六级预测押题卷（五）答案解析.pdf

Part IWriting高分范文精彩点评高分范文精彩点评My View on Social SkillsAs the saying goes,“The pleasure of association is the baseof life.”The simple quotation from one of the greatest Frenchscientists,Andre Maurois,teaches us the importance of social skills,which are regarded as the most vital among all the important skills ofhuman beings,especially in the workplace.Statistics show thatones career success depends heavily on his or her social skills.Those who possess excellent social skills are more likely to promotean easy-going relation with their partners,which naturally result in asuccessful career.Given that social skills play such an essential role in ourwork,what should we do to cultivate this spirit?On the one hand,the key to good social skills is definitely the ability to listen to ourinterlocutor,which lays the foundation of cooperation with others.On the other hand,to reach a high level of interpersonalrelationship,it is advisable for us to put ourselves in others shoesandunderstandthem,whichcanhelpusclearupthemisapprehensions that hinder our work.All in all,ones performance at the workplace is closelyrelated to efficient social skills.If we are to succeed in career,wemust improve our social skills.由名言警句开篇，并解释其含义，从而提出本文的写作主题社交能力的重要性。阐述社交能力对一个人工作的重要性和谐的人际关系有助于事业的成功。由问句引出下文讨论的主要内容提高社交能力的方法。从两个方面阐释提高社交能力的方法做一个倾听者和站在他人的角度思考问题。再次强调社交能力的重要性，并要求我们提高自己的社交能力。加分亮点加分亮点quotation 引言statistics 数据promote 促进essential 关键的cultivate 培养interlocutor 对话者lays the foundation of 为奠定基础put ourselves in othersshoes 设身处地，将心比心clear up 清除misapprehensions 误会Part IIListening ComprehensionSection AConversation OneW:Hi,Mike!I heard that you helped save people in an accident.M:Yes.(1)It was a nose-to-tail car accident,and it was really terrible.W:Oh,my gosh!I bet there must be someone bleeding.M:Yeah.The back car was seriously damaged and the front car was completely damaged at the back.W:Thats terrible.I can imagine the scene.So you gave those injured people first aid.You are always so kind-hearted.M:I was terrified at first,but I realized that we must take them to the nearest hospital as soon as possible.So I asked anon-looker to call the ambulance for help,and I just gave a bleeding man first aid.W:How did you do that since the scene was so terrifying?M:(2)I put his head on the higher position to stop bleeding from his nose,and then I asked others to give those shockedpassengers some drinks to ease their minds.W:You were like the savior to them.M:In a few minutes,all the injured people were sent to the hospital.It was really an emergency!W:Yes!Quite an emergency!But thanks to the first aid you gave them.I think you are very good at it.M:Yes,I was trained to give first aid several years ago and learned some basic skills about it.W:Besides some injured people in a car accident,who should be given first aid?M:(3)Some people who have been injured or are in physiological distress due to choking,a heart attack,allergic reactions,第 1 页2021年12月六级考试预测押题卷（五）答案解析2021年12月六级考试预测押题卷（五）答案解析drugs or other medical emergencies.W:Oh,I see.What is the function of first aid?M:Well,basic first aid allows you to quickly determine a persons physical condition and the correct course of treatment.W:Today,I see the importance of first aid.Thats really critical to the injured.M:(4)Yes,following correct first aid procedures can be the difference between life and death.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1.What was the accident?A)2.What did Mike do to help the injured man?D)3.In an accident,who should be given first aid?A)4.What is the importance of first aid?C)Conversation TwoW:Thank you for joining our program,Professor Smith.Todays topic is Gothic literature,which seems reviving nowadaysall over the world.And I know that you have been studying it for more than two decades.And I would like you to shareyour views with our audience.M:Yes.I have been interested in Gothic literature ever since I was a kid.When I was only six years old,I was deeplyimpressed by a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe.W:Poe is the father of Gothic literature in America.M:Indeed.But do you happen to know what the origin of Gothic literature is?W:I have on idea.But I guess it has something to do with Gothic architecture,all those magnificent and strange cathedrals.M:You are partially right.(5-1)The word“Gothic”means quite a number of things by this day.It could mean a particularstyle of art,be it in the form of novels,paintings,or architecture.It could even refer to a certain type of music and its fans.What it originally meant,of course,is of the Goths,their civilization,or their language.W:(5-2)The Goths were a German tribe,I remember.But what are the common themes of Gothic literature.Are theyalways related to blood and violence or twisted characters?M:Not always.Gothic themes cover a wide range though.(6)For example,demons,devils,witches and angels often appearin Gothic stories.Moreover,the Faust subject is another popular theme.W:What does that mean?M:(7)It means sine men are forever in pursuit of forbidden knowledge or power,they are doomed to fail in the end.W:I see.I have also noticed that Gothic literature has a special way of narration.M:Yes.(8)The story is frequently told through a series of secret manuscripts or multiple tales,each revealing a deepersecret,so the narrative gradually spirals inward towards the hidden truth.The narrator is often a first-person narrator forcedto tell the story to a fascinated listener.By revealing to us their own souls secrets,these narrators reveal the secrets ofhumankinds soul.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5.What do we learn about the origin of Gothic literature?C)6.Which theme will appear in Gothic literature?B)7.Why is Faust subject a popular theme in Gothic literature?C)8.What is special about the narrative technique of Gothic literature?A)Section BPassage One(9)One Japanese woman has proved that age really is just a number.Masako Wakamiya learned how to use a computer at the age of 60 and now,at 81-year-old,she has released an appthat shows people how to properly display traditional dolls for Hinamatsuri.Not only is Wakamiya a developer,but she has a blog where she shares clips from her travels and also teaches people第 2 页how Excel can be used to make digital art.Wakamiya spent 43 years of her life leading in a bank in Japan and only started using computers at the age of 60,reports RocketNews24.(10)However,she is showing others that not all elderly individuals are afraid of technology and refers to herself as anICT missionary,which stands for“information”“communication”and“technology.”Wakamiya bought her first computer at the age of 60 and joined an online computer club to become more familiar withthe technologybut this was after she set up and connected the computer to the Web on her own.After learning more about computers,Wakamiya came up with an Excel art that fills the cells with different functionsthat create patterns that produce colorful works of artand now she is designing her own apps.Although Wakamiya may break the stereotypes of most elderly individuals,a study does suggest that she is headingdown the right path to avoid other health risks.(11)A team at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona linked numerous activities with preserving brain power in the elderlybutlogging on seems particularly effective.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.9.What is this passage mainly about?A)10.Why does Wakamiya call herself ICT missionary?C)11.What seems to be quite effective in keeping brain power in the elderly?C)Passage Two(12)The US governments top education official wants schools to do a better job teaching students whose firstlanguage is not English.US Education Secretary John King said the issue is important.That is because one in every ten USstudents from grades kindergarten to 12th grade are English learners.MostEnglishlearnersarrivefromacountrythatspeaksanotherlanguage,orhaveparentsfromanon-English-speaking country:(13)There has been progress in recent years,King said.He noted Spanish-speaking studentsare graduating from high school and attending college at higher rates than ever before.“But in too many places across thecountry,English learners get less access to quality teachers,less access to advanced coursework,less access to the resourcesthey need to succeed,”King said.(14)King said a new federal law called the Every Student Succeeds Act can help.It allowsschool districts more ways to use federal money to improve programs for English learners.That includes better training forEnglish language teachers.(15)Kelly Gonez is a policy adviser at the Department of Education.She said research shows giving instruction in twolanguages,English and the students native language,is better for English learners.Although it takes them a little longer tomaster English,they do better on tests that measure reading and math skills,Gonez said.So do people who enterdual-language programs already proficient in English,Gonez said.Sarah Catherine Moore is director of online learning atthe Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington DC.She said two recent studies found English learners do better if theyattend classes that use both English and the students native language.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.12.What did US Education Secretary consider as an important issue?A)13.What proves the recent progress mentioned by the US Education Secretary?C)14.How can the Every Student SucceedsAct help?B)15.What may do good to English learners according to Kelly Gonez?C)Section CRecording One(16)The New York Times just reported that even though more people are reading books on their smartphones,our tastefor printed books hasnt diminished.In fact,most people prefer them.I know I do.I have two different tablets with lots of e-books and I would take one or the other on trips,especially booktours Im gone for a week or two.第 3 页But even though I can download an impulse purchase at 3 am,I keep adding to my library of thousands of printedbooks in history,fiction,biography,politics and many other categories for a number of reasons.One is production quality.Ive found books with illustrations or maps can be a little untrustworthy in e-book form.And though typos show up in printed books,I rarely find problems like whole pages incorrectly printed in italics.I also tend to forget that I actually have a specific e-book,whereas my new printed books are clearly visible in variousTBR piles in my study.Another is health-related.Because I have maintenance insomnia,Ive been advised to avoid computer and tabletscreens for at least an hour before bed.(17)Physical books take me back to the joy of being a kid with my first library card in a magnificent Gilded AgeManhattan library.They also remind me of great times spent in book stores of all kinds in cities Ive travelled to here and abroad.(18)Then theres the fact that as an author,I dont just underline or star passages in my books,I make lengthycomments for myself which I sometimes reference at the front of the book,and I cant do that in the same way with ane-book.But the key element is immersion.I can lose myself more readily in a well-written book when its spread open in frontof me,as opposed to when its on either one of my tablets and Im scrolling rather than turning physical pages.I love theweight and feel of a book,and especially when Im reading a fascinating hardcover,those two pages side-by-side still feellike double doors opening to a new world.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.16.What does the speaker say about peoples reading habit?C)17.What did the speaker prefer to do when he was a kid?A)18.What can we learn about the speaker?B)Recording TwoDo you want greater success in your career and your love life,as well as a healthy brain long into old age?The answer could be to learn another language.Or at least thats the case according to a majority of Americans and Britons polled in a new survey by language appBabbel.(19)Apparently,71%of Americans and 61%of Britons believe speaking more than one language makes a person seemmore attractive.Of 3,000 English speakers polled in the US and the UK,nine out of ten admitted theyd learn a new language in pursuitof love.About half said theyd dreamed about a romance with someone from another country.(20)And moving from the bedroom to boardroom,about one in four Americans and Britons think that beingmonolingual has held them back professionally.So its probably no surprise that one in eight confessed to having exaggerated their language skills on a resume.“Languages not only enable you to expand yourself in terms of perspective and skill set,but they also open doors andhelp you better understand other cultures and peoples,”Miriam Plieninger,a director at Babbel,tells CNN.“Knowing another language helps to break barriers and to connect on a special level of mutual understanding,be itwhile on the street,travelling or in business.”Globally,more than half the world can speak at least two languagesbut Western English speakers are lagging behind.A 2001 Gallup poll found about a quarter of Americans could hold a conversation in a second languagemostlySpanishwhile a 2014 study by Eurobarometer revealed about 60%of people in the UK and Ireland are monolingual.“Different factors influence how easy or difficult it is to learn a new language,”says Plieninger.(21)“If the language you are learning is part of the same family as your mother tongue,it is generally much easier toaccess.”Theoretically,English speakers should therefore be more comfortable with Germanic languages like German or Dutch,as both are historically very close to English.第 4 页However,familiarity picked up in everyday life or in the classroom makes a big difference,which is why Americansfeel at ease with Spanish and Brits with Frenchboth romantic languages.And although the majority of Americans and Britons polled thought Russian was the trickiest to pick up,its actually“part of the same Indo-European language family as English,”Plieninger adds.(22)“What makes it difficult,however,is that it uses the Cyrillic alphabet,which is a big hurdle for beginners,and italso has a different grammar structure to English.”Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.19.According to the survey,what kind of people are more attractive?C)20.What percentage ofAmericans and Britons think being monolingual blocks their professional development?A)21.What language is easier for people to learn?D)22.What makes Russian difficult to learn?B)Recording ThreeWelcome to the third lecture in our series on having a baby.New research finds that being a parent could add two yearsto your life.(23)The claim may be met with skepticism by virtually everyone who has experienced the sleep-deprivation and stressof bringing up a child,but the scientists behind the major study are sure that parenthood may well be the secret to a longerlife.(