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1、2016 12 六 级 试 题 （ 第 3 套 ） 第 1页 （ 共 11 页 ）1. A) It is well paid.B) It is stimulating.2. A) A quick promotion.B) Free accommodation.C) It is demanding.D) It is fairly secure.C) Moving expenses.D) A lighter workload.2016 年 12 月大学英语六级考试（第 3 套）Part IWriting(30 minutes)Directions: For this part，you are al

2、lowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on invention.Your essay should include the importance of creation and measures to be taken to encouragecreation You are required to write at least 1 50 words but no more than 200 words.Part IIListening Comprehension（30 minutes）（说明：本次六级考试全国共考了两套听力，为避免重复，特补充了 一套

3、模拟听力，供同学们练习。）Section ADirections：In this section，you will hear two Long conversations. At the end of each conversation , you will hearsome questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear aquestion , youm ust choose the best answer from the four choicesmark

4、ed A ) , B ) , C ) and D). Thenmark the corresponding Letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 1 to 4 will be based on the conversation you have just heard.3.A) He has difficulty communicating with local people.B)He has to spend a lot more traveling back and forth.C)H

5、e has trouble adapting to the local weather.D)He has to sign a long-term contract.4.A) The woman will help the man make a choice.B)The man is going to attend a job interview.C)The man is in the process of job hunting.D)The woman sympathizes with the man.Questions 5 to 8 will be based on he conversat

6、ion you have just heard.5.A) He made a business trip.C) He talked to her on the phone.B)He had a quarrel with Marsha.D) He resolved a budget problem.6.A) She may have to be fired for poor performance.B)She has developed some serious mental problem.2016 12 六 级 试 题 ( 第 3 套 )第 2页 ( 共 11 页 )C)She is in

7、charge of the firms budget planning.D)She supervises a number of important projects.7.A) She failed to arrive at the airport on time.B)David promised to go on the trip in her place.C)Something unexpected happened at her home.D)She was not feeling herself on that day.8.A) He frequently gets things mi

8、xed up.B)He is always finding fault with Marsha.C)He has been trying hard to cover for Marsha.D)He often fails to follow through on his projects.SectionBDirections：In this section，you will hear 2 passages. At the end of each passage，you will hear some questions.Both the passage and the questions wil

9、l be spoken only once. After you hear a question , you mustchoose the best answer from the four choices marked A ) , B ) , C) and D). Then mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centreQuestions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9.A) By i

10、nvading the personal space of listeners.B)By making gestures at strategic points.C)By speaking in a deep, loud voice.D)By speaking with the local accent.10. A) To promote sportsmanship among business owners.B)To encourage people to support local sports groups.C)To raise money for a forthcoming local

11、 sports event.D)To show his familys contribution to the community.11. A) They are known to be the style of the sports world.B)They would certainly appeal to his audience.C)They represent the latest fashion in the business circles.D)They are believed to communicate power and influence.12. A) To cover

12、 up his own nervousness.B)To create a warm personal atmosphere.C)To enhance the effect of background music.D)To allow the audience to better enjoy his slides.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13. A) She was the first educated slave of John Wheatleys.B)She was the g

13、reatest female poet in Colonial America.2016 12 六 级 试 题 （ 第 3 套 ） 第 3页 （ 共 11 页 ）Now listern to the following recording and20.A) The important color in nature.B) The stories of the word “green”.21.A) A mature person.B) A brave soldier.22.A) In the 15th century.B) About 400 years ago.answer questions

14、 20 to 22.C) The emotions of green-eyed monster.D) The meanings of a green light.C) A young cow.D) An inexperienced person.C) In the 18th century.D) About 600 years ago.C)She was born about the time of the War of Independence.D)She was the first African-American slave to publish a book.14. A) Revise

15、 it a number of times.C) Go through a scholarly examination.B)Obtain consent from her owner.D) Turn to the colonial governor for help.15. A) Literary works calling for the abolition of slavery.B)Religious scripts popular among slaves in America.C)A rich stock of manuscripts left by historical figure

16、s.D)Lots of lost works written by African-American women.Section CDirections：In this section，you will hear recordings of Lectures or talks followed by some questions. Therecordings -will be played only once. After you hear a question , you must choose the best answerfrom the four choices marked A ),

17、 B ), C) and D ). Then mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 1 with a single Line through the centre.Now listern to the following recording and answer questions 16 to 19.16. A) Those who have enough time for holidays.B)Those who are too busy to make perfect private plans.C)Those who seldom do

18、 time management.D)Those who have got a messy life.17. A) Lighting candles.C) Saying a special prayer.B)Singing songs.D) Going to church.18. A) Let them deliver the things to the recipients.B)Let them choose what to give away.C)Tell them how meaningful giving is.D)Give them some awards after that.19

19、. A) Holding a New Years Day party.C) Protecting peoples privacy.B)Locking yourself in the bathroom.D) Carving out time for yourself.2016 12 六 级 试 题 （ 第 3 套 ） 第 4页 （ 共 11 页 ）Now listern to the following recording and answer questions 23 to 25.23. A) It had much more pages than newspapers.B)It was gi

20、ven away for free.C)It dealt with issues rather than events.D)It was more widely available than newspapers.24. A) He wrote articles critical of the Church of England.B)He refused to stop publishing the ReviewC)He refused to pay publishing taxes.D)He refused to join the Church of England.25. A) It wa

21、s not really a magazine.C) It was praised by readers of poetry.B) It featured a variety of articles and stories. D) It was unpopular with politicians.Part III Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section ADirections：In this section , there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one wor

22、d for each blankfrom a List of choices given in a word bank foLlovuing the passage. Read the passage throughcarefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark thecorresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the. cen

23、tre. You maynot use any of the words in the bank more than once.The tree people in the Lord of the Rings the Ents can get around by walking. But for real trees,its harder to uproot. Because theyre literally rooted into the ground, they are unable to leave and go 26.When a tree first starts growing i

24、n a certain area, its likely that the 27 envelope thetemperature, humidity, rainfall patterns and so on suits it. Otherwise, it would be unable to growfrom a seedling. But as it 28，these conditions may change and the area around itmay no longer be suitable for its 29.When that happens, many trees li

25、ke walnuts, oaks and pines, rely 30 on so-called “scatterhoarders， such as birds, to move their seeds to new localities. Many birds like to store food for thewinter, which they 31 retrieve.When the birds forget td retrieve their food and they do sometimes a seedling has a chance togrow. The bird Cla

26、rks nutcracker, for example, hides up to 100,000 seeds per year, up to 30 kilometersaway from the seed source, and has a very close symbiotic (共 生 的) relationship with several pinespecies, most 32 the whitebark pine.As trees outgrow their ideal 33 in the face of climate change，these flying ecosystem

27、 engineerscould be a big help in 34 trees. Its a solution for us getting birds to do the work is cheap andeffective and it could give 35 oaks and pines the option to truly “make like a tree and leave.”v2016 12 六 级 试 题 ( 第 3 套 )第 5页 ( 共 11 页 )Section BDirections：In this section，you are going to read

28、a passage with ten statements attached to it.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph fromwhich the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph ismarked with a Letter. Answer the questions by marking the correspo

29、nding letter on Answer Sheet 2 The American Workplace Is Broken. Heres How We Can Start Fixing It.A) Americans are working longer and harder hours than ever before. 83% of workers say theyrestressed about their jobs, nearly 50% say work-related stress is interfering with their sleep, and60% use thei

30、r smartphones to check in with work outside of normal working hours；No wonderonly 13% of employees worldwide feel engaged in their occupation.B) Glimmers( 少 许)of hope, however, are beginning to emerge in this bruising environment:Americans are becoming aware of the toll their jobs take on them, and

31、employers are exploringways to alleviate the harmful effects of stress and overwork. Yet much more work remains to bedone. To call stress an epidemic isnt exaggeration. The 83% of American employees who arestressed about their jobs up from 73% just a year before say that poor compensation and anunre

32、asonable workload are their number-one sources of stress. And if you suspected that theworkplace had gotten more stressful than it was just a few decades ago, youre right. Stress levelsincreased 18% for women and 24% for men from 1983 to 2009. Stress is also starting earlier in life,with some data s

33、uggesting that todays teens are even more stressed than dults.C) Stress is taking a significant toll on our health, and the collective public health cost may beenormous. Occupational stress increases the risk of heart attack and diabetes, accelerates the agingprocess, decreases longevity, and contri

34、butes to depression and anxiety, among numerous othernegative health outcomes. Overall, stress-related health problems account for up to 90% of hospitalvisits, many of them preventable. Your job is “literally killing you，” as The Washington Post put it.Its also hurting our relationships. Working par

35、ents say they feel stressed, tired, rushed and short onquality time with their children, friends and partners.D) Seven in 10 workers say they struggle to maintain work-life balance. As technology (and with it,work emails) seeps( 渗 入)into every aspect of our lives, work-life balance has become an alm

36、ostmeaningless term. Add a rapidly changing economy and an uncertain future to this 24/7connectivity, and youve got a recipe for overwork, according to Phyllis Moen. “Theres risingwork demand coupled with the insecurity of mergers, takeovers, downsizing and other factors，Moen said. “Part of the work

37、-life issue has to talk about uncertainty about the future.”E） These factors have converged to create an increasingly impossible situation with many employeesA) agesB) breathingC) climaticD) elsewhereE) exclusivelyF) foreverG) fruitfulH) habitatsI) legacyJ) notablyK) offspringL) replantingM) subsequ

38、entlyN) vulnerableO) withdraws2016 12 六 级 试 题 （ 第 3 套 ） 第 6页 （ 共 11 页 ）overworking to the point of burnout. Its not only unsustainable for workers, but also for thecompanies that employ them. Science has shown a clear correlation between high stress levels inworkers and absenteeism （旷工） ，reduced pro

39、ductivity, disengagement and high turnover. Too manyworkplace policies effectively prohibit employees from developing a healthy work-life balance bybarring them from taking time off，even when they need it most.F）The U. S. trails far behind every wealthy nation and many developing ones that have fami

40、ly-friendlyworkpoliciesincludingpaidparentalleave,paidsickdaysandbreast-feedingsupport,according to a 2007 study. The U. S. is also the only advanced economy that does notguarantee workers paid vacation time, and its one of only two countries in the world that does notoffer guaranteed paid maternity

41、 leave. But even when employees are given paid time off,workplace norms and expectations that pressure them to overwork often prevent them from takingit. Fulltime employees who do have paid vacation days only use half of them on average.G） Our modern workplaces also operate based on outdated time co

42、nstraints. The practice of clockingin for an eight-hour workday is a leftover from the days of the Industrial Revolution, as reflected inthe then-popular saying, “Eight hours labor, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest.”H）Weve held on to this workday structure but thanks to our digital devices,

43、many employees neverreally clock out. Today, the average American spends 8.8 hours at work daily, and the majority ofworking professionals spend additional hours checking in with work during evenings, weekendsand even vacations. The problem isnt the technology itself, but that the technology is bein

44、g used tocreate more flexibility for the employer rather than the employee. In a competitive workenvironment, employers are able to use technology to demand more from their employees ratherthan motivating workers with flexibility that benefits them.I） In a study published last year, psychologists co

45、ined the term “workplace telepressureMto describean employees urge to immediately respond to emails and engage in obsessive thoughts aboutreturning an email to ones boss, colleagues or clients. The researchers found that telepressure is amajor cause of stress at work, which over time contributes to

46、physical and mental burnout. Of the300 employees participating in the study, those who experienced high levels of telepressure weremore likely to agree with statements assessing burnout, like “Ive no energy for going to work in themorning， and to report feeling fatigued and unfocused. Telepressure w

47、as also correlated withsleeping poorly and missing work.J)Harvard Business School professor Leslie Perlow explains that when people feel the pressure to bealways “on,” they find ways to accommodate that pressure, including altering their schedules, workhabits and interactions with family and friends

48、. Perlow calls this vicious cycle the “cycle ofresponsiveness”：Once bosses and colleagues experience an employees increased responsiveness,they increase their demands on the employees time. And because a failure to accept these increaseddemands indicates a lack of commitment to ones work，the employe

49、e complies.K) To address skyrocketing employee stress levels, many companies have implemented workplacewellness programs, partnering with health care providers that have created programs to promoteemployee health and well-being. Some research does suggest that these programs hold promise. Astudy of

50、employees at health insurance provider Aetna revealed that roughly one quarter of thosetaking in-office yoga and mindfulness classes reported a 28% reduction in their stress levels and a20% improvement in sleep quality. These less-stressed workers gained an average of 62 minutesper week of productiv