1、2017年 6月大学英语六级考试真题及答案解析（第二套完整版）Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: Suppose you are asked to give advice on whether to major in science or humanities at college, write an essay to state your opinion. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.【参考范文】Whether to Major in
2、Science or Humanities at College?Nowadays, as the whole society place increasingly considerable value on education, the question of whether to major in science or humanities at college is not only a concern for students, but also a focal point for parents. Some believe that to dig into science is a
3、better choice because it promises us a brighter future; others may hold the opposite view that humanity knowledge is the foundation of humanity quality.As for me, both arguments are justified. However, I believe that the important thing is not about which subject is better, what matters most is peop
4、le who will have to make the decision. In other words, we should not lay one-sided emphasis on the advantages of either subject; on the contrary, the students themselves, their interests and preferences, pros and cons are supposed to be taken into consideration. For example, if a student is more ade
5、pt at humanity and thats where his real interests lie, then he should dedicate to the study on humanity.Whether to major in science or humanities is a critical choice for every student because its result has a profound influence on personal career development and life style. Thus we should figure ou
6、t what we really care about so as not to put the cart before the horse.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you mil hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be
7、 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) Doing enjo
8、yable work. B) Having friendly colleagues.C)Earning a competitive salary. D) Working for supportive bosses.【答案】B【解析】对话中关于第一个调查，男士说有十大因素影响着人们在工作中的幸福感。并提及对接受调查的大多数人来说，最重要的因素就是拥有友好、 给予支持的同事。事实上，接受调查的人中有 73%的人把与同事的关系作为促成工作幸福感的关键因素，这是一个很高的比例。由此可知，友好的同事是让员工感到幸福的第一因素。故选 B。2. A) 31%. B) 20%.C)25%. D) 73%.【答
9、案】B【解析】对话中女士问男士调查中还有没有发现其他的信息。男士在回答中提及“However, 20% of employees described themselves as being unhappy”，故选 B。3. A) Those of a small size. B) Those run by women.C)Those that are well managed. D) Those full of skilled workers.【答案】A【解析】对话中男士说从调查中还得出了一些更有趣的结论：首先小公司很好，人们更明确地倾向于在不超过 100人的较小的机构或公司中工作。由此可知，
10、小规模的公司在员工中更受欢迎。故选 A。4. A) They can hop from job to job easily.B) They can win recognition of their work.C)They can better balance work and life.D) They can take on more than one job.【答案】C【解析】对话中男士说一天只工作 4、5 个小时的兼职合同工比那些全职的人更快乐。随后提及，从调查中得出的结论是，这一现象可能是由于兼职合同工能更好地平衡工作和生活。故选 C。Questions 5 to 8 are based
11、 on the conversation you have just heard.5. A) It is a book of European history. B) It is an introduction to music.C)It is about the city of Bruges. D) It is a collection of photos.【答案】D【解析】对话开篇女士问男士一开始是怎么对这一主题感兴趣的。男士在回答时提到，对逼近的危险的恐惧成为了这一大型拍摄项目的主题。由此可推断出，洪水将至是一本摄影集。故选 D。6. A) When painting the conce
12、rt hall of Bruges.B) When vacationing in an Italian coastal city.C) When taking pictures for a concert catalogue.D) When writing about Belgiums coastal regions.【答案】C【解析】男士在回答女士的问题（一开始是怎么对这一主题感兴趣的）时提及，“2006年，布鲁日城的音乐厅让我为一个新的音乐节的目录拍一些关于水的主题的照片”。由此可知，男士是在为音乐节目录拍照时想出了这一作品的主题。故选 C。7. A) The entire Europea
13、n coastline will be submerged.B)The rich heritage of Europe will be lost completely.C)The seawater of Europe will be seriously polluted.D)The major European scenic spots will disappear.【答案】A【解析】男士在对话中提及，传媒报导中有大量警惕性文章是关于即将发生的气候突变。并且对话中女士问男士，关于书中的原话“我不想拍摄灾难，我想拍摄即将发生的灾难”能否说些什么。男士在回答，整个欧洲的海岸线被淹没只是时间问题，这
14、一点现在非常清楚。由此可知，气候突变发生时，整个欧洲的海岸线将被淹没。故选 A。8. A) Its waterways are being increasingly polluted.B)People cannot get around without using boats.C)It attracts large numbers of tourists from home and abroad.D)Tourists use wooden paths to reach their hotels in the morning.【答案】D【解析】对话中男士在回答女士的问题（关于历史在这个项目中的作
15、用）时提及，威尼斯是一座一直受到海水威胁的城市，在那里每天早上会建起接木桥让游客通往旅馆。故选 D。Section BDirections: 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 answ
16、er 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 make careful preparation beforehand.B) They take too many irrelevant factors into ac
17、count.C) They spend too much time anticipating their defeat.D) They try hard to avoid getting off on the wrong foot.【答案】C9.【解析】题目是问一些人在面临新情况时是如何表现的。听力材料开头提到，一些人面对新情况时，常常花费太多的时间预期最坏的结果来预演他们的失败。其中 C选项中的 their defeat即听力材料中的 the worst。故选 C。10. A) A persons nervous system is more complicated than imagine
18、d.B)Golfers usually have positive mental images of themselves.C)Mental images often interfere with athletes performance.D)Thinking has the same effect on the nervous system as doing.【答案】D【解析】听力材料中提到，在斯坦福大学做的研究表明，心理影像对神经系统的刺激方式和行动对神经系统的刺激方式是一样的。并且在后文给出了一个高尔夫球手的例子来说明这一点。故选 D。11. A) Anticipate possible
19、 problems.B) Make a list of dos and donts.C) Picture themselves succeeding.D) Try to appear more professional.【答案】C【解析】听力材料中提到了一位女律师，她在开始她的第一个陪审团审案之前非常紧张。说话人给她的建议是：让她创造一个画面想象自己自信是什么样子的。对她而言这意味着，在法庭上自信地走动，用有说服力的肢体语言和突出自己的声音以便让临近后门的法官席上的人能够听见。她同样也想象了一个巧妙的结辩陈词和一个胜利的审判。由此可以推断出，说话人给处于压力情况下的人的建议是想象自己成功的样子
20、。故选 C。12. A) She wore a designer dress. B) She won her first jury trial.C)She did not speak loud enough. D) She presented moving pictures.【答案】B【解析】题目问及女律师在法庭上的表现。听力材料结尾提到，年轻的女律师在自信的预演几周之后，确实赢了第一个陪审团审案。故选 B。Questions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.13. A) Its long-term effects a
21、re yet to be proved.B)Its health benefits have been overestimated.C)It helps people to avoid developing breast cancer.D)It enables patients with diabetes to recover sooner.【答案】C【解析】听力材料中提到，研究现在表明，把纤维添加到青少年的饮食中能帮助降低患乳腺癌的风险。并且在后文中也提到，饮食专家克里斯蒂金发现很难使青少年病人关注健康的饮食，他告诉青少年病人多吃高纤维食物可以降低在中年之前患乳腺癌的风险。由此可知，把纤维放
22、到青少年饮食中能够帮助人们避免患乳腺癌。故选 C。14. A) It focused on their ways of life during young adulthood.B)It tracked their change in food preferences for 20 years.C)It focused on their difference from men in fiber intake.D)It tracked their eating habits since their adolescence.【答案】D【解析】听力材料中提到，有一项基于对 44000名女性研究的新发现
23、。该研究调查了她们高中时期的饮食，还追踪了她们 20年来的饮食习惯。由此可知，这项对 44000名女性的研究追踪了她们自青春期以来的饮食习惯。故选 D。15. A) Fiber may help to reduce hormones in the body.B)Fiber may bring more benefits to women than men.C)Fiber may improve the function of heart muscles.D)Fiber may make blood circulation more smooth.【答案】A【解析】文章中提到，对 44000名女
24、性的研究表明了长期以来的证据，即纤维能够降低雌性激素的循环水平，这一点能够解释纤维为什么能够降低患乳腺癌的风险。其本质内容就是你吃的纤维越多，你身体中的激素水平可能越低，因此，患乳腺癌的风险也就越低。故选 A。Section CDirections: 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,
25、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) Observing the changes in marketing.B) Conducting researc
26、h on consumer behavior.C)Studying the hazards of young people drinking.D) Investigating the impact of media on government.【答案】B【解析】听力材料开头就提到，说话者目前的研究实际上是关于消费者行为。其中，文章中提到的市场变化、年轻人喝酒都是在用案例论证要从消费者的角度看问题。媒体对政府的影响并未提及。故选 B。17. A) It is the cause of many street riots.B) It is getting worse year by year.C)
27、It is a chief concern of parents.D) It is an act of socialising.【答案】D【解析】听力材料中提到，在年轻人喝酒的案例中，能够确定的其中一件事情是对于18-24岁的年轻人来说，喝酒与参与社会活动有关。文章中还提到年轻人喝酒目前备受政府而不是父母的关切。故选 D。18. A) They spent a week studying their own purchasing behavior.B)They researched the impact of mobile phones on young people.C)They analy
28、sed their family budgets over the years.D)They conducted a thorough research on advertising.【答案】A【解析】听力材料中提到，说话者的学生去年花了一周的时间研究他们自己的购买行为，并且对从商店到他们与零售银行和手机提供商之间的关系做了详细的分析。故选 A。Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.19. A) It is helping its banks to improve efficiency.B)It is
29、 trying hard to do away with dirty money.C)It is the first country to use credit cards in the world.D)It is likely to give up paper money in the near future.【答案】D【解析】题目是问从听力中我们对瑞典有何了解。听力材料开头提到，瑞典是第一个印刷和使用纸币的欧洲国家，但是它可能很快将不再使用纸币。D 选项符合题意。故选 D。20. A) Whether it is possible to travel without carrying an
30、y physical currency.B)Whether it is possible to predict how much money one is going to spend.C)Whether the absence of physical currency causes a person to spend more.D)Whether the absence of physical currency is going to affect everyday life.【答案】C【解析】听力材料中提到，克莱尔贝瑞塔想查明没有纸币是否确实会导致一个人花更多的钱，因此她几个月前决定做一项
31、实验。故选 C。21. A) There was no food service on the train.B) The service on the train was not good.C)The restaurant car accepted cash only.D) The cash in her handbag was missing.【答案】C【解析】听力材料中提到，克莱尔贝瑞塔在实验期间坐了一次火车。在途中，有一项通告告诉人们餐车目前不接受信用卡支付。因为很多乘客旅行中没有带现金， 所以火车上有很多抱怨。由此可知，火车上的餐车只接受现金支付。故选 C。22. A) By putt
32、ing money into envelopes.B)By drawing money week by week.C)By limiting their day-to-day spending.D)By refusing to buy anything on credit.【答案】A【解析】听力材料中提到，贝瑞塔说她的父母年轻的时候常把钱放进信封里来做预算。当他们拿到工资后，他们便立马把现金分为几份放进信封，这样他们就能知道每周有多少钱。故选 A。Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.23. A) P
33、opulation explosion.B)Chronic hunger.C)Extinction of rare species.D)Environmental deterioration.【答案】B【解析】听力材料中提到，说话者想要告诉我们人类人口的过去、现在和将来，并且用几个问题作为开场。第一个问题就是：现在有十亿人长期处于饥饿状态，这意味着他们醒来后感觉俄，一整天都感觉饿，睡觉的时候也感觉饿。故选 B。24. A) They contribute to overpopulation.B)About half of them are unintended.C)They have been
34、 brought under control.D)The majority of them tend to end halfway.【答案】B【解析】听力材料中提到，有 20002500万不识字的女人在生育上没有得到她们想要的控制。这一问题不只在发展中国家有，全球有近五成的怀孕是出于意外。故选 B。25. A) It is essential to the wellbeing of all species on earth.B)It is becoming a subject of interdisciplinary research.C)It is neglected in many of
35、the developing countries.D)It is beginning to attract postgraduates attention.【答案】A【解析】听力材料中提到，人口统计学不仅关乎人类的种群，也关乎于非人类种群，还包括无生命的对象。它是一种干预真实世界更明智、更有效的方法。它不仅能够提高你自己的福祉，同样重要的是，它还能够提高你自己和周围的人以及与我们共享地球的其 他物种的福祉。由此可知，人口统计学对地球上所有物种来说都是必要的。故选 A。Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections:
36、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
37、 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.After becoming president of Purdue University in 2013, Mitch Daniels asked the faculty to prove that their students have actually achieved one of h
38、igher educations most important goals: critical thinking skills. Two years before, a nationwide study of college graduates had shown that more than a third had made no _26_ gains in such mental abilities during their school years. Mr. Daniels needed to _27_ the high cost of attending Purdue to its s
39、tudents and their families. After all, the percentage of Americans who say a college degree is “very important” has fallen _28_ in the last 5-6 years.Purdue now has a pilot test to assess students critical thinking skills. Yet like many college teachers around the U.S., the faculty remain _29_ that
40、their work as educators can be measured by a “learning _30_” such as a graduates ability to investigate and reason. However, the professors need not worry so much. The results of a recent experiment showed that professors can use _31_ metrics to measure how well students do in three key areas: criti
41、cal thinking, written communication, and quantitative literacy.Despite the success of the experiment, the actual results are worrisome, and mostly _32_ earlier studies. The organizers of the experiment concluded that far fewer students were achieving at high levels on critical thinking than they wer
42、e doing for written communication or quantitative literacy. And that conclusion is based only on students nearing graduation.American universities, despite their global _33_ for excellence in teaching, have only begun to demonstrate what they can produce in real-world learning. Knowledge-based degre
43、es are still important, but employers are _34_ advanced thinking skills from college graduates. If the intellectual worth of a college degree can be _35_ measured, more people will seek higher education-and come out better thinkers.A) accurately B) confirm C) demanding D) doubtful E) drasticallyF) j
44、ustify G) monopolized H) outcome I) predominance J) presumingK) reputation L) significant M) signify N) simultaneously O) standardized26.【解析】L。空格前是形容词 no,空格后是名词 gains，所以此空应该填入一个形容词。根据句意，选项中只有 significant符合句意。have made no significant gains意为“未能取得显著提升”。故选 L。27.【解析】F。空格前是不定式 to，空格后是名词词组 the high cost,所
45、以此空应该填入一个动词原形。根据句意，动词原形中只有 justify符合句意。故选 F。28.【解析】E。空格前是 has fallen，空格后是时间状语 in the last 5-6 years，本句是现在完成时且不缺句子成分，所以此空应该填入一个副词。根据句意，选项中只有drastically符合句意。故选 E。29.【解析】D。空格前是动词 remain，空格后是 that引导的表语从句，所以此空应该填入一个形容词。根据句意，选项中只有 doubtful符合句意。故选 D。30.【解析】H。双引号前是不定冠词 a，所以此空应填入一个名词。根据句意，选项中只有 outcome符合句意。故
46、选 H。31.【解析】O。空格前是动词 use，空格后是名词 metrics，所以此空应该填入一个形容词或名词。根据句意，选项中只有 standardized符合句意。故选 O。32.【解析】B。空格前是副词 mostly，空格后是名词词组 earlier studies，由空格所在小分句开头的 and以及本句主语 the actual results可知，此空应该填入一个动词原形。根据句意，选项中只有 confirm符合句意。故选 B。33.【解析】K。空格前是形容词 global，空格后是介词调组 for excellence in teaching，所以此空应该填入一个名词。根据句意，选
47、项中只有 reputation符合句意。故选 K。34.【解析】C。空格前是系动词 are,空格后是名词词组 advanced thinking skills,所以此空应该填入一个动词，构成现在进行时。根据句意，“基于知识的学位仍然很重要，但雇主要求大学毕业生具备较强的思维能力。” 选项中只有 demanding (要求；查问）符合句意。demand from 为固定搭配，意为“向 要求”。故选 C。35.【解析】A。空格前是系动词 be，空格后是动词的被动语态 measured，所以此空应该填入一个副词，以修饰 measured。根据句意，选项中只有 accurately符合句意。故选 A。
48、Section BDirections: 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 mar
49、ked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer sheet 2.The Price of Oil and the Price of CarbonA Fossil fuel prices are likely to stay “low for long”. Notwithstanding important recent progress in developing renewable fuel sources, low fossil fuel prices could discourage further innovation in, and adoption of, cleaner energy technologies. The result would be higher emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.B Policymakers should not allow low energy prices to derail the clean energy transition. Action t
