2017年大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷及答案解析12

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2017年大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷及答案解析 Part I Listening comprehension (20 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each

conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question 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 the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Example: You will hear: You will read: A) 2 hours. B) 3 hours. C) 4 hours. D) 5 hours.

From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center. Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D] 1. A) The flight has been canceled. B) The plane is late. C) The plane is on time. D) The tickets for this flight have been sold out. 2. A) He is not to blame. B) It was his fault.

C) He will accept all responsibility. D) He will be more careful next time. 3. A) The man is a forgetful person.

B) The typewriter is not new.

C) The man can have the typewriter later.

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D) The man misunderstood her. 4. A) There will be heavy fog in all areas.

B) There will be heavy rain by midnight. C) There will be heavy fog in the east. D) There will be fog in all areas by midnight. 5. A) She’s scornful.

B) She’s angry. C) She’s sympathetic. D) She’s worried.

6. A) He likes the job of a dish-washer because it pays well.

B) He thinks it’s important to have a good job from the beginning. C) He hates to be a dish-washer because it’s boring. D) He would work as a dish-washer in summer if he has to. 7. A) She must learn to understand John’s humor better.

B) She enjoys John’s humor a great deal. C) She doesn’t appreciate John’s humor. D) She thinks John is not funny enough. 8. A) Joan may have taken a wrong train. B) Joan will miss the next conference. C) Joan won’t come to the conference. D) Joan may be late for the opening speech. 9. A) She has been dismissed for her poor performance. B) She has been fired by the company. C) She has been granted leave for one month. D) She has been offered a new job. 10. A) It will last for two weeks.

B) It has come to a halt. C) It will end before long. D) It will probably continue. Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of passage, you

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will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Passage one

Question 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. A) She was an office worker.

B) She was a physician. C) She was a cleaner. D) She was a social worker.

12. A) Because she could not sleep well at night.

B) Because she hoped to earn more money. C) Because she could not find a daytime job. D) Because she needed a change and a lighter job. 13. A) She works six nights every fortnight. B) She does not take part in social activities in her working days. C) She has been a night nurse in a hospital for about 25 years. D) She is not satisfied with her present job. Passage Two

Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard. 14. A) A small town in Britain. B) A new type of jail. C) A labour camp. D) A big gymnasium in Scotland. 15. A) Women criminals in Scotland.

B) Criminals who are given long sentences. C) Criminals who are given short sentences. D) Criminals in Scotland.

16. A) The reward the prisoners get for their work.

B) The comfortable accommodation.

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C) The way the prisoners are treated. D) The officers’ sympathy for the prisoners. 17. A) To give the prisoners more freedom.

B) To help the prisoners keep their self-respect.

C) To help the prisoners develop the sense of independence. D) To turn the prisoners into skilled workers.

Passage Three

Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 18. A) On an airplane.

B) Near the terminal building. C) In a coach to the city. D) In the waiting room. 19. A) Near the airport hotel.

B) At the travelers’ information desk. C) Outside the Customs Hall. D) In the center of the city.

20. A) The departure tax they have to pay on their next international flight. B) The distance they have to travel from the airport to the city center. C) The prices the major hotels charge. D) The place where taxis are waiting to be hired. Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is following by

some questions or unfinished statements-For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

Material culture refers to the touchable, material “things”—physical objects that can be seen, held, felt, used—that a culture produces. Examining a culture’s tools and technology can tell us about the group’s history and way of life. Similarly, research into the material culture of music can help us to understand the music-culture. The most vivid body of “things” in it, of course, are musical instruments. We cannot hear for ourselves the actual sound of any musical performance before the 1870s when the phonograph was

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invented, so we rely on instruments for important information about music-cultures it the remote past and their development. Here we have two kinds of evidence: instruments well preserved and instruments pictures in art. Through the study of instruments, as well preserved Paintings, written documents, and so on, we can explore the movement of music from the Neat East to China over a thousand years ago, or we can outline the spread of Near eastern influence to Europe that results in the development of most of the instruments on the symphony orchestra.

Sheet music or printed music, too is material culture. Scholars once defined folk music-cultures as those in with people learn and sing music by ear rather than from print, but research show mutual influence among oral and written sources during the past few centuries in Europe, Britain, and America, printed versions limit variety because they tend to standardize any song, yet they stimulate people to create new and different songs. Besides, the ability to read music notation has a far-reaching effect on musicians and, when it becomes widespread, on the music-culture as a whole.

One more important part of music’s material culture should be singled out the influence of the electronic media-radio, record player, tape recorder, television, and videocassette, with the future promising talking and singing computers and other developments. This all part of the “information revolution,” a twentieth century phenomenon as important as the industrial revolution was in the nineteenth. These electronic media are not just limited to modem nations; they have affected music-cultures all over the globe.

21. Research into the material culture of a nation’s of great importance ________.

A) it helps produce new cultural tools and technology B) it can reflect the development of the nation C) it helps understand the nation’s Fast and present D) it can demonstrate the nation’s civilization 22. It can be learned from this passage that ________. A) the existence of the symphony was attributed to the spread of Near Eastern and Chinese music B) Near Eastern music had influence on the of the instruments in the symphony

orchestra C) the development of the symphony shows the mutual influence of Eastern and

Western music D) the musical instruments in the symphony basis of Near Eastern music 23. According to the author, music notation is important because ________.

A) it has a great effect on the music-culture as more and more people are able to

read it B) it tends to standard folk sings when it is used by folk musicians