1、 2019-06-CET6(第 2 套)-1 2019 年年 6 月大学英语六级考试真题月大学英语六级考试真题(第第 2 套套) Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the importance of mutual understanding and respect in interpersonal relationships. You should write at least 150 words but no more t
2、han 200 words. _ _ _ _ _ Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section A 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 questio
3、n, 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. Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 1. A. Why Roman Holiday was more famous than Breakfast at
4、 Tiffanys. B. Why Audrey Hepburn had more female fans than male ones. C. Why the woman wanted to be like Audrey Hepburn. D. Why so many girls adored Audrey Hepburn. 2. A. Her unique personality. B. Her physical condition. C. Her shift of interest to performing arts. D. Her familys suspension of fina
5、ncial aid. 3. A. She was not an outgoing person. B. She was modest and hardworking. C. She was easy-going on the whole. D. She was usually not very optimistic. 4. A. She was influenced by the roles she played in the films. B. Her parents taught her to sympathize with the needy. C. She learned to vol
6、unteer when she was a child. D. Her family benefited from other peoples help. Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 5. A. Give a presentation. B. Raise some questions. C. Start a new company. D. Attend a board meeting. 6. A. It will cut production costs. B. It will rais
7、e productivity. C. No staff will be dismissed. D. No new staff will be hired. 7. A. The timeline of restructuring. B. The reasons for restructuring. C. The communication channels. D. The companys new missions. 8. A. By consulting their own department managers. B. By emailing questions to the man or
8、the woman. C. By exploring various channels of communication. 2019-06-CET6(第 2 套)-2 D. By visiting the companys own computer network. 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 questio
9、ns 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. Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard. 9. A. It
10、 helps passengers to take care of their pet animals. B. It has animals to help passengers carry their luggage. C. It uses therapy animals to soothe nervous passengers. D. It allows passengers to have animals travel with them. 10. A. Avoiding possible dangers. B. Finding their way around. C. Identify
11、ing drug smugglers. D. Looking after sick passengers. 11. A. Schedule their flights around the animal visits. B. Photograph the therapy animals at the airport. C. Keep some animals for therapeutic purposes. D. Bring their pet animals on board their plane. Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage
12、you have just heard. 12. A. Beside a beautifully painted wall in Arles. B. Beside the gate of an ancient Roman city. C. At the site of an ancient Roman mansion. D. At the entrance to a reception hall in Rome. 13. A. A number of different images. B. A number of mythological heroes. C. Various musical
13、 instruments. D. Paintings by famous French artists. 14. A. The originality and expertise shown. B. The stunning images vividly depicted. C. The worldly sophistication displayed. D. The impressive skills and costly dyes. 15. A. His artistic taste is superb. B. His identity remains unclear C. He was
14、a collector of antiques. D. He was a rich Italian merchant. 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 fou
15、r choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard. 16. A. They encourage international cooperation. B. They lay stress on basic scientific research. C. They
16、 place great emphasis on empirical studies. D. They favour scientists from its member countries. 17. A. Many of them wish to win international recognition. B. They believe that more hands will make light work. C. They want to follow closely the international trend. D. Many of their projects have bec
17、ome complicated. 2019-06-CET6(第 2 套)-3 18. A. It requires mathematicians to work independently. B. It is faced with many unprecedented challenges. C. It lags behind other disciplines in collaboration. D. It calls for more research funding to catch up. Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording yo
18、u have just heard. 19. A. Scientists tried to send a balloon to Venus. B. Scientists discovered water on Venus. C. Scientists found Venus had atmosphere. D. Scientists observed Venus from a space vehicle. 20. A. It resembles Earth in many aspects. B. It is the same as fiction has portrayed. C. It is
19、 a paradise of romance for alien life. D. It undergoes geological changes like Earth. 21. A. It might have been hotter than it is today. B. It might have been a cozy habitat for life. C. It used to have more water than Earth. D. It used to be covered with rainforests. Questions 22 to 25 are based on
20、 the recording you have just heard. 22. A. Causes of sleeplessness. B. Cross-cultural communication. C. Cultural psychology. D. Motivation and positive feelings. 23. A. They attach great importance to sleep. B. They often have trouble falling asleep. C. They pay more attention to sleep efficiency. D
21、. They generally sleep longer than East Asians. 24. A. By asking people to report their sleep habits. B. By observing peoples sleep patterns in labs. C. By having people wear motion-detecting watches. D. By videotaping peoples daily sleeping processes. 25. A. It has made remarkable progress in the p
22、ast few decades. B. It has not yet explored the cross-cultural aspect of sleep. C. It has not yet produced anything conclusive. D. It has attracted attention all over the world. Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You
23、 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 through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 wi
24、th a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage. The dream of personalised fight is still vivid in the minds of many inventors, some developing cycle-powered craft, others 26 money into jetpacks (
25、喷气飞行背包). However, the flying car has always remained the 27 symbol of personal transport freedom. Several companies around the world have produced 28 that can drive on roads and fly. Airbus has a futuristic modular (组件式的) concept involving a passenger capsule that can be 29 from the road-going chass
26、is (底盘) and picked up by a helicopter-type machine. But all these concepts are massively expensive, require safety certification standards for road and air, need 30 controls, involve complex folding wings and propellers, and have to be flown from 2019-06-CET6(第 2 套)-4 air-strips. So they are likely
27、to remain rich peoples playthings rather than practical transport solutions for the masses. “A car that takes off from some London street and lands in another 31 street is unlikely to happen, “says Prof. Gray, a leading aeronautical engineer. “Sky taxis are much more likely.” But that wont stop inve
28、ntors from dreaming up new ways to fly and trying to persuade investors to back their sometimes 32 schemes. Civilian aviation is being disrupted, not by the age-old desires for speed, romanticism and 33 , but by the pressing need to respond to a changing climate. New electric engines coupled with ar
29、tificial intelligence and 34 systems will contribute to a more efficient, integrated transport system that is less polluting and less noisy. That may sound simple, but as Prof. Gray says, “When I travel somewhere I like this notion that when I finish my journey I feel better than when I started it.
30、Thats completely at 35 with how I feel today.” Now that would be progress. Section B Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information
31、is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. Companies Are Working with Consumers to Reduce Waste A) As consumers, we are very wasteful. Annually, the world generates 1.3 bil
32、lion tons of solid waste. This is expected to go up to 2.2 billion by 2025. The developed countries are responsible for 44% of waste, and in the U. S. alone, the average person throws away their body weight in rubbish every month. B) Conventional wisdom would seem to suggest that companies have no i
33、ncentive to lengthen the life cycle of their products and reduce the revenue they would get from selling new goods. Yet, more and more businesses are thinking about how to reduce consumer waste. This is partly driven by the rising price of raw materials and metals. It is also partly due to both cons
34、umers and companies becoming more aware of the need to protect our environment. C) When choosing what products to buy and which brands to buy from, more and more consumers are looking into sustainability. This is opposed to just price and performance they were concerned about in the past. In a surve
35、y of 54 of the worlds leading brands, almost all of them reported that consumers are showing increasing care about sustainable lifestyles. At the same time, surveys on consumers in the U.S. and the U. K. show that they also care about minimizing energy use and reducing waste. A. autonomous I. pourin
36、g B. detached J. prototypes C. dual K. random D. glamour L. repressing E. imminent M. segmented F. odds N. spectrum G. opposites O. ultimate H. outrageous 2019-06-CET6(第 2 套)-5 D) For the most part, consumers control what happens to a product. But some companies are realizing that placing the burden
37、 of recycling entirely on the consumer is not an effective strategy, especially when tossing something away seems like the easiest and most convenient option. E) Some retailers and manufacturers in the clothing, footwear, and electronics industries have launched environmental programs. They want to
38、make their customers interested in preserving their products and preventing things that still have value from going to the garbage dump. By offering services to help expand the longevity of their products, theyre promising quality and durability to consumers, and receiving the reputational gains for
39、 being environmentally friendly. F) For example, the Swedish jeans company Nudie Jeans offers free repair at twenty of their shops. Instead of discarding their old worn-out jeans, customers bring them in to be renewed. The company even provides mail-order repair kits and online videos, so that custo
40、mers can learn how to fix a pair of jeans at home. Their philosophy is that extending the life of a pair of jeans is not only great for the environment, but allows the consumer to get more value out of their product. When customers do want to toss their pair, they can give them back to the store, wh
41、ich will repurpose and resell them. Another clothing company, Patagonia, a high-end outdoor clothing store, follows the same principle. It has partnered with DIY website iFixit to teach consumers how to repair their clothing, such as waterproof outerwear, at home. The company also offers a repair pr
42、ogram for their customers for a modest fee. Currently, Patagonia repairs about 40,000 garments a year in their Reno, Nevada, service center. According to the companys CEO, Rose Marcario, this is about building a company that cares about the environment. At the same time, offering repair supports the
43、 perceived quality of its products. G) In Brazil, the multinational corporation Adidas has been running a shoe-recycling program called “Sustainable Footprint” since 2012. Customers can bring shoes of any brand into an Adidas store to be shredded and turned into alternative fuels for energy creation
44、 instead of being burned as trash, they are used to fuel cement ovens. To motivate visitors to bring in more old shoes, Adidas Brazil promotes the program in stores by showing videos to educate customers, and it even offers a discount each time a customer brings in an old pair of shoes. This boosts
45、the reputation and image of Adidas by making people more aware of the companys values. H) Enormous opportunities also lie with e-waste. It is estimated that in 2014 the world produced some 42 million metric tons of e-waste (discarded electrical and electronic equipment and its parts) with North America and Europe accounting for 8 and 12 million metric tons respectively. The materials from e-waste include iron, copper, gold, silver, and aluminum-materials that could be reused, resold, salvaged, or recycled. Together, the value of these metals is estimated to be about $52 bill
