教研室2016年12月英语六级真题第2套

2021年1月9日发(作者：诸葛生)
2016年12月英语六级真题（第2套）


Part IWriting（30 minutes）
Directions:
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on innovation. Your
essay should include the importance of innovation and measures to be taken to encourage
innovation. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 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 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
I with a single line through the centre.


Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
1. A）They were all good at cooking.
B）They were particular about food.
C）They were proud of their cuisine.
D）They were fond of bacon and eggs.
2. A）His parents.
B）His friends.
C）His schoolmates.
D）His parents’ friends.
3. A）No tea was served with the meal.
B）It was the real English breakfast.
C）No one of the group ate it.
D）It was a little overcooked.
4. A）It was full of excitement.
B）It was really extraordinary.
C）It was a risky experience.
D）It was rather disappointing.
Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
5. A）The woman’s relationship with other shops.
B）The business success of the woman’s shop.
C）The key to running a shop at a low cost.
D）The woman’s earnings over the years.
6. A）Improve its customer service.
B）Expand its business scale.
C）Keep down its expenses.
D）Upgrade the goods it sells.
7. A）They are sold at lower prices than in other shops.
B）They are very popular with the local residents.
C）They are delivered free of charge.
D）They are in great demand.
8. A）To follow the custom of the local shopkeepers.
B）To attract more customers in the neighborhood.
C）To avoid being put out of business in competition.
D）To maintain friendly relationships with other shops.

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 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.

Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.
9. A）They can be used to deliver messages in times of emergency.
B）They deliver pollutants from the ocean to their nesting sites.
C）They carry plant seeds and spread them to faraway places.
D）They are on the verge of extinction because of pollution.
10. A）They migrate to the Arctic Circle during the summer.
B）They originate from Devon Island in the Arctic area.
C）They travel as far as 400 kilometers in search of food.
D）They have the ability to survive in extreme weathers.
11. A）They were carried by the wind.
B）They had become more poisonous.

C）They were less than on the continent.
D）They poisoned some of the fulmars.
12. A）The threats humans pose to Arctic seabirds,
B）The diminishing colonies for Arctic seabirds.
C）The harm Arctic seabirds may cause to humans.
D）The effects of the changing climate on Arctic seabirds.

Questions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.
13. A）It has decreased.




B）It has been exaggerated.
C）It has become better understood.
D）It has remained basically the same.
14. A）It develops more easily in centenarians not actively engaged.
B）It is now the second leading cause of death for centenarians.
C）It has had no effective cure so far.
D）It calls for more intensive research.
15. A）They care more about their physical health.
B）Their quality of life deteriorates rapidly.
C）Their minds fall before their bodies do.
D）They cherish their life more than ever.

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 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 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.
16. A）They are focused more on attraction than love.
B）They were done by his former colleague at Yale.
C）They were carried out over a period of some thirty years.
D）They form the basis on which he builds his theory of love.
17. A） The relationship cannot last long if no passion is involved.
B） Intimacy is essential but not absolutely indispensable to love.
C） It is not love if you don’t wish to maintain the relationship.
D）Romance is just impossible without mutual understanding.
18. A）Which of them is considered most important.
B）Whether it is true love without commitment.
C）When the absence of any one doesn’t affect the relationship.
D）How the relationship is to be defined if anyone is missing.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.
19. A）Social work as a profession.
B）The history of social work.
C）Academic degrees required of social work applicants.
D）The aim of the National Association of Social Workers.
20. A）They try to change people’s social behavior.
B）They help enhance the well-being of the underprivileged.
C）They raise people’s awareness of the environment.
D）They create a lot of opportunities for the unemployed.
21. A）They have all received strict clinical training.
B）They all have an academic degree in social work.
C）They are all members of the National Association.
D）They have all made a difference through their work.
22. A）The promotion of social workers’ social status.
B）The importance of training for social workers.
C）Ways for social workers to meet people’s needs.
D）Social workers’ job options and responsibilities.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.
23. A）To fight childhood obesity.
B）To help disadvantaged kids.
C）To encourage kids to play more sports.
D）To urge kids to follow their role models.
24. A）They best boost product sales when put online.
B）They are most effective when appearing on TV.
C）They are becoming more and more prevalent.
D）They impress kids more than they do adults.
25. A）Always place kids’ interest first.
B）Do what they advocate in public.
C）Message positive behaviors at all times.
D）Pay attention to their image before children.

Part III Reading Comprehension （40 minutes）
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 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 through the centre. You may not use any of the words in
the bank more than once.


The tree people in the
Lord of the Rings
—the Ents—can get around by walking. But for real
trees, it’s harder to uproot. Because they’re literally rooted into the ground, they are unable
to leave and go 26 .
When a tree first starts growing in a certain area, it’s likely that the 27
envelope-the temperature, humidity, rainfall patterns and so on-suits it. Otherwise, it would
be unable to grow from a seedling. But as it 28 , these conditions may change and the area
around it may no longer be suitable for its 29 .
When that happens, many trees like walnuts, oaks and pines, rely 30 on so- called
“scatter hoarders”, such as birds, to move their seeds to new localities. Many birds
like to store food for the winter, which they 31 retrieve. When the birds forget to
retrieve their food-and they do sometimes-a seedling has a chance to grow. The bird Clark’s
nutcracker, for example, hides up to 100,000 seeds per year, up to 30 kilometers away from the
seed source, and has a very close
symbiotic
（共生的） relationship with several pine species, most
32 the white bark pine.
As trees outgrow their ideal 33 in the face of climate change, these flying ecosystem
engineers could be a big help in 34 trees. It’s a solution for us-getting birds to do
the work is cheap and effective-and it could give 35 oaks and pines the option to truly
“make like a tree and leave”.

A） ages
B） breathing
C） climatic
D） elsewhere
E） exclusively
F） forever
G） fruitful
H） habitats

Section B
Directions:
In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to
I） legacy
J） notably
K） offspring
L） replanting
M） subsequently
N） vulnerable
O） withdraws
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. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the
corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.


The American Workplace Is Broken. Here’s How We Can Start Fixing It.

[A]

Americans are working longer and harder hours than ever before. 83% of workers say they’re
stressed about their jobs, nearly 50% say work-related stress is interfering with their sleep,
and 60% use their smartphones to check in with work outside of normal working hours. No wonder
only 13% of employees worldwide feel engaged in their occupation.

[B]

Glimmers
（少许）of hope, however, are beginning to emerge in this bruising environment: Americans
are becoming aware of the toll their jobs take on them, and employers are exploring ways to
alleviate the harmful effects of stress and overwork. Yet much more work remains to be done.
To call stress an epidemic isn’t exaggeration. The 83% of American employees who are stressed
about their jobs-up from 73% just a year before-say that poor compensation and an unreasonable
workload are their number-one sources of stress. And if you suspected that the workplace had
gotten more stressful than it was just a few decades ago, you’re right. Stress levels increased
18% for women and 24% for men from 1983 to 2009. Stress is also starting earlier in life, with
some data suggesting that today’s teens are even more stressed than adults.

[C]

Stress is taking a significant toll on our health, and the collective public health cost
may be enormous. Occupational stress increases the risk of heart attack and diabetes, accelerates
the aging process, decreases longevity, and contributes to depression and anxiety, among numerous
other negative health outcomes. Overall, stress-related health problems account for up to 90%
of hospital visits, many of them preventable. Your job is “literally killing you”, as
The
Washington Post
put it. It’s also hurting our relationships. Working parents say they feel
stressed, tired, rushed and short on quality time with their children, friends and partners.

[D]

Seven in 10 workers say they struggle to maintain work-life balance. As technology（and with
it, work emails）
seeps
（渗入）into every aspect of our lives, work-life balance has become an almost
meaningless term. Add a rapidly changing economy and an uncertain future to this 24/7 connectivity,
and you’ve got a recipe for overwork, according to Phyllis Moen. “There’s rising work demand
coupled with the insecurity of mergers, takeovers, downsizing and other factors,” Moen said.
“Part of the work-life issue has to talk about uncertainty about the future.”
[E]

These factors have converged to create an increasingly impossible situation with many
employees overworking to the point of burnout. It’s not only unsustainable for workers, but also
for the companies that employ them.
Science
has shown a clear correlation between high stress levels
in workers and
absenteeism
（旷工）, reduced productivity, disengagement and high turnover. Too
many workplace policies effectively prohibit employees from developing a healthy work-life
balance by barring them from taking time off, even when they need it most.