1、英语六级 20142014 年年 1212 月大学英语六级考试真题月大学英语六级考试真题(三三)注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。Part Part Listening ComprehensionListening Comprehension (30 minutes)(30 minutes)注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。1.AProceed in his own way.B Stick to the original plan.C.Compromise with his colleague.D Try to change his colleagues mind.2.AMary
2、has a keen eye for style.B Nancy regrets buying the dress.C Nancy and Mary went shopping together in Rome.D Nancy and Mary like to follow the latest fashion.3.AWash the dishes.B Go to the theatre.C Pick up George and Martha.D Take her daughter to hospital.4.AShe enjoys making up stories about other
3、people.B She can never keep anything to herself for long.C She is eager to share news with the woman.D She is the best informed woman in town.5.AA car dealer.B A mechanic.C A driving examiner.D A technical consultant.6.AThe shopping mall has been deserted recently.B Shoppers can only find good store
4、s in the mall.C Lots of people moved out of the downtown area.D There isnt much business downtown nowadays.7.AHe will help the woman with her reading.B The lounge is not a place for him to study in.C He feels sleepy whenever he tries to study.英语六级 D A cozy place is rather hard to find on campus.8.AT
5、o protect her from getting scratches.B To help relieve her of the pain.C To prevent mosquito bites.D To avoid getting sunburnt.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9.AIn a studio.B In a clothing store.C At a beach resort.D At a fashion show.10.ATo live there permanentl
6、y.B To stay there for half a year.C To find a better job to support herself.D To sell leather goods for a British company.11.ADesigning fashion items for several companies.B Modeling for a world-famous Italian company.C Working as an employee for Ferragamo.D Serving as a sales agent for Burberrys.12
7、.AIt has seen a steady decline in.its profits.B It has become much more competitive.C It has lost many customers to foreign companies.D It has attracted a lot more designers from abroad.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13.AIt helps her to attract more public atten
8、tion.BIt improves her chance of getting promoted.C It strengthens her relationship with students.DIt enables her to understand people better.14.APassively.B Positively.C Skeptically.D Sensitively.15.AIt keeps haunting her day and night.BHer teaching was somewhat affected by it.C It vanishes the mome
9、nt she steps into her role.Her mind goes blank once she gets on the stage.Section B Directions In this section,you will hear 3 short passages.At the end of each passage,you will hear somequestions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you mustchoose th
10、e best answer from the four choices marked A),B,C and D).Then mark the correspondingletter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。Passage One Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.ATo win over the majority of passengers from airlines
11、in twenty years.英语六级 B To reform railroad management in western European countries.C To electrify the railway lines between major European cities.To set up an express train network throughout Europe.17.AMajor European airlines will go bankrupt.B Europeans will pay much less for traveling.C Traveling
12、 time by train between major European cities will be cut by half.D Trains will become the safest and most efficient means of travel in Europe.18.ATrain travel will prove much more comfortable than air travel.B Passengers will feel much safer on board a train than on a plane.CRail transport will be e
13、nvironmentally friendlier than air transport.D Traveling by train may be as quick as,or even quicker than,by air.19.AIn 1981.B In 1989.C In 1990.In 2000.Passage Two Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.20.AThere can be no speedy recovery for mental patients.BApproaches to
14、healing patients are essentially the same.C The mind and body should be taken as an integral whole.D There is no clear division of labor in the medical profession.21.AA doctors fame strengthens the patients faith in them.B Abuse of medicines is widespread in many urban hospitals.C One third of the p
15、atients depend on harmless substances for cure.D A patients expectations of a drug have an effect on their recovery.22.AExpensive drugs may not prove the most effective.B The workings of the mind may help patients recover.C Doctors often exaggerate the effect of their remedies.D Most illnesses can b
16、e cured without medication.Passage Three Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23.AEnjoying strong feelings and emotions.B Defying all dangers when they have to.C Being fond of making sensational news.D Dreaming of becoming famous one day.2 4.AWorking in an emergency room.B
17、 Watching horror movies.C Listening to rock music.D Doing daily routines.25.AA rock climber.B A psychologist.C A resident doctor.D A career consultant.Section C 英语六级 Directions:In this section,you will hear a passage three times.When the passage is read for the first time,you should listen carefully
18、 for its general idea.When the passage is read for the second time,you arerequired to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard.Finally,when the passage is read forthe third time,you should check what you have written.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。If youre like most people,youve indulged in
19、fake listening many times.You go to history class,sit inthe third row,and look squarely at the instructor as she speaks.But your mind is far away,26inthe clouds of pleasant daydreams.Occasionally you come back to earth:The instructor writes animportant term on the chalkboard,and you 27copy it in you
20、r notebook.Every once in a while theinstructor makes a 28remark,causing others in the class to laugh.You smile politely,pretendingthat youve heard the remark and found it mildly humorous.You have a vague sense of 29that youarent paying close attention,but you tell yourself that any material you miss
21、 can 30from a friendsnotes.Besides,the instructors talking about road 31in ancient Rome,and nothing could be moreboring.So back you go into your private little world.Only later do you realize youve missed importantinformation for a test.Fake listening may be easily exposed,since many speakers 32faci
22、al cues and can tell if youremerely pretending to listen.Your blank expression and the faraway look in your eyes are the cues that33your inattentiveness.Even if youre not exposed,theres another reason to avoid fakery:Its easy for this34tobecome a habit.For some people,the habit is so deeply rooted t
23、hat they automatically start daydreamingwhen a speaker begins talking on something35or uninteresting.As a result,they miss lots ofvaluable information.Part Part Reading Comprehension Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)(40 minutes)Section A Directions:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks
24、.You are required to select one word for eachblank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through carefullybefore making your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the correspondingletter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with
25、 a single line through the centre.You may not use any of thewords in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.It was 10 years ago,on a warm July night,that a newborn lamb took her first breath in a small shed in Scotland.From the outside,she looked no different f
26、rom thousands of other sheep born on 36farms.But Dolly,as the world soon came to realize,was no 37lamb.She was cloned from a singlecell of an adult female sheep,38long-held scientific dogma that had declared such a thingbiologically impossible.A decade later,scientists are starting to come to grips
27、with just how different Dolly was.Dozens ofanimals have been cloned since that first lamb_mice,cats,cows and,most recently,a dog-and itsbecoming 39clear that they are all,in one way or another,defective.ctive.Its 40to think of clones as perfect carbon copies of the original.It turns out,though,tha!t
28、here are various degrees of genetic41.That may come as a shock to people who have paidthousands of dollars to clone a pet cat only to discover that the baby cat looks and behaves 42liketheir beloved pet-with a different-color coat of fur,perhaps,or a 43different attitude 英语六级 toward itshuman hosts.A
29、nd these are just the obvious differences.Not only are clones 44from the original template(模板)by time,but they are also the product of an unnatural molecular mechanism that turns out not to bevery good at making 45copies.In fact,the process can embed small flaws in the genes of clonesthat scientists
30、 are onlv now discovering 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。Aabstract F identical KoverturningB completely.increasinglyL separated C deserted H miniature M surrounding D duplicationI NothingN systematically.everything ordinary O tempting Section B Directions:In this section,you are going to read a passage with te
31、n statements attached to it.Eachstatement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify the paragraph from which theinformation is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with aletter.Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer
32、 Sheet 2.Should Single-Sex Education Be Eliminated?AWhy is a neuroscientist here debating single-sex schooling?Honestly,I had no fixed ideas on the topicwhen I started researching it for my book,Pink Brain,Blue Brain.But any discussion of genderdifferences in children inevitably leads to this debate
33、,so I felt compelled to dive into the research dataon single-sex schooling.I read every study I could,weighed the existing evidence,and ultimatelyconcluded that single-sex education is not the answer to gender gaps in achievement-or the best wayforward for todays young people.After my book was published,I met several developmental andcognitive psychologists whose work was addressing gender and edu
