2015年6月英语六级真题及答案(第一套).doc

2015

年

6

月英语六 级真题及答案（第一套）

Part I

Writing

(30 minutes)

Directions:

For

this

part,

you

are

allowed

30

minutes

to

write

an

essay

commenting

on

the

saying

illustrate your point of view. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

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Part

Ⅱ

Listening

Comprehension

(30 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the

end of each

conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation

and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the

pause, you must read the four choices marked A., B., C. and D ), and decide which is the best

answer. Then

mark

the

corresponding

letter

on Answer

Sheet 1

with

a

single

line through

the

centre.

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1. A. Prepare for his exams.

B. Catch up on his work.

C. Attend the concert.

D. Go on a vacation.

2. A. Three crew members were involved in the incident.

B. None of the hijackers carried any deadly weapons.

C. The plane had been scheduled to fly to Japan.

D. None of the passengers were injured or killed.

3. A. An article about the election.

B. A tedious job to be done.

C. An election campaign.

D. A fascinating topic.

4. A. The restaurant was not up to the speakers' expectations.

B. The restaurant places many ads in popular magazines.

C. The critic thought highly of the Chinese restaurant.

D. Chinatown has got the best restaurants in the city.

5. A. He is going to visit his mother in the hospital.

B. He is going to take on a new job next week.

C. He has many things to deal with right now.

D. He behaves in a way nobody understands.

6. A. A large number of students refused to vote last night.

B. At least twenty students are needed to vote on an issue.

C. Major campus issues had to be discussed at the meeting.

D. More students have to appear to make their voice heard.

7. A. The woman can hardly tell what she likes.

B. The speakers like watching TV very much.

C. The speakers have nothing to do but watch TV.

D. The man seldom watched TV before retirement.

8. A. The woman should have registered earlier.

B. He will help the woman solve the problem.

C ) He finds it hard to agree with what the woman says.

D. The woman will be able to attend the classes she wants.

Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

9. A. Persuade the man to join her company.

B. Employ the most up-to- date technology.

C. Export bikes to foreign markets.

D. Expand their domestic business.

10. A. The state subsidizes small and medium enterprises.

B. The government has control over bicycle imports.

C. They can compete with the best domestic manufacturers.

D. They have a cost advantage and can charge higher prices.

11. A. Extra costs might eat up their profits abroad.

B. More workers will be needed to do packaging.

C. They might lose to foreign bike manufacturers.

D. It is very difficult to find suitable local agents.

12. A. Report to the management.

B. Attract foreign investments.

C. Conduct a feasibility study

D. Consult financial experts.

Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

13. A. Coal burnt daily for the comfort of our homes.

B. Anything that can be used to produce power.

C. Fuel refined from oil extracted from underground.

D. Electricity that keeps all kinds of machines running.

14. A. Oil will soon be replaced by alternative energy sources.

B. Oil reserves in the world will be exhausted in a decade.

C. Oil consumption has given rise to many global problems.

D. Oil production will begin to decline worldwide by 2025.

15. A. Minimize the use of fossil fuels.

B. Start developing alternative fuels.

C. Find the real cause for global warming.

D. Take steps to reduce the greenhouse effect.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will

hear some 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

71

with

a

single

line

through

the

centre.

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Passage One

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

16. A. The ability to predict fashion trends.

B. A refined taste for artistic works.

C. Years of practical experience.

D. Strict professional training.

17. A. Promoting all kinds of American hand-made specialties.

B. Strengthening cooperation with foreign governments.

C. Conducting trade in art works with dealers overseas.

D. Purchasing handicrafts from all over the world.

18. A. She has access to fashionable things.

B. She is doing what she enjoys doing.

C. She can enjoy life on a modest salary.

D. She is free to do whatever she wants.

Passage Two

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

19. A. Join in neighborhood patrols.

B. Get involved in his community.

C. Voice his complaints to the city council.

D. Make suggestions to the local authorities.

20. A. Deterioration in the quality of life.

B. Increase of police patrols at night.

C. Renovation of the vacant buildings.

D. Violation of community regulations.

21. A. They may take a long time to solve.

B. They need assistance from the city.

C. They have to be dealt with one by one.

D. They are too big for individual efforts.

22. A. He had got some groceries at a big discount.

B. He had read a funny poster near his seat.

C. He had done a small deed of kindness.

D. He had caught the bus just in time.

Passage Three

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

23. A. Childhood and healthy growth.

B. Pressure and heart disease.

C. Family life and health.

D. Stress and depression.

24. A. It experienced a series of misfortunes.

B. It was in the process of reorganization.

C. His mother died of a sudden heart attack.

D. His wife left him because of his bad temper.

25. A. They would give him a triple bypass surgery.

B. They could remove the block in his artery.

C. They could do nothing to help him.

D. They would try hard to save his life.

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the

first

time,you

should

listen

carefully

for

its

general

idea.

When

the

passage

is

read

for

the

second

time,

you

are

required

to

fill

in

the

blanks

with

the

exact

words

you

have

just

heard.

Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

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When most people think of the word

sausage casing. Into this empty casing, the teachers

26

stuff

But genuine education, as Socrates knew more than two thousand years ago, is not

27

the

stuffings

of

information

into

a

person,

but

rather

eliciting

knowledge

from

him;

it

is

the

28

of what is in the mind.

most

important

part

of

education,

once

wrote

William

Ernest

Hocking,

the

29

Harvard

philosopher,

this

instruction

of

a

man

in

what

he

has

inside

of

him.

And,

as

Edith

Hamilton has reminded us, Socrates never said,

into your own selvers and find the

30

of truth that God has put into every heart, and that

only you can kindle (

点燃

) to a

31.

In a dialogue, Socrates takes an ignorant slave boy, without a day of

32, and proves to

the amazed observers that the boy really

are already in his mind, waiting to be called out.

So many of the discussions and

33

about the content of education are useless and

inconclusive

because

they

34

what

should

into

the

student

rather

than

with

what

should be taken out, and how this can best be done.

The college student who once said to me, after a lecture,

that

I

don't

have

a

chance

to

learn

anything,

was

clearly

expressing

his

35

with

the

sausage- casing view of education.

Part 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 in the bank is identified by a letter.

Please 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 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.

Innovation, the elixir (

灵丹妙药

) of progress, has always cost people their jobs. In the

Industrial Revolution hand weavers were

36

aside by the mechanical loom. Over the past

30 years the digital

revolution

has

37

many

of

the

mid-skill

jobs

that

supported

20th-century

middle-class

life. Typists,ticket agents, bank tellers and many production-line jobs have been dispensed with,

just as the weavers were.

For

those

who

believe

that

technological

progress

has

made

the

world

a

better

place,

such disruption is a natural part of rising

38. Although innovation kills some jobs, it creates

new and better ones, as a more

39

society becomes richer and its wealthier inhabitants

demand more goods and services. A hundred years ago one in three American workers was

40

on a farm. Today less than 2% of them produce far more food. The millions freed from the land

were not rendered

41, but found better- paid work as the economy grew more sophisticated.

Today

the

pool

of

secretaries

has

42,

but

there

are

ever

more

computer

programmers

and

web designers.

Optimism

remains

the

right

starting-point,

but

for

workers

the

dislocating

effects

of

technology may make themselves evident faster than its

43. Even if new jobs and wonderful

products emerge, in the short term income gaps will widen, causing huge social dislocation and

perhaps even changing politics.

Technology's

44

will

feel

like

a

tornado

(

旋风

),

hitting

the

rich

world

first,

but

45

sweeping through poorer countries too. No government is prepared for it.

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A. benefits

F) jobless

K) rhythm

B. displaced

G) primarily

L) sentiments

C. employed

H) productive

M) shrunk

D. eventually

I) prosperity

N) swept

E) impact

J) responsive

O) withdrawn

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.

Why the Mona Lisa Stands Out

A. Have you ever fallen for a novel and been amazed not to find it on lists of great books? Or

walked around a sculpture renowned as a classic, struggling to see what the fuss is about? If so,

you've probably pondered the question a psychologist, James Cutting, asked himself: How does a

work of art come to be considered great?

B.

The

intuitive

answer

is

that

some

works

of

art

are

just

great:

of

intrinsically

superior

quality. The paintings that win prime spots in galleries, get taught in classes and reproduced in

books

are

the

ones

that

have

proved

their

artistic

value

over

time.

If

you

can't

see

they're

superior, that's your problem.

It's an intimidatingly neat explanation. But some social scientists have been asking awkward

questions

of

it,

raising

the

possibility

that

artistic

canons

(

名作目录

)

are

little

more

than

fossilised historical accidents.

C. Cutting, a professor at Cornell University, wondered if a psychological mechanism known

as

the

effect

played

a

role

in

deciding

which

paintings

rise

to

the

top

of

the

cultural league. Cutting designed an experiment to test his hunch (

直觉

). Over a lecture course

he regularly showed undergraduates works of impressionism for two seconds at a time. Some of

the

paintings

were

canonical,

included

in

art- history

books.

Others

were

lesser

known

but

of

comparable quality. These were exposed four times as often. Afterwards, the students preferred

them

to

the

canonical

works,

while

a

control

group

of

students

liked

the

canonical

ones

best.

Cutting's students had grown to like those paintings more simply because they had seen them

more.

D. Cutting believes his experiment offers a clue as to how canons are formed.

He

reproduced works of impressionism today tend to have been bought by five or six wealthy and

influential

collectors

in

the

late

19th

century.

The

preferences

of

these

men

bestowed

(

给予

)

prestige on certain works, which made the works more likely to be hung in galleries and printed

in collections. The fame passed down the years, gaining momentum from mere exposure as it did

so.

The

more

people

were

exposed

to,

the

more

they

liked

it,

and

the

more

they

liked

it,

the

more it appeared in books, on posters and in big exhibitions. Meanwhile, academics and critics

created sophisticated justifications for its preeminence (

卓越

). After all, it's not just the masses

who tend to rate what they see more often more highly. As contemporary artists like Warhol and

Damien

Hirst

have

grasped,

critics'

praise

is

deeply

entwined

(

交织

)

with

publicity.

Cutting argues,

E.

The

process

described

by

Cutting

evokes

a

principle

that

the

sociologist

Duncan

Watts

calls

still.

A

few

years

ago,Watts,

who

is

employed

by

Microsoft

to

study

the

dynamics

of

social

networks, had a similar experience to Cutting's in another Paris museum. After queuing to see

the

why

was

it

considered

so

superior

to

the

three

other

Leonardos

in

the

previous

chamber,

to

which nobody seemed to be paying the slightest attention?

F. When Watts looked into the history of

that, for most of its life, the

Vinci was considered no match for giants of Renaissance art like Titian and Raphael, whose works

were worth almost ten times as much as the

Leonardo's portrait of his patron's wife rocketed to the number-one spot. What propelled it there

wasn't a scholarly re-evaluation, but a theft.

G. In 1911 a maintenance worker at the Louvre walked out of the museum with the

Lisa

工作服

). Parisians were shocked at the theft of a painting to which,

until then, they had paid little attention. When the museum reopened, people queued to see the

gap where the

From then on, the

H. Although many have tried, it does seem improbable that the painting's unique status can

be attributed entirely to the quality of its brushstrokes. It has been said that the subject's eyes

follow the viewer around the room. But as the painting's biographer, Donald Sassoon, dryly notes,

Lisa

(

使浮起

) or

events or preferences that turn into waves of influence, passing down the generations.

I.

that

cultural

objects

have

value,

Brian

Eno

once

wrote,

like

saying

that

telephones

have

conversations.

Nearly

all

the

cultural

objects

we

consume

arrive

wrapped

in

inherited

opinion;

our

preferences

are

always,

to

some

extent,

someone

else's.

Visitors

to

the

Lisa

know

they

are

about

to

visit

the

greatest

work

of

art

ever

and

come

away

appropriately

impressed--or

let

down.

An

audience

at

a

performance

of

know

it

is

regarded as a work of genius, so that is what they mostly see. Watts even calls the preeminence

of Shakespeare a

J.

Although

the

rigid

high-low

distinction

fell

apart

in

the

1960s,

we

still

use

culture

as

a

badge of identity. Today's fashion for eclecticism (

折中主义

)

is,

Shamus

Khan,

a

Columbia

University

psychologist,

argues,

a

new

way

for

the

middle

class

to

distinguish themselves from what they perceive to be the narrow tastes of those beneath them

in the social hierarchy.

K. The intrinsic quality of a work of art is starting to seem like its least important attribute.

But

perhaps

it's

more

significant

than

our

social

scientists

allow.

First

of

all,

a

work

needs

a

certain quality to be eligible to be swept to the top of the pile. The

worthy world champion, but it was in the Louvre in the first place, and not by accident. Secondly,

some

stuff

is

simply

better

than

other

stuff.

Read

after

reading

even

the

greatest

of

Shakespeare's contemporaries, and the difference may strike you as unarguable.

L. A study in the British Journal of Aesthetics suggests that the exposure effect doesn't work

the same way on everything, and points to a different conclusion about how canons are formed.

The social scientists are right to say that we should be a little sceptical of greatness, and that we

should always look in the next room. Great art and mediocrity (

平庸

) can get confused, even by

experts. But that's why we need to see, and read, as much as we can. The more we're exposed to

the good and the bad, the better we are at telling the difference. The eclecticists have it.

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46.

According

to

Duncan

Watts,

the

superiority

of

the

Lisa

to

Leonardo's

other

works

resulted from the cumulative advantage.

47. Some social scientists have raised doubts about the intrinsic value of certain works of art.

48. It is often random events or preferences that determine the fate of a piece of art.

49. In his experiment, Cutting found that his subjects liked lesser known works

because of more exposure.

50. The author thinks the greatness of an art work still lies in its intrinsic value.

51. It is true of critics as well as ordinary people that the popularity of artistic works is closely

associated with publicity.

52. We need to expose ourselves to more art and literature in order to tell the superior from the

inferior.

53.

A

study

of

the

history

of

the

greatest

paintings

suggests

even

a

great

work

of

art

could

experience years of neglect.

54. Culture is still used as a mark to distinguish one social class from another.

55. Opinions about and preferences for cultural objects are often inheritable.

Section C

Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or

unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A. , B. , C. and D.. You

should

decide

on

the

best

choice

and

mark

the

corresponding

letter

on

Answer

sheet

with

a

single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.

When the right person is holding the right job at the right moment, that person's influence

is greatly expanded. That is the position in which Janet Yellen, who is expected to be confirmed

as the next chair of the Federal Reserve Bank (FeD. in January, now finds herself. If you believe, as

many do, that unemployment is the major economic and social concern of our day, then it is no

stretch to think Yellen is the most powerful person in the world right now.

Throughout the 2008 financial crisis and the recession and recovery that followed, central

banks have taken on the role of stimulators of last resort, holding up the global economy with

vast amounts of money in the form of asset buying. Yellen, previously a Fed vice chair, was one of

the principal architects of the Fed's $$ 3.8 trillion money dump. A star economist known for her

groundbreaking work on labor markets, Yellen was a kind of prophetess early on in thc crisis for

her warnings about the subprime (

次级债

) meltdown. Now it will be her job to get the Fed and

the markets out of the biggest and most unconventional monetary program in history without

derailing the fragile good news is that Yellen,67, is particularly well suited to meet

these

challenges.

She

has

a

keen

understanding

of

financial

markets,

an

appreciation

for

their

imperfections

and

a

strong

belief

that

human

suffering

was

more

related

to

unemployment

than anything else.

Some experts worry that Yellen will be inclined to chase unemployment to the neglect of

inflation.

But with wages still relatively flat and the economy increasingly divided between the well-off and

the

long-term

unemployed,

more

people

worry

about

the

opposite,

deflation

(

通货紧缩

)

that

would aggravate the economy's problems.

Either way, the incoming Fed chief will have to walk a fine line in slowly ending the stimulus.

It must be steady enough to deflate bubbles (

去泡沫

) and bring markets back down to earth but

not so quick thatit creates another credit crisis.

Unlike many past Fed leaders, Yellen is not one to buy into the finance industry's argument

that itshould be left alone to regulate itself. She knows all along the Fed has been too slack on

regulation of finance. Yellen is likely to address the issue right after she pushes unemployment

below 6%, stabilizes markets and makes sure that the recovery is more inclusive and robust. As

Princeton Professor Alan Blinder says,

also a good listener. She can persuade without creating hostility.

the global economy's new power player takes on its most annoying problems.

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56. What do many people think is the biggest problem facing Janet Yellen?

A. Lack of money.

B. Subprime crisis.

C. Unemployment.

D. Social instability.

57. What did Yellen help the Fed do to tackle the 2008 financial crisis?

A. Take effective measures to curb inflation.

B. Deflate the bubbles in the American economy.

C. Formulate policies to help financial institutions.

D. Pour money into the market through asset buying.

58. What is a greater concern of the general public?

A. Recession.

B. Deflation.

C. Inequality.

D. Income.

59. What is Yellen likely to do in her position as the Fed chief?

A. Develop a new monetary program.

B. Restore public confidence.

C. Tighten financial regulation.

D. Reform the credit system.

60. How does Alan Blinder portray Yellen?

A. She possesses strong persuasive power.

B. She has confidence in what she is doing.

C. She is one of the world's greatest economists.

D. She is the most powerful Fed chief in history.

Passage Two

Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.

Air pollution is deteriorating in many places around the world. The fact that public parks

in cities become crowded as soon as the sun shines proves that people long to breathe in green,

open spaces. They do not all know what they are seeking but they flock there, nevertheless. And,

in these surroundings, they are generally both peaceful and peaceable. It is rare to see people

fighting in a garden. Perhaps struggle unfolds first, not at an economic or social level, but over

the appropriation of air, essential to life itself.

If human beings can breathe and share air, they don't need to struggle with one another.

Unfortunately, in our western tradition, neither materialist nor idealist theoreticians give

enough consideration to this basic condition for life. As for politicians, despite proposing curbs on

environmental pollution, they have not yet called for it to be made a crime. Wealthy countries

are even allowed to pollute if they pay for it.

But is our life worth anything other than money? The plant world shows us in silence

what faithfulness to life consists of. It also helps us to a new beginning, urging us to care for our

breath, not only at a vital but also at a spiritual level. The interdependence to which we must pay

the closest attention is that whicl exists between ourselves and the plant world. Often described

as

releasing oxygen. But their capacity to renew the ai polluted by industry has long reached its limit.

If we lack the air necessary for a healthy life, it is because we have filled it with chemicals and

undercut the ability of plants to regenerate it. As we know, rapi deforestation combined with the

massive burning of fossil fuels is an explosive recipe for an irreversibl disaster.

The

fight

over

the

appropriation

of

resources

will

lead

the

entire

planet

to

hell

unless

humans

learn

t

share

life,

both

with

each

other

and

with

plants.

This

task

is

simultaneously

ethical and political because can be discharged only when each takes it upon herself or himself

and only when it is accomplishe together with others. The lesson taught by plants is that sharing

life

expands

and

enhances

the

sphere

c

the

living,

while

dividing

life

into

so-called

natural

or

human

resources

diminishes

it.

We

must

come

t

view

the

air,

the

plants

and

ourselves

as

the

contributors to the preservation of life and growth, rathe than a web of quantifiable objects or

productive potentialities at our disposal. Perhaps then we woulfinally begin to live, rather than

being concerned with bare survival.

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61. What does the author assume might be the primary reason that people would struggle with

each other

A. To get their share of clean air.

B. To pursue a comfortable life.

C. To gain a higher social status.

D. To seek economic benefits.

62. What does the author accuse western politicians of?

A. Depriving common people of the right to clean air.

B. Giving priority to theory rather than practical action.

C. Offering preferential treatment to wealthy countries.

D. Failing to pass laws to curb environmental pollution.

63. What does the author try to draw our closest attention to?

A. The massive burning of fossil fuels.

B. Our relationship to the plant world.

C. The capacity of plants to renew polluted air.

D. Large-scale deforestation across the world.

64. How can human beings accomplish the goal of protecting the planet according to the author?

A. By showing respect for plants.

B. By preserving all forms of life.

C. By tapping all natural resources.

D. By pooling their efforts together.

65. What does the author suggest we do in order not just to survive?

A. Expand the sphere of living.

B. Develop nature's potentials.

C. Share life with nature.

D. Allocate the resources.

Part

Ⅳ

Translation

(30 minute

）

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese

into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.

中国传统的待客之道要求饭菜丰富多样，

让客人吃不完。

一套凉菜及其后的热菜，例如肉类、鸡鸭 、蔬菜等。大多数宴席上，全鱼被认为是必不可少

的，除非已经上过各式海鲜。如今，< /p>

中国人喜欢把西方特色菜与传统中式菜肴融于一席，因

此牛排上桌 也不少见。

沙拉也已流行起来，

尽管传统上中国人一般不吃任何 未经烹饪的菜肴。

宴席通常至少有一道汤，可以最先或最后上桌。甜点和水果通常标志宴 席的结束。

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡

2

上作答。

2015

年

6

月大学英语六级考试真题

(

一

)

答案与详解

Part I

Writing

结构框图：

话题词汇：

reward

回报，奖赏

consistent

持续不变的

genius

天才

hardship

艰苦

refinement

改进，改善

Practice makes perfect

．熟能生巧。

Part

Ⅱ

Listening Comprehension

Section A

1. W Can you come to the concert with me thisweekend? Or do you have to prepare forexams?

M: I still have a lot to do, but maybe a breakwould do me good.

Q: What will the man probably do?