大学英语六级真题.docx

1、大学英语六级真题2014年12月6级第一套Part Listening Comprehension Section A1. A) At a grocery B) In a parking lot C) In a car showroom D) At a fast food restaurant2. A) Have a little nap after lunch B) Get up and take a short walkC) Change her position now and then。 D) Stretch her legs before standing up3. A) The s

2、tudents 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 present.B) They cannot afford to get married right now.C) They

3、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 quite a few days.6. A) The man will take the woman to the museum.B)

4、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 for years.C) They should not look down upon the guy.D) The guy must be feeling extremely

5、lonely.8. A) Collect timepieces B) Learn to mend clocksC) Become time-conscious D) Keep track of his daily activitiesQuestions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard9. A) It winds its way to the sea. B) It is eating into its banks.C) It is quickly rising. D) It is wide and deep10.

6、 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 to send a helicopter.B) Halt the operation until further orders.C) Cut trees

7、 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 B) Talk about his climbing experiencesC) Give up mountain climbing altogether D) Save money to buy climbing equipment13. A) He was

8、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. B) They are sacred places.C) They are to be protected. D) They are to be conquered.15. A) It was his fathers tra

9、ining 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.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) By reviewing what h

10、e has said previously.B) By comparing memorandums with letters.C) By showing a memorandums structure.D) By analyzing the 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 memorandu

11、ms.D) They ignored many of the memorandums they received.18. A) Style and wording. B) Structure and length.C) Directness and clarity. D) Simplicity and accuracy.19. A) Accurate dating. B) Professional look.C) Direct statement of purpose. D) Inclusion of appropriate humor.Passage TwoQuestions 20 to 2

12、2 are based on the passage you have just heard.20. A) They give top priority to their work efficiency.B) They make an 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

13、 efficiency D) Passion for work22. A) They are addicted to playing online games.B) They try to avoid work whenever possible.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)

14、He lost all his property. B) He was sold to a circus.C) He was forced into slavery. D) He ran away from his family.24. A) A carpenter B) A businessman C) A master of his D) A black drummer25. A) It named its town hall after Solomon Northup.B) It declared July 24 Solomon Northup Day.C) It freed all b

15、lacks in the town from slavery.D) It hosted a reunion for the Northup family.Section CIntolerance 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. B

16、ut why would anyone 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 intoleran

17、t folks grew up (30) _ 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 (

18、33) _ to anyone different 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

19、 dont believe in that 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 disa

20、greement. It stems from fear. And fear stems from ignorance.Part IIIReading comprehensionSection AQuestions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.His future subjects have not always treated the Prince of Wales with the respect one might expect. They laughed aloud in 1986 when the heir to the B

21、ritish (36) _ told a TV reporter that he talked to his plants at his country house, Highgrove, to stimulate their growth. The Prince was being humorous“My sense of humor will get me into trouble one day,”he said to the aides (随从)but listening to Charles Windsor can indeed prove stimulating. The roya

22、l (37)_ that been promoting radical ideas for most of his adult life, some of his (38) _ which once sounded a hit weird were simply ahead of their time. Now, finally, the world seems to be catching up with him.Take his views on farming. Prince Charles Duchy Home Farm went (39) _ back to 1996.when mo

23、st shoppers cared only about the low price tag on suspiciously blemish-free(无瑕疵的)Vegetables and (40) _ large chickens piled high in supermarkets.His warnings on climate change proved farsighted; too Charles began (41) _ action on global warming in 1990 and says he has been worried about the (42) _ o

24、f man on the environment since he was a teenager.Although he has gradually gained international (43) _ as one of the a worlds leading conservationists, many British people still think of him as an (44) _ person who talks to plants This year, as it happens, South Korean scientists proved that plants

25、really do (45) _ to sound. So Charles was ahead of the game there, too.A. conform B. eccentric C. environmentalist D. expeditionsE. impact F. notions G. organic H. originallyI. recognition J. respond K. subordinate L. suppressingM. throne N. unnaturally O. urgingSection BShould Single-Sex Education

26、Be Eliminated?A Why is a neuroscientist here debating single-sex schooling? Honestly, I had no fixed ideas on the topic when I started researching it for my book, Pink Brain, Blue Brain. But any discussion of gender differences in children inevitably leads to this debate, so I felt compelled to dive

27、 into the research data on single-sex schooling. I read every study I could, weighed the existing evidence, and ultimately concluded that single-sex education is not the answer to gender gaps in achievementor the best way forward for todays young people. After my book was published, I met several de

28、velopmental and cognitive psychologists whose work was addressing gender and education from different angles, and we published a peer-reviewed Education Forum piece in Science magazine with the provocative title, “The Pseudoscience of Single-Sex Education.”B We showed that three lines of research us

29、ed to justify single-sex schoolingeducational, neuroscience, and social psychologyall fail to support its alleged benefits, and so the widely-held view that gender separation is somehow better for boys, girls, or both is nothing more than a myth.The Research on Academic OutcomesC First, we reviewed

30、the extensive educational research that has compared academic outcomes in students attending single-sex versus coeducational schools. The overwhelming conclusion when you put this enormous literature together is that there is no clear academic advantage of sitting in all-female or all-male classes,

31、in spite of much popular belief to the contrary. I base this conclusion not on any individual study, but on large-scale and systematic reviews of thousands of studies conducted in every major English-speaking country.D Of course, therere many excellent single-sex schools out there, but as these careful research reviews have demonstrated, its not