2007 年 6 月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷

Part Ⅰ Writing (30 minutes)

注意：此部分试题在答题卡 1 上。
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Should One
Expect a Reward When Doing a Good Deed? You should write at least 150 words
following the outline given below.
1. 有人做好事期望得到回报；
2. 有人认为应该像雷锋那样做好事不图回报；
3. 我的观点。
Should One Expect a Reward When Doing a Good Deed?

Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15minutes)

Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the
questions on Answer Sheet 1.
For questions 1-4, mark
Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;
N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;
NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 5-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Seven Steps to a More Fulfilling Job
Many people today find themselves in unfulfilling work situations. In fact, one in four workers
is dissatisfied with their current job, according to the recent “Plans for 2004” survey. Their career
path may be financially rewarding, but it doesn’t meet their emotional, social or creative needs.
They’re stuck, unhappy, and have no idea what to do about it, except move to another job.
Mary Lyn Miller, veteran career consultant and founder of the Life and Career Clinic, says that
when most people are unhappy about their work, their first thought is to get a different job. Instead,
Miller suggests looking at the possibility of a different life. Through her book, 8 Myths of Making a
Living, as well as workshops, seminars and personal coaching and consulting, she has helped
thousands of dissatisfied workers reassess life and work.
Like the way of Zen, which includes understanding of oneself as one really is, Miller
encourages job seekers and those dissatisfied with work or life to examine their beliefs about work
and recognize that “in many cases your beliefs are what brought you to where you are today.” You
may have been raised to think that women were best at nurturing and caring and, therefore, should
be teachers and nurses. So that’s what you did. Or, perhaps you were brought up to believe that you
should do what your father did, so you have taken over the family business, or become a dentist
“just like dad.” If this sounds familiar, it’s probably time to look at the new possibilities for your
future.
Miller developed a 7-step process to help potential job seekers assess their current situation
and beliefs, identify their real passion, and start on a journey that allows them to pursue their
passion through work.
Step 1: Willingness to do something different.
 Breaking the cycle of doing what you have always done is one of the most difficult tasks for
job seekers. Many find it difficult to steer away from a career path or make a change, even if it
doesn’t feel right. Miller urges job seekers to open their minds to other possibilities beyond what
they are currently doing.
Step 2: Commitment to being who you are, not who or what someone wants you to be.
Look at the gifts and talents you have and make a commitment to pursue those things that you
love most. If you love the social aspects of your job, but are stuck inside an office or “chained to
your desk” most of the time, vow to follow your instinct and investigate alternative careers and
work that allow you more time to interact with others. Dawn worked as a manager for a large retail
clothing store for several years. Though she had advanced within the company, she felt frustrated
and longed to be involved with nature and the outdoors. She decided to go to school nights and
weekends to pursue her true passion by earning her master’s degree in forestry. She now works in
the biotech forestry division of a major paper company.
Step 3: Self-definition.
Miller suggests that once job seekers know who they are, they need to know how to sell
themselves. “In the job market, you are a product. And just like a product, you must know the
features and benefits that you have to offer a potential client, or employer.” Examine the skills and
knowledge that you have and identify how they can apply to your desired occupation. Your
qualities will exhibit to employers why they should hire you over other candidates.
Step 4: Attain a level of self-honoring.
Self-honoring or self-love may seem like an odd step for job hunters, but being able to accept
yourself, without judgment, helps eliminate insecurities and will make you more self-assured. By
accepting who you are – all your emotions, hopes and dreams, your personality, and your unique
way of being – you’ll project more confidence when networking and talking with potential
employers. The power of self-honoring can help to break all the falsehoods you were programmed
to believe – those that made you feel that you were not good enough, or strong enough, or
intelligent enough to do what you truly desire.
Step 5: Vision.
Miller suggests that job seekers develop a vision that embraces the answer to “What do I really
want to do?” one should create a solid statement in a dozen or so sentences that describe in detail
how they see their life related to work. For instance, the secretary who longs to be an actress
describes a life that allows her to express her love of Shakespeare on stage. A real estate agent,
attracted to his current job because he loves fixing up old homes, describes buying properties that
need a little tender loving care to make them more saleable.
Step 6: Appropriate risk.
Some philosophers believe that the way to enlightenment comes through facing obstacles and
difficulties. Once people discover their passion, many are too scared to do anything about it.
Instead, they do nothing. With this step, job seekers should assess what they are willing to give up,
or risk, in pursuit of their dream. For one working mom, that meant taking night classes to learn
new computer-aided design skills, while still earning a salary and keeping her day job. For someone
else, it may mean quitting his or her job, taking out a loan and going back to school full time. You’ll
move one step closer to your ideal work life if you identify how much risk you are willing to take
and the sacrifices you are willing to make.
Step 7: Action.
Some teachers of philosophy describe action in this way, “If one wants to get to the top of a
mountain, just sitting at the foot thinking about it will not bring one there. It is by making the effort
of climbing up the mountain, step by step, that eventually the summit is reached.” All too often, it is
the lack of action that ultimately holds people back from attaining their ideals. Creating a plan and
taking it one step at a time can lead to new and different job opportunities. Job-hunting tasks gain
added meaning as you sense their importance in your quest for a more meaningful work life. The
plan can include researching industries and occupations, talking to people who are in your desired
area of work, taking classes, or accepting volunteer work in your targeted field.
Each of these steps will lead you on a journey to a happier and more rewarding work life.
After all, it is the journey, not the destination, that is most important.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。
1.According to the recent “Plans for 2004” survey, most people are unhappy with their current jobs.
2.Mary Lyn Miller’s job is to advise people on their life and career.
3.Mary Lyn Miller herself was once quite dissatisfied with her own work.
4.Many people find it difficult to make up their minds whether to change their career path.
5.According to Mary Lyn Miller, people considering changing their careers should commit
themselves to the pursuit of ________.
6.In the job market, job seekers need to know how to sell themselves like ________.
7.During an interview with potential employers, self-honoring or self-love may help a job seeker to
show ________.
8.Mary Lyn Miller suggests that a job seeker develop a vision that answers the question
“________”
9.Many people are too scared to pursue their dreams because they are unwilling to ________.
10.What ultimately holds people back from attaining their ideals is ________.
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the
end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said.
Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question
there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked [A],
[B], [C] and [D], and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding
letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。
11.A) Surfing the net. B) Watching a talk show.
C) Packing a birthday gift. D) Shopping at a jewelry store.
12.A) He enjoys finding fault with exams.
B) He is sure of his success in the exam.
C) He doesn’t know if he can do well in the exam.
D) He used to get straight A’s in the exams he took.
13.A) The man is generous with his good comments on people.
B) The woman is unsure if there will be peace in the world.
C) The woman is doubtful about newspaper stories.
D) The man is quite optimistic about human nature.
14.A) Study for some profession. B) Attend a medical school.
C) Stay in business. D) Sell his shop.
15.A) More money. B) Fair treatment.
C) A college education. D) Shorter work hours.
16.A) She was exhausted from her trip. B) She missed the comforts of home.
 C) She was impressed by Mexican food. D) She will not go to Mexico again.
17.A) Cheer herself up a bit. B) Find a more suitable job.
C) Seek professional advice. D) Take a psychology course.
18.A) He dresses more formally now.
B) What he wears does not match his position.
C) He has ignored his friends since graduation.
D) He failed to do well at college.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19.A) To go sightseeing. B) To have meetings.
C) To promote a new champagne. D) To join in a training program.
20.A) It can reduce the number of passenger complaints.
B) It can make air travel more entertaining.
C) It can cut down the expenses for air travel.
D) It can lessen the discomfort caused by air travel.
21.A) Took balanced meals with champagne. B) Ate vegetables and fruit only.
C) Refrained from fish or meat. D) Avoided eating rich food.
22.A) Many of them found it difficult to exercise on a plane.
B) Many of them were concerned with their well-being.
C) Not many of them chose to do what she did.
D) Not many of them understood the program.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23.A) At a fair. B) At a cafeteria.
C) In a computer lab. D) In a shopping mall.
24.A) The latest computer technology. B) The organizing of an exhibition.
C) The purchasing of some equipment. D) The dramatic changes in the job market.
25.A) Data collection. B) Training consultancy.
C) Corporate management. D) Information processing.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will
hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.
After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices
marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26.A) Improve themselves. B) Get rid of empty dreams.
C) Follow the cultural tradition. D) Attempt something impossible.
27.A) By finding sufficient support for implementation.
B) By taking into account their own ability to change.
C) By constantly keeping in mind their ultimate goals.
D) By making detailed plans and carrying them out.
28.A) To show people how to get their lives back to normal.
B) To show how difficult it is for people to lose weight.
C) To remind people to check the calories on food bags.
D) To illustrate how easily people abandon their goals.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29.A) Michael’s parents got divorced. B) Karen was adopted by Ray Anderson.
C) Karen’s mother died in a car accident. D) A truck driver lost his life in a collision.
30.A) He ran a red light and collided with a truck.
B) He sacrificed his life to save a baby girl.
C) He was killed instantly in a burning car.
D) He got married to Karen’s mother.
31. A) The reported hero turned out to be his father.
B) He did not understand his father till too late.
C) Such misfortune should have fallen on him.
D) It reminded him of his miserable childhood.
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32.A) Germany. B) Japan.
C) The U.S. D) The U.K.
33.A) By doing odd jobs at weekends. B) By working long hours every day.
C) By putting in more hours each week. D) By taking shorter vacations each year.
34.A) To combat competition and raise productivity.
B) To provide them with more job opportunities.
C) To help them maintain their living standard.
D) To prevent them from holding a second job.
35.A) Change their jobs. B) Earn more money.
C) Reduce their working hours. D) Strengthen the government’s role.

Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the
first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read
for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with
the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are
required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the
exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words.
Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have
written.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。
Nursing, as a typically female profession, must deal constantly with the false impression that
nurses are there to wait on the physician. As nurses, we are (36) ________ to provide nursing care
only. We do not have any legal or moral (37) ________ to any physician. We provide health
teaching, (38) ________ physical as well as emotional problems, (39) ________ patient-related
services, and make all of our nursing decisions based upon what is best or suitable for the patient.
If, in any (40) ________, we feel that a physician’s order is (41) ________ or unsafe, we have a
legal (42) ________ to question that order or refuse to carry it out.
Nursing is not a nine-to-five job with every weekend off. All nurses are aware of that before
they enter the profession. The emotional and physical stress, however, that occurs due to odd
working hours is a (43) ________ reason for a lot of the career dissatisfaction. (44) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_____________________________________________________
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. That disturbs our personal lives, disrupts our sleeping and eating
habits, and isolates us from everything except job-related friends and activities.
The quality of nursing care is being affected dramatically by these situations. (45) _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_____________________________________________________
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. Consumers of medically related services have evidently not been
affected enough yet to demand changes in our medical system. But if trends continue as predicted,
(46) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Part IV Reading Comprehension （Reading in Depth） （25 minutes）

Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements.
Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete statements in the
fewest possible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2.
Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
Google is a world-famous company, with its headquarters in Mountain View, California. It was

set up in a Silicon Valley garage in 1998, and inflated (膨胀) with the Internet bubble. Even when
everything around it collapsed the company kept on inflating. Google’s search engine is so
widespread across the world that search became Google, and google became a verb. The world fell
in love with the effective, fascinatingly fast technology.
Google owes much of its success to the brilliance of S. Brin and L. Page, but also to a series of
fortunate events. It was Page who, at Stanford in 1996, initiated the academic project that
eventually became Google’s search engine. Brin, who had met Page at a student orientation a year
earlier, joined the project early on. They were both Ph.D. candidates when they devised the search
engine which was better than the rest and, without any marketing, spread by word of mouth from
early adopters to, eventually, your grandmother.
Their breakthrough, simply put, was that when their search engine crawled the Web, it did

more than just look for word matches; it also tallied ( 统 计 ) and ranked a host of other critical
factors like how websites link to one another. That delivered far better results than anything else.
Brin and Page meant to name their creation Googol (the mathematical term for the number 1
followed by 100 zeroes), but someone misspelled the word so it stuck as Google. They raised

money from prescient (有先见之明的) professors and venture capitalists, and moved off campus to
turn Google into a business. Perhaps their biggest stroke of luck came early on when they tried to
sell their technology to other search engines, but no one met their price, and they built it up on their
own.
The next breakthrough came in 2000, when Google figured out how to make money with its
invention. It had lots of users, but almost no one was paying. The solution turned out to be
advertising, and it’s not an exaggeration to say that Google is now essentially an advertising
company, given that that’s the source of nearly all its revenue. Today it is a giant advertising
company, worth $100 billion.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。
47.Apart from a series of fortunate events, what is it that has made Google so successful?
48.Google’s search engine originated from ________ started by L. Page.
49.How did Google’s search engine spread all over the world?
50.Brin and Page decided to set up their own business because no one would ________.
51.The revenue of the Google company is largely generated from ________.
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or
unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and
D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.
You hear the refrain all the time: the U.S. economy looks good statistically, but it doesn’t feel
good. Why doesn’t ever-greater wealth promote ever-greater happiness? It is a question that dates at

least to the appearance in 1958 of The Affluent (富裕的) Society by John Kenneth Galbraith, who
died recently at 97.
The Affluent Society is a modern classic because it helped define a new moment in the human
condition. For most of history, “hunger, sickness, and cold” threatened nearly everyone, Galbraith
wrote. “Poverty was found everywhere in that world. Obviously it is not of ours.” After World War
II, the dread of another Great Depression gave way to an economic boom. In the 1930s
unemployment had averaged 18.2 percent; in the 1950s it was 4.5 percent.
To Galbraith, materialism had gone mad and would breed discontent. Through advertising,
companies conditioned consumers to buy things they didn’t really want or need. Because so much
spending was artificial, it would be unfulfilling. Meanwhile, government spending that would make
everyone better off was being cut down because people instinctively—and wrongly—labeled
government only as “a necessary evil.”
It’s often said that only the rich are getting ahead; everyone else is standing still or falling
behind. Well, there are many undeserving rich—overpaid chief executives, for instance. But over
any meaningful period, most people’s incomes are increasing. From 1995 to 2004, inflation-
adjusted average family income rose 14.3 percent, to $43,200. People feel “squeezed” because their
rising incomes often don’t satisfy their rising wants—for bigger homes, more health care, more
education, faster Internet connections.
The other great frustration is that it has not eliminated insecurity. People regard job stability as
part of their standard of living. As corporate layoffs increased, that part has eroded. More workers
fear they’ve become “the disposable American,” as Louis Uchitelle puts it in his book by the same
name.
Because so much previous suffering and social conflict stemmed from poverty, the arrival of

widespread affluence suggested utopian ( 乌 托 邦 式 的 ) possibilities. Up to a point, affluence

succeeds. There is much less physical misery than before. People are better off. Unfortunately,
affluence also creates new complaints and contradictions.
Advanced societies need economic growth to satisfy the multiplying wants of their citizens.
But the quest for growth lets loose new anxieties and economic conflicts that disturb the social
order. Affluence liberates the individual, promising that everyone can choose a unique way to self-
fulfillment. But the promise is so extravagant that it predestines many disappointments and
sometimes inspires choices that have anti-social consequences, including family breakdown and
obesity (肥胖症). Statistical indicators of happiness have not risen with incomes.
Should we be surprised? Not really. We’ve simply reaffirmed an old truth: the pursuit of
affluence does not always end with happiness.
52.What question does John Kenneth Galbraith raise in his book The Affluent Society?
A) Why statistics don’t tell the truth about the economy.
B) Why affluence doesn’t guarantee happiness.
C) How happiness can be promoted today.
D) What lies behind an economic boom.
53.According to Galbraith, people feel discontented because ________.
A) public spending hasn’t been cut down as expected
B) the government has proved to be a necessary evil
C) they are in fear of another Great Depression
D) materialism has run wild in modern society
54.Why do people feel squeezed when their average income rises considerably?
A) Their material pursuits have gone far ahead of their earnings.
B) Their purchasing power has dropped markedly with inflation.
C) The distribution of wealth is uneven between the rich and the poor.
D) Health care and educational costs have somehow gone out of control.
55.What does Louis Uchitelle mean by “the disposable American” (Line 3, Para. 5)?
A) Those who see job stability as part of their living standard.
B) People full of utopian ideas resulting from affluence.
C) People who have little say in American politics.
D) Workers who no longer have secure jobs.
56.What has affluence brought to American society?
A) Renewed economic security. B) A sense of self-fulfillment.
C) New conflicts and complaints. D) Misery and anti-social behavior.
Passage Two
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.

The use of deferential (敬重的) language is symbolic of the Confucian ideal of the woman,
which dominates conservative gender norms in Japan. This ideal presents a woman who withdraws
quietly to the background, subordinating her life and needs to those of her family and its male head.
She is a dutiful daughter, wife, and mother, master of the domestic arts. The typical refined

Japanese woman excels in modesty and delicacy; she “treads softly ( 谨 言 慎 行 )in the world,”
elevating feminine beauty and grace to an art form.
Nowadays, it is commonly observed that young women are not conforming to the feminine

linguistic (语言的) ideal. They are using fewer of the very deferential “women’s” forms, and even
using the few strong forms that are known as “men’s.” This, of course, attracts considerable
attention and has led to an outcry in the Japanese media against the defeminization of women’s
language. Indeed, we didn’t hear about “men’s language” until people began to respond to girls’
appropriation of forms normally reserved for boys and men. There is considerable sentiment about
the “corruption” of women’s language—which of course is viewed as part of the loss of feminine
ideals and morality—and this sentiment is crystallized by nationwide opinion polls that are
regularly carried out by the media.
Yoshiko Matsumoto has argued that young women probably never used as many of the highly
deferential forms as older women. This highly polite style is no doubt something that young women
have been expected to “grow into”—after all, it is a sign not simply of femininity, but of maturity
and refinement, and its use could be taken to indicate a change in the nature of one’s social relations
as well. One might well imagine little girls using exceedingly polite forms when playing house or
imitating older women—in a fashion analogous to little girls’ use of a high-pitched voice to do
“teacher talk” or “mother talk” in role play.
The fact that young Japanese women are using less deferential language is a sure sign of
change—of social change and of linguistic change. But it is most certainly not a sign of the
“masculinization” of girls. In some instances, it may be a sign that girls are making the same claim
to authority as boys and men, but that is very different from saying that they are trying to be
“masculine.” Katsue Reynolds has argued that girls nowadays are using more assertive language
strategies in order to be able to compete with boys in schools and out. Social change also brings not
simply different positions for women and girls, but different relations to life stages, and adolescent
girls are participating in new subcultural forms. Thus what may, to an older speaker, seem like
“masculine” speech may seem to an adolescent like “liberated” or “hip” speech.
57.The first paragraph describes in detail ________.
A) the standards set for contemporary Japanese women
B) the Confucian influence on gender norms in Japan
C) the stereotyped role of women in Japanese families
D) the norms for traditional Japanese women to follow
58.What change has been observed in today’s young Japanese women?
A) They pay less attention to their linguistic behavior.
B) The use fewer of the deferential linguistic forms.
C) They confuse male and female forms of language.
D) They employ very strong linguistic expressions.
59.How do some people react to women’s appropriation of men’s language forms as reported in the
Japanese media?
A) They call for a campaign to stop the defeminization.
B) They see it as an expression of women’s sentiment.
C) They accept it as a modern trend.
D) They express strong disapproval.
60.According to Yoshiko Matsumoto, the linguistic behavior observed in today’s young women
________.
A) may lead to changes in social relations
B) has been true of all past generations
C) is viewed as a sign of their maturity
D) is a result of rapid social progress
61.The author believes that the use of assertive language by young Japanese women is ________.
A) a sure sign of their defeminization and maturation
B) an indication of their defiance against social change
C) one of their strategies to compete in a male-dominated society
D) an inevitable trend of linguistic development in Japan today
Part V Cloze （15 minutes）
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices
 marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE
that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
with a single line through the centre.
Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has just struck them.
__62__ that logic, 2006 should have been a breakthrough year for rational behavior. With the
memory of 9/11 still __63__ in their minds, Americans watched hurricane Katrina, the most
expensive disaster in U.S. history, on __64__ TV. Anyone who didn’t know it before should have
learned that bad things can happen. And they are made __65__ worse by our willful blindness to
risk as much as our __66__ to work together before everything goes to hell.

Granted, some amount of delusion (错觉) is probably part of the __67__ condition. In A.D.
63, Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the locals immediately went to work
__68__, in the same spot—until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later.
But a __69__ of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly
bad at __70__ themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we __71__ did about the
dangers we face. But it turns __72__ that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is __73__ the storm,
the quake or the __74__ itself. More often, it is ourselves.
So what has happened in the year that __75__ the disaster on the Gulf Coast? In New Orleans,
the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day and night to rebuild the flood walls. They have got
the walls to __76__ they were before Katrina, more or less. That’s not __77__, we can now say

with confidence. But it may be all __78__ can be expected from one year of hustle (忙碌).
Meanwhile, New Orleans officials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to __79__ the
sick and the disabled. The city estimates that 15,000 people will need a __80__ out. However, state
officials have not yet determined where these people will be taken. The __81__ with neighboring
communities are ongoing and difficult.
62.A) To B) By C) On D) For
63.A) fresh B) obvious C) apparent D) evident
64.A) visual B) vivid C) live D) lively
65.A) little B) less C) more D) much
66.A) reluctance B) rejection C) denial D) decline
67.A) natural B) world C) social D) human
68.A) revising B) refining C) rebuilding D) retrieving
69.A) review B) reminder C) concept D) prospect
70.A) preparing B) protesting C) protecting D) prevailing
71.A) never B) ever C) then D) before
72.A) up B) down C) over D) out
73.A) merely B) rarely C) incidentally D) accidentally
74.A) surge B) spur C) surf D) splash
75.A) ensued B) traced C) followed D) occurred
76.A) which B) where C) what D) when
77.A) enough B) certain C) conclusive D) final
78.A) but B) as C) that D) those
79.A) exile B) evacuate C) dismiss D) displace
80.A) ride B) trail C) path D) track
81.A) conventions B) notifications C) communications D) negotiations
Part Ⅵ Translation (5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答，只需写出译文部分。

82. The auto manufacturers found themselves ________________________ (正在同外国公司竞

争市场的份额).

83. Only in the small town ________________________ (他才感到安全和放松).

84. It is absolutely unfair that these children ________________________ (被剥夺了受教育的权

利).

85. Our years of hard work are all in vain, ________________________ (更别提我们花费的大

量金钱了).

86. The problems of blacks and women ________________________ (最近几十年受到公众相

当大的关注).

2007 年 6 月大学英语六级(CET-6)参考答案

Part I Writing (30 minutes)

写作范文
Should One Expect a Reward When Doing a Good Deed?
A great many people presume upon a reward when doing a good deed. First and foremost,
there is a natural tendency to equate doing good deeds with a certain amount of reward, and reward
with a certain amount of money. What is more, they maintain that since the basis of contemporary
society is money, one of the major means of earning money is getting reward by doing good deeds.
On the contrary, the vast majority of people assume that doing a good deed should be based on
people’s personal consciousness. Hence, doing a good deed is fulfilling itself and reward is of
minimal significance. Numerous examples can be given, but this will suffice. Mr. Leifeng lived a
simple life dedicated to doing good deeds without expecting any reward and helping people from
all walks of life, yet he was remembered as one of the most successful hero of our time.
Generally speaking, it is my view that we should not expect a reward when doing a good deed.
We do this for enjoyment, self-fulfillment and spiritual enhancement, not for the purpose of reward.
参考译文
很多人做好事期望得到回报。首先，人们常常自然而然地把做好事等同于一定的回报，
又把回报等同于一定的金钱。其次，他们认为当今社会以金钱为基础，而挣钱的主要途径之
一就是通过做好事获得回报。
 反之，大多数人认为做好事应以个人觉悟为基础。因此，做好事本身就能满足个人需要，
回报则可有可无。可以给出无数例子，这个就足够了。雷锋生活简朴，一生致力于做好事不
计任何回报，同时帮助各行各业的人们，然而他被公认为我们时代最成功的楷模。
总之，我认为我们应该做好事不图回报。做好事本身就是一种享受、自我实现和精神升
华，不是为了回报。

Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)

1. N
2. Y
3. NG
4. Y
5. those things that they love most
6. products
7. more confidence
8. What do I really want to do?
9. give up, or risk
10. the lack of action
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
11. A) Surfing the net.
12. B) He is sure of his success in the exam.
13. D) The man is quite optimistic about human nature.
14. C) Stay in business.
15. A) More money.
16. B) She missed the comforts of home.
17. C) Seek professional advice.
18. A) He dresses more formally now.
19. B) To have meetings.
20. D) It can lessen the discomfort caused by air travel.
21. D) Avoided eating rich food.
22. C) Not many of them chose to do what she did
23. A) At a fair.
24. C) The purchasing of some equipment.
25. B) Training consultancy.
26. A) Improve themselves.
27. D) By making detailed plans and carrying them out.
28. D) To illustrate how easily people abandon their goals.
29. B) Karen was adopted by Ray Anderson.
30. B) He sacrificed his life to save a baby girl.
31. A) The reported hero turned out to be his father.
32. B) Japan.
33. D) By taking shorter vacations each year.
34. A) To combat competition and raise productivity.
35. C) Reducing their working hours.
36. licensed
37. obligation
38. assess
39. coordinate
40. circumstance
41. inappropriate
42. responsibility
43. prime
44. It is sometimes required that we work overtime, and that we change shifts four or five times a
month.
45. Most hospitals are now staffed by new graduates, as experienced nurses finally give up trying
to change the system.
46. they will find that most critical hospital cares will be provided by new, inexperienced, and
sometimes inadequately trained nurses.
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
47. The brilliance of S. Brin and L. Page
48. the academic project
49. By word of mouth
50. meet their price
51. advertising
52. B) Why affluence doesn’t guarantee happiness?
53. D) materialism has run wild in modern society
54. A) Their material pursuits have gone far ahead of their earnings.
55. D) Workers who no longer have secure jobs
56. C) New conflicts and complaints
57. B) the Confucian influence on gender norms in Japan
58. B) They use fewer of the deferential linguistic form
59. D) They express strong disapproval
60. A) may lead to changes in social relations
61. C) one of their strategies to compete in a male-dominated society
Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
62. B) By
63. A) fresh
64. C) live
65. D) much
66. A) reluctance
67. D) human
68. C) rebuilding
69. A) review
70. C) protecting
71. B) ever
72. D) out
73. B) rarely
74. A) surge
75. C) followed
76. B) where
77. A) enough
78. C) that
79. B) evacuate
80. A) ride
81. D) negotiations
Part VI Translation (5 minutes)
82. competing with foreign firms for market share
83. does he feel secure and relaxed
84. are deprived of the rights to receive education
85. not to mention / let alone the large amount of money we have spent
86. have gained / caused considerable public concern in recent decades

答案与解析：
【快速阅读·指点迷津】
考生应该先看文章后的题目，分析定位词，并用笔标出以加深印象；把文章通读一遍，注意每段的
中心句或中心思想，留心题目当中标出的信息，但不要在阅读过程中停下来去考虑单词、词组或句子的意
思，懂不懂都要一律跳过；在做题时，要注意对比题目和文章当中相应信息在表述方式上的不同，要特
别注意两者在用词上的区别--考的往往就是这个词。
【试题精讲】
1．【答案】N
【解析】考生首先要根据定位词 "Plans for 2004" 找到文章的第 1 段第 2 句。 "In fact, one in four workers is
dissatisfied with their current job, according to the recent Plans for 2004 survey." 题干中的 most 与原文 one in
four 显然不符，故答案为 N。
2．【答案】Y
【解析】题目中的定位词 Mary Lyn Miller 可以在原文第 2 段首句找到。"Mary Lyn Miller, veteran career
consultant and founder of the Life and Career Clinic..." 题目中的 advise 与原文 consultant 对应，故答案为 Y。
3．【答案】NG
【解析】根据定位词 Mary Lyn Miller 找到文章第 2 段。首句提到 "...says that when most people are unhappy
about their work..."和尾句的 "...she has helped thousands of dissatisfied workers reassess life and work."均未涉
及她本人对自己工作的感想，故答案为 NG。
4．【答案】Y
【解析】考生可根据题目中的定位词 many people find it difficult 找到文章 Step 1 Willingness to do something
different 的第 2 句。 "Many find it difficult to steer away from a career path make a change..." 题目中以 change
their career path 与原文的 steer away from a career path or make a change 意义吻合，故答案为 Y。
5．【答案】those things that they love most
【解析】题目中的定位词 commit 和 pursuit 可以在 Step 2 Commitment to being who you are, not who or what
someone wants you to be 的第 1 句找到: "...and make a commitment to pursue those things that you love most."
介词 of 后应填名词形式，答案为 those things that they love most，在这里考生注意的是把文中的人称代词
you 改为 they.
6．【答案】products
【解析】定位词是 sell themselves，考生可在原文 Step 3 Self-definition 的开头部分找到: "...they need to know
how sell themselves. 'In the job market, you are a product.'" 而题目中的 In the job market 与原文一致，故答案
为 products.
7．【答案】more confidence
【解析】根据定位词 self-honoring or self-love 和 potential employers 可找到原文 Step 4 Attain a level of self-
honoring 的第 2 句。"By accepting who you are-your emotions, hopes and dreams, your personality, and your
unique way of being-you'll project more confidence when networking and talking with potential employers." 题
目中的 during an interview with potential employers 和 when networking and talking with potential employers
一致，show 与 project 对应，故答案为 more confidence.
8．【答案】What do I really want to do
【解析】考生可根据定位词 develop a vision 找到原文 Step 5 Vision 的首句。 Miller suggests that job seekers
develop a vision that embraces the answer to "What do I really want to do?" 题目中的 answers the question 与原
文 embraces the answer to 正好对应，故答案为 What do I really want to do.
9．【答案】give up or risk/take risks and make sacrifices
【解析】定位词 pursue their dreams 和 unwilling to 可以帮助考生迅速找到原文 Step 6 Appropriate risk 的第 4
句，"...job seekers should assess what they are willing to give up, or risk, in pursuit of their dream." 答案显然为
give up or risk。考生也可从尾句找到答案:"...if you identify how much risk you are willing to take and the
sacrifices you are wiling to make."
10.【答案】the lack of action
【解析】根据定位词 holds people back from 考生可找到文章 Step 7 Action 的第 3 句。 "All too often, it is the
lack of action that ultimately holds people back from attaining their ideas." 此句为强调句型，与题目意思完全
一致，强调的部分 the lack of action 即为空白部分应填的答案。
【全文精译】
找到满意工作的七步法
现在很多人发现自己的工作环境不尽如人意。事实上，据近期的"2004 计划"调查表明，四个就业人员
中就有一个对目前的工作不满。他们可能收入丰厚，但不能实现自身的情感、社会和创造需求。他们进退
两难，闷闷不乐，除了另谋职业又无计可施。
Mary Lyn Miller 是位资深职业顾问，她创立了"生活和职业诊所"。她说，大多数人对工作不满时，第
一念头是换工作。相反，Miller 却建议尝试另外一种生活态度。在她的培训班、研讨会、私人辅导和《谋生的
8 大秘诀》一书中，她已经帮助成千上万的人重新审视他们的生活和工作。
像修禅要参悟真我一样，Miller 鼓励求职者和不满现实者要反省他们的工作信念，从而认识到"在很
多情况下，正是这些信念使他们变成了今天这个样子"。你们可能从小受到的教育是女性擅长教育和照顾
人，因此应该当教师和护士。这正是你的选择。或许，你可能从小被灌输了这样的思想，认为应该子承父
业，所以你继承家业或成为"像父亲那样的"牙医。如果你听来耳熟，可能该是时候重新审视自己未来的发
展方向了。
Miller 创立了七步法来帮助求职者评估他们的现状和信念，确认兴趣所在，踏上寻求工作成就兴趣之
旅。

步骤一：愿意尝试新事物
打破传统的工作圈对求职者来说是最难的。很多人发现即使感觉不好，也很难偏离原先的职业轨道或
是做出改变。Miller 敦促求职者要开阔眼界，谋求现供职之外的可能性。
步骤二：坚持自我，不要屈从于他人意愿
看清自己的天赋，下定决心追寻自己的理想。如果你热爱社交，可是大部分时间被困于办公室或 "绑
在办公桌旁"，那就发誓听从自己的内心需要，寻求其他能提供更多时间与人交流的职业。Dawn 在一家大
型服装店做了几年的经理秘书，尽管得到了提升，却一直郁郁寡欢，渴望在大自然里从事室外工作。于是
她决定晚上和周末上学，拿到林业硕士学位，实现自己真正的理想。她目前在一家大型造纸公司的生物技
术森林部门工作。
步骤三：自我定义
Miller 建议求职者一旦了解了自己，就要弄清楚如何推销自己。"在就业市场，你是产品。和产品一样，
你必须知道你能给潜在客户带来哪些特色和利益。"检查自己的技能和知识，确定如何将之应用于你渴望
的职业。你的才能会向你的老板展示为何雇佣你而不是别人。
步骤四：在一定程度上肯定自我
自我肯定和自爱对求职者来说可能有些奇怪，但能够不假思索地肯定自己有助于消除不安全感，从
而增强自信心。接受自己--你所有的情感、希望、梦想、个性和独特的生活方式--你会在和未来的雇主沟通或
交流时表现得更加自信。自我肯定的力量可以打破你对自我认识的误区--你不够好，不够强，不够聪明做
自己真正想做的事情。
步骤五：远见卓识
Miller 建议求职者在对待"我真正想做什么"这个问题时总是要培养远见卓识。他们应该用十几个句子
写一段话，详细地描述生活和工作如何关联的。比如说，想当演员的秘书会描述能让她在舞台上表达对莎
士比亚的热爱的生活。一个房地产代理商因为喜欢修理旧房子而被吸引做目前的工作，他描述了房产的购
买过程，这些房产只需一些温柔的呵护就可以更容易卖掉。
步骤六：适当的风险
一些哲学家认为智慧之旅始自直面障碍和困难。人们一旦发现了自己的爱好，多数人会因为恐惧而止
步不前。相反，他们什么也不做。在这一步上，求职者应该清楚在追寻梦想时他们愿意放弃什么，或冒怎
样的风险。对于一位有工作的母亲来说，那就意味着在白天上班挣钱的同时去上夜校学习新的计算机辅助
设计方面的技能。对于其他人来说，可能意味着要辞掉工作，申请贷款，全职学习。如果你确定自己愿意
承担的风险和做出的牺牲，你也就离你理想中的工作生活又近了一步。
步骤七：行动
一些哲学教师这样描述行动："如果一个人想登上峰项，仅仅坐在山脚空想是无用的。正是一步步努
力攀登才能最终到达山巅。"通常，往往是缺乏行动才使人们在实现理想时举步不前。制定计划，然后按部
就班地实施，能够带来新的工作机遇。在寻找更有意义的工作生活中，若能意识到求职中各项任务的重要
性，那么，这会有额外的意义。求职计划可以包括研究各行各业，和你渴望的领域工作的人谈话，听课，
或者接受你目标领域的志愿工作。
每一步都会引领你走向更快乐、更有价值感的工作生活之旅。毕竟，是旅程，不是终点，这才是最重要的。

Section A
【听力短对话·指点迷津】
考生利用时间浏览选项，把握考察重点，可在选项旁做简短笔记。在此基础上猜测对话大体内容，注意时
间、地点等细节。
11.
【听力原文】
Ｗ: Jim, you are on the net again! We are going to get off. It's time for the talk show.
M: Just a minute, dear! I'm looking at a new jewelry site. I want to make sure I get the right gift for mom's
birthday.
【答案解析】
A)选项中用动名词表示动作行为。女士一开始就说，你怎么又上网了？on the net 表示"上网浏览"。考生要
分清哪些是正在做的事情，哪些是将要做的事情。
12.
【听力原文】
W: I've never seen you have such confidence before an exam.
M: It's more than confidence. Right now I feel that if I get less than an A, it'll be the fault of the exam itself.
【答案解析】
B)从选项中可以得知对话是关于考试的。女士说，我以前好像没有发现你在考试前这么有信心。男士说，
不仅仅是信心，如果不得 A，那将是试卷本身的问题。从男士的语气可以得出他对考试结果很自信。
13.
【听力原文】
W: Just look at this newspaper, nothing but murder, death and war! Do you still believe people are basically
good?
M: Of course I do. But newspapers hardly ever report stories about peace and generosity. They are not news.
【答案解析】
D)选项告诉考生此题是关于男士和女士的态度问题。女士说，报纸上全是暗杀、死亡、战争，你还相信人
性本善吗？男士给予了肯定回答，报纸从不报道和平和慷慨，这自古就有。考生要能听出男士的言外之意。
14.
【听力原文】
M: Tom must be joking when he said he plans to sell his shop and go to medical school.
W: You are quite right. He is just kidding. He's also told me time and time again he wished he'd studied for some
profession instead of going into business.
【答案解析】
C)动词表明安排和计划。男士说，Tom 说卖掉商店去学医学，这肯定是开玩笑。注意女士的肯定回答，她
重复了男士所说的"开玩笑"。这暗示 Tom 会继续开商店，从事商业活动。
15.
【听力原文】
W: I hear your boss has a real good impression of you, and he is thinking about giving you two more days off
each month.
M: I hope not. I'd rather get more work hours so I can get enough bucks to help out my two kids at college.
【答案解析】
A)四个名词短语，A、B、D 和工作待遇有关，C 和教育有关。女士讲老板对男士印象很好，可能会让他每
月多休息两天。但男士直接否定，说明他并不想休息，他宁愿多工作赚钱供孩子上大学。此题重点在于
bucks，是 money 的同义词，多在口语中使用。
16.
【听力原文】
M: I heard you took a trip to Mexico last month. How did you like it?
W: Oh, I got sick and tired of hotels and hotel food! So now I understand the saying, "East, west, home's best".
【答案解析】
B)从选项中可以推测出对话是关于某位女士的旅行感受，所以考生在听力过程中尤其注意女士的回答。女
士一开始就说，自己病了，厌烦了饭店的食物，从中可以推测她想念家中的舒适。
17.
【听力原文】
W: I'm worried about Anna. She is really been depressed lately. All she does is staying in her room all day.
M: That sounds serious. She'd better see a psychiatrist at the consoling center.
【答案解析】
C)动词原形表示计划或建议。女士讨论 Anna 的问题，男士用 had better 来表达自己的建议。考生注意
psychiatrist 的含义，"精神科医生"，也就是专业人士的帮助。
18.
【听力原文】
M: I could hardly recognize Sam after he got that new job. He's always in a suit and a tie now.
W: Yeah, he was never like that at college. Back then he went around in an old T-shirt and jeans.
【答案解析】
A)从选项中可以得知对话讨论某位男士的过去以及现在的行为。男士说 Sam 找到新工作后，一直穿西服
打领带，而女士附和，说 Sam 和大学时不一样。"西装领带"是正式场合的装扮。
【听力长对话·指点迷津】
考生要通过浏览题目选项猜测对话主旨，总结选项大意并在旁边做简洁标注，以便在脑海里留下足够多
的信息刺激，加强记忆强度和记忆时间。
Conversation One
【听力原文】
M: Hi, Ann, welcome back. How's your trip to the states?
W: Very busy. 【19】I had a lot of meetings. So, of course, I didn't have much time to see New York.
M: What a pity. Actually I have a trip there myself next week.
W: Do you? Then take my advice, do the well-being in the air program. It really works.
M: Oh, I read about that in a magazine. You say it works?
W: Yes. 【20】I did the program on the flight to the States. And when I arrived in New York, I didn't have any
problem. No jet leg at all. On the way back, I didn't do it, and I felt terrible.
M: You are joking.
W: Not at all. It really made a lot of difference.
M: Hmm...【21】So, what did you do?
W: Well, I didn't drink any alcohol or coffee, and I didn't eat any meat or rich food. I drink a lot of water and fruit
juice, and I eat the meals on the well-being menu. They are lighter. They have fish, vegetables and noodles, for
example. And I did some of the exercises in the program.
M: Exercises? On a plane?
W: Yes. I didn't do many, of course. There isn't much space on the plane.
M: 【22】How many passengers did the exercises?
W: Not many.
M: And how much champagne did they drink?
W: A lot. It was more popular than mineral water.
M: So, basically, it's a choice. Mineral water and exercises or champagne and jet lag.
W: That's right. It's a difficult choice.
19.
【答案解析】
B)动词不定式表示目的。听力一开始女士就讲自己有很多会议。考生听到听力原文要做标记，以加强记忆。
20.
【答案解析】
D)四个选项表达了某件事带来的好处，因而考生在听力中要特别注意他们讨论的话题，女士建议男士做
the well-being，然后以此展开讨论，考生不用把重点放在理解 well-being 上，而是注意他们的讨论。女士
说，在去美国的飞机上她做了 well-being，到达美国之后，没有任何问题。所以它可以减轻坐飞机带来的
不适。
21.
【答案解析】
D)选项告诉考生要注意对话中出现的饮食细节。女士说，她不喝酒，不吃肉或其他油腻的食物。这里，考
生要注意西方饮食不把鱼肉归在肉类中，同时 rich 在饮食中为"油腻的"，light 表示"清淡的"。
22.
【答案解析】
C)从选项的主语可以推测题目是关于其他人如何做的。男士问很多人这么做吗？女士说，不是很多。
Conversation Two
【听力原文】
W: Morning. Can I help you?
M: Well, I'm not really sure. I'm just looking.
W: I see. Well, there's plenty to look at again this year. I'm sure you'd have to walk miles to see each stand.
M: That's true.
W: Would you like a coffee? Come and sit down for a minute. No obligation.
M: Well, that's very kind of you. But...
W: No, please, 【23】is this the first year you‘ve been to the fair, Mr. ...?
M: Yes. Johnson. James Johnson.
W: My name's Susan Carter. 【 24 】 Are you looking for anything in particular, or are you just interested in
computers in general?
M: Well, actually, I have some specific jobs in mind. I own a small company. We've grown quite dramatically
over the past 12 months, and we really need some technological help to enable us to keep on top of everything.
W: 【25】What's your line of business, Mr. Johnson?
M: We are a training consultancy.
W: I see. And what do you need to keep on top?
M: The first thing is correspondence. We have a lot of standard letters and forms. 【24】So I suppose we need
some kind of word processor.
W: Right. Well, that's no problem. But it may be possible for you to get a system that does a lot of other things in
addition to word processing. What might suit you is the MR5000. That's over there. It's IBM compatible.
M: What about the price?
W: Well, the MR5000 costs 1,050 pounds. Software comes free with the hardware.
M: Well, I'll think about it. Thank you.
W: Here's my card. Please feel free to contact me.
23.
【答案解析】
A)选项为地点状语，问题很有可能是事情在哪里发生的，对考生来讲地点是听力的细节。对话开始，当女
士打完招呼后问，这是不是你第一次来展览会啊？
24.
【答案解析】
C)名词或动名词表示行为，结合 23 题的地点，考生可推测在此地干什么。中间，女士问你对哪一类产品
感兴趣呢？考生可根据问答大概确定两人之间的关系，顾客和售货员。随后他们谈到价格，说明是在买东
西。
25.
【答案解析】
B)选项是关于职业和工作的。对话中女士问，what is your line of business? 在英语中 line 表示行业，不过从
男士的问题考生应该明白其含义。
Section B
【听力短文·指点迷津】
听力段落信息比较集中，考生应学会通过选项来猜测段落大意，判断听力重点，用自己的方式做笔记，
强化自己的记忆。
Passage One
【听力原文】
The New Year always brings with it a cultural tradition of new possibilities. 【 26】 We see it as a chance for
renewal. We begin to dream of new possible selves. We design our ideal self or an image that is quite different
from what we are now. For some of us, we roll that dreamy film in our heads just because it is the beginning of
the New Year, but we are serious about making changes. We just make some half heart resolution and it
evaporates after a week or two. The experience makes us less successful and leads us to discount ability to change
in the future. It's not the changes impossible but it won't last unless our resolutions are supported with plans for
implementation. 【27】We have to make our intensions manageable by detailing the specific steps that will carry
us to our goal. Say your goal is to lose weight by dieting and cutting off sweets. But one night you just have to
have a cookie. And you know there is a bag of your favorites in the cupboard. You want one, you eat two, you
check the bag and find out that you've just shot 132 calories. You say to yourself, "What the hell. I'll polish off the
whole bag." Then you begin to draw all kinds of unpleasant conclusions about yourself. To protect your sense of
yourself, you begin to discount the goal. You may think, "Well, dieting wasn't that important to me and I wouldn't
make it anyhow." 【28】So you'll abandon the goal and return to your bad habits.
26.
【答案解析】
A)这篇听力开篇就谈到新年，对考生来讲相对比较简单，因为符合中国人的习惯。新年新决定，但很多时
候人们会半途而废。随后说我们把新年当做自我更新的机会，我们做与现在的我们完全不一样的计划安排。
27.
【答案解析】
D)by+doing 表示方式方法。在 26 题的基础上，考生可以推测问题有可能是人们通过什么方式来实现自己
给自已设计的目标。段落中间为了实现目标，我们应该列出具体步骤并在生活中践行。
28.
【答案解析】
D)to show, to remind, to illustrate 等词的不定式一般表示目的。段落最后举了个戒掉糖果来减肥的例子。最
后说人们放弃了自己的目标，又回到自己的坏习惯中。这些做法也出现在我们的现实生活中，很容易理解。
Passage Two
【听力原文】
25 years ago, Ray Anderson, a single parent with a one-year-old son, witnessed a terrible accident which took
place when the driver of a truck ran a red light and collided with the car of Sandra Drinkens. 【29】The impact of
the collision killed Sandra instantly, but her three-month-old daughter was left trapped in the burning car. While
others looked on in horror, 【 30 】 Anderson jumped out of his vehicle and crawled into the car through the
shattered rear window to try to free the infant. Seconds later, the car was enclosed in flames, but to everyone's
amazement, Anderson was able to pull the baby to safety. While the baby was all right, Anderson was seriously
injured. Two days later, he died. But his heroic act was published widely in the media. His son was soon adopted
by relatives. The most remarkable part of this story unfolded only last week. Karen and her boyfriend Michael
were looking through some old boxes when they came across some old newspaper clippings. "This is me when I
was a new born baby. I was rescued from a burning car but my mother died in the accident," explained Karen.
Although Michael knew Karen's mother had died years earlier, he never fully understood the circumstances until
he skimmed over the news paper article. To Karen's surprise, Michael was absorbed in the details of the accident
and【31】he began to cry uncontrollably. Then he revealed that the man that pulled Karen from the flames was the
father he never knew. The two embraced and shed many tears, recounting stories told to them about their parents.
29.
【答案解析】
C)通看选项可以判断很有可能是篇记叙文，过去时态表明发生在过去的事情。听力开始讲在事故中 Sandra
当场死亡，而她三个月的女儿还在车中。Karen 是个女姓名，考生可以推测是女儿的名字，听力最后也可
确认推测是正确的。
30.
【答案解析】
B)看过选项，考生应该把听力注意力集中在一位男性的所作所为。Sandra 当场死亡，Anderson 去救婴儿，
受重伤，两天后死亡。
31.
【答案解析】
A)听力一开始说到 Anderson 是个单身父亲，小男孩一岁多。考生可以猜测 Michael 可能是这个男孩的名字。
听力最后，Michael 才意识到那位英雄是自己从未谋面的父亲。
Passage Three
【听力原文】
Americans suffer from an overdose of work. Regardless of who they are or what they do, Americans spend more
time at work than at any time since World War II. In 1950, the US had fewer working hours than any other
industrialized country. 【32】Today, it exceeds any country but Japan, where industrial employees log 2,155 hours
a year, compared with 1,951 in the US, and 1,603 in the former West Germany. Between 1969 and 1989,
employed Americans added an average of 138 hours to their yearly work schedules. 【33】The workweek has
remained at about 40 hours, but people are working more weeks each year. Specifically paid time-off holidays,
vacations, sick leave shrank by 50 % in the 1980s. 【34】As corporations have experienced stiff competition and
slower growth productivity, they have pressed employees to work longer. Cost cutting lay-offs in the 1980s
reduced the professional and managerial ranks, leaving fewer people to get the job done. In lower paid
occupations where wages have been reduced, workers have added hours in overtime or extra jobs to preserve their
living standards. The government estimates that more than 7 million people hold a second job. 【35】 For the first
time, large numbers of people say they want to cut back on working hours even if it means earning less money.
But most employers are unwilling to let them do so. The government, which has stepped back from its traditional
role as a regulator of work time should take steps to make shorter hours possible.
32.
【答案解析】
B)四个国家名，考生应注意听力的话题。开篇说道美国人工作超时，考生可断定本段文章讨论超时工作。
接着，听力中说它超过了除了日本的其他任何国家，"它"在这里指代美国。考生可简单按照工作时间从多
到少将提到的国家排序。
33.
【答案解析】
D)by+doing 表示方式方法。听力主要讨论超时工作，考生可推测此题是讨论如何做到这一点的。四个选项
都是合理的方法，所以考生要注意听力细节，哪一个是文章提到的。听力中间讲人们每年工作的周数增多
了，具体的讲他们的假期降了 50%，考生注意 shrink 的理解，"缩减"。
34.
【答案解析】
A)to do 不定式一般表目的，前后相互联系，考生要关注超时工作的目的和原因。中间讲公司经历了残酷
的竞争，生产力低下，所以他们强迫工人超时工作。反言之，超时工作的目的是为了与竞争抗衡，提高生
产力。
35.
【答案解析】
C)四个选项表明采取的措施。听力最后，人们想减少工作时间，哪怕这意味着自己的收入降低了。cut back
on 意为"减少"。
Section C
【复合式听写·指点迷津】
考生要通读全篇，理解大意，这样可以有效的利用上下文来确认自己听到的单词和句子。单词的填写要根
据英语语法使用合适的形式，句子的填写要把握大意，符合英语句型。
36. 【答案】licensed
【解析】be 动词后或加 to do 表示将来，或加动词的过去分词表被动。根据前文，作为护士，我们主要干什
么呢？license 表示"授权"，根据句义，此处应为被动，护士被授予某种权利。
37. 【答案】obligation
【解析】形容词的后面应该用名词。第一句人们误认为护士是和医生紧密联系在一起的，实际上，护士对
医生没有任何法律或道德上的义务。
38. 【答案】assess
【解析】通观上下文，此句是个排比句，同一个主语，动词排列。根据发音，assess，注意拼写中两个 s。
39. 【答案】coordinate
【解析】和 38 空相似，因为排比此处需要一个动词。考生可以记忆词缀来扩大词汇量， co 是个前缀，表
示"一起"，拼写中应注意形式。
40. 【答案】circumstance
【解析】any 后应该是个名词，而且可以和介词 in 搭配，in any circumstance，表示在任何情况下，是个比
较常用的短语。
41. 【答案】inappropriate
【解析】or 的后面用到 unsafe，这说明前面的词汇应该是和 unsafe 同义，应该是个表示否定的单词。考生应
根据上下文添加表示否定的弱读前缀 in。
42. 【答案】responsibility
【解析】冠词 a 的后面应该用名词。上半句说，如果我们认为不安全或不合适，在法律上我们有责任质疑。
43. 【答案】prime
【解析】在名词的前面应该用形容词进行修饰。考生应简化句子结构，判断句子主语为 stress，压力是最主
要的原因。
44. 【答案】It is sometimes required that we work overtime, and that we change shifts four or five times a month
【解析】上文讲到精神和身体上的压力是最主要的原因。下文讲到这扰乱我们的日常生活等等不好的方面，
句子用 that 做主语，根据语法，that 指代空白处的句子。听力关键词为 overtime，change shifts(换班)，其
语法重点是虚拟语气的使用。It is required 后面的 that 从句用虚拟语气，其表现形式为 should do，或 did(过
去式)。
45. 【答案】Most hospitals are now staffed by new graduates, as experienced nurses finally give up trying to
change the system
【解析】上文讲因为这 些原因护理质量受到了严重影响。而医院的做法呢？听力关键词为 staffed,
experienced，其中重点(也是难点)是 staff 作为动词的含义，"充当职员"，考生可用 employ 或 use 等同义词
来替换。
46. 【答案】they will find that most critical hospital care will be provided by new, inexperienced, and sometimes
inadequately trained nurses
【解析】前文讲消费者还没有感觉到明显的影响，但这种趋势如果持续下去，结果如何呢？听力关键词为
critical, inexperienced, inadequately，其中后两个前文曾经出现过，不应该成为听力难点。

Section A
【指点迷津】
考生要准确定位题目出现在原文中的位置，然后根据上下文和英语语法要求用适当形式填空。
【全文精译】
Google 公司举世闻名，总部在加利福尼亚的山景城。1998 年建立在一家硅谷的车库里，随着网络泡
沫而急剧增长。即使周围的公司都倒闭了，它却一直扩大。Google 的搜索引擎在全世界如此普及，结果搜
索变成了 Google，google 成了动词。全世界都迷上了这个有效的、飞速的技术。
【47】Google 的成功主要取决于 S. Brin 和 L. Page 的才华，同时也来源于一系列幸运的事情。【48】是
Page1996 在斯坦福大学的学术项目最终成为 Google 的搜索引擎。Brin 在早一年的新生指南中认识了
Page，随后较早加入了该项目。设计出最佳搜索引擎时他们是博士研究生；【49】其搜索引擎没有市场推广，
大家口口相传，从早期的使用者传到了祖母那里。
简单说，其突破在于，他们的搜索引擎在网络搜索时不仅仅寻找单词匹配，还对很多其他关键因素
统计、排序，如考虑网站如何链接。这搜索结果比其他搜索方式所得结果好得多。Brin 和 Page 本打算将其
命名为 Googol(在数学上代表 10 的 100 次方)，但有人错拼单词，最终成了 google。他们从有先见之明的教
授和风险投资家那里筹集到资金，搬出校园把 Google 办成了企业。对他们来说，最幸运的事情可能是早
期他们想把技术卖给其他搜索引擎却【50】没有人愿意出他们期待的价钱，因此他们建立了自己的公司。
另一个突破是 2000 年的 Google 意识到如何利用发明赚钱。使用的人很多，但付费的人很少。后来解决方
法是广告，【51】广告几乎是所有收入来源，所以说 Google 本质上是广告公司一点都不为过。如今它是价
值 1000 亿美元的广告公司巨头。
47.【答案】The brilliance of S. Brin and L. Page
【解析】考生根据问题可把答案直接定位在第二段的第一句话。问题提问原因，可以直接用名词短语作答，
注意首字母要大写。
48.【答案】the academic project
【解析】文章第二段的第二句话讲到 Page 开始写的学术项目最终成为 Google 的搜索引擎。originate from 意
为"源，来源"，后面直接加名词。
49.【答案】By word of mouth
【解析】问题提问的是方式，第二段的最后一句说不是通过市场，而是口头相传。答案中注意 by 不能省略，
在这里表示方式。
50.【答案】meet their price
【解析】第三段的最后一句讲到他们建立自己公司的原因，原句用的是过去式，但在答案中，would 后用
动词原形。
51.【答案】advertising
【解析】根据 revenue 可定位到文章的最后两句，也是 Google 的另一个突破，通过广告来赚钱，介词 from
的后面用动词的 ing 形式。
Section B
【指点迷津】
考生要把握文章大意，同时注意细节的推敲和辨析，正确理解文章的隐含之义。
Passage One
【全文精译】
你一直听人们重复：从数据上看，美国经济很好，不过感觉却不好。【52】为什么日益增长的财富不
能让人感觉日益幸福呢？这个问题至少可以追溯到 1958 年的《富裕社会》一书，作者 John Kenneth
Galbraith 最近去世了，享年 97 岁。
《富裕社会》是一部现代经典著作，帮助定义了一种崭新的人类生存状态。Galbraith 写道，人类历史上
绝大多数时期"饥饿、疾病和寒冷"几乎威胁着所有人，"在那里，贫穷无处不在。很明显我们的世界并非这
样。"二次世界大战后，经济繁荣取代了对另一场大萧条的恐慌。 20 世纪 30 年代，平均失业率高达
18.2%，50 年代则是 4.5%。
【53】在 Galbraith 看来，物质主义太盛行，会导致很多不满。通过广告，公司迫使顾客买他们并不想
要或不需要的东西。这些都是人为的，并不能使人有满足感。同时，人们本能地或错误地认为政府是"必要
之恶"，因而本来能让人们更加富裕的政府花费却被削减了。
人们常说只有富人在进步，而其他人保持原样或落后。确实很多富人不配给那么多钱--如薪水过高的
主管人员。不过任何一段较长的时间后，大部分人的收入会提高。从 1995 年到 2004 年，除却通胀因素，
家庭平均收入提高了 14.3%，达到了 43200 美元。 【54】人们感觉"财政困难"，因为增长的收入常常不能满
足越来越高的需求--房子更大、医疗更完备、教育更优质、网络连接更快捷。
另外让他们非常失望的是富裕并没有消除不安全感。 【55】人们把工作稳定性当做生活水平的一部分。
公司解雇人员在增加，削弱了工作的稳定性。更多工人担心他们成为 Louis Uchitelle 所称的"可随意丢弃的
美国人"，他的一本书以此命名。
以前那么多苦难和社会冲突都根源于贫穷，所以现在的普遍富裕带来了乌托邦式的可能性。某种程度
上，富裕成功了。现在身体遭受的痛苦比以前少得多，人们更富裕了。不幸的是，富裕也导致了新的抱怨
和矛盾。
先进社会需要经济增长满足公民日益增长的需要。【56】但寻求增长会带来新的焦虑和经济冲突，这
些将扰乱社会秩序。富裕解放了个人，允诺了寻求自我实现的独特道路。不过允诺过高了，它注定了会带
来失望，有时会刺激人们选择反社会，包括家庭破裂和肥胖症等。幸福指数并没有随着收入增加而提高。

我们应该吃惊吗？并不。我们只是再次证实了一个古老的真理：对富裕的追求并不总意味着幸福。
文章主题：文章主要讨论了追求富裕和获得幸福感之间的关系。虽然文章中出现了一些比较难理解的短语
和句子，但此话题并不陌生，对考生来讲容易把握文章主要意思。
52.【答案解析】B)本题是个细节题，可定位在文章的第一段，这个问题可追溯到 1958 年这本书，"这个问
题"往回指前面的问句，为什么日益增多的财富无法满足更大的幸福感。
53.【答案解析】D)本题也是细节题，考生需要特别关注细节。根据问题，答案可能出现在第三段。第一句中
说，物质主义太盛行，将滋生不满。go mad 在本句话中的意思是"盛行"，是 run wild 的同义短语。
54.【答案解析】A)本题也是细节题。第四段的最后一句，人们感觉"财政紧张"，因为增长的收入满足不了
越来越多的需求，也就是说，物质追求超出了他们的收入。
55.【答案解析】D)这个短语出现在文章的第五段。对它的理解要结合前面的两句话，人们把工作稳定当做
生活水平的一部分，而被解雇的人越多，这种工作安全感也就削弱了。这些"被遗弃的美国人"指对工作没
有安全感的工人。
56.【答案解析】C)本题也是个细节题。根据题干可将答案定位在文章的第七段，本段第二句说追求富裕可
能带来新的忧虑和经济冲突，同义表达为 C。
Passage Two
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【57】使用敬语是儒家理想女性的象征，它主宰着日本保守的性别规范。依此，女性应安静地退到不
为人注意的地方，生活和需要服从于家庭和男性家长的生活和需要。她是顺从的女儿，贤妻良母，干家务
活的能手。有教养的日本妇女非常谦和端庄；她在世界上谨言慎行，把女性美丽和优雅提升为艺术形式。
如今，经常可以看到年轻女性没有遵守女性的语言规范。【58】她们很少使用恭顺的"女性"用语，却使
用为数不多的强势的"男性"用语。
【59】这当然吸引了大量关注，日本媒体强烈抗议女性语言的"去女性化"。
事实上，人们回应了女孩子借用男孩和男人使用的语言之后，我们才听说"男性语言"。女性语言的"堕
落"(被看作是女性理想和女性道德沦丧的一部分)激起了义愤，媒体定期主持的全国性民意调查明确了这
种情绪。
Yoshiko Mastumoto 指出，年轻女性可能从未使用过老一辈女性使用的高级别敬语。毫无疑问，人们
期望年轻女性"长大后学会使用"这种极其礼貌的语言，【60】它不仅仅是女性的象征，还是成熟和教养的
象征，而且这种语言使用标志着社会关系性质的变化。完全可以想象小姑娘在玩过家家或模仿年长女性时
使用非常礼貌的敬语，类似于小姑娘扮演老师或妈妈时说话的尖腔调。
年轻日本女性较少使用敬语，这可能代表某种变化，社会的和语言的。但它肯定不表示女孩的 "男性
化"。有时候，或许意味女性想获得和男孩、男人一样的权威，不过和"男性化"差别很大。【61】Katsue
Reynolds 曾指出，如今为了能在校内外和男孩竞争，女孩使用更为自信的语言策略。社会变化不仅仅为女
人和女孩带来不同的社会地位，还为不同的人生阶段带来不同的人际关系；青春期少女在参与新的亚文
化形式。因此，年长的说话者听起来好像"男性化"的语言，在青少年看来可能就是"被解放了的"或"非常时
髦的"语言。
文章主题：语言的变化有可能暗示一定的社会变化，语言和社会是密不可分的。本篇文章用日本女性使用
的敬语为例，说明了语言变化的种种。
57.【答案解析】B)本题是主旨题。概括总结第一段的意思。考生要学会找主题句，文章第一段的第一句说儒
家关于女性的理想统治着日本严格的性别规范。
58.【答案解析】B)本题是细节题。根据题干可将答案定位在文章的第二段。开头写道，她们不遵守女性语言
规则，很少使用恭顺的语言表达。考生无需知道 deferential 的含义，但要定位准确。
59.【答案解析】D)本题是细节题，根据题干可将答案定位在第二段。这种现象引起了关注，日本媒体也抗
议女性语言的去女性化。against 作为介词，表示反对，不赞成，和 disapproval 是同义的。
60.【答案解析】D)本题是推理题，考生需要通过逻辑分析来达到合理的结论。文章的第三段谈到这个问题，
Yoshiko Matsumoto 依此说，年轻女性不使用老一辈非常礼貌的语言，接着说高度礼貌的语言不仅仅是女
性象征，也是成熟和优雅的象征，还暗示了社会关系的变化。即，当这些语言代表的复杂的社会关系不存
在的话，表现这种关系的语言也要随之改变，不能一成不变。现代女性不使用高级敬语是社会快速发展的
结果。
61.【答案解析】C)本题是细节题。文章第四段中间讲了现代女孩子为什么要使用更为自信的语言， 为了和
男孩子竞争她们所使用的语言策略。
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短文大意：本文对 2006 年新奥尔良飓风造成的灾难进行了评论，作者认为：由于人类对自然灾害认识不
足，因而面临灾害时营救措施都显得不够。人类真正的敌人往往不是飓风、地震等，而是人类自己。
62.B) 介词辨析。本文第一句话意为：历史上，人类只有在遭受过灾难之后才会对防灾变得重视起来。通过
对此句的分析，知道了后句紧跟的词应该表示解释说明。而 to 意为“至于……"，on 意为“在……上面".for
意为“为了……，"by 意为“根据……”。只有 by that logic（根据这一逻辑）符合文意，因此，正确答案为 B
63.A) 词义辨析。初看本题似乎考查 obvious，apparent，evident 三词的区别，它们都意为“明显的”。但根据
上下文，此处应该表示“记忆犹新”之意，而只有 fresh memory 搭配在一起符合此意，因此，A 为正确答
案。
64.C) 词义辨析。本句意为：美国人通过电视直播观看了美国历史上最严重的灾难——腿风卡特里娜。live
这个词除了有“生活”的意思外，还有“现场直播"之意，因此答案为 C。而 visual（视觉的）、vivid（生动
的）、lively（活泼的）均不合文意。
65.D) 语法考查。在比较级前添加副词只能用原级，不能用比较级，B、C 明显错误。而 little 也不能直接修
饰比较级。另外，本句句首的并列连词 and 说明同前一句关系密切，本句中 they 就是指前一句中的 bad
things，因此，根据上下文应选 much。
66.A) 词义辨析。本句意为：由于我们对危险故意视而不见，在所有事出大错前不愿合作，坏事就变得更
糟糕。本句中 willful blindness 意思是“视而不见"。而 reluctance（不情愿）刚好与 willful blindness 形成同义
衔接，符合文意。其余的 rejection（拒绝）、denial（否定）、decline（谢绝）虽然都有否定之意，但意思
太重。
67.D) 词义辨析。本句意为：的确，某些错觉很可能是人类生存状况的一部分。human 与 condition 搭配，
刚好表示“人的生存状况”之意。因此答案为 D。world 明显错误。Natural、social 与 condition 搭配，分别表示
“自然条件”和“社会条件”，不符合文意。
68.C) 词义辨析。本题关键得看句中的连词 and 和副词 immediately。地震后马上接着该干什么呢？当然是重
建。因此，rebuilding（重建）符合文意。其余的 revising（修订）、refining（提炼）、retrieving（重新得
到）均不合文意。
69.A) 词义辨析。从空格后的 history 便知此处有“回顾历史”之意，因此选项 A 正确。而 reminder（提醒，暗
示）、concept（观念，想法）、prospect（前景，期望）均与文意不符。
70.C) 固定搭配。protect sb.from sth.保护某人免受某事（之害）。四个选项中只有 protect 能与 from 搭配 。
prepare（准备）、protest（抗议）、prevail（流行）都不能。
71.B) 副词辨析。本句意为：有关我们所面临的灾难，我们比以前知道得更多。本句中用助动词 did 替代前
面的实义动词 know。A、C 两项明显不对；before 做副词时应放在句末，也不对；ever 常用于比较从句中，
表示“以往任何时候"，在这里符合文意。
72.D) 固定搭配。It turns out that...证明……。tur up 意为“出现"，turn down 意为"拒绝”，turn over 意为“反复
考虑”。
73.B) 词义辨析。本题涉及两组词，一组是 merely 和 rarely，一组是 incidentally 和 accidentally。后一组均表
示“偶然地"，与文意不符，很快便可排除。关键在于区分前一组词。merely 表示“仅仅、只不过”，如果填入
空白处意思太绝对；而 rarely 意为“极少、罕有"，根据上下文，这里应填一个具有否定意义的词，因此
rarely 最恰当。
74.A) 词义辨析。本句意为：在危机时，我们最大的敌人往往不是暴风、地震或巨浪，而是我们自己。本题
考查的实际上是形近词。surge 意为“波涛汹涌"：spur 意为"刺激，鞭策"surf 意为“海浪，冲浪"；splash 意
为“飞溅"。从上下文能看出此空该填一个灾难性的词，因此，正确答案为 A。
75.C) 词义辨析。四个词中只有 follow 有“紧跟其后”之意，并能直接跟宾语。ensue 虽有“相继发生”之意，
但为不及物动词。trace 意为“跟踪，探索"，意思不符。occur 意为“发生，出现"，后面不直接跟宾语。因此，
C 为正确答案。
76.C) 语法考查。此句意为：他们（重建）使防洪堤尽量恢复思风前的状态。此句考查的是名词性从句。四
个选项中只有 what 能引导名词性从句并充当介词后宾语。which 虽然能充当介词后宾语，但找不到其先行
词，句意不通；where 为关系副词，引导的从句前不用介词；when 通常引导时间状语从句，故从语法、意
义两方面看都不正确。因此，答案为 C。
77.A) 词义辨析。此句意为：这还不够，我们现在可以自信地说。enough（足够的）符合文意。certain（确
定的）、conclusive（确实的）、final（最后的）均与文意不符。
78.C) 语法考查。此句考查的是定语从句。先行词为 all 时，后面的关系代词通常用 that。而 but 为转折连词，
as 为因果连词，those 为指示代词，在此均不恰当。
79 B) 词义辨析。此句意为：同时，新奥尔良官方已计划使用汽车和火车将病残人员疏散到安全地带 。
evacuate（疏散，将人们转移到安全处）正好符合文意。exile（流放）、dismiss（解散）都是负性动词，与
救灾之举相矛盾。displace（取代，替换）也不正确。因此，正确答案为 B。
80.A) 词义辨析。根据 79 题这句话的意思，官方要帮助人们转移到其它地方，而 ride 刚好有"搭乘“之义，
符合文意。rail（痕迹）、path（路径）、track（轨迹）均与文意不符。
81.D) 词义辨析。此句意为：（官方）与邻区的谈判正在进行，不过非常困难。conventions（惯例，协定）
与 notifications（通知，布告）通常不与 difficult 搭配；communications（传达，交流）与 difficult 搭配后
为“信息不畅、说不清”之意，意思不对；在此只有 negotiations（商议，谈判）符合文意，为最佳答案。
Part VI Translation
82.competing with foreign companies/firms for market share
本题考查固定搭配 compete with sb.for sth 以及词组 market share，另外，发现某人正在做某事要用非
谓语动词形式 find sb.doing sth.。外国公司还可译为 overseas companies firms。
83.does he feel secure and relaxed
本题主要考查以 only 开头的倒装句的用法。注意：only 位于句首表示强调时，其后的句子需用倒装
语序。另外，secure 本身就是形容词“安全的"，可直接作表语，不需要再加-ed。
84.are deprived of the right to receive education/are denied the right to receive education
本题主要考查“被剥夺……”的译法，既可用 be deprived of sth.，也可用 be denied sth.。不定式短语 to
receive education 在句中作后置定语。
85.let alone/not to mention/not to speak of the large sum of money we have spent
本题主要考查“更别提……”的译法：let alone，not to mention 或 not to speak of，后面都可直接跟宾语。
另外，“大量金钱”还可说成 the large amount of money。定语从句 we have spent 在句中修饰 money。
86.have received/got great attention from the public in recent decades
本题主要考查“受关注"的译法。句中有“最近几十年"，表明要用现在完成时态。另外，“受到公众相当
大的关注”也可直接翻译成 gain considerable public concern。