6月大学英语六级考试真题.docx

1、6 月大学英语六级考试真题2016 年 -2017年 6 月大学英语六级考试真题Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30minutes to write an essay commenting onAlbert Einstein s remark “I have no special talents, but I amonly passionately curious. ”You can give one exampleor two to illustrate your point of v

2、iew. You should write at least150 words but no more than 200 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section A1.A) The woman seldom speaks highly of herself.B) The manis unhappy with the womans remark.C) The manbehaves as if he were a thorough fool.D)The woman thinks she is cleverer than t

3、he man.2.A) Three crew members were involvedin the incident.B) None of the hijackers carried any deadly weapons.C) The plane had beenscheduled to fly to Japan.D) None of the passengers were injured or killed.3.A) At a checkoutcounter. B)At acommercial bank.C) At a travel agency. D)At a hotel front d

4、esk.4.A) The restaurant was not up to the speakers expectations.B) The restaurant places many ads in popular magazines.C) The critic thought highly of the Chinese restaurant.D) Chinatown has got the best restaurants in the city.5.A) Prof. Laurence has stopped conducting seminars.B) Prof. Laurence is

5、 going into an active retirement.C) The professorsgraduate seminar is wellreceived.D)The professor will lead a quiet life after retirement.6.A) Finding a replacement forLeon. B)Assigning Leon to a new position.C) Arranging for Rodneys visit tomorrow. D) Finding a solution to Rodneys problem.7.A) Hel

6、en has been looking forward to the exhibition.B) The photography exhibition will close tomorrow.C) Helen asked the manto book a ticket for her.D) Photography is one of Helensmany hobbies.8.A) The speakers share the same opinion.B) Steve knows how to motivate employees.C) The woman is out of touch wi

7、th the real world.D)The man has a better understanding of Steve.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A) It is well paid. B) It is demanding. C) It is stimulating. D) It is fairly secure.10.A)A lighter workload. B) Free accommodation.C) Moving expenses. D)A quick pro

8、motion.11.A) He has to sign a long-term contract.B) He has trouble adapting to the localweather.C) He has to spend a lot more traveling back and forth.D) He has difficulty communicating with local people.12.A) The womansympathizes with the man.B) The man is in the process of jobhunting.C) The man is

9、 going to attend a job interview.D) The womanwill help the man make a choice.Questions 13to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13.A) Tosee if he can get a loan from the womans bank.B) To see if he can find a job inthe womans company.C) To inquire about the current financial market

10、situation.D) Toinquire about the interest rates at the womansbank.14.A) Long-term investment. B)Any high-interest deposit.C)A three-month deposit. D)Any high-yield investment.15.A) She treated him toa meal. B) She raised interest rates for him.C) She offered him dining coupons. D) She gave him loans

11、 at low rates.Section BPassage OneQuestions 16to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.A) The ability to predict fashiontrends. B)A refined taste for artistic works.C) Years of practical experience. D) Strictprofessionaltraining.17.A) Promoting all kinds ofAmerican hand-made specialties

12、.B) Strengthening cooperation with foreign governments.C) Conducting trade in art works with dealers overseas.D) Purchasinghandicrafts from all over the world.18.A) She has access to fashionable things. B) She is doing what she enjoys doing.C) She can enjoy life on a modest salary. D) She is free to

13、 do whatever she wants.Passage TwoQuestions 19to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.19.A) Its role is to regulate international coffee prices.B) It represents several countries that export coffee.C) Its most important task is to conduct coffee studies.D) It is a Portuguese company selli

14、ng coffee in New York.20.A) The increased coffee consumption. B) The fluctuation of coffeeprices.C) The freezing weather in Brazil. D) The impact ofglobal warming.21.A) He is a heavy coffee drinker. B) He is tall, rich andintelligent.C) He is doing a bachelors degree. D) He is young, handsome and si

15、ngle.22.A)A visit to several coffee-growing plantations.B)A vacation on some beautiful tropical beach.C) Coffee prices and his advertising campaign.D)A quick promotion and a handsome income.Passage ThreeQuestions 23to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23.A) They were delayedby the trai

16、n for hours.B) They were late for the first morning bus.C) They boarded a wrong coach in a hurry.D) They were held up in a traffic jam.24.A) It was postponed due to terrible weather.B) It was spoiled by poor accommodations.C) It was the most exciting trip they ever had.D) It was canceledbecause of a

17、n unexpected strike.25.A) Go overseas. B) Stay at home. C) Take escorted trips. D) Take romantic cruises.Section CWhy would an animal kill itself?It seems a strange question, and yet it is one that has(26)_ somepeople for a long time. Thelemming（旅鼠）is one such animal. Lemmingsperiodically commit mas

18、s (27) _, and no one knows just why!The small (28) _, which inhabit the Scandinavian mountains, sustain themselves on a dietofroots and live in nests they make underground. When their food supply is (29) _ large, thelemmings live a normal, undisturbed life.However, when the lemmings food supply beco

19、mes too low to support the population, asingular (30) _ commences. The lemmings leave their nests all together at the same time,forming huge crowds. Great numbers of the lemmings begin a longand hard journey across theScandinavian plains, a journey that may last weeks. The lemmings eat everything in

20、 theirpath,continuing their (31) _ march until they reach the sea.The reason for what follows remains a mystery for zoologists and naturalists. Upon reachingthe coast, the lemmings do not stop but swim by the thousands into thesurf. Most (32)_ only ashort time before they tire, sink and drown.A comm

21、on theory for this unusual phenomenon is that the lemmings do not realize that theocean is such (33) _ water. In their cross-country journey, the animals must traverse manysmaller bodies of water, such as riversand small lakes. They may (34) _ that the sea is justanother such swimmable (35) _. But n

22、o final answer has been found to the mystery.Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section AQuestions 36to 45 are based on the following passage.Thatwhich does not kill us makes us stronger. But parents cant handle it when teenagersput this 36_ into practice. Now technology has become the new f

23、ield for the age-old battlebetween adults and theirfreedom-seeking kids.Locked indoors, unableto get on their bicycles andhang out with their friends, teens haveturned to social media andtheir mobile phones to socialize with their peers. What they do onlineoften 37_ what they might otherwise do if t

24、heir mobility werent so heavily 38_ in theageof helicopter parenting. Social media and smart-phone apps have become so popular in recentyears because teens need a placeto call their own. They want the freedom to 39_ their identityand the world around them. Instead of 40_ out, they jump online.As tee

25、ns have movedonline, parents have projected their fears onto the Internet, imaginingall the 41_dangers that youth might face 一 from 42_ strangers to cruel peers to picturesorwords that could haunt them on Google for the rest of their lives.Rather than helping teens develop strategies for negotiating

26、public life and the risks of 43_withothers, fear-full parents have focused on tracking, monitoring and blocking. Thesetactics（策略）dont help teens develop the skills they need to manage complex social situations,44_ risks and get help when theyre in trouble. Protecting kids may feel like the right thi

27、ng todo, but it 45_ the learning that teens need to do as they come of age in a technology-soakedworld.A) assess B) constrained C) contains D) exploreE) influence F) interacting G) interpretation H) magnifiedI) mirrors J) philosophy K) potential L) sneakingM) sticking N) undermines O) violentSection

28、 BInequalityIs Not InevitableA A dangerous trend has developed over this past third of a century. A country that experiencedshared growth after World War IIbegan to tear apart, so much so that when the Great Recessionhitin late 2007, onecould no longer ignore the division that had come to define the

29、 Americaneconomic landscape. How did this shining city on a hill become the advanced country with thegreatest level of inequality?B Over the past year and a half, The Great divide, a series in The New York Times, has presenteda wide range of examples that undermine the notion that there are any trul

30、y fundamental lawsofcapitalism. The dynamics of the imperial capitalism of the 19th century neednt apply in thedemocracies of the 21st. we dont need to have this much inequality inAmerica.C Our current brand ofcapitalism is a fake capitalism. For proof of this go back to our responseto the Great Rec

31、ession, where we socialized losses, even as we privatized gains. Perfectcompetition should drive profits to zero, at least theoretically, but we have monopolies makingpersistently high profits. C.E.O.senjoy incomes that are on average 295 times that ofthe typicalworker, a much higher ratio than in the past, withoutany evidence of a proportionate increase inproductivity.D If it is notthe cruel laws of economics that have led to Americas great divide,what is it? Thestraightforward answer: our policies andour politics. People get tired of hearing aboutScandinavian success stories, but the