新六级 大学英语六级考试新题型样卷答案

　　KEY

　　Part ⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

　　1. N 2. Y 3. NG 4. N

　　5. some older trees die

　　6. the canopy layer

　　7. kill the host tree

　　8. symbiotic

　　9. insects and birds／insects／birds／animals

　　10. an unknown planet

　　Part III Listening Comprehension

　　Section A

　　11. D 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. A

　　16. C 17. C 18. A 19. C 20. A

　　21. B 22. A 23. D 24. C 25. C

　　Section B

　　26. C 27. B 28. C 29. B 30. D

　　31. D 32. B 33. D 34. C 35. A

　　Section C

　　36. described 37. condemned 38. computing 39. association

　　40. civilized 41. pretending 42. press 43. unsurpassed

　　44. encouraged new ideas and free thinking in the young, and this was frightening to the conservatives

　　45. had the right to ask for a less severe penalty, and he probably could have persuaded the jury to change the verdict

　　46. So he calmly accepted his fate and drank a cup of poison in the presence of his grief-stricken friends and students

　　Part ⅣReading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

　　Section A

　　47. divorced from reality／unrealistic

　　48. The backbreaking labor of the working poor. /The bowed backs of the working poor.

　　49. (their)lack of skill/(their)low skill

　　50. much greater

　　51. Poor.

　　Section B

　　52. A 53. B 54. D 55. A 56. C

　　57. C 58. B 59. D 60. C 61. A

　　Part ⅤError Correction

　　The Seattle Times Company is one newspaper firm that

　　has recognized the need for change and done something

　　about it. In the newspaper industry, papers must reflect the

　　diversity of the communities to which they provide

　　information. It must reflect that diversity with their news ____They_____ 62

　　coverage or risk losing their readers' interest and their

　　advertisers' support. Operating within Seattle, which has 20

　　percents racial minorities, the paper has put into place ____percent____ 63

　　policies and procedures for hiring and maintain a diverse ___maintaining_ 64

　　workforce. The underlying reason for the change is that for

　　information to be fair, appropriate, and subjective, it should ____objective___ 65

　　be reported by the same kind of population that reads it.

　　A diversity committee composed of reporters, editors,

　　and photographers meets regularly to value the Seattle ____ evaluate __ 66

　　Times' content and to educate the rest of the newsroom staff

　　about diversity issues. In an addition, the paper instituted a ______/_______ 67

　　content audit (审查) that evaluates the frequency and

　　manner of representation of woman and people of color in _____women___ 68

　　photographs. Early audits showed that minorities were

　　pictured far too infrequently and were pictured with a

　　disproportionate number of negative articles. The audit has

　　resulted from improvement in the frequency of ______in_______ 69

　　majority representation and their portrayal in neutral or positive ___ minority 70

　　situations. And, with a result, the Seattle Times has ___as_______ 71

　　improved as a newspaper. The diversity training and content

　　audits helped the Seattle Times Company to win the

　　Personnel Journal Optimas Award for excellence in

　　managing change.

　　Pant ⅥTranslation

　　72. we sign the contract before the end of the month

　　73. adapted (herself) to campus life a month after entering college

　　74. of failure to fulfill its promise to reduce the unemployment rate

　　75. it very important to comply with／follow the safety regulations

　　76. had he tried to use the machine than it stopped working