2016年6月六级真题（第三套）.doc

2016年68六级考试真题(第三套) Part Ⅰ Writing (30 minutes) Directions：For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the use of robots．Try to imagine what will happen when more and more robots take the place of human beings in industry as well as people's daily lives．You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words． Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension Section A  听力长对话 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 1 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。 Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 1. A) It is advertising electronic products. B) It is planning to tour East Asia. C) It is sponsoring a TV programme. D) It is giving performances in town. 2. A) 20,000 pounds. B) 12,000 pounds. C) Less than 20,000 pounds. D) Less than 12,000 pounds. 3. A) A lot of good publicity. B) Talented artists to work for it. C) Long-term investments. D) A decrease in production costs. 4. A) Promise long-term cooperation with the Company. B) Explain frankly their own current financial situation. C) Pay for the printing of the performance programme. D) Bear the cost of publicising the Company's performance. Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 5. A) He has been seeing doctors and counsellors. B) He has found a new way to train his voice. C) He was caught abusing drugs. D) He might give up concert tours. 6. A) Singers may become addicted to it. B) It helps singers warm themselves up. C) Singers use it to stay away from colds. D) It can do harm to singers' vocal chords. 7. A) They are eager to become famous. B) Many lack professional training. C) Few will become successful. D) They live a glamorous life. 8. A) Harm to singers done by smoky atmospheres. B) Side effects of some common drugs. C) Voice problems among pop singers. D) Hardships experienced by many young singers. Section B  听力短文 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 letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard. 9. A) It has not been very successful. B) It has long become a new trend. C) It has met with strong resistance. D) It has attracted a lot of users. 10. A) It saves time. B) It increases parking capacity. C) It ensures drivers' safety. D) It reduces car damage. 11. A) Collect money and help new users. B) Maintain the automated system. C) Stay alert to any emergency. D) Walk around and guard against car theft. 12. A) They will vary with the size of vehicles. B) They will be discountable to regular customers. C) They will be lower than conventional parking. D) They will be reduced if paid in cash. Passage Two Questions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard. 13. A) They do not know any solution. B) They do not give up drunk driving. C) They do not behave in public places. D) They do not admit being alcohol addicts. 14. A) To stop them from fighting back. B) To thank them for their hospitality. C) To teach them the European lifestyle. D) To relieve their pains and sufferings. 15. A) Without intervention they will be a headache to the nation. B) With support they can be brought back to a normal life. C) They readily respond to medical treatment. D) They pose a serious threat to social stability.   Section C  听力录音 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. Recording One Questions 16 to 19 are based on the recording you have just heard. 16. A) To award them for their hard work. B) To build common views. C) To bring in business projects. D) To vote for action. 17. A) Recovering from the Great Recession. B) Creating jobs and boosting the economy. C) Rewarding innovative businesses. D) Launching economic campaigns. 18. A) Talking over paying off deficit. B) Increasing the number of middle class. C) Controlling the impact on education. D) Planning to reduce energy consumption. 19. A) Shorten America's way to prosperity. B) Be cautious about reducing the deficit. C) Increase deficit to cover the revenue. D) Require the richest to pay more taxes. Recording Two Questions 20 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard. 20. A) They can be redeemed for cash. B) They can be used to reduce meal costs. C) They can be used as membership certificate. D) They can be used to make reservations. 21. A) It is free for us to download the app. B) It helps you to be a professional cook. C) It provides advice about making recipes. D) It only rates recipes by popularity. 22. A) By showing the weight of 200 kinds of food. B) By providing the price of 200 calories of food. C) By picturing the food of 200 calories with weights. D) By telling people 200 kinds of healthy food. Recording Three Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard. 23. A) About 43 percent of American adults. B) About 18 percent of the whole population. C) About 40 million American adults. D) About a half million people in America. 24. A) To set a series of bans on public smoking. B) To set the price of cigarettes properly. C) To package the cigarettes with tips of warning. D) To reduce the production and supply of cigarettes. 25. A) The office of the Surgeon General. B) The Food and Drug Administration. C) The Center for Tobacco Products. D) The Center for Disease Control and Prevention. 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 26 to 35 are based on the following passage． Pursuing a career is an essential part of adolescent development．“The adolescent becomes an adult when he 26 a real job．”To cognitive researchers like Piaget，adulthood meant the beginning of an 27 ． Piaget argued that once adolescents enter the world of work，their newly acquired ability to form hypotheses allows them to create representations that are too ideal．The 28 of such ideals．without the tempering of the reality of a job or profession，rapidly leads adolescents to become 29 of the non．idealistic world and to press for reform in a characteristically adolescent way．Piaget said：“True adaptation to society comes 30 when the adolescent reformer attempts to put his ideas to work．” Of course，youthful idealism is often courageous，and no one likes to give up dreams．Perhaps，taken 31 out of context，Piaget’s statement seems harsh．What he was 32 ，however,is the way reality can modify idealistic views．Some people refer to such modification as maturity．Piaget argued that attaining and accepting a vocation is one of the best ways to modify idealized views and to mature． As careers and vocations become less available during times of 33 ，adolescents may be especially hard hit．Such difficult economic times may leave many adolescents 34 about their roles in society．For this reason，community interventions and government job programs that offer summer and vacation work are not only economically 35 but also help to stimulate the adolescent’s sense of worth． A.automatically B.beneficial C.capturing D.confused E.emphasizing F.entrance G.excited H.existence I.incidentally J.intolerant K.occupation L.promises M.recession N.slightly O.undertakes Section B Directions：In this section，you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to n．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．Can societies be rich and green? [A] “If our economies are to flourish，if global poverty is to be eliminated and if the well-being of the world’s people enhanced～not just in this generation but in succeeding generations—we must make sure we take care of the natural environment and resources on which our economic activity depends．” that statement comes not，as you might imagine，from a stereotypical tree—hugging．Save-the-world-greenie(环保主义者)，but from Gordon Brown，a politician with a reputation for rigour thoroughness and above all，caution． [B] A surprising thing for the man who runs one of the world’s most powerful economies to say?Perhaps：though in the run-up to the five—year review of the Millennium(千年的)Goals，he is far from alone．The roots of his speech，given in March at the round table meeting of environment and energy ministers from the G209roup of nations，stretch back to 1972，and the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm． [C] “The protection and improvement of the human environment is a major issue which affects the well-being of peoples and economic development throughout the world，”read the final declaration from this gathering，the first of a sequence which would lead to the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992 and the World Development Summit in Johannesburg three years ago． [D] Hunt through the reports prepared by UN agencies and development groups—many for conferences such as this year’s Millennium Goals review—and you will find that the linkage between environmental protection and economic progress is a common thread． [E] Managing ecosystems sustainably is more profitable than exploiting them，according to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment．But finding hard evidence to support the thesis is not so easy．Thoughts turn first to some sort of global statistic，some indicator which would rate the wealth of nations in both economic and environmental terms and show a relationship between the two． [F] If such an indicator exists，it is well hidden．And on reflection，this is not surprising；the single word“environment”has so many dimensions．and there are so many other factors affecting wealth—such as the oil deposits—that teasing out a simple economy-environment relationship would be almost impossible． [G] The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment，a vast four—year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year,found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable in the short term，but certainly brings long-term rewards． [H] And the World Resources Institute(WRI)in its World Resources 2005 report，issued at the end of August，produced several such examples from Africa and Asia；it also demonstrated that environmental degradation affects the poor more than the rich，as poorer people derive a much higher proportion of their income directly from the natural resources around them． [I] But there are also many examples of growing wealth by trashing the environment，in rich and poor parts of the world alike，whether through unregulated mineral extraction，drastic water use for agriculture，slash—and—bum farming，or fossil-fuel-guzzling(大量消耗)transport．Of course，such growth may not persist in the long term—which is what Mr．Brown and the Stockholm declaration were both attempting to point out．Perhaps the best example of boom growth and bust decline is the Grand Banks fishery．For almost five centuries a very large supply of cod(鳕鱼)provided abundant raw material for an industry which at its peak employed about 40，000 people，sustaining entire communities in Newfoundland． Then，abruptly,the cod population collapsed．There were no longer enough fish in the sea for the stock to maintain itself,let alone an industry．More than a decade later,there was no sign of the ecosystem rebuilding itself．It had，apparently,been fished out of existence；and the once mighty Newfoundland fleet now gropes about frantically for crab on the sea floor． [J] There is a view that modem humans are inevitably sowing the seeds of a global Grand Banks-style disaster．The idea is that we are taking more out of what you might call the planet’s environmental bank balance than it can sustain；we are living beyond our ecological means．One recent study attempted to calculate the extent of this“ecological overshoot of the human economy”，and found that we are using 1.2 Earth’s—worth of environmental goods and services—the implication being that at some point the debt will be called in．and all those services—the things which the planet does for us for free—will grind to a halt． [K] Whether this is right，and if so where and when the ecological axe will fall，is hard to determine with any precision—which is why governments and financial institutions are only beginning to bring such risks into their economic calculations．It is also the reason why development agencies are not united in their view of environmental issues；while some，like the WRI,maintain that environmental progress needs to go hand-in-hand with economic development，others argue that the priority is to build a thriving economy，and then use the wealth created to tackle environmental degradation． [L]This view assumes that rich societies will invest in environmental care．But is this right?Do things get better or worse as we get richer?Here the Stockholm declaration is ambiguous．“In the developing countries，”it says，“most of the environmental problems are caused by under—development．”So it is saying that economic development should make for a cleaner world?Not necessarily；“In the industrialised countries，environmental problems are generally related to industrialisation and technological development，”it continues．In other words，poor and rich both over-exploit the natural world，but for different reasons．It’s simply not true that economic growth will surely make our world cleaner． [M] Clearly,richer societies are able to provide environmental improvements which lie