2015年12月英语六级真题及答案三套完整版
2015 年 12 月大学英语六级考试真题(一)
Part I
Directions: Forthis part,youareallowed30 minutesto writea shortessaybased on the
picture below.Youshouldfocusontheimpactofsocialnetworkingwebsitesonreading.You
arerequiredto write at least 150 words but no more than200 words.
(30 minutes)
Writing
My favorite book is Facebook *.”
Facebook is the name of a social networking
Listening Comprehension
website. 注意:此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。
Part Ⅱ
Section A
Directions: Inthissection,youwillhear8shortconversationsand2long
conversations.Attheend of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked
about what was said. Both the conversationandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.
After eachquestionthere willbeapause. Duringthepause,youmustreadthefour
choices markedA),B),C)andD),anddecidewhichis the bestanswer.Then markthe
correspondingletter onAnswerSheet1 with asinglelinethroughthe centre.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。
1.
(30 minutes)
The restaurant offers some specials each day.
The restaurant is known for its food varieties.
The dressing makes the mixed salad very inviting.
The woman should mix the ingredients thoroughly.
He took over the firm from Mary.
A)
B)
C)
D)
A)
problems.
B)
C) He failed to foresee major
D) He is opening a new consulting
2.
3.
5.
6.
7.
He is running a successful business.
firm.
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 run out of paper.
A) He has to use a magnifying glass to see clearly.
The woman can use his glasses to read.
4.
the woman wants.
B)
help to him.
A)
B)
A)
B)
A)
Redecorating her office.
Majoring in interior design.
Problems in port management.
Improvement of port facilities.
Their boss.
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C) He has the dictionary
D) The dictionary is not of much
C) Seeking professional advice.
D) Adding some office furniture.
C) Delayed shipment of goods.
D) Shortage of container ships.
C) Their workload.
8.
A colleague.
B)
A) Call the hotel manager for help.
place.
B)
Postpone the event until a later date.
error.
D) A coffee machine.
C) Hold the banquet at a different
D) Get an expert to correct the
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9.
C) He cooks dinner for the
A) He shares some of the household duties.
family occasionally.
B)
with friends.
He often goes back home late for dinner.
D) He dines out from time to time
10.
11.
To talk about a budget plan.
A) To take him to dinner.
B)
A) Foreign investors are losing confidence in India’s economy.
B)
C)
D)
Many multinational enterprises are withdrawing from India.
There are wild fluctuations in the international money market.
There is a sharp increase in India’s balance of payment deficit.
C) To discuss an urgent problem.
D) To pass on an important message.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12.
A) They have unrealistic expectations about the other half.
B)
C)
D)
A)
B)
C)
D)
They may not be prepared for a lifelong relationship.
They form a more realistic picture of life.
They try to adapt to their changing roles.
He is lucky to have visited many exotic places.
He is able to forget all the troubles in his life.
He is able to meet many interesting people.
He is lucky to be able to do what he loves.
13.
14. A) It is
stressful.
15. A) Bothered.
B) It is full of
fun.
B) Amazed.
C) It is all
glamour.
C) Puzzled.
D) It is
challenging.
D) Excited.
Section B
Directions: Inthis section,you willhear 3shortpassages.Attheendofeachpassage,
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
singleline through the centre.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。
Passage One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A) Maintain the traditional organizational culture.
Learn new ways of relating and working together.
Follow closely the fast development of technology.
Learn to be respectful in a hierarchical organization.
B)
C)
D)
17. A) How the team integrates with what it is supposed to serve.
B)
C)
D)
How the team is built to keep improving its performance.
What type of personnel the team should be composed of.
What qualifications team members should be equipped with.
18. A) A team manager must set very clear and high objectives.
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B)
C)
Teams must consist of members from different cultures.
Team members should be knowledgeable and creative.
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D)
A team manager should develop a certain set of skills.
Passage Two
Questions 19 to 21 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)
C)
D)
It was mainly used by scientists and technical people to exchange text.
It started off as a successful program but was unable to last long.
It is a program allowing people to share information on the Web.
20. A) He visited a number of famous computer scientists.
He met with an entrepreneur named Jim Clark.
He sold a program developed by his friends.
He invested in a leading computer business.
B)
C)
D)
A) They had
21.
new technology.
confidence
in his new ideas.
C) They were very keen on
B) They
trusted his computer expertise.
D) They believed in his
business connections.
Passage Three
22. A) Prestige advertising.
23.
B) Institutional advertising.
A) To sell a particular product.
B) To build up their reputation.
C) Word-of-mouth advertising.
D) Distributing free trial products.
C) To promote a specific service.
D) To attract high-end consumers.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
24. A) By using the services of large advertising agencies.
B) By hiring their own professional advertising staff.
C) By buying media space in leading newspapers.
D)
By creating their own ads and commercials.
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.
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 9 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,
youshouldcheck what you havewritten.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。
Extinction is a difficult concept to grasp. It is an 26 concept. It’s not at all
like the killing of individual lifeforms that can be renewed through 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 found. 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 coming centuries, none of them will ever see this species that we extinguish.
, we are also making the
Not only are we bringing about the extinction of life 30
land and the air and the sea so toxic that the very conditions of life are being
destroyed. 31 basic natural resources,
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not only are the nonrenewable resources being
in a frenzy( 疯狂 )of processing,
consuming, and 33 , but we are also ruining much of our renewable resources, such as
the very soil itself on which terrestrial(地球上的)life depends.
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Reading Comprehension
The change that is taking place on the earth and in our minds is one of the
greatest changes ever to take place in human affairs, perhaps the greatest, since what
we are talking about is not simply another historical change or cultural
, but a
change of geological and biological as well as psychological order of 35 .
PartⅢ
Section A
Directions : In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to
selectoneword for each blank from a list of choices given in a wordbank following the
passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in
thebank is identifiedby a letter.Please mark thecorresponding letterfor eachitemon
AnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre. You may not use any of the words in
the bank more than once.
Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
(40 minutes)
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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
Europe’s biggest technology success stories, was no 36 , losing its market share in
just a few years.
In
40
2007, Nokia accounted for
of mobile phone sales 37 But
consumers’ preferences were already 38 toward touch-screen smartphones. With the
introduction of Applet iPhone in the middle of that year, Nokia’s market share
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rapidly and revenue plunged. By the end of 2013, Nokia had sold its phone business to
Microsoft.
than
more
What sealed Nokia’s fate was a series of decisions made by Stephen Elop in his
position as CEO, which he 40 in October 2010. Each day that Elop spent in charge of
Nokia, the company ’s market value declined by $ 23 million, making him, by the
numbers, one of the worst CEOs in history.
But Elop was not the only person at 41 Nokia’s board resisted change, making it
impossible for the company to adapt to rapid shifts in the industry. Most 42 , Jorma
Ollila, who had led Nokia’s transition from an industrial company to a technology
giant, was too
the company’s 43 success to recognize the change that
was needed to sustain its competitiveness.
fascinated by
The company also embarked on a 44 cost-cutting program, which included the
elimination of thousands of jobs. This contributed to the 45 of the company’s once-
spirited culture, which had motivated employees to take risks and make miracles. Good
leaders left the company, taking Nokia
s sense of vision and directions with them.
Not surprisingly, much of Nokia’s most valuable design and programming talent left as
well.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。
’
A) assumed
B) bias
C) desperate
D) deterioration
E) exception
F) fault
G) incidentally
H) notably
I) previous
J) relayed
K) shifting
L) shrank
M) subtle
N) transmitting
O) worldwide
Section B
Directions: Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattached
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toit.Each statementcontains information given in one of theparagraphs. Identifythe
paragraph from which
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theinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphis
marked with a letter. Answerthequestionsby markingthecorrespondingletter on Answer
Sheet 2.
First-Generation College-Goers: Unprepared and Behind
Kidswhoarethefirstintheir familiestobravetheworldofhighereducation come
oncampus with little academic know-how and are much more likely than their peers to
drop out before graduation.
A) When Nijay Williams entered college last fall as a first-generation student and
Jamaican immigrant, he was academically unprepared for the rigors of higher
education. Like many first-generation 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 costs. 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 didn’t realize about his school—Tennessee State University —was its
frighteningly low graduation rate 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: first-generation college
students who enter school unprepared or behind. To make matters worse, these
schools are ill-equipped to graduate these students — young adults who face
specific challenges and obstacles. They typically carry financial burdens that
outweigh those of their peers, are more likely to work while attending school, and
often require significant academic remediation
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D) Matt Rubinoff directs Tm 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 find the best post-secondary fit.
And while Rubinoff believes there are a good number of four-year schools that
truly care about these students and set aside significan t resources and programs
for them, he says that number isn’t high enough.
E) “It’s
the
and
elite
not
only
selective
those
opportunities for a small subset of this population,” Rubinoff said, adding that
a majority of first-generation undergraduates tend toward options such as online
programs, two-year colleges, and commuter state schools. “Unfortunately, there
tends to be a lack of information and support to help students think bigger and
broader.”
institutions
provide
that
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 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 for-profit organization that specializes in
coaching low-income students and supporting colleges in order to help students
thrive. “The reality of it is that a lot of low-income
going to
elite universities on a full ride scholarship and don 5t even realize it.”
could be
kids
H) “Many students are coming from a situation where no one around them has the
experience of successfully completing higher education, so they are coming in
questioning themselves and their college worthiness,” Jarrat continued. That
helps explain why, as I’m First’s Rubinoff
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I)
J)
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
offers one example of this dilemma. A flagship university in the South, the school
graduates just 16 percent of its first-generation 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. Tennessee State’s overall
graduation rate is a tiny 39 percent, but at least it has a smaller gap between the
outcomes for first-generation students and those of their peers.
Still, the University of Tennessee deserves credit for being transparent. Many
large institutions keep this kind of data secret—or 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 first-generation pupils is “much
lower” than the percentage of all students who graduate within four years (81
percent).
It is actually quite difficult to find reliable statistics on the issue for many
schools. Higher education institutions are, under federal law, required to report
recipient
graduation
numbers—not
Other
initiatives fail to break down the data, too. Imagine how intimidating it can be
for prospective 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 Tm First in 2013,
originally as an arm 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 ultimately get in and enroll,
we are going to raise the success rate,” Rubinoff said, citing a variety of
colleges ranging from large state institutions to smaller private schools.
first-generation
necessarily
only
include
rates,
but
students.
these
reports
typically
Pell
rates
specific
to
L) Chelsea Jones, who now directs student programming at I ’ m First, was a first-
generation college student at Howard. Like other student new to the intimidating
higher-education world, she often struggled on her path to college, “There wasn’t
really a college-bound culture at my high school,” she said. “I wanted to go to
college but I didn ’ t really know the process. ” Jones became involved with a
college-access program through Princeton University in high school. Now, she
attributes much 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 well-regarded historically black college, had
an array of resources for its first-generation students, including matching kids
with counselors, connecting first- generation students to one another, and TRIO, a
national program that supported 200 students on Howard’s campus. Still, Jones
represents a small percentage of first-generation students who are able to gain
entry into more elite universities, which are often known for robust financial aid
packages and remarkably high graduation rates for first-generation students.
(Harvard, for example, boasts a six- year graduation rate for underrepresented
minority groups of 98 percent.)
N) Christian Vazquez, a first-generation Yale graduate, is another exception, his
success
story setting him far apart from students such as Nijay. “There is a lot
of support at Yale, to an extent, after a while, there is too much support,” he
said, half-joking about the countless resources available at the school. Students
are placed in small groups with counselors (trained seniors on campus); they have
access to cultural and ethnic affinity (联系)groups, tutoring centers and also
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