英语六级真题及答案解析(3套)

In today's world,the theme of the importance of mutual trust and openness in cooperation is gaining more and more attention.In my opinion,mutual trust and openness can greatly contribute to smooth cooperation.The reasons why mutual trust and openness can be crucial to cooperation are as follows.First of all,there is no doubt that full trust and an open mind are conducive to cooperation in learning.For instance,when we trust our team members and share what we have learned with them,the results of academic collaboration stand out.At the same time,in the workplace,cooperation also requires mutual trust and genuine openness as the cornerstone.When we can be open and honest about our work,it will undoubtedly improve the efficiency of the project and lead to a smoother collaboration. Last but not least,faith and opening up can also allow different parties to establish a harmonious interpersonal relationship,which is quite significant to the process of cooperation.In short,the importance of mutual trust and openness in cooperation has been fully demonstrated. With a sense of trust and openness,we have reasons to expect a wonderful cooperation.PartⅡListening Comprehension12345678910111213C D A B C B B D D C A D C 141516171819202122232425B A D A A BCD B C A BPartⅢReading Comprehension26272829303132333435363738L A I M O B C H N D L E K 39404142434445464748495051G D H B J C N D C A B C D 52535455B D A CPartⅣTranslation参考译文：Pasting the Spring Festival couplets is an important custom for Chinese people to celebrate the Spring Festival.The Spring Festival couplet consists of two lines of poems and a horizontal scroll bearing four characters.These verses are written in gold or black on horizontal scrolls of red paper.Red is considered lucky and gold represents wealth.The Spring Festival couplets are pasted on the left and right sides of the gate and above the door frame.These verses embody the characteristics of traditional Chinese poetry.The two lines have the same number of words and are related in content.The horizontal scroll,highlighting the theme of the verses,is icing on the cake.The text of the Spring Festival couplets is organized in a concise and vivid manner,expressing a beautiful visual sense.When every household puts up Spring Festival couplets, people's footsteps would follow,and then the Spring Festival officially begins.With the development of science and technology as well as the spread of COVID-19,people tend to communicate with each other online.However,an increasingly large number of people realize the pleasures and joys of real-world social interaction.As far as I am concerned,real-world social interaction can greatly contribute to a closer connection between people.The reasons why real-world social interaction can be essential to us are as follows.Firstly,it brings more positive attitudes to our life and releases our pressure to some degree.For example,we can carry out real real-world activities based on games or sports,which cannot be achieved through the Internet. Secondly,compared to online communication,real-world social interaction enables us to communicate with others in a deeper and more thorough way.We may not fully know who we chat with online due to the image that people portray.However,face-to-face interaction provides an opportunity for us to know more about those who we meet.In a word,real-world social interaction plays an important role in building trust among people.It is advisable to interact with people in the real world so that we can experience the warmth and happiness brought by real-world social interaction.PartⅡListening Comprehension只考了一套听力PartⅢReading Comprehension只考了一套阅读PartⅣTranslation参考译文：The CCTV Headquarters Building is located in Chaoyang District,Beijing,with a total construction area of550,000square meters.It consists of two towers.Due to its unique shape,it has become a popular scenic spot in this city,attracting many tourists every day.The new structure is the result of a long collaboration between Chinese and foreign architects, which not only reflects environmental awareness,but also greatly saves the materials needed for the building.Through this building,a specialized channel of the CCTV Headquarters shows the history of the various studios and CCTV itself to the public.Visitors can also enjoy the spectacular scenery of the Forbidden City and other places in Beijing there.2022年9月六级考试真题答案速查（第3套）Part I Writing参考范文：Nowadays students are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of developing digital skills. Due to the rapid development of information technology,human society is striding forward into the digital age.In the meantime,there is a growing awareness of the importance for people to cultivate digital skills.In my opinion,young people,especially today’s college students,should grasp the importance of developing digital skills.Digital skills,which can be simply defined as the ability to use and develop digital resources,will not only make us better employed in future,but also drive the country’s technological and economic development.At the national level,strengthening education and training of digital skills for all citizens, as well as enhancing citizens’digital literacy,will help them explore various resources and information, thus better coping with the opportunities and challenges brought by the digital age.For individuals, learning how to use digital skills in daily life has become a prevailing trend in a fast-paced society. Even some communities offer smartphone classes for senior citizens.Obviously,developing digital skills will become necessary for people’s future life.To conclude,the importance of digital skills cannot be overstated.It is high time that we improved the whole nation’s digital skills.PartⅡListening Comprehension只考了一套听力PartⅢReading Comprehension只考了一套阅读PartⅣTranslation参考译文：Since ancient times,the seal has been a symbol of status and power.The seal,an ancient art that combines calligraphy and sculpture,is not only a practical object but also an art form.From the choice of materials,the production procedure to the design of the typeface,seals have a rich aesthetic expression.While artists from other countries usually sign their paintings,Chinese artists often prefer to use seals in place of signatures on paintings and calligraphy.In this way,the seal also becomes an integral part of the work.It is a way to show the uniqueness of the work.。

年6 月大学英语六级考试真题预测（第三套）Part I Writing (30 minutes)For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the use of robots. Try to imagine what will happen when more and more robots take the place of human beings in industry as well as peo ple’s daily lives. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation 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 centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1. A) It is advertising electronic products.B) It is planning to tour East Asia.C) It is sponsoring a TV programme.D) It is giving performances in town.2. A) 20,000 pounds.B) 12,000 pounds.C) Less than 20,000 pounds.D) Less than 12,000 pounds.3. A) A lot of good publicity.B) Talented artists to work for it.C) Long-term investments.D) A decrease in production costs.4. A) Promise long-term cooperation with the Company.B) Explain frankly their own current financial situation.C) Pay for the printing of the performance programme.D) Bear the cost of publicising the Company's performance. Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. A) He has been seeing doctors and counsellors.B) He has found a new way to train his voice.C) He was caught abusing drugs.D) He might give up concert tours.6. A) Singers may become addicted to it.B) It helps singers warm themselves up.C) Singers use it to stay away from colds.D) It can do harm to singers' vocal chords.7. A) They are eager to become famous.B) Many lack professional training.C) Few will become successful.D) They live a glamorous life.8. A) Harm to singers done by smoky atmospheres.B) Side effects of some common drugs.C) V oice problems among pop singers.D) Hardships experienced by many young singers.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage 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 centre.Passage OneQuestions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.9. A) It has not been very successful.B) It has long become a new trend.C) It has met with strong resistance.D) It has attracted a lot of users.10. A) It saves time.B) It increases parking capacity.C) It ensures drivers' safety.D) It reduces car damage.11. A) Collect money and help new users.B) Maintain the automated system.C) Stay alert to any emergency.D) Walk around and guard against car theft.12. A) They will vary with the size of vehicles.B) They will be discountable to regular customers.C) They will be lower than conventional parking.D) They will be reduced if paid in cash.Passage TwoQuestions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.13. A) They do not know any solution.B) They do not give up drunk driving.C) They do not behave in public places.D) They do not admit being alcohol addicts.14. A) To stop them from fighting back.B) To thank them for their hospitality.C) To teach them the European lifestyle.D) To relieve their pains and sufferings.15. A) Without intervention they will be a headache to the nation.B) With support they can be brought back to a normal life.C) They readily respond to medical treatment.D) They pose a serious threat to social stability.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed by three or four questions. The recordings will be played 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 centre.Recording OneQuestions 16 to 19 are based on the recording you have just heard.16. A) To award them for their hard work.B) To build common views.C) To bring in business projects.D) To vote for action.17. A) Recovering from the Great Recession.B) Creating jobs and boosting the economy.C) Rewarding innovative businesses.D) Launching economic campaigns.18. A) Talking over paying off deficit.B) Increasing the number of middle class.C) Controlling the impact on education.D) Planning to reduce energy consumption.19. A) Shorten America's way to prosperity.B) Be cautious about reducing the deficit.C) Increase deficit to cover the revenue.D) Require the richest to pay more taxes.Recording TwoQuestions 20 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.20. A) They can be redeemed for cash.B) They can be used to reduce meal costs.C) They can be used as membership certificate.D) They can be used to make reservations.21. A) It is free for us to download the app.B) It helps you to be a professional cook.C) It provides advice about making recipes.D) It only rates recipes by popularity.22. A) By showing the weight of 200 kinds of food.B) By providing the price of 200 calories of food.C) By picturing the food of 200 calories with weights.D) By telling people 200 kinds of healthy food.Recording ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.23. A) About 43 percent of American adults.B) About 18 percent of the whole population.C) About 40 million American adults.D) About a half million people in America.24. A) To set a series of bans on public smoking.B) To set the price of cigarettes properly.C) To package the cigarettes with tips of warning.D) To reduce the production and supply of cigarettes.25. A) The office of the Surgeon General.B) The Food and Drug Administration.C) The Center for Tobacco Products.D) The Center for Disease Control and Prevention.Directions: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 linethrough the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Let’s say you love roller-skating. Just the thought of 26 on your roller-skates brings a smile to your face. You also know that roller-skating is excellent exercise. You have a 27 attitude toward it. This description of roller-skating 28 the three components of an attitude: affect, cognition, and behavior. You love the activity; it’s great fun. These feelings 29 the affective or emotional component; they are an important ingredient in attitudes. The knowledge we have about the object constitutes the cognitive component of an attitude. You understand the health 30 that the activity can bring. Finally, attitudes have a behavioral component. Our attitudes 31 us to go outside to enjoy roller-skating.Now, we don’t want to leave you with the 32 that these three components always work together 33 . They don’t; sometimes they clash. For example, let’s say you love pizza (affective component); however, you have high cholesterol and understand (knowledge component) that eating pizza may be bad for your health. Which behavior will your attitude result in, eating pizza or 34 it? The answer depends on which component happens to be stronger. If you are walking past a pizza restaurant at lunchtime, your emotions and feelings probably will be stronger than your knowledge that pizza may not be the best food for your health. In that instance, you have pizza for lunch. If you are at home trying to decide where to go for dinner, however, the knowledge component may 35 , and you decide to go where you can eat a healthier meal.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。

2023年6月英语六级真题及参考答案六级试卷采用多题多卷形式，大家核对答案时，找准具体选项内容，忽略套数！网络综合版：听力第一套Conversation One M: Hi Lily, how's the new apartment? W: It's okay. M:What? How can it be just okaywhen last week you were thrilledabout the place and keptnosting photos of it online? W:Well,【1】last week whenfmoved in, the apartment seemed cozy, justthe right size forone person. But nowit just seems tiny, shabby and solitary. M: Al that's the problem. You missyour roommates from university,don't you? W: I'm going to sound like G idiot【2】because Iused to complain to youall the time about how crowded ourdormitory room was, and about allthe things they did to irritate me, likewatching movies late at night withoutheadphones, or talking loudly early inthe morning. But now Imiss themterribly. M: Of course you do. That's perfectlynormal. When I got my first place,Iremember thinking I could ti wait tolive by myself and get away from myjuvenile roommates and all their annoyipghabits.【3】But then began issing them and feelinglonely and thinking that our dormitory was like paradise. Even though there were six of us guys inone small room. W: I thought it was just m who reltlike thiat. M: Look, you lived at home with us.And then you had three roommates.And this is your first time living alone.So i hard But your first apartmentis a milestone in your life. And youshould celebrate it. Tell me about theapartment. W: Actuaily, it's not bad. In fact, it'spretty adorable. Now that I have decorated it and it has et rjthing Ineed. I have a kitchen to cook in thebathroom al! to myself.And then anothes room with my bed at one endand the sofa, a small table and chairsat the C herend. M: That does sound adorable, and【4】Ican't wait to see it. And neither canmom and dad. Question 1: What was the woman'sfirst impression of the apartment? Question 2: Why does the womansay she's going to sound like an idiot? Question 3: What do we learn about the man when he left thedormitory to live on his own? Question 4: What is the man say hecan't wait to do. W: Welcome to our program book talk. Q5.ourgyest today is FrankJonesiditicbf our education system and the author of new book,How to reform our universitres. M: Hello, Susan. W: Frank, you support radicallychanging universities in America. Yes. Q6.I believe that the purpose of highereduad grefo prepare young peopleto enter the workforce and that ourcurrent system fails to do this, We'reallocating too many resou disciplines that don't match the needsof employers. W: I think your attitude to education isa bit cynical Frank. Surely the purpose of university is to prepareyoung people to participate fully incivic life rather than just to find wellpaid jobs. M: Susan, many young graduates struggle to find any job let alone agood one. The job markc isgrim.Particulaniior students who studythe arts. I agree that it isn't easy foryoungr gegple to find work, but youpropose closing down alt departments that aren't directly related to science and technology. Isthat really the solution? M: You're overstating my paint. Q7.My argument is that we need it use moer of our budget on areas like science and engineering. To do that, we needto take money from subjects likeliterature and music W: Q8,But the arts have value. They'rean important part of our culture.studying literature or music or sculpture might not result in a job inthatae But it helps young people tothink about the world in a.deeperway, which makes them b citizens and makes fora better society. M:l agree that the arts are valuable tosociety, but it's naive to think that notonly tk miost talented, but allstudents should study them at university level. The odds are verycompetitive, and most graduates willend up with a great deal of debt,obtaining a degree that has littlevalue on the job market. Question 5. What do we learn from theconversation about the man? Question 6. What does the manbelieve is the problem with the current AmericanSystem of Higher Education? Question 7. How should the educationbudget be allocated according to theman? Question 8. What does the woman saythe arts can do? Passage One Do you ever have the annoying feetingthat you don't have time to really thinkanymore? You're not alone.【Q9】A variet dtdrs have conspired to robus of time for reflectionourselves and our lives. preoccupied minds are rarely Silent.The average person receives hundredsof texts and voice messages a day. Andholidays for many of us are action-packed weeks more likely full of familyactivities than opportunities fortranquility and contemplation.【Q10】Regular reflection,howe,underlies all great professionals. It's a prerequisite for you to recharge yourmental batteries. See things in a newlight and tap into your creativity. Almost all of the great advisors that Ihave studied have found ways to getaway from it all and contemplate theirlife and work. Some researchers in thefield of creativity, in fact, believe thatinsight occurs during the reflection and relaxation that follows aCeriod of intense actvity. Schedule your time for reflection aboutyourwork ora particular proiect you're engaged in. I usually biock outhalf an hour. Don't answer the phone.Push your papers to the side. Sketch,make lists, draw mind maps of ideasthat come to you. At the end, write down any emerging ideas. When you're alone, stop worrying andthink. A lot of our downtime is spentworryingabout troublesc ne thihgs inour lives or fantasizing aboat how we'dlike our lives to be.【Q11】 Revisitthings during moments of relaxationafter a periodnof intense work. This iswhenwe are the most creative. Question 9 What do we learn about thefeeling that one doesn't heeitime tothink anymore? Questica 10 What trait do all greatprofessionals share? Question 11 What is some researchersbelieve is conducive to creative ideas? Passage Two had post offices The first opened in 1859 in asettlement founded by migrants searching for gold,Life could be unpredictable outwest. Gold failed to appear. Drought ruinedfarmers, and settlers clashed with_NativeAmericans. On the settlement's location now stands asprawling University campus. Amid all thechanges, one feature remained constant: thepostal service. The maps tracing America'swestward expansion are telling in 1864 therewere few postat branches on land controlledby Native Americans, which still accountedfor most of the West. Over the next 25 years,post offices grew quickly. Colonization'of theWest could be regarded as a result of biggovernment rather than pioneers.【13】Asfederal subsidies and land grants temptedpeople into the deserts and plains, the postkept them connected. In the mid-19th century, the Post OfficeDepartment was far from a centralizedbureaucracy. To keep up with migrationpatterns, postal services were added toexisting businesses. 【14】The federal government commissioned private wagons themail. Short term contracts were granted tolocal businessman to act as postmasters.These partnerships enabled the mail to quickly followmigrants helping knit togetherremote parts of the country. Mr. Bellavance, a digital historian, wrote abook on the history of the US postal service. 【15】 He used the data science to analyzehistorical trends, Most strikingly he built anaccompanying website, complekw;Tinteractive maps.They show readers-howwithin a generation the postal service helpedcolonize a continent. These online interactivemaps illustrate the formative power of snailmail. Q12 What does the passage say AboutColorado before it became a state? Q13 How did the postal service contribute toAmerica's westward expansion? Q14 What did the federal government:do tomeet the increasing demand for the postalservice in the West? Q15 What did Mr. Bellavance do to study thehistory of the US postal service? 听力演讲1 In last week's lecture, we discussed reasons whypeople forget things. This week we will discuss asurprising reason why we might remember somethings, anxiety. Think about something as simple asbuying a coffee. That may not seem like an experience that would make a deep impression onyour memory. But anxiety could change that. Q16.In fact, a new study suggests that people withhigher anxiety levels mightremembertertain information better than people with lower anxietylevels. That's because higher levels of anxiety may makepeople moresusceptible to negative feelings, putting them in a more negative state of mind. Thatin turn, may make them able to better remembersome events. Let's take a closer look at that newstudy now. Q17. In this study, tseardhersstarted by giving 80 undergraduate students ananxiety test. The test measure the participantsanxiety levels over the proceeding two weeks. Then, to test memory, the participants were showna series of neutral words one at a time. Some of thewords were printed onto photos of negative scenes,meaning images that could affect their emotionsnegatively, such as a photo of a car accident, or acemetery. The rest of the words were printed ontophotos of neutral scenes, such as a photo of a lakeor trees. Neutral words included words like table ordesk that don't elicit emotion. Later, the participants were asked to think back tothe words they were shown earlier, which causedthem to reenter either a negative or neutral mindset. The participants were then presented withanother set of neutral words, and their memory ofthese new words was tested. The researchers found that the new words presented to people in a negative mindset werebetter remembered by people with higher levels ofanxiety than those with lower levels of anxiety. In other words, when highly anxious individualstook in otherwise emotionallyneutral informationthat was presented to them, it became colored bytheir negative mindset, making them remember theinformation better. But these same effects were notseen in people with low levels of anxiety. Q18. Previous studies havefound that extremeevels of anxiety such as those experienced bypeople diagnosed with an anxiety disorder can bequite detrimentalto memory and cognitive performan But the highly anxious people in thisstudy represent individuals who are managing theiranxiety and for whom anxiety is not. a seriousproblem. Question 16. What does the speaker say the newstudy suggests? Question 17. What did researchers do first in thenew study? Question 18. What do we learn from previousstudies aboutlanxiety? Over the past 20 years, the u ternet hasgradually become a dominant featureof our lives. It has changed how wecommunicate with each other. And ithas definitely transformed the way wedo business with each other:Marketinghas also changed in a number of ways. For instance, in the past, consumershad to call a phone number and patiently wait on hold in order to getthe information they wanted. [Q19]Today, they want the informationimmediately. They'll go to the company's sociaLmediapdc nifostcomments and questions expecting toreceive an immediate response. If theydon't get their questions answeredsoon they'll move on to anothercompany that will answer themquickly. Marketing departments today need tofollow technological development.Forexample, this year smartphone issmarter than last years. s fariving cars are now on the road. Marketershave to do research on which techncingies:are coming into bsing,otherwise, they risk being leit behindin the virtual dust. Marketing has also changed due to theimportance of video. People don't justwant to read text. They walt to watchthings happening. Companies now have to explore how they can use videoon a consistent basis to share information about their sinesses.Fortunately, it's extremely easy to shoot something these days. All youneed is a smartphone. But what's the result of all this? Shorteraitention spans? We aren't the samepeople that we were 20 yedi ago. Notonly have we grown accustomed togetting the information we want instantaneously, our attention spansare much shorter. If something doesn'tcaptulc ourattention within a few seconds. We're on to the next piece ofcontent.[Q20]Marketers need to figureout ways to speak directly to the customer's emotions and they need tofigure out how to do that as quickly aspossible. Once people are emotionallyengaged, they'll stick with you. If marketingi has changed this much inthe past 20 years, imagine what thenext 20 years will bring li ai recentsurvey, only 9% of marketers could saywith confidence that their marketingefforts were actually working. Theirconfidence is being shaken becausethe rules of the game change everyyear. That's why [Q21]it'simportant for marketers to pay attention to the latest technological devel and consider collaborating with technological innovators. That way,they'll be moving at the samepace asthe tech industry. Question 19 What does the speaker sayabout today's consumers? Question 20 How do marketers captureconsumers'attention as quickly aspossible? Question 21 What does the speakersuggest marketers do to meet futurechalletes? 演讲3 You might be surprised to learn that [Q22] thebenefits offriendships extend beyond people's sociallifeand into their work, which is interestingwhen cd lili the extent to which people sacrifice friendships, or at least the time they spendwith friends because of the exte edihairsthey'redevoting to work. Just last week, rwas remarking toa colleague that I'm content with only one socialengagement per week. But according to recentresearch, that's evidently not enough. In an initial study of more than 700 respondents,scholars from an American university [Q23] analyzethe imrf thst:fiends as opposed to family haveon sel dem Jahd well-being. Friends came outsubstantially on top. That's because to be someone's mate is a voluntary act. Unlike familywho people rarely get to choose. The researchersfound that when people choose to cultivate andmaintain supportive friendships with an individual,it means that the person is valued and worthy oftheir limited time. Such sentiments of value andworthiness boost our self-esteem. The second study comprised more than 300 participants. It proved that the better we feel aboutourselves, the more likely we will perform our jobconfidently andcompetently. This follow-up studyfound that [Q24] non-work friends even improvedpeople's job satisfaction. They have as much of animpact on how much they love their jobs, as do thefriends they have at work, despite not actuallybeing at our place of work. These types of friendstend to be our preferred outlet fo nni aboutwork-related mattersyThis is an avenue that maynot be available at the office. So even though friendships can be easy to neglectwhen confronted-by pressures at work, or evenpressures at home, neglecting our friends can turnout to be harmful and counterproductive. That'swhy when determining how to create a better work-life balance, we need to consider not only how tobalance work and family demands, but also how tocultivate and sustain supportive friendships. It's for employees for flexible work arrangements. It's irrelevant whether their need for a desired scheduleis due to say, parenting responsibilities, or a craving to hang out with their best mate. Whatmatters is the opportunity to engage in a nourishingactiyity outside of work. That will definitely have afollow-on effect at work. Q 22 What does the speaker say is interesting? Q 23 What did researchers from an Americanuniversity analyze in their initial study? Q 24 What did the second study find aboutmon-work friends? Q 25 What does the speaker suggest managers do? 参考答案： 1.A) She is drawn to its integration of design andengineering. 2.D) Through hard work. 3.C) It is long-lasting. 4.A) Computer science. 5.B) He is well known to the public. 6.D) Serve as a personatassistant. 7.D) He has little previous work experience. 8.C) He has a high proficiency in several languages. 9.A) They have fewer rules and pressures. 10.D) They deprive kids of the opportunity todevelop team spirit. 11.C) Let them participate in some less risky outdooractivities. 12.B) Tech firms intentionally design products tohave short lifespans. 13.C) List a repairability score of their product. 14.D) Take the initintive to reduce electronic waste. 15.A) It can be solved. 16.B) How to prevent employees from cyberloafing. 17.C) Cyberloafing may relieve employees of stress. 18.A) Taking mini-breaks means better jobperfontance. 19.D) There were no trees. 20.B) He founded a newspaper and used it topromote his ideas. 21.B) The state government declared it the officialArbor Day. 22.B)They moved ou of Africa about 60,000 yearsago. 23.D) The discovery of two modern human teeth inChina. 24.A) There must have been some reason for humanmigration.25.D) What path modern humans took to migrateout of America.听力第二套参考答案：作文：　心理健康 Mental well-being is regarded as a state of health where a person is able to address normal stresses in daily life. Recently,this state has been grasped as much attention as physical health. Obviously, there are several factors that affect people's mental well-being. Firstly, a strong contributor to mental well-being refers to the state of a person'susual environ-ment. Adverse environmental circumstances can lea negative effectson psychological wellness. Living in a positive social environment, in contrast, can provide protection against mental challenges. Secondly, people's lifestyle can also impact their mental health. Smoking, a poor diet, alcohol con-sumption, substance use, and risky sexual behavior may result in psychological harm. Smoking, a poor diet, alcohol consump-tion, substance use, and risky sexual behavior may result in psychological harm. Worse, such behaviors have been linked to depression. In conclusion, because mental health is so important to general wellness, it's important that you take care of your mental health. Talking therapy, meditation and maintaining a positive outlook on life all contribute to people mental health. With a positive mental state, all areas of life will go towards active de-velopment. 友好的讨论 When faced with differing opinions, we should try to reach agreement through friendly discussion and reasonable argu-ment. In our daily life, it is common to see college students struggling with a polite and logical way when their views differ from others'. Apparently, this issue has sparked public con-cerns. Friendly discussion allows individuals to share their perspec-tives and opinions in a respectful manner. This can lead to a better understanding of each other's viewpoints and poten-tially even finding common ground. In addition, reasonable ar-gument allows individuals to present evidence and logic to sup-port their position, which can help persuade others to see their point of view. However, it is important to note that not all disagreements can be resolved through discussionand argu-ment alone. In some cases, compromise may be necessary to reach a resolution that satisfies all parties involved. To sum up, friendly discussion and reasonable argument, to a large extent, are of great use. We should be open-minded and engaged in such practices. 教育的目标 Education has played an increasingly crucial role in modern so-ciety. We aim education on different levels at cultivating the to-be successors of our global village. One important goal that education is trying to achieve is help students master the ways to acquire knowledge. Of all the capabilities one can develop to acquire knowledge in being educated, three sorts are of the greatest significance.First of all, students who are receiving education definitely know that they are always ignorant of some branches in th eocean of knowledge, which can keep them modest and more willing to explore their unfamiliar realms, even deeper if they've already done so. Moreover, students can imitate what their teachers or professors do in or our of class and then gradually acquire the ability to undertake more scientific re-search and intellectual inquiries alone. Last but not least,youngsters who are accustomed to being educated at school or college are more likely to keep studying as a life-long habit,which will have a substantially positive effect on their own life and the future of the human world. In my perspective, education is one of the most marvelous social inventionsthat ever existed in human history. Without it, the whole globe can never continue developing further in a civilized and prosperous direction.星火英语版：听力部分（共2套）第一套1.B) It was warm and comfortable.2.B) She misses her roommates she used to complain about.3.C) He had a similar feeling to the woman's.4.A) Go to see the woman's apartment.5.D) He has published a book recently.6.C) It has not prepared young people for the job market.7.A) More of the budget should go to science and technology.8.D) Cultivate better citizens.9. A) It is quite common.10. B) Engaging in regular contemplation.11. D) Reflecting during ones relaxation.12. C) There existed post offices.13. D) It kept people in the deserts and plains connected.14. B) It commissioned private wagons to carry the mail.15. C) He examined its historical trends with data science.16. A) Higher levels of anxiety may improve people's memory.17）C) They measured the participants' anxiety levels.18.B) Extreme levels of anxiety can adversely affect cognitive performance.19. D) They expect to get instantaneous responses to their inquiry.20. C) Speaking directly to their emotions.21. B) Keep up with the latest technological developments.22. D) Friendships benefit work.23. A) The impact of friends on people's self-esteem.24. D) They increase people's job satisfaction.25. A) Allow employees to have a flexible work schedule.第二套1. A) She is drawn to its integration of design and engineering.2.D) Through hard work.3.C) It is long-lasting.4.A) Computer science.5.B) He is well known to the public.6.D) Serve as a personal assistant.7.D) He has little previous work experience.8.C) He has a high proficiency in several languages.9.A) They have fewer rules and pressures.10.D) They deprive kids of the opportunity to develop team spirit.11 C) Let them participate in some less risky outdoor activities.12. B) Tech firms intentionally design products to have short lifespans.13. C) List a repairability score of their product.14. D) Take the initintive to reduce electronic waste.15. A) It can be solved.16.B) How to prevent employees from cyberloafing.17.C) Cyberloafing may relieve employees of stress.18. A) Taking mini-breaks means better job perfontance.19.D) There were no trees.20.B) He founded a newspaper and used it to promote his ideas.21.B) The state government declared it the official Arbor Day.22.B）They moved ou of Africa about 60,000 years ago.23.D) The discovery of two modern human teeth in China.24.A) There must have been some reason for human migration.25.D) What path modern humans took to migrate out of America.翻译部分（共3套）1.中国文化出口近年来，越来越多的中国文化产品走向全球市场，日益受到海外消费者的青睐。

六级英语考试真题及答案（三）——师说教育集团考试教学团队编录——大学英语六级考试真题（上半年试题）Part II Reading Comprehension快速阅读原文+答案+点评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.Welcome,Freshmen. Have an iPod.T aking a step that many professors may view as a bit counterproductive, some colleges and universities are doling out Apple iPhones and Internet-capable iPods to their students.The always-on Internet devices raise some novel possibilities, like tracking where students gather together. With far less controversy, colleges could send messages about canceled classes, delayed buses, campus crises or just the cafeteria menu.While schools emphasize its usefulness —online research in class and instant polling of students, for example —a big part of the attraction is, undoubtedly, that the iPhone is cool and a hit with students. Being equipped with one of the most recent cutting-edge IT products could just help a college or university foster a cutting-edge reputation.Apple stands to win as well, hooking more young consumers with decades of technology pur­chases ahead of them. The lone losers, some fear, could be professors.Students already have laptops and cell phones, of course, but the newest devices can take class distractions to a new level. They practically beg a user to ignore the long-suffering professor strug­gling to pass on accumulated wisdom from the front of the room — a prospect that teachers find most irritating and students view as, well, inevitable.“When it gets a little boring, I might pull it out,”acknowledged Naomi Pugh, a first-year student at Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Term., referring to her new iPod Touch, which can connect to the Internet over a campus wireless network. She speculated that professors might try even harder to make classes interesting if they were to compete with the devices.Experts see a movement toward the use of mobile technology in education, though they say it is in its infancy as professors try to come up with useful applications. Providing powerful hand­held devices is sure to fuel debates over the role of technology in higher education.“We think this is the way the future is going to work,” said Kyle Dickson, co-director of re­search and the mobile learning initiative at Abilene Christian University in Texas, which has bought more than 600 iPhones and 300 iPods for students entering this fall.Although plenty of students take their laptops to class, they don’t take them everywhere and would prefer something lighter. Abilene Christian settled on the devices after surveying students and finding that they did not like hauling around their laptops, but that most of them always carried a cell phone, Dr. Dickson said.It is not clear how many colleges and universities plan to give out iPhones and iPods this fall; officials at Apple were unwilling to talk about the subject and said that they would not leak any institution’s plans.“We can’t announce other people’s news,”said Greg Joswiak, vice president of iPod and iPhone marketing at Apple. He also said that he could not discuss discounts to universities for bulk purchases.At least four institutions — the University of Maryland, Oklahoma Christian University, Abilene Christian and Freed-Hardeman — have announced that they will give the devices to some or all of their students this fall. Other universities are exploring their options. Stanford University has hired a student-run com­pany to design applications like a campus map and directory for the iPhone. It is considering whether to issue iPhones but not sure it, snecessary, noting that more than 700 iPhones were registered on the university’s network last year. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, iPhones might already have been everywhere, if AT&T, the wireless carrier offering the iPhone in the United States, had a more reliable network, said Andrew Yu, mobile devices platform project manager at M.I.T.“We would have probably gone ahead with this, maybe just getting a thousand iPhones and giving them out,”Mr. Yusaid.The University of Maryland at College Park is proceeding cautiously, giving the iPhone or iPod Touch to 150 students, said Jeffrey Huskamp, vice president and chief information officer at the university. “We don’t think that we have all the answers,” Mr. Huskamp said. By observing how students use the gadgets, he said, “We’re trying to get answers from the students.”At each college, the students who choose to get an iPhone must pay for mobile phone service. Those service contracts include unlimited data use. Both the iPhones and the iPod Touch devices can connect to the Internet through campus wireless networks. With the iPhone, those networks may provide faster connections and longer battery life than AT&T’s data network. Many cell phones allow users to surf the Web, but only some newer ones are capable of wireless connection to the local area computer network.University officials say that they have no plans to track their students (and Apple said it would not be possible unless students give their permission). They say that they are drawn to the prospect of learning applications outside the classroom, though such lesson plans have yet to surface.“My colleagues and I are studying something called augmented reality (a field of computer research dealing with the combination of real-world and virtual reality),” said Christopher Dede, professor in learning technologies at Harvard University. “Alien Contact,” for example, is an exer­cise developed for middle-school students who use hand-held devices that can determine their location. As they walk around a playground or other area, text, video or audio pops up at various points to help them try to figure out why aliens were in the schoolyard.“You can imagine similar kinds of interactive activities along historical lines,” like following the Freedom Trail in Boston, Professor Dede said. “It’s important that we do research, so that we know how well something like this works.”The rush to distribute the devices worries some professors, who say that students are less likely to participate in class if they are multi-tasking. “I’m not someone who’s anti-technology, but I,m always worried that technology becomes an end in and of itself, and it replaces teaching or it replaces analysis,,’ said Ellen Millender, associate professor of classics at Reed College in Portland, Ore. (She added that she hoped to buy an iPhone for herself once prices fall.)Robert Summers, who has taught at Cornell Law School for about 40 years, announced this week — in a detailed, footnoted memorandum —that he would ban laptop computers from his class on contract law.“I would ban that too if I knew the students were using it in class,” Professor Summers said of the iPhone, after the device and its capabilities were explained to him. “What we want to encour­age in these students is an active intellectual experience, in which they develop the wide range of complex reasoning abilities required of good lawyers.”The experience at Duke University may ease some concerns. A few years ago, Duke began giving iPods tostudents with the idea that they might use them to record lectures (these older models could not access the Internet).“We had assumed that the biggest focus of these devices would be consuming the content,” said Tracy Futhey, vice president for information technology and chief information officer at Duke.But that is not all that the students did. They began using the iPods to create their own “content,” making audio recordings of themselves and presenting them. The students turned what could have been a passive interaction into an active one, Ms. Futhey said.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

年 6 月大学英语六级考试真题(第 3 套)Part ⅠWriting(30 minutes)Directions: Directions: Suppose you are asked to give advice on whether to majo r in science or humanitiesat college, write an essay to state your opinion. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)阐明：年 6 月大学英语六级真题全国共考了两套听力。

本套（即第三套）听力材料与第一套完全同样，只是选项顺序不同而已，故本套不再重复给出。

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 foreach 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 i s 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 th e bank more than once. Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.Half of your brain stays alert and prepared for danger when you sleep in a new p lace, a study has revealed. This phenomenon is often 26 to as the “first-night-effect”. Researchers from Brown University found that a network in the left hemisp here of the brain “remained more active” than thenetwork in the right side of the brain. Playing sounds into the right ears (stimula ting the left hemisphere) of 27 was more likely to wake them up than if the noise s were played into their left ear.It was 28 observed that the left side of the brain was more active during deep sl eep. When the researchers repeated the laboratory experiment on the second and th ird nights they found the lefthemisphere could not be stimulated in the same way during deep sleep. The res earchers explained that the study demonstrated when we are in a 29 environment th e brain partly remains alert so that humans can defend themselves against any 30 danger.The researchers believe this is the first time that the “first-night-effect” of different brain states has been 31 in humans. It isn‟t, however, the first time it has ever been seen. Some animal 32 also display this p henomenon. For example, dolphins, as well as other 33 animals, shut down onehemisphere of the brain when they go to sleep. A previous study noted that dol phins always 34 control their breathing. Without keeping the brain active while slee ping, they would probably drown. But, as the human study suggest, another reason f or dolphins keeping their eyes open during sleep is that they can look out for 35 while asleep. It also keeps their physiological processes working.A) classified B) consciously C) dramatically D) exotic E) identified F) inherent G) marine H) novelI) potential J) predators K) referred L) species M) specifically N) varieties O) volu nteersSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements a ttached to it. Eachstatement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the para graph 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 marking the c orresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Elite Math Competitions Struggle to Diversify Their Talent Pool[A] Interest in elite high school math competitions has grown in recent years, an d in light of last summer‟s U.S. win at the International Math Olympiad (IMO)---the first for an American team in more than two decades—the trend is likely to continue.[B] But will such contests, which are overwhelmingly dominated by Asian and w hite students from middle-class and affluent families, become any more diverse? Many social and cultural factor s play roles in determining which promising students get on the path toward internati onal math recognition. But efforts are in place to expose more black, Hispanic, and lo w-income students to advanced math, in the hope that the demographic pool of high-level contenders will eventually begin to shift and become less exclusive. [C] “The c hallenge is if certain types of people are doing something, it‟s difficult for other people to break into it,” said Po-Shen Loh, the head coach of last year‟s winning U.S. Math Olympiad team.Participation grows through friends and networks and if “you realize that‟s how they‟re growing, you can start to take action” and bring in other students, he said.[D] Most of the training for advanced-math competitions happens outside the confines of the normal school day. Students attend after-school clubs, summer camps, online forums and classes, and university-based “math circles”, to prepare for the competitions.[E] One of the largest feeders for high school math competitions—including those that eventually lead to the IMO—is a middle school program called Math Counts. About 100,000 students around the c ountry participate in the program‟s competition series, which culminates in a national game-show-style contest held each May. The most recent one took place last week in Washington , D.C. Students join a team through their schools, which provide a volunteer coach an d pay a nominal fee to send students to regional and state competitions. The 224 stu dents who make it to the national competition get an all-expenses-paid trip. [F] Nearly all members of last year‟s winning U.S. IMO team took part in Math Counts as middle school students, as did L oh, the coach. “Middle school is an important age because students have enough m ath capability to solve advanced problems, but they haven‟t really decided what they want to do with their lives,” said Loh. “They often get h ooked then.”[G] Another influential feeder for advanced-math students is an online school called Art of Problem Solving, which began about 1 3 years ago and now has 15,000 users. Students use forums to chat, play games, and solve problems together at no cost, or they can pay a few hundred dollars to take cou rses with trained teachers. According to Richard Rusczyk, the company founder, the si x U.S. team members who competed at the IMO last year collectively took more than 40 courses on the site. Parents of advanced-math students and Math Counts coaches say the children are on the website constan tly.[H] There are also dozens of summer camps—many attached to universities—that aim to prepare elite math students. Some are pricey---a three-week intensive program can cost $4,500 or more—but most offer scholarships. The Math Olympiad Summer Training Program is a three-week math camp held by the Mathematical Association of America that leads straightto the international championship and is free for those who make it. Only about 50 s tudents are invited based on their performance on written tests and at the USA Math Olympiad.[I] Students in university towns may also have access to another lever for involve ment in accelerated math: math circles. In these groups, which came out of an Easter n European tradition of developing young talent, professors teach promising K-12 students advanced mathematics for several hours after school or on weekends. The Los Angeles Math Circle, held at the University of California, Los Angeles, began in with 20 students and now has more than 250. “These math circles cost nothing, or t hey‟re very cheap for students to get involved in, but you have to know about them,” sai d Rusczyk. “Most people would love to get students from more underserved popula tions, but they just can‟t get them in the door. Part of it is communication; part of it is transportation.”[J] It‟s no secret in the advanced-math community that diversity is a problem. According to Mark Saul, the director of c ompetitions for the Mathematical Association of America, not a single African-American or Hispanic student---and only a handful of girls---has ever made it to the Math Olympiad team in its 50 years of existence. Many schoo ls simply don‟t prioritize academic competitions. “Do you know who we have to beat?” asked Sa ul. “The football team, the basketball team---that‟s our competition for resources, student time, attention, school dollars, parent efforts, school enthusiasm.”[K] Teachers in low-income urban and rural areas with no history of participating in math competitions m ay not know about advanced-math opportunities like Math Counts—and those who do may not have support or feel trained to lead them.[L] But there are initiatives in place to try to get more underrepresented student s involved in accelerated math. A New York City-based nonprofit called Bridge to Enter Mathematics runs a residential summer progra m aimed at getting underserved students，mostly black and Hispanic, working toward math and science careers. The summer af ter 7th grade, students spend three weeks on a college campus studying advanced m ath for seven hours a day. Over the next five years, the group helps the students get i nto other elite summer math programs, high-performing high schools, and eventually college. About 250 students so far have gone through the program, which receives funding from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.[M] “If you look at a lot of low-income communities in the United States, there are programs that are serving them, but they‟ re primarily centered around …Let‟s get these kids‟ grades up‟, and not around …Let‟s get these kids access to the same kinds of opportunities as more-affluent kids,‟” said Daniel Zaharopol, the founder and executive director of the program. “We‟re trying to create that pathway.” Students apply to the program directly through th eir schools. “We want to reach parents who are not plugged into the system,” saidZaharopol.[N] In the past few years, Math Counts added two new middle school programs t o try to diversify its participant pool---the National Math Club and the Math Video Challenge. Schools or teachers who sign upfor the National Math Club receive a kit full of activities and resources, but there‟s no special teacher training and no competition attached.[O] The Math Video Challenge is a competition, but a collaborative one. Teams o f four students make a video illustrating a math problem and its real-world application. After the high-pressure Countdown round at this year‟s national Math Counts competition, in which the top 12 students went head to head solving complex problems in rapid fire, the finalists for the Math Video Challenge to ok the stage to show their videos. The demographics of that group looked quite differ ent from those in the competition round---of the 16 video finalists, 13 were girls and eight were African-American students. The video challenge does not put individual students on the hot s eat---so it‟s less intimidating by design. It also adds the element of artistic creativity to attract a new pool of students who may not see themselves as “math people”. 36. Middle s chool is a crucial period when students may become keenly interested in advanced m athematics.37. Elite high school math competitions are attracting more interest throughout the United States. 38. Math circles provide students with access to advanced-math training by university professors. 39. Students may take advantage of online resources to learn to solve math problems.40. The summer program run by a nonprofit organization has helped many unde rserved students learn advanced math.41. Winners of local contests will participate in the national math competition fo r free. 42. Many schools don‟t place academic competitions at the top of their priority list.43. Contestants of elite high school math competitions are mostly Asian and whi te students from well-off families.44. Some math training programs primarily focus on raising students‟ math scores.45. Some intensive summer programs are very expensive but most of them prov ide scholarships.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by som e questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C a nd D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Ans wer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.We live today indebted to McCardell, Cashin, Hawes, Wilkins, and Maxwell, and other women who liberated American fashion from the confines of Parisian design. In dependence came in tying, wrapping, storing, harmonizing, and rationalizing that wa rdrobe. These designers established the modem dress code, letting playsuits and oth er active wear outfits suffice for casual clothing, allowing pants to enter the wardrob e, and prizing rationalism and versatility in dress, in contradiction to dressing for an o ccasion or allotment of the day. Fashion in America was logical and answerable to the will of the women who wore it. Implicitly or explicitly, American fashion addressed a democracy, whereas traditional Paris-based fashion was prescriptive and imposed on women, willing or not.In an earlier time, American fashion had also followed the dictates of Paris, or ev en copied and pirated specific French designs. Designer sportswear was not modeled on that of Europe, as “modem art” would later be; it was genuinely invented and d eveloped in America. Its designers were not high-end with supplementary lines. The design objective and the business commitment w ere to sportswear, and thedistinctive traits were problem-solving ingenuity and realistic lifestyle applications. Ease of care was mostimportant: summer dresses and outfits, in particular, were chiefly cotton, readily capable of bein g washed and pressed at home. Closings were simple, practical, and accessible, as th e modem woman depended on no personal maid to dress her. American designers pr ized resourcefulness and the freedom of women who wore the clothing.Many have argued that the women designers of this time were able to project t heir own clothing values into a new style. Of course, much of this argument in the 19 30s-40s was advanced because there was little or no experience in justifying apparel( 服装 ) on the basis of utility. If Paris was cast aside, the tradition of beauty was also to s ome degree slighted. Designer sportswear would have to be verified by a standard ot her than that of pure beauty; the emulation of a designer‟s life in designer sportswear was a crude version of this relationship. The consumer w as ultimately to be mentioned as well, especially by the likes of Dorothy Shaver, who could point to the sales figures at Lord & Taylor.Could utility alone justify the new ideas of the American designers? Fashion is of ten regarded as a pursuit of beauty, and some cherished fashion‟s trivial relationship to the fine arts. What the designers of the American sportswear proved was that fashion is a genuine design art, answering to the demanding needs o f service. Of course these practical, insightful designers have determined the course o f late twentieth-century fashion. They were the pioneers of gender equity, in their useful, adaptable c lothing, which was both made for the masses and capable of self-expression. 46. What contribution did the women designers make to American fashio n?A) They made some improvements on the traditional Parisian design.B) They formulated a dress code with distinctive American features.C) They came up with a brand new set of design procedures.D) They made originality a top priority in their fashion design.47. What do we learn about American designer sportswear?A) It imitated the European model.B) It laid emphasis on women‟s beauty.C) It represented genuine American art.D) It was a completely new invention.48. What characterized American designer sportswear?A) Pursuit of beauty.B) Decorative closings.C) Ease of care.D) Fabric quality.49. What occurred in the design of women‟s apparel in America during the 1930s-40s?A) A shift of emphasis from beauty to utility.B) The emulation of traditional Parisian design.C) A search for balance between tradition and novelty.D) The involvement of more women in fashion design. 50. What do we learn abo ut designers of American sportswear?A) They catered to the taste of the younger generation.B) They radically changed people‟s concept of beauty.C) They advocated equity between men and women.D) They became rivals of their Parisian counterparts.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.Massive rubbish dumps and sprawling landfills constitute one of the more unco mfortable impacts that humans have on wildlife. They have led some birds to give up on migration. Instead of flying thousands of miles in search of food, they make the w aste sites their winter feeding grounds.Researchers in Germany used miniature GPS tags to track the migrations of 70 w hite storks (鹳) from different sites across Europe and Asia during the first five month s of their lives. While many birds travelled along well-known routes to warmer climates, others stopped short and spent the winter on land fills, feeding on food waste, and the multitudes of insects that thrive on the dumps.In the short-term, the birds seem to benefit from overwintering( 过冬 ) on rubbish dumps. Andre a Flack of the Max Planck Institute found that birds following traditional migration ro utes were more likely to die than German storks that flew only as far as northern Morocco, and spent the winter there on rubbish dumps. “For the birds it‟s a very convenient way to get food. There are huge clusters of organic waste they ca n feed on,” said Flack. The meals are not particularly appetising, or even safe. Much of the waste is discarded rotten meat, mixed in with other human debris such as plas tic bags and old toys.“It‟s very risky. The birds can easily eat pieces of plastic or rubber bands and they can di e,” said Flack. “And we don‟t know about the long-term consequences. They might eat something toxic and damage their health. We ca nnot estimate that yet.”The scientists tracked white storks from different colonies in Europe and Africa. The Russian, Greek and Polish storks flew as far as South Africa, while those from Spa in, Tunisia and Germany flew only as far as the Sahel.Landfill sites on the Iberian peninsula have long attracted local white storks, but all of the Spanish birds tagged in the study flew across the Sahara desert to the weste rn Sahel. Writing in the journal, the scientists describe how the storks from Germany were clearly affected by the presence of waste sites, with four out of six birds that sur vived for at least five months overwintering on rubbish dumps in northern Morocco, i nstead of migrating to the Sahel.Flack said it was too early to know whether the benefits of plentiful food outwei ghed the risks of feeding on landfills. But that‟s not the only uncertainty. Migrating birds affect ecosystems both at home and at the ir winter destinations, and disrupting the traditional routes could have unexpected side effects. White storks feed on locusts (蝗虫) and other insects that can become pests if their numbers get out of hand. “They provide a useful service,” said Flack.51. What is the impact of rubbish dumps on wildlife?A) They have forced white storks to search for safer winter shelters.B) They have seriously polluted the places where birds spend winter.C) They have accelerated the reproduction of some harmful insects.D) They have changed the previous migration habits of certain birds.52. What do we learn about birds following the traditional migration routes?A) They can multiply at an accelerating rate.B) They can better pull through the winter.C) They help humans kill harmful insects.D) They are more likely to be at risk of dying.53. What does Andrea Flack say about the birds overwintering on rubbish dump s?A) They may end up staying there permanently.B) They may eat something harmful.C) They may evolve new feeding habits.D) They may have trouble getting adequate food.54. What can be inferred about the Spanish birds tagged in the study?A) They gradually lose the habit of migrating in winter.B) They prefer rubbish dumps far away to those at home.C) They are not attracted to the rubbish dumps on their migration routes.D) They join the storks from Germany on rubbish dumps in Morocco.55. What is scientists‟ other concern about white storks feeding on landfills?A) The potential harm to the ecosystem.B) The genetic change in the stork species.C) The spread of epidemics to their homeland.D) The damaging effect on bio-diversity.Part IV Translation (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese intoEnglish. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.明朝统治中华人民共和国 276 年，被人们描绘成人类历史上治理有序、社会稳定最伟大时代之一。

2022年12月大学英语六级考试真题（第3套）Part I Writing(30minutes) Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to write an essay that begins with the sentence“With the application of information technology in education,college students can now learn in more diverse and efficient ways.”You can make statements,give reasons,or cite examples to develop your essay.You should write at least150words but no more than200 wordsPartⅡListening Comprehension(30minutes)特殊说明：由于多题多卷，官方第三套真题的听力试题与第二套真题的一致，只是选项顺序不同，因此，本套试卷不再提供听力部分。

Part III Reading Comprehension(40minutes) 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 Sheet2 with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.American colleges and universities are using64percent less coal than they did a decade ago,burning700,000tons last year,down from2million tons in2008,the U.S.Energy Information Administration(EIA)said in a report26yesterday.All57schools that were burning coal in2008are using less now,and20have27 coal completely,EIA found.Most universities have turned to natural gas as a28,with state funding backing the fuel switch.While academic institutions use less than0.1percent of U.S.coal burned for power, campus coal use has a history dating back to the1800s when29to power was scarce.Many universities still operate their own power plants.The Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of1978encouraged more electricity generation by allowing institutions to sell 30power to utilities.But EIA noted many coal-fired universities have signed onto the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment,which was launched in2007.About665schools are part of the program,which aims to31greenhouse gas emissions.Thirty percent of the participants have pledged to be carbon32within20 years.The Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign,which also leads campaigns for universities to withdraw their 33in coal and other fossil fuels,lists 22schools that have pledged to move “beyond coal,”includingClemson University,Indiana University,Ohio University,Penn State University,the University of Louisville and the University of Tennessee,Knoxville.The largest coal use 34at colleges were in Michigan,Missouri,Tennessee and Indiana.Indiana’s universities alone cut coal 35by 81percent between 2008and 2015.During the same period,Michigan made an 80percent cut and Tennessee cut back by 94percent at state institutions.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 marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Classical music aims to evolve,build audiences without alienating old guardA)In 1913,classical music sparked a riot in Paris.Igor Stravinsky was introducing his revolutionary “Rite of Spring”ballet to the world,with its discordant melodies and unorthodox choreography (编舞),and the purists in the crowd expressed their disapproval loud and clear.It might have been classical music’s version of the time Bob Dylan went electric at the Newport Folk Festival.“The noise,fighting,and shouting in the audience got so loud,”NPR’s music reporter Miles Hoffff man said of the Stravinsky debut,“that the choreographer had to shout out the numbers to the dancers so that they knew what they were supposed to do.”B)It’s difficult to imagine a similar disturbance occurring today within America’s sacred symphony halls.In fact,it’s hard to picture any kind of disruptive activity at all (unless someone’s cell phone happens to go off and then you’d better watch your back).A mannerly aura (氛围)hangs over most classical proceedings,and many of the genre’s biggest supporters would have it no other way.C)Today,Western audiences for classical music and opera and ballet are almost always well dressed,older,respectful,achingly silent and often very wealthy (one has to be able to afford most tickets).But as many of America’s most storied “highbrow ”(高雅的)A)abandonedF)investments K)released B)accessG)mobilized L)replacement C)consumptionH)negligent M)slash D)contriveI)neutral N)surplus E)duplicationsJ)reductions O)voidinstitutions struggle financially—the Philadelphia Orchestra’s much-publicized rebound from bankruptcy is just one recent example—classical music fans and theorists are wondering how the medium can weave itself into the21st century’s cultural fabric without sacrificing its integrity.D)For example,should we feel OK“clapping”during classical music events,even if nobodyelse is?Why shouldn’t we cheer for something great,like we do at a rock concert?The Huffington Post recently ran a Great Debate on this issue and many commenters came out on the side of silence.“There is no more rewarding experience in life than being part of an audience where everybody is leaning forward in silence,thoroughly carried away by a great performance of a masterpiece,”one commenter wrote.“Why is it so difficult for folks to develop an appreciation and understanding for the mannerisms and traditions of classical music?”asked another.E)The truth is that classical music audiences weren’t always so polite.Robert Greenberg,anaward-winning composer,said that when Beethoven first performed his7th Symphony, audiences forced the orchestra to perform encores(重演)of certain movements immediately,applauding wildly.And in the last few decades,he said,many audiences at opera performances have abandoned pretenses,yelling“Bravo”when they feel like it. F)“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with an audience showing their enthusiasm for aproper moment by applauding,showing their joy,”Greenberg said,noting that the stuffiness in concert halls is“one aspect of contemporary concert etiquette”he doesn’t understand.“Instead of waiting half an hour to show enthusiasm,why not show it every eight or nine minutes?”G)Until the rules about behavior and clothing change,it’s hard to imagine multitudes ofyoung people filling concert halls on their own accord.They’re probably more likely to head to Central Park to watch a free performance with a bottle of wine and their friends.“I think anyone should be able to come into a performance dressed any way they like,and be comfortable any way they like,sitting in that seat ready to enjoy themselves,”Greenberg said.“Because it’s enjoyable.”H)Greenberg stressed that he doesn’t want people to start respecting the music less,and he’snot suggesting that we“dumb down”the experience.Rather,it’s about opening up “access.”When operas first instituted subtitles(字幕)during shows,he said,many purists didn’t like the idea,believing that the audience should instead study the works before attending.But now it’s commonplace to find titles on the seatback in front of you—choose a language,sit back,and understand what’s going on.I)Allison Vulgamore,president of the Philadelphia Orchestra,is certainly looking to thefuture.She says certain“classics concerts”dedicated to the old masters will always exist, but not every program has to feature Beethoven and Brahms—or even a stage and seats.“We’re trying to introduce different kinds of concerts in different ways,”she said.“We are an interactive society now,where people like to learn.”J)As the Philadelphia Orchestra rebounds from its financial straits,it is also aiming to experiment,without alienating the loyalists.Vulgamore pointed to Cirque de la Symphonie,a recent offering in which jugglers(玩杂耍的人)and acrobats(杂技演员) interacted with musicians.An upcoming collaboration with New York City’s RidgeTheatre,meanwhile,will feature a“suspended dance installation”and other theatrical elements occurring in conjunction with an orchestral piece.K)The orchestra also continues to offer$25annual memberships to Philadelphia students, who can buy rush tickets to every concert on the schedule.“Students line up for the concerts they want,and we get roughly300or350kids a night coming to these.They take any of the open seats available,5minutes before the concert starts,”Vulgamore said.“It’s like the running of the bulls,that energy when the doors open.”L)Greenberg thinks that youthful energy needs to be harvested.Conductors don’t have to be arrogant and untouchable—they can be accessible.Perhaps there could even be a“bit of humor”about them,he suggested,and an abandoning of pretension within the high-art institutions themselves.“On one hand,these organizations are all saying the same thing: we want more general audiences,to break down cultural barriers,”he said.“But then they come up with some very snooty(目中无人的)thing that makes you crazy.”M)John Terauds,a critic who has covered Toronto’s classical music scene extensively,also wants to do away with the stuffiness.He suggested that the warmer an audience is,the better the musicians themselves will respond.“But the producer or organizer has to let everyone know it’s OK,”he said.“It’s OK to enjoy yourself.”At the Toronto Symphony Orchestra,for example,conductor Peter Oundjian often stops between pieces,taking a moment to talk about the composer or the music in a very amiable way.And some nights, Terauds said,“at least a third”of the audience consists of students who have purchased cheaper tickets.On these nights,the energy of the room drastically shifts.It becomes a less intimidating place.N)Back in February,Terauds wrote on his blog about how going to classical performances can be intimidating.Certain people“think they have to dress up,”he wrote.“They think they have to know something about the music before they go.And,I’m sure,sitting in a seat,trembling in fear that this might be the wrong time to applaud,is also one of the factors.”O)Everyone in the classical world agrees on the need for increased“accessibility,”but achieving it is often easier said than done.Nowadays,there are unknown,unorthodox opera singers wowing(博得……的喝彩)viewers on TV programs like“America’s Got Talent”and“The Voice”.What can higher institutions do with any of that?And if they appeal to these outlets,do they risk compromising the integrity or the intelligence of the music?P)Vulgamore seems to understand this.She thinks an organization can have it both ways, claiming the new while keeping the old.And as she reorganizes the Philadelphia Orchestra,she will attempt to do just that.“The world’s most respected musicians brought together as an orchestra will always exist,”she said.“But it’s essential that we be willing to experiment and fail.”36.It was not a rare occurrence that audiences behaved wildly while listening to classical music.37.Some high-art institutions don’t actually mean it when they say they want more general audiences.38.The theatre was in chaos when an unconventional ballet was first put on stage in the capital of France.39.According to one critic,the audience’s warm response would encourage the musicians to do a better job.40.Many commenters argued for the audience enjoying classical music quietly.41.What appears on the seatback screen makes it unnecessary for the audience to study the works beforehand.42.It is generally accepted that there should be no disturbance from the audience during classical music performance.43.Higher institutions will be concerned about compromising the integrity of classical music if they have to resort to the television medium.44.Heavily discounted rush tickets help attract many young students to attend classical concerts.45.The formalities of high-art theatres can intimidate some people attending a performance. Section CDirections:There are2passages 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 Sheet2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions46to50are based on the following passage.How can one person enjoy good health,while another person looks old before her time? Humans have been asking this question for thousands of years,and recently,it’s becoming clearer and clearer to scientists that the differences between people’s rates of aging lie in the complex interactions among genes,social relationships,environments and lifestyles.Even though you were born with a particular set of genes,the way you live can influence how they express themselves.Some lifestyle factors may even turn genes on or shut them off.Deep within the genetic heart of all our cells are telomeres,or repeating segments of noncoding DNA that live at the ends of the chromosomes(染色体).They form caps at the ends of the chromosomes and keep the genetic material together.Shortening with each cell division,they help determine how fast a cell ages.When they become too short,the cell stops dividing altogether.This isn’t the only reason a cell can age—there are other stresses on cells we don’t yet understand very well—but short telomeres are one of the major reasons human cells grow old.We’ve devoted most of our careers to studying telomeres,and one extraordinary discovery from our labs is that telomeres can actually lengthen.Scientists have learned that several thought patterns appear to be unhealthy for telomeres, and one of them is cynical hostility.Cynical hostility is defined by high anger and frequent thoughts that other people cannot be trusted.Someone with hostility doesn’t just think,“I hate to stand in long lines”;they think,“Others deliberately sped up and beat me to my rightful position in the line!”—and then get violently agitated.People who score high on measures of cynical hostility tend to get more heart disease,metabolic disease and often die at younger ages.They also have shorter telomeres.In a study of British civil servants,men who scoredhigh on measures of cynical hostility had shorter telomeres than men whose hostility scores were low.The most hostile men were30%more likely to have short telomeres.What this means:aging is a dynamic process that could possibly be accelerated or slowed—and,in some aspects,even reversed.To an extent,it has surprised us and the rest of the scientific community that telomeres do not simply carry out the commands issued by your genetic code.Your telomeres are listening to you.The foods you eat,your response to challenges,the amount of exercise you get,and many other factors appear to influence your telomeres and can prevent premature aging at the cellular level.One of the keys to enjoying good health is simply doing your part to foster healthy cell renewal.46.What have scientists come to know better today?A)Why people age at different rates.B)How genes influence the aging process.C)How various genes express themselves in aging.D)Why people have long been concerned about aging.47.Why are some lifestyle factors considered extremely important?A)They may shorten the process of cell division.B)They may determine how genes function.C)They may affect the lifespan of telomeres.D)They may account for the stresses on cells.48.What have the author and his colleagues discovered about telomeres?A)Their number affects the growth of cells.B)Their length determines the quality of life.C)Their shortening process can be reversed.D)Their health impacts the division of cells.49.What have scientists learned about cynical hostility?A)It may lead to confrontational thought patterns.B)It may produce an adverse effect on telomeres.C)It may cause people to lose their temper frequently.D)It may stir up agitation among those in long lines.50.What do we learn from the last paragraph about the process of aging?A)It may vary from individual to individual.B)It challenges scientists to explore further.C)It depends on one’s genetic code.D)It may be controlled to a degree.Passage TwoQuestions51to55are based on the following passage.Scientists have created by accident an enzyme(酶)that breaks down plastic drinks bottles.The breakthrough could help solve the global plastic pollution crisis by enabling for the first time the full recycling of bottles.The new research was spurred by the discovery in2016of the first bacterium that had naturally evolved to eat plastic at a waste dump in Japan.Scientists have now revealed the detailed structure of the crucial enzyme produced by the bug.An international team then adjusted the enzyme to see how it had evolved,but tests showed they had accidentally made the molecule even better at breaking down the plastic used for drinks bottles.“What actually turned out was we improved the enzyme,which was a bit of a shock,”said head researcher Prof.McGeehan,at the University of Portsmouth,UK.Currently,the enzyme takes a few days to start breaking down the plastic,far faster than the centuries it takes in the oceans,but the researchers are optimistic this can be speeded up even further and become a viable large-scale process.“What we are hoping to do is use this enzyme to turn this plastic back into its original components,so we can literally recycle it back to plastic,”said McGeehan.“It means we won’t need to dig up any more oil and,fundamentally,it should reduce the amount of plastic in the environment.”About1million plastic bottles are sold each minute around the globe and,with just14% recycled,many end up in the oceans where they have polluted even the remotest parts, harming marine life and potentially people who eat sea food.“Plastic is incredibly resistant to degradation,”said McGeehan.“It is one of these wonder materials that has been made a little bit too well.”Currently those bottles that are recycled can only be turned into opaque fibres for clothing or carpets,while the new enzyme indicates a way to recycle old clear plastic bottles back into new clear plastic bottle.“You are always up against the fact that oil is cheap,so plastic is cheap,”said McGeehan.“It is so easy for manufacturers to generate more of that stuff,rather than even try to recycle, but I believe there is a public interest here:perception is changing so much that companies are starting to look at how they can properly recycle these bottles.”Prof.Adisa Azapagic,at the University of Manchester in the UK,agreed the enzyme could be useful but added:“A full life-cycle assessment would be needed to ensure that the technology does not solve one environmental problem—waste—at the expense of others,including additional greenhouse gas emissions.”51.What do we learn from the passage about an enzyme scientists have created?A)It was identified during a lab experiment accident.B)It may make full recycling of plastic bottles a reality.C)It was a breakthrough made with persistent efforts.D)It may initiate a radical reform in plastic industry.52.What does the passage say about the bug that produces the important enzyme?A)It has a natural ability to consume plastics.B)It is a bacterium that reproduces at a high rate.C)It is essential to the recycling of plastic bottles.D)It has a chemical structure unknown to scientists.53.By adjusting the enzyme produced by the bug,the scientists______.A)made it more effective by chanceB)discovered an extraordinary chemicalC)altered its basic molecular compositionD)found its evolutionary process sped up54.What does Prof.McGeehan say about the recycling of plastic bottles?A)Manufacturers are implementing it on an increasingly larger scale.B)It generates huge business opportunities for plastic manufacturers.C)It has aroused persistent interest among the general public.D)Manufacturers are beginning to explore ways of doing it.55.What is Prof.Adisa Azapagic’s advice concerning the application of the enzyme?A)Developing technologies to address greenhouse gas emissions.B)Considering the extra cost involved in producing the enzyme.C)Assessing its possible negative impact on the environment.D)Studying the full life cycle of the enzyme as the first step.Part IV Translation(30minutes) Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should write your answer on Answer Sheet2.黄土高原（the Loess Plateau）是中国第三大高原，面积约60万平方公里，平均海拔1000-2000米，绝大部分覆盖着50-80米厚的黄土，是世界上黄土分布最集中、覆盖厚度最大的区域。

2017年12月大学英语六级真题及答案解析（全三套）六级听力第一套：Section AConversation 1M: And now, for the lighter side of the news, Europe is setting an example for the rest of the world when it comes to food waste.W: That’s right John. This week the Italian government pass legislation that aims to dramatically reduce the amount of food wasted in the country. New laws have been put into place that would make it easier for farms and supermarkets to donate unsold foods to those who are in need.M: Yes. And in addition to this, businesses would now be rewarded for successful efforts to cut food waste.W: Italy is not the only country to focus on reducing food waste. Just earlier this year, the European Parliament voted in favor of legislation that would stop grocery giants from unfair trading practices that result in overproduction, thus creating waste.M: In France, the government has banned supermarkets from throwing away edible foods and imposed harsh penalties on businesses that fail to comply with the regulations.W: While there is still much progress to be made, other countries could learn a thing or two from the example set by France and Italy. In the United States, up to forty percent of all food goes uneaten. Despite the fact that one in seven American households lacks regular access to good food, one major cause of this problem is the confusion over food expiration labels, which are currently not regulated by the government.M: All this could change soon. This wave of new laws in Europe will definitely put more pressure on law makers to reduce food waste here. We turn now to a spokesperson fromHarvard University’s Food Law and Policy Clinic for more on the story. And now, let’s welcome Prof. Edward Becker to speak to us.Q1: What does the woman say about the new laws in Italy?Q2: What did the European Parliament do reduce food waste?Q3: What has the French government done recently?Q4: What is the major cause of food waste in the United States?Q1. C) They facilitate the donation of unsold foods to the needy.Q2. B) It passed a law aiming to stop overproduction.Q3. D) It has banned supermarkets from dumping edible foods.Q4. A) The confusion over food expiration labels.Conversation 2M: Thank you for calling Saks Fifth Avenue department store. How can I be of assistance to you today?W: Hello. I was in your store this past weekend and bought a few items. Yesterday, my friend told me that the annual anniversary sales had begun. It turned out she bought the same sweater as I did but for a much lower price.M: Yes. Our anniversary sale started on Monday. We do offer price adjustments within seven days of purchase to ensure our customer satisfaction. You said you did the purchase here this past weekend?W: Yes. I was shopping in your store last Sunday afternoon.M: That would definitely fall within the price adjustment window. Do you have an account with us? We can credit your account directly with the difference if you wish. Otherwise we can send a gift card by mail if you prefer.W: Crediting my account would be wonderful. Thank you. Now that you mention there's a sale going on, I do remember a dress I quite like when I was in the shop on Sunday. Is it on offer as well?M: Yes, ma'am. All the new arrivals are 15-20% off. In addition to the sale, we're running a promotion for complimentary tailoring if you need it.W: That's a good news. The dress really caught my eye but I did have some concerns about the length. How long will the alterations take?M: Our tailoring department guarantees alterations to be completed within five working days. If you like I can set one aside for you. If you're able to come this afternoon, you can give your name to the sale manager and they will be able to assist you.Q5. What do we learn about Saks department store?Q6. What does the man say Saks department store offers?Q7. What does the woman want the store to do to address the price difference?Q8. What is the service Saks department store offers in addition to the promotional sale?Q5. B) It has just launched its annual anniversary sales.Q6. D) Price adjustments within seven days of purchase.Q7. C) Credit it to her account.Q8. D) Complimentary tailoring.Section BPassage 1Barbie dolls have a particular look to them. They’re thin, tall, long-legged and virtually unlike any real human being. Although over the years Barbie has had more than 180 different careers-including football coach, sign language teacher, ambassador, president and astronaut–her body shape hasn’t changed much.Last year Mattel, the company that makes Barbie dolls, added some Barbies to its line that have different skin tones and hair textures. There are now Barbies with one of seven skin tones, 22 eye colours and 24 hair styles to choose from. Last year Mattel also gave Barbie a flat foot, rather than forcing her to be “in heels” all the time like the original Barbie is.Now they are introducing new Barbies with three slightly different body shapes while the original, tall and thin Barbies will continue to be sold.In a statement on its website, the company says it wants Barbies to look more like real people, and to give girls everywhere infinitely more ways to spark their imagination and play out their stories.Although many people say the new Barbies are a step in the right direction, some people say they don’t go far enough. They say that the new body shapes could be even more different from the original, tall, thin Barbies.Sales of Barbie dolls have been falling “every year since 2012,” according to CBC News.The toys aren’t in stores yet but they will be sold online at the Barbie website, starting this week, for $9.99.Q9. What do we know about the original Barbie dolls?Q10. Why do some people feel unsatisfied with the new Barbie dolls?Q11. Where will the new Barbie dolls be sold first?Q9. A. They are thin, tall, and unlike real human beings.Q10. D. Their body shapes have not changed much.Q11. C. On the Internet.Passage 2The earliest printed book we know today appeared in China in the year 868, and metal type was in use in Korea at the beginning of the fifteenth century, but it was in Germany around the year 1450 that a printing press using movable metal type was invented.Capitalism turned printing from an invention into an industry. Right from the start, book printing and publishing were organized on capitalist lines. 'The biggest sixteenth- century printer, Plantin of Antwerp, had twenty-four printing presses and employed more than a hundred workers. Only a small fraction of the population was literate, but the production of books grew at an extraordinary speed. By 1500 some twenty million volumes had already been printed.The immediate effect of printing was to increase the circulation of works that were already popular in the handwritten form, while less popular works went out of circulation. Publishers were interested only in books that would sell fairly quickly in sufficient numbers to cover the costs of production and make a profit. Thus, while printing enormously increased access to books by making cheap, high-volume production possible, it also reduced choice.The great cultural impact of printing was that it facilitated the growth of national languages. Most early books were printed in Latin, but the market for Latin was limited, and in its pursuit of larger markets the book trade soon produced translations into the national languages emerging at the time. Printing indeed played a key role in standardizing and stabilizing these languages by fixing them in print, and producing dictionaries and grammar books.Q12. What happened in Germany around the year of 1450?Q13. What does the speaker say about the printer, Plantin of Antwerp?Q14. What was the immediate effect of printing?Q15. What was the great cultural impact of printing?Q12. A) Movable metal type began to be used in printing.Q13. B) It was the biggest printer in the 16th century.Q14. B) It boosted the circulation of popular works.Q15. D) It promoted the growth of national languages.Section CRecording OneYou dream about being a movie star. You live in a big house in Hollywood, go to the Oscars every year, and win. You will be rich and famous. Wait a minute. You also hate having your photos taken and you are very shy. So how could you ever become a movie star? Choosing a right career can be hard. Many people graduate from school or college not knowing what they want to do with their lives and get a job without really thinking about it. For some, things work out fine. But others often find themselves stuck in a job they hate. Your working life lasts in average 40 years, so it’s important to find a job you like and feel enthusiastic about.Luckily, there are many ways you can get help to do this. The Australian website WWW. Careers online. com, compares choosing a career with going to the movies. Before you see a movie, you find out what films are showing. The site suggests you should do the same with your career. Find out what jobs are available and what your options are. Next, decide which movie you like best. If you are not a romantic person, you won’t want to see a love story. In other words, with your career, you should decide which job will suit your personality. Finally, decide how to get movie tickets and find out where the theater is before you go. With your career, you need to find information about where you can work and how to get a job in that profession.So, how do you start? Begin by asking yourself some questions, certain life experiences. Have you travelled overseas? Do you have any extra certificates at your degree? Such as the first aid license, for example. Your physical state and build can also affect which jobs you can do. A person, for example, who is allergic to cats will probably never become ananimal doctor. Flight attendants, firefighters and police officers have to be over a certain height and be physically fit. Your personality matters too. Are you outgoing or shy? If you like working alone, a job that requires lots of team work might not suit you.Choosing a career can take time and a lot of thought. However, when you know you can look forward to working in your dream job, you will be glad you thought it through.16. What does the speaker say about many college graduates?17. What does the Australia website suggest you do first to find a suitable job?18. What should you think about when you look for the right job according to the Australian website?16.D) They choose a job without thinking it through.17.B) Find out what job choices are available.18.A) The qualifications you have.Recording 2Kwanzaa is a cultural festival, during which African-American celebrate and reflect upon their rich heritage as the products of the two worlds. It begins December 26th and last for seven days. Kwanzaa was founded in 1966 by Dr. Karenga, a college professor and African-American leader, who believed that a special holiday could help African Americans meet their goals of building strong families, learning about their history and creating a sense of unity. After conducting extensive research in which he studied the festivals of many African groups of people, he decided that the new holiday should be a harvest or first fruit’s celebration. In cooperating ideas from many different harvest traditions. Kwanzaa is a … word meaning the first fruits of the harvest. The east African language of … was chosen as an official language of Kwanzaa. Because it is a non-tribal language spoken by a large portion of the African population. Also its pronunciation is easy. Kwanzaa is based on seven principles which are unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith. One principal is highlighted each day of the holiday. In preparation for the celebration, a astroy matters placed on the table. Along with the candle holder was seven candles. One black, three red and three green. The black candle represents the African-American people. The red is for their struggles, and the green represents their hopes for their future. Other itemsplaced on our table are a variety of fruit is of comes gifts and communal unity cup for pouring and sharing drinks. Each day of Kwanzaa usually before the evening meal，family and friends gather around the table and someone lights the candle beginning with the black. After that，candles are lit alternatively from left to right. While the candles is being lit, a principal is recited then each person present takes turn to speak about the importance that the principle has to himself or herself. Next, the ceremony focuses on remembering those who've died. A selected person pours water or juice from the unity cup into a bowl. That person then drinks from the cup and raises it high saying “her thanmbi”，which means that let’s all pour together. All repeat “her thanmbi” seven t imes and each person drinks from the cup . Then they and names of African American leaders and heroes a cold out to and everyone reflects upon the great things these people did. The ceremony is followed by a meal, and then singing and perhaps listening to African music19.What does the speaker say about Kwanzaa?20. For what purpose did Doctor Karenga create the special holiday?21. What does the word Kwanzaa mean?22. What do people do while each candle is being let at the Kwanzaa celebration?19. B)It is a cultural festival founded for African-Americans.20. C)To help African-Americans to realize their goals.21. B)The fruits of the harvest.22. A)They recite a principle.Recording 3The Mediterranean diet is based upon the eating patterns of traditional cultures in the Mediterranean region. Several noted nutritionists in research projects have concluded that this diet is one of the most healthful in the world in terms of preventing such illnesses as heart disease and cancer and increasing life expectancy. The countries that have inspired Mediterranean diet all surround the Mediterranean Sea. These cultures have eating habits that developed over thousands of years. In Europe, parts of Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain and southern France adhere to principles of the Mediterranean diet as to the morocco, Indonesia, and North Africa. Parts of the Balkan region and turkey follow the diet as well as middle eastern countries like Lebanon and Syria, the Mediterranean region is warm and sunny and produces large supplies of fresh fruits and vegetables almost a year round that the people eat many times a day. Wine, bread, all of oil and nuts are other staples ofthe region. In the Mediterranean sea has historically yielded abundant quantities of fish. International interest in therapeutic qualities of Mediterranean diet began back in the late nineteen fifties. When medical researchers started to link the currency of heart disease with diet, Doctor Ansol Keths performed the epidemiological analysis of diets around the world. In titled of the seven countries study, it is considered one of the greatest studies of its kind ever performed. In it, Keths gathered data on heart disease in its potential causes from nearly thirty thousand men in Greece, Italy, Croatia, Serbia, Japan, Finland, the Netherlands and the United States. The study was conducted over period of decades. It concluded that the Mediterranean people in the study enjoyed some significant health advantages. The Mediterranean groups have lower mortality rates in all age brackets in form of all causes particularly from heart disease. The study also showed that the Mediterranean diet is as high as or higher in fat than other diets, obtaining up to forty percent of all its calories from fat. It has however, different patterns of fat intake. Mediterranean cooking, in its smaller amounts of saturated fat and higher amount of unsaturated fat, mostly in form of all of oil. Saturated fats are fats are found principally in meat and dairy products, although some nuts in vegetable oils also contain them. Saturated fats are used by the body to make cholesterol in high levels of cholesterol has since been directly related to heart disease.23. What has research concluded about the Mediterranean diet?24. What do we learn about the seven countries study?25. What do we learn about the Mediterranean people from the seven countries study?23. D) It is one of the world’s most healthy diets.24. A) It is regarded as one of the greatest researches of its kind.25. B) They have lower mortality rates.六级听力第二套：1.A) Say a few words to thank the speaker.2.D) He joined the local history societ when young.3.B) She had a good knowledge of the town's history.4.C) He made an embarrassing remark.5. B) What their rivals are doing.6. D) Their potentials has been underestimated.7. C) She had not seen it yet.8. D) Exporting their motorbikes to Indonesia.9. B) It makes claims in conflict with the exising research.10. C) They run a higher risk of gaining weight.11. D) Go to bed earlier.12. A) All the acting nominees are white.13. D) Only 3.4 percent of film directors are female.14. C) Females color over 40.15. B) They are most underrepresented across TV and film.16. C) One that covers their debts and burial expenses.17. D) Add more insurance on the breadwinner.18. A) When their children grow up and leave home.19.D）They may not always be negative.20.A) Biased sources of information.21.B) They may have a negative impact on people they apply to.22.C) A positive stereotype may help one achieve better results.23. B) Quit taking the medicine immediately.24. D) It may increase the effect of certain drugs.25. A)Tell their children to treat medicine with respect.六级阅读第一套选词填空帕劳群岛的捕鱼业The Pacific island nation of Palau has become home to the sixth largest marine sanctuary in the world.26. I) permit27. O) territory28. F) exclusive29. C) commercial30. D) communities31. E) essential32. G) independent33. M) sponsor34. J) secure35. N) stocks匹配题Who's really addicting you to technology?36. [E] Online services are so designed that the more they are used, the more profit they generate.37. [L] The author admits using technology as an escape from the task at hand.38. [I] Checking phones at dinners is now accepted as normal but not belching.39. [O] To make proper use of technology, we should not only increase our awareness of how it is changing but also how it is impacting us.40. [B] Most of us find it hard to focus on our immediate tasks because of Internet distractions.41. [J] When one person starts checking their phone, the others will follow suit.42. [F] The great majority of smartphone users don’t take the trouble to adjust their settings to suit their own purposes.43. [D]The Internet is regarded by some as designed to distract our attention.44. [L] The author attributes his tech addiction chiefly to his habit of putting off doing what he should do right away.45. [G] White-collar workers check email round the clock because it is required by their employers.仔细阅读Passage One46. A) He used a strangely potent ingredient in a food supplement.47. C) Many were shipped to Europe in the late 19th century for medicinal use.48. A) Cocaine had become notorious.49. D) It has remained virtually unchanged since its creation.50. A) The evolution of Coca-cola.Passage Two51. C) There was a clear divide between large and small cities.52. D) They have changed America's landscape.53. D) looked deserted in the evenings54. C) Modernized housing and improved infrastructure.55. D) Better job opportunities.六级阅读第二套选词填空第二套：尼日利亚西红柿减产In the past 12 months, Nigeria has suffered from a shrinking economy, a sliding currency, and a prolonged fuel shortage.26. C) emergency27. D) feeding28. K) reproduces29. I) originated30. G) handful31. F) halted32. L) security33. N) unchecked34. A) dependent35. J) reduction匹配题It is a movement building steady momentum: a call to make research data, software code and experimental methods publicly available and transparent.[M] 36. Astronomer David Hogg doesn’t think scooping is as serious a problem as generally thought.[G] 37. Some researchers are hesitant to make their data public for fear that others might publish something similar before them.[D] 38. Some psychology journals have offered incentives to encourage authors to share their data.[A] 39. There is a growing demand in the science community that research data be open to the public.[P] 40. Sharing data offers early-career researchers the chance to build a certain level of reputation.[L] 41. Data sharing enables scientists to publish each step of their research work, thus leading to more citations.[B] 42. Scientists hold different opinions about the extent and timing of data sharing.[O] 43. Potential problems related to data sharing should be made known to and discussed by all participants at the beginning of a joint research project.[I] 44. Sharing data and handling data-related issues can be time-consuming.[F] 45. Junior researchers may have no say when it comes to sharing data.仔细阅读Passage One46. A) Whether robots can reach better decisions47. D) They did not take moral issues into consideration.48. C) They perform duties in their owners' best interest.49. A) Abstract concepts are hard to program.50. C) Robots can have trouble making decisions in complex scenarios. Passage Two51. D) The rapid technological progress in a very short period of time.52. B) The popularization of smart homes.53. B) Gain automatic control of their businesses.54. A) How to turn it to profitable use.55. A) It is feasible with a connection to the internet.六级阅读第三套选词填空26. O) sparking27. L) powered28. H) implemented29. D) eliminate30. G) hopeful31. A) acceptance32. J) installed33. B) currently34. K) noticeable35. F) futile匹配题36. E37. B38. I39. C40. D41. J42. F43. A44. L45. G仔细阅读Passage 146. A) It is simply uninhabitable for most animals.47. C) stay away from predators.48. B) they can survive well in salty water49. A) They can take refuges in the less salty waters.50. D) The disruption of Lake Natron’s ecosystem.Passage 2 城市规划用地51. A) They were divided into residential and business areas.52. B) They have seen a rise in property prices.53. D) look deserted in the evenings54. C) More comfortable life and greater upward mobility55. B) More chances for promotion翻译：青海湖青海湖位于海拔3205米、青海省省会西宁以西约100公里处。

2013年12月大学英语六级考试真题〔第1套〕Part IWriting (30 minutes)〔请于正式开考后半小时完成该局部，之后将进展听力考试〕Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on happiness by referring to the saying“Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them.〞You can cite examples to illustrate your point and then explain how you can develop your ability to deal with problems and be happy. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Part IIListening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At theend of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.注意：此局部试题请在答题卡1 上作答。