2020年7月 英语六级答案 真题解析

Listening

CONEVERSATION1

-Tonight,wehaveaveryspecialguest,Mrs.AnaSanchezisathreetimeOlympicchampionand

authorofthenewbookTotheEdge.Mrs.Sanchez,thankyouforjoiningus.

-Thankyouforhavingme.

-Let'sstartwithyourbook.WhatdoesthetitletotheEdgemean?Whatareyoureferringto?

-Thebookisabouthowscienceandtechnologyhashelpedpushhumanstotheedgeoftheir

physicalabilities.Iarguethatinthepast20yearswehavehadthebestathletestheworldhas

everseen.Butisthisafaircomparison?Howdoyouknowhow,say,afootballplayerfrom50

yearsagowouldcomparetoonetoday?-Well,youareright.

-Thatcomparisonwouldbeperhapsimpossibletomake.Butthepointismoreaboutour

knowledgetodayofhumanbiochemistry,nutritionandmechanics.Ibelievethatwhileourbodies

havenotchangedinthousandsofyears,whathaschangedisthescientificknowledge.Thishas

allowedathletestopushthelimitsofwhatwaspreviouslythoughtpossible.

-That'sinteresting.Pleasetellusmoreabouttheseperceivedlimits..

-Theworldhasseensportsrecordsbeingbroken.Thatcouldonlybebrokenwiththeaidof

technology,whetherthisbethespeedofatennisserveorthefastesttimein100meterdashor

200meterswimmingrace.

-Isthereanyconcernthattechnologyisgivingsomeathletesanunfairadvantageoverothers?

-Thatisaninterestingquestionandonethathastobeconsideredverycarefully.Skis,forexample,

wentfrombeingmadeofwoodtoametalalloy,whichallowsforbettercontrolandfaster

speed.Thereisnostoppingtechnologicalprogress.ButasIsaid,eachsit-uationshouldbe

consideredcarefullyonacasebycasebasis.

Questionsonetofourarebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

1.WhatdowelearnaboutAnnaSanchez?

2.Whatisthewoman'sbookmainlyabout?

3.Whathaschangedinthepastthousandsofyears?

4.Whatistheman'sconcernabouttheuseoftechnologyinsportscompetitions?

CONEVERSATION2

-I'veworkedininternationaltradeallmylife.Myfatherdidsotobeforeme.SoIguessyoucould

sayitrunsinthefamily.

-Whatproductshaveyouworkedwith?

-Allsorts,really.I'veimportedtextiles,machinery,toys,solarpanels,allkindsofthings.Overthe

years,trendsindemandcomeandgo.Sowhatneedstobeveryflexibletosucceedinthis

indus-try?

-Isee.Whatgoodsareyoutradingnow?

-InowimportfurniturefromChinaintoItalyandfoodsfromItalyintoChina.Ievenusethesame

container.It'saveryefficientwayofconductingtrade.

-Thesamecontainer.Youmeanyouowna40footcargocontainer?-Yeah,that'sright.Ihavea

warehouseinGenoa,Italy,andanotherinShanghai.Isourcemidcenturymodernfurniturefrom

differentfactoriesinChina.It'saverygoodvalueformoney.Icollectitallinmywarehouseand

thendispatchittomyotherwarehouseinItalyoverthere.Idothesame,butwithItalianfoods

insteadoffurniture,thingslikepasta,cheese,wine,chocolate.AndIsendallthattomywarehouse

inChinainthesamefreightcontainerluseforthefurniture.

-SoIpresumeyousellbothlinesofproductswholesaleineachre-spectivecountry?

-Ofcourse,Ipossessanetworkofclientsandpartnersinbothcountries.That'sthemainbenefit

ofhavingdonethisforsolong.I'vemadegreatbusinesscontactsovertime.

-Howmanytimesdoyouship?

-Idid12shipmentslastyear,18thisyear,andIhopetogrowtoaround25nextyear.That'sboth

ways.Thereandbackagain.

DemandforauthenticItalianfoodinChinaisgrowingrapidly.Andsimilarly,salesofaffordable,

yetstylishwoodenfurniturearealsoincreasinginItaly.Furnitureismarginallymoreprofitable,

mostlybecauseitenjoyslowercustomsduties.

Questionsfivetoeightarebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

5.Whatdoesthewomanthinkisrequiredtobesuccessfulintheinternationaltrade?

6.Whatdoesthewomansayisspecialaboutherwayofdoingchange?

7.WhatdoesthewomanhaveinbothItalyandChina?

8.Whatdoesthewomansaymakesfurnituremarginallymoreprofitable?

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LECTURE1

Qualitiesofarelationshipsuchasopenness,compassionand

mentalstimulationareofconcerntomostofusregardlessofsex,but——judgingfromthe

questionnaireresponse--theyaremoreim-portanttowomenthantomen.Askedtoconsiderthe

ingredientsofclosefriendship,womenratedthesequalitiesaboveallothersMenassignedalower

prioritytotheminfavorofsimilarityinin-terests,selectedby77percentofmen,and

responsivenessina

tion,rankedthirdinpopularitybymenaswellaswomen,wastheonlyareaofoverlap.Among

men,only28percentnamedopen-nessasanimportantquality;caringwaspickedbyjust23

per-cent.Itisevidentbytheirselectionsthatwhenwomenspeakofclosefriendships,theyare

referringtoemotionalfactors,whilemenemphasizethepleasuretheyfindinafriend'scompany.

Thatis,whenamanspeaksofafriend"heislikelytobetalkingaboutsomeonehedoesthings

with-ateammate,afellowhobbyist,adrinkingbuddy.Theseactivitiesarethefabricofthe

friendship;itisa"doing"relationshipinwhichsimilarityininterestsisthekeybond.Thisfactor

wasaconsiderationoflessthan11percentofwomen.

Womenoptforawarm,emotionalatmospherewherecommuni-cationflowsfreely;activityis

merebackground.Lastly,men,aswehaveseen,haveseriousquestionsabouteachother's

loyalty.Perhapsthisiswhytheyplacedsuchstrongemphasisonrespon-sivenessinacrisis.

SomeoneIcancallonforhelp.Women,astheirtestimoniesindi-cate,aregenerallymoresecure

witheachotherandconsequentlyaremorelikelytotreatthisissuelightly.Infollow-up

interviewsthiswasconfirmednumeroustimesaswomanafterwomanindi-catedthatbeingthere

whenneededwastakenforgranted."Asforthehazardsoffriendship,morethanafew

relationshipshavebeenshatteredbecauseofcutthroatcompetitionandfeelingofbetrayal.This

appliestobothmenandwomen,butunequally.Incomparison,nearlytwiceasmanymen

complainedabouttheseissuesaswomen.Further,whilecompetitionandbetrayalarethemain

thornstofemalefriendship,menareplaguedinalmost

equalamountsbytwoadditionalissues,lackoffranknessandafearofappearingunmanly.

Obviously,foraman,agoodfriend-shipishardtofind.

Question16to18.Basedontherecordingyouhavejustheard

16.Whatqualitydomenvaluemostconcerningfriendshipaccord-ingtoaquestionnaire

response?

17.Whatdowomenrefertowhenspeakingofclosefriendships?18.Whatmaythreatena

friendshipforbothmenandwomen?LECTURE2

Recordingtothepartialskeletonsofmorethan20dinosaursandthescatteredbonesofabout

300morehavebeendiscoveredinUtahandColorado.AtwhatisnowtheDinosaurNational

Monu-ment.Manyofthebestspecimensmaybeseentodayatmuseums

Canada.Thisdinosaurpitisthelargestandbestpreserveddepos-itofdinosaursknowntoday.

Manypeoplegettheideafromthemassivebonesandthepitbullthatsomedisaster,suchasa

volca-nicexplosionorasuddenflood,killedawholeherdofdinosaursinthisarea.Thiscould

havehappened,butitprobablydidnot.Themainreasonsforthinkingotherwisearethescattered

bonesandthethicknessofthedeposit.Inotherdepositswheretheani-malswerethoughttohave

diedtogether,theskeletonswereusu-allycompleteandoftenalltheboneswereintheirproper

places.

meritsgottheirsmoothroundshape,though,rollingalongthestreambottom.Inamasskilling,

theboneswouldhavebeenleftonthestreamorlakebottomtogetheratthesamelevel.But

inthisdeposit,thebonesoccurthroughoutazoneofsandstoneabout12feetthick.Themixture

ofswampdwellersanddrylandtypesalsoseemstoindicatethatthedepositisamixturefrom

dif-ferentplaces.Thepitareaisalargedinosaurgraveyard,nota

placewheretheydied.Mostoftheremainsprobablyfloateddownoneastwardflowingriveruntil

theywereleftonashallowsand-bar.Someofthemmayhavecomefromfarawaydrylandareas

tothewest.Perhapstheydrownedtryingtocrossasmallstreamorwashedawayduringfloods.

Someoftheswampdwellersmayhavegotstuckintheverysandbarthatbecametheir

grave.Othersmayhavefloatedformilesbeforebeingstranded.Eventoday,similareventstake

placewhenfloodscomeinthespring.Sheep,castling,deerareoftentrappedbyrisingwatersand

oftendrown.Theirdeadbodiesfloatdownstreamuntilthefloodre-cedesandleavesthem

strandedonabarorshorewheretheyliehalfburiedinthesanduntiltheydecay.Earlytravelers

ontheMis-

thedecayingbodiesofBuffalothathaddiedduringspringfloods.Questions19to21arebasedon

therecordingyouhavejustheard.

19.WherecanmanyofthebestdinosaurspecimensbefoundinNorthAmerica?

20.Whatoccurstomanypeoplewhentheyseethemassivebonesinthepitwall?

21.Whatdoesthespeakersuggestaboutthelargenumberofdi-nosaurbonesfoundinthepet?

LECTURE3

Iwouldlikeparticularlytotalkabouttheneedtodevelopanewstyleofaginginourownsociety.

Youngpeopleinthiscountryhavebeenaccusedofnotcaringfortheirparentsthewaytheywould

haveintheoldcountry.Andthisistrue.Butitisalsotruethatoldpeoplehavebeeninfluencedby

anAmericanidealofin-dependenceandautonomy.Sowelivealone,perhapsonthevergeof

starvationintimewithoutfriends.Butweareindepen-dent.ThisstandardAmericanstylehas

beenforcedonevery

ethnicgroup,althoughtherearemanygroupsforwhomtheidealisnotpractical.Itisapoorideal

inpursuingitdoesagreatdealofharm.Thisidealofindependencealsocontainsatremendous

amountofunselfishness.Intalkingtotoday'syoungmothers.Ihaveaskedthemwhatkindof

grandmotherstheythinktheyare

throughraisingtheirchildren,theyhavenointentionofbecominggrandmothers.Theywere

astonishedtohearthatinmostoftheworld,throughoutmostofitshistory,familieshavebeen

threeorfourgenerationfamilieslivingunderthesameroof.Wehaveover-emphasizedthesmall

familyunit,father,mother;smallchildren.Wethinkitiswonderfulifgrandmaandgrandpa,if

they'restillalive,canlivealone.Wehavereachedthepointwherewethinktheonlythingwecan

doforourchildrenistostayoutoftheirway.Andtheonlythingwecandoforourdaughterin

lawistoseeasitteofheraspossible.Allpeoplesnursinghomes.Eventhebestrunarefilledwith

olderpeoplewhobelievetheonlythingtheycandofortheirchildrenistolookcheerfulwhen

theycometovisit.Sointheend,olderpeoplehavetodevotealltheirenergiestonotbeinga

burden.Wearebeginningtoseewhatatremendouspricewe'vepaidforemphasison

independenceandautonomy.We'veisolatedoldpeopleandwe'vecutoffthechil-drenfromtheir

grandparents.Oneofthereasonswehaveasbadagenerationgaptodayaswedoisthat

grandparentshave

steppedout.Youngpeoplearebeingdeprivedofthethingtheyliarlyandwhytheirgrandparents

saythethingstheydo.

Questions22to25basedonrecordingyouhavejustheard.22.WhatofyoungAmericansbeing

accusedof?

23WhatdoesthespeakersayaboutoldpeopleintheUnitedStates?

24.Whatisastonishingtotheyoungmothersinterviewedbythespeaker?

25.Whatdoesthespeakersayoldpeopletrytheirbesttodo?

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l.ASheisagreatathlete.

解析:同义替换OlympicChampion=athlete

2.DHowtechnologyhashelpedathletetoscalenewheights.解析:视听一致+同义替换push

humanstotheiredgeofphysicalabili-ty=scalenewheights.

3.BOurscientificknowledge.

解析:视听一致

4.CItmaygiveanunfairadvantagetosomeathletes.

解析:视听--致

5.BFlexibility.

解析:视听一致

6.DUsingthesamecontainerbackandforth.

解析:视听一致

7.AWarehouses.

解析:视听一致

8.CLowerimportduties.

解析:视听-致+同义替换importduties二customsduties

9.AIthelpsemployeestoreducetheirstress.

解析:视听一致（乱序全篇有stressreducing=reducetheirstress）10.DHumorcanhelpworkers

excelatroutinetasks.

解析:视听--致

11.BTakethebossdollapartaslongastheyreassembleit.

解析:视听-致+同义替换put...backinplace=reassembleit

12.ATherecentfindingofachangedgeneinobesemice.

解析:视听-致+同义替换thelatestdiscovery=recentfinding

13.DItrendersmiceunabletosensewhentostopeating.

解析:视听■■致+同义替换can'ttell=unabletosense

14.CPeoplearebornwithatendencytohaveacertainweight.解析:视听一致

15.BTheabundantprovisionofrichfoods.

解析:视听一致

16.ASimilarityininterests.

解析:视听一致

17.DEmotionalfactors.

解析:视听-致（问女生，要通过问题判断）

18.CFeelingsofbetrayal.

解析:视听-一致（问男女共同点,要通过问题判断）

19.DAtmuseumsofnaturalhistoryinlargecities.

解析:视听一致（要通过问题判断）

20.BSomenaturaldisasterkilledawholeherdofdinosaursinthearea.

解析:视听-致

21.AThefloateddownaneastwardofflowingriver.

解析:视听一致

22.CFailingtocareforparentsinthetraditionalway.

解析:视听一致+同义替换（notcaring=failingtocare,inanoldcoun-try=inthetraditionalway）

23.DThehaveasenseofindependenceandautonomy.

解析:视听-致

24.BTherehavebeenextendedfamiliesinmostpartsoftheworld.

解析:视听-致+同义替换(threeorfour-generationfamily=extendedfamilies)

25.BAvoidbeingaburdentotheirchildren.

解析:视听-致+同义替换(not二avoid)

六级考试答案

Reading

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选词填空

26.Ggrabbed

27.Bdeclaration

28.Mstake

29.Koverwhelming

30.Cdeteriorating

31.Feroding

32.Edisaster

33.Ddetermined

34.0urgent

35.Acapacity

段落匹配

36.CHistorically,childrendidn'treceive...

37.JInasetofexperiments...

38.FPartofthemotivation..

39.AUntilafewdecadesago...

40.GToprovethatinfantsknowmore...

41.EToday,averydfferentpicture..

42.MThere'snoconsensus...

43.HInstaedofengagingbabies...

44.BMuchofthesubsequentresearch...

45.LDespitetheseobviousadvances...

仔细阅读

46.BTheyholdadifferentviewonstressfromthepopularone.47.DTheyapplyextremetactics.

48.ATheyhelphimcombatstressfromwork.

49.DItdoesnothelpbuildupone'stolerance.

50.CItseffectvariesconsiderablyfrompersontoperson.

51.BHuntingmayalsobeasolutiontotheproblemcausedbyhunting,

52.CItleadstoecologicalimbalance.

53.AOverpopulationisnotanissueformosthuntedanimals.54.AWhenitbenefitsanimalsand

theirecosystem.

55.CCoordinatedeffortsofhuntersandenvironmentalists.Translation

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