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2010 年 12 月大学英语六级(CET-6)参考答案
听力原文在最后
11. Whatcan weinfer from theconversation?
【答案】ATheman is themanager oftheapartment building
【解析】从对话中看出女士在找apartment building，不是男士。因此选A。
12. Whatis thewoman eager toknow?
【答案】BHowthe pictures will turn out.
【解析】女士想知道的是 ifthe shots I took are as good as I thought. 照片是不是和她想的异样
好。这里 shots指照片。turn out 指照片拍出来的效果。因此选B。
13. Whatdoes theman mean?
【答案】CThe suitcasecan befixed in time.
【解析】男士说到find ahandle 后面提到 but that shouldn’t take toolong 说明不是没有 handle
可以匹配。因此排除A,B。
14. Whatdowe learn about theman from theconversation?
【答案】BHe needs a vehicletobe used in harsh weather.
【解析】男士说到 truck 需要 operate for long periods of time in very cold temperatures，因此选
择选项 B。very coldtemperatures 对应harsh weather.
15. Whatdowe learn about thewoman?
【答案】AShehas madeupher mind to resign.
【解析】从文中女士强硬的口气Icould nolonger livewith…可以看出她下定决心。因此选择
A。
16. Whatdoes thewomen want to do？
【答案】DReplace theshirt withone ofsomeothermaterial.
【解析】女士首先提到 exchange theshirt，后面又解释了原因 allergic towool，从男士的回答
也可以看出换成别的材质。因此选择D。
17. Wheredoes this conversation mostprobably takeplace?
【答案】DAt a“Lost and Found”
【解析】男士首先问 Did anyone happen to turn in a new handbag?，女士又问了他 handbag 的
详细信息，可见是在失物招领处，选D。
18. Whatdoes theman plantodowith his oldhouse?
【答案】CConvert ininto ahotel
【解析】but后面是真正意图: turning it intoaguest house。guest house 意为宾馆，因此选C。
19. Whatis thekey to write agood classical detective story according totheman?
【答案】DCareful plotting and clueing.
【解析】对话中提到itmust beso carefully plotted and so carefully clued，对应D选项。
20. Whatdoes theman mainlyneed when working onabook?
【答案】DTo beentirely alone.
【解析】对话中 can’t even bare anybody else, be completely alone 都说明该作家需要独立的写
作空间，因此选择D。
21. Whatdoes theman say about writers?
【答案】CThey lookat theworld in adetached manner.
【解析】关键词 detachment 分离。作家提到作者的经历和写作。虽然说道 some experiences
overwhelm everyone, 但是后面的but暗示了答案，stand aside、detachment 都对应了C 选项。
22. Whatdoes thewoman say about British railways?
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【解析】在对话
一开始，女士就提到了 There’s onlyone railway system, if you don't likea particular railway, you
can’t go and use another. 因为只有一条铁路，即使不喜欢，也只能乘坐，换句话说不论喜欢
与否都得用它。因此选择B。
23. Whatdosomepeople whowriteto theman complain about?
【答案】DThemonopoly ofBritish Railways.
【解析】对话中谈及monopoly，铁路垄断，因此选D。其他选项均未涉及。
24. Whatdoes theman say threatens theexistence ofrailways?
【答案】BCompetition from other modes oftransport.
【解析】对话中modesof transport are all around 对应选项B。
25. Whatdoes theman say about railways inother countries?
【答案】DThey losea lotofmoney.
【解析】男士以德、法两国铁路为例，每年铁路都有大量亏损。因此选择 D。而 B 选项中
disappearing 仅仅是美国的情况。
SectionB
Passage One
文章解析：
本文是一篇地理科学类文章，有点难度，关键是对一些专有名词的把握。文章开始先指出全
球变暖带来最主要的威胁是极地冰盖的融化，并给出了相应的事实和数据加以证明。接着更
多例子表明南极洲的冰盖在过去的130 万年间至少坍塌过一次。相关高等学府的学者和科学
家也相继用实验证明南极洲西部曾是一片汪洋。最后引用Herman Engleheart 的话，再次提醒
我们，西南极洲大冰原很可能再次融化消失。
其实按常理来说，如果听力文章比较有难度的话，题目的难度相对应会降低。所以大家在遇
到此类题型时不必惊慌。提取关键信息、边听边记笔记，运用好背景知识等就能把题目做出
来。平时也要注意扩大阅读范围，增长见识。关于环境保护和全球变暖之类的文章屡见不鲜，
要求考生在这方面要引起足够的重视。
难点词汇：
WestAntarcticicesheet 西南极洲大冰原 iceshelf 冰架 anchored 固定的
fossil 化石 microscopic marine plants 海洋微生物 geological 地质的
答案及解析：
26. Whatis oneofthe mostfrightening threats ofglobal warming according to thepassage?
【解析】C)Many coastal cities will becovered withwater.
细节题。本题不难，从听力开头即可听到 “raising sea level so much that coastal cities from New
York to Los Angles to Shanghai will beflooded” 所以选C 选项。
27. Whatdoscientists disagree on?
【解析】B) HowunstabletheWest Antarctic icesheet is.
细节题。本题不难。注意关键句 “but Antarctic experts disagree strongly on just how unstable it
is” 即可得出答案。
28. Whatis thelatest information revealed about theWestAntarcticice sheet?
【解析】A）It collapsed at least once duringthe past 1.3million years.
细节题。注意提取关键信息 “new evidence reveals that all or most of the Antarctic ice sheet
collapsed at least onceduring the past1.3million years” 所以选A选项。
29. Whatthescientists’latest findings suggest?
【解析】A)TheWest Antarctic region was once aopenocean.
细节题。听力最后的例子说明了这一点“which suggest that the region was once open ocean not
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Passage Two
30 B）Whethera deleted photois immediately removed from theweb.
【解析】听力一开始作者就建议我们尝试删除自己上传的照片“Take a photo and upload it to
Facebook, then after a day or so, note what the URL link to the picture is and then delete it.”，由此
可知应该选 B。
31 B) Thewaythey storedata.
【解析】“Why do "deleted" photos stick around so long? The problem relates to the way data is
stored onlarge websites”，从这句话可知图片之所以不能立即删除跟它们存储的方式有关。
32 C)WhentheURL is reused.
【解析】“In the case of Facebook, the company says data may hang around until the URL in
questionis reused”，从这句话可知只有URL 被再次用到才会被删除。
Passage Three
33. A
解析：第一段原文可以找到对应句子，即 some iced coffees contain as many calories as a hot
dinner.
34. B
解析：第一段原文中有对应语句，即Better skipdinner orhit thegym afterwards.
35. C
解析：在此句中，“The WCRF has estimated that 19,000 cancers a year in Britain could be
prevented…”，关键词prevented 可以得知答案为C 选项。
SectionC
36. diverse
37. tragic
38. commit
39. outcome
40. scale
41. colleagues
42. accurate
43. averages
45. Studentswith high hopeset themselves higher goals and know howto work toattain them,
46. went beyond the simple notion that hope is merely the sense that everything will turn out all
right.
47. Having hope means believing you have both the will and the way to accomplish your goals,
whatever they may be.
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SectionA
短对话（11~18）
11
W: This is one of our best and least expensive two-bedroom listings. It’s located in a quiet building
and it’s closeto bus lines.
M: That maybe true. But look at it, it’s awful, the paint has peeled off and carpet is worn and the
stoveis ancient.
Q: Whatcan weinfer from theconversation?
12
M:The pictures we took at thebotanical garden should be ready tomorrow.
W:Ican’t wait to see them,I’m wondering ifthe shotsI tookare as good as Ithought.
Q: Whatis thewoman eager toknow?
13
W:Thehandle ofthesuitcaseis broken. Canyou have itfixed bynextTuesday?
M:Let me see, I needto find a handlethat matches butthat shouldn’t take toolong.
Q: Whatdoes theman mean?
14
M: This truck looks like what I need but I’m worried about maintenance. For us it’ll have to
operate forlong periods oftimeinvery coldtemperatures.
W: We have several models that are especially adaptive for extreme conditions. Would you like to
seethem?
Q: Whatdowe learn about theman from theconversation?
15
M:I thinkyour boss would bevery upset when hegets your letterofresignation.
W: That may be so. But in the letter, I just told him frankly I could no longer live with his poor
management and stupiddecisions.
Q: Whatdowe learn about thewoman?
16
WI’dliketo exchange theshirt.I’ve learned that theperson bought itfor allergicto wool.
MMaybe we canfind somethingin cotton orsilk. Pleasecome thisway.
Q；Whatdoes the women want todo？
17
M: Excuse me, Miss？Did anyone happen to turn in a new handbag? You know, it’s a birthday gift
formy wife.
W: Let me see. Oh, we’ve got quite a lot of women’s bags here. Can you give me more detailed
information, such as thecolor, thesizeand thetrademark?
Q: Wheredoes this conversation mostprobably takeplace?
18
MWhat are you going to dowiththe oldhouseyou are in heritage from your grandfather?
W I once intended to sell it, but now, I’m thinking of turning it into a guest house, because it's still
asolidstructure.
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长对话（19~25）
W:Whenyou write anovel, doyou knowwhere you’re going, Dr. James?
M: Yes, you must, really, if you’re writing the classical detective story, because it must be so
carefully plotted and so carefully clued. I have schemes. I have charts. I have diagrams. It doesn’t
mean to say that I always get it right, but I do plan before I begin writing. But what is so fascinating
is how a book changes during the process of writing. It seems to me that creative writing is a
process of revelation, really, rather than of creativityin theordinary sense.
W: When you’re planning the basic structure, do you like to go away to be sure that you’re by
yourself?
M: I need to be by myself certainly, absolutely. I can’t even bare anybody else in the house. I don’t
mindmuch where I am as long as I’vegot enough space towrite, but Ineed to becompletely alone.
W:Is that veryimportant to you?
M:Oh, yes. I’ve never been lonely inall my life.
W:Howextraordinary! Never?
M:No, never.
W:You’re very lucky. Someoneoncesaid that there’s abit oficeat the heart ofevery writer.
M: Yes. I think this is true. The writer can stand aside from experience and look at it, watch it
happening. There is this ‘detachment’ and I realize that there are obviously experiences which
would overwhelm everyone. But very often, a writer can appear to stand aside, and this detachment
makes peoplefeel there’sa bitof iceintheheart.
Questions 19to21are based ontheconversation you have justheard.
19. Whatis thekey to write agood classical detective story according totheman?
20. Whatdoes theman mainlyneed when working onabook?
21. Whatdoes theman say about writers?
W: There is an element there about competition then, isn’t there? Because British railways are a
nationalized industry. There’s only one railway system in the country. If you don’t like a particular
kind of big beans, you can go and buy another. But if you don't like a particular railway, you can’t
go and useanother.
M: Some people who write to me say this. They say that if you didn’t have monopoly, you
wouldn’t be able to do the things you do. Well, I don’t think we do anything deliberately to upset
our customers. We have particular problems. Since 1946, when the Transport Act came in, we were
nationalized.
W: Do you think that’s a good thing? Has it been a good thing for the railways, do you think, to be
nationalized?
M: Oh I think so, yes. Because in general, modes of transport are all around. Let’s face the fact.
Thecar arrived. Thecar ishere to stay. There is noquestion about that.
W: So what are you saying then? Is it if the railways happen being nationalized, they would simply
havedisappeared?
M: Oh, I think they would have. They’re disappearing fast in America. Er, the French railways lose
1 billion ponds a year. The German railways, 2 billion ponds a year. But you see, those
governments are preparing to pourmoney intothetransport system to keep it going.
W: So in a sense, you cope between two extremes. On the one hand, you’re trying not to lose too
much money. Andontheother hand, you’ve got toprovide thebest service.
M:Yes, you are right.
Questions 22to25are based ontheconversation you have justheard.
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23. Whatdosomepeople whowriteto theman complain about?
24. Whatdoes theman say threatens theexistence ofrailways?
25. Whatdoes theman say about railways inother countries?
SectionB
Passage One
Among global warming’s most frightening threats is the prediction is that the polar ice-caps will
melt, raising sea level so much that coastal cities from New York to Los Angles to Shanghai will be
flooded. Scientists agree that key player in this scenario is the West Antarctic ice sheet, a
Brazil-size mass of frozen water that is much as 7000 feet thick. Unlike floating ice shelves which
have little impact on sea level when they break up, the ice sheet is anchored to bedrock will blow
the sea surface. Surrounded by open ocean, it is also vulnerable, but Antarctic experts disagree
strongly on just how unstable it is. Now, new evidence reveals that all or most of the Antarctic ice
sheet collapsed at least once during the past 1.3 million years, a period when global temperatures
probably were not significantly higher than they are today. And the ice sheet was assumed to have
been stable. In geological time, a million years is recent history. The proof, which was published
last week in Science, comes from a team of scientists from Uppsala University in Sweden and
California Institute of Technology who drew deep holes near the edge of ice sheet. Within samples
collected from the solid substances lying beneath the ice. They found fossils of microscopic marine
plants which suggest that the region was once open ocean not solid ice. As Herman Engleheart, a
co-author from the California Institute of Technology says, ‘the West Antarctic ice sheet disappear
onceand candisappear again.’
26. Whatis oneofthe mostfrightening threats ofglobal warming according to thepassage?
27. Whatdid scientistsdisagree on?
28. Whatis thelatest information revealed about theWestAntarcticice sheet?
29. Whatthescientists’latest findings suggest?
Passage Two
It's always fun towrite about research that you can actually try out for yourself.
Try this: Take a photo and upload it to Facebook, then after a day or so, note what the URL link to
the picture is and then delete it. Come back a month later and see if the link works. Chances are: It
will.
Facebook isn't alone here. Researchers at Cambridge University have found that nearly half of the
social networking sites don't immediately delete pictures when a user requests they be removed. In
general, photo-centric websites like Flickr were found to be better at quickly removing deleted
photosuponrequest.
Why do "deleted" photos stick around so long? The problem relates to the way data is stored on
large websites: While your personal computer only keeps one copy of a file, large-scale services
like Facebook rely on what are called content delivery networks to manage data and distribution.
It's a complex system wherein data is copied to multiple intermediate devices, usually to speed up
access to files when millions of people are trying to access the service at the same time. But
because changes aren't reflected across the content delivery networks immediately, ghost copies of
files tend to linger fordays orweeks.
In the case of Facebook, the company says data may hang around until the URL in question is
reused, which is usually "after a short period of time", though obviously that time can vary
considerably.
30. Whatdoes thespeaker ask us to try out?
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32. Whenwill theunwanted dataeventually disappear from Facebook according tothecompany?
Passage Three
Enjoying an iced coffee? Better skip dinner or hit the gym afterwards, with a cancer charity
warning that someiced coffees contain as many calories as ahot dinner.
The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) conducted a survey of iced coffees sold by some
popular chains in Britain including Starbucks, Caffe Nero and Costa Coffee to gauge the calories as
studiesincreasingly linkobesity with cancer.
The worst offender - a coffee from Starbucks -- had 561 calories. Other iced coffees contained
morethan 450calories and themajorityhad an excess of200.
Health experts advise that the average woman should consume about 2,000 calories a day and a
man about 2,500 calories to maintain a healthy weight. Dieters aim for 1,000 to 1,500 calories a
day.
"The fact that there is an iced coffee on the market with over a quarter of a woman's daily calories
allowance is alarming," Dr Rachel Thompson, science programme manager at London-based
WCRF, said in awidely-reported statement.
"This is theamount ofcalories you might expectto have in an evening meal, not ina drink."
The WCRF has estimated that 19,000 cancers a year in Britain could be prevented if people lost
their excess weight with growing evidence that excess body fat increases the risk of various
cancers.
"If you are having these types of coffee regularly then they will increase the chances of you
becoming overweight, which in turn increases your risk of developing cancer, as well as other
diseases such as heart disease." sheadded.
33. Whatwarning didsome health expertsgive?
34. Whatdoes theauthor suggest peopledoafter they have an iced coffee?
35. What could British people expect if they maintain a normal body weight according to the
WCRF?
SectionC
Psychologists are finding that hope plays a surprisingly vital role in giving people a measurable
advantage in rounds as diverse as academic achievement, bearing up in tough jobs, and coping with
tragic illness. And, by contrast, the loss of hope, is turning out to be a stronger sign that a person
may commit suicide than other factors long thought to be more likely risks. ‘Hope has proven a
powerful predictor of outcome in every study we've done so far,’ said Doctor Charles R. Snyder, a
psychologist, who has devised a scale to assess how much hope a person has. For example, in
research with 3920 college students, Doctor Snyder and his colleagues found that the level of hope
among freshmen at the beginning of their first semester was a more accurate predictor of their
college grades, than were their SAT scores or their grade point averages in high school, the two
measures most commonly used to predict college performance. ‘Students with high hope set
themselves higher goals and know how to work to attain them,’ Doctor Snyder said. ‘When you
compare students of equivalent intelligence and past academic achievements, what sets them apart
is hope.’ In devising a way to assess hope scientifically, Doctor Snyder went beyond the simple
notion that hope is merely the sense that everything will turn out all right. ‘That notion is not
concrete enough and it blurs two key components of hope,’ Doctor Snyder said, ‘Having hope
means believing you have both the will and the way to accomplish your goals, whatever they may
be.’
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