大学英语六级考试真题第二套.docx

1、大学英语六级考试真题第二套2014年12月大学英语六级试题（第二套）Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then discuss whether technology is indispensable in education. You

2、should give sound arguments to support your views and write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。Part Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations

3、. 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

4、 answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the center.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。1. A) At a grocery. C) In a car showroom.B) In a parking lot. D) At a fast food restaurant.2. A) Have a little nap after lunch. C) Change her position now and then.B) Get up and take

5、 a short walk. D) Stretch legs before standing up. 3. A) The students should practice long-distance running. B) He doesnt quite believe what the woman says.C) The students physical condition is not desirable. D) He thinks the race is too hard for the students.4. A) They do not want to have a baby at

6、 present.B) They cannot afford to get married right now.C) They are both pursuing graduate studies.D) They will get their degrees in two years.5. A) Twins usually have a lot in common. B) He must have been mistaken for Jack.C) Jack is certainly not as healthy as he is.D) He has not seen Jack for qui

7、te a few days.6. A) The man will take the woman to the museum. B) The man knows where the museum is located.C) The woman is asking the way at the crossroads. D) The woman will attend the opening of the museum.7. A) They cannot ask the guy to leave.B) The guy has been coming in four years. C) They sh

8、ould not look down upon the guy.D) They guy must be feeling extremely lonely.8. A) Collect timepieces. C) Become time-conscious. B) Learn to mend clocks. D) Keep track of his daily activities.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A) It winds its way to the sea. C) It

9、 is quickly rising.B) It is eating into its banks. D) It is wide and deep10. A) Get the trucks over to the other side of the river.B) Take the equipment apart before being ferried.C) Reduce the transport cost as much as possible.D) Try to speed up the operation by any means.11. A) Ask the commander

10、to send a helicopter.B) Halt the operation until further orders.C) Cut trees and build rowing boats.D) Find as many boats as possible.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) Help him join an Indian expedition. C) Give up mountain climbing altogether.B) Talk about

11、his climbing experiences. D) Save money to buy climbing equipment.13. A) He was very strict with his children.B) He climbed mountains to earn a living.C) He had an unusual religious background.D) He was the first to conquer Mt. Qomolangma.14. A) They are like humans. C) They are to be protected.B) T

12、hey are sacred places. D) They are to be conquered.15. A) It was his fathers training that pulled him through.B) It was a milestone in his mountain climbing career.C) It was his father who gave him the strength to succeed.D) It helped him understand the Sherpa view of mountains.Section BDirections:

13、In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some 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 l

14、etter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the center.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。Passage oneQuestions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) By reviewing what he has said previously.B) By comparing memorandums with letters.C) By showing a memorandums structure.D) By analyzing th

15、e organization of a letter.17. A) They spent a lot of time writing memorandums.B) They seldom read a memorandum through to the end.C) They placed emphasis on the format of memorandums.D) They ignored many of the memorandums they received.18. A) Style and wording. C) Directness and clarity. B) Struct

16、ure and length. D) Simplicity and accuracy.19. A) Accurate dating. C) Direct statement of purpose.B) Professional look. D) Inclusion of appropriate humor.Passage TwoQuestions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.20. A) They give top priority to their work efficiency.B) They make an

17、effort to lighten their workload.C) They never change work habits unless forced to.D) They try hard to make the best use of their time.21. A) Self-confidence B) Sense of duty C) Work efficiency D) Passion for work22. A) They are addicted to playing online games.B) They try to avoid work whenever pos

18、sible.C) They find no pleasure in the work they do.D) They simply have no sense of responsibility.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23. A) He lost all his property. C) He was forced into slavery.B) He was sold to a circus. D) He ran away from his family.24.

19、 A) A carpenter. C) A master of his.B) A businessman. D) A black drummer.25. A) It named its town hall after Solomon Northup.B) It declared July 24 Solomon Northup Day.C) It freed all blacks in the town from slavery.D) It hosted a reunion for the Northup family.Section CDirections: In this section,

20、you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the th

21、ird time, you should check what you have written.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。Intolerance is the art of ignoring any views that differ from your own. It (26) _ itself a hatred, stereotypes, prejudice, and (27) _. Once it intensifies in people, intolerance is nearly impossible to overcome. But why would anyone

22、want to be labeled intolerant? Why would people want to be (28) _ about the world around them? Why would one want to be part of the problem in America, instead of the solution?There are many explanations for intolerant attitudes, some (29) _ childhood. It is likely that intolerant folks grew up (30)

23、 _ intolerant parents and the cycle of prejudice has simply continued for (31) _. Perhaps intolerant people are so set in their ways that they find it easier to ignore anything that might not (32) _ their limited view of life. Or maybe intolerant students have simply never been (33) _ to anyone diff

24、erent from themselves. But none of these reasons is an excuse for allowing the intolerance to continue。Intolerance should not be confused with disagreement. It is, of course, possible to disagree with an opinion without being intolerant of it. If you understand a belief but still dont believe in tha

25、t specific belief, thats fine. You are (34) _ your opinion. As a matter of fact, (35) _ dissenters (持异议者) are important for any belief. If we all believed the same things, we would never grow, and we would never learn about the world around us. Intolerance does not stem from disagreement. It stems f

26、rom fear. And fear stems from ignorance.Part III Reading Comprehension (40minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through c

27、arefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the followin

28、g passage.It was ten years ago, on a warm July night, that a newborn lamb took her first breath in a small shed in Scotland. From the outside, she looked no different from thousands of other sheep born on _36_ farms. But Dolly, as the world soon came to realize, was no _37_ lamb. She was cloned from

29、 one cell of an adult female sheep, _38_ long-held scientific dogma that had declared such a thing biologically impossible.A decade later, scientists are starting to come to grips with just how different Dolly was. Dozens of animals have been cloned since the first lambmice, cats, cows and most rece

30、ntly, a dogand its becoming _39_ clear that they are all, in one way or another, defective.Its _40_ to think of clones as perfect carbon copies of the original. It turns out, though, that there are various degree of genetic _41_. That may come as a shock to people who have paid thousands of dollars

31、to clone a pet only to discover that the baby cat looks and behaves _42_ like their beloved petwith different color coat of fur, perhaps, or a _43_ different attitude toward its human hosts.And these are just the obvious differences. Not only are clones _44_ from the original template (模板) by time, but they are also the product of an unnatural molecular mechanism that turns out not to be very good at making _45_ copies. In fact, the process can embed small flaws in the genes o