2015年6月大学英语六级考试真题（第一套）
Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section A
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 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) Therestaurant was not up to the speakers' expectations. B) The restaurant places many ads in popular magazines. C) The critic thought highly of the Chinese restaurant. D) Chinatown has got the best restaurant 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) 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 hardly 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 retired earlier.4 B) He will help the woman solve the problem.
C) He finds it hard to agree with what the woman 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 state subsidizes small and medium enterprises. B) The government has control over bicycle imports.
C) They can compete with the best domestic manufactures.
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 packaging. 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 study. D) Consult financial experts.
Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard .
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 world 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 2015. 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 greenhouse effect.
Section B Passage One Questions 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 practical experience. D) Strict professional training.
17. A) Promoting all kinds of American hand-made specialities. 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 fashionable 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 Two Questions 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 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 form the city.
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 Three Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
23. A) Childhood and family growth. B) Pressure and 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 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 C
When most people think of the word “education”, they think of a pupil as a sort of animate sausage casing. Into this empty casting, the teachers (26) stuff “education.” But genuine education, as Socrates knew more than two thousand years ago, is not (27) the stuffing of information into a person, but rather eliciting knowledge from him; it is the (28) of what is in the mind. “The most important part of education,” once wrote William Ernest Hocking, the (29) Harvard philosopher, “is this instruction of a man in what he has inside of him.” And, as Edith Hamilton has reminded us, Socrates never said, “I know, learn from me。” He said, rather, “Look into your own selves and find the (30) of the truth that God has put into every heart and that only you can kindle (点
燃)to a (31) .” In a dialogue, Socrates takes an ignorant slave boy, without a day of (32) , and proves to the amazed observers that the boy really “knows” geometry一
because the principles of geometry are already in his mind, waiting to be called out. So many of the discussions and (33) about the content of education are useless and inconclusive because they (34) what should “go into” the student rather than with what should be taken out, and how this can best be done. The college student who once said to me, after a lecture, “I spend so much time studying that I don't have a chance to learn anything,” was clearly expressing his (35) with the sausage casing view of education.
2015年6月大学英语六级考试真题（第二套）
Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section A
1. A) The woman seldom speaks highly of herself. B) The man is unhappy with the woman's remark.
C) The man behaves as if he were a thorough fool. D) The woman thinks she is cleverer than the man.
2. A) Three crew members were involved in the incident. B) None of the hijackers carried any deadly weapons. C) The plane had been scheduled to fly to Japan. D) None of the passengers were injured or killed.
3. A) At a checkout counter. B) At a commercial bank. C) At a travel agency. D) At a hotel front desk. 4. A) The restaurant was not up to the speakers' expectations. B) The restaurant 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) Prof. Laurence has stopped conducting seminars. B) Prof. Laurence is going into an active retirement. C) The professor's graduate seminar is well received.
D) The professor will lead a quiet life after retirement. 6. A) Finding a replacement for Leon. B) Assigning Leon to a new position. C) Arranging for Rodney's visit tomorrow. D) Finding a solution to Rodney's problem.
7. A) Helen has been looking forward to the exhibition. B) The photography exhibition will close tomorrow.
C) Helen asked the man to book a ticket for her. D) Photography is one of Helen's many hobbies. 8. A) The speakers share the same opinion. B) Steve knows how to motivate employees.
C) The woman is out of touch with the real world. D) The man has a better understanding of Steve.
Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9. A) It is well paid. B) It is demanding. C) It is stimulating. D) It is fairly secure. 10. A) A lighter workload. B) Free accommodation. C) Moving expenses. D) A quick promotion. 11.A) He has to sign a long-term contract.
B) He has trouble adapting to the local weather.
C) He has to spend a lot more traveling back and forth. D) He has difficulty communicating with local people. 12.A) The woman sympathizes with the man. B) The man is in the process of job hunting. C) The man is going to attend a job interview. D) The woman will help the man make a choice.
Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
13.A) To see if he can get a loan from the woman's bank. B) To see if he can find a job in the woman's company. C) To inquire about the current financial market situation. D) To inquire about the interest rates at the woman's bank.
14. A) Long-term investment. B) Any high-interest deposit. C)A three-month deposit. D) Any high-yield investment.
15. A) She treated him to a meal. B) She raised interest rates for him. C) She offered him dining coupons. D) She gave him loans at low rates.
Section B Passage One Questions 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 practical experience. D) Strict professional training. 17.A) Promoting all kinds of American hand-made specialties. 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 fashionable 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 Two Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19.A) Its role is to regulate international coffee prices. B) It represents several countries that export coffee. C) Its most important task is to conduct coffee studies. D) It is a Portuguese company selling coffee in New York. 20.A) The increased coffee consumption. B) The fluctuation of coffee prices. C) The freezing weather in Brazil. D) The impact of global warming.
21.A) He is a heavy coffee drinker. B) He is tall, rich and intelligent. C) He is doing a bachelor's degree. D) He is young, handsome and single.
22.A) A visit to several coffee-growing plantations. B) A vacation on some beautiful tropical beach. C) Coffee prices and his advertising campaign. D) A quick promotion and a handsome income.
Passage Three Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
23.A) They were delayed by the train for hours. B) They were late for the first morning bus. C) They boarded a wrong coach in a hurry. D) They were held up in a traffic jam.
24. A) It was postponed due to terrible weather. B) It was spoiled by poor accommodations.
C) It was the most exciting trip they ever had. D) It was canceled because of an unexpected strike. 25.A) Go overseas. B) Stay at home.
C) Take escorted trips. D) Take romantic cruises.
Section C Why would an animal kill itself? It seems a strange question,
Why would an animal kill itself? It seems a strange questionand yet it is one that has (26)____ some people for a long time. The lemming（旅鼠）
is one such animal. Lemmings periodically commit mass (27) ____, and no one knows just why! The small (28) ____, which inhabit the Scandinavian mountains, sustain themselves on a diet of roots and live in nests they make underground. When their food supply is (29) ____ large, the lemmings live a normal, undisturbed life. However, when the lemmings' food supply becomes too low to support the population, a singular (30) ____ commences. The lemmings leave their nests all together at the same time, forming huge crowds. Great numbers of the lemmings begin a long and hard journey across the Scandinavian plains, a journey that may last weeks. The lemmings eat everything in their path, continuing their (31) ____ march until they reach the sea. The reason for what follows remains a mystery for zoologis
ts and naturalists. Upon reaching the coast, the lemmings do not stop but swim by the thousands into the surf. Most (32)____ only a short time before they tire, sink and drown. A common theory for this unusual phenomenon is that the lemmings do not realize that the ocean is such (33) ____ water. In their cross-country journey, the animals must traverse many smaller bodies of water, such as rivers and small lakes. They may (34) ____ that the sea is just another such swimmable (35) ____. But no final answer has been found to the mystery.
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