【星火英语版】2016年12月大学英语六级答案 第一套

Part Ⅰ  Writing   (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on invention. Your essay should include the importance of invention and measures to be taken to encourage invention. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

参考范文

My View on Invention

    Drawing a comparison between modern life and ancient life, we cannot imagine what life will be like now without invention. Invention must be attached great importance to, as it is invention that contributes to the advancement of our society. There are several examples which can be cited to illustrate this concept. I can think of no better illustration than the following one. If Edison hadn't invented the light bulb, we would have lived a life as the blind in the night.

     Given that invention plays such an essential role in our life, what can we do to cultivate this precious spirit? For one thing, it is advisable for the social media and publicity department to vigorously inform the public of the importance of invention. For another, the relevant authority should set up favorable regulations to encourage invention. For example, they can set up the practice of giving premiums or issuing patent certificate to inventors.

    Finally, I want to use the following saying as our mutual encouragement, “Invention is the spirit of human being’s progress.” At no time should we underestimate the power of invention. Therefore, when an idea comes to your mind next time, just make your own invention.

Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension

Section A

1. C) It links the science of climate change to economic and policy issues.

2. B) It would be more costly to deal with its consequences than to avoid it.

3. A) The transition to low-carbon energy systems.

4. C) Plan well in advance.

5. B) What determines success.

6. D) It means being good at seizing opportunities.

7. D) Practice is essential to becoming good at something.

8. C) Being passionate about work can make one wealthy.

Section B

9. A) The stump of a giant tree.

10. B) Wind and water.

11. D) It was created by supernatural powers.

12. C) By lifting them well above the ground.

13. A) They will buy something from the convenience stores.

14. A) They can bring only temporary pleasures.

15. D) Small daily savings can make a big difference in one’s life.

Section C

16. B) They are necessary in our lives.

17. B) They feel too overwhelmed to deal with life’s problems.

18. A) They expand our mind.

19. B) It came from a 3D printer.

20. C) When she was studying at a fashion design school.

21. C) It was hard and breakable.

22. D) It marks a breakthrough in printing material.

23. A) They arise from the advances in technology.

24. D) It is intensely competitive.

25. D) Sharing of costs with each other.

Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension

选词填空

26. G) hypotheses 假设

27. B) contextual 上下文的，情境的，前后关联的

28. A) arena 舞台，竞技场

29. C) convincing 有说服力的，使人信服的

30. I) incorporate 合并，使并入

31 .D) devoted献身于，把…专用于

32 .N) reaping 收获

33 .E) digits 数字

34 .M) pride 以...自豪

35 .F) hasten 加速

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36. D) For instance, new technologies that are building upon existing technology have not found their footing well enough to appeal to a mass audience…

37. K）That, too, explains the heavy Washington presence at this year’s show, as these new technologies intrude upon heavily regulated areas.

38. B) In some ways, the answer is yes. For years, smartphones, televisions, tablets, laptops and desktops…

39. L) Curran, the Accenture analyst, said that increased government interest in the show makes sense as technology becomes a larger part of our lives.

40. F) “So much of what CES has been about is the cool. It is about the flashiness and the gadgets,” …

41. A) Scan the highlights of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and you may get a slight feeling of having seen them before.

42. H) And when it comes to the hyper-connected super-smart world that technology firms are painting for us…

43. E) Companies are promoting their own standards, and the marker has not had time to choose a winner yet as this is still very new.

44. I) Companies have already won part of the battle, having driving tech into every part of our lives…

45. C) Basically the tech industry seems to be in an awkward period now.

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Passage One

46. A) it is unfair to those climate-vulnerable nations

47. C) They hardly pay anything for the problems they have caused.

48. C) They have to bear consequences they are not responsible for.

49. B) There is no final agreement on where it will come from.

50. D) Putting in effect the policies in the agreement at once.

Passage Two

51. C) Teenagers’ mental problems are often too conspicuous not to be observed.

52. D) Many hitherto unobserved youngsters may have psychological problems.

53. B) Their behaviors do not constitute a warning signal.

54. A) They are almost as liable to depression as the high-risk group.

55. B) It provides new early-warning signals for identifying teens in trouble.

Part Ⅳ Translation(30 minutes)

参考译文

    With the improvement of living standards, holiday is occupying a more and more prominent position in Chinese people’s life. In the past, making a living takes most of Chinese people’s time, which gives them rare chance to go off on a trip. However, tourism has undergone rapid growth in China for the past few years. The prosperity of economy and the emergence of the affluent middle class trigger an unprecedented tourism boom. Not only does domestic traveling become common, but traveling abroad is also enjoying an increasing popularity among Chinese people. During the National Day holidays in 2016, tourism consumption amounts to more than 400 billion yuan. According to the statistical data by the World Trade Organization, China will have become the world's largest tourism country by 2020, and she will also see the fastest growth in overseas traveling expenditure in the next few years.

【星火英语版】2016年12月大学英语六级答案 第二套

Part Ⅰ  Writing  （30 minutes）

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on innovation. Your essay should include the importance of innovation and measures to be taken to encourage innovation. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

参考范文

My View on Innovation

    I’m not sure if you have heard one of Steve Jobs’ famous remarks, “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower”, which stresses the significance of innovation. It goes without saying that innovation can promote the advancement of society and is the most essential quality for anyone who wants to achieve success. With innovation, any progress will be possible; however, once indulged in tradition, everything will remain stagnant.

    Therefore, by some means or other we must come to know how to be innovative. On the one hand, from the standpoint of a nation, the government should encourage innovativeness and foster the mindset of continuous learning. Only by doing this can our nation achieve new breakthroughs in all walks of life. On the other hand, from the perspective of individuals, we should enrich our knowledge reserves and arm ourselves with up-to-date knowledge. Only when we are equipped with vast stores of knowledge can we think out different methods when solving a problem.

    We should always commit it to our memory that innovation is of great significance to us all. In our daily life, we need to develop the habit of applying new thoughts and methods into practice.

Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension

Section A

1. A) They were all good at cooking.

2. D) His parents’ friends.

3. C) No one of the group ate it.

4. D) It was rather disappointing.

5. B) The business success of the woman’s shop.

6. C) Keep down its expenses.

7. A) They are sold at lower prices than in other shops.

8. D) To maintain friendly relationships with other shops.

Section B

9. B) They deliver pollutants from the ocean to their nesting sites.

10. C) They travel as far as 400 kilometers in search of food.

11. A) They were carried by the wind.

12. C) The harm Arctic seabirds may cause to humans.

13. A) It has decreased.

14. B) It is now the second leading cause of death for centenarians.

15. C) Their minds fail before their bodies do.

Section C

16. A) They are focused more on attraction than love.

17. C) It is not love if you don’t wish to maintain the relationship.

18. D) How the relationship is to be defined if any one is missing.

19. A) Social work as a profession.

20. B) They help enhance the well-being of the underprivileged.

21. B) They all have an academic degree in social work.

22. D) Social workers’ job options and responsibilities.

23. A) To fight childhood obesity.

24. D) They impress kids more than they do adults.

25. C) Message positive behaviors at all times.

Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension

选词填空

26. D) elsewhere 其他地方，在别处

27. C) climatic 气候的

28. A) ages长大，变老

29. K) offspring 子孙，后代

30. E) exclusively 专有地，排外地，唯一地

31 .M) subsequently 随后，后来

32 .J) notably 显著地；尤其

33 .H) habitats 栖息地，生长环境

34 .L) replanting 重新种植

35 .G) fruitful 果实累累的，富有成效的

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36. ［F］The U.S. trails far behind every wealthy nation and many developing ones that have family-friendly work policies including paid parental leave…

37. ［B］Glimmers （少许） of hope, however, are beginning to emerge in this bruising environment…

38. ［M］For the study, 325 employees spent six months taking part in ROWE, while a control group of 334 employees continued with their normal workflow.

39. ［H］We’ve held on to this workday structure—but thanks to our digital devices, many employees never really clock out.

40. ［E］These factors have converged to create an increasingly impossible situation with many employees overworking to the point of burnout.

41. ［K］To address skyrocketing employee stress levels, many companies have implemented workplace wellness programs…

42. ［C］Stress is taking a significant toll on our health, and the collective public health cost may be enormous.

43. ［J］Harvard Business School professor Leslie Perlow explains that when people feel the pressure to be always “on,” …

44. ［D］Seven in 10 workers say they struggle to maintain worklife balance.

45. ［B］Glimmers （少许） of hope, however, are beginning to emerge in this bruising environment…

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Passage One

46. B) It is the direction energy development should follow.

47. D) The world will undergo revolutionary changes.

48. C) light their homes with stored solar energy

49. A) benefit their business

50. A) It might become a thing of the past.

Passage Two

51. A) a basis for explaining human genetic diversity

52. B) race is a poorly defined marker of human genetic diversity

53. C) racial categories for genetic diversity could lead to wrong clinical predictions

54. A) They be more precise with the language they use.

55. D) Racial terms are still useful in certain fields of study.

Part Ⅳ Translation(30 minutes)

参考译文

    As China’s economy surges, so does the number of people learning Chinese, which makes it become one of the favorite languages to be learned in the world. In recent years, Chinese universities have also made notable gains in the international university league table. Owing to the great progress of China’s education, it’s no wonder that China has become one of the most popular destinations for overseas students to study abroad. In 2015, nearly four hundred thousand international students flocked into China to study. Their courses of study are no longer confined to the Chinese language and culture, but include Science and Engineering. In the global education market, American and Britain still play a leading role, but China is rapidly coming up.

【星火英语版】2016年12月大学英语六级答案 第三套

Part Ⅰ   Writing  (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on creation. Your essay should include the importance of creation and measures to be taken to encourage creation. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

参考范文

The Significance of Creation

    Throughout the ages, we have concluded a number of factors that contribute to success, among which is creation. Just as the saying goes, “There is no doubt that creation is the most important human resource of all.” Not only is creation the force driving economy and society to advance, but it is also essential to the development of individuals. Those who often come up with new ideas often turn out to be easy to achieve success while a man who always sticks to habit and experience can hardly create new things.

    In terms of giving measures to encourage creation, I will list the following ones. On the one hand, the public are expected to realize the significance of creation, so the social media should play its due role in advocating the value of innovation and encouraging the public to cultivate awareness of creation. On the other hand, those who are equipped with creative thinking deserve some kind of praise, both materially and spiritually.

   Creation has been a hot word for a long time and we cannot emphasize the importance of creation too much. Therefore, we should spare no effort to learn knowledge as much as possible to prepare ourselves to be creative people.

Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension

说明：由于2016年12月六级考试全国共考了2套听力，本套真题听力与前2套内容完全一样，只是顺序不一样，因此在本套真题中不再重复出现。

Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension

选词填空 

26. O) vanished 消失

27. M) undergone 经受，经历

28. D) expanding扩张的

29. K) survived 幸存，生还

30. H) process 过程

31 .L) terminals 终端

32 .E) industrialized 工业化的

33 .F) perceived 把…看作，认为

34 .B) conveniences 方便

35 .G) practice 实行

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36. ［J］Being stationed in Antarctica involves adapting to life on the planets driest, windiest and coldest continent…

37. ［C］The newer players are stepping into what they view as a treasure house of resources.

38. ［E］Building on a Soviet-era foothold, Russia is expanding its monitoring stations for Glonass…

39. ［G］Antarctica’s mineral, oil and gas wealth are a longer-team prize.

40. ［D］Some scientists are examining the potential for harvesting icebergs from Antarctica…

41. ［I］But advances in technology might make Antarctica a lot more accessible three decades from now.

42. ［B］More than a century has passed since explorers raced to plant their flags at the bottom of the world…

43. ［H］Beyond the Antarctic treaties, huge obstacles persist to tapping these resources…

44. ［Q］“The old days of the Antarctic being dominated by the interests and wishes of white men from European…

45. ［L］As some countries expand operations in Antarctica, the United States maintains three year-round stations…

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Passage One

46. D) It has little impact on their decision whether or not to quit smoking.

47. A) Pass a law to standardise cigarette packaging.

48. B) The number of smokers has dropped more sharply than in the UK.

49. A) Prime Minister Cameron has been reluctant to take action.

50 .C) They made more British people obese.

Passage Two

51. A) It is worthwhile after all.

52. D) Most of them take jobs which don’t require a college degree.

53. C) Interactions among themselves outside the classroom.

54. B) Meeting people who will be helpful to you in the future.

55. D) The prestige of the university influences employers’ recruitment decisions.

Part Ⅳ Translation(30 minutes)

参考译文

    Agriculture is a fundamental industry in China, which involves 300 million farmers. China ranks first in agricultural production worldwide, with rice, wheat and beans being the main crops. Although accounting for only 10 percent of arable land worldwide, China feed 20% of the world’s population. The cultivation of rice in China can date back to 7,700 years ago. Prior to the use of agricultural machinery and chemical fertilizer, hardworking and creative Chinese farmers had begun to adopt various ways to increase crop yields. The latest development of agriculture in China lies in the promotion of organic farming, which can accomplish multiple goals at the same time, such as food safety, public health and sustainable development.

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