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2015年6月大学英语六级考试真题与答案下载(第二套)(Word版)
interest 兴趣
stimulate/satisfy one's curiosity 激发/满足某人的好 奇心
innovate 创新
explore 探索
immense intellectual curiosity强烈的求知欲
cultivate 培养
Curiosity killed the cat. 好奇害死猫
enthusiasm 热情
intrigue 激起 的兴趣
Part II Listening Comprehension
Section A
1. W: A clever man hides his virtues within himself.
A fool keeps them on his tongue.
M.. You mean I'm saying my own raises. In that case, I'm a fool, a thorough fool.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
C)【精析】语义理解题。女士认为智者美不外现，而愚蠢的人才四处炫耀，言语中暗示男士属于后者。男士回答“你是说我往自己脸上贴金。这样的话，我就是十足的傻瓜‘。”从男士的语气上可以听出他的不悦，男士说的是反语。
2. W: What does the paper say about the horrible incident that happened this morning on Flight 870 to Hong Kong?
M: It ended with the arrest of the three hijackers. They had forced the plane to fly to Japan, but all the passengers and crew members landed safely.
O.. What do we learn from the conversation?
C)【精析】综合理解题。女士问男士报纸上是怎样报 道飞往香港的870次航班上的可怕事件的，男士说一共抓捕了三个劫机犯，他们试图迫使飞机飞往日本，不过最后乘客和机组人员都安全着陆。由此可知，乘客没有受到伤害。
3. M.. I'd like to transfer mone from checkin account to my savings account.
W.. OK. Give me the numbers of both accounts and some identification, please.
Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?
D)【精析】场景推断题。男士要将支票账户的钱转存到存款账户，女士是银行职员，索要男士的账号和身份证件，因此对话最有可能发生在银行。
4. W: I'm not going to trust the restaurant critic from that magazine again. The food here doesn't taste anything like what we had in Chinatown.
M.. It definitely wasn't worth the wait.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
D)【精析】综合理解题。对话中女士说她再也不会相 信那本杂志里的餐馆评论员了，这家餐馆的食物根 本比不上他们在唐人街吃到的食物，而男士对此表 示赞同．并说根本就不值得排队等候。由此可见这家餐馆没有达到讲话者的期望。B)选项的干扰性较大．但是对话中并没有直接指出评论员高度评价这家中餐馆．因此排除．
5. W: I can't believe Prof. Laurence is going to retire.
M: He's still to lead agraduate seminar each semester, though.
Q: What does the man mean?
A)【精析】推理判断题。女士表示她无法相信Laurence教授要退休了，男士表示Laurence教授 退休以后每个学期还会组织一个研究生研讨会，也 就是说退休后仍积极参加学术活动。
6. W: Bob, I really_think we should meet to fig out what to do about replacing Leon. We have to find someone soon.
M: I can't come right now. I've got a meeting with Rodney. It might take all day. Can wemeet tomorrow?
Q: What does the woman want to discuss with the
man?
B)【精析】事实细节题。本题询问女士想和男士讨论 的内容，对话中女士明确表示她想与男士讨论找人 顶替Leon的职位，关于Rodney的内容都是干扰 选项。
7. W: Helen won't be coming to work tomorrow. She's finally going to the photography exhibition.
M: Oh, so she managed a ticket after all.
O: What do we learn from the conversation?
D【精析】综台理解题。女士指出Helen为了看摄影展都不来上班了．男士听到这个消息才知道Helen 已经买到票了。看来Helen一直都在期待着能够买到票去看展览。
8. W: Steve has listed a few ways of motivating the employees, but these are out of touch of the real world.
M.. You just took the words out of my mouth. Let's try to persuade him to see things our way.
Q.. What do we learn from the conversation?
A)【精析】语义理解题。女士表示Steve列出的员工 激励措施脱离实际，男士表示“你抢了我的台词”， 即他们想到一块儿去了。
Conversation One
M: I'd like to go to the States, but if I took the job there, I won't get a very good salary.
W: Really? I thought salaries were high there, but there would be some fringe benefits presumably~
M: Oh, yes. (9)It would be stimulating and it has some advantages.
W: What else do you have in mind7 M: Well, this position in Portugal. W: How does it compare?
M: It offers greatest security, because it will be on a home-base contract. W: And salary?
M: Much better. I get an overseas allowance plus free accommodation from the firm. W: Presumably you will be given moving expenses for the Portugal job?
M: (10)Yes, but just to complicate matters, this ssibilit offers a st in Sao Paulo.
W: (10)That's Brazil, isn't it?
M: Yes. (10)I'll a promotion if I took a post there.
W: I'd love to go to Brazil.
M: But there are some disadvantages. (ll)I'd have to do a five-year term there.
W: That's not a problem, surely?
M: Well, not at the moment. But if there were a change in family circumstances, I'd be a long way from home.
W: But if you are worried about distance, isn't that the same problem with the States?
M: Yes, but in the States I will be on an annual contract, so I can leave fairly quickly if I needed to.
W: In Portugal7
M: Well, that's almost next door, isn't it? I can visit home every a few months if necessary.
W: I can see you've got a difficult choice to make.
M: (12)Well, fortunatelv_I don't have to make upmy mind about an~ of them yet. In fact, I haven't even been called for an interview.
；答案详解
9. What does the man say about the job in the States?
B)【精析】细节辨认题。对话中男士指出在美国的工作 工资低，但是这份工作很有新意，而且有一些优点。hat benefit will the man get if he took the post ~ i~ S~o Paulo?
细节辨认题：对话中男士指出选择圣保罗的工作可以为他带来升职：安家费和免费住宿是葡萄牙工作的好处，属于干扰选项。
11. What does the man say is the disadvantage of working in Brazil?
D)【精析】细节推断题。对话中男士指出在巴西工作需要签5年的合约，离家太远，一旦家里有事发生，无法兼顾。
12. What do we learn from the end of the conversation?
C)【精析】推理判断题。对话结尾女士表示她理解男士很难选择，男士却回答，幸运的是，他不需要做出决定，因为他还没有被叫去面试。由此推测，男士现在在找工作的过程当中。
Conversation Two
w: Good morning, High Mountain Savings and Loan. How may we help you?
M: (13)Well, I'm looking for the high sible on a short-term certificate to deposit an account.
W: Well, Let's see what we can do for. you. High Mountain is currently offering a rate of 6.4% on the thirteen-week account for the minimum deposit of only 12 000 dollars, 6.55% on the minimum deposit of 25 000 dollars and 6.7% on a deposit Of 50 000 dollars. Those will have yields of 6.55%, 6.71% and 6.87% respectively.
M: Rate and yield? I'm afraid I don't understand the difference.
W: Well, sir. The rate is the percentage of symbol interest paid on your money, and the yield is the total percentage you will receive on your account if you leave your money with us, frankly to say here, as the same interest rate.
M: Oh, well.., um... (14)But I'm not interested in long-term investing and three months sounds iust fine.
W: Then perhaps you would like to open one of our high finance money market checking accounts. With the minimum balance of only 50 000 dollars, you'll get interest of 6.1% on any amount over that, for a yearly yield of 6.27%. Of course, there is no penalty for early withdraw.
M: No, thank you. I...
W: (15)Or, could we ou to save with us if we offer ou a dining coupon book that will et you a 25% discount at man of the area's leading restaurants and cost 12 dollars and 95 cents?
M: Look, I think I'll just call around for more information. Thank you for your time.
13. What is the man's purpose in making the phone call?
A)【精析】目的原因题。对话中男士想办理一个利率 最高的短期存款，因此打电话向银行询问。
14. What is the man most interested in?
B)【精析】细节辨认题。对话中女士男士介绍了不同的理财产品，男士表示他对长期投资不感兴趣，想选择类似三个月的短期存款。
15. What did the woman do to persuade the man to deposit in her bank?
C)【精析】细节推断题。对话结尾，在男士说出了 N0，thank you之后，女士为了说服男士在银行存款，表示可以提供给他当地一流餐厅的优惠券。
Section B
Passage One
Karen Smith is a buyer for a department store in New York. Department store buyers purchase the goods that their stores sell. (16)The not have to know what is fashionable at the moment, but also have to guess what will become fashionable next season or next year. Most buyers work for just one department in a store. But the goods that Karen finds may be displayed and sold in several different sections of the store. (17)Her job involves buying handicrafts from all over the world. Last year, she made a trip to Morocco and returned with rugs, pots, dishes and pans. The year before, she visited Mexico, and bought back hand-made table cloths, mirrors with frames of tin and paper flowers. The paper flowers are bright and colorful, so they were used to decorate the whole store. This year Karen is travelling in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. Many of the countries that Karen visits have government offices that promote handicrafts. The officials are glad to cooperate with her by showing her the products that are available. Karen especially likes to visit markets in
small towns and villages whenever she can arrange for it. She is always looking for interesting and unusual items. (18)Karen thinks she has the best job she could find. She loves all the travelling that she has to do, because she often visits markets and small out-of-the-way__places. She sees much more of the country she visits than an ordinary tourist would. As soon as she gets back to New York from one trip, Karen begins to plan another.
16. What is said to make a good department store buyer?
D)【精析】细节辨认题。短文开头提到，Karen Smith 是一位百货公司的采购员，作为优秀的采购人员，不仅要了解当时的时尚，还要能够预测将来的时尚趋势：
17. What does Karen's job involve?
A)【精析】细节辨认题。短文中提到．Karen Smith1的工作是到世界各地去购买手工艺品。
18. Why does Karen think she has got the best job?
C)【精析】目的原因题。短文中明确提到Karen觉得她已经找到了最好的工作，因为她喜欢去世界各地出差，她可以借出差的机会去市场和那些人们不常去的小地方。
Passage Two
Vaukin de Silva is a Brazilian who lives and works in New York. Brazil's most important product is coffee and coffee is Vaukin's business. He works for an international coffee institute. (19)It represents Brazil and several other countries that export coffee. The institute wants more people to drink more coffee. That hasn't been easy to do for the last few months. (20)A period of freezing_weather destro ed a lar e art of Brazil's coffee cro1~. As a result, there has been a shorta e~offee throughout the world. The shortage has caused prices to go very high. Many people are talking about giving up coffee until the prices come down again. All the countries that are represented in the institute want people to continue drinking coffee. They spend a lot of time explaining the recent rise in price to newspaper reporters. They want the public to understand the reason for the shortage. Among the goal, Vaukin was put in charge of an advertising campaign. The campaign will try to encourage people to keep on drinking coffee. Sometimes, Vaukin misses the beaches and tropical weather in Rio de Janeiro, but he likes the life in New York. (21)He is only 27years old, and he is a good looking bachelor. There are a lot of women to meet in New York and a lot of places to go with them. When he misses home, there are several Brazilian restaurants where he can go and speak Portuguese, his native language. (22)The last few weeks, however, he's been too busy to think about an thin exce t coffee rices and his advertising campaign.
19. What does the passage say about the international coffee institute?
C)【精析】推理判断题。短文开头提到，Vaukin在一家国际性的咖啡机构工作，这一机构代表着巴西以及其他一些出口咖啡的国家。
20.What caused the recent shortage of coffee throughout the world? A.细节推断题．短文中提到巴西遭遇了严寒 天气．使得大片咖啡树受损．因此全世界出现了咖啡短缺的情况。
21. What do we learn about Vaukin de Silva?
B)【精析】细节辨认题。短文中提到，Vaukin是个27岁的年轻小伙子，长得不错，而且单身。
22. What has occupied Vaukin's mind for the last few weeks?
B)【精析】细节辨认题。短文结尾处提到，Vaukin 最近满脑子都是咖啡价格和咖啡推广活动的 事情。Passage Three
Last summer, my wife and I had saved for a year to be able to take a romantic cruise to several Carib~2, islands. Because the train was scheduled to arrive in Miami, Florida several hours before the sailing, we didn'-= think we'd have any reason to worry about getting to the dock on time. We should've known that long distan~ trains are often many hours late. (23)We should've taken an earlier one to allow extra time. We should have. but we didn't and we missed the boat. Because there wouldn't to be a refund of our cruise fare, if we returned home, we had to pay for a hotel room and meals in the city and an air fare to fly to the first island on the shipped route two days later. We missed half the cruise. This year, we decided to let an experienced travel agent do our vacation planning for us. We had to pay the full price in advance for an escorted tour.(24)We should that relaxing well-planned trip right now. How could we have known there would be a strike against our airline? And why hadn't anyone advised us that the travel agency can't refund your money unless the tour operator can get the passengers' fees back from the reserved hotels, the tour boat's company and so on? To avoid trouble like this, we ought to get more travel experience, but to tell you the truth, we don't want to go anywhere. (25)We're planning to spend our vacations at home for a long time to come.
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23. Why did the couple fail to get to the cruise in time9
D)【精析】目的原因题。短文中提到，在去年的旅行中，由于男士和妻子乘坐的长途火车晚点，导致他们没有赶上游船之旅。
24. What does the speaker say about their trip this year?
A)【精析】细节辨认题。短文中提到，夫妻二人今年的旅行依然没有如愿，因为他们所乘坐班机的航空公司罢工。
25. What will the speaker do in the future for a vacation?
B)【精析】推理判断题。短文中提到鉴于以往的失败 旅游经历，讲话者只想待在家里过假期。
Section C
26．puzzled 【精析】句意推断题。此空后面是名词some people，前面是has，因此has应该是助动词，此空需要填入一个动词(词组)的过去分词，与has构成现在完成时。 结合录音填入puzzled，意为“使……迷惑”。
27．suicide【精析】固定搭配题。此空前面有commit一词 而前文中提到动物的自杀行为，故联想到固定搭 配commit suicide，为“自杀”之意。结合录音填入 suicide。
28．creatures【精析】修饰关系题。此空前面的The small是 “定冠词+形容词”的形式，因此空格处要填入一个名词作句子的主语；主语后面接定语从句，从旬 中的动词inhabit没有使用第三人称单数形式，因此确定这个名词主语是复数。结合录音填人 creatures，意为“生物”。
29．sufficiently【精析】修饰关系题。此空位于系动词is之后，形 容词large之前，故应填人副词用来修饰后面的形 容词。结合录音填入sufficiently，意为“足够地”。30．migration【精析】句意推断题。此空的前面是“冠词+形容 词”的形式，因此空格处需要填入一个名词；后面 是第三人称单数形式的动词commences，“开始” 之意，进而确定此空的名词为单数。结合录音填 入migration，意为“迁徙”。
31．destructive【精析】修饰关系题。此空与前面的their和后面 的march一起作continuin9的宾语，march此处 是名词，为“行军，前进”之意；此空与their共同作 march的定语，故猜测应该填入一个形容词。结 合录音填入destructive，意为“毁灭性的”。
32 float Oil water【精析】语义推断题：此空前面是Most，后面没有 动词．而是直接出现了名词a short time，由此确定 ．Most为名词．指。大部分旅鼠”，作句子的主语，空 格处赠填入谓语部分。结合录音填入float Oil ’vater．意为。在水上漂浮”。
33．a huge body of【精析】修饰关系题。此空前面是such，后面是不 可数名词water，故猜测此空可以填入形容词来修 饰water。此处答案并不是单个的形容词，而是一 个量词词组，结合录音填入a huge body of water，意为“大面积的水域”。
34．assulne【精析】句意推断题。此空位于情态动词may之 后，故应填人动词(词组)原形。结合录音填入 assume意为“假定，认为”。
35．obstacle【精析】句意推断题。此空的前面为another such swimmable，“另一个能够游泳的”，说明此空需要 填入一个名词，而且是单数名词。结合录音填入 obstacle，意为“障碍(物)”。
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