2011年12月英語(yǔ)六級(jí)沖刺預(yù)測(cè)試題及答案(1)

　　Passage Two

　　【29】In western culture music is regarded as good by birth, and sounds that are welcome are said to be "music to the ears". In some other cultures for example, Islamic culture——it is of low value, associated with sin and evil. In the West and in the high cultures of Asia, it is said that there are three types of music. First, 【30】classical music, composed and performed by trained professionals originally under the support of courts and religious establishments; second, folk music, shared by the population at large and passed on orally; and third, 【30】popular music, performed by professionals, spread through radio, television, records, films, and print, and consumed by the urban mass public.

　　Music is a major component in religious services, theatre, and entertainment of all sorts. 【31】The most universal use of music is as a part of religious ritual. Another less obvious function of music is social adherence. Music also symbolizes military, patriotic and funeral moods and events. In a more general sense, music may express the central social values of a society. In western music, the interrelationship of conductor and orchestra symbolizes the need for strong cooperation among various kinds of specialists in a modern industrial society.

　　Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you've just heard.

　　29. In what culture is music regarded as good by birth?

　　30. Which of the following is performed by professionals?

　　31. According to the passage, what is the most universal use of music?

　　29. 答案C

　　解析：根據(jù)選項(xiàng)，考生要特別判斷音樂(lè)在不同文化中的地位。聽(tīng)力一開(kāi)始，就說(shuō)在西方文化中，音樂(lè)地位很高，而在Islamic(伊斯蘭)文化中，音樂(lè)價(jià)值很低，所以C為正確選項(xiàng)。

　　答案B

　　解析：根據(jù)選項(xiàng)，考生要關(guān)注不同音樂(lè)形式之間的異同。聽(tīng)力接下來(lái)講到三種音樂(lè)形式，古典音樂(lè)是有專業(yè)人士譜曲演奏，民間音樂(lè)卻在人民大眾之間分享，而流行音樂(lè)也是由專業(yè)人員表演。從中，考生可以總結(jié)，古典音樂(lè)和流行音樂(lè)都是由專業(yè)人士制作。

　　答案D

　　解析：考生已經(jīng)確定本篇聽(tīng)力的主題是音樂(lè)，所以從選項(xiàng)中可以推測(cè)問(wèn)題是關(guān)于音樂(lè)的功能。聽(tīng)力第二段一開(kāi)始，講到音樂(lè)最普遍的功能是宗教儀式的一部分。選項(xiàng)A、B、C都是音樂(lè)的功能，卻不是本篇聽(tīng)力認(rèn)為的the most universal use of music。

　　Passage Three

　　William Shakespeare was christened in the market town of Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, 【32】on April 26, 1564; traditionally; his actual birthday was three days earlier, on St. George's day, the same day as his death fifty-two years later. His father, John, was a respected middle-class trader, and his mother, Mary Arden, came from a family of local landowners. It seems probable that young William received a fair education (for his day) at the local Grammar School; 【33】at the age of eighteen he married a girl eight years older than himself, Anne Hathaway, who gave him a child the following year and twins in 1585. Little else is known of his early life, and so we cannot tell what made him decide to leave Stratford in 1586 for London, where he stayed until 1611. 【34】In London he must soon have attracted attention, because by 1592 he was a popular enough writer and actor to be laughed at by an older dramatist as an uneducated Jack of all trades. He is mentioned as being among the principal actors of the city as early as 1598, and 【35】in 1599 we find that he is a member of the company running the Globe Theater, with one-tenth interest in the profits—showing a business sense rarely seen in his fellow writers. His popularity is indicated by the fact that not only were his own plays published under his name, which was a rare procedure in his day, but also plays by others are to be found attributed to him, as if to indicate that his name alone would promise a good sale.

　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you've just heard.

　　32. When did William Shakespeare die?

　　33. When did Shakespeare and his wife have their first child?

　　34. Which one can we infer from the article?

　　35. Which of the following is true?

　　32.答案D

　　解析：選項(xiàng)是時(shí)間，考生要注意聽(tīng)力篇章中不同時(shí)間的表達(dá)�？忌�如果了解Shakespeare，可能知道他去世的時(shí)間。如果不知道，聽(tīng)力一開(kāi)始說(shuō)他洗禮的時(shí)間是1564年4月26日，比他生日晚三天。52年后他去世的日子和真正的生日同一天，由此可以推斷他死于1616年4月23日。

　　33.答案C

　　解析：選項(xiàng)依然是關(guān)于時(shí)間。聽(tīng)力篇章中間講，Shakespeare在18歲的時(shí)候娶妻，第二年生子。因此他們第一個(gè)小孩出生在1583年。

　　34.答案C

　　解析：選項(xiàng)是人們對(duì)Shakespeare的了解。聽(tīng)力篇章中間講，在倫敦，他很快就引起了大家的關(guān)注。選項(xiàng)A是個(gè)干擾項(xiàng)，人們對(duì)Shakespeare早期的生活是有所了解，雖然了解的不多。

　　35.答案B

　　解析：選項(xiàng)討論Shakespeare是否有經(jīng)濟(jì)頭腦。聽(tīng)力篇章靠后講，Shakespeare經(jīng)營(yíng)the Globe Theater，擁有十分之一的利潤(rùn)，這表明他很有經(jīng)濟(jì)頭腦。

　　Section C

　　36.答案handle

　　解析：在情態(tài)動(dòng)詞can的后面需要用動(dòng)詞原型。handle是個(gè)比較常用的動(dòng)詞，意為“處理，解決”。

　　37.答案extension

　　解析：在定冠詞the的后面，需要用名詞。extension是動(dòng)詞extend的名詞形式，表示“擴(kuò)充，擴(kuò)張”。考生要注意，后綴是-sion，并非-tion。

　　38.答案communication

　　解析：在動(dòng)詞create和名詞problems之間，應(yīng)該是對(duì)problems的修飾，解釋說(shuō)明什么樣的問(wèn)題。communication是個(gè)常見(jiàn)的名詞，在這里意為“交通”。

　　39.答案proposal

　　解析：不定冠詞a的后面應(yīng)該使用可數(shù)名詞，再加上后面的動(dòng)詞put forward，考生可以推測(cè)缺少的名詞是關(guān)于“建議，提議”的，proposal是propose的名詞，以-al結(jié)尾。

　　40.答案relieve

　　解析：help to do sth.的結(jié)構(gòu)讓考生判斷空白處可能是個(gè)動(dòng)詞。根據(jù)上下文，這個(gè)提議是幫助緩解交通阻塞問(wèn)題的。動(dòng)詞relieve表示“緩解壓力”，考生要注意relief是名詞，此處要用動(dòng)詞。

　　41.答案involves

　　解析：此處有主語(yǔ)，有賓語(yǔ)，缺少謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。主語(yǔ)是個(gè)單數(shù)，所以考生要注意動(dòng)詞involve后面要加上表示第三人稱單數(shù)的-s。

　　42.答案comparatively

　　解析：根據(jù)語(yǔ)法，本空是個(gè)副詞來(lái)修飾后面的little。comparatively是個(gè)比較常用的副詞，“比較地，相對(duì)地”。

　　43.答案remaining

　　解析：本空是個(gè)后置定語(yǔ)，用來(lái)修飾前面的名詞problem。Remain是個(gè)不及物動(dòng)詞，用-ing形式表示“遺留的，仍然存在的”。

　　44.答案There has been so much publicity in recent years regarding the high level of noise near airports

　　解析：空白處之后的一句話講，在城鎮(zhèn)建立新機(jī)場(chǎng)，政府可能會(huì)遇到相當(dāng)大的阻力，那前半句應(yīng)該是“對(duì)這個(gè)問(wèn)題爭(zhēng)論了很久”。此句中需要注意的詞匯：publicity，regarding。

　　45.答案 The fact remains that increasing numbers of people want to travel by air and will accept somewhat slower flights

　　解析：空白處是在后面特定條件下的某種結(jié)果。如果市中心有方便的機(jī)場(chǎng)，將會(huì)出現(xiàn)怎樣的結(jié)果?此句中需要注意的詞匯：increasing，somewhat，slower(考生注意其中的比較級(jí))。

　　46.答案it's a question of compromise between the travelers and the local inhabitants.

　　解析：此句為文章的最后一句，表示最終的結(jié)果。此句中需要注意的詞匯：compromise，travelers，inhabitants�？忌�要注意其名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式。

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