2013年6月大学英语六级真题
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A
Directions:In this section you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
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11. A) She has completely recovered.
B) She went into shock after an operation.
C) She is still in a critical condition.
D) She is getting much better.
12. A) Ordering a breakfast. C) Buying a train ticket.
B) Booking a hotel room. D) Fixing a compartment.
13. A) Most borrowers never returned the books to her.
B) The man is the only one who brought her book back.
C) She never expected anyone to return the books to her.
D) Most of the books she lent out came back without jackets.
14. A) She left her work early to get some bargains last Saturday.
B) She attended the supermarket’s grand opening ceremony.
C) She drove a full hour before finding a parking space.
D) She failed to get into the supermarket last Saturday.
15. A) He is bothered by the pain in his neck.
B) He cannot do his report without a computer.
C) He cannot afford to have a coffee break.
D) He feels sorry to have missed the report.
16. A) Only top art students can show their works in the gallery.
B) The gallery space is big enough for the man’s paintings.
C) The woman would like to help with the exibition layout.
D) The man is uncertain how his art works will be received.
17. A) The woman needs a temporary replacement for her assistant.
B) The man works in the same department as the woman does.
C) The woman will have to stay in hospital for a few days.
D) The man is capable of dealing with difficult people.
18. A) It was better than the previous one.
B) It distorted the mayor’s speech.
C) It exaggerated the city’s economy problems.
D) It reflected the opinions of most economists.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A) To inform him of a problem they face.
B) To request him to purchase control desks.
C) To discuss the content of a project report.
D) To ask him to fix the dictating machine.
20. A) They quote the best price in the market.
B) They manufacture and sell office furniture.
C) They cannot deliver the steel sheets on time.
D) They cannot produce the steel sheets needed
21. A) By marking down the unit price.
B) By accepting the penalty clauses.
C) By allowing more time for delivery.
D) By promising better after-sales service.
22. A) Give the customer a ten percent discount.
B) Claim compensation from the stool suppliers.
C) Ask the Buying Department to change suppliers.
D) Cancel the contract with the customer.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. A) Stockbroker. C) Mathematician.
B) Physicist. D) Economist.
24. A) Improve computer programming.
B) Predict global population growth.
C) Explain certain natural phenomena.
D) Promote national financial health.
25. A) Their different educational backgrounds.
B) Changing attitudes toward nature.
C) Chaos theory and its applications.
D) The current global economic crisis.
Section B
Directions: In this section you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some 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 2 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A) They lay great emphasis on hard work.
B) They name 150 star engineers each year.
C) They require high academic degrees.
D) They have people with a very high IQ.
27. A) long years of job training.
B) High emotional intelligence.
C) Distinctive academic qualifications.
D) Devotion to the advance of science.
28. A) Good interpersonal relationships.
B) Rich working experience.
C) Sophisticated equipment.
D) High motivation.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. A) A diary.
B) A fairy tale.
C) A history textbook.
D) A biography.
30. A) He was a sports fan.
B) He loved architecture.
C) He disliked school.
D) He liked hair-raising stories.
31. A) Encourage people to undertake adventures.
B) Publicize his colorful and unique life stories.
C) Raise people’s environmental awareness.
D) Attract people to America’s national parks.
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32.A) The first infected victim.
B) A coastal village in Africa.
C) The doctor who first identified it.
D) A river running through the Congo.
33.A) They exhibit similar symptoms.
B) They can be treated with the same drug.
C) They have almost the same mortality rate.
D) They have both disappeared for good.
34.A) By inhaling air polluted with the virus.
B) By contacting contaminated body fluids.
C) By drinking water from the Congo River.
D) By eating food grown in Sedan and Zaire.
35. A) More strains will evolve from the Ebola virus.
B) Scientists will eventually find cures for Ebola.
C) Another Ebola epidemic may erupt sooner or later.
D) Dose infected, one will become immune to Ebola.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks you can write the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
The ideal companion machine would not only look, feel, and sound friendly but would also be programmed to behave in an agreeable manner. Those (36) that make interaction with other people enjoyable would be simulated as closely as possible, and the machine would appear to (37) stimulating and easygoing. Its informal conversation style would make interaction comfortable, and yet the machine would remain slightly (38) and therefore interesting. In its first (39) it might be somewhat honest and unsmiling that it came to know the user it would progress to a mere (40) and intimate style. The machine would not be a passive (41) but would add its own suggestions, information, and opinions; it would sometimes take the (42) in developing or changing the topic and would have a (43) of its own.
The machine would convey presence. We have all seen how a computer’s use of personal names (44) . Such features are wholly written into the software (45) .
Friendships are not made in a day, and the computer would be more acceptable as a friend (46) . At an appropriate time I might also express the kind of affection that simulates attachment and intimacy.
Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Direction: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete stamens. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.
Question 47 to 51 are based on the following passage
Highly proficient musicianship is hard won. Although it’s often assumed musical ability us inherited, there’s abundant evidence that this isn’t the case. While it seems that at birth virtually everyone has perfect pitch, the reasons that one child is better than another are motivation and practice.
Highly musical children were sung to more as infants and more encouraged to join in song games as kids than less musical ones, long before any musical ability could have been evident. Studies of classical musicians prove that the best ones practiced considerably more from childhood onwards than ordinary orchestral players, and this is because their parents were at them to put in the hours from a very young age.
The same was true of children selected for entry to specialist music schools, compared with those who were rejected. The chosen children had parents who had very actively supervised music lessons and daily practice from young ages, giving up substantial periods of leisure time to take the children to lessons and concerts.
The singer Michael Jackson’s story, although unusually brutal and extreme, is illumination when considering musical prodigy(天才). Accounts suggest that he was subjected to cruel beatings and emotional torture ,and that he was humiliated (羞辱) constantly by his father, What sets Jackson’s family apart is that his father used his reign of terror to train his children as musicians and dancers.
On top of his extra ability Michael also had more drive. This may have been the result of being the closest of his brothers and sisters to his mother. “He seemed different to me from the other children —special,”Michael’s mother said of him. She may not have realized that treating her son as special may have been part of the reason be became like that.
All in all, if you want to bring up a Mozart or Bach, the key factor is how hard you are prepared to crack the whip. Thankfully, most of us will probably settle for a bit of fun on the recorder and some ill-executed pieces of music-on the piano from our children.
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47.According to the author, a child’s musical ability has much to do with their .
48. In order to develop the musical ability of their children, many parents will accompany them during their practice sacrificing a lot of then own .
49. Because of their father’s pressure and strict training, Michael Jackson and some of his brothers and sisters eventually became .
50. Michael’s extra drive for music was partly due to the fact that he was by his mother.
51. To bring up a great musician like Mozart or Bach, willingness to be strict with your child is
