1312六級(jí)2013年12月真題卷

1、201312PartIWriting(30（3套）Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on remarks “The greatest use of life 201312PartIWriting(30（3套）Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on remarks “The greatest use of life is to spen

2、d it for t will outlast You can give les to illustrate your and then explain what you will do make your life more meaningful. You should n 200 east 150 words but no Part (30 Directions: his section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or

3、 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 choimarked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark correspondingletteronA

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6、drawattentiontothespreadofAIDSin6. A) saverylongItisa privateItwasfoundedbyThomasItstressesthecomprehensivestudyof7.A)Theycantothemachine.C)TheyweresenttothewrongB)Theyhave notbeendeliveredyet.D)Theywerefoundtobeofthewrong 8.A)ThefoodhecafeteriausuallylacksB)Thecafeteriasometimesprovidesrarefoodfort

7、heC)ThestudentsfindthehecafeteriaD)Thecafeteriatries8.A)ThefoodhecafeteriausuallylacksB)ThecafeteriasometimesprovidesrarefoodfortheC)ThestudentsfindthehecafeteriaD)ThecafeteriatrieshardtocatertothestudentsQuestions9to12arebasedontheconversationyouhavejust9.A)ckedupsomeapplesinhisHecutsomebranchesoff

8、theappleHequarreledwithhisneighborovertheD) Hecleanedupallthehewomans10.A)Trimtheappletreesinheryard.C)TakethegarbagetothecurbforB)Pickupthetfellinheryard.D)Removethebranchesfromher11.A)Filealawsuitagainsttheman.C)Have themansappletreecutB)Askthemanforcompensation.D)Throwothemans12.A)He wasreadytoma

9、kea.C)HewasB)Hewasnotpreparedtogotocourt.D)HewasabitQuestions13to15arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustA)Badweather.C)Breakdownofthe A)AccuratecommunicationisofutmostPilotsshouldbeabletospeakseveralforeignAircontrollersshouldkeepaclosewatchontheD) CooperationSectionnpilotsandaircontrollersishissecti

10、on,youwillhear3shortpassages.ofeachpassage,willhearsomequestions.Boththepassageandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.youhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoi and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1Passage Questions16to19arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustmarkedA),B),

11、16.A)Hisfathercaughtaseriousdisease.C)HismotherlefthimtomarryarichB)Hisassedaway.D)HisfathertooktoA)Hedislikedbeingdisciplined.C)HecouldntpayhisgamblingB)Hewasexpelledbytheuniversity.D)Heenjoyedworkingfora A)HispoemsareheavilyinfluencedbyFrenchHisstoriesaremainlyHisworkisdifficulttoHislanguageisnoth

12、eeof19.A)He grievedtodeathoverthelossofhiswife.C)HewasshotdeadB)Hecommittedsuicideforunknownreasons.D)HediedofheavyPassageofQuestions20to22arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustB)Prisoners.D)Schoolage21.A)Hetaughthisstudentshowtopronouncethe.B)HematchedtheletterswiththesoundsfamiliartotheC)Heshowedthelearn

13、ershowtoQuestions20to22arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustB)Prisoners.D)Schoolage21.A)Hetaughthisstudentshowtopronouncethe.B)HematchedtheletterswiththesoundsfamiliartotheC)HeshowedthelearnershowtocombinetheosimpleD) Hedividedthe22.A)ItcanhelppeopleogroupsaccordingtothewaytheyareeliteratewithinashortB)It

14、wasoriginallydesignedforteachingtheEnglishC)ItenablesthelearnerstomasteralanguagehreeD) ItisPassageeachinganyalphabeticallanguagetoQuestions23to25arebasedonthepassageyouhavejust23.A)Thecropsbloomingperiodisdelayed.C)ThetopsoilisseriouslyB)Therootsofcropsarecutoff.D)Thegrowthdsis24.A)Itsanewwayofappl

15、yingchemicalfertilizer.C)ItsacreativetechniqueforsavingB) Itsanimprovedmethodofharvestingcrops.D)Itsafarmingslimitingtheuse25.A)InareaswithdsandunwantedB)InareassevereshortageofInareaslackinginchemicalInareasdependentonimportedSectionhissection,youwillsagethreetimes.Whenthepassageisreadfortime,yoush

16、ouldlistencarefully foritsgeneralidea.Whenthepassage isreadforthetime,youarerequiredtohe swiththeexactwordsyouhavejustheard.Finally,thepassageisreadforthethirdtime,youshouldcheckwhatyouhaveAdults are getting smarter about how smart babiesare. Not long ago,researchers t4-day-old could understand (26)

17、 and subtraction. Now, Graham Schafer has t infants can learn words they can speak. He t 9-month-old infants British research psychologist mon things long be taught, through l, to the names of objectst were foreign to them, a t in some ways the received wisdomt, apart from learning to thingscommon t

18、o their daily lives, children dont o build vocabulary until o their year. Its no t children learn words, but the words they tend to know are linked to he home, explains Schafer. This is we can choose what words the children will learn unfamiliarvoiceinanunfamiliart they can respond to them with Figu

19、ring out how humans acquire language may why some children learn to readand write n others, Schafer says, and could lead to better treatments for problems. Whats more, the study of language offers direct insighto how learn.Languageisatestcaseforhumancognitivedevelopment,saysSchafer.Butparentsto teac

20、h their infants should take note: even without being taught new words, a control the other infants within a few months. This is not aboutadvancing development, says. Its just about what children can do at an r n what educators have PartSectionfor each hissection,there from a list of sagewith ten s.

21、You arerequired to given in a word following the passage.the other infants within a few months. This is not aboutadvancing development, says. Its just about what children can do at an r n what educators have PartSectionfor each hissection,there from a list of sagewith ten s. You arerequired to given

22、 in a word following the passage. Read passage through carefully before making your . Each he is identified by letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 single throughthecentre.Youmay notuseany ofthe Questions36to45arebasedonthefollowinghe n s provide instant s to

23、people. They are creating a major 36 he of both children and adolescents. In one recent U.S. survey, about half the polled t had 37 their communication with friends. Almost all t their cell phone was the way they ouch with peers, one-third had used the phone to er in need, and about 80% said the pho

24、ne made them feel safer. Teenagers Australia, 38 t their mobile phones provided numerous benefits and were an39 of their lives; some were so 40 to their t the researchers considered itanIn Japan, too, researchers are concerned ell phone addiction. Researchers in one study Tokyo t n half of junior hi

25、gh school students used their phones to swithschoolmatesn10timesa s 41 l connections with peers across time and space. They allow people to exchange moment-by-moment heir daily lives with l partners thus to have a more 42 sense of connection with friends. Cell phones also can 43 ltolerance because t

26、hey reduce eractions with others who are different from them. addition to connecting peers, cell phones connect children and parents. Researchers teenagers in Israel hat environment, mobile phones were regarded assecurityobjectsinparent-teenrelationshipsimportantbecausetheyprovidedthe and communicat

27、ion at all times.sibilitySectionhis section, you are going to sage with ten ements attached to Each ementcontains informationgiven in one ofthe paragraphs.Identify the paragraph which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph n once. Each is marked letter. Answer the questions marking t

28、he corresponding letter on Answer WasteNot,WantNot Feeding the 9 Billion: The Tragedy of WasteABy 2075, the United Nations mid-range projection lobal population is about 9.5 This tthere could be an extra three billion mouths to which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph n once. Eac

29、h is marked letter. Answer the questions marking the corresponding letter on Answer WasteNot,WantNot Feeding the 9 Billion: The Tragedy of WasteABy 2075, the United Nations mid-range projection lobal population is about 9.5 This tthere could be an extra three billion mouths to feed of the ake and ri

30、od in which substantial changes he wealth, of people in countries across the world. Such a projection mind with wide-ranging l, economic, environmental and political t need beaddressedtoday toensureasustainablefutureforall.Onekey eis howtoproducefoodina worldoffinite .roduceaboutfour billion metrict

31、onnesof food per year.Yetdueto poor in harvesting, storage and ion, as well as market and consumer wastage, it t30-50%ofall foodproduced never reachesa human stomach. Furthermore, figure does not reflect the t large amounts of land, energy, fertilisers and water also been lost in the production of f

32、oodstuffs which simply end up as waste. This level wastage is a t cannot continue if we are to he challenge of meetingourfuturefooddemands.WhereFoodWasteCIn2010,the InstitutionofMechanicalEngineersidentifiedthree principalemerginggroups across the world, based on characteristics assoted with their c

33、urrent and projected stage of economic development.Fully developed, t-industrialsocieties, such as those in Europe, characterised stableordecliningpopulationswhichareincreasinginLate-stage t are currently industrialising ly, for le which will experience declining rates of population growth, coupled

34、with affluence(富裕）andageNewly t are beginning to industrialise, primarily in Africa, high to very high population growth rates, and characterised by a predominantly young D Each group over the coming decades will need to address different rrounding production, storage and transporion, as well as con

35、sumer expecions, if we are to continue to feed all our people.EInless-developedcountries,suchasthoseofsub-SaharanAfricaandSouth-EastAsia,tendstooccurprimarilyattheroducerendofthesupplychain.ocal ion and poor infrastructure (基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施t produce frequentlyhandledyandstoredunderunsuitablefarmsiteF In mature,

36、 fully developed countries such as the UK, more-efficient farming better transport, storage and sing facilities t a roportion of the produced reaches markets and consumers. However, characteristics ted with consumerculturemeanproduceisoftenwastedthroughretailandcustomerG Major supermarkets, in meeti

37、ng consumer ions, will often reject entire crops perfectly edible fruit andvegetables at the farm because they do not meet exactingmarketing standards for their physical characteristics, such as size and appearance.H Of the t does appear in the supermarket, commonly used sales frequently encourage c

38、ustomers to purchase ties which, in the case perishable foodstuffs, inevitably generate wastage in the home. OverallG Major supermarkets, in meeting consumer ions, will often reject entire crops perfectly edible fruit andvegetables at the farm because they do not meet exactingmarketing standards for

39、 their physical characteristics, such as size and appearance.H Of the t does appear in the supermarket, commonly used sales frequently encourage customers to purchase ties which, in the case perishable foodstuffs, inevitably generate wastage in the home. Overall n 30% 50% ofsbeenboughtindevelopedcou

40、ntriesisthrownawaybytheBetterUseofOurFiniteI Wasting food means losing not only life-supporting nutrition but also precious ,including land,waterandenergy.Asaglobalsociety,therefore,tacklingfoodwastewill contributetowardsaddressinganumberofkeyresourceJ Land Usage: Over the last five decades, improve

41、d farming techniques and technologies helped to significantly increase crop yields along 12% ormed land However,afurtherincreaseinfarmingareawithoutimpactingunfavourablyonwhatof the worlds natural ecosystems appears unlikely. The challenge t an increase , as livestock (牲畜animal-based production will

42、 require more land and demandsextensivelandK Water Usage: Over the past century, human use of fresh water has increased at ndouble the rate of population growth. Currently about 3.8 trillion m3of water is used by hu- mans per year. About 70% of this is consumed by the global agriculture sector, and

43、the level of use will continue to rise over the coming decades.L Better irrigation can dramatically improve crop yield and about 40% of the worlds supply is currently derived from irrigated land. However, water used in irrigation is sourcedunsustainably.In additional uses of sing foods after the agr

44、icultural stage, there are need to be tackled in a world of growing demand. This tparticularlyhecaseofmeat production,wherebeef usesabout50 timesmoren he future, more effective washing techniques, management andrecyclingandpurificationofwaterwillbeneededtoreduceMEnergy Usage: Energy is an essential

45、resource across the entire food production cycle, estimates showing age of 7-10 calories of input being he production one calorie of food. This varies dramatically depending on crop, from threecalories for crops to 35 calories in the production of beef. Since much of this energy comes from utilisati

46、on of fossil fuels, wastage of food potentially contributes to warmingaswellasinefficientresourcesary In the modem industrialised agricultural swhich nations movingtowards in order to increase future yieldsenergy usage in the making application of fertilisersand pesticides represents the single bigg

47、est component. production takes 50% of ergyinputfor these twoitems , ona global fertilisermanufacturing consumes about 3-5% of the worlds annual natural pply. sourcingwillfarm ipated to increase by 25% n now and 2030, sustainable e an increasingly major e. Energy er machinery, both on he storage and

48、 sing facilities, adds to the energy total, which representsabout3.1%ofannualglobalenergyRising population combined with improved nutrition standards and shifting will exert re for increases in global food supply. Engineers, scientists agriculturalists have the knowledge, tools and t will assist in

49、productivity increases. However, re will grow on finite of land, energy water. The potential to provide 60-100% more food by simply eliminating losses,Rising population combined with improved nutrition standards and shifting will exert re for increases in global food supply. Engineers, scientists ag

50、riculturalists have the knowledge, tools and t will assist in productivity increases. However, re will grow on finite of land, energy water. The potential to provide 60-100% more food by simply eliminating losses, simultaneously freeing up land, energy and water for other uses, is an t should not be

51、 ignored. In order to begin tackling the challenge, the The UN Food and anisation work with ernational community to ernments of developed nations put in place ttransferengineering knowledge, design know-how, and suitable technology to countries. This will help improve produce handling in the harvest

52、, ernments of rveststagesoffoodly countries incorporate waste minimisation othe transport infrastructure and storage facilities currently being planned, engineered ernments in developed nations devise and implement t changes ions. These should discourage retailers from wasteful rejection of food on

53、the basis of cosmetic characteristics, and t lead to he home due sivepurchasingby46. Elimination of waste alone can potentially pro growing world population.ver sixty percent more food for 47.The production and application of fertilisers and pesticides account for the largest part energy hemodernind

54、ustrialisedagricultural48.Consumers in developed countries throw away nearly half of their food purchases theytendtobuyin49.Ittengineeringknowledgeandsuitabletechnologyindevelopedroducedtocountriestoimproveproducehe50.The predictedglobalpopulationgrowthfoodwithfinite twayshave tobefoundtoproduce51.A

55、furtherormingareawilladverselyimpactontheworldsnatural52.Perfectlyeatablefruitandvegetablecropsoftenfailtoreachsupermarketsduetotheirsizephysical53.Poor inharvesting,storageandionhaveresultedinawasteofmuchofroduceandthusa wasteoflandand.54.Foodwasteinless-developedcountrieshappensmainlyattheproducer

56、s55.BeefconsumesfarmorewatertonSectionDirections:Thereare2hissection.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsunfinishedements.Foreachofthemthere arefourmarkedA),B),C)D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter AnswerSheet2Passage singlelinethroughtheQuestions56to60arebased

57、onthefollowingCall it the “l(fā)earning paradox”, the more you struggle and even fail while youre trying learnnewinformation,theD). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter AnswerSheet2Passage singlelinethroughtheQuestions56to60arebasedonthefollowingCall it the “l(fā)earning pa

58、radox”, the more you struggle and even fail while youre trying learnnewinformation,thebetteryourelikelytorecallandtinformationThe learning paradox is at the heart of “productive failure”.a phenomenon identified researcher Manu Kapur. Kapur s t while the adopted by many teachers roducing students kno

59、wledgeproviding lots of structure and guidance early on, the students t they t on their uitive sense, it may not be the way to earning. Rather, its better to let the learners wrestle (較勁）with the ontheir own for a while, refraining from giving them any assistance at the start. In a rpublished recent

60、ly, Kapur app d the principle of productive failure to mathematical problem solving hree schools.With one group of students, the teacher provided strong “scaffolding”instructional supportandfeedback.With the teachershelp,these pupils wereable tofind the answersto their set of problems. Meanwhile, a