2019 年 6 月英语六级真题及答案第 2 套
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
Directions:
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the
importance of mutual understanding and respect in interpersonal relationships. You
should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
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Part Ⅰ Writing
The Importance of Mutual Understanding and Respect in Interpersonal Relationships
For college students, a harmonious interpersonal relationship, especially among
classmates, can guarantee their healthy growth and development. And as for me, mutual
understanding and respect is the key to building this harmony.
For one thing, college students come from all over the country and they all have
their own way of life and customs, so when having conflicts with each other, only
mutual understanding and respect can make both sides reach an agreement. If they
can reach a consensus, it will be good for them to maintain long-term friendly
relations. For another thing, mutual understanding and respect can make students
more willing to learn from their teachers and classmates, thus making them study
more efficiently, which is conducive to creating a harmonious learning atmosphere
for classes.
In conclusion, mutual understanding and respect is the basis of good interpersonal
relationships. Just as the saying goes, if you want to win the respect of others,
you first need to respect others. Therefore, whenever you disagree with others, try
to put yourself in their shoes and be more tolerant and understanding.
Section A
Directions: 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 from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding
letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.
Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
1. A) Why Roman Holiday was more famous than Breakfast at Tiffany's.
B) Why Audrey Hepburn had more female fans than male ones.
C) Why the woman wanted to be like Audrey Hepburn.
D) Why so many girls adored 崇拜 Audrey Hepburn 奥黛丽赫本.
2. A) Her unique personality.
B) Her physical condition.
C) Her shift of interest to performing arts.
D) Her family's suspension of financial aid.
3. A) She was not an outgoing 外向的、活泼的 person.
B) She was modest and hardworking.
C) She was easy-going on the whole.
D) She was usually not very optimistic.
4. A) She was influenced by the roles she played in the films.
B) Her parents taught her to sympathize with the needy.
C) She learned to volunteer when she was a child.
D) Her family benefited from other people's help.
Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
5. A) Give a presentation.
B) Raise some questions.
C) Start a new company.
D) Attend a board meeting.
6. A) It will cut production costs.
B) It will raise productivity.
C) No staff will be dismissed 解雇、开除、解散.
D) No new staff will be hired.
7. A) The timeline of restructuring.
B) The reasons for restructuring 重组、改制、调整.
C) The communication channels.
D) The company's new missions.
8. A) By consulting their own department managers.
B) By emailing questions to the man or the woman.
C) By exploring various channels of communication.
D) By visiting the company's own computer network.
Section B
Directions: 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 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 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.
9. A) It helps passengers to take care of their pet animals.
B) It has animals to help passengers carry their luggage.
C) It uses therapy 治疗、疗法 animals to soothe 安慰、安抚 nervous passengers.
D) It allows passengers to have animals travel with them.
10. A) Avoiding possible dangers.
B) Finding their way around.
C) Identifying drug smugglers.
D) Looking after sick passengers.
11. A) Schedule their flights around the animal visits.
B) Photograph the therapy animals at the airport.
C) Keep some animals for therapeutic purposes.
D) Bring their pet animals on board their plane.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.
12. A) Beside a beautifully painted wall in Arles.
B) Beside the gate of an ancient Roman city.
C) At the site of an ancient Roman mansion.
D) At the entrance to a reception hall in Rome.
13. A) A number of different images.
B) A number of mythological heroes.
C) Various musical instruments.
D) Paintings by famous French artists.
14. A) The originality and expertise shown.
B) The stunning images vividly depicted.
C) The worldly sophistication displayed.
D) The impressive skills and costly dyes.
15. A) His artistic taste is superb.
B) His identity remains unclear
C) He was a collector of antiques.
D) He was a rich Italian merchant.
Section C
Directions: 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, 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) They encourage international cooperation.
B) They lay stress on basic scientific research.
C) They place great emphasis on empirical studies.
D) They favour scientists from its member countries.
17. A) Many of them wish to win international recognition.
B) They believe that more hands will make light work.
C) They want to follow closely the international trend.
D) Many of their projects have become complicated.
18. A) It requires mathematicians to work independently.
B) It is faced with many unprecedented challenges.
C) It lags behind other disciplines in collaboration.
D) It calls for more research funding to catch up.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.
19. A) Scientists tried to send a balloon to Venus.
B) Scientists discovered water on Venus 金星、维纳斯.
C) Scientists found Venus had atmosphere.
D) Scientists observed Venus from a space vehicle.
20 A) It resembles 相似、类似于 Earth in many aspects.
B) It is the same as fiction has portrayed.
C) It is a paradise of romance for alien life.
D) It undergoes geological changes like Earth.
21. A) It might have been hotter than it is today.
B) It might have been a cozy habitat for life.
C) It used to have more water than Earth.
D) It used to be covered with rainforests.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.
22. A) Causes of sleeplessness.
B) Cross-cultural communication.
C) Cultural psychology 人文心理,文化心理学.
D) Motivation and positive feelings.
23. A) They attach great importance to sleep.
B) They often have trouble falling asleep.
C) They pay more attention to sleep efficiency.
D) They generally sleep longer than East Asians.
24. A) By asking people to report their sleep habits.
B) By observing people's sleep patterns in labs.
C) By having people wear motion 意向、动作、打手势-detecting 发现、调查、察觉 watches.
D) By videotaping people's daily sleeping processes.
25. A) It has made remarkable progress in the past few decades.
B) It has not yet explored the cross-cultural aspect of sleep.
C) It has not yet produced anything conclusive.
D) It has attracted attention all over the world.
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.
The dream of personalised 个人化的、个性化的 fight is still vivid 生动的、鲜明的、
形象的 in the minds of many inventors 发明家、发明者, some developing cycle-powered
循环电力、电能循环 craft 工艺、手艺、太空船, others _I_26pouring 倾注、倾泻__ money
into jetpacks (喷气飞行背包). However, the flying car has always remained the _O_27
ultimate 最后的、最终的、极限的、根本的__ symbol 象征、符号、标志 of personal transport
freedom.
Several companies around the world have produced _J_28prototypes 原型、雏形__ that
can drive on roads and fly. Airbus 空中巴士 has a futuristic 未来主义的 modular (组
件式的) concept involving a passenger capsule that can be _B_29detached 单独的、
拆卸的__ from the road-going chassis (底盘) and picked up by a helicopter 直升机
-type machine.
But all these concepts are massively 大量的、沉重的 expensive, require safety
certification standards for road and air, need _C_30dual 双的、双重的__ controls,
involve complex folding 折叠 wings 翅膀、展翼 and propellers 推进器、螺旋桨, and have
to be flown from air-strips. So they are likely to remain rich people's playthings
rather than practical transport solutions for the masses 群众、大众.
“A car that takes off from some London street and lands in another _K_31random
任意的、随机的__ street is unlikely to happen, ”says Prof. Gray, a leading
aeronautical 航空的 engineer. "Sky taxis are much more likely." But that won't stop
inventors from dreaming up new ways to fly and trying to persuade investors to back
their sometimes _H_32outrageous 太离谱的、不可能的__ schemes 方案、设计.
Civilian 平民,百姓 aviation 飞行、航空 is being disrupted 破坏、中断, not by the
age-old 古老的、由来已久的 desires 欲望、心愿 for speed, romanticism 浪漫主义的 and
_D_33glamour 魅力、迷人的、魔力的__, but by the pressing need to respond to a changing
climate. New electric engines coupled with artificial intelligence and
_A_34autonomous 自发的、自主的、自治的__ systems will contribute to a more efficient,
integrated transport system that is less polluting and less noisy. That may sound
simple, but as Prof. Gray says, "When I travel somewhere I like this notion 意图、
打算、见解、概念 that when I finish my journey I feel better than when I started
it. That's completely at _F_35_odds 几率、胜算、赔率、不平等_ with how I feel today."
Now that would be progress.
A) autonomous B) detached C) dual D) glamour E) imminent F) odds G) opposites H)
outrageous I) pouring J) prototypes K) random L) repressing M) segmented N) spectrum
O) ultimate
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.
Companies Are Working with Consumers to Reduce Waste
A) As consumers, we are very wasteful. Annually, the world generates 1.3 billion
tons of solid waste. This is expected to go up to 2.2 billion by 2025. The developed
countries are responsible for 44% of waste, and in the U. S. alone, the average person
throws away their body weight in rubbish every month.
B) Conventional wisdom would seem to suggest that companies have no incentive to
lengthen the life cycle of their products and reduce the revenue they would get from
selling new goods. Yet, more and more businesses are thinking about how to reduce
consumer waste. This is partly driven by the rising price of raw materials and metals.
It is also partly due to both consumers and companies becoming more aware of the
need to protect our environment.
C) When choosing what products to buy and which brands to buy from, more and more
consumers are looking into sustainability. This is opposed to just price and
performance they were concerned about in the past. In a survey of 54 of the world's
leading brands, almost all of them reported that consumers are showing increasing
care about sustainable lifestyles. At the same time, surveys on consumers in the
U.S. and the U. K. show that they also care about minimizing energy use and reducing
waste.
D) For the most part, consumers control what happens to a product. But some companies
are realizing that placing the burden of recycling entirely on the consumer is not
an effective strategy, especially when tossing something away seems like the easiest
and most convenient option.
E) Some retailers and manufacturers in the clothing, footwear, and electronics
industries have launched environmental programs. . They want to make their customers
interested in preserving their products and preventing things that still have value
from going to the garbage dump. By offering services to help expand the longevity
of their products, they're promising quality and durability to consumers, and
receiving the reputational gains for being environmentally friendly.
F) For example, the Swedish jeans company Nudie Jeans offers free repair at twenty
of their shops. Instead of discarding their old worn-out jeans, customers bring them
in to be renewed. The company even provides mail-order repair kits and online videos,
so that customers can learn how to fix a pair of jeans at home. Their philosophy
is that extending the life of a pair of jeans is not only great for the environment,
but allows the consumer to get more value out of their product. When customers do
want to toss their pair, they can give them back to the store ,which will repurpose
and resell them. Another clothing company, Patagonia, a high-end outdoor clothing
store, follows the same principle. It has partnered with DIY website iFixit to teach
consumers how to repair their clothing, such as waterproof outerwear,' at home. The
company also offers a repair program for their customers for a modest fee. Currently,
Patagonia repairs about 40,000 garments a year in their Reno, Nevada, service center.
According to the company's CEO, Rose Marcario, this is about building a company that
cares about the environment. At the same time, offering repair supports the perceived
quality of its products.
G) In Brazil, the multinational corporation Adidas has been running a shoe-recycling
program called “Sustainable Footprint” since 2012. Customers can bring shoes of
any brand into an Adidas store to be shredded and turned into alternative fuels for
energy creation instead of being burned as trash, They are used to fuel cement ovens.
To motivate visitors to bring in more old shoes, Adidas Brazil promotes the program
in stores by showing videos to educate customers, and it even offers a discount each
time a customer brings in an old pair of shoes. This boosts the reputation and image
of Adidas by making people more aware of the company's values.
H) Enormous opportunities also lie with e-waste. It is estimated that in 2014 the
world produced some 42 million metric tons of e-waste (discarded electrical and
electronic equipment and its parts) with North America and Europe accounting for
8 and 12 million metric tons respectively. The materials from e-waste include iron,
copper, gold, silver, and aluminum- materials that could be reused, resold, salvaged,
or recycled. Together, the value of these metals is estimated to be about $ 52 billion.
Electronics giants like Best Buy and Samsung have provided e-waste take-back
programs over the past few years, which aim to refurbish (翻新) old electronic
components and parts into new products.
I) For other companies interested in reducing waste, helping the environment, and
providing the sustainable lifestyles that consumers seek, here are some first steps
for building a relationship with customers that focuses on recycling and restoring
value to products :
J) Find partners. If you are a manufacturer who relies on outside distributors, then
retailers are the ideal partner for collecting old products. Power tool maker DeWalt
partners with companies, such as Lowes and Napa Auto Parts, to collect old tools
at their stores for recycling. The partnership benefits both sides by allowing
unconventional partners (for example, two companies from two different industries)
to work together on a specific aspect of the value chain, like, in this example,
an engine firm with an accessory one.
K) Create incentives. Environmental conscientiousness isn't always enough to make
customers recycle old goods. For instance, DeWalt discovered that many contractors
were holding on to their old tools , even f they no longer worked, because they were
expensive purchases and it was hard to justify bringing them in to recycle. By
offering instant discounts worth as much as $ 100, DeWalt launched a trade-in program
to encourage people to bring back tools. As a result, DeWalt now reuses those
materials to create new products.
L) Start with a trial program, and expect to change the details as you go. Any
take-back program will likely change over time, depending on what works for your
customers and company goals. Maybe you see low customer participation at first, or
conversely, so much success that the cost of recycling becomes too high. Best Buy,
for instance, has been bearing the lion's share of e-waste volume since two of its
largest competitors, Amazon and Wal-mart, do not have their own recycling programs.
Since the launch of its program, Best Buy changed its policy to add a $ 25 fee for
recycling old televisions in order to keep the program going.
M) Build a culture of collective values with customers. A stronger relationship
between the retailer/producer and the consumer isn't just about financial incentives.
By creating more awareness around your efforts to reduce waste, and by developing
a culture of responsibility, repair, and reuse, you can build customer loyalty based
on shared values and responsibilities.
N) These examples are just the tip of the iceberg, but they demonstrate how helping
customers get more use of their materials can transform value chains and operations.
Reducing waste by incorporating used materials into production can cut costs and
decrease the price of procurement (采购): less to be procured from the outside and
more to be re-utilized from the inside.
O) Companies play a big role in creating a circular economy, in which value is
generating less from extracting new resources and more from getting better use out
of the resources we already have——but they must also get customers engaged in the
process.
36. Some companies believe that products' prolonged lifespan benefits both the
environment and customers. F
37. A survey shows shoppers today are getting more concerned about energy
conservation and environmental protection when deciding what to buy. C
38. Companies can build customer loyalty by creating a positive culture of
environmental awareness. M
39. When companies launch environmental programs, they will have their brand
reputation enhanced.E
40. One multinational company offers discounts to customers who bring in old footwear
to be used as fuel.G
41. Recycling used products can help manufacturers reduce production costs.N
42. Electronic products contain valuable metals that could be recovered.H
43. It seems commonly believed that companies are not motivated to prolong their
products' ifespan.B
44. It is advisable for companies to partner with each other in product recycling.J
45. Some businesses have begun to realize it may not be effective to let consumers
take full responsibility for recycling.D
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 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.
Effective Friday, Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio
Artists ( SAG-AFTRA) has declared a strike against 11 video game publishers over
games that went into production after Feb.17, 2015. The companies include some of
the heavyweights of the industry, like Electronic Arts Productions, Insomniac Games,
Activision and Disney.