6月大学英语六级考试真题第一套（4）

2015年6月大学英语六级考试真题（第一套）

Either way, the incoming Fed chief will have to walk a fine line in slowly ending the stimulus. It must be steady enough to deflate bubbles(去泡沫)and bring markets back down to earth but not so quick that it creates another credit crisis.

Unlike many past Fed leaders, Yellen is not one to buy into the finance industry's argument that it should be left alone to regulate itself. She knows all along the Fed has been too slack on regulation of finance.

Yellen is likely to address the issue right after she pushes unemployment below 6%, stabilizes markets and makes sure that the recovery is more inclusive and robust. As Princeton Professor Alan Blinder says, \"She's smart as a whip, deeply logical, willing to argue but also a good listener. She can persuade without creating hostility.\" All those traits will be useful as the global economy's new power player takes on its most annoying problems.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

56. What do many people think is the biggest problem facing Janet Yellen?

A) Lack of money. B) Subprime crisis. C) Unemployment. D) Social instability.

57. What did Yellen help the Fed do to tackle the 2008 financial crisis?

A) Take effective measures to curb inflation. B) Deflate the bubbles in the American economy. C) Formulate policies to help financial institutions. D) Pour money into the market through asset buying.

58. What is a greater concern of the general public? A) Recession. B) Deflation. C) Inequality. D) Income.

59. What is Yellen likely to do in her position as the Fed chief? A) Develop a new monetary program. B) Restore public confidence.

C) Tighten financial regulation. D) Reform the credit system. 60. How does Alan Blinder portray Yellen? A) She possesses strong persuasive power. C) She is one of the world's greatest economists. B) She has confidence in what she is doing. D) She is the most powerful Fed chief in history. Passage Two

Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage. Air pollution is deteriorating in many places around the world. The fact that public parks in cities become crowded as soon as the sun shines proves that people long to breathe in green, open spaces. They do not all know what they are seeking but they flock there, nevertheless. And, in these surroundings, they are generally both peaceful and peaceable. It is rare to see people fighting in a garden. Perhaps struggle unfolds first, not at an economic or social level, but over the appropriation of air, essential to life itself. If human beings can breathe and share air, they don't need to struggle with one another.

Unfortunately, in our western tradition, neither materialist nor idealist theoreticians give enough consideration to this basic condition for life. As for politicians, despite proposing curbs on environmental pollution, they have not yet called for it to be made a crime. Wealthy countries are even allowed to pollute if they pay for it.

But is our life worth anything other than money? The plant

world shows us in silence what faithfulness to life consists of. It also helps us to a new beginning, urging us to care for our breath, not only at a vital but also at a spiritual level. The interdependence to which we must pay the closest attention is that which exists between ourselves and the plant world. Often described as \"the lungs of the planet\earth offer us the gift of breathable air by releasing oxygen. But their capacity to renew the air polluted by industry has long reached its limit. If we lack the air necessary for a healthy life, it is because we have filled it with chemicals and undercut the ability of plants to regenerate it. As we know, rapid deforestation combined with the massive burning of fossil fuels is an explosive recipe for an irreversible disaster.

The fight over the appropriation of resources will lead the entire planet to hell unless humans learn to share life, both with each other and with plants. This task is simultaneously ethical and political because it can be discharged only when each takes it upon herself or himself and only when it is accomplished together with others. The lesson taught by plants is that sharing life expands and enhances the sphere of the living, while dividing life into so-called natural or human resources diminishes it. We must come to view the air, the plants and ourselves as the contributors to the preservation of life and growth, rather than a web of quantifiable objects or productive potentialities at our disposal. Perhaps then we would finally begin to live, rather than being concerned with bare survival.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

61. What does the author assume might be the primary reason that people would struggle with each other?

A) To get their share of clean air. B) To pursue a comfortable

life.

C) To gain a higher social status. D) To seek economic benefits.

62. What does the author accuse western politicians of? A) Depriving common people of the right to clean air. B) Giving priority to theory rather than practical action. C) Offering preferential treatment to wealthy countries. D) Failing to pass laws to curb environmental pollution. 63. What does the author try to draw our closest attention to?

A) The massive burning of fossil fuels. B) Our relationship to the plant world. C) The capacity of plants to renew polluted air. D) Large-scale deforestation across the world.

64. How can human beings accomplish the goal of protecting the planet according to the author?

A) By showing respect for plants. B) By preserving all forms of life. C) By tapping all natural resources. D) By pooling their efforts together.

65. What does the author suggest we do in order not just to survive?

A) Expand the sphere of living. B) Develop nature's potentials. C) Share life with nature. D) Allocate the resources. Part VI Translation (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.

中国传统的待客之道要求饭菜丰富多样，让客人吃不完。中国宴席上典型的菜单包括开席的一套凉菜及其后的热菜，例如肉类、鸡鸭、蔬菜等。大多数宴席上，全鱼被认为是必不可少的`，除非已经上过各式海鲜。如今，中国人喜欢把西方特色菜与传统中式菜肴融于一席，因此牛排上桌也不少见，沙拉也已流行起来，尽管传统上中国人一般不吃任何未经烹妊的菜肴，宴席通常至少有一道汤，可以最先或最后上桌，甜点和水果通常标志宴席的结束。

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