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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