1、大学六级-345 及答案解析(总分：703.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPart Writing(总题数：1，分数：106.00)1.1. 如今大学毕业生面临的职业选择：兴趣重要还是工资重要 2. 你的观点 3. 结论 BSalary or Interest/B（分数：106.00）_二、BPart Reading (总题数：1，分数：70.00)BApril Fools Special: Historys Hoaxes/BHappy April Fools Day. To mark the occasion, Notional Geographic News has compiled
2、a list of some of the more memorable hoaxes in recent history. They are the lies, darned (可恨的) lies, and whoppers (弥天大谎) that have been perpetrated on the gullible(易受骗的) and unsuspecting to fulfill that age-old desire held by some to put the joke on others.BInternet Hoaxes/BThe Internet has given bi
3、rth to a proliferation (增殖) of hoaxes. E-mall inboxes are bombarded on an almost daily basis with messages warning of terrible computer viruses that cause users to delete benign (良性) chunks of data from their hard drives, or of credit card seams that entice the naive to give all their personal infor
4、mation, including passwords and bank account details, to identity thieves. Other e-mails give rise to wry(歪曲的) chuckles, which is where this list begins.BBan Dihydrogen Monoxide (一氧化二氢)/BCity officials in Aliso Viejo, California, were so concerned about the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide that they s
5、cheduled a vote last month on whether to ban foam (泡沫) cups from city-sponsored events after they learned the chemical was used in foam-cup production.Officials called off the vote after learning that dihydrogen monoxide is the scientific term for water.“Its embarrassing,“ city manager David J. Norm
6、an told the Associated Press. “We had a paralegal(律师助手) who did bad research.“Indeed, the paralegal had fallen victim to an official-looking Web site touting the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide. An e- mail originally authored in 1990 by Eric Lechner then a graduate student at the University of Califo
7、rnia, Santa Cruz, claimed that dihydrogen monoxide “is used as an industrial solvent and coolant, and is used in the production of Styrofoam(聚苯乙烯泡沫塑料).“Other dangers pranksters (爱开玩笑的人) associated with the chemical included accelerated corrosion and rusting, severe bums, and death from inhalation.Ve
8、rsions of the e-mail continue to circulate today, and several Web sites, including that of the Coalition to Ban DHMO, warn, tongue-in-cheek, of waters dangers.BAlabama Changes Value of Pi/BThe April 1998 newsletter put out by New Mexicans for Science and Reason contains an article titled “Alabama Le
9、gislature Lays Siege to Pi“. It was penned by April Holiday of the Associmated Press (sic) and told the story of how the Alabama state legislature voted to change the value of the mathematical constant Pi from 3.14159 to the round number of 3.The ersatz (假的) news story was written by Los Alamos Nati
10、onal Laboratory physicist Mark Boslough to parody(滑稽地模仿) legislative and school board attacks on the teaching of evolution in New Mexico.At Boslough s suggestion, Dave Thomas, the president of New Mexicans for Science and Reason, posted the article in its entirety to the Internet newsgroup Talk. Ori
11、gins on April 1. ( The newsgroup hosts a lively debate on creation vs. evolution. ) Later that evening Thomas posted a full confession to the hoax. lie thought he had put all rumors to bed.But to Thomass surprise, however, several newsgroup readers forwarded the article to friends and posted it on o
12、ther newsgroups.When Thomas checked in on the story a few weeks later, he was surprised to learn that it had spread like wildfire. The telltale signs of the articles satirical intent, such as the April I date and misspelled “Associmated Press“ dateline, had been replaced or deleted.Alabama legislato
13、rs were bombarded with calls protesting the law. The legislators explained that the news was a hoax. There was not and never had been such a law.BTV and Newspaper Hoaxes/BBefore the advent of the Internet, and even today, traditional media outlets such as newspapers, radio, and television, have some
14、times hoaxed their audiences. The deceptions nm the gamut from purported natural disasters to wishful news.BSwiss Spaghetti (意大利式细面条) Harvest/BAlex Boese, curator of the Museum of Hoaxes, a regularly updated Web site that also appeared in book form in November 2002, said one of his favorite hoaxes r
15、emains one perpetrated by the British Broadcasting Company.On April 1, 1957, the BBC aired a report on the television news show Panorama about the bumper spaghetti harvest in southern Switzerland.Viewers watched Swiss farmers pull pasta off spaghetti trees as the shows anchor, Richard Dimbleby, attr
16、ibuted the bountiful harvest to the mild winter and the disappearance of the spaghetti weevil.The broadcaster detailed the ins and outs of the life of the spaghetti farmer and anticipated questions about how spaghetti grows on trees. Thousands of people believed the report and called the BBC. to inq
17、uire about growing their own spaghetti trees, to which the BBC replied, “Place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best.“It was a great satirical effect about British society,“ Boese said. “British society really was like that at that time. The British have a tendency to b
18、e a bit insulated(绝缘的) and do not know that much about the rest of Europe:“BTaco Liberty Bell/BOn April l, 1996, readers in five major U.S. cities opened their newspapers to learn from a full page announcement that the Taco Bell Corporation had purchased the Liberty Bell from the U.S. government. Th
19、e announcement reported that the company was relocating the historic bell from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Irvine, California. The move, the corporation said in the advertisement, was part of an “effort to help the national debt“.Hundreds of other newspapers and television shows ran stories relat
20、ed to the press release on the matter put out by Taco Bells public relations firm, PainePR. Outraged citizens called the Liberty Bell National Historic Park in Philadelphia to express their disgust. A few hours later the public relations firm released another press announcement stating that the stun
21、t was a hoax.White House press secretary Mike McCurry got into the act when he remarked that the government would also be “selling the Lincoln Memorial to Ford Motor Company and renaming it the Lincoln-Mercury Memorial“.BCrop Circles/BStrange, circular formations began to appear in the, fields of so
22、uthern England in the mid-1970s, bringing busloads of curious onlookers, media representatives, and believers in the paranormal out to the countryside for a look.A sometimes vitriolic (讽刺的) debate on their origins has since ensued (跟着发生), and the curious formations have spread around the world, beco
23、ming more and more elaborate as the years go by.Some people consider the crop formations to be the greatest works of modern art to emerge from the 20th century, while others are convinced they are signs of extraterrestrial communications or landing sites of UFOs.The debate rages, even today, althoug
24、h in 1991 Doug Bower and Dave Chorley, two elderly men from Wiltshire County, came forward and claimed responsibility for the crop circles that appeared there over the preceding. 20 years. The pair made the circles by pushing down nearly ripe crops with a wooden plank suspended from a rope.BMunn Lan
25、dinga Hoax?/BEver since NASA sent astronauts to the moon between 1969 and 1972, skeptics have questioned whether the Apollo missions were real or simply a ploy to one-up (领先) the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The debate resurfaced and reached crescendo levels in February 2001, when Fox televisio
26、n aired a program called Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?Guests on the show argued that NASA did not have the technology to land on the moon. Anxious to win the space race, NASA acted out the Apollo program in movie studios, they Said. The conspiracy the9rists pointed out that the picture
27、s transmitted from the moon do not include stars and that the flag the Americans planted on the moon is waving, even though there is thought to be no breeze on the moon.NASA quickly refuted these claims in a series of press releases, stating that any photographer would know it is difficult to captur
28、e something very bright and very dim on the same piece of film. Since the photographers wanted to capture the astronauts striding across the lunar surface in their sunlit space suits, the background stars were too faint to see.As for the flag, NASA said that the astronauts were turning it back and f
29、orth to get in firmly planted in the lunar soil, which made it wave.（分数：70.00）(1).Some people have the age-old desire to put the joke on others.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(2).According to the passage, the only form of Internet hoaxes is e-mail hoax.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(3).Dihydrogen monoxide is a very dangerous ch
30、emical, which is often used as an industrial solvent.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(4).Dihydrogen monoxide can accelerate corrosion and rusting, and cause sever burns and even death from inhalation.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(5).The reason why the ersatz news that Alabama changed the value of Pi spread wildly was that _ for
31、warded the article to friends and posted it on other newsgroups.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(6).Traditional media outlets such as _ may still hoax their audiences nowadays.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(7).According to Boese, many people believed the report of Swiss spaghetti harvest because the British did not know _（分数：7.0
32、0）填空项 1:_(8).According to a hoax announcement, the Taco Bell Corporation bought the Liberty Bell and moved it to Irvine to help _（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(9).The crop circles were thought to be the greatest works of modern art, the signs of _ or landing sites of UFOs.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_(10).Some people thought
33、that NASA acted out the Apollo program in movie studios partially because the pictures transmitted from the moon do not include _.（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_三、BPart Listenin(总题数：3，分数：105.00)BQuestions 11 to 18 arc based on the conversation you have just heard./B（分数：56.00）A.Shes enjoying the music.B.The music w
34、ill keep her awake.C.The music doesnt bother her.D.She would prefer a different style of music.A.She will take the subway.B.She will hurry to the conference.C.She will skip the conference and go Sightseeing.D.She will take a bus.A.She thinks big parties are too impersonal.B.She would like to invite
35、friends to a big party.C.She feels she has to spend a lot of money in holding big parties.D.She would like to be invited to small parties.A.It is quite unexpected,B.She has already got the news.C.She has confidence in the man.D.It is not exciting to learn about it.A.He is not satisfied with the pay.
36、B.He is not able to enjoy paid holidays.C.The job is not very challenging for him.D.There is no hope of promotion.A.He has to change the topic for his composition.B.He has fallen behind others in English class.C.He hasnt made up his mind as to what to write about.D.The book he borrowed will be due t
37、omorrow.A.She is against the mans plan.B.She thinks it needs a lot of money.C.They need some time to think about it.D.Its good for his career development.A.She should present him a book on music.B.The teacher has some interests other than reading.C.Its a good idea because the teacher loves reading.D
38、.The teacher would like to have a book on language teaching.BQuestions 19 to 21 arc based on the conversation you have just heard./B（分数：21.00）A.He is a professional electrician.B.He possesses a basic knowledge of electricity.C.He knows nothing about electricity.D.Electricity is his major.A.To wire h
39、er office.B.To fix the transformer.C.To wire her building.D.To fix the wires.A.The trans former.B.The battery.C.The fuses.D.The wires.BQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard./B（分数：28.00）A.At a public forum.B.In an auditorium.C.On TV.D.In a classroom.A.Exposing oneself t
40、o the target culture.B.Attending regularly a good language program.C.Coming up with a study plan.D.Developing good note-taking skills.A.A realistic goal fur learners is to reach a certain level of language proficiency, not native fluency.B.Students can achieve native-like pronunciation through focus
41、ed study.C.Learners should interact with native speakers to gain greater fluency.D.Teachers need to help students foster a good self-esteem and confidence.A.Remembering as many words as possible.B.Learning only useful words.C.Remembering a lot of words a day.D.Learning to use a few words a day.四、BSe
42、ction B/B(总题数：3，分数：70.00)Bpassage one/BBQuestions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard./B（分数：28.00）A.Food is no longer a basic need for us, while it was for primitive people.B.We eat a wide variety of food.C.We no longer eat fruit that primitive people ever ate.D.We eat more food th
43、an primitive people did.A.It is needed to adjust the temperature of our bodies.B.It is our second need.C.We need clothing to cover our bodies.D.Weather is changing all the time.A.The climate.B.Ones social position.C.The materials available.D.Family size.A.Human Basic Needs.B.Material Comfort.C.Food:
44、 Human Basic Need.D.Basic Necessities of Life.Bpassage two/BBQuestions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard./B（分数：21.00）A.The meaning of facial expressions depends on situations.B.Facial expressions can cause misunderstanding across culture.C.People from one culture may lack facial
45、expressions because they experience less emotion.D.Facial expressions may disguise true feelings.A.They smile to cover embarrassment.B.It is an unusual and even suspicious behavior.C.They smile to show politeness.D.It is an expression of pleasure.A.We shouldnt judge people by reading their faces.B.W
46、e shouldnt smile in the wrong place.C.We shouldnt cover our true feelings.D.We shouldnt express our emotions too openly.Bpassage three/BBQuestions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard./B（分数：21.00）A.In 1938.B.In 1946.C.In 1955.D.During World War Il.A.It reflects commercial interestsB
47、.It is a fashionable professional event.C.It is an essential affair for international cinema.D.It is more concerned with the art of film than with financial interests.A.It is awarded to the best film of the festival,B.It was Introduced in 1959.C.It was introduced by a commercial organization.D.Only
48、American directors have received this award五、BSection C/B(总题数：1，分数：77.00)Taking your dog on vacation may have beenU (36) /Ua decade ago, but today its flee.U (37) /Uthe pet-friendly hotel, where dogs are just part of the family, the Loews Miami Beach has had more than 1,200U (38) /Uguests so far this year. Dogs, like kids, stay free there.A lot of people just want to trave
