1、2021年6月大学英语六级考试真题（三）Part IWriting (30 minutes) Directions: 凡r 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 Chinas achievements in poverty alleviation. You should write at least 150
2、words but no more than 200 words. (Million people) 100 Rural population in poverty poverty headcount ratio(% of rural population) 505 752 2 1963 。- 0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Sources: Chinas National Bureau of Statistics, Chinas State Council Leading Oro叩OfficeofPoverty Alleviati
3、on and Development Part Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) 说明：由于2021年6月六级考试全国共考了2套听力，本套真题听力与前2套内容完全一样，只是顺序不一样，因此在本套真题中不再重复出现。Part :or 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 wor
4、d bank following the passage. Read the pssage 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 Reading Comprehension
5、(40 minutes) words in the bank more than, once . At 43 , Ive reached the stage where women are warned to watch out for the creeping sadness of middle age. Were served up an endless stream of advice on how to survive your 40s, as if were in the endurance stage of a slow funp toward 26 This is the age
6、 women start to become invisibleour value, attractiveness and power supposedly 27 by the vanishing of youth. But I dont feel like Im fading into- I feel more seen than I ever have, and for the first time in my life, I have a clear-eyed view of myself that is . 29 , compassionate and accepting. When
7、I look in the mirror, Im proud of who I am-even those broken parts that for so long seemed impossible to love. So when advertisers try to sell me ways to turn back te clock, I have to 30 a laugh. I wouldnt go back to the crippling self-consciousness of my youth if you paid me. This hard-won sense of
8、 self-acceptance is one of the joys of- being an older woman. But its a narrative often 31 out by the shame that marketers rely on to peddle us their diet pills, miracle face creams and breathable yoga pantsas if self-love is a , 32commodity. 六级2021年6月47 For some women I know, this sense of trust an
9、d self-belief later in life gave them the courage to leave dysfunctional relationships or 33 on new career paths. Others talked about enjoying their own company, of growth. through 34 , deepening bonds of friendships, the ability to be more compassionate, less judgmental and to listen more and appre
10、ciate the small pleasures. Life past 40 is far h from smooth sailing, but it s so muc more than the reductive 35 we see m women s magazmes and on the Hollywood big screen. A) adversityF) drownedK) outlinesB) authenticG) embarkL) prevalentC) conveyH) fragilityM) purchasableD) depictionsI) neglectedN)
11、 submitE) diminishedJ) obscurity0) suppressSection 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 叫ormation is derived. You may choose a parag
12、raph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 . What Are the Ethics of CGI Actors-And Will They Replace Real Ones? A) Digital humans are coming to a screen near you. As computer-generated imagery (CGI) has beco
13、mecheaper and more sophisticated, the film industry can now convincingly recreate people on screen even actors who have been dead for decades. The technologys ability to effectively keep celebritiesalive beyond the grave is raising 9uestions about public legacies and image righ,ts.B) Late in 2019, i
14、t was announced that US actor James Dean, who died in 1955, will star in a VietnamWar film scheduled for release later this year. In the film, which will be called Finding Jack, Deanwill be recreated on screen with CGI based on old footage (影片镜头） and photographs, with anotheractor voicing him. The n
15、ews was met with excitement by those keen to see Dean digitally brought backto life for only his fourth film, but it also drew sharp criticism. This is puppeteering the dead for theirfame alone, actress Zelda Williams wrote on Twitter. It sets such an awful precedent for the futureof performance. He
16、r father, Robin Williams, who died in 2014, was keen to avoid the same fate.Before his death, he filed a deed protecting the use of his image until 2039, preventing others fromrecreating him using CGI to appear in a film, TV show or as a hologram (全息影像）C) The James Dean film is a way to keep the act
17、ors image relevant for younger generations, says MarkRoesler of CMG Worldwide, the firm that represents Deans estate. I think this is the beginning ofan entire wave, says Travis Cloyd, CEO of Worldwide XR, one of the companies behind the digitalrecreation of Dean. Moving into the future, we want Jam
18、es Dean to be brought into different gamingenvironments, or different virtual reality environments, or augmented reality environments, he says.D) Other actors have been revived, with the permission of their estates, for advertising purposes: forexample, a 2011 advertisement for Dior featured contemp
19、orary actress Charlize Theron alongsideiconic 20th-century stars Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly and Marlene Dietrich. Later, Audrey Hepburnwas digitally recreated for a chocolate commercial in 2013. In the same year, a CGI Bruce Leeappeared in a Chinese-language ad for a whisky brand which offended man
20、y fans because Lee waswidely known not_ to drink alcohol at all. In the last five years, its become more affordable and moreachievable in a whole movie, says Tim Webber at UK visual effects firm Framestore, the companybehind the Hepburn chocolate ad. Framestore used body doubles with resemblance to
21、Hepburns facialstructure and body shape as a framework for manual animation. The processwas extremely difficultand expensive, says Webber, but the technology has moved on.六级2021年6月48 E) Now, a person can be animated from scratch. If theyre alive today, you can put them in scanningrigs, you can get e
22、very detail of their body analysed very carefully and that makes it much easier,whereas working from available photographs is tricky/says Webber, who won an Academy Awardfor his visual effects work on the 2013 film Gravity. I also see a lot of actors today who will have thedesire to take advantage o
23、f this technology: to have their likeness captured and stored for futurecontent, says Cloyd. They foresee this being something that could give their estates and give theirfamilies the ability to make money from their likeness when theyre gone.F) A hidden hazard of digitally recreating a deceased (已故
24、的） celebrity is the risk of damaging theirlegacy. We have to respect the security and the integrity of rights holders, says John Canning atDigital Domain, a US firm that created a hologram rapper (说唱艺人） Tupac Shakur, which appearedat the Coachella music festival in 2012, 15 years after his death.G)
25、Legally, a persons rights to control the commercial use of their name and image beyond their deathdiffer between and even within countries. In certain US states, for example, these rights are treatedsimilarly to property rights, and are transferable to a persons heirs. In California, under theCelebr
26、ities Rights Act, the personality rights for a celebrity last for 70 years after their death. Wevegot a societal debate going on about access to our public commons, as it were, about famous faces,says Lilian Edwards at Newcastle University, UK. Should the public be allowed to use or reproduceimages
27、of famous people, given how iconic they are? And what is in the best interest of a deceasedpersons legacy may conflict with the desires of their family or the public, says Edwards.H) A recreation, however lifelike, will never be indistinguishable from a real actor, says Webber. Whenwe are bringing s
28、omeone back, representing someone who is no longer alive on the screen, what weare doing is extremely sophisticated digital make-up, he says. A performance is a lot more than aphysical resemblance.I)As it becomes easier to digitally recreate celebrities and to entirely manufacture on-screen identiti
29、es,could this kind of technology put actors out of jobs? I think actors are worried about this, saysEdwards. But I think it will take a very long time. This is partly because of the risk that viewers findvirtual humans scary. Edwards cites widespread backlash to the digital recreation of Carrie Fish
30、er as ayoung Princess Leia in Rogue One, a trick later repeated in the recent Star Wars: The Rise ofSkywalker, which was filmed after Fishers death in 2016. People didnt like it, she says. Theydiscovered the uncanny valley (诡异谷）”J)This refers to the idea that when objects trying to resemble humans a
31、rent quite perfect, they can makeviewers feel uneasy because they fall somewhere between obviously non-human and fully human.Thats always a danger when youre doing anything human or human-like, says Webber. Therere athousand things that could ,go wrong with a computer-generated facial performance, a
32、nd any one ofthose could make it fall into the uncanny valley, he says. Your brain just knows theres somethingwrong. The problem often arises around the eyes or mouth, says Webber. Theyre the areas that youlook at when youre talking to someone.K) An unfamiliar digital human that has been created thr
33、ough CGI will also face the same challenge as anunknown actor: they dont have the appeal of an established name. You have to spend substantialcapital in creating awareness around their likeness and making sure people are familiar with who theyare, says Cloyd. This is now starting to happen. The way
34、you pre-sell a movie in a foreign market isbased on relevant talent, he says. I think were a long way away from having virtual beings that havethe ability to pre-sell content.L) Webber expects that we will see more digital humans on screen. Its happening because it canhappen, he says. Referring to a
35、 line from Jurassic Park (侁罗纪公园），he adds: People are too busythinking about what they can do to think about whether they should do it.六级2021年6月49 36. There is an ongoing debate among the public as to whether the images of deceased celebrities should berecreated.37. The CGI technology allows the imag
36、e of the deceased James Dean to be presented to young people innew settings.38. It is very likely that the CG I-recreated image of a deceased celebrity will fail to match the real actorespecially in facial expressions.39. The use of digital technology can bring images of deceased celebrities back to
37、 the screen.40. Recreating a deceased famous actor or actress may violate their legitimate rights.41. More CGI-recreated images of deceased celebrities are expected to appear on screen.42. The image of James Dean will be recreated on screen with his voice dubbed by someone else.43. However advanced
38、the CGI technology is, the recreated image will differ in a way from the realactor.44. A lot of actors today are likely to make use of the CGI technology to have their images stored for thebenefit of their families.45. Some actors are concerned that they may lose jobs because of the CGI technology.S
39、ection C Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A) , B) , C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single l
40、ine through the centre . Passage One Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage. You cant see it, smell it, or hear it, and people disagree on how precisely to define it, or where exactly it comes from. It isnt a school subject or an academic discipline, but it can be learned; It is a qua
41、lity that is required of artists, but it is also present in the lives of scientists and entrepreneurs. All of us benefit from it and we thrive mentally and spiritually when we are able to wield it. It is a delicate thing, easily stamped out; in fact, it flourishes most fully when people are playful
42、and childlike. Meanwhile, it works best in conjunction with deep knowledge and expertise. This mysteriousbut teachablequality is creativity, the subject of a recently-published report by Durham Commission on Creativity and Education. The report concludes that creativity should not inhabit the school
43、 curriculum only as it relates to drama, music, art and other obviously creative subjects, but that creative thinking ought to run through all of school life, infusing (充满） the way humanities and natural sciences are learned. The authors, who focus on education in England, offer a number of sensible
44、 recommendations, some of which are an attempt to alleviate the uninspiring and fact-based approach to education that has crept into policy in recent years. When children are regarded as vessels to be filled with facts, creativity does not prosper; nor does it when teachers sole objective is coachin
45、g children towards exams. One suggestion from the commission is a network of teacher-led creativity collaboratives, along the lines of existing maths hubs (中心），with the aim of supporting teaching for creativity through the school curriculum. Nevertheless, it is arts subjects through which creativity
46、 can most obviously be fostered. The value placed on them by the independent education sector is clear. One only has to look at the remarkable arts facilities at Britains top private schoolsto comprehend this. But in the state sector the excessive focus on English, maths and science threatens to cru
47、sh arts subjects; meanwhile, reduced school budgets mean diminishing extracurricular activities. There has been a 28.1 % decline in students taking creative subjects at high schools since 2014, though happily, art and design have seen a recent increase. This discrepancy between state and private edu
48、cation is a matter of social justice. It is simply wrong and unfair that most children have a fraction of the access to choirs, orchestras, art studios and drama that 六级2021年6月50 their more privileged peers enjoy. As lives are affected by any number of looming challenges一climatecrisis, automation in
49、 the workplacehumans are going to need creative thinking more than ever. For all of our sakes, creativity in education, and for all, must become a priority. 46. What do we learn from the passage about creativity?A) It develops best when people are spiritually prepared.B) It is most often wielded by
50、scientists and entrepreneurs.C) It is founded on scientific knowledge and analytical skills.D) It contributes to intellectual growth but can easily be killed.47. What is the conclusion of a recently-published report?A) Natural sciences should be learned the way humanities courses are.B). Cultivation
