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2013年12月六级考试真题答案解析（第一套）
2013 年 6 月大学英语六级考试真题(一)答案与详解
PartⅡ ListeningComprehension
1.听力原文：W:Hasmyorderarrivedyet?Ihadbeenexpectingitsincelastweek.
M: I called the company this morning. They had some labor problems, so your order will be shipped late. It
shouldbeherebytheendoftheweek.
Q:Whathascausedthedelayoftheshipment?
【预测】选项中的weatherconditions,laborproblems和anerrorintheorder均为可能导致送货推迟的原因表
明，对话可能与送货推迟的原因有关。
【精析】B)。由对话中男士提到的…laborproblems…shippedlate可知，劳工问题导致了延迟发货，故答案
为B)。
2. 听力原文：W: I don’t agree with Mr. Johnson’s views on social welfare. He seems to suggest the poor are
robbingtherich.
M:Hemighthaveusedbetterwordstoexpresshisidea.ButIthinkwhathesaidmakesalotofsense.
Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?
【预测】选项中的he,agreeswith和issympathetic表明，本题可能考查男士的观点，男士的话为听音重点。
【精析】C)。由对话中男士提到的ButIthinkwhathe(指代 Mr.Johnson)saidmakesalotofsense 可知，男
士认为约翰逊先生的话很有道理， 即他赞同约翰逊先生的观点，故答案为C)。 makesense意为“讲得通，
有道理”。
3.听力原文：M: Liz, I just found out that I have a meeting and can’t pick up the kids after their
soccerpractice.Willyoubeabletopickthemupintime?
W:Yes,thatwon’tbeaproblem.IthinkIcanfinishearlytoday.
Q:Whydoesthemansayhecan’tpickupthekids?
【预测】选项均为描述he的完整句子，其中的hehasworktofinish,willbepracticing和attending
ameeting 表明，本题可能考查男士将来的行为，男士的话为听音重点。
【精析】D)。由对话中男士提到的Ihaveameetingandcan’tpickupthekids 可知，男士因为要参加会
议而不能去接孩子，故答案为 D)。
4.听力原文：W:Marvisgoingtogetalittledogfromoneofherrelatives.
M ：Really?ButIhearherapartmentbuildingisabouttoplaceabanonpetanimals.
Q:Whatdoesthemanimply?
【预测】选项均为描述玛丽的完整句子，其中的willnotbeabletokeepadog,getridofherpet和theban
onpetanimals表明，对话可能涉及由于出台了禁止养究物的禁令，玛丽不能养宠物了。
【精析】A)。对话中女士说玛丽准备从亲戚那里要来一只小狗。男士回答说他听说玛丽的公寓大厦正打算发
布一道关于饲养宠物的禁令。由此可推断，玛丽将不能在她的公寓大厦里养狗，故答案为A)。
5.听力原文： W:Icannevertellwhetherit’sLisaorGaleonthephone.Theirvoicessound
incrediblysimilar.
M:That’sabouttheonlythinstheyhaveincommonfortwins,believeitornot.
Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?
【预测】选项中的hedoesnotbelieve,twin,alike和different表明，对话可能与双胞胎是否相像有关，男士
的话为听音重点。
【精析】C)。对话中女士说莉萨和盖尔的声音听起来非常像。从男士说的That’sabouttheonlythingtheyhave
incommon(那大概是这对双胞胎之间唯一相同的地方）可知，男士认为莉萨和盖尔不是非常相像，故答案
为C)。
6.听力原文：W:Jay,whatdoesthefaxfromourassociatesinBritainsay?
M:TheywanttoknowiftheeconomiccrisiswouldaffectourabilitytocarryoutthedealwesignedlastNovember.
Q:Whatarethespeakerstalkingabout?
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【预测】选项均为名词词组且概括性强表明，本题可能考查对话的主题或说话者提到的话题。
【精析】B)。由对话中女士问男士的问题whatdoesthefaxfromourassociatesinBritainsay?(我们的合伙人
从英国发来的传真说了些什么？)和男士的回答中所提到的传真信息可推断，女士和男士谈论的是他们的商
业合伙人发来的信息，故答 案为B)。
7.听力原文：M:Doyouthinkyou’llbeabletogetthisinkstainoffmypants?
W:Itwon’tbeaproblem.ButIneedtosendthemovertoourmaincleaningfacility.That’sanextraday’stime.
Q:Whatdoesthewomanmean?
【预测】选项中的cleaningthepants，takelonger，themanwillbechargedextra和removethestain表明，对
话很可能与清洗男士裤子上的污迹有关。
【精析】A)。对话中男士问女士能不能将墨迹从他的裤子上去掉。女士回答说没问题，但她需要把裤子送
到总清洗店，需要额外加一天时间。由此可知，清洗男士的这条裤子要比平时耗费的时间长，故答案为A)。
A)中的longerthanusual对应女士说的 anextraday’stime。
8.听力原文：W:Thatlookslikeaprotestrally.Iwonderwhatthey’reprotestingagainst.
M: That sign says they are against importing luxury goods from Europe. They seem to be getting so worked up
aboutthat.
Q:Whatarethespeakerstalkingabout?
【预测】选项均为名词词组且概括性强表明，本题可能考查对话的主题或说话者提到的话题。
【精析】D)。由对话中女士说的Thatlookslikeaprotestrally.Iwonderwhatthey5reprotestingagainst(那看
起来像是一次在议集会。我想知道他们正在抗议什么）和男士的回答中所提到的抗议内容可推断，男士和
女士谈论的是一次抗议集会，故答案为 D)。
9-12.听力原文：
W:Whatisit,Bob?[9]Yousoundedprettyseriousonthephone.Havewestillgotabudgetproblem?
M: I don’t know. I hope not. The meeting’s on Friday. But that’s not what I wantto talk to you about. Er... Close
thedoor,willyou?[10]It’sMarsha.
W:Marsha?Whatabouther?
M:Iamworried.Idon’tknowwhattodo.[10]Sheisjustnotperforming.Wemayhavetolethergo.
W: Fire her? She’s been with us for a long time, Bob. If she leaves, it will be a big loss to us. She’s done really
excellentwork.
M:Yes,butlately, thelastmonthorsoinfact,therehavebeenalotofproblems. She’schanged.Notonlydidshe
haveatendencytobemoodyallthetime,butshemissesappointments,doesn’tfollowthroughonprojectsand
doesn’tseemtoplananythingtillthelastminute.
W:Em...[11]Didsheeverexplainwhyshedidn’tshowupfortheDanverTrip?
M: No, she said she was sorry and that wouldn’t happen again. [11] Something about her mixed up on the
arrangement to get to the airport. Now whenever anybody mentions the subject to her, she just goes silent. I
don’tknow.Thankgoodness,Davidpulledheroutasawholeonthatone.
W:Yes,hedidareallyfinejob,fillinginforMarshalikethatatthelastminute.
M:Idon’tthink itwas thefirsttime hehastodothat.If weknew allthefacts,I thinkwe’dfoundthat[12]hehas
beencoveringforMarshaonquiteafewprojects.
Questions9to12arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.
9.Whydidthewomansendthemessagetotheman?
10.Whatdoesthewomansayaboutthenewsuppliers?
11.Howdidthemangetthecontract?
12.Whatdoesthewomansuggesttheydo?
9.【预测】选项均为描述he的完整句子，其中的talkedtoher，hadaquarrel和resolvedabudgetproblem
等表明，本题可能考查某位男士过去的行为动作。
10.【预测】选项均为描述she的完整句子，其中的seriousproblem,mayhavetobefiredforpoorperformance,
supervises,inchargeof和budgetplanning表明，本题可能与某位女士在工作中出了大错可能被解雇有关。
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11. 【预测】选项中的somethingunexpectedhappened,go onthetrip inherplace,failedtoarriveatthe airport
和notfeelingherself表明，本题可能与某位女士没能坐上飞机出去旅行的原因有关。
12. 【预测】选项均为描述he的完整句子。B)选项说的是 “他一直在替玛莎干活儿”，C)选项说的是“他
总是挑剔玛莎”，两者意思相反，根据意思相反的两个选项中有一个很可能为答案的规律，将答案范围锁
定在 B)和C)之间。
答案详解：
9.A)。由对话中女士对男士说的Yousoundedprettyseriousonthephone(在电话里你的语气听起来很严肃）
可推断，男士之前给女士打过电话，故答案为 A)。从女 士所说的 Havewestillgotabudgetproblem?(我
们的预算问题还没解决吗？）和男士说的 Idon’tknow可知，男士并没有解决预算问题，故排除选项D)。
10.B)。由对话中男士提到的She(指代Martha)isjustnotperforming.Wemayhavetolethergo 可知，玛莎
工作表现不好，男士想解雇她，故答案为B)。letgo意为“解雇，撤职”。
11.C)。对话中女士问男士玛莎有没有解释她没去丹佛出差的原因。由男士回答中提到的Somethingabout
hermixeduponthearrangementtogettotheairport可知，某些事情打乱了玛莎去机场的行程安排，由此可推
断出玛莎没能按时到达机场，故答案为C)。
12.B) 由对话中提到的he(指代David)hasbeencoveringforMarshaonquiteafewprojects可知，不少项目都
是戴维一直在替玛莎跟进，即戴维一直在替玛莎干活儿，故答案为B)。
ConversationTwo
13-15听力原文
M:YouaretheheadmistressoftheOxfordhighschoolforgirls.Howmanygirlsdoyouhavehere?
W:Wehave650girls.
M:Inyourexperience,dogirlsdobetteracademicallyandlaterprofessionallyinsinglesexschools?
W:Yes,I thinktheydobetter academically. Andyou canmeasurethatvery crudelyfrom the examination results.
I also think they do better academically [13] because they have more opportunities to take the leading role in
discussions and managerial responsibilities. [14] I think they see the role models of chief positions of the
schoolbeingheldbywomen.
M:Iwonderifyoucouldsaytheninafewwordswhattheadvantagesareforagirlinthesinglesexschool.
W:Well, Ithinkwithin theclassroom, sheis goingtohave fullopportunityto expressherownopinions.Sheisn’t
goingtobeshouteddownbyoverconfidentyounggentlemen.
M: Are teenagers in particular do you think shouted too much from the contact with the opposite sex? Does this
causedifficultieswhentheyfindthemselvesinmixedgroups?
W:Well, I wouldlike to findthe parents whocould shelter girls from the opposite sex ifthey live in Oxford. [15]
They encounter boys all the time socially out of school and through debating societies and things like that
someschoolactivitiesaswell.
M:So,nodisadvantagesatall?
W: I don’t think there are any disadvantages. I think that it is grossly overstated that one needs to have contact
withtheoppositesexrightthroughthewholeoflifeintheclassroomandoutsidetheclassroomattheirallages.
Questions13to15arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.
13.Whatdoesthewomansayaboutthegirlsinherschool?
14.Whatdowelearnaboutthewomanschool?
15.Whatdoesthewomansayaboutthegirls’sociallife?
13.【预测】选项中的 they,better,more 和 peers 表明，本题可能考查 they 与同龄人的比较情况。
14.【预测】选项中的itsstudents,chiefpositions 和teachingstaff表明，本题考查关于学校的情况。
15、【预测】选项中的they，meettheoppositesex，isolatedfromtheoutsideworld和it表明，本题可能考查
学生的社交情况或者学校的特点。
答案详解：
13、D)。由对话中女士提到的becausetheyhave moreopportunities totake theleadingroleindiscussionsand
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managerialresponsibilities可知，她们有更多的在讨论中和管理职责上担任领导者角色的机会，故答案为D)。
14、 C)。由对话中女士提到的therolemodelsofchiefpositionsoftheschoolbeingheldbywomen可知，学
校的主要岗位的领导都是女性，故答案为C)。
15、A)。由女士提到的Theyencounterboysallthetimesociallyoutofschoolandthroughdebatingsocietiesand
thingslikethat,someschoolactivitiesaswell可知，她们在社会中总会遇到男孩，在校外，在讨论社团中，
诸如此类，还有一些校园活动，也就是说，她们有大量机会见到异性，故答案为A)。
SectionB
PassageOne
16-19听力原文
Larry arrived early for his speaking engagement. He positioned the table so that he could move close to the
audience at strategic points in a speech. [16] He had read that speakers can be more persuasive if they invade the
personal space of listeners, encouraging an emotional response. For the same reason, he placed the chairs close to
each other, and raised the temperature to a slightly uncomfortable level. [17] The purpose of the speech was to
encourage the audience of corporate executives and local business owners to support local sports groups. To
enhancehiscredibilitywiththeaudience,Larryhadbroughtsomeslidesofhisfamilyattendingsportsevents.One
photo showed him at an award ceremony where he had been honored for his financial contribution to a local
baseballteam. Realizing that this particular audiencewould find his regionalaccentunattractive, Larry plannedto
speakwith an accent that would be more acceptable to his audience. [18】 After reading a book on how to dress
for success, he had purchased an expensive dark naw suit and golden tie. He chose colors and styles known to
communicate power and influence. [19] Just before people began entering the hall. Larry dimmed the lights and
turned up the sound system, which was playing soft music, hoping to create a warm personal atmosphere for the
speech.Hehopedthattheseaddedeffectswouldencouragehisaudiencetosupportlocalsportsteams.Hehadalso
planned the content of his speech to focus on the teams with the best records, the ones that had won the most
gamesinthelastseason.
Questions16to19arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
16.Howcanthespeakermakehimselfmorepersuasivewhendeliveringaspeech?
17.ForwhatpurposewasLarrygoingtomakeaspeech?
18.WhydidLarrypurchaseanexpensivenavysuitandgoldentie?
19.WhydidLarrydimthelightsandturnupthesoundsystembeforepeopleenteredthehall?
16、【预测】选项均以 by 开头以及其中的 speaking,voice,gestures和listener表明，本题可能考查成功做
某事或达到某个目的的说话方式。
17、【预测】选项均以to开头以及其中的promote,encourage,support和show表明，本题可能考查演讲的目
的。
18、【预测】选项均以they开头以及其中的would,knownto，arebelievedto和represent表明，本题可能考
查they 的作用。
19、【预测】选项均以to开头以及其中的create，his，allow 和enhance表明，本题可能考查他做某事的目
的。
答案详解：
16、D)。短文提到 speakerscanbemorepersuasiveiftheyinvadethepersonalspaceoflisteners...( 如果演讲
者侵入听众的私人空间……演讲就会更具有说服力），选项D)中的invadingthepersonalspaceoflisteners为
原文的同词再现，故为答案。
17、C)。由短文中提到的Thepurposeof thespeechwastoencourage theaudienceofcorporateexecutivesand
localbusinessownerstosupportlocalsportsgroups 可知，演讲的目的是鼓励公司管理者和企业老板支持当地
的体育社团，故答案为C)。
18、C)。短文中提到Hechosecolorsandstylesknowntocommunicatepowerandinfluence(他选择了众所周知
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更容易传达正能量和影响力的颜色和款式），C)中的arebelievedto是对knownto的同义转述，故为答案。
19、A)。由短文中提到的Larrydimmedthelightsandturnedupthesoundsystem,whichwasplayingsoftmusic，
hopingtocreateawarmpersonalatmosphereforthespeech可知 ，拉里调暗了灯光并打开了音响设备 播放轻
音乐，希望以此能创造一种让人感到温暖私密的氛围，故答案为A)。
PassageTwo
20-22听力原文
[20】Phyllis Wheatley was a young African- American slave, who belonged to landowner John Wheatley in
Colonial America, She was also a poet and the first African, American ever to publish a book. Her poems on
various subjects, religious and moral, were printed in Boston in 1773, three years before the signing of the
Declaration of Independence. Early slaves were generally denied education, but Wheatley was allowed by her
owner to study poetry, Latin and the Bible. And by the time she reached her late teens, she had written enough
poetry to put together a slender book of verse. Even so, publication was difficult. [21] The publisher, fearful of
beingcheated, forced herto submit to a scholarly examination by a boardof educated men, includingthe colonial
governor. The board of judges questioned Wheatley extensively and ruled that she was educated enough to have
written the book.Only then was publication permitted. Wheatley may have beenthefirst butshewas notthe only
slave to write a book during the growing days of the Republic. Unfortunately, most of the early popular
African-American writers have been all but forgotten in modem times until now. [22] A Cornell professor Henry
Louis Gates recently studied a research project looking into 19th-century African-American fiction and poetry. In
the process, he uncovered numerous lost works, almost half of which were written bv African-American women.
In varied literary styles, the newly resurfaced manuscripts offered a rich stock of African-American culture,
recreatingamongotherthingstheearlydaysofslaveryandtheimportanceofreligiontotheslaves.
Questions20to22arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
20.WhatdoesthespeakersayaboutPhyllisWheatley?
21. WhatwasWheatleyforcedtodotogetherbookpublished?
22.WhatdidprofessorHenryLouisGatesuncoverintheprocessofhisresearch?
20、【预测】选项均为以she开头的完整句子表明，本题考查内容与she的情况有关。由选项中的slave,
publishabook和poet推测本题可能与她出书有关。
21、【预测】选项均以动词原形开头表明，本题考查观点建议或行为目的。由其中的turnto...forhelp 和obtain
consent可推测，本题可能与完成某事需做出的努力有关。
22、【预测】选项均为名词短语，由其中的religiousscripts，literaryworks和manuscripts可推测，本题可能
与文学作品有关。
答案详解：
20、A)。短文开头提到 ，PhyllisWheatleywasayoungAfrican-Americanslave,然后又说Shewasalsoapoetand
thefirstAfiican-Americanevertopublishabook，由此可知，她是第一个出书的非裔美国奴隶，故答案为A)。
21、B)。短文中提到 publication was difficult，接下来说 the publisher... forced her to submit to a scholarly
examinationbyaboardofeducatedmen, 由此可知，为了出书，惠特利被迫参加ascholarlyexamination，故
答案为B)。
22、D)。短文中提到亨利•路易斯•盖茨教授最近深入研究了19世纪的非裔美国小说和诗歌。 在这个过程
中，他发现了大量遗失的作品，其中有近一半是非裔美国女性所写。故正确答案为 D)。
Passage Three
23-25听力原文
[23] In today’s personality stakes, nothing is more highly valued than a sense of homour. We seek it out in
others and are proud to claim it in ourselves, perhaps even more than good looks or intelligence. [23] If someone
has a great sense of humour, we reason, it means that they are happy, socially confident and have a healthy
perspectiveonlife.
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[24] ThisattitudewouldhavesurprisedtheancientGreeks,whobelievedhumourtobeessentiallyaggressive.
“Andinfact,ouradmirationforthecomicallygiftedisrelativelynew,andnotverywell-founded,”[25】saysRod
Martin, a psychologist at the University of Western Ontario. Being funny isn’t necessarily an indicator of good
socialskillsandwell-being,hisresearchhasshownitmayjustaslikelybeasignofpersonalityflaws.
[25] He has found that humour is a double edged sword. It can forge better relationships and help you cope
with life, or it can be corrosive, eating away at self-esteem and irritating others. “It’s a form of communication,
like speech, and we all use it differently, says Martin. We use bonding humour to enhance our social connections
——butwealsomayimplyitasawayofexcludingorrejectinganoutsider.
Though humour is essentially social, how you use it says a lot about your sense of self. Those who use
self-defeating humour, making fun of themselves for the enjoyment of others, tend to maintain that hostility
toward themselves even when they are alone. Similarly, those who are able to view the world with amused
toleranceareoftenequallyforgivingoftheirownshortcomings.
Questions23to25arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
23.Howdopeopletodayviewhumouraccordingtothespeaker?
24.WhatdidancientGreeksthinkofhumour?
25.WhathaspsychologistRodMartinfoundabouthumour?
23、【预测】由选项中出现的atraitofgenerouscharacter,signofhappinessandconfidence 以及24 题选项中
出现的 essenceofcomedy可知，it极可能指幽默。
24、【预测】选项中的 it，the essence of comedy,something admirable, self-defeating 和 aggressive 表明， it
可能指某种性格，本题考查它的特点。
25、【预测】选项中的it,afeatureofagivenculture,adouble-edgedsword,aresultofbothnatureandnurture 和
giftofhumanbeings表明，it可能指某种性格，本题考查它的作用。
答案详解：
23、C)。短文开头提到 in today’s personality stakes (在今天的性格评价中）和 If... they are happy, socially
confidentandhaveahealthyperspectiveonlife(如果……他们是幸福的、善于交际的，并且有健康的生活观。）
可知，幽默是幸福和自信的表现， 故选C)。
24、D)。由短文中提到的…ancientGreeks,whobelievedhumourtobeessentiallyaggressive可知，古希腊人
认为幽默本质上是有侵略性的，故答案为D)。
25、B)。由短文中提到的Hehasfoundthathumourisadouble-edgedsword可知，心理学家罗德•马丁认为幽
默是一把双刃剑，故答案为B)。
SectionC
26、【预测】：空前的have和空后的to表明，所填词应为某一动词的过去分词形式，用于现在完成时表
示已发生的动作。
【答案】abused,意为“滥用”。
27、【预测】空前的inthesepasttwocenturiesof和空后的exploitation表明，所填词应为名词或形容词，用
在这里作定语，修饰exploitation。
【答案】industrial,意为“工业的，产业的”。industrialexploitation意为“产业开发”。
28、【预测】空前的such表明，所填词应为名词。that在此引导结果状语从句。
【答案】extremes,意为“极端”。reachanextreme意为 “达刦某知极端”。
29、【预测】空前的willbe和空后的beforetheendofthecentury表明，对填词应为形容词或用作表语的动
词的过去分词形式，用来描述在本世纪末之前数以万计的物种的状态。
【答案】extinguished,意为“灭绝的”。
30、【预测】空前的thedeep和空后的oftheearth表明，所填词应为名词。该句表示人类智慧已经掌握了地
球的深层 ，而这远非前人能力所及。
【答案】mysteries，意为“奠秘，神秘”。
31、【预测】空前的Wecan和空后的thegreatgrasscoverofthewesternplains表明，所填词应为动词（词
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组）原形，在意义上能与pour...chemicals并列，暗含贬义。
【答案】tearapart,意为“把…铲合”。
32、【预测】空前尚pour和空后的chemicals表明，所填词应为形容词或名词，该词能作定语修饰chemicals,
并能导致“水土流失”这一结果。
【答案】toxic意为“有毒的”。
33、【预测】 空前的Wecaninvent computers 为主语+谓语+宾语结构 ，句子不缺少主干成分，空后的
processingtenmillioncalculationspersecond(每秒补进行数千万次计算）表明，所填词应为形容词或介词词
组，可以连接后面的成分作后置定语修饰computers。
【答案】capableof，意为“有…能力的”。
34、【预测】空前的thecompetence和空后的inacceleratingthisprocess表明，所填词应为形容词或动词的
过去分词，与后面的成分连用作后置定语修饰competence。
【答案】manifested,意为“证明，表明，显现”。
35、【预测】空前的for和空后的livingspecies表明，所填词应为形容词或可以起修饰livingspecies作用
的短语。
【答案】amultitudeof,意为“大量的”。
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