大学英语六级考试真题第一套完美排版.docx

1、大学英语六级考试真题第一套完美排版2015年6月大学英语六级考试真题（第一套）Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it. You can give an example or two to illustrate your point of view. You should write

2、 at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: 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 conversati

3、on 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. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试

4、题请在答题卡1上作答。1. A) The woman seldom speaks highly of herself.B) The man is unhappy with the womans remark.C) The man behaves as if he were a thorough fool.D) The woman thinks she is cleverer than the man.2. A) Three crew members were involved in the incident.B) None of the hijackers carried any deadly

5、 weapons.C) The plane had been scheduled to fly to Japan.D) None of the passengers were injured or killed.3. A) At a checkout counter. B) At a commercial bank.C) At a travel agency. D) At a hotel front desk.4. A) The restaurant was not up to the speakers expectations.B) The restaurant places many ad

6、s 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 going into an active retirement.C) The professors graduate seminar is well received.D) The pro

7、fessor will lead a quiet life after retirement.6. A) Finding a replacement for Leon. B) Assigning Leon to a new position.C) Arranging for Rodneys visit tomorrow. D) Finding a solution to Rodneys problem.7. A) Helen has been looking forward to the exhibition.B) The photography exhibition will close t

8、omorrow.C) Helen asked the man to book a ticket for her.D) Photography is one of Helens many hobbies.8. A) The speakers share the same opinion.B) Steve knows how to motivate employees.C) The woman is out of touch with the real world.D) The man has a better understanding of Steve.Questions 9 to 12 ar

9、e 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 promotion.11. A) He has to sign a long-term contract.B) He has trouble adapting to

10、the local weather.C) He has to spend a lot more traveling back and forth.D) He has difficulty communicating with local people.12. A) The woman sympathizes with the man. B) The man is in the process of job hunting.C) The man is going to attend a job interview. D) The woman will help the man make a ch

11、oice.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13. A) To see if he can get a loan from the womans bank.B) To see if he can find a job in the womans company.C) To inquire about the current financial market situation.D) To inquire about the interest rates at the womans bank.

12、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 to a meal. B) She raised interest rates for him.C) She offered him dining coupons. D) She gave him loans at low rates.Section BDirections: In this section, you will

13、 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 letter on Answer Sheet

14、 1 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) The ability to predict fashion trends. B) A refined taste for artistic works.C) Years of practical experience. D) Strict professional training.17. A) Promoting

15、 all kinds of American hand-made specialties.B) Strengthening cooperation with foreign governments.C) Conducting trade in art works with dealers overseas.D) Purchasing handicrafts from all over the world.18. A) She has access to fashionable things. B) She is doing what she enjoys doing.C) She can en

16、joy life on a modest salary. D) She is free to do whatever she wants.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 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 co

17、ffee studies.D) It is a Portuguese company selling coffee in New York.20. A) The increased coffee consumption. B) The fluctuation of coffee prices.C) The freezing weather in Brazil. D) The impact of global warming.21. A) He is a heavy coffee drinker. B) He is tall, rich and intelligent.C) He is doin

18、g a bachelors degree. D) He is young, handsome and single.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 23 to 25 are based on the pass

19、age you have just heard.23. A) They were delayed by the train 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 mo

20、st exciting trip they ever had.D) It was canceled because of an unexpected strike.25. A) Go overseas. B) Stay at home. C) Take escorted trips. D) Take romantic cruises.Section CDirections: In this section, you mil hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should li

21、sten carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。Why would an animal kill

22、itself? It seems a strange question, and yet it is one that has (26)_ some people for a long time. The lemming（旅鼠）is one such animal. Lemmings periodically commit mass (27) _, and no one knows just why!The small (28) _, which inhabit the Scandinavian mountains, sustain themselves on a diet of roots

23、and live in nests they make underground. When their food supply is (29) _ large, the lemmings live a normal, undisturbed life.However, when the lemmings food supply becomes too low to support the population, a singular (30) _ commences. The lemmings leave their nests all together at the same time, f

24、orming huge crowds. Great numbers of the lemmings begin a long and hard journey across the Scandinavian plains, a journey that may last weeks. The lemmings eat everything in their path, continuing their (31) _ march until they reach the sea.The reason for what follows remains a mystery for zoologist

25、s and naturalists. Upon reaching the coast, the lemmings do not stop but swim by the thousands into the surf. Most (32)_ only a short time before they tire, sink and drown.A common theory for this unusual phenomenon is that the lemmings do not realize that the ocean is such (33) _ water. In their cr

26、oss-country journey, the animals must traverse many smaller bodies of water, such as rivers and small lakes. They may (34) _ that the sea is just another such swimmable (35) _. But no final answer has been found to the mystery.Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this s

27、ection, 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 carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter Please mark the correspon

28、ding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.Innovation, the elixir（灵丹妙药）of progress, has always cost people their jobs. In the Industrial Revolutio

29、n hand weavers were 36_ aside by the mechanical loom. Over the past 30 years the digital revolution has 37_ many of the mid-skill jobs that supported 20th-century middle-class life. Typists, ticket agents, bank tellers and many production-line jobs have been dispensed with, just as the weavers were.

30、For those who believe that technological progress has made the world a better place, such disruption is a natural part of rising 38_. Although innovation kills some jobs, it creates new and better ones m a more 39_ society becomes richer and its wealthier inhabitants demand more goods and services.

31、A hundred years ago one in three American workers was 40_ on a farm. Today less than 2% of them produce far more food. The millions freed from the land were not rendered 41_, but found better-paid work as the economy grew more sophisticated. Today the pool of secretaries has 42_. but there are ever

32、more computer programmers and web designers.Optimism remains the right starting-point, but for workers the dislocating effects of technology may make themselves evident faster than its 43_. Even if new jobs and wonderful products emerge, in the short term income gaps will widen, causing huge social dislocation and perhaps even changing politics. Technologys 44_ will feel like a tornado（旋风）, hitting the rich world