1、大学英语六级-39 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: Your friend Peter needs to make a decision in choosing to study history or computer science. He really likes history, but he is told that it will be easier for him to find a job if he studies computer technology. Make
2、your comparison and then write a letter to him and give your suggestions. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 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).A. At the airport. B. At the travel agency.C. In
3、 the student center. D. In a restaurant.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2).A. They shouldnt make too many requests.B. They should ask for further extension.C. They should finish the project as scheduled.D. They should not try their luck.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3).A. Jack. B. Alice.C. John. D. Alex.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(4).
4、A. Thursday. B. Saturday.C. The day after tomorrow. D. Six months later.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(5).A. She likes big parties better.B. She doesnt like parties at all.C. She prefers small parties to big ones.D. She likes having all kinds of parties.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(1).A. A bill of exchange with a 16-day ma
5、turity for $6750.B. A bill of exchange with a 60-day maturity for $6750.C. A bill of exchange with a 90-day maturity for $6750.D. A bill of exchange with a 19-day maturity for $6750.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2).A. They will go to the movie together.B. They will not see the movie.C. They will talk more about
6、 the movie.D. They will watch the movie some other time.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3).A. He doesnt like to eat outdoors.B. He prefers to eat with a knife and fork.C. He has to eat with his hands.D. He hates hamburgers and salad.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(1).A. A dance designer for the Frankfurt Ballet.B. A teacher at
7、 the Dance School.C. A student at the Dance School.D. A famous dancer in a dance troupe.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2).A. In Iowa. B. In New York.C. In Frankfurt. D. Not mentioned.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3).A. Current Politics. B. English.C. Fine Arts. D. French.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(4).A. She wants to be a dance teach
8、er.B. She wants to become a professional dancer.C. She wants to be trained as a dance designer.D. She wants to be a professor on current politics.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(1).A. College professors. B. Computer users.C. Lonely people. D. Internet surfers.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2).A. Suffering from poor health. B.
9、 Causing anxiety.C. Becoming aggressive. D. Destroying personal contact.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3).A. Joining a club.B. Using a timer.C. Putting the computer in the living room.D. Not spending hours uninterruptedly.（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).A. They run abo
10、ut and hunt for food.B. They collect but do not produce their own food.C. They do not rely on clear division of labor.D. They lead a completely agricultural way of life.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2).A. Repeated measurements of the sizes of ants.B. Systematic observations of ants and nests.C. Simulated experi
11、ments on ants behavior.D. Gathering sample nests and ants and nests.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3).A. Getting the work done in mixed groups of sizes.B. Having clear division of labor as a society.C. Each ant helping with all the tasks.D. All size groups are ideally suited to their jobs.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.六、Pass
12、age Two(总题数：1，分数：21.30)(1).A. Holding physically the stock certificates by the investors.B. Keeping electronic record of stock ownership by the brokerage.C. Depositing the stock certificate with the Wall Street bankers.D. Depositing the stock certificate with investment bankers in the Wall Street.（分
13、数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2).A. You have a say in the daily management of the company.B. You become a member of the board of directors.C. You have one vote per share to elect the board of directors.D. You can air your view on how to run the company.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3).A. To raise the value of the firm for th
14、e shareholders.B. To raise the asset of the firm for the debtors.C. To raise the liquidity assets for the debtors.D. To raise the stockholding plans for the employees.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.七、Passage Three(总题数：1，分数：28.40)(1).A. They are reluctant to follow the trends in fashion.B. They are concerned about
15、 fashions only in younger age.C. They are far from neglecting what is in fashion.D. They feel eager to chase after fashions.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2).A. They are unreasonable. B. They are varied.C. They are untraceable. D. They are identical.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3).A. He is blamed for the depression in the
16、American hat industry.B. He is a good example that an influential person sets a fashion.C. He is a typical case showing American changing fashions.D. He is the only man in America who didnt wear a hat outdoors.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(4).A. Encouraging. B. Opposing.C. Ignorant. D. Sarcastic.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.
17、D.八、Section C(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Why do people work? Undoubtedly you have periodically asked yourself the same question, perhaps focused on why you have to work. “Self-interest“ (26) , including the interests of family and friends, is a basic (27) for work in all societies. But self-interest can involve
18、 more than providing for existence or (28) wealth. Studies show that the vast majority of Americans would continue to work even if they (29) enough money to live comfortably.When people work, they gain a contributing place in society. The fact that what they receive pays for their work (30) that wha
19、t they do is needed by other people and that they are a necessary part of the social fabric. Work is also a major social (31) for placing people in the larger social structure and for providing them with identities. In the United States, it is a blunt and (32) public fact that to do nothing is to be
20、 nothing and to do little is to be little. Work is commonly seen as the measure of an individual.Sociologist Melvin L. Kohn and his associates have shown some of the ways work affects our lives. Generally, people who (33) self-directed work come to value self-direction more highly, to be more open t
21、o new ideas and to be less authoritarian in their relationships with others. Moreover, they develop self-conceptions (34) these values, and as parents they pass these (35) on to their children. Our work, then, is an important socializing experience that influences who and what we are.（分数：71.00）填空项 1
22、:_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)If it were simply a matter of passing strong laws to protect it, the Amazon rainforestthe worlds largest tropical forestwould be safe. Brazil, whose territory includes about
23、 two-thirds of the forest, has (36) tough laws that, on paper, set most of it aside as a nature reserve and (37) stiff penalties for illegal logging. But the latest annual figures for deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon have confirmed a disturbing recent trend: the destruction is (38) despite all
24、efforts to curb it.The area deforested in the past year was up 6% in 2003, far worse than the Brazilian governments (39) that it would rise by no more than about 2%. It had been the second worst year for the destruction of the rainforest since satellite surveys began. It is reckoned that almost a fi
25、fth of the Brazilian part of the forest has now been (40) out; if it were to continue at this rate, it would all be flattened within the next two centuries. Worse, tropical forests have been disappearing at an even faster rate (41) in the world, such as in Africa. The worlds greatest stores of biodi
26、versityand some of its main (42) of the oxygen we breatheare still being chewed up at an (43) rate, despite decades of talk among world leaders and environmentalists about the need to preserve them.As has been seen before in Brazil, the surge in the rate of deforestation is a (44) that the countrys
27、economy is boomingrecently it has been growing at an annual rate around 5%. Most of the timber felled illegally in Amazon is sold to (45) buyers, in particular to the construction industry in Brazils richer southern states.A. predictions I. acceleratingB. alarming J. evaluationC. preserve K. signD.
28、impressively L. domesticE. boom M. dimensionsF. suppliers N. imposeG. available O. wipedH. elsewhere（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)Downsizing becoming a way of lifeA. Five years ago, Sam Rodela was doing exceedingly well an
29、d living large, with multiple cars and other high-end purchases. While the Texas-reared, self-trained software designer is making six figures and can still afford luxury goods, he has consciously scaled back, saying he realized that his hobbies, sports and volunteering brought him more enjoyment tha
30、n acquiring possessions.B. Once lived cosily in a 1200-square-foot loft, Rodela is renting an apartment that is 800 square feet. His Jeep Wrangler and upscale Infiniti are gone, replaced by a 6-year-old Toyota 4Runner and a mountain bike. Instead of spending wastefully on entertainment and recreatio
31、n, Rodela said he volunteers 20 to 30 hours a month with groups like the Red Cross, the DFW Federal Club Human Rights Campaign, Vogel Alcove Homeless Childcare, Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance, the North Texas Food Bank and a mentoring group, StudentMentor.org.C. “Im living below my means, but it off
32、ers me the freedom to do what I want,“ he said. “Im living on about 35 to 40 percent of my monthly income as opposed to the 65 to 70 percent before. Just because you can, doesnt mean you should.“ By all appearances, Rodela, 33, is part of a trend that analysts say started in the last decade and has
33、been fueled by the economic recession.D. “There is a downsizing and downscaling and re-evaluation of values,“ said John Zogby, a pollster and author of “The Way Well Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformation of the American Dream.“ “Its not always taking people down to a 600-square-foot apartment a
34、nd wearing a loin cloth, quitting their job and growing your own organic food. But this trend is at least 15 years old, and what is significant is that it happens before the recession,“ Zogby said. “During the final years of the Clinton boom years, it was already taking place.“E. Zogby is not alone.
35、 In a 2010 book, “Spend Shift,“ John Gerzema says these mindful consumers “arent radical frugalists, Christian ascetics (禁欲者) or extreme New Age anti-materialists. They are merely people who, in adapting to (the economic) crisis, have subtly adjusted their lives to seek greater balance and a more fu
36、lfilling existence.“F. Gerzema, a consultant with the marketing and communications firm Young changed his high-end cars to an ordinary one.（分数：7.10）填空项 1:_(2).According to Zogbys surveys, a growing number of Americans were being paid less.（分数：7.10）填空项 1:_(3).Although Sam Rodela earns lots of money a
37、nd can afford a luxury life, he decides to trim his cost and spend his money on more meaningful things.（分数：7.10）填空项 1:_(4).Rodela resigned from a high-tech company because of overloaded work and no assistants to help.（分数：7.10）填空项 1:_(5).Some people think its hard for Americans to change their spendi
38、ng habits. With the recovery of American economy, people will resume to their previous consumption patterns.（分数：7.10）填空项 1:_(6).Although spending much less on his entertainment and workout, Rodela still insists on a refined and high-quality lifestyle.（分数：7.10）填空项 1:_(7).The social trend of downsizin
39、g started 15 years ago, predating the economic recession.（分数：7.10）填空项 1:_(8).One of Rodelas friends said that when Rodela was out of work, he had to live a thrifty life, but when he became rich again, he found he didnt need luxury things to be happy.（分数：7.10）填空项 1:_(9).As a superb software designer,
40、 Rodela earns a handsome income. But his success was not all smooth sailing. He changed many different companies, his business went broke, and he failed to attain his goal.（分数：7.10）填空项 1:_(10).People who tend to live thriftily are not extremists who are against material pleasures. They just want to
41、slightly adjust their lives to reach greater balance.（分数：7.10）填空项 1:_十二、Section C(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十三、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：71.00)The Tragic Crisis of Blake Males in AmericaParental neglect, racial discrimination and in-abstinent self-destructive behavior have left an extraordinary portion of the black
42、male population in an ever-deepening pit (糟糕的状态) of social and economic degradation.The astronomical (天文数字的) jobless rates for black men in inner-city neighborhoods are both alarming and heartbreaking. There are many areas where virtually no one has a legitimate job.That the black community has not
43、been mobilized to turn this crisis around is a screaming shame. Black men, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, have nearly a one-third chance of being imprisoned at some point in their lives. By the time they hit their mid-30s, a solid majority of black men without a high school diploma h
44、ave spent time in prison.This is a cancer that has been allowed to metastasize for decades. Not only is it not being treated, most people dont even want to talk about it. In virtually every facet of life in the United States, black peopleand especially black boys and menare coming up short. White fa
45、milies are typically five times as wealthy as black families. More than a third of all black children are growing up in poverty. In Ohio, according to the National Center for Children in Poverty, the percentage is more than half.There are myriad reasons for this awful state of affairs. As with so ma
46、ny other problems in American society, a lack of gainful employment has been a huge contributor to the problems faced by blacks. Chronic unemployment is hardly a plus-factor for marriage and family stability. And the absence of strong family units with mature parental guidance is at the very root of
47、 the chaotic environment that so many black youngsters grow up in.The extremely high imprisonment rates among blacks are the result of two overwhelming factors: the persistence of criminal behavior by a significant percentage of the black population, and a criminal justice system that in many respects is racially discriminatory and out of control. Both of these factors need to be engaged head-on, and both will require a staggeringly heavy lift.Education in the broadest sense is the key to stopping this socioeconomic slide that is taking such a horrific toll in
