1、六级 2014.62014 年 6 月大学英语六级考试真题Part IWriting渊30 minutes冤Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it isunwise to jump to conclusions upon seeing or hearing something.You can give examples toillustrate your point.You should write at least 150 words but no more
2、 than 200 words.Writeyour essay on Answer Sheet 1.注意院此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答遥Part IIListening Comprehension渊30 minutes冤Section ADirections:In this section,you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.At theend of each conversation,one or more questions will be asked about what was said.Both
3、 theconversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After each question there will be apause.During the pause,you must read the four choices marked A冤,B冤,C冤 and D冤,and decidewhich is the best answer.Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a singleline through the centre.注意院
4、此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答遥1.A冤 College tuition has become a heavy burden for the students.B冤 College students are in general politically active nowadays.C冤 He took part in many protests when he was at college.D冤 He is doubtful about the effect of the students爷 action.2.A冤 The class has kept the party a secre
5、t from Jay.B冤 Jay is organizing a party for the retiring dean.C冤 Jay is surprised to learn of the party for him.D冤 The dean will come to Jay爷s birthday party.3.A冤 He found his wallet in his briefcase.B冤 He went to the lost-and-found office.C冤 He told the woman to go and pick up his car.D冤 He left hi
6、s things with his car in the garage.1要六级 2014.64.A冤 The show he directed turned out to be a success.B冤 He watches only those comedies by famous directors.C冤 TV comedies have not improved much since the 1960s.D冤 New comedies are exciting,just like those in the 1960s.5.A冤 The man should stop boiling t
7、he vegetables.B冤 The man should try out some new recipes.C冤 Overcooked vegetables are often tasteless.D冤 All vegetables should be cooked fresh.6.A冤 Help them tidy up the house.B冤 Sort out their tax returns.C冤 Help them to decode a message.D冤 Figure out a way to avoid taxes.7.A冤 The woman remains a t
8、otal mystery to him.B冤 The woman is still trying to finish her work.C冤 He has devoted a whole month to his research.D冤 He didn爷t expect to complete his work so soon.8.A冤 He has failed to register for the course.B冤 He would like to major in psychology too.C冤 There should be more time for registration
9、.D冤 Developmental psychology is newly offered.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9.A冤 The brilliant product design.B冤 The unique craftsmanship.C冤 The new colour combinations.D冤 The texture of the fabrics.10.A冤 Fancy products.B冤 Local handicrafts.C冤 Traditional Thai s
10、ilks.D冤 Unique tourist attractions.11.A冤 It will start tomorrow.B冤 It will last only one day.C冤 It will be out into the countryside.D冤 It will be on the following weekend.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12.A冤 A year of practical training.B冤 A happy childhood.2要六级
11、 2014.6C冤 A pleasant neighbourhood.D冤 A good secondary education.13.A冤 He is good at carpentry.B冤 He is academically gifted.C冤 He should be sent to a private school.D冤 He ought to get good vocational training.14.A冤 Donwell School.B冤 Carlton Abbey.C冤 Enderby High.D冤 Enderby Comprehensive.15.A冤 Find o
12、ut more about the five schools.B冤 Send their children to a better private school.C冤 Talk with their children about their decision.D冤 Put Keith in a good boarding school.Section BDirections:In this section,you will hear 3 short passages.At the end of each passage,you willhear some questions.Both the
13、passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After youhear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A冤,B冤,C冤 andD冤.Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.注意院此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答遥Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are bas
14、ed on the passage you have just heard.16.A冤 It will be well ventilated.B冤 It will be brightly lit.C冤 It will provide easy access to the disabled.D冤 It will have a large space for storage.17.A冤 Opposite to the library.B冤 On the same floor as the labs.C冤 On the first floor.D冤 On the ground floor.18.A冤
15、 To make the building appear traditional.B冤 To cut the construction cost to the minimum.C冤 To match the style of construction on the site.D冤 To embody the subcommittee爷s design concepts.3要六级 2014.6Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.19.A冤 Sell financial softwar
16、e.B冤 Write financial software.C冤 Conduct research on financial software.D冤 Train clients to use financial software.20.A冤 Rewarding.B冤 Unsuccessful.C冤 Tedious.D冤 Important.21.A冤 He provided individual support.B冤 He held group discussions.C冤 He gave the trainees lecture notes.D冤 He offered online tuto
17、rials.22.A冤 Nobody is able to solve all the problems in a couple of weeks.B冤 The fault might lie in his style of presenting the information.C冤 The trainees爷 problems had to be dealt with one by one.D冤 The employees were a bit slow to follow his instruction.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based o
18、n the passage you have just heard.23.A冤 Their teachers meet them only in class.B冤 Their parents tend to overprotect them.C冤 They have little close contact with adults.D冤 They rarely read any books about adults.24.A冤 Writers and lawyers are brought in to talk to students.B冤 Real-life cases are simula
19、ted for students to learn law.C冤 More Teacher and Writer Collaboratives are being set up.D冤 Opportunities are created for children to become writers.25.A冤 Children like to form partnerships with each other.B冤 Children are often the best teachers of other children.C冤 Paired learning cultivates the sp
20、irit of cooperation.D冤 Sixth-graders can teach first-graders as well as teachers.Section CDirections:In this section,you will hear a passage three times.When the passage is read for the4要六级 2014.6first time,you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is read for the sec鄄ond tim
21、e,you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard.Finally,when the passage is read for the third time,you should check what you have written.注意院此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答遥Tests may be the most unpopular part of academic life.Students hate them because they pro-duce fear and渊26冤
22、about being evaluated,and a focus on grades instead of learning forlearning爷s sake.But tests are also valuable.A well-constructed test 渊27冤what you know and what youstill need to learn.Tests help you see how your performance 渊28冤that of others.And know-ing that you爷ll test on 渊29冤material is certain
23、ly likely to 渊30冤you to learn the ma-terial more thoroughly.However,there爷s another reason you might dislike tests:You may assume that tests have thepower to 渊31冤your worth as a person.If you do badly on a test,you may be tempted to be-lieve that you爷ve received some 渊32冤information about yourself f
24、rom the professor,infor-mation that says you爷re a failure in some significant way.This is a dangerous要and wrong-headed要assumption.If you do badly on a test,it doesn爷tmean you爷re a bad person or stupid.Or that you爷ll never do better again,and that your life is渊33冤.If you don爷t do well on a test,you爷r
25、e the same person you were before you took thetest要no better,no worse.You just did badly on a test.That爷s it.渊34冤,tests are not a measure of your value as an individual要they are a measure onlyof how well and how much you studied.Tests are tools;they are indirect and 渊35冤measures of what we know.Part
26、 IIIReading Comprehension渊40 minutes冤Section ADirections:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select oneword for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read thepassage through carefully before making your choices.Each choice in
27、the bank is identified by aletter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single linethrough the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.Millions of Americans are entering their 60s a
28、nd are more concerned than ever about retire-5要六级 2014.6ment.They know they need to save,but how much?And what exactly are they saving for要to spendmore time36 the grandkids,go travelling,or start another career?It turns out that husbands andwives may have 37 different ideas about the subject.The dee
29、pest divide is in the way spouses envisage their lifestyle in their later years.Fidelity In-vestments Inc.found 41 percent of the 500 couples it surveyed 38 on whether both or at least onespouse will work in retirement.Wives are generally right regarding their husbands爷 retirement age,but men 39 the
30、 age their wives will be when they stop working.And husbands are slightly more40 about their standard of living than wives are.Busy juggling 渊穷于应付冤 careers and families,most couples don爷t take the time to sit down,41or together,and think about what they would like to do 5,10,or 20 years from now.The
31、y42 they are on the same page,but the 43 is they have avoided even talking about it.If you are self-employed or in a job that doesn爷t have a standard retirement age,you may bemore apt to delay thinking about these issues.It is often a 44 retirement date that provides the cat鄄alyst 渊催化剂冤 to start pla
32、nning.Getting laid off or accepting an early-retirement45can forceyour hand.But don爷t wait until you get a severance 渊遣散费冤 check to begin planning.注意院此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答遥A冤 assumeB冤 confidentialC冤 disagreeD冤 formulaE冤 forthcomingF冤 illustratingG冤 mysteriouslyH冤 observeI冤 optimisticJ冤 packageK冤 radicall
33、yL冤 realityM冤 separatelyN冤 spoilingO冤 underestimateSection BDirections: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 fromwhich the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraphis marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the cor
