2015年6月大学英语六级试卷真题及答案(第三套)(word精校版).pdf

20152015 年年 6 6 月英语六级真题及答案第三套月英语六级真题及答案第三套Part IPart IWritingWriting(30 minutes)(30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying “If youcannot do great things, do small things in a great way. You can cite examples to illustrate your point of view. Youshould write at least l50 words but no more than 200 words.注意: 此部分试题请在答题卡1 上作答。Part IIPart IIListening ComprehensionListening Comprehension(30 minutes)(30 minutes)Section ASection ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of eachconversation, one or, more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questionswill be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the fourchoices marked A, B, C and D and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet, with a single line through the centre.注意: 此部分试题请在答题卡1 上作答。1A. The man might be able to play in the World Cup.B. The mans football career seems to be at an end.C. The man was operated on a few weeks.D. The man is a fan of world famous football players.2A. Work out a plan to tighten his budget.B. Find out the opening hours of the cafeteria.C. Apply for a senior position in the restaurant.D. Solve his problem by doing a part time job.3A.A financial burden.B. A good companion.C. A real nuisance.D.A well trained pet.4A. The errors will be corrected soon.B. The woman was mistaken herself.C. The computing system is too complex.D. He has called the woman several times.5A. He needs help to retrieve his files.B. He has to type his paper once more.C. He needs some time to polish his paper.D. He will be away for a two-week conference.6A. They might have to change their plan.B. He has got everything set for their trip.C. He has a heavier workload than the woman.D. They could stay in the mountains until June 8.7A. They have to wait a month to apply for a student loan.B. They can find the application forms in the brochure.C. They are not eligible for a student loan.D. They are not late for a loan application.8. A. New laws are yet to be made to reduce pollutant release.B. Pollution has attracted little attention from the public.C. The quality of air will surely change for the better.D. Itll take years to bring air pollution under contro1.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9A. Enormous size of its stores.B. Numerous varieties of food.C. Its appealing surroundings.D. Its rich and colorful history.10. A. An ancient building.B. A world of antiques.C. An Egyptian museum.D. An Egyptian memorial.11. A. Its power bill reaches9 million a year.B. It sells thousands of light bulbs a day.C. It supplies power to a nearby town.D. It generates 70%of the electricity it uses.12A.11 500.B. 30 000.C. 250 000.D. 300 000.Questions l3 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13A. Transferring to another department.B. Studying accounting at a university.C. Thinking about doing a different job.D. Making preparations for her wedding.14. A. She has finally got a promotion and a pay raise.B. She has got a satisfactory job in another company.C. She could at last leave the accounting department.D. She managed to keep her position in the company.15A. He and Andrea have proved to be a perfect match.B. He changed his mind about marriage unexpectedly.C. He declared that he would remain single all his life.D. He would marry Andrea even without meeting her.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear somequestions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choosethe best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer SheetTwo 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 l6 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A. They are motorcycles designated for water sports.B. They are speedy boats restricted in narrow waterways.C. They are becoming an efficient form of water transportation.D. They are getting more popular as a means of water recreation.17A. Water scooter operators lack of experience.B. Vacationers disregard of water safety rules.C. Overloading of small boats and other craft.D. Carelessness of people boating along the shore.18A. They scare whales to death.B. They produce too much noise.C. They discharge toxic emissions.D. They endanger lots of water life.19A. Expand operating areas.B. Restrict operating hours.C. Limit the use of water scooters.D. Enforce necessary regulations.Passage TwoQuestions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.20A. They are stable.B. They are close.C. They are strained.D. They are changing.21. A. They are fully occupied with their own business.B. Not many of them stay in the same place for long.C. Not many of them can win trust from their neighbors.D. They attach less importance to interpersonal relations.22A. Count on each other for help.B. Give each other a cold shoulder.C. Keep a friendly distance.D. Build a fence between them.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23A. It may produce an increasing number of idle youngsters.B. It may affect the quality of higher education in America.C. It may cause many schools to go out of operation.D. It may lead to a lack of properly educated workers.24A. It is less serious in cities than in rural areas.B. It affects both junior and senior high schools.C. It results from a worsening economic climate.D. It is a new challenge facing American educators.25A. Allowing them to choose their favorite teachers.B. Creating a more relaxed learning environment.C. Rewarding excellent academic performance.D. Helping them to develop better study habits.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time,youshould listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill inthe blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you shouldcheck what you have written.注意: 此部分试题请在答题卡1 上作答。Im interested in the criminal justice system of our country. It seems to me that something has to be done, ifwere to 26as a country. I certainly dont know what the answers to our problems ar e. Things certainly get27in a hurry when you get into them,but l wonder if something couldnt be done to deal with some of these problems.One thing Im concerned about is our practice of putting28in jail who havent harmed anyone. Why not workout some system whereby they can pay back the debts they owe society instead of29another debt by goingto prison and, of course, coming 30 hardened criminals. Im also concerned about the short prison sentences peopleare3 1serious crimes. Of course one alternative to this is to32capital punishment, but Im not sure l would befor that. Im not sure its right to take an eye for an eye . The alternative to capital punishment is longer sentences,but they would certainly cost the tax payers much money. I also think we must do something about the insanity33. In my opinion, anyone who takes another persons life34is insane, however, that does not mean that theperson isnt guilty of the crime, or that he shouldnt pay society the debt he owes . Its sad, of course, that a personmay have to spend the rest of his life, or a large part of it in prison for acts that he35while not in full control ofhis mind.Part IIIPart IIIReadingReadingComprehensionComprehension(40 minutes)(40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blankfrom a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully beforemaking your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for eachitem on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the blank morethan once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.Travel websites have been around since the 1990s, when Expedia, Travelocity, and other holidaybooking sites were launched, allowing travelers to compare flight and hotel prices with the click of a mouse. Withinformation no longer 36_ by travel agents or hidden in business networks, the travel industry wasrevolutionized, as greater transparency helped 37_ prices.Today, the industry is going through a new revolution this time transforming service quality. Online ratingplatforms38_ in hotels, restaurants, apartments, and taxisallow travelers to exchange reviews andexperiences for all to see.Hospitality businesses are now ranked, analyzed, and compared not by industry 39_, but by the verypeople for whom the service is intended the customer. This has 40_ a new relationship between buyer andseller. Customers have always voted with their feet; they can now explain their decision to anyone who is interested.As a result, businesses are much more 41_, often in very specific ways, which creates powerful 42_ toimprove service.Although some readers might not care for gossipy reports of unfriendly bellboys行李员in Berlin ormalf-unctioning hotel hairdryers in Houston, the true power of online reviews lies not just in the individual stories,but in the websites 43_ to aggregate a large volume of ratings.The impact cannot be 44_. Businesses that attract top ratings can enjoy rapid growth, as new customersare attracted by good reviews and 45_ provide yet more positive feedback. So great is the influence of onlineratings that many companies now hire digital reputation managers to ensure a favorable online identity.注意: 此部分试题请在答题卡2 上作答。A) accountableB. capacityC. controlledD. entailE) forgedF) incentivesG) occasionallyH) overstatedI) persistingJ) pessimisticK) professionalsL) slashM) specializingN) spectatorsO) subsequentlySection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statementcontains 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 bymarking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Plastic SurgeryA better credit card is the solution to ever larger hack attacksA A thin magnetic stripe (magstripe) is all that stands between your credit-card information and the badguys. And theyve been working hard to break in. Thats why 2014 is shaping up as a major showdown: banks, lawenforcement and technology companies are all trying to stop a network of hackers who are succeeding in stealingaccount numbers, names, email addresses and other crucial data used in identity theft. More than 100 millionaccounts at Target, Neiman Marcus and Michaels stores were affected in some way during the most recent attacks,starting last November.B Swipe 刷卡 is the operative word: cards are increasingly vulnerable to attacks when you make purchasesin a store. In several recent incidents, hackers have been able to obtain massive information of credit-, debit- 借记or prepaid-card numbers using malware, i.e. malicious software, inserted secretly into the retailers point-of-salesystemthe checkout registers. Hackers then sold the data to a second group of criminals operating in shadowycomers of the web. Not long after, the stolen data was showing up on fake cards and being used for onlinepurchases.C The solution could cost as little as $2 extra for every piece of plastic issued. The fix is a securitytechnology used heavily outside the U.S. While American credit cards use the 40-year-old magstripe technology toprocess transactions, much of the rest of the world uses smarter cards with a technology called EMV (short forEuropay, MasterCard, Visa) that employs a chip embedded in the card plus a customer PIN (personal identificationnumber) to authenticate验证every transaction on the spot. If a purchaser fails to punch in the correct PIN at thecheckout, the transaction gets rejected. (Online purchases can be made by setting up a separate transaction code.)D Why havent big banks adopted the more secure technology? When it comes to mailing out new creditcards, its all about relative costs, says David Robertson, who runs the Nihon Report, an industry newsletter: Thecost of the card, putting the sticker on it, coding the account number and expiration date, embossing凸印it, thesmall envelopall put together, you are in the dollar range. A chip-and-PIN card currently costs closer to $3, saysRobertson, because of the price of chips. (Once large issuers convert together, the chip costs should drop.)E Multiply $3 by the more than 5 billion magstripe credit and prepaid cards in circulation in the U.S. Thenconsider that theres an estimated $12.4 billion in card fraud on a global basis says Robertson. With 44% of that inthe U.S., American credit-card fraud amounts to about $5.5 billion annually. Card issuers have so far calculatedthat absorbing the liability for even big hacks like the Target one is still cheaper than replacing all that plastic.F That leaves American retailers pretty much alone the world over in relying on magstripe technology tocharge purchasesand leaves consumers vulnerable. Each magstripe has three tracks of information, explainspayments security expert Jeremy Gumbley, the chief technology officer of CreditCall, an electronic-paymentscompany. The first and third are used by the bank or card issuer. Your vital account information lives on the secondtrack, which hackers try to capture. Malware is scanning through the memory in real time and looking for data,he says. It creates a text file that gets stolen.G Chip-and-PIN cards, by contrast, make fake cards or skimming impossible because the information thatgets scanned is encrypted加密. The historical reason the U.S. has stuck with magstripe, ironically enough, isonce superior technology. Our cheap, ultra-reliable wired networks made credit-card authentication over the phonefrictionless. In France, card companies created EMV in part because the telephone monopoly was so maddeninglyinefficient and expensive. The EMV solution allowed transactions to be verified locally and securely.H Some big banks, like Wells Fargo, are now offering to convert your magstripe card to a chip-and-PINmodel. (Its actually a hybrid混合体that will still have a magstripe, since most U.S. merchants dont have EMVterminals.) Should you take them up on it? If you travel internationally, the answer is yes.I Keep in mind, too, that credit cards typically have better liability protection than debit cards. If someoneuses your credit card fraudulently欺诈性地its the issuer or merchant, not you, that takes the hit. Debit cardshave different liability limits depending