2016年6月英语六级真题第1套

2016 年 6 月英语六级真题（第 1 套） Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on E-learning. Try to imagine what will happen when more and more people study online instead of attending school. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. 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 l with a single line through the centre. Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 1. A) The restructuring of her company. B) The man’ s switch to a new career. C) The updating of technology at CucinTech. D) The project the man managed at CucinTech. 2. A) Talented personnel. B) Effective promotion. C) Strategic innovation. D) Competitive products. 3. A) Innovate constantly. B) Expand the market. C) Recruit more talents. D) Watch out for his competitors. 4. A) Possible bankruptcy. B) Unforeseen difficulties. C) Imitation by one’ s competitors. D) Conflicts within the company. Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 5. A) The importance of language proficiency. B) The job of an interpreter. C) The stress felt by professionals. D) The best way to effective communication. 6. A) Admirable. B) Promising. C) Meaningful. D) Rewarding. 7. A) They have all passed language proficiency tests. B) They have all studied cross-cultural differences. C) They all have a strong interest in language. D) They all have professional qualifications. 8. A) It puts one’s long-term memory under more stress. B) It is more stressful than simultaneous interpreting. C) It attaches more importance to accuracy. D) It requires a much larger vocabulary. 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 fetter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard. 9. A) It might increase mothers’ mental distress. B) It might increase the risk of infants’ death. C) It might affect mothers’ health. D) It might disturb infants’ sleep. 10. A) Mothers who sleep with their babies need a little more sleep each night. B) Sleeping patterns of mothers greatly affect their newborn babies’ health. C) Sleeping with infants in the same room has a negative impact on mothers. D) Mothers who breast-feed their babies have a harder time falling asleep. 11. A) Take precautions to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. B) Sleep in the same house but not in the same room as their babies. C) Sleep in the same room but not in the same bed as their babies. D) Change their sleep patterns to adapt to their newborn babies. Questions l2 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard. 12. A) More money is needed to record the native languages in the US. B) The efforts to preserve Indian languages have proved fruitless. C) The US ranks first in the number of endangered languages. D) A lot of native languages have already died out in the US. 13. A) To set up more language schools. B) To educate native American children. C) To revitalise America’s native languages. D) To document endangered languages. 14. A) The US government’s policy of Americanising Indian children. B) The failure of American Indian languages to gain an official status. C) The long-time isolation of American Indians from the outside world. D) The US government’s unwillingness to spend money educating Indians. 15. A) It is widely used in language immersion schools. B) It speeds up the extinction of native languages. C) It is being utilised to teach native languages. D) It tells traditional stories during family time. 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. Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard. 16. A) It provides them with the basic necessities of everyday life. B) It pays their living expenses until they find employment again. C) It covers their mortgage payments and medical expenses for 99 weeks. D) It pays them up to half of their previous wages while they look for work. 17. A) Convincing local lawmakers to extend unemployment benefits. B) Creating jobs for the huge army of unemployed workers. C) Providing training and guidance for unemployed workers. D) Raising funds to help those having no unemployment insurance. 18. A) To encourage big businesses to hire back workers with government subsidies. B) To create more jobs by encouraging private investments in local companies. C) To allow them to postpone their monthly mortgage payments. D) To offer them loans they need to start their own businesses. Questions l9 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard. 19. A) They investigated the ice. B) They analyzed the water content. C) They explored the ocean floor. D) They measured the depths of sea water. 20. A) The ice decrease is more evident than previously thought. B) The ice ensures the survival of many endangered species. C) Most of the ice was accumulated over the past centuries. D) Eighty percent of the ice disappears in summer time. 21. A) The melting Arctic ice has drowned many coastal cities. B) Arctic ice is a major source of the world’s flesh water. C) Arctic ice is essential to human survival. D) The decline of Arctic ice is irreversible. 22. A) There is no easy technological solution to it. B) It will advance nuclear technology. C) There is no easy way to understand it. D) It will do a lot of harm to mankind. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard. 23. A) The deciding factor in children’s academic performance. B) The health problems of children raised by a single parent. C) The relation between children’s self-control and their future success. D) The reason why New Zealand children seem to have better self-control. 24. A) Those with a criminal record mostly come from single parent families. B) Children raised by single parents will have a hard time in their thirties. C) Parents must learn to exercise self-control in front of their children. D) Lack of self-control in parents is a disadvantage for their children. 25. A) Self-control problems will diminish as one grows up. B) Self-control can be improved through education. C) Self-control can improve one’s financial situation. D) Self-control problems may be detected early in children. Part III Section A Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Directions: 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 carefully 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 centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage. Let’s say you love roller-skating. Just the thought of 26 on your rollerskates brings a smile to your face. You also know that roller-skating is excellent exercise. You have a 27 attitude toward it. This description of roller-skating 28 the three components of an attitude: affect, cognition, and behavior. You love the activity; it’s great fun. These feelings 29 the affective or emotional component; they are an important ingredient in attitudes. The knowledge we have about the object constitutes the cognitive component of an attitude. You understand the health 30 that the activity can bring. Finally, attitudes have a behavioral component. Our attitudes 31 us to go outside to enjoy roller-skating. Now, we don’t want to leave you with the 32 that these three components always work together 33 . They don’t: sometimes they clash. For example, let’s say you love pizza (affective component); however, you have high cholesterol and understand (knowledge component) that eating pizza may be bad for your health. Which behavior will your attitude result in, eating pizza or 34 it? The answer depends off which component happens to be stronger. If you are walking past a pizza restaurant at lunchtime. Your emotions and feelings probably will be stronger than your knowledge that pizza may not be the best food for your health. In that instance, you have pizza for lunch. If you are at home trying to decide where to go for dinner, however, the knowledge component may 35 , and you decide to go where you can eat a healthier meal. A) avoiding I) positive B) benefits J) prevail C) highlight K) primarily D) illustrates L) prompt E) impression M) specifications