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六级真题第3套

2021年12月六级真题第3套

2013年12月大学英语六级考试真题（第3套）

PartIWriting（30minutes）Directions:

Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessayabouttheimpactoftheinformationexplosionbyreferringtothesaying“A

wealthofinformationcreatesapovertyofattention.”Youcangive

examplestoillustrateyourpointandthenexplainwhatyoucandoto

avoidbeingdistractedbyirrelevantinformation.Youshouldwriteat

least150wordsbutnomorethan200words.

PartIIListeningComprehension（30minutes）

说明：

2013年12月六级真题全国共考了两套听力。

本套（即第三套）的听力内容与第二套的完全一样，只是选项的顺序不一样而已，故在本套中不再重复给出。

PartIIIReadingComprehension（40minutes）

SectionA

Directions:

Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbank

followingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemaking

yourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.Pleasemark

thecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasingle

linethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebank

morethanonce.

Questions36to45arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Someperformanceevaluationsrequiresupervisorstotakeaction.Employeeswhoreceiveaveryfavorableevaluationmaydeservesometypeofrecognitionorevenapromotion.Ifsupervisorsdonotacknowledgesuchoutstandingperformance,employeesmayeitherlosetheir36andreducetheireffortorsearchforanewjobatafirmthatwill37themforhighperformance.Supervisorsshouldacknowledgehighperformancesothattheemployeewillcontinuetoperformwellinthefuture.

Employeeswhoreceiveunfavorableevaluationsmustalsobegivenattention.Supervisorsmust38thereasonsforpoorperformance.Somereasons,suchasafamilyillness,mayhaveatemporaryadverse39onperformanceandcanbecorrected.Otherreasons,suchasabadattitude,maynotbetemporary.Whensupervisorsgiveemployeesanunfavorableevaluation,theymustdecidewhethertotakeany40actions.Iftheemployeeswereunawareoftheirowndeficiencies,theunfavorableevaluationcanpinpoint（指出）thedeficienciesthatemployeesmustcorrect.Inthiscase,thesupervisormaysimplyneedtomonitortheemployees41andensurethatthedeficienciesarecorrected.

Iftheemployeeswerealreadyawareoftheirdeficienciesbeforetheevaluationperiod,however,theymaybeunableorunwillingtocorrectthem.Thissituationis

moreserious,andthesupervisormayneedtotakeaction.Theactionshouldbe42withthefirm’sguidelinesandmayincludereassigningtheemployeestonewjobs,43themtemporarily,orfiringthem.Asupervisor’sactiontowardapoorlyperformingworkercan44theattitudesofotheremployees.Ifno45isimposedonanemployeeforpoorperformance,otheremployeesmayreactbyreducingtheirproductivityaswell.

SectionB

Directions:

Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneofthe

paragraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationis

derived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraph

ismarkedwithaletter.Answerthequestionsbymarkingthe

correspondingletteronAnswerSheet2.

TheCollegeEssay:

WhyThose500WordsDriveUsCrazy

A）Megisalawyer-mominsuburbanWashington,D.C.,wherelawyer-momsare

thickontheground.HersonDougisoneofseveralhundredthousandhigh-schoolseniorswhohadapainfulfall.ThedeadlineforapplyingtohisfavoritecollegewasNov.1,andbyearlyOctoberhehadyettofillouttheapplication.Moretothepoint,hehadyettosettleonasubjectforthepersonalessayaccompanyingtheapplication.Accordingtocollegefolklore,awell-turnedessayhasthepowertoseduce（诱惑）anadmissionscommittee.“Hewantedtodoonethingatatime,”

Megsays,explainingherson’sdelay.“Butreally,mysonisahugeprocrastinator（拖延者）.Theessayisthehardestthingtodo,sohe’sputitoffthelongest.”

FriendsandotherveteransoftheprocesshavewarnedMegthatthebackandforthbetweeneditingparentandwritingstudentcanbetraumatic（痛苦的）.

B）Backinthegoodolddays—say,twoyearsago,whenthelastofmychildren

sufferedtheordeal（折磨）—ahigh-schoolstudentapplyingtocollegecouldprocrastinateallthewaytoNewYear’sDayoftheirsenioryear,assumingtheycouldwithstandtheparentalpestering（烦扰）.Butthingschangefastinthenail-bitingworldofcollegeadmissions.TherecenttrendtowardearlydecisionandearlyactionamongselectivecollegesanduniversitieshaspushedthetraditionaldeadlineofJanuaryuptoNov.1orearlyDecemberformanystudents.

C）Ifthetimeforheel-dragginghasbeenshortened,thetruesourceoftheanxietyand

panicremainswhatithasalwaysbeen.Andit’snottheapplicationitself.A

collegeapplicationisarelativelystraightforwardquestionnaireaskingforthebasics:

name,address,familyhistoryemploymenthistory.Itwouldallbeinnocentenough—20minutesofbusywork—exceptitcomesattachedtoapersonalessay.

D）“Therearegoodreasonsitcausessuchanxiety,”saysLisaSohmer,directorof

collegecounselingattheGardenSchoolinJacksonHeights,N.Y.“It’snotjusttheactualwriting.Bynoweverythingelseisalreadyset.Yourcourseloadisset,yourgradesareset,yourtestscoresareset.Buttheessayissomethingyoucanstillcontrol,andit’sopen-ended.Sothetemptationistowriteandrewriteandrewrite.”

Orstallandstallandstall.

E）Theapplicationessay,alongwithitsmythicalimportance,isarecentinvention.In

the1930s,whenonlyonein10Americanshadadegreefromafour-yearcollege,anadmissionscommitteewascontenttoaskforasampleofapplicants’schoolpaperstoassesstheirwritingability.Bythe1950s,mostschoolsrequiredabriefpersonalstatementofwhythestudenthadchosentoapplytooneschooloveranother.

F）Todaynearly70percentofgraduatingseniorsgoofftocollege,includingtwo-year

andfour-yearinstitutions.Evenapartfromtheincreasedcompetition,thekidsenteraprocessthathasbeenutterlytransformedfromtheonebabyboomersknew.

Nearlyallapplicationmaterialsaresubmittedonline,andtheCommonApplicationprovidesaone-size-fitsformacceptedbymorethan400schools,includingthenation’smostselective.

G）Thoseschoolsusuallyrequireessaysoftheirown,butthelongestessay,500

wordsmaximum,isgenerallyattachedtotheCommonApplication.Studentschooseoneofsixquestions.Applicantsareaskedtodescribeanethicaldilemmathey’vefacedanditsimpactonthem,ordiscussapublicissueofspecialconcerntothem,ortellofafictionalcharacterorcreativeworkthathasprofoundlyinfluencedthem.Anotherquestioninvitesthemtowriteabouttheimportance（tothem,again）ofdiversity―awordthathasassumedmagicpowerinAmericanhighereducation.Themostpopularoption:

writeonatopicofyourchoice.

H）“Boysinparticularlookattheotherquestionsandsay,‘Oh,that’stoomuch

work,’”saysJohnBoshoven,acounselorintheAnnArbor,Mich.,publicschools.

“Theythinkiftheydoatopicoftheirchoice,“I’lljustgogetthathistorypaperIdidlastyearontheRomanEmpireandturnitintoafirst-personapplicationessay!

’Andtheyendupproducingsomethingutterlyridiculous.”

I）TalkingtoadmissionsprofessionalslikeBoshoven,yourealizethatthelistof

“don’ts”inessaywritingismuchlongerthanthe“dos.”“Nobookreports,nohistorypapers,nocharacterstudies,”saysSohmer.

J）“Itdrivesyoucrazy,howeasilykidsslipintoclichés（老生常谈）,”saysBoshoven.

“Theydon’trealizehowtypicaltheirexperiencesarc.‘Iscoredthewinninggoalinsocceragainstourarch-rival.’‘MygrandfatherservedinWorldWarII,andIhopetobejustlikehimsomeday.’Thatmaymeanalottothatparticularkid.Butintheworldoftheapplicationessay,it’snothing.You’lllosethereaderinthefirstparagraph.”

K）“Thegreateststrengthyoubringtothisessay,”saystheCollegeBoard’show-tobook,“is17yearsorsooffamiliaritywiththetopic:

YOU.Theformandstyleareveryfamiliar,andbestofall,youaretheworld-classexpertonthesubjectofYOU...Ithasbeenthesubjectofyourclosescrutinyeverymorningsinceyouweretallenoughtoseeintothebathroommirror.”ThekeywordintheCommonApplicationpromptsis“you.”

L）ThecollegeadmissionessaycontainsthegrandestAmericanthemes―statusanxiety,parentalpiety（孝顺）,intellectualstandards—andsoitisonlyamatteroftimebeforeitbecomesinfectedbythecountry’scultureofexcessiveconcernwithself-esteem.Evenifthequestionisostensibly（表面上）aboutsomethingoutsidetheself（describeafictionalcharacterorsolveaproblemofgeopolitics）,theessayinvariablyreturnstothefavoritetopic:

whatisitsimpactonYOU?

M）“Foralltheanxietytheessaycauses,”saysBillMcClintickofMercersburgAcademyinPennsylvania,“it’saverysmallpieceofthepuzzle.Iwasincollegeadmissionsfor10years.Isawkidsandparentsbeatthemselvesupoverthis.Andatthevastmajorityofplaces,itissimplynotabigvariableinthecollege’sdecision-makingprocess.”

N）Manyadmissionsofficerssaytheyspendlessthanacoupleofminutesoneachapplication,includingtheessay.Accordingtoarecentsurveyofadmissionsofficers,onlyoneinfourprivatecollegessaytheessayisof“considerableimportance”injudginganapplication.Amongpubliccollegesanduniversities,thenumberdropstoroughlyonein10.Bycontrast,86percentplace“considerableimportance”on