六级笔试新题型模拟试卷02

Part I Writing

1.

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on How to Develop Critical Thinking Skills. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

1. 批判性思维的重要性

2. 某些学生缺少批判性思维能力，其原因是…… 3. 如何解决

答案：

How to Develop Critical Thinking Skills

According to Wikipedia, critical thinking generally refers to a higher-order of thinking that questions assumptions. It is a way of deciding whether a claim is true, false or even partly true and partly false. Also described as \about thinking\professions. Despite that critical thinking ability is highly required in education, some students are always said to be less critical compared with their counterparts from a different educational background.

Two major factors may contribute to the lack of critical thinking skills of these students. To begin with, let us take China, Japan, and Korea as examples, there has formed a tradition that children could never be allowed to disobey their parents, teachers and authorities due to historical and political backgrounds. Additionally, the difference in education system could be another reason. Take the American way of teaching as an example, students in America are usually encouraged to discuss in groups and challenge each other, the tutors or even the authorities, in which critical thinking skills are gradually cultivated. However, in most Asian countries, students are just the passive recipients rather than active learners. Once they have grown up in such a restricted education system, it would be rather difficult to change the way they think.

Therefore, it is the primary concern for the students to increase the awareness of critical thinking. Besides, the education system should be reformed to get students fully involved in all inquiry processes like discussing, challenging the authorities and keeping asking why. Moreover, teachers'

exploration on how to develop students' critical thinking skills should be another focal point in the education system reform.

解析：

此作文属于分析类文章，并且题目中已经给出提纲，考生只需要按照提纲写出亚洲学生缺乏批判性思维能力的现状，分析主要原因，并写出解决方法即可。本文语言规范、地道，结构清晰。作者首先指出现象，开门见山地提出批判性思维的定义、重要性以及很多亚洲学生缺乏批判性思维能力；在主体部分作者指出导致亚洲学生缺乏批判性思维能力的两个主要原因：即由于历史政治原因形成的不能忤逆长辈的传统以及不同于西方国家重视培养批判性思维能力的教育体系。最后，作者点明要提高亚洲学生的批判性思维能力，首先要培养学生的批判性思维意识，其次要进行教育体制改革，并且要重视教师对培养学生思辨能力的探索和研究。

Part II Listening Comprehension Section A

Directions： In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer.

1. [听力文本资源]

M: Sandy and I plan to go to the seaside near our town tomorrow. We could enjoy the sunshine, the beach as well as our favorite seafood.

W: Oh, that sounds wonderful. But did you guys take the traffic into

consideration? Tomorrow is a public holiday. You might be stuck in heavy traffic.

What does the woman mean? [听力文本资源]

A) She thinks the luggage the man takes is too heavy.

B) She thinks the idea of going to the seaside is brilliant.

C) She disagrees with the idea of going out on a public holiday. D) She thinks there might be a lot of vehicles on the road tomorrow. √

答案： D 解析： 音频中女士提到Tomorrow is a public holiday. You might be stuck in heavy traffic，意为明天是公众假日，你们可能会被堵在路上，由此可以推测她认为路上一定会有很多车辆，所以选D。 2. [听力文本资源] M: Mary is busy all the time. Besides her regular job, she also supplements her income by tutoring in the evenings and at weekends. It is so hard to ask her out. W: If she could give up those luxuries, she would lead an easy life. What can we learn about Mary? [听力文本资源] A) B) C) D)

Mary loves working hard. Mary enjoys doing tutoring.

Mary loves buying expensive things. √

Mary will live a better life in the future.

答案： C 解析：

音频中提到，Mary一直不停工作和她喜欢买luxury（奢侈品）有关。女士认为，只要她能放弃这些昂贵的东西，她的生活会变得轻松很多。对话中并未提到Mary是否喜欢工作，因此选项A、B不正确，所以选C。

3. [听力文本资源]

M: I have called the cinema hundreds of times, but the connection was always bad. There was a lot of echo and I couldn't hear well.

W: Don't you know the West Central telephone line is broken due to the stormy weather? You probably have to wait for a while and try again.

What can be inferred from the conversation? [听力文本资源]

A) The weather in this area is terrible. √ B) The man has some hearing problems. C) The woman wants to go to the cinema. D) The man works in a telephone company. 答案： A 解析： 音频中提到男士打不进去电话的原因在于stormy weather（暴风雪天气），导致电话线破损，而男士打电话去电影院的目的并未提起，因此C并不准确。所以选A。