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1、2013 年 12 月六级考试真题答案解析（第一套）12013 年 6 月大学英语六级考试真题(一)答案与详解Part Writing1、审题:这是一篇评论性话题作文。首先，抓住题目中的主题词 life 和 meaningful,避免跑题。接着，借助谚语内容（将生命花在比生命更长远的事上，就是尽用生命），谚语与题目相结合，可提炼出主题：怎样使生命更有意义。然后，弄清题目与谚语的关系：主题与例证关系勒最后，确定行文思路：引出 话题+提出观点+举例论证+总结建议；总结时，注意要观点明确，贴合所给主题，切勿模棱两可。2、写作思路：第一段：以“总一分一总”形式引出话题，解释谚语。第二段：提出观点，指出

2、自己将怎样做，并举例论证。第三段：做出呼吁，提出建议，总结全文。How to Live a Meaningful LifePeople always say that the greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.On the one hand,life is spent on something for the future,or for our offspring.For example,people work to build the Three GorgesDam to make e

3、lectricity.On the other hand,doing some little but meaningful things can also show the greatest useof life,such as offering a seat to a woman with a child.I will do the following things to make my life meaningful.First,I will plant trees every year to contributemy effort to make the sky blue and the

4、 water clean.Second,I will learn my major biology well to cure somediseases,such as cancers.Third,as the saying goes,to do your own job is to contribute your effort to the society.Only by spending our life for something that will outlast it can we contribute to our society.For one thing,weshould lea

5、rn from Lei Feng who did little but meaningful things.For another,we can do whatever we can toprotect the environment.In a word,we can make our life meaningful by doing meaningful things.PartListening Comprehension1.听力原文：W:Has my order arrived yet?I had been expecting it since last week.M:I called t

6、he company this morning.They had some labor problems,so your order will be shipped late.Itshould be here by the end of the week.Q:What has caused the delay of the shipment?【预测】选项中的 weather conditions,labor problems 和 an error in the order 均为可能导致送货推迟的原因表明，对话可能与送货推迟的原因有关。【精析】B)。由对话中男士提到的labor problems

7、 shipped late 可知，劳工问题导致了延迟发货，故答案为 B)。2.听力原文：W:I dont agree with Mr.Johnsons views on social welfare.He seems to suggest the poor arerobbing the rich.M:He might have used better words to express his idea.But I think what he said makes a lot of sense.Q:What does the man mean?【预测】选项中的 he,agrees with 和

8、is sympathetic 表明，本题可能考查男士的观点，男士的话为听音重点。【精析】C)。由对话中男士提到的 But I think what he(指代 Mr.Johnson)said makes a lot of sense 可知，男士认为约翰逊先生的话很有道理，即他赞同约翰逊先生的观点，故答案为 C)。make sense 意为“讲得通，有道理”。W:Yes,that wont be a problem.I think I can finish early today.Q:Why does the man say he cant pick up the kids?3.听力原文：M:L

9、iz,I just found out that I have a meeting and cant pick up the kids after their soccer practice.Willyou be able to pick them up in time?第 1 页 共 12 页2013 年 12 月六级考试真题答案解析（第一套）2【精析】D)。由对话中男士提到的 I have a meeting and cant pick up the kids 可知，男士因为要参加会议而不能去接孩子，故答案为 D)。4.听力原文：W:Marv is going to get a littl

10、e dog from one of her relatives.M：Really?But I hear her apartment building is about to place a ban on pet animals.Q:What does the man imply?【预测】选项均为描述玛丽的完整句子，其中的 will not be able to keep a dog,get rid of her pet 和 the banonpetanimals 表明，对话可能涉及由于出台了禁止养究物的禁令，玛丽不能养宠物了。【精析】A)。对话中女士说玛丽准备从亲戚那里要来一只小狗。男士回答说

11、他听说玛丽的公寓大厦正打算发布一道关于饲养宠物的禁令。由此可推断，玛丽将不能在她的公寓大厦里养狗，故答案为 A)。M:Thats about the only thins they have in common for twins,believe it or not.Q:What does the man mean?【预测】【预测】选项中的 he does not believe,twin,alike 和 different 表明，对话可能与双胞胎是否相像有关，男士的话为听音重点。【精析】C)。对话中女士说莉萨和盖尔的声音听起来非常像。从男士说的 Thats about the only th

12、ing they havein common(那大概是这对双胞胎之间唯一相同的地方）可知，男士认为莉萨和盖尔不是非常相像，故答案为 C)。6.听力原文：W:Jay,what does the fax from our associates in Britain say?M:They want to know if the economic crisis would affect our ability to carry out the deal we signed last November.Q:What are the speakers talking about?【预测】选项均为名词词组且

13、概括性强表明，本题可能考查对话的主题或说话者提到的话题。【精析】B)。由对话中女士问男士的问题 what does the fax from our associates in Britain say?(我们的合伙人从英国发来的传真说了些什么？)和男士的回答中所提到的传真信息可推断，女士和男士谈论的是他们的商业合伙人发来的信息，故答 案为 B)。7.听力原文：M:Do you think youll be able to get this ink stain off my pants?W:It wont be a problem.But I need to send them over to

14、our main cleaning facility.Thats an extra days time.Q:What does the woman mean?【预测】【预测】选项中的 cleaning the pants，take longer，the man will be charged extra 和 remove the stain 表明，对话很可能与清洗男士裤子上的污迹有关。【精析】A)。对话中男士问女士能不能将墨迹从他的裤子上去掉。女士回答说没问题，但她需要把裤子送到总清洗店，需要额外加一天时间。由此可知，清洗男士的这条裤子要比平时耗费的时间长，故答案为 A)。A)中的 longe

15、r than usual 对应女士说的 an extra days time。8.听力原文：W:That looks like a protest rally.I wonder what theyre protesting against.M:That sign says they are against importing luxury goods from Europe.They seem to be getting so worked upabout that.Q:What are the speakers talking about?【预测】【预测】选项均为名词词组且概括性强表明，本题

16、可能考查对话的主题或说话者提到的话题。【精析】D)。由对话中女士说的 That looks like a protest rally.I wonder what they5re protesting against(那看起来像是一次在议集会。我想知道他们正在抗议什么）和男士的回答中所提到的抗议内容可推断，男士和女士谈论的是一次抗议集会，故答案为 D)。9-12.听力原文：W:What is it,Bob?9 You sounded pretty serious on the phone.Have we still got a budget problem?M:I dont know.I hop

17、e not.The meetings on Friday.But thats not what I want to talk to you about.Er.Close【预测】【预测】选项均为描述 he 的完整句子，其中的 he has work to finish,will be practicing 和 attending a meeting 表明，本题可能考查男士将来的行为，男士的话为听音重点。5.听力原文：W:I can never tell whether its Lisa or Gale on the phone.Their voices sound incredibly simi

18、lar.第 2 页 共 12 页2013 年 12 月六级考试真题答案解析（第一套）3the door,will you?10 Its Marsha.W:Marsha?What about her?M:I am worried.I dont know what to do.10 She is just not performing.We may have to let her go.W:Fire her?Shes been with us for a long time,Bob.If she leaves,it will be a big loss to us.Shes done really

19、excellent work.M:Yes,but lately,the last month or so in fact,there have been a lot of problems.Shes changed.Not only did shehave a tendency to be moody all the time,but she misses appointments,doesnt follow through on projectsand doesnt seem to plan anything till the last minute.W:Em.11 Did she ever

20、 explain why she didnt show up for the Danver Trip?M:No,she said she was sorry and that wouldnt happen again.11 Something about her mixed up on thearrangement to get to the airport.Now whenever anybody mentions the subject to her,she just goes silent.Idont know.Thank goodness,David pulled her out as

21、 a whole on that one.W:Yes,he did a really fine job,filling in for Marsha like that at the last minute.M:I dont think it was the first time he has to do that.If we knew all the facts,I think wed found that 12 he hasbeen covering for Marsha on quite a few projects.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the c

22、onversation you have just heard.9.Why did the woman send the message to the man?10.What does the woman say about the new suppliers?11.How did the man get the contract?12.What does the woman suggest they do?9.【预测】选项均为描述 he 的完整句子，其中的 talked to her，had a quarrel 和 resolved a budget problem等表明，本题可能考查某位男

23、士过去的行为动作。10.【预测】选项均为描述 she 的完整句子，其中的 serious problem,may have to be fired for poor performance,supervises,in charge of 和 budget planning 表明，本题可能与某位女士在工作中出了大错可能被解雇有关。11.【预测】选项中的 something unexpected happened,go on the trip in her place,failed to arrive at the airport和 not feeling herself 表明，本题可能与某位女士

24、没能坐上飞机出去旅行的原因有关。12.【预测】选项均为描述 he 的完整句子。B)选项说的是“他一直在替玛莎干活儿”，C)选项说的是“他总是挑剔玛莎”，两者意思相反，根据意思相反的两个选项中有一个很可能为答案的规律，将答案范围锁定在 B)和 C)之间。答案详解：9.A)。由对话中女士对男士说的 You sounded pretty serious on the phone(在电话里你的语气听起来很严肃）可推断，男士之前给女士打过电话，故答案为 A)。从女 士所说的 Have we still got a budget problem?(我们的预算问题还没解决吗？）和男士说的 I dont kn

25、ow 可知，男士并没有解决预算问题，故排除选项 D)。10.B)。由对话中男士提到的 She(指代 Martha)is just not performing.We may have to let her go 可知，玛莎工作表现不好，男士想解雇她，故答案为 B)。let go 意为“解雇，撤职”。11.C)。对话中女士问男士玛莎有没有解释她没去丹佛出差的原因。由男士回答中提到的 Something abouther mixed up on the arrangement to get to the airport 可知，某些事情打乱了玛莎去机场的行程安排，由此可推断出玛莎没能按时到达机场，故

26、答案为 C)。12.B)由对话中提到的 he(指代 David)has been covering for Marsha on quite a few projects 可知，不少项目都是戴维一直在替玛莎跟进，即戴维一直在替玛莎干活儿，故答案为 B)。Conversation Two13-15 听力原文M:You are the headmistress of the Oxford high school for girls.How many girls do you have here?W:We have 650 girls.M:In your experience,do girls do

27、better academically and later professionally in single sex schools?第 3 页 共 12 页2013 年 12 月六级考试真题答案解析（第一套）4W:Yes,I think they do better academically.And you can measure that very crudely from the examination results.I also think they do better academically 13 because they have more opportunities to t

28、ake the leading role indiscussions and managerial responsibilities.14 I think they see the role models of chief positions of theschool being held by women.M:I wonder if you could say then in a few words what the advantages are for a girl in the single sex school.W:Well,I think within the classroom,s

29、he is going to have full opportunity to express her own opinions.She isntgoing to be shouted down by overconfident young gentlemen.M:Are teenagers in particular do you think shouted too much from the contact with the opposite sex?Does thiscause difficulties when they find themselves in mixed groups?

30、W:Well,I would like to find the parents who could shelter girls from the opposite sex if they live in Oxford.15They encounter boys all the time socially out of school and through debating societies and things like thatsome school activities as well.M:So,no disadvantages at all?W:I dont think there a

31、re any disadvantages.I think that it is grossly overstated that one needs to have contactwith the opposite sex right through the whole of life in the classroom and outside the classroom at their all ages.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13.What does the woman say

32、about the girls in her school?14.What do we learn about the woman school?15.What does the woman say about the girls social life?13.【预测】选项中的 they,better,more 和 peers 表明，本题可能考查 they 与同龄人的比较情况。14.【预测】选项中的 its students,chief positions 和 teaching staff 表明，本题考查关于学校的情况。15、【预测】选项中的 they，meet the opposite se

33、x，isolated from the outside world 和 it 表明，本题可能考查学生的社交情况或者学校的特点。答案详解：13、D)。由对话中女士提到的 because they have more opportunities to take the leading role in discussions andmanagerial responsibilities 可知，她们有更多的在讨论中和管理职责上担任领导者角色的机会，故答案为 D)。14、C)。由对话中女士提到的 the role models of chief positions of the school being

34、 held by women 可知，学校的主要岗位的领导都是女性，故答案为 C)。15、A)。由女士提到的 They encounter boys all the time socially out of school and through debating societies andthings like that,some school activities as well 可知，她们在社会中总会遇到男孩，在校外，在讨论社团中，诸如此类，还有一些校园活动，也就是说，她们有大量机会见到异性，故答案为 A)。Section BPassage One16-19 听力原文Larry arrive

35、d early for his speaking engagement.He positioned the table so that he could move close to theaudience at strategic points in a speech.16 He had read that speakers can be more persuasive if they invade thepersonal space of listeners,encouraging an emotional response.For the same reason,he placed the

36、 chairs close toeach other,and raised the temperature to a slightly uncomfortable level.17 The purpose of the speech was toencourage the audience of corporate executives and local business owners to support local sports groups.Toenhance his credibility with the audience,Larry had brought some slides

37、 of his family attending sports events.Onephoto showed him at an award ceremony where he had been honored for his financial contribution to a localbaseball team.Realizing that this particular audience would find his regional accent unattractive,Larry planned tospeak with an accent that would be more

38、 acceptable to his audience.18】After reading a book on how to dress for第 4 页 共 12 页2013 年 12 月六级考试真题答案解析（第一套）5success,he had purchased an expensive dark naw suit and golden tie.He chose colors and styles known tocommunicate power and influence.19 Just before people began entering the hall.Larry dimm

39、ed the lights andturned up the sound system,which was playing soft music,hoping to create a warm personal atmosphere for thespeech.He hoped that these added effects would encourage his audience to support local sports teams.He had alsoplanned the content of his speech to focus on the teams with the

40、best records,the ones that had won the mostgames in the last season.Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.How can the speaker make himself more persuasive when delivering a speech?17.For what purpose was Larry going to make a speech?18.Why did Larry purchase an expensive

41、 navy suit and golden tie?19.Why did Larry dim the lights and turn up the sound system before people entered the hall?16、【预测】选项均以 by 开头以及其中的 speaking,voice,gestures 和 listener 表明，本题可能考查成功做某事或达到某个目的的说话方式。17、【预测】选项均以 to 开头以及其中的 promote,encourage,support 和 show 表明，本题可能考查演讲的目的。18、【预测】选项均以 they 开头以及其中的 w

42、ould,known to，are believed to 和 represent 表明，本题可能考查 they 的作用。19、【预测】选项均以 to 开头以及其中的 create，his，allow 和 enhance 表明，本题可能考查他做某事的目的。答案详解：16、D)。短文提到 speakers can be more persuasive if they invade the personal space of listeners.(如果演讲者侵入听众的私人空间演讲就会更具有说服力），选项 D)中的 invading the personal space of listeners 为

43、原文的同词再现，故为答案。17、C)。由短文中提到的 The purpose of the speech was to encourage the audience of corporate executives andlocal business owners to support local sports groups 可知，演讲的目的是鼓励公司管理者和企业老板支持当地的体育社团，故答案为 C)。18、C)。短文中提到 He chose colors and styles known to communicate power and influence(他选择了众所周知更容易传达正能量和影

44、响力的颜色和款式），C)中的 are believed to 是对 known to 的同义转述，故为答案。19、A)。由短文中提到的 Larry dimmed the lights and turned up the sound system,which was playing soft music，hoping to create a warm personal atmosphere for the speech 可知，拉里调暗了灯光并打开了音响设备 播放轻音乐，希望以此能创造一种让人感到温暖私密的氛围，故答案为 A)。Passage Two20-22 听力原文20】Phyllis Whe

45、atley was a young African-American slave,who belonged to landowner John Wheatley inColonial America,She was also a poet and the first African,American ever to publish a book.Her poems onvarious subjects,religious and moral,were printed in Boston in 1773,three years before the signing of theDeclarati

46、on of Independence.Early slaves were generally denied education,but Wheatley was allowed by herowner to study poetry,Latin and the Bible.And by the time she reached her late teens,she had written enoughpoetry to put together a slender book of verse.Even so,publication was difficult.21 The publisher,

47、fearful ofbeing cheated,forced her to submit to a scholarly examination by a board of educated men,including the colonialgovernor.The board of judges questioned Wheatley extensively and ruled that she was educated enough to havewritten the book.Only then was publication permitted.Wheatley may have b

48、een the first but she was not the onlyslave to write a book during the growing days of the Republic.Unfortunately,most of the early popularAfrican-American writers have been all but forgotten in modem times until now.22 A Cornell professor Henry第 5 页 共 12 页2013 年 12 月六级考试真题答案解析（第一套）6Louis Gates rece

49、ntly studied a research project looking into 19th-century African-American fiction and poetry.Inthe process,he uncovered numerous lost works,almost half of which were written bv African-American women.In varied literary styles,the newly resurfaced manuscripts offered a rich stock of African-American

50、 culture,recreating among other things the early days of slavery and the importance of religion to the slaves.Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.20.What does the speaker say about Phyllis Wheatley?21.What was Wheatley forced to do to get her book published?22.What did pr