments towards the end of the semester.B.Quit the history course and choose another one instead.C.Drop one course and do it next semester.D.Take courses with a lighter workload.A.She“ll type the letter for the man.B
5、.She“ll teach the man to operate the computer.C.She doesn“t think his sister is a good typist.D.She thinks the man should buy a computer.（分数：21.30）A.Wear formal clothes for the class.B.Dress as specially as he can.C.Wear comfortable clothes.D.Wear beautiful dancing shoes.A.A dentist.B.A surgeon.C.A
6、physician.D.A chemist.A.One.B.Two.C.Three.D.Four.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. （分数：21.30）A.She is afraid of riding horses because it“s dangerous.B.She hated riding horses when she was young.C.She loves riding horses although she fell off the horse once.D.She is
7、 good at riding horses.A.He thinks the farm life is the best.B.He wouldn“t like to live on a farm any longer.C.He is used to living on the farm.D.He often imagines living on a farm.A.The man once lived on a farm, but the woman didn“t.B.The man has a farm, but the woman doesn“t.C.The man is accustome
8、d to the farm life, but the woman isn“t.D.The man prefers city life, but the woman doesn“t.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation yon have just heard. （分数：28.40）A.It allows people to trade couches.B.It is the name of a website.C.It allows people to get free couch from others.D.It is for ne
9、w travelers.A.People, who want to save money.B.People who have little money.C.People who are like-minded and like to share themselves.D.People who start out their journey alone.A.Talking about personal charm.B.Having free meals cooked by the host.C.Meeting different people and sharing their specific
10、 local culture.D.Going to the resorts with a free tour guide.A.Give them some money.B.E-mail them to show his gratitude.C.Tell them something about his country.D.Invite them to travel with him.四、Section B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：21.30)Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have
11、 just heard. （分数：21.30）A.Their parents are not as rich as them.B.Their parents don“t think money is a priority.C.Their parents don“t pass money to them.D.Their parents don“t think leaving money to children is important.A.They suppose their children do not need the money.B.They are Baby Boomers.C.The
12、y believe their children should raise money by themselves.D.They want to do some investment in the needed.A.Doubtful.B.Confident.C.Positive.D.Optimistic.六、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：21.30)Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：21.30）A.It wants the content of food to be clearl
13、y marked.B.It wants people to. eat less to keep healthy.C.It wants to cure stomach cancer.D.It warns to find out what causes stomach cancer.A.Stomach cancer is easy to treat successfully.B.People can prevent stomach cancer by cutting down on salt intake.C.Eating fruit and vegetables does no help for
14、 preventing stomach cancer.D.Stomach cancer is easy to detect.A.It is as clear as the traffic light.B.It is a step to control the salt used in the food.C.It can help consumers to label food properly.D.The vast majority of salt is already inside food.七、Passage Three(总题数：1，分数：28.40)Questions 22 to 25
15、are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：28.40）A.To master the art of mirror.B.To inspire others to stop focusing on external perfection.C.To look better on her wedding day.D.To prove that she is unique.A.Because she was worried about the future of her marriage.B.Because her eating disorder
16、 hadn“t been cured yet.C.Because she didn“t like the style of her wedding dress.D.Because she became judgemental when looking into the mirror.A.Her wedding dress.B.A passage in the book Birth of Venus.C.Her struggle with body image.D.Her vanity.A.She was very happy, at the same time, nervous on that
17、 day.B.She appeared very beautiful on her wedding.C.She looked slim in her wedding dress after a long period of dieting.D.She focused on marrying the love of her life rather than her physical appearance.八、Section C(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Most people have experienced an immediate reaction. They might 1 a str
18、ong emotion when they smell something good, hear a sound or see a picture. These emotions are what writer Malcolm Gladwell calls snap, or quick decisions. Imagine you are walking down a street on a 2 . You are thinking about something that is very 3 . You do not see that you have just 4 onto a busy
19、street. You look up and see that there is a car driving towards you. Without thinking, you jump back up onto the walkway. You do this to 5 being hit. It was your own snap decision to jump back, away from the street, which saved you from being hurt. Snap 6 are very important in many different situati
20、ons. But why do we make them? How do we make them? Malcolm Gladwell says that people make quick decisions because they have to. Sometimes people have to make quick decisions to 7 . Other times, people have to because it is natural. Our past experiences help to 8 our decisions. This is what helps to
21、make them natural. Snap decisions come from the 9 part of our brain, which means we do not know we make snap decisions until after we make them. Snap decisions come from experience. But our experiences of people can be limited. People make snap decisions every single day. It is up to us how we let t
22、he snap decisions affect our lives. It is important to be careful not to let these snap decisions change the way we think of a person. You could 10 yourself by thinking of how your snap decisions affect your everyday life. （分数：71.00）填空项 1:_九、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十、Section A(总题数：1，分数：35.5
23、0)In the 1920s, movie palaces rose up around the country like so many portals (大门) into a glamorous world. After you bought a ticket, you might pass through gilded archways and 1 a grand staircase lighted by a crystal chandelier to find your velvet seat. Eating was not meant to be part of the experi
24、ence. A widow named Julia Braden persuaded the Linwood Theater to let her set up a stand in the lobby and 2 built a popcorn empire. By 1931, she owned stands in or near four movie theaters and pulled in more than $14400 a yearthe 3 of $336000 in today“s dollars. Her business grew even in the midst o
25、f the Depression, at the same time that thousands of elegant theaters went 4 . It“s 5 to establish who sold the first box of movie popcorn. For decades, vendors operated out of wagons parked near theaters, circuses and ballparks, selling a variety of 6 . But Braden seems to have been among the first
26、 to set up concessions linked to movie housesand to 7 a new business strategy: The money was in popcorn, not ticket sales. An old man selling popcorn outside one of McKenna“s movie houses 8 enough money to buy a house, a farm and a store. McKenna installed a popcorn machine in the lobby and collecte
27、d the proceedsas much as $200000 in 1938. With that kind of money 9 in, who cared about the rugs? By the 1940s, most theaters had followed suit, and soon the smell of 10 butter was full of lobbies. One entrepreneur of the era offered the following advice: “Find a good popcorn location and build a th
28、eater around it.“ A. amassed B. amount C. ascend D. bust E. deposited F. equivalent G. eventually H. impossible I. intellectually J. melted K. pioneer L. rolling M. snacks N. stained O. timely（分数：35.50）十一、Section B(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Getting out of Discount Game, Small Colleges Lower the PriceA. A highe
29、r education riddle: When can a college slash tuition by almost half, without losing revenues? Answer: When nobody much pays full tuition anyway. B. When Converse College, a tiny women“s college here, announced that it was “resetting“ next year“s tuition at $16500, down 43 percent from the current ye
30、ar“s published price of $29000, the talk was about affordability, transparency and a better deal for struggling families. But of Converse“s 700 undergraduates, only a small numberin the single digits, its president said, paid the full sticker price in recent years. Almost everyone received a tuition
31、 discount from the college, along with, in many cases, financial aid from the state and federal governments. C. Now, like some other small private colleges, Converse is cutting tuition and reducing discounts. Betsy Fleming, Converse“s president, said the tuition discount rate would drop to 25 percen
32、t, well below the national average, from the current 56 percent. The college will still offer aid to talented students, but only to the extent covered by its $39 million endowed scholarship funds. While Converse“s reset was the most drastic, others including Concordia University in Oregon, Ashland U
33、niversity in Ohio, Ave Maria University in Florida, Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina and Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage, have also recently announced tuition cuts. D. For decades, most private college pricing has reflected the Chivas Regal effectthe notion that whether in a Scotch or
34、a school, a higher price indicates higher quality. “Schools wanted a high tuition on the assumption that families would say that if they“re charging that high tuition, they must be right up there with the Ivies,“ said David L. Warren, president of the National Association of Independent Colleges and
35、 Universities. “So schools would set a high tuition, then discount it. But when the schools in your peer group all have discounts, it becomes an untenable competition for students, with everyone having to increase their discounts.“ E. At the nation“s most selective institutions, discounts are usuall
36、y reserved for low-and middle-income students, and a third to a half of students pay the full sticker price. But colleges without a national reputation pass out discounts, in the form of aid, with a free handand not just to needy students. “About a quarter of students at independent colleges are ful
37、l-pay, and at institutions with small endowments and small name recognition, it“s single-digit,“ Mr. Warren said. F. Overall, private colleges discounted freshman tuition by 45 percent last year, a new high, according to a survey by the National Association of College and University Business Officer
38、s, and the share of freshmen getting institutional aid rose to 87 percent last year, from 80 percent in 2002, also a new high. For all but the top-tier private colleges, these are tough times. Enrollment is flat or declining in many parts of the country. In November, Moody“s issued a report finding
39、that more than 40 percent of colleges and universities face falling or stagnant (停滞不前的) tuition revenue. With family incomes stalled, many bargain-seeking students are drawn to public institutions. And for colleges that are not well known, the race to lure students with big discounts is becoming uns
40、ustainable. G. As a result, many private colleges are rethinking their pricingwhether cutting or freezing tuition, or locking in the freshman tuition for all four years. “Whether you in fact make it more affordable with a reset or a freeze is not clear, since net revenues tend to come out about the
41、same,“ said Richard Ekman, president of the Council of Independent Colleges. “But there“s a public assumption that private higher education is unaffordable, so anything that gets people“s attention and lets you have the conversation explaining that most people don“t pay full price, that it is within
42、 reach, is very important.“ H. Sewanee, the University of the South, reduced its overall cost of attendancetuition, fees, room and boardby 10 percent in 2011 to be more competitive with the public universities elsewhere in Tennessee, and in Georgia. “We“re happy with it,“ said the vice chancellor, J
43、ohn M. McCardell Jr. “Our applications continue to grow, our selectivity and yield and retention are all improving.“ True, costs have crept back up, almost to the $46 100 pre-cut level, but Sewanee now guarantees that tuition will not increase during a student“s four years at the college. With growi
44、ng sensitivity to tuition increase, such fixed-rate guarantees are becoming more widespread. Just this week, Northland College in Wisconsin became the latest to announce such a step. I. Roger Williams University in Rhode Island turned to fixed-rate tuition after some market research. “When I got her
45、e in June 2011, there were so few people paying full price that one wondered why we bothered,“ said Donald Farish, the university“s president. “If everybody“s getting a discount, the notion that there is a full price is almost meaningless. It“s a model that makes no sense, and makes you feel like yo
46、u“re in a Middle Eastern souk (露天市场) bargaining with the tourists who just arrived.“ J. Mr. Farish talked to the board about cutting tuition “to present a more authentic number,“ and hired consultants, Maguire Associates, to find out whether current and prospective families would prefer a campus tha
47、t charged $23000 or one that charged $36000 but offered an average of $13000 in aid. To Mr. Farish“s surprise, twice as many families preferred the high-cost, high-discount approach, and the consultants warned that cutting tuition would cut the freshman class in half. So instead, Mr. Farish has lock
48、ed in freshman tuition for four years. This year, the university overshot its enrollment target by 100 students, he said, bringing in 40 more freshmen, and retaining 60 more sophomores, “which I think was largely because their tuition didn“t go up.“ K. But the consultant who worked with Converse and
49、 Concordia, Kevin W. Crockett of Noel-Levitz, said tuition cuts can be useful at colleges where the high sticker price is scaring off students, few pay full freight, and where the school is reasonably healthy overall. “If the school“s doing badly, a tuition cut can look like an act of desperation,“ he said. “Also, it has to be part of an overall business strategy, emphasizing the program.“ L. Converse, the nation“s only women“s college competing in Division sports, met tho
