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1、2015年12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 based on the picture below. You should focus on the impact of social networking websites on reading. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Part

2、 II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 longconversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversationand the questions will be spoken only once. After e

3、ach 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 Answer Sheet 1 with a singleline through the centre.1. A) The restaurant offers some specials each day. B) The resta

4、urant is known for its food varieties. C) The dressing makes the mixed salad very inviting. D) The woman should mix the ingredients thoroughly.2. A) He took over the firm from Mary.C) He failed to foresee major problems. B) He is running a successful business.D) He is opening a new consulting firm.3

5、. A) Someone should be put in charge of office supplies. B) The man can leave the discs in the office cabinet. C) The man may find the supplies in the cabinet. D) The printer in the office has run out of paper.4. A) He has to use a magnifying glass to see clearly. B) The woman can use his glasses to

6、 read. C) He has the dictionary the woman wants. D) The dictionary is not of much help to him.5. A) Redecorating her office. B) Majoring in interior design. C) Seeking professional advice. D) Adding some office furniture.6. A) Problems in port management. B) Improvement of port facilities. C) Delaye

7、d shipment of goods. D) Shortage of container ships.7. A) Their boss. B) A colleague. C) Their workload. D) A coffee machine.8. A) Call the hotel manager for help. B) Postpone the event until a later date. C) Hold the banquet at a different place. D) Get an expert to correct the error.Questions 9 to

8、 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A) He shares some of the household duties. B) He often goes back home late for dinner. C) He cooks dinner for the family occasionally. D) He dines out from time to time with friends.10. A) To take him to dinner. B) To talk about a budget plan.

9、 C) To discuss an urgent problem. D) To pass on an important message.11. A) Foreign investors are losing confidence in Indias economy. B) Many multinational enterprises are withdrawing from India. C) There are wild fluctuations in the international money market. D) There is a sharp increase in India

10、s balance of payment deficit.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) They have unrealistic expectations about the other half. B) They may not be prepared for a lifelong relationship. C) They form a more realistic picture of life. D) They try to adapt to their chan

11、ging roles.13. A) He is lucky to have visited many exotic places. B) He is able to forget all the troubles in his life. C) He is able to meet many interesting people. D) He is lucky to be able to do what he loves.14. A) It is stressful. B) It is full of fun. C) It is all glamour. D) It is challengin

12、g.15. A) Bothered. B) Amazed. C) Puzzled. D) Excited.Section BDirections: 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

13、 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 OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) Maintain the traditional organizational culture. B) Learn new ways of relating

14、and working together. C) Follow closely the fast development of technology. D) Learn to be respectful in a hierarchical organization.17. A) How the team integrates with what it is supposed to serve. B) How the team is built to keep improving its performance. C) What type of personnel the team should

15、 be composed of. D) What qualifications team members should be equipped with.18. A) A team manager must set very clear and high objectives. B) Teams must consist of members from different cultures. C) Team members should be knowledgeable and creative. D) A team manager should develop a certain set o

16、f skills.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A) It is a platform for sharing ideas on teaching at the University of Illinois. B) It was mainly used by scientists and technical people to exchange text. C) It started off as a successful program but was unable

17、 to last long. D) It is a program allowing people to share information on the Web.20. A) He visited a number of famous computer scientists. B) He met with an entrepreneur named Jim Clark. C) He sold a program developed by his friends. D) He invested in a leading computer business.21. A) They had con

18、fidence in his new ideas. B) They trusted his computer expertise. C) They were very keen on new technology. D) They believed in his business connections.Passage ThreeQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A) Prestige advertising. B) Institutional advertising. C) Word-of-

19、mouth advertising. D) Distributing free trial products.23. A) To sell a particular product. B) To build up their reputation. C) To promote a specific service. D) To attract high-end consumers.24. A) By using the services of large advertising agencies. B) By hiring their own professional advertising

20、staff. C) By buying media space in leading newspapers. D) By creating their own ads and commercials.25. A) Decide on what specific means of communication to employ. B) Conduct a large-scale survey on customer needs. C) Specify the objectives of the campaign in detail. D) Pre-test alternative ads or

21、commercials in certain regions.Section CDirections: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 tho passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in tho blanks with the exact

22、words you have just heard. Finally, when tho passage is read for the third time, you should chock what you have written.Extinction is difficult concept to grasp. It is an 26concept. Its not at all like the killing of individual lifeforms that can be renewed through normal processes of reproduction.

23、Nor is it simply 27 numbers. Nor is it damage that can somehow be remedied or for which some substitute can be found. Nor is it something that simply affects our own generation. Nor is it something that could be remedied by some supernatural power. It is rather an 28 and final act for which there is

24、 no remedyon earth or in heaven. A species once extinct is gone forever. However many generations 29 us incoming centuries, none of them will ever see this species that we extinguish.Not only are we bringing about the extinction of life 30 , we are also making the land and the air and the sea so tox

25、ic that the very conditions of life are being destroyed. 31 basic natural resources, not only are the nonrenewable resources being 32 in a frenzy (疯狂) of processing,consuming, and 33 , but we are also mining much of our renewable resources, such as the very soil itself on which terrestrial (地球上的) li

26、fe depends.The change that is taking place on the earth and in our minds is one of the greatest changes ever to take place in human affairs, perhaps the greatest, since what we are talking about is not simply another historical change or cultural 34 , but a change of geological and biological as wel

27、l as psychological order of 35 .Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: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

28、 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

29、.It seems to be a law in the technology industry that leading companies eventually lose their positions, often quickly and brutally. Mobile phone champion Nokia, one of Europes biggest technology success stories, was no 36 , losing its market share in just a few years.In 2007, Nokia accounted for mo

30、re than 40% of mobile phone sales 37But consumerspreferences were already 38toward touch-screen smartphones. With the introduction of Apples iPhone in the middle of that year, Nokias market share 39rapidly and revenue plunged. By the end of 2013, Nokia had sold its phone business to Microsoft.What s

31、ealed Nokias fate was a series of decisions made by Stephen Elop in his position as CEO, which he40in October 2010. Each day that Elop spent in charge of Nokia, the companys market value declined by $ 23 million, making him, by the numbers, one of the worst CEOs in history.But Elop was not the only

32、person at41Nokias board resisted change, making it impossible for the company to adapt to rapid shifts in the industry. Most42, Jorma Ollila, who had led Nokias transition from an industrial company to a technology giant, was too fascinated by thecompanys43success to recognize the change that was ne

33、eded to sustain its competitiveness.The company also embarked on a44cost-cutting program, which included the elimination of thousands of jobs. This contributed to the45of the companys once-spirited culture which had motivated employees to take risks and make miracles. Good leaders left the company,

34、taking Nokias sense of vision and directions with them. Not surprisingly, much of Nokias most valuable design and programming talent left as well.A) assumedI) previousB) biasJ) relayedC) desperateK) shiftingD) deteriorationL) shrankE) exceptionM) subtleF) faultN) transmittingG) incidentallyO) worldw

35、ideH) notablySection BDirections: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 parag

36、raph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by .marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. First-Generation College-Goers: Unprepared and BehindKids who are the first in their families to brave the world of higher education come on campus with little academic know-how and are much mor

37、e likely than their peers to drop out before graduation.A When Nijay Williams entered college last fall as a first-generation student and Jamaican immigrant,he was academically unprepared for the rigors of higher education. Like many first-generation students, he enrolled in a medium-sized state uni

38、versity many of his high school peers were also attending, received a Pell Grant, and took out some small federal loans to cover other costs.Given the high price of room and board and the closeness of the school to his family, he chose to live at home and worked between 30 and 40 hours a week while

39、taking a full class schedule.B What Nijay didnt realize about his schoolTennessee State Universitywas its frighteningly low graduation rate: a mere 29 percent for its first-generation students. At the end of his first year,Nijay lost his Pell Grant of over $5,000 after narrowly missing the 2.0 GPA c

40、ut-off, making it impossible for him to continue paying for school.CNijay represents a large and growing group of Americans: first-generation college students who enter school unprepared or behind. To make matters worse, these schools are ill-equipped to graduate these studentsyoung adults who face

41、specific challenges and obstacles. They typically carry financial burdens that outweigh those of their peers, are more likely to work while attending school, and often require significant academic remediation (补习).D Matt Rubinoff directs Im First, a nonprofit organization launched last October to re

42、ach out to this specific population of students. He hopes to distribute this information and help prospective college-goers find the best post-secondary fit. And while Rubinoff believes there are a good number of four-year schools that truly care about these students and set aside significant resour

43、ce sand programs for them, he says that number isnt high enough.E “Its not only the selective and elite institutions that provide those opportunities for a small subset of this population,”Rubinoff said, adding that a majority of first-generation undergraduates tend toward options such as online pro

44、grams, two-year colleges, and commuter state schools.“Unfortunately, there tends to be a lack of information and support to help students think bigger and broader. “F Despite this problem, many students are still drawn to these institutionsand two-year schools in particular. As a former high school

45、teacher, I saw students choose familiar, cheaper options year after year. Instead of skipping out on higher education altogether, they chose community colleges or state schools with low bars for admittance.G“They underestimate themselves when selecting a university,”said Dave Jarrat, a marketing exe

46、cutive for Inside Track, a for-profit organization that specializes in coaching low-income students and supporting colleges in order to help students thrive. “The reality of it is that a lot of low-income kids could be going to elite universities on a full ride scholarship and dont even realize it.”

47、H “Many students are coming from a situation where no one around them has the experience of successfully completing higher education, so they are coming in questioning themselves and their college worthiness,” Jarrat continued. That helps explain why, as Im Firsts Rubinoff indicated,the schools to which these students end up resorting can end up being some of the poorest matches for them. The University of Tennessee in Knoxville offers one example of this dilemma. A flagship university in the South, the school graduates just 16 percent of its firstgeneration students, despite its overa