1、六级考试答案详解2018年12月六级考试答案详解Part WritingMy View on University RankingIn recent years, all kinds of University Ranking Lists can be found on some educational websites, or newspapers. The ranking standards also vary. These lists have great influence on students. They are even becoming the only scale to ev
2、aluate the colleges and universities.People hold different views toward this phenomenon. Some believe that these lists help the students a lot, especially for those who will choose their university. While some other protest vigorously. In their points, the list is really ridiculous and harmful. In m
3、y view, the university ranking may have its own reference values, but its disadvantages overweigh its values.For those university-students-to-be, they are supposed to choose the school according to his or her own situation, but not the so-called Ranking List. Whats more, how about the university stu
4、dents? How do they feel about themselves when they see the ranking? The list may become some intangible shackles for them if their own school ranks poorly.In a nutshell, there is no easy method to rank these universities, but the Ranking, only helps students ignore the essentials, namely, their nine
5、ty-nine percent perspiration.此次六级作文的自由度很大，看似给出了提纲，实际上具体的观点全靠个人发挥。第一段需要点明大学排名这个现象，第二段需要铺陈不同人的观点，第三段要陈述自己的观点。大学排名这个题目，实际上涉及到了对了大学的理解，对于大学排名标准的理解，以及对于大学排名的目的的理解。而这件事更加离不开中国具体的国情，新中国50年代人至今受教育的情况，90后择校的情况，目前大学的情况，考生发挥的空间可以纵横数十年的教育史，并且可以深入探讨教育的本质。当然，对于大多数考生来说，凑满150个字万岁！那么，模板又可以派上用场了。模板一1.Different people
6、 have different views on2. Some people perfer,3. Others tend to, 4.As to me, I agree with / to (1)开门见山直入主体，表明对某事人们的不同看法。(2)表明一部分人的看法。(3)另一部分的看法。(4)作者的看法我们这里放出来的这篇文章，语言流畅，观点清晰，多处表述有闪光点。Reading Comprehension（Skimming and Scanning）1A not be sustained in the long term解读：关键字1994对应第一段第三行，题干中unsustainable即
7、选项A中sustained的反义表达方式。选择A。2B Intergenerational conflicts will intensify.解读：从书名定位到原文第二段，heading for the rock, the cleaner, 都暗示了两代人之间的问题，最后的warfare则一目了然地指出了该矛盾。3D politicians are afraid of losing votes in the next election解读：首先需要理解题目意图，即为何养老机制改革迟迟不能进行，然后定位到文章第四段，其实只要从段落中politician这一关键字就能选定D选项。4A allow
8、people to work longer解读：从题干中the most effective method找到第五段第三句原话，直接选择A选项。5D younger workers are readily available解读：题目中employer为关键字，找到第六段，该段看似没有直接提到为什么雇主不愿意雇佣old workers，但从其不断分析新涌现出来的劳动力替代者，可以总结的出D选项，即年轻劳动力的供给已足以满足企业需求。6B large numbers of immigrants from overseas解读：这道题间接考察了学生变换思维的能力，Japan在文中一时难以找到，但其
9、所代表的发达国家群体developed countries却出现在了第七段，而该段恰恰揭示了发达国家靠移民劳动力寻求养老机制危机一时的缓解的举措。7B They find it hard to balance career and family.解读：compromise关键字找到第九段，关键字出现的句子前一句就是B选项。8be innovative and take risks than younger ones解读：题目中old societies关键字对应到倒数第六段第三行，题目中的less inclined正好与原文中的more strongly disinclined形成对照，所以答
10、案只需摘录之后的原文即可，即take risks than younger ones.9mostly have families解读：题目中关键字intergenerational warfare对应到原文倒数第五段。第二句直接对第一句做出了解释，摘录即可。10military service解读：要理解题目中less willing to 的含义，即不情愿，这样定位到倒数第三段第一句的reluctant， commit sth. to sth. ，空格内需要填写名词，参照原文，即military serviceListening ComprehensionSection A11. What
11、can we infer from the conversation?【答案】A The man is the manager of the apartment building【解读】从对话中看出女士在找apartment building，不是男士。因此选A。12. What is the woman eager to know?【答案】B How the pictures will turn out.【解读】女士想知道的是if the 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
12、的效果。因此选B。13. What does the man mean?【答案】C The suitcase can be fixed in time.【解读】男士说到find a handle后面提到 but that shouldnt take too long说明不是没有handle可以匹配。因此排除A,B。14. What do we learn about the man from the conversation?【答案】B He needs a vehicle to be used in harsh weather.【解读】男士说到truck需要operate for long
13、periods of time in very cold temperatures，因此选择选项B。very cold temperatures对应harsh weather.15. What do we learn about the woman?【答案】A She has made up her mind to resign.【解读】从文中女士强硬的口气I could no longer live with可以看出她下定决心。因此选择A。16. What does the women want to do？【答案】D Replace the shirt with one of some o
14、ther material.【解读】女士首先提到exchange the shirt，后面又解释了原因allergic to wool，从男士的回答也可以看出换成别的材质。因此选择D。17. Where does this conversation most probably take place?【答案】D At a “Lost and Found”【解读】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. What does the man plan to do with
15、his old house?【答案】C Convert in into a hotel【解读】but后面是真正意图: turning it into a guest house。guest house 意为宾馆，因此选C。19. What is the key to write a good classical detective story according to the man?【答案】D Careful plotting and clueing.【解读】对话中提到it must be so carefully plotted and so carefully clued，对应D选项。2
16、0. What does the man mainly need when working on a book?【答案】D To be entirely alone.【解读】对话中cant 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. What does the man say about writers?【答案】C They look at the world in a detached manner.【解读】关键词detachment 分离。作家提到作者的经历和写作。虽然说道some experie
17、nces overwhelm everyone, 但是后面的but暗示了答案，stand aside、detachment都对应了C选项。22. What does the woman say about British railways?【答案】B Like it or not, you have to use them.【解读】在对话一开始，女士就提到了Theres only one railway system, if you dont like a particular railway, you cant go and use another. 因为只有一条铁路，即使不喜欢，也只能乘坐
18、，换句话说不论喜欢与否都得用它。因此选择B。23. What do some people who write to the man complain about?【答案】D The monopoly of British Railways.【解读】对话中谈及monopoly，铁路垄断，因此选D。其他选项均未涉及。24. What does the man say threatens the existence of railways?【答案】B Competition from other modes of transport.【解读】对话中modes of transport are al
19、l around对应选项B。25. What does the man say about railways in other countries?【答案】D They lose a lot of money.【解读】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。Section BPassage One文章解读：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
20、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：West Antarctic ice sheet西南极洲大冰原 ice shelf 冰架 anchored 固定的fossil 化石 microscopi
21、c marine plants 海洋微生物 geological 地质的答案及解读：26. What is one of the most frightening threats of global warming according to the passage?【解读】C) Many coastal cities will be covered with water.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 be
22、 flooded” 所以选C选项。27. What do scientists disagree on?【解读】B) How unstable the West Antarctic ice sheet 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. What is the latest information revealed about the West Antarctic ice sheet?【解读】A）It collapsed at leas
23、t once during the past 1.3 million 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 once during the past 1.3 million years” 所以选A选项。29. What the scientists latest findings suggest?【解读】A) The West Antarctic region was once a open ocean.细节题。听力最后的例子
24、说明了这一点“which suggest that the region was once open ocean not solid ice”， 而其他选项都不是最新的发现。Passage Two30 B）Whether a deleted photo is immediately removed from the web.【解读】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
25、then delete it.”，由此可知应该选B。31 B) The way they store data.【解读】“Why do deleted photos stick around so long? The problem relates to the way data is stored on large 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) When the URL is reused.【解读】“In the case of Facebook, the company says data may hang around until
26、 the URL in question is reused”，从这句话可知只有URL被再次用到才会被删除。Passage Three33. A解读：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解读：第一段原文中有对应语句，即Better skip dinner or hit the gym afterwards.35. C解读：在此句中，“The WCRF has estimated that 19,000 cancers a year in Britain could be p
27、revented”，关键词prevented可以得知答案为C选项。Section C36. diverse37. tragic38. commit39. outcome40. scale41. colleagues42. accurate43. averages45. Students with high hope set themselves higher goals and know how to work to attain them,46. went beyond the simple notion that hope is merely the sense that everythi
28、ng 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.Reading Comprehension（Reading in Depth）Section A47. Cloze答案：feminine and weak解读：文中提到because they believe that such feelings are feminine and imply weakness. 要填
29、在to be后面就应该转化成形容词形式。48.答案：lose composure解读：文中提到may lead to a loss of composure。要用在主语后面就要把loss变成动词lose。49.答案：stress-related disorders解读：文中提到can contribute to stress-related disorder。50.答案：their relationship with partners解读：文中提到report lower relationship satisfaction as do their female partners.故这里要重新组
30、合转换表达形式。51.答案：aggressive解读：文中提到into physically aggression or violence，而此处在become后就要用aggression的形容词形式。Section BPassage One52) A solve virtually existing all problems细节题。抓住时间点“In the early 2oth century” 我们从第一句 “offer solutions to almost every problem” 便可知道答案。选择A选项。53) D They realized that science and
31、technology alone were no guarantee for a better world.推论题。 我们首先比较容易排除A和C项。B项具有迷惑性，关键是看“the stability of a society depended heavily on humanistic study”这个选项仔细看就会发现说得太绝对了，社会的问题主要是靠人文主义的研究？显然不是很恰当。我们从下面那句也可以推断出选D比较恰当。 “Two world wars and a Great Depression rocked the confidence of many people that scie
32、ntific expertise alone could create a prosperous and ordered world.”54) C America is lagging behind in the STEMS disciplines.细节题。主要在第二段里找答案。从段落后两句“There is considerable and justified concern that the United States is falling behind much of the rest of the developed world in these essential disciplines.” 我们可以推断出是选C选项。 A和D选项比较容易排除。不选B选项，因为文章中 “Ind
