除了和四級相同的一些視聽反向原則(即聽到的單詞和短語要慎選)和同義詞替換原則(即準確答案經常是原文的同義詞語的替換)之外，六級的小對話在出題方向上出現過一些明顯的特點，總結如下：

　　教授要求嚴格：例如布置作業很多、考試不容易過，上課要求準時、講座難度高等等;

　　2002年6月 第9題：

　　M: Erh-erh… Looks like I'm going to be a little late for class. I hope Pro. Clark doesn't start on time today.?

　　W: Are you kidding? You can set your watch by the time he starts his class.?

　　Q: What can be inferred about Pro. Clark?

　　A) He wants his students to be on time for class.?

　　B) He doesn't allow his students to tell jokes in class.?

　　C) He is always punctual for his class.?

　　D) He rarely notices which students are late.

　　解析：男生說：可能我得遲到一會兒了，我希望Clark教授今天沒有準點開課。女生回答：開玩笑吧，他每次開始上課(時間都很準，以至于)你都可以對你的表。因此答案選C.

　　2003年1月 第6題

　　W: Professor Smith, I really need the credits to graduate this summer.

　　M: Here at this school the credits are earned, not given.

　　Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

　　A) The man thinks the woman can earn the credits.?

　　B) The woman is begging the man to let her pass the exam.?

　　C) The woman has to attend a summer course to graduate.?

　　D) The woman is going to graduate from summer school.?

　　解析：女生說：教授，我需要這些學分才能暑假順利畢業。教授回答：這個學校的學分是掙來的而不是給的。因此答案選B.

　　另外：作業總是很重的負擔，需要了解的是，作業包括各種各樣的assignment 、homework 以及reading list。