2010.12 English CET-6 answers

Answers to the CET-6 test in December 2010

Quick reading answers:

1-10ABDADBB take risks have families military service

Part Ⅱ

Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

1. A not be sustained in the long term

Analysis: The keyword 1994 corresponds to the third line of the first paragraph. Unsustainable in the question stem is the opposite expression of sustained in option A. Choose A.

2. B Intergenerational conflicts will intensify.

Analysis: From the title of the book to the second paragraph of the original text, heading for the rock, the cleaner, all hint at the problems between the two generations, and the final warfare is clear at a glance pointed out the contradiction.

3． D politicians are afraid of losing votes in the next election

Analysis: First of all, you need to understand the intention of the question, that is, why the reform of the pension system has not been carried out for a long time, and then locate the fourth paragraph of the article. In fact, as long as the politician from the paragraph This keyword will select option D.

4. A allow people to work longer

Analysis: Find the original words of the third sentence of the fifth paragraph from the most effective method in the question stem, and directly select option A.

5. D younger workers are readily available

Analysis: employee is the keyword in the question, find the sixth paragraph, which does not seem to directly mention why employers are reluctant to hire older workers, but new ones emerge from its continuous analysis The emergence of labor replacements can be summarized as option D, that is, the supply of young labor is sufficient to meet the needs of enterprises.

6． B large numbers of immigrants from overseas

Analysis: This question indirectly tests students’ ability to change their thinking. Japan is difficult to find in the article, but the developed countries group it represents appears in the first Seven paragraphs, and this paragraph exactly reveals the measures taken by developed countries to rely on immigrant labor to seek temporary relief from the crisis in the pension system.

7． B They find it hard to balance career and family.

Analysis: The keyword "compromise" is found in the ninth paragraph. The sentence before the keyword appears is option B.

8． take risks

Analysis: The keyword "old societies" in the title corresponds to the third line of the sixth paragraph from the bottom. The "less inclined" in the title contrasts with the "more strongly disinclined" in the original text, so the answer only needs to be excerpted The original text is enough, that is, take risks

9. have families

Analysis: The keyword intergenerational warfare in the title corresponds to the fifth paragraph from the bottom of the original text. The second sentence directly explains the first sentence, so just excerpt it.

10． military service

Analysis: To understand the meaning of less willing to in the question, that is, unwillingness, locate the reluctant in the first sentence of the third to last paragraph, commit sth. to sth., and fill in the nouns in the spaces. , refer to the original text, namely military service.

Part III

Listening Comprehension

Section A

11. What can we infer from the conversation?

Answer D The man is the manager of the apartment building

Analysis It can be seen from the conversation that the man is looking for the apartment building, not the woman. Therefore choose D.

12. What is the woman eager to know?

Answer B How the pictures will turn out.

Analysis What the woman wants to know is if the shots I took are as good as I thought. The photos were as good as she thought. Here shots refers to photos. Turn out refers to the effect of taking a photo. Therefore choose B.

13. What does the man mean?

Answer C The suitcase can be fixed in time.

Analysis: When a man talks about find a handle, he mentions but. That shouldn't take too long means there is no handle to match. Therefore A and B are excluded.

14. What do we learn about the man from the conversation?

Answer B He needs a vehicle to be used in harsh weather.

Analysis of what men say Getting to the truck requires operating for long periods of time in very cold temperatures, so option B is chosen. very cold temperatures correspond to harsh weather.

15. What do we learn about the woman?

Answer A She has made up her mind to resign.

Analysis From the strong tone of the lady in the article "I could no longer live with..." we can see that she is determined. Therefore choose A.

16. What does the women want to do?

Answer D Replace the shirt with one of some other material.

Analysis: The woman first mentioned exchange the shirt, and then explained the reason why it is allergic to wool. The man’s answer can also be used It seems that it can be replaced with another material. Therefore choose D.

17. Where does this conversation most probably take place?

Answer D At a “Lost and Found”

Analysis The man first asked Did anyone happen to turn in a new handbag?, the lady asked him for the details of the handbag again. It can be seen that it is in the lost and found office, so choose D.

18. What does the man plan to do with his old house?

Answer C Convert in into a hotel

The analysis but is followed by the real intention: turning it into a guest house. Guest house means hotel, so choose C.

19. What is the key to write a good classical detective story according to the man?

Answer D Careful plotting and clueing.

Parse the question mentioned in the dialogue It must be so carefully plotted and so carefully clued, corresponding to option D.

20. What does the man mainly need when working on a book?

Answer D To be entirely alone.

can't even bare in analytical dialogue Anyone else, be completely alone all indicate that the writer needs an independent writing space, so choose D.

21. What does the man say about writers?

Answer C They look at the world in a detached manner.

Analyze the keyword detachment detachment. Writers refer to the author's experiences and writing. Although it is said that some experiences overwhelm everyone, the but that follows implies the answer. Stand aside and detachment both correspond to option C.

22. What does the woman say about British railways?

Answer B Like it or not, you have to use them.

Analysis at the beginning of the conversation , the lady mentioned There's only one railway system, if you don't like a particular railway, you can't go and use another. Either way you have to use it. So choose B.

23. What do some people who write to the man complain about?

Answer D The monopoly of British Railways.

The monopoly was mentioned in the analysis dialogue, The railroad is a monopoly, so choose D. None of the other options are covered.

24. What does the man say threatens the existence of railways?

Answer B Competition from other modes of transport.

The modes of transport in the parsing dialogue are all around corresponds to option B.

25. What does the man say about railways in other countries?

Answer D They lose a lot of money.

Analysis of men’s ethics and law Take the National Railways as an example. The railways suffer huge losses every year. Therefore choose D. Disappearing in option B is only the case in the United States.

Article analysis:

This article is a geographical science article, which is a bit difficult. The key is to grasp some proper nouns. The article begins by pointing out that the main threat posed by global warming is the melting of polar ice caps, and provides corresponding facts and data to prove it. Then there are more examples showing that Antarctica's ice sheet has collapsed at least once in the past 1.3 million years. Scholars and scientists from relevant institutions of higher learning have also used experiments to prove that West Antarctica was once a vast ocean. Finally, I quote Herman Engle heart, reminding us once again that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is likely to melt and disappear again.

In fact, according to common sense, if the listening passage is more difficult, the difficulty of the questions will be correspondingly reduced. So you don’t need to panic when you encounter this type of question. You can solve the questions by extracting key information, taking notes while listening, and using background knowledge. You should also pay attention to expanding your reading scope and increasing your knowledge. Articles about environmental protection and global warming are common, and candidates are required to pay enough attention to this aspect.

Difficult vocabulary

West Antarctic ice sheet West Antarctic ice sheet ice shelf ice shelf anchored fixed

fossil fossil microscopic marine plants marine microorganism geological geological

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26. What is one of the most frightening threats of global warming according to the passage?

Analysis C) Many coastal cities will be covered with water.

Details question. This question is not difficult. You can hear "raising sea level so much that coastal cities from New York to Los Angles to Shanghai will be flooded" from the beginning of listening, so choose option C.

27. What do scientists disagree on?

Analysis B) How unstable the West Antarctic ice sheet is.

Detail question. This question is not difficult. Pay attention to the key sentence "but Antarctic experts disagree strongly on just how unstable it is" to get the answer.

28. What is the latest information revealed about the West Antarctic ice sheet?

Analysis A) It collapsed at least once during the past 1.3 million years.

Detail questions. Pay attention to extracting the key information "new evidence reveals that all or most of the Antarctic ice sheet collapsed at least once during the past 1.3 million years" so choose option A.

29. What the scientists’ latest findings suggest?

Analysis A) The West Antarctic region was once an open ocean.

Detailed questions. Listening to the last example illustrates this point "which suggests that the region was once open ocean not solid ice", while the other options are not recent discoveries.

Passage Two

30 B) Whicher a deleted photo is immediately removed from the web.

At the beginning of the analysis listening, the author suggested that we try to delete the photos we uploaded Photo "Take a photo and upload it to Facebook, then after a day or so, note what the URL link to the picture is and then delete it." From this we can see that you should choose B.

31 B) The way they store data.

Analysis of "Why do "deleted" photos stick around so long? The problem relates to the way data is stored on large websites", It can be seen from this sentence that the reason why pictures cannot be deleted immediately is related to the way they are stored.

32 C) When the URL is reused.

Parse "In the case of Facebook, the company says data may hang around until the URL in question is reused", from this sentence It can be seen that only the URL will be deleted if it is used again.

Passage Three

33. A

Analysis: The corresponding sentence can be found in the original text of the first paragraph, that is, some iced coffees contain as many calories as a hot dinner.

34. B

Analysis: There is a corresponding sentence in the first paragraph of the original text, namely Better skip dinner or hit the gym afterwards.

35. C

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Analysis: In this sentence, "The WCRF has estimated that 19,000 cancers a year in Britain could be prevented...", the keyword prevented can tell that the answer is option C.

Section C

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37. tragic

38. commit

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40. scale

41. colleagues

42. accurate

43. averages

45. 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 everything 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.

Part Ⅳ

Reading Comprehension（Reading in Depth）

Section A

47.

Answer: feminine and weak

Analysis: The article mentions...because they believe that such feelings are feminine and imply weakness. To be filled in after to be, it should be converted into an adjective form.

48.

Answer: lose composure

Analysis: The article mentions that it may lead to a loss of composure. To use it after the subject, change loss into the verb lose.

49.

Answer: stress-related disorders

Explanation: The article mentions that it can contribute to stress-related disorders.

50.

Answer: their relationship with partners

Analysis: The article mentions...report lower relationship satisfaction as do their female partners. Therefore, we need to recombine here Convert expressions.

51.

Answer: aggressive

Analysis: The article mentions...into physical aggression or violence, and here the adjective of aggression must be used after become form.

52) A solve virtually all existing problems

Detailed questions. Seizing the time point "In the early 2oth century" we can know the answer from the first sentence "offer solutions to almost every problem". Choose option A.

53) D They realized that science and technology alone were no guarantee for a better world.

Inference question. It is easier for us to eliminate items A and C first. Item B is confusing. The key is to look at the option "the stability of a society depends heavily on humanistic study". If you look closely, you will find that it is too absolute. Social problems mainly rely on humanistic research? Obviously not very appropriate. We can also infer from the following sentence that choosing D is more appropriate.

"Two world wars and a Great Depression rocked the confidence of many people that scientific expertise alone could create a prosperous and ordered world."

54) C America is lagging behind in the STEMS disciplines.

Detail questions. Find the answer mainly in the second paragraph. From the last two sentences of the paragraph, "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." We can infer that option C is chosen. Options A and D are easier to eliminate. Do not choose option B, because in the article "India, China, Japan, and other regions seem to be seizing technological leadership." seem to indicates that these countries only have a trend, but have not yet had an overtaken.

55) A Insufficient funding.

Detail questions. We can find the answer in the third paragraph. From the information “…are seriously underfunded…” “Humanists are usually among the lowest-paid faculty members…” you can quickly tell that option A is the answer.

56) C Humanistic thinking helps cultivate and define our culture and values.

Detail questions. This question is not difficult. Why does the author focus so much on humanistic research? The other three items are very specific and not the focus. Only option C is applicable. And from the last sentence "But try to imagine our world as well without the remarkable works that have defined our culture and values." and the author's tone, we can be more sure that it is option C.

Part 2:

57. D. It will be some time before a new Einstein emerges.

Analysis: This question is for the first two sections. Answers A and C are easier to rule out. A says that Einstein pushed mathematics to a limit, and C says that no physicist will surpass Einstein in the next two hundred years. Both of these are obviously inconsistent with the main idea of ??the article. Answer B says that it takes an Einstein to establish a grand unified theory, which is excessive reasoning and too detailed. Answer D is the correct answer. The reason why many students dare not choose D is because some scientists believe that Einstein may not have been born yet or may still be a baby. They think that this may mean that Einstein already exists. But Einstein in this sentence means a great scientist, so choice D for this question is correct. Everyone agrees that it will take a certain amount of time for a great scientist like Einstein to appear.

58. B. His independent and abstract thinking

Analysis: B. His independent and abstract thinking ability. This paragraph summarizes the content of the middle part of the article. According to the context, the reason for Einstein's success cannot be said to be his talent in music, nor his hard work or his deep foundation in mathematics, so the answer is choice B.

59. D. They often go into fields yielding greater financial benefits.

Analysis: The correct answer is choice D. This article is asking about the situation of today's physicists. A said they lack analytical skills, B said they are good at dealing with practical problems, and C said they value publishing articles. These are all wrong options fabricated based on the details of the article. D is a summary of the content of the article. A large number of physicists have entered fields of more economic interest.

60. D. Nobody will read papers on apparently ridiculous theories.

Analysis: The correct answer is choice D. Combined with what Greene said, he said What an idea! He also said that it takes someone to bang their head against the wall to believe that a solution can be found! The description is quite absurd.

61. B. was little known in academic circles

Analysis: The correct answer is choice B, which means that Einstein is unknown in academic circles, which is the same as "by a" in the original text. virtual unknown" corresponds to. The confusing option is D, because the article mentions that Einstein's article was not accompanied by footnotes and citations. But option D means that Einstein did not understand the format of the paper, which is excessive reasoning.

Part Ⅴ

Cloze

62 B set out set out plans means making plans

63 D abandoning abandon giving up, once unshakeable orthodoxy It means that the practice that was once unshakable is now to be given up.

64 A with struggle with means struggle with..., preposition collocation, here it means trying to cope with the decline in advertising revenue and newspaper sales.

65 B intends intend to means intention..., from the following at the beginning of 2011, it can be seen that it has not been done yet, but only planned or intended to be done.

66 A exceeded means that users will be charged when they read more than a certain amount of articles per month.

67 A on is used with side. On the side of... means supporting...; standing on the side of....

68 D charge This word appears many times in the article, charge sb means charging someone.

69 C such as means an example. Taking London's Evening Standard as an example from the back, it can be seen that such as should be selected.

70 B free mentioned earlier abandon readership revenue, that is, giving up readership revenue. , it can be seen that it should be make print editions free.

71 C acknowledged means admission, which means that Arthur Sulzberger admitted that doing so was a gamble.

72 C bet is a bet. From the previous gamble, we know that bet should be chosen.

73 C circulation is the circulation volume. From the following quantity, we know that circulation should be selected.

74 A behind NYT ranks third, behind the Wall Street Journal and USA Today.

75 B While here expresses contrast, it can be seen from the context that NYT is different from other newspapers in the United States.

76 D claim claims, claims, here it means that NYT claims to be a national newspaper.

77 C maintains, operates, that is, NYT also operates 26 offices in other parts of the world.

78 A like It can be seen from the following that NYT, like other companies in the printing industry, has also been affected by the financial crisis, so choosing like means the same as...

79 D serious Serious. Examining the collocation of adjectives and nouns, it can be seen from the data below that serious economic losses have been suffered.

80 C suffered, suffer a loss, suffer a loss, common collocation.

81 D loan, as mentioned earlier, the company lost a lot of money, so it needed to borrow money from elsewhere to replenish funds.

Translated answer:

82. There is no denying that you ___________(the more careful, the better) in dealing with this matter.

Analysis: can never be too careful / can not be too careful

Explanation of test points This question tests the fixed combination of "the more careful, the better" and "it is never too...", that is, can never be too/can not be too + adj.

The precise interpretation of the original sentence is undeniable. The more carefully you handle this matter, the better.

83. Only when I reached my thirties ____________________ (I realized that reading cannot be neglected)

Analysis: did I realize that reading cannot be neglected

< p>did I realize that reading is unignorable

Test point explanation This question tests the partial inversion caused by only when. When only when is placed at the beginning of a sentence, use partial inversion of the main clause, that is, place the auxiliary verb in front of the subject. Only when introduces the tense of the sentence to the past tense (reached). In order to maintain the consistency of tenses, the auxiliary verb of the main clause uses did; pay attention to the use of passive voice, reading and neglect have a passive relationship. At the same time, the structure of be+adj can also be used.

Explanation of the original sentence It wasn’t until I was thirty that I realized that I couldn’t neglect reading.

84. Much ____________________ (to the researchers' surprise), the outcome of the experiment was far better than they had expected.

Analysis: to the researchers' surprise

Explanation of test points This question tests fixed collocations to one's surprise to make...surprise...

Explanation of the original sentence What surprised the researchers was that the experimental results were much better than they expected.

85. Oh, my, I can’t find my key; ____________________________ (I must have put it somewhere).

Analysis: I must have left / put it somewhere.

Explanation of test points: This question tests positive guesses about past events, that is, must have + past participle, leave and put are both placed meaning, but leave emphasizes forgetting in..., compared with put, leave is more in line with the meaning of the question.

Original sentence: Oh my god, I can't find the key. I must have left it somewhere.

86. I ____________________(would rather join you as a volunteer) than go to the beach for a holiday.

Analysis: would rather join you as a volunteer

Explanation of the test structure "I would rather... "I don't want to...", because the structure of "than go" already exists in the question stem, you can only use "would rather do rather than do".

Join... join sb

Explanation of the original sentence: I would rather join you as a volunteer than go on vacation at the beach