2015.12 英语六级考试真题试卷（第一套）- 听力

1.
A) The restaurant offers some specials each day.
B) The restaurant is known for its food varieties.
C) The dressing makes the mixed salad very inviting.
D) The woman should mix the ingredients thoroughly.

2.
A) He took over the firm from Mary.
B) He is running a successful business.
C) He failed to foresee major problems.
D) He is opening a new consulting firm.

3.
A) Someone should be put in charge of office supplies.
B) The man can leave the discs in the office cabinet.
C) The man may find the supplies in the cabinet.
D) The printer in the office has run out of paper.

4.
A) He has to use a magnifying glass to see clearly.
B) The woman can use his glasses to read.
C) He has the dictionary the woman wants.
D) The dictionary is not of much help to him.

5.
A) Redecorating her office.
B) Majoring in interior design.
C) Seeking professional advice.
D) Adding some office furniture.

6.
A) Problems in port management.
B) Improvement of port facilities.
C) Delayed shipment of goods.
D) Shortage of container ships.

7.
A) Their boss.
B) A colleague.
C) Their workload.
D) A coffee machine.

8.
A) Call the hotel manager for help.
B) Postpone the event until a later date.
C) Hold the banquet at a different place.
D) Get an expert to correct the error.


Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9.
A) He shares some of the household duties.
B) He often goes back home late for dinner.
C) He cooks dinner for the family occasionally.
D) He dines out from time to time with friends.

10.
A) To take him to dinner.
B) To talk about a budget plan.
C) To discuss an urgent problem.
D) To pass on an important message.

11.
A) Foreign investors are losing confidence in India's economy.
B) Many multinational enterprises are withdrawing from India.
C) There are wild fluctuations in the international money market.
D) There is a sharp increase in India's balance of payment deficit.


Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12.
A) They have unrealistic expectations about the other half.
B) They may not be prepared for a lifelong relationship.
C) They form a more realistic picture of life.
D) They try to adapt to their changing roles.

13.
A) He is lucky to have visited many exotic places.
B) He is able to forget all the troubles in his life.
C) He is able to meet many interesting people.
D) He is lucky to be able to do what he loves.

14.
A) It is stressful.
B) It is full of fun.
C) It is all glamour.
D) It is challenging.

15.
A) Bothered.
B) Amazed.
C) Puzzled.
D) Excited.



Passage One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
16.
A) Maintain the traditional organizational culture.
B) Learn new ways of relating and working together.
C) Follow closely the fast development of technology.
D) Learn to be respectful in a hierarchical organization.

17.
A) How the team integrates with what it is supposed to serve.
B) How the team is built to keep improving its performance.
C) What type of personnel the team should be composed of.
D) What qualifications team members should be equipped with.

18.
A) A team manager must set very clear and high objectives.
B) Teams must consist of members from different cultures.
C) Team members should be knowledgeable and creative.
D) A team manager should develop a certain set of skills. Passage Two


Passage Two
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19.
A) It is a platform for sharing ideas on teaching at the University of Illinois.
B) It was mainly used by scientists and technical people to exchange text.
C) It started off as a successful program but was unable to last long.
D) It is a program allowing people to share information on the Web.

20.
A) He visited a number of famous computer scientists.
B) He met with an entrepreneur named Jim Clark.
C) He sold a program developed by his friends.
D) He invested in a leading computer business.

21.
A) They had confidence in his new ideas.
B) They trusted his computer expertise.
C) They were very keen on new technology.
D) They believed in his business connections.


Passage Three
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22.
A) Prestige advertising.
B) Institutional advertising.
C) Word-of-mouth advertising.
D) Distributing free trial products.

23.
A) To sell a particular product.
B) To build up their reputation.
C) To promote a specific service.
D) To attract high-end consumers.

24.
A) By using the services of large advertising agencies.
B) By hiring their own professional advertising staff.
C) By buying media space in leading newspapers.
D) By creating their own ads and commercials.

25.
A) Decide on what specific means of communication to employ.
B) Conduct a large-scale survey on customer needs.
C) Specify the objectives of the campaign in detail.
D) Pre-test alternative ads or commercials in certain regions.



Extinction is a difficult concept to grasp. It is an __26__ concept. It's not at all like the killing of individual lifeforms that can be renewed through normal processes of reproduction. Nor is it simply __27__ numbers. Nor is it damage that can somehow be remedied or for which some substitute can be found. Nor is it something that simply affects our own generation. Nor is it something that could be remedied by some supernatural power. It is rather an __28__ and final act for which there is no remedy on earth or in heaven. A species once extinct is gone forever. However many generations __29__ us in coming centuries, none of them will ever see this species that we extinguish.

Not only are we bringing about the extinction of life __30__ , we are also making the land and the air and the sea so toxic that the very conditions of life are being destroyed. __31__ basic natural resources, not only are the nonrenewable resources being __32__ in a frenzy(疯狂) of processing, consuming, and __33__ , but we are also ruining much of our renewable resources, such as the very soil itself on which terrestrial (地球上的) life depends.

The change that is taking place on the earth and in our minds is one of the greatest changes ever to take place in human affairs, perhaps the greatest, since what we are talking about is not simply another historical change or cultural __34__ , geological and biological as well as psychological order of __35__.

【参考答案】
26. eternal
27. diminishing
28. absolute
29. succeed
30. on a vast scale
31. As regards
32. used up
33. disposing
34. modification
35. magnitude