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1、2016 年 12 月英語六級：創(chuàng)新/創(chuàng)造/發(fā)明英語六級Directions ： For this part ， you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay oninnovation/creation/invention. Your essay should include the importance of innovation and measures to be taken to encourage innovation/creation/invention. You are required to write atleast 15

2、0 words but no moren 200 words.參考范文： In todays highly competitive world, innovation matters enormously to ananization or a country. It is the driving force behind increased competitiveness.Take growing a sucpopularity among tsful business as an example.his day and age, sol media are gainingeral publ

3、ic. A companyt only res on traditional mediang itsmarketing is more likely to geiminatedhe digital era. Put in another way, a company withits focus on sol media to boost its brand recognition stands a better chance of standing outfrom the crowd. Clearly, innovation is a vital contributing factor to

4、businescs.What can be done to encourage innovation? To name only a few: Above all, a business or acountry should strive to build a corporate culture or a sol climatet values innovation.Second, anyho participateshe innovation pros should be rewarded. Third, we are inurgent need of an education system

5、t stresses innovation over mechanical learning.Simply put, innovation is an important forcet pushes our society forward.Part Listening Comprehen(30 minutes) Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of eachconversation, you will hear four questions. Both t

6、he conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the fourchoimarked A),B),C)and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with asingle line through the centre.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you

7、have just heard.1.A) It tries to predict thesible trends of global climate change.B) It studies the impacts of global climate change on peoples lives.C) It links the science of climate change to economic and policy ies.D) It focuses on the efforts countries can make to deal with global warming.2.A)

8、It will take a long time before a consensus is reached on its impact.B) It would be more costly to deal with its consequenn to avoid it.C) It is the most pressing ie confronting all countries.D) It is bound to cause endless disputes among nations.3.A) The transition to low-carbon energy systems.The

9、cooperation among world majorThe signing of a global agreement.The raising of peoples awareness.4.A) Carry out more research on it.Plan well in advance.Cut down energy consumption.Adopt new technology.ers.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5.A) When luck plays a role.

10、B) What determinecs.C) Whethractice makes perfect.D) How important natural talent is.6.A) It knocks at your door only once in a while.B) It is somethingt no one cansibly create.f-confidence.C) It comes naturally out of oneD) It means being good at seizing opportunities.7.A) Luck rarely contributes t

11、orsoncsful.s.B) One musve natural talent to be sucC) One should always be ready to seize opportunities.D) Practice is essential to8.A) Putting time and efforting good at something.o fun things is profitable.B) People who love what they do care little about money.C) Being pasate about work can makeea

12、lthy.D) People in need of money work hard automatically.Section BDirections:his section, you will hear two passages. Atof each passage, you willhear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. Afteryou hear a question, you must choose the best answer from th

13、e four choimarked A), B), C)and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through thecentre.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.9.A) The stump of a giant tree.B) A hugece of rock.The peak of a mountain.A tall chimney.10.A) Human activity.B

14、) Wind and water.Chemical proFire and fury.ses.11.A) It is a historical monument.It was built in ancient times.It isns sacred place for worship.D) It was created by supernatural12.A) By sheltering them in a cave.B) By killing the attacking bears.ers.By lifting them well above the ground.By taking th

15、em to the top of a mountain.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.13.A)They will buy something from the convenientores.They will take advantage of the time to rest a while.They will have their vehicles washed or serviced.D) They will pick up some souvenirsift items.14.A) Th

16、ey can bring only temporary pleasures.B) They are meant for the extremely wealthy.C) They should be done away wiltogether.D) They may eventually drive one to bruptcy.15.A) A good way to solize is to have dailych with ones colleagues.B) Retirement savings should comein ones family budgeting.C) A vaca

17、tion will be affordable if one saves 20 dollars ak.D) Small daily savings can make a big difference in ones life. Section CDirections:In this section, you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed bythree or four questions. The recordings will be played only once. After you hear a que

18、stion, youmust choose the best answer from the four choimarked A), B), C) and D). Then mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 wisingle line through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.16.A) They should be done away with.B) They are nesary in our lives

19、.They enrich our experience.They are harmful to health.17.A) They feel stressed out even without any challenges in life.They feel too overwhelmed to deal with lifes problems.They are anxious to free themselves from lifes troubles.D) They are exhausted even without18.A) They expand our mind.They prol

20、ong our lives.They narrow our focus.They lessen our burdens.ng any heavy work.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19.A) It is not easily breakable.It came from a 3D prer.It represents the latest style.It was made by a fashion designer.20.A) When she had just graduate

21、d from her college.When she attended a conference in New YorkWhen she was studying at a fashion design school.When she attended a fashion show nine months ago.21.A) It was difficult to pr.It was hard to come by.It was hard and breakable.It was extremely expensive.22.A)It is the latest mof a 3D prer.

22、It is a plastic widely used in 3D pring.It gives fashion designers room for imagination.It marks a breakthrough in pring material.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.23.A)They arise from the advanechnology.They have not been examined in detail so far.They are easy to so

23、lve with modern technology.D)They cant be solved withouternment support.24.A)It is attractive to entrepreneurs.It demands huge investment.It focuses on new products.D)It isensely competitive.25.A)Cooperation with big companies.B)Recruiting more qualified staff.C)In-service training of ITnel.D)Sharin

24、g of costs with each other.參考1. C It links the science of climate change to economic and policy ies.B It would be more costly to deal with its consequenA The transition to low-carbon energy systems.C Plan well in advance.n to avoid it.5. B What determinecs.6. D It means being good at seizing opportu

25、nities.7. D Practice is essential toing good at something.8. C Being pasSection Bate about work can makeealthy.A To stump of a giant tree.B Wind and water.D It was created by supernaturalers.C By lifting them well above the ground.A They will buy something from the convenienA They can bring only tem

26、porary pleasures.tores.15. D Small daily savings an make a big difference in ones life.Section C16. B They are nesary in our lives.B They feel too overwhelmed to deal with lifes problem.A They expand our mind.B It came from a 3D prer.C When she was studying at a fashion design school.C It was hard a

27、nd breakable.D It marks a breakthrough in pring material.23. A They arise from the advanechnology.24. D It isensively competitive.25. D Sharing of costs with each other.Part III Reading ComprehenSection A（選詞填空）(40 minutes)Directions:his section, there issage with ten bls. You are required to select

28、outord for each blfrom a lot of choigiven in a word bfollowing the passage. Readthe passage through carefully before making your choi. Each choicehe bis identified bysingle linea letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 withrough the centre. You may not use any of

29、 the wordshe bmoren once.Small communities, with their distinctive characterwhere life is stable andenselyhumanare disappearing. Some have 26 from the face of the earth, others are dyingslowly, but all have 27changes as they have comeo contact win _28machinecivilization. The merging of diverse peopl

30、eso a common mass has produced tenamongmembers of the minorities and the majority alike.The Old Order Amish, who arrived on American shores in colonial times, have 29in the modern world in distinctive, small communities. They have resisted the homogenization30more sucsfullyn others. In planting and

31、harvest times one can see their beardedmen working the fields with horses and their women hanging out the laundry in neat rows to dry.Many American people have seen Amish fami s with the men wearing broad-brimmed black hats and the women in long dresses. In railway or bus 31 .Although the Amish have

32、 lived with 32 America for over two and a half centuries. They have moderated its influence ontheiral lives, their famis, communities, and their values.The Amish are often 33by other Americans to be relics of the past who live a simple,inflexible life dedicated to inconvenient out-dated customs. The

33、y are seen as abandoning bothmodem 34 and the American dream of sucs and progress, But most people have noquarrel with the Amish forng things the old-fashioned way. Their conscientious objection wastolerated in wartime. For after all. They are good farmers who 35the virtues of work andthrift.A)acsin

34、g I)progressB)convenienJ)respectivedestined K)survivedexpanding L)terminalsindustrialized M)undergone F)perceived N)universal G)practice O)vanishedH)pro參考sSection AO vanishedM undergoneD expandingK survived30. H prosL terminalsE industrializedF perceivedB convenienG practiceSection B（段落匹配）Directions

35、:his section, you are going to readsage with ten sements attached to it.Each sement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph fromwhich the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph moren once. Each paragraph ismarked wi2.letter. Answer the questions by mar

36、king the corresponding letter on Answer SheetCountries Rush for Upper Hand in AntarcticaA) On a glacier-filled island with fjords(峽灣)and elephant seals, Russia has built AntarcticasOrthodox church on a bill ov rl o ing its research base. Lessn an hour away bysnowmobile. Chilaborers have updated the

37、Great Wall Sion, a vital part of Chinas plan tooperate five basses on Antarctica, complete with an indoor badmon court and slengquarters for 150 people. Not to be outdone,s futuristic new Bharathi base, built on stills(樁子)using 134erlocking shipcontainers, resembles a spahip. Turkey and Iran haveann

38、ounced plans to build bases, too.B) Moren a century has passed since explorers raced to plant their flags at the bottom ofthe world, and for decades to come this continent is suped to be protected as a scientificpreserve, shielded fromrus like military activities and mining . But an array of countri

39、esare rushing to assert greater influence here, with an eye not just towards the day thoseprotective treaties expire, but also for the strategic and commerlt already exist.C) The newer players are stepo what they view as a treasure house of resour.Some of the ventures focus on the Antarctic resourt

40、are already up for grabs, likeabundant sea life. South Korea, which operates se-ofthe-art bases here, is increasing itsfishing of krill(磷蝦)，found in abundancehe Southern Ocean, while Russia recently frustratedefforts to create one of the worlds largest ocean sanctuaries here.Some scientists are exam

41、ining the potential for harvesting icebergs form Antarctica, which is estimated to have the biggest reserves of fresh water on the planet. Nations are also pressing ahead with space research and sa lite projects to expand their global navigation abilities.Building on a Soviet-era foothold, Russia is

42、 expanding its monitoring s ions f lonass,its verof the Globalitioning System(GPS). At least three Russian sions are alreadyoperating in Antarctica, part of its effort to challenge the dominance of the American GPS, andnew sions are planned for sites like the Russian base,he shadow of the Orthodox C

43、hurch of the Holy Trinity.F) Elsewhere in Antarctica, Russian researchers boast of their recent discovery of aof solid ice. “You can seefreshwater reserve the size of Lake Ontario after drilling throught were here to stay,” said Vladimir Cheberdak, 57, chief of the Bellingshausen Sion, as hesipped t

44、ea under a portrait obian Gottb von Bellingshausen, a high-ring officerheImperial Russian Navy who explored the Antarctic coast in 1820.G) Antarcticas mineral, oil and gas wealth are a longer-term prize. The treaty banning mining here, shielding coveted(令人垂誕的)reserves of iron ore, coal and chromium,

45、 comes up巖) defor review in 2048. Researchers recently found kimberlite(its hing at theexistence of diamonds. And while assessments vary widely, geologists estimateholdseast 36 billion barrels of oil and natural gas.t AntarcticaH) Beyond the Antarctic treaties, huge obstacles persist to tapthese res

46、our, likedrifting icebergst could jeopardize offshore platforms. Then there is Antarctics remoteness,with some mineral deits found in windst locations on a continentt is larger the Europeand where wer temperatures hover around minus 55 degrees Celsius.I) But advanin technology might make Antarctica

47、a lot more acsible three decadesin an energy-gry sibly allowing moreexpire. The researchfrom now. And even before then, scholars warn, the demand for resourworld could raise prere to renegotiate Antarctica s treaties, commerl endeavours here well before the prohibitions against themsions on King Gee

48、 lsland offer a glimpseo the long game on this ice-bleted continentas nations assert themselves, eroding the sway long held by countries like the United Ses,Britain. Australia and New Zealand.J) Being sioned in Antarctica involves adapting to life on the planets driest, windiest and coldest continen

49、t, yet each nation manages to make itself at home. Bearded Russian priests offerregular serviat the Orthodox church for the 16 or so Russian speakers who spend the werat the base, largely polar scientists in fields like glaciology and meteorology. Their number climbsto about 40he warmer summer month

50、s. China has arguably the fastest growing operations inAntarctica. It opened its fourth sion last year and is pressing ahead with plans to build a fifth. Itis building its second ice-breaking ship and setting up research drilling operations on an ice dome13,422 feet above sea levelt is one the plane

51、ts coldest pla. Chioffils say theexpanin Antarctica prioritises scientific research. But they also acknowledget concernsabout “resourecurity” influence their moves.K) Chinas newly renovated Great Wall Sion on King Gee lsland makes the Russian andChilean bases here seem outdated. ”We do weather monit

52、oring here and other research.” Ningbase, said over tea during a fierce blizzard(暴風(fēng)雪) in lateXu, 53, the chief of the ChiNovember. The large base he leads resembles a snowed-in college campus on holiday break, withthe capacity to sleep moren 10 times the 13 people who were staying on through theAnta

53、rctic wer. Yong Yu, a Chimicrobiologist, showed off the spacious building, with emptydesks under an illustrated timeline detailing the ragrowth of Chinas Antarctic operationssince the 1980s “We now feel equipped to grow,” he said.L) As some countries expand operations in Antarctica, the United Ses m

54、aains threeyear-round sions on the continent with moren 1,000 people during the southernhemispheres summer, including those at the Amundsen Scott s ion, built in 1956 at an elevation of 9,301 feet on a plateau at the South Pole. But US researchers quietly complain about budget restra s and having fa

55、r fewer icebreakers the Russia, limiting the reach of the UnitedS es in Antarctica.M) Scholars warnt Antarcticas political drift could blur the distinction betn militaryand civilian activities long before the continents treaties come up for renegotiation, espelly inparts of Antarcticat are ideal for

56、ercepting() signals from salites or retaskingsalite systems, potentially enhancing global electronicelligence operations.N) Some countries have had a hard time here, Brazil opened a research sion in 1984, butit was largely destroyed by a firea diesel-laden Brazilian barge st killed two members of th

57、e navy in 2012, the same yeartnear the base. As ift were not enough. a Brazilian C-130Hercules military transport plane has remained stranded near the runway of Chiles air base heresince it crash-landed in 2014.However, Brazils stretch of misfortune has created opportunities for China, with a Chicom

58、pany winning the $100 million contract in 2015 to rebuild the Brazilian sion.Amid all the changes, Antarctica maains its allure. South Korea opened its secondAntarctic research base in 2014, describing it as a way to test robots developed by Koreanresearchers for use in extreme conditions. With Russ

59、ias help, Belarus is preparing to build thisAntarctic base. Colombia said this yearwith bases in Antarctica.t it planned to join other Soumerican nationsQ) “The old days of the Antarctic being dominated by theerests and wishes of white men from European. Australasian and North American ses are over.

60、” Said Klaus Dodds, apolitics scholar at the University of London who spelises in Antarctica. “The reality isAntarctica is geopolitically contested.”t36. According to Chiscientific research.offils, their activities in Antarctica lay greater emphasis onEfforts to create one of the worlds largest ocea