2020年7月六级真题

1、阅读四级第一套选词填空“Science and everyday life cannot and should not be se pa rated/' Those were the words uttered by pioneering British scientist Rosalind Franklin, who firmly believed that the pursu it of science should be (26)to all.As a woman working in the first half of the 20th century, Franklin1 s

2、 contributions to some of the greatest scientific dis coveries of our time - including the structure of DNA - were s adly (27)in her lifetime. One of my proudest moments i n my role as universities and science minister was being able t o go some way to redress this injustice last month/ by unveili n

3、g the new Mars rover named after this brilliant British scienti st.Today, on International Women, s Day, it is only right tha t we recognise the important work of female scientists like Fra nklin and seek to honour her memory by inspiring more worn en and girls to follow in her footsteps.More than 6

4、0 years after Franklin7 s death, we are (28) _ living in a different world, where women play an importa nt part in every echelon of our society - not least in science, i nnovation, higher education and research.UK universities are world leaders when it comes to advan cing and (29)gender equality. Th

5、e Athena SWAN chart er; initially established to improve the representation of wome n in scientific disciplines in higher education, now has 145members. It has also expanded to promote gender equali ty in multiple disciplines - including the arts, social sciences, humanities, business and law.In the

6、 past decade, we have seen a (30)increase in England in the number of women accepted on to full-time un dergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem subjects). And in the last academic year; women (31)for more than half of all Stem postgraduates at UK universities. The gov

7、ernment is taking further steps to improv e women, s representation in science and has today awarded nine inspiring women £50,000 to develop inventions to tackl e the challenges and seize the opportunities we face as a soci ety. From new materials to cut down on plastics pollution to s pecial d

8、evices to improve posture and comfort for wheelchair users, these women are at the forefront of creating the new t echnology for tomorrow.This is significant progress, but access to higher educatio n is only half of the equation. To have real equality in the sect or; we need to ensure talented women

9、 are able to progress in to the academic and leadership roles they desire, and get the remuneration they deserve.Data shows us the (32)to success gets harder for w omen to climb the further up they go. Although women make up the majority of undergraduates in our universities, just un der half of aca

10、demic staff are female. At (33)levels, onl y a quarter of professors are women, and black women make up less than 2% of all female academic staff.I welcome the introduction of pro-active strategies like th e new initiative at theUniversity of Leicester; which I am visiting today, to increa se the nu

11、mber of female professors by 1.5% each year, with t he overall goal of having 30% professorships held by women by 2020.There are also stark differences in pay across grades. The gender pay gap based on median salaries across the sector in 2016-17 was 13.7%, (34)there is still some way to go t o ensu

12、re women are rising through the ranks to higher grade positions and being paid (35).四级第一套选词填空“Science and everyday life cannot and should not be se parated.n 26. A) accessible 27. J) overlooked 28.0) thankfully 2 9. K) promoting 30. E) considerable 31. B) accounted 32. G) la dder 33. L) senior 34. N

13、) suggesting 35. D) appropriately【仔细 阅读】51. What is scientists'finding about dreaming?A) It involv es disconnected , weirdimages.B) It resembles fragments of sciencefictionC Drea ming about a learned task better sits performanceD) Dreamin g about things being learned disturbs one's sleep【答案】

14、C【定位】.researchers are coming to recognize that dreaming is an essentiapart of understanding , organizing and retaining wh at we learn.52. What happens when one enters a dream state?A) The body continues to act as if the sleeper were awake.B The neur al activity of the brain will become intensifiedpC

15、) The brain be haves as if it were playing a virtual reality videogame.The brai n once again experiences the learning activities of the day.D)【答案】D【定位】While we sleep z research indicates , the brain replays the pa tterns ofactivity it experienced during waking hours , allowing us to enter what oneps

16、ychologist calls an eur a/(神经的)virtual reality53. What does the brain do while we are sleeping?A) It sy stematize s all the data collected during the day.B) It substitut e sold information with new data.C) It processes and absorbs newly acquired dataSpankD) It classifies information and plac es it in different files.【答案】C【定位】This shows that while our bodies at rest , our brains are draw ingwhat's important from the information and events we rece ntly encounteredthen-integrating t