1991年1月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section A
1. A) Excited.
B) Pleased.
C) Moved.
D) Disappointed.
2. A) She hasn’t been well lately.
B) She wants a technician to repair it.
C) She feels unhappy without the TV set.
D) She wants him to fix it at once.
3. A) He often complains about his job.
B) He is not interested in office work.
C) He likes his job very much.
D) He does mind all the overtime.
4. A) Her mother did her hair.
B) She inherited it.
C) Her mother designed.
D) Her hair is modeled.
5. A) Allen does twice as much work as the rest.
B) Allen will do the assignment in two hours.
C) Allen is very careless with his homework.
D) Allen works twice as fast as the rest.
6. A) The man is looking for a book.
B) The woman is a librarian.
C) The book was of little help to the man.
D) The book was of great help to the man.
7. A) 6.
B) 15.
C) 14.
D) 29.
8. A) Maybe the invitation was too late.
B) The man’s wife didn’t invite Margaret.
C) Margaret promised to come, but later she changed her mind.
D) Margaret will come any moment.
9. A) To go to bed.
B) To check her family expenses.
C) To stay upstairs.
D) To rest for a while.
10. A) John is usually late.
B) John will not show up.
C) John will be there at eight-thirty.
D) John is usually on time.
Section B
Passage One
11. A) Some piano pieces.
B) Songs sung by African singers.
C) A new kind of music.
D) Music from different parts of the world.
12. A) Tenderness.
B) Happiness.
C) Love.
D) Sadness.
13. A) How much people like sad music.
B) Why music is an important form of art.
C) How music expresses people’s feelings.
D) In what way classic music differs from pop music.
Passage Two
14. A) The way you pursue it.
B) The interest you have.
C) The time you can afford.
D) The money you spend on it.
15. A) Playing tennis.
B) Playing cards.
C) Collecting coins.
D) Collecting stamps.
16. A) One can always find time to pursue a hobby.
B) A hobby is of particular importance to a political figure.
C) The correct choice of a hobby depends on one’s racial position.
D) Everyone should learn how to choose a hobby from Winston Churchill. Passage Three
17. A) To train students to be successful scholars.
B) To teach students to be good citizens.
C) To teach students to work hard.
D) To train students to be social workers.
18. A) To do better in math and science.
B) To compete with each other.
C) To obey the teacher.
D) To help each other.
19. A) Relaxing.
B) Boring.
C) Tense.
D) Serious.
20. A) Low scores of the students.
B) Teachers’ impatience.
C) Bad behavior among children.
D) Heavy course load.
Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Passage One
Merchant and passenger ships are generally required to have a life preserver for every person aboard and, in many cases, a certain percentage of smaller sizes for children. According to United States Coast Guard requirements, life preservers must be simple in design, reversible, capable of being quickly adjusted to fit the uninitiated individual, and must be so designed as to support the wearer in the water in an upright or slightly backward position.
Sufficient buoyancy (浮力) to support the wearer should be retained by the life preserver after 48 hour in the water, and it should be reliable even after long period of storage. Thus it should be made of materials resistant to sunlight, gasoline, and oils, and it should be not easily set on fire.
The position in which the life preserver will support a person who jumps or falls into the water is most important, as is its tendency to turn the wearer in the water from a face-down position to an upright or slightly backward position, with his face clear of the water, even when the wearer is exhausted or unconscious.
The method of adjustment to the body should be simple, and self-evident to uninitiated persons even in the dark under the confused conditions which follow a disaster. Thus, the life preserver should be reversible, so that it is nearly impossible to set it on wrong. Catches, straps, and ties should be kept to a minimum. In addition, the life preserver must be adjustable to the wide variety of shapes and sizes of wearers, since this greatly affects the position of floating and the self-righting qualities. A suitable life preserver should also be comfortable to wear at all times, in and out of the water, not so heavy as to encourage to take it off on shipboard while the ship is in danger, nor so burdensome that it hinders a person in the water while trying to swim.
21. The passage is mainly about ________.
A) the uses of life preservers
B) the design of life preservers
C) the materials for life preservers
D) the buoyancy of life preservers
22. According to the passage, a life preserver should be first of all, ________.
A) adjustable
B) comfortable
C) self-evident
D) self-righting
23. United States Coast Guard does NOT require the life preserver to the made
________.
A) with as few strings as possible
B) capable of being worn on both sides
C) according to each wearer’s size
D) comfortable and light to wear
24. By “the uninitiated individual” (Para. 1,line 6) the author refers to the person
________.
A) who has not been instructed how to use a life preserver
B) who has a little experience in using a life preserver
C) who uses a life preserver without permission
D) who becomes nervous before a disaster
25. What would happen if a person were supported by the life preserver in a wrong
position?
A) The waves would move him backwards.
B) The water would choke him.
C) He would immediately sink to the bottom.
D) He would be exhausted or unconscious.
Passage Two
A hundred years ago it was assumed and scientifically “proved” by economists that the laws of society made it necessary to have a vast army of poor and jobless people in order to keep the economy going. Today, hardly anybody would dare to voice this principle. It is generally accepted that nobody should be excluded from the wealth Western industrialized countries, a system of insurance has been introduced which guarantees everyone a minimum of subsistence (生活维持费) in case of unemployment, sickness and old age. I would go one step further and argue that, even if these conditions are not present, everyone has the right to receive the means to subsist (维持生活), in other words, he can claim this subsistence minimu m without having to have any “reason”.
I would suggest, however, that it should be limited to a definite period of time, let’s say two years, so as to avoid the encouraging of an abnormal attitude which refused any kind of social obligation.
This may sound like a fantastic proposal, but so, I think, our insurance system would have sounded to people a hundred years ago. The main objection to such a scheme would be that if each person were entitled to receive minimum support, people would not
work. This assumption rests on the fallacy of the inherent laziness in human nature, actually, aside from abnormally lazy people, there would be very few who would not want to earn more than the minimum, and who would prefer to do nothing rather than work.
However, the suspicions against a system of guaranteed subsistence minimum are not groundless, from the standpoint of those who want to use ownership of capital for the purpose of forcing others to accept the work conditions they offer. If nobody were forced to accept work in order not to starve, work would have to be sufficiently interesting and attractive to induce one to accept it. Freedom of contract is possible only if both parties are free to accept and reject it; in the present capitalist system this is not the case.
But such a system would not only be the beginning of real freedom of contract between employers and employees, its principal advantage would be the improvement of freedom in inter-personal relationships in every sphere of daily life.
26. People used to think that poverty and unemployment were due to ________.
A) the slow development of the economy
B) the poor and jobless people’s own faults
C) the lack of responsibility on the part of society
D) the large number of people who were not well-educated
27. Now it is widely accepted that ________.
A) the present system of social insurance should be improved
B) everybody should be granted a minimum of subsistence without any “reason”
C) everybody has the right to share in the wealth of the country
D) people have to change their attitude towards the poor
28. The writer argues that a system of social insurance should ________.
A) provide benefits for the sick, old and unemployed
B) encourage people to take on more social obligations
C) guarantee everyone the right to be employed
D) provide everyone with the right to a minimum subsistence for a certain period
29. The word “fallacy” (Para. 2. L. 6) means ________.
A) doubt
B) fact
C) strong argument
D) wrong belief
30. According to the writer, a system of guaranteed subsistence minimum ________.
A) demands too much from society
B) makes freedom of contract impossible
C) helps people take interest in their work
D) helps bring about changes in the relationship among people
Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
The newborn can see the difference between various shapes and patterns from birth. He prefers patterns to dull or bright solid colors and looks longer at stripes and angles than at circular patterns. Within three weeks, however, his preference shifts dramatically to the human face.
Why should a baby with so little visual experience attend more to a human face than to any other kind of pattern’? Some scientists think this preference represents a built in advantage for the human species. The object of prime importance to the physically helpless infant is a human being. Babies seem to have a natural tendency to the human face as potentially rewarding. Researchers also point out that the newborn wisely relies more on pattern than on outline, size, or color. Pattern remains stable, while outline changes with point of view; size, with distance from an object; and brightness and color, with lighting.
Mothers have always claimed that they could see their newborns looking at them as they held them, despite what they have been told. The experts who thought that perception (知觉) had to await physical development and the consequence of action were wrong for several reasons. Earlier research techniques were less sophisticated than they are today. Physical skills were once used to indicate perception of objects-skills like visual tracking and reaching for an object, both of which the newborn does poorly. Then, too, assumptions that the newborn’s eye and brain were too immature for anything as sophisticated as pattern recognition caused opposing data to be thrown away. Since perception of form was widely believed to follow perception of more “basic” qualities such as color and brightness, the possibility of its presence from birth was rejected.
31. What does a newborn baby like to see most’?
A) Bright colors.
B) Circular patterns.
C) Stripes and angles.
D) Various shapes.
32. The newborn pays more attention to a human face than any other kind of objects
because ________.
A) he sees a human face more often than any other kind of pattern
B) he has an inherent ability to regard a human being as helpful
C) a human face is the most complex pattern he can see
D) a human face is often accompanied by a pleasant voice
33. Contrary to what they believe, mothers have been told that newborns ________.
A) care little about a human face
B) can’t track their movements
C) can’t see their faces
D) can easily perceive brightness
34. In earlier researches on the newborn’s perception, scientists ________.
A) ignored evidence contrary to their assumptions
B) believed that perception of form comes before perception of color and brightness
C) opposed throwing away effective data
D) proved that physical skills come after visual perception
35. The main idea of the passage is that ________.
A) research techniques are of vital importance scientific investigation
B) the findings of earlier scientific researchers often prove wrong
C) newborns can perceive forms from birth
D) more often than not the claims of mothers are reliable
Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
Albert Einstein recalled his learning problems philosophically: “My intellectual (智力的) development was slow, as a result of which I began to wonder about space and time only when I had already grown up. Naturally, I could go deeper into the problem than a child.” And so, 11 years after dismissal from school, young Albert Einstein published the theory of relativity that changed our understanding of the universe.
No one in this century has been more widely recognized as a genius than Einstein. Yet his problems with early intellectual development and his peculiar gifts cast great doubt on all our conventional ideas about genius, intelligence or “I.Q.” (智商). On the one hand, Einstein showed early defects in abilities that our mental tests value; on the other hand, his special intellectual faculties went far beyond most definitions of intelligence. Moreover, their growth appears peculiarly gradual, contradicting the popular conception of intelligence as something inborn and fixed. His resolute persistence and his skills in playing games with ideas were apparently as decisive to his genius as any cutting edge of intellect (智能).
These powerful aspects of intelligence that conventional definitions overlook are
getting close attention in a new wave of research. This comes after years of earlier studies which exposed the narrowness of our usual measures of mental ability. Intelligence, it turns out, is multifaceted and marvelous; it includes personal characteristics, creativity skills and intellectual capabilities that show up on no test. What is most exciting is that some of these iii-defined abilities are possessed by many people. Just knowing about such neglected skills will help us discover and develop untapped (未开发的) potential-in ourselves and in our children.
36. This passage is about ________.
A) the development of Einstein’s intellect
B) the wide recognition of Einstein as a genius
C) conventional ideas concerning genius
D) an insight to the complexity of human intelligence
37. According to the passage, when Einstein was at school, he ________.
A) fell behind other pupils
B) was fond of studying philosophical problems
C) was proud of his own diligence
D) thought more deeply about the problems of space and time than his classmates
38. Which of the following led to Einstein’s success?
A) His good skills in game-playing.
B) His diligence and powerful mind.
C) His unusual insight into the conception of intelligence.
D) His decisiveness in taking actions.
39. “Multifaceted” (Para. 3, Line 6) probably means ________.
A) having many aspects
B) having many abilities
C) having many skills
D) having many uses
40. According to the passage which of the following statements is TRUE’?
A) Conventional intelligence tests are not reliable.
B) For ordinary people intelligence is something inborn and fixed.
C) Einstein was apparently a genius in playing games as well as in scientific
research.
D) Einstein’s early defects in abilities contributed to his later mental development.
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
41. The oil shortage ________ the prices of chemical fertilizers on the world market.
A) drove oil
B) drove up
C) drove in
D) drove off
42. There are five ________ mistakes in this picture. Can you find them and win a
prize?
A) intensive
B) deliberate
C) planned
D) calculated
43. These studies will yield valuable lemons ________.
A) in which to save lives and protect property
B) how to save lives and protect property
C) in how to save lives and protect property
D) about those to save lives and protect property
44. The school offered flexible courses for farmers, ________ more hours of study
when farm work was not heavy.
A) with
B) without
C) in
D) for
45. Part of the cost of many articles is taken as tax by the government ________ the
community.
A) in place of
B) on account of
C) in terms of
D) on behalf of
46. Soldiers act in ________ to the orders of their officers.
A) obligation
B) objection
C) obedience
D) offence
47. ________ after the Second World War that test pilots first attempted to break the
“Sound barrier.”
A) It was shortly
B) Until shortly
C) Shortly was it
D) Shortly
48. ________ in the Atacama Desert.
A) It never virtually rains
B) It virtually never rains
C) Never it rains virtually
D) Never virtually it rains
49. Society now requires the university to be a part of the community. ________,
students themselves expect to play a role in the affairs of society.
A) Hence
B) However
C) Moreover
D) Otherwise
50. Superconductors lose electrical resistance only ________ subjected to intense cold.
A) through
B) when
C) as
D) by
51. Those who lie and cheat will never ________ it.
A) get on with
B) get back to
C) get away with
D) get off with
52. A foreign language like English is difficult to learn, so you ________ work too hard.
A) should
B) mustn’t
C) can’t
D) ought to
53. Cultural life in England takes so many forms that a brief summary can only attempt
to ________ its variety.
A) suggest
B) remind
C) consider
D) propose
54. There are ________ periods in an animal’s life when it is capable of learning a great
deal in a very short time.
A) urgent
B) violent
C) serious
D) critical
55. Do employers in your country ________ workers for in juries suffered at their
work?
A) conform
B) conflict
C) compel
D) compensate
56. Since they betrayed us, they have no hope of convincing ________ their sincerity.
A) with
B) for
C) in
D) of
57. They assured us that ________ was waiting for they were there to share it.
A) what
B) whatever
C) it
D) whoever
58. ________ exposure to dirty air can cause people suffer from some diseases.
A) Raised
B) Prolonged
C) Expanded
D) Enlarged
59. ________ about one of the most rapidly changing countries in a ceaselessly
changing world is not all easy.
A) Being informed
B) To be informing
C) Have in formed
D) Informed
60. Though you stay in the sea for weeks, you will not ________ contact with the
outside world.
A) lose
B) fall
C) miss
D) fail
61. Visitors to England sometimes find the lack of public activities in the evenings
________.
A) depressed
B) depression
C) depressing
D) depressingly
62. Julie is one of those women who always ________ the latest fashions.
A) look after
B) keep up with
C) run for
D) go in for
63. This traditional entertainment for children in America has never, ________ I know,
become popular in China.
A) as far as
B) as much
C) to the extent that
D) so long as
64. Mr. Smith attends to the ________ of important business himself:
A) transmission
B) transformation
C) transaction
D) transition
65. Besides what you have explained, can you think of ________ reason for their
terrible action?
A) any
B) else
C) other
D) another
66. The chairman threatened ________ if his policies were not adopted.
A) to resign
B) resigning
C) to be resigned
D) being resigned
67. She was able to give the police a full account of since she had been ________ to it.
A) an observer
B) an on-looker
C) a watcher
D) a witness
68. Very few people understood his lecture, the subject of which was very ________.
A) obscure
B) upsetting
C) distant
D) inferior
69. Although the national government has introduced some new laws on this subject, it
is the ________ state governments which are responsible for pollution control.
A) precisely
B) primarily
C) progressively
D) preliminarily
70. He would ________ it that his son took a livelier interest in politics.
A) see into
B) see through
C) see about
D) see to
Part IV Error Correction (15 minutes)
Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether
10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word,
add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections
in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the
correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an
insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the
Moreover, the North had an establishing army, navy, and government, while the South had to begin organizing its self military force.
Part V Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition about Man Is to Survive. You should base your writing on the following outline:
1. 人类面临的问题(如能源、疾病、污染、人口等)
2. 悲观的看法(如人类将无法生存)
3. 人类的智慧和出路
Your composition should be no less than 120 words. Be sure to write your composition in readable handwriting.
Man Is to Survive
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2017年6月大学英语六级考试真题及答案解析（第一套） Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: Suppose you are asked to give advice on whether to attend a vocational college or a university, write an essay to state your opinion. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. 【参考范文】 Whether to Attend a Vocational College or a University? It’s an undisputable truth that virtually all high school graduates will encounter the choices between a vocational college and a university. And when it comes to this question, students’ ideas are not cut from the same cloth. In point of which to choose and what to be taken into consideration, my advices are as follow. In the first place, we should be conscious of the fact that both of the two choices have its own superiorities. For instance, a vocational college specializes in cultivating human resources with practical capabilities; while a university serves as the cradle of academic researchers in different fields. Then it does follow that high school graduates should have a clear picture of themselves. That is to say, they should know their merits and demerits and their choices must give play to their strengths whilst circumvent weaknesses. In addition, interest is the best teacher and it’s also the premise of learning on one’s own initiative. Thus interest must be taken into account because it can not only decide how far one can reach academically and professionally but also how happy and fulfilled one will be. In brief, all above just goes to show that there really is no one-size-fits-all answer for the question. The key lies in a clear cognition, accurate self-positioning and the interest of oneself. Only then can every one find a right path that works best for us. Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation 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. Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 1. A) He would feel insulted. B) He would feel very sad. C) He would be embarrassed. D) He would be disappointed. 【答案】A 【解析】题目问如果男士在二手书店中发现了自己写的书，那么男士会感觉怎样。男士说到：如果他在二手书店发现了自己的书，他会认为这是种侮辱。因此选A。 2. A) They are worthy of a prize. B) They are of little value. C) They make good reading. D) They need improvement. 【答案】B 【解析】题目问男士的妻子认为他的书怎么样。男士说到：他最新的一本书是在2004年写的，当时在写的时候给他妻子看了一小部分。妻子认为他写的内容是垃圾。这表明他的妻子认为他写的书毫无价值。因此选B。 3. A) He seldom writes a book straight through. B) He writes several books simultaneously. C) He draws on his real-life experiences. D) He often turns to his wife for help. 【答案】A
2018年英语六级考试试题及答案 PartⅠWriting 1.【题干】For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the importance of building trust between business and consumers. You can cite examples to illustrate your views. 150-200 words. 【答案】Without a doubt, a mutually-trusted relation between businesses and consumers is important for the two parties. First of all, though business is objective, cooperation is relatively subjective. Only when a consumer believe in what a businessman is selling, he or she could decide to buy something from the man. In reality, I have seen too many consumers purchase or refuse one commodity only because they like or dislike the salesman who they meet, especially when they are in a bad mood. Secondly, when one businessman consider that a customer trusts him, he would feel honored and satisfied thereby giving more preference to the customer. Naturally, when one businessman offers the best quality goods and the best prices to a customer, the customer has no excuse to refuse the businessman. Once such relation informed, both the two parties gain profit from it Hence, both businesses and consumers should work together to form a reciprocal relation. PartⅢReading Section A
2017年6月大学英语六级考试真题及答案解析（第三套完整版） Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: Suppose you are asked to give advice on whether to attend college at home or abroad, write an essay to state your opinion. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. 【参考范文】 Whether to Attend College at Home or Abroad? Currently, with studying abroad gains mounting popularity among people, there is a heated debate about whether to attend college at home or abroad. Opinions on this topic vary from person to person. Some see more benefits in studying at home while others claim that studying abroad is a more ideal choice as it?s more challenging. Personally, I am a strong favorer of the latter view. Listed below are the reasons for my advice. First of all, attending college abroad provides an opportunity to broaden one?s experience and mind. You can acquire cross-cultural experiences and gain new perspectives on your chosen field of study. In addition, studying abroad helps you to polish your social skills; you can make friends with different people with different background. Thirdly, overseas studying is conducive to the formation of an independent, autonomous and tenacious personality, which will ultimately benefit the achievement of our life goals. Just as an old saying goes: “It is better to travel thousand miles than to read ten thousand books.” Then studying abroad can not only enable us to reap in our books, but also in our trips. And this is why attending college abroad is a preferable selection for me. Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) 说明：2017年6月大学英语六级真题全国共考了两套听力。本套（即第三套）的听力材料与第一套完全一样，只是选项的顺序不同而已，故本套不再重复给出。 Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A Directions: 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 letter. 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.
2007年12月大学英语六级考试真题 Passage One Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage. Like most people, I’ve long understood that I will be judged by my occupation, that my profession is a gauge people use to see how smart or talented I am. Recently, however, I was disappointed to see that it also decides how I’m treated as a person. Last year I left a professional position as a small-town reporter and took a job waiting tables. As someone paid to serve food to people. I had customers say and do things to me I suspect they’d never say or do to their most casual acquaintances. One night a man talking on his cell phone waved me away, then beckoned (示意) me back with his finger minute later, complaining he was ready to order and asking where I’d been. I had waited tables during summers in college and was treated like a peon (勤杂工) plenty of people. But at 19 years old, I believed I deserved inferior treatment from professional adults. Besides, people responded to me differently after I told them I was in college. Customers would joke that one day I’d be sitting at their table, waiting to be served. Once I graduated I took a job at a community newspaper. From my first day, I heard a respectful tone from everyone who called me. I assumed this was the way the professional world worked — cordially. I soon found out differently. I sat several feet away from an advertising sales representative with a similar name. Our calls would often get mixed up and someone asking for Kristen would be transferred to Christie. The mistake was immediately evident. Perhaps it was because money was involved, but people used a tone with Kristen that they never used with me. My job title made people treat me with courtesy. So it was a shock to return to the restaurant industry. It’s no secret that there’s a lot to put up with when waiting tables, and fortunately, much of it can be easily forgotten when you pocket the tips. The service industry, by definition, exists to cater to others’ needs. Still, it seemed that many of my customers didn’t g et the difference between server and servant. I’m now applying to graduated school, which means someday I’ll return to a profession where people need to be nice to me in order to get what they want, I think I’ll take them to dinner first, and see how they treat someone whose only job is to serve them. 52. The author was disappointed to find that _______. [A] one’s position is used as a gauge to measure one’s intelligence [B] talented people like her should fail to get a respectable job [C] one’s occupation affects the way one is treated as a person [D] professionals tend to look down upon manual workers 53. What does the author intend to say by the example in the second paragraph? [A] Some customers simply show no respect to those who serve them. [B] People absorbed in a phone conversation tend to be absent-minded. [C] Waitresses are often treated by customers as casual acquaintances. [D] Some customers like to make loud complaints for no reason at all. 54. How did the author feel when waiting tables at the age of 19? [A] She felt it unfair to be treated as a mere servant by professional. [B] She felt badly hurt when her customers regarded her as a peon. [C] She was embarrassed each time her customers joked with her. [D] She found it natural for professionals to treat her as inferior. 55. What does the author imply by saying “…many of my customers didn’t get the difference between server and servant”(Lines 3-4, Para.7)? [A] Those who cater to others’ needs are destined to be looked down upon.
2019年6 月大学英语六级考试真题(第2 套) Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the importance of mutual understanding and respect in interpersonal relationships. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. PartⅡListening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation 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. Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 1. A) A six- month-long negotiation. B) Preparations for the party. C) A project with a troublesome client. D) Gift wrapping for the colleagues. 2. A) Take wedding photos. B) Advertise her company. C) Start a small business. D) Throw a celebration party. 3. A) Hesitant. B) Nervous. C) Flattered. D) Surprised. 4. A) Start her own bakery. B) Improve her baking skill. C) Share her cooking experience. D) Prepare for the wedding. Questions 5 to 8 are based on the recording you have just heard. 5. A) They have to spend more time studying. B) They have to participate in club activities. C) They have to be more responsible for what they do. D) They have to choose a specific academic discipline. 6. A) Get ready for a career. B) Make a lot of friends.
大学英语六级CET6真题及答案 part i listening comprehension (20 minutes) section a 1.a) the dean should have consulted her on the appointment. b) dr. holden should have taken over the position earlier. c) she doesn’t think dr. holden has made a wise choice. d) dr. holden is the best person for the chairmanship. 2 .a) they’ll keep in touch during the summer vacation b) they’ll hold a party before the summer vacation c) they’ll do odd jobs together at the school library d) they’ll get back to their school once in a while 3. a)peaches are in season now. b)peaches are not at their best now. c)the woman didn’t know how to bargain. d)the woman helped the man choose the fruit. 4.a)they join the physics club. b)they ask for an extension of the deadline. c)they work on the assignment together. d)they choose an easier assignment. 5.a)she admires jean’s straightforwardness b)she thinks dr. brown deserves the praise c)she will talk to jean about what happened d)she believes jean was rude to dr. brown 6.a)he liked writing when he was a child b)he enjoyed reading stories in reader’s digest c)he used to be an editor of reader’s digest d)he became well known at the age of six 7.a)he shows great enthusiasm for his studies b)he is a very versatile person c)he has no talent for tennis d)he does not study hard enough 8 a) john has lost something at the railway station b) there are several railway stations in the city c) it will be very difficult for them to find john d) the train that john is taking will arrive soon 9. a)its rapid growth is beneficial to the world
2011年6月大学英语六级真题及答案 Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2. Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage. How good are you at saying "no"? For many, it's surprisingly difficult. This is especially true of editors, who by nature tend to be eager and engaged participants in everything they do. Consider these scenarios: It's late in the day. That front-page package you've been working on is nearly complete; one last edit and it's finished. Enter the executive editor, who makes a suggestion requiring a more-than-modest rearrangement of the design and the addition of an information box. You want to scream: "No! It's done!" What do you do? The first rule of saying no to the boss is don't say no. She probably has something in mind when she makes suggestions, and it's up to you to find out what. The second rule is don't raise the stakes by challenging her authority. That issue is already decided. The third rule is to be ready to cite options and consequences. The boss's suggestions might be appropriate, but there are always consequences. She might not know about the pages backing up that need attention, or about the designer who had to go home sick. Tell her she can have what she wants, but explain the consequences. Understand what she's trying to accomplish and propose a Plan B that will make it happen without destroying what you've done so far. Here's another case. Your least-favorite reporter suggests a dumb story idea. This one should be easy, but it's not. If you say no, even politely, you risk inhibiting further ideas, not just from that reporter, but from others who heard that you turned down the idea. This scenario is common in newsrooms that lack a systematic way to filter story suggestions. Two steps are necessary. First, you need a system for how stories are proposed and reviewed. Reporters can tolerate rejection of their ideas if they believe they were given a fair hearing. Your gut reaction (本能反应) and dismissive rejection, even of a worthless idea, might not qualify as systematic or fair. Second, the people you work with need to negotiate a "What if ...?" agreement covering "What if my idea is turned down?" How are people expected to react? Is there an appeal process? Can they refine the idea and resubmit it? By anticipating "What if...?" situations before they happen, you can reach understanding that will help ease you out of confrontations. 47. Instead of directly saying no to your boss, you should find out __________. 48. The author's second warning is that we should avoid running a greater risk by __________. 49. One way of responding to your boss's suggestion is to explain the __________ to her and offer an alternative solution. 50. To ensure fairness to reporters, it is important to set up a system for stories to __________. 51. People who learn to anticipate "What if...?" situations will be able to reach understanding and avoid __________. Section B Directions:There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage. At the heart of the debate over illegal immigration lies one key question: are immigrants good or bad for the economy? The American public overwhelmingly thinks they're bad. Yet the consensus among most economists is