1、2016 年 6 月英语六级考试真题试卷附答案和解析(第 1 套)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the use of robots. Try to imagine what will happen when more and more robots take the place of human beings in industry as well as peoples daily lives. You are required to write at least
2、150 words but no more than 200 words.Section ADirections: 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
3、. 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.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 effective w
5、ays 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) His view on
6、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 undergone great changes.7.
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 vary from country to co
8、untry.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.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage, y
9、ou 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.Pas
10、sage OneQuestions 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 crisis on peopled life.10
11、. 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 companies cooperate to pull thro
12、ugh 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 TwoQuestions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.12. A) Whether memory supplements
13、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 effects. D) They are not based on real s
14、cience.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 exercise.B) Taking them with other medications m
15、ight entail unnecessary risks.C) Their effect lasts only a short time.D) Many have benefited from them.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, yo
16、u 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 OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.16. A) How catastrophic natural disasters turn out to
17、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 rescue teams for emergencies.B) By taking steps to prep
18、are 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 tropical storms.D) How destructive tropical storms can be.Recording
19、TwoQuestions 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.D) Speed up their recovery from the housing bubble.20. A) Some banks
20、 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 government.B) It will endeavor to write off bad loans.C) It will try to lower the
21、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) It will be necessary if the economy starts to shrink again.Recording ThreeQuestio
22、ns 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 others.24. A) Cognitive stimulation. B) Community activity.C) Balanced diet. D) Fresh ai
23、r.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 ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select onewo
24、rd for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read thepassage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified bya letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on, Answer Street 2 with a singleline through the ce
25、ntre. 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 brings asmile to your face. You also know that roller-skating is excellent exercise. You have a _27
26、_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 affectiveor emotional component; they are an important ingredient in attitudes. The knowledge wehave about th
27、e object constitutes the cognitive component of an attitude. You understandthe health _30_ that the activity can bring. Finally, attitudes have a behavioral component.Our attitudes _31_ us to go outside to enjoy roller-skating.Now, we dont want to leave you with the _32_ that these three components
28、always worktogether _33_. They dont; sometimes they clash. For example, lets say you love pizza(affective component); however, you have high cholesterol and understand (knowledgecomponent) that eating pizza may be bad for your health. Which behavior will your attituderesult in, eating pizza or _34_
29、it? The answer depends on which component happens to bestronger. If you are walking past a pizza restaurant at lunchtime, your emotions and feelingsprobably will be stronger than your knowledge that pizza may not be the best food for yourhealth. In that instance, you have pizza for lunch. If you are
30、 at home trying to decide where togo for dinner, however, the knowledge component may _35_ , and you decide to go whereyou can eat a healthier meal.A.avoiding B.benefits C.highlightD.illustrates E.impression F.improvesG.inquiring H.perfectly I.positive J.prevail K.primarily L.promptM.specifications
31、N.strapping O.typicalSection 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.
32、Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.The Changing GenerationA It turns out todays teenagers arent so scary after all. Results of USA WEEKENDS Teens even a “minor“ improvement cost on average $18,000.Exclusivity, more famil
33、iar in the world of high fashion, has reached the kitchen: Robinson Cornish, a British manufacturer of custom-made kitchens, offers a Georgian-style onewhich would cost 145,000-155,000 excluding building, plumbing and electrical work. Its bigselling point is that nobody else will have it: “You wont
34、see this kitchen anywhere else in theworld.“The elevation of the room that once belonged only to the servants to that of design showcasefor the modem family tells the story of a century of social change. Right into the early 20thcentury, kitchens were smoky, noisy places, generally located undergrou
35、nd, or to the back ofthe house, and as far from living space as possible. That was as it should be: kitchens were forservants, and the aspiring middle classes wanted nothing to do with themBut as the working classes prospered and the servant shortage set in, housekeeping became amatter of interest t
36、o the educated classes. One of the pioneers of a radical new way of thinkingabout the kitchen was Catharine Esther Beecher, sister of Harriet Beecher Stowe. In AmericanWomans Home, published in 1869, the Beecher sisters recommended a scientific approach tohousehold management, designed to enhance th
37、e efficiency of a womans work and promoteorder.Many contemporary ideas about kitchen design can be traced back to another American,Christine Frederick, who set about enhancing the efficiency of the housewife. Her 1919 work,Household Engineering: Scientific Management in the Home, was based on detail
38、edobservation of a housewifes daily routine. She borrowed the principle of efficiency on thefactory floor and applied it to domestic tasks on the kitchen floor.Fredericks central idea, that stove, sink and kitchen table must be placed in such a relationthat useless steps are avoided entirely“, inspi
39、red the first fully fitted kitchen, designed in the1920s by Margarete Schtter-Lihotsky. It was a modernist triumph, and many elementsremain central features of todays kitchen.51. What does the author say about the kitchen of today?A. It is where housewives display their cooking skills.B. It is where
40、 the family entertains important guests.C. It has become something odd in a modem house.D. It is regarded as the center of a modem home52. Why does the Georgian-style kitchen sell at a very high price?A. It is believed to have tremendous artistic value.B. No duplicate is to be found in any other pla
41、ce.C. It is manufactured by a famous British company.D. No other manufacturer can produce anything like it53. What does the change in the status of the kitchen reflect?A. Improved living conditions.B. Womens elevated status.C. Technological progress.D. Social change.54. What was the Beecher sisters
42、idea of a kitchen?A. A place where women could work more efficiently.B. A place where high technology could be applied.C. A place of interest to the educated people.D. A place to experiment with new ideas.55. What do we learn about todays kitchen?A. It represents the rapid technological advance in p
43、eoples daily life.B. Many of its central features are no different from those of the 1920s.C. It has been transformed beyond recognition.D. Many of its functions have changed greatly.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should wr
44、ite your answer on Answer Sheet 2.深圳是中国广东省一座新开发的城市。在改革开放之前，深圳不过是一个渔村，仅有三万多人。20 世纪 80 年代，中国政府创建了深圳经济特区，作为实施社会主义市场经济的试验田。如今，深圳的人口已超过 1,000 万，整个城市发生了巨大的变化。到 2014 年，深圳的人均(per-capita)GDP 已达 25,000 美元，相当于世界上一些发达国家的水平。就综合经济实力而言，深圳居于中国顶尖城市之列。由于其独特的地位，深圳也是国内外企业家创业的理想之地。写作参考答案People nowadays use social networ
45、king sites very frequently, such as Weibo and Wechat, whichhave made us more connected than ever. Yet for all this close contact, we are becoming moresocially awkward. The harm of replacing real-life contact with virtual conversation, in myopinion, involves two aspects: it made us put on masks and h
46、old up shields.In a virtual world, we tend to create an image that rarely looks like us. We post messages orpictures to show we are humorous, with a good taste, and living a fabulous life. As a result, wefail to present our real self and dare not to be ourselves. Another unpleasant thing aboutvirtua
47、l conversation is that it encourages unimaginable violence of language. The Internet hasbecome a shield in many ways， exempting us from the consequence we should takeresponsibility for even though we make dreadful and malicious comments sometimes. Thisundoubtedly mins the quality of social interacti
48、on that we need as human beings.All in all, if we spend too much time interacting virtually, we will dedicate little effort to real-world bonding. Consequently, our interpersonal relationship weakens gradually, and we will endup with unprecedented alienation.【解析】 本题讨论的是“虚拟社交越来越频繁真实社交却越来越贫乏”这一社会现象，考生
49、需要阐述这一问题将导致的结果。根据题目要求，可以采取以下布局：第一段：提出虽然人们的生活充斥着社交网站，但却变得越来越不善于社交。这都是因为过度依赖虚拟网络，而忽略了面对面交流的重要性。第二段：从两方面阐述虚拟社交如何影响人的社交质量-在虚拟社交中人们喜欢伪装自己，同时建立起一块无形的盾牌躲避彼此。第三段：总结全文，虚拟社交影像我们真实情感的建立，导致人际关系破裂，人性异化。听力 Section A 参考答案1 What seems to have been very successful according to the woman speaker?A 【解析】对话开头，女士就说迈克在 CucinTech 负责了一个创新项目，并接着说到项目似乎非常成功。由此，可选定 A 项“男士在 CucinTech 负责的项目” 。【干扰项排除】根据选项关键词 project, tec
