20186月大学英语六级第二套真题试题及答案解析

D)They conducted a thorough research on advertising. 【答案】A

【解析】听力材料中提到，说话者的学生去年花了一周的时间研究他们自己的购买行为，并且对从商店到他们与零售银行和手机提供商之间的关系做了详细的分析。故选A。

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard. 19. A) It is helping its banks to improve efficiency. B)It is trying hard to do away with dirty money. C)It is the first country to use credit cards in the world. D)It is likely to give up paper money in the near future. 【答案】D

【解析】题目是问从听力中我们对瑞典有何了解。听力材料开头提到，瑞典是第一个印刷和使用纸币的欧洲国家，但是它可能很快将不再使用纸币。D选项符合题意。故选D。

20. A) Whether it is possible to travel without carrying any physical currency. B)Whether it is possible to predict how much money one is going to spend. C)Whether the absence of physical currency causes a person to spend more. D)Whether the absence of physical currency is going to affect everyday life. 【答案】C

【解析】听力材料中提到，克莱尔?贝瑞塔想查明没有纸币是否确实会导致一个人花更多的钱，因此她几个月前决定做一项实验。故选C。

21. A) There was no food service on the train. B) The service on the train was not good. C)The restaurant car accepted cash only. D) The cash in her handbag was missing. 【答案】C

【解析】听力材料中提到，克莱尔?贝瑞塔在实验期间坐了一次火车。在途中，有一项通告告诉人们餐车目前不接受信用卡支付。因为很多乘客旅行中没有带现金， 所以火车上有很多抱怨。由此可知，火车上的餐车只接受现金支付。故选C。

22. A) By putting money into envelopes. B)By drawing money week by week.

C)By limiting their day-to-day spending. D)By refusing to buy anything on credit. 【答案】A

【解析】听力材料中提到，贝瑞塔说她的父母年轻的时候常把钱放进信封里来做预算。当他们拿到工资后，他们便立马把现金分为几份放进信封，这样他们就能知道每周有多少钱。故选A。

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard. 23. A) Population explosion. B)Chronic hunger.

C)Extinction of rare species. D)Environmental deterioration. 【答案】B

【解析】听力材料中提到，说话者想要告诉我们人类人口的过去、现在和将来，并且用几个问题作为开场。第一个问题就是：现在有十亿人长期处于饥饿状态，这意味着他们醒来后感觉俄，一整天都感觉饿，睡觉的时候也感觉饿。故选B。

24. A) They contribute to overpopulation. B)About half of them are unintended. C)They have been brought under control. D)The majority of them tend to end halfway. 【答案】B

【解析】听力材料中提到，有2000—2500万不识字的女人在生育上没有得到她们想要的控制。这一问题不只在发展中国家有，全球有近五成的怀孕是出于意外。故选B。

25. A) It is essential to the wellbeing of all species on earth. B)It is becoming a subject of interdisciplinary research. C)It is neglected in many of the developing countries. D)It is beginning to attract postgraduates’ attention. 【答案】A

【解析】听力材料中提到，人口统计学不仅关乎人类的种群，也关乎于非人类种群，还包括无生命的对象。它是一种干预真实世界更明智、更有效的方法。它不仅能够提高你自己的福祉，同样重要的是，它还能够提高你自己和周围的人

以及与我们共享地球的其 他物种的福祉。由此可知，人口统计学对地球上所有物种来说都是必要的。故选A。

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Section A

Reading Comprehension (40

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices, Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.

Let’s all stop judging people who talk to themselves. New research says that those who can’t seem to

keep their inner monologues (独白）in are actually more likely to stay on task, remain (26)_______betterand show improved perception capabilities. Not bad, really, for some extra muttering.

According to a series of experiments published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

by professors Gary Lupyan and Daniel Swignley, the act of using verbal clues to (27)_______mentalpictures helps people function quicker.

In one experiment, they showed pictures of various objects to twenty (28)

_______;andasked them

to find just one of those, a banana. Half were (29)_______to repeat out loud what

they were looking forand the other half kept their lips (30)_______Those who talked to themselves found the banana slightlyfaster than those who didn’t, the researchers say. In other experiments, Lupyan and Swignley found that(31)_______the name of a common product when on the hunt for it helped quicken someone’s pace，buttalking about uncommon items showed no advantage and slowed you down.

Common research has long held that talking themselves through a task helps children learn, although

doing so when you’ve (32)_______matured is not a great sign of (33)_______. The two professors hope

to refute that idea, (34)_______that just as when kids walk themselves through a process, adults canbenefit from using language not just to communicate, but also to help “augment thinking”.

Of course, you are still encouraged to keep the talking at library tones and, whatever you do, keep theinformation you share simple, like a grocery list. At any (35)_______，there’s still such a thing as too much information.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

A) apparently B) arrogance F) focused G) incur C) brilliance H) instructed M) uttering D) claiming I) obscurely N) volume E) dedicated J) sealed 0) volunteers K) spectators L) trigger

26.【解析】L。空格前是形容词no,空格后是名词gains，所以此空应该填入一个形容词。根据句意，选项中只有significant符合句意。have made no significant gains意为“未能取得显著提升”。故选L。

27.【解析】F。空格前是不定式to，空格后是名词词组the high cost,所以此空应该填入一个动词原形。根据句意，动词原形中只有justify符合句意。故选F。

28.【解析】E。空格前是has fallen，空格后是时间状语in the last 5-6 years，本句是现在完成时且不缺句子成分，所以此空应该填入一个副词。根据句意，选

项中只有drastically符合句意。故选E。

29.【解析】D。空格前是动词remain，空格后是that引导的表语从句，所以此空应该填入一个形容词。根据句意，选项中只有doubtful符合句意。故选D。

30.【解析】H。双引号前是不定冠词a，所以此空应填入一个名词。根据句意，选项中只有outcome符合句意。故选H。

31.【解析】O。空格前是动词use，空格后是名词metrics，所以此空应该填入一个形容词或名词。根据句意，选项中只有standardized符合句意。故选O。

32.【解析】B。空格前是副词mostly，空格后是名词词组earlier studies，由空格所在小分句开头的and以及本句主语the actual results可知，此空应该填入一个动词原形。根据句意，选项中只有confirm符合句意。故选B。

33.【解析】K。空格前是形容词global，空格后是介词调组for excellence in teaching，所以此空应该填入一个名词。根据句意，选项中只有reputation符合句意。故选K。

34.【解析】C。空格前是系动词are,空格后是名词词组advanced thinking skills,所以此空应该填入一个动词，构成现在进行时。根据句意，“基于知识的学位仍然很重要，但雇主要求大学毕业生具备较强的思维能力。” 选项中只有demanding (要求；查问）符合句意。demand from为固定搭配，意为“向 要求”。故选C。

35.【解析】A。空格前是系动词be，空格后是动词的被动语态measured，所以此空应该填入一个副词，以修饰measured。根据句意，选项中只有accurately符合句意。故选A。

Section B

Directions: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 paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.