more effectively when their peers are present than when they're on their own” Steinberg says.
41. Teenagers’ parents are often concerned about negative peer influence.
答案： A。根据parents和negative peer influence定位到首段Parents of teenagers often view their children's friends with something like suspicion. They worry that the adolescent peer group has the power to push its members into behavior that is foolish and even dangerous. 42. Activating the brain’s network involved in socially motivated learning and memory may allow students to tap their mental powers. 答案：I。根据network、tap、mental power等词可定位此句。this network can be called on to process and store the kind of information taught in school—potentially giving students access to a range of untapped mental powers.
43. The presence of peer intensifies the feeling of rewards in teens’ brains.
答案：F。通过rewards可定位至此句。In other words, rewards are more intense for teens when they are with peers。
44. When we absorb information for the purpose of imparting it to ethers, we do so with greater secretary and depth.
答案：K。 根据absorb information可定位至此句Research shows that when we absorb information in order to teach it to someone else, we learn it more accurately and deeply, perhaps in part because we are engaging our social cognition.
45. Some experts are suggesting that we turn peer influence to good use in education.
答案：D。根据experts和education可定位至此句。Now some experts are proposing that we should take advantage of the teen brain's keen sensitivity to the presence of friends and leverage it to improve education.
六级选词填空解析
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 passage 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.
Did Sarah Josepha Hale write “Mary’s Little Lamb,” the eternal nursery rhyme (儿歌) about girl named Mary with a stubborn lamb? This is still disputed, but it’s clear that the woman 26 for writing it was one of America’s most fascinating 27 . In honor of the poem publication on May 24,1830, here’s more about the 28 author’s life.
Hale wasn’t just a writer, she was also a 29 social advocate, and she was particularly 30 with an ideal New England, which she associated with abundant Thanksgiving meals that she claimed had “a deep moral influence,” she began a nationwide 31 to have a national holiday declared that would bring families together while celebrating the 32 festivals. In 1863, after 17 years of advocacy including letters to five presidents, Hale got it. President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War,
issued a __33__ setting aside the last Thursday in November for the holiday.
The true authorship of “Mary’s Little Lamb” is disputed. According to New England Historical Society, Hale wrote only one part of the poem, but claimed authorship. Regardless of the author, it seems that the poem was __34__by a real event. When young Mary Sawyer was followed to school by a lamb in 1816, it caused some problems. A bystander named John Roulstone wrote a poem about the event, then, at some point, Hale herself seems to have helped write it. However, if a 1916 piece by her great-niece is to be trusted, Hale claimed for the __35__of her life that “Some other people pretended that someone else wrote the poem”.
A) campaign I) proclamation B) career J) rectified C) characters K) reputed D) features L) rest E) fierce M) supposed F) inspired N) traditional G) latter O) versatile H) obsessed 26.reputed
27.characters 这个女人是最具有魅力的人之一 one of 后面加可数名词复数
28.supposed 形容词修饰名词 表示据说的作者的生活
29. fierce 形容词修饰名词
30.obsessed 根据固定搭配很容易选出 be obsessed with 沉迷于 31.campaign 发起了全国的运动 冠词a后面加可数名词单数 32.traditional 名词前加形容词修饰 传统节日 33.proclamation 冠词a后面加名词 发行公告 34.inspired 被动语态 35.rest the rest of life 余生
2017年12月英语六级真题及答案
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: for this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying \you can cite examples to ilustrate your views. you should write at least 150 words but no more than 200。 范文：
A saying goes that “Respect others , and you will be respected”. Simple as the saying is, itsmeaning is profound and thought-provoking. Evidently, it is meant to tell usthat being respected by others isderived from respecting others.
Actually, all men are born to be equal and respect or esteem is the basic need ofmen. In other words, people cannot live freely and comfortably without others’respect or esteem. Taking a look around we can also find examples too many toenumerate. Don’t make a joke
with others, like appearance, social status,health conditions, since everyone has the right to be respected as a member ofthe society. It is also a respectable behavior that there is no interruptionwhen others are talking or doing work. Without respect, it is hard for one togain friendship , confidence, trust and even happiness.
Bring what has been discussed intoconsideration, respect matters in people’s mutual relationship. Respectingothers shows one’s good upbringing and parenting. The more you respect others, the more you will berespected. Part II
Listening comprehension(30miutes) Section a
Directions: in this section, you will hear two long conversations at the end of each comversation you will hear four questions. both the comversation and the questions will be spoken only once. afier you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked a, b) cand d). then mark the corresponding letter on answer Sheet i with a single line through the centre.
Questions1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard 1.a)they reward businesses that eliminate food wast b)they prohibit the sale of foods that have gone stale c) they facilitate the donation of unsold foods to the needy d) they forbid businesses to produce more foods than needed 2. a)it imposed penalties on businesses that waste food b)it passed a law aiming to stop overproduction