大学英语六级考试2015年6月真题（第二套）Part IWriting(30 minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting onAlbert Einstein's remark "I have no special talents.I am only passionately curious."You can give an example or two to illustrate your point of view.You should write at least150 words but no more than 200 words.PartIListening Comprehension(30minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,you will hear two long conversations.At the end of eachconversation,you will hear four questions.Both the conversation and the questions willbe spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from thefour choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet I with a single line through the centre.Conversation OneQuestions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1.A)Providing aid to the disabled.C)Promoting products for manufacturers.B)Selling products made for left-handers.D)Printing labels for manufactured goods.2.A)About half of them are unavailable on the market.B)The kitchenware in his shop is of unique design.C)All of them are manufactured in his own plant.D)Most of them are specially made for his shop.3.A)It is the man who is talking that set up the business.B)There was more competition in the business about 30 years ago.C)There are more left-handed products on the market now.D)People in the business should run stores to sell products.4.A)They specialise in one product only.C)They run chain stores in central London.B)They have outlets throughout Britain.D)They sell by mail order onlyConversation TwoQuestions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5.A)It publishes magazines.C)It sponsors trade fairs.B)It is engaged in product design.D)It runs sales promotion campaigns.6.A)The woman's company failed to make payments in time.B)The ad specifications had not been given in detail.C)The woman's company made last-minute changesD)Organising the promotion was really time-consuming7.A)Run another four-week campaignC)Extend the campaign to next year.B)Give her a 10 percent discount.D)Cut the fee by half for this year.8.A)Calm down and make peace.C)Stop negotiating for the time being.B )Improve their promotion plans.D)Reflect on their respective mistakes.Section BDirections:In this section,you will hear two passages.At the end of each passage,youwill hear three or four questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken onlyonce.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choicesmarked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with asingle line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.9.A)They are labeled pet animals by the researchers.B)They look spotlessly clean throughout their lives.C)They are looked after by animal-care organizations.D)They sacrifice their lives for the benefit of humans.10.A)They may behave abnormally.B)They may breed out of control.C)They may affect the results of experiments.D)They may cause damage to the environment.11.A)When they are no longer useful.C)When they become escapees.B )when they become ill.D)when they get too old12.A)While holding a burial ceremony for a pet mouse,they were killing pest mice.B)While advocating freedom for animals,they kept their pet mouse in a cage.C)While calling for animal rights,they allowed their kids to keep pet animalsD)While launching animal protection campaigns,they were trapping kitchen mice.Passage TwoQuestions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.13.A)They contribute most to it.C)They often find fault with it.B)They are crazy about it.D)They take it for granted.14.A)Tidal restlessness.C)Economic prosperity.B)Heat and light.D)Historical continuity.15.A)They lack knowledge of the culture of the city.B)They are adventurers from all over the world.C)They have difficulty surviving.D)They find the city alien to themSection CDirections:In this section,you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed bythree 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).Thenmark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.16.A)Protein was recognized as an essential component of diet.B)Vitamins were synthesized from foods.C)Effective measures of weight loss were determined.D)Certain foods were found to be harmful to good health.17.A)In order to urge medical doctors to participate in research studies on nutrition.B)In order to encourage medical doctors to apply concepts of nutrition in the treatment of disease.C)In order to persuade doctors to conduct experimental vitamin therapies on their patients.D)In order to support the creation of artificial vitamins.B)Medical schools stopped teaching nutritional concepts.C)Nutritional research was of poor quality.D)Claims for the effectiveness of vitamin therapy were exaggerated.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.19.A)How babies differentiate between the sound of the human voice and other soundsB)The differences between a baby's and an adult's ability to comprehend languageC)How babies perceive and respond to the human voice in their early stages oflanguage development.D)The response of a baby to sounds other than the human voice.20.A)To contrast the reactions of babies to human and nonhuman soundsB)To give examples of sounds that will cause a baby to cry.C)To explain how babies distinguish between different nonhuman sounds.D)To give examples of typical toys that babies do not like.21.A)Babies who are exposed to more than one language can acquire languages earlier than those to a single language.B)Mothers from different cultures speak to their babies in a similar way.C)Babies ignore facial expressions in comprehending their parents'language.D)The mothers observed by the researchers were consciously teaching their babies to speak.22.A)They understand the rhythm.C)They can remember them easily.B)They enjoy the sounds of them.D)They focus on their parents'wordsQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.23.A)BritainC)FranceB)Germany.D)Japan.24.A)The United States had a leading position on the world market by the start of World War I.B)The centre of film-making moved eastwards from Hollywood to New York.C)Many film industries could compete with that of Hollywood.D)The film markets of Russia and Japan were the only promising ones25.A)Indifferent.C)Negative.B)Biased.D)Neutral.Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to selectone 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 bankis identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on AnswerSheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in thebank more than once.Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage."That which does not kill us makes us stronger."But parents can't handle it whenteenagers put this 26 into practice.Now technology has become the new field forthe age-old battle between adults and their freedom-seeking kids.Locked indoors,unable to get on their bicycles and hang out with their friends,teenshave turned to social media and their mobile phones to socialize with their peers.Whatthey do online often27 what they might otherwise do if their mobility weren't sohave become so popular in recent years because teens need a place to call their own.Theywant the freedom to29 their identity and the world around them.Instead of30out,they jump online.As teens have moved online,parents have projected their fears onto the Internet,imagining all the31 dangers that youth might face-from 32 strangers to