2018年12月大学英语六级真题及详解(第三套)【圣才出品】

2018年12月大学英语六级真题及详解（第三套）

Part ⅠWriting (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on how to balance academic study and extracurricular activities. You should write at

least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

【审题构思】

本题讨论的话题是“如何平衡课业学习与课外活动”，考生需要对此发表个人观点。考生需要讨论如何进行平衡，给出建议，最后做出总结。字数不少于150字，但不超过200字。

【参考范文】

The Way to Balance Academic Study and Extracurricular Activities Compared with busy schedule and heavy academic workload in high schools, colleges offer us more free time and opportunities to engage in various social activities. (1) However, many students find it difficult to reach a balance between academic study and extracurricular activities.

Actually, it is possible for us to conquer it. (2) T o begin with, we should give priority to our studies. College years is usually the last period when we can fully devote ourselves into learning without interruptions. Thus, we should cherish this period and set aside a chunk of time each day for studying. (3) Besides, we should be picky about extracurricular activities. A cluttered schedule may negatively

impact our academics and things could be worse if we skip classes to attend numerous events and meetings. In order to maintain good grades and avoid getting burned out, we should carefully select club activities based on our interests and needs for future career development.

(4) In conclusion, both academic study and extracurricular activities are of great importance in our development, and they are not conflicting. As college students, we should firstly complete all of our academic assignments and then schedule everything else around our class with careful consideration.

【行文点评】

(1) 开头引出话题，指出很多学生难以在课业学习与课外活动之间取得平衡。

(2) 给出第一条建议：学生应以学习为重，珍惜大学时光。

(3) 给出第二条建议：课外活动需有选择性地参加，避免影响学业。

(4) 总结全文，再次点题并表明观点。

Part ⅡListening Comprehension (30 minutes)

（本次六级考试全国共考两套听力，故本套试题听力省略。）

Part ⅢReading Comprehension (40 minutes)

Section A

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.

In what’s probably the craziest headline I’ve ever written, I’ve reported that (26)_____ in livestock protection are happening with scientists painting eyes on the butts of cows. The experiment is based upon the idea that farmers who’re protecting their herd from lions would shoot and kill lions in an effort to protect their livestock. While this makes a lot of sense, it results in many lion deaths that

(27)_____ would have been unnecessary. Researchers in Australia have been

(28)_____ and testing a method of trickery to make lions think they are being watched by the painted eyes on cow butts.

This idea is based on the principle that lions and other (29)_____ are far less likely to attack when they feel they are being watched. As conservation areas become smaller, lions are increasingly coming into contact with human populations, which are expanding to the (30)_____ of these protected areas.

Efforts like painting eyes on cow butts may seem crazy at first, but they could make actual headway in the fight for conservation. “If the method works, it could provide farmers in Botswana — and (31)_____ with a low-cost, sustainable tool to protect their livestock, and a way to keep lions safe from being killed.”

Lions are (32)_____ ambush(埋伏) hunters, so when they feel their prey has (33)_____ them, they usually give up on the hunt. Researchers are (34)_____ testing

their idea on a select herd of cattle. They have painted half of the cows with eyes and left the other half as normal. Through satellite tracking of both the herd and the lions in the area, they will be able to (35)_____ if their psychological trickery will work to help keep farmers from shooting lions.

A) advances

B) boundaries

C) challenging

D) currently

E) determine

F) devising

G) elsewhere

H) nevertheless

I) otherwise

J) predators

K) primarily

L) retorted

M) spotted

N) testimonies

O) wrestle

【选项词性】

名词：

A) advances发展，前进；预付款

B) boundaries边界，界限

J) predators捕食性动物；掠夺者

N) testimonies证词，证据

动词：

A) advances推进；预支

C) challenging质疑，挑战

E) determine决定，确认

F) devising构思，设计

L) retorted反驳

M) spotted发现；玷污

O) wrestle摔跤，扭打

形容词：

C) challenging富有挑战性的

M) spotted有斑点的

副词：

D) currently当前

G) elsewhere在别处

H) nevertheless然而；虽然如此

I) otherwise否则；另外

K) primarily首先；主要地，根本上

【答案与解析】

26. A 句意：我曾报道过“科学家们在牛屁股上画眼睛”成为了家畜保护方面的新进展。

联系下文第三段第一句“make actual headway”，同时结合句意，可推出此处选A，表示“发展，前进”。

27. I 句意：尽管这很有道理，但会造成许多狮子原本不必要的死亡。此空后面“that”引

导的定语从句主干成分完整，因此此空应为副词。otherwise意为“以另一种方式”，即假如换种方式，结果会有不同。nevertheless强调对比转折，用于真实情形，逻辑不符。

28. F 句意：澳大利亚研究人员一直在设计和测试一种“骗术”，让狮子以为自己正被画在

牛屁股上的眼睛注视着。因需要与后面“testing”相对应，此处应填动词的ing形式。结合句意，应选F。

29. J 句意：狮子及其他掠食动物在感到自己被注视时，发出攻击的可能性要小许多。为

了和前面“lions”相对应，此处应填写名词。由“other”可知空格词为“lions”

的上义词，因此选J。

30. B 句意：随着保护区变得越来越小，狮子与正扩张至这些保护区边界的人类之间的接

触越来越多。根据后面的“of”可知此空应填名词。boundaries意为“边界，界限”，符合句意。

31. G 句意：如果这种方法有效，它可为博茨瓦纳——及其他地区——的农民提供一种低

成本、可持续的保护牲畜工具。由空格前面“and”可知，此空与“in Botswana”

并列，为地点副词或地点名词。故选G。

32. K 句意：狮子主要是埋伏型猎手。本句为主系表结构，应填副词。故选primarily，意

为“主要地，根本上”。

33. M 句意：因此当它们感到猎物发现自己时，通常会放弃猎捕。此处has为助动词，空

格应填动词的过去分词形式。spotted意为“发现”，符合句意。