2016年12月大学英语六级考试真题答案与详解 (第1套)
Part I Writing
高分范文
My View on Invention
① Drawing a comparison between modern life andancient life, we cannot imagine what life will be like nowwithout invention. ②Invention must be attached greatimportance to, as it is invention that contributes to theadvancement of our society. ③There are several exampleswhich can be cited to illustrate this concept. ④I can thinkof no better illustration than the following one. ⑤If Edisonhadn't invented the light bulb, we would have lived a life asthe blind in the night.
⑥Given that invention plays such an essential rolein our life, what can we do to cultivate this precious spirit?⑦ For one thing, it is advisable for the social media andpublicity department to vigorously inform the public of theimportance of invention. ⑧ For another, the relevantauthorities should set up favorable regulations to encourageinvention. ⑨ For example, they can set up the practice ofgiving premiums or issuing patent certificate to inventors.
⑩Finally, I want to use the following saying as ourmutual encouragement, \spirit of humanbeing's progress. \? At no time should we underestimatethe power of invention. ?Therefore, when an idea comesto your mind, just make your own invention.
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Part II Listening Comprehension
Conversation One 听力全文翻译
Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 1． C.。查看解析 2． B.。查看解析 3． A.。查看解析 4． C.。查看解析 Conversation Two
W: I have many business English students. When I teach in the classroom, (5) we often end up talking aboutthings like success and what leads to success, and it's interesting that many of them mention the elementof luck.
M: Right.
W: Luck is important to success, but since you've seen that fantastic video on the TED Talks website byRichard St. John...he doesn't mention luck at all.
M: Well, I'm a firm believer that people can make their own luck. I mean, what people regard as luck you canactually create to a degree.
W: Sure. (6-1) I think a lot of what people consider luck is attributed to how you respond to the opportunitiesthat come your way.
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M: Yes. Very good point.
W: (6-2) Seizing the opportunities. But was there any point in the video that you thought was particularlyinteresting?
M: Yes, actually there was. Something very impressive to me is many people think that luck is important andthat natural talent is something you must have in order to be successful (7) And in the video we saw, thepoint about getting good at something is not about having some natural talent. It's all about practice,practice, practice. W: Definitely yeah. Natural talent helps in some way. But at the end of the day, you really do need to workhard and get really, really good at what you do.
M: Sure.
W: I thought one interesting thing in the video was the idea of passion being so important. And there're peoplewho really love what they do--of course, you're going to want to work harder and put the time and effortinto it. (8) And the funny thing is that if you love what you do and are really passionate about it and workreally hard, then money kind of comes automatically. Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 5． B。查看解析 6． D。查看解析 7．D。查看解析 8．C。查看解析
Passage One 听力全文翻译
Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.。 9． A。查看解析
10．What caused the volcano?s outer layers to wear away?
B。短文在描绘魔鬼塔的形成过程时提到，地心熔岩冲出地面形成了火山颈，火山岩冷却硬化后，收缩碎裂变成了长形的柱子，即魔鬼塔。后来，火山的外层不断被风和水侵蚀，露出了坚硬的核心部分。由此可知，火山外层是被风和水侵蚀掉的，故答案为B。
11．What does all Indian legend say about Devils Tower?
D。短文中提到，关于魔鬼塔的形成，印第安人流传着一个传说，传说魔鬼塔是由超自然的力量形成的。因此答案为D。
12．C。查看解析 Passage Two 听力全文翻译
Questions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard. 13． A。查看解析 14. A。查看解析
15. What does the speaker want to show by the example of the Chicago woman?
D。短文末尾提到，一位芝加哥妇女发现每天与同事外出吃午饭，一年就花费2，000美元，她决定自己带饭，每周省下20美元存起来用于度假，另外20美元用于退休养老，她说这样比吃饭更有意义。这个例子说明，小笔的日常积蓄可以改变一个人的生活，即，小笔的日常积蓄对于一个人的生活意义重大，故答案为D。
Recording One
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Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard. 16． B。查看解析 17． B。查看解析 18． A。查看解析 Recording Two
In the past few months, I've been traveling for weeks at a time with only one suitcase of clothes. One day,I was invited to an important event, and I wanted to wear something special for it. I looked through mysuitcase but couldn't find anything to wear. (19) I was lucky to be at the technology conference then, and Ihad access to 3D printers. So I quickly designed a skirt on my computer, and I loaded the file on the printer.It just printed the pieces overnight. The next morning, I just took all the pieces, assembled them together inmy hotel room, and this is actually the skirt that I'm wearing right now. So it wasn't the first time that I printed clothes. (20) For my senior collection at fashion design school, Idecided to try and 3D print an entire fashion collection from my home. The problem was that I barely knewanything about 3D printing, and I had only nine months to figure out how to print five fashionable looks.
I always felt most creative when I worked from home. I loved experimenting with new materials, and Ialways tried to develop new techniques to make the most unique textiles for my fashion projects.
One summer break, I came here to New York for an internship at a fashion house in Chinatown. Weworked on two incredible dresses that were 3D printed. They were amazing--like you can see here. But I hada few problems with them. (21) They were made from hard plastics and that's why they were very breakable.The models couldn't sit in them, and they even got scratched from the plastics under their arms.
So now, the main challenge was to find the right material for printing clothes with, I mean the materialyou feed the printer with. (22) The breakthrough came when I was introduced to Filaflex, which is a new kindof printing material. It's strong, yet very flexible. And with it, I was able to print the first garment, a redjacket that had the word \you can easily download this jacket, andchange the word to something else, for example, your name or your sweetheart's name.
So I think in the future, materials will evolve, and they will look and feel like fabrics we know today, likecotton or silk.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard. 19． B。查看解析 20． C。查看解析。 21．C。查看解析 22． D。查看解析 Recording Three 听力全文翻译
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.
预览三道题各选项，由arise，examined，solve，entrepreneurs，companies等词可以推测，讲座与企业发展有关，内容可能涉及企业发展所面临的问题及解决方法等。
23． A。查看解析
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24．D。查看解析
25．What is a practical solution to the problems of small-and medium-sized businesses? D。讲座末尾提到，如果中小企业有相似的需求，而彼此之间没有直接的竞争关系，那么分担升级成本是解决资金困难的一个非常实用的方法。因此答案为D。
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension
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名词：A.arena舞台，竞技场；E.digits数字；G.hypotheses假设；L.inertia惯性，惰性；O.warrant授权，授权令
动词：D.devoted献身于，把……专用于；F.hasten加速；H.impairing损害；I.incorporate合并，使并入；K.indulge放纵，使沉溺于；M.pride以……为豪；N.reaping收获
形容词：B.contextual上下文的，情境的，前后关联的；C.convincing有说服力的，使人信服的；J.indefinite不确定的
26．G.hypotheses。查看解析 27．B.contextual。查看解析
28．A.arena。空格位于形容词之后，据此判断可填入名词，并与public连用构成固定搭配。故推测句意为“我们的国家需要更多科学家登上公共舞台”。因此填入A.arena“舞台，竞技场”。在备选项中，digitS意为“数字”，inertia意为“惯性，惰性”，warrant意为“授权，授权令”，均不符合文意，且不能与public搭配，故排除。
29．C.convincing。空格位于以that引导的定语从句中，此定语从句使用了主系表结构，据此判断应填入形容词，且此形容词可以用来修饰language“语言”。根据句意“他们能够用令人信服并且让人们听得懂的语言，对公众解释自己的所作所为”可知，答案为C.convincing“有说服力的，使人信服的”。在备选项中，indefinite意为“不确定的”，与文意相反，故排除。
30．I.incorporate。查看解析 31．D.devoted。查看解析
32．N.reaping。空格位于句子的主体结构之外，描述主句动词所引发的结果，属于结果状语成分，据此判断可填人现在分词。根据句意“美国将大约17％的可支配收入专门用于科学研究，________了数十年的经济增长”可知，答案为N.reaping“收获”。在备选项中，impairing意为“损害”，不符合文意，故排除。
33．E.digits。查看解析
34．M.pride。空格位于句子的谓语动词处，且此动词应能够与on构成固定搭配，备选项中只有M.pride“以……为豪”，符合语法要求。所在旬意为“我们不仅为我们的科研质量自豪，也为我们的科研为改进世界所做出的贡献自豪”。在备选项中，hasten意为“加速”，indulge意为“放纵，使沉溺于”，均与文意不符，故排除。
35．F.hasten。查看解析
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36. [D]。查看解析 37. [K]。查看解析
38. The market demand for electronicdevices is now either declining ornot growing as fast as before.
市场对于电子设备的需求现在不是在下降就是没有之前增长的那么快了。 由题干关键词market定位到原文画线处。
[B]段第二、三句提到，近年来，智能手机、电视、平板电脑、笔}己本、台式机占据了市场的大部分份额并引领着创新。但是现在这些产品的增长曲线已经减缓——或者在某些情况下市场份额已经缩水——因为消费者没有那么想要花钱买一些新的玩意儿了。题干中的electronic devices指原文中酶smartphones，televisions，tablets，laptops and desktops；declining和not growing对应原文中的slower growth curves和shrinking markets，故答案为[B]。
39. [L]查看解析。 40. [F]查看解析。
41. Fewer innovative productswere found at this year'selectronic products show. 今年的电子产品展上创新产品变少了。
由题干关键词this year's electronicproducts show定位到原文画线处。
[A]段提到，很多今年最炫酷的小玩意儿和去年的甚至前年的都一样，题干中的innovative products对应原文中的 coolest gadgets，故答案为[A]。
42. Consumers are becoming more worriedabout giving personal information to techcompanies to get customized products andservices.
消费者越来越担心为获得个性化产品和服务而将个人信息交给科技公司的这种做法了。 由题干关键词Consumers，custonfized和services定位到原文画线处。
[H]段提到，对于科技公司为我们描绘的超连接超智能世界，它们需要大量的消费者数据以提高服务水平，为消费者提供个性化的解决方法，但消费者似乎对这种方式感到越来越不安。题于中的becoming more worried about对应原文中的growing more uneasy about；personal information对应原文中的consumer data，故答案为[H]。
43. [E]。查看解析 44. [I]。查看解析 45． [C]。查看解析
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46．A.。查看解析
47．C.。由题干中的“free—riders”定位到文章第三段第一句：Developed nations such as Australia，theUnited States．．．causing the majority of the problems through high greenhouse gas emissions，whileincurring few of the costs such as climate change?s impact on food and water．
事实细节题。定位句指出，少数发达国家在碳排放方面责任最大，但是因气候变化而付出的代价却较小，作者在随后一句中解释说，他们因消费矿物燃料而受益，却对气候变化带来的问题没有负相应的责任，这与搭便车者相似，受益而不付出什么代价。可见，作者的意思是指他们几乎不需要为他们所引发的问题负责，故答案为C.。
A.“他们不需要为自己所消耗的食物和水担忧”，根据定位句，食物和水只是气候变化可能引发的部分问题，作者是用于举例，不可以偏概全，故排除；B.“他们能够更好地应对全球气候变化”，作者在定位句及随后的句子中明确指出，他们是不为自己引发的问题负责，
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