1、1 2017 年 6 月大学英语六级考试真题 (第 1 套 ) Part Writing (30 minutes) Directions: Suppose you are asked to give advice on whether to attend a vocational college or a university, write an essay to state your opinion. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Part Listening Comprehe
2、nsion (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 c
3、hoices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 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 disappo
4、inted. 2. A) They are worthy of 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
5、) Writing a book is just like watching a football 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 jus
6、t heard. 5. A) Achievements of black male athletes in college. B) Financial assistance to black athletes in college. C) High college dropout rates among black athletes. D) Undergraduate enrollments of black athletes. 6. A) They display great talent in every kind of game. B) They are better at sports
7、 than at academic work. C) They have difficulty finding 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 degre
8、es do not count much to them. C) They have little interest in academic work. D) Schools do not deem it a serious problem. Section B 2 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
9、 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 through the centre. Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard. 9. A) Marketing st
10、rategies. B) Holiday shopping. C) Shopping malls. D) Online stores. 10. A) About 50% of holiday shoppers. 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 appe
11、al to elderly customers. 12. A) Better quality of consumer goods. B) Higher employment and wages. C) Greater varieties of commodities. D) People having more leisure time. 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 overpres
12、cribed antibiotics. C) They are life-threatening diseases. D) They are antibiotic-resistant bacteria. 14. A) Antibiotics are now 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) Exper
13、tise. C) Money. D) Publicity. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed by three or four 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), CJ an
14、d 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 have just heard. 16. A) It is accessible only to the talented. B) It improves students ability to think. 3 C) It starts a lifelong learning process. D)
15、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 students rights. 18. A) His thirst for knowledge. B) His eagerness to find a job. C) His contempt for authority. D) His potential
16、 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 few tricks. C) Most people have a rather poor long-term memory. D) People tend to underestimate their mental powe
17、rs. 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) They contain names of the most familiar states. 21. A) Focusing on what is likely to be tested. B) Having a good sle
18、ep 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 time of study daily. B) Give yourself a double bonus afterwards. D) Follow the example of a marathon runne
19、r. 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-industrial societies. D) In developing countries. 25. A) They have no access to health care
20、, 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 III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A Directions: In this
21、 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 4 through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corr
22、esponding 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. Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage. Lets all stop judging people who talk to themselves. New research says that those who cant seem
23、to keep their inner monologues( 独 白 ) in are actually more likely to stay on task, remain 26 better and show improved perception capabilities. Not bad, really, for some extra muttering. According to a series of experiments published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology by professors G
24、ary Lupyan and Daniel Swignley, the act of using verbal clues to 27 mental pictures helps people function quicker. In one experiment, they showed pictures of various objects to twenty 28 and asked them to find just one of those, a banana. Half were 29 to repeat out loud what they were looking for an
25、d the other half kept their lips 30 . Those who talked to themselves found the banana slightly faster than those who didnt， the researchers say. In other experiments, Lupyan and Swignley found that 31 the name of a common product when on the hunt for it helped quicken someones pace, but talking abou
26、t uncommon items showed no advantage and slowed you down. Common research has long held that talking themselves through a task helps children learn, although doing so when youve 32 matured is not a great sign of 33 . The two professors hope to refute that idea, 34 that just as when kids walk themsel
27、ves through a process, adults can benefit from using language not just to communicate, but also to help “augment thinking”. Of course, you are still encouraged to keep the talking at library tones and, whatever you do, keep the information you share simple, like a grocery list. At any 35 , theres st
28、ill such a thing as too much information. 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 the information is derived. You may choose a para
29、graph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. Rich Children and Poor Ones Are Raised Very Differently A The lives of children from rich and poor American families look more different than ever before. B Well-o
30、ff families are ruled by calendars, with children enrolled in ballet, soccer and after-school programs, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. There are usually two parents, who spend a lot A) Apparently B) Arrogance C) Brilliance D) Claiming E) Dedicated F) Focused G) Incur H) Instructed I)
31、 Obscurely J) Sealed K) spectators L) Trigger M) Uttering N) Volume O) Volunteers 5 of time reading to children and worrying about their anxiety levels and hectic schedules. C In poor families, meanwhile, children tend to spend their time at home or with extended family. They are more likely to grow
32、 up in neighborhoods that their parents say arent great for raising children, and their parents worry about them getting shot, beaten up or in trouble with the law. D The class differences in child rearing are growing a symptom of widening inequality with far-reaching consequences. Different upbring
33、ings set children on different paths and can deepen socioeconomic divisions, especially because education is strongly linked to earnings. Children grow up learning the skills to succeed in their socioeconomic stratum (阶层 ), but not necessarily others. E “Early childhood experiences can be very conse
34、quential for childrens long-term social, emotional and cognitive development,” said Sean Reardon, professor of poverty and inequality in education at Stanford University. “And because those influence educational success and later earnings, early childhood experiences cast a lifelong shadow.” The cyc
35、le continues: Poorer parents have less time and fewer resources to invest in their children, which can leave children less prepared for school and work, which leads to lower earnings. F American parents want similar things for their children, the Pew report and past research have found: for them to
36、be healthy and happy, honest and ethical, caring and compassionate. There is no best parenting style or philosophy, researchers say, and across income groups, 92% of parents say they are doing a good job at raising their children. Yet they are doing it quite differently. Middle-class and higher- inc
37、ome parents see their children as projects in need of careful cultivation, says Annette Lareau, whose groundbreaking research on the topic was published in her book Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race and Family Life. They try to develop their skills through close supervision and organized activities, a
38、nd teach children to question authority figures and navigate elite institutions. G Working-class parents, meanwhile, believe their children will naturally thrive, and give them far greater independence and time for free play. They are taught to be compliant and respectful to adults. There are benefi
39、ts to both approaches. Working-class children are happier, more independent, complain less and are closer with family members, Ms. Lareau found. Higher-income children are more likely to declare boredom and expect their parents to solve their problems. Yet later on, the more affluent children end up
40、 in college and on the way to the middle class, while working-class children tend to struggle. Children from higher-income families are likely to have the skills to navigate bureaucracies and succeed in schools and workplaces, Ms. Lareau said. H “Do all parents want the most success for their childr
41、en? Absolutely,” she said. “Do some strategies give children more advantages than others in institutions? Probably they do. Will parents be damaging children if they have one fewer organized activity? No, I really doubt it.” I Social scientists say the differences arise in part because low-income pa
42、rents have less money to spend on music class or preschool, and less flexible schedules to take children to museums or attend school events. Extracurricular activities reflect the differences in child rearing in the Pew survey, which was of a nationally representative sample of 1,807 parents. Of fam
43、ilies earning more than $75,000 a year, 84% say their children have participated in organized sports over the past year, 64% have done volunteer work and 62% have taken lessons in music, dance or art. Of families earning less than $30,000, 59% of children have done sports, 37% have volunteered and 4
44、1% have taken arts classes. J Especially in affluent families, children start young. Nearly half of high-earning, college-graduate parents enrolled their children in arts classes before they were 5, compared with one-fifth of low-income, less- educated parents. Nonetheless, 20% of well-off parents s
45、ay their childrens schedules are too hectic, compared with 8% of poorer parents. 6 K Another example is reading aloud, which studies have shown gives children bigger vocabularies and better reading comprehension in school. 71% of parents with a college degree say they do it every day, compared with
46、33% of those with a high school diploma or less. White parents are more likely than others to read to their children daily, as are married parents. Most affluent parents enroll their children in preschool or day care, while low-income parents are more likely to depend on family members. Discipline t
47、echniques vary by education level: 8% of those with a postgraduate degree say they often beat their children, compared with 22% of those with a high school degree or less. L The survey also probed attitudes and anxieties. Interestingly, parents attitudes toward education do not seem to reflect their
48、 own educational background as much as a belief in the importance of education for upward mobility. Most American parents say they are not concerned about their childrens grades as long as they work hard. But 50% of poor parents say it is extremely important to them that their children earn a colleg
49、e degree, compared with 39% of wealthier parents. M Less-educated parents, and poorer and black and Latino parents are more likely to believe that there is no such thing as too much involvement in a childs education. Parents who are white, wealthy or college- educated say too much involvement can be bad. Parental anxieties reflect their circumstances. High- earning parents are much more likely to say they live in a good neighborhood for raising children. While bullying is pare
