6级真题及答案.docx
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6级真题及答案
2011年12月大学英语六级真题唐帅杰
PartI Writing(30minutes)
Directions:
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayentitled TheWaytoSuccess bycommentingonAbrahamLincoln'sfamousremark,"Givemesixhourstochopdownatree,andIwillspend,thefirstfoursharpeningtheaxe."Youshouldwriteatleast 150 wordsbutnomorethan 200 words.
TheWaytoSuccess
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此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
PartII ReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning) (15minutes)
Directions:
Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionson AnswerSheet1. Forquestions1-7,choosethebestanswerfrom thefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.
Google'sPlanforWorld'sBiggestOnlineLibrary:
PhilanthropyOrActofPiracy?
Inrecentyears,teamsofworkersdispatchedbyGooglehavebeenworkinghardtomake digitalcopiesofbooks.Sofar,Googlehasscannedmorethan10milliontitlesfromlibrariesin AmericaandEurope - includinghalfamillionvolumesheldbytheBodleianinOxford.Theexact methoditusesisunclear;thecompanydoesnotallowoutsiderstoobservetheprocess.
WhyisGoogleundertakingsuchaventure?
Whyisiteveninterestedinallthoseout-of-printlibrarybooks,mostofwhichhavebeengatheringdustonforgottenshelvesfordecades?
Thecompanyclaimsitsmotivesareessentiallypublic-spirited.Itsoverallmission,afterall,isto"organise theworld'sinformation",soitwouldbeoddifthatinformationdidnotincludebooks.
Thecompanylikestopresentitselfashavingloftyaspirations."Thisreallyisn'taboutmakingmoney.Wearedoingthisforthegoodofsociety."AsSantiagodelaMora,headofGoogleBooksforEurope,putsit:
"Bymakingitpossibletosearchthemillionsofbooksthatexisttoday,wehope toexpandthefrontiersofhumanknowledge."
DanClancy,thechiefarchitectofGoogleBooks,doesseemgenuineinhisconvictionthatthisisprimarilya philanthropic (慈善的)exercise."Google'scorebusinessissearchandfind,soobviouslywhathelpsimproveGoogle'ssearchengineisgoodforGoogle,"hesays."Butwehaveneverbuilta spreadsheet (电子数据表)outliningthefinancialbenefitsofthis,andIhaveneverhadtojustifytheamountIamspendingtothecompany'sfounders."
Itiseasy,talkingtoClancyandhiscolleagues,tobesweptalongbytheirmissionarypassion. ButGoogle'sbook-scanningprojectisprovingcontroversial.Severalopponentshaverecently emerged,rangingfromrivaltechgiantssuchasMicrosoftandAmazontosmallbodiesrepresentingauthorsandpublishersacrosstheworld.Inbroadterms,theseopponentshavelevelledtwosets ofcriticismsatGoogle.
First,theyhavequestionedwhethertheprimaryresponsibilityfordigitallyarchivingtheworld's booksshouldbeallowedtofalltoacommercialcompany.Inarecentessayinthe NewYorkReviewofBooks, RobertDarnton,theheadofHarvardUniversity'slibrary,arguedthatbecausesuchbooksareacommonresource–thepossessionofusall–onlypublic,not-for-profitbodiesshouldbegiventhepowertocontrolthem.
ThesecondrelatedcriticismisthatGoogle'sscanningofbooksisactuallyillegal.ThisallegationhasledtoGooglebecoming miredin (陷入)alegalbattlewhosescopeandcomplexitymakes theJarndyceandJarndycecaseinCharlesDickens' BleakHouse lookstraightforward.
Atitscentre,however,isonesimpleissue:
thatofcopyright.Theinconvenientfactaboutmost books,towhichGooglehasarguablypaidinsufficientattention,isthattheyareprotectedby copyright.Copyrightlawsdifferfromcountrytocountry,butingeneralprotectionextendsforthe durationofanauthor'slifeandforasubstantialperiodafterwards,thusallowingtheauthor'sheirstobenefit.(InBritainandAmerica,thispost-deathperiodis70years.)Thismeans,ofcourse,that almostallofthebookspublishedinthe20thcenturyarestillundercopyright – andthelastcentury sawmorebookspublishedthaninallpreviouscenturiescombined.Oftheroughly40million booksinUSlibraries,forexample,anestimated32millionareincopyright.Ofthese,some27 millionareoutofprint.
OutsidetheUS,Googlehasmadesureonlytoscanbooksthatareoutofcopyrightandthusinthe"publicdomain"(workssuchastheBodleian'sfirsteditionof Middlemarch, whichanyonecanreadforfreeonGoogleBooksSearch).
But,withintheUS,thecompanyhasscannedbothin-copyrightandout-of-copyrightworks.Initsdefence,Googlepointsoutthatitdisplaysonlysmallsegmentsofbooksthatareincopyright– arguingthatsuchdisplaysare"fairuse".Butcriticsallegethatbymakingelectroniccopiesof thesebookswithoutfirstseekingthepermissionofcopyrightholders,Googlehascommittedpiracy.
"Thekeyprincipleofcopyrightl
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