英语六级真题及答案.docx

1、英语六级真题及答案2011年12月英语六级真题Part I Writing The Way to Success First essaystream of thought type The Way to Success Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. And here comes our question, what is the way to success? A strong will and great efforts are the most essential two ke

2、ys to the door of success. Why do people fail to achieve their goal? The reason is that most of them give up halfway due to their lack of a strong will once they encounter any difficulty. A man of a strong will always sticks to his cause no matter how tough it might be. Would Thomas Edison be such a

3、 great man in history if he had done nothing but possessing a strong will? We are all familiar with his story that he had tried one thousand kinds of materials before he finally made his great bulb light up. Without hard effort, Edison might have been a nobody. Without efforts, no one can succeed. T

4、o sum up, a strong will and great efforts can help one open up the way to success. Where there is a will with efforts, there is a way.Part II Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 1. Google claims its plan for the worlds biggest online library is _ A. to save out-of-print books in libraries.

5、B. to serve the interest of the general public C. to encourage reading around the world D. to promote its core business of searching 2. According to Santiago de la Mora, Googles book-scanning project will A. help the broad masses of readers B. broaden humanitys intellectual horizons C. make full use

6、 of the power of its search engine D. revolutionise the entire book industry 3. Opponents of Google Books believe that digitally archiving the worlds books should be controlledby_. A) the worlds tech giants B)the worlds leading libraries C)non-profit organizations D)multinational companies 4. Google

7、 has involved itself in a legal battle as it ignored_. A. the copyright of authors of out-of -print books B. the interest of traditional sellers C. the copyright of the books it scanned D. the differences of in-print and out-of-print books. 5. Google defends its scanning in-copyright books by saying

8、 that _. A) making electronic copies of books is not a violation of copyright B) the online display of in-copyright books is not for commercial use C) it is willing to compensate the copyright holders D) it displays only a small part of their content 6. What do we learn about the class action suit a

9、gainst Google? A. It ended in a victory for the Authors Guild of America. B . It was settled after more than two years of negotiations. C . It failed to protect the interest of American publishers. D. It could lead to more out-of-court settlements of such disputes. 7. What remained controversial aft

10、er the class action suit ended? A. The compensation for copyright holders. B. The change in Googles business model. C. Googles further exploitation of its database. D. The commercial provisions of the settlement. 8. While_, Google makes money by selling advertising. 9. Books whose copyright holders

11、are not known are called_. 10. Googles entrance into digital bookselling will tremendously _ in the future. Part III Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will

12、 be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer She

13、et 2 with a single line through the centre. 11.M: I dont know what to do. I have to drive to Chicago next Friday for my cousins wedding, but I have got a Psychology test to prepare for. W: Why dont you record your notes so you can study on the way? Q: What does the woman suggest the man do? 12. M: P

14、rofessor Wright, you may have to find another student to play this role, the lines are so long and I simply cant remember them all. W: Look, Tony. It is still a long time before the first show. I dont expect you to know all the lines yet. Just keep practicing. Q: What do we learn from the conversati

15、on? 13. M: Hello, this is Dr. Martin from the Emergency Department. I have a male patient with a fractured ankle. W: Oh, we have one bed available in ward 3, send him here and I will take care of him. Q: What are the speakers talking about? 14. W: Since Simon will graduate this May, the school paper

16、 needs a new editor. So if you are interested, I will be happy to nominate you. M: Thanks for considering me. But the baseball team is starting up a new season. And Im afraid I have a lot on my hands. Q: What does the man mean? 15. W: Have you heard the news that Jame Smeil has resigned his post as

17、prime minister? M: Well, I got it from the headlines this morning. Its reported that he made public at this decision at the last cabinet meeting. Q: what do we learn about Jame Smeil? 16. W: The morning paper says the space shuttle is taking off at 10 a.m. tomorrow. M: Yeah, its just another one of

18、this years routine missions. The first mission was undertaken a decade ago and broadcast live then worldwide. Q: what can we infer from this conversation? 17. M: We do a lot of camping in the mountains. What would you recommend for two people? W: Youd probably be better off with the four reel drive

19、vehicle. We have several off-road trucks in stock, both new and used. Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place? 18. W: I hear you did some serious shopping this past weekend. M: Yeah, the speakers of my old stereo finally gave out and there was no way to repair them. Q: What did the m

20、an do over the weekend? Part V Cloze The Truth About Plastic By BRYAN WALSH Thursday, July 10, 2008 （Time magazine） If you know where to find a good plastic-free shampoo, can you tell Jeanne Haegele? Last September, the 28-year-old Chicago resident 62. resolved to cut plastics out of her life. The m

21、arketing coordinator was concerned about 63. what the chemicals coming out of some common types of plastic might be doing to her body. She was also worried about the damage all the plastic 64. rubbish was doing to the environment. So she 65. hopped on her bike and rode to the nearest grocery store t

22、o see what she could find that didnt 66. include plastic. I went in and 67. barely bought anything, Haegele says. She did 68. purchase some canned food and a carton (纸盒) of milk-69. only to discover later that both containers were 70. lined with plastic resin(树脂). Plastic, she says, just seemed like

23、 it was in everything. Shes right. Back in the 1960s, plastic was well 71. on its way to becoming a staple of American life. The U.S. produced 28 million tons of plastic waste in 2005-27 million tons of which 72. ended up in landfills. Our food and water come 73. wrapped in plastic. Its used in our

24、phones and our computers, the cars we drive and the planes we ride in. But the 74. infinitely adaptable substance has its dark side. Environmentalists fret about the petroleum needed to make it. Parents worry about the possibility of 75.toxic chemicals making their way from 76. household plastic int

25、o childrens bloodstreams. Which means Haegele isnt the only person trying to cut plastic out of her life-she isnt 77. even the only one blogging about this kind of 78. endeavor. But those whove tried know its 79. far from easy to go plastic-free. These things seem to be so common 80. that it is prac

26、tically impossible to avoid coming into 81. contact with them, says Frederick vom Saal, a biologist at the University of Missouri. 62:resolved 63:what 64: rubbish 65:hopped 66:include 67:barely 68:purchase 69:only 70:lined 71:on 72:ended up 73:wrapped 74:infinitely 75:toxic 76:household 77:even 78:e

27、ndeavor 79:far 80:that 81:contact Part VI Translation 1. You shouldnt have run across the road without looking, you would have been knocked down by a car. (也许会被车撞到) 解析：本题考察虚拟语气。句子是与过去事实相反，因此用would have +过去分词，表虚拟语气。 2 By no means does he regarded himself as an expert, (他把自己当成专家)although he knows a lo

28、t about the field. 解析：本题考察倒装和词组regard sb. as sth.(把当作)。介词短语 by no means 置于句首，构成部分倒装，因此把助动词does提前。 3 He doesnt appreciate the sacrifice his friends have made for him, however, he takes it for granted.(把他们所做的视作理所应当) 解析：本题考察词组take sth. for granted (把当作理所当然)。同时，考生要注意句子后半句前是一个逗号，要加上一个连词and或者加上however。 4

29、Janet told me that she would rather her mother not have interfered with her marriage.(不干涉她的婚姻) 解析：本题考察would rather have done sth, 表示过去事件，句子中told提示是过去发生的事，因此用would have interfered with。 5 To keep up with the expanding frontiers of scholarship. Edward Wilson found himself always searching for informat

30、ion on the internet. （经常上网查信息） 解析：本题考察了感官动词find+宾语+现在分词（作宾补），现在分词表主动。因此这里用searching。2011年12月英语六级试题答案Part I Writing 【标准版】The Way to Success Success is something everyone looks for, longs for and dies for. But have you ever considered what success is? Some may hold that success means one has beautiful

31、 life, like pretty house, cool cars and great power. Its indeed one way to define success. But to me, success is doing something one really feels like doing. To achieve this kind of success, one has to bear in mind three essential prerequisites, namely knowing where your interest really lies in, possessing the strong will to pursue your interest and having the diligence to realize your dream. In other words, they are