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1、,2014年6月大学英语六级考试真题(一)Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwise to judge 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.注意

2、：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。Part II 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 sp

3、oken 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 1 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。1 A They might be fa

4、ke products B They might be stolen goodsC They might be faulty products D They might be smuggled goods2 A They are news reporters B They are job applicantsC They are civil servants D They are public speakers3A The man went to change the time of his computer classBA computer degree is a must for admi

5、nistrative workC The woman wants to get a degree in administrationD The man has decided to quit his computer class4 A It was sponsored by a car manufacturerB It was not as exciting as he had expectedC The fifth contestant won the biggest prizeD A lot of contestants participated in the show5 A Readin

6、g a newspaper column B Waiting for someone at the airportC Driving from New York to BostonD Looking at a railway timetable6 A He wears a coat bought in the mallB He got a new job at the barbershopC He had his hair cut yesterdayD He had a finger hurt last night7 A Some drawings by kindergarten kids a

7、re excellentB He is not quite impressed with modem paintingsC Even his nephew can draw as well as PicassoD He cannot appreciate the Picasso exhibition8 A He has long been involved in student governmentB His attitude to student government has changedC His conduct does not square with his wordsD He sh

8、ould not put the cart before the horseQuestions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard9A Something went wrong with her carB She left her own ear in ManchesterC Her car wont be back in a weeks timeD She Wants to go traveling on the weekend 10ASafety B ComfortC Cost D Size11 AValue-

9、added tax B Third-party insurance C Petrol D CDWQuestions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard12A How to attract investments B Where to locate their plantC What to do to enhance their position D How to update the basic facilities13A Their basic facilities are goodB They are ver

10、y close to each otherC They are all located in the south of FranceD Their road link to other European countries is fast14A Conduct field surveys firstB Take advantage of the train linksC Talk with the local authoritiesD Try to avoid making a hasty decision15A Future product distributionsB Road and r

11、ail links for small townsC Local employment policiesD 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 questi

12、on, you must choose the best answer from the four Choices marked A）, B）, C） and D） Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centre注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based On the passage you have just heard16A One fifth of them were on bed t

13、erms with their sisters and brothersB More than half of them were involved in inheritance disputesC About one eighth of them admitted to lingering bitter feelingsD Most of them had broken with their sisters and brothers17A Advance in age B Freedom from workC Less concern with money matters D More ex

14、perience in worldly affairs18 A They are more tolerant of one another B They find close relatives more reliableC They have little time left to renew contact with their brothers and sistersD They tend to forget past unhappy memories and focus on their present needsPassage TwoQuestions 19 to 22 are ba

15、sed on the passage you have just heard19A They can only survive in parts of the AmericasB They have bright colors and intricate patternsC They are the only insect that migrates along fixed routesD They have strong wings capable of flying long distances20A In a Michigan mountain forest B In a Louisia

16、na mountain forestC In a Mexican mountain forest D In a Kentucky mountain forest21A Only the strongest can reach their destination to lay eggsB Each generation in a cycle lays eggs at a different placeCThey start to lay eggs when they are nine months oldD Each flock of butterflies lays eggs in the s

17、ame states22 A Environmental impacts on monarch butterfly life B Migration patterns of monarch butterfliesC Living habits of monarch butterflies D Evolution of monarch butterfliesPassage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard23 A Time is relative B Time is moneyC Time h

18、as become more precious D Time has become more limited24 A More and more Americans feel pressed for time nowadaysB The number of hours Americans work has increased steadilyC Americans today have more free time than earlier generationsD Americans now attach more important to the effective use of time

19、25 A Our interpersonal relationships improve B Our living habits are alteredC Our work efficiency increases greatly D Our behavior is changedSection CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passagethree times When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its gener

20、al idea When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in 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注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。The first copyright law in the United States was passed

21、by Congress in 1790In 1976 Congressenacted the latest copyright law, (26) the technological developments that had occurred Since the passage of the Copyright Act of 1909 For example, in 1909, anyone who wanted to make a single copy of a (27) work for personal use had to do so by hand The very proces

22、s (28) a limitation on the quantity of materials copied Today, a photocopier can do the work in seconds; the limitation has disappeared The 1909 law did not provide full protection for films and sound recordings, nor did it(29) the need to protect radio and television As a result, (30) of the law an

23、d abuses of the intent of the law have lessened the (31) rewards of authors, artists and producers The 1976 Copyright Act has not prevented these abuses fully, but it has clarified the legal rights of the injured parties and given them an (32) for remedySince 1976 the Act has been (33) to include co

24、mputer software, and guidelines have been adopted for fair use of television broadcasts These changes have cleared up much of the confusion and conflict that followed (34) the 1976 legislationThe fine points of the law are decided by the courts and by acceptable common practice over timeAs these dec

25、isions 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 mannerPart Reading Comprehension (40 minutesSection ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks You are required to

26、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 with a single line thr

27、ough the centre You may not use any of the words in the bank more than onceQuestions 36 to 45 are based on the following passageFear can be an effective way to change behavior One study compared the effects of high, fear and low-fear appeals on changes in attitudes and behaviors related to the denta

28、l hygiene(卫生)One group of subjects was shown awful pictures of(36) teeth and diseased gums；another group was shown less frightening materials such as plastic teeth，charts，and graphsSubjects who saw the frightening materials reported more anxiety and a greater(37) to change the way they took care of

29、their teeth than the low-fear group didBut were these reactions actually(38) into better dental hygiene practices? To answer thisimportant question，subjects were called back to the laboratory on two(39) (five days and six weeks after the experimentThey chewed disclosing wafers(牙疾诊断片)that give a red

30、stain to any uncleaned areas of the teeth and thus provided a direct(40) of how well they were really taking care of their teethThe result showed that the highfear appeal did actually result in greater and more(41) changes in dental hygieneThat is，the subjects(42) to high-fear warnings brushed their

31、 teeth more(43) than did those who saw low-fear warnings However, to be all effective persuasive device it is very important that the message not be too frightening and that people be given(44) guidelines to help them to reduce the cause of the fearIf this isnt done，they may reduce their anxiety by

32、denying the message or the(45) of the communicatorIf that happens，it is unlikely that either attitude or behavior change will occur注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。Aaccustomed Bcarefully Ccautiously Dconcrete EcredibilityFdecayed Gdesire Hdimensions Ieligible JexposedKindication Loccasions Mpermanent Nsensitivity

33、OtranslatedSection BDirections：In this section，you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to itEach statement contains information given in one of the paragraphsIdentify the paragraph from which the information is derivedYou may choose a paragraph more than onceEach paragraph is ma

34、rked with a letter Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 The Street-Level SolutionAWhen l was growing up，one of my fathers favorite sayings(borrowed from the humorist Will Rogers)was：“It isnt what we dont know that causes the trouble；its what we think we know tha

35、t just aint so” One of the main insights to be taken from the 100，000 Homes Campaign and its strategy to end chronic homelessness is that, until recently, our society thought it understood the nature of homelessness，but it didntB That led to a series of mistaken assumptions about why people become h

36、omeless and what they needMany of the errors in our homelessness policies have stemmed from the conception that the homeless are a homogeneous groupIts only in the past 15 years that organizations like Common Ground，and othershave taken a street-level view of the problemdistinguishing the episodical

37、ly homeless”from the“chronically homeless”in order to understand their needs at an individual levelThis is why we can now envisage a different approachand get better resultsCMost readers expressed support for the effort，although a number were skeptical，and a few utterly dismissiveabout the chances o

38、f longterm homeless people adapting well to housingThis is to be expected；its hard to imagine what we havent yet seenAs Niccolo Machiavelli wrote in The Princeone of the major obstacles in any effort to advance systemic change is the“incredulity of men”which is to say that people“do not readily beli

39、eve in new things until they have had a long experience of them”Most of us have witnessed homeless people on the streets for decadesFew have seen formerly homeless people after they have been housed successfullyWe dont have reference points for that storySo we generalize from what we know-or thinkwe

40、 knowDBut that can be misleading，even to expertsWhen I asked Rosanne Haggerty, founder of Common Ground，which currently operates 2，3 1 0 units of supportive housing(with 552 more under construction),what had been her biggest surprise in this work, she replied：“Fifteen years ago, I would not have bel

41、ieved that people who had been so broken and stuck in homelessness could thrive to the degree that they do in our buildings And Becky Kanis, the campaigns director, commented: There is this sense in our minds that someone whos on the streets is almost in their DNA different from someone who has a ho

42、useThe campaign is creating a first-hand experience for many people that that is really not the caseE One of the startling realizations that I had while researching this column is that anybody could become like a homeless person-all it takes is a traumatic (创伤的) brain injury A bicycle fall, a car ac

43、cident, a slip on the ice, or if youre a soldier, a head wound-and your life could become unrecognizableJames OConnell, a doctor who has been treating the most vulnerable homeless people on the streets of Boston for 25 years, estimates that 40 percent of the long-term homeless people hes met had suc

44、h a brain injury For many it was a head injury prior to the time they became homeless, he said They became unpredictable Theyd have mood swings, fits of explosive behavior They couldnt hold onto their jobs Drinking made them feel better Theyd end up on the streetsF Once homeless people return to hou

45、sing, theyre in a much better position to rebuild their lives But its important to note that housing alone is not enough As with many complex social problems, when you get through the initial crisis, you have another problem to solve which is no less challenging But it is a better problemG Over the past decade, OConnell has seen this happen I spend half my time on the streets or in the hospital and the other half making house calls to people who lived for years on the streets, he said So from a doctors point of view its a del