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1、2015年6月英语六级真题及答案（第三套）PartIWriting(30minutes)Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessaycommentingonthesaying“youcannotdogreatthings,dosmallthingsinagreatway.Youcanciteexamplestoillustrateyourpointofview.Youshouldwriteatleast150wordsbutnomorethan200wordsPartIIListeningComprehension(30
2、minutes)说明：2014年12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完全一样，只是选项的顺序不一样而已，故在本套中不再重复给出。PartIIIReadingComprehension(40minutes)SectionADirections:Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcar
3、efullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.Questions36to45arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Innovation,theelixir(灵丹妙药)ofprogress,hasalwaysco
4、stpeopletheirjobs.IntheIndustrialRevolutionhandweaverswere36asidebythemechanicalloom.Overthepast30yearsthedigitalrevolutionhas37manyofthemid-skilljobsthatsupported20th-centurymiddle-classlife.Typists,ticketagents,banktellersandmanyproduction-Iinejobshavebeendispensedwith,justastheweaverswere.Forthos
5、ewhobelievethattechnologicalprogresshasmadetheworldabetterplace,suchdisruptionisanaturalpartofrising38.Althoughinnovationkillssomejobs,itcreatesnewandbetterones,asamore39societybecomesricheranditswealthierinhabitantsdemandmoregoodsandservices.AhundredyearsagooneinthreeAmericanworkerswas40onafarm.Tod
6、aylessthan2%ofthemproducefarmorefood.Themillionsfreedfromthelandwerenotrendered41,butfoundbetter-paidworkastheeconomygrewmoresophisticated.Todaythepoolofsecretarieshas42,butthereareevermorecomputerprogrammersandwebdesigners.Optimismremainstherightstarting-point,butforworkersthedislocatingeffectsofte
7、chnologymaymakethemselvesevidentfasterthanits43.Evenifnewjobsandwonderfulproductsemerge,intheshorttermincomegapswillwiden,causinghugesocialdislocationandperhapsevenchangingpolitics.Technology4willfeellikeatornado(旋风),hittingtherichworldfirst,but45sweepingthroughpoorercountriestoo.Nogovernmentisprepa
8、redforit.A.benefitsI)prosperityB.displacedJ)responsiveC.employedK)rhythmD.eventuallyL)sentimentsE)impactM)shrunkF)joblessN)sweptG)primarilyO)withdrawnH)productiveSectionBDirections:Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneofthepar
9、agraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.AnswerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2.A WhytheMonaLisaStandsOutHaveyoueverfallenforanovelandbeenamazednottofinditonlistsofgreatbooks?Orwalkedarou
10、ndasculpturerenownedasaclassic,strugglingtoseewhatthefussisabout?Ifso,youveprobablyponderedthequestionapsychologist,JamesCutting,askedhimself:Howdoesaworkofartcometobeconsideredgreat?Theintuitiveansweristhatsomeworksofartarejustgreat:ofintrinsicallysuperiorquality.Thepaintingsthatwinprimespotsingall
11、eries,gettaughtinclassesandreproducedinbooksaretheonesthathaveprovedtheirartisticvalueovertime.Ifyoucantseetheyresuperior,thatsyourproblem.Itasiintimidatinglyneatexplanation.Butsomesocialscientistshavebeenaskingawkwardquestionsofit,raisingthepossibilitythatartisticcanons(名作目录)arelittlemorethanfossil
12、isedhistoricalaccidents.Cutting,aprofessoratCornellUniversity,wonderedifapsychologicalmechanismknownasthe“meexposureeffect”playedaroleindecidingwhichpaintingsrisetothetopoftheculturalleague.Cuttingdesignedanexperimenttotesthishunch(直觉).Overalecturecourseheregularlyshowedundergraduatesworksofimpressi
13、onismfortwosecondsatatime.Someofthepaintingswerecanonical,includedinart-historybooks.Otherswerelesserknownbutofcomparablequality.Thesewereexposedfourtimesasoften.Afterwards,thestudentspreferredthemtothecanonicalworks,whileacontrolgroupofstudentslikedthecanonicalonesbest.Cuttingstudentshadgrowntolike
14、thosepaintingsmoresimplybecausetheyhadseenthemmore.B Cuttingbelieveshisexperimentoffersaclueastohowcanonsareformed.Hereproducedworksofimpressionismtodaytendtohavebeenboughtbyfiveorsixwealthyandinfluentialcollectorsinthelate19thcentury.Thepreferencesofthesemenbestowed(给予)prestigeoncertainworks,whichm
15、adetheworksmorelikelytobehungingalleriesandprintedincollections.Thefamepasseddowntheyears,gainingmomentumfrommereexposureasitdidso.Themorepeoplewereexposedto,themoretheylikedit,andthemoretheylikedit,themoreitappearedinbooks,onpostersandinbigexhibitions.Meanwhile,academicsandcriticscreatedsophisticat
16、edjustificationsforitspreeminence（卓越）.Afterall,itsnotjustthemasseswhotendtoratewhattheyseemoreoftenmorehighly.AscontemporaryartistslikeWarholandDamienHirsthavegrasped,criticspraiseisednetewpilnyed（交织）withpublicity.“Scholars”,Cuttingargues,“arenodifferentfromthepublicintheeffectsofmereexposure.”TheprocessdescribedbyCuttingevokesaprinciplethatthesociologistDuncanWattscalls“cumulativeadvantage”:onceathingbecomespopular,it
