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1、 梦想不会辜负每一个努力的人 1 2017年6月大学英语六级考试真题（第二套）Part I Writing （30 minutes）Directions:Suppose you are asked to give advice on whether to attend college at home or abroad,write an essay to state your opinion.You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Part II Listening Comprehensio

2、n （30 minutes）Section A 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

3、 A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1.A）He would feel insulted.B）He would feel very sad.C）He would be embarrassed.D）He would be disappointed.2.A）They are worthy o

4、f a prize.B）They are of little value.C）They make good reading.D）They need improvement.3.A）He seldom writes a book straight through.B）He writes several books simultaneously.C）He draws on his real-life experiences.D）He often turns to his wife for help.4.A）Writing a book is just like watching a footbal

5、l match.B）Writers actually work every bit as hard as footballers.C）He likes watching a football match after finishing a book.D）Unlike a football match,there is no end to writing a book.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5.A）Achievements of black male athletes in colle

6、ge.B）Financial assistance to black athletes in college.C）High college dropout rates among black athletes.梦想不会辜负每一个努力的人 2 D）Undergraduate enrollments of black athletes.6.A）They display great talent in every kind of game.B）They are better at sports than at academic work.C）They have difficulty finding

7、money to complete their studies.D）They make money for the college but often fail to earn a degree.7.A）About 15%.B）Around 40%.C）Slightly over 50%.D）Approximately 70%.8.A）Coaches lack the incentive to graduate them.B）College degrees do not count much to them.C）They have little interest in academic wor

8、k.D）Schools do not deem it a serious problem.Section B 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

9、 four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.9.A）Marketing strategies.B）Holiday shopping.C）Shopping malls.D）Online stores.10.A）About 50%of holiday shoppers

10、.B）About 20%30%of holiday shoppers.C）About 136 million.D）About 183.8 million.11.A）They have fewer customers.B）They find it hard to survive.C）They are thriving once more.D）They appeal to elderly customers.12.A）Better quality of consumer goods.B）Higher employment and wages.C）Greater varieties of commo

11、dities.D）People having more leisure time.梦想不会辜负每一个努力的人 3 Questions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.13.A）They are new species of big insects.B）They are overprescribed antibiotics.C）They are life-threatening diseases.D）They are antibiotic-resistant bacteria.14.A）Antibiotics are n

12、ow in short supply.B）Many infections are no longer curable.C）Large amounts of tax money are wasted.D）Routine operations have become complex.15.A）Facilities.B）Expertise.C）Money.D）Publicity.Section C Directions:In this section,you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed by three or fo

13、ur 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.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you hav

14、e just heard.16.A）It is accessible only to the talented.B）It improves students ability to think.C）It starts a lifelong learning process.D）It gives birth to many eminent scholars.17.A）They encourage academic democracy.B）They promote globalization.C）They uphold the presidents authority.D）They protect

15、students rights.18.A）His thirst for knowledge.B）His eagerness to find a job.C）His contempt for authority.D）His potential for leadership.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.19.A）Few people know how to retrieve information properly.B）People can enhance their memory with a

16、 few tricks.C）Most people have a rather poor long-term memory.梦想不会辜负每一个努力的人 4 D）People tend to underestimate their mental powers.20.A）They present the states in a surprisingly different order.B）They include more or less the same number of states.C）They are exactly the same as is shown in the atlas.D

17、）They contain names of the most familiar states.21.A）Focusing on what is likely to be tested.B）Having a good sleep the night before.C）Reviewing your lessons where the exam is to take place.D）Making sensible decisions while choosing your answers.22.A）Discover when you can learn best.B）Change your tim

18、e of study daily.C）Give yourself a double bonus afterwards.D）Follow the example of a marathon runner.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.23.A）He is a politician.B）He is a businessman.C）He is a sociologist.D）He is an economist.24.A）In slums.B）In Africa.C）In pre-industria

19、l societies.D）In developing countries.25.A）They have no access to health care,let alone entertainment or recreation.B）Their income is less than 50%of the national average family income.C）They work extra hours to have their basic needs met.D）Their children cannot afford to go to private schools.Part

20、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

21、 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.After becoming president of Purdue University in 2013,Mitch Daniels asked the faculty to prove

22、 that their students have actually achieved one of higher educations most important goals:critical thinking skills.Two years 梦想不会辜负每一个努力的人 5 before,a nationwide study of college graduates had shown that more than a third had made no 26 gains in such mental abilities during their school years.Mr.Dani

23、els,needed to 27 the high cost of attending Purdue to its students and their families.After all,the percentage of Americans who say a college degree is“very important”has fallen 28 in the last 5-6 years.Purdue now has a pilot test to assess the critical thinking skills of students as they progress.Y

24、et like many college teachers around the United States,the faculty remain 29 that their work as educators can be measured by a“learning 30 such as a graduates ability to investigate and reason”.However the professors can use 31 metrics to measure how well students do in three key areas:critical thin

25、king,written communication,and quantitative literacy.Despite the success of the experiment,the actual results are worrisome,and mostly 32 earlier studies.The organizers of the experiment concluded that far fewer students were“achieving at high levels on a critical thinking than they were doing for w

26、ritten communication or quantitative literacy”.And that conclusion is based only on students nearing graduation.American universities,despite their global 33 for excellence in teaching,have only begun to demonstrate what they can produce in real-world learning.Knowledge-based degrees are still impor

27、tant.But employers are 34 advanced thinking skills from college graduate.If the intellectual worth of a college degree can be 35 measured,more people will seek higher educationand come out better thinkers.A）accurately B）confirm C）demanding D）doubtful E）drastically F）justify G）monopolized H）outcome I

28、）predominance J）presuming K）reputation L）significant M）signify N）simultaneously O）standardized Section B Directions: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

29、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.Elite Math Competitions Struggle to Diversify Their Talent Pool A Interest in elite high school math competitions has

30、 grown in recent years,and in light of last summers U.S.win at the International Math Olympiadthe first for an American team in more than two decadesthe trend is 梦想不会辜负每一个努力的人 6 likely to continue.B But will such contests,which are overwhelmingly dominated by Asian and white students from middle-cla

31、ss and affluent families,become any more diverse?Many social and cultural factors play roles in determining which promising students get on the path toward international math recognition.But efforts are in place to expose more black,Hispanic,and low-income students to advanced math,in the hope that

32、the demographic pool of high-level contenders will eventually begin to shift and become less insular.C“The challenge is if certain types of people are doing something,its difficult for other people to break into it,”said Po-Shen Loh,the head coach of last years winning U.S.Math Olympiad team and an

33、associate professor of mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University.Participation grows through friends and networks and if“you realize thats how theyre growing,you can start to take action”and bring in other students,he said.D Most of the training for advanced-math competitions happens outside the con

34、fines of the normal school day.Students attend after-school clubs,summer camps,online forums and classes,and university-based“math circles”,or mathematician-led groups,to prepare for the paper-based and face-to-face competitions.E One of the largest feeders for high school math competitionsincluding

35、 those that eventually lead to the International Math Olympiadis a middle school program called MATHCOUNTS.About 100,000 students around the country participate in the programs competition series,which culminates in a national game-show-style contest held each May.The most recent one took place last

36、 week in Washington.Students join a team through their schools,which provide a volunteer coach and pay a nominal fee to send students to regional and state competitions.The 224 students who make it to the national competition get an all-expenses-paid trip.F Nearly all members of last years winning U

37、.S.IMO team took part in MATHCOUNTS as middle school studentsas did Loh,the coach.“Middle school is an important age because students have enough math capability to solve advanced problems,but they havent really decided what they want to do with their lives,”said Loh.“They often get hooked then.”G A

38、nother influential feeder for advanced-math students is an online school called Art of Problem Solving,which began about 13 years ago and now has 15,000 users.Students use forums to chat,play games,and solve problems together at no cost,or they can pay a few hundred dollars to take courses with trai

39、ned teachers.According to Richard Rusczyk,the company founder,the six U.S.team members who competed at the International Math Olympiad last year collectively took more than 40 courses on the site.Parents of advanced-math students and MATHCOUNTS coaches say the children are on the website constantly.

40、H There are also dozens of summer campsmany attached to universitiesthat aim to prepare elite math students.Some are priceya three-week,intensive program can cost$4,500 or morebut most offer scholarships.梦想不会辜负每一个努力的人 7 The Math Olympiad Summer Training Programthe three-week math camp held by the Ma

41、thematical Association of America that leads straight to the international championshipis free for those who make it.Only about 50 students are invited based on their performance on written tests and at the USA Math Olympiad.I Students in university towns may also have access to another lever for in

42、volvement in accelerated math:math circles.In these groups,which came out of an Eastern European tradition of developing young talent,professors teach promising K-12 students advanced mathematics for several hours after school or on weekends.The Los Angeles Math Circle,held at the University of Cali

43、fornia,Los Angeles,began in 2007 with 20 students and now has more than 250.J According to Mark Saul,the director of competitions for the Mathematical Association of America,not a single African-American or Hispanic studentand only a handful of girlshas ever made it to the Math Olympiad team in its

44、50 years of existence.Many schools simply dont prioritize academic competitions.“Do you know who we have to beat?”asked Saul.“The football team,the basketball teamthats our competition for resources,student time,attention,school dollars,parent efforts,school enthusiasm.”K According to Lou DiGioia,th

45、e programs executive director,those connections often last well into high school,and beyond.“Kids at the MATHCOUNTS national competition are in the top echelon of math intelligencetheyre just in their own world.Its great for them to come together and have a network of people.”There is a downside to

46、the social aspect of advanced-math competitions:It can breed insular communities.L A New York City-based nonprofit called Bridge to Enter Mathematics runs a residential summer program aimed at getting underserved,mostly black and Hispanic students working toward math and science careers.The summer a

47、fter 7th grade,students spend three weeks on a college campus studying advanced math for seven hours a day.Over the next five years,the group helps the students get into other elite summer math programs,high-performing high schools,and eventually college.About 250 students so far have gone through t

48、he program,which receives funding from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.（The foundation also supports some coverage of low-income,high-achieving students in Education Week.）M“If you look at a lot of low-income communities in the United States,there are programs that are serving them,but theyre primari

49、ly centered around,Lets get these kids grades up,and not around,Lets get these kids access to the same kinds of opportunities as more-affluent kids,”said Daniel Zaharopol,the founder and executive director of the program.“Were trying to create that pathway.”Students apply to the program directly thr

50、ough their schools.“We want to reach parents who are not plugged into the system,”said Zaharopol.36.Middle school is a crucial period when students may become keenly interested in advanced mathematics.37.Elite high school math competitions are attracting more interest throughout the United States.38