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1、2015 年 6 月英语六级真题及答案（第二套）Part I Writing(30 minutes)Directions For this part,you are allowed 80 minutes to write an essay commenting on Alert Einsteinsremark I have no special talents.I am only passionately curious.You can give an example or two toillustrate your point of view.You should write at leas
2、t 15 words but no more than 200 words.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。Part III Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section A Directions:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the pa
3、ssage through carefully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on
4、the following passage.That which does not kill us makes us stronger.But parents cant handle it when teenagers put this 36 into practice.Now technology has become the new field for the age-old battle between adults en adults and their freedom-seeking kids.Locked indoors,unable to get on their bicycle
5、s and hang out with their friends,teens have turned to social media and their mobile phones to socialize with their peers.What they do online often 37what they might otherwise do if their mobility werent so heavily.38 in the age of helicopter parenting.Social media and smart-phone apps have become s
6、o popular in recent years because teens need a place to call their own.They want the freedom to 39 their identity and the world around them.Instead of 40 out,they jump online.As teens have moved online,parents have projected their fears onto the Internet,imagining all the41 dangers that youth might
7、face-from 42 strangers to cruel peers to pictures or words that could haunt them on Google for the rest of their lives.Rather than helping teens develop strategies for negotiating public life and the risks of 43 with others,fearful parents have focused on tracking,monitoring and blocking.These tacti
8、cs(策略)dont help teens develop the skills they need to manage complex social situations,44 risks and get help when theyre in trouble.Protecting kids may feel like the right thing to do,but it 45 the learning that teens need to do as they come of age in a technology-soaked world.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。A.
9、assess B.constrained C.contains D.explore E.influence F.interacting G.interpretation-欢迎下载 2 H.magnified I.mirrors J.philosophy K.potential L.sneaking M.sticking N.undermines O.violent Section B Directions:In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Each stateme
10、nt contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Inequality Is Not Inevitable
11、 A)A dangerous trend has developed over this past third of a century.A country that experienced shared growth after World War began to tear apart,so much so that when the Great Recession hit in late 2007,one could no longer ignore the division that had come to define the American economic landscape.
12、How did this shining city on a hill become the advanced country with the greatest level of inequality?B)Over the past year and a half,The Great Divide,a series in The New York Times,has presented a wide range of examples that undermine the notion that there are any truly fundamental laws of capitali
13、sm.The dynamics of the imperial capitalism of the 19th century neednt apply in the democracies of the 21st.We dont need to have this much inequality in America.C)Our current brand of capitalism is a fake capitalism.For proof of this go back to our response to the Great Recession,where we socialized
14、losses,even as we privatized gains.Perfect competition should drive profits to zero,at least theoretically,but we have monopolies making persistently high profits.C.E.O.s enjoy incomes that are on average 295 times that of the typical worker,amuch higher ratio han in the past,without any evidence of
15、 a proportionate increase in productivity.D)If it is not the cruel laws of economics that have led to Americas great divide,what is it?The straightforward answer.,our policies and our politics.People get tired of hearing about Scandinavian success stories,but the fact of the matter is that Sweden,Fi
16、nland and Norway have all succeeded in having about as much or faster growth in per capita(人均的)incomes than the United States and with far greater equality.E)So why has America chosen these inequality-enhancing policies?Part of the answer is that as World War faded into memory,so too did the solidar
17、ity it had created.As America triumphed in the Cold War,there didnt seem to be a real competitor to our economic model.Without this internat competition,we no longer had to show that our system could deliver for most of our citizens.F)Ideology and interests combined viciously.Some drew the wrong les
18、son from the collapse of the Soviet system in 1991.The pendulum swung from much too much government there to much too little here.Corporate interests argued for getting rid of regulations,even when those regulations had done so much to protect and improve our environment,our safety,our health and th
19、e economy itself.G)But this ideology was hypocritical(虚伪的).The bankers,among the strongest advocates of laissez-faire(自由放任的)economics,were only too willing to accept hundreds of billions of dollars from the government in the aid programs that have been a recurring feature of the global economy since
20、 the beginning of the Thatcher-Reagan era of free markets and deregulation.H)The American political system is overrun by money.Economic inequality translates into political 虚伪的自由放任的欢迎下载掠夺性的庇护所流淌取消赎回权欢迎下载基础设施注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答难以破除的成见基础设施欢迎下载注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答校友欢迎下载专注注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作 移居到城市如此规模的城市发展对城市交通来说既是挑战
21、也是机遇中国政府一直提倡以人为本的发展理念强调人们以公交而不是私出行它还号召建设资源节约和环境友好型社会有了这个明确的目标中国城市就可以更好地规划其发展-欢迎下载 3 inequality,and political inequality yields increasing economic inequality.So corporate welfare increases as we reduce welfare for the poor.Congress maintains subsidies for rich farmers as we cut back on nutritional s
22、upport for the needy.Drug companies have been given hundreds of billions of dollars as we limit Medicaid benefits.The banks that brought on the global financial crisis got billions while a tiny bit went to the homeowners and victims of the same banks predatory(掠夺性的)lending practices.This last decisi
23、on was particularly foolish.There were alternatives to throwing money at the banks and hoping it would circulate through increased lending.I)Our divisions are deep.Economic and geographic segregation has immunized those at the top from the problems of those down below.Like the kings of ancient times
24、,they have come to perceive their privileged positions essentially as a natural right.J)Our economy,our democracy and our society have paid for these gross inequalities.The true test of an economy is not how much wealth its princes can accumulate in tax havens(庇护所),but how well off the typical citiz
25、en is.But average incomes are lower than they were a quarter-century ago.Growth has gone to the very,very top,whose share has almost increased four times since 1980.Money that was meant to have trickled(流淌)down has instead evaporated in the agreeable climate of the Cayman Islands.K)With almost a qua
26、rter of American children younger than 5 living in poverty,and with America doing so little for its poor,the deprivations of one generation are being visited upon the next.Of course,no country has ever come close to providing complete equality of opportunity.But why is America one of the advanced co
27、untries where the life prospects of the young are most sharply determined by the income and education of their parents?L)Among the most bitter stories in The Great Divide were those that portrayed the frustrations of the young,who long to enter our shrinking middle class.Soaring tuitions and declini
28、ng incomes have resulted in larger debt burdens.Those with only a high school diploma have seen their incomes decline by 13 percent over the past 35 years.M)Where justice is concerned,there is also a huge divide.In the eyes of the rest of the world and a significant part of its own population,mass i
29、mprisonment has come to define America-a country,it bears repeating,with about 5 percent of the worlds population but around a fourth of the worlds prisoners.N)Justice has becom a commodity,affordable to only a few.While Wall Street executives used their expensive lawyers to ensure that their ranks
30、were not held accountable for the misdeeds that the crisis in 2008 so graphically revealed,the banks abused our legal system to foreclose(取消赎回权)on mortgages and eject tenants,some of whom did not even owe money.O)More than a half-century ago,America led the way in advocating for the Universal Declar
31、ation of Human Rights,adopted by the United Nations in 1948.Today,access to health care is among the most universally accepted rights,at least in the advanced countries.America,despite the implementation of the Affordable Care Act,is the exception.In the relief that many felt when the Supreme Court
32、did not overturn the Affordable Care Act,the implications of the decision for Medicaid were not fully appreciated.Obamacares objective-to ensure that all Americans have access to health care-has been blocked:24 states have not implemented the expanded Medicaid program,which was the means by which Ob
33、amacare was supposed to deliver on its promise to some of the poorest.P)We need not just a new war on poverty but a war to protect the middle class.Solutions to these problems do not have to be novel.Far from it.Making markets act like markets would be a good place to start.We must end the rent-seek
34、ing society we have gravitated toward,in which the wealthy obtain profits by manipulating the system.Q)The problem of inequality is not so much a matter of technical economics.Its really a problem of 虚伪的自由放任的欢迎下载掠夺性的庇护所流淌取消赎回权欢迎下载基础设施注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答难以破除的成见基础设施欢迎下载注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答校友欢迎下载专注注意此部分试题请在答题卡上
35、作 移居到城市如此规模的城市发展对城市交通来说既是挑战也是机遇中国政府一直提倡以人为本的发展理念强调人们以公交而不是私出行它还号召建设资源节约和环境友好型社会有了这个明确的目标中国城市就可以更好地规划其发展-欢迎下载 4 practical politics.Inequality is not just about the top marginal tax rate but also about our childrens access to food and the right to justice for all.If we spent more on education,health a
36、nd infrastructure(基础设施),we would strengthen our economy,now and in the future.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。46.In theory,free competition is supposed to reduce the margin of profits to the minimum.47.The United States is now characterized by a great division between the rich and the poor.48.America lacked the
37、 incentive to care for the majority of its citizens as it found no rival for its economic model.49.The wealthy top have come to take privileges for granted.50.Many examples show the basic laws of imperial capitalism no longer apply in present-day America.51.The author suggests a return to the true s
38、pirit of the market.52.A quarter of the worlds prisoner population is in America.53.Government regulation in America went from one extreme to the other in the past two decades.54.Justice has become so expensive that only a small number of people like corporate executives can afford it.55.No country
39、in the world so far has been able to provide completely equal opportunities for all.Section C 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
40、 choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage One Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.Ill admit Ive never quite understood the obsession(难以破除的成见)surrounding genetically modified(GM)crops.To environmentalist opponents,GM fo
41、ods are simply evil,an understudied.possibly harmful tool used by big agricultural businesses to control global seed markets and crush local farmers.They argue that GM foods have never delivered on their supposed promise,that money spent on GM crops would be better channeled to organic farming and t
42、hat consumers should be protected with warning labels on any products that contain genetically modified ingredients.To supporters,GM crops are a key part of the effort to sustainably provide food to meet a growing global population.But more than that,supporters see the GM opposition of many environm
43、entalists as fundamentally anti-science,no different than those who question the basics of man-made climate change.For both sides,GM foods seem to act as a symbol:youre pro-agricultural business or anti-science.But science is exactly what we need more of when it comes to GM foods,which is why I was
44、happy to see Nature devote a special series of articles to the GM food controversy.The conclusion:while GM crops havent yet realized their initial promise and have been dominated by agricultural businesses,there is reason to continue to use and develop them to help meet the enormous challenge of Sus
45、tainably feeding a growing planet.That doesnt mean GM crops are perfect,or a one-size-fits-all solution to global agriculture problems.But anything that can increase farming efficiency-the amount of crops we can produce per acre of land-will be extremely useful.GM crops can and almost certainly will
46、 be part of that suite of tools,but so will traditional plant breeding,improved soil and crop management-and perhaps most important of all,better storage and transport infrastructure(基础设施),especially in the developing world.(It doesnt do much good for farmers in places like sub-Saharan Africa to pro
47、duce more food if they cant get it to hungry consumers.)Id like to see more non-industry research done on GM crops-not just because wed worry less about bias,but also because seed companies like Monsanto and Pioneer shouldnt be the only entities working to harness genetic modification.Id like to see
48、 GM research on less commercial crops,like corn.I dont think its vital to label GM ingredients in food,but I also wouldnt be against it-and industry would be smart to go 虚伪的自由放任的欢迎下载掠夺性的庇护所流淌取消赎回权欢迎下载基础设施注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答难以破除的成见基础设施欢迎下载注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答校友欢迎下载专注注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作 移居到城市如此规模的城市发展对城市交通来说既是挑战也是机
49、遇中国政府一直提倡以人为本的发展理念强调人们以公交而不是私出行它还号召建设资源节约和环境友好型社会有了这个明确的目标中国城市就可以更好地规划其发展-欢迎下载 5 along with labeling,just as a way of removing fears about the technology.Most of all,though,I wish a tenth of the energy thats spent endlessly debating GM crops was focused on those more pressing challenges for global a
50、griculture.There are much bigger battles to fight.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。56.How do environmentalist opponents view GM foods according to the passage?A.They will eventually ruin agriculture and the environment.B.They are used by big businesses to monopolize agriculture.C.They have proved potentially har