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2016年6 月英语六级真题及答案
Part I Writing （30minutes）
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 write at least 150 words but no more
than 200words.
Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)
SectionA
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 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 thecentre.
Questions1to 4arebasedon theconversation you havejustheard.
1.A) Project organizer.
B) Publicrelations officer.
C)Marketing manager.
D) Market research consultant.
2.A) Quantitativeadvertising research.
B) Questionnaire design.
C)Research methodology.
D) Interviewertraining.
3.A)They are intensivestudies of people's spending habits.
B)They examinerelations between producers and customers.
C)They lookfor new and effective ways to promote products.
D)They study trends or customersatisfaction overa longperiod.
4.A)Thelack ofpromotion opportunity.
B) Checking charts and tables.
C)Designing questionnaires.
D)Thepersistent intensity.
Questions5to 8arebasedon theconversation you havejustheard.
5.A) Hisview onCanadian universities.
B) His understanding ofhighereducation.
C)His suggestions forimprovements inhigher education.
D) Hiscomplaint about bureaucracy inAmerican universities.
6.A) It is well designed.
B) It is rather inflexible.
C)It varies amonguniversities.D) It has undergone great changes.
7.A)The United States and Canada can learn from each other.
B) Publicuniversitiesare often superior to privateuniversities.
C)Everyone should begiven equal access to highereducation.
D) Privateschools work more efficiently than publicinstitutions.
8.A) University systems vary from country to country.
B) Efficiency isessential to university management.
C)It is hard tosay which is better,a publicuniversity oraprivate one.
D) Many privateuniversities in theU.S. are actually large bureaucracies.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage,
you will hear 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.
Questions9to 11arebasedon the passageyouhavejustheard.
9.A) Government's role in resolving aneconomic crisis.
B)The worsening real wage situation around theworld.
C)Indications of economicrecovery in theUnited States.
D)Theimpact of thecurrent economic crisis onpeople's life.
10.A)They willfeel less pressure to raise employees5 wages.
B)They willfeel free tochoose themostsuitable employees.
C)They willfeel inclined to expand theirbusiness operations.
D)They will feel moreconfident in competing withtheir rivals.
11.A)Employees and companies cooperatetopull through theeconomic crisis.
B) Government and companies joinhands to createjobs for theunemployed.
C)Employees work shorter hours to avoid layoffs.
D)Teamwork will beencouraged in companies.
Questions12to 15arebasedon thepassageyouhavejust heard.
12.A)Whether memory supplements work.
B)Whetherherbal medicine works wonders.
C)Whetherexercise enhances one's memory.
D)Whether amagic memory promises success.
13.A)They help theelderly morethan the young.
B)They are beneficial in oneway oranother.
C)They generally donot havesideeffects.
D)They are not based onreal science.
14.A)They are available at most country fairs.
B)They are taken in relatively high dosage.
C)They are collected or grown byfarmers.D)They are prescribed bytrained practitioners.
15.A)They have often proved to beas helpful as doing mental exercise.
B)Takingthem with other medications might entail unnecessary risks.
C)Their effect lastsonly a short time.
D) Many have benefited from them.
Section C
Directions: 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
Answer Sheet 1with asinglelinethrough thecentre.
Questions16to 18arebasedon therecording youhavejust heard.
16.A) Howcatastrophic natural disasters turn out tobe to developing nations.
B) HowtheWorldMeteorological Organization studiesnatural disasters.
C)Howpowerless humans appear to beinface ofnatural disasters.
D) Howthenegative impacts ofnatural disasters can bereduced.
17.A) By training rescue teams for emergencies.
B) By takingsteps to prepare people fbrthem.
C)By changing people's views of nature.
D) Byrelocating people tosafer places.
18.A) Howpreventive action can reducethe lossof life.
B) Howcourageous Cubans are in face ofdisasters.
C)HowCubans suffer from tropical storms.
D) Howdestructive tropical storms can be.
Questions19to 22arebasedon therecording youhavejust heard.
19.A) Pay back theirloans to theAmerican government.
B) Provideloans to thosein severe financial difficulty.
C)Contributemoreto thegoal of awider recovery.
D) Speed uptheirrecovery from thehousing bubble.
20.A) Somebanks may have tomerge withothers.
B) Many smaller regional banks are going tofail.
C)It willbe hard forbanks toprovide moreloans.
D) Many banks will haveto lay offsomeemployees.
21.A) It will work closely with thegovernment.
B) It willendeavor to writeoffbad loans.
C)It willtry to lowertheinterest rate.
D) It will try to providemore loans.
22.A) It won't helptheAmerican economy toturn around.
B) It won't doany good tothe majorcommercial banks.
C)It willwin the approval oftheObama administration.
D) It will benecessary ifthe economy starts to shrink again.Questions23to 25arebasedon therecording youhavejust heard.
23.A) Being unable to learn newthings.
B) Being rather slowto makechanges.
C)Losing temper moreand more often.
D) Losing the abilityto get onwith others.
24.A) Cognitivestimulation.
B) Community activity.
C)Balanced diet.
D) Fresh air.
25.A) Ignoring thesigns and symptoms ofaging.
B)Adopting an optimisticattitudetowards life.
C)Endeavoring to give upunhealthy lifestyles.
D) Seeking advice from doctors from timetotime.
Part ID Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
SectionA
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are
