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英语六级试题及答案解析和听力原文卷二
2017年6月英语六级试题及答案解析和听力原文(卷二)
2017年6月英语六级试题(卷二)
PartIWriting(30minutes)
Directions【答案】Supposeyouareaskedtogiveadviceonwhethertomajorinhumanitiesorscience,writeanessaytostateyouropinion.Youarerequiredtowriteatleast150wordsbutnomorethan200words.
Part II Listening Comprehension(25 minutes)
Section A
Directions:
In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer. from the four choices marked A), B),C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. 注意:
此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
Questions1to 4are based on the passage you have just heard.
1. A) Dong enjoyable work.
B) Having friendly colleagues.
C)Earning a competitive salary.
D) Working for supportive bosses.
2. A) 31%. B) 20%. C) 25%. D)73%.
3.A)Those of a small size.
B) Those run by women.
C) Those that are well managed.
D) Those full of skilled workers.
4.A) They can hop from job to job easily. C)They can better balance work and life.
B) They can win recognition of their work. D) They can take on more than one job.
Questions 5 to 8 are based on the passage you have just heard.
5. A) It is a book of European history.
B)It is an introduction to music.
C)It is about the city of Bruges.
D)It is a collection of photos.
6. A)When painting the concert hall Bruges.
B) When vacationing on an Italian coastal city.
C) When taking pictures for a concert catalogue.
D) When writing about Belgium’s coastal regions.
7.A) The entire European coastline will be submerged.
B) The rich heritage of Europe will be lost completely.
C) The seawater of Europe will be seriously polluted.
D) The major European scenic spots will disappear.
8. A) Its waterways are being increasingly polluted.
B) People cannot get around without using boats.
C) It attracts large numbers of tourists from home and abroad.
D) Tourists use wooden paths to reach their hotels in the morning.
Section B
Directions:
In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.
9.A) They make careful preparations beforehand.
B) They take too many irrelevant factors into account.
C) They spend too much time anticipating their defeat.
D) They try hard to avoid getting off on the wrong foot.
10.A)A person’s nervous system is more complicated than imagined.
B) Golfers usually have positive mental images of themselves.
C) Mental images often interfere with athletes’ performance.
D) Thinking has the same effect on the nervous system as doing.
11.A)Anticipate possible problems.
B)Make a list of do’s and don’ts.
C) Picture themselves succeeding.
D) Try to appear more professional.
12.A)She wore a designer dress.
B) She won her first jury trial.
C) She did not speak loud enough.
D) She presented moving pictures.
Passage Two
Questions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.
13.A)Its long-term effects are yet to be proved.
B) Its health benefits have been overestimated.
C) It helps people to avoid developing breast caner.
D)It enables patients with diabetes to recover sooner.
14.A) It focused on their ways of life during young adulthood.
B) It tracked their change in food preferences for years .
C) It focused on their difference from men in fiber intake.
D) It tracked their eating habits since their adolescence.
15.A) Fiber may help to reduce hormones in the body.
B) Fiber may bring more benefits to women than men.
C) Fiber may improve the function of heart muscles.
D) Fiber may make blood circulation more smooth.
Section C
Directions:
In this section, you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed by three or four questions. The recordings will be played only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Recording One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.
16.A) Observing the changes in marketing.
B) Conducting research on consumer behaviour.
C) Studying the hazards of young people drinking.
D)Investigating the impact of media on government.
17.A) It is the cause of many street riots.
B) It is getting worse year by year.
C) It is a chief concern of parents.
D) It is an act of socialising.
18.A) They spent a week studying their own purchasing behaviour.
B) They researched the impact of mobile phones on young people.
C) They analysed their family budgets over the years.
D) They conducted a thorough research on advertising.
Recording Two
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.
19.A)It is helping its banks to improve efficiency.
B) It is trying hard to do away with dirty money.
C) It is the first country to use credit cards in the world.
D) It is likely to give up paper money in the near future.
20.A) Whether it is possible to travel without carrying any physical currency.
B) Whether it is possible to predict bow much money one is going to spend.
C) Whether the absence of physical currency causes a person to spend more.
D) Whether the absence of physical currency is going to affect everyday life.
21.A) There was no food service on the train. C) The restaurant car accepted cash only.
B)The service on the train was not good. D)The cash in her handbag was missing.
22.A) By putting money into envelopes.
B) By drawing money week by week.
C)By limiting their day to day spending.
D)By refusing to buy anything on credit.
Recording Three
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.
23.A) Population explosion.
B) Chronic hunger.
C) Extinction of rare species.
D) Environmental deterioration.
24.A)They contribute to overpopulation. C)They have been brought under control.
B)About half of them are unintended. D) The majority of them tend to end halfway.
25.A)It is essential to the wellbeing of all species on earth.
B) It is becoming a subject of interdisciplinary research.
C) It is neglected in many of the developing countries.
D) It is beginning to attract postgraduates’ attention.
PartIIIReadingcomprehension(40minutes)
SectionA
Directions:
Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglethroughthecenter.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordinthebankmorethanonce.
Let’sallstopjudgingpeoplewhotalktothemselves.Newresearchsaysthatthosewhocan’tseemtokeeptheirinnermonologues(独白)inareactuallymorelikelytostayontask,remain26betterandshowimprovedperceptioncapabilities.Notbad,really,forsomeextramuttering.
AccordingtoaseriesofexperimentspublishedintheQuarterlyJournalofExperimentalPsychologybyprofessorsGaryLupyanandDanielSwignley,theactofusingverbalcluesto27mentalpictureshelpspeoplefunctionquicker.
Inoneexperiment,theyshowedpicturesofvariousobjectstotwenty28andaskedthemtofindjustoneofthose,abanana.Halfwere29torepeatoutloudwhattheywerelookingforandtheotherhalfkepttheirlips30.Thosewhotalkedtothemselvesfoundthebananaslightlyfasterthanthosewhodidn’t,theresearcherssay.Inotherexperiments,LupyanandSwignleyfoundthat31thenameofacommonproductwhenonthehuntforithelpedquickensomeone’space,buttalkingaboutuncommonitemsshowednoadvantageandslowedyoudown.
Commonresearchhaslongheldthattalkingthemselvesthroughataskhelpschildrenlearn,althoughdoingsowhenyou’ve32maturedisnotagreatsignof33.Thetwoprofessorshopetorefutethatidea,34thatjustaswhenkidswalkthemselvesthroughaprocess,adultscanbenefitfromusinglanguagenotjusttocommunicate,butalsotohelp“augmentthinking”.
Ofcourse,youarestillencouragedtokeepthetalkingatlibrarytonesand,whateveryoudo,keeptheinformationyousharesimple,likeagrocerylist.Atany35,there’sstillsuchathingastoomuchinformation.
A)Apparently
B)arrogance
C)brilliance
D)claiming
E)dedicated
F)focused
G)incur
H)instructed
I)obscurely
J)sealed
K)spectators
L)trigger
M)uttering
N)volume
O)volunteers
SectionB
Directions:
Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.AnswerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2.
[A]ThelivesofchildrenfromrichandpoorAmericanfamilieslookmoredifferentthantheyhaveindecades.
[B]Well-offfamiliesareruledbycalendars,withchildrenenrolledinballet,soccerandafter-schoolprograms,accordingtoanewPewResearchCentersurvey.Thereareusuallytwoparents,whospendalotoftimereadingtochildrenandworryingaboutth