1、大学六级-1604 及答案解析(总分：667.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Writing(总题数：1，分数：106.00)1.今年来低碳生活方式受到人们的欢迎2. 低碳生活的意义3. 为此，我们可以How to live a Low-carbon Life?_（分数：106.00）_二、Part Reading Compr(总题数：1，分数：70.00)Can Tony Blair Save the World of Books?At the beginning of A Journey, Tony Blair boasts that he has “the soul of a
2、rebel“. Last week, he made good on that boast by conducting a gravity-defying act of literary presumption-pubhshing a hardback of some 720 pages, priced at 25, tricked out with index, acknowledgments and 32 pages of photographic plates.According to Cathy Rentzenbrink, manager of the Richmond Waterst
3、ones: “These sales are brilliant and really exciting. You dont often have customers almost breaking down the door to buy a book, but Blair is totally outselling Mandelson. Ive not seen anything this big since Harry Potter or Dan Brown. This looks like the Christmas book of the year.“ She adds: “Its
4、very rare for a hardback to outsell a future paperback, but this might be one of those exceptions.“ Rentzenbrink says she does not know its Amazon discount, or if theres a significant ebook and audiobook sale. What matters is that a fat hardback with a big print run is actually selling.Go into any b
5、ookshop today and you will find the unmistakable evidence of a business in the midst of a collective nervous breakdown: hardbacks discounted at 50%; heaped tables of “3 for 2“; and other hints of the death of print: andiobooks and advertisements for the Sony Reader, or the Elonex touch screen, or th
6、e Cybook Opus. This year, there are more than 20 competing e-readers.Across the Atlantic, Blairs chunky memoir (回忆录) will seem even more antique. The American reading public is adopting the ebook with the enthusiasm of a great cousumer society. Wherever you go in the US, the electronic print of the
7、hand-held screen glows like fairytale magic. Ebook sales are soaring, accompanied by terrible predictions about the future of publishing. The picture is all the more disturbing because its so hard to interpret, with competing diagnoses. Are we in intensive care or the morgue (太平间)?Since 2000, the An
8、glo-American book business has been rocked by great disturbance. Google has digitised some 10 million titles. Barnes and Noble is for sale. Borders, bankrupt in the UK, clings on in the US. Here, Waterstones parent company, HMV, wants to sell. Amazons market share continues to soar. Asda, Tesco and
9、the supermarket chains are said to be draining the life out of independent bookselling. In the US, its claimed that ebooks are now outselling many hardbacks. By the end of this year, 10.3 million Americans are expected to own e-readers, buying an estimated 100m ebooks.In the UK, electronic publishin
10、g lags behind the US, but many of the brightest publishing brains, notably Enhanced Editions, are looking hard at the potential of the book as application. Only a few people would dispute that its a matter of time before the ebook joins the iPod and the mobile phone as a vital component of the way w
11、e live. Ebooks, indeed, are already integral to the iPad and last week Amazon launched a sales campaign for its latest Kindle. Deplore this if you must, but be prepared: even the Oxford English Dictionary is now conceding that its third edition, 21 years in the making, will be published not on paper
12、 but online.The 25 hardback of Blairs A Journey will certainly become a traditional bestseller. But many nervous industry observers are watching to see how many ebooks it sells. Within the book trade itself, all the main players (agents, editors, booksellers) have converted to e-reading, and now som
13、e authors are exploring the potential of the new technology. Stephen Fry is said to be developing a revolutionary application for his forthcoming autobiography. Yet many traditional publishers privately say that printed books will continue to be manufactured, bought and cherished.The buzz surroundin
14、g last weeks Kindle launch raises the possibility that the book is about to become swallowed up by an “iPod moment“ for literature, similar to the transformation wrought on the music industry by downloading. Who knows? Heres where gazing into the crystal ball for the biggest IT revolution in 500 yea
15、rs gets really difficult.Tim Waterstone, who has had an unusual sense of what the British book buyer wants, remains sceptical. He concedes that the reference book market (dictionaries, encyclopedias) is “certain to go online“. But what about fiction? Biography? Poetry? Childrens books? “Personally,“
16、 he says, “I dont think so.“Like many great booksellers, Waterstone is a cultural conservative. As he talks, he spots a paperback classic on his 17:year-old daughters bookshelves, and launches into the old defence of ink and paper. “Thats incredible value,“ says Waterstone. “Shes a child of the digi
17、tal age and shes still buying books.“ So whats the future? A long pause. “The only honest thing to say is: I really dont know.“Another innovator, the writer Will Serf-whose Walking to Hollywood, an introduction for the movie business, has just been published-is in no doubt. “Ive unknowingly acquired
18、 a Kindle,“ says Serf, “and I find that everything I read on it, especially Stieg Larsson, becomes nonsense. Im inclined to blame the technology. With no physical similarity I think the text loses its .weight.“ Serf confesses to being unsure how much of his own backlist is available in ebook form.Se
19、lls response to the e-reader is echoed on the shop floor of Waterstones. Next to a discreet sign advertising “reading accessories“ I found Elizabeth Squires, a mother of two, hesitated to buy Blair. This would be a departure for her because she buys “20 or 30 new books a year, all paperback, all fic
20、tion“. Half of these she gets from Amazon. Audiobooks? “Strictly for the kids.“ An ebook? “No. Why should I? I havent got anything to read it on.“ Is she tempted? “Ive been thinking about buying the Kindle, but it would never replace my book collection. Book lovers will always love books. Theres som
21、ething irreplaceabie about a book. It gives you a physical, even an aesthetic, experience. For me, its an emotional thing. My books are my friends. Theres something about having a book in bed, about holding it, even smelling it, that I could never get from an e-reader. Isnt the first thing you do wh
22、en you move house, to rearrange your books?“Elsewhere, the rearrangement of the book trade continues quickly. Last weeks New York Times Book Review contained no fewer than three separate items about the death of print. But paradoxically, the age of digitisation is both a golden age of ink and a boom
23、 time for narrative, in many media, on countless “platforms“, from blogs, audiobooks to television soaps and Facebook.Bookshops are changing. The worst are becoming novelty item and greetings card booth, but the good ones are selling more books than ever, and the publishers, cursing the climate and
24、moaning as usual about the state of the harvest, show few signs of cutting back on their output. Blairs success suggests that the book-buying public may talk digital but actually buy printed books.（分数：70.00）(1).A Journey is a book _A. whose paperback outsells a hardback B. that is talking about Chri
25、stmasC. whose sales are excellent and exciting D. that outsells Harry Porter（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What does the high discount of printed books in stores indicate?A. The death of printing industry. B. The popularity of hardback books.C. The prosperity of paper book business. D. The paper book business
26、 is collapsing.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why does the author say Blairs memoir is even more antique in the US?A. Ebooks are embraced by most US readers. B. Autobiography is no longer popular in America.C. Paperbacks are replacing hardbacks in America. D. Fairytales outsell the politician autobiographies.
27、（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Googles campaign of digitising 10 million books _A. is the trigger of Borders bankruptcy B. is a response to Amazons growthC. stimulates the growth of e-readers D. has a tremendous impact on book business（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(5).It is widely accepted that the trend that ebooks becom
28、e daily necessities is _A. inevitable B. impossible C. invisible D. unclear（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(6).It is said that Stephen Fry is going to _A. develop a revolutionary application of e-reader B. continue to manufacture printing booksC. explore a new way to display his autobiographyD. sell his autobiogra
29、phy only online（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(7).How does Tim Waterstone think about the future of paper book?A. He believes the reference book wont go online.B. Any operation to defend paper book is useless.C. Books likes fiction are less likely to go online. D. Book industry will be swallowed up by ebooks.（分数：
30、7.00）A.B.C.D.(8).The innovator Will Self considers everything he read in e-reader _（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(9).Unwilling to give up her book collection, Elizabeth Squires thinks there is something _ in a physical book.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(10).According to the author, the new era of digitisation is also a golden
31、 age of _（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_三、Part Listening Com(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Section A(总题数：4，分数：105.00)(1).A. He likes to use a video camera. B. He has a good video camera.C. He prefers an old type of camera. D. He prefers to go to the cinema.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. The womans result is not good. B. The woman is l
32、ucky.C. The woman relies on her group. D. The woman is excellent.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. The mans company has some difficulties. B. The mans company is going bankrupt.C. The mans company is arranging a travel. D. The mans company earns a lot of money.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(4).A. He is going to buy some s
33、tamps. B. He is going to marl a letter.C. He is going to pick up a package. D. He is going to see the postman.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(5).A. He seldom uses a computer. B. He likes to play games on computer.C. He likes to do programming. D. He uses computer only at work.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(1).A. Prof. Blake i
34、s wonderful.B. Prof. Blake is an interesting person.C. The woman is the only one who studies hard in the class.D. Most students do not like Prof. Blakes lectures.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. The woman is a big fan of traveling.B. The woman is desperate to write to him.C. His aunt will keep the mails for
35、him.D. He will receive the mail when he reaches the top of the mountain.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. The man should eat less. B. The man should buy some new clothes.C. The man should fix hiS calorie counter. D. The man should buy a new wardrobe.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.Conversation One（分数：21.00）(1).A. He wanted
36、her to apply for another visa. B. He hasnt seen her for a long time.C. He wanted to tell her the visas been granted. D. He was eager to send her the application form.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. There are too many people living there. B. The cost of living there is relatively high.C. It has frequent natu
37、ral disasters. D. The weather there is pleasant.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. To research the climate. B. To visit her relatives.C. To get her health certificate. D. To fmish graduate courses.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.Conversation Two（分数：28.00）(1).A. He had to attend Prof. Smiths lecture. B. He had to go to see th
38、e dentist.C. He had to wait for an emergency call. D. He had to do some research on volcanoes.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. They are very dangerous to the nearby community.B. They can bring rare materials to the surface.C. They produce more heat to the ocean.D. They can prevent the ice sheet from melting.
39、（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. She knows a lot about active volcanoes. B. She works as an assistant for the professor.C. She seems not very familiar with the lecture. D. She is eager to learn more about the globe.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(4).A. The water will flow south. B. The sea level will rise.C. The ocean wil
40、l become more acid. D. The floods will destroy cities:（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.五、Section B(总题数：3，分数：70.00)Passage One（分数：21.00）(1).A. They are indulged in the virtual world.B. They spend little time on their schoolwork.C. They take advantage of the Internet to threaten others.D. They are reluctant to intera
41、ct with others in the real world.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. It provides them access to negative information.B. It helps them make new friends.C. It doesnt give proper guidance to the young users.D. It doesnt give feedback about the consequences of ones actions.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. They are too busy
42、to detect it. B. It is beyond their supervision.C. The youth are threatened not to tell the truth. D. It doesnt show on the radar screen.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.Passage Two（分数：28.00）(1).A. He made up his mind to work for the disable.B. He decided to work in an auto company.C. He unfortunately had a car acc
43、ident. D. He invented a new type of vehicle.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A) A driver. B) A sales manager.B) An engineer. D) An advertising executive.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. It can be controlled remotely. B. It takes much room of a car.C. It has some merits and drawbacks. D. It is rather expensive.（分数：7.00）A
44、.B.C.D.(4).A. It will turn out to be a failure. B. It will receive a lot of orders.C. It helps depress the economy. D. It downtums the economy to a great extent.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.Passage Three（分数：21.00）(1).A. They were rejected completely. B. They were overwhelming.C. They were written into Constitut
45、ion. D. They influenced a lot of Americans.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. He wanted to start a new language system.B. British spelling rules were too complex.C. He couldnt get used to the British pronunciation.D. Most immigrants were sick of learning British English.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. They helped dist
46、inguish American English from British English.B. They were assimilated into British English.C. They were regarded as inappropriate expressions.D. They overturned the American English spelling rules.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.六、Section C(总题数：1，分数：77.00)Play is the principle business of childhood, and more and
47、more in recent years research has shown the great importance of play in the development of a human being. From earliest infancy, every child needs (36) and the right material for play, and the main (37) of play are toys. Their main fumction is to suggest, encourage and (38) play. To succeed in this
48、they must be good toys, which children will play with often, and will come back to again and again. Therefore it is important to choose toys for different stages of a childs development.Recent years research on (39) development has shown the standard a child is likely to reach, within the range of h
49、is (40) abilities, is largely determined in the first three years of his life. So a babys ability to profit from the right play materials should not be (41) A baby, who is encouraged and (42) , talked to and shown things and played with, has the best chance of growing up (43) The next stage, curiosity knows no bounds. Every type of suitable toy shou
