2016年12月六級（第二套）真題

1、201612六級試題（第2套）第2頁（共11頁）2016 12六級試題(第2套)第 頁(共11頁)2016年12月大學(xué)英語六級考試（第2套）Part IWriting(30 minutes)Directions： For this part，you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on creation Your essay should include the im portance of creation and measures to be taken to encourage creation You are required

2、 to write at Least 150 words but no more than 200 wordsPart IIListening Comprehension(30 minutes)Section ADirections: 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.

3、 After you hear a question , you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A ) , B ) , C) and D ). Then mark the correspond ing Letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.A) They were proud of their cuisine.They were particular about food.A) His parents.His friends

4、.A) No one of the group ate it.It was a little overcooked.A) It was full of excitement.It was rather disappointing.They were all good at cooking.They were fond of bacon and eggsHis parents friends.His schoolmates.No tea was served with the meal.It was the real English breakfast.It was a risky experi

5、ence.It was really extraordinary.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.A) The womans earnings over the years.The key to running a shop at a low cost.The business success of the womans shop.The womans rela

6、tionship with other shops.A) Keep down its expenses.C) Improve its customer service.Expand its business scale.D) Upgrade the goods it sells.A) They are in great demand.They are delivered free of charge.They are very popular with the local residents.They are sold at lower prices than in other shops.A

7、) To maintain friendly relationships with other shops.To avoid being put out of business in competition.To attract more customers in the neighborhood.To follow the custom of the local shopkeepers.Section BDirections: hi this section , you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage, you will

8、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

9、 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.A) They are on the verge of extinction because of pollution.They carry plant seeds and spread them to faraway places.They deliver pollutants from the ocean to their nesting sites.They can be used to deliver messages in times of emergency.A) They or

10、iginate from Devon Island in the Arctic area.They migrate to the Arctic Circle during the summer.They have the ability to survive in extreme weathers.They travel as far as 400 kilometers in search of food.A)They had become more poisonous.C)They poisoned some of thefulmars.The were carried by the win

11、d.D)They were less than on thecontinent.A) The effects of the changing climate on Arctic seabirds.The harm Arctic seabirds may cause to humans.The diminishing colonies for Arctic seabirds.The threats humans pose to Arctic seabirds.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.A)It

12、has remained basically the same.C)It has been exaggerated.It has become better understood.D)It has decreased.A) It is now the second leading cause of death for centenarians.It develops more easily in centenarians not actively engaged.It calls for more intensive research.It has had no effective cure

13、so far.A) They cherish their life more than ever.Their minds fail before their bodies do.Their quality of life deteriorates rapidly.They care more about their physical health.Section CDirections： In this section , you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed by three or four question

14、s. 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

15、 just heard.A) They form the basis on which he builds his theory of love.They were carried out over a period of some thirty years.They were done by his former colleague at Yale.They are focused more on attraction than love.A) The relationship cannot last long if no passion is involved.It is not love

16、 if you dont wish to maintain the relationship.Romance is just impossible without mutual understanding.Intimacy is essential but not absolutely indispensable to love.A) Whether it is ture love without commitment.Which of them is considered most important.How the relationship is to be defined if any

17、one is missing.When the absence of any one doesnt affect the relationship.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.A) The history of social work.Social work as a profession.Academic degrees required of social work applicants.The aim of the National Association of Social Work

18、ers.(A) They try to change peoples social behavior.They raise peoples awareness of the environment.They create a lot of opportunities for the unemployed.They help enhance the well-being of the underprivileged.A) They have all made a difference through their work.They are all members of the National

19、Association.They all have an academic degree in social work.They have all received strict clinical training.A) Social workers job options and responsibilities.Ways for social workers to meet peoples needs.2016 12六級試題(第2套)第3頁(共11頁)2016 12六級試題(第2套)第 #頁(共22頁)2016 12六級試題(第2套)第 頁(共11頁)2016 12六級試題（第2套）第4頁

20、（共11頁）The importance of training for social workers.The promotion of social workers social status.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.23. A) To fight childhood obesity. B) To help disadvantaged kids.To urge kids to follow their role models.To encourage kids to play more

21、 sports.A) They are most effective when appearing on TV.They best boost product sales when put online.They are becoming more and more prevalent.They impress kids more than they do adults.A) Do what they advocate in public.Always place kids interest first.Pay attention to their image before children.

22、Part IIIReading Comprehension(40 minutes)Message positive behaviors at all times.Section ADirections：this section，there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select oneword for each blank from a List of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefull

23、y 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.Small communities, with their distinctive character

24、where life is stable and intensely human are disappearing. Some have 26 from the face of the earth, others are dying slowly, but all have 27 changes as they have come into contact with an 28 machine civilization. The merging of diverse peoples into a common mass has produced tension among members of

25、 the minorities and the majority alike.The Old Order Amish, who arrived on American shores in colonial times, have 29 in the modern world in distinctive, small communities. They have resisted the homogenization 30 more successfully than others. In planting and harvest time one can see their bearded

26、men working the fields with horses and their women hanging out the laundry in neat rows to dry. Many American people have seen Amish families, with the men wearing broad-brimmed black hats and the women in long dresses. In railway or bus 31 Although the Amish have lived with 32 America for over two

27、and a half centuries, they have moderated its influence on their personal lives, their families communities, and their values.The Amish are often 33 by other Americans to be relics of the past who live a simple,inflexible life dedicated to inconvenient out-dated customs. They are seen as abandoning

28、both modern 34 and the American dream of success and progress. But most people have no quarrel with the Amish for doing things the old-fashioned way. Their conscientious objection was tolerated in wartime, for after all, they are good farmers who 35 the virtues of work and thrift.A) accessingB) conv

29、eniencesC) destinedD) expandingE) industrializedF) perceivedG) practiceH) processI) progressJ) respectiveK) survivedL) terminalsM) undergoneN) universalO) vanishedSection BDirections: In this section , you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Each statement contains informa

30、tion 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.Countries Rush for Upper Hand in Antarctica

31、On a glacier-filled island with fjords (峽灣)and elephant seals, Russia has built Antarcticas first Orthodox church on a hill overlooking its research base. Less than an hour away by snowmobile, Chinese laborers have updated the Great Wall Station, a vital part of Chinas plan to operate five bases on

32、Antarctica, complete with an indoor badminton court and sleeping quarters for 150 people. Not to be outdone, Indias futuristic new Bharathi base, built on stilts (柱子)using 134 interlocking shipping containers, resembles a spaceship. Turkey and Iran have announced plans to build bases too.More than a

33、 century has passed since explorers raced to plant their flags at the bottom of the world, and for decades to come this continent is supposed to be protected as a scientific preserve, shielded from intrusions like military activities and mining. But an array of countries are rushing to assert greate

34、r influence here, with an eye not just towards the day those protective treaties expire, but also for the strategic and commercial opportunities that already exist.The newer players are stepping into what they view as a treasure house of resources. Some of the ventures focus on the Antarctic resourc

35、es that are already up for grabs, like abundant sea life. South Korea, which operates state-of-the-art bases here, is increasing its fishing of krill (磷奸)，found in abundance in the Southern Ocean, while Russia recently frustrated efforts to create one of the worlds largest ocean sanctuaries here.Som

36、e scientists are examining the potential for harvesting icebergs from Antarctica, which is estimated to have the biggest reserves of fresh water on the planet. Nations are also pressing2016-12六級試題（第2套）第 頁（共11頁）2016-12六級試題（第2套）第 頁（共11頁）2016 12六級試題(第2套)第 頁(共11頁)ahead with space research and satellite

37、projects to expand their global navigation abilities.Building on a Soviet-era foothold, Russia is expanding its monitoring stations for Glonass, its version of the Global Positioning System (GPS). At least three Russian stations are already operating in Antarctica，part of its effort to challenge the

38、 dominance of the American GPS, and new stations are planned for sites like the Russian base, in the shadow of the Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity.Elsewhere in Antarctica, Russian researchers boast of their recent discovery of a freshwater reserve the size of Lake Ontario after drilling through

39、miles of solid ice. “You can see that were here to stay，” said Vladimir Cheberdak, 57，chief of the Bellingshausen Station, as he sipped tea under a portrait of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, a high-ranking officer in the Imperial Russian Navy who explored the Antarctic coast in 1820.Antarcticas

40、 mineral，oil and gas wealth are a longer-term prize. The treaty banning mining here，shielding coveted (令人垂誕的)reserves of iron ore，coal and chromium, comes up for review in 2048. Researchers recently found kimberlite (金伯利巖)deposits hinting at the existence of diamonds. And while assessments vary wide

41、ly, geologists estimate that Antarctica holds at least 36 billion barrels of oil and natural gas.Beyond the Antarctic treaties，huge obstacles persist to tapping these resources, like drifting icebergs that could jeopardize offshore platforms. Then there is Antarctics remoteness. with some mineral de

42、posits found in windswept locations on a continent that is larger than Europe and where winter temperatures hover around minus 55 degrees Celsius.But advances in technology might make Antarctica a lot more accessible three decades fromnow. And even before then, scholars warn, the demand for resource

43、s in an energy-hungryworld could raise pressure to renegotiate Antarcticas treaties, possibly allowing morecommercial endeavours here well before the prohibitions against them expire. The researchstations on King George Island offer a glimpseinto thelong gameon this ice-blanketedcontinent as nations

44、 assert themselves, erodingthe swaylong heldby countrieslike theUnited States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand.(T) Being stationed in Antarctica involves adapting to life on the planets driest, windiest and coldest continent, yet each nation manages to make itself at home. Bearded Russian priests

45、 offer regular services at the Orthodox church for the 16 or so Russian speakers who spend the winter at the base, largely polar scientists in fields like glaciology and meteorology. Their number climbs to about 40 in the warmer summer months. China has arguably the fastest-growing operations in Ant

46、arctica. It opened its fourth station last year and is pressing ahead with plans to build a fifth. It is building its second ice-breaking ship and setting up research drilling operations on an ice dome 13,422 feetabove sealevel that isone theplanets coldest places. Chinese officials say theexpansion

47、in Antarctica prioritisesscientificresearch, but they also acknowledge that concerns about “resource security” influence their moves.K)Chinas newly renovated Great Wall Station on King George Island makes the Russian and Chilean bases here seem outdated. “We do weather monitoring here and other rese

48、arch.”(,Ning Xu, 53，the chief of the Chinese base，said over tea during a fierce blizzard (暴風(fēng)雪) in late November. The large base he leads resembles a snowed-in college campus on holiday break，with the capacity to sleep more than 10 times the 13 people who were staying on through the Antarctic winter.

49、 Yong Yu, a Chinese microbiologist, showed off the spacious building, with empty desks under an illustrated timeline detailing the rapid growth of Chinas Antarctic operations since the 1980s. “We now feel equipped to grow,” he said.As some countries expand operations in Antarctica, the United States

50、 maintains three, year-.round stations on the continent with more than 1，000 people during the southern. , .hemispheres summer, including those at the Amundsen-Scott station, built in 1956 at an elevation of 9,301 feet on a plateau at the South Pole. But US researchers quietly complain about budget

51、restraints and having far fewer icebreakers the Russia, limiting the reach of the United States in Antarctica.M)Scholars warn that Antarcticas political drift could blur the distinction between military and civilian activities long before the continents treaties come up for renegotiation, especially

52、 in parts of Antarctica that are ideal for intercepting (攔截)signals from satellites or retasking satellite systems, potentially enhancing global electronic intelligence operations.N)Some countries have had a hard time here, Brazil opened a research station in 1984，but it was largely destroyed by a f

53、ire that killed two members of the navy in 2012，the same year that a diesel-laden Brazilian barge sank near the base. As if that were not enough, a Brazilian 0130 Hercules military transport plane has remained stranded near the runway of Chiles air base here since it crash-landed in 2014.O)However,

54、Brazils stretch of misfortune has created opportunities for China, with a Chinese company winning the $ 100 million contract in 2015 to rebuild the Brazilian station.P)Amid all the changes, Antarctica maintains its allure. South Korea opened its second Antarctic research base in 2014，describing it a

55、s a way to test robots developed by Korean researchers for use in extreme conditions. With Russias help, Belarus is preparing to build its first Antarctic base. Colombia said this year that it planned to join other South American nations with bases in Antarctica.Q)“The old days of the Antarctic bein

56、g dominated by the interests and wishes of white men from European, Australasian and North American states are over，” Said Klaus Dodds, a politics scholar at the University of London who specialises in Antarctica. “The reality is that Antarctica is geopolitically contested.”According to Chinese offi

57、cials, their activities in Antarctica lay greater emphasis on scientific research.Efforts to create one of the worlds largest ocean sanctuaries failed because of Russias obstruction.With several monitoring stations operating in Antarctica, Russia is trying hard to counter Americas dominance in the f

58、ield of worldwide navigational facilities.According to geologists estimates, Antarctica has enormous reserves of oil and natural gas.It is estimated that Antarctica boasts of the richest reserves of fresh water on earth.The demand for energy resources may compel renegotiation of Antarcticas treaties

59、 before their expiration.Many countries are racing against each other to increase their business and strategic influence on Antarctica.Antarcticas harsh natural conditions constitute huge obstacles to the exploitation of its resources.With competition from many countries, Antarctica is no longer dom

60、inated by the traditional white nations.American scientists complain about lack of sufficient money and equipment for their expansion in Antarctica.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there a