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年月大学英语六级考试真题及答案20126Part IWriting30minutesDirections:For thispart,you are allowed30minutes towrite a short essayentitled The Impact oftheInternet onInterpersonal Communication.Your essayshould startwith abrief descriptionofthe picture.You shouldwrite atleast150words butno morethan200words.作文标准版The Impactof theInternet onInterpersonal CommunicationAsis describedin thepicture,a fatherasks herdaughter howher school today goeson.Instead ofansweringdirectly,the daughtertells herfather toread herblog.It iscommon thatyoungsters nowadaysinclineto communicate with otherson internetincreasingly,and lackcommunication withpeoplearound them.With thedevelopment ofInternet,it hasinfluenced oursociety to a largeextent,especiallyinterpersonal communication.To beginwith,we cancommunicate withothers anytimevia internet.Otherwise,we would have toarrangeour schedulesstrictly in advance.Also,interpersonal communication through the internet is notrestricted byspace.For example,in mostmultinational corporations,instant messagesand videoconferenceshelp colleaguessolve problemstimely andefficiently.Last butnot least,the internetcangreatly speedup ourinterpersonal communication.Whereas,there are also disadvantages that theinternetbrings tous.More andmore peoplecomplained that they havelost face-to-face communicatingskills.As aresult,people becomemore andmore indifferentto eachother in reallife.Some netizenswho areimmersedin virtualworld evenhave difficultyin makingfriends inreality.In conclusion,communicationthrough the internetcould bringus bothconvenienceand inconvenience.We shouldstrike abalance betweenthem and make the best of theinternet.【解析】这次的六级写作是请考生谈谈网络对人际交流的影响这个话题本身已是日常生活的热点，考生并不陌生，有话可说文章的展开还是同过去的议论文写作一致仍然可以用引入、阐释有何影响和自己的观点这样的三段式进行写作在行文时，注意文章的层次和逻辑梳理，在谈具体影响时，可适当进行对比论证，论证网络出现和没有网络时，人际交流的差异，也可进行结合自身经历进行举例论证本篇范文在句式上，长短搭配，形式多变从句、非谓语动词等多种表达方式，值得借鉴同时，用词同样注意多样化，对网络相关词汇的多种表达web,cyber,instant message,video等，考生同样应在平时注意归类、积累conference作文高分版TheImpactof theInternet onInterpersonal Communication重点词汇和表达Today Isaw aninteresting cartoon,in whicha fatherasked hisdaughter杠（杆）；途径，工具以相反的顺序得到奖励lever n.in reverse order berewarded withflashing闪光灯lightConversation2W:This weeksprogram UpYour Streettakes youto Harrogate,a smalltown inYorkshire.Harrogate becamea fashionableresort duringVictorian times,when peoplecame to take abath in themineral waters.Today,few peoplecome tovisit thetown for its mineralwaters.Instead,Harrogate hasbecome apopular townfor peopleto retireto.Its cleanair,attractive parks,and theabsenceof anyindustry,make this an idealspot for people lookingfor aquiet life.Now,to tell us moreaboutHarrogate,I havewith meTom Percival,President of the Chamberof Commerce.Tom,one of thethings visitornotices aboutHarrogate is the largearea ofopen parkland rightdown into the middleofthe town.Can youtellusmore aboutitM:Yes,certainly.The area is called the Stray.W:Why the StrayM:Its calledthat becausein the old days,people lettheir cattlestray on the area,which wascommonland.W:Oh,I see.M:Then,weve changesin farmingand inland ownership.The Straybecame partof theland ownedbyHarrogate.W:And isit protectedM:Oh,yes,indeed.As aspecial law,no onecan buildanything on the stray.Its protectedforever.W:Soit will always bepark landM:Thafs right.As you can see,some of theStrayis usedfbr sportsfields.W:I believeit lookslovely in the spring.M:Yes,it does.There9re springflowers on the oldtrees,and peoplevisit thetown justto seethe flowers.Question22-25are based on theconversation youhave justheard.Q

22.Where doesthis conversationmost probablytake placeQ

23.What dowe learn about modernHarrogateQ

24.What does the mansay about the area calledtheStrayQ

25.What attractspeople mostin theStray during the springtime答案）

22.B In a resorttown.

23.D It is an ideal placeforpeopleto retireto.

24.D It is protectedas parklandby aspecial law.

25.C Thebeautiful flowers.【解析】这段长对话是对这个旅游小镇的介绍，谈到其如何得名，如何变迁，以及如何受到Harrogate政府的保护由此可见，这段对话最有可能发生在一个旅游城镇这段对话稍微难一点的地方在于几个单词，一个是地名另一个是以及头衔Harrogate,Stray,President of the Chamber解决这些难点也很容易，因为这个地名和头衔不是考察点，考生可of CommerceoHarrogate直接忽略另外关于考生开始不懂没关系，要带着这个疑问去注意听原文，对话中随后Stray,就给出了明确解释，所以考生也会获得解答需要提醒考生的是，虽然考试中我们可以忽略一些人名，地名或者无关紧要的细节，这也是为了一时的应试而迫不得已在平时练习中，还是建议广大考生多积累这些人文及百科知识,包括一些人名和地名积累的多了，以后在任何场合听起来就不会犯难了Section BDirections:In this section,you willhear3short passages.At the end of each passage,you willhearsome questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After youhear aquestion,you mustchoose thebest answerfrom thefour choicesmarked A,B,C andD.Thenmark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2with asingle line throughthe centre.Passage OneRussellFazio,an Ohio State psychologyprofessor whohas studiedinterracial roommatesthere andatIndiana University,discovered anintriguing academiceffect.In astudy analyzingdata onthousands ofOhioState freshmen who livedin dorms,he found that blackfreshmenwhocame tocollege with highstandardized testscores earnedbetter gradesif they had awhiteroommate-evenif theroommates testscores werelow.The roommatesrace hadno effect on thegrades ofwhite studentsor low-scoring blackstudents.Perhaps,thestudy speculated,having awhite roommatehelpsacademically preparedblack students adjust to a predominantlywhite university.Thatsame study foundthatrandomly assigned interracial roommatesat OhioStatebroke upbefore theendof thequarter abouttwice asoften assame-race roommates.Because interracialroommate relationshipsarc oftenproblematic,Dr.Fazio said,many studentswouldlike to move out,but universityhousing policiesmay make it hardto leave.“At IndianaUniversity,where housingwas notso tight,more inten*acial roommatessplit upJ hesaid.Here at OhioState,where housingwas tight,they weretold to workit out.The mostinteresting thingwe foundwas thatif therelationship managedto continuefbr just10weeks,we couldsee animprovement inracial attitudes.^^Dr.Fazios Indianastudyfoundthat threetimes asmany randomly assignedinterracial roommates werenolonger livingtogether at theendof thesemester,compared withwhite roommates.The interracialroommatesspent lesstime together,and hadfewer joint activities thanthe whitepairs.Question26-

2926.What dowe knowabout RussellFazio

27.Who benefitedfrom livingwith awhite roommateaccording toFazios study

28.What didthe studyfind aboutrandomlyassignedinterracial roommatesatOhioState University

29.What didDr.Fazio findinteresting aboutinterracialroommateswho hadlived togetherfor10weeks答案

26.C.He specializedin interpersonalrelationship.

27.D.Black freshmanwithhighstandardized scores

28.C.They brokeup more often thansame-race roommates

29.C.The racialattitudes improved.【解析】本文节选自年月的《纽约时报》，原文标题为20097Interracial RoommatesCan Reduce文章属于社会类话题，大意为俄亥俄州立大学的一位名为的心理学教授Prejudice RussellFazio研究不同人种混居的有趣现象以及结论无独有偶，年月四级真题阅读理解20116Section B的也选用了相同的话题，大家平时在备考中要对真题重视起来哦！Passage1Passage TwoIna smalllaboratory atthe MedicalUniversity ofSouth Carolina,Dr.Vladimir Mironovhas beenworking for a decadeto growmeat.A developmentalbiologist andtissueengineer,Dr.Mironov,is oneof onlya fewscientists worldwidesolvefuture globalfood crisesresulting fromshrinking amountsof landavailable forinvolvedin bioengineeringcultured meat.Its aproduct hebelieves couldhelpgrowing meatthe old-fashioned way.Growth ofin thecultured meatis alsounder wayanNetherlands^,Mironov toldReuters inStates,it isscience interview,but in the Unitedand demand.in searchof fundingInstitute ofFood andAgriculture wontThe newNational it,the NationalInstitutesfund wontfund it,and theNASA fundedit onlybriefly,of Healthtechnology/1Mironov said.Bringing anynew costs$1Mironov said.Its classicdisruptivebillion.We don*t evenhave$1million.ntechnology on the market,on average,Biofabrication Centerin theDepartment ofRegenerativeDirector of the AdvancedTissueMedicine andCell Biologyatthemedical university,Mironov nowprimarily conductsresearch ontissue engineering,or growing,of humanorgans.nThere*san unpleasantfactor whenpeople findout meatis grownin alab.They dontlike to associate technologywithfood,*said Nicholas Genovese,a visitingscholar incancer cellbiology.But there area lot ofproductsthat we eat todaythat areconsidered naturalthat areproduced in a similarmanner/1Genovesesaid.

30.What doesDr.Mironov thinkof bioengineeringcultured meat

31.What doesDr.Mironov say about thefunding for their research

32.What doesNicholasGenovesesayabouta lotof productsweeattoday答案

30.A.It willhelp solve the globalfood crisis.

31.D.Itisstill farfrom beingsufficient.

32.D.They are not asnatural aswe believed.【解析】这是路透社年初的一篇报道，题目为2011“South Carolinascientist worksto growmeat inlab”本文为食品科技类题材大意为生物工程技术应用在实验室生产肉，可改变传统肉类获得方式，解决将来的食物危机，不过还需资金支持，同时人们还难以完全接受这种方式Passage threeBernardJackson isa freeman today,but he has manybitter memories.Jackson spentfive yearsinprison aftera jurywrongly convictedhim ofraping twowomen.AtJacksons trial,although twowitnesses testifiedthat Jackson was with them in another location at thetimesof the crimes,he wasconvicted anyway.Why Thejury believedthetestimony of the twovictims,who positivelyidentified Jacksonas the man whohas attackedthem.Thecourt eventuallyfreed Jacksonafter thepolice foundthe manwho hadreally committedthecrimes.Jacksonwassimilar in appearance to the guiltyman.The twowomen hasmade amistake inidentity.Asa result,Jackson haslost fiveyears ofhis life.The twowomen inthis casewere eyewitnesses.Theyclearly saw the manwho attackedthem,yet theymistakenly identifiedan innocentperson.Similarincidents haveoccurred before.Eyewitnesses toother crimeshave identifiedthe wrongperson inapolice lineup or inphotographs.Many factorsinfluence theaccuracy ofeyewitness testimony.Forinstance,witnesses sometimessee photographsof severalsuspects before they tryto identifythe personthey saw ina lineupof people.They canbecome confusedby seeingmany photographsor similarfaces.The number of peoplein thelineup,and whether it isa livelineupora photograph,may also affect awitnesssdecision.People sometimeshave difficultyidentifying peopleof otherraces.The questionsthepolice askwitnesses alsohave aneffect onthem.Question33:What dowe learnabout BernardJacksonQuestion34:What leddirectly toJacksons sentenceQuestion35:What lessondo wclearn fromJacksons case答案

33.A.He waswrongly imprisoned

34.A.The twovictims9identification

35.B.Many factorsinfluence theaccuracy ofwitness testimony.【解析】本篇文章讲述了因为被目击证人误认而被判刑，虽然最后洗清了罪名，但是却留Jackson下了惨痛的记忆文章接着论述了为什么会出现这样的问题可能是因为被害者对犯罪嫌疑人产生的混淆的记忆，或者在指认犯罪嫌疑人的过程中出现了不确定的情况虽然总体来说这篇文章难度不大，但是因为涉及专业知识，有一些词汇可能会成为考生的障碍例如:testimony:证人证言；目击证人；陪审团；:刑期如果考生平时能对这些单词有所witness:jury:sentence接触，这篇文章在理解上就不会出现太大的问题Section CDirections:In thissection,you willhear apassage threetimes.When the passage isread forthefirst time,you shouldlisten carefullyforitsgeneral idea.When the passage isread forthe secondtime,you arerequired tofill in the blanksnumbered from36to43with the exact words you havejustheard.For blanksnumbered from44to46you arerequired tofill in the missinginformation.For theseblanks,youcaneither usetheexactwordsyouhave justheard orwrite downthe mainpointsin yourown words.Finally,when thepassage isread forthe thirdtime,you shouldcheckwhat youhave written.答案:

36.slight

37.official

38.shrinking

39.plunge

40.decline

41.primary

42.heads

43.Poverty

44.Hampered byhigher taxesand weakdemand forits exports,Mexicos economyis seenonly partiallyrecoveringthis year.

45.Mexico hashistorically hadhigh drop-out ratesas poorfamilies pullkidsout ofschoolto help putfood onthe table,

46.The nationsdrop-out problemis justthe latestbad newsfor thelong-term competitivenessof theMexican economy.【解析】本篇文章谈论的是墨西哥失学率问题文章先开篇阐述了墨西哥失学情况的现状,然后谈到这一现状的原因和所造成的严重后果文中国家有关的等部分考Mexico.Mexican.Chile生可能不熟悉，而造成听力困扰，但这些实际并非考点，切记死盯部分词汇不放，而影响全篇理解最后，文中生词不多，实际内容对于喜欢阅读报刊杂志、关心时事热点的考生而言，能够根据日常经验有所预判这就提醒考生，听力同样也需要平时多多进行报刊阅读Part IVReading ComprehensionReading inDepth25minutesSection ADirections:In thissection,there isashortpassage with5questions orincomplete statements.Read thepassage carefully.Then answerthe questionsor complete the statementsin thefewestpossible words.Please writeyour answerson Answer Sheet

2.答案或者

47.capturing andstoring CO2capture andstorage of CO

248.capture andstorage

49.put itto newuse

50.increase theiryield offruits andvegetables

51.the scaleofCO2emissions【解析】这是一篇科技文文章就降低碳排放这个话题，讨论了捕捉并储存二氧化碳的可能性主题虽然是碳排放，但是文章科技术语很少，也比较贴近生活，所以难度并不高题目都是事实细节题，不需要推论，考生只要根据题干的关键词，定位信息，在原文中找到答案，誉抄下来就可以了此题阅卷的原则就是尽量用原文的话来回答问题，所以注意，尽量少修改原文信息Section BDirections:There are2passages inthissection.Each passageis followedby somequestions orunfinishedstatements.For eachof themthere are four choicesmarked A,B,C andD.Youshould decideonthebest choiceand markthe correspondingletter on Answer Sheet2with asingle linethroughthecentre.Passage OneAsanyone whohas tried to loseweight knows,realistic goal-setting generallyproduces thebest results.Thats partiallybecause itappears peoplewho setrealistic goalsactually workmore efficiently,and exertmore effort,to achievethose goals.Whats farless understoodby scientists,however,are thepotentially harmfuleffects of goal-setting.Newspapers relaydaily accountsofgoal-setting runamok inindustries andbusinesses up and downbothWall Streetand MainStreet,yet therehas beensurprisingly littleresearch onhow the long-trumpetedpractice ofsetting goalsmay havecontributed to the currenteconomic crisis,and unethicalbehavior ingeneral.“Goals arewidely usedand promotedas havingreally beneficialeffects.And yet,the samemotivationthat canpush peopleto exertmoreeffortinaconstructive waycould alsomotivate peopleto bemorelikely toengage inunethical behaviorsJ saysMaurice Schweitzer,an associateprofessor ofoperationsand informationmanagement atPenns WhartonSchool.His paper,titled“Goals GoneWild:TheSystematic SideEffects ofOver-Prescribing GoalSetting Jappears in theFebruary issueof theAcademy ofManagement Perspectives.“It turnsout theresno economicbenefit tojust havinga goal-you justget apsychic benefitand thatsquitemotivating initselg“Schweitzer says.But inmany cases,goals haveeconomic rewardsthat makethemmore salientor powerful.A primeexample Schweitzerand hiscolleagues citeis the2004collapse ofenergy-trading titanEnron,where managersused financialincentives tomotivate salesmento meetspecific revenuegoals.Theproblem,Schweitzer says,istheactual tradeswere notprofitable.Other studieshave shown that saddlingemployees withunrealistic goalscan compelthem to lie,cheat orsteal.Such wasthe case,Schweitzer says,in theearly1990s whenSears imposeda sales quota onits autorepairstaff.It promptedemployees toovercharge forwork and to completeunnecessary repairson acompanywidebasis.“People becomesignificantly morelikely tocheat withgoals thanwithout themJ he says.Goal-setting isattheheart of the debateover theeffectiveness of the controversialNo ChildLeft BehindAct.Because underperformingschools receiveless federalmoney thanthose withhigh mathand readingtestresults,predictably,Schweitzer says,there havebeen examplesof teachersand administratorsmanipulatingscores.Schweitzer concedeshis researchruns counterto avery largebody ofliterature thatextols the manybenefits ofgoal-setting.Proponents of the practicehave takenissue withhis teamsuse of anecdotalevidence likenews accountsto supporthis conclusionthat goalsetting iswidely over-prescribed.Inarebuttal paper,Edwin A.Locke,from theUniversity ofMaryland,College Park,and GaryP.Latham,from theUniversity ofToronto,write:Goal settingis notgoing away.Organizations cannotthrivewithout beingfocused ontheir desiredend resultsany morethan anindividual canthrive withoutgoals toprovidea senseof purpose.”But Schweitzercontends themounting causalevidence^^linking goal-setting andharmful behaviorshouldbe studiedto helpspotlight issuesthat meritcaution andfurther investigation.“Even a fewnegative effectscould beso largethat theyoutweigh manypositive effects,he says.The debateis likelytorage onin futurepapers,and thepractice ofsetting goalsno doubtwill continue.For now,though,thelesson seemsto beto putmore thoughtinto settinggoals.“They reallydo helpto coordinateand motivatepeople.My ideawould beto combinethat withcarefuloversight,a strongorganizational culture,and makesure thegoals thatyou useare going to beconstructiveand notsignificantly harmthe organization/7Schweitzer says.

52.D.Its negativeeffects havelong beenneglected.

53.A.Goals withfinancial rewardshave strongmotivational power.

54.B.They resortedto unethicalpractice to meet theirsalesquota.

55.B.Its conclusionis notbasedonsolid scientificevidence.

56.A.Studying goal-setting canthrow morelight onsuccessful businesspractices.【解析】本文这篇文章有一定难度，尤其是作者的态度一定要把握好作The darkside ofgoal-setting者并未全盘否定目标制定，而是说一定要制定切合实际的目标，以保证建设性推进计划，避免不道德行为伤害到计划的实施，因此这方面的研究值得继续推进下去，给大家更好的指导Passage twoFormost ofthe20th century,Asia askeditself whatit couldlearn from the modern,innovating West.Now thequestion must be reversed:what canthe Wesfsoverly indebtedand sluggishnations learn froma flourishingAsiaFirst andforemost,the Westshould relearnthe virtueof pragmatism.Just a few decadesago,Asias twogiantswere stagnatingunder faultypolitico-economic ideologies-strict Marxismin China,Nehruviansocialism inIndia.However,once Chinabegan embracingfree-market reformsin the1980s,followed byIndiain the1990s,both countriesachieved rapidgrowth.Crucially,as theyopened uptheir markets,neither Chinanor Indiathrew theproverbial babyout with the bathwater-instead,they balancedcapitalismwith judiciousgovernment direction.As theIndian economistAmartya Senhas wiselysaid,“The invisible hand ofthe markethas oftenrelied heavilyonthevisiblehandof government.”Contrast thislevelheaded middlepath withAmerica andEurope,which haveeach goneideologicallyoverboard in their ownways-and whoseutter lackof pragmatismhelped precipitatethe globalfinancialcrisis.Since the1980s,America has been increasinglyinfatuated withthe ideologyof unfetteredfree一markets anddismissive ofthe roleof governmentfollowing RonaldReagans dictumthatgovernment isnot thesolution toour problem;government isthe problem.^^Former U.S.FederalReserve chiefAlan Greenspantook thisideology to the extremeby refusingto regulatethe largenewmarket inderivatives thatemerged underhis watchand thatquadrupled between2002and2008to12times thesize ofthe totalworld economy.Of course,when themarkets camecrashing downin2007,itwas decisivegovernment interventionthat savedthe day.Despite thisfact,many Americansstill espouseadeep ideologicalopposition to“big government,“as evidencedby thecurrent waveof antitaxRepublicansand TeaParty candidateswho sweptinto Congressduring themidterm elections.If Americanscould onlyfree themselvesfrom theirantigovernment straitjackets,they wouldbegin to seethat theU.S.s problemsare notinsoluble.A fewsensible federalmeasures couldput thecountry backonthe rightpath.A simpleconsumption taxof,say,5percent wouldmake a significant dentin thecountryshuge governmentdeficit withoutdamaging productivity.A smallgasoline taxwould helpwean Americafromits dependenceon oilimports andcreate incentivesfor greenenergy development.In the same way,asignificantreduction ofwasteful agriculturalsubsidies and other earmarkscould alsolower thedeficit.But inorder tocapitalize onthese common-sense solutions,Americans will have toput asidetheir ownattachmentto therhetoric of smaller government and less regulation.American politicianswillhave todevelop thecourage tofollow whatis taughtin allAmerican public-policy schools:that there are goodtaxesand badtaxes.Asian countrieshave embracedthis wisdom,and havebuilt soundlong-term fiscalpoliciesas aresult.Meanwhile,Europe hasfallen preytoadifferent ideologicaltrap:the beliefthat Europeangovernmentswould alwayshave infiniteresources andcould continueborrowing asif therewere notomorrow.Unlikethe Americans,who feltthat themarkets knewbest,the Europeansfailed toanticipate how the marketswouldreact to their incessantborrowing.Today,the EUis infirefighting modeto staveoff sovereigncollapse.In concertwiththeIMF,it hascreated a$580billion fundto bailout Europestroubledeconomies.This willbuy theEU time,but itwill notsolvetheblocs largerproblem.Just asAmericansneed tolearn howto intelligentlyraise taxes,the Europeansneed tolearn howto intelligentlycut一expenditures achallenge thatAsian economieswere taughtto surmountby theirown pastcrises.Of course,this wontbe the first timethe Westhas neededto relearnits ownwisdom from the East.Onceupon atime,the greatEuropean Renaissancewas facilitatedby thepreservation ofGreek andRomanwisdom-lost toEurope duringthe Dark Ages-in theuniversities andlibraries ofthe Arabworld.Lefshope thecurrent financialDarkAgesfortheWest lasta muchshorter time.答案

57.D Freemarket plusgovernment intervention.

58.B Governmentregulation hinderseconomic development.

59.B Effectivemeasures adoptedby thegovernment.

60.D Theygive upthe ideaofsmallergovernmentandlessregulation.

61.D Excessiveborrowing.【解析】文章改编自新闻网站的文章主题是“那些过度负债、经济增长The DailyBeast AsianWisdom,缓慢的西方国家能从经济繁荣的亚洲学到什么东西作者认为美国和欧洲都受制于自己的意识形态，并指出一些明智的联邦政府措施就可以使美国重新走上正确的道路；欧洲的问题在于不断增加的债务，必须从根本上寻找解决之道Part VCloze15minutesDirections:There are20blanks in the followingpassage.For eachblank therearefour choicesmarked A,B,C andD onthe rightside ofthe paper.You shouldchoose theONE thatbest fitsinto thepassage.Then markthe correspondingletter on AnswerSheet2with asingle linethroughthe centre.原文Nearly20years agoa smallstudy advancedthe notionthat listeningto MozartsSonata forTwo PianosinD Majorcould boostmental functioning.It wasnot longbefore trademarkedMozart effect^productsappealed toneurotic parentsaiming toput toddlersonthefast tracktotheIvy League.Georgiasgovernor evenproposed givingevery newbornthereaclassical CD or cassette.The evidencefor Mozarttherapyturned outto beflimsy,perhaps nonexistent,although theoriginal studynever claimedanythingmore thana temporaryand limitedeffect.In recentyears,however,neuroscientists haveexamined thebenefitsofaconcerted effortto studyand practicemusic,as opposedto playinga MozartCD oracomputer-based“brain fitness“game onceina while.Advanced monitoringtechniques haveenabledscientists tosee whathappens insideyour headwhen youlisten toyour mother and actuallypractice theviolinfor anhour everyafternoon.And theyhave foundthat musiclessons canproduce profoundandlasting changesthat enhancethe generalability tolearn.These resultsshould disabusepublic officialsofthe ideathat musicclasses area merefrill,ripe fordiscarding in the budgetcrises thatconstantly besetpublic schools.Studies haveshownthat assiduous instrumenttraining froman earlyage can help thebrainto processsounds better,making iteasier to stay focusedwhen absorbingother subjects,fromliterature totensor calculus.The musicallyadept are better ableto concentrateonabiology lessondespitethe racketin theclassroom or,afewyears later,to finishacallwith aclient whena colleagueinthe nextcubicle startsscreaming atan underling.They canattend toseveral thingsat onceinthementalscratch padcalled workingmemory,an essentialskill inthis eraof multitasking.Discerning subtletiesin pitchand timingcan alsohelp childrenor adultsin learninga newlanguage.Thecurrent crazefor highschool Mandarinclasses furnishesanidealexample.The difference between m-aa high,level tone andmafalling tonerepresents thedifferencebetween“motherand“scold.Musicians,studies show,arebetterthan nonmusiciansat pickingout easilywhen yourm-aismaing youtopractice.These skillsmay alsohelp thelearning disabledimprove speechcomprehension.Sadly,fewer schoolsare givingstudents anopportunity tolearn an instrument.In NatureReviewsNeuroscience thissummer,Nina Krausof NorthwesternUniversity andBha-rath Chandrasekaranof theUniversity of Texas at Austin,who researchhow musicaffects thebrain,point toa disturbingtrend ofadecline ofmusic educationas partofthestandard curriculum.A reportby theadvocacy organizationMusicfor AllFoundation foundthat from1999to2004the number of studentstaking musicprograms inCaliforniapublicschoolsdropped by50percent.一Research ofour brainson musicleads tothe conclusionthat musiceducation needsto bepreservedand revamped,as needed,when furtherinsights demonstrate,say,howtheconcentration musteredtoplay theclarinet orthe oboecan helpa problemstudent focusbetter inmath class.The mainreason forplayinganinstrument,of course,willalwaysbe thesheer joyof blowinga hornor bangingout chords.But weshould alsobe workingto incorporateinto thecurriculum ournew knowledgeof musicsbeneficialeffectonthe developingbrain.Sustained involvementwith aninstrument froman earlyage isanachievable goaleven withtight budgets.Music isnot justan extra.”答案

62.B notion

63.C before

64.B on

65.A proposed

66.D evidence

67.B original

68.A however

69.0effort

70.C opposed

71.D once

72.D techniques

73.0inside

74.C lessons

75.D enhance

76.A convince

77.A trouble

78.0diligentabout herschool performanceoftheday,and thedaughter repliedthat hecould goto herblog tocheck it.This smallcartoon indicatesa bigchange inour life,especially theway peoplecommunicate.Internetenables peopleto breakthough thelimitations ofdistance,strengthening socialnetwork.Unlike postoffices,Internet servicewith itsconvenience helpspeople engageand conversereal timewith theirparents,soul mates,friends thoughemails,IRC,micro bloganytime,anywhere with a networkterminal,without sufferingthelongand painfulwait fora reply.Besides,such onlinecommunities asTwitter,Facebook arewell underway andbecoming the most dominatingplatforms foron-line socialactivities.These communitiesoffer greatopportunities forus tofollow andinteract withthose welike andeventhose celebrities.Itisalsoaplatform forus toshare andupdate informationofeach other,and learntheoutside world.Internet todayand tomorrowisavirtual spacewhere welive,where we learn,where wespeak,and wherewe communicate.【解析】今年的六级作文依旧延续了四六级的传统，考查“现象类”话题，要求根据漫画，发表对于The的观点近年的六级作文题目，已经不再局impact oftheinterneton interpersonalcommunication”限于传统的议论文考察模式，即要求考生给出非此即彼或既此既彼的观点、而是偏向于启发考生自己去思考，结合自己的生活经历以及对事物的理解，对话题中的现象进行深入的探讨，给出事实支撑Part IIReading ComprehensionSkimming andScanning15minutesDirections:In thispart,you willhave15minutes togo over thepassagequickly andanswer thequestionsonAnswerSheet

1.For questions1-7,choose thebest answerfrom thefour choicesmarked A,B,C andD.For questions8-10,completethesen tenceswiththeinformation giveninthepassage.How thereinvention of higher educationbenefits parents,students,and schools.Hartwick college,a smallliberal-arts schoolin upstateNew York,makes thisoffer towell-preparedstudents:earn yourundergraduate degreein threeyears sixsemesters insteadof four,and saveabout$43,000—the amount of oneyears tuition and fees.A numberof innovativecolleges aremaking thesameoffer tostudents anxiousabout savingtime andmoney.The three-year degreecould becomethehigher-education equivalentofthefuel-efficient car.And thatsboth anopportunity anda warningfor thebesthigher-education systeminthe world.Article continuedbelow...During the1960sthe United Statesmade almost all ofthe worlds best automobiles.Detroits BigThree——Ford,Chrysler,General Motors—sold morethan80percent ofcars inthe United States.Yetthat dominationhad itsown intrinsicrisks.In TheReckoning,his chronicleofthe American autoindustrys troubles,the lateDavid Halberstamwroteabout GeorgeRomney,the square-jawed,upstart presidentof AmericanMotors whosawthe BigThree asa Hsharedmonopoly...musclebound andmindless inthe domesticmarket-increasingly lockedintopractices that their bestpeople knewwere destructivebut unableto breakout ofso profitableasyndrome.1Romney warned,There isnothing morevulnerable thanentrenched success.nWe knowthe restofthestory.The Big Three keptproducing gasguzzlers whilethe EuropeansandJapanese perfectedsmaller,fuel-efficient cars.Some ofDetroits bestpeople evenleft tohelp.

79.C process

80.Bconcentrate

81.Dor【解析】本文出自年月文章主要阐述倾听音乐对于大脑有好处，201011Scientific AmericanMagazine.可以提高人的学习能力因而作者呼吁，学校不应取消音乐课虽然文章为科技文，且开头出现了许多专业术语，但内容并不生僻所以，同学们千万不要被开头一长串的专业术语吓倒，保持良好心态，不要放弃完形填空考查重点还在于对上下文的理解；动词与介词的搭配；形似词、同义词词义、用法的辨析，如题中考之间的差异，词形62note,notice,notion,notification相似，但意思截然不同同学在平时背诵单词时，一定要多加总结归纳（）Part VITranslation5minutesDirections:Complete thesentences bytranslating intoEnglish theChinese givenin brackets.Please writeyour translationonAnswerSheet

2.（没有折扣的情况下值美元）.【点

1..1think thatthe mealis well worth$80without adiscount80评】“值”，后跟动名词或名词；折扣wellworth,discount（面对来自其他公司的激烈竞争），

83.Facing thefierce competitionfrom othercompanies theautomobilemanufacturer isconsidering launchinga promotioncampaign.【点评】横线处要填的是一个非谓语从句，根据句意可知前后主语都是the automobile因此用现在分词形式manufacturer,

84.As faras hobbiesare concerned,Jane andher sisternearly havenothing in common/hardly（几乎没有什么共同之处）.have anythingin common【点评】有共同点，注意表示否定时副词的使用have somethingincommon（我才认识到仅

85.Only aftermany failureshave Irealized thatI cannotsucceed withluck merely凭运气是不能成功的）.【点评】本题考查位于句首的倒装这里强调的是过去的事情对现在造成的影响“不能only成功因此应用现在完成时态

86.But forthe survivalinstinct whichnearly allcreatures have,more specieswouldhavebeen（更多的物种就可能已经在地球上灭绝了）extinct fromthe earth.【点评】“要不是，如果没有“，这里考查虚拟语气，后面应该用的but for,would+have done形式，强调这种非真实的虚拟对将来可能发生的情况的影响Ford vicepresident MarvinRunyons teammoved toSmyrna,Tenn.,to buildNissan*s start-from-scratchplant.Fifteen milesaway,in SpringHill,General Motorsinvested$5billion inSaturn,hopingside-by-side competitionwould helpthe Americansbeat theJapanese.But GMwas stilltoomusclebound.Meanwhile,Nissans liberatedmanagers andnonunion employeesoperated themostefficient autoplant inNorth America.Today,American taxpayersare bailingout GMand Chrysler,foreign competitorsmake mostofthe worldsbestcars,and theBig Threeaccount forless thanhalf thecarssold intheUnited States.American highereducation couldlearnfromRomneys warningtotheBigThreea halfcentury ago.TheUnited Stateshas almostall ofthe worldsbest universities.A recentChinese surveyranks35Americanuniversities amongthe top50,eight amongthe top

10.Our researchuniversities havebeen thekey todevelopingthe competitive advantagesthathelp Americansproduce25percent ofall theworlds wealth.In2007,623,805oftheworlds brighteststudents wereattracted toAmerican universities.Not longago,afewSenate colleaguesand I had supperwith formerBrazilian presidentFernando HenriqueCardoso,who wascompleting ayear asscholar-in-residence atthe Libraryof Congress.One senatoraskedCardoso whatmemory hewould takeback toBrazil abouthis timeintheUnitedStates.The Americanuniversity,he replied.The greatnessand the autonomy oftheAmericanuniversity.There isnothing intheworld quitelike it.”Yet,as withtheautoindustry inthe1960s,therearesigns ofperil withinAmerican highereducation.It istruethattheproblem withcar companieswas monopoly,whereas U.S.colleges competeinavibrantmarketplace.Students,often helpedby federalscholarships and loans,may chooseamong6,000public,private,nonprofit,for-profit,or religiousinstitutions ofhigher learning.In addition,almostallofthe$32billion thefederal governmentprovides foruniversity researchis awardedcompetitively.But asI discoveredmyself duringmy four-year tenureas presidentoftheUniversity ofTennessee inthelate1980s,in someways,many collegesand universities are stuckinthepast.For instance,the ideaofthe fall-to-spring schoolyear”hasn*t changedmuch sincebeforetheAmerican Revolution,when wewerea nationof farmersand studentsput theirbooks away toworkthe soilduringthesummer.That longsummerstretch nolonger makessense.Former GeorgeWashington Universitypresident StephenJ.Trachtenberg estimates thatatypical collegeuses itsfacilities foracademic purposesa littlemore thanhalf the calendaryear.nWhile collegefacilities sitidle,they continueto generatemaintenance,energy,and debt-service expensesthat contributetothe high costof runninga college/hehaswritten.Within academicdepartments,tenure,combined withage-discrimination laws,make facultyturnover-critical fora universityto remaincurrent inchanging times—difficult.Instead ofprotectingspeech andencouraging diversityand innovativethinking,the tenuresystem oftenstifles them:aspiringprofessors mustwin theapproval ofestablished colleaguesfor tenure,encouraging likemindednessandsometimes inhibitingthe freeflow ofideas.Meanwhile,tuition hassoared,leaving graduatingstudents withunprecedented loandebt.Strong campuspresidentsto managethese problemsare becomingharder tofind,andtokeep.In fact,students nowstayon campusalmost aslong astheir presidents.The averagetenure ofa collegepresident ata publicresearchuniversity isseven years.The averageamountoftime studentsnow taketo completeanundergraduate degreehas stretchedto sixyears andseven monthsas students interrupted bywork,inconvenienced byunavailable classes,or luredby onemore footballseason find it hardto graduate.Congress,acting withthebestof intentions,has triedtohelpstudents withcollege coststhrough PellGrantsandotherforms oftuition support.But someof theirfixes havemade theproblem worse.Thestack ofcongressional regulationsgoverning federalstudent grantsandloansnow standstwice astall asIdo.One collegepresident lamentedtomethat fillingout theseforms consumes7percent ofeverytuition dollar.Because ofthe recession,Harvard islaying offworkers andStanford isselling abillion dollarsof itsendowment.Declining state support makesthe painin publicuniversities evenworse.From2000to2006,total statehigher-education fundingrose only

17.6percent whileaverage tuitionat publicfour-year institutionswent up

63.4percent.The maincause ofdeclining statesupport wasthe runawaycostsof Medicaid,which roseoverthesame periodby

62.6percent.And Congressis nowconsidering ahealth-care reformbill thatwould shifteven moreMedicaid coststothestates.The recentfederalstimulus dollarsoffer onlytemporary relief.Tennessee Gov.Phil Bredesendescribed thesituation inhisMarch budgetaddress:When thismoney ends21months fromnow,our campuseswill suddenlyneed tobeginoperating withabout$180million lessin statefunding thantheyhadthis year.For allof thesereasons,some forward-looking collegeslike Hartwickare rethinkingtheoldway ofdoingthings andquestioning decades-old assumptionsabout whata collegedegree means.For instance,whydoes ithaveto take four years to earnadiploma Thisfall,16first-year studentsand foursecond-yearstudents atHartwick,located halfwaybetween Binghamtonand Albany,enrolled inthe schoolsnewthree-year degreeprogram.According tothe college,the planis designedfor high-ability,highlymotivated studentswho wish to savemoney ortomovealong morerapidly towardadvanced degrees.By eliminatingthat extrayear,three-year degree students save25percent incosts.Instead oftaking30credits ayear,these studentstake

40.During January,Hartwick runsa four-week courseduring whichstudentsmay earnthree tofour creditson oroff campus,including anumberofinternational sites.Summer coursesarenotrequired,but a student mayenroll inthem—and payextra.Three-year studentsgetfirst crackat courseregistration.There areno changesinthe numberof courses professorsteach orintheir pay.In April,Lipscomb Universityin Nashvillealso announceda three-year option,along witha planforveterans toattend tuition-free andmake iteasier andcheaper forcommunity-college students to attendLipscomb.Lipscomb requiresits three-year-degreestudentstotakeeight semesters,which meanssummerschool isrequired.Still,university presidentRandy Lowryestimatesthata three-year-degreestudent savesabout$11,000in tuitionand fees.The three-year degreeis startingto catchon,but itisn*tanew idea.Geniuses have always breezedthrough.Judson College,a350-student institutionin Alabama,has offeredstudentsa three-year optionfor40years.Students attendshort terms1in Mayand Juneto earnthe creditsrequired forgraduation.Bates Collegein Maineand BallState Universityin Indianaare amongother collegesoffering thrcc-ycaroptions.Later thismonth theRhode IslandLegislature isexpected toapprove abill requiringall stateinstitutionsofhighereducation tocreate three-year bachelorprograms.Changes atthehigh-school levelarealsohelping tomake iteasier formany studentsto earntheirundergrad degreesin lesstime.One offive studentsarrives atcollege todaywith Advanced Placementcredits amountingtoasemester ormoreofcollege-level work.Many universities,including largeschoolslike theUniversityofTexas,makeiteasy forthese APstudentstograduate faster.According totheU.S.Department ofEducations mostrecent statistics,about5percent ofU.S.undergraduatesfinished withbachelors degreesin threeyears.For studentswho dontplan tostop withan undergraduatedegree,the three-year planmay havean evengreaterappeal.Dr.John Sergent,head ofVanderbilt UniversityMedical Schoofsresidency program,enrolled inVanderbilt*s undergraduatecollege in

1959.He enteredmedical schoolafter onlythree yearsasdid fouror fiveof myclassmates.I waslooking atalotof yearsahead ofme,eight to10years ofmedicaltraining aftercollege beforeI hada realjob,*he says.nMy firstyear ofmedical schoolcountedas my senior year,which meantIhad totakethree tofour labsa weekto getall mysciences in.I basicallyskippedmysenior year.Sergent stillhad time to beastudentsenator,serve asfraternity president,andmeet hiswife.Today,interviewing hundredsof applicantsfor medicalresidencies,he seesseveral whohavegraduated inless thanfouryears,mainly becauseof AdvancedPlacement credits.HMost ofthemuse theextra time to completea researchproject orto thinkabout whatto dowith theirlives.Its notasclear-cut aswhen wewere incollege/he toldme.There aredrawbacks tomoving throughschool atsuch abrisk pace.For one,it deprivesstudents oftheluxury oftimeto roam intellectually.Compressing everythinginto threeyears alsoleaves lesstime forgrowingup,engaging inextracurricular activities,and studyingabroad.On crowdedcampuses itcouldmean feweropportunities toget intoa prizedprofessors class.Iowas WaldorfCollege hasgraduatedseveral hundredstudentsinits three-year-degree programs,but isnow phasingouttheoption.MostWaldorf studentswanted thefull four-year experience-academically,socially,and athletically.Andfaculty memberswill bewary ofany changethat threatensthe corecurriculum inthe nameof movingstudentsintotheworkforce.Most highgovernmental officialswho speakof educationpolicy seemto conceiveof educationin thislight-asawaytoensure economiccompetitiveness andcontinued economicgrowth/*Derek Bok,president emeritusof Harvardtold TheWashington Post.nI stronglydisagree withthis approach.*Another risk:the newcampus schedulesmight eventuallyproduce lessrevenue forthe institutionandlonger workinghours forfaculty members.Adopting athree-year optionwill notcome easilyto mostschools.Those thatwishtotackle traditionandmake Americancampuses morecost-conscious may finditeasier totake Trachtenberg^advice:opencampuses year-round.You couldrun twocomplete colleges,with twocomplete faculties,in thefacilitiesnow usedhalftheyear forone,he says.Thats withoutcutting thelength ofstudents vacations,increasing classsizes,or requiringfaculty to teach more.*Simply requiringone mandatorysummer一session for every studentin fouryears-as DartmouthCollege doeswould improvehis institutionsbottomline by$10million to$15million dollars,hesays.Whether theyexperiment withthree-year degrees,offer year-round classes,challenge thehideboundtenure system-or alloftheabove-universitiesare,like theautomakers,slowly realizingthat tostaycompetitive and relevant theymust adapttoarapidly changingworld.Among the

13.2millionautomobiles soldintheUnitedStatesduring2008,just315,761were hybridvehicles.Toyota alonesoldthree outof four,or241,405,of these;theBigThree sold34,

042.The numberof hybridsis relativelysmall,but Toyotaspersistence andinnovation increating smaller,fuel-efficient vehicleshas helpedit tobecometheworldsleading automobilemanufacturer.Just asa hybridcar isnot forevery driver,athree-year degreeisnotforeverystudent.Expanding thethree-year optionoryear-round schedulesmay bedifficult,but itmay bemore palatablethan askingCongressfor additionalbailout money,asking legislatorsfor morestatesupport,or askingstudents forevenhigher tuitionpayments.Campuses willingto adoptconvenient schedulesalong withmore-focused,less-expensive degreesmayfindthat theyhaveacompetitiveadvantagein attractingbright,motivatedstudents.As GeorgeRomney mighthave putit,these sortsof innovationscanhelpAmerican universities,long theexample totheworld,avoid theperils ofsuccess.

1.A Tocut studentsexpenses.

2.B collegefacilities couldbe putto moreeffective use.

3.C suppressescreative thinking

4.A Itsstudents havetoearnmore creditseach year.

5.B Ithasbeenrunning fbrseveral decades.

6.B Morestudents haveAdvancedPlacementcredits.

7.A Studentsdont havemuch timetoroamintellectually.

8.the corecurriculum

9.stay competitiveandrelevant

10.bright,motivated students【解析】本次六级的快速阅读文章出自年月日的《每日野兽——新闻周刊》，与四级文章的20091016出处一样，在这里要提醒考生们平日里加强此类英美报刊的阅读本文属于教育类文章文章开头以学院为例，指出许多有创新意识的大学都将学制由四年改为三年的现象Hartwick在承认美国具有全世界最好的大学，这些学校吸引了众多聪明的学生后，作者话锋一转，指出美国高等教育存在的一些问题，包括学校学年的一成不变，设备资源的闲置浪费，终身职位以及反年龄歧视法造成的教务人员冗余以及对自由思想的压制，学生承担不起高额的学费等等之后，作者指出正是由于以上的这些问题，许多学校才会进行学制改革并且描述了Hartwick,等学校在缩短学制后课程方面的一些改革和做法随后作者指出缩短学制的一些Judson College弊端学生缺少时间进行思考，缺少时间参加课外活动或者出国留学，威胁学校的核心课程体系等最后，作者指出实行三年制学制对大多数学校来说都不是易事但是要比让议会提供资金帮助，让立法人员要求更多的政府帮助，或是要求学生支付更高的学费来得容易本次快速阅读题目难度适中，基本上都是细节辨认题，考生做题的时候可根据题干的关键词人名，学校名等进行快速定位，仔细判断需要注意的是，考生在做本篇快速阅读的时候最好快速通读一下全文，把握一下文章的大致结构，会更有利于解答问题Part IIIListening Comprehension35minutesSection ADirections:In thissection,you willhear8short conversationsand2long conversations.At theendof eachconversation,one ormore questionswill beasked aboutwhat wassaid.Both theconversationandthequestionswill bespokenonlyonce.After eachquestion therewillbea pause.During thepause,you mustread thefourchoicesmarkedA,B,C andD,and decidewhich isthebest answer.Then markthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthe centre.W:Did youhear thatAnna needstostayin bedfor4weeksM:Yeah.She injuredher spineinafall anda doctortold hertolieflat onher backforamonth soit canmend.Q:What canwe learnfromtheconversation【答案】A Theinjury willconfine Annato bedfor quiteawhile.【解析】此题为细节题从对话中可知，摔倒导致脊椎受伤，医生让其卧床休息一个月AnnaM:A famousRussian balletis comingto townnext weekend.But I cant finda ticketanywhere.W:Dontbe upset.My sisterjust happenedto haveoneandshe cantgo sinceshe hasgot somesort ofconflict inherschedule.Q:What doesthe womanmean【答案］C Shecan geta balletticket forthe man.【解析】此题为推理题男子找不到俄罗斯芭蕾表演的票子，女子告诉她不要失落，因为自己的姐姐碰巧有张票，并且因为和安排有冲突去不了W:Hello,my bathroomdrain isblocked andIm givinga partytonight.Do youthink youcould comeandfix itfor meM:Sorry,maam.Im prettybusy rightnow.But Ican putyou onmy list.Q:What doesthe manmean［答案］A Hehas todo otherrepairs first.【解析】此题为推理题从对话可知，女子请男子帮忙修浴室的地漏，但是男子现在忙，不过他会记录下W:Wcrc takingupacollection tobuy agift forGemma.Shell havebeen withthe company25yearsnext week.M:Well,count mein.But Ima bitshort oncash now.When doyou needitQ:What isthemangoing todo【答案】C Givehis contributionsome timelater.【解析】此题为推理题从对话中可知，下周在公司的时间就满年了，大家正Gemma25在凑钱买礼物男子也要加入，但是手头缺少现金从他的询问可见他会晚点交钱W:Tonys motherhas invitedmetodinner.Do youthink Ishould tellherinadvance thatVm avegetarianM:Of course.I thinkshed appreciate it.Imaging howyou bothfeel ifshe fixedthe turkeydinner orsomething.Q:What doesthemansuggest thewoman do【答案】D TellTonys motherthat sheeats nomeat.【解析［此题为推理题的妈妈邀请女子吃饭，女子询问男子是不是应该提前告知自己Tony是素食主义者从男子的，可知，男子给了他肯定的回答“I thinkshe dappreciateit”M:Just lookat thisnewspaper,nothing butrobberies,suicide andmurder.Do youstill believepeople arebasicallygoodW:Of course.But manypapers lackinterest inreporting somethingpositive likepeace,love andgenerosity.Q:What arethe speakerstalking about［答案］B Thecoverage ofnewspapers.【解析】此题为推理题从关键词等可知，男子认为报纸上涉及的都newspapers,robberies是抢劫、自杀等内容，可见两人正在谈论报纸的内容M:Icantbelieve somany peoplewant tosign upfbr theKorea DevelopmentConference.We willhaveto limitthe registration.W:Yeah,otherwise wewont haveroom fbrthe more.Q:What arethe speakersgoingtodo［答案］C Limitthenumberof participantsintheconference.【解析】此题为细节题男子没有想到那么多人来参加会议，所以必须限制人们注册，从女子对其的肯定回答也可进一步肯定他们要限制参与人数W:Hi,Im callingabout thead fbrthe onebedroom apartment.M:Perfect timing!The personwho wassupposed torent itjust backedtown totake aroom oncampus.Q:What dowelearnfromtheconversation【答案】A Theapartment isstill available.【解析】此题为推理题从对话可知，男子告诉女子她打电话来的时机正好，因为本来要租房子的人回到城镇去租大学的房间了，所以女子还能够租广告上的公寓Conversation1W:One ofthemostinteresting experimentswith dolphinsmustbeone doneby DoctorJarvisBastian.What hetriedtodo wastoteacha maledolphin calledBass anda femalecalled Doristocommunicate witheach otheracross asolid barrier.M:So howdid hedo itexactlyW:Well,first ofall,he keptthe twodolphins togetherinthesame tankand taughtthem to press leverswheneverthey sawa light.The leverswere fittedtotheside ofthe tanknext toeach other.If the light flashedonandoff severaltimes,the dolphinswere supposed to pressthe left-handlever followedby the right-hand one.If thelight waskept steady,the dolphinswere supposedtopress thelevers inreverseorder.Whenever theyresponded correctly,they wererewarded withfish.M:Sounds terriblycomplicated.W:Well,that wasthe firststage.In the second stage,Doctor Bastianseparated the dolphins intotwotanks.They couldstill hearone another,but theycouldnt actuallysee eachother.The leversandlight wereset upin exactlythesameway exceptthat thistime itwas onlyDoris whocouldsee thelight indicatingwhich levertopressfirst.But inorder toget theirfish,both dolphinshad topressthe leversinthecorrect order.This meantofcoursethat Dorishadtotell Basswhether itwas aflashinglight orwhetheritwas a steady light.M:So didit workW:Well,amazingly enough,the dolphinsachieved a100%success rate.Questions19-21are basedontheconversation youhave justheard.Q

19.What isthe purposeof DoctorJarvis BastiansexperimentQ

20.What werethedolphinssupposedtodo whentheysawasteadylightQ

21.How didthesecondstage ofthe experimentdiffer fromthefirststage答案

11.D tosee ifdolphins cancommunicatewitheachother.

12.A Presstheright-hand leverfirst.

13.C Onlyone dolphinwas abletoseethelight.【解析】这篇长对话主要围绕巴斯蒂安博士关于海豚的实验而展开，实验的目的是要教会海豚学会互相沟通和交流讯息随着男士对实验的发问，女士便对实验的两个阶段进行了详细介绍这篇长对话整体难度适中，考生只要在平时注意练习和打好词汇基础，想要得满分并不难需要提醒考生的是，做听力题也要讲究技巧，一定要带着问题去有目的地听，相关的信息着重记忆，不相干的信息迅速忽略懂得抓题眼和懂得取舍，这样听力才能做得好。