1、大学英语六级 114 及答案解析(总分:448.01,做题时间:132 分钟)一、Part I Writing (3(总题数:1,分数:30.00)1.For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic What Are College Students Doing on the Internet? You should write at least 150 words according to the outline given below in Chinese: 1. 据统计,在网上聊天
2、交友、玩网络游戏是目前我国大学生上网的主要活动内容。 2. 专家认为,那些沉迷于聊天和游戏的大学生,不仅耗费了金钱、时间和精力,还影响了正常的学业和人际交往。 3. 我们应当如何看待大学生上网的问题。 (分数:30.00)_二、Part II Reading C(总题数:1,分数:71.00)Taking a stand Xuemei Han was a second-year graduate student in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University. Last month, she wa
3、s facing expulsion (开除). Efforts to transfer to the universitys forestry school had failed, and it looked as though the 26-year-old might have to return to China within a matter of weeks. In June, Han had been told that she was “not in good academic standing“ with her department an accusation she di
4、sputed. She had passed her qualifying exams at the first attempt and, after a few more tries, her required language exam as well. So she did something that many Chinese graduate students would never dream of doing: on 20 October she filed a complaint against Yale, accusing the university of treating
5、 Chinese students unfairly. The only Chinese student in her department, Han wrote in her complaint that she suspected professors were reluctant to work with her because they thought she would need extra help preparing manuscripts and grant proposals. Her grievance quickly gained a high profile on ca
6、mpus and beyond. Three other graduate students filed supporting testimonials that detailed problems they had experienced in their departments, and just over half of the 274 Chinese graduate students at Yale signed a statement backing her. The case was reported by media in the United States and even
7、made the evening news in China. Within a week, university administrators relented and allowed Han to transfer to the department of forestry, where she had found an adviser willing to support her. Yale flatly denies any accusations of discrimination against Chinese students. Yale spokesman Tom Conroy
8、 said in a statement, “Yale has a long standing tradition of being a welcoming and supportive university for international students, and especially those from China.“ Whether or not it was discrimination, Hans story taps into a rarely seen vein of discontent among Chinese students and postdocs (博士后)
9、 across the country. Chinese nationals are by far the largest group of foreign academics working in US universities. Between 1985 and 2000, some 26,500 Chinese students earned science and engineering PhDs in the United States more than double the number of students from all of Western Europe, accord
10、ing to the National Science Foundation. And a recent survey of postdocs by scientific research society Sigma Xi in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, showed that Chinese postdocs tend to work longer hours for less pay than their American counterparts. Language obstacles and culture shock Many C
11、hinese come to the United States to participate in cutting-edge research, but must first overcome language barriers, cultural differences. They frequently feel isolated from their US lab-mates. And although all graduate students are at the mercy of their advisers, foreign students are especially vul
12、nerable. They lack alternative options, so a disagreement or funding problem is all that it takes for them to be sent back to China. The high percentage of Chinese in the lab is no coincidence. US researchers are happy to recruit academically gifted Chinese scholars, while the best and brightest Chi
13、nese are drawn to the country by research opportunities that they cannot get at home. That opportunity is what brought Han from Inner Mongolia to Yale in 2003. She received her undergraduate and masters degree in ecology from Beijing Normal University, but had never travelled outside China. “Ecology
14、 research has only just started in China, so my professors recommended that I study here,“ she recalls. She was ecstatic when she learned that Yale had admitted her to a PhD programme with funding from a Fan Family Fellowship, which supports Chinese students. But shortly after arriving in the United
15、 States, Han ran into difficulty. Like many Chinese students, she had studied English extensively in China, but that training focused primarily on reading and writing, not speaking. “The first semester was very hard,“ she says. “In physics and other departments, there are other Chinese graduate stud
16、ents who can help, but I was the only one in my department.“ Hans experience is not unusual. Many Chinese students have trouble fitting in when they first reach the United States, according to Hongwen Zhu, a graduate student at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Zhu says many stude
17、nts are embarrassed to admit that they dont understand what is being asked of them, or they are reluctant to raise their concerns vocally with their professors. “Most Chinese students tend to be very quiet, and this is a very big problem,“ he says. Han made steady progress in her language skills, bu
18、t it came at a cost. She was unable to teach, a requirement of her department, and she had trouble finding a research adviser. Still, Han was shocked to learn in June that she was no longer in good standing with her programme. On the edge of fellowship In the Hans case, Han could transfer to other d
19、epartment of Yale University, but she was informed that she would lose the Fan Family Fellowship. Foreign students and postdocs frequently run into these sorts of funding problems, says Ji-Cheng Wang, a postdoc cancer researcher. Unlike American students, who can switch advisers if necessary, many f
20、oreigners are financially tied to their principal investigator (PI). “If anything happens to the PI then the student is put at risk,“ Wang says. This relationship can put students in a precarious position. When Wei Fu, not his real name, moved from Peking University to become a postdoc at a midweste
21、rn university, he was hoping for a chance to expand his own research career in biophysics. Instead, Fus lab director asked him to devote most of his time to existing experiments. “I didnt have much independence, I didnt feel free,“ he says. When Fu told the PI of his unhappiness, he found himself su
22、ddenly out of a job. He had just three months to scramble for a new position, or risk expulsion from the country. Eventually, he managed to find a position at a lab in California. “You can imagine that I was very stressed,“ he says. Visa obstacles That stress has been exacerbated (加重) by recent US a
23、nd Chinese immigration policy. Most international students and scholars get a multiple-entry visa for the duration of their studies, but Chinese students must reapply for a new visa every six months. That is an improvement over the old rules, which required students to reapply each time they left th
24、e country, but it still causes trouble for researchers such as Yangheng Zheng, a postdoc studying high-energy physics at the University of California, Los Angeles. While conducting graduate research at the University of Hawaii, Zheng frequently traveled between the United States and Japan, and each
25、trip required a new visa both ways. “In three years I used up all of my passports pages,“ he says. Although the situation is better now, there are still problems, he says. Two months ago, on his latest excursion to CERN, the European particle-physics lab, he ended up stuck in Geneva for three weeks
26、waiting for a US security check. Different views from Chinese students There is little consensus in the Chinese community over how serious these issues are. Some students and postdocs said they had not encountered significant problems, and many reported strong relationships with their advisers, who
27、helped them resolve issues. “The people I know are very nice to me,“ says Ye Jin, a postdoc in molecular biology at the University of California, Berkeley. “When I try to write papers and proposals my PI has been very patient and corrects my grammar. She has been very encouraging.“ “Language is not
28、a barrier if you are willing to learn,“ adds Grace Wong, the president of Student Vision, a Boston-based group that helps students find jobs in biotechnology. “If your skills are good and youre willing to work really hard, any boss will love you.“ But Huang disagrees. “We really appreciate that the
29、university gives us the chance to come here and study,“ he says. “But even if you work hard, sometimes you still have the risk of being kicked out because of a funding problem or a disagreement with your adviser.“ (分数:71.00)(1).Xuemei Han failed to pass her qualifying exams and faced expulsion.(分数:7
30、.10)A.YB.NC.NG(2).Xuemei Han was the only Chinese student in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University.(分数:7.10)A.YB.NC.NG(3).According to the National Science Foundation, there are more than 26, 500 Chinese students studying in U.S.A universities.(分数:7.10)A.YB.NC.NG(4).T
31、he high percentage of Chinese students in the lab of US is just coincident.(分数:7.10)A.YB.NC.NG(5).Shortly after arriving in the United States, Han found it difficulty to_.(分数:7.10)_(6).Hongwen Zhu says many students admit embarrassedly that they dont understand_.(分数:7.10)_(7).Unlike American student
32、s, foreign students and postdocs are_ to their principal investigator and can not switch advisers freely.(分数:7.10)_(8).Most international students and scholars get_ for the duration of their studies.(分数:7.10)_(9).“Strong relationships with their advisers“ means that_.(分数:7.10)_(10).Huang believes th
33、at Chinese students are more likely to be kicked out due to_ or_.(分数:7.10)_三、Listening Comprehens(总题数:1,分数:15.00)A.The man can have his camera fixed here.B.The woman will probably fix the mans camera herself.C.The man will buy a new camera.D.The woman suggests that the camera should have been brough
34、t in earlier.A.She will help him.B.She finished hers two days ago.C.She completed her work very quickly.D.She is still doing the project.A.Driving a car.B.Taking a taxi.C.Going by train.D.Taking the subway.A.A snowstorm.B.An earthquake.C.A traffic accident.D.A hurricane.A.The woman is the mans boss.
35、B.The man is the womans husband.C.The woman is the headmaster of a school.D.The woman wants to know something about a student.A.The food spoiled.B.The group was shameful.C.The weather was bad.D.The program director wanted to have it on another day.A.A traffic guard.B.A sociologist.C.A student.D.A sa
36、lesperson.A.The man hasnt caused a problem.B.The man should have returned the book earlier.C.She will probably wont do well on the coming Mondays test.D.The man should have been more thoughtful.四、Section A(总题数:2,分数:10.00)A.Someone took his suitcase by mistake.B.He left his suitcase in the trunk of a
37、 taxi.C.Someone stole his suitcase at the railway station,D.He lost all his important documents including his train ticket.A.Report the incident to the police.B.Wait for the person who had taken his suitcase to come back.C.Try to contact the taxi driver.D.Report the incident to the Railway Informati
38、on desk.A.Friends.B.Police and thief.C.Teacher and student.D.Tourist and guide.A.Honest.B.Careful.C.Stupid.D.Worried.A.The Englishmens habits.B.The Englishmens accent.C.The Englishmens character.D.The Englishmens teaching styles.A.Receptive.B.Just.C.Impulsive.D.Trustful.A.France.B.Italy.C.Germany.D.
39、Spain.A.Reading.B.Writing.C.Speaking.D.Listening.五、Section B(总题数:3,分数:30.00)A.They can do better than others.B.It is expensive to hire labour.C.They dont like to be helped.D.They dont trust others.A.It publishes books only for children.B.It publishes books about peoples pets.C.It uses computers to m
40、ake up stories.D.It makes the young readers the leading characters in the stories.A.Written by children themselves.B.Telling stories about the reader himself.C.Printed with standard things.D.Published with the help of computers.A.One sixth of them are seriously polluted.B.One third of them arc serio
41、usly polluted.C.Half of them are seriously polluted.D.Most of them are seriously polluted.A.There was no garbage left to clean up.B.There was more garbage than before and they had to work harder.C.The fiver had become so clean that a lot of water-birds came back.D.The river was much cleaner and they
42、 had to search for garbage.A.Most of them would be indifferent and keep on throwing garbage into the fiver.B.They would join the students in changing the situation.C.They would become more aware of the pollution problem.D.They would think twice before they went swimming or fishing in the fiver.A.Bec
43、ause it is difficult to maintain a marriage.B.Because people like watching TV programs.C.Because people prefer freedom to self-discipline.D.Because our society is permissive towards divorces.A.The freedom to have other sexual relations.B.The desire to follow every of ones impulse.C.The will to keep
44、his or her own income.D.The wish to be his or her true self.A.A man and a woman should follow every of their own impulse respectively.B.A good-marriage takes some level of compromise between the husband and the wife.C.A man and a woman should both have to endure dreadful self-sacrifice of the soul.D
45、.A woman should stop growing or changing.六、Section C(总题数:1,分数:10.00)In the best of (36) 1, the next administration will be beset by (37) 2 In almost every area of the world, we have been living off (38) 3warding off the immediate, rarely dealing with (39) 4 problems. These difficulties are likely to
46、 (40) 5 when it becomes apparent that one of the (41) 6 of the war in Vietnam will be a strong American (42) 7 to risk overseas (43) 8. (44) 9. But it must found its claim (45) 10. It must recognize that, in the field of foreign policy, we will never be able to (46) 11. (分数:10.00)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:_填空项 1:_七、Reading Comprehensio(总题数:2,分数:177.00)We sometimes think humans are uniquely vulnerable to anxiety, but stress seems to affect the immune defenses of lower animals too. In one experiment, for example, behavioral