1、大学英语六级-124 及答案解析(总分：710.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPart Writing(总题数：1，分数：106.50)1.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Importance of Reading Classics. You should write at least 150 words following the outlines given below in Chinese:1阅读经典书籍对人的成长至关重要；2现在愿意阅读
2、经典的人却越来越少，原因是；3我们大学生应该怎么做。The Importance of Reading Classics（分数：106.50）_二、BPart Listenin(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、BSection A/B(总题数：4，分数：106.50)Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about
3、what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single l
4、ine through the centre.（分数：35.50）(1). A.It will mainly benefit the wealthy. B.It will stimulate business activities. C.It will reduce government revenues. D.It will cut the stockholders dividends.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.She doesnt think much of job-hopping. B.She will stick to the job if the pay is
5、good. C.She prefers a life of continued exploration. D.She will do her best if the job is worth doing.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.Talk the drug user out of the habit. B.Stop thinking about the matter. C.Keep his distance from drug addicts. D.Be more friendly to his schoolmate.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(4). A.The
6、 son. B.Aunt Louise. C.The father. D.The mother.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(5). A.Move to another place. B.Stay away for a couple of weeks. C.Check the locks every two weeks. D.Look after the Johnsons house.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.（分数：21.30）(1). A.He didnt want to miss the game. B.He would like to warm up for the ga
7、me. C.He didnt want to be held up in traffic. D.He wanted to catch as many game birds as possible.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.It was burned down. B.It was closed down. C.It was robbed. D.It was blown up.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.She studies in the same school as her brother. B.She isnt going to work in he
8、r brothers firm. C.She isnt going to change her major. D.She plans to major in tax law.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. （分数：21.30）(1). A.Current issues in economics. B.Choices faced by conservationists. C.A recent biology lecture. D.Topics for a r
9、esearch paper.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.A scarcity of jobs in their field. B.Inadequate training in methods of biological research. C.Difficulties in classifying all of the varieties of owls. D.A lack of funding for their work with endangered species.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.It has numerous traits in c
10、ommon with the spotted owl. B.Its population is increasing in recent years. C.It may not survive without special efforts of conservationists. D.Its role in the chain of evolution has not yet been examined.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. （分数：28.4
11、0）(1). A.Training given to music therapists. B.How music prevents disease. C.Studies on the benefits of music. D.How musicians create music.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.In place of physical therapy. B.To control brain problems. C.To prevent heart disease. D.To relieve depression.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.T
12、hey liked to have music in the operating room. B.They solved problems better while listening to music they liked. C.They preferred classical music. D.They performed better when they used headphones.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(4). A.It increased the students white blood cell. B.It increased some students energ
13、y level. C.It improved the students ability to play musical instruments. D.It released a natural painkiller in some students bodies.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.四、BSection B/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、BPassage One/B(总题数：1，分数：28.40)Questions 16 to 19 are bused on the passage you have just heard. （分数：28.40）(1). A.She was
14、bored with her idle life at home. B.She was offered a good job by her neighbour. C.She wanted to help with the familys finances. D.Her family would like to see her more involved in social life.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.Doing housework. B.Looking after her neighbours children. C.Reading papers and watc
15、hing TV. D.Taking good care of her husband.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.Jane got angry at Bills idle life. B.Bill failed to adapt to the new situation. C.Bill blamed Jane for neglecting the family. D.The children were not taken good care of.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(4). A.Neighbours should help each other. B.Wom
16、en should have their own careers. C.Man and wife should share household duties. D.Parents should take good care of their children.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.六、BPassage Two/B(总题数：1，分数：21.30)Questions 20 to 22 are bused on the passage you have just heard. （分数：21.30）(1). A.To predict natural disasters that can c
17、ause vast destruction. B.To limit the destruction that natural disasters may cause. C.To gain financial support from the United Nations. D.To propose measures to hold back natural disasters.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.There is still a long way to go before man can control natural disasters. B.Internatio
18、nal cooperation can minimize the destructive force of natural disasters. C.Technology can help reduce the damage natural disasters may cause. D.Scientists can successfully predict earthquakes.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.There were fatal mistakes in its design. B.The builder didnt observe the building co
19、des of the time. C.The traffic load went beyond its capacity. D.It was built according to less strict earthquake resistance standards.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.七、BPassage Three(总题数：1，分数：21.30)Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：21.30）(1). A.By judging to what extent they can
20、eliminate the risks. B.By estimating the possible loss of lives and property. C.By estimating the frequency of volcanic eruptions. D.By judging the possible risks against the likely benefits.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.One of Etnas recent eruptions made many people move away. B.Etnas frequent eruptions
21、have ruined most of the local farmland. C.Etnas eruptions are frequent but usually mild. D.There are signs that Etna will erupt again in the near future.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.They will remain where they are. B.They will leave this area forever. C.They will turn to experts for advice. D.They will s
22、eek shelter in nearby regions.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.八、BSection C/B(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required
23、 to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.Certain phrases one commonly hears among Americans capture their devotion to individualism: “Do your own thing.“ “I did it my way. Youll have
24、to decide that for yourself. You made your bed, now U U 1 /U /Uin it.“ “If you dont look out for yourself, no one else will.“ “Look out for number one.“Closely associated with the value they place on individualism is the importance Americans U U 2 /U /Uprivacy. Americans assume that people “need som
25、e time to themselves“ or “some time alone“ to U U 3 /U /Uthings or recover their spent psychological energy. Americans have great U U 4 /U /Uunderstanding foreigners who always want to be with another person, who dislike being alone.If the parents can U U 5 /U /Uit, each child will have his or her o
26、wn bedroom. Having ones own bedroom, even as an infant, fixes in a person the notion that she U U 6 /U /Ua place of her own where she can be by herself, and keep her U U 7 /U /U. She will have her clothes, her toys, her books, and so on. These things will be hers and no one elses.Americans assume th
27、at people will have their private thoughts that might never be shared with anyone. Doctors, lawyers, psychiatrists, and others have rules governing “confidentiality“ that U U 8 /U /Uprevent information about their clients personal situations from becoming known to others.Americans U U 9 /U /Uabout p
28、rivacy can be hard for foreigners to understand. Americans houses, yards, and even their offices can seem open and inviting. Yet in the minds of Americans, there are boundaries that other people are simply not supposed to cross. When those boundaries are crossed, an Americans body will U U 10 /U /Us
29、tiffen and his manner will become cool and aloof. （分数：71.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_九、BPart Reading (总题数：0，分数：0.00)十、BSection A/B(总题数：1，分数：35.50)Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each
30、 blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You
31、may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.When my mothers health was failing, I was the “bad“ sister who lived far away and wasnt involved. My sister helped my parents. She never asked me to do anything, and I didnt U U 1 /U /U. I was widowed, raising kids and working, but that wasnt r
32、eally why I kept to weekly calls and short, infrequent visits. I was U U 2 /U /Uin my adolescent role as the aloof (超脱的) achiever, defending myself from my U U 3 /U /Umother and other family craziness. As always, I turned a deaf ear to my sisters criticisms about my not being around moreand I didnt
33、hear her rising desperation. It wasnt until my moms U U 4 /U /U, watching my dad and sister cling to each other and weep, that I got a hint of their long painful experienceand how badly Id behaved.My sister was so furious, she U U 5 /U /Uspoke to me during my fathers last years. To be honest, Im not
34、 a terrible person. So how did I get it so wrong?We hear a lot about the U U 6 /U /Uof taking care of our graying population. But the big story beneath the surface is the psychological crisis among middle-aged siblings (兄弟姐妹) who are fighting toward issues involving their aging parents. According to
35、 a new survey, an estimated 43.5 million adults in the US are looking after an older U U 7 /U /Uor friend. Of these, 43% said they did not feel they had a U U 8 /U /Uin this role. And although 7 in 10 said another unpaid caregiver had U U 9 /U /Uhelp in the past year, only 1 in 10 said the burden wa
36、s split equally.As siblings who are often separated geographically and emotionally, we are having to come together to decide such U U 10 /U /Uissues as where Morn and Dad should live and where they should be buried. “Its like being put down with your siblings in the center of a nuclear reactor and b
37、eing told. Figure it out,“ says University of Colorado psychologist Sara Honn Quails.AstuckBfuneralCprovidedDtoughEcostsFvolunteerGrelativeHjudgmentalIchoiceJbarelyKflungLrandomlyMnoisyNadaptOattach（分数：35.50）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_十一、BSection B/B(总题数：1，
38、分数：71.00)Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is mar
39、ked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Norman Borlaug: “Father of the Green Revolution“AFew people have quietly changed the world for the better more than this rural lad from the midwestern state of Iowa in the United States. The man in focus is
40、 Norman Borlaug, the Father of the Green Revolution, who died on September 12, 2009 at age 95. Norman Borlaug spent most of his 60 working years in the farmlands of Mexico, South Asia and later in Africa, fighting world hunger, and saving by some estimates up to a billion lives in the process. An ac
41、hievement, fit for a Nobel Peace Prize.Early YearsB“Im a product of the great depression“ is how Borlaug described himself. A great-grandson of Norwegian immigrants to the United States, Borlaug was born in 1914 and grew up on a small farm in the northeastern corner of Iowa in a town called Cresco.
42、His family had a 40-hectare (公顷) farm on which they grew wheat, maize (玉米) and hay and raised pigs and cattle. Norman spent most of his time from age 7-17 on the farm, even as he attended a one-room, one-teacher school at New Oregon in Howard County.CBorlaug didnt have money to go to college. But th
43、rough a Great Depression era programme, known as the National Youth Administration, Borlaug was able to enroll in the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis to study forestry. He excelled in studies and received his Ph.D. in plant pathology (病理学) and genetics in 1942. From 1942 to 1944, Borlaug was
44、employed as a microbiologist at DuPont in Wilmington. However, following the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Borlaug tried to join the military, but was rejected under wartime labour regulations.In MexicoDIn 1944, many experts warned of mass starvation in developing nations where population
45、s were expanding faster than crop production. Borlaug began work at a Rockefeller Foundation-funded project in Mexico to increase wheat production by developing higher-yielding varieties of the crop. It involved research in genetics, plant breeding, plant pathology, entomology (昆虫学), agronomy (农艺学),
46、 soil science, and cereal technology. The goal of the project was to boost wheat production in Mexico, which at the time was importing a large portion of its grain. Borlaug said that his first couple of years in Mexico were difficult. He lacked trained scientists and equipment. Native farmers were hostile towards the wheat programme because of serious crop losses from 1939 to 1941 due to stem rust.EWheat varieties that Borl
