2014年12月大学英语六级考试真题（三）

2014年12月大学英语六级考试真题(三)Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessaybasedonthepicturebelow.Youshouldstartyouressaywithabriefdescriptionofthepictureandthendiscusswhatqualitiesanemployershouldlookforinjobapplicants.Youshouldgivesoundargumentstosupportyourviewsandwriteatleast150wordsbutnomorethan200words.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。说明：2014年12月大学英语六级真题全国共考了两套听力。本套（即第三套）的听力材料与第一套完全一样，只是选项的顺序不同而已，故本套不再重复给出。SectionCDirections:Inthissection,youwillhearapassagethreetimes.Whenthepassageisreadforthefirsttime,youshouldlistencarefullyforitsgeneralidea.Whenthepassageisreadforthesecondtime,youarerequiredtofillintheblankswiththeexactwordsyouhavejustheard.Finally,whenthepassageisreadforthethirdtime,youshouldcheckwhatyouhavewritten.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。Ifyou'relikemostpeople,you'veindulgedinfakelisteningmanytimes.Yougotohistoryclass,sitinthethirdrow,andlooksquarelyattheinstructorasshespeaks.Butyourmindisfaraway,26inthecloudsofpleasantdaydreams.Occasionallyyoucomebacktoearth:Theinstructorwritesanimportanttermonthechalkboard,andyou27copyitinyournotebook.Everyonceinawhiletheinstructormakesa28remark,causingothersintheclasstolaugh.Yousmilepolitely,pretendingthatyou'veheardtheremarkandfounditmildlyhumorous.Youhaveavaguesenseof29thatyouaren'tpayingcloseattention,butyoutellyourselfthatanymaterialyoumisscan30fromafriend'snotes.Besides,theinstructor'stalkingaboutroad31inancientRome,andnothingcouldbemoreboring.Sobackyougointoyourprivatelittleworld.Onlylaterdoyourealizeyou'vemissedimportantinformationforatest.Fakelisteningmaybeeasilyexposed,sincemanyspeakers32facialcuesandcantellifyou'remerelypretendingtolisten.Yourblankexpressionandthefarawaylookinyoureyesarethecuesthat33yourinattentiveness.Evenifyou'renotexposed,there'sanotherreasontoavoidfakery:It'seasyforthis34tobecomeahabit.Forsomepeople,thehabitissodeeplyrootedthattheyautomaticallystartdaydreamingwhenaspeakerbeginstalkingonsomething35oruninteresting.Asaresult,theymisslotsofvaluableinformation.PartⅢReadingComprehension(40minutes)SectionADirections:Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecenter.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.Questions36to45arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Itwas10yearsago,onawarmJulynight,thatanewbornlambtookherfirstbreathinasmallshedinScotland.Fromtheoutside,shelookednodifferentfromthousandsofothersheepbornon36farms.ButDolly,astheworldsooncametorealize,wasno37lamb.Shewasclonedfromasinglecellofanadultfemalesheep,38long-heldscientificdogmathathaddeclaredsuchathingbiologicallyimpossible.Adecadelater,scientistsarestartingtocometogripswithjusthowdifferentDollywas.Dozensofanimalshavebeenclonedsincethatfirstlamb_mice,cats,cowsand,mostrecently,adog--andit'sbecoming39clearthattheyareall,inonewayoranother,defective.It's40tothinkofclonesasperfectcarboncopiesoftheoriginal.Itturnsout,though,thattherearevariousdegreesofgenetic41.Thatmaycomeasashocktopeoplewhohavepaidthousandsofdollarstocloneapetcatonlytodiscoverthatthebabycatlooksandbehaves42liketheirbelovedpet--withadifferent-colorcoatoffur,perhaps,ora43differentattitudetowarditshumanhosts.Andthesearejusttheobviousdifferences.Notonlyareclones44fromtheoriginaltemplate(模板)bytime,buttheyarealsotheproductofanunnaturalmolecularmechanismthatturnsoutnottobeverygoodatmaking45copies.Infact,theprocesscanembedsmallflawsinthegenesofclonesthatscientistsareonlynowdiscovering注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。A．abstractF.identicalK．overturningB．completely.G.increasinglyL．separatedC．desertedH．miniatureM．surroundingD.duplicationI．NothingN．systematically.E.everythingJ.ordinaryO．temptingSectionBDirections:Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.AnswerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2.ShouldSingle-SexEducationBeEliminated?A）Whyisaneuroscientistheredebatingsingle-sexschooling?Honestly,IhadnofixedideasonthetopicwhenIstartedresearchingitformybook,PinkBrain,BlueBrain.Butanydiscussionofgenderdifferencesinchildreninevitablyleadstothisdebate,soIfeltcompelledtodiveintotheresearchdataonsingle-sexschooling.IreadeverystudyIcould,weighedtheexistingevidence,andultimatelyconcludedthatsingle-sexeducationisnottheanswertogendergapsinachievement--orthebestwayforwardfortoday'syoungpeople.Aftermybookwaspublished,Imetseveraldevelopmentalandcognitivepsychologistswhoseworkwasaddressinggenderandeducationfromdifferentangles,andwepublishedapeer-reviewedEducationForumpieceinSciencemagazinewiththeprovocativetitle,ThePseudoscienceofSingle-SexEducation.B）Weshowedthatthreelinesofresearchusedtojustifysingle-sexschooling--educational,neuroscience,andsocialpsychology--allfailtosupportitsal