1、2016年12月大学英语六级考试（第1套）Part IWriting(30 minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on innovation,Your essay should include the im portance of innovation and measures to be takento encourage innovation.You are required to write at least 150 words but no morethan
2、200 words.Part IIListening Comprehension(30 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,you will hear two long conversations.At the end of each conversa-tion,you will hear four questions.Both the conversation and the questions will bespoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the bes
3、t answerfrom the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the correspond-ing letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1.A)It focuses on the efforts countries can make to deal with global warming.B)It links t
4、he science of climate change to economic and policy issues.C)It studies the impacts of global climate change on peoples lives.D)It tries to predict the possible trends of global climate change.2.A)It would be more costly to deal with its consequences than to avoid it.B)It will take a long time befor
5、e a consensus is reached on its impact.C)It is the most pressing issue confronting all countries.D)It is bound to cause endless disputes among nations.3.A)The raising of peoples awareness.B)The signing of a global agreement.C)The cooperation among world major powers.D)The transition to low-carbon en
6、ergy systems.4.A)Plan well in advance.C)Carry out more research on it.B)Adopt new technology.D)Cut down energy consumption.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5.A)When luck plays a role.C)What determines success.B)Whether practice makes perfect.D)How important natural
7、talent is.6.A)It knocks at your door only once in a while.2016-12六级试题（第1套）第1页（共22页）B)It means being good at seizing opportunities.C)It is something that no one can possibly create.D)It comes naturally out of ones self-confidence.7.A)Practice is essential to becoming good at something.B)One should al
8、ways be ready to seize opportunities.C)One must have natural talent to be successful.D)Luck rarely contributes to a persons success.8.A)People who love what they do care little about money.B)Being passionate about work can make one wealthy.C)Putting time and effort into fun things is profitable.D)Pe
9、ople in need of money work hard automatically.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 onlyonce.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the f
10、ourchoices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet I with a single line through the centre.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.9.A)A tall chimney.C)The peak of a mountain.B)A huge piece of rock.D)The stump of a giant tree.10.A)Human activity
11、.C)Wind and water.B)Chemical processes.D)Fire and fury.11.A)It was built in ancient times.C)It was created by supernatural powers.B)It is a historical monument.D)It is Indianssacred place for worship.12.A)By killing the attacking bears.C)By lifting them well above the ground.B)By sheltering them in
12、a cave.D)By taking them to the top of a mountain.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.13.A)They will pick up some souvenirs or gift items.B)They will have their vehicles washed or serviced.C)They will take advantage of the time to rest a while.D)They will buy something fro
13、m the convenience stores.14.A)They may eventually drive one to bankruptcy.B)They should be done away with altogether.C)They are meant for the extremely wealthy.D)They can bring only temporary pleasures.2016-12六级试题（第1套）第2页（共22页）15.A)Small daily savings can make a big difference in ones life.B)A vacat
14、ion will be affordable if one saves 20 dollars a week.C)Retirement savings should come first in ones family budgeting.D)A good way to socialize is to have daily lunch with ones colleagues.Section CDirections:In this section,you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed by threeor four
15、 questions.The recordings will be played only once.After you hear a ques-tion,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)andD).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line throughthe centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have ju
16、st heard.16.A)They are harmful to health.C)They are necessary in our lives.B)They enrich our experience.D)They should be done away with.17.A)They are exhausted even without doing any heavy work.B)They feel too overwhelmed to deal with lifes problems.C)They are anxious to free themselves from lifes t
17、roubles.D)They feel stressed out even without any challenges in life.18.A)They lessen our burdens.C)They prolong our lives.B)They narrow our focus.D)They expand our mind.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.19.A)It is not easily breakable.C)It came from a 3D printer.B)It
18、 represents the latest style.D)It was made by a fashion designer.20.A)When she attended a fashion show nine months ago.B)When she was studying at a fashion design school.C)When she had just graduated from her college.D)When she attended a conferencein New York.21.A)It was hard and breakable.C)It was
19、 difficult to print.B)It was extremely expensive.D)It was hard to come by.22.A)It is the latest model of a 3D printer.B)It is a plastic widely used in 3D printing.C)It marks a breakthrough in printing material.D)It gives fashion designers room for imagination.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the reco
20、rding you have just heard.23.A)They cant be solved without government support.B)They are easy to solve with modern technology.2016一12六级试题（第1套）第3页（共22页）C)They have not been examined in detail so far.D)They arise from the advances in technology.24.A)It is intensely competitive.C)It demands huge invest
21、ment.B)It focuses on new products.D)It is attractive to entrepreneurs.25.A)Cooperation with big companies.C)Recruiting more qualified staff.B)Sharing of costs with each other.D)In-service training of IT personnel.Part IIIReading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,there is a
22、 passage with ten blanks.You are required to select oneword for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following thepassage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choices.Eachchoice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter foreach item
23、 on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You may not useany of the words in the bank more than once.It is important that scientists be seen as normal people asking and answering importantquestions.Good,sound science depends on26,experiments and reasoned methodologies.It requires a wi
24、llingness to ask new questions and try new approaches.It requires one to takerisks and experience failures.But good science.also requires27understanding,clearexplanation and concise presentation.Our country needs more scientists who are willing to step out in the public28andoffer their opinions on i
25、mportant matters.We need more scientists who can explain what theyare doing in language that is29and understandable to the public.Those of us who are notscientists should also be prepared to support public engagement by scientists,and to 30scientific knowledge into our public communications.Too many
26、 people in this country,including some among our elected leadership,still do notunderstand how science works or why robust,long-range investments in research vitallymatter.In the 1960s,the United States31nearly 17%of discretionary(配)spending to research and development,32decades of economic growth.B
27、y 2008,the figurehad fallen into the single33.This occurs at a time when other nations have madesignificant gains in their own research capabilities.At the University of California(UC),we34ourselves not only on the quality of ourresearch,but also on its contribution to improving our world.To _35 the
28、 development ofscience from the lab bench to the market place,UC is investing our own money in our owngood ideas.2016-12六级试题（第1套）第4页（共22页）A)arenaB)contextualC)convincingD)devotedE)digitsF)hastenG)hypothesesH)impairingI)incorporateJ)indefiniteK)indulgeL)inertiaM)prideN)reapingO)warrantSection BDirect
29、ions: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 theparagraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraphmore than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answe
30、r the questions bymarking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Are We in an Innovation Lull?A)Scan the highlights of this years Consumer Electronics Show(CES),and you may get aslight feeling of having seen them before.Many of the coolest gadgets this year are the sameas the coolest gadgets las
31、t year-or the year before,even.The booths are still exciting,and the demos are still just as crazy.It is still easy to be dazzled by the display of drones人机)，3 D printers,virtual reality goggles(眼镜)and more“smart”devices than you couldever hope to catalog.Upon reflection,however,it is equally easy t
32、o feel like you have seenit all before,And it is hard not to think:Are we in an innovation lull(间歇期)？B)In some ways,the answer is yes.For years,smartphones,televisions,tablets,laptops anddesk-tops have made up a huge part of the market and driven innovation.But now thesesegments are looking at slowe
33、r growth curves-or shrinking markets in some cases-asconsumers are not as eager to spend money on new gadgets.Meanwhile,emergingtechnologies-the drones,3D printers and short-home devices of the world-now seem abit too old to be called“the next big thing.”C)Basically the tech industry seems to be in
34、an awkward period now.There is not any one-hitwonder,and there will not be one for years to come,said Gary Shapiro,president andchief executive of the Consumer Technology Associaton(CTA).In his eyes,however,thatdoesnt necessarily mean that innovation has stopped.It has just grown up a little.Manyind
35、ustries are going out of infancy and becoming adolescents,Shapiro said.D)For instance,new technologies that are building upon existing technology have not foundtheir footing well enough to appeal to a mass audience,because,in many cases,they needto work effectively with other devices to realize thei
36、r full appeal.Take the evolution of thesmart home,for example.Companies are pushing it hard but make it almost overwhelmingeven to dip a toe in the water for the average consumer,because there are so manycompatibility issues to think about.No average person wants to figure out whether theirfavorite
37、calendar software works with their fridge or whether their washing machine and2016一12六级试题（第1套）第5页（共22页）tablet get along.Having to install a different app for each smart appliance in your home isannoying;it would be nicer if you could manage everything together.And while you mayforgive your smartphon
38、e an occasional fault,you probably have less patience for errormessages from your door lock.E)Companies are promoting their own standards,and the market has not had time to choose awinner yet as this is still very new.Companies that have long focused on hardware now haveto think of ecosystems instea
39、d to give consumers practical solutions to their everydayproblems.“The dialogue is changing from what is technologically possible to what istechnologically meaningful,said economist Shawn DuBravac.DuBravac works for CTA which puts on the show each year-and said that this shift to a search for soluti
40、ons hasbeen noticeable as he researched his predictions for 2016.F)So much of what CES has been about is the cool.It is about the flashiness and thegadgets,said John Curran,managing director of research at Accenture.But over the lastcouple of years,and in this one in particular,we are starting to se
41、e companies shift fromwhat is the largest screen size,the smallest form factor or the shiniest object and more intowhat all of these devices do that is practical in a consumers life.Even the technology pressconferences,which have been high-profile in the past and reached a level of drama andtheatric
42、s fitting for a Las Vegas stage,have a different bent to them.Rather than justdazzling with a high cool factor,there is a focus on the practical.Fitbit,for example,released its first smartwatch Monday,selling with a clear purpose-to improve yourfitness-and promoting it as a“tool,not a toy.Not only t
43、hat,it supports a number ofplatforms:Apples iOS,Googles Android and Microsofts Windows phone.G)That seems to be what consumers are demanding,after all.Consumers are becomingincreasingly bored with what companies have to offer:A survey of 28,000 consumers in 28countries released by Accenture found co
44、nsumers are not as excited about technology asthey once were.For example,when asked whether they would buy a new smartphone thisyear,only 48%percent said yes-a six-point drop from 2015.H)And when it comes to the hyper-connected super-smart world that technology firms arepainting for us,it seems that
45、 consumers are growing more uneasy about handing over themassive amounts of consumer data needed to provide the personalized,customizedsolutions that companies need to improve their services.That could be another explanationfor why companies seem to be strengthening their talk of the practicality of
46、 their devices.I)Companies have already won part of the battle,having driven tech into every part of ourlives,tracking our steps and our very heartbeats.Yet the persistent question of“Why do Ineed that?or,perhaps more tellingly,“Why do you need to know that?-dogs thesteps of many new ventures.Only 13 percent of respondents said that they were interested inbuying a smartwatch in 2016,for example-an increase of just one percent from the2016-12六级试题（第1套）第6页（共22页）