【作文 3】Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write

an essay on happiness by referring to the saying “Happiness is not

the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them.” You can
cite examples to illustrate your point and then explain how you can
develop your ability to deal with problems and be happy. You should
write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

【范文 3】英语六级作文范文

　　Happiness, as the saying has it, is not the absence of problems,

but the ability to deal with them. In other words, people can never
be happy if they focus on their difficulties and challenges. Simple
as the remark may sound, it conveys a thought-provoking notion that
happiness is a state of mind not an absence of problems.

　　First and foremost, it is well known that in order to be a strong

individual, one needs obstacles to develop one’s strength, just like
butterflies which struggle to be free of their cocoon in order for
their wings to become strong enough to fly. Furthermore, just because
people have a disadvantaged childhood, it does not mean they cannot
be successful. Steve Jobs is a case in point. He was abandoned by his
biological parents and dropped out of university but still managed to
change the world.

　　To conclude, as the saying goes “You cannot run away from your
problems. There is not a place far enough away.” Consequently, it is
advisable for everyone to have a positive attitude toward their
problems if they really want to be happy.

【作文 2】Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write
an essay commenting on the remark “the greatest use of life is to
spend it for something that will outlast it.” You can give examples
to illustrate your point and then explain what you will do to make
your life more meaningful. You should write at least 150 words but no
more than 200 words.

【范文 2】How to Live a Meaning Life

Among all the highlighted topics, there is “how to live a meaning life?” Everyone has his or her
own opinion. As the saying has it, “the greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will
outlast it.” I cannot agree any more.

If our life is just to pursue something for ourselves, we will surely feel fruitless and meaningless
when we grow old. From Steve Jobs’s bibliography, we can get that the people who are crazy
enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. Steve Jobs has brought a great
many changes to our world. His life, although short, definitely outlast. That’s a life worth living.

Therefore, if there is a way to make my life meaningful, it should be to find something I’m
interested in and also helpful to others or the whole society. Only in this way can I keep my
passion throughout my life until I finally fulfil my life.

【点评】

本次作文主题围绕“有意义的生活”，由于本次主题有些抽象，难度稍大。以下
是一条可行思路：1.由谚语引出话题，表述自己对生活的看法。2.引出具体例子
作为自己观点的支撑。3.给出自己的行动方向，如何“过有意义的生活”。

【翻译 2】闻名于世的丝绸之路是一系列连接东西方的路线。丝绸之路是古代中国的丝绸贸易。
丝绸之路上的贸易在中国、南亚、欧洲和发挥这重要作用。正是通过丝绸之路，中国的造纸、
火药、指南针、印刷术传遍各地。同样，中国的丝绸、茶叶和瓷器也传遍各地，欧洲也是通过
丝绸之路出口各种商品和植物，满足中国市场的需要。

【参考译文 2】The world-renowned Silk Road is a series of routes connecting the East and the
West. The Silk Road represents the ancient Chinese silk trade. The Silk Road trade played an
important role in China, South Asia, Europe and Africa. It was through the Silk Road that Chinese
papermaking, gunpowder, the compass and the printing press spread all over the world. Similarly,
Chinese silk, tea and porcelain also spread all over the world through the Silk Road. And Europe
exported all kinds of goods and plants through the Silk Road to meet the needs of the Chinese
market.

【翻译 3】中国园林是经过三千多年演化而成的独具一格的园林景观。它既包括为皇室成员享
乐而建造的大型花园，也包括学者、商人和卸任的政府官员为摆脱嘈杂的外部世界而建造
的私家花园。这些花园构成了一种意在表达人与自然之间应有的调和关系的微缩景观。典型
的中国园林周围有围墙，园内有池塘、假山、树木、花草以及各种各样由弯曲的小路和走廊
衔接的建筑。散步在花园中，人们可以看到一系列精心设计的景观犹如山水画卷一般展示
在面前。
【参考译文 3】Chinese gardens came into being after three thousand years of evolution and unique
landscape. It includes both large garden built for the royal family enjoyment, including academics,
businessmen, and former government officials to get rid of the noise of the outside world and
build private garden. These gardens constituted an intended to express the human and the nature
should be harmonious relations between miniature landscape. A typical Chinese garden
surrounded by a fence, garden with ponds, rockeries, trees, flowers and plants, and various
buildings connected by winding paths and corridors. Stroll in the garden, people can see a series of
carefully designed like landscape picture show in front of the landscape.
2013.12.14 英语六级听力完整原文
【短对话】
1.
W:What a wonderful performance!Your rock band has never sounded better.
M:Many thanks.I guess all those hours of practice in the past month are finally paying off.
Q：What does the man mean?

2.
M:I can't decide what to do for my summer vacation.I either want to go on a bike tour of Europe
or go diving in Mexico.
W:Well,we're offering an all-inclusive two-week trip to Mexico for only 300 dollars.
Q：What does the woman suggest the man do for his vacation?

3.W:How long do you think this project might take?

M:I'd say about three months,but it could take longer if something unexpected happened.Maybe
we'd better allow an extra month,so we won’t have to worry about being late.
Q:Why does the man say extra time should be allowed for the project?

4.M:I'm thinking about becoming a member here,and I'd like some information.
W:Sure.A three-month membership costs 150 dollars,and that includes use of the wait-room,sauna
and pool.I'll give you a free path so that you can try out the facilities before you decide.
Q:What do we learn from the conversation?

5.
W:I'm sorry to hear that you failed the Physics course,Ted.
M:Let's face it.I'm just not cut out to be a scientist.
Q:What does the man mean?

6.
M:Gary insisted on buying the food for the picnic.
W:That's pretty generous of him.But shouldn't we at least offer to share the expenses?He has a big
family to support.
Q:What does the woman suggest they do?

7.
W:Did you see the headlines in the paper this morning?
M:Year.Apparently the bus company will be laying off its employees if they can't reach an
agreement on wages by midnight.
Q:What did the man read about?

8.
W:Have we received payment for the overseas order we delivered last month?
M:Yes.The cheque came in yesterday afternoon.I'll be depositing it when I go the bank today.
Q:What is the woman concerned about?
长对话 1：
　　9. B) A hotel receptionist.
　　10. A) Appearance.
　　11. C) Offer the job to David Wallace.
长对话 1
　　该对话围绕男士和女士挑选合适的酒店招待员展开，讨论三个应聘者 Frank
Brisenski，Barbara Jones 和 David Wallace 的优劣势：Frank Brisenski 有礼貌，声音好听，聪
明，但是外表形象欠佳;Barbara Jones 声音好听，穿着得体，但过于害羞，不擅于与人沟
通;David Wallace 聪明，外表形象佳，表现自如，有礼貌，声音动听。最后俩人决定录取
David Wallace。
　　前两题考查事实细节，都能从原文直接找到答案，考生在听的时候要大概记下对话双
方对于三个应聘者的评价，特别是转折处。虽然第三题需要考生推断，但是根据对话双方
对 David Wallace 的评价就可以马上推出这是他们最终定的人选。
【六级听力长对话原文 2】

W:Hello.
M:Hello.Is that the reference library?
W:Yes,can I help you?
M:I hope so.I ran earlier and asked for some information about Dennis Hutton,the scientist.You
asked me to ring back.
W:Oh,yes.I have found something.
M:Good.I've got a pencil and paper.Perhaps you could read out what it says.
W:Certainly.Hutton Dennis,born Darlington,1836,died New York,1920.
M:Yes,got that.
W:Inventer and physicist,the son of a farmworker.He was admitted to the University of London at
the age of 15.
M:Yes.
W:He graduated at 17 with the first class degree in physics and mathematics.All right?
M:Yes,all right.
W:He made his first notable achievement at the age of 18.It was a method of refrigeration which
rolls from his work in low temperature physics.He became professor of mathematics at the
University of Manchester at 24,where he remained for twelve years.During that time,he married
one of his students,Natasha Willoughby
M:Yes,go on.
W:Later working together in London,they laid the foundations of modern physics by showing that
normal laws of cause and effect do not apply at the level of subatomic particles.For this he and his
wife received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1910,and did so again in 1912 for their work on very
high frequency radio waves.In his lifetime,Hutton patented 244 inventions.Do you want any
more?
M:Yes,when did he go to America?
W:Let me see.In 1920 he went to teach in New York and died there suddenly after only three
weeks.Still he was a good age.
M:Yes,I suppose so.Well,thanks.
Question 12:What do we learn about Dennis Hutton when he was 15?
Question 13:What did Dennis Hutton do at the age of 24?
Question 14:For what were Dennis Hutton and his wife awarded the Nobel Prize a second time?
Question 15:Why did Dennis Hutton go to New York?
　　长对话 2：
　　12 C) He was admitted to university.
　　13. B) He became a professor of Mathematics.
　　14. D) Their work on very high frequency radio waves.
　　15. D) To teach at a university.
　　
　　长对话 2
　　从开头几句就可知是电话对话，男士打电话询问科学家 Dennis Hutton 的个人信息，女
士在电话另一头作了简短介绍，中间涉及多处时间点，考生在听的时候要特别记下每个时
间对应的事件，这样四个题目的答案就出来了。
　　本篇对话有一定难度，一是时间点较多，二是一些较难的单词和短语，如 reference
library 参考书阅览室;Darlington 达灵顿(英国英格兰东北部城市);inventer 发明家;physicist 物
理学家;be admitted to 进入;refrigeration 冷冻;low temperature physics 低温物理学;mathematics
数学;subatomic particles 亚原子粒子;patent 取得……的专利权。做题时不要纠结于一些听不
懂的单词，可以在试卷各选项旁边标注上时间点，这样等听问题时就能快速锁定答案。

【六级短文 1 原文】
In America,white tailed deer are more numerous than ever before,so abundant in fact that they've
become a suburban nuisance and a health hazard.

Why can't the herd be thinned the old-fashioned way?The small community of North Haven on
Long Island is home to some six hundred to seven hundred deer.The department of Environmental
Conservation estimates the optimum population at 60.The town has been browsed bare of
vegetation except where gardens and shrubs are protected by high fences.

Drivers routinely collide with deer and there are so many dead bodies left by the side of the road
that the town has made it a deal with a local pet cemetery to collect and dispose of the
bodies.Some people in the town have become ill from deer transmitted diseases.On the occasions
when hunting has been tried,local animal rights people have worked to secure court orders against
the hunts.And when that is failed,they stop the hunters,banging on pots and pans to alert the
deer.Town meetings called toinevitably dissolved into confrontations.

The activists believe simply that the deer are not the problem.Some communities have even
discussed the possibility of bringing wolves back into the ecological mix.That means wolves in
the suburbs of New York.It is almost too wonderful not to try it.The wolves would kill deer of
course.They would also terrorize and kill dogs and cats which is not what the suburban dwellers
have in mind.

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard

Q16.What do we learn about white-tailed deer in North Haven?
Q17.Why do local animal rights people bang on pots and pans?
Q18.What would happen if wolves were brought back into the ecological mix?

【听力原文短文 3】
Janet James was 22 years old when she was diagnosed with MS—a disease that attacks the body's
nerves.She has just graduated from college and got a job at an advertising agency when she began
to sense that something strange was going on inside her body.When James realized how severe her
illness was,she knew she had better hurry up and live life.MS is the biggest cripplerof young
adults.And although she didn't have many symptoms,she knew it was just a matter of time.First on
her agenda was to pursue her dream of hosting a pop music programme.She worked at a radio
station for a year,always aware that her body was degenerating.Then her best friend moved
away.And one night James began screaming,"I got to go!I got to go!"Two weeks later,she arrived
at Alaska,thousands of miles from her friends,her family and her past."Everything fell into a
place",she recalls.A 23-year-old girl with an incurable disease can fly to Alaska and everything
can work out.The MS attacks came and went.And most of the time they hardly slowed her
down.James hiked,fished,learnt to sail and experimented with hot air ballooning."I lived for
adventure",she says."Nobody ever had a better time or did more exotic strange things than I did in
an 80-year period."Inevitably however,the day came when she was so weakened that she had to
return to Pittsburgh,her home town.There she began relieving her adventures by writing a book
about them.Her book was published in 1993.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Questions 23
What does the speaker say about MS?
Questions 24
What did Janet James decide to do after her disease was diagnosed?
Questions 25
What's sort of person can we infer Janet James is?the ecological mix?

【六级短文 2 原文】
And now,if you'll walk this way,ladies and gentlemen,the next room we're going to see is the room
in which the family used to hold their formal dinner parties and even occasionally entertain heads
of state and royalty.However,they managed to keep this room friendly and intimate.And I think
you'll agree.It has a very informal atmosphere,quite unlike some grand houses you visit.The
curtains were never drawn,even at night,so guests got a view of the lake and fountains outside
which were lit up at night–a very attractive sight.As you can see,ladies and gentlemen,the guests
were seated very informally around this oval table,which would add to the relaxed
atmosphere.The table dates from the 18th century and is made from Spanish oak.It's rather
remarkable for the fact that although it's extremely big,it's supported by just six rather slim
legs.However,it seems to have survived like that for 200 years.So it's probably going to last a bit
longer.The chairs which go with the table are not a complete set.There were originally six of
them.They are interesting for the fact that they are very plain and undecorated for the time,with
only one plain central panel at the back and no armrests.I myself find them rather uncomfortable
to sit in for very long,but people were used to more discomfort in the past.And now,ladies and
gentlemen,if you'd like to follow me into the great hall…

Q19.What do we learn about the speaker?

Q20.What does the speaker say about the room they are visiting?
Q21.What is said about the oval table in the room?
Q22.What does the speaker say about the chairs?

【听力填空原文】

It’s difficult to estimate the number of youngsters involved in home schooling where children are
not sent to school and receive their formal education from one or both parents.Legislation and
court decisions have made it legally possible in most states for parents to educate their children at
home and each year more people take advantage of that opportunity.

Some states require parents or a home tutor to meet teacher certification standards,and many
require parents to complete legal forms to verify that their children are receiving instruction in
state approved curriculum.

Supporters of home education claim that it is less expensive and far more efficient than mass
public education.Moreover they site several advantages:alleviation of school
overcrowding,strengthen family relationships,lower dropout rates,the facts that students are
allowed to learn at their own rate,increased motivation,higher standardized test scores,and reduced
discipline problems.

Critics of the home schooling movement content that it creates as many problems as it solves.They
acknowledge that,in a few cases,home schooling offers educational opportunities superior to those
found in most public schools,but few parents can provide such educational advantages.Some
parents who withdraw their children from the schools in favor of home schooling have an
inadequate educational background and insufficient formal training to provide a satisfactory
education for their children.Typically,parents have fewer technological resources at their disposal
than do schools.However,the relatively inexpensive computer technology that is readily available
today is causing some to challenge the notion that home schooling is in any way inferior to more
highly structured classroom education.