1、 1 2013 年 6 月六级考试真题（第二套）Part Writing Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark“Good habits result from resisting temptation.”You can cite examples to illustrate your point You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Part II List
2、ening Comprehension 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 wil
3、l 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.1.A)Why his phone had been disconnected.C)Why he didnt leave her a message.B)Why she could
4、 not get through to him.D)Why he refused to answer her call.2.A)The houses within his price range are sold out.B)Most people in this city want to own a home.C)He has difficulty finding affordable housing.D)The woman should rent a nicer apartment.3.A)The woman would like the man to take care of her m
5、ail.B)The woman has put the number into everyone mailbox.C)The new copy machine can meet everyones needs.D)A code number is necessary to run the copy machine.4.A)He will stop work to take care of the baby.C)His wife is going to give birth to a baby.B)He will find a job near his home next year.D)His
6、wife will leave her work soon.5.A)The shopping centre is flooded with people.C)Parking in this city is a horrible nightmare.B)They will come to the mall some other day.D)She will wait for the man at the south gate.6.A)He will be back in a minute to repair the computers.B)It will take longer to recon
7、nect the computers to the Net.C)He has tackled more complicated problems than this.D)A lot of cool stuff will be available online tomorrow.7.A)She forgot to call her mother.C)She did see Prof Smith on TV.B)Prof Smith gives lectures regularly on TV.D)Her mother is a friend of Prof Smiths.8.A)The man
8、has to wait to get his medicine.B)The store doesnt have the prescribed medicine.C)The man has to go to see his doctor again.D)The prescription is not written clearly enough.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9.A)It is advertising electronic products.C)It is sponsorin
9、g a TV programme.B)It is planning to tour East Asia.D)It is giving performances in town.2 10.A)A lot of good publicity.C)Long-term investments.B)Talented artists to work for it.D)A decrease in production costs.11.A)Promise long-term cooperation with the Company.B)Explain frankly their own current fi
10、nancial situation.C)Pay for the printing of the performance programme.D)Bear the cost of publicising the Companys performance.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12.A)He has been seeing doctors and counselors.C)He was caught abusing drugs.B)He has found a new way to
11、train his voice.D)He might give up concert tours.13.A)Singers may become addicted to it.C)Singers use it to stay away from colds.B)B)It helps singers warm themselves up.D)It can do harm to singers vocal chords.14.A)They are eager to become famous.C)Few will become successful.B)Many lack professional
12、 training.D)They live a glamorous life.15.A)Harm to singers done by smoky atmospheres.B)Side effects of some common drugs.C)Voice problems among pop singers.D)Hardships experienced by many young singers.Section B Directions:In this section,you will hear 3 short passages.At the end of each passage,yo
13、u 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 Question
14、s 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.A)It has not been very successful.C)It has met with strong resistance.B)It has long become a new trend.D)It has attracted a lot of users.17.A)It saves time.C)It ensures drivers safety.B)It increases parking capacity.D)It reduces car damage.1
15、8.A)Collect money and help new users.C)Stay alert to any emergency.B)Maintain the automated system.D)Walk around and guard against car theft.19.A)They will vary with the size of vehicles.B)They will be discountable to regular customers.C)They will be lower than conventional parking.D)They will be re
16、duced if paid in cash.Passage Two Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.20.A)Half of the methane in the atmosphere is from animals.B)Methane has become the chief source of greenhouse gas.C)Consumer behaviour may be influenced by the environment.D)Meat consumption has an adv
17、erse effect on the environment.3 21.A)It takes time for the human body to get used to it.B)It lacks the vitamins and minerals essential for health.C)It enhances immunity to certain diseases.D)It helps people to live a much longer life.22.A)Produce green food.C)Quit eating meats.B)Waste no food.D)Gro
18、w vegetables.Passage Three Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23.A)They do not know any solution.C)They do not behave in public places.B)They do not give up drunk driving.D)They do not admit being alcohol addicts.24.A)To stop them from fighting back.C)To teach them the E
19、uropean lifestyle.B)To thank them for their hospitality.D)To relieve their pains and sufferings.25.A)Without intervention they will be a headache to the nation.B)With support they can be brought back to a normal life.C)They readily respond to medical treatment.D)They pose a serious threat to social
20、stability.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
21、.Finally,when the passage is read for the third time,you should check what you have written.Self-image is the picture you have of yourself,the sort of person you believe you are 26 in our self-image are the categories in which you place yourself,the roles you play,and other 27 descriptors you use to
22、 identify yourself.If you tell an 28 you are a grandfather who recently lost his wife and who does 29 work on weekends,several elements of your self-image are brought to light the roles of grandparent,widower,and 30 citizen.But self-image is more than how you picture yourself;it also involves how ot
23、hers see you.Three types of feedback from others 31 how they see us:confirmation,rejection,and disconfirmation.Confirmation occurs when others treat you in a manner consistent with who you believe you are.You believe you have leadership abilities and your boss put you in charge of a new work team.On
24、 the other hand,rejection occurs when others treat you in a manner that 32 your self-definition.Pierre Salinger was appointed senator from California but 33 lost his first election.He thought he was a good public official,but the voters obviously thought otherwise their vote was inconsistent with hi
25、s 34 .The third type of feedback is disconfirmation,which occurs when others fail to respond to your notion of self by responding neutrally.A student writes what he thinks is an excellent composition,but the teacher writes no encouraging remarks.Rather than 35 how others classify you,consider how yo
26、u identify yourself.The way in which you identify yourself is the best reflection of your self-image.Part III Reading Comprehension Section A Directions：In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word-far each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank f
27、ollowing 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 4 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 onc
28、e.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.Proper street behaviour in the United States requires a nice balance of attention and inattention.You are supposed to look at a passerby just enough to show that you are aware of his 36 If you look too little,you appear haughty(目中无人的),too much
29、and you are inquisitive（过分好奇地）.Usually what happens is that people eye each other until they are about eight feet apart,at which point both cast down their eyes.Sociologist Erving Goffman describes this as“a kind of 37 of lights”.Much of eye behaviour is so 38 that we react to it only on the intuiti
30、ve level.The next time you have a conversation with someone who makes you feel liked,notice what he does with his eyes.Chances are he looks at you more often than is usual with 39 a little longer than the normal.You 40 this as a sign a polite one that he is interested in you as a person rather than
31、just in the topic of conversation.Probably you also feel that he is both self-confident and sincere.All this has been demonstrated in 41 experiments.Subjects sit and talk in the psychologists laboratory,42 of the fact that their eye behaviour is being observed from a one way vision screen.In one fai
32、rly typical experiment,subjects were 43 to cheat while performing a task,then were interviewed and observed.It was found that those who had cheated met the interviewers eyes less often than was 44 ,an indication that“shifty eyes”to use the mystery writers stock phrase can 45 be a tip-off(表明）to an at
33、tempt to deceive or to feelings of guilt.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
34、more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.A Nation Thats Losing Its Toolbox A The scene inside the Home Depot on Weyman Avenue here would give the old-time American craftsman pause.In Aisle 34 is precut plastic fl
35、ooring,the glue already in place.In Aisle 26 are prefabricated windows.Stacked near the checkout counters,and as colourful as a Fisher-Price toy,is a not-so-serious-looking power tool:a battery-operated saw-and-drill combination.And if you dont want to do it yourself,head to Aisle 23 or Aisle 35,whe
36、re a help desk will arrange for an installer.B Its all very handy stuff,I guess,a convenient way to be a do-it-yourselfer without being all that good with tools.But at a time when the American factory seems to be a shrinking presence,and when good manufacturing jobs have vanished,A)innocent I)actual
37、ly B)interpret J)subtle C)sights K)induced D)dimming L)hiding E)normal M)presence F)deceived N)doubtfully G)glances O)elaborate H)obscure 5 perhaps never to return,there is something deeply troubling about this dilution of American craftsmanship.C This isnt a lament(伤感)or not merely a lament for byg
38、one times.Its a social and cultural issue,as well as an economic one.The Home Depot approach to craftsmanship simplify it,dumb it down,hire a contractor is one signal that mastering tools and working with ones hands is receding in America as a hobby,as a valued skill,as a cultural influence that sha
39、ped thinking and behaviour in vast sections of the country.D That should be a matter of concern in a presidential election year.Yet neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney promotes himself as tool-savvy(使用工具很在行的）presidential timber,in the mold of a Jimmy Carter,a skilled carpenter and cabinet maker.The
40、 Obama administration does worry publicly about manufacturing,a first cousin of craftsmanship.When the Ford Motor Company,for example,recently announced that it was bringing some production home,the White House cheered.“When you see things like Ford moving new production from Mexico to Detroit,inste
41、ad of the other way around,you know things are changing,”says Gene Sperling,director of the National Economic Council.E Ask the administration or the Republicans or most academics why America needs more manufacturing,and they respond that manufacturing gives birth to innovation,brings down the trade
42、 deficit,strengthens the dollar,generates jobs,arms the military and brings about a recovery from recession.But rarely,if ever,do they publicly take the argument a step further,asserting that a growing manufacturing sector encourages craftsmanship and that craftsmanship is,if not a birthright,then a
43、 vital ingredient of the American self-image as a can-do,inventive,we-can-make-anything people.F Traditional vocational training in public high schools is gradually declining,stranding thousands of young people who seek training for a craft without going to college.Colleges,for their part,have since
44、 1985 graduated fewer chemical,mechanical,industrial and metallurgical(冶金的）engineers,partly in response to the reduced role of manufacturing,a big employer of them.The decline started in the 1950s,when manufacturing generated a sturdy 28%of the national income,or gross domestic product,and employed
45、one-third of the workforce.Today,factory output generates just 12%of GDP and employs barely 9%of the nations workers.G Mass layoffs and plant closings have drawn plenty of headlines and public debate over the years,and they still occasionally do.But the damage to skill and craftsmanship whats needed
46、 to build a complex airliner or a tractor,or for a worker to move up from assembler to machinist to supervisor went largely unnoticed.H“In an earlier generation,we lost our connection to the land,and now we are losing our connection to the machinery we depend on,”says Michael Hout,a sociologist at t
47、he University of California,Berkeley.“People who work with their hands,”he went on,“are doing things today that we call service jobs,in restaurants and laundries,or in medical technology and the like.”I Thats one explanation for the decline in traditional craftsmanship.Lack of interest is another.Th
48、e big money is in fields like finance.Starting in the 1980s,skill in finance grew in importance,and,as depicted in the news media and the movies,became a more appealing source of income.By last year,Wall Street traders,bankers and those who deal in real estate generated 21%of the national income,dou
49、ble their share in the 1950s.And Warren Buffett,the good-natured financier,became a homespun folk hero,without the tools and overalls(工作服).J“Young people grow up without developing the skills to fix things around the house,”says Richard Curtin,director of the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan S
50、urveys of Consumers.“They know about computers,of course,but they dont know how to build them.”K Manufacturings shrinking presence undoubtedly helps explain the decline in craftsmanship,if only because many of the nations assembly line workers were skilled in craft work,if not on the job then in the
