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最新英语六级真题及答案cetword版
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2008年6月21日大学英语六级真题
PartⅠWriting(30minutes)
WillE-booksReplaceTraditionalBooks?
1.随着信息技术的发展,电子图书越来越多
2.有人认为电子图书会取代传统图书,理由是……
3.我的看法
PartⅡReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)
Whatwilltheworldbelikeinfiftyyears?
Thisweeksometopscientists,includingNobelPrizewinners,gavetheirvisionofhowtheworldwilllookin
2056,frongas-poweredcarstoextraordinaryhealthadvances,JohnInghamreportsonwhattheworld'sfinest
mindsbelieveourfutureswillbe.
Forthoseofusluckyenoughtolivethatlong,2056willbeaworldofalmostperpetualyouth,whereobesityisa
remotememoryandrobotsbecomeourcompanions.
Wewillberubbingshoulderswithaliensandcolonizingouterspace.Betterstill,ourdescendantsmightatlast
liveinaworldatpeacewithitself.
Thepredictionisthatwewillhavefoundasourceofinexbaustible,safe,greenenergy,andthatsciencewillhave
killedoffreligion.Iftheyarerightwewillhaveremovedtwoofthemaincausesofwar-ourdependenceonoil
andreligiousprejudice.
Willwereally,astoday'sscientistsclaim,beabletoliveforeveroratleastcheattheageingprocesssothatthe
averagepersonlivesto150?
Ofcourse,allthesepredictionscomewithascientifichealthwarning.HarvardprofessorStevenPinkersays:
“Thisisaninvitationtolookfoolish,aswiththepredictionsofdomedcitiesandnuclear-poweredvacuum
cleanersthatweremade50yearago.”
Livinglonger
AnthonyAtala,directoroftheWakeForestInstituteinNorthCarolina,belivesfailingorganswillberepairedby
injectingcellsintothebody.Theywillnaturallytostraighttotheinjuryandhelphealit.Asystemofinjections
withoutneedlescouldalsoslowtheageingprocessbyusingthesameprocessto“tune”cells.
BruceLahn,professorofhumangeneticsattheUniversityofChicago,anticipatestheabilityto
produce“unlimitedsupplies”oftransplantablehumanorganswithouttheneededaneworgan,suchaskidney,the
surgeonwouldcontactacommercialorganproducer,givehimthepatient'simmuno-logicalprofileandwould
thenbesentakidneywiththecorrecttissuetype.
Theseorganswouldbeentirelycomposedofhumancells,grownbyintroducingthemintoanimalhosts,and
alloweingthemtodeveoopintoandorganinplaceoftheanimal'sown.ButProf.Lahnbelievesthatfarmed
brainswouldbe“offlimits”.Hesays:
“Veryfewpeoplewouldwanttohavetheirbrainsreplacedbysomeone
else'sandweprobablydon'twanttoputahumanbrainingananimalbody.”
RichardMiller,aprofessorattheUniversityofMichigan,thinksscientistcoulddevelop“anthenticanti-ageing
drugs”byworkingouthowcellsinlargeranimalssuchaswhalesandhumanresistmanyformsofinjuries.He
says:
“It'sisnowroutine,inlaboratorymammals,toextendlifespanbyabout40%.Turningonthesame
protectivesystemsinpeopleshould,by2056,createthefirstclassof100-year-oldswhoareasvigorousand
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productiveastoday'speopleintheir60s”
Aliens
ConlinPillinger,professorofplanerarysciencesattheOpenUniversity,says:
”Ifancythatatleastwewillbeable
toshowthatlifedidistarttoevolveonMarswellasEarth.”Within50yearshehopesscientistswillprovethat
alienlifecamehereinMartianmeteorites(陨石).
ChrisMcKay,aplanetaryscientistatNASA'sAmesResearchCenter.believesthatin50yearswemayfind
evidenceofalienlifeinancientpermanentforstofMarsoronotherplaners.
Headds:
”ThereisevenachancewewillfindalienlifeformshereonEarth.ItmightbeasdifferentasEnglishis
toChinese.
PricetonprofessorFreemanDysonthinksit“likely”thatlifeformouterspacewillbediscovereddefore2056
becausethetoolsforfindingit,suchasopticalandradiodetectionanddataprocessing,areimproving.
Heays:
”Assoonasthefirstevidenceisfound,wewillknowwhattolookforandadditionaldiscoveriesare
likelytofollowquickly.Suchdiscoveriesarelikelytohaverevolutionaryconsequencesforbiology,astronomy
andphilosophy.Theymaychangethewaywelookatourselvesandourplaceintheuniverse.
Coloniesinspace
RichardGottprofessorofastrophysicsatPrinceton,hopesmanwillsetupaself-sufficientcolonyonMars,which
wouldbea“lifeinsurancepolicyagainstwhatevercatastrophes,naturalorotherwise,mightoccuronEarth.
“TherealspaceraceiswhetherwewillcoloniseoffEarthontootherworldsbeforemoneyforthespace
programmerunsout.”
Spinalinjuries
EllenHeber-Katz,aprofessorattheWistarInstitudeinPhiladelphia,foreseescuresforinijuriescausingparalysis
suchastheonethatafflicatedSupermanstarChristopherReeve.
Shesays:
”Ibelievethatthedayisnotfaroffwhenwewillbeabletoprofescribedrugsthatcauseseveres(断裂的)spinalcordstoheal,heartstoregenerateandlostlimbstoregrow.
“Peoplewillcometoexpectthatinjuredordiseasedorgansaremeanttoberepairedfromwithin,inmuchthe
samewaythatwefixanapplianceorautomobile:
byreplancingthedamagedpartwithamanufacturer-certified
newpart.”Shepredictthatwithin5to10yearsfingersandtoeswillberegrownandlimbswillstarttobe
regrownafewyearslater.Repariestothenervoussystemwillstartwithopticnervesand,intime,thespinal
cord.”Within50yearswholebodyreplacementwillberoutine,”Prof.Heber-Katzadds.
Obesity
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SydneyBrenner,seniordistinguishedfellowoftheCrick-JacobsCenterinCalifornia,wonthe2002NoblelPrize
forMedicineandsaysthatifthereisaglobaldisastersomehumanswillsurvive-andevolitionwillfavoursmall
peoplewithbodieslargeenoughtosupporttherequiredamountofbrainpower.”Obesity,”hesays.”willhave
beensolved.”
Robots
RodneyBrooks,professorofroboticeatMIT,saystheproblemsofdevelopingartificialintelligenceforrobots
willbeatleastpartlyovercome.Asaresult,”thepossibilitiesforrobotsworkingwithpeoplewillopenup
immensely”
Energy
BillJoy,greentechnologyexpertinCalifomia,says:
”Themostsignificantbreakthroughtwouldbetohavean
inexhaustiblesourceofsafe,greenenergythatissubstantiallycheaperthananyexistingenergysource.”
Ideally,suchasourcewouldbesafeinthatitcouldnotbemadeintoweaponsandwouldnotmakehazardousor
toxicwasteorcarbondioxide,themaingreenhousegasblamedforglobalwarming.
Society
GeoffreyMiller,evolutionarypsychologistattheUniversityofNewMexico,says:
”TheUSwillfollowthe
UKinrealizingthatreligionisnoraprerequisite(前提)forordinaryhumandecency.
“This,sciencewillkillreligion-notbyreasonchallengingfaithbutbyofferingamorepractical,uniwersaland
rewardingmoralframeworkforhumaninteraction.”
Healsopredictsthat“ahsurdlywasteful”displaysofwealthwillbecomeumfashionablewhiletheimportance
ofclose-knitcommunitiesandfamilieswillbecomeclearer.
Thesetherechanger,hesays,willhelpmakeusall”brighe\ter,wiser,happierandkinder”.
注意:
此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
1.Whatisjohnlngham'sreportabout?
A)Asolutiontotheglobalenergycrisis
B)Extraordinaryadvancesintechnology.
C)Thelatestdevelopmentsofmedicalscience
D)Scientists'visionoftheworldinhalfacentury
2.AccordingtoHarvardprofessorStevenPinker,predictionsaboutthefuture_____.
A)mayinvitetrouble
B)maynotcometrue
C)willfoolthepublic
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D)domoreharmthangood
3.ProfessorBruceLahnoftheUniversityofChicagopredictsthat____.
A)humanswon'thavetodonateorgansfortransplantation
B)morepeoplewilldonatetheirorgansfortransplantation
C)animalorganscouldbetransplantedintohumanbodies
D)organtransplantationwon'tbeasscaryasitistoday
4.AccordingtoprofessorRichardMilleroftheUniversityofMichigarr,proplewill____.
A)lifeforaslongastheywish
B)berelievedfromallsufferings
C)lifeto100andmorewithvitality
D)beabletolivelongerthanwhales
5.PricetonprofessorFreemanSysonthinksthat____.
A)scientistswillfindalienlifesimilartoours
B)humanswillbeabletosettleonMars
C)alienlifewilllikelybediscovered
D)lifewillstarttoevolveonMars
6.AccordingtoPrincetonprofessorRichardGott,bysettingupaself-sufficientcolonyonMars,
Humans_____.
A)Mightsurvieallcatastrophesonearth
B)Mightacquireamplenaturalresources
C)WillbeabletotraveltoMarsfreely
D)Willmovetheretoliveabetterlife
7.EllenHeber-Katz,professorattheWistarInstitueinPhiladelpia,predictsthat_____.
A)humanorganscanbumanufacturedlikeappliances
B)peoplewillbeasstronganddymamicassupermen
C)humannervescanbereplancedbyopticfibers
D)lostfingersandlimbswillbeabletoregrow
8.rodneyBrookssaysthatitwillbepossibleforrobotstoworkwithhumansasaresultorthedevelopment
of__artificaialintelligenceforrobots_____
9.ThemostsignificantbreakthroughpredictedbyBilljoywillbeaninexhaustiblegreenenergysourcethatcan't
beusedtomake__pollutions___________
10AccordingtoGeoffreyMiller,sciencewillofferamorepractical,universalandrewardingmoralframework
inplaceof_________religion_______
PartIIIListeningComprehension(35minutes)
SectionA
Directions:
Inthissection,youwillhear8shortconversationsand2longconversations.Attheendofeach
conversation,oneormorequestionswillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestions
willbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherewill