1、2015年 12月大学英语六级真题试卷（一）及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below. You should focus on the impact of social networking websites on reading. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Section A （
2、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. （ A） He took over the firm from Mary. （ B） He is running a successful business. （ C） He f
3、ailed to foresee major problems. （ D） He is opening a new consulting firm. （ 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. （ A） He
4、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. （ A） Redecorating her office. （ B） Majoring in interior design. （ C） Seeking professional advice. （ D） Adding some off
5、ice furniture. （ A） Problems in port management. （ B） Improvement of port facilities. （ C） Delayed shipment of goods. （ D） Shortage of container ships. （ A） Their boss. （ B） A colleague. （ C） Their workload. （ D） A coffee machine. （ A） Call the hotel manager for help. （ B） Postpone the event until a
6、 later date. （ C） Hold the banquet at a different place: （ D） Get an expert to correct the error. （ 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. （ A） To tak
7、e him to dinner. （ B） To talk about a budget plan. （ C） To discuss an urgent problem. （ D） To pass on an important message. （ A） Foreign investors are losing confidence in Indias economy. （ B） Many multinational enterprises are withdrawing from India. （ C） There are wild fluctuations in the internat
8、ional money market. （ D） There is a sharp increase in Indias balance of payment deficit. （ 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
9、roles. （ 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. （ A） It is stressful. （ B） It is full of fun. （ C） It is all glamour. （ D） It is chall
10、enging. （ A） Bothered. （ B） Amazed. （ C） Puzzled. （ D） Excited. Section B （ 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. （
11、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. （ A） A team manager must set very clear and high obje
12、ctives. （ 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. （ A） It is a platform for sharing ideas on teaching at the University of Illinois. （ B） It was mainly used by scient
13、ists 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. （ A） He visited a number of famous computer scientists. （ B） He met with an entrepreneur named Jim Clark. （ C） He
14、 sold a program developed by his friends. （ D） He invested in a leading computer business. （ 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. （ A） Prestige advertising. （ B）
15、Institutional advertising. （ C） Word-of-mouth advertising. （ D） Distributing free trial products. （ A） To sell a particular product. （ B） To build up their reputation. （ C） To promote a specific service. （ D） To attract high-end consumers. （ A） By using the services of large advertising agencies. （
16、B） By hiring their own professional advertising staff. （ C） By buying media space in leading newspapers. （ D） By creating their own ads and commericals. （ A） Decide on what specific means of communication to employ. （ B） Conduct a large-scale survey on customer needs. （ C） Specify the objectives of
17、the campaign in detail. （ D） Pre-test alternative ads or commercials in certain regions. Section C 26 Extinction is difficult concept to grasp. It is an【 B1】 _concept. Its not at all like the killing of individual lifeforms that can be renewed through normal processes of reproduction. Nor is it simp
18、ly【 B2】 _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【 B3】 _and final act for which there is no reme
19、dy on earth or in heaven. A species once extinct is gone forever. However many generations【 B4】 _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【 B5】 _, we are also making the land and the air and the sea so to
20、xic that the very conditions of life are being destroyed.【 B6】 _basic natural resources, not only are the nonrenewable resources being【 B7】 _in a frenzy(疯狂 )of processing, consuming, and【 B8】_, but we are also ruining much of our renewable resources, such as the very soil itself on which terrestrial
21、(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【 B9】 _, but a change of geological and biol
22、ogical as well as psychological order of【 B10】 _. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 It seems to be a law in the technology industry that leading companies eventually lose their positions, often quickly and brutally. Mobile phone c
23、hampion Nokia, one of Europes biggest technology success stories, was no【 C1】 _, losing its market share in just a few years. In 2007, Nokia accounted for more than 40% of mobile phone sales【 C2】 _. But consumers preferences were already【 C3】 _toward touch-screen smartphones. With the introduction o
24、f Apples iPhone in the middle of that year, Nokias market share【 C4】 _rapidly and revenue plunged. By the end of 2013, Nokia had sold its phone business to Microsoft. What sealed Nokias fate was a series of decisions made by Stephen Elop in his position as CEO, which he【 C5】 _in October 2010. Each d
25、ay that Elop spent in charge of Nokia, the companys market value declined by $ 23 million, making him, by the numbers, one of the worst CEOs in history. But Elop was not the only person at【 C6】 _. Nokias board resisted change, making it impossible for the company to adapt to rapid shifts in the indu
26、stry. Most【 C7】 _, Jorma Ollila, who had led Nokias transition from an industrial company to a technology giant, was too fascinated by the companys【 C8】 _success to recognize the change that was needed to sustain its competitiveness. The company also embarked on a【 C9】 _cost-cutting program, which i
27、ncluded the elimination of thousands of jobs. This contributed to the【 C10】 _of the companys once-spirited culture, which had motivated employees to take risks and make miracles. Good leaders left the company, taking Nokias sense of vision and directions with them. Not surprisingly, much of Nokias m
28、ost valuable design and programming talent left as well. A)assumed I)previous B)bias J)relayed C)desperate K)shifting D)deterioration L)shrank E)exception M)subtle F)fault N)transmitting G)incidentally O)worldwide H)notably 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【
29、 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 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
30、 is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. First-Generation College-Goers: Unprepared and Behind Kids who are the first in their families to brave the world of higher education come on campus with little academic know-how and are much more l
31、ikely than their peers to drop out before graduation. AWhen Nijay Williams entered college last fall as a first-generation student and Jamaican immigrant, he was academically unprepared for the rigors of higher education. Like many first-generation students, he enrolled in a medium-sized state unive
32、rsity many of his high school peers were also attending, received a Pell Grant, and took out some small federal loans to cover other costs. Given the high price of room and board and the closeness of the school to his family, he chose to live at home and worked between 30 and 40 hours a week while t
33、aking a full class schedule. BWhat Nyay didnt realize about his school Tennessee State University was its frighteningly low graduation rate: a mere 29 percent for its first-generation students. At the end of his first year, Nyay lost his Pell Grant of over $5,000 after narrowly missing the 2. 0 GPA
34、cut-off, making it impossible for him to continue paying for school. CNijay represents a large and growing group of Americans: first-generation college students who enter school unprepared or behind. To make matters worse, these schools are ill-equipped to graduate these students young adults who fa
35、ce specific challenges and obstacles. They typically carry financial burdens that outweigh those of their peers, are more likely to work while attending school, and often require significant academic remediation(补习 ). DMatt Rubinoff directs Im First, a nonprofit organization launched last October to
36、 reach out to this specific population of students. He hopes to distribute this information and help prospective college-goers find the best post-secondary fit. And while Rubinoff believes there are a good number of four-year schools that truly care about these students and set aside significant res
37、ources and programs for them, he says that number isnt high enough. E“Its not only the selective and elite institutions that provide those opportunities for a small subset of this population,“ Rubinoff said, adding that a majority of first-generation undergraduates tend toward options such as online
38、 programs, two-year colleges, and commuter state schools. “Unfortunately, there tends to be a lack of information and support to help students think bigger and broader. “ FDespite this problem, many students are still drawn to these institutions and two-year schools in particular. As a former high s
39、chool teacher, I saw students choose familiar, cheaper options year after year. Instead of skipping out. on higher education altogether, they chose community colleges or state schools with low bars for admittance. G“They underestimate themselves when selecting a university,“ said Dave Jarrat, a mark
40、eting executive for Inside Track, a for-profit organization that specializes in coaching low-income students and supporting colleges in order to help students thrive. “The reality of it is that a lot of low-income kids could be going to elite universities on a full ride scholarship and dont even rea
41、lize it. “ H“Many students are coming from a situation where no one around them has the experience of successfully completing higher education, so they are coming in questioning themselves and their college worthiness,“ Jarrat continued. That helps explain why, as Im Firsts Rubinoff indicated, the s
42、chools to which these students end up resorting can end up being some of the poorest matches for them. The University of Tennessee in Knoxville offers one example of this dilemma. A flagship university in the South, the school graduates just 16 percent of its first-generation students, despite its o
43、verall graduation rate of 71 percent. Located only a few hours apart, The University of Tennessee and Tennessee State are worth comparing. Tennessee States overall graduation rate is a tiny 39 percent, but at least it has a smaller gap between the outcomes for first-generation students and those of
44、their peers. IStill, the University of Tennessee deserves credit for being transparent. Many large institutions keep this kind of data secret or at least make it incredibly difficult to find. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for instance, admits only that the graduation rate for its
45、first-generation pupils is “ much lower“ than the percentage of all students who graduate within four years(81 percent). JIt is actually quite difficult to find reliable statistics on the issue for many schools. Higher education institutions are, under federal law, required to report graduation rate
46、s, but these reports typically only include Pell recipient numbers not necessarily rates specific to first-generation students. Other initiatives fail to break down the data, too. Imagine how intimidating it can be for prospecitive students unfamiliar with the complexities of higher education to nav
47、igate this kind of information and then identify which schools are the best fit. KIt was this lack of information that prompted the launch of Im First in 2013, originally as an arm of its umbrella organization, the Center For Student Opportunity. “If we can help to direct students to more of these t
48、ypes of campuses and help students to understand them to be realistic and accessible places, have them apply to these schools at greater frequency and ultimately get in and enroll, we are going to raise the success rate,“ Rubinoff said, citing a variety of colleges ranging from large state instituti
49、ons to smaller private schools. LChelsea Jones, who now directs student programming at Im First, was a first-generation college student at Howard. Like other student new to the intimidating higher-education world, she often struggled on her path to college, “There wasnt really a college-bound culture at my high school,“ she said. “ I wanted to go to college but I didnt really know the process. “ Jones became involved with a college-ac
