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1、2020年12月英诺六级貞题及参考答案i整版四六级试卷釆用多题多卷形式，大家核对答案时，请找具休选顶内容，忽略套数。无优考网搜集整理了各个版本（有文字也有图片，图片可以自由拉伸），仅供大家参考。【网络综合版】听力Ccnversation 1M:Good morning, safe house insurance. My name is Paul. How can I help you today?W:Morning. I wouldn， t say that it/ s good from where I am standing. This is MissWilson, and this is

2、 the third time I? ve called this week since receiving yourletter about our insurance claim, （l） I? m getting a little fed up with my callsabout my claim being completely disregarded.M:Miss Wilson, thank you for calling back. Can I take some details to help me lookat your claim?W:It/ s Miss May Wils

3、on, a 15 south sea road in Cornwall. And the details are thatour village was extensively flooded 2 months ago. （2） The entire ground floorof our cottage was submerged in water. And five of us have been living in a caravanever since. You people are still withholding the money we are entitled to overa

4、 bizarre, technical detail. And it/ s not acceptable，Paul.M:Miss Wilson, according to the notes on your account, （3） the bizarre. technicaldetai 1 that you mentioned refers to the fact that you hadn? t paid house insurancethe month before the incident.w：That money left our account and wow that you s

5、hould be paying out. You are suddenlysaying that you didn， t receive it on time. I? m really skeptical about thisclaim.M:The contract does say that any miss payment in a year will affect the terms andconditions of the insurance contract and may affect claims. Of course, I can passyou on to my manage

6、r to talk to you more about this.W:I ve already spoken to him and you can tell him I? m fur ious now. And that yourcompany has a lawsuit on its hands. (4) You will be hearing from my lawyer, aoodbye.Questions 1 to 4 are based cn the conversation you have just heard.Quest ion 1: What is the woman coi

7、rplaining about?1. B) Her claim has been completely disregarded.Question 2： Whatis the problemthe woman s family encountered?2. B) The groundfloor of theircottage was flooded.Question 3： Whathas caused theso called bizarre, technical detail according tothe man?3. A) The womanQuestion 4: Whats failur

8、e to pay her house insurance in time.does the woman say she will do at the end of the conversation?4. D) File a lawsuit against the insurance coirpany.Ccnversation 2W： (5) How do you feel about the future of artificial intelligence? Personally， Ifeel quite optimistic about it.M: (5) Al? I' m not

9、 so opt imistic actually. In fact it7 s，something we should beconcerned about.W： Well, it will help us humans understand ourselves better and when we have a betterunderstanding of ourselves, we can iirprove the world.M： Well, one thing is for sure, technology is evolving faster than our ability toun

10、derstand it, and in the future Al will make jobs kind of point less.W: (6) I think artificial intelli gence will actually help create new kinds of jobs，vich would require less of our time and al low us to be centered on creative tasks.M： I doubt that very much. Probably the last job that will be wri

11、ting Al softwareand then eventually Al will just write his own software.W： At that time, we are going to have a lot of jobs which nobody will want to do.So we won t need artificial intelligence for the robots to take care of the oldguys 1 ike us.M： I don t know. There's a risk that human civiliz

12、ation could be replaced bya superior type of digital life. Al will be able to completely simulate a personin every way possible. In fact, some people think weJ re in a simulation rightnow.W： That7 s impossib le. Humans cant even make a mosquito. Coirputers only have chips,people have brains, and tha

13、t/ s where the wisdom comes from.M： Once its fully developed. Al will be come tired of trying to communicate withhumans as we would be much slower thinkers in coirparison.w：I m not so sure. A computer is a coirputer and a computer is just a toy.M:Coirputers can easily communicate incredibly fast, so

14、 the coirputer will just getimpatient talking to humans. It/ 11 be bare ly getting any information out.W:Well, I believe thereJ s a benevolent future with Al. I also think you watch toomany science fiction films.Questions 5 to 8 are based cn the ccnversation you have just heard.Q5 What do we learn a

15、boutthe speakers from the conversation?5.C)They disagree aboutthe future of Al technology.What will new kinds ofjobs be 1 ike according to the woman?6.D) Less time-consumingand focusing on creation.Q7 What is the risk the man anticipates?7. C) Digital life could rep lace human civilizat ion.Q8 What

16、is the man，s coneern about Al technology?8. A) It will be smarter than human beings.Passage OneTo achieve finane ial security. How much you save is always more important. Thenthe amount you earn or how shrewdly you invest. If yotf re under 30 years old,your goal should be to save 2Cfe of your monthl

17、y income after tax deductions. Thisis irrespective of how much you earn, /proximately 5Cfti should be reserved foressentials, like food and accommodation. The remaining 30% is for recreation andent erta inment. But for many young people, it 11 be difficult to des ignate such alarge proportion of the

18、ir income for savings. (10) If you find it hard to save anymoney at all start by cutting all unnecessary spending, allocate a tiny amount of1 or 2% for savings, and gradually increase that amount. (11)Always keep that 2Cfegoal in mind_, prevent yourself from becoming complacent. It can be challengin

19、g tostick to such a strict plan. But if you adopt the right mindset, you should be ableto make it work for you. So vat should you be doing with the money that you aresaving? Some must be kept easily accessible. In case you need some cash in anemergency, the largest proport ion should be invested in

20、retirement plans, eitherfor your employer, all privately, you can keep some money for high risk, butpotentially lucrat ive investments. Dividends can be re invested or used to pur chasesomething you like. By following this plan, you should hopefully be able to enjoyyour life now, and still be financ

21、ially secure in the future.Questions, 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.Q 9. What are people under 30 advised to do to achieve finaneial security?9. C) Save one_fifth of their net monthly income.Q10. What should people do if they find it difficult to follow the speaker s adviceon

22、their finane ial plan?10. D) Start by doing something small.Q 11. What does the speaker think is important for achieving f inane ial secur ity?11. A） A proper mindset.Passage TwoI work in advertising andI like to keep up with current trends, mainly becauser m aware that we live in animage obsessed w

23、or 1 d.（12）However, when I firststarted my job. occasionally I? d catch a gliirpse ofmyself in the lifts and find myself thinking that I looked a total mess. Was I beingheld back by my choice of clothing? The short answer is “les” , especially venclients are quick to judge you on your style rather t

24、han your work. （13） But no onecan be unique with her outfit every day. I mean that7 s vy uniforms were invented.So here s vat I did. I created my own uniforiru To do this, I chose an appropriateoutfit. Then I bought multip le items of the same style in differ ent shades.Now, I never worry about vat

25、Im wearing in the morning. Even if I do get abit tired of just wearing the same classic pieces. （14）Overall, it comes towork, you have to ask yourself with looking smarter can enhance my ability to domy job.For some, this quest ion may not bean issue at all, especially if you workremotely and rarely

26、 see your colleaguesor clients face to face. But if your jobinvolves interacting with other people.the answer to this is often yes”. （15）So rather than fighting the system. I think we should just do whatever heIps us toachieve our goals at work. If that means playing it safe with your image，then lei

27、/ sface it. IV s probably worth it.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.Q 12. What do we learn about the speaker when she first started her job?12. A) She found her outfit inappropriate.Q 13. Why were uniforms invented according to the speaker?13. D) To save the trouble of

28、 choosing a unique outfit every day.Q 14. What does the speakers say about looking smarter?14. B) It matters a lot in jobs involving interactions with others.Q 15. What does the speaker advise people to do in an image obsessed world?15. C) Do whatever is possible to look smart.Recording CheDid you k

29、now that Americans have approximately 3 times the amount of space wehad 50 years ago? Therefore, youd think would have sufficient room for all of ourpossessions. On the contrary, the personal storage business is now a growing industry.ve got tr iple the space, but we，ve become such enthusiastic cons

30、umers that werequire even more. (16) This phenomenon has resulted insignificant credit card debt.enormous environments1 footprints, and perhaps not co inc identa1ly our happinesslevels have failed to increase over the same half century.V m here to suggest an alternative. They* re having less might a

31、ctually be apreferable decision. Many of us have experienced at some stage, the pleasure ofpossess ing less. (17) I propose that less stuff and less space can not only helpyou economize，but also simplify your life. I recently started an innovative projectto discover some creative solutions that offe

32、red me everything I required. Bypurchasing an apartment. There was 40 square meters instead of 60. I immediatelysaved $200, 000. Smaller space leads to reduced utility bills and also a smallercarbon footprint, because it7 s des igned around an edited collection of possess ions,limited to my favorite

33、 stuff. I9m really excited to live there.How can we live more basically? Firstly, we must briefly cut the unnecessaryobjects out of our lives to stem consuirption. We should think before we buy and askourselves: Will it truly make me happier? Obviously, we should possess some greatstuff but we want

34、belong ings that we ? re going to love for years. Secondly, we requirespace efficiency. We want appliances that are designed for use most of the time.not for occasional use. Why own a six burner when you really use even three burners?Finally, we need multifunctional spaces and housewares. I combined

35、 a movablewall with transforming furniture to get more out of my limited space. Consider mycoffee table. It increases in size to accommodate ten. My office is tucked away.easily hidden. My bed siirply pops out of the wal 1. For gas, I can re locate the movablewall and utilize the fol dab le guest be

36、ds I instal led. I? m not saying we should alllive in tiny apartments, but consider the benefits of an edited life. When you returnhome and walk through your front door, take a moment to ask yourselves. Could I dowith a little 1 ife editing? Would that give me more freedom and more time?Question 16t

37、o 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.Quest ion 16.What has prevented American s happinesslevels from increasing?16. B) Theirobsession with consuirption.Question 17.What things should we possess accordingto the speaker?17. A) Things that we cherish most.Quest ion 18. What do we learn a

38、bout the items in the speaker? s home?18. C) They serve multiple purposes.Recording TwoNow, believe it or not, (19) people sometimes lie in order to maintain a good,honest reputation，even if it hurts them to do so. At least，this is vat a teamof scientists is suggesting with evidence to prove it.Pict

39、ure this scenario you often drive for work and can be coirpensated for upto 400 mi les per month. Most people at your coirpany drive about 300 miles each month.But this month you drove 400 miles. How many miles do you think you? d c laim in yourexpense report? The scientists asked this exact quest i

40、on as part of the study we? rediscussing today. With surprising results, they found that 12% of respondentsreported the distance they drove as less than the actual figure, giving an averageanswer of 384 mi les. In other words, they lied about the number of miles, even thoughthey would forfeit money

41、they were owed. The researchers believe this was to seemhonest with the assuirption being that others would be suspicious of a high expenseclaim.But vy would people fabricate numbers to their own detriment? (20) Theresearchers explained that many people care a great deal about their reputation andho

42、w they; 11 be judged by others. If they care enough, they，re coneerned aboutappearing honest and not losing the respect of others maybe great er than theirdesire to actually be honest. The researchers assert that the findings suggest thatwhen people obtain very f avorab1e outcomes, they antic ipate

43、other people * ssuspicious react ions and prefer lying and appearing honest to telling the truth andappearing as seIfish 1iars.So why is this research iirportant? We 11, experts generally agree there are twomain types of 1 ie se If ish lies and 1 ies that are meant to benefit others. The first.as yo

44、u may predict, is for se If ish gain, such as submitting a fraudulent claim toan insurance coirpany, while the second involves lying to help others or not offendothers. For exairple, telling a friend whose outfit you don t like that they lookgreat. But the researchers are suggesting a third type of

45、lying: lying to maintaina good reputation.Now this hypothesis is new, and some skeptics argue that this isn* t a wholenew category of lie. (21) But the findings seem intuitive to me. After all, one ofthe main motivations for lying is to increase our worth in the eyes of others. Soit seems highly lik

46、ely that people will 1 ie to seem honest.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.Quest ion 19： What did a team of scient ists f ind in the ir study?19. D) Over lCft of the respondents lied about the distance they drove.Question 20： vy would people fabricate numbers to their

47、 own detriment accordingto the researchers?20. B) They want to protect the ir reputat ion.Quest ion 21： What does the speaker think of the researchers f indings?21. C) They seem intuitive.Recording Three(22) Why do old people dislike new music? As I ve grown older, I often hearpeople my age say thin

48、gs 1 ike, “They just don? t make good music 1 ike they usedto.，(22) Why does this happen? Luckily，psychology can give us some insights intothis puzzle. Musical taste begins crystallized as early as age 13 or 14. By the timewe? re in our early 20s, these tastes get 1 ocked into place pretty firmly.(23) In fact，studies