1、2014 年 12 月大学英语六级考试真题(二)答案与详解12014 年 12 月大学英语六级考试真题(二)答案与详解Part Writing1、1、审题: :这是一篇图画作文【考频: :考查的是六级考试中最常见的体裁: :议论文。图画中一位女士对一位年轻 人说:“:“ 如何不学习而获得好成绩这本书在小说区(the fiction section)(the fiction section)。”由此可知, ,学习并无捷径。.文章应重点阐 述学习并无捷径的原因，说明学生不应该抱有侥幸心理而不努力学习 2、列提纲：3、语言: :注意用词的准确性, ,句式要多样化，正确使用过渡词使文章更连贯。No S
2、hortcut to LearningThe cartoon above is thought-provoking. A young man asks where he can find a book named“How To DoWell In School Without Studying”，and the woman suggests looking for it in the fiction section. Apparently, thecartoon demonstrates, a truth that there is no such a thing as a shortcut
3、to learning.Just as we cannot build a castle in the air, neither can we perform well in school through a shortcut. First ofail, the nature of study requires it to be based on a solid foundation. Lets take English learning as an example. Ifwe want to improve our English listening ability, we are requ
4、ired to keep on listening to different materials, bothintensively and extensively, and make notes from time to time. In addition. we are all very familiar with thefamous proverb No pains, no gains”, which conveys the message that we are supposed to make strenuous effortswhenever we attempt to succee
5、d in a certain field. Therefore，we should spend a certain amount of time learningand remembering the basic knowledge which lays the foundation for further study rather than search for theso-called shortcut.To sum up, students should come to realize that there exists no shortcut to learning. Only har
6、d work will formthe bedrock of good performance in school.PartListening Comprehension1.听力原文：W：Oh, heres a piece of cake and a small coffee for you, sir. The total is 35yuan.For here or togo?M： To go. Id like to have them in my car. Thank you.Q： Where does this conversation most probably take place?1
7、.A) In a parking lot.C)At a fast food restaurant.B)At a grocery.D) In a car showroom.【预测】四个选项均为表示地点的介词短语，故推测本题可能询问对话或某事发生的地点。【精析】C)。场景推断题【考频: : 】 。对话中女士说蛋糕和咖啡是给男士的，一共 3535 元，并问男士是在这里吃还 是带走; ;男士回答说带走。由此可知，对话最有可能发生在快餐店。2.W：Oh, I must have been sitting in the same position too long. My legs have fallen
8、 asleep.2014 年 12 月大学英语六级考试真题(二)答案与详解2M: :Shake them a little before you get up.Q：What does the man suggest the woman do?2.A) Change her position now and then.C)Have a little nap after lunch.B)Stretch her legs before standing up.D)Get up and take a short walk.【预测】四个选项均为动词原形开头的短语，故推测本题可能询问建议做什么或者将要做什
9、么。另，根据选项中出现 的 Change her position，standing up，nap，walk 推测，对话可能与运动或休息有关。选项为动词原形短语的题目，答案一般出现在第二个人的话中。【精析】B)。请求建议题【考频: : 】。对话中女士说她肯定是一个姿势坐得时间太长，腿麻了；男士建议她站起来之前先抖抖腿，也就是让腿伸展一下。3.听力原文：W：Its hard to believe that half the class couldnt complete the three-thousand-meter race, isn,t it?M：Im afraid that says so
10、mething about the studentsphysical fitness.Q：What does the man mean?3.A)The students should practice long-distance running.B)The studentsphysical condition is not desirable.C)He doesnt quite believe what the woman says.B)He thinks the race is too hard for the students.【预测】由选项中出现的 students, running，p
11、hysical，race 推测，对话可能与学生跑步有关。另，C)、D)选项主语均为 He,且出现了 believe, thinks，故推测对话中谈到了男士对某事的看法。综合以上，该题很有可能考查男士对学生跑步情况的看法。【精析】B)。弦外之音题【考频: 】 。对话中女士说很难相信班里有一半学生跑不下来 3 000 米，男士说这恐怕说明了学生身体素质存在一些问题，也就是说学生的身体素质不太好。所以 B)“学生的身体状况不容乐观” 是正确答案。4.听力原文：W： Have Lisa and Eric started a family yet? theyve been married for two
12、 years now.M： Eric told me that they postponed having children until he gets his doctoral degree. Q: What do we learn about Lisa and Eric?4.A)They will get their degrees in two years.B)They are both pursuing graduate studies.C)They cannot afford to get married right now.D)They do not want to have a
13、baby at present.【预测】四个选项主语均为 They，且由选项中出现的 degrees，studies，married，baby 推测，本题可能询问 They 学习或结婚生子方面的问题。注意在听音的过程中分辨 They 的身份是对话中的两个人，还是对话中提到的其他人。【精析】D)。综合理解题【考频:】 。对话中女士问男士 Lisa 和 Eric 有孩子了吗，并说他们已经结婚两年了;男士回答说 Eric 告诉他，他们夫妻俩打算在 Eric 拿到博士学位后再要孩子，所以他们现在没有打算要孩子。5.听力原文：W: Hi, ,John. Havent seen you for quite
14、 a few days. I heard from guys at the gym youve been sick.How are you feeling now?M:They must have confused me with my brother Jack.Anyway, ,hes feeling better now.Q:What does the man mean?5.A)He must have been mistaken for Jack.C)Jack is certainly not as healthy as he is.B)Twins usually have a lot
15、in common.D) He has not seen Jack for quite a few days.【预测】选项中出现了人名 Jack，这在短对话中一般是对话中提到的第三人，而非对话者本人，因为对话者在选项中 通常用 he/she 或者 the man/the woman 表示。另，由选项中出现的 mistaken，Twins 推测，2014 年 12 月大学英语六级考试真题(二)答案与详解3该对话应该是常 考的错认双胞胎的话题。【精析】A)。推理判断题【考频: : 】 。对话中女士说她听健身房里的人说男士病了，男士表示健身房里的人一定是把他和他弟弟 Jack 弄混了，并说 Jack
16、 的确生病但已经好转了。6.听力原文：W： Excuse me. Will it take me long to get to the museum that opens to the public recently?M： No, its no distance at all. In fact, Im going in the same direction. Come and Ill show you the way when weget to the crossroads.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?6.A) The woman wil
17、l attend the opening of themuseum.B)The woman is asking the way at the crossroads.C)The man knows where the museum is located.D) The man will take the woman to the museum.【预测】由选项中出现的 museum,way,crossroads,located 推测,对话内容与博物馆的位置有关，可能涉及问路与指路。【精析】C)。综合理解题【考频: : 】 。对话中女士询问男士到达最近向公众开放的那个博物馆是否还需要很久， 男士回答说
18、不远了，并表示他也要去同样的方向，可以和女士同行到十字路口处，然后指给她看博物馆的位置。由此可见，男士知道博物馆在哪里。7.听力原文：M： See that guy over there in the corner. He comes in every Friday night around six and he just sitsthere for hours.W: Its odd. But there is not much we can do as long as he orders something to drink.Q:What does the woman mean?7.A) T
19、hey cannot ask the guy to leave.C) The guy must be feeling extremely lonely.B) The guy has been coming in for years.D) They should not look down upon the guy.【预测】四个选项的主语有两个是 They，两个是 The guy，由此推测对话中提到了 The guy。另，根据选项中出现的情态动词 cannot，must，should 推测，该题可能考查 They 和 The guy 之间的情感态度问题。【精析】A)。弦外之音题【考频: 】 。对
20、话中男士说坐在角落的那个家伙每周五晚上六点左右都会来这儿坐几个小时，女士表示她也觉得很奇怪，但是人家点了喝的东西，他们也不能做什么。言外之意就是他们不能赶客人走。8.听力原文：W：You certainly have a lot of clocks. There seems to be one in every room.M：My family gave them to me because I have trouble keeping track of time.Q:What does the mans family want him to do?8.A) Collect timepiece
21、s.C)Learn to mend clocks.B)Become time-conscious.D) Keep track of his daily activities.【预测】四个选项均为动词原形开头的短语,故推测本题可能考查行动计划或意见建议。另，由选项中出现的 timepieces，time-conscious，clocks 推测，对话可能与时间、钟表有关。【精析】B)。语义理解题【考频:】 。对话中女士说男士有很多钟表，好像每个房间里都有一个;男士表示那些钟表是家人送给他的，因为他总是把握不好时间。由此可知，家人希望他有点时间观念。9-12.听力原文：M： Watch it, Ma
22、ry!W ： Whats the matter?M： This is the end of the road. Theres a river just beyond those trees.W： Another river? Ive never seen so many rivers anywhere in my life. Lets go take a look.M： This river is wide and deep.2014 年 12 月大学英语六级考试真题(二)答案与详解4W： Yeah, youre sure right about that. We arent going to
23、 be able to put any ordinary bridge across this one.M：Do we have to get the trucks over to the other side?W：Thats what they told me.M：What about a ferry?W：Thats what well have to do if I cant think of anything else, but itll really slow down the operation.M：What about flying the equipment over in a
24、helicopter.W：Wed have to take the big trucks apart and then put them back together again, slower than a ferry and a lotmore expensive.M：Whatre you going to do then?W：Well, Im beginning to get an idea. Have you ever heard of a pontoon bridge?M： No. Whats that?W： Its a bridge thats supported on boats.
25、 The boats are anchored at regular distances and they carry the weightof the bridge.M： I guess that might work if you have enough boats， but wont it take a long time to build them?W: Maybe we can buy them.M： Buy them?W： From some of the native villagers. Ive seen some fairly big rowing boats.M：I don
26、t know about that? Most of those boats are pretty light.W： Yeah, but if we tied up a bunch of them together, they might support a road. Lets find out anyhow.M： OK.9. What do the speakers say about the river beyond the trees?A) It is eating into its banks.C)It iswide and deep.B)It winds its way to th
27、e sea.D)It isquickly rising.【预测】四个选项均是以It开头的现在时态的句子,且出现了banks，wide and deep，rising等用来描述河流的词语,由此推测选项中的It可能指代某条河,该题可能询问这条河流的现状。10.What were the speakers told to do?A)Try to speed up the operation by any means.B)Take the equipment apart before being ferried.C)Reduce the transport cost as much as possib
28、le.D)Get the trucks over to the other side of the river.【预测】四个选项均是动词原形开头的短语，故推测本题可能考查行动计划或意见建议。另，根据选的operation，equipment, ferried，transport，trucks，river 推测，本题与用河流运输卡车或某些设备有关。结合各选项语义进一步推测，本题可能询问讲话者打算做什么。11.What do the speakers decide to do finally?A) Find as many boats as possible.C)Halt the operatio
29、n until further orders.B) Cut trees and build rowing boats.D)Ask the commander to send a helicopter.【预测】四个选项均是动词原形开头的短语，故本题可能考查的是行动计划或意见建议。另，由选项中出现的 boats，helicopter 推测，本题与交通工具有关。结合各选项语义进一步推测，本题可能询问如何渡河。答案详解：9. C)。事实细节题【考频:】。对话中男士说他们面前的这条河又宽又深，女士对此表示同意。10. D)。事实细节题【考频:】。对话中男士问女士他们俩需不需要把卡车运到河对岸，女士回答说
30、别人的确让她这样做。2014 年 12 月大学英语六级考试真题(二)答案与详解511.A )。行动计划题【考频: 】。对话中女士想架一座浮桥，因此需要很多船，于是她想向附近的村民购买;尽管男士对此持怀疑态度， 但女士表示仍然想去找船试一试， 最后男士对此表示同意。 由此可见，他们最后决定尽可能地找更多的船。Conversation Two12、What did the man ask his father to do?A) Talk about his climbing experiences.C)Give up mountain climbing altogether.C) Help him
31、 join an Indian expedition.D)Save money to buy climbing equipment.【预测】四个选项均是动词原形开头的短语，故推测本题可能考查行动计划或意见建议。另，由选项中多次出现的 climbing 推测，该行动计划或意见建议与爬山有关。13、What do we learn about the mans father from the conversation?A) He was the first to conquer Mt. Qomolangma.B)He had an unusual religious background.C)He
32、 climbed mountains to earn a living.D) He was very strict with his children.【预测】四个选项均是以 He 为主语的过去时态的句子，并出现了 background，living,children 这些与人生有关的词汇，由此推测该题考查的可能是 He 的生平。注意 He 可能是对话中的男士，也有可能是对话中提到的其他人。14、How do westerners view mountains according to the man?A) They are to be conquered.C)They are sacred
33、places.B) They are to be protected.D)They are like humans.【预测】 由赛项中出现的 conquered， places 以及前两题中出现的 climbing， mountains 推测， 这里的 They 指的就是 mountains。15、What does the man say about his climb to the summit of Mt. Qomolangma?A)It was his fathers training that pulled him through.B)It was a milestone in hi
34、s mountain climbing career.C)It helped him understand the Sherpa view of mountains.D)It was his father who gave him the strength to succeed.听力原文：W： Did your father encourance you to climb Mt. Qomolangma?M： No. I did ask him to pull some strings so that I could climb with an Indian expedition and he
35、flatly said “No”.He climbed so that we wouldnt have to.W ： Did you climb any mountains with him when you were a kid?M： Mt. Biciroy, a training peak.W ： What did he say at the top?M： He didnt talk much，but from his smile, I could see he was proud.W ： The Sherpa view of climbing is different from the
36、western view.M ： We Sherpas believe that mountains are places where the gods live, especially Mt, Qomolangma. Before weclimb, we perform religious ceremonies to ask god for permission and safe passage. Sherpas dont have anyinterest in climbing mountains. Mostly they climb as a necessity to make mone
37、y, but the western world looksat Mt. Qomolangma as another rock and says, “Wow, this is the highest mountain. Lets go conquer it.” Youdont conquer Mt. Qomolangma. You go on Mt. Qomolangma, just as if you are crawling into your motherslap.W ： Lets talk about the day you reached the summit of Mt. Qomo
38、langma.2014 年 12 月大学英语六级考试真题(二)答案与详解6M： My desire to climb Mt. Qomolangma grew even more after my father died in 1986. I wanted to climb tounderstand him. Throughout the whole climb, I thought about it. On the final day, I felt my father was pulling orpushing me, because I didnt know where this ener
39、gy came from. When I finally got to the top, I cried. I could seemy dad there with a big smile.答案详解：12、B)。语义理解题【考频: : 】 。对话中男士为了能和一个印度远征队一起登山，请求父亲给他帮忙找找关系，换句话说就是他想让父亲帮助他。pull some strings 意为“幕后操纵，暗中控制” 。” 。13、B)。推理判断题【考频: : 】 。对话中男士说他们夏尔巴人认为山峰是众神居住的地方，尤其是珠穆朗玛峰。登山之前，他们会举行宗教仪式，请求神的许可以及安全的通行。由此可知，他的父亲有
40、特别的宗教背景。14、A)。细节推断题【考频: : 】 。对话中男士提到西方世界把珠穆朗玛峰看作一块岩石，并说它是最高的山，爬山是为了去征服它。故 A)“A)“高山就是用来征服的”为正确答案。15、D)。推理判断题【考频: : 】 。对话中男士指出在登顶的最后一天，他感觉父亲无形之中在上面拉着他或在下面推着他。由此可见，是他的父亲给了他成功的力量。Section BPassage One16、How does the speaker start his talk?A) By showing a memorandums structure.B)By analyzing the organizat
41、ion of a letter.C)By comparing memorandums with letters.D)By reviewing what he has said previously.【预测】四个选项都以 By doing 的形式开头，故推测本题可能询问做某事的方式。另，由选项中出现的memorandum 和 letter 推测，本题考查的做某事的方式与备忘录及信函有关。17、What did the survey of 800 business people show?A) They ignored many of the memorandums they received.B
42、)They placed emphasis on the format of memorandums.C)They seldom read a memorandum through to the end.D） They spent a lot of time writing memorandums.【预测】四个选项都是 They 开头的过去时的句子，且每句话都含有 memorandum(s)，由此推测本题可能考查 They 在过去做了哪些和备忘录相关的事情。18、What does the speaker say is most important in memorandum writing?
43、A) Style and wording.C) Structure and length.B)Directness and clarity.D) Simplicity and accuracy.【预测】四个选项都是抽象名词构成的名词短语，且都是有关公文写作要求的词汇，由此推测本题可能与备忘录的写作注意事项有关。由于从第 17 题开始选项中不再出现 letter，故排除该题考查信函的写作要求的可能性。19、What characteristic of a memorandum can make readers think highly of its writer?A) Inclusion of
44、appropriate humor.C) Professional look.B) Direct statement of purpose.D)Accurate dating.【预测】四个选项都是名词短语，且都与公文写作有关，由此推测本题依然与备忘录写作的注意事项有关。听力原文：There are a few differences in the organization of memorandums and letters. Memorandums and letters differ2014 年 12 月大学英语六级考试真题(二)答案与详解7somewhat in appearance.
45、“To” and “From” replace a letters inside address and signature block，for example.Further, letters are usually sent outside the organization，while memorandums are usually internal messages.As internal messages, memorandums tend to be more informal and more direct than their letter counterparts.One su
46、rvey of 800 business people showed they spent from 21 to 38 percent of their time writingmemorandums. There must be a lot of executives overwhelmed by the number of memorandums theyreceived. As a result, competition for the readerstime places importance on directness and clarity inmemorandums, so pe
47、rhaps even more so than with letters. Memorandum should start with the statement ofthe purpose early in the message. Memorandums also need special visual treatment：keep paragraphs short,much like newspaper articles. Computers increasingly aid mid and upper level managers who prepare theirown memoran
48、dums without secretarial help. If you prepare your own correspondence, realize the importanceof dating your messages. Knowing precisely when you recommended, ordered, signed or asked aboutsomething often is crucial. Computers often can date information for you easily. Another characteristic thatcan
49、set memorandums apart from letters is the inclusion of humor. When the internal message is light-heartedand relatively unimportant, humor in a memorandum can distinguish its author as a person with personalityand depth. As long as the humor is on target, does not embarrass others, is not overdone, a
50、nd is not toofrequent, it can reflect positively on its author.答案详解：16、C)。细节推断题【考频: : 】 。短文开篇提到，备忘录和信函在组织结构方面有几处不同，因此，讲话人是从比较备忘录与信函的不同开始讲起的。17、D)。细节推断题【考频:】 。短文中提到，一个 800 人参与的调查显示商业人士花 21%到 38%的时间书写备忘 录 ， 故D)“他们花很多时间写备忘录”为正确答案。18、B)。事实细节题【考频: : 】 。短文中提到阅读备忘录的人时间紧，因此备忘录书写直接而明晰是非常重要的。所以讲话者认为“直接而且明晰”是书
