2015年12月英语六级考试真题带答案（第二套） - 图文

at the top．That’s my little clue．So while I am working on the news．I'm just absorbing the news and checking pronunciations．

“未听先知:预览四道题各选项，其中出现了he，living，job，news stories，由此预测对话与男士的新闻工作有关；第l2题均以How开头，因此要留心对话中关于询问的内容；第l4题均为动名词开头，故应注意对话中可能会出现的动名词；第13、l5题的主语不是主人公he，而分别是They和It，因此在听的过程中要分辨其分别指的是什么。 what does the woman want to know about the man?

D)。详解:四个选项均是以“How he+动词”开头，an announcer，livin9，job都与工作有关，故推测该题与男士的工作相关。对话中，女士问男士的工作具体是做什么的以及要做哪些准备工作，也就是在问他的工作是怎么进行的，故答案为D)。 13．What does the man say news—subs do?

A)。详解:四个选项均是以“They+d0”开头的句子，每句话中均出现了news stories，因此本题考查他们对新闻故事做了什么处理：写、收集、润色还是评论?注意They肯定是对话中提到的某一类人。对话中男士解释了news．subs的职责，说他们是副编辑，有新闻故事的时候，由他们进行编写，然后稿子才会转到高级责编和助理编辑手中做进一步处理，也就是说他们是新闻稿件的初稿撰写人，故答案为A)。

14．What does the mall say is a big challenge for him?

B。详解：四个选项均是名词词组，选项中出现了Readin9，voice，pronounced，均是与朗读有关的词汇，因此推测该题与朗读新闻时的动作有关。对话中男士指出播音之前通常有时间可以事先读完大部分的新闻故事，但是往往在最后关头也会有其他事情发生，因此并不是每次都有机会提前阅读，而事先看一眼非常重要，因为这样能够避免工作中的失误，故答案为B)。

15. What role does the man say his small cross place?

四个选项均是以It开头的句子，选项B)、C)的谓语动词后均出现了宾语9ives?him，alerts him，故推测It是在协助男士做某事，故本题可能考查It对男士的作用。对话中男士表示他会用小叉号标记悲伤的新闻故事，故答案为D)。

Passage One

You probably know what a mobile is, but the mobile I'm talking about is a delicate object of decoration hanging from the ceding and moving gently with every breath. (16) It delights both children and adults. Now,do you know who invented the mobile? This lovely creation was the work of an American artist named Alexander Calder. Calder became interested in making things when he was a child. And even then he often used wire in his constructions. When he went to college, he studied engineering rather than art. (18) But he quickly realized that art was his real passion. (17) He also loved the circus, and many of his early artworks were small circus figures made with wire. In about 1930, Calder turned from realistic wire figures to abstract ones. He began constructing objects that have circles, squares and other geometric shapes. To get the shapes to move, he used small motors. Then he went one step beyond these early mobiles. He got the shapes in his constructions to move by themselves. A mobile may look simple as it shifts in the wind, but it requires careful

construction to work properly. Calder used his engineering knowledge to create his first mobiles. Often these consisted of small pieces of brightly printed metal strung

by wire to a thicker base wire. Calder learn how to find the precise point to connect each wire so that all the pieces will sway in harmony. In doing so, he created an art form for people all over the world to copy and enjoy.

预览三道题的选项，很难从其中找出范畴接近的词汇进而推测文章大意。第l6题主语一致，都是It，并且children出现了两次，因此推测It应该与孩子有关；第l7题主语为复数They，表明短文中会提到复数的东西，并且是人物形象figures，细心的考生这时可能会发现该题中的made和上题中的invented范畴接近，都含有“发明，制作”的意思，故猜测短文可能是关于制作孩子喜欢的人物形象。

16. What does the speaker say about a mobile?

四个选项的主语均是It，其中children出现了两次，综合未听先知的信息点，以及选项中出现的carried，found，invented，可推测本题可能考查某种与孩子有关的事物的性质特点。短文中指出成年人和孩子都喜欢风铃，故答案为A)。

17. What do we learn about many of Alexander Calder's early artworks?

四个选项均是以They开头的过去时句子，因此询问的是过去发生的事情。B)、C)选项极为 接近，都是形容词作表语，修饰figures，因此推断这里的They指的就是figures(人物)，该题考查这些人物形象的相关内容。短文中指出Calder的早期作品都是用线制成的马戏团的小人物形象，后来才转向抽象的形象，故答案为C)。 18. Where does Alexander Calder’s real passion lie?

四个选项均是“In+名词”构成的介词短语，art，geometry和engineerin9属于学科领域，因此推测该题可能考查Calder在设计风铃时应用的学科或者Calder本人的学科或兴趣。题目考查的是Calder本人的真正热情所在，短文中提到他的真正爱好是艺术，故答案为A)。

Passage Two

If sheer numbers provide any proof, America's universities are the envy of the world. (19) For all their troubles, the United States' 3,500 institutions were flooded with more than haft a million students from 193countries last year. Asia led the way, with the biggest number from China, followed by Japan and India. Most European and Asian universities provide an elite service to a small number of people. While fully 64% of all U.S. high school graduates attend college of some point in their life, just 30% of the comparable German population,28% of the French,20% of the British, and 37% of the Japanese preceed beyond high school.Britains who pass their A levels may still not qualify for a top university at home, but find American universities far more welcoming. Some U. S. schools acknowledge the rigor of European secondary training, and will give up to a year's credit to foreigners who have passed their high school exams.(20) The conception that everyone has a right to an education appropriate to his potential is a highly democratic and compassionate standard, says MarvenBreselor, a professor at Princeton University. True, not all U. S. students can match the performance of their foreign counterparts, but the American institutions do offer students from rich and poor families alike the chance to

realize their full potential. \that one can't expect all those who go to be as intelligent as the much narrower band in British universities,\University, (21) \are more eager to learn. \

顶览三道题的选项，由students，good education和teaching可推断短文与教育、教学有关。第l9题主语为They，students均是作为宾语出现，故推测短文开头会提及复数主语与学生之间的关系；结合第20题可知，短文可能涉及优秀教育的意义；结合第21题出现的He和his students可知，短文中还会涉及一位教育工作者。

19. What does the speaker say about the America's universities?

四个选项均是以They开头的句子，宾语都是students，根据A)中的0ffer?courses可推测They指的可能是学校；代入B)选项也成立；因此该题考查的是某些学校的学生情况。短文中指出“尽管这些大学也存在着一些问题，去年美国的3500所大学吸引了来自全球l93个国家的50多万名学生”，be flooded with意为“充斥”，暗指学生如潮水般涌入美国大学，也就是说，美国大学吸引了来自世界各地的学生。短文中的troubles并非指学生太多或学校无法应付，因此选项C)、D)可以排除，故答案为B)。

20. What is Americans' view on education according to Professor Marven Breselor? D)

四个选项中出现了Everyone，benefit，good education contributes，因此推测该题考查的是优秀教育的意义及其与个人的关系。短文中马文·布莱斯勒教授明确提出“每个人都有权利接受与自己潜能相匹配的教育，这个概念是高度民主和善意的标准”，故答案为D。 优秀教育己潜能相

21. What do we learn from Professor Christopher Rakes' remark?

四个选项均是以He开头的句子，his students表明He是一位老师，结合likes，enjoys这些积极的词汇可推测，该题与这位教师的优秀教学有关。在短文最后，克里斯特弗·瑞克斯教授指出“我不反对精英主义，但是我碰巧喜欢教那些学习欲望更加强烈的人”，即他喜欢学习动力强的学生，故答案为A。 Passage Three

(22) Every year, people in America use energy equal to over 30 million barrels of oil each day. That's energy in all forms--off, gas, coal, nuclear, solar and even wind power.(23) Viewed from scientists' standpoint, all the energy contained in fuel either now or in the future becomes heat. Some of the heat is used directly or produces useful work; the rest is lost or rejected, radiated into the atmosphere from the engines,motors, boilers and all the other energy-consuming machinery that makes Americans' wheels go around. (25-1 ) If we could figure out how to improve the efficiency with which we use energy, we can do a lot more work with the energy that is available. With money and careful planning, we can boost efficiency up to a point. Yet improvement won't come easily, it won't come overnight and there are limits beyond which not even science can take us. According to the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, about three quarters of energy we use to move things,

including ourselves, accomplishes no useful work. (25-2) In terms of efficiency and cleanness, buses, trains and other forms of public or mass transportation are superior to the private automobile. (24) But only if they operate at near capacity, otherwise, their overall efficiency is poor. For some people, mass transit might answer all transportation needs. For others, a combination of mass transit and private transportation may be desirable. Better design and wiser use of both mass transit systems and private vehicles will play an important part in helping America get more out of energy used for transportation.

预览四道题的选项，由选项中的0il，heat，pollution，enviroment-friendly，energy，Feul等词可以推测，短文与能源和环保有关；根据第24题各选项中的When，需要关注短文中提到的时间点；第25题是抽象的名词短语，推测可能会考查文章的中心议题。 22. What does the speaker say about energy used in the United States?

四个选项均是以It开头的句子，C、D中均出现了oil，可推测该题可能与石油相关。短文中提到美国人每天使用的能源等于3千多万桶石油，故答案为D)。 23. What do scientists say about energy contained in fuel?

四个选项均是与it相关的句子，其中还出现了turns into heat，air pollution之类的词，可猜测it肯定与能源有关系。短文中提到，燃料里所含的全部能源迟早都会变成热量，故答案为A。

24. When does mass transit prove superior to private vehicles?

四个选项均以When开头，used和operates均为表示使用、操作类的词汇，因此推测本题与使用某物的条件有关。短文中提到公共交通工具只有在发挥最大能效时，才能在能源使用效率和清洁度上优于私人交通工具，故答案为C。

25. What seems to be the speaker's biggest concern?

四个选项均是抽象名词，推测可能与短文的中心思想有关。短文中提到了各种交通工具，但 是没有涉及交通拥堵，故可排除A；能源短缺是事实，但短文中并没有重点关注，故可排除C；短文只是提到能源最终变成了热量，但并没有引申到全球变暖的话题，故可排除D；说话者多处提到efficiency，并指出了效率的重要性，“资金投入加之详细计划，我们可以提高能源使用效率”，同时对交通工具的低能效表示关注，因此他真正关注的是能源利用率不足，希望提高使用效率，故答案为B。

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比空前面是to，需要填入动词原形，构成不定式，与后面的动词

原形expand并列，而且习型，也可以推断此处应该填人一个动词原形。illustrate意为“用(事例、图画)说明”。 27.

此空前面是表示并列的and，后面是一个名词，因此应该填入一个动名词与前