1、英语六级2016年2017 年英语六级真题及答案Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on thesayingKnowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it. You can give an example or twoto illustrate your point of view. You should write at least 150 word
2、s but no more than 200 words.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。Part Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section A注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。1. A. Prepare for his exams.B. Catch up on his work.C. Attend the concert.D. Go on a vacation.2. A. Three crew members were involved in the incident.B. None of the hijackers carried
3、 any deadly weapons.C. The plane had been scheduled to fly to Japan.D. None of the passengers were injured or killed.3. A. An article about the election.B. A tedious job to be done.C. An election campaign.D. A fascinating topic.4. A. The restaurant was not up to the speakers expectations.B. The rest
4、aurant places many ads in popular magazines.C. The critic thought highly of the Chinese restaurant.D. Chinatown has got the best restaurants in the city.5. A. He is going to visit his mother in the hospital.B. He is going to take on a new job next week.C. He has many things to deal with right now.D.
5、 He behaves in a way nobody understands.6. A. A large number of students refused to vote last night.B. At least twenty students are needed to vote on an issue.C. Major campus issues had to be discussed at the meeting.D. More students have to appear to make their voice heard.7. A. The woman can hardl
6、y tell what she likes.B. The speakers like watching TV very much.C. The speakers have nothing to do but watch TV.D. The man seldom watched TV before retirement.8. A. The woman should have registered earlier.B. He will help the woman solve the problem.C ) He finds it hard to agree with what the woman
7、 says.D. The woman will be able to attend the classes she wants.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A. Persuade the man to join her company.B. Employ the most up-to-date technology.C. Export bikes to foreign markets.D. Expand their domestic business.10. A. The stat
8、e subsidizes small and medium enterprises.B. The government has control over bicycle imports.C. They can compete with the best domestic manufacturers.D. They have a cost advantage and can charge higher prices.11. A. Extra costs might eat up their profits abroad.B. More workers will be needed to do p
9、ackaging.C. They might lose to foreign bike manufacturers.D. It is very difficult to find suitable local agents.12. A. Report to the management.B. Attract foreign investments.C. Conduct a feasibility studyD. Consult financial experts.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just hea
10、rd.13. A. Coal burnt daily for the comfort of our homes.B. Anything that can be used to produce power.C. Fuel refined from oil extracted from underground.D. Electricity that keeps all kinds of machines running.14. A. Oil will soon be replaced by alternative energy sources.B. Oil reserves in the worl
11、d will be exhausted in a decade.C. Oil consumption has given rise to many global problems.D. Oil production will begin to decline worldwide by 2025.15. A. Minimize the use of fossil fuels.B. Start developing alternative fuels.C. Find the real cause for global warming.D. Take steps to reduce the gree
12、nhouse effect.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you willhear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you heara question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A ), B ), C
13、. and D ).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 71 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A. The ability to predict fashion trends.B. A refined taste for artistic works.C. Years of practica
14、l experience.D. Strict professional training.17. A. Promoting all kinds of American hand-made specialties.英语六级B. Strengthening cooperation with foreign governments.C. Conducting trade in art works with dealers overseas.D. Purchasing handicrafts from all over the world.18. A. She has access to fashio
15、nable things.B. She is doing what she enjoys doing.C. She can enjoy life on a modest salary.D. She is free to do whatever she wants.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A. Join in neighborhood patrols.B. Get involved in his community.C. Voice his complaints
16、to the city council.D. Make suggestions to the local authorities.20. A. Deterioration in the quality of life.B. Increase of police patrols at night.C. Renovation of the vacant buildings.D. Violation of community regulations.21. A. They may take a long time to solve.B. They need assistance from the c
17、ity.C. They have to be dealt with one by one.D. They are too big for individual efforts.22. A. He had got some groceries at a big discount.B. He had read a funny poster near his seat.C. He had done a small deed of kindness.D. He had caught the bus just in time.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are bas
18、ed on the passage you have just heard.23. A. Childhood and healthy growth.B. Pressure and heart disease.C. Family life and health.D. Stress and depression.24. A. It experienced a series of misfortunes.B. It was in the process of reorganization.C. His mother died of a sudden heart attack.D. His wife
19、left him because of his bad temper.25. A. They would give him a triple bypass surgery.B. They could remove the block in his artery.C. They could do nothing to help him.D. They would try hard to save his life.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage
20、is read forthe first time,you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read forthe second time, 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：此部分
21、试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。When most people think of the word education, they think of a pupil as a sort of animatesausage casing. Into this empty casing, the teachers 26 stuff education.But genuine education, as Socrates knew more than two thousand years ago, is not 27 thestuffings of information into a person,
22、 but rather eliciting knowledge from him; it is the 28of what is in the mind.The most important part of education, once wrote William Ernest Hocking, the 29Harvard philosopher, is this instruction of a man in what he has inside of him. And, as EdithHamilton has reminded us, Socrates never said, I kn
23、ow, learn from me. He said, rather, Lookinto your own selvers and find the 30 of truth that God has put into every heart, and thatonly you can kindle (点燃) to a 31.In a dialogue, Socrates takes an ignorant slave boy, without a day of 32, and provesto the amazed observers that the boy really knows geo
24、metry-because the principles of geometryare already in his mind, waiting to be called out.So many of the discussions and 33 about the content of education are useless andinconclusive because they 34 what should go into the student rather than with what shouldbe taken out, and how this can best be do
25、ne.The college student who once said to me, after a lecture, I spend so much time studyingthat I dont have a chance to learn anything, was clearly expressing his 35 with thesausage-casing view of education.Part III Reading Compr ehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a p
26、assage 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 the bank is identified bya letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each i
27、tem on ,Answer Street 2 with a singleline through 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.Innovation, the elixir (灵丹妙药 ) of progress, has always cost people their jobs. In theIndustrial Revolution hand weavers were
28、 36 aside by the mechanical loom. Over the past 30years the digitalrevolution has 37 many of the mid-skill jobs that supported 20th-century middle-class life.Typists,ticket agents, bank tellers and many production-line jobs have been dispensed with, justas the weavers were.For those who believe that
29、 technological progress has made the world a better place, suchdisruption is a natural part of rising 38. Although innovation kills some jobs, it creates newand better ones, as a more 39 society becomes richer and its wealthier inhabitants demandmore goods and services. A hundred years ago one in th
30、ree American workers was 40 on a farm.Today less than 2% of them produce far more food. The millions freed from the land were not rendered41, but found better- paid work as the economy grew more sophisticated. Today the pool ofsecretaries has 42, but there are ever more computer programmers and web
31、designers.Optimism remains the right starting-point, but for workers the dislocating effects oftechnology may make themselves evident faster than its 43. Even if new jobs and wonderful英语六级products emerge, in the short term income gaps will widen, causing huge social dislocation andperhaps even chang
32、ing politics.Technologys 44 will feel like a tornado (旋风), hitting the rich world first, but 45sweeping through poorer countries too. No government is prepared for it.注意:此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。A. benefits F) jobless K) rhythmB. displaced G) primarily L) sentimentsC. employed H) productive M) shrunkD. eventually I)
