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1、2008年6月大学英语六级考试真题Part WritingWill E-books Replace Traditional Books? You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below. 1随着信息技术的发展,电子图书的越来越多 2有人认为电子图书将会取代传统图书,理由是. 3我的看法What will the world be like in fifty years? This week some top scientists, including Nobel Prize winners, gave

2、their vision of how the world will look in 2056, from gas-powered cars to extraordinary health advances. John Ingham reports on what the worlds finest minds believe our futures will be. For those of us lucky enough to live that long,2056 will be a world of almost perpetual youth, where obesity is a

3、remote memory and robots become our companions. We will be rubbing shoulders with aliens and colonising outer space. Better still, our descendants might at last live in a world at peace with itself. The prediction is that we will have found a source of inexhaustible, safe, green energy, and that sci

4、ence will have killed off religion. If they are right we will have removed two of the main causes of war-our dependence on oii and religious prejudice.Will we really, as todays scientists claim, be able to live for ever or at least cheat the ageing process so that the average person lives to 150?Of

5、course, all these predictions come with a scientific health warning. Harvard professor Steven Pinker says: This is an invitation to look foolish, as with the predictions of domed cities and nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners that were made 50 years ago.Living longer Anthony Atala, director of the Wake

6、Forest Institute in North Carolina, believes failing organs will be repaired by injecting cells into the body. They will naturally go straight to the injury and help heal it. A sys tem of injections without needles could also slow the ageing process by using the same process to tune cells. Bruce Lah

7、n, professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago, anticipates the ability to produce unlimited supplies of transplantable human organs without the need for human donors. These organs would be grown in animals such as pigs. When a patient needed a new organ, such as kidney, the surgeon wou

8、ld contact a commercial organ producer, give him the patients immunological profile and would then be sent a kidney with the correct tissue type. These organs would be entirely composed of human cells, grown by introducing them into animal hosts, and allowing them to develop into an organ in place o

9、f the animals own. But Prof. Lahn believes that farmed brains would be off limits. He says: Very few people would want to have their brains replaced by someone elses and we probably dont want to put a human brain in an animal body. Richard Miller, a professor at the University of Michigan, thinks sc

10、ientists could develop authentic anti-ageing drugs by working out how cells in larger animals such as whales and humans resist many forms of injuries. He says: It is now routine, in laboratory mammals, to extend lifespan by about 40%. Turning on the same protective systems in people should, by 2056,

11、 create the first class of 100-year-olds who are as vigorous and productive as todays people in their 60s.Aliens Colin Pillinger, professor of planetary sciences at the Open University, says: I fancy that at least we will be able to show that life did start to evolve on Mars as well as Earth. Within

12、 50 years he hopes scientists will prove that alien life came here in Martian meteorites (陨石). Chris McKay, a planetary scientist at NASAs Ames Research Center, believes that in 50 years we may find evidence of alien life in the ancient permanent frost of Mars or on other planets. He adds: There is

13、even a chance we will find alien life forms here on Earth. It might be as different as English is to Chinese. Princeton professor Freeman Dyson thinks it likely that life from outer space will be discovered be fore 2056 because the tools for finding it, such as optical and radio detection and data p

14、rocessing, are improving. He says. As soon as the first evidence is found, we will know what to look for and additional discoveries are likely to follow quickly. Such discoveries are likely to have revolutionary consequences for biology, astronomy and philosophy. They may also change the way we look

15、 at ourselves and our place in the universe. Colonies in space Richard Gott, professor of astrophysics at Princeton, hopes man will set up a self-sufficient colony on Mars, which would be a life insurance policy against whatever catastrophes, natural or otherwise, might occur on Earth. The real spac

16、e race is whether we will colonise off Earth on to other worlds before money for the space programme runs out.Spinal injuries Ellen Heber-Katz, a professor at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, foresees cures for injuries causing paralysis such as the one that afflicted Superman star Christopher

17、Reeve. She says: I believe that the day is not far off when we will be able to prescribe drugs that cause severed (断裂) spinal cords to heal, hearts to regenerate and lost limbs to regrow. People will come to expect that injured or diseased organs are meant to be repaired from within, in much the sam

18、e way that we fix an appliance or automobile: by replacing the damaged part with a manufacturer-certified new part. She predicts that within 5 to 10 years fingers and toes will be regrown and limbs will start to be regrown a few years later. Repairs to the nervous system will start with optic nerves

19、 and, in time, the spinal cord. Within 50 years whole body replacement will be routine, Prof. Heber-katz adds.Obesity Sydney Brenner, senior distinguished fellow of the Crick-Jacobs Center in California, won the 2002 Nobel Prize for Medicine and says that if there is a global disaster some humans wi

20、ll survive and evolution will favour small people with bodies large enough to support the required amount of brain power. Obesity, he says, will have been solved.Robots Rodney Brooks, professor of robotics at MIT, says the problems of developing artificial intelligence for robots will be at least pa

21、rtly overcome. As a result, the possibilities for robots working with people will open up immensely.Energy Bill Joy, green technology expert in California, says: The most significant breakthrough would be to have an inexhaustible source of safe, green energy that is substantially cheaper than any ex

22、isting energy source. Ideally, such a source would be safe in that it could not be made into weapons and would not make hazardous or toxic waste or carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas blamed for global warming.Society Geoffrey Miller, evolutionary psychologist at the University of New Mexico, sa

23、ys: The US will follow the UK in realizing that religion is not a prerequisite (前提) for ordinary human decency. Thus, science will kill religionnot by reason challenging faith but. by offering a more practical, universal and rewarding moral framework for human interaction. He also predicts that absu

24、rdly wasteful displays of wealth will become unfashionable while the importance of close-knit communities and families will become clearer. These three changes, he says, will help make us all brighter, wiser, happier and kinder. 1What is John Ingham s report about? A) A solution to the global energy

25、 crisis. B) Extraordinary advances in technology. C) The latest developments of medical science. D) Scientists vision of the world in half a century. 2According to Harvard professor Steven Pinker, predictions about the future _. A) may invite trouble B) may not come true C) will fool the public D) d

26、o more harm than good 3Professor Bruce Lahn of the University of Chicago predicts that _. A) humans wont have to donate organs for transplantation B) more people will donate their organs for transplantation C) animal organs could be transplanted into human bodies D) organ transplantation wont be as

27、scary as it is today 4According to Professor Richard Miller of the University of Michigan, people will _. A) live for as long as they wish B) be relieved from all sufferings C) live to 100 and more with vitality D) be able to live longer than whales 5Princeton professor Freeman Dyson thinks that _.

28、A) scientists will find alien life similar to ours B) humans will be able to settle on Mars C) alien life will likely be discovered D) life will start to evolve on Mars 6According to Princeton professor Richard Gott, by setting up a self-sufficient colony on Mars, humans _. A) might survive all cata

29、strophes on Earth B) might acquire ample natural resources C) will be able to travel to Mars freely D) will move there to live a better life 7Ellen Heber-Katz, professor at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, predicts that _. A) human organs can be manufactured like appliances B) people will be as

30、 strong and dynamic as supermen C) human nerves can be replaced by optic fibers D) lost fingers and limbs will be able to regrow 8Rodney Brooks says that it will be possible for robots to work with humans as a result of the development of _. 9The most significant breakthrough predicted by Bill Joy w

31、ill be an inexhaustible green energy source that cant be used to make 10According to Geoffrey Miller, science will offer a more practical, universal and rewarding moral frame-work in place of _. Questions 11 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 11A) The man might be able to play

32、in the World Cup. B) The mans football career seems to be at an end. C) The man was operated on a few weeks ago. D) The man is a fan of world-famous football players. 12A) Work out a plan to tighten his budget. B) Find out the opening hours of the cafeteria. C) Apply for a senior position in the res

33、taurant. D) Solve his problem by doing a part-time job. 13A) A financial burden. B) A good companion. C) A real nuisance. D) A well-trained pet. 14A) The errors will be corrected soon. B) The woman was mistaken herself. C) The computing system is too complex. D) He has called the woman several times

34、. 15A) He needs help to retrieve his files. B) He has to type his paper once more. C) He needs some time to polish his paper. D) He will be away for a two-week conference. 16A) They might have to change their plan. B) He has got everything set for their trip. C) He has a heavier workload than the wo

35、man. D) They could stay in the mountains until June 8. 17A) They have to wait a month to apply for a student loan. B) They can find the application forms in the brochure. C) They are not eligible for a student loan. D) They are not late for a loan application. 18A) New laws are yet to be made to red

36、uce pollutant release. B) Pollution has attracted little attention from the public. C) The quality of air will surely change for the better. D) Itll take years to bring air pollution under control. Questions 19 to 22 are bused on the conversation you have just heard. 19A) Enormous size of its stores

37、. B) Numerous varieties of food. C) Its appealing surroundings. D) Its rich and colorful history. 20A) An ancient building. B) A world of antiques. C) An Egyptian museum, D) An Egyptian Memorial. 21A) Its power bill reaches 9 million a year. B) It sells thousands of light bulbs a day. C) It supplies

38、 power to a nearby town. D) It generates 70 % of the electricity it uses. 22A) 11,500. B) 30,000. C) 250,000. D) 300,000. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23A) Transferring to another department. B) Studying accounting at a university. C) Thinking about doing a d

39、ifferent job. D) Making preparation for her wedding. 24A) She has finally got a promotion and a pay raise. B) She has got a satisfactory job in another company. C) She could at last leave the accounting department. D) She managed to keep her position in the company. 25A) He and Andrea have proved to

40、 be a perfect match. B) He changed his mind about marriage unexpectedly. C) He declared that he would remain single all his life. D) He would marry Andrea even without meetin8 her.Section BQuestions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26A) They are motorcycles designated for water

41、 sports. B) They are speedy boats restricted in narrow waterways. C) They are becoming an efficient form of water transportation. D) They are getting more popular as a means of water recreation. 27A) Waterscooter operators lack of experience. B) Vacationers disregard of water safety rules. C) Overlo

42、ading of small boats and other craft. D) Carelessness of people beating along the shore. 28A) They scare whales to death. B) They produce too much noise. C) They discharge toxic emissions. D) They endanger lots of water life. 29A) Expand operating areas. B) Restrict operating hours. C) Limit the use

43、 of waterscooters. D) Enforce necessary regulations.Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 30A) They are stable. B) They are close. C) They are strained. D) They are changing. 31A) They are fully occupied with their own business. B) Not many of them stay in the same place f

44、or long. C) Not many of them can win trust from their neighbors. D) They attach less importance to interpersonal relations. 32A) Count on each other for help. B) Give each other a cold shoulder. C) Keep a friendly distance. D) Build a fence between them.Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage yo

45、u have just heard. 33A) It may produce an increasing number of idle youngsters. B) It may affect the quality of higher education in America. C) It may cause many schools to go out of operation. D) It may lead to a lack of properly educated workers. 34A) It is less serious in cities than in rural are

46、as. B) It affects both junior and senior high schools. C) It results from a worsening economic climate. D) It is a new challenge facing American educators. 35A) Allowing them to choose their favorite teachers. B) Creating a more relaxed learning environment. C) Rewarding excellent academic performan

47、ce. D) Helping them to develop better study habits.Section C Im interested in the criminal justice system of our country. It seems to me that something has to be done, if were to (36) as a country. I certainly dont know what the answers to our problems are. Things certainly get (37) in a hurry when

48、you get into them, but I wonder if something couldnt be done to deal with some of these problems. One thing Im concerned about is our practice of putting (38) in jail who havent harmed anyone. Why not work out some system (39) they can pay back the debts they owe society instead of (40) another debt

49、 by going to prison and, of course, coming under the (41) of hardened criminals. Im also concerned about the short prison sentences people are (42) for serious crimes. Of course one alternative to this is to (43) capital punishment, but Im not sure I would be for that. Im not sure its right to take

50、an eye for eye (44) . I also think we must do something about the insanity plea. In my opinion, anyone who takes another persons life intentionally is insane, however， (45) Its sad, of course, that a person may have to spend the rest of his life, or (46) .Section A If movie trailers(预告片)are supposed

51、 to cause a reaction, the preview for United 93 more than succeeds. Featuring no famous actors, it begins with images of a beautiful morning and passengers boarding an airplane. It takes you a minute to realize what the movies even about. Thats when a plane hits the World Trade Center. The effect is

52、 visceral(震撼心灵的). When the trailer played before Inside Man last week at a Hollywood theater, audience members began calling out, Too soon! In New York City, the response was even more dramatic. The Loews theater in Manhattan took the rate step of pulling the trailer from its screens after several c

53、omplaints. United 93 is the first feature film to deal explicitly with the events of September 11, 2001, and is certain to ignite an emotional debate. Is it too soon? Should the film have been made at all? More to the point, will anyone want to see it? Other 9/11 projects are on the way as the fifth

54、 anniversary of the attacks approaches, most notably Oliver Stones World Trade Center. But as the forerunner, United 93 will take most of the heat, whether it deserves it or not. The real United 93 crashed in a Pennsylvania field after 40 passengers and crew fought back against the terrorists. Write

55、r-director Paul Greengrass has gone to great lengths to be respectful in his depiction of what occurred, proceeding with the film only after securing the approval of every victims family. Was I surprised at the agreement? Yes. Very. Usually therere one or two families whore more reluctant, Greengras

56、s writes in an e-mail. I was surprised at the extraordinary way the United 93, families have welcomed us into their lives and shared their experiences with us. Carole OHare, a family member, says, They were very open and honest with us, and they made us a part of this whole project. Universal, which

57、 is releasing the film, plans to donate 10 % of its opening weekend gross to the Flight 93 National Memorial Fund. That hasnt stopped criticism that the studio is exploiting a national tragedy. OHare thinks thats unfair. This story has to be told to honor the passengers and crew for what they did. s

58、he says. But more than that, it raises awareness. Our ports arent secure. Our borders arent secure. Our airlines still arent secure, and this is what happens when youre not secure. Thats the message I want people to hear. 47The trailer for United 93 succeeded in _ when it played in the theaters in H

59、ollywood and New York City. 48The movie United 93 is sure to give rise to _. 49What did writer-director Paul Greengrass obtain before he proceeded with the movie? 50Universal, which is releasing United 93”, has been criticized for _. 51Carole OHare thinks that besides honoring the passengers and cre

60、w for what they did, the purpose of telling the story is to _ about security.Passage One Imagine waking up and finding the value of your assets has been halved. No, youre not an investor in one of those hedge funds that failed completely. With the dollar slumping to a 26-year low against the pound,

61、already-expensive London has become quite unaffordable. A coffee at Starbucks, just as unavoidable in England as it is in the United States, runs about $ 8. The once all-powerful dollar isnt doing a Titanic against just the pound. It is sitting at a record low against the euro and at a 30-year low against the Canadian dollar. Even the Argentine peso and Brazilian real are thriving againstthe dollar. The weak dollar is a source of humiliation (屈辱), for a nations self-esteem rests in part on the strength of its curre