1、大学英语六级-180 (1)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 about the importance of having a dream by referring to the saying “If you don“t build your dream someone will hire you to help build theirs. “ You can give
2、 examples to illustrate your point and then explain what you will do to realize your dream. You should write at least 150 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.It will take about a year.B.Nearly 1,000 workers will wor
3、k on it.C.It is a cross-sea bridge.D.It will be completed within this year.A.In a store.B.In a car.C.In a hospital.D.In a theatre.A.Work out a plan to save money.B.Find out the opening hours of the caf.C.Solve his problem by doing a part-time job.D.Apply for a position in the restaurant.A.The man sh
4、ould listen to the weather report.B.The man should decide whether to cancel the trip.C.The man should reschedule the trip.D.The man should ask other students for their opinions about the trip.A.Order a newspaper subscription.B.Take a trip in the summer.C.Put an ad in the newspaper.D.Go to the interv
5、iewer“s office.（分数：21.30）A.Go to the party with the man.B.Take her aunt to the party.C.Invite the man to see a play.D.Watch a play with her aunt.A.The woman and the man have planned to eat out together.B.The woman would prefer to stay home this evening.C.The man has changed his mind about the new re
6、staurant.D.The man is sorry he can“t join the woman for dinner.A.He didn“t have enough money left.B.He had some trouble with his lungs.C.He didn“t plan the trip very well.D.He was called back by a couple.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. （分数：21.30）A.The climate the
7、re is too cold.B.The air fare is quite expensive.C.He has visited it twice before.D.He does not have a passport.A.He has just reconditioned his house.B.His old car has just been repaired.C.He has just come back from abroad.D.He doesn“t have long enough time.A.He hasn“t been there before.B.He can mee
8、t his girlfriend there.C.His friend will accommodate him.D.He can find a temporary job there.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. （分数：28.40）A.Frank.B.Modest.C.Indirect.D.Confident.A.Money is important.B.Responsibility means more than salary.C.High salary secures bett
9、er performance.D.Future income is more important than starting salary.A.“Can do“ spirit.B.Motivation and teamwork.C.Honesty and responsibility.D.Hard-working and cooperation.A.Tolerance.B.Civilisation.C.Clearer wording.D.Communication.四、Section B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：28.40)Questions
10、16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：28.40）A.They lost their home.B.They were in financial difficulty.C.They worked in a school cafeteria.D.They were employed by a truck company.A.They helped their neighbours to find jobs.B.They left the family farm to live in an old house.C.Th
11、ey gave away their possessions to their neighbours.D.They had their children during the Great Depression.A.They wanted to save money.B.They decided to open a store.C.They couldn“t afford expensive things.D.They wanted to buy gifts for local kids.A.The community of Alto was poor.B.The summer camp was
12、 attractive to the parents.C.Sandy Van Weelden got a legacy from the Hatches.D.The Hatches would like the neighbours to follow their example.六、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：21.30)Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：21.30）A.To compete with online bill paying.B.To reduce the co
13、st of printing 2-or 3-cent stamps.C.To respond to the complaints about rising postal rates.D.To help save the consumers“ cost on first-class mailing.A.America will be the first country to issue “forever stamps“.B.2-or 3-cent stamps will no longer be printed in the future.C.The design of the “forever
14、 stamps“ remains to be revealed.D.The investment in “forever stamps“ will bring adequate reward.A.New interest will be aroused in collecting “forever stamps“.B.Postal workers will benefit most from the sales of “forever stamps“.C.The inflation has become a threat to the sales of first-class stamps.D
15、.With “forever stamps“, there will be no need to worry about rate changes.七、Passage 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）A.His father graduated from the university.B.His mother did not think it a great university.C.His parents did not have e
16、nough money for him.D.His parents needed him to help support the family.A.To better manage her life.B.To raise money for her son.C.To meet her long-forgotten friends.D.To help with her husband“s business.A.To go to his dream university.B.To get a well-paid job for himself.C.To improve relations with
17、 his mother.D.To carry on with his father“s business.八、Section C(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Not so long ago almost any student who successfully completed a university degree could find a good career quite easily. Companies toured the academic institutions, 1 each other to select graduates. However, those days a
18、re gone. Most careers organizations 2 three stages for graduates to follow in the process of securing a suitable career: recognising abilities, matching these to available jobs and presenting them well to possible employers. Job seekers have to make a careful assessment of their own abilities. One a
19、rea of assessment should be of their academic 3 . Graduates should also consider their own personal values and attitudes. The second stage is to study the opportunities 4 for employment. After studying all the various options, they should be in a position to make informed comparisons between various
20、 careers. In addition, good personal presentation is essential 5 a good career. Job application forms and letters should, of course, be filled in carefully and correctly. Where 6 information is asked for, job seekers should describe their abilities and work experience in more depth, with examples if
21、 possible. They should try to 7 their own abilities with the employer“s needs, and try to show that they already know something about the company and its activities. When graduates go to an interview, they should prepare properly by finding out all they can about the possible employer. Dressing 8 an
22、d arriving for the interview on time are also important. Interviewees should try to give positive and helpful answers and should not be afraid to ask questions about anything they 9 . This is much better than 10 to understand a question and giving an unsuitable answer. （分数：71.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:
23、_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、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十、Section A(总题数：1，分数：35.50)Research on animal intelligence always makes us wonder just how smart humans are. Consider the fruit-fly experiments 1 on Tuesday by Carl Zimmer in the Science Times. Fruit flies who were
24、taught to be smarter than the average fruit fly 2 to live shorter lives. This suggests that dimmer bulbs burn longer, that there is an 3 in not being too bright. Intelligence, it turns out, is a high-priced option. It takes more upkeep, burns more fuel and is slow off the starting line because it de
25、pends on learninga 4 processinstead of instinct. Plenty of other species are able to learn, and one of the things they“ve 5 learned is when to stop. Is there an adaptive value to 6 intelligence? That“s the question behind this new research. Instead of casting a wistful glance backward at all the spe
26、cies we“ve left in the dust IQ-wise, it 7 asks what the real costs of our own intelligence might be. This is on the mind of every animal we“ve ever met. Research on animal intelligence also makes us 8 what experiments animals would perform on humans if they had the chance. Every cat with an owner, f
27、or instance, is running a small-scale study in operant conditioning. We believe that if animals ran the labs, they would test us to determine the limits of our patience, our faithfulness, our memory for locations. They would try to decide what intelligence in humans is really for, not merely how muc
28、h of it there is. Above all, they would hope to study a 9 question: Are humans actually aware of the world they live in? So far the results are 10 . A. limited B. fundamental C. inclination D. implicitly E. spontaneous F. inconclusive G. tended H. doubt I. gradual J. wonder K. happened L. apparently
29、 M. advantage N. hostile O. described（分数：35.50）十一、Section B(总题数：1，分数：71.00)A Look That Conveys a MessageA. To tour an assembly plant in Canada, Sergio Marchionne, the chief executive of Chrysler, wore a black sweater and a checked oxford shirt. At the North American International Auto Show in Detroi
30、t, Mr Marchionne wore a black sweater and a checked oxford shirt. And at a Saturday night gala honouring Lee A. Iacocca in Los Angeles, he wore a black sweater and a checked oxford shirt. B. Mr Marchionne, who last year earned more than 5 million euros ($6.9 million) and owns luxury houses in three
31、countries, has donned a monochromatic (单色的) wardrobe similar to that worn by other topflight executives. He has discovered the power of dressing down, and not just on Fridays. “The message he wanted to pass is not wearing a tie, not wearing a suit, means we are more flexible and what really matters
32、is not the uniform but something else,“ said Cristiano Carlutti, the former head of used cars at Fiat, which Mr Marchionne also heads. C. Today, corporate executives have a wider choice of what to wear than ever before. Stylists and personal shoppers reserve exclusive clothes, Hong Kong tailors make
33、 office visits and silk ties from France can be delivered overnight. D. Yet the simple personal uniform is being seen in some corner offices as the ultimate power suit. “I always used to feel sorry for them,“ David Wolfe, creative director of the trend-forecasting company the Doneger Group, said of
34、the single-outfit executives. “Now I think they“re smart.“ He added, “How do you stand out if everybody“s trendy? The only way is to be beyond the trend.“ E. Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook, wears hoodies and sneakers. Andrea Jung, chief executive of Avon Products, sticks with sleeveles
35、s close-fitting dressesoften redand pearls. The television personality Simon Cowell and the fashion designer Roberto Cavalli wear jeans, T-shirts and black jackets. Joe Scarborough, the host of MSNBC“s “Morning Joe“, takes regular ribbings (笑话) about his day-in, day-out fleece (羊毛的) jacket and jeans
36、. A Facebook group is campaigning for Michael Kors, a designer and judge on the show “Project Runway“, to change his ensemble (also jeans, T-shirt and black jacket), which he has worn for nearly all eight seasons of the show. Steven P. Jobs, the chief executive of Apple, wears New Balance sneakers,
37、Levi“s and black mock turtlenecks (高领衣), while Lawrence J. Ellison, the chief of Oracle, dons black mock turtlenecks, usually topped with a blazer. F. The motivations vary, but every uniform sends a message. Mr Scarborough, a Republican who is the host of a programme on a left-leaning cable network,
38、 may be signaling that he is a “mellow (温和的), fleece-wearing Republican that Democrats love to like,“ wrote New York magazine. Mr Jobs, by most accounts, prefers the ordinary clothe as a way to de-emphasise individuality in favour of promoting a collective approach at Apple. And Thierry Rautureau, a
39、 Seattle chef who tops every outfit with a hat, wears the distinctive style for branding purposes. G. Mr Wolfe, the fashion forecaster, switched to a single outfit last summer as a protest against how accessible trends had become. “It is fashion snobbery (自命不凡) or elitism that made me think, “I want
40、 to make sure people know I“m not just a player in a game that too many people are playing,“ he said. H. While Mr Wolfe used to go to work in “Indian clothes, cowboy outfits, a baseball uniform one season, often street-cleaner jumpsuits and things like that.“ He said he has altered his look in the l
41、ast several months to wearing white L. L. Bean oxford shirts and Levi“s 501s every day. “People are really coming to grips with the fact that the recession is the new normal. We“re not going to get over it and go back to a wild and crazy extra message vagrant time right away. I think that“s starting
42、 to affect the way people are presenting themselves to the world at large, with a very conservative fashion approach,“ Mr Wolfe said. I. Some executives land on a statement piece that broadcasts their brand, as Mr Rautureau did when he wore a soft hat to one of his restaurants. “A great customer of
43、mine was sitting at the first table, and looked at me, and went, “Oh, the chef in the hat,“ he said. “I snapped my finger and went, “Marketing, marketing, marketing.“ J. Mr Rautureau trademarked the chef-in-the-hat name, and has collected about 20 hatsstraw, cowboy and feltthat he wears whenever he
44、leaves his house. “It has been very successful in terms of, obviously, recognition and brandingI can tell you, everywhere I go, they know the guy in the hat, the chef in the hat,“ he said, “So it“s easy to be catchy.“ K. Still, Mr Rautureau concedes that he may have gotten too attached to his signat
45、ure hat. After a fund-raiser in Cincinnati, he was mugged while walking back to his hotel, and a group of teenagers ran off with his hat. “Now, most normal people would have run away and go to the hotel, which was only like two or three blocks away,“ Mr Rautureau said. “Instead, I went back, and sai
46、d I need my hat back. And of course that was a dumb move because we get in a fight and they take my wallet, and blah blah blah. That was the most dangerous move I“ve ever made, because of my hat.“ L. For Mr Jobs, the turtleneck-and-jeans outfit seems to be about reducing his persona to spotlight the
47、 product. “He didn“t want any individual to kind of overshadow the brand, and that includes him,“ said Steve Chazin, a former Apple marketing executive, and the author of Marketing Apple. “He didn“t want people to think he was special.“ M. Mr Marchionne“s outfits also seemed to carry a certain messa
48、ge, said Mr Carlutti, the former Fiat executive. “You have to understand that Fiat, before he joined the company, was very formal,“ he said, and Mr Marchionne wanted to “break the formality“, by replacing solid office doors with glass ones, for instance, and declining to dress up. N. Of course, by s
49、ticking to sweaters and slacks, Mr Marchionne basically ensured that everyone else would continue to wear suits, Mr Carlutti said. “The majority was afraid of seeming to copy the boss, so they stick to their normal dressing,“ he said. Indeed, when Mr Carlutti had his job interview with Mr Marchionne, he spent the morning d
