1、2014年6月大学英语六级考试真题(一)Part IWriting(30 minutes)Directions： For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to jump to conclusions upon seeing or hearing something. You can give examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more th
2、an 200 words.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。PartListening Comprehension(30 minutes)Section ADirections： 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
3、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) Coll
4、ege 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 students5 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 surp
5、rised to learn of the party for him.C) The dean will come to Jays birthday party.D) The class has kept the party a secret from Jay.3. A) He found his wallet in his briefcase. C) He left his things with his car in the garage B) He went to the lost-and-found office. D) He told the woman to go and pick
6、 up his car4. 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
7、 some new recipes.C) Overcooked vegetables are often tasteless.D) The man should stop boiling the vegetables.6.A) Sort out their tax returns.C) Figure out a way to avoid taxesB) Help them tidy up the house.D) Help them to decode a message. 7.A) He didnt expect to complete his work so soon.B) He has
8、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 re
9、gistration.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9.A) The brilliant product design. C) The unique craftsmanshipB) The new color combinations. D) The texture of the fabrics.10.A) Unique tourist attractions. C) Local handicrafts.B) Traditional Thai silks. D) Fancy product
10、s.11.A) It will be on the following weekend. C) It will last only one day.B) It will be out into the countryside. D) It will start tomorrow.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12.A) A good secondary education. C) A happy childhood.A pleasant neighborhood. D) A year o
11、f practical training.13. A) He ought to get good vocational training. C) He is academically gifted.B) He should be sent to a private school. D) He is good at carpentry.14.A) Donwell School. C) Carlton on Abbey.B) Enderby High. D) Enderby Comprehensive.15.A) Put Keith in a good boarding school.B) Tal
12、k with their children about their decision.C) Send their children to a better private school.D) Find out more about the five schools.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear3 shortpassages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will b
13、e spokenonly 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.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have jus
14、t heard.16.A) It will be brightly lit.C) It will have a large space for storage.B) It will be well ventilated. D) It will provide easy access to the disabled.17.A) On the first floor.C)Opposite to the library.B) On the ground floor.D)On the same floor as the labs.18. A) To make the building appear t
15、raditional.B) To match the style of construction on the site.C) To cut the construction cost to the minimum.D) To embody the subcommittees design concepts.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard19. A) Sell financial software. C) Train clients to use financial softw
16、are.B) Write financial software. D) Conduct research on financial software.20. A) Unsuccessful. C) Tedious.B) Rewarding.D) Important.21.A) He offered online tutorials.C) He gave the trainees lecture notes.B) He held group discussions.D) He provided individual support.22. A) The employees were a bit
17、slow to follow his instruction.B) The trainees5 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 ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23.
18、A) Their parents tend to overprotect them.C) They have little close contact with adults.B) Their teachers meet them only in class.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) Oppo
19、rtunities 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
20、 like to form partnerships with each other.Section CDirections : 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 w
21、ith 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1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 gra
22、des instead of learning for learnings 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 youll be tested on 29 material is certainly likely to 30 you to learn the mat
23、erial more thoroughly.However, theres 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 youve received some 32 information about yourself from the professor, information that sa
24、ys youre a failure in some significant way.This is a dangerousand wrong-headed assumption. If you do badly on a test, it doesnt mean youre a bad person or stupid. Or that youll never do better again, and that your life is 33 If you dont do well on a test, youre the same person you were before you to
25、ok the testno better, no worse. You just did badly on a test. Thats it.34 , tests are not a measure of your value as an individualthey 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 Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)Sec
26、tion ADirections: 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 lette
27、r. 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.For investors who desire low risk and guaranteed income, US government bond
28、s are a secure investment because these bonds have the financial backing and full faith and credit of the federal government. Municipal bonds, also secure, are offered by local governments and often have 36 such as tax-free interest. Some may even be 37 Corporate bonds are a bit more risky.Two quest
29、ions often 38 first-time corporate bond investors. The first is “If I purchase a corporate bond, do I have to hold it until the maturity date?,” The answer is no. Bonds are bought and sold daily on 39 securities exchanges. However, if you decide to sell your bond before its maturity date, youre not
30、guaranteed to get the face value of the bond. For example, if your bond does not have 40 that make it attractive to other investors, you may be forced to sell your bond at a 41 ,i.e., a price less than the bonds face value. But if your bond is highly valued by other investors, you may be able to sel
31、l it at a premium, i.e., a price above its face value. Bond prices generally 42 inversely(相反地)with current market interest rates. As interest rates go up, bond prices fall, and versa（反之亦然）. Thus, like all investments, bonds have a degree of risk.The second question is “ How can I 43 the investment r
32、isk of a particular bond issue? ”Standard & Poors and Moodys Investors Service rate the level of risk of many corporate and government bonds. And 44 , the higher the market risk of a bond, the higher the interest rate. Investors will invest in a bond considered risky only if the 45 return is high en
33、ough.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。A) advantagesF) discountK) insuredB) assessG) embarrassL) majorC) botherH) featuresM) naturallyD) conservedI) fluctuateN) potentialE) deductionJ) indefiniteO) simultaneouslySection BDirections： In this section you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.
34、 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.Lessons Fro
35、m a Feminist ParadiseA On the surface, Sweden appears to be a feminist paradise. Look at any global survey of gender equality and Sweden will be near the top. Family-friendly policies are its normwith 16 months of paid parental leave, special protections for part-time workers, and state-subsidized p
36、reschools where, according to a government website, “gender-awareness education is increasingly common.” Due to an unofficial quota system, women hold 45 percent of positions in the Swedish parliament. They have enjoyed the protection of government agencies with titles like the Ministry of Integrati
37、on and Gender Equality and the Secretariat of Gender Research. So why are American women so far ahead of their Swedish counterparts in breaking through the glass ceiling?B In a 2012 report, the World Economic Forum found that when it comes to closing the gender gap in “economic participation and opp
38、ortunity,” the United States is ahead of not only Sweden but also Finland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Iceland, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Swedens rank in the report can largely be explained by its political quota system. Though the United States has fewer women in the workforce (68 percent comp
39、ared to Swedens 77 percent), American women who choose to be employed are far more likely to work full-time and to hold high-level jobs as managers or professionals. They also own more businesses, launch more start-ups(新创办的企业）, and more often work in traditionally male fields. As for breaking throug
40、h the glass ceiling in business, American women are well in the lead.C What explains the American advantage? How can it be that societies like Sweden, where gender equality is vigorously pursued and enforced, have fewer female managers, executives, professionals, and business owners than the laissez
41、-faire(自由放任的）United States? A new study by Cornell economists Francine Blau and Lawrence Kahn gives an explanation.D Generous parental leave policies and readily available part-time options have unintended consequences: instead of strengthening womens attachment to the workplace, they appear to weak
42、en it. In addition to a 16-month leave, a Swedish parent has 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 likely than fathers to take advantage of this law. But extended leaves and part-time employment are known to be harmfu
43、l to careersfor both genders. And with women a second factor comes into play: most seem to enjoy the flexible-time arrangement (once known as the “mommy track”) and never find their way back to full-time or high-level employment. In sum; generous family-friendly policies do keep more women in the la
44、bor market, but they also tend to diminish their careers.E According to Blau and Kahn, Swedish-style paternal (父亲的）leave policies and flexible-time arrangements pose a second threat to womens progress: they make employers cautious about hiring women for full-time positions at all. Offering a job to
45、a man is the safer bet. He is far less likely to take a year of parental leave and then return on a reduced work schedule for the next eight years.F I became aware of the trials of career-focused European women a few years ago when I met a postdoctoral student from Germany who was then a visiting fe
46、llow at Johns Hopkins. She was astonished by the professional possibilities afforded to young American women. Her best hope in Germany was a government jobprospects for women in the private sector were dim. “In Germany，” she told me, “we have all the benefits, but employers dont want to hire us.G Swedish economists Magnus Henrekson and Mikael Stenkula addressed the following question in their 2009 study: why are there so few
