2014年6月大学英语六级考试真题(一)
1. W: The students have been protesting against the increased tuition.
M: Yeah, I heard about the protest. But I don't know how much good it will do.
Q: What does the man mean?
A．College tuition has become a heavy burden for the students.
B．College students are in general politically active nowadays.
C．He is doubtful about the effect of the students' action. D．He took part in many protests when he was at college. 2. W: Jay will turn 21 this week. Does he know the class is having a surprise party for him?
M: No. He thinks we are giving a party for the retiring dean. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? A．Jay is organizing a party for the retiring dean. B．Jay is surprised to learn of the party for him. C．The dean will come to Jay's birthday party. D．The class has kept the party a secret from Jay.
3. M: Hello. This is Carl's Garage. We found Mr. White's briefcase and wallet after he left his car here this morning.
W: He has been wondering where he could have left them. I'll tell him to pick them up this afternoon. Thank you for calling.
Q: What do we learn about Mr. White from the conversation? A．He found his wallet in his briefcase. B．He went to the lost-and-found office. C．He left his things with his car in the garage.
D．He told the woman to go and pick up his car.
4. W：You know, some TV channels have been rerunning a lot of comedies from the 1960s. What do you think of those old shows?
M：Not much. But the new ones including those done by famous directors are not so entertaining, either.
Q: What does the man mean?
A．The show he directed turned out to be a success. B．He watches only those comedies by famous directors. C．New comedies are exciting, just like those in the 1960s. D．TV comedies have not improved much since the 1960s. 5. M: How much longer should I boil these vegetables? The recipe says about 10 minutes in total.
W：They look pretty done to me. I doubt you should cook them an emote.
Q: What does the woman mean?
A．All vegetables should be cooked fresh. B．The man should try out some new recipes. C．Overcooked vegetables are often tasteless. D．The man should stop boiling the vegetables.
6. W: Tom, are you going to your parents' house tonight? M: Yes. I promised to help them figure out their tax returns. The tax code is really confusing to them.
O: What is the man going to do for his parents? A．Sort out their tax returns. B．Help them tidy up the house. C．Figure out a way to avoid taxes. D．Help them to decode a message.
7. W: Tom, are you going to your parents' house tonight? M: Yes. I promised to help them figure out their tax returns.
The tax code is really confusing to them.
O: What is the man going to do for his parents? A．He didn't expect to complete his work so soon. B．He has devoted a whole month to his research. C．The woman is still trying to finish her work. D．The woman remains a total mystery to him.
8. W: I was hoping we could be in the same developmental psychology class.
M: Me too. But by the time I went for registration, the course was closed. Q: What does the man mean?
A．He would like to major in psychology too. B．He has failed to register for the course. C．Developmental psychology is newly offered. D．There should be more time for registration. Conversation One
M: It's really amazing how many colors there are in these Thai silks.
W: These are our new designs.
M: (9)Oh, I don't think I've seen this combination of colors before.
W: They're really brilliant, aren't they?
M: Quite dazzling! May I have samples of the new color combinations?
W: Yes, of course. But aren't you going to place an order? M: We order them regularly, you know, but I do want our buyer who handles fabrics to see them.
W. Have you looked at the wood and stone carvings? Did you like them?
M:Oh, they aren't really what I'm looking for. W: What do you have in mind?
M: That's the trouble. I never know exactly until I see it. I usually have more luck when I get away from the tourist places.
W: (l1)Out in the countryside you mean?
M: (l1)Yes, exactly. Markets in small towns have turned out best for me.
W:(10)You're more interested, then, in handicrafts that haven't been commercialized.
M: (10)Yes, real folk arts, pots, dishes, basket ware-the kinds of things that people themselves use.
W: (11)I'm sure we can arrange a trip out into the country for you.
M: I was hoping you'd say that.
W: We can drive out of Bangkok and stop whenever you see something that interests you.
M: That would be wonderful! How soon could we leave? W: I can't get away tomorrow. But I think I can get a car for the day after.
M: And would we have to come back the same day? W: No, I think I'll be able to keep the car for three or four days.
M: Wonderful! That'll give me time for a real look around. Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9. What attracts the man to the Thai silks? A．The brilliant product design. B．The new color combinations. C．The unique craftsmanship. D．The texture of the fabrics.
10. What is the man looking for in Thailand? A．Unique tourist attractions.
B．Traditional Thai silks. C．Local handicrafts. D．Fancy products.
11. What do we learn about the trip the woman promised to arrange for the man? A．It will be on the following weekend.
B．It will be out into the countryside. C．It will last only one day. D．It will start tomorrow. Conversation Two
W: Well, before we decide we're going to live in Enderby, we really ought to have
a look at the schools.
(12)We want the children to have a good secondary education, so we'd better see what's available.
M: They gave me some information at the district office and I took notes. It appears there are five secondary schools in Enderby, three state schools and two private.
W: I don't know if we want private schools, do we?
M: I don't think so, but we'll look at them anyway. There are Saint Mary's, that's a Catholic school for girls and Carlton Abbey, that's a very old boys' boarding school, founded in 1672.
W: Are all the state schools co-educational? M: Yes, it seems so.
W: (13)I think little Keith is very good with his hands. We ought to send him to a school with good vocational training--carpentry, electronics, that sort of thing. M: In that case, we are best off at Enderby Comprehensive. I gather they have excellent workshops and instructors. But it says here the Don well also has good facilities. Enderby High has a little, but they are mostly academic. No vocational training at all at Carlton Abbey or Saint
Mary's.
W: What are the schools like academically? How many children go on to university every year?
M: Well, Enderby High is very good. (14)And Carlton Abbey even better. 70% of their pupils go on to university. Don well isn't so good. Only 8%. And Enderby Comprehensive and Saint Mary's not much more, about 10%.
W: Well, it seems like there is a broad selection of schools. (15)But we'll have to find out more than statistics before we can decide.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. What do the speakers want their children to have? A．A good secondary education. B．A pleasant neighbourhood. C．A happy childhood. D．A year of practical training.
13. What do the speakers say about little Keith? A．He ought to get good vocational training. B．He should be sent to a private school. C．He is academically gifted. D．He is good at carpentry.
14. What school has the highest percentage of pupils who go on to university? A．Donwell School.
B．Enderby High. C．Carlton Abbey
D．Enderby Comprehensive.
15. What are the speakers going to do next? A．Put Keith in a good boarding school. B．Talk with their children about their decision.
C．Send their children to a better private school. D．Find out more about the five schools. Section B Passage One
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! As instructed in our previous meeting, the subcommittee on building development has now drawn up a brief to submit to the firm's architect. In short, the building would consist of two floors. (16)There would be a storage area in the basement to be used by the research centre as well as by other departments. We are, as you know, short of storage base, so the availability of a large basement would be a considerable advantage. The ground floor would be occupied by laboratories. Altogether there would be six labs. In addition, there would be six offices for the technicians, plus a general secretarial office and a reception area. (17)The first floor would be occupied by the offices of Research and Development staff. There would be a suite of offices for the Research and Development Director as well as a general office for secretarial staff. It's proposed to have a staff room with a small kitchen. This would serve both floors. There would also be a library for research documents and reference material. In addition, there would be a resource room in which audio-visual equipment and other equipment of that sort could be stored. Finally, there would be a seminar room with eloped-circuit television. This room would also be used to present displays and demonstrations to visitors to the centre. (18)The building would be of brick construction so it's to conform to the general style of construction on the site. There would be a pitched roof. Wall and ceiling spaces would be insulated to conform to new building regulations.
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage yon have just heard.
16. What is said about the planned basement of the new building?
A．It will be brightly lit. B．It will be well ventilated.
C．It will have a large space for storage. D．It will provide easy access to the disabled.
17. Where would be the Research and Development Director's office?
A．On the first floor. B．On the ground floor. C．Opposite to the library. D．On the same floor as the labs.
18. Why would the building be of brick construction? A．To make the building appear traditional. B．To match the style of construction on the site. C．To cut the construction cost to the minimum. D．To embody the subcommittee's design concepts. Passage Two
Huang Yi works for a company that sells financial software to small- and medium-size businesses. (19)His-job is to show customers how to use the new software. He spends two weeks with each client, demonstrating the features and functions of the software. (20) The first few months on the job were difficult. He often left the client feeling that even after two weeks he hadn't been able to show the employees every thin the needed to know. It's not that they weren't interested; they obviously appreciated his instruction and showed a desire to learn. Huang couldn't figure out if the software was difficult for them to understand, or
if he was not doing a good job of teaching. During the next few months, Huang started to see some patterns. He would get to a new client site and spend the first week going over the software with the employees. He usually did this in shifts, with different groups of employees listening to him lecture.
(21)Then he would spend the next week in stalling the program and helping individuals troubleshootang realized that during the week of troubleshooting and answering questions, he ended up addressing the same issues over and over. He was annoyed because most of the individuals with whom he worked seem to have retained very little information from the first week. They asked very basic questions and often needed prompting from beginning to end. At first, he wondered if these people were just a little slow, (22)but then he began to get the distinct feeling that part of the problem might be his style of presenting the information.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. What does Huang Yi do in his company? A．Sell financial software.
B．Train clients to use financial software. C．Write financial software.
D．Conduct research on financial software. 20. What did Huang Yi think of his work? A．Unsuccessful. B．Tedious. C．Rewarding. D．Important.
21. What did Huang Yi do in addition to lecturing? A．He offered online tutorials.
B．He held group discussions. C．He gave the trainees lecture notes. D．He provided individual support. 22. What did Huang Yi realize in the end?
A．The employees were a bit slow to follow his instruction. B．The trainees' problems had to be dealt with one by one. C．Nobody is able to solve all the problems in a couple of weeks.
D．The fault might lie in his style of presenting the information.
Passage Three
As we help children get out into the world to do their learning there, we can
get more of the world into the schools. (23)Aside from their parents, most children never have any close contact with any adults except their teachers. No wonder they have no idea what adult life or work is like. We need to bring more people who are not full-time teachers into the schools. (24)In New York City, under the Teachers' and Writers' Collaborative, real writers come into the schools, read their work, and talk to the children about the problems of their craft. The children love it. In another school, a practicing attorney comes in every month and talks to several classes about the law. Not the law as it is in books, but the law as he sees it and encounters it in his cases. And the children listen with intense interest. Here's something even easier: Let children work together, help each other, learn from each other and each other's mistakes. We now know from the experience of many schools that children are often the best teachers of other children. What's more important, we know that when a fifth-or sixth-grader who has been having trouble with reading starts helping
a first-grader, his own reading sharply improves. (25)A number of schools are beginning to use what some call Paired Learning. This means that you let children form partnerships with other children, do their work even including their tests to ether and share whatever marks or results this work gets, just like grown-ups in the real world. It seems to work.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
23. Why does the speaker say most children have no idea what adult life is like? A．Their parents tend to overprotect them.
B．Their teachers meet them only in class. C．They have little close contact with adults. D．They rarely read any books about adults. 24. What is happening in New York City schools?
A．Real-life cases are simulated for students to learn law. B．Writers and lawyers are brought in to talk to students. C．Opportunities are created for children to become writers. D．More Teacher and Writer Collaboratives are being set up. 25. What does the experience of schools show?
A．Sixth-graders can teach first-graders as well as teachers. B．Children are often the best teachers of other children. C．Paired Learning cultivates the spirit of cooperation. D．Children like to form partnerships with each other. Section C
Tests may be the most unpopular part of academic life. Students hate them because they produce fear And 26 anxiety about being evaluated, and a focus on grades instead of learning for learning's sake.
But tests are also valuable. A well-constructed test 27 identifies what you know and what you still need to learn. Tests
help you see how your performance 28 campares to that of others. And knowing that you'll be tested on 29 a body of material is certainly likely to 30 motivate you to learn the material more thoroughly.
However, there's another reason you might dislike tests. You may assume that tests have the power to 31 define your worth as a person. If you do badly on a test, you may be tempted to believe that you've received some 32 fundamental information about yourself from the professor, information that says you're afailure in some significant way.
This is a dangerous--and wrong-headed--assumption. If you do badly on a test, it doesn't mean you're a bad person or stupid. Or that you'll never do better again, and that your life is 33 ruined If you don't do well on a test, you're the same person you were before you took the test--no better, no worse. You just did badly on a test. That's it.
34 In short , tests are not a measure of your value as an individual--they are
a measure only of how well and how much you studied. Tests are tools; they are indirect and 35 imperfect measures of what we know.
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