2014年6月六級(jí)第一套卷

1、Parti Writing ( 30minutes)Directions: For this part, you areallowed 30 minutes to write an essay exp laining why it is unwise to put allyour eggs in one basket. You can give examples to illustrate your point .Youshould write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Part n Listening Comprehensio

2、n (30 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,youwill hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.At the end of eachconversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said.Both theconversation and the questions will be sp oken only once.After each questionthere will be a p

3、ause.During the p ause,you must read the four choices markedA),B),C)and D),and decide which is the best answer.Then mark the corres po ndingletter on Answer Sheet1 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡 1上作答。A)They might be stolen goodsThey might be fake p roductsThey might be faulty p

4、roductsThey might be smuggled goodA)They are civil servantsThey are job app licantsThey are news rep ortersThey are p ublic sp eakersA)The man has decided to quithis compu ter classThe woman wants to get a degreein administrationA compu ter degree is a must foradministrative workD)The man went to ch

5、ange the timeof his compu ter classA)A lot of contestants partici pated in the showThe fifth contestant won thebiggest p rizelt was not as exciting as he hadex pectedIt was spo nsored by a carmanufacturerA)Reading a news paper columnLooking at a railway timetableDriving form New York to BostonWaitin

6、g for someone at theair portA)He wears a coat bought in themallHe got a new job at thebarbersh opHe had a finger hurt last nightHe had his hair cut yesterdayA)He cannot app reciate the Pi casso exhibitionEven his nep hew can draw as wellas Pi cassoHe is not quite imp ressed withmodern p aintingsSome

7、 drawings by kindergartenkids are excellentA)He should not put the cart before the horseHis conduct does not square withhis wordsHis attitude to studentgovernment has changedHe has long been involved in student governmentQuestions 9 to 11 are based on theconversation you have just heardA)She left he

8、r own car inManchesterSomething went wrong with hercarShe wants to go traveling on theweekendHer car won,t be back in aweek,s time1O.A)SafetySizeComfortCostA)Third-party insuranceValue-added taxP etrolCDWQuestions 12 to 15 are based onthe conversation you have just heardA)How to up date the basicfac

9、ilitiesWhat to do to enhance their po sitionWhere to locate their plantHow to attract investmentsA)Their road link to other Eur op ean countries is fastThey are all located in thesouth of FranceC)They are very close to eachotherTheir basic facilities are goodA)Try to avoid making a hastydecisionTake

10、 advantage of the train linksTalk with the local authoritiesD)Conduct field surveys firstA)Future p roduct distributionLocal employ ment p oliciesRoad and rail links for smalltownsSkilled workforce in the hillyregionSection BDirections:In this section,youwill hear 3 short p assages.At the end of eac

11、h p assage, you will hear somequestions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After youhear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices markedA),B),C)and D).Then mark the corres po nding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with asingle line through the centre.注意：此部分試題

12、請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡 1上作答。Passage oneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just haard.A)One fifth of them were on badterms with their sisters and broithers.About one eighth of themadmitted to lingering bitter feelings.More than half of them wereinvolved in inheritance dis pu tes.Most of them had bro

13、ken withtheir sisters and brothers.A)Less concern with moneymatters.More exp erience in worldlyaffairs.Advance in age.Freedom from work.A)They have little time left torenew contact with their brothers and sisters.They tend to forget p ast unha ppy memories and focus on their p resent needs .They are

14、 more tolerant of oneanother.They find close relatives morereliable.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 22 are based onthe p assage you have just heard.A)They have bright colors andintricate p atterns.They can only survive in p artsof the Americas.They have strong wings cap ableof flying long distances.2O.A)

15、ln a Michigan mountainforest.B)In a Louisiana mountain forest.ln a Kentucky mountain forest.In aMexican mountain forest.A)Each flock of butterflieslays eggs in the same states.They start to lay eggs when theyare nine months old.Each generation in a cycle layseggs at a different pl ace.Only the stron

16、gest can reachtheir destination to lay eggs.A)Evolution of monarchbutterflies.Living habits of monarchbutterflies.Migration p atterns of monarchbutterflies.Environmental i mp acts on monarch butterfly life.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based onthe p assage you habe just heard.A)Time has become

17、 more limitedTime has become more p reciousTime is moneyTime is relativeA)Americams now attach moreimp ortance to the effective use of time.Americans today have more freetime than earlier generationsThe number of hours Americanswork has increased steadilyMore and more Americans feel p ressed for tim

18、e nowadaysA)Our inter personalrelationshi ps imp roveB)Our work efficiency increasesgreatly.Our living habits are alteredOur behavior is changedSection CDirections:In this section,youwill hear a p assage three times.when the p assage isRead forthe first time,youshould listen carefully for its genera

19、l idea.when the p assage is read for the secondtime.you are required to fill the blanks with the exact words you have justheard ,Finally,when the p assage is read for the third time,you should checkwhat you have written.The first cop yright law in the United States was p assed by Congressin1790. .In

20、1976 Congressenacted the latest copyright law, _(26) _ thetechnologicaldevelopments that had occurredsince the p assage of the Cop yright Act of 1909. For exa mpl e,in 1909,anyone whowanted to make a single copy of a _(27) _ workfor personal use had to do so by hand.The very process_(28) _ a limitat

21、ion on the quantity of materials copied. Today, aphotocopier can do the work in seconds; the limitationlaw and abuesehas dias pp eared. The 1909 law did not p rovide full protectionfor films and suond recording,nordidit_(29)_ the need to protect radio and television. As a result,_(30) _of the of the

22、 intent of the law have lessened the_(31)_ rewards of authors,artises,andp roducers.The1976 Cop yright Act has not p revented these abuses fully, but it has clarifiedthe legal rights of the injured p arties and given them an_(32) _for remedy.since 1976 the Act has been_(33)_ to inclued compu ter sof

23、rware,and guiedlines have been adpoted for fair use of television broadcases.These changes havecleared up much of the confusion and conflictthat followed_(34) _ the 1976 legislation.The fine po ints of the law are decided by the courts and by acce ptablecommon p ractice over time.As these decisions

24、and agreements are made,we modifyour behavior accordingly. For now,we need to_(35) _ the law and itsguidelines as accurately as we can and to act in a fair manner.Part III Rdading Comp rehension (40minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, thereis a passage with ten blanks,You are required to sel

25、ect One word for each blankfrom a list of choices given in a word bank following the p assage.Read the p assage through carefully before making yourchoices. Each choice in the bamk isidentified by a letter. PI easemark thecorres po ndingletter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line throu

26、gh the centre You may not useany of the words in the bank more than once.For investors who desire low riskand guaranteed income,U.S. Government bonds are a secure investment becausethese bonds have the financial backing and full faith and credit of thefederalgovernment.Munic ipal bonds,also secure,a

27、re offered by local governmengts andoftenhave 36such as tax-free interest.Some may even be37.Corp ortate bonds are abit more risky.Two questionsoften.38first- time corpo rtate bond investors.The first ispu rchase a corpo rtate bond,do I have to hold it until thematueity date?The answer is no.Bondsar

28、e bought and sold daily on39securities exchanges.However,if your bond does nothave40that make it attractive to other investors, you may be forced to sell your bondats face value. But if your bond is highly valued bya41i .e., a price less than the bondotherinvestors, you may be able to sell it at a p

29、rem ium, i.e., a p rice above itsface value. Bond相反地)with current market interest rates. Asinterest反之亦然).Thus, like all investmentsp rices gcncrally42inversely (rates go up, bond p nccs tall, and vice versa (bonds haveadegree of risk.the investment risk of a p articular bondissue? ” Standard & Poor

30、s and Moody s Investors Service rate the level of risk of manyThe second question isHow can I43the higherreturncorporateandgovernment bonds. And44, the higherthe market risk ofa bond,the interestrate. Investors willinvestina bond consideredrisky only if the 45.is highenough.注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡 2上作答。A) adv

31、antages I) fluctuateB) assess J) indefiniteC) bother K) insuredD) conservedL) majordeductionM) naturallyF) discountN) potentialG) embarrass0) simultaneouslyH) featuresSection BDirections:In this section,youare going to read a p assage with ten statments attached to it.each statementcontains informat

32、ion given in one of the p aragra phs.identify the p aragra ph fromweich the information is derived.you may choose a parpgraph more than once.each paragra ph is marked with a letter.answer the questions by marking thecorres po nding letter on answer sheet 2.lessons from a Feminist P aradiseAOn the su

33、face,Sweden appearsto be a feminist paradise.Lookat any global survey of genderequality andSweden will be near the to p.Family-friendly p olicies are its norm-with 16months ofp aid p arental leave,s pecial p rotections for p art-time workers,and state-subsidized preschoolswhere,according to a govern

34、ment website,gender-awarenesseducation is increasingly common.due to an unfficial quota system,womenhold 45 p ercent of p ositions in the swedish p arliament.theyhave enjoyed the protectionof government agencies with titles like the Ministry of IntegrationandGender Equality and the Secretariat of Ge

35、nder Research.So why are Americanwomen so far ahead oftheir Swedish counter parts in breaking through the glassceiling?Bin a 2012 rep ort,the World EconomicForum found that when it comes to closing the gendergap ineconmic partic ip ation and opp ortunity,the United States is ahead of not onlySweden

36、butalso Finland,Denmark,the Netherlands,Iceland,Germany,and the UnitedKingdom.Swedens rank in thereport can largely be expl ained by its p oliticalquota system.Though the United States has fewerwomen in the workorce(68 percent comp ared to Swedens 77 p ercent).American women who choose tobee mpio ye

37、d are far more likely to work full-time and to hold high-level jobs asmanangers or新創(chuàng)辦的企業(yè) ),and more oftenp rofessionals.They also own more businesses,lauch more start -ups(work in traditionally malefields.Asfor breaking through the glass ceiling in business,Americanwomen arewell in the lead.Cwhat ex

38、plains the Americanadvantage?How can it be that societies like Sweden,where gender equality isvigorously p usued and engorced,have fewerfemalemanagers,executives ,p rofessionals,and business owners than eh laissez-faire(的)united states?A new study by clrnelleconomists Francine Blau and Lawrence Kahn

39、 gives an自由放任expl anation.DGenerous p arental leave policies and readily available p art-time op tions haveunintendedconsequences:instead of strengthening womens attachmentto the work pl ace,theya pp earto weaken it.In addition to a 16-month leave,a swedish p arent has theright to work six hours ada

40、y (for a reduced salary)until his or her child iseight years old.Mothers are far more likelythan fathers to take advantage ofthis law,But extended leaves and part-timeemployment are knownto be harmfulto careers for both genders. And with women a second factor comes int op lay:most seem to enjoy the

41、flexible- time arrangement(once known as the “mommytrack )and never find theirway back tofull-time or high-level employ ment.ln sum:generous family-friendly p olicies dokee p more women in the labor market,but they also tend to diminisb theircareers.E According to Blau andKahn,Swedish-stylepaternal(

42、 父親的)leavepolicies and flexibletimearrangements pose a second threat to woman s progress:theymake empioyers cautious about hiringwomanforfull-timepositionsat all.Offering ajob toa man is the safer bet.He is farless likelyto take a year of p arental leave and then return on a reduced workschedule for

43、 the next eightyears.Fl became aware of the triale ofcareer-focused Europ ean woman a few years ago when I met a p ost-doctoralstudent from Germany who was then a visiting fellow at Johns Hop kins. Shewasastonished by the p rofessional p ossibilities afforded to young American woman.Her best hopein

44、Germany was agovermment job prospects for woman in the private sector were dim.” In Germany“ she told me, ” we have all the benefits, ” but empioyers don t wan to hire us. ”G Swedish economists MagnusHenrekson and Mikael Stenkula addressed the following question平in their 2009study:why are there so f

45、ew female top executives in the Euro pean egalitarian（等主義的）welfare states?Their answer:” Broad -based welfare-state policies hinder women sBroad -based welfare-state p olicies hirep resentation in eliteco mp etitive p ositions.H It is temp ting to declare theSwedish p olicies regressive（退步的）and hail

46、 theAmericansystem as superior.But that would be shortsighted.The Swedes cancertainly take a lesson from theUnited States and look for ways to clear ap ath for their ambitious female careerists. But mostwoman are not committsdcareerists.When the Pew Research Center recently asked American p arents”

47、ideal ” life arrangement,47 percent of mothers said they wouldtoidentify theirp refer toworkpark-time and 20percent said they would prefer not to work at all.Fathersanswered differrntly:75percent preferred full-time work.Some version of theSwedish system might work well for a majorityof American par

48、ents,but theUnited States is unlikely to fully embrace the Swedish model. Still,wecanlearn from their exp erience.I Desp ite its failure to shatter the glass ceiling,Sweden has one ofthe most po werful andinnovative economies in the world.In its2011-2012survey,the World Economic Forum ranked Sweden

49、as the “rockstar of the recovery ” in the Washington Post,also leads the world in lifesatisfactionand happi ness. It is a society well worth studying,and its efforts to conquerthegender gap impart a vital lessonthough not the lesson the Swedeshad in mindJ Swedenhas gone farther thanany other nation

50、on earth to integrate the sexes and to offerwomenthe sameopportunitiesand freedoms as men.For decades,these descendants of the Vikingshavebeen trying to show the world that the right mix of enlinghtened policy.consciousness raising,and non-sexist child rearingwould close thegender divide once and fo

51、r all.Yet the divide persists.K A 2012 p ress release fromStatistics Sweden bears the titleSwedenTreading（踩）Water ” and notes:Gender Equality in1、The total income from employment for all ages is lower for womenthan for men.2、One in three empioyed women and one in ten empioyed men work part-time.3、 W

52、omensworking time is influenced by the number and age oftheirchildren, but men s working time is not affected bythese factors.4、Of all empioyees , only 13 percent of thewomen and 12 percent of the men have occupationswith an even distribution ofthe sexes.L Confronted with such facts,some Swedish act

53、ivists and legislators are demanding moreex-treme andfar-reaching measures, such as repl acing male and female pron ouns with aneutralalternative and monitoring children more closely to correct them whenthey gravitahta（被吸引）toward gendered pl ay. When it came to light last year that mothers, far more

54、 than fathers,choseto stay home from work to care for their sick kids. Ulf Kristersson.minister ofsocialsecurity,quickly commissioned a study to determine thecauscs of and p ossiibice cures for this disturbing stale of affairs.MSwcdish family p olicies, byaccommodating womens p references efleetivel

55、y, are redutingand trytothe number of womenin elitecompetitivepositions.The Swedeswill find this paradoxical find solutions. Let us hope these do not include banning gender pron ouns ,p olicing childrenpl ay, impi ementing more gender quotas, or treating women s sp ecial attachment to homeand family

56、as a social injustice.Most mothers do not aspire to (向往)elite,competitivefull-timepositions: the Swedish p olicies have given them thefreedom and opp ortunity to live the lives they p refer. Americans should look past the gender rhetoric and consider what these Scandina-vians have achieved.On their

57、way to creating a feminist p aradise, the Swedes have uninten-tionallycreated a haven ( 避風(fēng)港)for normal mortals.注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡 2上作答。46.Sweden has done more than othernations to close the gender gap. but it conimucs 10 exist.47.Sweden is one of the mostco mp etitive economics life satisfaction.48. More

58、 American women hold elitejob p ositions in business than Swedish women.49. Swedish family- friendlypolicies tendto exert a negative influence on women s careers.50.The quota system in Swedenensures women s better representation ingovernment.51.Though the Swedish modelappears workable for most Ameri

59、can parents,it may not be accepted by them inits entirety.52.Swedish women are allowed thefreedom and opp ortunity to choose their own way of life.53.Swedish empio yers are hesitantabout hiring women for full-time po sitions because of the family-friendly p olicies.54.Gender-awareness education isbe

60、coming more and more popu lar in state-subsidized p reschools in Sweden.55.Some lawmakers in Swedenpropose that genderless pronouns be used in the Swedish language.Section CDirections:There are 2 p assages in this section. Each p assage is followed by somequestionsor unfinished statements. For each