1、2021年12月大学英语六级考试真题（第2套）Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay related to the short passage given below. In your essay, you are to comment on the phenomenon described in the passage and suggest measures to address the issue. You should writ
2、e at least 15.Q words but no more than虚wordsNowadays star chasing is prevalent among many teenagers. They take pop stars as their idols,血itating their way of talking, following their style of dressing, and seeking every chance to meet them in person at great expenses. Part II Listening Comprehension
3、 (30 minutes) 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
4、 marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 1. A) It has given rise to much controversy.C) It was primarily written for vegetariansB) It has been very favora
5、bly receivedD) It offends many environmentalists.2. A) She neglects peoples efforts in animal protection.B) She tries to force people to accept her radical ideas.C) She ignores the various benefits of public transport.D) She insists vegetarians are ham血g the environment.3. A) They are significantB)
6、They are revolutionary.4. A) It would help to protect the environment.C) They are rational.D) They are modest.B) It would generate money for public healthC) It would need support from the general publicD) It would force poor people to change their dietQuestions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation y
7、ou have just heard. 5. A) Where successful peoples strengths come fromB) Why many people fight so hard for success.C) How she achieved her lifes goal.D) What makes people successful.6. A) Having someone who has confidence in them.B) Having someone who is ready to help them.C) Having a firm belief in
8、 their own ability.D) Having a realistic attitude towards life.7. A) They adjust their goals accordinglyC) They stay positive.2021年12月英语六级真题第2套第 1页共11页 byB) They try hard to appear optimistic8. A) An understanding leadershipB)A nurturmg environment.Section B D)They remain calm.C) Mutual respect amon
9、g colleagues.D) Highly cooperative teammates.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 fo
10、ur choices marked A), BJ, 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) They use their sense of hearing to capture their preyB) Their food mainly consists of small animals an
11、d fish.C) They have big eyes and distinctive visual centers.D)Their ancestor is different from that of micro bats.10. A) With the help of moonlightB)By means of echolocation.C) With the aid of daylight visionD) By means of vision and smell.11. A) To make up for their natural absence of vision.B) To
12、adapt themselves to a particular lifestyleC) To facilitate their travel over long distances.D)To survive in the ever-changing weather.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard. 12. A) They acquire knowledge not found in books.B) They learn how to interact with their peers.C) Th
13、ey become more emotionally aggressive.D) They get much better prepared for school.13. A) They are far from emotionally prepared.B) They tend to be more attracted by images.C) They cant follow the conflicts in the show.D)They lack the cogn巾ve and memory skills14. A) Choose appropriate programs for th
14、eir children.B)Help their children understand the programs plot.C) Outline the programs plot for their children first.D)Monitor their childrens watching of TV programs15. A) Explain its message to their children.B) Check if their children have enjoyed it.C)Encourage their children to retell the stor
15、y.D) Ask their children to describe its characters.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
16、 marked A), BJ, CJ and DJ. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre 2021年12月英语六级真题第2套第 2页共11页 byQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard. 16.A) They are afraid of injuring their feet.C) They believe a little dirt harms no one
17、.B) They have never developed the habit.D) They find it rather troublesome to do so.17. A) Different types of bacteria existed on public-toilet floors.B) There were more bacteria on sidewalks than in the home.C) Office carpets collected more bacteria than elsewhere.D) A large number of bacteria coll
18、ected on a single shoe.18. A) The chemicals on shoes can deteriorate air quality.B) Shoes can upset family members with their noise.C) The marks left by shoes are hard to erase.D) Shoes can leave scratches on the floor.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard. 19.A) It is si
19、nful and immoral.C) It is an uncontrollable behavior.B) It is deemed uncivilized.D) It is a violation of faith and trust.20. A) Assess their consequences.C) Accept them as normal.B) Guard against their harm.D) Find out their causes.21. A) Try to understand what messages they convey.B) Pay attention
20、to their possible consequences.C) Consider them from different perspectives.D) Make sure they are brought under control.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard. 22. A) Cultivation of new varieties of crops.B) Measures to cope with climate changeC) Development of more effect
21、ive pesticides.D) Application of more nitrogen-rich fertilizers.23. A) The expansion of fam仆and in developing countries.B) The research on crop rotation in developing countriesC) The cooperation of the worlds agricultural scientists.D) The improvement of agricultural infrastructure.24. A) For encour
22、aging farmers to embrace new farming techniquesB) For aligning their research with advances in farming technology.C) For turning their focus to the needs of farmers in poorer countries.D) For cooperating closely with policymakers in developing countries25. A) Rapid transition to become a food export
23、er.B) Substantial funding in agricultural research.C) Quick rise to become a leading grain producerD) Assumption of humanitarian responsibilities.2021年12月英语六级真题第2套第3页共11页 byPart III Section A Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are
24、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
25、single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. According to psychologist Sharon Draper, our clothing choices can absolutely affect our well-being. When we wear ill-fitting clothes, or feel over- or under-dressed for an event, its natural to feel self-con
26、scious or even stressed. Conversely, she says, opting for clothes that fit well and _lL with your sense of style can improve your confidence. But can you improve your health through your _1_ clothing, without having to dash out and buy a whole new _lL_? Absolutely, says Draper. If your goal is to im
27、prove your thinking, she recommends picking clothes that fit well and are unlikely to encourage restlessness, so, avoid bows, ties and unnecessary ?. It also helps to opt for clothes you_J_Q_as tying in with your goals, so, if you want to perform better at work, select pieces you view as professiona
28、l. Draper says this fits in with the concept of behavioral activation, whereby _lL_in a behavior (in this case, selecting clothes) can set you on the path to then achieving your goals (working harder) Another way to improve your_lLof mind is to mix things up. Draper says we often feel stuck in a rut
29、 (常规） if we wear the same clotheseven if theyre our favoritesthus opting for an item you dont wear often, or adding something different to an outfit, such as a hat, can _l1_ shift your mood. On days when youre really ? to brave the world, Draper suggests selecting sentimental items of clothing, such
30、 as ones you wore on a special day, or given to you by a loved one, as clothes with _li_ associations can help you tap into constructive emotions. A) accessonesB) alignC) concurrently D) currentE) engagmgF) fondG) frameH) locationsI) perceiveJ) positively K) profileL) prospenngM) reluctantN) showcas
31、e0) wardrobe2021年12月英语六级真题第2套第4页共11页 bySection B Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to几Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph m
32、ore than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. Do music lessons really make children smarter? A) A recent analysis found that most research mischaracterizes the relationship betweenmusic and skills enhancement.B) In
33、2004, a paper appeared in the journal Psychological Science, titled Music LessonsEnhance IQ. The author, composer and psychologist Glenn Schellenberg hadconducted an experiment with 144 children randomly assigned to four groups: onelearned the keyboard for a year, one took singing lessons, one joine
34、d an acting class,and a control group had no extracurricular training. The IQ of the children in the twomusical groups rose by an average of seven points in the course of a year; those in theother two groups gained an average of 4.3 pointsC) Schellenberg had long been skeptical of the science suppor
35、ting claims that musiceducation e汕ances childrens abstract reasoning, math, or language sk仆ls. If childrenwho play the piano are smarter, he says, it doesnt necessarily mean they are smarterbecause they play the piano. It could be that the youngsters who play the piano alsohappen to be more ambitiou
36、s or better at focusing on a task. Correlation, after all, doesnot prove causation.D) The 2004 paper was specifically designed to address those concerns. And as apassionate musician, Schellenberg was delighted when he turned up credible evidencethat music has transfer effects on general intelligence
37、. But nearly a decade later, in 2013,the Education Endowment Foundation funded a bigger study with more than 900students. That study failed to confirm Schellenbergs findings, producing no evidencethat music lessons improved math and literacy skills.E) Schellenberg took that news in stride while cont
38、inuing to cast a skeptical eye on theresearch in his field. Recently, he decided to formally investigate just how often hisfellow researchers in psychology and neuroscience make what he believes are erroneousor at least prematurecausal connections between music and intelligence. His results, publish
39、ed in May, suggest that many of his peers do just that F) For his recent study, Schellenberg asked two research assistants to look for correlationalstudies on the effects of music education. They found a total of 114 papers publishedsince 2000. To assess whether the authors claimed any causation, re
40、searchers thenlooked for telltale verbs in each papers title and abstract, verbs like enhance,promote, facilitate, and strengthen. The papers were categorized as neuroscienceif the study employed a brain imaging method like magnetic resonance, or if the studyappeared in a journal that had brain, neu
41、roscience, or a related term in its title.Otherwise the papers were categorized as psychology. Schellenberg didnt tell hisassistants what exactly he was trying to prove.2021年12月英语六级真题第2套第5页共11页 byG) After computing their assessments, Schellenberg concluded that the majority of thearticles erroneousl
42、y claimed that music training had a causal effect. The overselling,he also found, was more prevalent among neuroscience stud比s, three quarters of whichmischaracterized a mere association between music training and skills enhancementas a cause-and-effect relationship. This may come as a surprise to s
43、ome. Psychologistshave been battling charges that they dont do real science for some timein largepart because many findings from classic experiments have proved unreproducibleNeuroscientists, on the other hand, armed with brain scans and EEGs（脑电图），havenot been subject to the same degree of critique.
44、H) To argue for a cause-and-effect relationship, scientists must attempt to explain why andhow a connection could occur. When it comes to transfer effects of music,scientists frequently point to brain plasticity一the fact that the brain changes accordingto how we use it. When a child learns to play t
45、he violin, for example, several stud比Shave shown that the brain region responsible for the fine motor sk仆ls of the lefthands fingers is likely to grow. And many experiments have shown that musicaltraining improves certain hearing capabilities, like filtering voices from backgroundnoise or distinguis
46、hing the difference between the consonants（辅音）b andg.I)But Schellenberg remains highly critical of how the concept of plasticity has beenapplied in his field. Plasticity has become an industry of its own, he wrote in his Maypaper. Practice does change the brain, he allows, but what is questionable i
47、s theassertion that these changes affect other brain regions, such as those responsible forspatial reasoning or math problemsJ) Neuropsychologist Lutz Jancke agrees. Most of these studies dont allow for causalinferences, he said. For over two decades, Jancke has researched the effects of musiclesson
48、s, and like Schellenberg, he believes that the only way to truly understand the订effects is to run longitudinal studies. In such studies, researchers would need to followgroups of children with and without music lessons over a long period of timeeven ifthe assignments are not completely random. Then
49、they could compare outcomes foreach group.K) Some researchers are starting to do just that. The neuroscientist Peter Schneider fromHeidelberg University in Germany, for example, has been following a group of childrenfor ten years now. Some of them were handed musical instruments and given lessonsthr
50、ough a school-based program in the Ruhr region of Germany called Jedem Kind einInstrument, or an instrument for every child, which was carried out with governmentfunding. Among these children, Schneider has found that those who were enthusiasticabout music and who practiced voluntarily showed improv
