20xx年12月大学英语六级考试真题(编辑修改稿)

20xx年12月大学英语六级考试真题(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

) He would rather the woman didn’t buy the blouse. B) The woman needs blouses in the colors of a rainbow. C) The information in the catalog is not always reliable. D) He thinks the blue blouse is better than the red one. 18. A) The course is open to all next semester. B) The notice may not be reliable. C) The woman has not told the truth. D) He will drop his course in marketing. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 20xx年 12月大学英语六级考试真题 6/15 19. A) A director of a sales department. B) A manager at a puter store. C) A sales clerk at a shopping center. D) An accountant of a puter firm. 20. A) Handling customer plaints. B) Recruiting and training new staff. C) Dispatching ordered goods on time. D) Developing puter programs. 21. A) She likes something more challenging. B) She likes to be nearer to her parents. C) She wants to have a betterpaid job. D) She wants to be with her husband. 22. A) Right away. B) In two months. C) Early next month. D) In a couple of days. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. A) It will face challenges unprecedented in its history. B) It is a resolute advocate of the antiglobal movement. C) It is bound to regain its full glory of a hundred years ago. D) It will be a major economic power by the mid21st century. 24. A) The lack of overall urban planning. B) The huge gap between the haves and havenots. C) The inadequate supply of water and electricity. D) The shortage of hitech personnel. 25. A) They attach great importance to education. B) They are able to grasp growth opportunities. C) They are good at learning from other nations. D) They have made use of advanced technologies. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, 20xx年 12月大学英语六级考试真题 7/15 you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. A) She taught chemistry and microbiology courses in a college. B) She gave lectures on how to bee a public speaker. C) She helped families move away from industrial polluters. D) She engaged in field research on environmental pollution. 27. A) The job restricted her from revealing her findings. B) The job posed a potential threat to her health. C) She found the working conditions frustrating. D) She was offered a better job in a minority munity. 28. A) Some giant industrial polluters have gone out of business. B) More environmental anizations have appeared. C) Many toxic sites in America have been cleaned up. D) More branches of her pany have been set up. 29. A) Her widespread influence among members of Congress. B) Her ability to municate through public speaking. C) Her rigorous training in delivering eloquent speeches. D) Her lifelong mitment to domestic and global issues. Passage Two Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 30. A) The fierce petition in the market. B) The growing necessity of staff training. C) The accelerated pace of globalisation. D) The urgent need of a diverse workforce. 31. A) Gain a deep understanding of their own culture. B) Take courses of foreign languages and cultures. C) Share the experiences of people from other cultures. D) Participate in international exchange programmes. 20xx年 12月大学英语六级考试真题 8/15 32. A) Reflective thinking is being critical. B) Labor market is getting globalised. C) Knowing a foreign language is essential. D) Globalisation will eliminate many jobs. Passage Three Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. A) Redhaired women were regarded as more reliable. B) Brownhaired women were rated as more capable. C) Goldenhaired women were considered attractive. D) Blackhaired women were judged to be intelligent. 34. A) They are smart and eloquent. B) They are ambitious and arrogant. C) They are shrewd and dishonest. D) They are wealthy and industrious. 35. A) They force people to follow the cultural mainstream. B) They exaggerate the roles of certain groups of people. C) They emphasize diversity at the expense of uniformity. D) They hinder our perception of individual differences. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, 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 numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. The ancient Greeks developed basic memory systems called mnemonics. The name is 大 36家 from their Goddess of memory “Mnemosyne”. In the ancient world, a trained memory was an 大 37家 asset, particularly in public life. There were no 大 38家 devices for taking notes, and early Greek orators(演说家 ) delivered long speeches with great 大 39家 because they learned the speeches using mnemonic systems. The Greeks discovered that human memory is 大 40家 an associative process—that it works by 20xx年 12月大学英语六级考试真题 9/15 linking things together. For example, think of an apple. The 大 41家 your brain registers the word “apple”, it 大 42家 the shape, color, taste, smell and 大 43家 of that fruit. All these things are associated in yo。