-
2016
年
12
月大学
英语六级考试真题（第
2
套）
Part
Ⅰ
Writing
(30 minutes)
Directions
:
For this part, you are allowed 30
minutes to write a short essay on innovation. Your
essay
should
include
the
importance
of
innovation
and
measures
to
be
taken
to
encourage
innovation. You
are required to write at least
150
words but no more than
200
words.
Part
Ⅱ
Listening Comprehension
（
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 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) They were all good at
cooking.
B)
They were particular about food.
C) They were
proud of their cuisine.
D) They were
fond of bacon and eggs.
2. A) His
parents.
B)
His friends.
C) His schoolmates.
D) His parents’ friends.
3. A) No tea was served with the meal.
B) It was the real English
breakfast.
C) No one of the group ate it.
D) It was a little overcooked.
4. A) It was full of excitement.
B) It was
really extraordinary.
C) It was a risky
experience.
D) It was rather
disappointing.
Questions 5
to 8 are based on the conversation you have just
heard.
5. A) The woman's relationship
with other shops.
B)
The business success of the woman's shop.
C) The key to running a shop at a low
cost.
D) The woman's earnings over the
years.
6. A) Improve its customer
service.
B) Expand its
business scale.
C) Keep down its expenses.
D) Upgrade the goods it sells.
7. A) They are sold at lower prices
than in other shops.
B) They are very popular with the local
residents.
C)
They are delivered free of charge.
D) They are in great
demand.
8. A) To follow the custom of
the local shopkeepers.
B) To attract more customers in the
neighborhood.
C) To avoid being put out of business
in competition.
D) To maintain friendly relationships
with other shops.
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 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) They can be
used to deliver messages in times of emergency.
B) They deliver
pollutants from the ocean to their nesting sites.
C) They carry
plant seeds and spread them to faraway places.
D) They are on
the verge of extinction because of pollution.
10. A) They migrate to the Arctic
Circle during the summer.
B) They originate from
Devon Island in the Arctic area.
C) They travel
as far as 400 kilometers in search of food.
D)
They have the ability to survive in extreme
weathers.
11. A) They were carried by
the wind.
B)
They had become more poisonous.
C)
They were less than on the continent.
D) They poisoned some of the fulmars.
12. A) The threats humans pose to
Arctic seabirds.
B) The diminishing colonies
for Arctic seabirds.
C) The harm Arctic seabirds
may cause to humans.
D) The effects of the
changing climate on Arctic seabirds.
Questions 13 to 15 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
13. A) It has decreased.
B) It has been exaggerated.
C)
It has become better understood.
D) It
has remained basically the same.
14. A)
It develops more easily in centenarians not
actively engaged.
B) It is now the second
leading cause of death for centenarians.
C)
It has had no effective cure so far.
D) It calls for
more intensive research.
15. A) They
care more about their physical health.
B) Their quality of life deteriorates
rapidly.
C) Their minds
fail before their bodies do.
D) They
cherish their life more than ever.
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),
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 have just heard.
16. A) They are focused more on
attraction than love.
B) They were done by his
former colleague at Yale.
C) They were carried out
over a period of some thirty years.
D) They form
the basis on which he builds his theory of love.
17. A) The relationship cannot last
long if no passion is involved.
B) Intimacy is
essential but not absolutely indispensable to
love.
C) It is not love if you don't wish to
maintain the relationship.
D) Romance is just
impossible without mutual understanding.
18. A) Which of them is considered most
important.
B) Whether it is true love without
commitment.
C) When the absence of any one doesn't
affect the relationship.
D) How the relationship is
to be defined if any one is missing.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the
recording you have just heard.
19. A) Social work as a profession.
B)
The history of social work.
C) Academic
degrees required of social work applicants.
D)
The aim of the National Association of Social
Workers.
20. A) They try to change
people's social behavior.
B) They help enhance the
well-being of the underprivileged.
C) They raise
people's awareness of the environment.
D) They create
a lot of opportunities for the unemployed.
21. A) They have all received strict
clinical training.
B) They all have an
academic degree in social work.
C) They are all
members of the National Association.
D) They have
all made a difference through their work.
22. A) The promotion of social workers'
social status.
B) The importance of training for
social workers.
C) Ways for social workers
to meet people's needs.
D) Social workers' job
options and responsibilities.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the
recording you have just heard.
23. A) To fight childhood obesity.
B)
To help disadvantaged kids.
C) To encourage
kids to play more sports.
D) To urge
kids to follow their role models.
24.
A) They best boost product sales when put online.
B)
They are most effective when appearing on
TV
.
C) They are becoming more and more
prevalent.
D) They impress kids more than they do
adults.
25. A) Always place kids'
interest first.
B) Do what they advocate in
public.
C) Message positive behaviors at all
times.
D) Pay attention to their image
before children.
Part
Ⅲ
Reading Comprehension
(40 minutes)
Section A
Directions:
I
n
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 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.
Questions 26 to 35 are
based on the following passage.
The tree people in the Lord of the
Rings
—
the
Ents
—
can get around by
walking. But for real
trees, it's
harder to uproot. Because they're literally rooted
into the ground, they are unable to leave
and go
26
.
When a tree first starts growing in a
certain area, it's likely that the
27
envelope
—
the
temperature, humidity, rainfall
patterns and so on
—
suits it.
Otherwise, it would be unable to grow
from a seedling. But as it
28
,
these conditions may change and the area around it
may no
longer be suitable for its
29
.
When
that
happens,
many
trees
like
walnuts,
oaks
and
pines,
rely
30
on
so-called
“scatter hoarders,” such as birds, to
move their seeds to new localities. Many birds
like to store
food for the winter,
which they
31
retrieve.
When
the
birds
forget
to
retrieve
their
food
—
and
they
do
sometimes
—
a
seedling
has
a
chance to grow. The bird Clark's
nutcracker, for example, hides up to 100,000 seeds
per year, up to
30 kilometers away from
the seed source, and has a very close
s
ymbiotic
（共生的）
relationship
with several pine species, most
32
the whitebark pine.
As trees outgrow their ideal
33
in the face of climate
change, these flying ecosystem
engineers could be a big help in
34
trees. It's a solution for
us
—
getting birds to do the
work
is cheap and
effective
—
and it could give
35
oaks and pines the option
to truly “make like a
tree and
leave.”
A) ages
B) breathing
C) climatic
D) elsewhere
E) exclusively
F) forever
G) fruitful
H) habitats
I) legacy
J) notably
K) offspring
L) replanting
M)
subsequently
N) vulnerable
O) withdraws
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 paragraph more than once. Each
paragraph
is
marked
with
a
letter.
Answer
the
questions
by
marking
the
corresponding
letter
on
Answer
Sheet
2
.
The American
Workplace Is Broken. Here's How We Can Start
Fixing It.
［
A
］
Americans
are
working
longer
and
harder
hours
than
ever
before.
83%
of
workers
say
they're stressed about
their jobs, nearly 50% say work-related stress is
interfering with their sleep,
and
60%
use
their
smartphones
to
check
in
with
work
outside
of
normal
working
hours.
No
wonder
only 13% of employees worldwide feel engaged in
their occupation.
［
< br>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
employers are exploring
ways to
alleviate the harmful effects of stress and
overwork. Yet much more work remains to be
done.
To
call
stress
an
epidemic
isn't
exaggeration.
The
83%
of
American
employees
who
are
stressed about their
jobs
—
up from 73% just a
year before
—
say
that poor compensation and an
unreasonable
workload
are
their
number-
one
sources
of
stress.
And
if
you
suspected
that
the
workplace had gotten more stressful
than it was just a few decades ago, you're right.
Stress levels
increased 18% for women
and 24% for men from 1983 to 2009. Stress is also
starting earlier in
life, with some
data suggesting that today's teens are even more
stressed than adults.
［
C
］
Stress is taking a
significant toll on our health, and the collective
public health cost may be
enormous.
Occupational stress increases the risk of heart
attack and diabetes, accelerates the aging
process,
decreases
longevity,
and
contributes
to
depression
and
anxiety,
among
numerous
other
negative
health
outcomes.
Overall,
stress-related
health
problems
account
for
up
to
90%
of
hospital
visits, many of them prev
entable. Your
job is “literally killing you,” as The Washington
Post put it. It's also hurting our
relationships. Working parents say they feel
stressed, tired, rushed
and short on
quality 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 almost meaningless term. Add a
rapidly changing economy and an uncertain future
to this 24/7
connectivity,
and
you've
got
a
recipe
for
overwork,
according
to
Phyllis
Moen.
“There's
rising