2016年6、12月英语六级真题(含答案)

2016年6月英语六级真题

Part I Writing (30 minutes)

Directions：For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the use of robots. Try to imagine what will happen when more and more robots take the place of human beings in industry as well as people's daily lives. You are requried to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)

Section A

Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

1. A)Project organizer

B)Public relations officer.

C)Marketing manager.

D)Market research consultant.

2.A)Quantitative advertising research.

B)Questionnaire design.

C)Research methodology.

D)Interviewer training.

3.A)They are intensive studies of people’s spending habits.

B)They examine relations between producers and customers.

C)They look for new and effective ways to promote products.

D)They study trends or customer satisfaction over a long period.

4.A)The lack of promotion opportunity.

B)Checking charts and tables.

C)Designing questionnaires.

D)The persistent intensity.

Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

5.A)His view on Canadian universities.

B)His understanding of higher education.

C)His suggestions for improvements in higher education.

D)His complaint about bureaucracy in American universities.

6.A)It is well designed.

B)It is rather inflexible.

C)It varies among universities.

D)It has undergone great changes.

7.A)The United States and Canada can learn from each other.

B)Public universities are often superior to private universities.

C)Everyone should be given equal access to higher education.

D)Private schools work more efficiently than public institutions.

8.A) University systems vary from country to country.

B)Efficiency is essential to university management.

C) It is hard to say which is better, a public university or a private one.

D) Many private university in the U.S. Are actually large bureaucracies.

Section B

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.

9.A) Government’s role in resolving an economic crisis.

B) The worsening real wage situation around the world

C) Indications of economic recovery in the United States.

D) The impact of the current economic crisis on people’s life.

10.A)They will feel less pressure to raise employees’wages.

B) They will feel free to choose the most suitable employees.

C) They will feel inclined to expand their

business operations.

D) They will feel more confident in competing with their rivals.

11.A) Employees and companies cooperate to pull through the economic crisis.

B) Government and companies join hands to create hobs for the unemployed.

C) Employees work shorter hours to avoid layoffs.

D) Team work will be encouraged in companies.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.

12.A) Whether memory supplements work.

B) Whether herbal medicine works wonders.

C) Whether exercise enhances one’s memory.

D) Whether a magic memory promises success.

13.A) They help the elderly more than the young.

B) They are beneficial in one way or another.

C) They generally do not have side effects.

D) They are not based on real science.

14.A)They are available at most country fairs.

B)They are taken in relatively high dosage.

C)They are collected or grown by farmers.

D)They are prescribed by trained practitioners.

15.A)They have often proved to be as helpful as doing mental exercise.

B)Taking them with other medications might entail unnecessary risks.

C)Their effect lasts only a short time.

D)Many have benefited from them.

Section C

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.

16.A)How catastrophic natural disasters turn out to be to developing nations.

B)How the World Meteorological Organization studies natural disasters.

C)How powerless humans appear to be in face of natural disasters.

D)How the negative impacts of natural disasters can be reduced.

17.A)By training rescue teams for emergencies.

B)By taking steps to prepare people for them.

C)By changing people’s views of nature.

D)By relocating people to safer places.

18.A)How preventive action can reduce the loss of life.

B)How courageous Cubans are in face of disasters.

C)How Cubans suffer from tropical storms.

D)How destructive tropical storms can be.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.

19.A)Pay back their loans to the American government.

B)Provide loans to those in severe financial

difficulty.

C)Contribute more to the goal of a wider recovery.

D)Speed up their recovery from the housing bubble.

20.A)Some banks may have to merge with others.

B)Many smaller regional banks are going to fail.

C)It will be hard for banks to provide more loans.

D)Many banks will have to lay off some employees.

21.A)It will work closely with the government.

B)It will endeavor to write off bad loans.

C)It will try to lower the interest rate.

D)It will try to provide more loans.

22.A)It won’t help the American economy to turn around.

B)It won’t do any good to the major commercial

banks.

C)It will win the approval of the Obama administration.

D)It will be necessary if the economy starts to shrink again.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.

23.A)Being unable to learn new things.

B)Being rather slow to make changes.

C)Losing temper more and more often.

D)Losing the ability to get on with others.

24.A)Cognitive stimulation.

B)Community activity.

C)Balanced diet.

D)Fresh air.

25.A)Ignoring the signs and symptoms of aging.

B)Adopting an optimistic attitude towards life.

C)Endeavoring to give up unhealthy lifestyles.

D)Seeking advice from doctors from time to time.

Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)

Section A

Pursuing a career is an essential part of adolescent development.“The adolescent becomes an adult when he_26_a real job.”To cognitive researchers like Piaget,adulthood meant the beginning of an_27_.

Piaget argued that once adolescents enter the world of work,their newly acquired ability to form hypotheses allows them to create representations that are too ideal.The_28_of such ideals,without the tempering of the reality of a job or profession,rapidly leads adolescents to become _29_ of the non-idealistic world and to press for reform in a characteristically adolescent way.Piaget said:“True adaptation to society comes_30_when the adolescent reformer attempts to put his ideas to work.”

Of course,youthful idealism is often

courageous,and no one likes to give up

dreams.Perhaps,taken_31_out of context,Piaget’s

statement seems harsh.What he was_32_，however,is the way reality can modify idealistic views.Some people refer to such modification as maturity.Piaget argued that attaining and accepting a vocation is one of the best ways to modify idealized views and to mature.

As careers and vocations become less available during times of _33_,adolescents may be especially hard hit.Such difficult economic times may leave many adolescents_34_about their roles in society.For this reason,community interventions and government job programs that offer summer and vacation work are not only economically_35_but also help to stimulate the adolescent’s sense of worth.

A)automatically B)beneficialC)capturing D)confused

E)emphasizing F)entranceG)excitedH)existence

I)incidentallyJ)intolerantK)occupation L)promises

M)recessionN)slightly O)undertakes

Section B

Can societies be rich and green?

[A]“If our economies are to flourish,if global

poverty is to be eliminated and if the well-being of the world’s people enhanced—not just in this generation but in succeeding generations—we must make sure we take care of the natural environment and resources on which our economic activity depends.”That statement comes not,as you might imagine,from a stereotypical tree-hugging,save-the-world greenie(环保主义者),but from Gordon Brown,a politician with a reputation for rigour,thoroughness and above all,caution.

[B]A surprising thing for the man who runs one of the world’s most powerful economies to

say?Perhaps;though in the run-up to the five-year review of the Millennium(千年的)Goals,he is far from alone.The roots of his speech,given in March at the roundtable meeting of environment and energy ministers from the G20 group of nations,stretch back to 1972,and the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm.

[C]“The protection and improvement of the human environment is a major issue which affects the

well-being of peoples and economic development throughout the world,”read the final declaration from

this gathering,the first of a sequence which would lead to the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992 and the World Development Summit in Johannesburg three years ago.

[D]Hunt through the reports prepared by UN agencies and development groups—many for conferences such as this year’s Millennium Goals review—and you will find that the linkage between environmental protection and economic progress is a common thread.

[E]Managing ecosystems sustainably is more profitable than exploiting them,according to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.But finding hard evidence to support the thesis is not so easy.Thoughts turn first to some sort of global statistic,some indicator which would rate the wealth of nations in both economic and environmental terms and show a relationship between the two.

[F]If such an indicator exists,it is well hidden.And on reflection,this is not surprising;the single word “environment”has so many dimensions,and there are so many other factors affecting wealth—such as the oil

deposits—that teasing out a simple

economy-environment relationship would be almost impossible.

[G]The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment,a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year,found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable in the short term,but certainly brings long-term rewards.

[H]And the World Resources Institute(WRI)in its World Resources 2005 report,issued at the end of August,produced several such examples from Africa and Asia;it also demonstrated that environmental degradation affects the poor more than the rich,as poorer people derive a much higher proportion of their income directly from the natural resources around them.

[I]But there are also many examples of growing wealth by trashing the environment,in rich and poor parts of the world alike,whether through unregulated mineral extraction,drastic water use for

agriculture,slash-and-burn farming,or

fossil-fuel-guzzling(大量消耗)transport.Of

course,such growth may not persist in the long term—which is what Mr.Brown and the Stockholm declaration were both attempting to point out.Perhaps the best example of boom growth and bust decline is the Grand Banks fishery.For almost five centuries a very large supply of cod(鳕鱼)provided abundant raw material for an industry which at its peak employed about 40,000 people,sustaining entire communities in Newfoundland.Then,abruptly,the cod population collapsed.There were no longer enough fish in the sea for the stock to maintain itself,let alone an

industry.More than a decade later,there was no sign of the ecosystem re-building itself.It

had,apparently,been fished out of existence;and the once mighty Newfoundland fleet now gropes about frantically for crab on the sea floor.

[J]There is a view that modern humans are inevitably sowing the seed of a global Grand

Banks-style disaster.The idea is that we are taking more out of what you might call the planet’s

environmental bank balance than it can sustain;we are living beyond our ecological means.One recent study attempted to calculate the extent of this“ecological overshoot of the human economy”,and found that we are using 1.2 Earth’s-worth of environmental goods and services—the implication being that at some point the debt will be called in,and all those services—the things which the planet does for us for free—will grind to a halt.

[K]Whether this is right,and if so where and when the ecological axe will fall,is hard to determine with any precision—which is why governments and financial institutions are only beginning to bring such risks into their economic calculations.It is also the reason why development agencies are not united in their view of environmental issues;while some,like the WRI,maintain that environmental progress needs to go hand-in-hand with economic development,others argue that the priority is to build a thriving economy,and then use the wealth created to tackle environmental degradation.

[L]This view assumes that rich societies will invest

in environmental care.But is this right?Do things get better or worse as we get richer? Here the Stockholm declaration is ambiguous.“In the developing countries,”it says,“most of the environmental problems are caused by under-development.”So it is saying that economic development should make for a cleaner world?Not necessarily;“In the industralised countries,environmental problems are generally related to industrialisation and technological development,”it continues.In other words,poor and rich both over-exploit the natural world,but for different reasons.It’s simply not true that economic growth will surely make our world cleaner.

[M]Clearly,richer societies are able to provide environmental improvements which lie well beyond the reach of poorer communities.Citizens of wealthy nations demand national parks,clean rivers,clean air and poison-free food.They also,however,use far more natural resources-fuel,water(all those baths and golf courses)and building materials.

[N]A case can be made that rich nations export environmental problems,the most graphic example

being climate change.As a country’s wealth grows,so do its greenhouse gas emissions.The figures available will not be completely accurate.Measuring emissions is not a precise science, particularly when it comes to issues surrounding land use;not all nations have

re-leased up-to-date data,and in any case, emissions from some sectors such as aviation are not included in national statistics.But the data is exact enough for a clear trend to be easily discernible.As countries become richer,they produce more greenhouse gases;and the impact of those gases will fall primarily in poor parts of the world.

[O]Wealth is not,of course,the only factor involved.The average Norwegian is better off than the average US citizen,but contributes about half as much to climate change.But could Norway keep its standard of living and yet cut its emissions to Moroccan or even Ethiopian levels?That question,repeated across a dozen environmental issues and across our diverse planet,is what will ultimately determine whether the human race is living beyond its ecological means as it pursues economic revival.

36.Examples show that both rich and poor countries exploited the environment for economic progress.

37.Environmental protection and improvement benefit people all over the world.

38.It is not necessarily true that economic growth will make our world cleaner.

39.The common theme of the UN reports is the relation between environmental protection and economic growth.

40.Development agencies disagree regarding how to tackle environment issues while ensuring economic progress.

41.It is difficult to find solid evidence to prove environmental friendliness generates more profits than exploiting the natural environment.

42.Sustainable management of ecosystems will prove rewarding in the long run.

43.A politician noted for being cautious asserts that sustainable human development depends on the natural environment.

44.Poor countries will have to bear the cost for rich

nations’economic development.

45.One recent study warns us of the danger of the exhaustion of natural resources on Earth.

Section C

Passage One

Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.

Interactive television advertising, which allows viewers to use their remote controls to click on advertisements, has been pushed for years. Nearly a decade ago it was predicted that viewers of “Friends”, a popular situation comedy, would soon be able to purchase a sweater like Jennifer Aniston’s with a few taps on their remote control.“It’s been the year of interactive television advertising for the last ten or twelve years,”says Colin Dixon of a digital-media consultancy.

So the news that Cablevision, and American cable company, was rolling out interactive advertisements to all its customers on October 6th was greeted with some skepticism. During commercials, an overlay will