1、2016 年 6 月英语六级考试真题试卷 (第 1 套 ) Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the use ofrobots. Try to imagine what will happen when more and more robots take the place of humanbeings in industry as well as peoples daily lives. You are required to write at least 150 wo
2、rdsbut no more than 200 words. 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. fro
3、m 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. 注意： 此部分试题请在答题卡 1上作答。 Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 1. A) Project organizer. B) Public relations officer. C) Marketing manager.
4、 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 peoples spending habits. B) They examine relations between producers and customers. C) They look for new and effecti
5、ve 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) H
6、is 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 undergon
7、e 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
8、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. Directions: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end
9、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 four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line thro
10、ugh the centre. Passage One Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard. 9. A) Governments 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 c
11、risis on peopled 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 com
12、panies cooperate to pull through the economic crisis. B) Government and companies join hands to create jobs for the unemployed. C) Employees work shorter hours to avoid layoffs. D) Team work will be encouraged in companies. Passage Two Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.
13、 12. A) Whether memory supplements work. B) Whether herbal medicine works wonders. C) Whether exercise enhances ones 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
14、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 exer
15、cise. 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 Directions: In this section, you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed by three or four questions. The recordings will b
16、e 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. Recording One Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard. 16
17、. 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
18、 rescue teams for emergencies. B) By taking steps to prepare people for them. C) By changing peoples 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 tropic
19、al storms. D) How destructive tropical storms can be. Recording Two 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.
20、 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 governme
21、nt. 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 wont help the American economy to turn around. B) It wont do any good to the major commercial banks. C) It will win the approval of the Obama administration. D)
22、It will be necessary if the economy starts to shrink again. Recording Three 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 oth
23、ers. 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. Section A Dire
24、ctions: 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 in the bank is identified by a letter. Please
25、mark the corresponding letter for each item on ,Answer Street 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. Lets say you love roller-skating. Just the thought of _26_ on your roller-skates
26、brings a smile to your face. You also know that roller-skating is excellent exercise. You have a _27_ attitude toward it. This description of roller-skating _28_ the three components of an attitude: affect, cognition, and behavior. You love the activity; its great fun. These feelings _29_ the affect
27、ive or emotional component; they are an important ingredient in attitudes. The knowledge we have about the object constitutes the cognitive component of an attitude. You understand the health _30_ that the activity can bring. Finally, attitudes have a behavioral component. Our attitudes _31_ us to g
28、o outside to enjoy roller-skating. Now, we dont want to leave you with the _32_ that these three components always work together _33_ . They dont; sometimes they clash. For example, lets say you love pizza (affective component); however, you have high cholesterol and understand (knowledge component)
29、 that eating pizza may be bad for your health. Which behavior will your attitude result in, eating pizza or _34_ it? The answer depends on which component happens to be stronger. If you are walking past a pizza restaurant at lunchtime, your emotions and feelings probably will be stronger than your k
30、nowledge that pizza may not be the best food for your health. In that instance, you have pizza for lunch. If you are at home trying to decide where to go for dinner, however, the knowledge component may _35_ , and you decide to go where you can eat a healthier meal. A.avoiding I.positive B.benefits
31、J.prevail C.highlight K.primarily D.illustrates L.prompt E.impression M.specifications F.improves N.strapping G.inquiring O.typical H.perfectly 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
32、of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which 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. The Changing Generation A It turns out todays teenagers aren
33、t so scary after all. Results of USA WEEKENDS Teens & Parents survey reveal a generation of young people who get along well with their parents and approve of the way theyre being raised. They think of their parents with affection and respect. They speak with Mom or Dad when they have a problem. Most
34、 feel that their parents understand them, and they believe their family is the No. 1 priority in their parents, lives. Many even think their parents are cool! Although more than a third have an object in their rooms they would like to keep secret from their parents, rarely is it anything more alarmi
35、ng than a diary or off-color (低俗的 ) book or CD. B Such results may seem surprising against the background of shocking incidents that color the way the mass media portray the young. In October 2000, , the same month the survey was taken, the Washington-based Center for Media and Public Affairs wrote
36、in its publication Media Monitor that, in a recent month of TV news coverage of American youth, just 2% of teens were shown at home, and just 1% were portrayed in a work setting. In contrast, the criminal justice system accounted for nearly one out of every five visual backgrounds. No wonder parents
37、 worry their own kids might spin out of control once they hit the turbulent waters of adolescence. C The overall facts ought to reassure us. The survey shows us that todays teens are affectionate, sensible and far happier than the angry and tortured souls that have been painted for us by stereotypes
38、. From other sources, we also know teenage crime, drug abuse and premarital sex are in general decline. We, of course, need to pay attention to youngsters who are filled with discontent and hostility, but we should not allow these extreme cases to distort our view of most young people. D My own rese
39、arch at the Stanford Center on Adolescence uses in-depth interviews with small samples of youngsters rather than large-scale surveys. Still, in my studies and others I have read, I find the same patterns as in USA WEEKENDS survey. Todays teenagers admire their parents and welcome parental guidance a
40、bout important matters such as career choicethough certainly not Mom and Dads advice on matters of personal taste, such as music or fashion. When we ask teens to choose a hero， they usually select an older family member rather than a remote public figure. Most teens say they enjoy the company of bot
41、h parents and friends. E Contrary to some stereotypes, most adolescents believe they must be tolerant of differences among individuals (though they do not always find this easy in the cliquish (拉帮结派的 ) environment of high school). Many of them volunteer for community service with disadvantaged peopl
42、e. One prevalent quality we have found in teens, statements about themselves, their friends and their families is a strikingly positive emotional tone. By and large, these are very nice kids, and as the band The Who used to sing, “The kids are alright.“ F How much is todays spirit of harmony a chang
43、e from our more turbulent past? A mere generation ago, parent-child relations were described as “the generation gap“. Yet even then reports of widespread youth rebellion were overdone: Most kids in the 60s and 70s shared their parents, basic values. Still, it is true that American families are growi
44、ng closer at the dawn of this new millennium (千年 ). Perhaps there is less to fight about, with the country in a period of tranquility and the dangers of drug abuse and other unwholesome behavior well known. Perhaps in the face of impersonal and intimidating globalization, a young persons family feel
45、s more like a friendly haven than an oppressive trap. And perhaps parents are acting more like parents than in the recent past. Within just the past five years, I have noticed parents returning to a belief that teenagers need the guidance of elders rather than the liberal, “anything goes“ mode of ch
46、ild-rearing that became popular in the second half of the 20th century. G But missing from all these data is the sense that todays young care very much about their country, about the broader civic and political environment, or about the future of their society. They seem to be turning inwardgenerall
47、y in a pro-social manner, certainly with positive benefits for intimate relationships, but too often at the expense of a connection with the present and future world beyond, including the society they will one day inherit. H Recently, we examined more than 400 essays on the “laws of life“ that teens
48、 from two communities had written as part of an educational program initiated by the John Templeton Foundation in Radnor, Pa. In those essays, and in follow-up interviews with a few of the teenagers, we found lots of insight, positive feeling and inspirational thinking. But we also found little inte
49、rest in civic life beyond the tight circles of their family and immediate friends. I For example, only one boy said he would like to be president when he grows up. When I was in high school, dozens in my class alone would have answered differently. In fact, other recent studies have found there has never been a time in American history when so small a proportion of young people have sought or accepted leadership roles in local civic organizations. It is also troubling that vo
