2021年6月大学英语六级真题 第一套
2021年6月大学英语六级考试真题 (第1套)Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the chart below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the chart and comment on China's achievements in higher education. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: 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.Question 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1. A) He is going to leave his present job.2. B) It should be kept private.3. C) It may adversely affect his future career prospects.4. A) Pour out his frustrations on a rate-your-employer website.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. B) Her latest documentary.6. D) She had to endure many hardships.7. D) A hurricane was coming.8. C) It was fruitful.Section BDirections: 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 I with a single line through the center.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.9. B) It diminishes laymens interest in science.10. C) They tend to disbelieve the actual science.11. B) Do away with jargon terms.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.12. A) There were oil deposits below a local gassy hill.13. D) The sand under the hill.14. C) It gave birth to the oil drilling industry.15. D) It radically transformed the states economy.Section CDirections: 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. D) Bad managers.17. B) Toxic company culture.18. A) It was based only on the perspective of employees.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.19. D) It is seeing an automation revolution.20. A) It creates a lot of new jobs.21. C) They accept it with reservation.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.22. B) Their annual death rate is about twice that of the global average.23. C) They dont reflect the changes in individual countries.24. B) Many of them have seen a decline in road-death rates.25. A) Foster better driving behavior.Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: 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. I'm always baffled when I walk into a pharmacy and see shelves bursting with various vitamins, extracts and other supplements, all promising to accelerate or promote weight loss. Aisles of marketing genius belie(掩饰)the fact that, 26 , weight loss is dictated by the laws of arithmetic. Economist Jessica Irvine wrote a book about how she used math to help her lose more than 18 kilograms. If calories taken in are less than calories 27 , weight shall be lost, and so it is with money.Despite the 28 of financial products, services and solutions geared towards accumulating wealth, it all begins with the same 29 : getting ahead financially requires a reduction of spending, so that income is greater than expenses. I was reminded of this again recently listening to an interview with Nicole Haddow, the author of Smashed Avocado, explaining how she cracked the property market at 31. It was quite a 30 , given where she had been two years earlier. Nicole didn't celebrate her 30th birthday as she had 31 . She was sobbing at the dinner table with her parents, with whom she had just moved back in. She had no stable income,12,000 in credit-card debt and no plan, but to her 32 , her father, an accountant, told her that her financial 33 wasn