2016年六级真题及答案解析

发布时间：2020-06-10


2016年六级真题及答案解析


2016年6月英语六级真题


Part I Writing (30 minutes Directions：For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the use of robots. Try to imagine what will happen when more and more robots take the place of human beings in industry as well as people's daily lives. You are requried 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,Cand 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. AProject organizer BPublic relations officer.
CMarketing manager. DMarket research consultant. 2.AQuantitative advertising research. BQuestionnaire design. CResearch methodology.
DInterviewer training. 3.AThey are intensive studies of people’s spending habits. BThey examine relations between producers and customers. CThey look for new and effective ways to promote products. DThey study trends or customer satisfaction over a long period.

4.AThe lack of promotion opportunity. BChecking charts and tables. CDesigning questionnaires. DThe persistent intensity.
Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 5.AHis view on Canadian universities. BHis understanding of higher education. CHis suggestions for improvements in higher education. DHis complaint about bureaucracy in American universities. 6.AIt is well designed. BIt is rather inflexible. CIt varies among universities. DIt has undergone great changes. 7.AThe United States and Canada can learn from each other.

BPublic universities are often superior to private universities. CEveryone should be given equal access to higher education. DPrivate schools work more efficiently than public institutions. 8.A University systems vary from country to country. BEfficiency is essential to university management. C It is hard to say which is better, a public university or a private one. D Many private university in the U.S. Are actually large bureaucracies.

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 11 are based on the passage you have just heard. 9.A Government’s role in resolving an economic crisis. B The worsening real wage situation around the world C Indications of economic recovery in the United States. D The impact of the current economic crisis on people’s life. 10.AThey will feel less pressure to raise employees’ wages. B They will feel free to choose the most suitable employees. C They will feel inclined to expand their business operations. D They will feel more confident in competing with their rivals.
11.A Employees and companies

cooperate to pull through the economic crisis. B Government and companies join hands to create hobs for the unemployed. C Employees work shorter hours to avoid layoffs. D Team work will be encouraged in companies.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard. 12.A Whether memory supplements work. B Whether herbal medicine works wonders. C Whether exercise enhances one’s memory. D Whether a magic memory promises success. 13.A They help the elderly more than the young.
B They are beneficial in one way or

another. C They generally do not have side effects. D They are not based on real science. 14.AThey are available at most country fairs. BThey are taken in relatively high dosage. CThey are collected or grown by farmers. DThey are prescribed by trained practitioners. 15.AThey have often proved to be as helpful as doing mental exercise. BTaking them with other medications might entail unnecessary risks. CTheir effect lasts only a short time. DMany have benefited from them.

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.AHow catastrophic natural disasters turn out to be to developing nations. BHow the World Meteorological Organization studies natural disasters. CHow powerless humans appear to be in face of natural disasters. DHow the negative impacts of natural disasters can be reduced. 17.ABy training rescue teams for emergencies.

BBy taking steps to prepare people for them. CBy changing people’s views of nature. DBy relocating people to safer places. 18.AHow preventive action can reduce the loss of life. BHow courageous Cubans are in face of disasters. CHow Cubans suffer from tropical storms. DHow destructive tropical storms can be.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard. 19.APay back their loans to the American government. BProvide loans to those in severe financial difficulty.
CContribute more to the goal of a

wider recovery. DSpeed up their recovery from the housing bubble. 20.ASome banks may have to merge with others. BMany smaller regional banks are going to fail. CIt will be hard for banks to provide more loans. DMany banks will have to lay off some employees. 21.AIt will work closely with the government. BIt will endeavor to write off bad loans. CIt will try to lower the interest rate. DIt will try to provide more loans. 22.AIt won’t help the American economy to turn around. BIt won’t do any good to the major commercial banks.

CIt will win the approval of the Obama administration. DIt will be necessary if the economy starts to shrink again.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard. 23.ABeing unable to learn new things. BBeing rather slow to make changes. CLosing temper more and more often. DLosing the ability to get on with others. 24.ACognitive stimulation. BCommunity activity. CBalanced diet.
DFresh air. 25.AIgnoring the signs and symptoms of aging. BAdopting an optimistic attitude towards life.
CEndeavoring to give up unhealthy

lifestyles. DSeeking advice from doctors from time to time.
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 2with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Pursuing a career is an essential part of adolescent development.“The adolescent becomes an adult when he_26_a real job.”

To cognitive researchers like Piaget,adulthood meant the beginning of an_27_. Piaget argued that once adolescents enter the world of work,their newly acquired ability to form hypotheses allows them to create representations that are too ideal.The_28_of such ideals,without the tempering of the reality of a job or profession,rapidly leads adolescents to become _29_ of the non-idealistic world and to press for reform in a characteristically adolescent way.Piaget said:“True adaptation to society comes_30_when the adolescent reformer attempts to put his ideas to work.”
Of course,youthful idealism is often courageous,and no one likes to give up dreams.Perhaps,taken_31_out of context,Piaget’s statement seems harsh.What he was_32_，however,is the way reality can modify idealistic views.Some

people refer to such modification as maturity.Piaget argued that attaining and accepting a vocation is one of the best ways to modify idealized views and to mature. As careers and vocations become less available during times of _33_,adolescents may be especially hard hit.Such difficult economic times may leave many adolescents_34_about their roles in society.For this reason,community interventions and government job programs that offer summer and vacation work are not only economically_35_but also help to stimulate the adolescent’s sense of worth. Aautomatically Bbeneficial Ccapturing Dconfused Eemphasizing Fentrance Gexcited Hexistence

Iincidentally Jintolerant Koccupation Lpromises Mrecession Nslightly Oundertakes
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.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. Can societies be rich and green? [A]“If our economies are to flourish,if global poverty is to be eliminated and if the

well-being of the world’s people enhanced—not just in this generation but in succeeding generations—we must make sure we take care of the natural environment and resources on which our economic activity depends.”That statement comes not,as you might imagine,from a stereotypical tree-hugging,save-the-world greenie(环保主义者,but from Gordon Brown,a politician with a reputation for rigour,thoroughness and above all,caution. [B]A surprising thing for the man who runs one of the world’s most powerful economies to say?Perhaps;though in the run-up to the five-year review of the Millennium(千年的Goals,he is far from alone.The roots of his speech,given in March at the roundtable meeting of environment and energy ministers from the G20 group of nations,stretch back to 1972,and the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm. [C]“The protection and improvement of the

human environment is a major issue which affects the well-being of peoples and economic development throughout the world,”read the final declaration from this gathering,the first of a sequence which would lead to the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992 and the World Development Summit in Johannesburg three years ago. [D]Hunt through the reports prepared by UN agencies and development groups—many for conferences such as this year’s Millennium Goals review—and you will find that the linkage between environmental protection and economic progress is a common thread. [E]Managing ecosystems sustainably is more profitable than exploiting them,according to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.But finding hard evidence to support the thesis is not so easy.Thoughts turn first to some sort of global statistic,some indicator which would rate the wealth of nations in both economic and

environmental terms and show a relationship between the two. [F]If such an indicator exists,it is well hidden.And on reflection,this is not surprising;the single word“environment”has so many dimensions,and there are so many other factors affecting wealth—such as the oil deposits—that teasing out a simple economy-environment relationship would be almost impossible. [G]The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment,a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year,found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable in the short term,but certainly brings long-term rewards. [H]And the World Resources Institute(WRIin its World Resources 2005 report,issued at the end of August,produced several such examples from Africa and

Asia;it also demonstrated that environmental degradation affects the poor more than the rich,as poorer people derive a much higher proportion of their income directly from the natural resources around them. [I]But there are also many examples of growing wealth by trashing the environment,in rich and poor parts of the world alike,whether through unregulated mineral extraction,drastic water use for agriculture,slash-and-burn farming,or fossil-fuel-guzzling(大量消耗transport.Of course,such growth may not persist in the long term—which is what Mr.Brown and the Stockholm declaration were both attempting to point out.Perhaps the best example of boom growth and bust decline is the Grand Banks fishery.For almost five centuries a very large supply of cod(鳕鱼provided abundant raw material for an industry which at its peak employed about

40,000 people,sustaining entire communities in Newfoundland.Then,abruptly,the cod population collapsed.There were no longer enough fish in the sea for the stock to maintain itself,let alone an industry.More than a decade later,there was no sign of the ecosystem re-building itself.It had,apparently,been fished out of existence;and the once mighty Newfoundland fleet now gropes about frantically for crab on the sea floor. [J]There is a view that modern humans are inevitably sowing the seed of a global Grand Banks-style disaster.The idea is that we are taking more out of what you might call the planet’s environmental bank balance than it can sustain;we are living beyond our ecological means.One recent study attempted to calculate the extent of this“ecological overshoot of the human economy”,and found that we are using 1.2 Earth’s-worth of

environmental goods and services—the implication being that at some point the debt will be called in,and all those services—the things which the planet does for us for free—will grind to a halt. [K]Whether this is right,and if so where and when the ecological axe will fall,is hard to determine with any precision—which is why governments and financial institutions are only beginning to bring such risks into their economic calculations.It is also the reason why development agencies are not united in their view of environmental issues;while some,like the WRI,maintain that environmental progress needs to go hand-in-hand with economic development,others argue that the priority is to build a thriving economy,and then use the wealth created to tackle environmental degradation. [L]This view assumes that rich societies

will invest in environmental care.But is this right?Do things get better or worse as we get richer? Here the Stockholm declaration is ambiguous.“In the developing countries,”it says,“most of the environmental problems are caused by under-development.”So it is saying that economic development should make for a cleaner world?Not necessarily;“In the industralised countries,environmental problems are generally related to industrialisation and technological development,”it continues.In other words,poor and rich both over-exploit the natural world,but for different reasons.It’s simply not true that economic growth will surely make our world cleaner. [M]Clearly,richer societies are able to provide environmental improvements which lie well beyond the reach of poorer communities.Citizens of wealthy nations demand national parks,clean rivers,clean

air and poison-free food.They also,however,use far more natural resources-fuel,water(all those baths and golf coursesand building materials. [N]A case can be made that rich nations export environmental problems,the most graphic example being climate change.As a country’s wealth grows,so do its greenhouse gas emissions.The figures available will not be completely accurate.Measuring emissions is not a precise science, particularly when it comes to issues surrounding land use;not all nations have re-leased up-to-date data,and in any case,emissions from some sectors such as aviation are not included in national statistics.But the data is exact enough for a clear trend to be easily discernible.As countries become richer,they produce more greenhouse gases;and the impact of those gases will fall primarily in poor parts of the world.

[O]Wealth is not,of course,the only factor involved.The average Norwegian is better off than the average US citizen,but contributes about half as much to climate change.But could Norway keep its standard of living and yet cut its emissions to Moroccan or even Ethiopian levels?That question,repeated across a dozen environmental issues and across our diverse planet,is what will ultimately determine whether the human race is living beyond its ecological means as it pursues economic revival.
36.Examples show that both rich and poor countries exploited the environment for economic progress. 37.Environmental protection and improvement benefit people all over the world. 38.It is not necessarily true that economic growth will make our world cleaner.

39.The common theme of the UN reports is the relation between environmental protection and economic growth. 40.Development agencies disagree regarding how to tackle environment issues while ensuring economic progress. 41.It is difficult to find solid evidence to prove environmental friendliness generates more profits than exploiting the natural environment. 42.Sustainable management of ecosystems will prove rewarding in the long run. 43.A politician noted for being cautious asserts that sustainable human development depends on the natural environment. 44.Poor countries will have to bear the cost for rich nations’ economic development. 45.One recent study warns us of the danger of the exhaustion of natural resources on Earth.


Section C Directions:There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,Cand D.You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage. Interactive television advertising, which allows viewers to use their remote controls to click on advertisements, has been pushed for years. Nearly a decade ago it was predicted that viewers of “Friends”, a popular situation comedy, would soon be able to purchase a sweater like Jennifer Aniston’s with a few taps on their remote control.“It’s been the year of interactive

television advertising for the last ten or twelve years,”says Colin Dixon of a digital-media consultancy. So the news that Cablevision, and American cable company, was rolling out interactive advertisements to all its customers on October 6th was greeted with some skepticism. During commercials, an overlay will appear at the bottom of the screen, prompting viewers to press a button to request a free sample or order a catalogue. Cablevision hopes to allow customers to buy things with their remote controls early next year. Television advertising could do with a boost. Spending fell by 10% in the first half of the year. The popularization of digital video recorders has caused advertisers to worry that their commercials will be skipped. Some are turning to the Internet, which is cheaper and offers concrete measurements like click-through rates—especially

important at a time when marketing budgets are tight. With the launch of interactive advertising,“many of the dollars that went to the Internet will come back to the TV,”says David Kline of Cablevision. Or so the industry hopes. In theory, interactive advertising can engage viewers in a way that 30-second spots do not. Unilever recently ran an interactive campaign for its Axe deodorant(除臭剂，which kept viewers engaged for more than three minutes on average. The amount spent on interactive advertising on television is still small. Magna, an advertising agency, reckons it will be worth about $138 million this year. That falls far short of the billions of dollars people once expected it to generate. But DirecTV, Comcast and Time Warner Cable have all invested in it. A new effort led by Canoe Ventures, a coalition of leading cable providers, aims to make interactive

advertising available across America later this year. BrightLine iTV, Which designs and sells interactive ads, says interest has surged: it expects its revenues almost to triple this year. BSkyB, Britain’s biggest satellite-television service, already provides 9 million customers with interactive ads. Yet there are doubts whether people watching television, a“lean back”medium, crave interaction. Click-through rates have been high so far(around 3-4%, compared with less than 0.3% online, but that may be a result of the novelty. Interactive ads and viewers might not go well together.
46.What does Colin Dixon mean by saying“It’s been the year of interactive television advertising for the last ten or twelve years”(Lines 4-5, Para.1? AInteractive television advertising will become popular in 10-12 years.

BInteractive television advertising has been under debate for the last decade or so. CInteractive television advertising is successful when incorporated into situation comedies. DInteractive television advertising has not achieved the anticipated results. 47.What is the public’s response to Cablevision’s planned interactive TV advertising program? APretty positive. BTotally indifferent. CSomewhat doubtful. DRather critical. 48.What is the impact of the wide use of digital video recorders on TV advertising? AIt has made TV advertising easily accessible to viewers. BIt helps advertisers to measure the click-through rates. CIt has placed TV advertising at a great disadvantage.

DIt enables viewers to check the sales items with ease. 49.What do we learn about Unilever’s interactive campaign? AIt proves the advantage of TV advertising. BIt has done well in engaging the viewers. CIt helps attract investments in the company. Dit has boosted the TV advertising industry. 50.How does the author view the hitherto high click-through rates? AThey may be due to the novel way of advertising. BThey signify the popularity of interactive advertising. CThey point to the growing curiosity ofTV viewers. DThey indicate the future direction of media reform.


Passage Two Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage. What can be done about mass unemployment? All the wise heads agree: there’re no quick or easy answers. There’s work to be done, but workers aren’t ready to do it—they’re in the wrong places, or they have the wrong skills, Our problems are“structural,”and will take many years to solve. But don’t bother asking for evidence that justifies this bleak view. There isn’t any. On the contrary, all the facts suggest that high unemployment in America is the result of inadequate demand. saying that there’re no easy answers sounds wise. But it’s actually foolish: our unemployment crisis could be cured very quickly if we had the intellectual clarity and political will to act. In other words, structural unemployment is a fake problem, which mainly

serves as an excuse for not pursing real solutions. The fact is job openings have plunged in every major sector, while the number of workers forced into part-time employment in almost all industries has soared. Unemployment has surged in every major occupational category. Only three states. With a combined population not much larger than that of Brooklyn, have unemployment rates below 5%. So the evidence contradicts the claim that we’re mainly suffering from structural unemployment. Why, then, has this claim become so popular? Part of the answer is that this is what always happens during periods of high unemployment—in part because experts and analysts believe that declaring the problem deeply rooted, with no easy answers, makes them sound serious. I’ve been looking at what self-proclaimed experts were saying about

unemployment during the Great Depression; it was almost identical to what Very Serious People are saying now. Unemployment cannot be brought down rapidly, declared one 1935 analysis, because the workforce is“unadaptable and untrained. It cannot respond to the opportunities which industry may offer.”A few years later, a large defense buildup finally provided a fiscal stimulus adequate to the economy’s needs—and suddenly industry was eager to employ those“unadaptable and untrained”workers. But now, as then, powerful forces are ideologically opposed to the whole idea of government action on a sufficient scale to jump-start the economy. And that, fundamentally, is why claims that we face huge structural problems have been multiplying: they offer a reason to do nothing about the mass unemployment that is crippling out economy and our society. So what you need to know is that there’

s no evidence whatsoever to back these claims. We aren’t suffering from a shortage of needed skills, We’re suffering from a lack of policy resolve. As I said, structural unemployment isn’t a real problem, it’s an excuse—a reason not to act on America’s problems at a time when action is desperately needed.
51.What does the author think is the root cause of mass unemployment in America? ACorporate mismanagement. BInsufficient demand. CTechnological advances. DWorkers’ slow adaptation. 52.What does the author think of the experts’ claim concerning unemployment? ASelf-evident. BThought-provoking. CIrrational. DGroundless. 53.What does the author say helped bring

down unemployment during the Great Depression? AThe booming defense industry. BThe wise heads’ benefit package. CNationwide training of workers. DThorough restructuring of industries. 54.What has caused claims of huge structural problems to multiply? APowerful opposition to government’s stimulus efforts. BVery Serious People’s attempt to cripple the economy. CEvidence gathered from many sectors of the industries. DEconomists’ failure to detect the problems in time. 55.What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage? ATo testify to the experts’ analysis of America’s problems. BTo offer a feasible solution to the structural unemployment.

CTo show the urgent need for the government to take action. DTo alert American workers to the urgency for adaptation.
Part IV Translation (30minutes Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2. 中国的创新正以前所未有的速度蓬勃发展。为了在科学技术上尽快赶超世界发达国家，中国近年来大幅度增加了研究开发资金。中国的大学和研究所正在积极开展创新研究。这些研究覆盖了从大数据到生物化学、从新能源到机器人等高科技领域。它们还与各地的科技园合作，使创新成果商业化。与此同时，无论在产品还是商业模式上，中国企业家也在努力争做创新的先锋，以适应国内外消费市场不断变化和增长的需求。

参考答案



参考范文：It is held by some people that knowledge is power,especially scientific and technological knowledge. Science and technology are the motive power of the social development, which constitute a primary productive force. The use of robots is the produce of development of science and technology People’s view son the use of robots vary from person to person. Some hold that human life cannot continue without the use of robots. For many years, human society has developed with the use of science and technology. So the life with the use of robots we are living now is more efficient than that of our fore fathers. They go on to point out that the use of robots has brought about many changes in people's life. For example,through the use of robots can improve the work efficiency and a voiddangerous events happening in our life in that we can require robots to do some

works with danger instead of human beings. Science and technology of robots are the crystallization of human wisdom. It brought a glorious past to humanity, also will bring bright future to mankind.

听力答案 Section A 1。 DMarket research consultant 2。 A Quantitative advertising research 3。 D They study trends or customer satisfaction over a longperiod。 4。 B Checking charts and tables。 5。 A His view on Canadian universities。 6。 B It is rather inflexible。 7。 C Everybody should be given equal access to highereducation。 8。 C It is hard to say which is better， a public university ora private university。 Section B 9。 B The worsening real wage situation

around the world。 10。 A They will feel less pressure to raise employees’ wages. 11。C Employees work shorter hours to avoid layoffs。 12。 A Whether memory supplements work。 13。 D They are not on based on real science。 14。 D They are prescribed by trained practitioners。 15.B Taking them with other medications might entail unnecessary risks。 Section C 16 D How the negative impacts of natural disasters can bereduced。 17 B By taking steps to prepare people for them。 18 A How preventive action can reduce the loss of life。 19 C Contribute more to the goal of a wider recovery 20 B Many smaller regional banks are

going to fail 21 D It will try to provide more loans 22 D It will be necessary if the economy starts to shrinkagain 23 A。 Being unable to learn new things。 24 A。 Cognitive stimulation。 25 C。 Endeavoring to give up unhealthy lifestyles。

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26. 正确选项 O undertakes 27. 正确选项 K occupation 28. 正确选项 H existence 29. 正确选项 J intolerant 30. 正确选项 A automatically 31. 正确选项 N slightly 32. 正确选项 E emphasizing 33. 正确选项 M recession 34. 正确选项 D confused 35. 正确选项 B beneficial
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36. 正确选项 I 37. 正确选项 C 38. 正确选项 L 39. 正确选项 D 40. 正确选项 K 41. 正确选项 E 42. 正确选项 G 43. 正确选项 A 44. 正确选项 N 45. 正确选项 J
仔细阅读 Passage one 46. C interactive television is successful 47. C somewhat doubtful 48. C it has placed TV advertising 49. B it has down well in engaging the viewer 50. A they maybe due the novel way of advertising Passage two

51. B insufficient demand 52. D groundless 53. A the booming defense industry 54. A powerful opposition to government 55. C to show urgent need for the government to take action
参考译文：China's innovation is flourishing faster than ever before. In order to surpass developed countries on science and technology as soon as possible, China has sharply increased research and development fund. Chinese universities and institutes are actively doing innovative researches, covering various fields of high technology, from big data to biochemistry, and from new energy to robots. They are also cooperating with science and technology parks in different places, so as to commercialize their fruits of innovation. In the meantime, to adapt to the changing foreign and domestic market, and to satisfy

the growing demand, Chinese entrepreneurs are also making pioneering efforts to innovate their products and business models.

2016年六级真题及答案解析

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