1、英语六级真题第2套2016年6月大学英语六级真题（第2套） Part I Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on living in the virtual world. Try to imagine what will happen when people spend more and more time in the virtual world instead of interacting in the real world. You are required to wr
2、ite at least 150 words but no more than 200 wordsSection 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 th
3、e 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。 Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 1. A) The project the man managed at CucinTech. B) The upda
4、ting of technology at CucinTech. C)The mans switch to a new career. D) The restructuring of her company. 2. A) Talented personnel. B) Strategic innovation. C) Competitive products. D) Effective promotion.3. A) Expand the market.B) Recruit more talents.C) Innovate constantly.D) Watch out for his comp
5、etitors.4. A) Possible bankruptcy.B) Unforeseen difficulties.C) Conflicts within the company.D) Imitation by ones competitors.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. A) The job of an interpreter.B) The stress felt by professionals.C) The importance of language proficien
6、cy.D) The best way to effective communication.6. A) Promising.B) Admirable.C) Rewarding.D) Meaningful.7. A) They all have a strong interest in language.B) They all have professional qualifications.C) They have all passed language proficiency tests.D) They have all studied cross-cultural differences.
7、8. A) It requires a much larger vocabulary.B) It attaches more importance to accuracy.C) It is more stressful than simultaneous interpreting.D) It puts ones long-term memory under more stress.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear
8、three or four 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.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作
9、答。Passage OneQuestions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.9. A) It might affect mothers health.B) It might disturb infants sleep.C) It might increase the risk of infants, death.D) It might increase mothers mental distress.10. A) Mothers who breast-feed their babies have a harder ti
10、me falling asleep.B) Mothers who sleep with their babies need a little more sleep each night.C) Sleeping patterns of mothers greatly affect their newborn babies health.D) Sleeping with infants in the same room has a negative impact on mothers.11. A) Change their sleep patterns to adapt to their newb
11、orn babies.B) Sleep in the same room but not in the same bed as their babies.C) Sleep in the same house but not in the same room as their babies.D) Take precautions to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome.Passage TwoQuestions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.12. A) A
12、lot of native languages have already died out in the US.B) The US ranks first in the number of endangered languages.C) The efforts to preserve Indian languages have proved fruitless.D) More money is needed to record the native languages in the US.13. A) To set up more language schools.B) To document
13、 endangered languages.C) To educate native American children.D) To revitalise Americas native languages.14. A) The US govemments policy of Americanising Indian children.B) The failure of American Indian languages to gain an official status.C) The US governments unwillingness to spend money educating
14、 Indians.D) The long-time isolation of American Indians from the outside world.15. A) It is being utilised to teach native languages.B) It tells traditional stories during family time.C) It speeds up the extinction of native languages.D) It is widely used in language immersion schools.Section CDirec
15、tions: In this section, you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed by three or four questions. The recordings will be played 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 Ans
16、wer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Recording OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.16. A) It pays them up to half of their previous wages while they look for work.B) It covers their mortgage payments and medical expenses for 99 weeks.C) It pays their liv
17、ing expenses until they find employment again.D) It provides them with the basic necessities of everyday life.17. A) Creating jobs for the huge army of unemployed workers.B) Providing training and guidance for unemployed workers.C) Convincing local lawmakers to extend unemployment benefits.D) Raisin
18、g funds to help those having no unemployment insurance.18. A) To offer them loans they need to start their own businesses.B) To allow them to postpone their monthly mortgage payments.C) To create more jobs by encouraging private investments in local companies.D) To encourage big businesses to hire b
19、ack workers with government subsidies.Recording TwoQuestions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.19. A) They measured the depths of sea water.B) They analyzed the water content.C) They explored the ocean floor.D) They investigated the ice.20. A) Eighty percent of the ice disappea
20、rs in summer time.B) Most of the ice was accumulated over the past centuries.C) The ice ensures the survival of many endangered species.D) The ice decrease is more evident than previously thought.21. A) Arctic ice is a major source of the worlds fresh water.B) The melting Arctic ice has drowned many
21、 coastal cities.C) The decline of Arctic ice is irreversible.D) Arctic ice is essential to human survival.22. A) It will do a lot of harm to mankind.B) There is no easy way to understand it.C) It will advance nuclear technology.D) There is no easy technological solution to it.Recording ThreeQuestion
22、s 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.23. A) The reason why New Zealand children seem to have better self-control.B) The relation between childrens self-control and their future success.C) The health problems of children raised by a single parent.D) The deciding factor in childre
23、ns academic performance.24. A) Children raised by single parents will have a hard time in their thirties.B) Those with a criminal record mostly come from single parent families.C) Parents must learn to exercise self-control in front of their children.D) Lack of self-control in parents is a disadvant
24、age for their children.25. A) Self-control can be improved through education.B) Self-control can improve ones financial situation.C) Self-control problems may be detected early in children.D) Self-control problems will diminish as one grows up.Reading comprehensionSection A Directions: In this secti
25、on, 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 correspondin
26、g letter for each item on ,Answer Street 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage. The robotics revolution is set to bring humans face to face with an old fearman-made creations as smar
27、t and capable as we are but without a moral compass. As robots take on ever more complex roles, the question naturally 26_ : Who will be responsible when they do something wrong? Manufacturers? Users? Software writers? The answer depends on the robot. Robots already save us time, money and energy. I
28、n the future, they will improve our health care, social welfare and standard of living. The 27_ of computational power and engineering advances will 28_ enable lower-cost in-home care for the disabled, 29_ use of driverless cars that may reduce drunk- and distracted-driving accidents and countless h
29、ome and service-industry uses for robots, from street cleaning to food preparation. But there are 30_ to be problems. Robot cars will crash. A drone (遥控飞行器) operator will 31_ someones privacy. A robotic lawn mower will run over a neighbors cat. Juries sympathetic to the 32_ of machines will punish e
30、ntrepreneurs with company-crushing 33_ and damages. What should governments do to protect people while 34_ space for innovation? Big, complicated systems on which much public safety depends, like driverless cars, should be built, 35_ and sold by manufacturers who take responsibility for ensuring saf
31、ety and are liable for accidents. Governments should set safety requirements and then let insurers price the risk of the robots based on the manufacturers driving record, not the passengers.A. arises B. ascends C. bound D. combination E. definite F. eventually G. interfere H. invade I. manifesting J. penalties K. preserving L. programmed M. proximately N. victims O. widespreadSection 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 par
