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1、2021年12月年夜 学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷Part I Writing (30 minutes)Direction: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay entitledMan and Computerby commenting on the saying, “The real danger is not that the computer will begin to think like man, but that man will begin to think like the computer

2、. You should write at least150words but no more than200words.Man and Computer 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 b

3、est 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.Thirst grows for living unpluggedMore people are taking breaks from the connected life amid the stillness and quiet of retreats like the Jesuit Center in We

4、rnersville, Pennsylvania.About a year ago, I flew to Singapore to join the writer Malcolm Gladwell, the fashion designer Marc Ecko and the graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister in addressing a group of advertising people on “Marketing to the Child of Tomorrow. Soon after I arrived, the chief executive

5、of the agency that had invited us took me aside. What he was most interested in, he began, was stillness and quiet.A few months later, I read an interview with the well-known cutting-edge designer Philippe Starck.What allowed him to remain so consistently ahead of the curve? “I never read any magazi

6、nes or watch TV, he said, perhaps with a little exaggeration. “Nor do I go to cocktail parties, dinners or anything like that. He lived outside conventional ideas, he implied, because “I live alone mostly, in the middle of nowhere.Around the same time, I noticed that those who part with $2,285 a nig

7、ht to stay in a cliff-top room at the Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur, California, pay partly for the privilege of not having a TV in their rooms; the future of travel, Im reliably told, lies in “black-hole resorts, which charge high prices precisely because you cant get online in their rooms.Has it reall

8、y come to this?The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug. Internet rescue camps in South Korea and China try to save kids addicted to the screen.Writer friends of mine pay good money to get the Freedom software that enables them to disable the very Internet conne

9、ctions that seemed so emancipating not long ago. Even Intel experimented in 2007 with conferring four uninterrupted hours of quiet time (no phone or e-mail) every Tuesday morning on 300 engineers and managers. Workers were not allowed to use the phone or send e-mail, but simply had the chance to cle

10、ar their heads and to hear themselves think.The average American spends at least eight and a half hours a day in front of a screen, Nicholas Carr notes in his bookThe Shallows. The average American teenager sends or receives 75 text messages a day, though one girl managed to handle an average of 10,

11、000 every 24 hours for a month.Since luxury is a function of scarcity, the children of tomorrow will long for nothing more than intervals of freedom from all the blinking machines, streaming videos and scrolling headlines that leave them feeling empty and too full all at once.The urgency of slowing

12、downto find the time and space to thinkis nothing new, of course, and wiser souls have always reminded us that the more attention we pay to the moment, the less time and energy we have to place it in some larger context. “Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries, the French ph

13、ilosopher Blaise Pascal wrote in the 17th century, “and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries. He also famously remarked that all of mans problems come from his inability to sit quietly in a room alone.When telegraphs and trains brought in the idea that convenience was more important than co

14、ntent, Henry David Thoreau reminded us that “the man whose horsetrots(奔驰 ), a mile in a minute does not carry the most important messages.Marshall McLuhan, who came closer than most to seeing what was coming, warned, “When things come at you very fast, naturally you lose touch with yourself.We have

15、more and more ways to communicate, but less and less to say. Partly because we are so busy communicating. And we are rushing to meet so many deadlines that we hardly register that what we need most are lifelines.So what to do? More and more people I know seem to be turning to yoga, ormeditation(深思),

16、 ortai chi(太极)；these arent New Agefads(时髦的事物) so much as ways to connect with what could be called the wisdom of old age. Two friends of mine observe an “Internetsabbath(安眠 日) every week, turning off their online connections from Friday night to Monday morning. Other friends take walks and “forget t

17、heir cellphones at home.A series of tests in recent years has shown, Mr. Carr points out, that after spending time in quiet rural settings, subjects “exhibit greater attentiveness, stronger memory and generally improved cognition. Their brains become both calmer and sharper. More than that,empathy(同

18、感，共识 )，as well as deep thought, depends (as neuroscientists like Antonio Damasio have found) on neural processes that are “inherently slow.I turn to eccentric measures to try to keep my mind sober and ensure that I have time to do nothing at all (which is the only time when I can see what I should b

19、e doing the rest of the time).I have yet to use a cellphone and I have never Tweeted or entered Facebook. I try not to go online till my days writing is finished, and I moved from Manhattan to rural Japan in part so I could more easily survive for long stretches entirely on foot.None of this is a ma

20、tter ofasceticism(苦行主义)；it is just pure selfishness. Nothing makes me feel better than being in one place, absorbed in a book, a conversation, or music. It is actually something deeper than mere happiness: it is joy, which themonk(僧侣) David Steindl-Rast describes as “that kind of happiness that does

21、nt depend on what happens.It is vital, of course, to stay in touch with the world. But it is only by having some distance from the world that you can see it whole, and understand what you should be doing with it.For more than 20 years, therefore, I have been going several times a yearoften for no lo

22、nger than three daysto a Benedictinehermitage(修道院)，40 minutes down the road, as it happens, from the Post Ranch Inn. I dont attend services when I am there, and I have never meditated, there or anywhere; I just take walks and read and lose myself in the stillness, recalling that it is only by steppi

23、ng briefly away from my wife and bosses and friends that I will have anything useful to bring to them. The last time I was in the hermitage, three months ago, I happened to meet with a youngish-looking man with a 3-year-old boy around his shoulders.“Youre Pico, arent you? the man said, and introduce

24、d himself as Larry; we had met, I gathered, 19 years before, when he had been living in the hermitage as an assistant to one of the monks.“What are you doing now? I asked.We smiled. No words were necessary.“I try to bring my kids here as often as I can, he went on. The child of tomorrow, I realized,

25、 may actually be ahead of us, in terms of sensing not what is new, but what is essential.1. What is special about the Post Ranch Inn?A) Its rooms are well furnished but dimly lit.B) It makes guests feel like falling into a black hole.C) There is no access to television in its rooms.D) It provides al

26、l the luxuries its guests can think of.2. What does the author say the children of tomorrow will need most?A) Convenience and comfort in everyday life.B) Time away from all electronic gadgets.C) More activities to fill in their leisure time.D) Greater chances for individual development.3. What does

27、the French philosopher Blaise Pascal say about distraction?A) It leads us to lots of mistakes.B) It renders us unable to concentrate.C) It helps release our excess energy.D) It is our greatest misery in life.4. According to Marshall McLuhan, what will happen if things come at us very fast?A) We will

28、 not know what to do with our own lives.B) We will be busy receiving and sending messages.C) We will find it difficult to meet our deadlines.D) We will not notice what is going on around us.5. What does the author say about yoga, meditation andtai chi?A) They help people understand ancient wisdom.B)

29、 They contribute to physical and mental health.C) They are ways to communicate with nature.D) They keep people from various distractions.6. What is neuroscientist Antonio Damasios finding?A) Quiet rural settings contribute a lot to long life.B) Ones brain becomes sharp when it is activated.C) Eccent

30、ric measures are needed to keep ones mind sober.D) When people think deeply, their neural processes are slow.7. The author moved from Manhattan to rural Japan partly because he could _.A) stay away from the noise of the big city.B) live without modern transportation.C) enjoy the beautiful view of th

31、e countryside.D) practice asceticism in a local hermitage8. In order to see the world whole, the author thinks it necessary to _.9. The author takes walks and reads and loses himself in the stillness of the hermitage so that he can bring his wife and bosses and friends _.10. The youngish-looking man

32、 takes his little boy to the hermitage frequently so that when he grows up he will know _.Part IIIListening Comprehension35 minutesSection ADirections:In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked a

33、bout 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, Cand D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet 2with a single

34、 line through the centre.11. A) She can count on the man for help. C) She can lend the man a sleeping bag. B) She has other plans for this weekend. D) She has got camping gear for rent. 12. A) The man should keep his words. C) Karen always supports her at work. B) She regrets asking the man for help

35、. D) Karen can take her to the airport 13. A) He cant afford to go traveling yet. C) He usually checks his brakes before a trip B) His trip to Hawaii was not enjoyable. D) His trip to Hawaii has used up all his money. 14. A) There was nothing left except some pie. C) The woman is going to prepare th

36、e dinner. B) The man has to find something else to eat. D) Julie has been invited for dinner. 15. A) Submit no more than three letters. C) Apply to three graduate schools. B) Present a new letter of reference. D) Send Professor Smith a letter. 16. A) He declines to join the gardening club. B) He is

37、a professional gardener in town. C) He prefers to keep his gardening skills to himself. D) He wishes to receive formal training in gardening. 17. A) Sculpture is not a typical form of modern art. B) Modern art cannot express peoples true feelings. C) The recent sculpture exhibit was not well organiz

38、ed. D) Many people do not appreciate modern art. 18.A) Bob does not have much chance to win. C) Bob cannot count on her vote. B) She will vote for another candidate. D) She knows the right person for the position Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) Poor manage

39、ment of the hospital. C) Decisions made by the head technician. B) The health hazard at her work place. D) The outdated medical testing procedures. 20. A) Transfer her to another department. C) Cut down her workload. B) Repair the X-ray equipment. D) Allow her to go on leave for two months. 21 .A) T

40、hey are virtually impossible to enforce. C) Both of them have been subject to criticism. B) Neither is applicable to the womans case. D) Their requirements may be difficult to meet. 22. A) Organize a mass strike. C) Try to help her get it back. B) Compensate for her loss. D) Find her a better paying

41、 job. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) In giving concessions. C) In stating your terms. B) In the concluding part. D) In the preparatory phase. 24. A) He behaves in a way contrary to his real intention. B) He presents his arguments in a straightforward way.

42、 C) He responds readily to the other partys proposals. D) He uses lots of gestures to help make his points clear. 25. A) Both may fail when confronting experienced rivals. B) The honest type is more effective than the actor type. C) Both can succeed depending on the specific situation. D) The actor

43、type works better in tough negotiations. Section BDirections:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some 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 fou

44、r choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet 2with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. A) The shape of the cubes used. C) The number of times of repeating the process. B) The size of

45、the objects shown. D) The weight of the boxes moving across the stage. 27. A) Boys enjoy playing with cubes more than girls. B) Girls tend to get excited more easily than boys. C) Girls seem to start reasoning earlier than boys. D) Boys pay more attention to moving objects than girls. 28. A) It is a

46、 breakthrough in the study of the nerve system. B) It may stimulate scientists to make further studies. C) Its result helps understand babies language ability. D) Its findings are quite contrary to previous research. 29. A) The two sides of their brain develop simultaneously. C) Their bones mature earlier. B) They are better able to adapt to the surroundings. D) They talk at an earlier age. Passage TwoQuestions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.30. A) T