Part Ⅰ Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Certificate Craze. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below. 1．现在许多人热衷于各类证书考试 2．其目的各不相同 3．在我看来……
The Certificate Craze
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Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sen tences with the information given in the passage.
Minority Report
American universities are accepting more minorities than ever. Graduating them is another matter. Barry Mills, the president of Bowdoin College, was justifiably proud of Bowdoin's efforts to recruit minority students. Since 2003 the small, elite liberal arts school in Brunswick, Maine, has boosted the proportion of so-called under-represented minority students in entering freshman classes from 8% to 13%. \"It is our responsibility to reach out and attract students to come to our kinds of places,\" he told
a NEWSWEEK reporter. But Bowdoin has not done quite as well when it comes to actually graduating minorities. While 9 out of 10 white students routinely get their diplomas within six years, only 7 out of 10 black students made it to graduation day in several recent classes.
\"If you look at who enters college, it now looks like America,\" says Hilary Pennington, director of postsecondary programs for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has closely studied enrollment patterns in higher education. \"But if you look at who walks across the stage for a diploma, it's still largely the white, upper-income population.\"
The United States once had the highest graduation rate of any nation. Now it stands 10th. For the first time in American history, there is the risk that the rising generation will be less well educated than the previous one. The graduation rate among 25- to 34-year-olds is no better than the rate for the 55- to 64-year-olds who were going to college more than 30 years ago. Studies show that more and more poor and non-white students want to graduate from college – but their graduation rates fall far short of their dreams. The graduation rates for blacks, Latinos, and Native Americans lag far behind the graduation rates for whites and Asians. As the minority population grows in the United States, low college graduation rates become a threat to national prosperity.
The problem is pronounced at public universities. In 2007 the University of Wisconsin-Madison – one of the top five or so prestigious public universities – graduated 81% of its white students within six years, but only 56% of its blacks. At less-selective state schools, the numbers get worse. During the same time frame, the University of Northern Iowa graduated 67% of its white students, but only 39% of its blacks. Community colleges have low graduation rates generally – but rock-bottom rates for minorities. A recent review of California community colleges found that while a third of the Asian students picked up their degrees, only 15% of African-Americans did so as well.
Private colleges and universities generally do better, partly because they offer smaller classes and more personal attention. But when it comes to a significant graduation gap, Bowdoin has company. Nearby Colby
College logged an 18-point difference between white and black graduates in 2007 and 25 points in 2006. Middlebury College in Vermont, another top school, had a 19-point gap in 2007 and a 22-point gap in 2006. The most selective private schools – Harvard, Yale, and Princeton – show almost no gap between black and white graduation rates. But that may have more to do with their ability to select the best students. According to data gathered by Harvard Law School professor Lani Guinier, the most selective schools are more likely to choose blacks who have at least one immigrant parent from Africa or the Caribbean than black students who are descendants of American slaves.
\"Higher education has been able to duck this issue for years, particularly the more selective schools, by saying the responsibility is on the individual student,\" says Pennington of the Gates Foundation. \"If they fail, it's their fault.\" Some critics blame affirmative action – students admitted with lower test scores and grades from shaky high schools often struggle at elite schools. But a bigger problem may be that poor high schools often send their students to colleges for which they are \"undermatched\": they could get into more elite, richer schools, but instead go to community colleges and low-rated state schools that lack the resources to help them. Some schools out for profit cynically increase tuitions and count on student loans and federal aid to foot the bill – knowing full well that the students won't make it. \"The school keeps the money, but the kid leaves with loads of debt and no degree and no ability to get a better job. Colleges are not holding up their end,\" says Amy Wilkins of the Education Trust.
A college education is getting ever more expensive. Since 1982 tuitions have been rising at roughly twice the rate of inflation. In 2008 the net cost of attending a four-year public university – after financial aid – equaled 28% of median (中间的)family income, while a four-year private university cost 76% of median family income. More and more scholarships are based on merit, not need. Poorer students are not always the best-informed consumers. Often they wind up deeply in debt or simply unable to pay after a year or two and must drop out.
There once was a time when universities took pride in their dropout rates. Professors would begin the year by saying, \"Look to the right and look to the left. One of you is not going to be here by the end of the year.\" But such a Darwinian spirit is beginning to give way as at least a few colleges face up to the graduation gap. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the gap has been roughly halved over the last three years. The university has poured resources into peer counseling to help students from inner-city schools adjust to the rigor (严格要求)and faster pace of a university classroom –and also to help minority students overcome the stereotype that they are less qualified. Wisconsin has a \"laserlike focus\" on building up student skills in the first three months, according to viceprovost (教务长)Damon Williams.
State and federal governments could sharpen that focus everywhere by broadly publishing minority graduation rates. For years private colleges such as Princeton and MIT have had success bringing minorities onto campus in the summer before freshman year to give them some prepara tory courses. The newer trend is to start recruiting poor and non-white students as early as the seventh grade, using innovative tools to identify kids with sophisticated verbal skills. Such pro grams can be expensive, of course, but cheap compared with the millions already invested in scholarships and grants for kids who have little chance to graduate without special support.
With effort and money, the graduation gap can be closed. Washington and Lee is a small, selective school in Lexington, Va. Its student body is less than 5% black and less than 2% Latino. While the school usually graduated about 90% of its whites, the graduation rate of its blacks and Latinos had dipped to 63% by 2007. \"We went through a dramatic shift,\" says Dawn Watkins, the vice president for student affairs. The school aggressively pushed mentoring (辅导) of minorities by other students and \"partnering\" with parents at a special pre-enrollment session. The school had its first-ever black homecoming. Last spring the school
graduated the same proportion of minorities as it did whites. If the United States wants to keep up in the global economic race, it will have to pay systematic attention to graduating minorities, not just enrolling them.
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1. What is the author's main concern about American higher education? A) The small proportion of minority students. B) The low graduation rates of minority students. C) The growing conflicts among ethnic groups. D) The poor academic performance of students.
2. What was the pride of President Barry Mills of Bowdoin College? A) The prestige of its liberal arts programs. B) Its ranking among universities in Maine. C) The high graduation rates of its students. D) Its increased enrollment of minority students. 3. What is the risk facing America?
A) Its schools will be overwhelmed by the growing number of illegal immigrants. B) The rising generation will be less well educated than the previous one. C) More poor and non-white students will be denied access to college. D) It is going to lose its competitive edge in higher education.
4. How many African-American students earned their degrees in California community colleges according to a recent review?
A) Fifty-six percent. C) Fifteen percent. B) Thirty-nine percent. D) Sixty-seven percent.
5. Harvard, Yale, and Princeton show almost no gap between black and white graduation rates mainly because .
A) their students work harder C) their classes are generally smaller B) they recruit the best students D) they give students more attention 6. How does Amy Wilkins of the Education Trust view minority students' failure to get a degree? A) Universities are to blame. B) Students don't work hard.
C) The government fails to provide the necessary support. D) Affirmative action should be held responsible.
7. Why do some students drop out after a year or two according to the author? A) They have lost confidence in themselves. B) They cannot afford the high tuition. C) They cannot adapt to the rigor of the school. D) They fail to develop interest in their studies.
8. To tackle the problem of graduation gap, the University of Wisconsin-Madison helps minority students get over the stereotype that _______.
9. For years, private colleges such as Princeton and MIT have provided minority students with _______ during the summer before freshman year.
10. Washington and Lee University is cited as an example to show that the gap of graduation rates between whites and minorities can _______.
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will 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 correspond ing letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 11. A) She will give him the receipt later. B) The man should make his own copies. C) She has not got the man's copies ready. D) The man forgot to make the copies for her.
12. A) She phoned Fred about the book. C) She ran into Fred on her way here. B) She was late for the appointment. D) She often keeps other people waiting. 13. A) Mark is not fit to take charge of the Student Union. B) Mark is the best candidate for the post of chairman. C) It won't be easy for Mark to win the election. D) Females are more competitive than males in elections. 14. A) It failed to arrive at its destination in time. B) It got seriously damaged on the way. C) It got lost at the airport in Paris. D) It was left behind in the hotel.
15. A) Just make use of whatever information is available. B) Put more effort into preparing for the presentation. C) Find more relevant information for their work. D) Simply raise the issue in their presentation.
16. A) The man has decided to choose Language Studies as his major. B) The woman isn't interested in the psychology of language. C) The man is still trying to sign up for the course he is interested in. D) The woman isn't qualified to take the course the man mentioned. 17. A) They are both to blame. B) They are both easy to please. C) They can manage to get along. D) They will make peace in time.
18. A) They are in desperate need of financial assistance. B) They hope to do miracles with limited resources. C) They want to borrow a huge sum from the bank. D) They plan to buy out their business partners.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. A) We simply cannot help reacting instinctively that way. B) We wish to hide our indifference to their misfortune. C) We derive some humorous satisfaction from their misfortune. D) We think it serves them right for being mean to other people. 20. A) They want to show their genuine sympathy. B) They have had similar personal experiences.
C) They don't know how to cope with the situation. D) They don't want to reveal their own frustration. 21. A) They themselves would like to do it but don't dare to. B) It's an opportunity for relieving their tension. C) It's a rare chance for them to see the boss lose face. D) They have seen this many times in old films.
22. A) To irritate them. C) To relieve her feelings. B) To teach them a lesson. D) To show her courage. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. A) Smuggling drugs into Hong Kong. C) Stealing a fellow passenger's bag. B) Having committed armed robbery. D) Bringing a handgun into Hong Kong. 24. A) He said not a single word during the entire flight. B) He took away Kumar's baggage while he was asleep. C) He was travelling on a scholarship from Delhi University. D) He is suspected of having slipped something in Kumar's bag.
25. A) Give him a lift. C) Check the passenger list. B) Find Alfred Foster. D) Search all suspicious cars. Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. A) They think travel has become a trend. B) They think travel gives them their money's worth. C) They find many of the banks untrustworthy. D) They lack the expertise to make capital investments. 27. A) Lower their prices to attract more customers. B) Introduce travel packages for young travelers. C) Design programs targeted at retired couples. D) Launch a new program of adventure trips.
28. A) The role of travel agents. C) The number of last-minute bookings. B) The way people travel. D) The prices of polar expeditions. Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29. A) The old stereotypes about men and women. B) The changing roles played by men and women. C) The division of labor between men and women. D) The widespread prejudice against women.
30. A) Offer more creative and practical ideas than men. B) Ask questions that often lead to controversy. C) Speak loudly enough to attract attention.
D) Raise issues on behalf of women.
31. A) To prove that she could earn her living as a gardener. B) To show that women are more hardworking than men. C) To show that women are capable of doing what men do. D) To prove that she was really irritated with her husband. Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 32. A) Covering major events of the day in the city. B) Reporting criminal offenses in Greenville. C) Hunting news for the daily headlines. D) Writing articles on family violence. 33. A) It is a much safer place than it used to be. B) Rapes rarely occur in the downtown areas. C) Assaults often happen on school campuses. D) It has fewer violent crimes than big cities. 34. A) There are a wide range of cases. B) They are very destructive.
C) There has been a rise in such crimes. D) They have aroused fear among the residents.
35. A) Write about something pleasant. C) Offer help to crime victims. B) Do some research on local politics. D) Work as a newspaper editor. Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
In America, people are faced with more and more decisions every day, whether it's picking one of 31 ice cream (36) _____ or deciding whether and when to get married. That sounds like a great thing. But as a recent study has shown, too many choices can make us (37) _____, unhappy – even paralyzed with indecision.
That's (38) _____ true when it comes to the workplace, says Barry Schwartz, an author of six books about human (39) _____. Students are graduating with a (40) _____ of skills and interests, but often find themselves (41) _____ when it comes to choosing an ultimate career goal.
In a study, Schwartz observed decision-making among college students during their (42) _____ year. Based on answers to questions regarding their job-hunting (43) _____ and career decisions, he divided the students into two groups: \"maximizers\" who consider every possible option, and \"satisficers\" who look until they find an option that is good enough.
You might expect that the students (44) _________________________________. But it turns out that's not true. Schwartz found that while maximizers ended up with better paying jobs than satisficers on average, they weren't as happy with their decision.
The reason (45) _________________________________. When you look at every possible option, you tend to focus more on what was given up than what was gained. After surveying every option, (46) _________________________________.
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2.
Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
How good are you at saying \"no\"? For many, it's surprisingly difficult. This is especially true of editors, who by nature tend to be eager and engaged participants in everything they do. Consider these scenarios: It's late in the day. That front-page package you've been working on is nearly complete; one last edit and it's finished. Enter the executive editor, who makes a suggestion requiring a more-than-modest rearrangement of the design and the addition of an information box. You want to scream: \"No! It's done!\" What do you do? The first rule of saying no to the boss is don't say no. She probably has something in mind when she makes suggestions, and it's up to you to find out what. The second rule is don't raise the stakes by challenging her authority. That issue is already decided. The third rule is to be ready to cite options and consequences. The boss's suggestions might be appropriate, but there are always consequences. She might not know about the pages backing up that need attention, or about the designer who had to go home sick. Tell her she can have what she wants, but explain the consequences. Understand what she's trying to accomplish and propose a Plan B that will make it happen without destroying what you've done so far.
Here's another case. Your least-favorite reporter suggests a dumb story idea. This one should be easy, but it's not. If you say no, even politely, you risk inhibiting further ideas, not just from that reporter, but from others who heard that you turned down the idea. This scenario is common in newsrooms that lack a systematic way to filter story suggestions.
Two steps are necessary. First, you need a system for how stories are proposed and reviewed. Reporters can tolerate rejection of their ideas if they believe they were given a fair hearing. Your gut reaction (本能反应) and dismissive rejection, even of a worthless idea, might not qualify as systematic or fair.
Second, the people you work with need to negotiate a \"What if ...?\" agreement covering \"What if my idea is turned down?\" How are people expected to react? Is there an appeal process? Can they refine the idea and resubmit it? By anticipating \"What if...?\" situations before they happen, you can reach understanding that will help ease you out of confrontations.
47. Instead of directly saying no to your boss, you should find out __________.
48. The author's second warning is that we should avoid running a greater risk by __________. 49. One way of responding to your boss's suggestion is to explain the __________ to her and offer an alternative solution.
50. To ensure fairness to reporters, it is important to set up a system for stories to __________. 51. People who learn to anticipate \"What if...?\" situations will be able to reach understanding and avoid __________. Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One
Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.
At the heart of the debate over illegal immigration lies one key question: are immigrants good or bad for the economy? The American public overwhelmingly thinks they're bad. Yet the consensus among most economists is that immigration, both legal and illegal, provides a small net boost to the economy.
Immigrants provide cheap labor, lower the prices of everything from farm produce to new homes, and leave consumers with a little more money in their pockets. So why is there such a discrepancy between the perception of immigrants' impact on the economy and the reality?
There are a number of familiar theories. Some argue that people are anxious and feel threatened by an inflow of new workers. Others highlight the strain that undocumented immigrants place on public services, like schools, hospitals, and jails. Still others emphasize the role of race, arguing that foreigners add to the nation's fears and insecurities. There's some truth to all these explanations, but they aren't quite sufficient. To get a better understanding of what's going on, consider the way immigration's impact is felt. Though its overall effect may be positive, its costs and benefits are distributed unevenly. David Card, an economist at UC Berkeley, notes that the ones who profit most directly from immigrants' low-cost labor are businesses and employers – meatpacking plants in Nebraska, for instance, or agricultural businesses in California. Granted, these producers' savings probably translate into lower prices at the grocery store, but how many consumers make that mental connection at the checkout counter? As for the drawbacks of illegal immigration, these, too, are concentrated. Native low-skilled workers suffer most from the competition of foreign labor. According to a study by George Borjas, a Harvard economist, immigration reduced the wages of American high-school dropouts by 9% between 1980-2000.
Among high-skilled, better-educated employees, however, opposition was strongest in states with both high numbers of immigrants and relatively generous social services. What worried them most, in other words, was the fiscal (财政的)burden of immigration. That conclusion was reinforced by another finding: that their opposition appeared to soften when that fiscal burden decreased, as occurred with welfare reform in the 1990s, which curbed immigrants' access to certain benefits.
The irony is that for all the overexcited debate, the net effect of immigration is minimal. Even for those most acutely affected – say, low-skilled workers, or California residents – the impact isn't all that dramatic. \"The unpleasant voices have tended to dominate our perceptions,\" says Daniel Tichenor, a political science professor at the University of Oregon. \"But when all those factors are put together and the economists calculate the numbers, it ends up being a net positive, but a small one.\" Too bad most people don't realize it. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 52. What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A) Whether immigrants are good or bad for the economy has been puzzling economists. B) The American economy used to thrive on immigration but now it's a different story. C) The consensus among economists is that immigration should not be encouraged. D) The general public thinks differently from most economists on the impact of immigration. 53. In what way does the author think ordinary Americans benefit from immigration? A) They can access all kinds of public services. B) They can get consumer goods at lower prices. C) They can mix with people of different cultures. D) They can avoid doing much of the manual labor.
54. Why do native low-skilled workers suffer most from illegal immigration? A) They have greater difficulty getting welfare support. B) They are more likely to encounter interracial conflicts.
C) They have a harder time getting a job with decent pay. D) They are no match for illegal immigrants in labor skills.
55. What is the chief concern of native high-skilled, better-educated employees about the inflow of immigrants?
A) It may change the existing social structure. B) It may pose a threat to their economic status. C) It may lead to social instability in the country. D) It may place a great strain on the state budget. 56. What is the irony about the debate over immigration? A) Even economists can't reach a consensus about its impact. B) Those who are opposed to it turn out to benefit most from it. C) People are making too big a fuss about something of small impact. D) There is no essential difference between seemingly opposite opinions. Passage Two
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
Picture a typical MBA lecture theatre twenty years ago. In it the majority of students will have conformed to the standard model of the time: male, middle class and Western. Walk into a class today, however, and you'll get a completely different impression. For a start, you will now see plenty more women – the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, for example, boasts that 40% of its new enrolment is female. You will also see a wide range of ethnic groups and nationals of practically every country.
It might be tempting, therefore, to think that the old barriers have been broken down and equal opportunity achieved. But, increasingly, this apparent diversity is becoming a mask for a new type of conformity. Behind the differences in sex, skin tones and mother tongues, there are common attitudes, expectations and ambitions which risk creating a set of clones among the business leaders of the future.
Diversity, it seems, has not helped to address fundamental weaknesses in business leadership. So what can be done to create more effective managers of the commercial world? According to Valerie Gauthier, associate dean at HEC Paris, the key lies in the process by which MBA programmes recruit their students. At the moment candidates are selected on a fairly narrow set of criteria such as prior academic and career performance, and analytical and problem solving abilities. This is then coupled to a school's picture of what a diverse class should look like, with the result that passport, ethnic origin and sex can all become
influencing factors. But schools rarely dig down to find out what really makes an applicant succeed, to create a class which also contains diversity of attitude and approach – arguably the only diversity that, in a business context, really matters.
Professor Gauthier believes schools should not just be selecting candidates from traditional sectors such as banking, consultancy and industry. They should also be seeking individuals who have backgrounds in areas such as political science, the creative arts, history or philosophy, which will allow them to put business decisions into a wider context.
Indeed, there does seem to be a demand for the more rounded leaders such diversity might create. A study by Mannaz, a leadership development company, suggests that, while the bully-boy chief executive of old may not have been eradicated completely, there is a definite shift in emphasis towards less tough styles of management – at least in America and Europe. Perhaps most significant, according to Mannaz, is the increasing interest large companies have in more collaborative management models, such as those prevalent in Scandinavia, which seek to integrate the hard and soft aspects of leadership and encourage delegated responsibility and accountability.
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57. What characterises the business school student population of today?
A) Greater diversity. C) Exceptional diligence. B) Intellectual maturity. D) Higher ambition. 58. What is the author's concern about current business school education? A) It will arouse students' unrealistic expectations. B) It will produce business leaders of a uniform style. C) It focuses on theory rather than on practical skills. D) It stresses competition rather than cooperation.
59. What aspect of diversity does Valerie Gauthier think is most important?
A) Age and educational background. C) Attitude and approach to business. B) Social and professional experience. D) Ethnic origin and gender. 60. What applicants does the author think MBA programmes should consider recruiting? A) Applicants with prior experience in business companies. B) Applicants with sound knowledge in math and statistics. C) Applicants from outside the traditional sectors. D) Applicants from less developed regions and areas.
61. What does Mannaz say about the current management style? A) It is eradicating the tough aspects of management.
B) It encourages male and female executives to work side by side. C) It adopts the bully-boy chief executive model. D) It is shifting towards more collaborative models. Part
V Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
Organised volunteering and work experience has long been a vital companion to university degree courses. Usually it is left to __62__ to deduce the potential from a list of extracurricular adventures on a graduate's resume, __63__ now the University of Bristol has launched an award to formalise the achievements of students who __64__ time to activities outside their courses. Bristol PLuS aims to boost students in an increasingly __65__ job market by helping them acquire work and life skills alongside __66__ qualifications.
\"Our students are a pretty active bunch, but we found that they didn't __67__ appreciate the value of what they did __68__ the lecture hall,\" says Jeff Goodman, director of careers and employability at the university. \"Employers are much more __69__ than they used to be. They used to look for __70__ and saw it as part of their job to extract the value of an applicant's skills. Now they want students to be able to explain why those skills are __71__ to the job.\"
Students who sign __72__ for the award will be expected to complete 50 hours of work experience or __73__ work, attend four workshops on employ-ability skills, take part in an intensive skills-related activity __74__, crucially, write a summary of the skills they have gained. __75__ efforts will gain an Outstanding
Achievement Award. Those who __76__ best on the sports field can take the Sporting PLuS Award which fosters employer-friendly sports accomplishments.
The experience does not have to be __77__ organised. \"We're not just interested in easily identifiable skills,\" says Goodman. \" __78__ , one student took the lead in dealing with a difficult landlord and so __79__ negotiation skills. We try to make the experience relevant to individual lives.\"
Goodman hopes the __80__ will enable active students to fill in any gaps in their experience and encourage their less-active __81__ to take up activities outside their academic area of work. 62. A) advisors B) specialists C) critics D) employers 63. A) which B) but C) unless D) since 64. A) divide B) devote C) deliver D) donate 65. A) harmonious B) competitive C) resourceful D) prosperous 66. A) artistic B) technical C) academic D) interactive 67. A) dominantly B) earnestly C) necessarily D) gracefully 68. A) outside B) along C) over D) through 69. A) generous B) considerate C) enlightening D) demanding 70. A) origin B) initial C) popularity D) potential 71. A) relevant B) responsive C) reluctant D) respective 72. A) out B) off C) away D) up
73. A) casual B) elective C) domestic D) voluntary 74. A) or B) thus C) so D) and 75. A) Occasional B) Exceptional C) Informative D) Relative 76. A) perform B) convey C) circulate D) formulate 77. A) roughly B) randomly C) formally D) fortunately 78. A) For instance B) In essence C) In contrast D) Of course 79. A) demonstrated B) determined C) operated D) involved
80. A) device B) section C) scheme D) distraction 81. A) attendants B) agents C) members D) peers
Part VI Translation (5 minutes) Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. Please write your translation onAnswer Sheet 2.
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82. Even though they were already late, they ____________________ (宁愿停下来欣赏美丽的景色) than just go on.
83. No agreement was reached in the discussion between the two parties, as ____________________ (任何一方都不肯放弃自己的立场).
84. The pills ____________________ (本来可以治愈那位癌症病人的), but he didn't follow the doctor's advice and take them regularly.
85. It is ____________________ (你真好，给了我那么多帮助); I really feel obliged to you.
86. The war left the family scattered all over the world, and it was thirty years ____________________ (他们才得以重聚).
2011年6月大学英语六级真题答案详解完整版
Part I Writing 标准版
My opinion on certificate craze
The growing tendency among college students to get all kinds of certificates has now evolved into a craze. Just randomly ask a student what he or she is busily engaged in doing, quite possibly, you would get the answer that he or she is preparing for a certificate of some kind. So, why’s the craze?
The reason behind this phenomenon is common — the enormous pressure of finding a job. Faced with a harsh job market, most students have no choice but to seek more certificates to parlay their qualifications. Another factor is that diploma and certificates still weighs heavily in terms of signifying one’s ability. For the sake of increasing their odds of landing a better job, the students are compelled to run from one exam to another.
Though I have an open mind toward the craze on certificates, I suggest that students should be more rational when it comes to certificates, since they do not necessarily tell their ability. Instead, they should be more involved in learning and capability boosting, thus, opportunities would come quite naturally. 文章点评：
这是一篇“中等偏上”的学生作文。 本文先对学生的考证热进行简介，引出全篇；接着分析这一现象背后的原因；整体看思路清晰，逻辑严密，行文流畅，句式多变，用语较为地道。 本篇亮点表达：
The growing tendency … has now evolved into… be busily engaged in doing The reason behind… harsh job market
have no choice but to… parlay their qualifications
sth. weighs heavily in terms of… increasing one’s odds of… be involved in doing … be compelled to do…
have an open mind toward… capability boosting 本文有待提高之处：
1. 文章结构上，能看得出该同学试图采用议论文的“三段式”（提出问题、分析问题、解决问题）。逻辑严谨，论证严密；句式表达灵活，用语较为地道。
2. 微观语言点方面，有个主谓一致的方面的错误（diploma and certificates still weighs heavily）；有些语句稍显啰嗦，比quite possibly, you would get the answer that… 大可简化成you’d most likely be told that… 更好，意思没有丝毫减损，表达力反而增强许多；另外某些用语多重复，比如job多次出现；为了避免此类现象，文中的the
enormous pressure of finding a job 不妨改为 the enormous pressure of getting employed。
从整体看，本篇文章不错，值得参考借鉴，不过用于方面还有待提高。 高分版
Certificate craze
Recently the phenomenon of certificate craze has become a big concern of the public. It is also a new craze in the university, which seems like a routine activity on campus, for certificates do play a vital role when students look for a decent job.
Admittedly, there are different purposes behind this phenomenon. Some people aim at certificates because of the employment pressure. With the admission expansion of colleges, a great many graduates have to face the fierce
competition in the job market. So it is the certificates that can make them more competitive. However, some others consider all the diploma and certificates important standards by which a person’s ability can be measured. They spare no effort to get the certificates for the sole purpose of proving that they are
qualified in a certain field. Moreover, there are those who just want to enrich their life by preparing for the certificates because they really enjoy their progress.
From my point of view, we should be more rational when it comes to certificates, since certificates do not necessarily prove one’s ability. Being crazy in getting certifications blindly is nothing but wasting time. To conclude, we should focus on improving our ability but not merely getting a certificate. 文章点评：
本次六级作文探讨的是考生比较熟悉的话题——高校考证书热；本次试题延续了以往的考试风格，关注点仍然放在与学生息息相关的话题上；从选题角度来说，考生还是比较好把握的。需要注意的是由于第二部分可能需要列出多点原因，考生在该部分需要注意论述的条理性；此外，在保证句法通顺的前提下，尽可能做到表达的多样化。
首先，在考生拿到题目的时候，应该先认真审题，心里大致对接下来文章的安排有一个底。提起证书热的话，很多考生都会联想到就业压力，学校给予的压力以及学生自身的需求；因此，全文可做如下安排；
第一段，考生可以整体阐述一下该话题，陈述下目前存在的考证热现象；
第二段，考生可以对考证热背后存在的各种各样的目的进行拓展；比如说由于日益严重的就业压力，以及有的学校时不时给学生灌输的压力；或者是学生自身从身边感受到的一些压力，都可能导致考证热的产生。
第三段要求考生对于该现象给出自己的理解，考生应在这里持一种客观的态度。因为考证本身并不是一种错误，但是考生应当注意从题目“考证热”出发，重点放在“热”字上，对这一现象做出最理性的评述。
综合来讲，本篇文章观点明确，思路清晰；在第二段给出的例证具有代表性；此外，文章中有用到不少的亮点词汇；唯一比较遗憾的是，由于时间和篇幅的限制，论证的展开还未完全挖掘出来，但在如此有限的条件下，可以称得上佳作了。 外教版
The job market today is increasingly sophisticated, requiring workers to have specialized knowledge in their fields. As a result, becoming certified is a trend among today’s job seeking youth. More and more people, students especially, look at obtaining certification as a means to getting a better job and, therefore, enjoying brighter future.
There are as many certificates as there are fields of study. Lawyers will take the LSAT, business majors will take the GMAT to further their study in the US, and those who study a foreign language, like English, might take the TOEFL, TOEIC, or any number of English certification exams.
Is this necessary? Or, is the “certification craze” just a trend that will eventually pass? I myself have obtained two different certifications: one in Japanese (N2) and another in teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL). Both of these certifications have been beneficial in getting good jobs. Therefore, it is my
opinion that, trend or not, the results of becoming certified are real and can be invaluable in opening up future opportunities. 文章点评：
1. 逻辑结构上，本文大体也是按照“提出问题（考证热的现象）”“分析问题（背后的动力）”和“解决问题（个人的观点）”的结构展开。
2. 本文的亮点非常多，用语非常地道，用英语思维催动出来的英语文章，才是真正的极品。相比用中式思维催动出来的英语文章，这篇文章是很美味的，强烈建议大家背诵下来。大家记得《天龙八部》吗？鸠摩智用小无相功催动出的招式是敌不过藏经阁里的扫地和尚的。总之，我们大可不必刻意使用难词难句，其实表意明确，用语地道的文章，就肯定可以拿到高分。
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
1. B. The low graduation rates of minority students
解析： 全文讲的是少数民族学生的毕业率变低的问题，这也是作者对于美国高等教育所担心的一个问题，关键词在low graduation rate，其他的proportion，conflict，和academic performance都没有涉及，故选B。
2. D. its increased enrollment of minority students
解析：答案在整篇文章第一句话，Bowdoin College的校长引以为豪的是扩招了很多少数民族学生。而不是学校排名，文化遗产继承，C选项高毕业率与原文不符，故选D。 3. B. The rising generation will be less well educated than the previous one. 解析：答案定位在第四段。原文内容是： …, there is the risk that the rising generation will be less well educated than the previous one. 而D选项说美国将会失去其在高等教育方面的竞争优势，这一点原味并未提及，原文只是说美国的低毕业率问题。 4. C. Fifiteen percent
解析：答案在原文第四段最后一句话。only 15% of African-Americans did so as well. 5. B. they recruit the best students
解析：尽管C选项和D选项是私立高校的措施，但哈佛，耶鲁等名校白种人和黑种人毕业率没有差别的原因却在于他们在选拨方面做的出色。根据原文But may have more to do with their ability to select the best students.可知本题答案选B。
6. A. Universities are to blame.
解析：根据原文第6段some critics blame affirmative action, … But a bigger problem may be that …定位到本段最后Amy Wilkins的话，可知答案选A。某些高校只是为了追求金钱，不顾学生毕业，应该受到批评。
7. B. They cannot afford the high tuition.
解析：根据原文第八段最后一句，可知学生入学后退学，原因在于交不起学费。
8. that they are less qualified
解析：定位到原文第九段中间部分，破折号之后，and also to help minority students overcome the stereotype that they are less qualified.
9. some preparatory courses
解析：定位到原文第十段第三行，… bringing minority onto campus in the summer before freshman year to give them some preparatory courses.
10.be closed
解析：定位到原文最后一段第一句。With effort and money, the graduation gap can be closed.
Part III Listening Comprehension Section A
11.
M: I left 20 pages here to copy. Here is the receipt.
W: I'm sorry, sir. But we're a little behind. Could you come back in a few minutes?
Q: What does the woman mean?
答案：C. She has not got the man's copies ready.
解析：本题考的是文化场景，出现了copy 等词，还是比较基础的。原文中男生想出示收据来拿复印材料，然后女生说“ we're a little behind. ”（我们动作稍落后）意思就是还没复印好。
12.
W: I hope you're not too put out with me for the delay. I have to stop by friends' home to pick up a book on my way here.
M: Well, that's not a big deal. But you might at least phone if you know you're going to keep someone waiting.
Q: What do we learn about the woman from the conversation? 答案：B. She was late for the appointment.
解析：生活类场景题。注意对\"be put out with sb\"（对……生气）的理解；文中女生首先对自己的迟到表示歉意并解释原因；男生说不是大问题，但是你至少得打个电话给我。因此，我们知道女生迟到了。
13.
W: Mark is the best candidate for chairman of the student union, isn't he?
M: Well, that guy won't be able to win the election unless he gets some majority vote from women students. And I'm not sure about that. Q: What does the man mean?
答案：C. It won't be easy for Mark to win the election.
解析：对话属于学习类场景，出现了majority , student union,和 candidate等相关词汇。考点在于对话中的肯定与否定类，即前面一个人提出观点，后面一个人采取‘取非’的态度；文中第一人说Mark是学生会主席的不二人选，而第二人则说除非Mark获得了大多数女生的选票，否则是赢不了的，因此还不能确定。
14.
M: Sorry to have kept you waiting, Madam. I've located your luggage.It was left behind in Paris and won't arrive until later this evening.
W: Oh, I can't believe this. Have it deliver to my hotel then , I guess. Q: What happened to the woman's luggage?
答案：A. It failed to arrive at its destination in time.
解析：考短对话常考场景，旅游场景，其中hotel , luggage 等单词可帮助学生直接定位；第一个人（估计是工作人员）对旅客道歉说行李被落在巴黎了，要到深夜才能送到。旅客说这让让她难以置信，然后要求就把行李送到宾馆。由此可知，女士的行李还没有到达目的地。 15.
W: I don't think we have enough information for our presentation, but we have to give it tomorrow. There doesn't seem to be much we can do about it. M: Yeah, at this point we 'll have to make do with what we've got. Q: What does the man suggest they do?
答案：A. Just make use of whatever information is available.
解析：关键词presentation, 为校园场景。考点为第二人建议题，\"at this point, we’ll have to do…\"明确表示建议，将建议后的内容听出来就可以了。这里“we 'll have to make do with what we've got.”意思是“我们要善加利用手上已有的东西”。
16.
M: I am taking this great course-Psychology of Language, it's really interesting. Since you are a psychology major, you should sign up for it.
W: Actually I tried to do that, but they told me I have to take language studies first.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
答案：D. The woman isn’t qualified to take the course the man mentioned. 解析：关键词course，为校园场景。16题为典型的第二人but转折后出考题，音频中出现的psychology其实不需要知道意思，前面已经有course来解释了。这和六级一贯的难词前后有对其的解释的原则一致，并且psychology是六级学生应该掌握的词汇。 文中男生向女生推荐语言心理学这门课，女生说她有尝试报名，但是在参加课程前得先进行语言学习，因此推出，女生还没有资格参加该课程。
17.
W: Can you believe the way Larry was talking to his roommate? No wonder they don't get along.
M: Well, maybe Larry was just reacting to something his roommate said. There are two sides to every story you know.
Q: What does the man imply about Larry and his roommate? 答案：A. They are both to blame.
解析：17题为租房与住房类，出现了诸如roommate，get along等词汇。并且第二人用maybe给出建议，作为考点。女生首先提到Larry对室友的说话态度不好；然后男生提到有可能他的室友讲了些什么，Larry才会有如此反应。每件事都是有两面性的。因此双方可能都有责任。
18.
M: We don't have the resources to stop those people from buying us out unless a miracle happens. This may be the end of us.
W: I still have hope we can get help from the bank. After all we don't need that much money.
Q: What do we learn about the speakers from the conversation? 答案：A. They are in desperate need of financial assistance.
解析：18题为商务话题，关键词 resources，考题类型为观点态度类，答案出现在第二人woman回答处，出现不绝对模凌两可的词汇给出观点态度，此为本题考点。第一人话中讲到“buy sb. out”表示收购；对于这个词不认知问题不大，后面给出了提示，表明发生了问题。而第二人给出了建议。具体而言，第一人说情况很不乐观，第二人说还有希望，能向银行求助。由此可知，他们的经济状况不佳，急需帮助。 Conversation One
听力原文
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. W: You know I’ve often wondered why people laugh at the picture of a big belly businessman slipping on a banana skin and falling on his bottom. We are to feel sorry for them.
M: Actually, Laura, I think we laugh because we are glad it didn’t happen to us. But of course there is also a kind of humorous satisfaction in seeing somebody self-important making a fool of themselves.
W: Yes, and there are a lot of jokes about people who are too fat or physically handicapped, you know, deaf, or short-sighted things like that. After all, it’s not really funny to be like that.
M: Oh, I think that’s because we’re embarrassed. We don’t know how to cope with the situation. Perhaps we are even a bit frightened we may get like that, so we laugh.
M: What about the custard pie routine?
W: What do you mean ‘custard pie routine’?
M: You know, all those old films where someone gets so outraged with his boss, He picks up a custard pie and plasters it all over the other person’s face.
W: That never makes me laugh much, because you can guess what’s going to happen. But a lot of people still find it laughable. It must because of the sort of the thing we’d all love to do once in a while and never quiet have the courage to. M: I had an old aunt who used to throw cups of tea at people when she was particularly irritated. She said it relieved her feelings. W: It must have come a bit expensive.
M: Not really. She took care never to throw her best china.
19. C）We derive some humorous satisfaction from their misfortune.
解析：从But of course there is also a kind of humorous satisfaction in seeing somebody self-important making a fool of themselves.一句中，可知，我们会嘲笑他人的不幸，是因为我们可以从中得到一种幽默的满足，derive from 意为得到，取得, make a fool of 意为愚弄，出洋相，所以正确答案是C
20. C) They don't know how to cope with the situation
解析：人们之所以会嘲笑胖子或身体有残缺的人，是因为人们不知该如何处理那样的情况，文中有句有真相\"We don’t know how to cope with the situation\"，所以正确答案是C 21. A) They themselves would like to do it but don't dare to. 解析：custard pie 意为“牛奶饼”，题目问的是，为什么人们看到有人往老板脸上扔牛奶饼，会觉得很有趣？对话中也几乎是原封不动地给出了答案，那是因为我们也想做却不敢做。would like to do 是love to do 的同义替换词， dare to do 又是have courage to do 的同义替换词。
22. C) To relieve her feelings.
解析：relieve feelings意为缓和情绪，对话中提到，She said it relieved her feelings. 这位男生的阿姨自己亲口表示，当她被激怒时，会朝别人扔茶杯，来缓和自己的情绪，而不是如选项A 所说，to irritate them ,激怒别人。所以正确答案是C
这篇对话探讨的是心理问题，有些小抽象。但是大家千万不要被这阵势吓到了，只要事先阅读过一遍题目，听对话时定位准确，找到关键词，很多问题便迎刃而解啦。四个问题都是按照文章的顺序提问的，第一个和最后一个问题如大家所料，在对话的开头和结尾部分，所以开头和结尾仍是要严防死守之处。除此以外，同义替换词依然是重点考察项目，如would like to do ， dare to do。这篇长对话虽然很多答案能从对话中可以直接找到相对应的原句，但是在做听力时，还是要仔细聆听，定位关键句，否则漏掉一句，做起题目来可能就会比较吃力了。
Conversation Two 听力原文
W: Your name Sanjay Kumar is that correct? M: Yes, madam.
W: You claim you are traveling on a scholarship from Delhi University. M: That’s right.
W: Now it seems that a hand gun was found in your luggage. Do you admit that? M: Yes, but…
W：According to the statement you made, you had never seen the hand gun before it was found in your bag. Do you still maintain that? M: But it’s true. I swear it.
W: Mmm, you do realize Mr. Kumar that to bring a hand gun into Hong Kong without proper authorization is a serious offense.
M: But I didn’t bring it. I … I mean I didn’t know anything about it. It wasn’t there when I left Delhi. My bags were searched. It was part of the airport security check.
W: Maybe so, but someone managed to get that hand gun onto the aircraft or it couldn’t have been there. M: Someone but not me.
W: Tell me , where was your personal bag during the flight?
M: I had it down by my feet between me and the man in the next seat.
M: He was the only person who could have opened my bag while I was asleep. It must have been him.
W: I see. Have you any idea who this man was?
M: He told me his name, Alfred Foster. He was very friendly, after I woke up that is. He hadn’t spoken before.
W: Alfred Foster, we can check that on the passenger list.
M: He said he had a car coming to meet him. He offered me a lift. W: Oh, Why should he do that?
M: So he can get his handgun back, that’s why. Please find him, Madam.
Questions 23-25 are based on the conversation you have just heard
23. D) Bringing a handgun into Hong Kong
解析：suspect 的意思是怀疑，题目问， Sanjay Kumar 被怀疑什么？对话的开头，女警察便说到，“Now it seems that a hand gun was found in your luggage”，也就是说在Sanjay Kumar 的包里发现了一把手枪，由此可得出选项D
24. D) He is suspected of having slipped something into Kumar's bag 解析：从对话中，我们了解到，Sanjay Kumar 并没有携带枪支，而是坐在他身边的Alfred Foster 栽赃嫁祸，趁Sanjay Kumar 睡着时，将手枪放进他的包里，slip 有暗中塞入的意思，对应选项D
25. B) Find Alfred Foster.
解析：对话的最后一句已给出了答案，\"Please find him, Madam.\"Sanjay Kumar 请求警察能够找到Alfred Foster
这是一篇审讯对话，在最近三年的六级长对话听力中，还没有涉及，但是审讯对话并不难，我们可以从两人的语气，称呼中得出，如Sanjay Kumar 称那位女士为madam,女士的口气也比较硬，如用了“Do you admit that，tell me\"等语句。这篇长对话既考察了对大意的理解，也考察了对细节的把握，其中24题，更像是一道推理题，对话中并没有明确指出Alfred Foster 把手枪塞入了Sanjay Kumar 的包内，但我们可以从Sanjay Kumar 的回答中推理出相应的结论，23、25题对细节的考察在对话中可以直接找到出处，总的来说，第二篇长对话还是比较简单的。 Section B Passage One 听力原文
Everyone is looking for a good investment these days. And with stocks,
currencies and companies all crashing, some are finding that taking the trip of a lifetime is actually a smart move right now. Prices are good, crowds are fewer and the dividends like expanded worldview, lifelong memories, the satisfaction of boosting the global economy—can't be easily snatched away. Sylvia and Paul Custerson, a retired couple from Cambridge, England, recently took a 16-day vacation to Namibia, where they went on bird-watching excursions. Later this year, they are planning a trip to Patagonia. \"We're using our capital now,\" says Sylvia, \"And why not? We're not getting any interest in the bank. If it's a place we really want to go, then we will go. We may as well travel while we're fit and healthy. \"
Some travel agents are thriving in spite of the economy. \"We've had more people booking in the first quarter of this year than last,\" says Hubert Moineau, founder of Tselana Travel, which is planning to introduce a new program of longer adventure trips, including polar expeditions and cruises in the Galápagos. \"We're hearing things like, 'We don't know what the situation will be in six
months so let's travel now' \operator Explore has been surprised to see an increase in last-minute bookings of high-priced trips to such places as India, Bhutan and Nepal. \"It seems people would rather give up something else than the big trip,\" he says. Travel has become a necessity. It's just how we travel that is changing. Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 篇章类型及提要：社会现象，经济相关 听力点睛：
本文介绍了在总体市场经济不景气的前提下，旅游业异军突起现象及其前因后果。文章开篇就介绍总的社会背景是各种不景气前提下，外出旅游成为人们的选择之一，紧接着以一个例子来证明。然后旅行社相关的权威人物的话语中更是证明目前旅游业正风头正劲。文章中出现的金融词汇，人名、地名及职务名称，如investment, investment, Namibia, Namibia, managing director of the U. K. tour operator Explore等。一定程度上会让考生觉得头疼，且分散注意力。这就需要考生有一定对重要信息的提取能力。人名、地名及职务名称等听过有个印象就好，不必过于纠结。 精剖细析：
26. According to the speaker, why are some people willing to spend their money on travel these days?
答案：B）They think travel gives them their money's worth.
解析：推断题。本题问如今一些人愿意把钱花在旅游上的原因。第一题通常从听力开头去定位答案。文章第一句\"Everyone is looking for a good investment\紧接着说明但如今股票市场，货币投资和公司都不太景气（crashing），一些人就发现旅行不失为一个不错的“投资”，( taking the trip of a lifetime is actually a smart move) 这钱花得也值。 27. What is Tselana Travel planning to do, according to its founder? 答案：D) Launch a new program of adventure trips.
解析：细节题。看到Tselana Travel直接锁定目标，且听力中也给出了\"planning to introduce...\"排除其他选秀。 旅游业兴盛起来，那么相应的旅行社等必然会采取措施，争取吸引客户获得经济利益。所以听的时候我们要格外注意，要对旅行社的行为要注意听。p 28. According to Ashley Toft, managing director of Explore, what is changing now with regard to travels?
答案：B) The way people travel. 解析：细节题。关键词\"Ashley Toft\"和\"changing\"，考生容易选C选项，因为这个Ashley Toft也提到了last-minute bookings数字的增长。但是一定要把文章听完，最后给出了\"Travel has become a necessity. It's just how we travel that is changing.\" 2个选项一对比，B选项更为合适。 The way people travel和how we travel用到了同义替换。也再次说明，听力首尾都是听力常考的重点区域，不可掉以轻心。 Passage Two
听力原文
Somehow the old male and female stereotypes no longer fit. Men and women in this country haven’t been fulfilling their traditional roles for some time now. And there seem to be fewer and fewer differences between the sexes. For instance, even though more women than men are still homemakers without paying jobs, women have been taking over more responsibility in the business world,
earning higher salaries than ever before and entering fields of work that used to be exclusively male areas. At office meetings and in group discussions, they might speak up more often, express strong opinions and come up with more creative and practical ideas than their male colleagues. Several days ago, my 23-year-old daughter came to me with some important news. Not only had she found the highest paying job of her career, but she’d also accepted a date with the most charming men she’d ever met.
“Really?”, I responded,” tell me about them.”
“Receptionist in an attorney’s office and a welder at a construction site.” She answered in a matter-of-fact way. The interesting thing is my daughter’s date is the receptionist and my daughter is the welder. The old stereotypes of men’s and women’s work have been changing more quickly than ever before, except perhaps in my own marriage.
“Who's going to mow the lawn? ” I asked my husband this morning. “Oh, I will,” he answered politely. ”That's men's work. ”
“What?” Irritated, I raised my voice. “That's a ridiculous stereotype. I'll show you who can do the best job on the lawn.” The work took 3 hours and I did it all myself.
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 篇章类型及提要：社会现象，两性关系 听力点睛：
本文介绍作者对男女关系的老套传统观念持质疑态度，并举例证明其观点。本文难词不多，2个例子也以对话为主，所以难度适中。文章第一句\"Somehow the old male and female stereotypes no longer fit. \"非常直白的表明了作者的观点。文章难度不大的，题目往往会比较讨巧，所以一定不能放松警惕。题目中的以推理为主的题目会相对比较多。 精剖细析：
29. What is the speaker mainly talking about?
答案：B) The changing roles played by men and women.
解析：主旨题。主要考察考生对主旨的理解。注意这里A选项容易让人混淆。首句中的old stereotypes会误导考生去选A。但A选项并不完整。文章不是讲老套传统的男女观念。而是对此的一个质疑，传统男女的角色正在不断改变。这也是六级做题的一个技巧。选项中出现和文章有关的重点单词，并不一定就是答案。选项还是都得仔细阅读。
30. What might women do at office meetings nowadays according to the speaker?
答案：A) Offer more creative and practical ideas than men. 解析：细节题。此题不难，关键词\"office meetings'，文章中直接给出了\"they might speak up more often, express strong opinions and come up with more creative and practical ideas than their male colleagues.\"排除其他选项。
31. Why did the speaker mow the lawn herself that morning? 答案：C) To show that women are capable of doing what men do.
解析：推断题。题目问主人公为什么要自己来修整草坪。文章最后是以一段对话体现。此题需要简单推理。首先主人公很明确的表示自己认为传统男女的关系及角色扮演正在不断改变，女性可以做好传统观念里男人应该做的事。 自己女儿就是一个很好的例子，是焊接工（welder），而女儿男友则是律师事务所的前台接待。那么必然推断出作者本身自己的行为举止也是贯彻自己的这一想法。推断选C，排除其他选项。 Passage Three 听力原文
Florence Hayes is a journalist for the Green Ville Journal, the daily newspaper in town. Specifically she covers crime in the Green Ville area. This responsibility takes her to many different places every week——the police station, the court and the hospital. Most of the crimes that she writes about fall into two groups: violent crimes and crimes against property. There isn’t much violent crime in a small town like Green Ville, or at least not as much as in the large urban areas. But assaults often occur on Friday and Saturday nights, near the bars downtown. There’re also one or two rapes on campus every semester. Florence is very interested in this type of crime and tries to write a long article about each one. She expects that this will make women more careful when they walk around Green Ville alone at night
Fortunately, there were usually no murders in Green Ville. Crimes against
property make up most of Miss Heyes’ reporting. They range from minor cases of deliberate damaging of things to much more serious offenses, such as car accidents involving drunk drivers or bank robberies but Florence has to report all of these violations from the thief who took typewriters from every unlock room in the dormitory to the thief who stole one million dollars worth of art work from the university museum. Miss Hayes enjoys working for a newspaper but she sometimes gets unhappy about all the crime she has to report. She would prefer to start writing about something more interesting and less unpleasant such as local news or politics, maybe next year Florence Hayes Green Ville 篇章类型及提要：
听力点睛：
本文主要从Florence Hayes，一位来自Green Ville Journal的记者的工作揭示Green Ville的治安状况。难词不多，难度适中，难词主要是对犯罪类词汇的，如violent crimes, crimes against property, rape, robbery等，考生平时阅读及词汇学习一定要各种类型都涉及一点，掌握一些基本的专业词汇。其次这类从一个人的角度去看的文章，既要注意文中主人公的主观态度，也要关注客观事实。题目很可能把2者混淆起来考查考生。 精剖细析：
32.What is Florence Hayes’ main responsibility as a journalist? 答案： B）Reporting criminal offenses in Greenville.
解析：问女主人公作为记者的主要工作职责。题目比较简单。文章开头就给出\"Specifically she covers crime in the Green Ville area.\" 且后面文章都是介绍女主人公报道的也都是镇上发生的犯罪行为。A和C选项范围大了，D选项范围有小了。只有B选项正确。 33.What does the speaker say about security in Greenville? 答案：D）It has fewer violent crimes than big cities.
解析：细节题。4个选项乍看都是和小镇治安有关。需要一个一个去排除。A选项文章并没有给出小镇以前和现在的治安状况对比，排除。B选项，文章的确提到了rapes，但是并没有提及在downtown areas的情况，且Greenville是个镇。C选项assaults常发生在near the bars downtown不是school campuses。如果做题时没做好笔记，关注好细节，很容易选错。
34. What do we learn about crimes against property in the Green Ville area? 答案：A) There are a wide range of cases.
解析：细节题。关键词是\"crimes against property\"，最后部分的听力中有\"Crimes against property make up most of Miss Heyes' reporting.\"说明在Florence负责的犯罪行为中，和财产有关的占了大部分（make up组成）。说明这种犯罪率比较高。A选项适合。C选项乍看像是答案，但文中并给出该类案件正在不断升级。排除。
35. What would Florence Hayes prefer to do? 答案：A) Write about something pleasant. 解析：此题听到prefer就知道答案应所锁定于听力最后。听力已经很明显给出\"She would prefer to start...\" C和D没有提到。B选项，文中的确提到了local news or politics，但这只是她可能想要做的事情的举例而已，并不是非常明确就一定要去做。\"omething more interesting and less unpleasant\"表明应该选A。 Section C Compound Dictation 听力原文
In America, people are faced with more and more decisions every day, whether it’s picking one of thirty-one ice cream flavors, or deciding whether and when to get married. That sounds like a great thing, but as a recent study has shown, too many choices can make us confused, unhappy, even paralyzed with
indecision. ‘That’s particularly true when it comes to the work place’, says Barry Schwartz, an author of six books about human behavior. Students are graduating with a variety of skills and interests, but often find themselves overwhelmed when it comes to choosing an ultimate career goal. In a study, Schwartz observed decision-making among college students during their senior year. Based on answers to questions regarding their job hunting strategies and career decisions, he divided the students into two groups：maximizers, who consider every possible option, and satisficers, who look until they find an option that is good enough. You might expect that the student who had
undertaken the most exhausted search would be the most satisfied with their final decision, but it turns out that’s not true. Schwartz found that while
maximizers ended up with better-paying jobs than satisficers on average, they weren’t as happy with their decision. The reason why these people feel less satisfied is that a world of possibilities may also be a world of missed
opportunities. When you look at every possible option, you tend to focus more on what was given up than what was gained. After surveying every option, a person is more acutely aware of the opportunities they had to turn down to pursue just one career.
36 flavors 37 confused 38 particularly 39 behavior 40 variety 41 overwhelmed 42 senior 43 strategies 44 who had undertaken the most exhausted search would be the most satisfied with their final decision 45 why these people feel less satisfied is that a world of possibilities may also be a world of missed
opportunities. 46 a person is more acutely aware of the opportunities they had to turn down to pursue just one career. 36-46解析：
本次的复合式听写讲的是决策的问题。现代人面临着越来越多的决策，但是太多的选择会给人带来很多负作用。Barry Schwartz对大学毕业生的决策做了观察实验，把学生分为两类决策者：满足者和最大化者。研究发现决策最大化者尽管普遍比满足者获得薪水高，但是却并不对他们的决策感到开心。 这次的复合式听写稍微有些难度。需要注意的是需要加s的词flavors和strategies，在填写单词的时候要注意单复数。另外还有2个要填过去式或过去分词。此外，behavior的英式和美式拼写都可以。 这次写的三句句子中第一句后半句比较简单，除了注意单词exhausting不要写成exhausted之外，后一句很快就可以写出来。第二句why these people feel less satisfied is that a world of possibilities might also a world of less opportunities这句比较长，但是结构比较简单，单词也不难，考生要注意。第三句分为两部分，后半部分一个定语从句。前半句重点搭配为be aware of，后半句的turn down和pursue都是考生应掌握的词汇。 Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth) Section A
Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
答案：
47. what is in your boss's mind
48. challenging our boss's authority 49. possible consequences 50. be proposed and reviewed 51. confrontations
47-51解析：
点评：本篇文章主要讲的是说no的技巧；如何向你的上司说no？如何对你的同事说no？ 47题问的是“我们应当找出…，而不是直接对你的老板说no”；解此题，我们可以定位到文章的第三段The first rule of saying no to the boss is don’t say no. She probably has something in mind when she makes suggestions, and it’s up to you to find out what. 这句话说的是“老板在做建议的时候通常是她的脑子里已经有了一些想法了，而你应该做的就是找出这些想法。”所以应该填“what is in her mind.”
48题明确指出提问的是作者的第二条警告；回到原文The second rule is don’t raise the stakes by challenging her authority. That issue is already decided. “我们不应该冒险挑战老板的权威”。
49题讲的是“对于你老板的建议，你应该…以及给她一个可供选择的解决方案”；回到原文第三段 The third rule is to be ready to cite options and consequences. The boss’s suggestions might be appropriate, but there are always consequences. 后面作者列举了一些例子，都是关于consequences的解释；所以这里应当填possible consequences。
50题讲的是“为了保证公平性，有必要对_______的故事设立一个系统”；回答本题，我们可以回到原文倒数第二段First, you need a system for how stories are proposed and reviewed. 所以应填入be proposed and reviewed。
51题是针对文章的最后一段提问； By anticipating “what if …?” situations before they happen, you can reach understanding that will help ease you out of confrontations. 本句中ease out of和题目中的avoid异曲同工，所以，在这里填入confrontations即可。
总体来说，本篇文章难度适中，所有问题基本都可以从原文中找到答案；特别需要注意的是有个别地方需要考生注意一下格式的对应，比如说第50题的be proposed and reviewed。 Section B Passage One
Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.
52. What can we learn from the first paragraph?
答案：D. The general public thinks differently from most economists on the
impact of immigration. 关键词：yet, boost
定位：题干中the first paragraph提示答案定位在第一段。根据关键词可以进一步定位。 解析：第一段第二句“The American public overwhelmingly thinks they’re bad.”说明美国大众认为移民是不好的。而后面紧接着的第三句话“Yet the consensus among most economists is that… provides a small net boost”说明经济学家认为移民是有促进作用的。这句话中的Yet和boost，就是与前一句话作了对比。说明了在关于移民影响的问题上，美国大众和经济学家所持的观点是不同的。选项D“think differently”对应原文意思，因此选择选项D。
53. In what way does the author think ordinary Americans benefit from immigration?
答案：B. They can get consumer goods at lower prices. 关键词：profit, lower prices 定位：第三段第三句。
解析：原文第三段第三句“these producers’ savings probably translate into lower prices at the grocery store”说明移民劳动力节约了制造成本，使得我们在小店里买的东西价格更低，这与选项B中的“goods at lower prices”对应，因此选择B。
54. Why do native low-skilled workers suffer most from illegal immigration? 答案：C. They have a harder time getting a job with decent pay. 关键词：low-skilled, reduce the wages 定位：第三段的最一句话。
解析：原文第三段最后一句话“immigration reduced the wages of the American high-school drop-outs…”中“high-school drop-outs…”高中辍学的人即选项C中
“low-skilled workers”，而选项C中的“decent pay”与原文中“reduce the wages”对应说明了移民会导致低技能水平的当地人更难找到一份体面工资的工作了。因此，C的意思与原文最符合，此处选择C。
55. What is the chief concern of native high-skilled, better-educated employees about the inflow of immigrants?
答案：D. It may place a great strain on the state budget. 关键词：high-skilled, fiscal burden 定位：第四段第二句
解析：第四段第一句提到“what worried them most was the fiscal burden”说明当地的高技能人才最担心的是移民带来的财政负担。选项A“改变社会结构”，选项B“威胁了他们的经济地位”，选线C“导致社会不稳定，这三个选项与国家财政无关。而选项D“国家预算”属于财政方面，与原文意思符合，所以此处选择D。
56. What is the irony about the debate over immigration?
答案：C. People are making too big a fuss about something of small impact. 关键词：irony
定位：第五段（文章最后一段）。 解析：要做对这道题目要理解文章最后一段的意思。根据关键词irony能够提示答案就在本段中。第五段的第一句点明了本段的主要意思：移民对于美国的真正影响很小。后面“it ends
up being a net positive, but a small one.”是作者暗示人们对于移民影响的小题大做。而选项C中“make a big fuss about”大惊小怪（答题）与原文意思相同，因此此处选择C。
Passage Two
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
这篇文章严格地遵循了顺序原则，考生若是发现这一规律，在解决这篇文章时即可缩小涉猎范围，快速准确定位，从而减少解题时间。
57. What characterises the business school student population of today? 答案：A. Greater diversity. 关键词：characterises、today 定位：第一、二段
解析：第一段是对57题题干的综合阐述，在第三行开头的关键词“ today” 之后，我们看到“more women”“a wide range of ethnic groups”等字样，即可确定本题的答案是A. 此外，在第二段，我们同样可以发现，第二段的第二行“this apparent diversity”就直接将选项A点出来了。
58. What is the author’s concern about current business school education? 答案：B. It will produce business leaders of a uniform style. 关键词：concern、current business school education 定位：第二段的最后两行
解析：在第二段的最后两行，我们看到“which risk creating a set of clones …”,选项B中“uniform style”就是原文中“clone”的同义替换，正确答案就是B。
59. What aspect of diversity does Valerie Gauthier think is most important? 答案：C. Attitude and approach to business. 关键词：Valerie Gauthier、most important 定位：第三段的最后两行
解析：这道题的题干中有人名，还有最高级“most”,定位起来就非常容易了。在第三段的最后两行，我们可以很容易地找到答案“also contains diversity of attitude and approach…”，所以我们的正确选项是C。
60. What applicants does the author think MBA programmers should consider recruiting?
答案：C. Applicants from outside the traditional sectors. 关键词：MBA programmers、recruiting 定位：第四段
解析：这道题的题干中，根据关键词MBA我们定位到第三段的中间部分，但是根据前面59题的做题过程，我们大致了解到，第三段并没有讲跟recruit（招聘）相关的内容，于是我们看到第四段，第四段的第一行“selecting candidates”以及第二行“seeking
individuals”都是题干中“recruiting”的同义替换，于是我们确定答案就在第四段，通过对第四段的阅读，我们可以很容易的得出正确的选项就是C。
61. What does Mannaz say about the current management style? 答案：D. It is shifting towards more collaborative models. 关键词：Mannaz、current management style 定位：第五段（即最后一段）的第五、六行
解析：大写字母开头的人名很自然地成为了关键词之一，根据Mannaz我们来到了最后一段的第五行，原文中“the increasing interest … more collaborative models”,即直接将答案指向了D选项。 Part V Cloze 答案：
62 employers 63 but 64 devote
65competitive 66 academic 67 necessarily 68 outside 69 demanding 70 potential 71 relevant 72 up
73 voluntary 74 and
75 Exceptional 76 perform 77 formally
78 For instance 79 demonstrated 80 scheme 81 peers 解析：
这是一篇关于大学生课外实践的社论，原文刊登在英国的《卫报》上，链接如下：
这里再次验证了平时阅读外刊的重要性，沪江部落小组里就有一些外刊的学习贴，大家平时可以参考一下：如《BBC新闻听写》《AP一分钟时事精华》《今日TOPIC》《六级出题来源揭秘》
文章第一句，同样没有挖空，旨在帮助学生快速进入语境。 文章主旨句：课外实践是大学生专业课程的重要补充。 62. 需要通篇理解才能给出答案。
63. 上一句的关键词是usually, 讲述的是“通常的情况”，与“现在的情况”形成对比。因此63选but。
64. 这里需要一个和to搭配的动词，表达“投入”之意，因此只有devote符合。 65. 全文都在讲述学生找工作，这里的“人才市场”竞争激烈，才符合题意，因此competitive符合。
66. 本句里有个alongside，相当于beside，这里指课外实践以外的方面，当然就是academic
67. 这里需要一个副词修饰动词appreciate，根据but前后的逻辑，我们应该选择
necessarily，表示“必然; 必定”: Big men aren't necessarily strong men. 高大的人不一定强壮.
68. 根据全文的大意，这里的appreciate要接“课外实践”作宾语。
69. 根据下文的描述，我们可以知道“现在的雇主要比原先苛刻很多”，所以这里需要填上demanding
70. 根据本段最后一句，Now后面的描述，我们知道，原先并不是这样，原先只注重应聘者的潜力，其实“saw it as part of their job to extract the value of an applicant’s skills”也是一个佐证。
71. 这里需要一个和to 搭配的形容词，根据倒数第二段的最后一句，我们很好判断出答案选择relevant。
72. 本空考察动词短语，sign up for 表示“登记报名”，这里是符合题意的。 73. 根据文章第一句，这里很好判断，应该是voluntary，表示义工。 74. 这里是几个动作的顺承，应该用and。
75.B) Exceptional 这里需要形容词修饰efforts。exceptional，特别的，卓越的。2008年北京奥运会闭幕式上，奥委会主席罗格就用了exceptional这个词来形容这场盛世。什么样的成绩可以得奖呢？当然是优秀的成绩。occasional，偶然的；informative，内容充实的；relative，相关的。
76.A) perform 这里句子缺少谓语动词。perform，表现。学生、员工的“表现”，通常用perform/performance这个词。circulate，循环；convey，传达；formulate，制定、用公式表示。在运动场上表现优秀的学生可以获得体育相关的奖项。
77.C) formally 这里需要副词修饰动词organised。可以从Goodman后面举的例子上来判断，学生的经验不需要非要正式。roughly，粗略地；randomly，随机地；fortunately，幸运的。注意句子中的否定成分。
78.A) For instance 下面开始举例，故选择此项。In contrast，相反；In essence，本质上；Of course，当然。
79.A) demonstrated 词义辨析题。这里需要动词，与skills联系。demonstrate，展示；operate，操作；determine，决定；involve，卷入、包括。学生通过实践经验，展现自己的谈判技巧。
80.C) scheme 词义辨析。device，设备；section，部分；scheme，计划；distraction，分心。这里指的是Bristol PLuS这项奖励计划。
81.D) peers 词义辨析。attendant，出席者；member，会员；agent，经纪人；peer，同龄人。
本次六级完型填空考察了4处名词，3处连词，3处动词，6处形容词，2处介词，2处副词。只有少数几处能通过微观层面的语法搭配判定选项，其他大部分都需要通篇理解，因此有一定难度。
Part VI Translation
82. Even though they were already late, they would rather stop for the beautiful view(宁愿停下来欣赏美丽的景色) than just go on. 解析：
本题考查两个知识点，比较活。停下来做某事可以表达为stop for sth.（此处sth.为汉译英动词转名词的技巧，即doing sth. → sth.），stop to do sth. 或者stop and do sth.。而”欣赏美丽的景色”，若用动词组合表达则为enjoy the beautiful view即可。 83. No agreement was reached in the discussion between the two parties, as either side refuses to soften their positions (任何一方都不肯放弃自己的立场) 解析：
本题语言表达在新闻英语中出现频率较高，一定程度上考查了考生平时练习新闻英语听力的成果。任何一方既可以用neither side（后跟“放弃”的表达），也可以用either side（后跟“不肯放弃”的表达），而立场的表达较多，可用standpoint, position, ground, stance等，所搭配的动词也不尽相同。
84. The pills could have cured the cancer patient (本来可以治愈那位癌症病人的), but he didn’t follow the doctor’s advice and take them regularly. 解析：
等到本题虚拟语气的用法并不令人惊讶，这是历年六级考试中出现频率最多的考点之一，而治愈则用动词cure。heal更侧重于康复，愈合之意。
85. It is really kind of you to give me so much help（你真好，给了我那么多帮助）；I really feel obliged to you. 解析：
本题令人欣喜，因为对于it is kind of sb. to do sth.的句法，绝大多数考生都烂熟于胸，而趋于口语的整句意思，也可轻易补全空格内容。
86. The war left the family scattered all over the world, and it was thirty years before they were able to reunite（他们才得以重聚） 解析：
本题考查before的上下文语境用法。除去“在…之前”的意思外，A从句 + before + B从
句还能理解为A，B两事先后发生，即A之后，B接着发生。原句意为“三十年之后，他们才得以重聚”。如采用汉译英中的动词转名词的技巧，则可回答before their reunion。 整体评价：
今年6月的六级翻译考题难度不大，把握关键句法结构，如84题的虚拟语气，85题的it is kind of sb. to do sth.以及86题中before的用法，可以基本保证翻译题不翻船。而至于翻译中令人犹豫的部分可以斟酌取舍，拿不定的表达和用法只要做到保证句子通顺，符合语意即可，不必过分纠结。
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