2021年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案 第1套 仔细阅读2篇_1

2021 年 6 月英语六级考试阅读真题及答案2021 年 6 月英语六级考试阅读真题及答案Section ADirection ： In this section, there is a short passagewith 5 questions or incomplete stamens. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete thestatements in the fewest possible words. Please write youranswer on Answer Sheet 2.Question 47 to 51 are based on the following passageHighly proficient musicianship is hard won. Althoughit ’s often assumed musical ability us inherited, there’s abundant evidence that this isn’t the case. While it seems that at birth virtually everyone has perfect pitch, thereasons that one child is better than another aremotivation and practice.Highly musical children were sung to more as infants andmore encouraged to join in song games as kids than lessmusical ones, long before any musical ability could have been evident. Studies of classical musicians prove that the best ones practiced considerably more from childhood onwards thanordinary orchestral players, and this is because theirparents were at them to put in the hours from a veryyoung age.The same was true of children selected for entry tospecialist music schools, compared with those who wererejected. The chosen children had parents who had veryactively supervised music lessons and daily practice fromyoung ages, giving up substantial periods of leisure timeto take the children to lessons and concerts.The singer Michael Jackson ’s story, although unusuallybrutal and extreme, is illumination when considering musicalprodigy( 天才 ). Accounts suggest that he was subjected to cruel beatings and emotional torture ,and that he was humiliated ( 羞辱 ) constantly by his father, What sets Jackson’s family apartis that his father used his reign of terror to train his children as musicians and dancers.On top of his extra ability Michael also had more drive.This may have been the result of being the closest of hisbrothers and sisters to his mother.“He seemed different to me from the other children —special, 〞Michael ’s mother said of him. She may not have realized that treating her son asspecial may have been part of the reason be became like that.All in all, if you want to bring up a Mozart or Bach, thekey factor is how hard you are prepared to crack the whip. Thankfully, most of us will probably settle for a bit of funon the recorder and some ill-executed pieces of music-onthe piano from our children.注意：此局部试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。

2021年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案第1套仔细阅读2篇Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.The Ebro Delta, in Spain, famous as a battleground during the Spanish Civil War, is now the setting for a different contest, one that is pitting rice farmers against two enemies: the rice-eating giant apple snail, and rising sea levels. What happens here will have a bearing on the future of European rice production and the overall health of southern European wetlands.Located on the Mediterranean just two hours south of Barcelona, the Ebro Delta produces 120 million kilograms of rice a year, making it one of the continent's most important rice-growing areas. As the sea creeps into these fresh-water marshes, however, rising salinity (盐分) is hampering rice production. At the same time, this sea-water also kills off the greedy giant apple snail, an introduced pest that feeds on young rice plants. The most promising strategy has become to harness one foe against the other.The battle is currently being waged on land, in greenhousesat the University of Barcelona. Scientists working under the banner "Project Neurice" are seeking varieties of rice that can withstand the increasing salinity without losing the absorbency that makes European rice ideal for traditional Spanish and Italian dishes."The project has two sides," says Xavier Serrat, Neurice project manager and researcher at the University of Barcelona, "the short-term fight against the snail, and a mid- to long-term fight against climate change. But the snail has given the project greater urgency."Originally from South America, the snails were accidentally introduced into the Ebro Delta by Global Aquatic Technologies, a company that raised the snails for fresh-water aquariums (水族馆), but failed to prevent their escape. For now, the giant apple snail's presence in Europe is limited to the Ebro Delta. But the snail continues its march to new territory, says Serrat. "The question is not whether it will reach other rice-growing areas of Europe, but when."Over the next year and a half investigators will test the various strains of salt-tolerant rice they've bred. In 2021, farmers will plant the varieties with the most promise in the Ebro Delta and Europe's other two main rice-growing regions—along the Po in Italy, and France's Rhone. A season in the field will help determine which, if any, of the varieties are ready for commercialization.As an EU-funded effort, the search for salt-tolerant varieties of rice is taking place in all three countries. Each team is crossbreeding a local European short-grain rice with a long-grain Asian variety that carries the salt-resistant gene. The scientists are breeding successive generations to arrive at varieties that incorporate salt tolerance but retain about 97 percent of the European rice genome (基因组).46. Why does the author mention the Spanish Civil War at the beginning of the passage?A) It had great impact on the life of Spanish rice farmers.B) It is of great significance in the records of Spanish history.C) Rice farmers in the Ebro Delta are waging a battle of similar importance.D) Rice farmers in the Ebro Delta are experiencing as hard a time as in the war.47. What may be the most effective strategy for rice farmers to employ in fighting their enemies?A) Striking the weaker enemy first. B) Killing two birds with one stone.C) Eliminating the enemy one by one.D) Using one evil to combat the other.48. What do we learn about "Project Neurice"?A) Its goals will have to be realized at a cost.B) It aims to increase the yield of Spanishrice.C) Its immediate priority is to bring the pest under control.D) It tries to kill the snails with the help of climate change.49. What does Neurice project manager say about the giant apple snail?A) It can survive only on southern European wetlands.B) It will invade other rice-growing regions of Europe.C) It multiplies at a speed beyond human imagination.D) It was introduced into the rice fields on purpose.50. What is the ultimate goal of the EU-funded program?A) Cultivating ideal salt-resistant rice varieties.B) Increasing the absorbency of the Spanish rice.C) Introducing Spanish rice to the rest of Europe.D) Popularizing the rice crossbreeding technology.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.Photography was once an expensive, laborious ordeal reserved for life's greatest milestones. Now, the only apparent cost to taking infinite photos of something as common as a meal is the space on your hard drive and your dining companion's patience.But is there another cost, a deeper cost, to documenting a life experience instead of simply enjoying it? "You hear that you shouldn't take all these photos and interrupt the experience, and it's bad for you, and we're not living in thepresent moment," says Kristin Diehl, associate professor of marketing at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business.Diehl and her fellow researchers wanted to find out if that was true, so they embarked on a series of nine experiments in the lab and in the field testing people's enjoyment in the presence or absence of a camera. The results, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, surprised them. Taking photos actually makes people enjoy what they're doing more, not less."What we find is you actually look at the world slightly differently, because you're looking for things you want to capture, that you may want to hang onto," Diehl explains. "That gets people more engaged in the experience, and they tend to enjoy it more."Take sightseeing. In one experiment, nearly 200 participants boarded a double-decker bus for a tour of Philadelphia. Both bus tours forbade the use of cell phones but one tour provided digital cameras and encouraged people to take photos. The people who took photos enjoyed the experience significantly more, and said they were more engaged, than those who didn't.Snapping a photo directs attention, which heightensthe pleasure you get from whatever you're looking at, Diehl says. It works for things as boring as archaeological (考古的) museums, where people were given eye-tracking glasses and instructed either to take photos or not. "People look longer at things they want to photograph," Diehl says. They report liking the exhibits more, too.To the relief of Instagrammers (Instagram用户) everywhere, it can even make meals more enjoyable. When people were encouraged to take at least three photos while they ate lunch, they were more immersed in their meals than those who weren't told to take photos.Was it the satisfying click of the camera? The physical act of the snap? No, they found; just the act of planning to take a photo—and not actually taking it—had the same joy-boosting effect. "If you want to take mental photos, that works the same way," Diehl says. "Thinking about what you would want to photograph also gets you more engaged."51. What does the author say about photo-taking in the past?A) It was a painstaking effort for recording life's major events.B) It was a luxury that only a few wealthy people could enjoy.C) It was a good way to preserve one's precious images.D) It was a skill that required lots of practice to master.52.Kristin Diehl conducted a series of experiments on photo-taking to find out _______.A) what kind of pleasure it would actually bring to photo-takersB) whether people enjoyed it when they did sightseeingC) how it could help to enrich people's life experiencesD) whether it prevented people enjoying what they were doing53. What do the results of Diehl's experiments show about people taking pictures?A) They are distracted from what they are doing.B) They can better remember what they see or do.C) They are more absorbed in what catches their eye.D) They can have a better understanding of the world.54. What is found about museum visitors with the aid of eye-tracking glasses?A) They come out with better photographs of the exhibits.B) They focus more on the exhibits when taking pictures.C) They have a better view of what are on display.D) They follow the historical events more easily.55. What do we learn from the last paragraph?A) It is better to make plans before taking photos.B) Mental photos can be as beautiful as snapshots.C) Photographers can derive great joy from the click of the camera.D) Even the very thought of taking a photo can have a positive effect.Passage one46.C47.D48.C49.B50.A Passage two51.A52.D53.C54.B55.D。

2021年6月六级考试真题第一套答案
1、钱塘江大潮景象（D）。

这座桥不但（A），而且（C）。

我们要（A）地掌握所学的知识。

这件衣服既（C）又大方。

A、坚固。

B、牢固。

C、美观。

D、壮观。

2、他热衷于收藏（A）的字画。

这些（B）的参考资料对我们的研究有极大的帮助。

这款首饰价钱（A），不是普通人买得起的。

赵州桥体现了劳动人民的智慧和才干，是我国（D）宝贵的历史文化遗产。

A、昂贵。

B、珍贵。

C、宝贵。

D、名贵。

3、赵州桥这种设计在建桥史上是一个伟大的（A）中国人民用自己的双手和智慧（B）了辉煌的历史。

只有掌握记忆方法，不断巩固复习，知识才能掌握得（C）。

这个建筑物特别（B），经历了上千年的风风雨雨，仍然完好无损。

A、顽固。

B、坚固。

C、牢固。

Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay that begins with the sentence "Today there is a growing awareness that mental well-being needs to be given as much attention as physical health." You can make comments, cite examples or use your personal experiences to develop your essay. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B),C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the center.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard,1. A) It was spacious and tranquil. C) It was shabby and solitary.B) It was warm and comfortable. D) It was tiny and noisy.2. A) She no longer hates people talking loudly in the dorm.B) She misses her roommates she used to complain about.C) She begins to enjoy the movies she once found irritating.D) She finds the crowded dorm as cozy as her new apartment.3. A) He found the apartment perfectly furnished. C) He had a similar feeling to the woman's.B) He had a feeling of despair and frustration. D) He felt the new place was like paradise.4. A) Go to see the woman's apartment. C) Buy some furniture for the woman.B) Make a phone call to his parents. D) Decorate the woman's apartment.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. A) He works as a literary critic. C) He has initiated a university reform.B) He hosts an educational program. D) He has published a book recently.6. A) It fails to keep up with the radical changes of society.B) It fails to ensure universities get sufficient resources.C) It has not prepared young people for the job market.D) It has not fostered the growth of the arts disciplines.7. A) More of the budget should go to science and technology.B) The underfunded music discipline should be prioritized.C) Subdisciplines like sculpture should get more funding.D) Literature should get as much funding as engineering.8. A) Build a prosperous nation. C) Create ingenious artists.B) Make skilled professionals. D) Cultivate better citizens.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the center.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.9. A) It is quite common. C) It seldom annoys people.B) It is rarely noticed. D) It occurs when one is alone.10. A) Seeing things in black and white.B) Engaging in regular contemplation.C) Having a special understanding of creativity.2023 年6 月英语六级真题第1 套第1 页，共8 页D) Knowing how to make their mental batteries work.11. A) Engaging in intense activity. C) Working on a particular project.B) Fantasizing in one's downtime. D) Reflecting during one's relaxation.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.12. A) Farmers helped Native Americans grow crops. C) There existed post offices.B) There were expansive university campuses. D) Migrants found gold there.13. A) It helped to boost the economy in the American West.B) It provided job opportunities for many gold seekers.C) It extended the influence of the federal government.D) It kept people in the deserts and plains connected.14. A) It employed Native Americans to work as postmen.B) It commissioned private wagons to carry the mail.C) It subsidized the locals who acted as postmasters.D) It centralized postal services in its remote areas.15. A) He analyzed interactive maps of mail routes.B) He read a large collection of books on the topic.C) He examined its historical trends with data science.D) He collected data about its impact on local business.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passages and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answerfrom the f our choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the center.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.16. A) Higher levels of anxiety may improve people's memory.B) Some experiences are easier to remember than others.C) Most people tend to remember things selectively.D) Simple things may leave a deep impression on one's memory.17. A) They classified the participants'mindset.B) They showed some photos to the participants.C) They measured the participants'anxiety levels.D) They tested the size of the participants'vocabulary.18. A) Anxiety has become a serious problem for an increasing number of people.B) Extreme levels of anxiety can adversely affect cognitive performance.C) People diagnosed with anxiety disorder may forget things selectively.D) There is no direct correlation between memory and levels of anxiety.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.19. A) They compare products from different companies before making a choice.B) They get information from other consumers' postings and comments.C) They lose patience when their phone call is no promptly answered.D) They expect to get instantaneous responses to their inquiry.20. A) Giving them rewards on the spot. C) Speaking directly to their emotions.B) Broadening their scope of interest. D) Focusing on the details of the product.21. A) Change the rules of the game in the market every year.B) Keep up with the latest technological developments.C) Learn from technological innovators to do business.D) Make greater efforts to build up consumers’ confid ence.2023 年6 月英语六级真题第1 套第2 页，共8 页Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard,22. A) People have only one social engagement per week.B) Working together enhances friendship.C) Few people have devoted friends.D) Friendships benefit work.23. A) The impact of friends on people's self-esteem.B) How supportive friends can be in the workplace.C) How to boost one's sense of value and worthiness.D) The role of family ties in people's mental well-being.24. A) They show little interest in their friends'work.B) They tend to be much more difficult to make.C) They are more trustworthy and reliable.D) They increase people's job satisfaction.25. A) Allow employees to have a flexible work schedule.B) Encourage employees to befriends with colleagues.C) Help employees balance work and family responsibilities.D) Organize activities to nourish friendships outside of work.Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word f or each blank f rom a list of choices given in a word bank f ollowing the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Scientists recently examined studies on dog intelligence and compared them with research into the minds of other intelligent animals. The researchers found that dogs are among the more intelligent carnivores ( 食肉动物), social hunters and domestic animals, but that their intelligence does not ___26___ other intelligent animals in any of those categories. Though a significant body of research has examined dog cognition ___27___, the authors of this new study found little to warrant the ___28___ of work that has been devoted to the topic.Stephen Lea, lead author of the new study, argues that many researchers seem to have designed their studies to ___29___ how clever dogs are, rather than simply to study dogs' brains. Lea and a colleague examined more than 300 studies of dog cognition, comparing the studies'results with thosefrom research into other animals. The researchers made specific comparisons between the different species in different categories of intelligence. These comparisons ___30___ that dogs are intelligent, but their intelligence is not as ___31___ as some researchers might have believed.In many areas, though, comparisons were not possible. For example, the researchers noted that both dogs and cats are known to be able to recognize and ___32___ human voices. But the investigators could not find any data to indicate which species can remember a greater number of___33___ human voices, so it was impossible to compare the two on that front. However, not all researchers agree ___34___ with the findings of this study. Zachary Silver, an American researcher, believes the authors of the new study ___35___ the idea that an excessive amount of research has been devoted to dogs, as the field of dog cognition is young, and there is much to be learned about how dogs think.2023 年6 月英语六级真题第1 套第3 页，共8 页Section BDirections: 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 is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by making the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.The lifesaving power of gratitudeA) Gratitude may be more beneficial than we commonly suppose. One recent study asked participants towrite a note of thanks to someone and then estimate how surprised and happy the recipient would feel—an impact that they consistently underestimated. Another study assessed the health benefits of writing thank-you notes. The researchers found that writing as few as three weekly thank-you notes over the course of three weeks improved life satisfaction, increased happy feelings and reduced symptoms of depression.B) While this research into gratitude is relatively new, the principles involved are anything but. Students ofmine in a political philosophy course at Indiana University are reading Daniel Defoe's 300-year-old Robinson Crusoe, often regarded as the first novel published in English. Left alone on an unknown island with no apparent prospect of rescue or escape, Crusoe has much to lament (悲). But instead of giving in to despair, he makes a list of things for which he is grateful, including the fact that he is the sole survivor from the shipwreck (海难) and has been able to salvage many useful items from the wreckage.C) Defoe's masterpiece, which is often ranked as one of the world's greatest novels, provides a portrait ofgratitude in action that is as timely and relevant today as it has ever been. It is also one with which contemporary psychology and medicine are just beginning to catch up. Simply put, for most of us, it is far more helpful to focus on the things in life for which we can express gratitude than those that incline us toward resentment and lamentation.D) When we focus on the things we regret, such as failed relationships, family disputes, and setbacks incareer and finance, we tend to become more regretful. Conversely, when we focus on the things we are grateful for, a greater sense of happiness tends to spread through our lives. And while no one would argue for cultivating a false sense of blessedness, there is mounting evidence that counting our blessings is one of the best habits we can develop to promote mental and physical health.E) Gratitude has long enjoyed a privileged position in many of the world's cultural traditions. For example,some ancient Western philosophers counsel gratitude that is both enduring and complete, and some Eastern thinkers portray it as not merely an attitude but a virtue to be put into practice.F) Recent scientific studies support these ancient teachings. Individuals who regularly engage in gratitudeexercises, such as counting their blessings or expressing gratitude to others, exhibit increased satisfaction with relationships and fewer symptoms of physical illness. And the benefits are not only psychological and physical. They may also be moral—those who practice gratitude also view their lives less materialistically and suffer from less envy.2023 年6 月英语六级真题第1 套第4 页，共8 页G) There are multiple explanations for such benefits of gratefulness. One is the fact that expressing gratitudeencourages others to continue being generous, thus promoting a virtuous cycle of goodness in relationships. Similarly, grateful people may be more likely to reciprocate (回报) with acts of kindness of their own. Broadly speaking, a community in which people feel grateful to one another is likely to be a more pleasant place to live than one characterized by mutual suspicion and resentment. The beneficial effects of gratitude may extend even further. For example, when many people feel good about what someone else has done for them, they experience a sense of being lifted up, with a corresponding enhancement of their regard for humanity. Some are inspired to attempt to become better people themselves, doing more to help bring out the best in others and bringing more goodness into the world around them.H) Gratitude also tends to strengthen a sense of connection with others. When people want to do good thingsthat inspire gratitude, the level of dedication in relationships tends to grow and relationships seem to last longer. And when people feel more connected, they are more likely to choose to spend their time with one another and demonstrate their feelings of affection in daily acts.I) Of course, acts of kindness can also foster discomfort. For example, if people feel they are not worthy ofkindness or suspect that some ulterior (别有用心的) motive lies behind it, the benefits of gratitude will not be realized. Likewise, receiving a kindness can give rise to a sense of indebtedness, leaving beneficiaries feeling that they must now pay back whatever good they have received. Gratitude can flourish only if people are secure enough in themselves and sufficiently trusting to allow it to do so.Another obstacle to gratitude is often called a sense of entitlement. Instead of experiencing a benefaction (善行) as a good turn, people sometimes regard it as a mere payment of what they are owed, for which no one deserves any moral credit.J) There are a number of practical steps anyone can take to promote a sense of gratitude. One is simply spending time on a regular basis thinking about someone who has made a difference, or perhaps writing a thank-you note or expressing such gratitude in person. Others are found in ancient religious disciplines, such as reflecting on benefactions received from another person or actually praying for the health and happiness of a benefactor. In addition to benefactions received, it is also possible to focus on opportunities to do good oneself, whether those acted on in the past or hoped for in the future. Some people are most grateful not for what others have done for them but for chances they enjoyed to help others. In regularly reflecting on the things in his life he is grateful for, Defoe's Crusoe believes that he becomes a far better person than he would have been had he remained in the society from which he originally set out on his voyage.K) Reflecting on generosity and gratitude, the great basketball coach John Wooden once offered two counsels to his players and students. First, he said, "It is impossible to have a perfect day unless you have done something for someone who will never be able to repay you." In saying this, Wooden sought to promote purely generous acts, as opposed to those performed with an expectation of reward. Second, he said, "Give thanks for your blessings every day.”L) Some faith traditions incorporate such practices into the rhythm of daily life. For example, adherents of some religions offer prayers of thanksgiving every morning before rising and every night before lying down to sleep. Others offer thanks throughout the day, such as before meals. Other less frequent special events, such as births, deaths and marriages, may also be heralded by such prayers.M) When Defoe depicted Robinson Crusoe making thanksgiving a daily part of his island life, he was anticipating findings in social science and medicine that would not appear for hundreds of years. Yet he was also reflecting the wisdom of religious and philosophical traditions that extend back thousands of years. Gratitude is one of the healthiest and most nourishing of all states of mind, and those who adopt it as a habit are enriching not only their own lives but also the lives of those around them.2023 年6 月英语六级真题第1 套第5 页，共8 页36. It does us far more good to focus on things we can be grateful for than what makes us sad and resentful.37. The beneficial impacts of gratitude can extend from individuals to their community and to the widersociety.38. The participants in a recent study repeatedly underestimated the positive effect on those who receivedthank-you notes.39. Good deeds can sometimes make people feel uncomfortable.40. People who regularly express gratitude can benefit in moral terms.41. A basketball coach advocated performing generous acts without expecting anything in return.42. More and more evidence shows it makes us mentally and physically healthier to routinely count ourblessings.43. Of all states of mind, feeling grateful is considered one of the most healthy and beneficial.44. The principles underlying the research into gratitude are nothing new at all.45. Gratitude is likely to enhance one's sense of being connected with other people.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed 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 corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.Technology is never a neutral tool for achieving human ends. Technological innovations reshape people as they use these innovations to control their environment. Artificial intelligence, for example, is altering humanity.While the term AI conjures up anxieties about killer robots or catastrophic levels of unemployment, there are other, deeper implications. As AI increasingly shapes the human experience, how does this change what it means to be human? Central to the problem is a person's capacity to make choices, particularly judgments that have moral implications.Aristotle argued that the capacity for making practical judgments depends on regularly making them—on habit and practice. We see the emergence of machines as substitute judges in a variety of everyday contexts as a potential threat to people learning how to effectively exercise judgment themselves.In the workplace, managers routinely make decisions about who to hire or fire and which loan to approve, to name a few. These are areas where algorithmic (算法的) prescription is replacing human judgment, and so people who might have had the chance to develop practical judgment in these areas no longer will.Recommendation engines, which are increasingly prevalent intermediaries in people's consumption of culture, may serve to constrain choice and minimize luck. By presenting consumers with algorithmically selected choices of what to watch, read, stream and visit next, companies are replacing human taste with machine taste. In one sense, this is helpful. After all, machines can survey a wider range of choices than any individual is likely to have the time or energy to do on their own.At the same time, though, this selection is optimizing for what people are likely to prefer based on what they've preferred in the past. We think there is some risk that people's options will be constrained by their past in a new and unanticipated way.As machine learning algorithms improve and as they train on more extensive data sets, larger parts of everyday life are likely to become utterly predictable. The predictions are going to get better and better, and they will ultimately make common experiences more efficient and pleasant.Algorithms could soon-if they don't already—have a better idea about which show you'd like to2023 年6 月英语六级真题第1 套第6 页，共8 页watch next and which job candidate you should hire than you do. One day, humans may even find a way for machines to make these decisions without some of the biases that humans typically display.But to the extent that unpredictability is part of how people understand themselves and part of what people like about themselves, humanity is in the process of losing something significant. As they become more and more predictable, the creatures inhabiting the increasingly AI-mediated world will become less and less like us.46. What do we learn about the deeper implications ofAI?A) It is causing catastrophic levels of unemployment.B) It is doing physical harm to human operators.C) It is altering moral judgments.D) It is reshaping humanity.47. What is the consequence of algorithmic prescription replacing human judgment?A) People lose the chance to cultivate the ability to make practical judgments.B) People are prevented from participating in making major decisions in the workplace.C) Managers no longer have the chance to decide which loan to approve.D) Managers do not need to take the trouble to determine who to hire or fire.48. What may result from increasing application of recommendation engines in our consumption of culture?A) Consumers will have much limited choice. C) It will be easier to decide on what to enjoy.B) Consumers will actually enjoy better luck. D) Humans will develop tastes similar to machines'.49. What is likely to happen to larger parts of our daily life as machine learning algorithms improve?A) They will turn out to be more pleasant. C) They can be completely anticipated.B) They will repeat our past experience. D) They may become better and better.50. Why does the author say the creatures living in the more and more Al-mediated world will become increasingly unlike us?A) They will have lost the most significant human element of being intelligent.B) They will no longer possess the human characteristic of being unpredictable.C) They will not be able to understand themselves as we can do today.D) They will be deprived of what their predecessors were proud of about themselves.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.Phonics, which involves sounding out words syllable （音节) by syllable, is the best way to teach children to read. But in many classrooms, this can be a dirty word. So much so that some teachers have had to sneak phonics teaching materials into the classroom. Most American children are taught to read in a way that study after study has found to be wrong.The consequences of this are striking. Less than half of all American adults were proficient readers in 2017. American fourth graders rank 15th on the Progress in International Literacy Study, an international exam.America is stuck in a debate about teaching children to read that has been going on for decades. Some advocate teaching symbol-sound relationships (the sound k can be spelled as c, k, ck, or ch), known as phonics. Others support an immersive approach (using pictures of a cat to learn the word cat),known as "whole language". Most teachers today, almost three out of four according to a survey by the Ed Week Research Centre in 2019, use a mix called "balanced literacy". This combination of methods is ineffective. "You can't sprinkle in a little phonics," says Tenette Smith, executive director of elementary education and reading at Mississippi's education department. "It has to be systematic and explicitly taught."Mississippi, often behind in social policy, has set an example here. In a state once notorious for itslow2023 年6 月英语六级真题第1 套第7 页，共8 页reading scores, the Mississippi state legislature passed new literacy standards in 2013. Since then Mississippi has seen remarkable gains. Its fourth graders have moved from 49th (out of 50 states) to 29th on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a nationwide exam. In 2019 it was the only state to improve its scores. For the first time since measurement began, Mississippi's pupils are now average readers, a remarkable achievement in such a poor state.Mississippi's success is attributed to implementing reading methods supported by a body of research known as the science of reading. In 1997 Congress requested the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the Department of Education to convene a National Reading Panel to end the "reading wars" and synthesize the evidence. The panel found that phonics, along with explicit instruction in phonemic (音位的)awareness, fluency and comprehension, worked best.Yet over two decades on, "balanced literacy" is still being taught in classrooms. But advances in statistics and brain imaging have disproved the whole-language method. To the teacher who is a proficient reader, literacy seems like a natural process that requires educated guessing, rather than the deliberate process emphasized by phonics. Teachers can imagine that they learned to read through osmosis (潜移默化)when they were children. Without proper training, they bring this to classrooms.51. What do we learn about phonics in many American classrooms?A) It is ill reputed. C) It is arbitrarily excluded.B) It is mostly misapplied. D) It is misrepresented.52. What has America been witnessing for decades?A) An obsession with innovating teaching methodologies of reading.B) An enduring debate over the approach to teaching children to read.C) An increasing concern with many children's inadequacy in literacy.D) An ever-forceful advocacy of a combined method for teaching reading.53. Why does Tenette Smith think a combination of teaching methods is ineffective?A) Elementary schoolchildren will be frustrated when taught with several methods combined.B) Phonics has to be systematically applied and clearly taught to achieve the desired effect.C) Sprinkling in a little phonics deters the progress of even adequately motivated children.D) Balanced literacy fails to sustain children's interest in developing a good reading habit.54. What does the author say Mississippi's success is attributed to?A) Convening a National Reading Panel to synthesize research evidence.B) Placing sufficient emphasis upon both fluency and comprehension.C) Adopting scientifically grounded approaches to teaching reading.D) Obtaining support from Congress to upgrade teaching methods.55. What have advances in statistics and brain imaging proved ineffective?A) The teaching of symbol-sound relationships. C) Efforts to end the reading wars.B) Explicit instruction in phonemic awareness. D) The immersive approach.。

2021年6月大学英语六级考试真题及答案全套（可编辑）2021年6月大学英语六级考试真题及答案(第1套)Part I W riting (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the graph below. You should start your essay with a brief description of thegraph and comment on China 's achievements in urbanization. You shouldwrite at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.【参考范文】As is clearly illustrated in the chart, the share of urbanization in China increased dramatically from 19.39% in 1980 to 60.50% in 2019. Apparently, the figures reveal that the urbanization strategy in China is highly successful, and China has Experienced sustainable urbanization in the past 40 years.This graph does mirror a not uncommon social phenomenon: vast rural populations flood into big cities. A number of factors might contribute to this tendency,but the following one might be the critical one. First and foremost, along with the development of big cities, an increasing number of rural dwellers would like to work and live in big cities. In addition, the government has worked outa serie of effective policies to attract rural citizens to migrate to cities. For example, more highly paid jobs have been offered to them in big cities.Consequently, people in the countryside flood into modern cities.In a word, this chart is a perfect index of China's fast-expanding economy, especially the rising living quality in metropolises, which has attracted a large number of rural workers in the recent decade. Meanwhile, it is reasonable for us to believethat the greater integration of migrants into urban life will definitely contribute to our nation 's development.【解析】本篇属于图表作文。

2021年6月大学英语六级仔细阅读练习题附答案及解析(4)Passage OneQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.They're still kids, and although there's a lot that the experts don't yet know about them, one thing they do agree on is that what kids use and expect from their world has changed rapidly. And it's all because of technology.To the psychologists, sociologists, and generational and media experts who study them, their digital gear sets this new group apart, even from their tech-savvy (懂技术的) Millennial elders. They want to be constantly connected and available in a way even their older siblings don't quite get. These differences may appear slight, but they signal an all-encompassing sensibility that some say marks the dawning of a new generation.The contrast between Millennials and this younger group was so evident to psychologist Larry Rosen of California State University that he has declared the birth of a new generation in a new book, Rewired: Understanding the ingeneration and the Way They Learn, out next month. Rosen says the tech-dominatedlife experience of those born since the early 1990s is so different from the Millennials he wrote about in his 2021 book, Me, MySpace and I: Parenting the Net Generation, that they warrant the distinction of a new generation, which he has dubbed the "ingeneration"."The technology is the easiest way to see it, but it's also a mind-set, and the mind-set goes with the little ‘i', which I'm talking to stand for 'individualized'," Rosen says. "Everything is defined and individualized to ‘me'. My music choices are defined to ' me'. What I watch on TV any instant is defined to ‘me'. " He says the iGeneration includes today's teens and middle-school ers, but it's too soon to tell about elementary-school ages and younger.Rosen says the iGeneration believes anything is possible. "If they can think of it, somebody probably has or will invent it," he says. "They expect innovation."They have high expectations that whatever they want or can use "will be able to be tailored to their own needs and wishes and desires."Rosen says portability is key. They are inseparable from their wireless devices, which allow them to text as well as talk, so they can be constantly connected-even in class, where cellphones are supposedly banned.Many researchers are trying t6 determine whether technology somehow causes the brains of young people to be wired differently. "They should be distracted and should perform more poorly than they do," Rosen says. "But findings show teens survive distractions much better than we would predict by their age and their brain development. "Because these kids are more immersed and at younger ages, Rosen says, the educational system has to change significantly."The growth curve on the use of technology with children is exponential(指数的), and we run the risk of being out of step with this generation as far as how they learn and how they think," Rosen says."We have to give them options because they want their world individualized. "56. Compared with their Millennial elders, the iGeneration kidsA．communicate with others by high-tech methods continually B．prefer to live a virtual life than a real oneC．are equipped with more modem digital techniquesD．know more on technology than their elders57. Why did Larry Rosen name the new generation asiGeneration?A．Because this generation is featured by the use of personal high-tech devices.B．Because this generation stresses on an individualized style of life.C．Because it is the author himself who has discovered the new generation.D．Because it's a mind-set generation instead of an age-set one.58. Which of the following is true about the iGeneration according to Rosen?A．This generation is crazy about inventing and creating new things.B．Everything must be adapted to the peculiar need of the generation.C．This generation catches up with the development of technology.D．High-tech such as wireless devices goes with the generation.59. Rosen's findings suggest that technologyA．has an obvious effect on the function of iGeneration's brain developmentB．has greatly affected the iGeneration's behaviors and academic performanceC．has no significantly negative effect on iGeneration's mental and intellectual developmentD．has caused distraction problems on iGeneration which affect their daily performance60. According to the passage, education has to __A．adapt its system to the need of the new generationB．use more technologies to cater for the iGenerationC．risk its system to certain extent for the iGeneration D．be conducted online for iGeneration's individualized needPassage TwoQuestions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.Small increases in temperature found to add power to storms in the Atlantic.Hurricanes that form in the Atlantic Ocean are expected to gain considerable strength as the global temperature continues to rise, a new study has found.Using modeling data focused on the conditions in which hurricanes form, a group of international researchers based at Beijing Normal University found that for every 1.8°F( 1℃)rise of the Earth's temperature, the number of hurricanes in the Atlantic that are as strong or stronger than Hurricane Katrina will increase twofold to sevenfold.Hurricane strength is directly related to the heat of the water where the storm forms. More water vapor in the air from evaporating ocean water adds fuel to hurricanes that build strength and head toward land.Hurricane Katrina is widely considered the measure for a destructive storm, holding the maximum Category 5 designation for a full 24 hours in late August 2005. It lost strength as it passed over the Florida peninsula, but gained destructive power fight before colliding with New Orleans, killing more than 200 people and causing $ 80 billion in damage.The study points to a gradual increase of Katrina-like events. The warming experienced over the 20th century doubled the number of such debilitating(将人类摧垮的)storms. But the ongoing warming of the planet into the 21st century could increase the frequency of the worst kinds of storms by 700 percent, threatening coastlines along the Atlantic Ocean with muitiple Category 5 storms every year."Our results support the idea that changes in regional sea surface temperatures is the primary cause of hurricanevariability," said Aslak Girnstead, a researcher with the Center for Ice and Climate at the University of Copenhagen. The large impact of small sea-surface temperature increases was more than Girustead and his colleagues had anticipated. The entire study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Global temperatures have steadily increased, making the past decade the warmest on record. Earlier this year, climate researchers reported that the Earth's temperatures have risen faster in the last century than at any point since the last ice age, 11,300 years ago. The primary cause, a couseusus of scientists has said, is the rising emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane.Past hurricanes have supported the study's finding that global temperature rise is linked to more destructive storms. According to the National Center for Atmospheric Research, while the frequency of storms doesn't appear to have increased, the percentage of strong ones has risen sharply over the past few decades. The trend may be similar further back in time, but comprehensive hurricane data doesn't exist.61. According to the team of international researchers based at Beijing Normal University, the rise of the Earth'stemperature is likely to causeA．the coming of ice ageC．more Katrina-like or worse hurricanesB．less intense hurricanesD．more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere62. The ocean water in the region where the storm formsA．is heating the hurricanesB．evaporates and becomes fuelC．heads toward landD．turns into water vapor that makes hurricanes stronger63. Which of the following statement is TRUE about Hurricane Katrina?A．It did not lose its strength as it moved.B．It claimed over 200 people's lives.C．It caused 80 billion dollars loss for Florida peninsula.D．It lasted for full 24 hours.64. What result can regional sea surface temperature changes produce?A．Hurricane changes.C．Global warming.B．Increasing greenhouse gas emissions.D．Destructive hurricanes.65. It can be inferred from the passage thatA．there is no link between greenhouse gas emissions and destructive stormsB．reduction of greenhouse gas emissions may reduce destructive stormsC．the higher percentage of strong ones rose as more hurricanes appearedD．past records on hurricanes included everything needed 答案解析：56．A)。

2021年6月大学英语六级阅读理解真题及答案Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. “There is a senseless notion that children grow up and leave home when they’re 18, and the truth is far from that,” says sociologist Larry Bumpass of the University of Wisconsin. Today, unexpected numbers of young adults are living with their parents, “There is a major shift in the middle class,” declares sociologist Allan Schnaiberg of Northwester University, whose son, 19, moved back in after an absence of eight months. Analysts cite a variety of reasons for this return to the nest. The marriage age is rising, a condition that makes home and its pleasantness particularly attractive to young people. A high divorce rate and a declining remarriage rate are sending economically pressed and emotionally hurt survivors back to parental shelters. For some, the expense of an away-from-home college education has become so excessively great that many students now attend local schools. Even after graduation, young people find their wings clipped by skyrocketing housing costs. Living at home, says Knighton, a school teacher, continues togive her security and moral support. Her mother agreed, “It’s ridiculous for the kids to pay all that money for rent. It makes sense for kids to stay at home.” But sharing the family home requires adjustments for all. There are the hassles over bathrooms, telephones and privacy (不受干扰的生活). Some families, however, manage the delicate balancing act. But for others, it proves too difficult. Michelle Del Turco, 24, has been home three times-and left three times. “What I considered a social drink, my dad considered an alcohol problem,” she explains. “He never liked anyone I dated (约会), so I either had to hide away or meet them at friends’ house.”Just how long should adult children live with their parents before moving on? Most psychologists feel lengthy homecomings are a mistake. Children, struggling to establish separate identities, can end up with “a sense of inadequacy, defeat and failure.” And aging parents, who should be enjoying some financial and personal freedom, find themselves stuck with responsibilities. Many agree that brief visits, however, can work beneficially.21. According to the author, there was once a trend in the U.S. ________.A) for young adults to leave their parents and liveindependentlyB) for middle class young adults to stay with their parentsC) for married young adults to move back home after a lengthy absenceD) for young adults to get jobs nearby in order to live with their parents22. Which of the following does not account for young adults returning to the nest?A) Young adults find housing costs too high.B) Young adults are psychologically and intellectually immature.C) Young adults seek parental comfort and moral support.D) Quite a number of young adults attend local schools.23. One of the disadvantages of young adults returning to stay with their parents is that ________.A) there will inevitably be inconveniences in every day lifeB) most parents find it difficult to keepC) the young adults tend to be overprotected by their parentsD) public opinion is against young adults staying with their parents24. The word “hassles” in the passage (Line 3, Para. 3) probably means ________.A) agreementsB) worriesC) disadvantagesD) quarrels25. According to the passage what is the best for both parents and children?A) They should adjust themselves to sharing the family expenses.B) Children should leave their parents when they are grown-up.C) Adult children should visit their parents from time to time.D) Parents should support their adult children when they are in trouble.Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.The word conservation has a thrifty (节俭) meaning. To conserve is to save and protect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such good condition that others may also share the enjoyment. Our forefathers had no idea that human population would increase faster than the supplies of raw materials; most of them, even until very recently, had the foolish idea that the treasures were “limitless” and “inexhaustible”. Most of the citizens of earlier generations knew little or nothing about the complicated and delicate system that runs all through nature,and which means that, as in a living body, an unhealthy condition of one part will sooner or later be harmful to all the others.Fifty years ago nature study was not part of the school work; scientific forestry was a new idea; timber was still cheap because it could be brought in any quantity from distant woodlands; soil destruction and river floods were not national problems; nobody had yet studied long-terms climatic cycles in relation to proper land use; even the word “conservation” had nothing of the meaning that it has for us today.For the sake of ourselves and those who will come after us, we must now set about repairing the mistakes of our forefathers. Conservation should, therefore, be made a part of everyone’s daily life. To know about the water table (水位) in the ground is just as important to us as a knowledge of the basic arithmetic formulas. We need to know why all watersheds (上游源头森林地带集水区) need the protection of plant life and why the running current of streams and rivers must be made to yield their full benefit to the soil before they finally escape to the sea. We need to be taught the duty of planting trees as well as of cutting them. We need to know the importance of big, mature trees, because living space for most of man’s fellow creatureson this planet is figured not only in square measure of surface but also in cubic volume above the earth. In brief, it should be our goal to restore as much of the original beauty of nature as we can.26. The author’s attitude towards the current situation in the exploitation of natural resources is ________.A) positiveB) neutralC) suspiciousD) critical27. According to the author, the greatest mistake of our forefathers was that ________.A) they had no idea about scientific forestryB) they had little or no sense of environmental protectionC) they were not aware of the significance of nature studyD) they had no idea of how to make good use of raw materials28. It can be inferred from the third paragraph that earlier generations didn’t realize ________.A) the interdependence of water, soil, and living thingsB) the importance of the proper use of landC) the harmfulness of soil destruction and river floodsD) the value of the beauty of nature29. To avoid correcting the mistake of our forefathers, the author suggests that ________.A) we plant more treesB) natural science be taught to everybodyC) environmental education be directed toward everyoneD) we return to nature30. What does the author imply by saying “living space... is figured... also in cubic volume above the earth” (Lines 7-8, Para. 3)?A) Our living space on the earth is getting smaller and smaller.B) Our living space should be measured in cubic volume.C) We need to take some measure to protect space.D) We must preserve good living conditions for both birds and animals.Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. Judging from recent surveys, most experts in sleep behavior agree that there is virtually an epidemic (流行病) of sleepiness in the nation. “I can’t think of a single study that hasn’t found Americans getting less sleep than they ought to,” says Dr. David. Even people who think they are sleepingenough would probably be better off with more rest.The beginning of our sleep-deficit (睡眠不足) crisis can be traced to the invention of the light bulb a century ago. From diary entries and other personal accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries, sleep scientists have reached the conclusion that the average person used to sleep about 9.5 hours a night. “The best sleep habits once were forced on us, when we had nothing to do in the evening down on the farm, and it was dark.” By the 1950s and 1960s, the sleep schedule had been reduced dramatically, to between 7.5 and eight hours, and most people had to wake to an alarm clock. “People cheat on their sleep, and they don’t even realize they’re doing it,” says Dr. David. “They think they’re okay because they can get by on 6.5 hours, when they really need 7.5, eight or even more to feel ideally vigorous.”Perhaps the most merciless robber of sleep, researchers say is the complexity of the day. Whenever pressures from work, family, friends and community mount, many people consider sleep the least expensive item on his programme. “In our society, you’re considered dynamic if you say you only need 5.5 hours’ sleep. If you’re got to get 8.5 hours, people think you lack drive and ambition.”To determine the consequences of sleep deficit, researchers have put subjects through a set of psychological and performance tests requiring them, for instance, to add columns of numbers or recall a passage read to them only minutes earlier. “We’ve found that if you’re in sleep deficit, performance suffers,” says Dr. David. “Short-term memory is weakened, as are abilities to make decisions and to concentrate.”31. People in the 18th and 19th centuries used to sleep about9.5 hours a night because they had ________.A) no drive and ambitionB) no electric lightingC) the best sleep habitsD) nothing to do in the evening32. According to Dr. David, Americans ________.A) are ideally vigorous even under the pressure of lifeB) often neglect the consequences of sleep deficitC) do not know how to relax themselves properlyD) can get by on 6.5 hours of sleep33. Many Americans believe that ________.A) sleep is the first thing that can be sacrificed when one is busyB) they need more sleep to cope with the complexities ofeveryday lifeC) to sleep is something one can do at any time of the dayD) enough sleep promotes people’s drive and ambition34. The word “subjects” (Line 1, Para. 4) refers to ________.A) the performance tests used in the study of sleep deficitB) special branches of knowledge that are being studiedC) people whose behavior or reactions are being studiedD) the psychological consequences of sleep deficit35. It can be concluded from the passage that one should sleep as many hours as is necessary to ________.A) improve one’s memory dramaticallyB) be considered dynamic by other peopleC) maintain one’s daily scheduleD) feel energetic and perform adequatelyQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.The concept of personal choice in relation to health behaviors is an important one. An estimated 90 percent of all illness may be preventable if individuals would make sound personal health choices based upon current medical knowledge. We all enjoy our freedom of choice and do not like to see it restricted when it is within the legal and moral boundaries of society. Thestructure of American society allows us to make almost all our own personal decisions that may concern our health. If we so desire, we can smoke, drink excessively, refuse to wear seat belts, eat whatever food we want, and live a completely sedentary life-style without any exercise. The freedom to make such personal decisions is a fundamental aspect of our society, although the wisdom of these decisions can be questioned. Personal choices relative to health often cause a difficulty. As one example, a teenager may know the facts relative to smoking cigarettes and health but may be pressured by friends into believing it is the socially accepted thing to do.A multitude of factors, both inherited and environmental, influence the development of health-related behaviors, and it is beyond the scope of this text to discuss all these factors as they may affect any given individual. However, the decision to adopt a particular health-related behavior is usually one of personal choice. There are healthy choices and there are unhealthy choices. In discussing the morals of personal choice, Fries and Crapo drew a comparison. They suggest that to knowingly give oneself over to a behavior that has a statistical probability of shortening life is similar to attempting suicide. Thus, for those individuals who are interested in preservingboth the quality and quantity of life, personal health choices should reflect those behaviors that are associated with a statistical probability of increased vitality and longevity.36. The concept of personal choice concerning health is important because ________.A) personal health choices help cure most illnessB) it helps raise the level of our medical knowledgeC) it is essential to personal freedom in American societyD) wrong decisions could lead to poor health37. To “live a completely sedentary life-style” (Line 7, Para.1) in the passage means ________.A) to “live an inactive life”B) to “live a decent life”C) to “live a life with complete freedom”D) to “live a life of vice”38. Sound personal health choice is often difficult to make because ________.A) current medical knowledge is still insufficientB) there are many factors influencing our decisionsC) few people are willing to trade the quality of lifeD) people are usually influenced by the behavior of their friends39. To knowingly allow oneself to purse unhealthy habits is compared by Fried and Crapo to ________.A) improving the quality of one’s lifeB) limiting one’s personal health choiceC) deliberately ending one’s lifeD) breaking the rules of social behavior40. According to Fries and Crapo sound health choices should be based on ________.A) personal decisionsB) society’s lawsC) statistical evidenceD) friends’ opinions21. A22. B23. A24. D25. C26. D27. B28. A29. C30. D31. B32. B33. A34. C35. D36. D37. A38. B39. C40. C。

6月英语六级阅读真题及答案（卷一）6月英语六级阅读真题及答案(卷一)6月英语六级试卷答案出来啦，大家快过来瞧一瞧吧!以下是店铺为大家搜索整理的6月英语六级阅读真题及答案(卷一)，希望能给大家带来帮助!6月英语六级阅读真题及答案(卷一) 篇1Recent research has claimed that an excess of positive ions in the air can have an ill effect on people‘s physical or psychological health. What are positive ions? Well， the air is full of ions， electrically charged particles， and generally there is a rough balance between the positive and the negative charged. But sometimes this balance becomes disturbed and a larger proportion of positive ions are found. This happens naturally before thunderstorm，earthquakes when winds such as the Mistral， Hamsin or Sharav are blowing in certain countries. Or it can be caused by a build-up of static electricity indoors from carpets or clothing made of man-made fibres， or from TV sets，duplicators or computer display screens.When a large number of positive ions are present in the air many people experience unpleasant effects such as headaches，fatigue，irritability，and some particularly sensitive people suffer nausea or even mental disturbance. Animals are also affected，particularly before earthquakes，snakes have been observed to come out of hibernation，rats to flee from their burrows， dogs howl and cats jump about unaccountably. This has led the US Geographical Survey to fund a network of volunteers to watch animals in an effort to foresee such disasters before they hit vulnerable areas such as California.Conversely，when large numbers of negative ions arepresent，then people have a feeling of well-being. Natural conditions that produce these large amounts are near the sea，close to waterfalls or fountains， or in any place where water is sprayed，or forms a spray. This probably accounts for the beneficial effect of a holiday by the sea， or in the mountains with tumbling streams or waterfalls.To increase the supply of negative ions indoors，some scientists recommend the use of ionisers：small portable machines，which generate negative ions. They claim that ionisers not only clean and refresh the air but also improve the health of people sensitive to excess positive ions. Of course，there are the detractors，other scientists，who dismiss such claims and are skeptical about negative/positive ion research. Therefore people can only make up their own minds by observing the effects on themselves，or on others，of a negative rich or poor environment. After all it is debatable whether depending on seismic readings to anticipate earthquakes is more effective than watching the cat.1.What effect does exceeding positive ionization have on some people?A.They think they are insane.B.They feel rather bad-tempered and short-fussed.C.They become violently sick.D.They are too tired to do anything.2.In accordance with the passage， static electricity can be caused by___.ing home-made electrical goods.B.wearing clothes made of natural materials.C.walking on artificial floor coverings.D.copying TV programs on a computer.3.A high negative ion count is likely to be found___.A.near a pound with a water pump.B.close to a slow-flowing river.C.high in some barren mountains.D.by a rotating water sprinkler.4.What kind of machine can generate negative ions indoors?A.Ionisers.B.Air-conditioners.C.Exhaust-fansD.Vacuum pumps.5.Some scientists believe that___.A.watching animals to anticipate earthquakes is more effective than depending on seismography.B.the unusual behavior of animals cannot be trusted.C.neither watching nor using seismographs is reliable.D.earthquake答案：BCDAA6月英语六级阅读真题及答案(卷一) 篇2Is it possible to persuade mankind to live without war? War is an ancient institution, which has existed for at least six thousand years. It was always bad and usually foolish, but in the past human race managed to live with it. Modern ingenuity has changed this. Either man will abolish war, or war will abolish man. For the present, it is nuclear weapons that cause the most serious danger, but bacteriological or chemical weapons may, before long, offer an even greater threat. If we succeed in abolishing nuclear weapons, our work will not be done. It will never be done until we have succeeded in abolishing war. To do this, we need to persuade mankind to look upon international questions in a new way, not as contests of force, in which the victory goes to the sidewhich is most skillful in killing people, but by arbitration in accordance with agreed principles of law. It is not easy to change very old mental habits, but this is what must be attempted.There are those who say that the adoption of this or that ideology would prevent war. I believe this to be a big error. All ideologies are based upon dogmatic statements that are, at best, doubtful, and at worst, totally false. Their adherents believe in them so fanatically that they are willing to go to war in support of them.The movement of world opinion during the past few years has been very largely such as we can welcome. It has become a commonplace that nuclear war must be avoided. Of course very difficult problems remain in the world, but the spirit in which they are being approached is a better one than it was some years ago. It has begun to be thought, even by the powerful men who decide whether we shall live or die, that negotiations should reach agreements even if both sides do not find these agreements wholly satisfactory. It has begun to be understood that the important conflict nowadays is not between different countries, but between man and the atom bomb.1. This passage implies that war is now ___.A. worse than in the past.B. as bad as in the pastC. not so dangerous as in the pastD. as necessary as in the past2. In the sentence “To do this, we need to persuade mankind” (Para 1), “this” refers to ___.A. abolish warB. improve weaponsC. solve international problemsD. live a peaceful life3. From Paragraph 2 we learn that the author of the passage ___.A. is an adherent of some modern ideologies.B. does not think that adoption of any ideology could prevent war.C. believe that the adoption of some ideology could prevent war.D. does not doubt the truth of any ideologies.4. According to the author, ___.A. war is the only way to solve international disputes.B. war will be less dangerous because of the improvement of weapons.C. it is impossible for the people to live without war.D. war must be abolished if man wants to survive.5. The last paragraph suggests that ___.A. international agreements can be reached more easily now.B. man begins to realize the danger of nuclear war.C. nuclear war will definitely not take place.D. world opinion welcomes nuclear war英语阅读题答案1-5 AABDB6月英语六级阅读真题及答案(卷一) 篇3For the past severalyears, the Sunday newspaper supplement Paradehas featured a column called "Ask Marilyn." People are invited to query Marilynvos Savant, who at age 10 had tested at a mental level of someone about 23years old; that gave her an IQ of 228 - the highest score ever recorded. IQtests ask you to complete verbal and visual analogies, to envision paper afterit has been folded and cut, and to deduce numerical sequences,among othersimilar tasks. So it is a bit confusing when vos Savant fields such queriesfrom the average Joe (whose IQ is 100) as, What's the difference between loveand fondness? Or what is the nature of luck and coincide nce? ①It'snot obvious how the capacity to visualize objects and to figure out numericalpatterns suits one to answer questions that have eluded some of the best poetsand philosophers.Clearly, intelligenceencompasses more than a score on a test. Just what does it mean to be smart?How much of intelligence can be specified, and how much can we learn about itfrom neurology, genetics, computer science and other fields?The defining term ofintelligence in humans still seems to be the IQ score, even though IQ tests arenot given as often as they used to be. The test comes primarily in two forms:the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale and the Wechsler Intelligence Scales(both come in adult and children's version). Generally costing several hundreddollars, they are usually given only by psychologists, although variations ofthem populate bookstores and the World Wide Web. ②Superhigh scores like vos Savant's are nolonger possible, because scoring is now based on a statistical populationdistribution among age peers, rather than simply dividing the mental age by thechronological age and multiplying by 100. Other standardized tests,such as the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) and the Graduate Record Exam(GRE), capture the main aspects of IQ tests.Such standardized testsmay not assess all the important elements necessary to succeed in school and inlife, argues Robert J. Sternberg. In his article "How Intelligent IsIntelligence Testing?", ③Sternberg notes that traditionaltest best assess analytical and verbal skills but fail to measure creativityand practical knowledge,components also critical to problem solving and lifesuccess. Moreover, IQ test do not necessarilypredict so well once populations or situations change. Research has found thatIQ predicted leadership skills when the tests were given under low-stressconditions, but under high-stress conditions, IQ was negatively correlated withleadership - that is, it predicted the opposite. Anyone who has toiled throughSAT will testify that test-taking skill also matters, whether it's knowing whento guess or what questions to skip.1. Which of the following may be required in anintelligent test?[A] Answeringphilosophical questions.[B] Foldingor cutting paper into different shapes.[C] Tellingthe difference between certain concepts.（D）[D] Choosingwords or graphs similar to the given ones.2. What can be inferred about intelligence testingfrom Paragraph 3?[A] People nolonger use IQ scores as an indicator of intelligence.[B] Moreversions of IQ tests are now available on the Internet.[C] The testcontents and formats for adults and children may be different.（C）[D]Scientists have defined the important elements of human intelligence.3. People nowadays can no longer achieve IQ scoresas high as vos Savant's because[A] thescores are obtained through different computational procedures.[B]creativity rather than analytical skills is emphasized now.[C] vosSavant's case is an extreme one that will not repeat.（A）[D] thedefining characteristic of IQ tests has changed.4. We can conclude from the last paragraph that[A] testscores may not be reliable indicators of one's ability.[B] IQ scoresand SAT results are highly correlated.[C] testinginvolves a lot of guesswork.（A）[D]traditional test are out of date.5. What is the author's attitude towards IQ test?[A]Supportive.[B]Skeptical.[C]Impartial.（B）[D] Biased.。

2021年6月英语六级A卷真题及答案（WORD版）2021年6月23日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷(A卷)Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitledShould One Expect a Reward When Doing a Good Deed? You should write atleast 150 words following the outline given below. 1. 有人做好事期望得到回报；2. 有人认为应该像雷锋那样做好事不图回报；3. 我的观点。

Should One Expect a Reward When Doing a Good Deed? Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-4, markY (for YES) N (for NO)NG (for NOT GIVEN)if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; if statement contradicts the information given in the passage; if the information is not given in the passage.For questions 5-10, complete the sentences with the information given inthe passage. Seven Steps to a More Fulfilling JobMany people today find themselves in unfulfilling work situations. In fact, one in four workers is dissatisfied with their current job, according to the recent �DPlans for 2021‖ survey. Their career path may be financially rewarding, but it doesn’t meet their emotional, social or creative needs. They’re stuck, unhappy, and have no idea what to do about it, except move to another job.Mary Lyn Miller, veteran career consultant and founder of the Life and Career Clinic, says that when most people are unhappy about their work, their first thought is to get a different job. Instead, Miller suggests looking atthe possibility of a different life. Through her book, 8 Myths of Making a Living, as well as workshops, seminars and personal coaching and consulting, she has helped thousands of dissatisfied workers reassess life and work.Like the way of Zen, which includes understanding of oneself as one really is, Miller encourages job seekers and those dissatisfied with work or life to examine their beliefs about work and recognize that �Din many cases your beliefs are what brought you to where you are today.‖ You may have been raised to think that women were best at nurturing and caring and, therefore, should be teachers and nurses. So that’s what you did. Or, perhaps you were brought up to believe that you should do what your father did, so you have taken over the family business, or become a dentist �Djust like dad.‖ Ifthis sounds familiar, it’s pro bably time to look at the new possibilities for your future. Miller developed a 7-step process to help potential job seekers assess their current situation and beliefs, identify their real passion, and start on a journey that allows them to pursue their passion through work.Step 1: Willingness to do something different.Breaking the cycle of doing what you have always done is one of the most difficult tasks for job seekers. Many find it difficult to steer away from a career path or make a change, e ven if it doesn’t feel right. Miller urges job seekers to open their minds to other possibilities beyond what they are currently doing.Step 2: Commitment to being who you are, not who or what someone wants you to be.Look at the \\gifts and talents you have and make a commitment to pursue those things that you love most. If you love the social aspects of your job, but are stuck inside an office or �Dchained to your desk‖ most of the time, vow to follow your instinct and investigate alternative careers and work that allow you more time to interact with others. Dawn worked as a manager for a large retail clothing store for several years. Though she had advanced within the company, she felt frustrated and longed to be involved with nature and the outdoors. She decided to go to school nights and weekends to pursue her true passion by earning her master’s degree in forestry. She now works in thebiotech forestry division of a major paper company. Step 3: Self-definition Miller suggests that once job seekers know who they are, they need to know how to sell themselves. �DIn the job market, you are a product. And just like a product, you most know the features and benefits that you have to offer a potential client, or employer.‖ Examine the skills and knowled ge that you have identify how they can apply to your desired occupation. Your qualities will exhibit to employers why they should hire you over other candidates.Step 4: Attain a level of self-honoring.Self-honoring or self-love may seem like an odd step for job hunters, but being able to accept yourself, without judgment, helps eliminate insecurities and will make you more self-assured. By accepting who you are �C all your emotions, hopes and dreams, your personality, and your unique way of being �C you’ll project more confidence when networking and talking with potential employers. The power of self-honoring can help to break all the falsehoods you were programmed to believe �C those that made you feel thatyou were not good enough, or strong enough, or intelligent enough to do what you truly desire. Step 5: Vision.Miller suggests that job seekers develop a vision that embraces the answer to �DWhat do I really want to do?‖ one should create a solid s tatement in a dozen or so sentences that describe in detail how they see their life related to work. For instance, the secretary who longs to be an actress describes a life that allows her to express her love of Shakespeare on stage. A real estate agent, attracted to his current job because her loves fixing up old homes, describes buying properties that need a little tender loving care to make them more saleable. Step 6: Appropriate risk.Some philosophers believe that the way to enlightenment comes through facing obstacles and difficulties. Once people discover their passion, many are too scared to do anything about it. Instead, they do nothing. With this step, job seekers should assess what they are willing to give up, or risk, in pursuit of their dream. For one working mom, that meant taking night classes to learn new computer-aided design skills, while still earning a salary and keeping her day job. For someone else, it may mean quitting his or her job,taking out loan and going back to school full ti me. You’ll move one stepcloser to your ideal work life if you identify how much risk you are willingto take and the sacrifices you are willing to make. Step 7: Action.Some teachers of philosophy describe action in this way, �DIf one wantsto get to the top of a mountain, just sitting at the foot thinking about itwill not bring one there. It is by making the effort of climbing up the mountain, step by step, that eventually the summit is reached.‖ All too often, it is the lack of action that ultimately holds people back from attainingtheir ideals. Creating a plan and taking it one step at a time can lead to new and different job opportunities. Job-hunting tasks gain added meaning as you sense their importance in your quest for a more meaningful work life. The plan can include researching industries and occupations, talking to people who arein your desired area of work, taking classes, or accepting volunteer work in your targeted field. Each of these steps will lead you on a journey to a happier and more rewarding work life. After all, it is the journey, not the destination, that is most important. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

2021年6月英语六级真题答案（完整版+解析）2021年6月英语六级答案(完整版)Part Ⅰ Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Impact of the Internet on Interpersonal Communication. Your essay should start with a brief description of the picture. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. 作文标准版The Impact of the Internet on Interpersonal Communication As is described in the picture, a father asks her daughter how her school today goes on. Instead of answering directly, the daughter tells her father to read her blog. It is common that youngsters nowadays incline to communicate with others on internet increasingly, and lack communication with people around them. With the development of Internet, it has influenced our society to a large extent, especially interpersonal communication.To begin with, we can communicate with others anytime via internet. Otherwise, we would have to arrange our schedules strictly in advance. Also, interpersonal communication through the internet is not restricted by space. For example, in most multinational corporations, instant messages and video conferences help colleagues solve problems timely and efficiently. Last but not least, the internet can greatly speed up our interpersonal communication. Whereas, there are also disadvantages that the internet brings to us. More and more people complained that they have lost face-to-face communicating skills. As a result, people become more and more indifferent to each other in real life. Some netizens who are immersed in virtual world even have difficulty in making friends in reality.In conclusion, communication through the internet could bring us both convenience and inconvenience. We should strike a balance between them and make the best of the internet. 【解析】这次的六级写作是请考生谈谈网络对人际交流的影响。

2021英语六级仔细阅读真题及答案（卷一）2021年6月的英语六级考试已经结束，仔细阅读作为六级考试中的重要题型，对于考生的六级成果影响很大。

下面学习啦我为大家带来2021英语六级仔细阅读真题及答案〔卷一〕，欢迎大家参考阅读!2021英语六级仔细阅读真题：Passage TwoWhat can be done about mass unemployment? All the wise heads agree:therere no quick or any answers. Theres work to be done, but workers arent ready to do it-theyre in the wrong places, or they have the wrong skills. Our problem are structural, and will take many years to solve.But dont bother asking for evidence that justifies this bleak view. There isnt any. On the contrary, all the facts suggest that high unemployment in America is the result of inadequate demand. Saying that therere no easy answers sounds wise, but its actually foolish: our unemployment crisis could be cured very quickly if we had the intellectual clarity and political will to act. In other words, structural unemployment is a fake problem, which mainly serves as an excuse for not pursuing real solutions.The fact is job openings have plunged in every major sector, while the number of workers forced into part-time employment in almost all industries has soared. Unemployment has surged in every major occupational category. Only three states, with a combined population not much larger than that of Brooklyn, have unemployment rates below 5%. So the evidence contradicts the claim that were mainly suffering from structural unemployment. Why, then, has this claim become so popular?Part of the answer is that this is what always happens during periods of high unemploymentin part because experts and analysts believe that declaring the problem the problem deeply rooted, with no easy answers, makes them sound serious.Ive been looking at what self-proclaimed experts were saying about unemployment during the Great Depression; it was almost identical to what Very Serious People are saying now. Unemployment cannot be brought down rapidly, declared one 1935 analysis, because the workforce is unadaptable and untrained. It cannot respond to the opportunities which industry may offer. A few years later, a large defense buildup finally provided a fiscal stimulus adequate to the economys needs-and suddenly industry was eager to employ those unadaptable and untrained workers.But now, as then, powerful forces are ideologically opposed to the whole idea of government action on a sufficient scale to jump-start the economy. And that, fundamentally, is why claims that we face huge structural problems have been multiplying: they offer a reason to do nothing about the mass unemployment that is crippling our economy and our society.So what you need to know is that theres no evidence whatsoever to back these claims. We arent suffering from a shortage of needed skills; were suffering from a lack of policy resolve. As I said, structural unemployment isnt real problem, its an excusea reason not to act on Americas problems at a time when action is desperately needed.52.【题干】What does the author think is the root cause of mass unemploymentin America?【选项】A.Corporate mismanagement.B.Insufficient demand.C.Technological advances.D.Workers slow adaptation.【答案】B【解析】第二段all the facts suggest that high unemployment in America is the result of inadequate demand.53.【题干】What does the author think of the experts claim concerning unemployment?【选项】A.Self-evident.不言而喻的B.Thought-provoking.发人深省的C.Irrational 不合理的D.Groundless.无理由的【答案】D【解析】in part because experts and analysts believe that declaring the problem the problem deeply rooted, with no easy answers, makes them sound serious.54.【题干】What does the author say helped bring unemployment during the Great Depression?【选项】A.The booming defense industry.B.The wise heads benefit package.C.Nationwide training of workers.D.Thorough restructuring of industries.【答案】A【解析】倒数第三段A few years later, a large defense buildup finally provided a fiscal stimulus adequate to the economys needs-and suddenly industry was eager to employ those unadaptable and untrained workers.55.【题干】What has caused claims of huge structural problems to multiply?【选项】A.Powerful opposition to governments stimulus efforts.B.Very Serious Peoples attempt to cripple the economy.C.Evidence gathered from many sectors of the industries.D.Economists failure to detect the problem in time.【答案】A【解析】倒数第二段，但如今，和当时一样，强大的力量在意识形态上反对通过足够的政府行动的整体思路来启动经济。

2021 年 6 ⽉（第⼀套） Genetic Selection and Intelligence 基因选择与智⼒之间的关系到底⼤不⼤呢？Humans are fascinated by the source of their failings and virtues.This preoccupation inevitably leads to an old debate: whether molds us more.A revolution in genetics has poised this as a modern political question about the character of our society: if personalities are hard-wired into our genes, what can governments do to help us?It feels morally questionable, yet claims of genetic selection by intelligence are making headlines.This is down to "hereditarian" science and a recent paper claimed, "differences in exam performance between pupils attending schools mirror the genetic differences between them."With such an assertion, the work was predictably greeted by a lot of absurd claims about "genetics determining academic success."What the research revealed was the rather less surprising result: the educational benefits of selective schools largely disappear once pupils' ⼈类着迷于探究他们的失败和美德的根源。

2021年6月六级英语试题及答案（第一套）阅读试题及答案Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.A new study has drawn a bleak picture of cultural inclusiveness reflected in the children’s literature available in Australia. Dr. Helen Adam from Edith Cowan University’s School of Education 26 the cultural diversity of children’s books. She examined the books 27 in the kindergarten rooms of four day-care centers in Western Australia. Just 18 percentof 2,413 books in the total collection contained any 28 of non-white people. Minority cultures were often featured in stereotypical or tokenistic ways, for example, by 29 Asian culture with chopsticks and traditional dress. Characters that did represent a minority culture usually had 30 roles in the books. The main characters were mostly Caucasian. This causes concern as it can lead to an impression that whiteness is of greater value.Dr. Adam said children formed impressions about “difference” and identity from a very young age. Evidence has shown they develop own-race 31 from as young as three months of age. The books we share with young children can be a valuable opportunity to develop children’s understanding of themselves and others. Books can also allow children to see diversity. They discover both similarities and differences between themselves and others. This can help develop understanding, acceptance and 32 of diversity.Census data has shown Australians come from more than 200 countries. They speak over 300 languages at home. Additionally, Australians belong to more than 100 different religious groups. They also work in more than 1,000 differentoccupations. “Australia is a multicultural society. The current33 promotion of white middle-class ideas and lifestyles risks34 children from minority groups. This can give white middle-class children a sense of 35 or privilege,” Dr. Adam said.A) alienatingB) appreciationC) biasD) fraudE) housedF) investigatedG) overwhelming。

2021年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案第1套仔细阅读2篇Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.Open data sharers are still in the minority in many fields. Although many researchers broadly agree that public access to raw data would accelerate science, most are reluctant to post the results of their own labors online.Some communities have agreed to share online—geneticists, for example, post DNA sequences at the GenBank repository (库) , and astronomers are accustomed to accessing images of galaxies and stars from, say, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a telescope that has observed some 500 million objects—but these remain the exception, not the rule. Historically, scientists have objected to sharing for many reasons: it is a lot of work; until recently, good databases did not exist; grant funders were not pushing for sharing; it has been difficult to agree on standards for formatting data; and there is no agreed way to assign credit for data.But the barriers are disappearing, in part because journalsand funding agencies worldwide are encouraging scientists to make their data public. Last year, the Royal Society in London said in its report that scientists need to "shift away from a research culture where data is viewed as a private preserve". Funding agencies note that data paid for with public money should be public information, and the scientific community is recognizing that data can now be shared digitally in ways that were not possible before. To match the growing demand, services are springing up to make it easier to publish research products online and enable other researchers to discover and cite them. Although calls to share data often concentrate on the moral advantages of sharing, the practice is not purely altruistic (利他的). Researchers who share get plenty of personal benefits, including more connections with colleagues, improved visibility and increased citations. The most successful sharers—those whose data are downloaded and cited the most often---get noticed, and their work gets used. For example, one of the most popular data sets on multidisciplinary repository Dryad is about wood density around the world; it has been downloaded 5,700 times. Co-author Amy Zanne thinks that users probably range from climate-change researchers wanting to estimate how much carbon is stored in biomass, to foresterslooking for information on different grades of timber. "I'd much prefer to have my data used by the maximum number of people to ask their own questions," she says. "It's important to allow readers and reviewers to see exactly how you arrive at your results. Publishing data and code allows your science to be reproducible."Even people whose data are less popular can benefit. By making the effort to organize and label files so others can understand them, scientists become more organized and better disciplined themselves, thus avoiding confusion later on.46. What do many researchers generally accept?A. It is imperative to protect scientists' patents.B. Repositories are essential to scientific research.C. Open data sharing is most important to medical science.D. Open data sharing is conducive to scientific advancement.47. What is the attitude of most researchers towards making their own data public?A. Opposed.B. Ambiguous.C. Liberal.D. Neutral.48. According to the passage, what might hinder open datasharing?A. The fear of massive copying.B. The lack of a research culture.C. The belief that research data is private intellectual property.D. The concern that certain agencies may make a profit out of it.49. What helps lift some of the barriers to open data sharing?A. The ever-growing demand for big data.B. The advancement of digital technology.C. The changing attitude of journals and funders.D. The trend of social and economic development.50. Dryad serves as an example to show how open data sharing ________.A. is becoming increasingly popularB. benefits sharers and users alikeC. makes researchers successfulD. saves both money and laborPassage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.Macy's reported its sales plunged 5.2% in November andDecember at stores open more than a year, a disappointing holiday season performance that capped a difficult year for a department store chain facing wide-ranging challenges. Its flagship stores in major U.S. cities depend heavily on international tourist spending, which shrank at many retailers due to a strong dollar. Meanwhile, Macy's has simply struggled to lure consumers who are more interested in spending on travel or dining out than on new clothes or accessories.The company blamed much of the poor performance in November and December on unseasonably warm weather. "About 80% of our company's year-over-year declines in comparable sales can be attributed to shortfalls (短缺) in cold-weather goods," said chief executive Teny Lundgren in a press release. This prompted the company to cut its forecasts for the full fourth quarter.However, it's clear that Macy's believes its troubles run deeper than a temporary aberration (偏离) off the thermometer. The retail giant said the poor financial performance this year has pushed it to begin implementing $400 million in cost-cutting measures. The company pledged to cut 600 back-office positions, though some 150 workers in those roles would be reassigned to other jobs. It also plans to offer "voluntary separation" packages to 165 senior executives. Itwill slash staffing at its fleet of 770 stores, a move affecting some 3,000 employees.The retailer also announced the locations of 36 stores it will close in early 2021. The company had previously announced the planned closures, but had not said which locations would be affected. None of the chain's stores in the Washington metropolitan area are to be closed.Macy's has been moving aggressively to try to remake itself for a new era of shopping. It has plans to open more locations of Macy's Backstage, a newly-developed off-price concept which might help it better compete with ambitious T. J. Maxx. It's also pushing ahead in 2021 with an expansion of Bluemercury, the beauty chain it bought last year. At a time when young beauty shoppers are often turning to Sephora or Ulta instead of department store beauty counters, Macy's hopes Bluemercury will help strengthen its position in the category.One relative bright spot for Macy's during the holiday season was the online channel, where it rang up "double-digit" increases in sales and a 25% increase in the number of orders it filled. That relative strength would be consistent with what was seen in the wilder retail industry during the early part of the holiday season. While Thanksgiving, Black Friday andCyber Monday all saw record spending online, in-store sales plunged over the holiday weekend.51. What does the author say about the shrinking spending of international tourists in the U.S.?A. It is attributable to the rising value of the U.S. dollar.B. It is a direct result of the global economic recession.C. It reflects a shift of their interest in consumer goods.D. It poses a potential threat to the retail business in the U.S.52. What does Macy's believe about its problems?A. They can be solved with better management.B. They cannot be attributed to weather only.C. They are not as serious in its online stores.D. They call for increased investments.53. In order to cut costs, Macy's decided to ________.A. cut the salary of senior executivesB. relocate some of its chain storesC. adjust its promotion strategiesD. reduce the size of its staff54. Why does Macy's plan to expand Bluemercury in 2021?A. To experiment on its new business concept.B. To focus more on beauty products than clothing.C. To promote sales of its products by lowering prices.D. To be more competitive in sales of beauty products.55. What can we learn about Macy's during the holiday season?A. Sales dropped sharply in its physical stores.B. Its retail sales exceeded those of T. J. Maxx.C. It helped Bluemercury establish its position worldwide.D. It filled its stores with abundant supply of merchandise.Passage one46.D47.A48.C49.C50.BPassage two51.A52.B53.D54.D55.A。

2021年6月大学英语六级阅读理解真题及答案Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.Our culture has caused most Americans to assume not only that our language is universal but that the gestures we use are understood by everyone. We do not realize that waving good-bye is the way to summon a person from the Philippines to one’s side, or that in Italy and some Latin-American countries, curling the finger to oneself is a sign of farewell.Those private citizens who sent packages to our troops occupying Germany after World War II and marked them GIFT to escape duty payments did not bother to find out that “Gift”means poison in German. Moreover, we like to think of ourselves as friendly, yet we prefer to be at least 3 feet or an arm’s length away from others. Latins and Middle Easterners like to come closer and touch, which makes Americans uncomfortable. Our linguistic (语言上的) and cultural blindness and the casualness with which we take notice of the developed tastes, gestures, customs and languages of other countries, are losing us friends, business and respect in the world.Even here in the United States, we make few concessions to the needs of foreign visitors. There are no information signs in four languages on our public buildings or monuments; we do not have multilingual (多语言的) guided tours. Very few restaurant menus have translations, and multilingual waiters, bank clerks and policemen are rare. Our transportation systems have maps in English only and often we ourselves have difficulty understanding them.When we go abroad, we tend to cluster in hotels and restaurants where English is spoken. Then attitudes and information we pick up are conditioned by those natives—usually the richer—who speak English. Our business dealings, as well as the nation’s diplomacy, are conducted through interpreters.For many years, American dollars no longer buy all good things, and we are slowly beginning to realize that our proper role in the world is changing. A 1979 Harris poll reported that 55 percent of Americans want this country to play a more significant role in world affairs; we want to have a hand in the important decisions of the next century, even though it may not always he the upper hand.21. It can be inferred that Americans being approached too closely by Middle Easterners would most probably ________.A) stand stillB) jump asideC) step forwardD) draw back（D）22. The author gives many examples to criticize Americans for their ________.A) cultural self-centerednessB) casual mannersC) indifference towards foreign visitorsD) arrogance towards other cultures（A）23. In countries other than their own most Americans ________.A) are isolated by the local peopleB) are not well informed due to the language barrierC) tend to get along well with the nativesD) need interpreters in hotels and restaurants（B）24. According to the author, Americans’ cultural blindness and linguistic ignorance will ________.A) affect their image in the new eraB) cut themselves off from the outside worldC) limit their role in world affairsD) weaken the position of the US dollar（C）25. The author’s intention in writing this article is to makeAmericans realize that ________.A) it is dangerous to ignore their foreign friendsB) it is important to maintain their leading role in world affairsC) it is necessary to use several languages in public placesD) it is time to get acquainted with other culturesQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.In department stores and closets all over the world, they are waiting. Their outward appearance seems rather appealing because they come in a variety of styles, textures, and colors. But they are ultimately the biggest deception that exists in the fashion industry today. What are they? They are high heels —a woman’s worst enemy (whether she knows it or not). High heel shoes are the downfall of modern society. Fashion myths have led women to believe that they are more beautiful or sophisticated for wearing heels, but in reality, heels succeed in posing short as well as long term hardships. Women should fight the high heel industry by refusing to use or purchase them in order to save the world from unnecessary physical and psychological suffering.For the sake of fairness, it must be noted that there is apositive side to high heels. First, heels are excellent for aerating (使通气) lawns. Anyone who has ever worn heels on grass knows what I am talking about. A simple trip around the yard in a pair of those babies eliminates all need to call for a lawn care specialist, and provides the perfect-sized holes to give any lawn oxygen without all those messy chunks of dirt lying around. Second, heels are quite functional for defense against oncoming enemies, who can easily be scared away by threatening them with a pair of these sharp, deadly fashion accessories. Regardless of such practical uses for heels, the fact remains that wearing high heels is harmful to one’s physical health. Talk to any podiatrist (足病医生)， and you will hear that the majority of their business comes from high-heel-wearing women. High heels are known to cause problems such as deformed feet and torn toenails. The risk of severe back problems and twisted or broken ankles is three times higher for a flat shoe wearer. Wearing heels also creates the threat of getting a heel caught in a sidewalk crack or a sewer-grate (阴沟栅) and being thrown to the ground—possibly breaking a nose, back, or neck. And of course, after wearing heels for a day, any woman knows she can look forward to a night of pain as she tries to comfort her swollen, aching feet.26. What makes women blind to the deceptive nature of high heels?A) The multi-functional use of high heels.B) Their attempt to show off their status.C) The rich variety of high heel styles.D) Their wish to improve their appearance.（D）27. The author’s presentation of the positive side of high heels is meant ________.A) to be ironicB) to poke fun at womenC) to be fair to the fashion industryD) to make his point convincing（B）28. The author uses the expression “those babies” (Line 3, Para. 2) to refer to high heels ________.A) to show their fragile characteristicsB) to indicate their feminine featuresC) to show women’s affection for themD) to emphasize their small size（D）29. The author’s chief argument against high heels is that ________.A) they pose a threat to lawnsB) they are injurious to women’s healthC) they don’t necessarily make women beautifulD) they are ineffective as a weapon of defense（B）30. It can be inferred from the passage that women should ________.A) see through the very nature of fashion mythsB) boycott the products of the fashion industryC) go to a podiatrist regularly for adviceD) avoid following fashion too closelyQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.It is hardly necessary for me to cite all the evidence of the depressing state of literacy. These figures from the Department of Education are sufficient: 27 million Americans cannot read at all, and a further 35 million read at a level that is less than sufficient to survive in our society.but my own worry today is less that of the overwhelming problem of elemental literacy than it is of the slightly more luxurious problem of the decline in the skill even of the middle-class reader, of his unwillingness to afford those spaces of silence, those luxuries of domesticity and time and concentration, that surround the image of the classic act of reading. It has been suggested that almost 80 percent of America’s literate, educated teenagers can no longer read without an accompanyingnoise (music) in the background or a television screen flickering (闪烁) at the corner of their field of perception. We know very little about the brain and how it deals with simultaneous conflicting input, but every common-sense intuition suggests we should be profoundly alarmed. This violation of concentration, silence, solitude (独处的状态) goes to the very heart of our notion of literacy; this new form of part-reading, of part-perception against background distraction, renders impossible certain essential acts of apprehension and concentration, let alone that most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece of prose he or she really loves, which is to learn it by heart. Not by brain, by heart; the expression is vital.Under these circumstances, the question of what future there is for the arts of reading is a real one. Ahead of us lie technical, psychic (心理的), and social transformations probably much more dramatic than those brought about by Gutenberg, the German inventor in printing. The Gutenberg revolution, as we now know it, took a long time; its effects are still being debated. The information revolution will touch every fact of composition, publication, distribution, and reading. No one in the book industry can say with any confidencewhat will happen to the book as we’ve known it.31. The picture of the reading ability of the American people, drawn by the author, is ________.A) rather bleakB) fairly brightC) very impressiveD) quite encouraging（A）32. The author’s biggest concern is ________.A) elementary school children’s disinterest in reading classicsB) the surprisingly low rate of literacy in the U.S.C) the musical setting American readers require for readingD) the reading ability and reading behavior of the middle class （D）33. A major problem with most adolescents who can read is ________.A) their fondness of music and TV programsB) their ignorance of various forms of art and literatureC) their lack of attentiveness and basic understandingD) their inability to focus on conflicting input（C）34. The author claims that the best way a reader can show admiration for a piece of poetry or prose is ________.A) to be able to appreciate it and memorize itB) to analyze its essential featuresC) to think it over conscientiouslyD) to make a fair appraisal of its artistic value（A）35. About the future of the arts of reading the author feels ________.A) upsetB) uncertainC) alarmedD) pessimisticQuestions 35 to 40 are based on the following passage.For centuries, explorers have risked their lives venturing into the unknown for reasons that were to varying degrees economic and nationalistic. Columbus went west to look for better trade routes to the Orient and to promote the greater glory of Spain. Lewis and Clark journeyed into the American wilderness to find out what the U.S. had acquired when it purchased Louisiana, and the Apollo astronauts rocketed to the moon in a dramatic show of technological muscle during the cold war.Although their missions blended commercial and political-military imperatives, the explorers involved allaccomplished some significant science simply by going where no scientists had gone before.Today Mars looms（隐约出现）as humanity’s next great terra incognita（未探明之地）. And with doubtful prospects for a short-term financial return, with the cold war a rapidly fading memory and amid a growing emphasis on international cooperation in large space ventures, it is clear that imperatives other than profits or nationalism will have to compel human beings to leave their tracks on the planet’s reddish surface. Could it be that science, which has long played a minor role in exploration, is at last destined to take a leading role? The question naturally invites a couple of others: Are there experiments that only humans could do on Mars? Could those experiments provide insights profound enough to justify the expense of sending people across interplanetary space?With Mars the scientific stakes are arguably higher than they have ever been. The issue of whether life ever existed on the planet, and whether it persists to this day, has been highlighted by mounting evidence that the Red Planet once had abundant stable, liquid water and by the continuing controversy over suggestions that bacterial fossils rode to Earth on a meteorite（陨石）from valuable data about the range ofconditions under which a planet can generate the complex chemistry that leads to life. If it could be established that life arose independently on Mars and Earth, the finding would provide the first concrete clues in one of the deepest mysteries in all of science: the prevalence of life in the universe.36. According to the passage, the chief purpose of explorers in going to unknown places in the past was ________.A) to display their country’s military mightB) to accomplish some significant scienceC) to find new areas for colonizationD) to pursue commercial and state interests（D）37. At present, a probable inducement for countries to initiate large-scale space ventures is ________.A) international cooperationB) scientific researchC) nationalistic reasonsD) long-term pro fits（C）38. What is the main goal of sending human missions to Mars?A) To find out if life ever existed there.B) To see if humans could survive there.C) To prove the feasibility of large-scale space ventures.D) To show the leading role of science in space exploration.（A）39. By saying “With Mars the scientific stakes are arguably higher than they have ever been” (Line 1, Para. 4), the author means that ________.A) with Mars the risks involved are much greater than any previous space venturesB) in the case of Mars, the rewards of scientific exploration can be very highC) in the case of Mars, much more research funds are needed than ever beforeD) with Mars, scientists argue, the fundamental interests of science are at issue（B）40. The passage tells us that proof of life on Mars would ________.A) make clear the complex chemistry in the development of lifeB) confirm the suggestion that bacterial fossils traveled to Earth on a meteoriteC) reveal the kind of conditions under which life originatesD) provide an explanation why life is common in the universe21. D 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. D26. D 27. B 28. D 29. B 30. D31. A 32. D 33. C 34. A 35. B 36. D 37. C 38. A 39. B 40. C。

hwyhrg2021年6月大学英语六级试题及答案详解懒惰是专门惊奇的东西，它使你以为那是安逸，是休息，是福气；但实际上它所给你的是无聊，是倦怠，是消沉;它剥夺你对前途的期望，割断你和别人之间的友情，使你心胸日渐狭窄，对人一辈子也越来越怀疑。

—罗兰Part I Writing (30 minutes)注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上。

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic of Due Attention Should Be Given to the Study of Chinese. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below:1.近年来在学生中显现了忽视中文学习的现象；2.显现这种现象的缘故和后果；3.我认为…Due Attention Should Be Given to the Study of Chinese____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Obama's success isn't all good news for black AmericansAs Erin White watched the election results head towards victory for Barack Obama, she felt a burden lifting from her shoulders. "In that one second, it was a validation for my whole race," she recalls."I've always been an achiever," says White, who is studying for an MBA at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. "But there had always been these things in the back of my mind questioning whether I really can be who I want. It was like a shadow, following me around saying you can only go so far. Now it's like a barrier has been let down."White's experience is what many psychologists had expected - that Obama would prove to be a powerful role model for African Americans. Some hoped his rise to prominence would have a big impact on white Americans, too, challenging those who still harbour racist sentiments. "The traits that characterise him are very contradictory to the racial stereotypes that black people are aggressive and uneducated," says Ashby Plant of Florida State University. "He's very intelligent and eloquent."Sting in the tailAshby Plant is one of a number of psychologists who seized on Obama's candidacy to test hypotheses about the power of role models. Their work is already starting to reveal how the "Obama effect" is changing people's views and behaviour. Perhaps surprisingly, it is not all good news: there is a sting in the tail of the Obama effect.But first the good news. Barack Obama really is a positive role model for African Americans, and he was making an impact even before he got to the White House. Indeed, the Obama effect can be surprisingly immediate and powerful, as Ray Friedman of Vanderbilt University and his colleagues discovered.They tested four separate groups at four key stages of Obama's presidential campaign. Each group consisted of around 120 adults of similar age and education, and the test assessed their language skills. At two of these stages, when Obama's success was less than certain, the tests showed a clear difference between the scores of the white and black participants—an average of 12.1 out of 20, compared to 8.8, for example. When the Obama fever was at its height, however, the black participants performed much better. Those who had watched Obama's acceptance speech as the Democrats' presidential candidate performed just as well, on average, as the white subjects.After his election victory, this was true of all the black participants.Dramatic shiftWhat can explain this dramatic shift? At the start of the test, the participants had to declare their race and were told their results would be used to assess their strengths and weaknesses. This should have primed the subjects with "stereotype threat" – an anxiety that their results will confirm negative stereotypes, which has been shown to damage the performance of African Americans.Obama's successes seemed to act as a shield against this. "We suspect they felt inspired and energised by his victory, so the stereotype threat wouldn't prove a distraction," says Friedman.Lingering racismIf the Obama effect is positive for African Americans, how is it affecting their white compatriots (同胞)? Is the experience of having a charismatic (有魅力的) black president modifying lingering racist attitudes? There is no easy way to measure racism directly; instead psychologists assess what is known as "implicit bias", using a computer-based test that measures how quickly people associate positive and negative words—such as "love" or "evil"—with photos of black or white faces. A similar test can also measure how quickly subjects associate stereotypical traits—such as athletic skills or mental ability—with a particular group.In a study that will appear in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Plant's team tested 229 students during the height of the Obama fever. They found that implicit bias has fallen by as much as 90% compared with the level found in a similar study in 2006. "That's an unusually large drop," Plant says.While the team can't be sure their results are due solely to Obama, they also showed that those with the lowest bias were likely to subconsciously associate black skin colour with political words such as "government" or "president". This suggests that Obama was strongly on their mind, says Plant.Drop in biasBrian Nosek of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, who runs a website that measures implicit bias using similar test, has also observed a small drop in bias in the 700,000 visitors to the site since January 2007, which might be explained by Obama's rise to popularity. However, his preliminary results suggest that change will be much slower coming than Plant's results suggest.Talking honestly"People now have the opportunity of expressing support for Obama every day," says Daniel Effron at Stanford University in California. "Our research arouses the concern that people may now be more likely to raise negative views of African Americans." On the other hand, he says, it may just encourage people to talk more honestly about their feelings regarding race issues, which may not be such a bad thing.Another part of the study suggests far more is at stake than the mere expression of views. The Obama effect may have a negative side. Just one week after Obama was elected president, participants were less ready to support policies designed to address racial inequality than they had been two weeks before the election.Huge obstaclesIt could, of course, also be that Obama's success helps people to forget that a disproportionate number of black Americans still live in poverty and face huge obstacles when trying to overcome these circumstances. "Barack Obama's family is such a salient (杰出的) image, we generalise it and fail to see the larger picture—that there's injustice in every aspect of American life," says Cheryl Kaiser of the University of Washington in Seattle. Those trying to address issues of racial inequality need to constantly remind people of the inequalities that still exist to counteract the Obama's effect, she says.Though Plant's findings were more positive, she too warns against thinking that racism and racial inequalities are no longer a problem. "The last thing I want is for people to think everything's solved."These findings do not only apply to Obama, or even just to race. They should hold for any role model in any country. "There's no reason we wouldn't have seen the same effect on our views of women if Hillary Clinton or Sarah Palin had been elected," says Effron. So the election of a female leader might have a downside for other women.Beyond raceWe also don't yet know how long the Obama effect—both its good side and its bad—will last.Political sentiment is notoriously changeable: What if things begin to go wrong for Obama, and his popularity slumps?And what if Americans become so familiar with having Obama as their president that they stop considering his race altogether? "Over time he might become his own entity," says Plant. This might seem like the ultimate defeat for racism, but ignoring the race of certain select individuals—a phenomenon that psychologists call subtyping—also has an insidious (隐伏的) side. "We think it happens to help people preserve their beliefs, so they can still hold on to the previous stereotypes." That could turn out to be the cruellest of all the twists to the Obama effect.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

2021年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案第1套段落匹配The best Retailers Combine Bricks and ClicksA) Retail profits are falling sharply. Stores are closing. Malls are emptying. The depressing stories just keep coming. Reading the earnings announcements of large retail stores like Macy's, Nordstorm, and Target is about as uplifting as a tour of an intensive care unit. The internet is apparently taking down yet another industry. Brick and mortar stores (实体店) seem to be going the way of the yellow pages. Sure enough, the Census Bureau just released data showing that online retail sales surged 15.2 percent between the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2021.B) But before you dump all of your retail stocks, there are more facts you should consider. Looking only at that 15.2 percent "surge" would be misleading. It was an increase that was on a small base of 6.9 percent. Even when a tiny number grows by a large percentage terms, it is often still tiny.C) More than 20 years after the internet was opened to commerce, the Census Bureau tells us that brick and mortar sales accounted for 92.3 percent of retail sales in the first quarterof 2021. Their data show that only 0.8 percent of retail sales shifted from offline to online between the beginning of 2021 and 2021.D) So, despite all the talk about drone (无人机) deliveries to your doorstep, all the retail executives expressing anxiety over consumers going online, and even a Presidential candidate exclaiming that Amazon has a "huge antitrust problem," the Census data suggest that physical retail is thriving. Of course, the closed stores, depressed executives, and sinking stocks suggest otherwise. What's the real story?E) Many firms operating brick and mortar stores are in trouble. The retail industry is getting "reinvented," as we describe in our new book Matchmarkers. It's standing in the path of what Schumpeter called a gale (大风) of creative destruction. That storm has been brewing for some time, and as it has reached gale force, most large retailers are searching for a response. As the CFO of Macy's put it recently, "We're frankly scratching our heads."F) But it's not happening as experts predicted. In the peak of the dot. com bubble, brick and mortar retail was one of these industries the internet was going to kill—and quickly. The dot. com bust discredited most predictions of that sort and in theyears that followed, conventional retailers' confidence in the future increased as Census continued do report weak online sales. And then the gale hit.G) It is becoming increasingly clear that retail reinvention isn't a simple battle to the death between bricks and clicks. It is about devising retail models that work for people who are making increasing use of a growing array of internet-connected tools to change how they search, shop, and buy. Creative retailers are using the new technologies to innovate just about everything stores do from managing inventory, to marketing, to getting paid.H) More than drones dropping a new supply of underwear on your doorstep, Apple's massively successful brick-and-mortar-and-glass retail stores and Amazon's small steps in the same direction are what should keep old-fashioned retailers awake at night. Not to mention the large number of creative new retailers, like Bonobos, that are blending online and offline experiences in creative ways.I) Retail reinvention is not a simple process, and it's also not happening on what used to be called "Internet Time." Some internet-driven changes have happened quickly, of course. Craigslist quickly overtook newspaper classified ads andturned newspaper economics upside down. But many widely anticipated changes weren't quick, and some haven't really started. With the benefit of hindsight (后见之明), it looks like the internet will transform the economy at something like the pace of other great inventions like electricity. B2B commerce, for example, didn't move mainly online by 2005 as many had predicted in 2000, nor even by 2021, but that doesn't mean it won't do so over the next few decades.J) But the gale is still blowing. The sudden decline in foot traffic in recent years, even though it hasn't been accompanied by a massive decline in physical sales, is a critical warning. People can shop more efficiently online and therefore don't need to go to as many stores to find what they want. There's a surplus of physical shopping space for the crowds, which is one reason why stores are downsizing and closing.K) The rise of the mobile phone has recently added a new level of complexity to the process of retail reinvention. Even five years ago most people faced a choice. Sit at your computer, probably at home or at the office, search and browse, and buy. Or head out to the mall, or Main Street, look and shop, and buy. Now, just about everyone has a smartphone, connected to the internet almost everywhere almost all the time. Even when aretailer gets a customer to walk in the store, she can easily see if there's a better deal online or at another store nearby.L) So far, the main thing many large retailers have done in response to all this is to open online stores, so people will come to them directly rather than to Amazon and its smaller online rivals. Many are having the same problem that newspapers have had. Even if they get online traffic, they struggle to make enough money online to compensate for what they are losing offline.M) A few seem to be making this work. Among large traditional retailers, Walmart recently reported the best results, leading its stock price to surge, while Macy's, Target, and Nordstorm's dropped. Yet Walmart's year-over-year online sales only grew 7 percent, leading its CEO to lament (哀叹), "Growth here is to slow." Part of the problem is that almost two decades after Amazon field the one-click patent, the online retail shopping and buying experience is filled with frictions.A recent study graded more than 600 internet retailers on how easy it was for consumers to shop, buy, and pay. Almost half of the sites didn't get a passing grade and only 18 percent got an A or B.N) The turmoil on the ground in physical retail is hard tosquare with the Census data. Unfortunately, part of the explanation is that the Census retail data are unreliable. Our deep look into those data and their preparation revealed serious problems. It seems likely that Census simply misclassifies a large chunk of online sales. It is certain that the Census procedures, which lump the online sales of major traditional retailers like Walmart with "non-store retailers" like food trucks, can mask major changes in individual retail categories. The bureau could easily present their data in more useful ways, but they have chosen not to.O) Despite the turmoil, brick and mortar won't disappear any time soon. The big questions are which, if any, of the large traditional retailers will still be on the scene in a decade or two because they have successfully reinvented themselves, which new players will operate busy stores on Main Streets and maybe even in shopping malls, and how the shopping and buying experience will have changed in each retail category. Investors shouldn't write off brick and mortar. Whether they should bet on the traditional players who run those stores now is another matter.36. Although online retailing has existed for some twenty years, nearly half of the internet retailers still fail toreceive satisfactory feedback from consumers, according to a recent survey.37. Innovative retailers integrate internet technologies with conventional retailing to create new retail models.38. Despite what the Census data suggest, the value of physical retail's stocks has been dropping.39. Internet-driven changes in the retail industry didn't take place as quickly as widely anticipated.40. Statistics indicate that brick and mortar sales still made up the lion's share of the retail business.41. Companies that successfully combine online and offline business models may prove to be a big concern for traditional retailers.42. Brick and mortar retailers' faith in their business was strengthened when the dot. com bubble burst.43. Despite the tremendous challenges from online retailing, traditional retailing will be here to stay for quite some time.44. With the rise of online commerce, physical retail stores are like to suffer the same fate as the yellow pages.45. The wide use of smartphone has made it more complex for traditional retailers to reinvent their business.36.M37.G38.D39.I40.C41.H42.F43.O44.A45.K。

2021年6月大学英语六级考试真题参考答案第一套作文WritingDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 mimites to write an essay based on the chart below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the chart and comment on China ' s achievements in higher education. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words范文The bar chart above explicitly demonstrates that the gross en rollment ratio in universities in China, according to the data from Ministry of Education, has increased dramaticallyfrom 3.4% in 1990 to 51. 6% in 2019. Obviously, the past thirty years have witnessed China 's great achievements in higher educa- tion.Firstly, higher education in China has become approachable to most Chinese citizens. This is partly due to the fact that Chi na 's economy has been developing at a marvelous speed, but also because Chinese government has launched a wide range of favorable policies to support rural students to get admitted to colleges. Moreover, the quality of China s universities hasshowed a marked improvement. Now, several seats of learning in China are among the top universities world-wide, and every year they draw numerous foreign students to come to China for higher education. Besides, Chinese government and a mass of big enterprises have been investing heavily into upgrading the campus sites, introducing the most advanced equipments, and increasing the faculty s salaries.In all, the China s achievements in higher education are re markable. I believe that this trend will surely continue, and will in turn benefit our great country第二套作文WritingDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 mimites to write an essay based on the graph below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the graph and comment on China 's achievements in urbanization. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.第三套作文WritingDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 mimites to write an essay based on the chart below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the chart and comment on China sachievements in poverty alleviation. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.The bar chart above explicitly demonstrates the great achieve ments China has made in poverty alleviation In 2012, there are over 80 million rural people in poverty, which takes up almost 10% of the rural population. However, the following nine years witness the continuous decline in this figure, and in 2020, all the Chinese rural people are alleviated from poverty.The achievements, however, can not be completely reflected by this figure. Firstly, Chinese rural people have become creasingly wealthier. More families possess their own automo biles, more rural people have access to high-tech devices, and their living conditions have also improved markedly. Moreover, the literate rate of rural population has greatly increased,too Primary schools are so popular in rural area that almost every child can receive education, which will surely in turn propel the development of rural areas in the future. Besides, more rural people go to bigger cities to realize their Chinese dreams, and they have contributed a lot to the prosperity of our great country.In all, China 's achievements in alleviating poverty have at tracted worldwide attention. I am very proud of being a Ch nesecitizen, and I believe our great country will become better, stronger, and more beautiful.选词填空第一套I' m always baffled when I walk into a pharmacy and see shelves bursting with various26.O)ultimately27. F)expended28.Aabundance29.G)feat30.)impetus31. D)envisaged32.B) astonishment33. L)plight34.J) overhaul35.C)entailed选词填空第二套A new study has drawn a bleak picture of cultural inclusiveness reflected in the26. F)investigated27. E)housed28.1)representation29. H)portraying30 K) secondary31.C)bias32.B)appreciation33.G) overwhelming34. A)alienating35. L)superiority选词填空第三套At 43, I've reached the stage where women are warned to watch out for the creeping"26. H)fragility27. E)diminished28.J) obscurit29. B)authentic 300)suppress31. F )drowned32 M)purchasable33.G)embark34.A)adversity35.D)depictions信息匹配第一套How Marconi Gave Us the Wireless World36. [F] Marconi invented the idea of global communica- tion--or, more straightforwardly, globally networked mobile. wireless communication37. [I]Marconi placed a permanent stamp on the way we live38.[D]In 1901 he succeeded in signaling across the Atlantic, from the west coast of England to Newfoundland in the USA, despite the claims of science that it could not be done.39. [J]At the same time, Marconi was uncompromisingly in dependent intellectually.40. [ C]Between 1896, when he applied for his first patent inEngland at the age of 22, and his death in Italy in 1937, Mar coni was at the center of every major innovation in elec- tronic communication.41.E] Marconi's carer was devoted to making wireless com munication happen cheaply, efficiently, smoothly, and with an elegance that would appear to be intuitive and uncompli- cated to the user--user-friendly, if you will.42. [Kithe most controversial aspect of Marconi's life-and the reason why there has been no satisfying biography of Marconi until now-was his uncritical embrace of Benito Mussolini.43.[G] In his lifetime, Marconi foresaw the development of television and the fax machine, GPS, radar, and the portable hand-held telephone.44.B] Today's globally networked media and communica- tion system has its origins in the 19 oth century, when, for the first time, messages were sent electronically across great distances 45 [ H]marconi's biography is also a story about choices and le motivations behind them信息匹配第二套France 's beloved cathedral only minutes away from com plete destruction36.I)The interior minister, Christophe Castaner, visited the cathedral on Tuesday afternoon to see the extent of the devastation37. D)The cathedral is owned by the French state and has been at the centre of a years-long dispute over who should finance restoration work of the collapsing staircases, crum bling statues and cracked walls.38. K) French political commentators noted the devastating fire had succeeded where Macron had failed in uniting the country.39. F)The fire, which had started at the base of the 93-metre spire (%ta)at about 6: 40pm on Monday, spread through thecathedral s roof, made up of hundreds of oak beams, some dating back to the 13th century40.B)The revelation of how close France came to losing its most famous cathedral emerged as police investigators questioned workers involved in the restoration of the monu ment to try to establish the cause of the devastating blaze. 41. H)While the world looked on, the 500 firefighters at the scene then battled to prevent the flames from reaching the two main towers, where the cathedral bells hang.42. H)While the world looked on, the 500 firefighters at the scene then battled to prevent the flames from reaching the two main towers, where the cathedral bells hang43.J)The culture minister, Franck Riester, said religious relics saved from the cathedral were being securely held at the Hotel de Ville. and works of art that sustained smoke damage were being taken to the Louvre, the world s larg est art museum, where they would be dried out, repaired and stored44.D)The cathedral is owned by the French state and has been at the centre of a years-long dispute over who should finance restoration work of the collapsing staircases, crum bling statues and cracked walls45. J)A collection of dramatic videos and photos quickly spread across social media, showing the horrifying destruc tion, and attracting emotional responses from people all over the word 信息匹配第三套What Are the Ethics of CGI Actors-and Will They Replace Real Ones?36.[G] Legally, a persons rights to control the commercial use of their name and image beyond their death differ between and even within countries37. [C] The James Dean film is a way to keep the actors image relevant for younger generations, says Mark Roesler of CMGWorldwide, the firm that represents Dean's estate.38. J] This refers to the idea that when objects trying to re semble humans aren't quite perfect, they can make viewers feel uneasy because they fall somewhere between obviouslynon-human and fully human39. A] Digital humans are coming to a screen near you40.[F] A hidden hazard of digitally recreating a deceased(E])celebrity is the risk of damaging their legacy41. L] Webber expects that we will see more digital humans on screen42.B Late in 2019, it was announced that US actor JamesDean. who died in 1955. will star in a Vietnam War film sched uled for release later this year43. H] A recreation, however lifelike, will never be indistin guishable from a real actor, says Webber.44.E]Now, a person can be animated from scratch45 I As it becomes easier to digitally recreate celebrities and to entirely manufacture on-screen identities, could this kind of technology put actors out of jobs?仔细读第一套We often think of drawing as something that takes inborn talent, but this kind of thinking.46. A)It is a gift creative people are endowed with.47. C)They add beauty and charm to the world.48. A)Everybody is born with the capacity to draw.49. D)It helps improve concentration and memory.50. D)Precision in visual perception.The car has reshaped our cities. It seems to offer autonomy for everyone.51. B)They present a false picture the autonomy cars provide.52. C)Only some can be put to use under current traffic con ditions.53. A)It is likely to create traffic jams in other places.54. B)It seldom delivers all the benefits as promised.55. C)Technological innovation should be properly regulat-ed. 仔细阅读第二套Humans are fascinated by the source of their failings and vir tues. This preoccupation..46.D)students'academic performance is determined by their genes.47. A)Its result was questionable48.B)It is not one of cause and effect.49. A)Take all relevant factors into account in interpreting their data.50. D)Promoting discrimination in the name of science.Nicola Sturgeon ' s speech last Tuesday setting out the Scottish government s legislative programme.51.B)Tourists will have to pay a tax to visit Scotland.52. C) Its ruling party is opposed to taxes and requlation.53. D)Ease its financial burden of providing local services.54.A)They don't seem to care about the social cost of tour-ism.55.D)Unclear.仔细读第三套You can't see it, smell it, or hear it, and people disagree on how precisely to define it, or where exactly it comes from46. D) It contributes to intellectual growth but can easily be skilled47. B)Cultivation of creativity should permeate the entire school curriculum48. C)test-oriented teaching49.B)They attach great importance to arts education50.C)Providing all children with equal access to arts education Emulating your conversation partner s actions is a common human behavior classified as"mirroring and has been51. C)Imitate their partners ' gestures without their knowing it52. B)When both sides have a lot of things in common53. A)It encourages people to imitate54.A)It facilitates the creation of one 's own writing style55. D)It may do harm as well as good翻译(3篇）第一套海南是仅次于台湾的中国第二大岛，是位于中国最南端的省份。