1、2017 年年 6 月英语六级真题及答案月英语六级真题及答案Part IWriting(30 minutes)Directions: Suppose you are asked to give advice on whether to attend collegeat home or abroad, write an essay to state your opinion. You arerequired to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Part IIListening Comprehension(30 minute
2、s)说明：2017 年 6 月大学英语六级考试全国共考了两套听力。本套的听力内容与第二套相同，因此本套听力部分不再重复给出。Part Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are requiredto select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in aword bank following the passage. Read the p
3、assage throughcarefully before making your choices, Each choice in the bank isidentified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for eachitem on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Youmay not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 26 to 35 are based on
4、the following passage.Half of your brain stays alert and prepared for danger when you sleep in anew place, a study has revealed. This phenomenon is often (26)_to as the“first-night-effect”. Researchers from Brown University found that a network inthe left hemisphere of the brain “remained more activ
5、e” than the network in theright side of the brain. Playing sounds into the right ears (stimulating the lefthemisphere) of (27)_ was more likely to wake them up than if the noiseswere played into their left ears.It was (28)_ observed that the left side of the brain was more activeduring deep sleep. W
6、hen the researchers repeated the laboratory experiment onthe second and third nights they found the left hemisphere could not bestimulated in the same way during deep sleep. The researchers explained that thestudy demonstrated when we are in a (29)_ environment the brain partlyremains alert so that
7、humans can defend themselves against any (30) _danger.The researchers believe this is the first time that the “first-night-effect” ofdifferent brain states has been (31)_ in humans. It isnt, however, thefirst time it has ever been seen. Some animal(32)_ also display thisphenomenon. For example, dolp
8、hins, as well as other (33)_ animals, shutdown one hemisphere of the brain when they go to sleep. A previous study notedthat dolphins always (34)_ control their breathing. Without keeping thebrain active while sleeping,they would probably drown. But, as the human studysuggests, another reason for do
9、lphins keeping their eyes open during sleep isthat they can look out for (35)_ while asleep. It also keeps theirphysiological processes working.A) ClassifiedB) ConsciouslyC) DramaticallyD) ExoticE) IdentifiedF) InherentG) MarineH) NovelI) PotentialJ) PredatorsK) ReferredL) SpeciesM) SpecificallyN) V
10、arietiesO) VolunteersSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statementsattached to it. Each statement contains information given in one ofthe paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the informationis derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Eac
11、hparagraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by markingthe corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Elite Math Competitions Struggle to Diversify Their Talent PoolA Interest in elite high school math competitions has grown in recentyears, and in light of last summer s U.S. win at the Inter
12、national MathOlympiad (IMO)-the first for an American team in more than two decades-thetrend is likely to continue.B But will such contests, which are overwhelmingly dominated by Asianand white students from middle- class and affluent families, become any morediverse? Many social and cultural factor
13、s play roles in determining whichpromising students get on the path toward international math recognition. Butefforts are in place to expose more black, Hispanic, and low-income students toadvanced math, in the hope that the demographic pool of high-level contenderswill eventually begin to shift and
14、 become less exclusive.C “The challenge is if certain types of people are doing something, itsdifficult for other people to break into it， ” said Po-Shen Loh, the head coach oflast year s winning U.S. Math Olympiad team. Participation grows throughfriends and networks and if “you realize thats how t
15、heyre growing, you canstart to take action” and bring in other students, he said.D Most of the training for advanced-math competitions happens outsidethe confines of the normal school day. Students attend after-school clubs,summer camps, online forums and classes, and university-based “math circles,
16、”to prepare for the competitions.E One of the largest feeders for high school math competitions 一including those that eventually lead to the IMOis a middle school programcalled MathCounts. About 100,000 students around the country participate in theprograms competition series, which culminates in a
17、national game-show-stylecontest held each May. The most recent one took place last week in Washington,D.C. Students join a team through their schools, which provide a volunteercoach and pay a nominal fee to send students to regional and state competitions.The 224 students who make it to the national
18、 competition get an all-expenses-paid trip.F Nearly all members of last years winning U.S. IMO team took part inMathCounts as middle school students, as did Loh, the coach.“Middle school isan important age because students have enough math capability to solveadvanced problems, but they havent really
19、 decided what they want to do withtheir lives,” said Loh. “They often get hooked then.”G Another influential feeder for advanced-math students is an onlineschool called Art of Problem Solving, which began about 13 years ago and nowhas 15,000 users. Students use forums to chat, play games, and solve
20、problemstogether at no cost, or they can pay a few hundred dollars to take courses withtrained teachers. According to Richard Rusczyk, the company founder, the sixU.S. team members who competed at the IMO last year collectively took morethan 40 courses on the site. Parents of advanced-math students
21、and MathCountscoaches say the children are on the website constantly.H There are also dozens of summer campsmany attached to universities that aim to prepare elite math students. Some are priceya three-weekintensive program can cost $4,500 or morebut most offer scholarships. TheMath Olympiad Summer
22、Training Program is a three-week math camp held bythe Mathematical Association of America that leads straight to the internationalchampionship and is free for those who make it. Only about 50 students areinvited based on their performance on written tests and at the USA MathOlympiad.I Students in un
23、iversity towns may also have access to another lever forinvolvement in accelerated math: math circles. In these groups, which came outof an Eastern European tradition of developing young talent, professors teachpromising K-12 students advanced mathematics for several hours after school oron weekends
24、. The Los Angeles Math Circle, held at the University of California,Los Angeles, began in 2007 with 20 students and now has more than 250.“These math circles cost nothing, or theyre very cheap for students to getinvolved in, but you have to know about them,” said Rusczyk. “Most peoplewould love to g
25、et students from more underserved populations, but they justcan t get them in the door. Part of it is communication; part of it istransportation.”J It s no secret in the advanced-math community that diversity is aproblem. AccordingtoMarkSaul,the directorof competitionsfor theMathematical Association
26、of America,nota single African-AmericanorHispanic studentand only a handful of girlshas ever made it to the MathOlympiad team in its 50 years of existence.Many schools simply don t prioritizeacademic competitions.“Do you know who we have to beat?”asked Saul. “Thefootball team, the basketball team th
27、at s our competition for resources,student time, attention, school dollars, parent efforts, school enthusiasm.”K Teachers in low-income urban and rural areas with no history ofparticipatinginmathcompetitionsmaynotknowaboutadvanced-mathopportunities like MathCountsand those who do may not have suppor
28、t or feeltrained to lead them.L But there are initiatives in place to try to get more underrepresentedstudents involved in accelerated math. A New York City-based nonprofit calledBridge to Enter Mathematics runs a residential summer program aimed atgetting underserved students, mostly black and Hisp
29、anic, working toward mathand science careers. The summer after 7th grade, students spend three weeks ona college campus studying advanced math for seven hours a day. Over the nextfive years, the group helps the students get into other elite summer mathprograms, high-performing high schools, and even
30、tually college. About 250students so far have gone through the program, which receives funding from theJack Kent Cooke Foundation.M“If you look at a lot of low-income communities in the United States,there are programs that are serving them, but theyre primarily centered aroundLets get these kids gr
31、ades up， and not around lets get these kidsaccess to the same kinds of opportunities as more-affluent kids，” said DanielZaharopol, the founder and executive director of the program. “We re trying tocreate that pathway. ”Students apply to the program directly through theirschools.“We want to reach pa
32、rents who are not plugged into the system， ”saidZaharopol.N In the past few years, MathCounts added two new middle schoolprograms to try to diversify its participant pool 一 the National Math Club andthe Math Video Challenge. Schools or teachers who sign up for the NationalMath Club receive a kit fal
33、l of activities and resources, but theres no specialteacher training and no competition attached.O The Math Video Challenge is a competition, but a collaborative one.Teams of four students make a video illustrating a math problem and itsreal-world application. After the high-pressure Countdown round
34、 at this yearsnational MathCounts competition, in which the top 12 students went head tohead solving complex problems in rapid fire, the finalists for the Math VideoChallenge took the stage to show their videos. The demographics of that grouplooked quite different from those in the competition round
35、of the 16 videofinalists, 13 were girls and eight were African-American students. The videochallenge does not put individual students on the hot seat so it s lessintimidating by design. It also adds the element of artistic creativity to attract anew pool of students who may not see themselves as “ma
36、th people.”36. Middle school is a crucial period when students may become keenlyinterested in advancedmathematics.37. Elite high school math competitions are attracting more interestthroughout the United States.38. Math circles provide students with access to advanced-math training byuniversity prof
37、essors.39. Students may take advantage of online resources to learn to solve mathproblems.40. The summer program run by a nonprofit organization has helped manyunder served students learn advanced math.41. Winners of local contests will participate in the national mathcompetition for free.42. Many s
38、chools dont place academic competitions at the top of theirpriority list.43. Contestants of elite high school math competitions are mostly Asianand white students from well-off families.44. Some math training programs primarily focus on raising students math scores.41. Some intensive summer programs
39、 are very expensive but most of themprovide scholarships.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed bysome questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there arefour choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on thebest choice and mark the co
40、rresponding letter on Answer Sheet2with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.We live today indebted to McCardell, Cashin, Hawes, Wilkins, andMaxwell, and other women who liberated American fashion from the confines ofParisian design. Indep
41、endence came in tying, wrapping, storing, harmonizing,and rationalizing that wardrobe. These designers established the modem dresscode, letting play suits and other active wear outfits suffice for casual clothing,allowing pants to enter the wardrobe, and prizing rationalism and versatility indress,
42、in contradiction to dressing for an occasion or allotment of the day.Fashion in America was logical and answerable to the will of the women whowore it. Implicitly or explicitly, American fashion addressed a democracy,whereas traditional Paris-based fashion was prescriptive and imposed on women,willi
43、ng or not.In an earlier time, American fashion had also followed the dictates of Paris,or even copied and pirated specific French designs. Designer sportswear was notmodeled on that of Europe, as “modem art” would later be; it was genuinelyinvented and developed in America. Its designers were not hi
44、gh-end withsupplementary lines. The design objective and the business commitment were tosportswear, and the distinctive traits were problem-solving ingenuity andrealistic lifestyle applications. Ease of care was most important: summer dressesand outfits, in particular, were chiefly cotton, readily c
45、apable of being washedand pressed at home. Closings were simple, practical, and accessible, as themodem woman depended on no personal maid to dress her. American designersprized resourcefulness and the freedom of women who wore the clothing.Many have argued that the women designers of this time were
46、 able toproject their own clothing values into a new style. Of course, much of thisargument in the 1930s-40s was advanced because there was little or noexperience in justifying（月艮装）on the basis of utility. If Paris was cast aside,the tradition of beauty was also to some degree slighted. Designer spo
47、rtswearwould have to be verified by a standard other than that of pure beauty; theemulation of a designers life in designer sportswear was a crude version of thisrelationship. The consumer was ultimately to be mentioned as well, especiallyby the likes of Dorothy Shaver, who could point to the sales
48、figures at Lord &Taylor.Could utility alone justify the new ideas of the American designers?Fashion is often regarded as a pursuit of beauty, and some cherished fashionstrivial relationship to the fine arts. What the designers of American sportswearproved was that fashion is a genuine design art, an
49、swering to the demandingneeds of service. Of course these practical, insightful designers have determinedthe course of late twentieth-century fashion. They were the pioneers of genderequity, in their useful, adaptable clothing, which was both made for the massesand capable of self-expression.46. Wha
50、t contribution did the women designers make to American fashion?A) They made some improvements on the traditional Parisian design.B) They formulated a dress code with distinctive American features.C) They came up with a brand new set of design procedures.D) They made originality a top priority in th
