2013年6月六级考试真题（三）

12013年6月六级考试真题（第三套）PartⅠWritingDirections：Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessaycommentingontheremark“Earthprovidesenoughtosatisfyeveryman’sneed,butnoteveryman’sgreed.”Youcanciteexamplestoillustrateyourpoint.Youshouldwriteatleast150wordsbutnomorethan200words.PartIIListeningComprehension说明：2013年6月六级真题全国共考了两套听力。本套（即第三套）的听力内容与第二套的内容完全相同，只是选项的顺序不一样而已，故在本套中没有重复给出。SectionADirections：Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.Questions36to45arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Childrenarelosingtheabilitytoplayproperlybecausetheyarebeinggiventoomanytoys,accordingtoanewresearch.Thestudiesshowthatchildren—especiallythoseunderfive—areoften36andactuallyplaylessthanthosewithfewertoys.“0urstudiesshowthatgivingchildrentoomanytoysortoysofthe37typecanactuallybedoingthemharm.Theygetspoiledandcannot38onanyonethinglongenoughtolearnfromit”,saidLerner,achildhooddevelopmentresearcher.HerconclusionshavebeenbackedupbyBritishresearchlookingatchildrenwith39fewtoys,whoseparentsspendmoretimereading,singingorplayingwiththem.Itshowedsuchchildren40youngstersfromricherbackgrounds—eventhosewhohadaccesstocomputers.KathySylva,professorofeducationalpsychologyatOxfordUniversity,reachedher41fromastudyof3,000childrenfromtheagesofthreetofive.Inheropinion,thereisacomplexrelationshipbetweenchildren’sprogress,thetypeoftoystheyaregivenandthetimeparentsspendonthem.Whenthechildrenhavealargenumberoftoysthereseemstobeadistractionelement,andwhenchildrenare42theydonotlearnorplaywell.Someparentsnoticethe43early.OrhanIsmail,aresearcherfromColchester,Essex,sawachangefortheworseinCameron,his10-month-oldson,afterhewasgiven44toyslastChristmas.HeobservedthatiftherearetoomanytoysinfrontofCameron,hewilljustkeepmovingroundthemandthenendupgoingawayandfindingsomethinglikeaslippertoplaywith.Experts45toputafigureonthenumberoftoyschildrenshouldhave,butmanybelievetwodozenisenoughforchildrenofpre-schoolage.2SectionBDirections:Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.AnswerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2.NormanBorlaug:“FatheroftheGreenRevolution”[A]FewpeoplehavequietlychangedtheworldforthebettermorethanthisruralladfromthemidwestemstateofIowaintheUnitedStates.ThemaninfocusisNormanBorlaug,the“FatheroftheGreenRevolution”,whodiedon12September2009atage95.NormanBorlaugspentmostofhis60workingyearsinthefarmlandsofMexico,SouthAsiaandlaterinAfrica,fightingworldhunger,andsavingbysomeestimatesuptoabillionlivesintheprocess.Anachievement,fitforaNobelPeacePrize.EarlyYears[B]“I’maproductofthegreatdepression”ishowBorlaugdescribedhimself.Agreat-grandsonofNorwegianimmigrantstotheUnitedStates,Borlaugwasbornin1914andgrewuponasmallfarminthenortheasterncomerofIowainatowncalledCresco.Hisfamilyhada40-hectrare(公顷)farmonwhichtheygrewwheat,maize(玉米)andhayandraisedpigsandcattle.Normanspentmostofhistimefromage7-17onthefarm,evenasheattendedaone-room,one-teacherschoolatNewOregoninHowardCounty.[C]Borlaugdidn’thavemoneytogotocollege.ButthroughaGreatDepressioneraprogramme,knownastheNationalYouthAdministration,BorlaugwasabletoenrollinUniversityofMinnesotaatMinneapolistostudyforestry.HeexcelledinstudiesandreceivedhisPhDinplantpathology(病理学）andgeneticsin1942.[D]From1942to1944,BorlaugwasemployedasamicrobiologistatDuPontinWilmington.However,followingtheDecember1941attackonPearlHarbor,Borlaugtriedtojointhemilitary,butwasrejectedunderwartimelabourregulations.InMexico[E]In1944,manyexpertswarnedofmassstarvationindevelopingnationswherepopulationswereexpandingfasterthancropproduction.BorlaugbeganworkataRockefellerFoundation-fundedprojectinMexicotoincreasewheatproductionbydevelopinghigher-yieldingvarietiesofthecrop.Itinvolvedresearchingenetics,plantbreeding,plantpathology,entomology（昆虫学），agronomy（农艺学）,soilscience,andcerealtechnology.ThegoaloftheprojectwastoboostwheatproductioninMexico,whichatthetimewasimportingalargeportionofitsgrain.[F]BorlaugsaidthathisfirstcoupleofyearsinMexicoweredifficult.Helackedtrainedscientistsandequipment.Nativefarmerswerehostiletowardsthewheatprogrammebecauseofseriouscroplossesfrom1939to1941duetostemrust.[G]WheatvarietiesthatBorlaugworkedwithhadtall,thinstalks.Whiletallerwheatcompetedbetterforsunlight,theyhadatendencytocollapseundertheweightofextragrain—atraitcalledlodging.Toovercomethis,BorlaugA)impactI)surpassB)concentrateJ)innumerableC)overwhelmedK)decisionsD)reasonablyL)inaccurateE)conclusionsM)relativelyF)exquisiteN)distractedG)embarrassedO)lagH)hesitate3workedonbreedingwheatwithshorterandstrongerstalks,whichcouldholdonlargerseedheads.Bor