英语六级16年12月历年真题与预测试卷详解附赠2016第3套

1、2016 12 六（第三套PartWriting(30Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on invention. Your essay should include the importance of invention and measures to be taken encourage invention. You are required to write 200 words.east 150 words but no nTheImportanceof2016 12

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5、nsorabroad so as to (6) broaden their views. Moreover, the press ought to pay more attention t inventors,concerningandsupportingtheirproducts, （7）givingahandoncetheyareinneed.(2)Itgoeswithout(4)否定词 nor 放句首，使用倒桩。阐述具体建broadenonesview 意为“开阔眼界“givingahand”帮助Part （与第一套相同，故略(30Part Reading (40 hissection,

6、there sage withten s.Youarerequired to for each from list of given in a word following the Read the passage through carefully before making your . Each bis identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item Answer Sheet 2 single line through the centre. You may not use any of

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12、 的 ；J)notably 显著地，尤其；M)subsequently 随后，后【与】26D elsewhere开去空格位于动go 之后，据此判断可填入副词，由 and 可知，leave“开”go D)elsewhere“其他地方，别处”envelope之前，据此判断可填入形容词。envelope意为“信封”都隶属于气候的大范畴，由此判断，C以 as 引导的时间状语从句中，并且在主语 it 之后，据此判断应填入谓语动词，整个A长大，变老”物主代词 its 之后，据此判断可填入名词。envelope之前，据此判断可填入形容词。envelope意为“信封”都隶属于气候的大范畴，由此判断，C以 as

13、 引导的时间状语从句中，并且在主语 it 之后，据此判断应填入谓语动词，整个A长大，变老”物主代词 its 之后，据此判断可填入名词。根据句意可知K)offspring“子孙树和松树，就会完全依靠所谓的“会播种的寄宿伙伴”动词 rely on 之间，据此为E)exclusively“notably J）notably“显著地，尤其”habi s。考点：名词。句意：面对气候的变化，随着树的生长超出其理想的生长环境的适应限度idealAs引导的时间状语从句的宾选项中，只有 H)habi s“栖息地，生长环境”符合此处语法要求。L)replanting“重新种植” N)vulnerable“脆弱的，

14、易的符合此处语意。 当这种情况发生的时候，很多树，如核桃树、橡树和松树，就会完全依靠所谓的“种的寄宿伙伴”惠又有效，这也给脆弱的橡树和松树一个选择，让它们可以真正地“像树一样离开”Sectionhis section, you are going to sage with ten ements attached to Each sement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choos

15、e a paragraph more n once. Each paragraph is marked wiletter. Answer the questions by markingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheetTheAmericanWorkplaceIsBroken.HeresHow惠又有效，这也给脆弱的橡树和松树一个选择，让它们可以真正地“像树一样离开”Sectionhis section, you are going to sage with ten ements attached to Each sement contains informa

16、tion given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more n once. Each paragraph is marked wiletter. Answer the questions by markingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheetTheAmericanWorkplaceIsBroken.HeresHowWeCanStartFixingA. Amer

17、icans are working longer and harder n ever before. 83% of workers say stressed about their jobs, nearly 50% say work-related stress rsleep, 60% use their smartphones to check in with work outside of normal working hours. tonly13%ofemployeesworldwidefeelheirB. Glimmers (少许) of hope, however, are begi

18、nning to emerge in this bruising Americans ing aware of the toll their jobs take on them, and employers exploring ways to alleviate the harmful effects of stress and overwork. Yet ore remains to be done. To call stress demic isnt exaggeration. The 83% of employees who are stressed about their jobs u

19、p from 73 percent% just a year before t poor compensation and an unreasonable workload are their number-one stress.And ift the workplace had gotten more n it was just a decades ago, youre right. Stress levels increased 185 for women and 24% for men from to 2009.Stress is also starting r in life, wit

20、h some data t todays teens evenmoren C. Stress is taking a significant toll on our health, and the collective public health cost may enormous. Occupational stress increases the risk of aging tack and diabetes, accelerates ety, numerous other negative es. Overall, stress-problems account ing you,” up

21、 to 90% of hospital visits, many of the stressed,tired,rushedandshortonqualitytimewiththeirchildren,friendsandD. Seven in 10 workers say they struggle to ain work-life balance. As technology (and it, s) seeps (渗入o every aspect of our lives, work-life balance e almostmeaningless term.Add aly changing

22、 economy and anuncertain futuretothis connectivity, and youve got a recipe for overwork, according to Phyllis Moen.“Theres work demand coupled with the insecurity of mergers, takeovers, downsizing and factors,”Moensaid.“Partofthework-lifeehastotalkaboutyabouttheE. These factors have converged to cre

23、ate an increasingly sible situation with employees overworking to the of burnout. Its not only unsustainable for workers, also for the t employ them. Science has shown a clear correlation n stresslevelsinworkersandabsenteeism旷工reducedproductivitydisengagementandturnover. Too many workplace policies

24、effectively prohibit employees from healthywork-lifebalancebybarringthemfromtakingtimeoff,evenwhentheyneeditaThe U.S. trails far behind every wealthy nation and many family-friendly work policies including paid parental leave, paid sick days and breast-support, according to a 2007 study. The stressl

25、evelsinworkersandabsenteeism旷工reducedproductivitydisengagementandturnover. Too many workplace policies effectively prohibit employees from healthywork-lifebalancebybarringthemfromtakingtimeoff,evenwhentheyneeditaThe U.S. trails far behind every wealthy nation and many family-friendly work policies i

26、ncluding paid parental leave, paid sick days and breast-support, according to a 2007 study. The U.S. is also the only advanced t does guarantee workers paid vacation time, and its one of only two he t not offer guaranteed paid maternity leave. But even when employees are given paid time workplace no

27、rms and t re them to overwork often prevent them taking it. Full-time employees who do have paid vacation days only use half of them Our modern also operate based on antiquated time s. The practice clockingin for an eight-hour workday is a er from the days of the Industrial as he then-popular saying

28、, “Eight hours labor, eight hours recreation, eight Weve held on to this workday structure nks to our digital , many never really clock out. Today, the average American spends 8.8 hours at work each day, the majority of working als spend additional hours checking in with work kends and even vacation

29、s. The problem isnt the technology itself, t technology is being used to create more flexibility for the employer n the In a competitive work environment, employers are able to use technology to demand fromtheiremployeesnmotivatingworkerswithtbenefitsIn a study published last year, psychologists coi

30、ned the term re” describe an employees urge to y respond s and engage in s, colleagues or nts. ruminating thoughts about returning to researchers tre is a major cause of stress at work, which over contributes to physical and mental burnout. Of the 300 employees he those who experienced high levels r

31、e were more likely to agree with assessing burnout, like “I have no energy for going to work in the morning,” and to feeling fatigued and missing re was also correlated with ng poorly Harvard Business School professor to be always “on,” they find ways Perlow t when people feel the t re, including al

32、tering schedules, work habits eractionswith family andfriends. Perlowcalls this vicious the “cycle of responsiveness”: ses and colleagues experience an increased responsiveness, they increase their demands on the employees time. And because a failure to accept these increased demands indicates a lac

33、k of commitment to ones work, the employee comp s.K.To addressskyrocketing employee stress levels, many companieshave implemented wellness programs, partnering with health care t have created programs promote employee nd well-being. Some research does t these hold promise. A study of employees at he

34、alth insurance provider Aetna t roughlyone quarter of those who took in-office yoga and mindfulness classes reported a 28 heir stress levels and a 20% improvement in sleep quality. These less-workersgained ageof 62 minutes k of productivity. While yoga and (静思) are scientifically proven to tress lev

35、els, these programs do little root causes of burnout and disengagement. The conditions creating the stress are long unrealisticdemandsanddeadlines,andwork-.L. Moen and her colleagues may have found the solution. In a 2011 study, she investigated the effects of implementing a Results Only Work Enviro

36、nment (ROWE) on the productivity and well-being of employees at Best Buys corporate headquarters.M. For the study, workersgained ageof 62 minutes k of productivity. While yoga and (静思) are scientifically proven to tress levels, these programs do little root causes of burnout and disengagement. The c

37、onditions creating the stress are long unrealisticdemandsanddeadlines,andwork-.L. Moen and her colleagues may have found the solution. In a 2011 study, she investigated the effects of implementing a Results Only Work Environment (ROWE) on the productivity and well-being of employees at Best Buys cor

38、porate headquarters.M. For the study, 325 employees spent six months taking part in ROWE, while a control group 334 employees continued with their normal workflow. The articipants were to freely determine when, where andhowthey worked theonly t mattered tthey got the job done. The results were strik

39、ing. After six months, the employees participated in ROWE reported reduced work-and a better sense of control their time, and they were getting a full hour ofextra sleep each night.Theemployees were likely toleavetheirjobs, resulting in reduced turnover. Its important to t the flexibility didnt enco

40、urage them to work around the clock. “They didnt work anywhere the time they were betterable to manage their work,” Moen said. “Flexibility and control is key,” she continued.36.Workplacenormsreemployeestooverwork,deterringthemfromtakingpaidtime37. The overwhelming majority of employees attribute th

41、eir stress mainly to y and sive38.AccordingtoMoen,flexibilitygivesemployeesbettercontrolovertheirworkand39.Flexibilityresultingfromtheuseofdigitalbenefitsemployersinsteadof40. Research t if ffer from high stress, they will be less motivated, productiveand morelikely to 41.In-office wellness programs

42、 may help redu solution to the problem.tress levels, but they are hardly an 42.Healthproblemscausedbyheworkplaceresultinhugepublichealth43.Ifemployeesrespondquickly totheirjobassignments,the employerislikelytodemand from44.Withtechnologyeverywhereinourfife, sevirtually sibleformosttokeep abalancenwo

43、rkand45.InAmericatoday,eventeenager n grown-ups.【文章导读fferfromstress,andtheirproblemisevenmore36.normsandF37. B38.MoenflexibilityM 39.Flexibility digitalH n highstress 定位到E wellnessprogramsK 42.stresspublichealth定位到C C CB38.MoenflexibilityM 39.Flexibility digitalH n highstress 定位到E wellnessprogramsK

44、42.stresspublichealth定位到C C C43.。employeesdemandJJ 44.technologybalance定位到D 生活之间保持平衡。为45.在的teenagersstressB 成年人的压力还大。题干中的 grown-ups对应原文中的 adults为B工作场。应按以下方法着手解决AB C 42 邮件已经渗透到了 生活的方方面面，“保持工作生活平衡”几乎成了一个没有意义的四小时全天候的连接，这就是过度劳累的原因。摩恩说：“D来的不确定性”EB C 42 邮件已经渗透到了 生活的方方面面，“保持工作生活平衡”几乎成了一个没有意义的四小时全天候的连接，这就是过

45、度劳累的原因。摩恩说：“D来的不确定性”E F2007 G 时坚持这种工作日的结构H8.8 额外时间工作。39技术本身并不是问题，问题是技术被用来为雇主创的灵活性而不是为雇员提供了便利。I 理学家创造了一个术语“压力” 怠的评价，例如：我早晨上班时没有精力，并说自己感到疲劳和无法专心工作压J 教授莱斯种恶性循环称为“响应周期”：43旦 和同事发现某个员工，“工作完成得更快了，就 K41为解决员工压力暴，许多公司已经实施了工作场所健康计划，他们与医疗 每周增加了62分钟的生产率。41虽然科学证和冥想可以疯少压力，但这。J 教授莱斯种恶性循环称为“响应周期”：43旦 和同事发现某个员工，“工作完成

46、得更快了，就 K41为解决员工压力暴，许多公司已经实施了工作场所健康计划，他们与医疗 每周增加了62分钟的生产率。41虽然科学证和冥想可以疯少压力，但这。 继续正常的工作流程。ROWE 他们能更好地管理工作，”摩恩说。她继续补充道，“灵活性和掌控性是关键”SectionDirections: There are 2 his section. Each passage is followed by some questions unfinished ements. For each of them there are four marked A), B), C) D). You should d

47、ecide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter AnswerSheet2singlelinethroughtheQuestions46to50arebasedonthefollowingDr. Donald Sadoway at MIT started his own battery company with the hope of changing the worlds energy future. Its a dramatic endorsement for a technology most people think

48、about only when their smartphone goes dark. But Sadoway isnt alone in trumpeting energy storage as a missing link to a cleaner, more efficient, and more equitable energy future.Scientists and engineers have long Advanced batteriesare moving outofthelab and he promise of batteries to change the nalin

49、g a for forward-looking chaselectriccars androoftopsolarThe ubiquitous (无所不在的) battery has already come a long way, of course. For better worse, batteries sible our lifestyles, our screen culture, our globalized world. Still, as impressive as all this is, it may be trivial compared with what comes n

50、ext. Having already enabled a communications revolution, the battery is now poised to transform just about everything else.The wireless age is expanding to include not just our phones, tablets, and laptops, but our cars, homes, and even whole communities. In emerging economies, rural communities byp

51、assing the wires and wooden t ower. Instead, some in Africa and Asia seeinglightbulbsilluminatedbyerofsunlightstoredinToday, energy storage is a $33 billion global t generates nearly gigawatt-hours of electricity per year. of the decade, it is expected to be worth n $50 billion and generate 160 giga

52、watt-hours enough to attract the attention of seeinglightbulbsilluminatedbyerofsunlightstoredinToday, energy storage is a $33 billion global t generates nearly gigawatt-hours of electricity per year. of the decade, it is expected to be worth n $50 billion and generate 160 gigawatt-hours enough to at

53、tract the attention of t might not otherwise erested in a decidedly pedestrian technology. utilities, which have long viewed batteries and the alternative forms of energy as a threat, learningtoembracethetechnologiesasenablingn Todays battery breakthroughs come as the world looks to expand modern en

54、ergy s the billion or so people without it, while also cutting back on t warm the planet. simultaneous challenges appear less overwhelming with incrementally better answers acenturies-oldquandary:howtoTo be sure, the battery still has a long way to go before the nightly recharge ysown risks, too. pp

55、ens to the centralized electric grid, which took decades and billions dollars to build, as more and more ownenergyon-e “prosumers,” who produce and consume No one knows which if any battery technology will ultimay dominate, but one thing remains clear: The future of energy is in how we store it.What

56、doesDr.SadowaythinkofenergyItinvolvestheapplicationofsophisticatedItisthedirectionenergydevelopmentshouldC) ItwillprovetobeaD) Itisatechnologybenefiting47.WhatismostlikelytohappenwhenadvancedewidelyA)lifestyleseB)TheglobalizationswillbeC) CommunicationswilltakemorediverseD)Theworlddergorevolutionary

57、48.Insomeruralcommunitiesofemergingeconomies,peoplehavebegunA) freddigitalsimplycommunicateprimarilybymobilelighttheirhomeswithstoredsolarD)erwithwiresandwooden49.UtilitycompanieshavebeguntotbatteryA) benefittheirpromote B)er50.WhatdoestheauthorimplyaboutthecentralizedelectricA) Iteathingofthe Itwil

58、lbeeasiertooperateandItwillhavetobeyB) Itmightturnouttobea】46.BC、D选项并不是萨杜威博士所持观点，A47. 知，先进电池的广泛应用将会让世界经性的变化，为D 48. C由49.50. 47. 知，先进电池的广泛应用将会让世界经性的变化，为D 48. C由49.50. 电B 。Questions51to55arebasedonthefollowingn 100 years ago, American sociologist W. E. B. Du Bois was t was being used as a biological e

59、xplanation for what he understood to be l and n different populations。Questions51to55arebasedonthefollowingn 100 years ago, American sociologist W. E. B. Du Bois was t was being used as a biological explanation for what he understood to be l and n different populations of people. He spoke out agains

60、t the idea of white blackasdiscretegroups,tthesedistinctionsignoredthescopeofhuman Science would favor Du Bois. Today, the mainstream f among scientists t race is l construct without biological meaning. In an article he journal Science, scholarssaylcategoriesneed tobe phased Essentially, I could not