1、2015 年 12 月大学英语六级考试真题 1Part I Writing(30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picturebelow. You should focus on the impact of social networking websites on reading.You arereauired to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Part
2、 II Listening Comprehension(30 minutes)Section A1. A. The restaurant offers some specials each day.B. The restaurant is known for its food varieties.C. The dressing makes the mixed salad very inviting.D. The woman should mix the ingredients thoroughly.2. A. He took over the firm from Mary.C. He fail
3、ed to foresee major problems.B. He is running a successful business.D. He is opening a new consulting firm.3. A. Someone should be put in charge of office supplies.B. The man can leave the discs in the office cabinet.C. The man may find the supplies in the cabinet.D. The printer in the office has ru
4、n out of paper.4. A. He has to use a magnifying glass to see clearly. B. The woman can use his glasses to read.C. He has the dictionary the woman wants.D. The dictionary is not of much help to him.5. A. Redecorating her office.B. Majoring in interior design.C. Seeking professional advice.D. Adding s
5、ome office furniture.6. A. Problems in port management.B. Improvement of port facilities.C. Delayed shipment of goods.D. Shortage of container ships.7. A. Their boss.B. A colleague.C. Their workload. D. A coffee machine.8. A. Call the hotel manager for help.B. Postpone the event until a later date.
6、C. Hold the banquet at a different place.D. Get an expert to correct the error.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A. He shares some of the household duties.B. He often goes back home late for dinner. C. He cooks dinner for the family occasionally.D. He dines out f
7、rom time to time with friends.10. A. To take him to dinner.B. To talk about a budget plan. C. To discuss an urgent problem.D. To pass on an important message.11. A. Foreign investors are losing confidence in Indias economy.B. Many multinational enterprises are withdrawing from India.C. There are wil
8、d fluctuations in the international money market.D. There is a sharp increase in Indias balance of payment deficit.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A. They have unrealistic expectations about the other half.B. They may not be prepared for a lifelong relationsh
9、ip.C. They form a more realistic picture of life.D. They try to adapt to their changing roles.13. A. He is lucky to have visited many exotic places.B. He is able to forget all the troubles in his life.C. He is able to meet many interesting people.D. He is lucky to be able to do what he loves.14. A.
10、It is stressful.B. It is full of tim. C. It is all glamour.D. It is challenging15. A. Bothered.B. Amazed.C. Puzzled.D. Excited.Section BPassage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A. Maintain the traditional organizational culture.B. Learn new ways of relating and
11、working together.C. Follow closely the fast development of technology.D. Learn to be respectful in a hierarchical organization.17. A. How the team integrates with what it is supposed to serve.B. How the team is built to keep improving its performance.C. What type of personnel the team should be comp
12、osed of.D. What qualifications team members should be equipped with.18. A. A team manager must set very clear and high objectives.B. Teams must consist of members from different cultures.C. Team members should be knowledgeable and creative.D. A team manager should develop a certain set of skills.Pas
13、sage TwoQuestions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A. It is a platform for sharing ideas on teaching at the University of Illinois.B. It was mainly used by scientists and technical people to exchange text.C. It started off as a successful program but was unable to last long.
14、D. It is a program allowing people to share information on the Web.20. A. He visited a number of famous computer scientists.B. He met with an entrepreneur named Jim Clark.C. He sold a program developed by his friends.D. He invested in a leading computer business.21. A. They had confidence in his new
15、 ideas.B. They trusted his computer expertise.C. They were very keen on new technology.D. They believed in his business connections.Passage ThreeQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A. Prestige advertising. B. Institutional advertising. C. Word of mouth advertising.D.
16、Distributing free trial products.23. A. To sell a particular product.B. To build up their reputation. C. To promote a specific service.D. To attract high-end consumers.24. A. By using the services of large advertising agencies.B. By hiring their own professional advertising staff.C. By buying media
17、space in leading newspapers.D. By creating their own ads and commericais.25. A. Decide on what specific means of communication to employ.B. Conduct a large-scale survey on customer needs.C. Specify the objectives of the campaign in detail.D. Pre-test alternative ads or commercials in certain regions
18、.Section CExtinction is difficult concept to grasp. It is an 26 concept. Its not at all like the killing of individual lifeforms that can be renewedthrough normal processes of reproduction. Nor is it simply 27 numbers. Nor is it damage that can somehow be remedied or for which some substitute can be
19、 ound. Nor is it something that simply affects our own generation. Nor is it something that could be remedied by some supernatural power. It is rather an 28 and final act for which there is no remedy on earth or in heaven. A species once extinct is gone forever. However many generations 29 us in com
20、ing centuries, none of them will ever see this species that we extinguish. Not only are we bringing about the extinction of life 30 , we are also making the land and the air and the sea so toxic that the very conditions of life are being destroyed.31 basic natural resources, not only are the nonrene
21、wable resources being 32 in a frenzy ( 疯狂) of processing,consuming, and 33 , but we are also mining much of our renewable resources, such as the very soil itself on which terrestrial (地球上的) life depends.The change that is taking place on the earth and in our minds is one of the greatest changes ever
22、 to take place in human affairs, perhaps the greatest, since what we are talking about is not simply another historical change or cultural34 , but a change of geological and biological as well as psychological order of 35 Part III Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section AQuestions 36 to 45 are base
23、d on the following passage.It seems to be a law in the technology industry that leading companies eventually lose their positions, often quickly and brutally.Mobile phone champion Nokia, one of Europes biggest technology success stories, was no36, losing its market share in just a few years.In 2007,
24、 Nokia accounted for more than 40% of mobile phone sales37But consumerspreferences were already38toward touch-screen smartphones. With the introduction of Apples iPhone in the middle of that year, Nokias market share39rapidly and revenue plunged. By the end of 2013, Nokia had sold its phone business
25、 to Microsoft.What sealed Nokias fate was a series of decisions made by Stephen Elop in his position as CEO,which he40in October 2010. Each day that Elop spent in charge of Nokia, the companys market value declined by $ 23 million, making him, by the numbers, one of the worst CEOs in history. But El
26、op was not the only person at41Nokias board resisted change, making it impossiblefor the company to adapt to rapid shifts in the industry. Most42, Jorma Ollila, who had led Nokias transition from an industrial company to a technology giant, was too fascinated by the companys43success to recognize th
27、e change that was needed to sustain its competitiveness. The company also embarked on a44cost-cutting program, which included the elimination of which had motivated employees to take risks and make miracles. Good leaders left the company, taking Nokias sense of vision and directions with them. Not s
28、urprisingly, much of Nokias most valuable design and programming talent left as well.A) assumed I) previousB. bias J) relayedC. desperate K) shiftingD. deterioration L) shrankE) exception M) subtleF) fault N) transmittingG) incidentally O) worldwideH) notablySection BFirst-Generation College-Goers:
29、Unprepared and Behind Kids who are the first in their families to brave the world of higher education come on campus with little academic knowhow and are much more likely than their peers to drop out before graduation. A When Nijay Williams entered college last fall as a firstgeneration student and
30、Jamaican immigrant,he was academically unprepared for the rigors of higher education. Like many firstgeneration students, he enrolled in a medium-sized state university many of his high school peers were also attending, received a Pell Grant, and took out some small federal loans to cover other cost
31、s.Given the high price of room and board and the closeness of the school to his family, he chose to live at home and worked between 30 and 40 hours a week while taking a full class schedule. B What Nijay didnt realize about his schoolTennessee State Universitywas its frighteningly low graduation rat
32、e: a mere 29 percent for its first-generation students. At the end of his first year,Nijay lost his Pell Grant of over $ 5,000 after narrowly missing the 2.0 GPA cut-off, making it impossible for him to continue paying for school. C Nijay represents a large and growing group of Americans: firstgener
33、ation college students who enter school unprepared or behind. To make matters worse, these schools are ill-equipped to graduate these studentsyoung adults who face specific challenges and obstacles. They typically carry financial burdens that outweigh those of their peers, are more likely to work wh
34、ile attending school, and often require significant academic remediation (补习). D Matt Rubinoff directs Im First, a nonprofit organization launched last October to reach out to this specific population of students. He hopes to distribute this information and help prospective college-goers fmd the bes
35、t post-secondary fit. And while Rubinoff believes there are a good number of fouryear schools that truly care about these students and set aside significant resources and programs for them, he says that number isnt high enough. E “Its not only the selective and elite institutions that provide those
36、opportunities for a small subsetof this population,“ Rubinoff said, adding that a majority of first-generation undergraduates tend toward options such as online programs, twoyear colleges, and commuter state schools.“Unfortunately, there tends to be a lack of information and support to help students
37、 think bigger and broader. “ F Despite this problem, many students are still drawn to these institutions-and two-year schools in particular. As a former high school teacher, I saw students choose familiar, cheaper options year after year. Instead of skipping out on higher education altogether, they
38、chose community colleges or state schools with low bars for admittance. G“They underestimate themselves when selecting a university,“said Dave Jarrat, a marketing executive for Inside Track, a forprofit organization that specializes in coaching low-income students and supporting colleges in order to
39、 help students thrive. “The reality of it is that a lot of low-income kids could be going to elite tufiversities on a full ride scholarship and dont even realize it. “ H “Many students are coming from a situation where no one around them has the experience of successfully completing higher education
40、, so they are coming in questioning themselves and their college worthiness,“ Jarrat continued. That helps explain why, as Im Firsts Rubinoff indicated,the schools to which these students end up resorting can end up being some of the poorest matches for them. The University of Tennessee in Knoxville
41、 offers one example of this dilemma. A flagship university in the South, the school graduates just 16 percent of its firstgeneration students, despite its overall graduation rate of 71 percent. Located only a few hours apart, The University of Tennessee and Tennessee State are worth comparing. Tenne
42、ssee States overall graduation rate is a tiny 39 percent, but at least it has a smaller gap between the outcomes for firstgenerat.ion students and those of their peers.I Still, the University of Tennessee deserves credit for being transparent. Many large institutions keep this kind of data secretor
43、at least make it incredibly difficult to find The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for instance, admits only that the graduation rate for its firstgeneration pupils is “much lower“ than the percentage of all students who graduate within four years (81 percent).J It is actually quite diff
44、icult to fred reliable statistics on the issue for many schools.Higher education institutions are, under federal law, required to report graduation rates, but these reports typically only include Pell recipient numbersnot necessarily rates specific to fLrstgeneration students. Other initiatives fail
45、 to break down the data, too. Imagine how intimidating it can be for prospecitive students unfamiliar with the complexities of higher education to navigate this kind of information and then identify which schools are the best fit. K It was this lack of information that prompted the launch of Im Firs
46、t in 2013, originally as an ann of its umbrella organization, the Center For Student Opportunity.“If we can help to direct students to more of these types of campuses and help students to understand them to be realistic and accessible places, have them apply to these schools at greater frequency and
47、 ultimately get in and enroll, we are going to raise the success rate,“ Rubinoff said, citing a variety of collegesranging from large state institutions to smaller private schools. L Chelsea Jones, who now directs student programming at Im First, was a firstgeneration college student at Howard. Like
48、 other student new to the intimidating highereducation world, she often struggled on her path to college, “There wasnt really a collegebound cnlture at my high school,“ she said. “I wanted to go to college but I didnt really know the process. “ Jones became involved with a collegeaccess program thro
49、ugh Princeton University in high school. Now, she attributesmuch of her understanding of college to that: “But once I got to campus, it was a completely different ball game that no one really prepared me for. “ M She was fortunate, though. Howard, a wellregarded historically black college, had an array of resources for its firstgeneration students, including matching kids with counselors, comecting first generation students to one another, and TRIO, a national progra
