1、2015年年12月大学英语六级考试真题（第月大学英语六级考试真题（第1套）套）Part IWriting(30 minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on thepicture below.You should focus on the harm caused by misleading information online.You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200
2、words.“I just feel unfortunate to live in a world with so much misleading information!”Part IIListening Comprehension(30 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,you will hear two long conversations.At the end of eachconversation,you will hear four questions.Both the conversation and the question
3、s will bespoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from thefour choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1.A)Touch his he
4、art.C)Remind him of his life.B)Make him cry.D)Make him feel young.2.A)He is good at singing operas.C)He can sing any song if he likes it.B)He enjoys complicated music.D)He loves country music in particular.3.A)He cant do such a complicated piece of music as the opera.B)He cant sing a song that he do
5、esnt like.C)He cant concentrate on his singing sometimes.D)He cant play musical instrument while singing.4.A)Go to a bar and drink for hours.B)Go to an isolated place to sing blues.C)Go to see a performance in a concert hall.D)Go to work and wrap himself up in music.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the
6、 conversation you have just heard.5.A)How he became an announcer.C)How he makes his living.B)How he writes news stories.D)How he does his job.6.A)They write the first version of news stories.B)They gather news stories on the spot.C)They polish incoming news stories.D)They write comments on major new
7、s stories.7.A)Reading through the news stories in a given period of time.B)Having little time to read the news before going on the air.C)Having to change the tone of his voice from time to time.D)Getting all the words and phrases pronounced correctly.8.A)It shows where advertisements come in.B)It gi
8、ves a signal for him to slow down.C)It alerts him to something important.D)It serves as a reminder of sad news.Section BDirections:In this section,you will hear two passages.At the end of each passage,you willhear three or four questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.Af
9、ter you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices markedA),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single linethrough the centre.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.9.A)They offer students a wide variety of course
10、s.B)They attract students from all over the world.C)They admit more students than they can handle.D)They have trouble dealing with overseas students.10.A)Everyone will benefit from education sooner or later.B)A good education contributes to the prosperity of a nation.C)A good education is necessary
11、for one to climb the social ladder.D)Everyone has a right to an education appropriate to his potential.11.A)He likes students with high motivation.B)He enjoys teaching intelligent students.C)He tailors his teaching to students needs.D)He treats all his students in a fair manner.Questions 12 to 15 ar
12、e based on the passage you have just heard.12.A)It is mostly imported from the Middle East.B)It is a sure indicator of its economic activity.C)It has a direct impact on the international oil market.D)It equals more than 30 million barrels of oil each day.13.A)It eventually turns into heat.B)It is us
13、ed in a variety of forms.C)Its use is chiefly responsible for air pollution.D)Part of it is lost in the process of transmission.14.A)When it is used in rural areas.C)When it operates at near capacity.B)When it is environment-friendly.D)When it operates at regular times.15.A)Traffic jams in cities.C)
14、Fuel shortage.B)Inefficient use of energy.D)Global warming.Section CDirections:In this section,you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed bythree or four questions.The recordings will be played only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choice
15、s marked A),B),C)and D).Thenmark 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)Smelling scented candles.C)Talking with your parents often.B)Setting an alarm for waking up.D)Listening to an upset
16、ting song.17.A)Handle the overwhelming unopened mail and tiny tasks within one minute.B)Do anything that can be done in less than one minute without delay.C)Do everything that cant be done in a minute within one minute.D)Documents must be printed out and filed within one minute.18.A)Strict habits.C)
17、Hard rules.B)Positive attitude.D)Decision-making methods.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.19.A)It takes great pains for a person to be very rich.B)Not Everyone wants to be too rich.C)A person will never be satisfied with his wealth.D)A person will never have the feel
18、ing of being wealthy.20.A)Introducing a topic.C)Making a complaint.B)Telling a joke.D)Making a decision.21.A)They were well paid by the German government.B)They gathered mostly in London during the war.C)They didnt provide any valuable information for Germany.D)They worked for both their own country
19、 and their enemies.22.A)Some common chicken food in America.B)The living and working conditions of Americans.C)The German and British spies in World War Two.D)Some expressions related to money.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.23.A)The husband is the head of the house
20、hold.B)The husband usually makes big decisions.C)The wife lives within her husbands income.D)The wife works and does two kinds of jobs.24.A)Their mother would help them to get ready for school and to make their breakfast.B)Theyhadtohelptheirmotherandfathertotakecareoftheiryoungersistersandbrothers.C
21、)Their mother had to get up early in the morning to drive them to school.D)They were spoiled by their parents and didnt want to go to school.25.A)The roles of the father,mother,and children have changed.B)An increasing number of women work outside the home.C)Changes have taken place in the structure
22、 of an American family.D)The increasingly rapid pace of life makes people under greater pressure.Part Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to selectone word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank
23、following the passage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank isidentified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank morethan once.Qu
24、estions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.According to a report from the Harvard School of Public Health,many everydayproducts,including some bug sprays and cleaning fluids,could lead to an increased risk ofbrain and behavioral disorders in children.The developing brain,the report says,isp
25、articularly26to the toxic effects of certain chemicals these products may contain,andthe damage they cause can be27.The official policy,however,is still evolving.Health and environmental28havelong urged U.S.government agencies to 29the use of some of the 11 chemicals thereport cites and called for m
26、ore studies on their long-term effects.In 2001,for example,theEnvironmental Protection Agency30the type and amount of lead that could be presentin paint and soil in homes and child-care31,after concerns were raised about leadpoisoning.The agency is now32the toxic effects of some of the chemicals in
27、thelatest report.But the threshold for regulation is high.Because childrens brain and behavioraldisorders,like hyperactivity and lower grades,can also be linked to social and geneticfactors,its tough to pin them on exposure to specific chemicals with solid33evidence,whichiswhattheEPArequires.Eventhe
28、Harvardstudydidnotproveadirect 34but noted strong associations between exposure and risk of behavioral issues.Nonetheless,its smart to 35caution.While it may be impossible to prevent kidsfrom drinking tap water that may contain trace amounts of chemicals,keeping kids awayfrom lawns recently sprayed
29、with chemicals and freshly dry-cleaned clothes cant hurt.A)advocatesI)particlesB)compactJ)permanentC)correlationK)restrictedD)exerciseL)simulatingE)facilitiesM)statisticalF)interactionN)tightenG)investigatingO)vulnerableH)overwhelmedSection BDirections:In this section,you are going to read a passage
30、 with ten statements attached toit.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify theparagraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more thanonce.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking thecorresponding letter on
31、 Answer Sheet 2.The Impossibility of Rapid Energy TransitionsA Politicians are fond of promising rapid energy transitions.Whether it is a transitionfrom imported to domestic oil or from coal-powered electricity production to natural-gas power plants,politicians love to talk big.Unfortunately for the
32、m(and often thetaxpayers),our energy systems are a bit like an aircraft carrier:they are unbelievablyexpensive,theyre built to last for a very long time,they have a huge amount ofinertia(meaning it takes a lot of energy to set them moving),and they have a lot ofmomentum once they are set in motion.N
33、o matter how hard you try,you cant turnsomething that large on a dime(10美分硬币),or even a few thousand dimes.B In physics,moving objects have two characteristics relevant to understanding thedynamics of energy systems:inertia and momentum.Inertia is the resistance ofobjects to efforts to change their
34、state of motion.If you try to push a boulder（大圆石),it pushes you back.Once you have started the boulder rolling,it developsmomentum,which is defined by its mass and velocity.Momentum is said to be“conserved,”that is,once you build it up,it has to go somewhere.So a heavy object,like a football player
35、moving at a high speed,has a lot of momentumthat is,once heis moving,it is hard to change his state of motion.If you want to change his course,you have only a few choices:you can stop him,transferring(possibly painfully)someof his kinetic energy（动能）to your own body,or you can approach alongside ands
36、lowly apply pressure to gradually alter his course.C But there are other kinds of momentum as well.After all,we dont speak only ofobjects or people as having momentum;we speak of entire systems havingmomentum.Whether its a sports team or a presidential campaign,everybody relisheshaving the big momen
37、tum,because it makes them harder to stop or change direction.D One kind of momentum is technological momentum.When a technology is deployed,its impacts reach far beyond itself.Consider the incandescent（白炽灯的）bulb,anobject currently hated by many environmentalists and energy-efficiency advocates.The i
38、ncandescent light bulb,invented by Thomas Edison,which came to be thesymbol of inspiration,has been developed into hundreds,if not thousands,of forms.Today,a visit to a lighting store reveals a stunning array of choices.There arestandard-shaped bulbs,flame-shaped bulbs,colored globe-shaped bulbs,and
39、 more.Itis quite easy,with all that choice,to change a light bulb.E But the momentum of incandescent lighting does not stop there.All of thosespecialized bulbs led to the building of specialized light fixtures,from the desk lampyou study by,to the ugly but beloved hand-painted Chinese lamp you inher
40、ited fromyour grandmother,to the ceiling fixture in your closet,to the light in your oven orrefrigerator,and to the light that the dentist points at you.It is easy to change a lightbulb,sure,but it is harder to change the bulb and its fixture.F And there is more to the story,because not only are the
41、 devices that houseincandescent bulbs shaped to their underlying characteristics,but rooms and entirebuildings have been designed in accordance with how incandescent lighting reflectsoff walls and windows.G As lighting expert Howard Brandston points out,“Generally,there are no bad lightsources,only
42、bad applications.”There are some very commendable characteristics ofthe CFL compact fluorescent（荧光的）light bulb,yet the selection of any lightsource remains inseparable from the luminaire（照明装置）that houses it,alongwith the space in which both are installed,and lighting requirements that need to besati
43、sfied.The lamp,the fixture,and the room,all three must work in concert and forthe true benefits of end-users.If the CFL should be used for lighting a particular space,or an object within that space,the fixture must be designed to work with that lamp,and that fixture with the room.It is a symbiotic（共
44、生的）relationship.A CFLcannot be simply installed in an incandescent fixture and then expected to produce avisual appearance that is more than washed out,foggy,and dim.The whole fixturemust be replacedlight source and luminaireand this is never an inexpensiveproposition.H And Brandston knows a thing o
45、r two about lighting,being the man who illuminatedthe Statue of Liberty.IAnother type of momentum we have to think about when planning for changes in ourenergy systems is labor-pool momentum.It is one thing to say that we are going toshift 30 percent of our electricity supply from,say,coal to nuclea
46、r power in 20 years.But it is another thing to have a supply of trained talent that could let you carry outthis promise.That is because the engineers,designers,regulators,operators,and all ofthe other skilled people needed for the new energy industry are specialists who haveto be trained first(or re
47、trained,if they are the ones being laid off in some relatedindustry),and education,like any other complicated endeavor,takes time.And notonly do our prospective new energy workers have to be trained,they have to betrained in the right sequence.One needs the designers,and perhaps the regulators,befor
48、e the builders and operators,and each group of workers in training has to knowthere is work waiting beyond graduation.In some cases,colleges and universitiesmight have to change their training programs,adding another layer of difficulty.JBy far the biggest type of momentum that comes into play when
49、it comes to changingour energy systems is economic momentum.The major components of our energysystems,such as fuel production,refining,electrical generation and distribution,arecostly installations that have lengthy life spans.They have to operate for long periodsof time before the costs of developm
50、ent have been recovered.When investors put upmoney to build,say,a nuclear power plant,they expect to earn that money back overthe planned life of the plant,which is typically between 40 and 60 years.Some coalpower plants in the United States have operated for more than 70 years!The oldestcontinuousl
