2014年6月英语六级真题第2套

2014 年 6 月英语六级真题(二) Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to put all your eggs in one basket. You can give examples to illustrate your point. You should 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 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. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。 1. A. College tuition has become a heavy burden for the students. B. College students are in general politically active nowadays. C. He is doubtful about the effect of the students’ action. D. He took part in many protests when he was at college. 2. A. Jay is organizing a party for the retiring dean. B. Jay is surprised to learn of the party for him. C. The dean will come to Jay’s birthday party. D. The class has kept the party a secret from Jay. 3. A. He found his wallet in his briefcase. B. He went to the lost-and-found office. C. He left his things with his car in the garage. D. He told the woman to go and pick up his car. 4. A. The show he directed turned out to be a success. B. He watches only those comedies by famous directors. C. New comedies are exciting, just like those in the 1960s. D. TV comedies have not improved much since the 1960s. 5. A. All vegetables should be cooked fresh. B. The man should try out some new recipes. C. Overcooked vegetables are often tasteless. D. The man should .stop boiling the vegetables. 6. A. Sort out their tax returns. B. Help them tidy up the house. C. Figure out a way to avoid taxes. D. Help them to decode a message. 7. A. He didn’t expect to complete his work so soon. B. He has devoted a whole month to his research. C. The woman is still trying to finish her work. D. The woman remains a total mystery to him. 8. A. He would like to major in psychology too. B. He has failed to register for the course. C. Developmental psychology is newly offered. D. There should be more time for registration. Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 9. A. The brilliant product design. B. The new color combinations. C. The unique craftsmanship. D. The texture of the fabrics. 10. A. Unique tourist attractions. B. Traditional Thai silks. C. Local handicrafts. D. Fancy products. 11. A. It will be on the following weekend. B. It will be out into the countryside. C. It will last only one day. D. It will start tomorrow. Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 12. A. A good secondary education. B.A pleasant neighbourhood. C. A happy childhood. D. A year of practical training. 13. A. He ought to get good vocational training. B. He should be sent to a private school. C. He is academically gifted. D. He is good at carpentry. 14. A. Donwell School. B. Enderby High. C. Carlton Abbey D. Enderby Comprehensive. 15. A. Put Keith in a good boarding school. B. Talk with their children about their decision. C. Send their children to a better private school. D. Find out more about the five schools. 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 1 with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage yon have just heard. 16. A. It will be brightly lit. B. It will be well ventilated. C. It will have a large space for storage. D. It will provide easy access to the disabled. 17. A. On the first floor. B. On the ground floor. C. Opposite to the library. D. On the same floor as the labs. 18. A. To make the building appear traditional. B. To match the style of construction on the site. C. To cut the construction cost to the minimum. D. To embody the subcommittee’s design concepts. Passage Two Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. 19. A. Sell financial software. B. Train clients to use financial software. C. Write financial software. D. Conduct research on financial software. 20. A. Unsuccessful. B. Tedious. C. Rewarding. D. Important. 21. A. He offered online tutorials. B. He held group discussions. C. He gave the trainees lecture notes. D. He provided individual support. 22. A. The employees were a bit slow to follow his instruction. B. The trainees’ problems had to be dealt with one by one. C. Nobody is able to solve all the problems in a couple of weeks. D. The fault might lie in his style of presenting the information. Passage Three Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 23. A. Their parents tend to overprotect them. B. Their teachers meet them only in class. C. They have little close contact with adults. D. They rarely read any books about adults. 24. A. Real-life cases are simulated for students to learn law. B. Writers and lawyers are brought in to talk to students. C. Opportunities are created for children to become writers. D. More Teacher and Writer Collaboratives are being set up. 25. A. Sixth-graders can teach first-graders as well as teachers. B. Children are often the best teachers of other children. C. Paired Learning cultivates the spirit of cooperation. D. Children like to form partnerships with each other. 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. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡上作答。 Tests may be the most unpopular part of academic life. Students hate them because they produce fear and 26 about being evaluated, and a focus on grades instead of learning for learning’s sake. But tests are also valuable. A well-constructed test 27 what you know and what you still need to learn. Tests help you see how your performance 28 that of others. And knowing that you’ll be tested on 29 material is certainly likely to 30 you to learn the material more thoroughly. However, there’s another reason you might dislike tests. You may assume that tests have the power to 31 your worth as a person. If you do badly on a test, you may be tempted to believe that you’ve received some 32 information about yourself from the professor, information that says you’re a failure in some significant way. This is a dangerous--and wrong-headed--assumption. If you do badly on a test, it doesn’t mean you’re a bad person or stupid. Or that you’ll never do better again, and that your life is 33 If you don’t do well on a test, you’re the same person you were before you took the test--no better, no worse. You just did badly on a test. That’s it. 34 , tests are not a measure of your value as an individual--they are a measure only of how well and how much you studied. Tests are tools; they are indirect and 35 measures of what we know. 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 Sheet 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. Fear can be an effective way to change behavior. One study compared the effects of high-fear and low-fear appeals on changes in attitudes and behaviors related to dental hygiene (卫生). One group of subjects was shown awful pictures of 36 teeth and diseased gums; another group was shown less frightening materials such as plastic teeth, charts, and graphs. Subjects who saw the frightening materials reported more anxiety and a greater 37 to change the way they took care of their teeth than the low-fear group did. But were these reactions actually 38 into better dental hygiene practices? To answer this important question, subjects were called back to the laboratory on two 39 (five days and six weeks after the experiment). They chewed disclosing wafers (牙疾诊断片) that give a red stain to any uncleaned areas of the teeth and thus provided a direct 40 of how well they were really taking care of their teeth. The result showed that the high-fear appeal did actually result in greater and more 41 changes in dental hygiene. That is, the subjects 42 to high-fear warnings brushed their teeth more 43 than did those who saw low-fear warnings. However, to be an effective persuasive device it is very important that the message not be too frightening and that people be given 44 guidelines to help them to reduce the cause of the fear. If this isn’t done, they may reduce their anxiety by denying the message or the 45 of the communicator. If that happens, it is unlikely that either attitude or behavior change will occur. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。 A) accustomed B) carefully C) cautiously D) concrete E) credibility F) decayed G) desire H) dimensions I) eligible J) exposed K) indication L) occasions M) permanent N) sensitivity O) translated 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. 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