2014年6月六级考试真题（一）.docx

2014年6月大学英语六级考试真题(一) Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions： For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to jump to conclusions upon seeing or hearing something. You can give examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。 PartⅡ Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section A Directions： 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 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, answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。 1.A) College tuition has become a heavy burden for the students. B) College students are in general politically active nowadays. C) He is doubtful about the effect of the students5 action. D) He took part in many protests when he was at college. 2.A) Jay is organizing a party for the retiring dean. B) Jay is surprised to learn of the party for him. C) The dean will come to Jay’s birthday party. D) The class has kept the party a secret from Jay. 3. A) He found his wallet in his briefcase. C) He left his things with his car in the garage B) He went to the lost-and-found office. D) He told the woman to go and pick up his car 4. A) The show he directed turned out to be a success. B) He watches only those comedies by famous directors. C) New comedies are exciting, just like those in the 1960s. D) TV comedies have not improved much since the 1960s. 5. A)All vegetables should be cooked fresh. B) The man should try out some new recipes. C) Overcooked vegetables are often tasteless. D) The man should stop boiling the vegetables. 6.A) Sort out their tax returns. C) Figure out a way to avoid taxes B) Help them tidy up the house. D) Help them to decode a message. 7.A) He didn’t expect to complete his work so soon. B) He has devoted a whole month to his research. C) The woman is still trying to finish her work. D) The woman remains a total mystery to him. 8.A) He would like to major in psychology too. B) He has failed to register for the course. C) Developmental psychology is newly offered. D) There should be more time for registration. Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 9.A) The brilliant product design. C) The unique craftsmanship B) The new color combinations. D) The texture of the fabrics. 10.A) Unique tourist attractions. C) Local handicrafts. B) Traditional Thai silks. D) Fancy products. 11.A) It will be on the following weekend. C) It will last only one day. B) It will be out into the countryside. D) It will start tomorrow. Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 12.A) A good secondary education. C) A happy childhood. A pleasant neighborhood. D) A year of practical training. 13. A) He ought to get good vocational training. C) He is academically gifted. B) He should be sent to a private school. D) He is good at carpentry. 14.A) Donwell School. C) Carlton on Abbey. B) Enderby High. D) Enderby Comprehensive. 15.A) Put Keith in a good boarding school. B) Talk with their children about their decision. C) Send their children to a better private school. D) Find out more about the five schools. Section B Directions: 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 letter on Answer Sheet 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 One Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16.A) It will be brightly lit. C) It will have a large space for storage. B) It will be well ventilated. D) It will provide easy access to the disabled. 17.A) On the first floor. C) Opposite to the library. B) On the ground floor. D) On the same floor as the labs. 18. A) To make the building appear traditional. B) To match the style of construction on the site. C) To cut the construction cost to the minimum. D) To embody the subcommittee’s design concepts. Passage Two Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard 19. A) Sell financial software. C) Train clients to use financial software. B) Write financial software. D) Conduct research on financial software. 20. A) Unsuccessful. C) Tedious. B) Rewarding. D) Important. 21.A) He offered online tutorials. C) He gave the trainees lecture notes. B) He held group discussions. D) He provided individual support. 22. A) The employees were a bit slow to follow his instruction. B) The trainees5 problems had to be dealt with one by one. C) Nobody is able to solve all the problems in a couple of weeks. D) The fault might lie in his style of presenting the information. Passage Three Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 23.A) Their parents tend to overprotect them. C) They have little close contact with adults. B) Their teachers meet them only in class. D) They rarely read any books about adults. 24.A) Real-life cases are simulated for students to learn law. B) Writers and lawyers are brought in to talk to students. C) Opportunities are created for children to become writers. D) More Teacher and Writer Collaboratives are being set up. 25.A)Sixth-graders can teach first-graders as well as teachers. B) Children are often the best teachers of other children. C) Paired Learning cultivates the spirit of cooperation. D) Children like to form partnerships with each other. Section C Directions : In this section, 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 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。 Tests may be the most unpopular part of academic life. Students hate them because they produce fear and 26 about being evaluated, and a focus on grades instead of learning for learning’s sake. But tests are also valuable. A well-constructed test 27 what you know and what you still need to learn. Tests help you see how your performance 28 that of others. And knowing that you’ll be tested on 29 material is certainly likely to 30 you to learn the material more thoroughly. However, there’s another reason you might dislike tests: You may assume that tests have the power to 31 your worth as a person. If you do badly on a test, you may be tempted to believe that you’ve received some 32 information about yourself from the professor, information that says you’re a failure in some significant way. This is a dangerous—and wrong-headed —assumption. If you do badly on a test, it doesn’t mean you’re a bad person or stupid. Or that you’ll never do better again, and that your life is 33 If you don’t do well on a test, you’re the same person you were before you took the test—no better, no worse. You just did badly on a test. That’s it. 34 , tests are not a measure of your value as an individual—they are a measure only of how well and how much you studied. Tests are tools; they are indirect and 35 measures of what we know. Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A 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 36 to 45 are based on the following passage. For investors who desire low risk and guaranteed income, US government bonds are a secure investment because these bonds have the financial backing and full faith and credit of the federal government. Municipal bonds, also secure, are offered by local governments and often have 36 such as tax-free interest. Some may even be 37 Corporate bonds are a bit more risky. Two questions often 38 first-time corporate bond investors. The first is “If I purchase a corporate bond, do I have to hold it until the maturity date?,” The answer is no. Bonds are bought and sold daily on 39 securities exchanges. However, if you decide to sell your bond before its maturity date, you’re not guaranteed to get the face value of the bond. For example, if your bond does not have 40 that make it attractive to other investors, you may be forced to sell your bond at a 41 ,i.e., a price less than the bond’s face value. But if your bond is highly valued by other investors, you may be able to sell it at a premium, i.e., a price above its face value. Bond prices generally 42 inversely(相反地)with current market interest rates. As interest rates go up, bond prices fall, and versa（反之亦然）. Thus, like all investments, bonds have a degree of risk. The second question is “ How can I 43 the investment risk of a particular bond issue? ”Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors Service rate the level of risk of many corporate and government bonds. And 44 , the higher the market risk of a bond, the higher the interest rate. Investors will invest in a bond considered risky only if the 45 return is high enough. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 A) advantages F) discount K) insured B) assess G) embarrass L) major C) bother H) features M) naturally D) conserved I) fluctuate N) potential E) deduction J) indefinite O) simultaneously Section B Directions： In this section^ you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. Lessons From a Feminist Paradise [A] On the surface, Sweden appears to be a feminist paradise. Look at any global survey of gender equality and Sweden will be near the top. Family-friendly policies are its norm—with 16 months of paid parental leave, special protections for part-time workers, and state-subsidized preschools where, according to a government website, “gender-awareness education is increasingly common.” Due to an unofficial quota system, women hold 45 percent of positions in the Swedish parliament. They have enjoyed the protection of government agencies with titles like the Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality and the Secretariat of Gender Research. So why are American women so far ahead of their Swedish counterparts in breaking through the glass ceiling? [B] In a 2012 report, the World Economic Forum found that when it comes to closing the gender gap in “economic participation and opportunity,” the United States is ahead of not only Sweden but also Finland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Iceland, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Sweden’s rank in the report can largely be explained by its political quota system. Though the United States has fewer women in the workforce (68 percent compared to Sweden’s 77 percent), American women who choose to be employed are far more likely to work full-time and to hold high-level jobs as managers or professionals. They also own more businesses, launch more start-ups(新创办的企业）, and more often work in traditionally male fields. As for breaking through the glass ceiling in business, American women are well in the lead. [C] What explains the American advantage? How can it be that societies like Sweden, where gender equality is vigorously pursued and enforced, have fewer female managers, executives, professionals, and business owners than the laissez-faire(自由放任的）United States? A new study by Cornell economists Francine Blau and Lawrence Kahn gives an explanation. [D] Generous parental leave policies and readily available part-time options have unintended consequences: instead of strengthening women’s attachment to the workplace, they appear to weaken it. In addition to a 16-month leave, a Swedish parent has the right to work six hours a day (for a reduced salary) until his or her child is eight years old. Mothers are far more likely than fathers to take advantage of this law. But extended leaves and part-time employment are known to be harmful to careers——for both genders. And with women a second factor comes into play: most seem to enjoy the flexible-time arrangement (once known as the “mommy track”) and never find their way back to full-time or high-level employment. In sum; generous family-friendly policies do keep more women in the labor market, but they also tend to diminish their careers. [E] According to Blau and Kahn, Swedish-style paternal (父亲的）leave policies and flexible-time arrangements pose a second threat to women’s progress: they make employers cautious about hiring women for full-time positions at all. Offering a job to a man is the safer bet. He is far less likely to take a year of parental leave and then return on a reduced work schedule for the next eight years. [F] I became aware of the trials of career-focused European women a few years ago when I met a postdoctoral student from Germany who was then a visiting fellow at Johns Hopkins. She was astonished by the professional possibilities afforded to young American women. Her best hope in Germany was a government job—prospects for women in the private sector were dim. “In Germany，” she told me, “we have all the benefits, but employers don’t want to hire us. [G] Swedish economists Magnus Henrekson and Mikael Stenkula addressed the following question in their 2009 study: why are there so few