2021年12月英语六级真题答案（第一套）
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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 write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
Some parents in China are overprotective of their children. They plan everything for their children, make all the decisions for them, and do not allow them to explore on their own in case they make mistakes or get hurt.
Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you w
ill hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you musts choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
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W: Hi, David. I haven't seen you in class for almost 2 weeks. We thought you had disappeared on holiday earlier or something[1].
M: Hi, Sarah, it's a bit of a long story I'm afraid. I got a throat infection last week and had to go to the hospital to get some antibiotics as I really wasn't getting any better.
W: Oh, yeah, there have been so many viruses going around this winter. The weather's been so awful for the last few weeks.
M: And on the way back from the hospital, I slipped on some ice and fell, and then had to go to the hospital to get an X-Ray because I basically thought I broke my wrist, although, thankfully, it's not broken[2]. But I need to be careful with it for the next few weeks.
W: Oh, that’s too bad. How unfortunate!
M: To make things worse, I managed to fall right in front of four girls from the 9th Grade. It was utterly humiliated. Plus, the laptop in my bag was broken, too.
W: Now, what a complete catastrophe! Is the laptop still under warranty? If it is, then you can easily send it back to the manufacturer, and they'll send you a brand new one for Free[3].Surely.
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M: The warranty ran out 3 days before I broke it. And all my essays are in there, and I need to hand them in before we break for the Christmas holidays.
W: Listen, I have the number of a really good, affordable computer repair shop at home. My dad has used this guy before and he can work miracles. Let's go back to my house and we can call the repair shop. You can have some tea and cookies, too[4].安徽省考准考证打印入口
M: Wow, thanks, Sarah. That would be great. Let me just call my mom and let her know. I'll be
home a little bit later.
Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
1.What did Sarah think David was doing for the last 2 weeks?
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A. He was enjoying his holiday.
B. He was recovering in hospital.
C. He was busy writing his essays.
D. He was fighting a throat infection.
2.What happened to David on his way back from the hospital?
A. He broke his wrist.
B. He lost his antibiotics.
C. He slipped on ice and fell.
D. He was laughed at by some girls.
3.What does Sarah say they should do with the damaged computer?
A. Turn to her father for help.
B. Call the repair shop to fix it.
C. Ask the manufacturer for repair.
D. Replace it with a brand-new one.
4.What does Sarah say she is going to do?
A. Help David retrieves his essays.
B. Introduce David to her parents.
C. Offer David some refreshments
D. Accompany David to his home.
Conversation 2 主题：作家的新书座谈
M: Welcome to this week's episode of book talk. With me today is Heidi Brown, a historian who has written five critically acclaimed books about military history[5].
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W: Thanks for having me, John. I'm so excited to talk about my latest book which was published last month.
M: So, this book is a novel, your first attempt at that genre. I thought it was a bit of a departure for you.
W: I'd say it's a major departure as it's not just a work of fiction[6]. It's set 200 years in the future.
M: Right. So how did that happen? You spent three decades writing about the past and focusing on the 18th and 19th centuries[7]. And now you're speculating about the future.
W: After years of researching soldiers and chronicling their lives during battle, I just started wondering about other facets of their lives, especially their personal lives[7].
M: I can see that. Your novel is about soldiers, but it focuses on their relationships, especially the bonds between sons and mothers and men and their wives.
W: Yes. That focus came about when I still intended to write another book of history. I started by researching soldiers, actual personal lives, studying their letters home[7].
M: So how did that history book become a novel?
W: Well, I realized that the historical record was incomplete, so I'd either have to leave a lot of gaps or make a lot more assumptions than a historian should.
M: But why write a novel set in the future when your credentials are perfect for a historical novel? As a historian, any historical novel you write would have a lot of credibility.
W: I felt too constrained working with the past, like what I wrote needed to be fact as opposed to fiction[8], but writing about the future gave me more freedom to imagine, to invent.
M: Having read your book, I'm glad you made that choice to move into fiction.
Question 5-8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
5. What did the man say about the woman?
A. She is a critic of works on military affairs.
B. She is an acclaimed hostess of Book Talk.
C. She is a researcher of literary genres.
D. She is a historian of military history.
6. What does the woman say about her newly published book?
A. It is about the military history of Europe.
B. It is set in the 18th and 19th centuries.
C. It is her fifth book of military history.
D. It is a war novel set in the future.
7. What did the woman do before writing her new book?
A. She visited soldiers’ wives and mothers.
B. She conducted surveys of many soldiers.
C. she met a large number of soldiers in person.
D. She looked into the personal lives of soldiers.
8. What does the woman say about her writing history books?
A. She doesn’t have much freedom for imagination.
B. It is not easy to make her readers believe in her.
C. It is difficult to attract young readers.
D. She has to combine fact with fiction.
Section B
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 four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Passage one 主题：可口可乐包装设计
Whether it's in the hands of animated polar bears, or Santa Claus, there's one thing you'll find in nearly all ads for Coca Cola - the characteristic glass bottle[9].Most Americans don't drink soda out of the glass bottles seen in cokes ads anymore.
But this week, the company is Celebrating a century of the bottle that's been sold in more than 200 countries. Flashback to 1915, when a bottle of Coca Cola cost just a nickel. As the soft drink gained in popularity, it faced a growing number of competitors, counterfeits even trying to
copy cokes logo[10].So according to Coca Cola historian Ted Ryan, the company decided to come up with packaging that couldn't be duplicated.西安市人力资源和社会保障局电话
A product request was sent to eight different glassmakers. Workers at the Root Glass company got the request and began flipping through the encyclopedia at the local library, landing on cocoa seed[11]. Though cocoa seed is not an ingredient of the soda, they designed their bottle based on the seeds shape and large middle.
It won over coke executives in Atlanta and will go on to receive its own trademark, spur collections and earn Coca-Cola an iconic image that made it part of American culture for a century. It was 100 years ago this week that the bottle earned a patent. By World War Two, Coke bottle sales had ballooned into billions.
Americans mostly consumed coke out of aluminum or plastic today, but the glass bottle remains a symbol of America is readily recognized around the world.
Question 9 to 11are based on the recording you have just heard.
9. What does the passage say appears in almost all ads for Coca Cola?
A. Santa Claus
B. Cocoa Seeds
C. A polar bear
D. A glass bottle
10. Why did the Coca Cola Company decide to have special packaging designed?
A. To attract customer attention.
B. To keep up with the times.
C. To combat counterfeits.
D. To promote its sales.
11. What do we learn about the Coca Cola bottle designed by the Root Glass company?
A. It resembles a picture in the encyclopedia.
B. It appears in the shape of a cocoa seed.
C. It has the drink’s logo in the middle.
D. It displays the image of Santa Claus.
Passage 2 主题：陌生人之间的交流使人愉悦
Research shows that a few moments of conversation with a stranger creates a measurable improvement in mood [12].But most of us are reluctant to start these conversations because we presume the opposite. In an experiment, commuters who talk to nearby strangers found their commute more enjoyable than those who didn't. They were asked to predict whether they'd enjoy the commute more if they conversed with other people. Intriguingly, most expected the more solitary experience to be more pleasurable.
Why is this? Social Anxiety appears to be the problem[13]. People's reluctance to start conversations with nearby strangers comes partly from under estimating others interest in connecting.
The sad thing is that people presume that a nearby stranger doesn't want to converse and don't start a conversation. Only those who forced themselves to chat because it was acquired by an experiment found out what a pleasant experience it could be. Human beings are social animals. Those who misunderstand the impact of social interactions may not, in some context, be social enough for their own well-being. You should be chatting with the strangers you encounter.
You may occasionally have a negative encounter that might stick in your memory. This is
because the human brain is biased to dwell on negative events, but starting conversations with strangers is still well worth the risk of rejection[14].
It may surprise you that conversing with strangers will make them happier, too. The pleasure of connection seems contagious. People who are talked to has equally positive experiences as those who initiate a conversation [15].
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the recording you have just heard.
12. What does research show about a conversation between strangers?
A. It often occurs among commuters.
B. It promotes mutual understanding.
C. It improves their mood considerably.
D. It takes a great deal of effort to sustain.
13. What prevents people from starting a conversation with strangers?
A. Social anxiety.
B. Excessive caution.
C. Lack of social skills.
D. Preference for solitude.
14. Why does a negative encounter with strangers stick in one's memory?
A. People usually regard it as an unforgettable lesson.
B. Human brains tend to dwell on negative events.
C. Negative events often hurt people deeply.
D. People generally resent being rejected.
15. What does the passage say; the pleasure of connection seems to be?
A. Contagious.
B. Temporary.
C. Unpredictable.
D. Measurable.
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 marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Recording1 主题：加勒比岛的经济生态
The Caribbean islands are divided into two worlds, a rich one, and a poor one. This tropical region's economy is based mainly on farming[16]. Farmers are of 2 types. One is the plantation owner who may have hundreds of thousands of acres. In contrast, the small cultivator is working only a few acres of land. Most visitors to the Caribbean are rich, like the plantation owner. They do not realize or do not want to realize that many foreign families barely managed to get by on what they grow. The Caribbean produces many things, sugar is the main product[17].
Other export crops are tobacco, coffee, bananas, spices, and citrus fruits, such as orange, lemon, or grapefruit. From the West Indies also come oil, mineral pitch, and many forest products, Jamaica’s aluminum or supplies are the world's largest. Oil comes from Trinidad, Aruba, and Korako. But for many of the smaller islands, sugar is the only export.
Rum, a strong alcoholic drink, which is distilled from sugar cane, is also an export..The world's best rum comes from this area. Local kinds vary from the light rums of Puerto Rico to the