2023年6月六级考试真题试卷

2023年6月大学英语六级考试真题

(第一套)

PartIWriting(30minutes)

Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessayon

theimportanceofbuildingtrustbetweenteachersandstudents.

Youcanciteexamplesto7/lustrateyourviews.Youshouldwrite

atleast150wordsbutnomorethan200words.

Part11ListeningComprehension(30minutes)

SectionA

Directions:Inthissection,youwillheartwolongconversat/ons.Atthe

endofeachconversa-tion,youwillhearfourquestions.Both

theconversationandthequestionswi//bespokenonlyonce.After

youhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefour

choicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Thenmarkthecorrespond/ng

letteronAnswerSheet1withasinglelinethroughthecentre.

Questions1to4arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

1.A)ItisaSpanishsoup.

B)11isaweirdvegetabIe.

C)11isatypicaIsaIad.

D)11isakindofspicyfood.

2.A)ToaddtoitsappeaI.

B)TorepIaceaningredient.

C)Tomakeitthicker.

D)Tomakeitmorenutritious.

3.A)ItcontainsveryIittIefat.

B)11ismainlymadeofvegetabIes.

C)11usesoliveoilincooking.

D)Itusesnoartificialadditives.

4.A)ItdoesnotgostaIefortwoyears.

B)IttakesnospeciaIskilltoprepare

C)11isadeIicacybIendedwithbread.

D)ItcomesfromaspeciaIkindofpig.

Questions5to8arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

5.A)Theycomeinagreatvariety.

B)TheygowellwithItaiianfood.

C)Theydonotmakedecentgifts.

D)Theydonotvarymuchinprice.

6.A)Around$150.C)$50-$60.

B)$40-$50.D)$30-

$40.

7.A)Theygowellwithdifferentkindsoffood.

B)TheysymboIizegoodheaIthandIongevity.

C)TheyareespeciaIIypopuIaramongItaIians.

D)TheyareaheaIthychoiceforeIderIypeopIe.

8.A)ItisawineimportedfromCaIifornia.

B)Itisfarmoreexpensivethanheexpected.

C)ItisItaly'smostfamoustypeofredwine.

D)ItisIessspicythanaIIotherredwines.

SectionB

Directions:Inthissection,youwiIIheartwopassages.Attheendofeach

passage,youwi//hearthreeorfourquestions.Boththepassage

andthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouheara

question,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoices

markedA),B),C)andD).Thenmarkthecorrespondingletteron

AnswerSheet1withasingle/inethroughthecentre.

Questions9to11arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

9.A)Learningothers，secrets.C)Decodingsecretmessages.

B)Searchingforinformation.D)SpreadingsensationaInews.

10.A)Theyweregoodatbreakingenemysecretcodes.

B)Theywereassignedtodecodeenemymessages.

C)TheycouldwritedownspokencodespromptIy.

D)TheyheIpedthe.armyinWorIdWarII.

11.A)AmiIitarycodethatwasneverbroken.

B)Decodingofsecretmessagesinwartimes.

C)ImportantbattIesfoughtinthePacificWar.

D)NavajoIndians?contributiontocodebreaking.

Questions12to15arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

12.A)AlIserviceswiIIbepersonaIized.

B)MoreinformationwiIIbeavaiIabIe.

C)AlotofknowIedge-intensivejobswiIIberepIaced.

D)TechnoIogywiIIrevoIutionizeaIIsectorsofindustry.

13.A)Intheroboticsindustry.

B)Inhigh-endmanufacturing.

C)Intheinformationservice.

D)InthepersonaIcaresector.

14.A)TheyneedIotsoftraining.

B)Theychargehighprices.

C)Theyfocusoncustomers'specificneeds.

D)TheycatertotheneedsofyoungpeopIe.

15.A)ThedisruptioncausedbytechnologyintraditionallyweII-paidjobs.

B)TherisingdemandineducationandheaIthcareinthenext20years.

C)TheamazingamountofpersonaIattentionpeopIewouIdIiketohave.

D)ThetremendouschangesnewtechnologywiIIbringtopeople'sIives.

SectionC

Directions:Inthissection,youwi//hearthreerecordingsoflecturesor

talksfollowedbythreeorfourquestions.Therecordingswi//be

pIayedonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethe

bestanswerfromthefourcho/cesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Then

markthecorrespond/ngletteronAnswerSheet1withasingle

linethroughthecentre.

Questions16to18arebasedontherecordingyouhavejustheard.

16.A)Itlay8milesfromthemonumentsites.

B)11wastheIongestroadinancientEgypt.

C)ItIinkedastonepittosomewaterways.

D)Itwasconstructedsome500yearsago.

17.A)SomestonetooIsegments.

B)Sawsusedforcuttingstone.

C)AnancientgeographicaImap.

D)TracesIeftbyearIyexpIorers.

18.A)Toprovideservicesforthestonepit.

B)TotransportstonestobIockfoods.

C)ToIinkthevariousmonumentsites.

D)ToconnecttheviIIagesaIongtheNile.

Questions19to21arebasedontherecordingyouhavejustheard.

19.A)Dr.Gongdidn'tgivehimanyconventionaItests.

B)Dr.GongsIippedinneedIeswherehefe11nopain.

C)Dr.Gongmarkedhisofficewithahand-paintedsign.

D)Dr.Gongdidn，taskhimanyquestionsabouthispain.

20.A)HefoundtheexpensivemedicaItestsunaffordabIe.

B)HehadheardofthewondersacupuncturecouIdwork.

C)Dr.GongwasveryfamousinNewYork*sChinatown.

D)PreviousmedicaItreatmentsfailedtoreIievehispain.

21.A)Itdoesnothaveanynegativesideeffects.

B)Acupuncturetechniqueshavebeenperfected.

C)Moreandmorepatientsaskforthetreatment.

D)11doesn'tneedtheconventionaImedicaItests.

Questions22to25arebasedontherecordingyouhavejustheard.

22.A)TheyarguedpersistentIyaboutwhethertohavechiIdren.

B)TheyquarreIedaIotandneverresoIvedtheirarguments.

C)TheywerecompatibIedespitedifferences.

D)Theywereonthevergeofbreakingup.

23.A)Theyweren，tspoiIedintheirchiIdhood.

B)Neitherofthemwontheirparents'favor.

C)Neitherofthemhasanybrothersorsisters.

D)Theydidn'tliketobetheappIeoftheirparents'eyes.

24.A)TheytendtobeseIf-assuredandresponsibIe.

B)Theyareoftencontentwithwhattheyhave.

C)Theytendtobeadventurousandcreative.

D)Theyareusuallygoodatmakingfriends.

25.A)Theyenjoymakingfriends.

B)TheyareIeastIikeIytotakeinitiative.

C)TheyusuaIIyhavesuccessfuImarriages.

D)TheytendtobeweIIadjusted.

Part111ReadingComprehension(40minutes)

SectionA

Directions:Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenbtanks.Youare

requiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfroma//stof

choicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthe

passagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourcho/ces.Eachcho/ce

inthebankis7dent7fiedbyaletter.Pleasemarkthe

correspondingletterforeach/ternonAnswerSheet2withasingle

linethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthe

bankmorethanonce.

DidSarahJosephaHaIewrite"Mary'sLittleLamb,ntheeternaI

nurseryrhyme(JL歌)aboutagirlnamedMarywithastubbornIamb?This

isstilldisputed,butit'scIearthatthewoman2bforwriting

itwasoneofAmerica'smostfascinating27Inhonorofthe

poem5spubIicationonMay24,1830,here*smoreaboutthe28author1s

HaIewasn'tjustawriter,shewasaIsoa29sociaIadvocate,andshe

wasparticuIarIy

30withanideaINewEngland,whichsheassociatedwithabundant

ThanksgivingmeaIsthatshecIaimedhad“adeepmoraIinfIuence.nShe

begananationwide31tohavea--------

nationaIhoIidaydecIaredthatwouIdbringfamiIiestogetherwhile

ceIebratingthe32festivaIs.In

1863,after17yearsofadvocacyincludingIetterstofivepresidents,HaIe

gotit.PresidentAbrahamLineoIn,duringtheCivilWar,issueda33

settingasidetheIastThursdayinNovemberforthehoiiday.

Thetrueauthorshipof"Mary'sLittleLamb“isdisputed.Accordingto

theNewEngIandHistoricaISociety,HaIewroteonIypartofthepoem,but

cIaimedauthorship.RegardIessoftheauthor,itseemsthatthepoemwas

34byareaIevent.WhenyoungMarySawyerwasfollowedtoschooIby

aIambin1816,itcausedsomeprobIems.AbystandernamedJohnRouIstone

wroteapoemabouttheevent.Then,atsomepoint,HaIeherseIfseemsto

haveheIpedwriteit.However,ifa1916piecebyhergreat-nieceistobe

trusted,HaIecIaimedfor

the35ofherIifethat11someotherpeopIepretendedthatsomeoneeIse

wrotethepoem^^.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

A)campaign

I)

B)career

procIamation

0characters

J)

D)features

rectified

E)fierce

K)reputed

F)inspired

L)rest

G)1atter

M)supposed

SectionB

Directions：Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithten

statementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformation

giveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhich

theinformationinder/ved.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethan

once.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.Answerthe

questionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2.

GrowPlantsWithoutWater

[A]Eversineehumanitybegantofarmourownfood,we'vefacedthe

unpredictabIerainthatisbothfriendandenemy.11comesandgoes

withoutmuchwarning,andafieldoflush

(茂盛的)IeafygreensoneyearcandryupandbIowawaythenext.

Foodsecurityand

fortunesdependonsufficientrain,andnowheremoresothaninAfrica,

where96%of

farmlanddependsonraininsteadoftheirrigationcommoninmore

deveIopedpIaces.Ithasconsequences:SouthAfrica'songoingdrought-

theworstinthreedecades-wiIIcostatIeastaquarterofitscorn

cropthisyear.

[B]BiologistJillFarrantoftheUniversityofCapeTowninSouthAfrica

saysthatnaturehaspIentyofanswersforpeopIewhowanttogrow

cropsinpIaceswithunpredictabIerainfall.Sheishardatwork

findingawaytotaketraitsfromrarewiIdpIantsthatadaptto

extremedryweatherandusetheminfoodcrops.Astheearth5sclimate

changesandrainfaIIbecomesevenIesspredictabIeinsomepIaces,those

answerswiIIgrowevenmorevaIuabIe.

“Thetypeoffarmingl'maimingforisIiteraIIysothatpeopIecan

surviveasit'sgoingtogetmoreandmoredry,"Farrantsays.

[C]ExtremeconditionsproduceextremeIytoughpIants.Intherustyred

desertsofSouthAfrica,steep-sidedrockyhillscalledinseIbergsrear

upfromtheplainsIikethebonesoftheearth.Thehillsareremnants

ofanearIiergeologicalera,scrapedbareofmostsoiIandexposedto

theeIements.YetontheseandsimiIarformationsindesertsaroundthe

worId,afewfiercepIantshaveadaptedtoendureunderever-changing

conditions.

[D]Farrantcallsthemresurrectionplants（复苏植物）.Duringmonths

withoutwaterunderaharshsun,theywither,shrinkandcontractuntiI

theyIookIikeapileofdeadgrayIeaves.ButrainfaIIcanrevivethem

inamatterofhours.Hertime-lapse（间歇性拍摄的）videosofthe

revivaIsIookIikesomeoneplayingatapeofthepIant，sdeathin

reverse.

[E]Thebigdifferencebetween“drought-tolerant',plantsandthesetough

pIants:metabolism.ManydifferentkindsofpIantshavedeveIoped

tacticstoweatherdryspeIIs.SomepIantsstorereservesofwaterto

seethemthroughadrought;otherssendrootsdeepdowntosubsurface

watersupplies.ButoncethesepIantsuseuptheirstoredreserveor

tapouttheundergroundsuppIy,theyceasegrowingandstarttodie.

TheymaybeabIetohandIeadroughtofsomeIength,andmanypeopIe

usetheterm"droughttolerant-todescribesuchpIants,butthey

neveractuaIIystopneedingtoconsumewater,soFarrantprefersto

caIIthemdroughtresistant.

[F]ResurrectionpIants,definedasthosecapabIeofrecoveringfrom

holdingIessthangramsofwaterpergramofdrymass,aredifferent.

TheyIackwater-storingstructures,andtheirexistenceonrockfaces

preventsthemfromtappinggroundwater,sotheyhaveinsteaddeveIoped

theabilitytochangetheirmetabolism.Whentheydetectanextendeddry

period,theydiverttheirmetaboIisms,producingsugarsandcertain

stress-associatedproteinsandothermateriaIsintheirtissues.Asthe

pIantdriesFtheseresourcestakeonfirsttheproper-tiesofhoney,

thenrubber,andfinalIyenteraglass-likestatethatis“themost

stabIestaIethatthepIantcanmaintain,“Farrantsays.ThatsIowsthe

pIant，smetaboIismandprotectsitsdried-outtissues.ThepIantsaIso

changeshape,shrinkingtominimizethesurfaceareathroughwhichtheir

remainingwatermightevaporate.Theycanrecoverfrommonthsandyears

withoutwater,dependingonthespecies.

[G]WhateIsecandothisdry-out-and-revivetrick?Seeds-aImostaIIof

them.Atthestartofhercareer,Farrantstudied^recalcitrantseeds

（顽拗性种子），"suchasavocados,coffeeandIychee.Whiletasty,

suchseedsaredeIicate-theycannotbudandgrowiftheydryout（as

youmayknowifyou'veevertriedtogrowatreefromanavocadopit）.

IntheseedworId,thatmakesthemrare,becausemostseedsfrom

fIoweringpIantsarequiterobust.Mostseedscanwaitoutthedry,

unweIcomingseasonsuntiIconditionsarerightandtheysprout（发芽）.

Yetoncetheystartgrowing,suchpIantsseemnottoretaintheability

tohitthepausebuttononmetabolismintheirstemsorIeaves.

[H]AftercompIetingherPh.D.onseeds,Farrantbeganinvestigating

whetheritmightbepossibIetoisoIatethepropertiesthatmakemost

seedssoresilient（迅速恢复活力的）andtransferthemtootherpIant

tissues.WhatFarrantandothershavefoundoverthepasttwodecadesis

thattherearemanygenesinvoIvedinresurrectionplants'responseto

dryness.ManyofthemarethesamethatreguIatehowseedsbecome

dryness-toIerantwhilestillattachedtotheirparentpIants.Nowthey

aretryingtofigureoutwhatmoIecuIarsignaIingprocessesactivate

thoseseed-buiIdinggenesinresurrectionpIants——andhowtoreproduce

themincrops."MostgenesarereguIatedbyamastersetofgenes,5，

Farrantsays."We'reIookingatgenepromotersandwhatwouIdbetheir

masterswitch.n

[I]OnceFarrantandhercolleaguesfeeItheyhaveabettersenseofwhich

switchestothrow,theywiIIhavetofindthebestwaytodosoin

usefuIcrops."l'mtryingthreemethodsofbreeding,Farrantsays:

conventionaI,geneticmodificationandgeneediting.Shesayssheis

awarethatpIentyofpeopIedonotwanttoeatgeneticaIIymodified

crops,butsheispushingaheadwitheveryavaitabletooIuntiIone

works.Farmersandconsumersalikecanchoosewhetherornottouse

whicheverversionprevaiIs:"l'mgivingpeopIeanoption.”

[J]FarrantandothersintheresurrectionbusinessgottogetherIastyear

todiscussthebestspeciesofresurrectionpIanttouseasaIabmodeI.

JustIikemedicaIresearchersuseratstotestideasforhumanmedicaI

treatments,botanistsusepIantsthatarerelativelyeasytogrowina

IaborgreenhousesettingtotesttheirideasforreIatedspecies.The

QueensIandrockvioletisoneofthebeststudiedresurrectionpIantsso

far,withadraftgenome（基因图谱）pubIishedIastyearbyaChinese

team.AlsoIastyear,FarrantandcolleaguespubIishedadetailed

moIecuIarstudyofanothercandidate.Xerophytaviscosa,atough-as-naiI

SouthAfricanpIantwithIiIy-1ikefIowers,andshesaysthatagenome

isontheway.Oneorboth

ofthesemodeIswiIIheIpresearcherstesttheirideas—sofarmostIy

doneintheIab——ontestplots.

[K]Understandingthebasicsciencefirstiskey.Therearegoodreasonswhy

croppIantsdonotusedrynessdefensesaIready.Forinstance,there's

ahighenergycostinswitchingfromareguIarmetaboIismtoanaImost-

no-watermetaboIism.ItwiIIaIsobenecessarytounderstandwhatsort

ofyieldfarmersmightexpectandtoestabIishtheplant'ssafety."The

yieldisnevergoingtobehigh,“Farrantsays,sothesepIantswiIIbe

targetednotatIowafarmerstryingtosqueezemorecashoutofhigh-

yieIdfields,butsubsistencefarmerswhoneedheIptosurviveadrought

IikethepresentoneinSouthAfrica."Myvisionisforthesubsistence

farmer,nFarrantsays."l'mtargetingcropsthatareofAfricanvalue.”

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

36.ThereareacoupIeofpIantstoughandadaptabIeenoughtosurviveon

barerockyhillsandindeserts.

37.FarrantistryingtoisoIategenesinresurrectionpIantsandreproducethem

incrops.

38.FarmersinSouthAfricaaremoreatthemercyofnature,especiaIIy

ineonsistentrainfaII.

39.ResurrectioncropsaremostIikeIytobethechoiceofsubsistencefarmers.

40.EventhoughmanypIantshavedevelopedvarioustacticstocopewithdry

weather,theycannotsurviveaprolongeddrought.

41.Despiteconsumerresistance,researchersarepushingaheadwithgenetic

modificationofcrops.

42.MostseedscanpuIIthroughdryspeIIsandbegingrowingwhenconditions

areripe,butoncethisprocessstarts,itcannotbeheIdback.

43.Farrantisworkinghardtocultivatefoodcropsthatcansurviveextreme

drynessbystudy-ingthetraitsofrarewildpIants.

44.ByadjustingtheirmetaboIism,resurrectionpIantscanrecoverfroman

extendedperiodof

drought.

45.ResurrectionpIantscancomebacktoIifeinashorttimeafterarainfaII.

SectionC

Directions:Therearetwopassagesinthissection.Eachpassageisfoilowed

bysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.Foreachofthemthere

arefourcho/cesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Youshoulddecideonthe

bestcho/ceandmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2

withasingle/inethroughthecentre.

PassageOne

Questions46to50arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

HumanmemoryisnotoriousIyunreliable.Evenpeoplewiththesharpest

faciaI-recognitionskillscanonIyremembersomuch.

It5stoughtoquantifyhowgoodapersonisatremembering.Noone

reaIIyknowshowmanydifferentfacessomeonecanrecaII,forexampIe,but

variousestimatestendtohoverinthe

thousands—basedonthenumberofacquaintancesapersonmighthave.

Machinesaren5tIimitedthisway.Givetherightcomputeramassive

databaseoffaces,anditcanprocesswhatitsees—thenrecognizeaface

it'stoldtofind-withremarkabIespeedandprecision.Thisskilliswhat

supportstheenormouspromiseoffaciaI-recognitionsoftwareinthe

21stcentury.11，salsowhatmakescontemporarysurveiIIancesystemsso

scary.

Thethingis,machinesstillhaveIimitationswhenitcomestofaciaI

recognition.AndscientistsareonIyjustbeginningtounderstandwhatthose

constraintsare.TobegintofigureouthowcomputersarestruggIing,

researchersattheUniversityofWashingtoncreatedamassivedatabaseof

faces—theycalIitMegaFace—andtestedavarietyoffaciaI-recognition

aIgor/thms

（算法）astheyseaIedupincompIexity.Theideawastotestthe

machinesonadatabasethatincIudedupto1milliondifferentimagesof

nearIy700,000differentpeopIe——andnotjustalargedatabasefeaturing

arelativelysmaIInumberofdifferentfaces,moreconsistentwithwhat's

beenusedinotherresearch.

Asthedatabasesgrew,machineaccuracydippedacrosstheboard.

AIgorithmsthatwereright95%ofthetimewhentheyweredeaIingwitha

13,000-imagedatabase,forexampIe,were

accurateabout70%ofthetimewhenconfrontedwith1millionimages.

That'sstillprettygood,saysoneoftheresearchers,IraKemeImacher-

ShiIzerman."Muchbetterthanweexpected,nshesaid.

MachinesaIsohaddifficultyadjustingforpeopIewhoIookaIotalike——

eitherdoppeIgang­

ers(长相极相同的人),whomthemachinewouIdhavetroubIeidentifyingastwo

separate

peopIe,orthesamepersonwhoappeardindifferentphotosatdifferent

agesorindifferentIighting,whomthemachinewouIdincorrectIyviewas

separatepeopIe.

“OnceweseaIeup,aIgorithmsmustbesensitivetotinychangesin

identitiesandatthesa