1、 2021 年年 6 月大学英语六级考试真题月大学英语六级考试真题 (第第 1 套套) Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the graph below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the graph and comment on Chinas achievements in urbanization. You should w
2、rite at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. 【参考范文】【参考范文】 As is clearly illustrated in the chart, the share of urbanization in China increased dramatically from 19.39% in 1980 to 60.50% in 2019. Apparently, the figures reveal that the urbanization strategy in China is highly successful, and C
3、hina has experienced sustainable urbanization in the past 40 years. This graph does mirror a not uncommon social phenomenon: vast rural populations flood into big cities. A number of factors might contribute to this tendency, but the following one might be the critical one. First and foremost, along
4、 with the development of big cities, an increasing number of rural dwellers would like to work and live in big cities. In addition, the government has worked out a series of effective policies to attract rural citizens to migrate to cities. For example, more highly paid jobs have been offered to the
5、m in big cities. Consequently, people in the countryside flood into modern cities. In a word, this chart is a perfect index of Chinas fast-expanding economy, especially the rising living quality in metropolises, which has attracted a large number of rural workers in the recent decade. Meanwhile, it
6、is reasonable for us to believe that the greater integration of migrants into urban life will definitely contribute to our nations development. 【解析】解析】 本篇属于图表作文。题目给出的是中国城镇化发展这一现象。开头段简要描述图表并发表自己的看法。主体段解释中国城镇化发展很快的具体原因。结尾段总结这一发展带来的好处并展望未来。 Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section A Directi
7、ons: 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
8、 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) Pou
9、r 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 B Directions: In this section, you will hear
10、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
11、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 conversation you have jus
12、t 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 C Directions: In this section, you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed
13、 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
14、 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
15、) 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. 2
16、5. A) Foster better driving behavior. 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
17、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. Im always baffled when I walk into a pharm
18、acy 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
19、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 re
20、quires 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 ear
21、lier. Nicole didnt 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 wasnt
22、as bad as she thought. He said, on her income, with some changes, she would be able to buy an investment unit within two years, which she did. Nicole admitted she was fortunate, as she was able to live with her parents and 34 her spending-and life -to get herself on track financially. Creating a gap
23、 between her income and spending required a paradigm shift and 35 sacrifice and commitment, but by going into financial lockdown, Nicole gained financial independence. A) abundance E) equation I) impetus M) prosper B) astonishment F) expended J) overhaul N) shatter C) entailed G) feat K) permanently
24、 O) ultimately D) envisaged H) fiscally L) plight 【参考答案】【参考答案】 26 O) ultimately 27 F）expended 28 A) abundance 29 E) equation 30 G）feat 31 D）envisaged 32 B）astonishment 33 L）plight 34 J）overhaul 35 C) entailed 【解析】【解析】 名词 A) abundance 大量；丰盛；充裕 B) astonishment 惊讶；惊异 E) equation 方程，方程式；等式；相等 G) feat 技艺
25、；武艺；功绩 I) impetus 动力；推动；促进；刺激 L) plight 苦难；困境；苦境 动词 J) overhaul 赶上，超过 L) plight 保证，约定 M) prosper 繁荣；兴旺；成功 N) shatter 破碎，碎裂；破灭 副词 H) fiscally 财政上 K) permanently 永久地；永远；长期；一直 O) ultimately 最终；最后 -ed C) entailed 牵涉；需要；使必要 D) envisaged 想象；设想；展望 F) expended 花费；消费；耗费 26. O) ultimately 【解析】空格前后各有一个逗号，说明此处应
26、填副词。选项中副词有：H) fiscally；K) permanently；O) ultimately。根据空格所在句：Aisles of marketing genius belie（掩饰）the fact that, , weight loss is dictated by the laws of arithmetic. 的语境来看，H) fiscally 不符合语境，此句没有提及“财政”；选项 K) permanently（永恒）过于绝对，所以只有 O) ultimately 合适。 27. F）expended 【解析】空格前是：If calories taken in are les
27、s than calories _，这个分句的谓语部分是 are less than（少于），前后比较对象分别是 calories taken in 和calories _。两个比较对象的结构应该是类似的，比较对象的第一个calories，它后面有一个过去分词短语 taken in，作 calories 的后置定语；所以比较对象的第二个 calories，它后面也应该有一个过去分词短语，作它的后置定语，所以我们要从 V-ed 形式中选一个过去分词。选项中-ed 形式的单词有 C) entailed（牵涉；需要；使必要） ；D) envisaged（想象；设想；展望） ；F) expended（
28、花费；消费；耗费） 。既然前后是比较，我们应该选与 taken in 含义 相反的单词，答案是 F) expended（花费；消费；耗费） ， “摄入的卡路里”和“消耗的卡路里”作比较。 28 A) abundance 【解析】空格前后是：Despite the _ of，通过空格前的 the，可知，空格处应填名词。选项中名词有：A) abundance；B) astonishment；E) equation；G) feat；I) impetus；L) plight； 根据空格句：Despite the of financial products, services and solutions
29、 geared towards accumulating wealth, it all begins with the same _,通过 despite 可知，这两个分句的语义应该是对立逻辑， “尽管有大量的 financial supports，但它们都有相同的” 。所以此处填与 the same 构成对立逻辑的单词。只有 A) abundance 符合语义。 29 E) equation 【解析】通过空格前的 the same _可判断，空格处缺少名词。选项中名词有：A) abundance；B) astonishment；E) equation；G) feat；I) impetus；L
30、) plight。结合本句语境，此处选 E) equation。 30 G）feat 【解析】通过空格前的 quite a _可判断，空格处缺少名词。选项中名词有：A) abundance；B) astonishment；E) equation；G) feat；I) impetus；L) plight。因为空格前有冠词 a，所以空格处应该填可数名词的单数形式。其中属于可数名词单数形式的单词有： G) feat； I) impetus； L) plight。 结合上文语境， 此处选 G） feat。 31 D）envisaged 【解析】空格前是 as she had，可知，空格处可以填名词或者
31、-ed 形式的单词。名词填入均不符合句子语义，所以只能填以下-ed 形式的单词：C) entailed ；D) envisaged；F) expended。三个单词填入空格后，只有 D）envisaged 符合语境：不像她设想的那样。 32 B）astonishment 【解析】空格前是 to her，因为 her 是形容词，所以 her 之后应该填名词。选项中名词有：A) abundance；B) astonishment；E) equation；G) feat；I) impetus；L) plight；能和 to her 构成固定搭配的，只有 B) astonishment 。to one
32、s astonishment是固定搭配，其中文含义是“令人惊讶的是。 33 L）plight 【解析】通过空格前后的 her financial _wasnt 可断定，此处应填名词。选项中名词有：A) abundance；B) astonishment；E) equation；G) feat；I) impetus；L) plight。能跟空格前 financial（财政的）构成搭配的名词只有 L) plight：财政困境。 34 J）overhaul 【解析】通过空格前后 she was able to live with her parents and _ her spending可断定，此
33、处缺少动词，and 之前的动词是 was able to live with，空格处有可能是和 was 并列的-ed 形式的动词，也有可能是和(to) live with 并列的动词原形，只不过不定式符号 to 被省略掉了。-ed 形式的动词：C) entailed ；D) envisaged；F) expended，只有 C) entailed 没被选过，但它和空格之后的 her spending 不搭配。所以此空不可能填-ed 形式的单词，只能填与(to) live with 并列的动词原形。选项中的动词原形有： J) overhaul； L) plight； M) prosper ； N
34、) shatter， 能和 her spending搭配起来的，只有）overhaul。 35 C) entailed 【解析】空格前后是 Creating a gaprequired a paradigm shift and _ sacrifice and commitment，通过 and 可判断，and 前后两个小分句是并列关系。and 之前有required， 所以 and 之后也应该有一个-ed 形式的动词， 来和 required 保持并列。选项中-ed 形式的单词有：C) entailed ；D) envisaged；F) expended；通过排除掉之前所选的选项，此空格只能选
35、 C) entailed，而且 C 选项也符合此句语境。 Section BDirections: 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 tha
36、n once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. Frances beloved cathedral only minutes away from complete destruction A Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris was within “15 to 30 minutes of complete destruction as firef
37、ighters battled to stop flames reaching its bell towers on Monday evening, French authorities have revealed. A greater disaster was averted by members of the Paris fire brigade, who risked their lives to remain inside the burning monument to create a wall of water between the raging fire and the two
38、 towers on the west of the building. B The revelation of how close France came to losing its most famous cathedral emerged as police investigators questioned workers involved in the restoration of the monument to try to establish the cause of the devastating blaze. Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said t
39、hat an initial fire alert was sounded at 6:20pm on Monday evening but no fire was found. The second alert was sounded at 6:43pm, and the blaze was discovered on the roof. C More than 650 million was raised in a few hours on Tuesday as French business leaders and global corporations announced theywou
40、ld donateto a restoration campaign launched by the president, Emmanuel Macron. But as the emergency services picked through the burnt debris, a row was resurfacing over accusations that the beloved cathedral, immortalised in Victor Hugos novel, was already crumbling before the fire.D The cathedral i
41、s owned by the French state and has been at the centre of a years-long dispute over who should finance restoration work of the collapsing staircases, crumbling statues and cracked walls. Jean-Michel Leniaud, the president of the scientific council at the National Heritage Institute, said: “What happ
42、ened was bound to happen. The lack of adequate maintenance and daily attention to such a majestic building is the cause of this catastrophe.” After the blaze was declared completely extinguished, 15 hours after it started, the junior interior minister, Laurent Nunez, said the structure had been save
43、d but remained vulnerable. He praised the actions of the firefighters but admitted the fate of the cathedral had been uncertain. “They saved the main structure, but it all came down to 15-30 minutes,” Nunez said.E In a surprise televised address on Tuesday evening, Macron said he wanted to see the c
44、athedral rebuilt within five years. “The fire at Notre Dame reminds us that we will always have challenges to overcome,” Macron said. “Notre Dame is our history, our literature, the centre of our life. It is the standard by which we measure our distances. Its so many books, so many paintings. Its th
45、e cathedral of every French person, even those who have never visited it. This history is ours and so we will rebuild Notre Dame. Itis whattheFrenchpeopleexpect;itiswhatourhistorydeserves. It isourdeepdestiny. We will rebuild Notre Dame so it is even more beautiful than before. I want it done in the
46、 next five years. We can do it. After the time of testing comes a time of reflection and then of action.”F The fire, which had started at the base of the 93-metre spire(尖塔）at about 6:40pm on Monday, spread through the cathedrals roof, made up of hundreds of oak beams, some dating back to the 13th ce
47、ntury. These beams, known as la for t (the forest) because of their density, formed the cross-shaped roof that ran the length of the central partofthecathedral.AshundredsoftouristsandParisiansstoodandwatchedtheflames leaping from the roof, there was shock and tears as the cathedral spire caught fire
48、, burned and then collapsed into itself.G A collection of dramatic videos and photos quickly spread across social media, showing the horrifying destruction, and attracting emotional responses from people all overtheworld. Indeed,withinminutesthefireoccupiedheadlinesofeverymajorglobal newspaper and t
49、elevision network. This is not surprising given Notre Dame Cathedral, meaning “Our Lady”, is one of the most recognised symbols of the city of Paris attracting millions of tourists every year. H While the world looked on, the 500 firefighters at the scene then battled to prevent the flames from reac
50、hing the two main towers, where the cathedral bells hang. If the wooden frame of the towers had caught fire, it could have sent the bells the largest of which, the Emmanuel Bell, weighs 13 tons crashing down, potentially causing the collapse of both towers. Police and fire services will spend the ne
