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2010年12月六级真题和答案
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition titled To Clone Or Not to Clone. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese.
1. 对人进行克隆(Human Cloning)是一个具有争议的话题;
2. 有人认为克隆技术应该用来满足人类的一切需求;另一些人认为克隆人类是违反自然规律的，应该禁止。
3. 你对克隆人类的看法。
Therefore, we must be careful in choosing technologies to develop. The technology of human cloning will, among other things, bring ethical problems to our family, as a clone baby might be the father’s brother or the mother’s sister or the twin of any other member in the family.
Then our notion of family would be destroyed, and our society would be fundamentally changed. Scientist should think twice before they jump into research on cloning.
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled How Should Parents Help Children to Be Independent? You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below.
1. 目前不少父母为孩子包办一切
2. 为了让孩子独立, 父母应该……3. 总结
For one thing, more opportunities should be given to children to participate in different competitive and cooperative activities, for competition is one of effective ways to lead them to achieving outstanding accomplishments and cooperation can build trust between each other and help to bring long-term relationship among peers. For another, it is suggestive that children receive some outward-bounds, which are beneficial to kids' physical and emotional endurance, to inspire children's underlying potentials and shape their best character and consequently cultivate their awareness of independence.
In a nutshell, parents are supposed to be subject to the limitations of traditional concepts of raising a child; on the contrary, children ought to be offered more chances to explore as many as possible areas in their lives to find their optimal careers. Accordingly, the cultivation of the ability to be independent might be regarded as a basic education, which plays a crucial role in a child's all-round development.
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition titled Never Too Old to Learn. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese.
1. 什么是“活到老学到老”;
2. 举例说明“活到老学到老”的意义;
3. 作为大学生，我应该怎样做。
There are many examples to show that learning is never too late. Florence Ross, the respectable lady in the passage once I read, earned her doctorate at the age of 82. She did not complain about her age, and she made it!
I am lucky that I can study in college and receive good education now. But it doesn’t mean that my education will come to an end with a college diploma in hand. Many things are awaiting me to learn and to discover. I’ll make learning my life-long pursuit.
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition titled Lifelong Learning. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese.
1. 终生教育是必要的;
2. 人们继续学习是为了…
3. 继续学习的途径有很多，其中包括……
If you are busy with your work and have limited time, online programs may suit you. If you value people-to-people contact of a traditional class, night and weekend classes are set up for the people just like you. Whether your purpose is a certificate, or a higher degree, or some skills, there is always a program to meet your needs.
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition titled Opportunity and Success. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese.
1. 机遇的偶然性;
2. 机遇和成功的关系;
3. 上帝只会帮助有准备的人。
参考答案：
In our life, opportunities don’t come often. They often come quietly and pass by without being noticed. Some people complain that opportunities are few. They always admire those people who make a hit or succeed by seizing some opportunities. Owing to the contingency of opportunities, we should value and treat them with care. Everyone desires for success, but when it comes to the way to success, different people have different opinions. Some people think that opportunity is the first factor leading to success. Almost all successful people have come across some valuable opportunities. It should be noticed that opportunity won’t wait for you all the time. If we can’t notice and seize it, others do. The ways for different people to treat opportunities lead to different results. We must take advantage of opportunities when they come. That means we should be well-prepared all the time, then we can seize opportunities and achieve success. In my opinion, there are plenty of opportunities for everyone in the society, but not only those who are prepared adequately can make use of them. As the saying goes “God helps those who help themselves.” No matter whether there’s opportunity or not, what we should do is to work hard. Only in this way can we find and seize opportunity when it occurs.
1 2010 年 12 月大学英语六级考试真题（附听力原文） Part I Writing (30 minutes) Direction: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled My Views on University Ranking. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below. 1. 目前高校排名相当盛行; 2. 对于这种做法人们看法不一; 3. 在我看来 My Views on University Ranking Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. Into the Unknown The world has never seen population ageing before. Can it cope? Until the early 1990s nobody much thought about whole populations getting older. The UN had the foresight to convene a “world assembly on ageing” back in 1982, but that came and went. By 1994 the World 2 Bank had noticed that something big was happening. In a report entitled “Averting the Old Age Crisis”, it argued that pension arrangements in most countries were unsustainable. For the next ten years a succession of books, mainly by Americans, sounded the alarm. They had titles like Young vs Old, Gray Dawn and The Coming Generational Storm, and their message was blunt: health- care systems were heading for the rocks, pensioners were taking young people to the cleaners, and soon there would be intergenerational warfare. Since then the debate has become less emotional, not least because a lot more is known about the subject. Books, conferences and research papers have multiplied. International organisations such as the OECD and the EU issue regular reports. Population ageing is on every agenda, from G8 economic conferences to NATO summits. The World Economic Forum plans to consider the future of pensions and health care at its prestigious Davos conference early next year. The media, including this newspaper, are giving the subject extensive coverage. Whether all that attention has translated into sufficient action is another question. Governments in rich countries now accept that their pension and health-care promises will soon become unaffordable, and many of them have embarked on reforms, but so far only timidly. That is not surprising: politicians with an eye on the next election will hardly rush to introduce unpopular measures that may not bear fruit for years, 3 perhaps decades. The outline of the changes needed is clear. To avoid fiscal (财政) meltdown, public pensions and health-care provision will have to be reined back severely and taxes may have to go up. By far the most effective method to restra、in pension spending is to give people the opportunity to work longer, because it increases tax revenues and reduces spending on pensions at the same time. It may even keep them alive longer. John Rother, the AARPs head of policy and strategy, points to studies showing that other things being equal, 、people who remain at work have lower death rates than their retired peers. Younger people today mostly accept that they will have to work for longer and that their pensions will be less generous. Employers still need to be persuaded that older workers are worth holding on to. That may be because they have had plenty of younger ones to choose from, partly thanks to the post-war baby-boom and partly because over the past few decades many more women have entered the labour force, increas
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition titled Private Cars and Public Transport. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese.
1.私家车的优势
2.公共交通的优点
3.你更倾向于选择何种出行方式
参考答案：
Many people appreciate the conveniences and comforts provided by private cars. A private car enables a person to go where he wants, so that he can enjoy his leisure to the full by making trips to the country or seaside on the weekends, without any irritation caused by waiting for buses or trains. Public transport, on the other side, has attractions of its own. People can feel relaxed on a bus or on a subway train, because they don’t have to concentrate on driving. And if they use public transport, they will help to lessen air pollution and traffic jams. Moreover, it costs them less money and means more job opportunities for others. As far as I am concerned, I hate the air pollution and traffic jams caused by cars. So given the chance, I would prefer public transport.
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on Renting an Apartment off Campus. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
1. 现在大学生在校外租房的现象很普遍
2. 这种现象产生的原因
3. 我的看法
参考答案：
Renting an Apartment off Campus Nowadays, an increasing number of college students would rather rent an apartment off campus than live in a dormitory. This phenomenon has raised considerable concern among parents and college faculties about living off campus, which is caused by the following reasons. To begin with, living conditions of an apartment off campus may be better than those of a dormitory. A rented apartment is often equipped with an independent washroom and a shower equipment which may be of great advantage over the school dormitory. In general, a typical dormitory often accomodates four or six, or even eight students and it is too crowded and noisy for those who prefer private space as well as quiet circumstances. In addition, instead of being regulated by dormitory rules, students may enjoy more freedom in a rented apartment. If college students intend to rent an apartment, I think they should give top priority to safety. It is important to make a survey of the surroundings first to ensure the security. Besides, when they tend to enjoy the freedom, they should have a better sense of self-control and make good use of their time.
How can we effectively prevent suicide among young people.First of all, death is not a day or two can be formed, so for parents, should be nurtured from an early age children open-minded character, to learn to face difficulties and setbacks, to let the child realize that difficulties and setbacks are not terrible, as long as we deal with it can be solved.Secondly, parents and social groups should respect children's self-esteem and self-confidence, let children participate in some public welfare activities, in the public welfare activities to feel love and happiness in life, learn to get along well with others, be kind to others.Finally, for some young people to prevent the role of the work unit is very big, each work unit should set up a youth psychological counseling center, actively carry out some public welfare, recreational activities, to promote the psychological development of young workers.
Part B
52. Directions:
A) Title: Globle Shortage of Fresh Water
B) Your composition should be based on the Outline given in Chinese below:
1. 人们认为淡水是取这不尽的；
2. 实际上淡水是短缺的；
3. 我们就当怎么办。
You should write about 200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET Ⅱ.
[考题分析]本题为提纲作文，要紧扣提纲。题目给出的提纲就是文章的框架，只需充实内容就可以了，要注意的是，自己的内容需包括提纲给出的条目，可以做增加，但千万不可弃之一边，自作主张，结果因为扣题不紧而失分。内容可以这样组织：首先简单陈述人们的观点，如：雨水，河水，井水；主题部分当然是分析实际情况，如：人口增加，工业用水增加，污染严重等；最后给出建议，如：节约用水，开发新水源等。注意运用however， nevertheless，on the contrary，in fact等转折词，以及表列举顺序的表达。
[参考范文]
Global Shortage of Fresh Water
People often think that water will never be used up. There is plenty of water, such as rain, water from the rivers and wefts.
It seems as ff water is always available around us and we never have to worry about water shortage. In fact water is rather limited on the earth. With the rapid increase of population and fast development of industries, water is more needed than before. At the same time, a large amount of water has been polluted and wasted every day. Some big cities in China are facing the problem of water short age already. There, water supply is controlled and industry has been restrained.
What should we do about the water shortage? I think, first, the people should be made aware of the real situation about the water. Everyone should consciously save on water and certain law should be made that no water will be polluted. We have to protect the existing water resources and develop new ones. In this way I believe that our cities will not be thirsty for water in the future.
Water shortage has become much more serious than before. According to the statistics. 2.2 billion people in 62 countries are facing the shortage of fresh water in the world; there is 300 million people in 26 countries are severely short of water. It is expected that other eight countries will join the 26 countries for severely lacking water in 2010 and 2.7 billion people around the world will face the problem of severe water short-age in 2025.
The chief reason for water shortage is the low efficiency of water using. As we can see, some water can be reused. For example, we can use the water that we have used to wash clothes, to rinse the toilet. As statistics show, one ton of water will be used while one ton of paper is produced. But with the use of recycled water, the consumption of water can be reduced to half ton. Obviously, with the use of recycled water, the water use efficiency will increase, thus a great lot of water can be saved. But unfortunately, in most of the countries, many companies, particularly in some industries that consume masses of water every day, such as paper making and steel making, haven’t built up their recycle system of water. Lots of water is directly drained without recycling everyday.
So how to build up more recycle system of water has become most pressing business that can solve the water shortage problem.
这是一篇问题解决型作文。要严格按照提纲中的三个要点来安排作文的结构。第一段首句引用已给出的句子直入主题，下面可用事实支持主题，可用一些数字使事实更具说服力，也可引用现实生活中的实例引起人们的共鸣；第二段具体分析产生水资源缺乏的原因；第三段针对以上原因提出解决问题的办法。
【闪光词汇】
reuse v. 重新使用，再利用
rinse v. 冲洗，冲掉
drain v. 排水；流干