1、大学英语六级-28 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.（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)(1).ABob has been married for a long time.BThe woman should go to California.CHe plans to go to the wedding.DHe hasnt been to California.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(
2、2).AHe wants a glass of water.BHe wont do as the woman asks.CHe doesnt like the waiter.DHes keen to be a waiter.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3).AShe appreciated the mans help.BHer presentation was somewhat long.CShe needed more time to prepare.DShe worked hard on her presentation.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(4).AShe want
3、s to have some exercise before she runs.BIts too hot to go jogging.CHer jogging suit isnt warm enough.DShe doesnt feel quite well.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(5).AHe has another meeting to attend that day.BHes available either day.CHe cant attend a two-day conference.DNot everybody will go to the meeting.（分数：7
4、.10）A.B.C.D.(1).ASee the TV series some other time.BChange to a more exciting channel.CGo to bed early.DStay up till ten.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2).AHe just couldnt appreciate the music.BHe disagrees with the woman.CHe likes to play the piano.DHe also enjoyed the concert.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3).AShe needed w
5、armer clothing than in previous autumns.BShe knitted two sweaters in August.CAugust was cooler than the rest of the autumn.DShe was unusually busy during the whole autumn.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(1).AThe dances of a Native American dance group.BHow Native American ceremonial dances are classified.CVariatio
6、ns of a basic dance among Native American tribes.DHow Native American artists are trained.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2).ATo broadcast an awards ceremony.BTo announce a meeting of the tribal eiders.CTo celebrate the opening of a new theater.DTo inform people about a performance.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3).ABecause n
7、ot everyone has the right to perform sacred dances.BBecause the elders make sure the dances are performed properly.CBecause the group is financed by the elders.DBecause the elders have substantial acting experience.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(1).AStudying.BPreparing snacks.CPlaying cards.DLearning how to play
8、 bridge.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2).AWatch her partner.BSit there and study.CQuit the game.DGet snacks for everyone.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3).AMiss her card game.BStay up too late.CTake a heavy work load next semester.DNeglect her studies to play bridge.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(4).ABecause he already knows how to play
9、.BBecause he doesnt like to play card games.CBecause he doesnt have a partner.DBecause he doesnt have enough time.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.四、Section B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：21.30)(1).APhotographic techniques common in the early 1900s.BThe life of Alfred Stieglitz.CThe influence of weather on
10、Alfred Stieglitzs photography.DAlfred Stieglitzes approach to photography.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2).AHow to analyze photographic techniques.BHow to define photography.CHow Alfred Stieglitz contributed to the history of photography.DWhether photography is superior to other art forms.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3).A
11、Because he thought the copying process took too long.BBecause he considered each photograph to be unique.CBecause he didnt have the necessary equipment for reproduction.DBecause he didnt want them to be displayed outside his home.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.六、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：21.30)(1).AA week at Tanglewoo
12、d.BA movie ticket.CA vacation in Boston.DA sum of money.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2).AIts difficult to hear.BThe lawn was usually very crowded.CThe audience might get wet.DThe setting wasnt very pretty.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3).AIt was held in Boston.BAll the seats were indoors.CIt was not well known.DIt has bee
13、n going on for a long time.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.七、Passage Three(总题数：1，分数：28.40)(1).AJeffersons views about commercialized agriculture.BInternational trade in the nineteenth century.CImprovements in farm machinery in the United States.DFarmers loss of independence.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2).ACrop production be
14、came increasingly specialized.BEconomic depressions lowered the prices of farm products.CNew banking laws made it easy to buy farmland.DThe United States increased its agricultural imports.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3).APrices for farm products rose.BFarmers became more dependent on loans from banks.CJeffers
15、on established government programs to assist farmers.DFarmers relied less on foreign markets.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(4).AThey provided evidence that Jeffersons ideal could be achieved.BThey made farmers less dependent on local banks.CThey affected the prices that farmers could receive for their crops.DThe
16、y decreased the power of the railroads to control farm prices.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.八、Section C(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are top of a global league table of university reputation-in a top 100 (26) by U.S. institutions.Cambridge and Oxford make the top 10-but ot
17、her U.K. universities have (27) , while Asian institutions have risen.The rankings (28) the perceptions of 17,000 academics. This list is an attempt to quantify the elusive but important quality of reputation in higher education-with its (29) based on the of academics around the world.The first such
18、 ranking by the Times Higher Education magazine, published last year, had the same top five as this year-with the two Boston-based (30) , Harvard and MIT, in first and second place.Cambridge was once again the highest ranking U.K. university in third place, (31) Stanford and University of California
19、, Berkeley. But Phil Baty, editor of the Times Higher Education rankings, says there is an (32) picture of U.K. universities downwards-with fewer in the top 100 and a (33) for others including Imperial College London and University College London. “Our global reputation as the home of outstanding un
20、iversities has been hit,“ he said.Reflecting the rise of Asian countries as the new education superpowers, there is an increasing presence for countries such as Peoples Republic of China, Japan, Singapore and South Korea.(34) its size and population, Switzerland is also seen as performing well, with
21、 three universities in the worlds top 100 universities.Such rankings published by the Times Higher Education magazine do not have an official status, but they have become an increasingly significant part of how universities market themselves to students, (35) as higher education has become more glob
22、alized.（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、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十、Section A(总题数：1，分数：35.50)Many of the aids which are advertised as liberating the modern woman tend to have the opposite effect, because they simply change the nature of work in
23、stead of eliminating it. Machines have a certain novelty value, like toys for adults. It is (36) less tiring to put clothes in a washing machine, but the time saved does not really (37) too much: the machine has to be watched, the clothes have to be carefully sorted first, stains (38) by hand, butto
24、ns pushed and water changed, clothes taken out, aired and ironed.It would be more liberating to pack it all off to a (39) and not necessarily more expensive, since no capital investment is required. Similarly, if you really want to save time you do not make cakes with an electric mixer, you buy one
25、in a shop. If one compares the image of domesticated woman fostered by the womens magazines with the goods advertised by those periodicals, advertising which finances them, one realizes how useful a projected image can be in commerce. A careful (40) has to be struck: if you show a labor-saving gadge
26、t, follow it up with a (41) recipe on the next page; on no account hint at the notion that a woman could get herself a job, but instead foster her sense of her own usefulness, (42) the creative aspect of her function as a housewife. So we get cake mixes where the cook simply adds an egg herself, to
27、produce “that lovely home-baked (43) the family love“, and knitting patterns that can be made by hand, or worse still, on knitting machines, which became a tremendous vogue when they were first (44) (difficult to know who would wear all those rapidly produced sweaters, which lacked the advantages of
28、 hand-made woolens). Automatic cookers are advertised by pictures of pretty young mothers taking their children to the park, not by (45) women presetting the dinner before catching a bus to the office.Alaundry IcomplicatedBexaggerate JhandledCemphasize KflavorDcertainly LprofessionalEindignant Mintr
29、oducedFremoved NcalculationGamount ObalanceHexcessively（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、Section B(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Daylight Saving Time (DST)How and When Did Daylight Saving Time Start?ABenjamin Franklin-of “early to bed and early to rise“ famewas appa
30、rently the first person to suggest the concept of daylight savings. While serving as U.S. ambassador to France in Paris, Franklin wrote of being awakened at 6 a.m. and realizing, to his surprise, that the sun would rise far earlier than he usually did. Imagine the resources that might be saved if he
31、 and others rose before noon and burned less midnight oil, Franklin, tongue half in cheek, wrote to a newspaper.BIt wasnt until World War I that daylight savings were realized on a grand scale. Germany was the first state to adopt the time changes, to reduce artificial lighting and thereby save coal
32、 for the war effort. Friends and foes soon followed suit. In the U.S. a federal law standardized the yearly start and end of daylight saving time in 1918for the states that chose to observe it.CDuring World War II the U.S. made daylight saving time mandatory (强制的) for the whole country, as a way to
33、save wartime resources. Between February 9, 1942, and September 30, 1945, the government took it a step further. During this period daylight saving time was observed year-round, essentially making it the new standard time, if only for a few years. Many years later, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 was
34、enacted, mandating a controversial month-long extension of daylight saving time, starting in 2007.Daylight Saving Time: Energy Saver or Just Time Sucker?DIn recent years several studies have suggested that daylight saving time doesnt actually save energy-and might even result in a net loss. Environm
35、ental economist Hendrik Wolff, of the University of Washington, coauthored a paper that studied Australian power-use data when parts of the country extended daylight saving time for the 2000 Sydney Olympics and others did not. The researchers found that the practice reduced lighting and electricity
36、consumption in the evening but increased energy use in the now dark morningswiping out the evening gains. Thats because the extra hour that daylight saving time adds in the evening is a hotter hour. “So if people get home an hour earlier in a warmer house, they turn on their air conditioning,“ the U
37、niversity of Washingtons Wolff said.EBut other studies do show energy gains. In an October 2008 daylight saving time report to Congress, mandated by the same 2005 energy act that extended daylight saving time, the U.S. Department of Energy asserted that springing forward does save energy. Extended d
38、aylight saving time saved 1.3 terawatt (太瓦) hours of electricity. That figure suggests that daylight saving time reduces annual U.S. electricity consumption by 0.03 percent and overall energy consumption by 0.02 percent. While those percentages seem small, they could represent significant savings be
39、cause of the nations enormous total energy use.FWhats more, savings in some regions are apparently greater than in others. California, for instance, appears to benefit most from daylight saving time-perhaps because its relatively mild weather encourages people to stay outdoors later. The Energy Depa
40、rtment report found that daylight saving time resulted in an energy savings of one percent daily in the state.GBut Wolff, one of many scholars who contributed to the federal report, suggested that the numbers were subject to statistical variability (变化) and shouldnt be taken as hard facts. And dayli
41、ght savings energy gains in the U.S. largely depend on your location in relation to the Mason-Dixon Line, Wolff said. “The North might be a slight winner, because the North doesnt have as much air conditioning,“ he said.“But the South is a definite loser in terms of energy consumption. The South has
42、 more energy consumption under daylight saving.“Daylight Saving Time: Healthy or Harmful?HFor decades advocates of daylight savings have argued that, energy savings or no, daylight saving time boosts health by encouraging active lifestylesa claim Wolff and colleagues are currently putting to the tes
43、t. “In a nationwide American time-use study, were clearly seeing that, at the time of daylight saving time extension in the spring, television watching is substantially reduced and outdoor behaviors like jogging, walking, or going to the park are substantially increased,“ Wolff said. “Thats remarkab
44、le, because of course the total amount of daylight in a given day is the same.“IBut others warn of ill effects. Till Roenneberg, a university professor in Munich (慕尼黑),Germany, said his studies show that our circadian (生理节奏的) body clocks-set by light and darkness-never adjust to gaining an “extra“ h
45、our of sunlight to the end of the day during daylight saving time.JOne reason so many people in the developed world are chronically (长期地) overtired, he said, is that they suffer from“social jet lag.“ In other words, their optimal circadian sleep periods dont accord with their actual sleep schedules.
46、 Shifting daylight from morning to evening only increases this lag, he said. “Light doesnt do the same things to the body in the morning and the evening. More light in the morning would advance the body clock, and that would be good. But more light in the evening would even further delay the body cl
47、ock.“KOther research hints at even more serious health risks. A 2008 study concluded that, at least in Sweden, heart attack risks go up in the days just after the spring time change. “The most likely explanation to our findings is disturbed sleep and disruption of biological rhythms,“ One expert told National Geographic News via email.Daylight Savings Lovers and HatersLWith verdicts (定论) on the benefits, or costs, of daylight savings so split, it may be no surprise that the yearly time changes inspire polarized reactions. In the U.K., for instance, the Lighter Later movement-part of 10:1
