1、大學英語四六級-考試真題及參考答案之2023年12月大學英語六級考試真題及參考答案2023年12月英語六級考試真題及答案一、單項選擇題第1題： I have had my eyes tested and the report says that my _ is perfect. A) outlook C) horizon B) vision D) perspective 【正確答案】：B【參考解析】：無第2題： He was looking admiringly at the photograph published by Collins in _ with the Imperial Muse

2、um. A) collection C) collaboration B) connection D) combination 【正確答案】：C【參考解析】：無第3題： In those days, executives expected to spend most of their lives in the same firm and, unless they were dismissed for _, to retire at the age of 65. A) integrity C) incompetence B) denial D) deduction 【正確答案】：C【參考解析】：

3、無第4題： Others viewed the findings with _, noting that a. cause-and-effect relationship between passive smoking and cancer remains to be shown. A) optimism C) caution B) passion D) deliberation 【正確答案】：C【參考解析】：無第5題： The 1986 Challenger space-shuttle _ was caused by unusually low temperatures immediatel

4、y before the launch. A) expedition C) dismay B) controversy D) disaster 【正確答案】：D【參考解析】：無第6題： When supply exceeds demand for any product, prices are _ to fall. A) timely C) subject B) simultaneous D) liable 【正確答案】：B【參考解析】：無第7題： The music aroused an _ feeling of homesickness in him. A) intentional C)

5、intense B) intermittent D) intrinsic 【正確答案】：C【參考解析】：無第8題： I bought an alarm clock with a(n) _ dial, which can be seen clearly in the dark. A) supersonic C) audible B) luminous D) amplified 【正確答案】：B【參考解析】：無第9題： The results are hardly _; he cannot believe they are accurate. A) credible C) critical B)

6、contrary D) crucial 【正確答案】：A【參考解析】：無第10題： This new laser printer is _ with all leading software. A) comparable C) compatible B) competitive D) cooperative 【正確答案】：C【參考解析】：無第11題： The ball _ two or three times before rolling down the slope. A) swayed C) hopped B) bounced D) darted 【正確答案】：B【參考解析】：無第12題：

7、 He raised his eyebrows and stuck his head forward and _ it in a single nod, a gesture boys .used then for O.K. when they were pleased. A) shrugged C) jerked B) tugged D) twisted 【正確答案】：C【參考解析】：無第13題： Many types of rock are _ from volcanoes as solid, fragmentary material. A) flung C) ejected B) prop

8、elled D) injected 【正確答案】：C【參考解析】：無第14題： With prices _ so much, it is difficult for the school to plan a budget. A) vibrating C) fluttering B) fluctuating D) swinging 【正確答案】：B【參考解析】：無第15題： The person who _ this type of approach for doing research deserves our praise. A) originated C) generated B) spe

9、culated D) manufactured 【正確答案】：A【參考解析】：無第16題： _ that the demand for power continues to rise at the current rate, it will not be long before traditional sources become inadequate. A) Concerning C) Assuming B) Ascertaining D) Regarding 【正確答案】：C【參考解析】：無第17題： Her jewelry _ under the spotlights and she b

10、ecame the dominant figure at the ball. A) glared C) blazed B) glittered D) dazzled 【正確答案】：B【參考解析】：無第18題： Connie was told that if she worked too hard, her health would _. A) deteriorate C) descend B) degrade D) decay 【正確答案】：A【參考解析】：無第19題： We find that some birds _ twice a year between hot and cold co

11、untries. A) transfer C) migrate B) commute D) emigrate 【正確答案】：C【參考解析】：無第20題： As visiting scholars, they willingly _ to the customs of the country they live in. A) submit C) subject B) conform D) commit 【正確答案】：B【參考解析】：無第21題： More than 85 percent of French Canadas population speaks French as a mother

12、tongue and _ to the Roman Catholic faith. A) caters C) ascribes B) adheres D) subscribes 【正確答案】：B【參考解析】：無第22題： The professor found himself constantly _ the question: “How could anyone do these things? A) presiding C) pondering B) poring D) presuming 【正確答案】：C【參考解析】：無第23題： Weeks _ before anyone was ar

13、rested in connection with the bank robbery. A) terminated C) overlapped B) elapsed D) expired 【正確答案】：B【參考解析】：無第24題： In order to prevent stress from being set up in the metal, expansion joints are fitted which _ the stress by allowing the pipe to expand or contract freely. A) relieve C) reclaim B) re

14、concile D) rectify 【正確答案】：A【參考解析】：無第25題： How much of your countrys electrical supply is _ from water power? A) deduced C) derived B) detached D) declined 【正確答案】：C【參考解析】：無第26題： She had recently left a job and had helped herself to copies of the companys client data, which she intended to _ in startin

15、g her own business. A) dwell on C) base on B) come upon D) draw upon 【正確答案】：D【參考解析】：無第27題： The glass vessels should be handled most carefully since they are _. A) intricate C) subtle B) fragile D) crisp 【正確答案】：B【參考解析】：無第28題： Hill slopes are cleared of forests to make way for crops, but this only _ t

16、he crisis. A) accelerates C) ascends B) prevails D) precedes 【正確答案】：A【參考解析】：無第29題： He blew out the candle and _ his way to the door. A) converged C) strove B) groped D) wrenched 【正確答案】：B【參考解析】：無第30題： Often such arguments have the effect of _ rather than clarifying the issues involved. A) obscuring C

17、) tackling B) prejudicing D) blocking 【正確答案】：A【參考解析】：無二、閱讀理解第31題：Bill Gates, the billionaire Microsoft chairman without a single earned university degree, is by his success raising new doubts about the worth of the business worlds favorite academic title: the MBA (Master of Business Administration).

18、 The MBA, a 20th-century product, always has borne the mark of lowly commerce and greed (貪婪) on the tree-lined campuses ruled by purer disciplines such as philosophy and literature. But even with the recession apparently cutting into the hiring of business school graduates, about 79,000 people are e

19、xpected to receive MBAs in 1993. This is nearly 16 times the number of business graduates in 1960, a testimony to the widespread assumption that the MBA is vital for young men and women who want to run companies some day. “If you are going into the corporate world it is still a disadvantage not to h

20、ave one, said Donald Morrison, professor of marketing and management science. “But in the last five years or so, when someone says, Should I attempt to get an MBA, the answer a lot more is: It depends. The success of Bill Gates and other non-MBAs, such as the late Sam Walton of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.,

21、 has helped inspire self-conscious debates on business school campuses over the worth of a business degree and whether management skills can be taught. The Harvard Business Review printed a lively, fictional exchange of letters to dramatize complaints about business degree holders. The article calle

22、d MBA hires “extremely disappointing and said “MBAs want to move up too fast, they dont understand politics and people, and they arent able to function as part of a team until their third year. But by then, theyre out looking for other jobs. The problem, most participants in the debate acknowledge,

23、is that the MBA has acquired an aura (光環(huán)) of future fiches and power far beyond its actual importance and usefulness. Enrollment in business schools exploded in the 1970s and 1980s and created the assumption that no one who pursued a business career could do without one. The growth was fueled by a b

24、acklash (反沖) against the anti-business values of the 1960s and by the womens movement. Business people who have hired or worked with MBAs say those with the degrees often know how to analyze systems but are not so skillful at motivating people. “They dont get a lot of grounding in the people side of

25、 the business, said James Shaffer, vice-president and principal of the Towers Per-fin management consulting firm. 1. According to Paragraph 2, what is the general attitude towards business on campuses dominated by purer disciplines? A) Scornful C) Envious. B) Appreciative. D) Realistic. 2. It seems

26、that the controversy over the value of MBA degrees has been fueled mainly by _. A) the complaints from various employers B) the success of many non-MBAs C) the criticism from the scientists of purer disciplines D) the poor performance of MBAs at work 3. What is the major weakness of MBA holders acco

27、rding to The Harvard Business Review? A) They are usually serf-centered. B) They are aggressive and greedy. C) They keep complaining about their jobs. D) They are not good at dealing with people. 4. From the passage we know that most MBAs _. A) can climb the corporate ladder fairly quickly B) quit t

28、heir jobs once they are familiar with their workmates C) receive salaries that do not match their professional training D) cherish unrealistic expectations about their future 5. What is the passage mainly about? A) Why there is an increased enrollment in MBA programs. B) The necessity of reforming M

29、BA programs in business schools. C) Doubts about the worth of holding an MBA degree. D) A debate held recently on university campuses. 1小題、【正確答案】：A2小題、【正確答案】：B3小題、【正確答案】：D4小題、【正確答案】：D5小題、【正確答案】：C【參考解析】：無第32題：German Chancellor (首相) Otto Von Bismarck may be most famous for his military and diplomatic

30、talent, but his legacy (遺產(chǎn)) includes many of todays social insurance programs. During the middle of the 19th century, Germany, along with other European nations, experienced an unprecedented rash of workplace deaths and accidents as a result of growing industrialization. Motivated in part by Christi

31、an compassion (憐憫) for the helpless as well as a practical political impulse to undercut the support of the socialist labor movement, Chancellor Bismarck created the worlds first workers compensation law in 1884. By 1908, the United States was the only industrial nation in the world that lacked work

32、ers compensation insurance. Americas injured workers could sue for damages in a court of law, but they still faced a number of tough legal barriers. For example, employees had to prove that their injuries directly resulted from employer negligence and that they themselves were ignorant about potenti

33、al hazards in the workplace. The first state workers compensation law in this country passed in 1911, and the program soon spread throughout the nation. After World War II, benefit payments to American workers did not keep up with the cost of living. In fact, real benefit levels were lower in the 19

34、70s than they were in the 1940s, and in most states the maximum benefit was below the poverty level for a family of four. In 1970, President Richard Nixon set up a national commission to study the problems of workers compensation. Two years later, the commission issued 19 key recommendations, includ

35、ing one that called for increasing compensation benefit levels to 100 percent of the states average weekly wages. In fact, the average compensation benefit in America has climbed from 55 percent of the states average weekly wages in 1972 to 97 percent today. But, as most studies show, every 10 perce

36、nt increase in compensation benefits results in a 5 percent increase in the numbers of workers who file for claims. And with so much more money floating in the workers compensation system, its not surprising that doctors and lawyers have helped themselves to a large slice of the growing pie. 1. The

37、worlds first workers compensation law was introduced by Bismarck _. A) to make industrial production safer B) to speed up the pace of industrialization C) out of religious and political considerations D) for fear of losing the support of the socialist labor movement 2. We learn from the passage that

38、 the process of industrialization in Europe _. A) Was accompanied by an increased number of workshop accidents B) resulted in the development of popular social insurance programs C) required workers to be aware of the potential dangers at the workplace D) met growing resistance from laborers working

39、 at machines 3. One of the problems the American injured workers faced in getting compensation in the early 19th century was that _. A) they had to have the courage to sue for damages in a court of law B) different sums in the U.S. had totally different compensation programs C) Americas average comp

40、ensation benefit was much lower than the cost of living D) they had to produce evidence that their employers were responsible for the accident 4. After 1972 workers compensation insurance in the U.S. became more favorable to workers so that _. A) the poverty level for a family of four went up drasti

41、cally B) there were fewer legal barriers when they filed for claims C) the number of workers suing for damages increased D) more money was allocated to their compensation system 5. The author ends the passage with the implication that _. A) compensation benefits in America are soaring to new heights

42、 B) the workers are not the only ones to benefit from the compensation system C) people from all walks of life can benefit from the compensation system D) money floating in the compensation system is a huge drain on the U.S. economy1小題、【正確答案】：C2小題、【正確答案】：A3小題、【正確答案】：D4小題、【正確答案】：C5小題、【正確答案】：B【參考解析】：無

43、第33題：When school officials in Kalkaska, Michigan, closed classes last week, the media flocked to the story, portraying the towns 2,305 students as victims of stingy (吝嗇的) taxpayers. There is some truth to that; the property-tax rate here is one-third lower than the state average. But shutting their

44、schools also allowed Kalkaskas educators and the states largest teachers union, the Michigan Education Association, to make a political point. Their aim was to spur passage of legislation Michigan lawmakers are debating to increase the states share of school funding. It was no coincidence that Kalka

45、ska shut its schools two weeks after residents rejected a 28 percent property-tax increase. The school board argued that without the increase it lacked the $1.5 million needed to keep schools open. But the school system had not done all it could to keep the schools open. Officials declined to borrow

46、 against next ears state aid, they refused to trim extracurricular activities and they did not consider seeking a smaller-perhaps more acceptable-tax increase. In fact, closing early is costing Kalkaska a significant amount, including $600,000 in unemployment payments to teachers and staff and $250,

47、000 in lost state aid. In February, the school system promised teachers and staff two months of retirement payments in case schools closed early, a deal that will cost the district $275,000 more. Other signs suggest school authorities were at least as eager to make a political statement as to keep s

48、chools open. The Michigan Education Association hired a public relations firm to stage a rally marking the school closings, which attracted 14 local and national television stations and networks. The president of the National Education Association, the MEAs parent organization, flew from Washington,

49、 D. C., for the event. And the union tutored school officials in the art of television interviews. School supervisor Doyle Disbrow acknowledges the district could have kept schools open by cutting programs but denies the moves were politically motivated. Michigan lawmakers have reacted angrily to th

50、e closings. The state Senate has already voted to put the system into receivership (破產(chǎn)管理) and reopen schools immediately; the Michigan House plans to consider the bill this week. 1. We learn from the passage that schools in Kalkaska, Michigan, are funded _. A) by both the local and state governments

51、 B) exclusively by the local government C) mainly by the state government D) by the National Education Association 2. One of the pumoses for which school officials closed classes was _. A) to avoid paying retirement benefits to teachers and staff B) to draw the attention of local taxpayers to politi

52、cal issues C) to make the financial difficulties of their teachers and staff known to the public D) to pressure Michigan lawmakers into increasing state funds for local schools 3. The author seems to disapprove of _. A) the Michigan lawmakers endless debating B) the shutting of schools in Kalkaska C

53、) the involvement of the mass media D) delaying the passage of the school funding legislation 4. We learn from the passage that school authorities in Kalkaska are more concerned about _. A) a raise in the property-tax rate in Michigan B) reopening the schools there immediately C) the attitude of the

54、 MEAs parent organization D) making a political issue of the closing of the schools 5. According to the passage, the closing of the schools developed into a crisis because of _. A) the complexity of the problem B) the political motives on the part of the educators C) the weak response of the state o

55、fficials D) the strong protest on the part of the students parents 1小題、【正確答案】：A2小題、【正確答案】：D3小題、【正確答案】：B4小題、【正確答案】：D5小題、【正確答案】：B【參考解析】：無第34題：Early in the age of affluence (富裕) that followed World War 12, an American retailing analyst named Victor Lebow proclaimed, “Our enormously productive economy .

56、 demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we convert the buying and use of goods into rituals, that we seek our spiritual satisfaction, our ego satisfaction, in consumption. . We need things consumed, burned up, worn out, replaced and discarded at an ever increasing rate. Americans hav

57、e responded to Lebows call, and much of the world has followed. Consumption has become a central pillar of life in industrial lands and is even embedded in social values. Opinion surveys in the worlds two largest economies-Japan and the United Sates - show consumerist definitions of success becoming

58、 ever more prevalent. Overconsumption by the worlds fortunate is an environmental problem unmatched in severity by anything but perhaps population growth. Their surging exploitation of resources threatens to exhaust or unalterably spoil forests, soils, water, air and climate. Ironically, high consum

59、ption may be a mixed blessing in human terms, too. The time-honored values of integrity of character, good work, friendship, family and community have often been sacrificed in the rush to riches. Thus many in the industrial lands have a sense that their world of plenty is somehow hollow-that, misled

60、 by a consumerist culture, they have been fruitlessly attempting to satisfy what are essentially social, psychological and spiritual needs with material things. Of course, the opposite of overconsumption-poverty-is no solution to either environmental or human problems. It is infinitely worse for peo