1、微信公众号：上海升学助手 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 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 than 200 words. Part
2、 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 question, you must choose the best answ
3、er 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) A six- month-long negotiation. B) Preparations for the party. C) A project with a tro
4、ublesome client. D) Gift wrapping for the colleagues. 2. A) Take wedding photos. B) Advertise her company. C) Start a small business. D) Throw a celebration party. 3. A) Hesitant. B) Nervous. C) Flattered. D) Surprised. 4. A) Start her own bakery. B) Improve her baking skill. C) Share her cooking ex
5、perience. D) Prepare for the wedding. Questions 5 to 8 are based on the recording you have just heard. 5. A) They have to spend more time studying. B) They have to participate in club activities. C) They have to be more responsible for what they do. D) They have to choose a specific academic discipl
6、ine. 6. A) Get ready for a career. B) Make a lot of friends. C) Set a long-term goal. D) Behave like adults. 7. A) Those who share her academic interests. 微信公众号：上海升学助手 B) Those who respect her student commitments. C) Those who can help her when she is in need. D) Those who go to the same clubs as sh
7、e does. 8. A) Those helpful for tapping their potential. B)Those conducive to improving their social skills. C) Those helpful for cultivating individual interests. D) Those conducive to their academic studies. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each pass
8、age, 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
9、. Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard. 9. A) They break away from traditional ways of thinking. B) They are prepared to work harder than anyone else. C) They are good at refining old formulas. D) They bring their potential into full play. 10. A) They contributed to the pop
10、ularity of skiing worldwide. B) They resulted in a brandnew style of skiing techniques. C) They promoted the scientific use of skiing poles. D) They made explosive news in the sports world. 11. A) He was recognized as a genius in the world of sports. B)He competed in all major skiing events in the w
11、orld. C) He won three gold medals in one Winter Olympics. D) He broke three world skiing records in three years. Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard. 12. A) They appear restless. B) They lose consciousness. C) They become upset. D) They die almost instantly. 13. A) It has
12、 an instant effect on your body chemistry. B)It keeps returning to you every now and then. C) It leaves you with a long lasting impression. D) It contributes to the shaping of you mind. 14. A) To succeed while feeling irritated. B) To feel happy without good health. C) To be free from frustration an
13、d failure. D) To enjoy good health while in dark moods. 15. A) They are closely connected. B) They function in a similar way. 微信公众号：上海升学助手 C) They are too complex to understand. D) They reinforce each other constantly. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear three recordings of lectures
14、 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 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 16
15、to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard. 16. A) They differ in their appreciation of music. B) They focus their attention on different things. C) They finger the piano keys in different ways. D) They choose different pieces of music to play. 17. A) They manage to cooperate well with the
16、ir teammates. B) They use effective tactics to defeat their competitors. C) They try hard to meet the spectators expectations. D) They attach great importance to high performance. 18. A) It marks a breakthrough in behavioral science. B) It adopts a conventional approach to research. C) It supports a
17、 piece of conventional wisdom. D) It gives rise to controversy among experts. Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard. 19. A) Peoples envy of slim models. B) Peoples craze for good health. C) The increasing range of fancy products. D) The great variety of slimming products.
18、 20. A) They appear vigorous. B) They appear strange. C) They look charming. D) They look unhealthy. 21. A) Culture and upbringing. B) Wealth and social status. C) Peer pressure. D) Media influence. Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard. 22. A) The relation between hair a
19、nd skin. B) The growing interest in skin studies. C) The color of human skin. D) The need of skin protection. 23. A) The necessity to save energy. B) Adaptation to the hot environment. C) The need to breathe with ease. 微信公众号：上海升学助手 D) Dramatic climate changes on earth. 24. A) Leaves and grass. B) Ma
20、n-made shelter. C) Their skin coloring. D) Hair on their skin. 25. A) Their genetic makeup began to change. B)Their communities began to grow steadily. C) Their children began to mix with each other. D) Their pace of evolution began to quicken. Part Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A Direc
21、tions: 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 through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please m
22、ark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with 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 flight is still vivid in the minds of many inventors, some
23、 developing cycle-powered craft, others 26 money into jetpacks (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
24、involving a passenger capsule that can be 29 from the road-going chassis ( 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 ha
25、ve to be flown from air-strips. So they are likely 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 t
26、axis are much more likely.” But that wont stop inventors 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 cha
27、nging climate. New electric engines coupled with artificial 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 finis
28、h my journey I feel better than when I started it. Thats completely at 35 with how I feel today.” Now that would be progress. 微信公众号：上海升学助手 A) autonomous B) detached C) dual D) glamour E) imminent F) odds G) opposites H) outrageous I) pouring j) prototypes K) random L) repressing M) segmented N) spec
29、trum O) ultimate 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 is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Eac
30、h 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 billion tons of solid waste. This is expected to go up to 2.2
31、 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 incentive to lengthen the life cycle of their products and r
32、educe 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 consumers and companies becoming more aware of the need to prot
33、ect 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 survey of 54 of the worlds leading brands, almost all of them re
34、ported 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. D) For the most part, consumers control what happens to a product. But some compani
35、es are realizing that placing the burden of recycling entirely on the consumer 微信公众号：上海升学助手 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 industrie
36、s have launched environmental programs. They want to 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 t
37、o consumers, and receiving the reputational gains for 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 ma
38、il-order repair kits and online videos, so that customers 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
39、 their pair, they can give them back to the store, which 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 ou
40、terwear, at home. The company also offers a repair program 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 enviro
41、nment. At the same time, offering repair supports the 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
42、and turned into alternative fuels for energy creation 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
43、customer brings in an old pair of shoes. This boosts 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 an
44、d 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
45、 is estimated to be about $52 billion. Electronics giants like Best Buy and Samsung have provided e-waste take-back programs over the past few years, which aim to refurbish ( 翻 新 ) old electronic components and parts into new products. I) For other companies interested in reducing waste, helping the
46、 environment, and providing the sustainable lifestyles that consumers seek, here are some first steps for building a relationship with customers that focuses on recycling and restoring 微信公众号：上海升学助手 value to products: J) Find partners. If you are a manufacturer who relies on outside distributors, the
47、n retailers are the ideal partner for collecting old products. Power tool maker DeWalt partners with companies, such as Lowes and Napa Auto Parts, to collect old tools at their stores for recycling. The partnership benefits both sides by allowing unconventional partners (for example, two companies f
48、rom two different industries) to work together on a specific aspect of the value chain, like, in this example, an engine firm with an accessory one. K) Create incentives. Environmental conscientiousness isnt always enough to make customers recycle old goods. For instance, DeWalt discovered that many
49、 contractors were holding on to their old tools, even if they no longer worked, because they were expensive purchases and it was hard to justify bringing them in to recycle. By offering instant discounts worth as much as $100, DeWalt launched a trade-in program to encourage people to bring back tool
50、s. As a result, DeWalt now reuses those materials to create new products. L) Start with a trial program, and expect to change the details as you go. Any take-back program will likely change over time, depending on what works for your customers and company goals. Maybe you see low customer participat
