2019年6月份英语六级（第三套）真题

2019 年 6 月英语六级真题试卷（第三套）Part IWriting(30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the importance ofmotivation and methods in learning. You can cite examples to illustrate your views. Youshould write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Part Listening Comprehension(30 minutes)特别说明：由于 2019 年 6 月六级考试全国共考了 2 套听力，第三套真题听力试题与第 1 套或第 2 套内容一致，因此在本套真题中不再重复出现。Part Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one wordfor each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passagethrough 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 linethrough 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.Steel is valued for its reliability, but not when it gets cold. Most forms of steel 26 becomebrittle (脆的) at temperatures below about -25 unless they are mixed with other metals. Now,though, a novel type of steel has been developed that resists 27 at much lower temperatures,while retaining its strength and toughness - without the need for expensive 28.Steel's fragility at low temperatures first became a major concern during the Second WorldWar. After German U-boats torpedoed (用鱼雷攻击) numerous British ships, a 2700-strong fleetof cheap-and-cheerful “Liberty ships” was introduced to replace the lost vessels, providing alifeline for theAtlantic, and 12 broke in half and sank.Brittleness remains a problem when building steel structures in cold conditions, such as oil29 British. But the steel shells of hundreds of the ships30 in the icy northrigs in the Arctic. So scientists havesuch as nickel.31 to find a solution by mixing it with expensive metalsYuuji Kimura and colleagues in Japan tried a more physical 32 Rather than adding othermetals, they developed a complex mechanical process involving repeated heating and very severemechanical deformation, known as tempforming.The resulting steel appears to achieve a combination of strength and toughness that is 33to that of modem steels that are very rich in alloy content and, therefore, very expensive.Kimura's team intends to use its tempformed steel to make ultra-high strength parts, such asbolts. They hope to reduce both the number of 34 needed in a construction job and their weight-1 - by replacing solid supports with 35 tubes, for example. This could reduce the amount ofsteel needed to make everything from automobiles to buildings and bridges.A) abruptlyB) additivesC) approachD) ardentlyE) besiegedF) channelI) crackedJ) fracturesK) hollowL) relevantM) reshuffledN) strivedO) violentG) comparableH) componentsSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Eachstatement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from whichthe information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph ismarked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 2.The future of personal satellite technology is hereare we ready for it?A Satellites used to be the exclusive playthings of rich governments and wealthycorporations. But increasingly, as space becomes more democratized, they are coming withinreach of ordinary people. Just like drones (无人机) before them, miniature satellites are beginningto fundamentally transform our conceptions of who gets to do what up above our heads.B As a recent report from the National Academy of Sciences highlights, these satellites holdtremendous potential for making satellite-based science more accessible than ever before.However, as the cost of getting your own satellite in orbit drops sharply, the risks of irresponsibleuse grow. The question here is no longer “Can we?” but “Should we?” What are the potentialdownsides of having a slice of space densely populated by equipment built by people nottraditionally labeled as “professionals”? And what would the responsible and beneficialdevelopment and use of this technology actually look like? Some of the answers may come from anonprofit organization that has been building and launching amateur satellites for nearly 50 years.C Having your personal satellite launched into orbit might sound like an idea straight out ofscience fiction. But over the past few decades a unique class of satellites has been created that fitsthe bill: CubeSats. The “Cube” here simply refers to the satellite's shape. The most commonCubeSat is a 10cm cube, so small that a single CubeSat could easily be mistaken for a paperweighton your desk. These mini-s