六级真题集年6月

1、2014 年英语六级PartI Writing ( 30minutes)1.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it isunwise to put all your eggs in one basket. You can give examples to illustrate your po.Youshould writeeast 150 words but no moren 200 words.Or 2.Directions: For this part

2、, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it isunwiserson by their appearance. You can give examples to illustrate your po.You shouldwriteeast 150 words but no moren 200 words.Or3.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it isunwise t

3、o jump toillustrate your pos upon seeing or hearing something. You can give examples ton 200 words. Part .You should writeeast 150 words but no moreListening ComprehenSection A(30 minutes)Directions:his section,you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.Atof each conversation, one

4、or more questions will be asked about what was said.Both theconversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After each question there will be apause.During the pause,you must read the four choimarked A),B),C)and D),and decide whichis the best answer.Then mark the corresponding letter on Answ

5、er Sheet1 with a single linethrough the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。1.A)They might be stolen goods B)They might be fake productsThey might be faulty productsThey might be smuggled good2.A)They are civil servantsThey are job applicantsThey are news reportersThey are public speakers3.A)The man has deci

6、ded to quit his computer classThe woman wants to get a degree in administrationA computer degree is a must for administrative workThe man went to change the time of his computer class4.A)A lot of contestants participatedhe showThe fifth contestant won the biggest prizeIt was not as exciting as he ha

7、d expectedIt was sponsored by a car manufacturer5.A)Reading a newspr columnB)Looking at a railway timetableC)Driving form New York totonD)Waiting for someone at the airport6.A)He wears a coat boughthe mallHe got a new job at the barbershopHe had a finger hurt last nightHe had his hair cut yesterday7

8、.A)He cannot apprete thcasso exhibitionEven his nephew can draw as well as PicassoHe is not quite impressed with modern paingsSome drawings by kindergarten kids are excellent8.A）He should not put the cart before the horseB)His conduct does not square with his wordsC)His attitude to studenternmens ch

9、angedD)He has long been involved in studenternmentQuestions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation youe just heard9.A)She left her own caranchesterSomething went wrong with her carShe wants to go traveling on thekendD)Her car won,t be back in ak,s time10.A)SafetyB)Size C)Comfort D)Cost11.A)Third-part

10、y insuranceB)Value-added tax C)PetrolD)CDWQuestions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you12.A)How to update the basic facilitiese just heardWhat to do to enhance theirWhere to locate their plantHow to attract investmentsition13.A)Their road link to other European countries is fastB)They are all

11、 locatedhe south of FranceThey are very close to each otherTheir basic facilities are good14.A)Try to avoid making a hasty deciTake advantage of the train linksTalk with the local authoritiesConduct field surveys15.A)Future product distributionLocal employment policiesRoad and rail links for small t

12、ownsD)Skilled workforcehe hilly regionSection BDirections:his section,you will hear 3 short passages.Atof each passage, you will hearsome questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear aquestion,you must choose the best answer from the four choimarked A),B),C)an

13、d D).Thenmark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 wi注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。single line through the centre.Passage oneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage youe jusard.16.A)One fifth of them were on bad terms with their sisters and broithers.B)About one eighth of them admitted to lingering

14、bitter feelings.C)Moren half of them were involved in inheritance disputes.D)Most of them had broken with their sisters and brothers.17.A)Less concern with money matters.More experience in worldly airs.Advance in age.Freedom from work.18.A)Theye little time left to renew contact with their brothers

15、and sisters.B)They tend to fet past unmemories and focus on their present needs .They are more tolerant of one another.They find close relatives more reliable.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 22 are based on the passage youe just heard.19.A)Theye bright colors andricate patterns.B)They can only survive in

16、 parts of the Americas.D)Theye strong wings capable of flying long distan.20.A)In a Michigan mountain forest.In a Louisiana mountain forest.In a Kentucky mountain forest.D)In aMexican mountain forest.21.A)Each flock of butterf s lays eggshe same ses.They start to lay eggs when they are nine months o

17、ld.Each generation in a cycle lays eggs at a different place.Only the strongest can reach their destination to lay eggs.22.A)Evolution of monarch butterf s.B)Living habits of monarch butterf s. C)Migration patterns of monarch butterf s.D)Environmental impacts on monarch butterfly life.Passage ThreeQ

18、uestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you habe just heard.23.A)Time hasTime hasTime is moneyTime is relativee more limitede more precious24.A)Americams now attaore importance to the effective use of time.B)Americans todaye more free timen ear r generationsThe number of hours Americans work has

19、increased steadilyMore and more Americans feel pressed for time nowadays25.A)Ourersonal relationships improveOur work efficiency increases grey.Our living habits are alteredOur beior is changedSection CDirections:his section,you will hearsage three times.when the passage isRead for thetime,you shoul

20、d listen carefully for its general idea.when the passage is read for the secondtime.you are required to fill the bls with the exact words youe just heard ,Finally,when thee written.passage is read for the third time,you should check what youThecopyright law in the United Ses was passed by Congress i

21、n1790. .In1976Congress enacted the latest copyright law, (26) the technological developmentst hadoccurred since the passage of the Copyright Act of 1909. For example,in 1909,anyone whowanted to make a single copy of a (27) work foral use had to do so by hand.The verypros (28) a limiion on thety of m

22、aterials copied. Today, a photocopier can dothe work in seconds; the limiion has diasppeared. The 1909 law did not provide full protectionfor fiand suond recording,nor did it (29) the need to protect radio andevi. As aresult, (30) of the law and abuese of theent of the lawe lessened the (31) s not p

23、revented these abusesrewards of authors,artises,and producers.The 1976 Copyright Acfully, but iremedy.s clarified the legal rights of the injured parties and given them an (32) forsince 1976 the Act has been (33) to inclued computer sofrware,and guiedlinese beenthe confuoted for fair use ofevibroadc

24、ases.These changese cleared up much ofandt followed (34) the 1976 legislation.s of the law are decided by the courts and by acceptable commonThe fine popractice over time.As these decis and agreements are made,we modify our beioraccordingly.For now,we need to (35) the law and its guidelines as accur

25、ay as we can andto act in a fair manner.Part III Rdading ComprehenSection A(40minutes)Directions:for each blhis section, there isfrom a list of choisage with ten bls,You are required to selectordgiven in a word bfollowing the passage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choi. Each c

26、hoicehe bamk isidentified by a lettlease mark the corresponding letter for each item onAnswer Sheet 2wisingle line through the centre You may not use any of the wordsonce.36-45：he bmorenFor investors who desire low risk and guaranteede,U.S.ernment bonds are asecure investment because these bondse th

27、e finanl backing and full faind credit of thefederalernment.Municipal bonds,also secure,are offered by localernmengts and oftene36such as tax-freeare a bit more risky.erest.Some may even be 37.Corpore bonds-time corpore bond investors.Theis”If ITwo questions often38e to hold it until the matueity da

28、te?”The answer is no.Bondspurchase a corpore bond,are bought and sold daily on 39securities exchanges.However,if your bond does note40t make itractive to other investors, you may be forced to sell your bondat a41i.e., a price lessn the bonds face value. But if your bond is highly valued byother inve

29、stors, you may be able to sell ia premium, i.e., a price above its face value. Bondgcncrally42 inversely (相反地）with current marketprierest rates. Aserestrates go up, bond pnccs tall, and vice versa (反之亦然）.Thus, like all investments，bonds degree of risk.The second question is “How can I 43the investme

30、nt risk of a particular bond i e?” Standard & Poors and Moodys Investors Service rate the level of risk of many corporate and ernment bonds. And 44, the higher the market risk of a bond，thee ahigher theerest rate. Investors will invest in a bond considered risky only if the45return is high enough.注意

31、:此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。advantagesassessbotherconserveddeductionI) fluctuateindefiniteinsuredmajornaturallydiscountembarrassN) potential0) simultaneouslyH) featuresSection BDirections:his section,you are going to readsage with ten sments attached toit.each sement contains information given in one of the p

32、aragraphs.identify the paragraphfrom weich the information is derived.you may choose a parpgraph moren once.eachparagraph is marked wianswer sheet 2.letter.answer the qu sti ns by marking the corres ondi g l tt r onlessons from a Feminist ParadiseAOn the surfaweden appears to be a feminist paradise.

33、Look at any global survey of genderequality and Sweden will be near the top.Family-friendly policies are its norm-with 16 months ofpaid parental leave,spewhere,according to a common.due to an unffil protections for part-time workers,and se-subsidized preschoolsernment website,gender-awareness educat

34、ion is increasinglyl quota system,women hold 45 percent ofitionshe swedishparliament.theye enjoyed the protection ofernment agencies with titles like the Ministryofegration and Gender Equality and the Secretariat of Gender Research.So why are Americanwomen so far ahead of their Swedish countarts in

35、breaking through the glass ceiling?Bin a 2012 report,the World Economic Forum foundt when it comes to closing tdergap ineconmic participation and opportunity,the United Ses is ahead of not only Sweden butalso Finland,Denmark,the Netherlands,Iceland,Germany,and the United Kingdom.Swedens rhe report c

36、an largely be explained by its political quota system.Though the United Ses hasfewer womenhe workorce(68 percent compared to Swedens 77 percent).American womenwho choose to be employed are far more likely to work full-time and to hold high-level jobs asals.They also own more businesses,lauch more st

37、art-ups(新创办的企manangers or profes业),and more often workraditionally male fields.As for breaking through the glass ceiling inbusiness,American women are wellhe lead.Cwhat explains the American advantage?How can it bet societies like Sweden,where genderequalityisvigorouslypusuedandengorced,efewerfemale

38、n eh laissez-faire(放任的)unitedmanagers,executives,profesals,and business ownersses?A new study by clrnell economists Francine Blau and Lawrence Kahn gives an explanation.DGenerous parental leave policies and readily available part-time optionse unendedconsequen:instead of strengthening womens attaent

39、 to the workplace,they appear toweaken it.In addition to a 16-month leave,a swedish parens the right to work six hours a day(for a reduced salary)until his or her child is eight years old.Mothers are far more likelynfathers to take advantage of this law,But extended leaves and part-time employment a

40、re knownto be harmful to careersfor both genders. And with women a second factor comesoplay:most seem to enjoy the flexible-time arrangement(once known as the “mommytrack”)andnever find their way back to full-time or high-level employment.In sum:generous family-friendlypolicies do keep more womenhe

41、labor market,but they also tend to diminisb their careers.E According to Blau and Kahn,Swedish-style paternal(父亲的)leave policies and flexibletime arrangementse a second threat to womans progress:they make employers cautious abouthiring woman for full-timeitions at all.Offering ajob to a man is the s

42、afer bet.He is far lesslikely to take a year of parental leave and then return on a reduced work schedule for the nexteight years.FI became aware of the triale of career-focused European woman a few years ago when I met a t-doctoral student from Germany who was then a visiting fellow at Johns Hopkin

43、s. She wasastonished by the profesalsibilities afforded to young American woman. Her best hope inGermany was aermment jobprospects for woman in the private sector were dim.”InGermany “ she told me,”wee all the benefits,”but employers dont wan to hire us.”G Swedish economists Magnus Henrekson and Mik

44、ael Stenkula addressed the followingquestion in their 2009 study:why are there so few female top executives in the European egalitarian(平等主义的)welfare ses?Their answer:”Broad-based welfare-se policies hinderwomens represenion in elite competitiveitions.”H It is tempting to declare the Swedish policie

45、s regressive(退步的)and hail the American systemas superior.Butt would be shortsighted.The Swedes can certainly take a lesson from theUnited S es and look for ways to clear a path for their ambitious female careerists. But mostwoman are not committsd careerists.When the Pew Research Center recently ask

46、ed American parents to identify their”ideal”life arrangement,47 percent of mothers said they would prefer to work park-time and 20percent said they would prefer not to work at all.Fathers answered differrntly:75 percent preferred full-time work.Some ver of the Swedish system might workwell for a maj

47、ority of American parents,but the United S es is unlikely to fully embrace theSwedish m. Still,we can learn from their experience.I Despite its failure to shatter the glass ceiling,Sweden has one of the mosterful andinnovative economies in the world.In its 2011-2012survey,the World Economic Forum re

48、dSweden as the “rockstar of the recovery”he Washingtont,also leads the world in lifesatisfaction and happiness. It is a society well worth studying,and its efforts to conquer thegender gap impart a vital lessonthough not the lesson the Swedes hadind。J Sweden has gone farthern any other nation on ear

49、th toegrate the sexes and to offerwomen the same opportunities and freedoms as men.For decades,these descendants of theVikingse been trying to show the worldt the right mix of enlinghtenedpolicy.consciousness raising, and non-sexist child rearingwould close tfor all.Yet the divide persists.der dince

50、 andA 2012 press release from Sistics Sweden bears the title “Gender Equality in Sweden Treading(踩）Water” and notes:Confronted with such facts, some Swedish activists and legislators are demanding moreex-treme and far-reaching measures, such as replacing male and female pronouns wineutralalternative

51、 and monitoring children more closely to correct them when they gravitahta(被吸引)toward gendered play. When it came to light last yeart mothers, far moren fathers, choseto stay home from work to care for their sick kids. Ulf Kristersson. minister of sol security,quickly commisstale of airs.ed a study

52、to determine the causcs of andsiiblce cures for this disturbingMSwcdish family policies, bymodating womens preferenefleetively, are reduting thenumber of women in elite competitiveitions. The Swedes will find this paradoxical and try tofind solutions. Let us hope these do not include banning gendron

53、ouns, policing childrensplay, implementing more gender quotas, or treating womens spel attaent to home andfamily as a sol injustice. Most mothers do not aspire to (向往) elite, competitive full-timeitions: the Swedish policiese given them the freedom and opportunity to live the livesthey prefer. Ameri

54、cans should look past the gender rhetoric and consider what theseScandina-vianse achieved. On their way to creating a feminist paradise, the Swedeseunen-tionally created aen (避风港） for normal mortals.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。46.Sweden has done moreexist.n other nations to close tder gap. but it conimucs 1

55、047.Sweden is one of the most competitive economics life satisfaction.48. More American women hold elite jobitions in businessn Swedish women.49. Swedish family-friendly policies tend to exert a negative influence on womens careers.50.The quota system in Sweden ensures womens better represenion iner

56、nment.51.Though the Swedish mappears workable for most American parents, it may not beaccepted by them in itirety.52.Swedish women are allowed the freedom and opportunity to choose their own way oflife.53.Swedish employers are hesitant about hiring women for full-timeitions because ofthe family-frie

57、ndly policies.Gender-awareness education ispreschools in Sweden.Some lawmakers in Sweden pro language. Section Cing more and more popular in se-subsidizedet genderless pronouns be usedhe SwedishDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by somequestions or unfinished

58、sements. For each of them there are four choimarked A). B). C)and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2 wisingle line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.Texting has long been bemoaned (哀叹）as the do

59、wnfall of thewritten word,”penmanship for illiter,”as one critic called it. To which the proper response is LOL.Texting properly isnt writing at all. Its a “spoken” languageand more complex by the year.t is getting richer,some historical. Writing was only invented 5,500 years ago. whereasIanguage pr

60、obably trat came along later. Abackeast 80.000 years. Thus talking came; writing is just a craftch, thewriting was based on the way people talk，with shortsenten.However, while talking is largely subconscious and ra, writing is deliberate and slow,Over time,writers took advantage of this and started