2013年6月六级考试真题（第一套）WritingDirection:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark "Asmile is the shortest distance between two people."You can cite examples to illustrate your point.You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections:In this section,you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.At the endof each conversation,one or more questions will be asked about what was said.Both theconversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After each question there will be a pause.During the pause,you must read the four choices marked A),B),C)and D),and decide which is thebest answer.Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through thecentre.1.A)She has completely recovered.C)She is still in a critical condition.B)She went into shock after an operation.D)She is getting much better.2.A)Ordering a breakfast.C)Buying a train ticket.B)Booking a hotel room.D)Fixing a compartment.3.A)Most borrowers never returned the books to her.B)The man is the only one who brought her book backC)She never expected anyone to return the books to herD)Most of the books she lent out came back without jackets.4.A)She left her work early to get some bargains last SaturdayB)She attended the supermarket's grand opening ceremony.C)She drove a foil hour before finding a parking space.D)She failed to get into the supermarket last Saturday.5.A)He is bothered by the pain in his neck.B)He cannot do his report without a computer.C)He cannot afford to have a coffee break.D)He feels sorry to have missed the report6.A)Only top art students can show their works in the gallery.B)The gallery space is big enough for the man's paintings.C)The woman would like to help with the exhibition layout.7D)The man is uncertain how his art works will be received.7.A)The woman needs a temporary replacement for her assistant.B)The man works in the same department as the woman does.C)The woman will have to stay in hospital for a few days.D)The man is capable of dealing with difficult people.8.A)It was better than the previous one.C)It exaggerated the city's economic problems.B)It distorted the mayor's speech.D)It reflected the opinions of most economists.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9.A)To inform him of a problem they face.C)To discuss the content of a project report.B)To request him to purchase control desks.D)To ask him to fix the dictating machine.10.A)They quote the best price in the market.B)They manufacture and sell office furniture.C)They cannot deliver the steel sheets on time.D)They cannot produce the steel sheets needed.11.A)By marking down the unit price.C)By allowing more time for delivery.B)By accepting the penalty clauses.D)By promising better after-sales service.12.A)Give the customer a ten percent discount.B)Claim compensation from the steel suppliers.C)Ask the Buying Department to change suppliers.D)Cancel the contract with the customer.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13.A)Stockbroker.C)Mathematician.B)Physicist.D)Economist.14.A)Improve computer programming.C)Predict global population growthB)Explain certain natural phenomena.D)Promote national financial health15.A)Their different educational backgrounds.C)Chaos Theory and its applicationsB)Changing attitudes towards nature.D)The current global economic crisisSection BDirections:In this section,you will hear 3 short passages.At the end of each passage,you will hearsome questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear aquestion,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Thenmark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.A)They lay great emphasis on hard work.C)They require high academic degreesB)They name 150 star engineers each year.D)They have people with a very high IQ.17.A)Long years of job training.C)Distinctive academic qualificationsB)High emotional intelligence.D)Devotion to the advance of science.18.A)Good interpersonal relationships.C)Sophisticated equipment.B)Rich working experience.D)High motivation.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19.A)A diary.C)Distinctive academic qualifications.B)A fairy tale.D)Devotion to the advance of science.20.A)He was a sports fan.C)Sophisticated equipment.B)He loved adventures.D)High motivation.21.A)Encourage people to undertake adventures.B)Publicise his colourful and unique life stories.C)Raise people's environmental awareness.D)Attract people to America's national parks.Passage ThreeQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22.A)The first infected victim.C)The doctor who first identified it.B)A coastal village in Africa.D)A river running through the Congo.23.A)They exhibit similar symptoms.C)They have almost the same mortality rate.B)They can be treated with the same drug.D)They have both disappeared for good.24.A)By inhaling air polluted with the virus.C)By drinking water from the Congo River.B)By contacting contaminated body fluids.D)By eating food grown in Sudan and Zaire.25.A)More strains will evolve from the Ebola virus.B)Scientists will eventually find cures for Ebola.C)Another Ebola epidemic may erupt sooner or later.D)Once infected,one will become immune to Ebola.Section CDirections:In this section,you will hear a passage three times.When the passage is read for the firsttime,you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is read for the second time,you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard.Finally,when thepassage is read for the third time,you should check what you have written.The ideal companion machine would not only look,feel,and sound friendly but would also beprogrammed to behave in an agreeable manner.Those qualities that 26 other people enjoyablewould be simulated as closely as possible,and the machine would appear to be27,stimulating andeasygoing.Its informal conversational style would make interaction comfortable,and yet themachine would remain slightly_28 and therefore interesting.In its first 29,it might be somewhathesitant and unassuming,but as it came to know the user it would progress to a more30 andintimate style.The machine would not be a passive 31 but would add its own suggestions,information,and opinions;it would sometimes32_in developing or changing the topic and wouldhave a 33 of its own.The machine would convey presence.We have all seen how a computer's use of personal namesoften fascinates people and needs them to treat the machine as if it were almost human.Such featuresare easily written into the software.By introducing a degree of forcefulness and humour,the machinecould 34 a vivid and unique character.Friendships are not made in a day,and the computer would be more35 as a friend if itsimulated the gradual changes that occur when one person is getting to know another.At anappropriate time it might also express the kind of affection that stimulates attachment and intimacyReading ComprehensionSection ADirections:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one wordfar each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passagethrough 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 thecentre.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.Most experts in sleep behaviour agree that there is virtually an epidemic of sleepiness in thenation."I can't think of a 36 study that hasn't found Americans getting less sleep than they oughtto,”says Dr David.The beginning of our sleep-deficit crisis can be 37 to the invention of the light bulb a centuryago.From diary entries and other personal accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries,sleep scientistshad to wake to an alarm clock."People cheat on their sleep,and they don't realise they're doing it,"says Dr David."They think they're okay because they can get by on 6.5 hours,when they really needPerhaps the most merciless robber of sleep,researchers say,is the41 of the day.Wheneverpressures from work,family,friends and community mount,many people consider sleep the leastexpensive item on the agenda."In our society,you're considered42 if you say you only need 5.5hours'sleep.If you say you've got to get 8.5 hours,people think you lack drive and ambition."Toassess the 43 of sleep deficit,researchers have put subjects through a set of psychological andperformance tests requiring them,for instance,to add columns of numbers or 44 a passage read tothem only minutes earlier."We've found that ifyou're sleep-deprived,performance suffers,"says DrDavid."Short-term memory is 45,so are abilities to make decisions and to concentrate."A)ideallyD)conclusionB)dynamicJ)drasticC)currentlyK)expectationsD)singleL)dramaticallyE)startlinglyM)recurF)complexityN)consequencesH)tracedO)impairedD)recallSection BDirections:In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Eachstatement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify the paragraph from whichthe information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is markedwith a letter.Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.