20xx年12月英语六级真题及答案详解(编辑修改稿)

20xx年12月英语六级真题及答案详解(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

their first semester was a more (42) ______________ predictor of their college grades than were their . scores or their grade point (43) ______________ in high school, the two measures most monly used to predict college performance. (44)”_ __________________________________________________________________________________________,” Dr. Snyder said. “When you pare students of equivalent intelligence and past academic achievements, what sets them apart is hope.” In devising a way to assess hope scientifically, Dr. Snyder (45)________________________ _______________________________. “That notion is not concrete enough, and it blurs two key ponents of hope,” Dr. Snyder said. (46)”__________________________________________________________ ___________.” Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage. Most young boys are trained to believe that men should be strong, tough, cool, and detached. Thus, they learn early to hide vulnerable emotions such as love, joy, and sadness because they believe that such feelings are feminine and imply weakness. Over time, some men bee strangers to their own emotional lives. It seems that men with traditional views of masculinity are more likely to suppress outward emotions and to fear emotions, supposedly because such feelings may lead to a loss of posure (镇定 ). Keep in mind, however, that this view is challenged by some researchers. As with many gender gaps, differences in emotionality tend to be small, inconsistent, and dependent on the situation. For instance, Robertson and colleagues found that males who were more traditionally masculine were more emotionally expressive in a structured exercise than when they were simply asked to talk about their emotions. Males’ difficulty with “tender” emotions has serious consequences. First, suppressed emotions can contribute to stressrelated disorders. And worse, men are less likely than women to seek help from health professionals. Second, men’s emotional inexpressiveness can cause problems in their relationships with partners and children. For example, men who endorse traditional masculine norms report lower relationship satisfaction, as do their female partners. Further, children whose fathers are warm, loving, and accepting toward them have higher selfesteem and lower rates of aggression and behavior problems. On a positive note, fathers are increasingly involving themselves with their children. And 30 percent of fathers report that they take equal or greater responsibility for their children than their working wives do. One emotion males are allowed to express is anger. Sometimes this anger translates into physical aggression or violence. Men mit nearly 90 percent of violent crimes in the United States and almost all sexual assaults. 注意： 此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。 47. Most young boys have been trained to believe that men who show tender feelings are considered to be ______________. 48. Some men believe that if they expressed their emotions openly they might ______________. 49. According to the author, men who suppress their emotions may develop ______________. 50. Men who observe traditional masculine norms are said to derive less satisfaction from ______________. 51. When males get angry, they can bee ______________ or even mit violence. Section B Passage One Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage. In the early 20th century, few things were more appealing than the promise of scientific knowledge. In a world struggling with rapid industrialization, science and technology seemed to offer solutions to almost every problem. Newly created state colleges and universities devoted themselves almost entirely to scientific, technological, and engineering fields. Many Americans came to believe that scientific certainty could not only solve scientific problems, but also reform politics, government, and business. Two world wars and a Great Depression rocked the confidence of many people that scientific expertise alone could create a prosperous and ordered world. After World War Ⅱ , the academic world turned with new enthusiasm to humanistic studies, which seemed to many scholars the best way to ensure the survival of democracy. American scholars fanned out across much of the world— with support from the Ford Foundation, the Fulbright program, etc.— to promote the teaching of literature and the arts in an effort to make the case for democratic freedoms. In the America of our own time, the great educational challenge has bee an effort to strengthen the teaching of what is now known as the STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, and math). There is considerable and justified concern that the United States is falling behind much of the rest of the developed world in these essential disciplines. India, China, Japan, and other regions seem to be seizing technological leadership. At the same time, perhaps inevitably, the humanities— while still popular in elite colleges and universities— have experienced a significant decline. Humanistic disciplines are seriously underfunded, not just by the government and the foundations but by academic institutions themselves. Humanists are usually among the lowestpaid。