2023年3月英语六级真题及参考答案.pdf

2023年3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！CONVO 1M:Thanks for inviting me out tonight.Ive been wanting to try this place tbr weeks.Iusually pass it on my way home from work,but never seem to have time to stop.V V:Ive been dying to come here as well.I was worried that the menu might not beaccommodating,but one of my close friends ate here last week.Shes a vegetarian.She told me that there were a lot of options fbr her and they offered alternativedishes.M:But you arc not vegetarian,arc you?W:Well,not entirely.1 dont eat meat at all,but I donft have a problem.Eating fish,seafood or eggsM:Isnt that very difficult?I cant imagine giving up a premium juicy steak or baconcheeseburgers.W:I wouldnt know.My parents followed the same diet even when I was younger.We never had meat during meals and 1 never really had a craving to try it.I bet itwould be hard though,giving up something youYe accustomed to eating.I triedcutting back on coffee in the morning and it was awful.Come to think of it,it wasprobably even worse fbr my colleagues that had to deal with me at morning meetings.M:Thats even harder to imagine you without coflcc.So you say your parents alsofollowed a partially vegetarian diet.Why did they decide to do that?V V:Thats an interesting question.I never thought to ask them though.My best guessis for health reasons.rhey*re not terribly active or knowledgeable about animalpreservation eftbrts.but theyre serious about their health.Both arc in their seventiesnow,but cat organic as often as possible and take part in regular physical exercise.Neither of them has any health problems and they hardly ever get sick.M:In that case,I might give it a try someday.W:Now,back to the menu.What arc you going to.QI Where docs the conversation most probably take place?Q2 What do we leam about the woman?Q3 What would be a difficult thing to do according to the woman?Q4 What docs the woman say about her parents?CONVO 2W:I low did your annual performance evaluation meeting with your manager go?Didyou get much in the way of praise?VI:Next to zero.When we came to the part about discussing my areas fbr growth,hebluntly told me that I had an attitude problem,but he wouldnt really expand on thatdescription.He said,ifs the little things I do and say.W:Did you ask him fbr a specific example?M:I did ask him a few more questions to try and narrow it down.He said myconstant questioning of him and his decisions was the most obvious example he couldgive.Then our conversation was swiftly brought to a close.V V:I had a similar experience once,my manager told me I was too honest.In mostcases,I thought my honesty was helpful,as did my colleagues,but my managerthought othcnx isc.Some managers really adopt manipulative language to disguise theunreasonable choices they have made.They dont use the nitional power of argumentsto resolve issues of conflict or complaints about unfiiirness.VI:Right.Some employ their persuasive vocabulary and influential communicationstyle to win workplace arguments by compelling people to perforin the intendedaction.V V:Exactly.Too honest,isn*t that a good thing?I thought thafs surely something weshould have covered earlier in the section discussing strengths and talents,but nohonesty was deemed to be more of a sin than a virtue since it made people feeluncomfortable,or at least it made the most powcrfi.il folks feel uncomfortable.M:Indeed,rhetoric is viewed by many philosophers as the method through which thepowerful accumulate more power.By virtue of having the loudest voice,theyre ableto command greater attention and to further assert their dominance,even when whatthcyYc saying doesnt really make much sense.W:And retaining their power and prestige is their priority.M:Its what makes the most sense to a lot of them.Q5 What was the managers reason fbr giving little praise fbr the mans perfbiTnance?Q6 What docs the woman say about some managers?Q7 According to the woman,what do some managers think of honesty?Q8 What docs the woman think is the priority of many managers?PSG 1Athletes arc seen as heroes because they can do things that most of us cant do.Theycan hit fast balls coming at them at nearly 100 miles an hour and leap,and hang in theair.seemingly defying gravity.They get paid millions of dollars for their efibrts andtheir names and faces appear on everything,from running shoes to advertising boards.Athletes who arc champions also show qualities such as perseverance,dedication,andthe ability to keep their cool under pressure.Many show those same qualities off theplaying field too.Stories about superstar athletes teach us about working hard andbelieve in ourselves and in being passionate about what vve.Although its usually bad behavior that gets an athlete a spot on the six oclock news.Many high profile players work hard to be positive role models to children.They raisemoney for charities and act as mentors,Uilking to student groups and volunteeringtheir lime to programs that help children keep off drugs and stay in school.Still,eventhe greatest champions have flaws.Just because an athlete has the perfect golf swing,docsift mean he is the perfect parent,friend or spokesperson.They also makemistakes.Separating an athletes professional and personal lives can be tough.When asports star gets in trouble with the law or does something wrong in their private life,fans are often left disappointed.Be I ore he died,baseball Star Mickey Mantle,whowas plagued with alcohol problems,told young ball players and the Ians who admiredhim To play like me;dont be like me.”Why does the speaker say athletes are often viewed as heroes?What does the speaker say many high profile players lo?What docs the speaker say can be difficult?PSG 2We dont need to tell you that weddings can get expensive.Even with the mostmeticulous budgeting,a few unexpected costs arc bound to occur.While most bridestend to accept this as fact,one Canadian woman who is only known as Susan,attempted to avoid all wedding costs.She did this by asking her friends and family topay up to attend her wedding.It went about as well as youd expect.Susan is causing quite the debate online afterposting a bizarre Facebook complaint about her now canceled wedding.Yes.Thecouple called off the wedding just days before their wedding vows since the guestrefused to pay the$1,500 attendance fee.The$60,000 dream wedding was put onpermanent hold in her long explanation filled with cursing and swear.Now brideaccused her fi*icnds and family of ruining her marriage and her life.She stated thateach guest would only need to pay$1,500 while she sacrificed everything for the day.Her maid of honor told her to stick to the budget as she was asking too much from herguest,but Susan ignored her.Not surprisingly,only eight people responded positively to the wedding invitationsand money requests.Realizing they would not be able to afford their dream wedding.Susans future husband suggested getting inarried in Las Vegas.The bride quicklyshut down the idea saying she did not want a wedding of gambling and havingdrinking.It seems her dream wedding has now become a nightmare.Q12 What docs the speaker say about weddings?QI3 What do we learn about the wedding of the Canadian woman,Susan?Q14 What did Susans maid of honor advise her to do?Q15 How did Susan respond to her future husbands suggestion?LECTURE IIt has long been scientifically established that weather changes can affect peoplesmoods.Now a new study has provided evidence that temperature can influencepeoples personalities.This study of over 1.6 million people revealed(ha(22 degreesCelsius is the perfect air temperature to live in.A city,with an average annualtemperature closer to 22,tends to have a population who are inorc agreeable,conscientious,emotionally stable and outgoing.It is the least taxing temperature ibrthe body to regulate its own temperature.The study was observational and didntshow cause and eflect,but the scientists behind it theorize that better weather leadspeople to leave their home more often.This in turn leads to more social interaction,which encourages them to develop afriendlier and socially more acceptable personality.Wanner climates also makepeople leel more positive in general.They(end to be more agreeable andconscientious.The findings might help explain why colder and warmer countries tendto produce people with diflerent personalilies.Roughly speaking,about 40%of apersons personality is detcmiined by their genes,the other 60%by their environment.It was already well known that personality traits vary across geographic regions.Scientists also knew ihat these geographic personality traits are associated with abroad range of consequential outcomes.These outcomes include economic activity,for example,enlrepreneurial slarlup rates,and also crime rates,heahh behaviors,andhealth outcomes.And it is well established that personality traits differ betweencountries,fhe research team speculated the two might be linked.To test this,they gave online personality tests to 5,587 Chinese student and 1.66million Americans.They then compared(he results with the average annualtemperature where they grew up.The tests measured personality along five well-studied characteristics.I he five were agreeability,conscientiousness,emotionalstability,outgoingness,and openness to new experiences.In both groups,theresearchers found the closer a towns average annual temperature was to 22 degrees,(he more population exhibited(hose personality characteristics.However,the findingswere much stronger for the Chinese group than the Americans studied,whichsuggests that though temperature plays a role,it does not play a dominant role.I heefleets are fairly weak.Its unlikely to lead to many arguments over the temperaturesetting of the office air conditioner.QI6:What has a new study revealed about temperature?QI7:What does the speaker say about wanner climates?QI8:What did the online personality tests suggest?LECTURE 2I oday were talking about loneliness.Loneliness and social isolation arc growingpublic health concerns for people of all ages in the United Stales,from adolescents tothe elderly.Public health experts arc worried because loneliness seems to be on therise,and studies have long found correlations between loneliness and an assortment ofmedical conditions that threaten health and longevity.The problem of loneliness maybe even greater than we thought.A new national poll tbund that about a third of olderAmericans are lonely,and almost as many seniors lee I isolated.This is a seriousproblem as research shows that chronic loneliness is particularly harmful to seniorcitizens.Thats because it can impair older adults*mcmon and damage their physical andsocial mental health.Chronic loneliness even impacts the life expectancy of seniorsincreasing their risk of early mortality.Leis lake a closer look al(hat poll now.Morethan a third of seniors in the poll said they tclt lonely at least some of the time,and27%said they sometimes or often fell isolated.This reflecls how much lime(heseniors spent with others.Almost 30%said they socialized with friends,family,or neighbors once a week orless.Women were more likely than men to report loneliness,bu(there is good news.It looks like loneliness can be reversed,but researchers arc still trying to determinethe best way lo do so.Why is thal?Resolving the problem of loneliness amongseniors often isn*t as simple as getting them together with others or moving them inwith their children.In I act.the poll Ibund(hal seniors who lived wilh their children were more likely(oreport feeling lonely than those who didnt.This may be because loneliness refers tothe discrepancy between actual and desired relalionships,so ilrs possible that someonewho lives alone doesnrt meet that definition while someone in a house full of busypeople does.I low can we solve the problem?Well,the researchers assert that its important toaddress each pcrsoiVs underlying cause of loneliness.Whether ifs the death of aspouse,medical problems,or social expectalions(hal haveift been fulfilled,ifsnoteworthy that there is one general recommendation,while finding solutions forloneliness is highly personal.Research suggests the best interventions are those that involve meaningtul socialcontact at least once a week,depending on the person that could mean volunteering,seeing an old iriend or something else.QI 9：Why does the speaker say the finding of a new national poll reveals a seriousproblem?Q20:What is the good news the speaker talks about?Q21：What is the key to solving lhe loneliness problem according lo(he speaker?LECTURE 3Hello.I am co-fbunder of the popular female travel community We Are Travel Grils.We collect and publish stories from women traveling all over(he world.We proinolewomens blogs.Wc host meetings and events and arc getting ready to launch ourtravel with US trips in Bali,Japan,and Malawi.Before【started we are travel girls.Ihad a successful 10 year career in finance in London where I advised private clientson their investments.Having always had a huge love for travel,I finally took the leapand left finance lo pursue my dream of starting a travel company.For as long as I canremember.I wanted to be a travel writer.Before blogs existed and everything wc readwas.I would go to travel writing seminars by writers who were published in travelmagazines.1 was desperate to write for one of those magazines,but didnt know howto break into that industry.After university,I ended up working in finance,but alwayshad a desire to(ravel and write about il.In 2015,1 was looking al ways lo leavefinance and my best friend Vanessa,who grew up on a ranch on the central coast ofCaliibrnia suggesled starling a blog.But when we slarted creating il.we realized thatwas the same thing every girl was doing.So we tumed our attention to creating acommunity among these women.This led us to start We Are Travel Grils.which hasnow grown into a coin inunity of over 200.000 lol lowers.To anyone thinking aboutbecoming a travel writer,I would suggest they first try and look for a unique way toenter the industry.There are i lot of travel riders now and il can be hard to stand outfrom the crowd,which is really why we started We Are Travel Grils.Be prepared towork hard if you want to turn it into a full-time business and try not to rush to sellingadvertising spaces before you have created a dedicated audience.The size of youraudience doesnt necessarily need to be huge,but you want them to be engaged.If youpost too many proniolions early on.you will turn many people off.Q22：What do we learn about the speaker before she created the comnninity IVe AreTravel Grik?Q23:What did the speakers friend suggest they do in 2015?Q24：What does the speaker advise people lo do if they wanl to become(ravelwriters?Q25：What is the speakers advice on winning a loyal audience?0 1 听力部分1.A)In a r es ta ur a n t.2.D)She is a p a r tia l v egeta r ia n.3.B)Cha n gin g o n es ea tin g ha b it.4.A)They en jo y p er fec t hea lth.5.D)