2022.12六级真题第1套.docx

2022年12月大学英语六级考试真题（一）Part IWriting(30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes 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 least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Part llListening Comprehension(30 minutes) 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 c加ose 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.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard1. A) She hasn't started writing it.C) She is proofreading the first draft.B) She hasn't decided on a topic.D) She is working on the references.2. A) He lent many books to the man for reference.B) He offered the man advice on resource hunting.C) He published a lot in a number of reputable journals.D) He told the man to be selective when using e-resources.3. A) He didn't think her dissertation topic viable.B) He wasn't interested in her dissertation topic.C) He didn't want her to rush through her dissertation.D) He wasn't specific about the length of her dissertation.4. A) Change her research methodology.C) Consult her professor more.B) Narrow down her dissertation topic.D) Follow the man's advice. Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard5. A) He has translated 12 books.C) His books sell well worldwide.B) He is a well-known nutritionist.D) His latest book sold a million copies.6. A) The desire of Americans to try exotic cuisines.B) The demand for information about food safety.C) The fact that over half of Americans are overweight.D) The fact that science books are difficult to read.7. A) The general public.B) Those who are overweight.8. A) Switch to a vegetarian diet.B) Follow a personalized diet.C) Those who want to lose weight.D) The medical community.C) Adhere to doctors'advice.D) Cut carbohydrate intake.Section BDirections, In this section, you will hear t叨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 mark或A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heanl.9. A) The rate of their growth increased dramatically.B) The growth of their new brain cells doubled.C) They began to show signs of depression.D) They began to get irritated and restless.10. A) To avoid them in the future.C) To make good sense of them.B) To warn others against them.D) To reflect on their causes.11. A) Produce a surprising healing effect.C) Make people more susceptible to illness.B) Weaken one's immunity in the long run.D) Provide protection against mental illnesses. Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just hearcl.12. A) Placing their own interests over their staff's.B) Being overwhelmed by their daily routines.13. A) Their leadership may be challenged.B) Their companies may go bankrupt.14. A) Keep an eye on their employees.B) Motivate and inspire their team.15. A) Cultivate self-control.B) Filter their email boxes.Section CC) Lacking the ability to relate to their staff.D) Spending too much time handling email.C) Unexpected events may occur.D) Major proble画may result.C) Sacrifice some of the immediate goals.D) Have greater ambition in overall planning.C) Respond only after work.D) Check only when necessary.Directions: 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.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.16. A) The key to increasing healthy food supply.B) The best way to improve marketing research.C) The impact of advertisements on consumption.D) The importance of the appearance of food.17. A) By focusing on the nutrients in different foods.B) By emphasizing the diversity of food.C) By stressing pleasing aesthetics of food.D) By winning the support of marketing professors.18. A) They can attract customers with the healthy qualities of their products.B) They can boost sales of healthy foods by making them visually appealing.C) They can turn to marketing professors for advice.D) They can rely on advertising for sales promotion. Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.19. A) It has witnessed a spectacular surge in demand.B) It has met much criticism from environmentalists.C) It has seen more small businesses offering environment-friendly products.D) It has experienced increasingly fierce competition among global companies.20. A) Conswners now know much more about technology.B) Their mass production has sharply reduced the price.C) Conswners tend to favor all that is novel.D) Their quality has been greatly improved.21. A) Purchasing only this kind of products for home cleaning.B) Writing positive comments about them on social media.C) Demonstrating on TV how effective these products are.D) Telling one another about their incomparable virtues. Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.22. A) Increasing cleaners'workload.B) Blocking the fountains'works.C) Breaking a time-honored ritual.D) Polluting the fountains'water.23. A) They are occasionally retrieved by curious tourists.B) They are regularly donated to charity organizations.C) They are mostly used for the fountains'maintenance.D) They are usually used as wages for fountain cleaners.24. A) It is invested in a series of businesses.B) It is used exclusively for its maintenance.C) It is used to run a supermarket for the needy.D) It is estimated to be about $40,000 a month.25. A) He was arrested for stealing money from four fountain cleaners.B) He was sentenced to 34 years'imprisornnent.C) He collected rare coins from around the world.D) He stole a lot of money from a fountain with a magnetic stick.PartReading 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.应ch choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.During the swnmer, when I was a visiting poet at a residency out of state, an angry, confused woman wandered into my class and said: "I have three guns and I want to use them." We all 1立. It wasn't clear if she had the guns, but we each know that, when we teach in America, we are already in danger.I was dizzy with fear. The woman, who later turned out to be a schizophrenic（精神分裂症患者） without _.J: to her medications, was, by some force, wrestled out and away, then put in a hospital for observation, in a step that was actually safer for everyone than any one of us pressing charges. My class went on; we talked about poems. But despite the fact that the rest of our days on campus passed,I was rattled. I couldn't shake the sense that in this country we always live at30risk.A few months later, crisis l!_ again. While my husband was locking his bike to drop off our 3-year-old daughter for her preschool-aged day camp, a different woman approached. Swiftly and for no R_reason, she bent down, picked up our daughter, and began to carry her down the street. It was so fast and confusing that my daughter lL cried. My husband, in a burst of speed, chased the woman and reclaimed our daughter. The woman, clearly confused, retreated into the public library. A34of homeless people who generally know the other homeless in the area said they did not recognize the woman. The woman was so clearly unwell that when she was taken into custody she was incoherent.Heartbreakingly, she called our daughter by the name of someone else's child. Each part of the episode was haunting as it was fili _.A) accessB) apparentC) barelyD) dedicationE) escortedF) frozeG) incredibleH) indignantI) networkJ) overridingK) peacefullyL) prei.umablyM) stifledN) struck0) terrifyingSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a pa.ssage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contai邓information given in one of the pa.ragraphs. Identify the pa.ragraph from which the叫'ormation is derived. You may choose a pa.ragraph more than once. Each pa.ragraph is marked with a letter. A邓wer the questio邓by marking the correspo叫ing letter on Answer Sheet 2.This man is nmning 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 daysA) Michael Wardian pushed forward into the penetrating arctic（北极的）wind, fighting the urge to speed up. Too much effort and he'd begin to sweat, which, he was told, would only increase the risk of hypothermia（体温过低）B) At the 2014 North Pole Marathon, the temperature dipped to minus-22 degrees F, with a wind chillthat made it feel even colder. Along the route, armed guards wandered the large sheets of floating ice to minimize the risk of polar bear attacks.C) "I like to do stuff that scares me," Wardian said. With ice frozen to his beard, Wardian crossed the finish line that April afternoon in a winning time of 4 hours 7 minutes and 40 seconds, almost two hours slower than his personal best over 26. 2 miles. The race for Wardian, however, was less about the result than overcoming his aversion to the cold.D) In a few days, Wardian will once again compete _in an unfamiliar territory and below-freezingtemperatures. He will line up Monday in Antarctica（南极）for the first leg of the World Marathon Challengejoining 32 other adventure seekers on an unusual journey where participants travel throughdifferent time zones and climates to run seven marathons on seven continents in seven days.E) An elite ultra-runner, Wardian has his sights on breaking the event's record average marathon time of 3:32: 25 set last January by U.S. Marine Corps captain Daniel Cartica. Wardian, a 42-year-old Arlington resident, is a record-breaking racer, known in the ultra-running community for seeking tough courses and setting world records. Last year, he ran 1,254. 65 miles in 47 races. The World Marathon Challenge, like most of Wardian's running goals, will be about pushing his limits. "I love diverse and unique challenges," he said. "I'm definitely interested in seeing what I can handle and what my body can accept. That drives me. "F) Something about the way Richard Donovan carried himself appealed to Wardian. Perhaps it was the sense of adventure Donovan displayed when they first met at the 2010 50K Championships in Galway, Ireland, where Donovan was the race director. The two hit it off, and soon Wardian was participating in Donovan's events. It was at the North Pole Marathon, a race that Donovan organizes, that Wardian first heard about the Irishman's plan for the World Marathon Challenge一a challenge that Donovan himself completed in 2009 and 2012. "I knew that many people had a goal of running seven marathons on seven continents during any time period," Donovan, 50, said. "I felt the natural extension to this idea would be to try to achieve it within a seven-day period."G) Wardian started saving for the trip in 2014, connecting with sponsors and getting approval from his wife, Jennifer, before committing. Registration for the event costs 36, 000 euros, which coversinternational charter flights to each of the seven marathon locations, Union Glacier (Antarctica), Punta Arenas, Chile (South America), Miami (North America), Madrid (Europe), Marrakesh, Morocco (Africa), Dubai (Asia) and Sydney (Australia). The challenge is a test of both physical strength and mental fitness. Sleeping on a crammed plane, adjusting to different time zones and finding food to eat (Wardian is a vegetarian) would make it an exhausting trip over a month, let alone a week. "The key to a race like this is getting comfortable being uncomfortable," said Becca Pizzi, last year's women's champion. "The highs of the race are incredibly high, and the lows incredibly low."H) Since turning it into an organized event in 2015, Donovan has attracted a variety of runners. This year's challenge will feature a far more elite field, which includes Ryan Hall, America's fastest marathon runner. Despite his proven track record, Hall said he has no time goals and that he still suffers from the same fatigue issues that forced him to leave the professional ranks in 2015. Hall plans to run with his friend, Pastor Matthew Barnett of The Dream Center in Los Angeles-one of the six American men who will be competing. "I don't expect to run a step with Mike, but I will be excited to see how he does," said the 34-year-old Hall, who began weight-lifting after retiring. "If I finish within an hour of him in each marathon, I'd be surprised."I) Instead, 43-year-old Petr Vabrousek, an elite Czech Irorunan champion, is expected to be Wardian's closest challenger. To others on the trip, simply finishing will be its own reward. Sinead Kane of Ireland is aiming to become the first blind person to complete the challenge. And Beth Ann Telford, a 47-year-old federal goverrunent worker from Fairfax and the only American female in this year's mix, is using the event as a platform to raise money for cancer research. It's a cause with a personal connection to Telford, who was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2004. "Doing something like this is definitely the hardest challenge that I've ever done except for the chemotherapy and brain surgery," she said. "It's going to raise awareness. I just wanted to do something that is epic and this certainly is right up there." Wardian, too, hopes his involvement will give him a platform to promote a cause. He recently became an ambassador for the United Nations Women's HeForShe initiative to fight inequalities faced by women and girls worldwide.J) On a chilly December afternoon, Wardian wove through Washington's crowded sidewalks on the way h