2014年6月大學(xué)英語六級真題及答案（233網(wǎng)校）.doc

2014年6月大學(xué)英語六級真題及答案（233網(wǎng)校）PartI Writing ( 30minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to put all your eggs in one basket. You can give examples to illustrate your point .You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise a person by their appearance. You can give examples to illustrate your point .You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to jump to conclusions upon seeing or hearing something. You can give examples to illustrate your point .You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Part Listening Comprehension(30 minutes)Section ADirections: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 conversation 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 Sheet1 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分試題請在答題卡1上作答。 1.A)They might be stolen goodsB)They might be fake productsC)They might be faulty productsD)They might be smuggled good2.A)They are civil servantsB)They are job applicantsC)They are news reportersD)They are public speakers 3.A)The man has decided to quit his computer classB)The woman wants to get a degree in administrationC)A computer degree is a must for administrative workD)The man went to change the time of his computer class4.A)A lot of contestants participated in the show B)The fifth contestant won the biggest prize C)It was not as exciting as he had expectedD)It was sponsored by a car manufacturer5.A)Reading a newspaper column B)Looking at a railway timetable C)Driving form New York to BostonD)Waiting for someone at the airport6.A)He wears a coat bought in the mall B)He got a new job at the barbershopC)He had a finger hurt last nightD)He had his hair cut yesterday7.A)He cannot appreciate the Picasso exhibitionB)Even his nephew can draw as well as PicassoC)He is not quite impressed with modern paintingsD)Some drawings by kindergarten kids are excellent8.A）He should not put the cart before the horseB)His conduct does not square with his words C)His attitude to student government has changedD)He has long beeninvolved in student governmentQuestions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard9.A)She left her own car in ManchesterB)Something went wrong with her carC)She wants to go traveling on the weekendD)Her car won,t be back in a week,s time 10.A)Safety B)SizeC)ComfortD)Cost11.A)Third-party insurance B)Value-added taxC)PetrolD)CDWQuestions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard 12.A)How to update the basic facilitiesB)What to do to enhance their position C)Where to locate their plant D)How to attract investments13.A)Their road link to otherEuropean countries is fastB)They are all located in the south of France C)They are very close to each otherD)Their basic facilities are good 14.A)Try to avoid making a hasty decision B)Take advantage ofthe train links C)Talk with the local authoritiesD)Conduct field surveys first15.A)Future product distribution B)Local employment policiesC)Road and rail links for small towns D)Skilled workforce in the hilly regionSection BDirections: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 1 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分試題請在答題卡1上作答。 Passage one Questions16to 18 are basedon the passage you have just haard.16.A)One fifth of them were on bad terms with their sisters and broithers.B)About one eighth of them admitted to lingering bitter feelings.C)More than half of them were involved in inheritance disputes.D)Most of them had broken with their sisters andbrothers.17.A)Less concern with money matters.B)More experience in worldly affairs.C)Advance in age.D)Freedom from work.18.A)They have little time left to renew contact with their brothers and sisters.B)They tend to forget past unhappy memories and focus on their present needs .C)They are more tolerant of one another.D)They find close relatives more reliable.PassageTwo Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have justheard.19.A)They have bright colors and intricate patterns.B)They can only survive in parts of theAmericas.D)They have strong wings capable of flying long distances.20.A)In a Michigan mountain forest.B)In a Louisiana mountain forest. C)In a Kentucky mountain forest.D)In aMexican mountainforest.21.A)Each flock of butterflies lays eggs in the same states.B)They start to lay eggs when they are nine months old.C)Each generation in a cycle lays eggs at a different place.D)Only the strongest can reach their destination to lay eggs.22.A)Evolution of monarch butterflies.B)Living habits of monarch butterflies.C)Migration patterns of monarch butterflies.D)Environmentalimpacts on monarch butterfly life.Passage Three Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you habe just heard.23.A)Time has become more limited B)Time has become more precious C)Time is money D)Time is relative 24.A)Americams now attach more importance to the effective use of time.B)Americans today have more free time than earlier generationsC)The number of hours Americans work has increased steadilyD)More andmore Americans feel pressed for timenowadays25.A)Our interpersonal relationships improve B)Our work efficiency increases greatly.C)Our living habits are alteredD)Our behavior is changedSection CDirections: In this section,you will hear a passage three times.when the passage isRead 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 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.Thefirst copyright law in the United States was passed by Congress in1790. .In1976 Congress enacted the latest copyright law, _(26) _ the technological developments that hadoccurred since the passage of the Copyright Act of 1909. For example,in 1909,anyone who wanted to make asingle copy of a _(27) _ work for personal use had to do so by hand.The very process_(28) _ alimitation on the quantity of materials copied. Today, a photocopier can do the work in seconds; thelimitation has diasppeared. The 1909 law did not provide full protection for films and suondrecording,nor did it_(29) _ the need to protect radio and television. As a result,_(30) _ of thelaw and abuese of the intent of the law have lessened the_(31) _ rewards of authors,artises,andproducers.The 1976 Copyright Act has not prevented these abuses fully, but it has clarified thelegal rights of the injured parties and given them an_(32) _ for remedy.since 1976 the Act has been_(33) _ to inclued computer sofrware,and guiedlines have been adpotedfor fair use of television broadcases.These changes have cleared up much of the confusion andconflict that followed_(34) _ the 1976 legislation.Thefine points of the law are decided by the courts and by acceptable common practice over time.As these decisions and agreements are made,we modify our behavior accordingly. For now,we need to_(35) _ the law and its guidelines as accurately as we can and to act in a fair manner. Part III RdadingComprehension(40minutes)Section A Directions:In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks,You are required to select One word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage throughcarefully beforemaking your choices. Each choice in the bamk is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item onAnswer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. For investors who desire low risk and guaranteed income,U.S. Government bonds are a secure investment because these bonds have the financial backing and full faith and credit of the federal government.Municipal bonds,also secure,are offered by local governmengts and often have_36_such as tax-free interest.Some may even be _37_.Corportate bonds are a bit more risky.Two questions often_38_first-time corportate bond investors.The first is”If I purchase a corportate bond,do I have to hold it until the matueity date?”The answer is no.Bonds are bought and sold daily on _39_securities exchanges.However,if your bond does not have_40_ that make it attractive to other investors, you may be forced to sell your bond at a_41_i.e., a price less than the bonds face value. But if your bond is highly valued by other investors, you may be able to sell it at a premium, i.e., a price above its face value. Bond prices gcncrally_42_ inversely (相反地）with current market interest rates. As interest rates go up, bond pnccs tall, and vice versa (反之亦然）.Thus, like all investments，bonds have a degree of risk. The second question is “How can I _43_ the investment risk of a particular bond issue?” Standard & Poors and Moodys Investors Service rate the level of risk of many corporate and government bonds. And _44_, the higher the market risk of a bond，the higher the interest rate. Investors will invest in a bond considered risky only if the _45_return is high enough.注意:此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。A) advantagesI) fluctuateB) assessJ) indefiniteC) bother K) insuredD) conservedL) majorE) deductionM) naturallyF) discountN) potentialG) embarrass0) simultaneouslyH) featuresSection BDirections:In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statments attached to it.each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.identify the paragraph from weich the information is derived.you may choose a parpgraph more than once.each paragraph is marked with a letter.answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on answer sheet 2.lessons from a Feminist ParadiseAOn the surface,Sweden appears to be a feminist paradise.Look at any global survey of gender equality and Sweden will be near the top.Family-friendly policies are its norm-with 16 months of paid parental leave,special protections for part-time workers,and state-subsidized preschools where,according to a government website,gender-awareness education is increasingly common.due to an unfficial quota system,women hold 45 percent of positions in the swedish parliament.they have enjoyed the protection of government agencies with titles like the Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality and the Secretariat of Gender Research.So why are American women so far ahead of their Swedish counterparts in breaking through the glass ceiling?Bin a 2012 report,the World Economic Forum found that when it comes to closing the gender gap ineconmic participation and opportunity,the United States is ahead of not only Sweden but also Finland,Denmark,the Netherlands,Iceland,Germany,and the United Kingdom.Swedens rank in the report can largely be explained by its political quota system.Though the United States has fewer women in the workorce(68 percent compared to Swedens 77 percent).American women who choose to be employed are far more likely to work full-time and to hold high-level jobs as manangers or professionals.They also own more businesses,lauch more start-ups(新創(chuàng)辦的企業(yè)),and more often work in traditionally male fields.As for breaking through the glass ceiling in business,American women are well in the lead.Cwhat explains the American advantage?How can it be that societies like Sweden,where gender equality is vigorously pusued and engorced,have fewer female managers,executives,professionals,and business owners than eh laissez-faire(自由放任的)united states?A new study by clrnell economists Francine Blau and Lawrence Kahn gives an explanation.DGenerous parental leave policies and readily available part-time options have unintended consequences:instead of strengthening womens attachment to the workplace,they appear to weaken it.In addition to a 16-month leave,a swedish parent has the right to work six hours a day (for a reduced salary)until his or her child is eight years old.Mothers are far more likely than fathers to take advantage of this law,But extended leaves and part-time employment are known to be harmful to careersfor both genders. And with women a second factor comes into play:most seem to enjoy the flexible-time arrangement(once known as the “mommytrack”)and never find their way back to full-time or high-level employment.In sum:generous family-friendly policies do keep more women in the labor market,but they also tend to diminisb their careers. E According to Blau and Kahn,Swedish-style paternal(父親的)leave policies and flexibletime arrangements pose a second threat to womans progress:they make employers cautious about hiring woman for full-time positions at all.Offering ajob to a man is the safer bet.He is far less likely to take a year of parental leave and then return on a reduced work schedule for the next eight years.FI became aware of the triale of career-focused European woman a few years ago when I met a post-doctoral student from Germany who was then a visiting fellow at Johns Hopkins. She was astonished by the professional possibilities afforded to young American woman. Her best hope in Germanywas a govermment jobprospects for woman in the private sector were dim.”In Germany “ she told me,”we have all the benefits,”but employers dont wan to hire us.”G Swedish economists Magnus Henrekson and Mikael Stenkula addressed the following question in their 2009 study:why are there so few female top executives in the European egalitarian(平等主義的)welfare states?Their answer:”Broad-based welfare-statepolicies hinder womens representation in elite competitive positions.”H It is tempting to declare the Swedish policies regressive(退步的)and hail the American system as superior.But that would be shortsighted.The Swedes can certainly take a lesson from the United States and look for ways to clear a path for their ambitious female careerists. But most woman are not committsd careerists.When the Pew Research Center recently asked American parents to identify their”ideal”life arrangement,47 percent of mothers said they would prefer to work park-time and 20percent said they would prefer not to work at all.Fathers answered differrntly:75 percent preferred full-time work.Some version of the Swedish system might work well for a majority of American parents,but the United States is unlikely to fully embrace the Swedish model. Still,we can learn from their experience.IDespite its failure to shatter the glass ceiling,Sweden has one of the most powerful and innovative economies in the world.In its 2011-2012survey,the World Economic Forum ranked Sweden as the “rockstar of the recovery”in the Washington Post,also leads the world in life satisfaction and happiness. It is a society well worth studying,and its efforts to conquer the gender gap impart a vital lessonthough not the lesson the Swedes had in mind。 J Sweden has gone farther than any other nation on earth to integrate the sexes and to offer women the same opportunities and freedoms as men.For decades,these descendants of the Vikings have been trying to show the world that the right mix of enlinghtened policy.consciousness raising, and non-sexist child rearingwould close the gender divide once and for all.Yet the divide persists.K A 2012 press release from Statistics Sweden bears the title “Gender Equality in Sweden Treading(踩）Water” and notes:1、The total income from employment for all ages is lower for women than for men.2、One in three employed women and one in ten employed men work part-time.3、Womens working time is influenced by the number and age of theirchildren, but mens working time is not affected by these factors.4、Of all employees，only 13 percent of the women and 12 percent of the men have occupations with an even distribution of the sexes.L Confronted with such facts, some Swedish activists and legislators are demanding more ex-treme and far-reaching measures, such as replacing male and female pronouns with a neutral alternative and monitoring children more closely to correct them when they gravitahta(被吸引) toward gendered play. When it came to light last year that mothers, far more than fathers, chose to stay home from work to care for their sick kids. Ulf Kristersson. minister of social security, quickly commissioned a study to determine the causcs of and possiiblce cures for this disturbing stale of affairs.MSwcdish family policies, by accommodating womens preferences efleetively, are reduting the number of women in elite competitive positions. The Swedes will find this paradoxical and try to find solutions. Let us hope these do not include banning gender pronouns, policing childrensplay, implementing more gender quotas, or treating womens special attachment to home and family as a social injustice. Most mothers do not aspire to (向往) elite, competiti