2015年6月--12月英语大学英语六级真题及答案详解(共6套).doc

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1、 15年6月大学英语六级考试真题（第1套）Part IWriting(30 minutes)Part IListening C mprehensioii30 minutesDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying “ Knowledge is a treasure，but practice is the key to it. ” You can give an example or two to illustrate your point of

2、 view. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear some questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question

3、, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Conversation OneQuestions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1. A)Persuade the man to join hercompany.C)Ex

4、port bikes to foreign markets.B) Employ the most up-to-datetechnology.D)Expand their domestic business.2. A) The state subsidizes small and medium enterprises.B) The government has control over bicycle imports.C) They can compete with the best domestic manufacturers.D) They have a cost advantage and

5、 can charge higher prices.3. A) Extra costs might eat up their profits abroad.B) More workers will be needed to do packaging.C) They might lose to foreign bike manufacturers.D) It is very difficult to find suitable local agents.4. A)Report to the management.C)Conduct a feasibility study.B) Attract f

6、oreign investments.D)Consult financial experts.Conversation TwoQuestions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. A) Coal burnt daily for the comfort of our homes.B) Anything that can be used to produce power.C) Fuel refined from oil extracted from underground.D) Electricity that

7、keeps all kinds of machines ranning。6. A) How much to keep in reserve for future use.B) How to use petroleum more efficiently.C) Whether there are many alternative fuels.D) Whether therell be no petroleum in the future.说明：本套试题的听力理解删除了短对话和短文听写两个不考题型以及1篇短文理解，增加了 3篇讲座/讲话，长对话 部分补充了 1道题,与最新考试题型完全一致。7. A)

8、 Oil will soon be replaced by alternative energy sources.B) Oil reserves in the world will be exhausted in a decade.C) Oil consumption has given rise to many global problems.D) Oil production will begin to decline worldwide by 2025.8. A) Minimize the use of fossil fuels.C) Find the real cause for gl

9、obal warming.B) Start developing alternative fuels.D) Take steps to reduce the greenhouse effect.Section BDirections: In this section，you will hear two 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 qu

10、estion, 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 OneQuestions 9 to 11 are based on the passage yon have just heard.9. A) The ability to predict fashion trends.C)Y

11、ears of practical experience.B) A refined taste for artistic works.D)Strict professional training.10. A) Promoting all kinds of American hand-made specialties.B) Strengthening cooperation with foreign governments.C) Conducting trade in art works with dealers overseas.D) Purchasing handicrafts from a

12、ll over the /orld.11. A) She has access to fashionable things.C)She can enjoy life on a modestsalary.B) She is doing what she eiyoys doing.D)She is free to do whatever shewants.Passage TwoQuestions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.C) Voice his complaints to the city council.D) M

13、ake suggestions to the local authorities.C) Renovation of the vacant buildings.D) Violation of community regulations.C) They have to be dealt with one by one.D) They are too big for individual efforts.12. A) Join in neighborhood patrols.B) Get involved in his community.13. A) Deterioration in the qu

14、ality of life.B) Increase of police patrols at night.14. A) They may take a long time to solve.B) They need assistance from the city.15. A) He had got some groceries at a big discount.B) He had read a funny poster near his seat.C) He had done a small deed of kindness.D) He had caught the bus just in

15、 time.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear recordings of lectures or talks followed by some 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

16、 on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 16 to 19.16. A) They teach people how to express opinions.B) They give ideas about how to attract audience.C) They tell us how important presentations are.D) They show us different typ

17、es of presentations.17. A) Most of them are from SlideShare.B) Most of them are boring.18. A) Getting entertained.B) Knowing more people.19. A) Texts.B) Data.C) They are boring because of presenters.D) They are not as important as presenters.C) Getting more resource.D) Being more inspired.C) Images.

18、D) Quotes.Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 20 to 22.20. A)It helps us finish each task.C)It helps us start things and keep on trying.B) It helps us be more relaxed.D)It helps us forget about difficulties.21. A)It helps people to be successful and assertive.B) It gives peopl

19、e a much stronger heart.C) It provides people with more chances.D) It makes people know more about themselves.22. A) It is never useful to blame others.B) You can only count on yourself.C) Your friends and coworkers will change.D) Your parents cant help you when they are old.Now listen to the follow

20、ing recording and answer questions 23 to 25 23. A)We are not as strong as youths.C)We have a lot of pressure in life.B) We are aging day by dayD)We are faced with unhappiness.24. A) When our friends tend to recall the past.B) When we dont have to pay the bilis.C) When we do not have any Mends who un

21、deretand us.D) When we stop trying to challenge ourselves.25. A) Make some small mistakes occasionally.C) Look for new things to do in our life.B) Never overlook small things in life.D) Make some new friends to inspire us.Part IHReading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section,

22、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 le

23、tter 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.Innovation, the elixir (灵丹妙药)of progress, has always cost people their jobs. In the IndustrialRevolution hand

24、weaveiB were 26 aside by the mechanical loom. Over the past 30 yeare the digital revolution has 27 many of the mid-skill jobs that supported 20th-century middle-class life. Typists, ticket agents, bank tellers and many production-line jobs have been dispensed with, just as the weavers were.For those

25、 who believe that technological progress has made the world a better place, such disruption is a natural part of rising 28 Although innovation kills some jobs, it creates new andbetter ones, as a more 29 society becomes richer and its weallMer inliabitaiits demand more goods and services. A hundred

26、years ago one in three American workers was 30 on a farm. Today less than 2% of them produce far more food. The millions freed from the land were not rendered 31，but found better-paid work as the economy grew more sophisticated. Today the pool of secretaries has32, but there are ever more computer p

27、rogrammers and web designers.Optimism remains the right starting-point, but for workers the dislocating effects of technology may make themselves evident faster than its 33. Even if new jobs and wonderful products emerge,in the short term income gaps will widen, causing huge social dislocation and p

28、erhaps even changing politics. Technologys 34 will feel like a tornado (旋风)，hitting the rich world first, but 35 sweeping through poorer countries too. No government is prepared for it.A) benefitsI) prosperityB) displacedJ) responsiveC) employedK) rhythmD) eventuallyL) sentimentsE) impactM) shrunkF)

29、 joblessN) sweptG) primarily0) withdrawnH) productiveSection 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 cho

30、ose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Why the Mona Lisa Stands OutA Have you ever fallen for a novel and been amazed not to find it on lists of great books? Or walked around a sculpture renown

31、ed as a classic, struggling to see what the fuss is about? If so, youve probably pondered the question a psychologist, James Cutting, asked himself： how does a work of art come to be considered great?B The intuitive answer is that some works of art are just great； of intrinsically superior quality.

32、The paintings that win prime spots in galleries, get taught in classes and reproduced in books are the ones that have proved their artistic value over time. If you cant see theyre superior, thats your problem. Its an intimidatingly neat explanation. But some social scientists have been asking awkwar

33、d questions of it, raising the possibility that artistic canons (名作目录)are little more than fossilised historical accidents.C Cutting, a professor at Cornell University, wondered if a psychological mechanism known as the “ mere-exposure effect” played a role in deciding which paintings rise to the to

34、p of the cultural league. Cutting designed an experiment to test fife hunch (直觉). Over a lecture course he regularly showed undergraduates works of impressionism for two seconds at a time. Some of the paintings were canonical, included in art-Wstoiy books. Othere were lesser known but of comparable

35、quality. These were exposed four times as often. Afterwards，the students preferred them to the canonical works, while a control group of students liked the canonical ones best. Cuttings students had grown to like those paintings more simply because they had seen them more.D Cutting believes his expe

36、riment offers a clue as to how canons are formed. He points out that the most reproduced works of impressionism today tend to have been bought by five or six wealthy and influential collector in the late 19th century. The preferences of these men bestowed (给予) prestige on certain works, which made t

37、he works more likely to be hung in galleries and printed incollections. The fame passed down the years, gaining momentum from mere exposure as it didso. The more people were exposed to, the more they liked it, and the more they liked it, the more it appeared in books, on posters arid in big exhibiti

38、ons. Meanwhile, academics and critics created sophisticated justifications for its preeminence （卓越）.After all, ifs not just the masses who tend to rate what they see more often more highly. As contemporary artists like Warhol and Damien Hirst have grasped, critics praise is deeply entwined （交织）with

39、publicity. Scholars, Cutting argues，“ are no different from the public in the effects of mere exposure. ”E The process described by Cutting evokes a principle that the sociologist Duncan Watts calls “ cumulative advantage : once a thing becomes popular, it will tend to become more popular still. A f

40、ew years ago, Watts, who is employed by Microsoft to study the dynamics of social networks, had a similar experience to Cuttings in another Paris museum. After queuing to see the “ Mona Lisa” in its climate-controlled bulletproof box at the Louvre, he came away puzzled: why was it considered so supe

41、rior to the three other Leonardos in the previous chamber, to which nobody seemed to be paying the slightest attention?F When Watts looked into the history of “the greatest painting of all time”，tie discovered that, for most of its life, the “Mona LisaM remained in relative obscurity. In the 1850s,

42、Leonardo da Vinci was considered no match for giants of Renaissance art like Titian and Raphael, whose works were worth almost ten times as much as the “ Mona Lisa ” It was only in the 20th century that Leonardos portrait of his patrons wife rocketed to the number-one spot. What propelled it there w

43、asnt a scholarly re-evaluation, but a theft.G In 1911 a maintenance worker at the Louvre walked out of the museum with the “Mona Lisa”hidden under his smock （工作月艮）.Parisians were shocked at the theft of a painting to which, until then，they had paid little attention. When the museum reopened, people

44、queued to see thegap where the “ Mona Lisa” had once hung in a way they had never done for the painting itself. From then on, the “Mona Lisa” came to represent Western culture itself.H Although many have tried, it does seem improbable that the paintings unique status can be attributed entirely to th

45、e quality of its brushstrokes. It has been said that the subjects eyes follow the viewer around the room. But as the paintings biographer, Donald Sassoon, dryly notes, “In reality the effect can be obtained from any portrait. Duncan Watts proposes that the “ Mona Lisa” is merely an extreme example o

46、f a general rule. Paintings, poems and pop songs are buoyed （使 浮起）or sunk by random events or preferences that turn into waves of influence, passing down the generations.I “Saying that cultural objects have value,” Brian Eno once wrote，“is like saying that telephones have conversations, Nearly all t

47、he cultural objects we consume arrive wrapped in inherited opinion； our preferences are always, to some extent, someone eises. Visitors to the “Mona Lisa” know they are about to visit the greatest work of art ever and come away appropriately impressed一or iet down. An audience at a performance of “Ha

48、mlet” know it is regarded as a work of genius, so that is what they mostly see. Watts even calls the preeminence of Shakespeare a “ historical accident”.J Although the rigid Mgii-low distinction fell apart in the 1960s, we still use culture as a badge ofidentity. Todays fashion for eclecticism （折衷主义）一.“ I love Bach, Abba and Jay Z” is, Shamus Khan, a Columbia University psychologist, argues, a new way for the middle class to distinguish themselves from what they perc