2021年12月六级真题第1套.docx

2021 年 12 月大学英语六级考试真题（第1 套）Part IWriting(30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay related to the short passage given below. In your essay, you are to comment on the phenomenon described in the passage and suggest measures to address the issue. You should write at least ill words but no more than 泣Q wordsYoung people spend a lot of time on the Internet. However, they are sometimes unable to recognize false information on the Internet, judge the reliability of online information sources, or tell real news stories from fake ones.Part IIListening Comprehension(30 minutes) Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversa tions. At the end of each conversa tion, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a ques tion, you must choose the best a nswer 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.Questionsl to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.2021 年 12 月英语六级真题第1 套 第 11 页 共 11 页1. A) He was enjoying his holidayB) He was recovering in hospital2. A) He broke his wrist.B) He lost his antibiotics .3. A) Tum to her father for help.B) Call the repair shop to fix it.4. A) Help David retrieve his essays.B) Introduce David to her parents.C) He was busy writing his essaysD) He was fighting a throat infection.C) He slipped on ice and fell.D) He was laughed at by some girlsC) Ask the manufacturer for repa订S.D) Replace it with a brand-new one.C) Offer David some refreshments.D) Accompany David to his home.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. A) She is a critic of works on military affairs.B) She is an acclaimed hostess of Book Talk.C) She is a researcher of literary genres.D) She is a historian of military history.6. A) It is about the m山tary history of Europe.B) It is set in the 18th and 19th centuries .C) It is her fifth book of military history.D) It is a war novel set in the future.7. A) She visited soldiers' wives and mothers.B) She conducted surveys of many soldi ersC) She met a large number of soldiers in personD) She looked into the personal lives of soldiers.8. A) She doesn't have much freedom for imagination.B) It is not easy to make her readers believe in her.C) It is 小fficult to attract young readersD) She has to combine fact with fiction .Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage, you will hea r 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 answerfrom thefour choices marked A), B), C) and D) Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.9. A) Santa Claus.B) A polar bear.10. A) To attract customer attention.B) To keep up with the times.C) Cocoa seeds.D) A glass bottle.C) To combat counterfeits.D) To promote its sales.11. A) It resembles a picture in the encyclopediaB) It appears in the shape of a cocoa seed.C) It has the drink's logo in the middle.D) It displays the image of Santa Claus.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.12. A) It often occurs among commuters.C) It improves their mood considerablyB) It promotes mutual understanding.D) It takes a great deal of effort to sustain13. A) Social anxiety. B)E xcess1ve caut10n.C) Lack of social skills.D) Preference for solitude.14. A) People usually regard it as an unforgettable lessonB) Human brains tend to dwell on negative events.C) Negative events often hurt people deeply.D) People generally resent being rejected15. A) Contag1ous .B) Temporary.C) Unpredictable.D) M easur able.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear three recordings of lectures or talksf ollowed by three or f our ques tions. The recor dings will be p layed only once. Aft er you hear a question, yo u must choose the best answer from the four choices ma rked A), BJ, C) a nd D). Then ma rk the corr esp onding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a s ingle line throug h the centreQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.16. A) It depends heavily on tourism.B) It is flourishing in foreign trade17. A)Tobacco.B) Bananas.18. A) They toil on farms.C) It is main ly based on agricultureD) It relies chiefly on mineral exportC) Coffee.D) Sugar.C) They live in Spanish-style housesB) They live a poor life.D) They hire people to do housework.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.19. A) They will be more demanding of their next generationB) They will end up lonely, dependent and dissatisfied.C) They will experience more setbacks than successes.D) They will find it difficult to get along with others20. A) Failure to pay due attention to their behavior.B) Unwillingness to allow them to play with toys.C) Unwillingness to satisfy their wishes immediatelyD) Failure to spend sufficient quality time with them21. A) It will enable them to learn from mistakes.B) It will help them to handle disappointment.C) It will do much good to their mental health.D) It will build their ab山ty to endure hardshipsQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.22. A) Failing to make sufficient preparations.B) Looking away from the hiring managerC) Saying the wrong thing at the wrong timeD) Making a wrong judgment of the interview.23. A) Complaining about their previous jobB) Inquiring about their salary to be paid.C) Exaggerating their academic backgroundD) Understating their previous achievements.24. A)Those who have both skill and experience.B) Those who get along well with colleaguesC) Those who take initiative in their work.D) Those who are loyal to their managers25. A) Ability to shoulder new responsibilities.B) Experience of performing multiple rolesC) Readiness to work to flexible schedules.D) Skills to communicate with colleagues.Part III Section AReading Comprehension(40 minutes)Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You ar e required to select one wordfor each blankfrom a list of choices given in a word bankf ollowing the passage. Read the p ass age through ca ref ully bef ore ma king your choices. Each choice in the bank is ident功ed by a letter. Please mark the corr esponding letter for each item on Answer Sh eet 2 with a singl e lin e through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.If you think life is wonderful and expect it to stay that way, then you may have a good chance of living to a ripe old age, at least that is what the findings of a new study suggest That study found that participants who reported the highest levels of optimism were far more likely to live to age 85 or 1_L_.This was compared to those participants who reported the lowest levels of optimism. It is l1. that the findings held even after the researchers considered factors that could -1.L_the link, including whether participants had health conditions such as heart disease or cancer, or whether they experienced depression. The results add to a growing body of evidence that certain psychological factors may predict a longer life 1_2 . For example, previous studies have found that more optimistic people have a lower risk of developing chronic diseases, and a lower risk of JQ death . However, the new study appears to be the first to _L_ lo ok at the relationship between optimism and longevity. The researchers J_Lthat the link found in the new study was not as strong when they factored in the effects of certain health behaviors, including exercise levels, sleep habits and diet. This suggests that these behaviors may, at least in part, explain the link. In other words, optimism may TI goo d habits that bolster health. It is also important to note that the study found only a H , as researchers did not prove for certain that optimism leads to a longer life. However, if the findings are true, they suggest that optimism could serve as a psychological lLthat promotes health and a longer life.A) affectB) beyondC) concededD) correlationE) fosterF) henceforthG) loftyI) plausiblyJ) prematureK) reconciled L)spanM) specificallyN) spiral0) traitH) noteworthySection BDirections: In this section, you are go ing to read a passage with ten sta tements a ttached to it. Eac h sta tement co ntains informa tion given in one of the p aragrap hs. Identify the paragraph f rom which the informa tion is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each pa ragrap h is mark ed with a letter. Answer the ques tions by marki ng the corr esponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.No one in fashion is surprised that Burberry burnt £28 million of stockA) Last week, Burberry's annual report revealed that 位 8.6 million worth of stock was burnt last year. The news has left investors and consumers outraged but comes as little S 叩 rise to those in the fashion industry.B) The practice of destroying unsold stock, and even rolls of unused fabric, is commonplace for luxury labels. Becoming too widely available at a cheaper price through discount stores discourages full-price sales. Sending products for recycling leaves them vulnerable to being stolen and sold on the black market. Jasmine Bina, CEO of brand strategy agency Concept Bureau explains, "Typically, luxury brands rally around exclusivity to protect their business interests, namely intellectual property and preservation of brand equity( 资产）“ She stated she had heard rumors of stock burning but not specific cases until this week.C) Another reason for the commonplace practice is a financial incentive for brands expo 巾 ng goods to America. United States Customs states that if imported merchandise is unused and destroyed under their supervision, 99% of the duties, taxes or fees paid on the merchandise may be recovered. It is incredibly difficult to calculate how much dead stock currently goes to waste. While there are incentives to do it, there's no legal obligation to report itD) A source, who chose to remain anonymous, shared her experience working in a Burberry store in New York in October 2016. "My job was to toss items in boxes so they could be sent to be burned. It was killing me inside because all that leather and fur went to waste and animals had died for nothing. I couldn't stay there any longer, their business practices threw me off the roof." In May this year, Burberry announced it was taking fur out of its catwalk shows and reviewing its use elsewhere in the business. "Even though we asked the management, they refused to give us detailed answers as to why they would do this with their collection," continued the source, who left her role within two weeks. She has since worked with another high-profile, luxury label.E) In an online forum post, which asked if it's true that Louis Vuitton burned its bags, Ahmed Bouchfaa, who claimed to work for Louis Vuitton, responded that the brand holds sales of old stock for staff members twice a year. Items which have still not sold after several sales are destroyed. "Louis Vuitton doesn't have public sales. They either sell a product at a given price or discontinue it. This is to make sure that everybody pays the same price for an item ," he says. He goes on to disclose the strict guidelines around the employee sales: "You may buy gifts for someone, but they track each item, and if your gift ends up online they know who to ask." One investor commenting on the Burberry figures was reportedly outraged that the unsold goods were not even offered to investors before they were destroyed.F) Richemont, who owns several luxury brands, hit the headlines in May for taking back£437 million of watches for destruction in the last two years to avoid marked-downpnces. It's not just luxury brands either. In October last year, a Danish TV show exposed H&M for burning 12 tonnes of unsold clothing since 2013. In a statement, the high street retailer defended itself by saying that the burnt clothing had failed safety tests: "The products to which the media are referring have been tested in external laboratories. The test results show that one of the products is mold infested and the other product contains levels of lead that are too high. Those products have rightly been stopped in accordance with our safety routines." In March, a report revealed that H&M was struggling with $4.3 billion worth of unsold stock. The brand told The New York Times that the plan was to reduce prices to move the stock, arguably encouraging consumers to buy and throw away with little thought.G) Over-production is perhaps the biggest concern for Burberry. While there has been much outrage at the elitist connotation of burning goods rather than making them affordable , executives at the British fashion house are no doubt struggling to defend how they miscalculated production. The waste has been put down to burning old cosmetic stock to make way for their new beauty range. However, while the value of destroyed stock is up from £26.9 million last year, it's an even more significant increase from 2016's figure of 幻 8.8 million, highlighting that this is an ongoing issueH) In September 2016, Burberry switched to a "see now, buy now" catwalk show format The move was a switch to leverage on the coverage of their fashion week show to make stock available immediately to consumers. This is opposed to the traditional format of presenting to the industry, taking orders for production and becoming available in six months, time. While Burberry announced "record-breaking" online reach and engagement, there has been little evidence to suggest that the strategy has had a significant effect on sales , particularly as the hype( 炒 作 ）slows across the season. In February they made adjustments to the format, dropping some catwalk items immediately and promising that others would launch in the coming monthsI) In a statement, Burberry denied that switching to "see now, buy now" has had an impact on waste. A Burberry spokesperson further said, "On the occasions when disposal of products is necessary, we do so in a responsible manner. We are always see如ng ways to reduce and revalue our waste. This is a core part of our strategy and we have forged partnerships and committed support to innovative organiz ations to help reach this goal."J) One such pa