《2014年12月英语六级真题(无听力)及答案详解》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《2014年12月英语六级真题(无听力)及答案详解（11页珍藏版）》请在金锄头文库上搜索。
1、2014年12月英语六级真题及答案PartIWriting Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayonthefollowingtopic.Youshouldwriteatleast180wordsbutnomorethan200words.作文题一：学历歧视 作文题二：科技与学习作文题三：学习没有捷径Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section AHis future subjects have not always treated the Princ
2、e of Wales with the respect one XXXX expect. They laughed aloud in 1986 when the heir to the British(36)_ told a TV reporter that he talked to his plants at his country house, Highgrove, to stimulate their growth. The Prince was being humorous- “My sense of humor will get me into trouble one day”, h
3、e said to his aids(随从)-but listening to Charles Windsor can indeed prove stimulating. The royal(37)_ has been promoting radical ideas for most of his adult life. Some of his(38)_, which once sounded a bit weird, were simply ahead of their time. Now, finally, the world seems to be catching up with hi
4、m.Take his views on farming. Prince Charles Duchy Home Farm went(39)_ back in 1986. When most shoppers cared only about the low price tag on suspiciously blemish-free(无瑕疵的) vegetables and(40)_ large chickens piled high in supermarkets.His warnings on climate change proved farsighted,too.Charles bega
5、n(41)_ action in warming in 1990 and says he has been worried about the(42)_ of man on the environment same be was a teenger. Although he was gradually gained international(43)_ as one of the worlds lending conservationists,many British people still think of him as an(34)_ person who talks to plants
6、.This year,as it happens,South Korean scientists proved that plants really do(45)_ to round.So Charles was ahead of the game there,too.A.conform B.eccentric C.environmentalist D.expeditions E.impact F.notions G.organic H.originally I.recognition J.respond K.subordinate L.suppressing M.throne N.unnat
7、urally O.urgingSection BDirections: In this section，you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each pa
8、ragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.High School Sports Arent Killing AcademicsA)In this months Atlantic cover article, “The Case Against High-School Sports,” Amanda Ripley argues that school-sponsored sports programs should be s
9、eriously cut. She writes that, unlike most countries that outperform the United States on international assessments, American schools put too much of an emphasis on athletics, “ Sports are embedded in American schools in a way they are not almost anywhere else,” she writes, “Yet this difference hard
10、ly ever comes up in domestic debates about Americas international mediocrity(平庸)in education.”B)American student-athletes reap many benefits from participating in sports, but the costs to the schools could outweigh their benefits, she argues, In particular, Ripley contends that sports crowd out the
11、academic missions of schools: America should learn from South Korea and Finland and every other country at the top level of international test scores, all of whom emphasize athletics far less in school. ”Even in eighth grade, American kids spend more than twice the time Korean kids spend playing spo
12、rts,” she writes, citing a 2010 study published in the Journal of Advanced Academics.C)It might well be true that sports are far more rooted in American high schools than in other countries. But our reading of international test scores finds no support for the argument against school athletics. Inde
13、ed, our own research and that of others lead us to make the opposite case. School-sponsored sports appear to provide benefits that seem to increase, not detract(减少)from, academic success.D)Ripley indulges a popular obsession(痴迷)with international test score comparisons, which show wide and frighteni
14、ng gaps between the United States and other countries. She ignores, however, the fact that states vary at least as much in test scores as do developed countries. A 2011 report from Harvard University shows that Massachusetts produces math scores comparable to South Korea and Finland, while Mississip
15、pi scores are closer to Trinidad and Tobago. Ripleys thesis about sports falls apart in light of this fact. Schools in Massachusetts provide sports programs while schools in Finland do not. Schools in Mississippi may love football while in Tobago interscholastic sports are nowhere near as prominent.
16、 Sports cannot explain these similarities in performance. They cant explain international differences either.E)If it is true that sports undermine the academic mission of American schools, we would expect to see a negative relationship between the commitment to athletics and academic achievement. However, the University of Arkansass D
