2011年12月英语六级冲刺预测试题及答案(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：根据选项，考生要特别判断音乐在不同文化中的地位。听力一开始，就说在西方文化中，音乐地位很高，而在Islamic(伊斯兰)文化中，音乐价值很低，所以C为正确选项。

　　答案B

　　解析：根据选项，考生要关注不同音乐形式之间的异同。听力接下来讲到三种音乐形式，古典音乐是有专业人士谱曲演奏，民间音乐却在人民大众之间分享，而流行音乐也是由专业人员表演。从中，考生可以总结，古典音乐和流行音乐都是由专业人士制作。

　　答案D

　　解析：考生已经确定本篇听力的主题是音乐，所以从选项中可以推测问题是关于音乐的功能。听力第二段一开始，讲到音乐最普遍的功能是宗教仪式的一部分。选项A、B、C都是音乐的功能，却不是本篇听力认为的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：选项是时间，考生要注意听力篇章中不同时间的表达。考生如果了解Shakespeare，可能知道他去世的时间。如果不知道，听力一开始说他洗礼的时间是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，由此可以推断他死于1616年4月23日。

　　33.答案C

　　解析：选项依然是关于时间。听力篇章中间讲，Shakespeare在18岁的时候娶妻，第二年生子。因此他们第一个小孩出生在1583年。

　　34.答案C

　　解析：选项是人们对Shakespeare的了解。听力篇章中间讲，在伦敦，他很快就引起了大家的关注。选项A是个干扰项，人们对Shakespeare早期的生活是有所了解，虽然了解的不多。

　　35.答案B

　　解析：选项讨论Shakespeare是否有经济头脑。听力篇章靠后讲，Shakespeare经营the Globe Theater，拥有十分之一的利润，这表明他很有经济头脑。

　　Section C

　　36.答案handle

　　解析：在情态动词can的后面需要用动词原型。handle是个比较常用的动词，意为“处理，解决”。

　　37.答案extension

　　解析：在定冠词the的后面，需要用名词。extension是动词extend的名词形式，表示“扩充，扩张”。考生要注意，后缀是-sion，并非-tion。

　　38.答案communication

　　解析：在动词create和名词problems之间，应该是对problems的修饰，解释说明什么样的问题。communication是个常见的名词，在这里意为“交通”。

　　39.答案proposal

　　解析：不定冠词a的后面应该使用可数名词，再加上后面的动词put forward，考生可以推测缺少的名词是关于“建议，提议”的，proposal是propose的名词，以-al结尾。

　　40.答案relieve

　　解析：help to do sth.的结构让考生判断空白处可能是个动词。根据上下文，这个提议是帮助缓解交通阻塞问题的。动词relieve表示“缓解压力”，考生要注意relief是名词，此处要用动词。

　　41.答案involves

　　解析：此处有主语，有宾语，缺少谓语动词。主语是个单数，所以考生要注意动词involve后面要加上表示第三人称单数的-s。

　　42.答案comparatively

　　解析：根据语法，本空是个副词来修饰后面的little。comparatively是个比较常用的副词，“比较地，相对地”。

　　43.答案remaining

　　解析：本空是个后置定语，用来修饰前面的名词problem。Remain是个不及物动词，用-ing形式表示“遗留的，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：空白处之后的一句话讲，在城镇建立新机场，政府可能会遇到相当大的阻力，那前半句应该是“对这个问题争论了很久”。此句中需要注意的词汇：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：空白处是在后面特定条件下的某种结果。如果市中心有方便的机场，将会出现怎样的结果?此句中需要注意的词汇：increasing，somewhat，slower(考生注意其中的比较级)。

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

　　解析：此句为文章的最后一句，表示最终的结果。此句中需要注意的词汇：compromise，travelers，inhabitants。考生要注意其名词复数形式。

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