2018年12月六级真题第一套

2018

年

12

月大学 英语六级考试真题（第

1

套）

Part I

Writing

minutes)

(30

Directions:

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on

how to balance work

and leisure.

You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

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Part II

Listening Comprehension

minutes)

(30

Section A

Directions:

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 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.

Questions1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

1. A) It can benefit professionals and non-professionals alike.

B) It lists the various challenges physicists are confronting.

C) It describes how some mysteries of physics were solved.

D) It is one of the most fascinating physics books ever written.

2. A) Physicists

’

contribution to humanity.

B) Stories about some female physicists.

C) Historical evolution of modern physics.

D) Women

’

s changing attitudes to physics.

3. A) By exposing a lot of myths in physics.

B) By describing her own life experiences.

C) By including lots of fascinating knowledge.

D) By telling anecdotes about famous professors.

4. A) It avoids detailing abstract concepts of physics.

B) It contains a lot of thought- provoking questions.

C) It demonstrates how they can become physicists.

D) It provides experiments they can do themselves.

Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

5. A) He is too busy to finish his assignment in time.

B) He does not know what kind of topic to write on.

C) He does not understand the professor

’

s instructions.

D) He has no idea how to proceed with his dissertation.

6. A) It is too broad.

B) It is a bit outdated.

C) It is challenging.

D) It is interesting.

7. A) Biography.

B) Nature.

C)

Philosophy.

D)

Beauty.

8. A) Improve his cumulative grade.

B) Develop his reading ability.

C) Stick to the topic assigned.

D) List the parameters first.

Section B

Directions:

In this section, you will hear two 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 marked 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 heard.

9. A) The unprecedented high temperature in Greenland.

B) The collapse of ice on the northern tip of Greenland.

C) The unusual cold spell in the Arctic area in October.

D) The rapid change of Arctic temperature within a day.

10. A) It has created a totally new climate pattern.

B) It will pose a serious threat to many species.

C) It typically appears about once every ten years.

D) It has puzzled the climate scientists for decades.

11. A) Extinction of Arctic wildlife.

B) Iceless summers in the Arctic.

C) Emigration of indigenous people.

D) Better understanding of ecosystems.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.

12. A) A good start.

B) A detailed plan.

C) A strong determination.

D) A scientific approach.

13. A) Most people get energized after a sufficient rest.

B) Most people tend to have a finite source of energy.

C) It is vital to take breaks between demanding mental tasks.

D) It is most important to have confidence in one

’

s willpower.

14. A) They could keep on working longer.

B) They could do more challenging tasks.

C) They found it easier to focus on work at hand.

D) They held more positive attitudes toward life.

15. A) They are part of their nature.

B) They are subject to change.

C) They are related to culture.

D) They are beyond control.

Section C

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) About half of current jobs might be automated.

B) The jobs of doctors and lawyers would be threatened.

C) The job market is becoming somewhat unpredictable.

D) Machine learning would prove disruptive by 2013.

17. A) They are widely applicable for massive open online courses.

B) They are now being used by numerous high school teachers.

C) They could read as many as 10,000 essays in a single minute.

D) They could grade high-school essays just like human teachers.

18. A) It needs instructions throughout the process.

B) It does poorly on frequent, high- volume tasks.

C) It has to rely on huge amounts of previous data.

D) It is slow when it comes to tracking novel things.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.

19. A) The engineering problems with solar power.

B) The generation of steam with the latest technology.

C) The importance of exploring new energy sources.

D) The theoretical aspects of sustainable energy.

20. A) Drive trains with solar energy.

B) Upgrade the city

’

s train facilities.

C) Build a new ten-kilometre railway line.

D) Cut down the city

’

s energy consumption.

21. A) Build a thank for keeping calcium oxide.

B) Find a new material for storing energy.

C) Recover super- heated steam.

D) Collect carbon dioxide gas.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.

22. A) The lack of supervision by both the national and local governments.

B) The impact of the current economic crisis at home and abroad.

C) The poor management of day centres and home help services.

D) The poor relation between national health and social care services.

23. A) It was mainly provided by voluntary services.

B) It mainly caters to the needs of the privileged.

C) It called for a sufficient number of volunteers.

D) It has deteriorated over the past sixty years.

24. A) Their longer lifespans.

B) Fewer home helpers available.

C) Their preference for private services.

D) More of them suffering serious illnesses.

25. A) They are unable to pay for health services.

B) They have long been discriminated against.

C) They are vulnerable to illnesses and diseases.

D) They have contributed a great deal to society.

Part III

Reading Comprehension

(40 minutes)

Section A

Directions:

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. Each 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.

Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.

Just

off

the

coast

of

Southern

California

sits

Santa

Cruz

Island,

where

a

magical

creature

called

the

island

fox

26

.

A

decade

ago,

this

island

’

s

ecosystem

was

in

27

.

Wild

pigs

attracted golden eagles from the mainland, and those flying

28

crashed the fox population. So

the

Nature Conservancy

launched

a

29

war

against

the

pigs,

complete

with

helicopters

and

sharp shooters.

And

it

worked.

Today,

federal

agencies

are

pulling

the

island

fox

from

the

Endangered

Species

List.

It

’

s

the

fastest-ever

recovery

of

a

mammal,

joining

peers

like

the

Louisiana

black

bear as glowing successes in the history of the Endangered Species Act.

But

the

recovery

of

Santa

Cruz

Island

isn

’

t

just

about

the

fox.

The

Nature

Conservancy

has

30

war

on

a

multitude

of

invasive

species

here,

from

sheep

to

plants

to

the

31

Argentine

ant.

“

Our

philosophy

with

the

island

has

always

been,

‘

OK,

32

the

threats and let the island go back to what it was,

’”

says ecologist Christina Boser. And it appears to

be working. Native plants are coming back, and the fox once again bounds about carefree.

But keeping those foxes from harm will occupy Boser and her colleagues for years to come.

You

see,

humans

are

still

allowed

on

Santa

Cruz

Island,

and

they

bring

dogs.

So

Boser

has

to

vaccinate her foxes against various diseases.

“

We

’

re obligated to keep a pulse on the population

for

at

least

five

years

after

the

foxes

are

delisted,

”

says

Boser.

That

includes

tagging

the

foxes

and

33

their numbers to ensure nothing goes wrong.

This is the story of the little fox that has come back, and the people who have

34

their

lives to protecting it. This is the story of wildlife conservation in the age of mass

35

.

A)aggressive

I

）

hinders

B)chaos

J)mammal

C) configuration

K) monitoring

D)declared

L

）

predators

E)dedicated

M

）

remove

F)dwells

N) tempt

G)extinction

O

）

underlying

H) fierce

Section B

Directions:

In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each

statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which

the

information

is

derived.

You

may

choose

a

paragraph

more

than

once.

Each

paragraph

is

marked

with

a

letter.

Answer

the

questions

by

marking

the

corresponding

letter

on

Answer

Sheet 2

.

Do Parents Invade Children’s Privacy When They Post Photos Online?

[A]

When Katlyn Burbidge’s son was 6 years old, he was performing some ridiculous song

and dance typical of a first-grader. But after she snapped a photo and started using her phone, he

asked her a serious question:“Are you going to post that online?” She laughed and answered, “Yes,

I think I will.” What he said next stopped her. “Can you not?”

[B]

That’s when it dawned on her: She had been posting photos of him online without asking

his permission. “We’re big advocates of bodily autonomy and not forcing hi

m to hug or kiss

people unless he wants to, but it never occurred to me that I should ask his permission to post

photos of him online,” says Burbidge, a mom of two in Wakefield, Massachusetts. “Now when I

post a photo of him online, I show him the photo an

d get his okay.”

[C] When her 8-month- old is 3 or 4 years old, she plans to start asking him in an

age-

appropriate way, “Do you want other people to see this?” That’s precisely the approach that

two researchers advocated before a room of pediatricians (

儿科医生

) last week at the American

Academy of Pediatrics meeting, when they discussed the 21st century challenge of “sharenting,” a

new term for parents’ online sharing about their children. “As advocates of children’s rights, we

believe that children should hav

e a voice about what information is shared about them if possible,”

says Stacey Steinberg, a legal skills professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law in

Gainesville.

[D]

Whether it’s ensuring that your child isn’t bullied over something you

post, that their

identity isn’t digitally “kidnapped”, or that their photos don’t end up on a half dozen child

pornography (

色情

) sites, as one Australian mom discovered, parents and pediatricians are

increasingly aware of the importance of protecting child

ren’s digital presence. Steinberg and

Bahareh Keith, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Florida College of

Medicine, say most children will likely never experience problems related to what their parents

share, but a tension still exi

sts between parents’ rights to share their experiences and their

children’s rights to privacy.

[E]

“We’re in no way trying to silence parents’ voices,” Steinberg says. “At the same time,

we recognize that children might have an interest in entering adulthood free to create their own

digital footprint.” They cited a study presented earlier this year of 249 pairs of parents and their

children in which twice as many children as parents wanted rules on what parents could share.

“The parents said, ‘We don’t nee

d rules

—we’re fine,’ and the children said, ‘Our parents need

rules,’” Keith says. “The children wanted autonomy about this issue and were worried about their

parents sharing information about them.”

[F] Although the American Academy of Pediatrics offers guidelines recommending that