2020年12月六级真题（第3套）

淘宝店铺：叮当考研12020年12月英语六级第3套PartIWriting(30minutes)Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessayonwhystudentsshouldbeencouragedtodeveloptheabilitytomeetchallenges.Youshouldwriteatleast150wordsbutnomorethan200words.PartIIListeningComprehension(30minutes)特别说明六级考试每次仅考两套听力，第三套听力试题同第一套或第二套试题一致PartIIIReadingComprehension(40minutes)SectionADirections:Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswersheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.Socialdistancingisputtingpeopleoutofwork,cancelingschoolandtankingthestockmarket.Ithasbeen26byfear,anditiscreatingevenmorefearasmoneyproblemsanduncertaintygrow.However,atitscoreislove,andasacrificetoprotectthosemost27tothecoronavirus(冠状病毒)effects—theelderly,peoplewithcompromisedimmunesystems,andthosewhoselife-savingresourceswouldbeusedupbya28epidemic.Americansmakelife-savingdecisionseverydayasamatterofcourse.Wecutfoodintobite-sizedpieces,wewearseatbelts,andwetakecarenottoexceedthespeedlimit.Butsocialdistancingis29inthatitiscompletelyself-sacrificing.Thosewhowillbenefitmaybetheelderlyrelativesofthe30personwedidn’tpassinStarbucks,onthesubway,orintheelevator.Socialdistancingismillionsofpeoplemakinghundredsofsacrificestokeeptheelderlyalive.Itdoesn’tincludethe31torunfromsocietyormakeanexcusetoavoidone’sobligations—suchaslife-savingmedicalworkortheparentalobligationtobuygroceries.Whatitdoesincludeisapplyinglovethroughcaution.Andindoingso,itoffersan32opportunityforthosewhocareabouttheelderlytofindnewwaystolovethem.Ifwe’renot33asmuchinournormalworkorschool,wehaveextratimetocallparentsandgrandparents.Wecanalsoaskelderlyrelativeshowtobestsupportthem34anduseoursacrificesasanopportunitytobringus,ourcommunityandtheworld35.淘宝店铺：叮当考研2A)amazingI)sentimentallyB)closerJ)spirituallyC)drivenK)temptationsD)engagedL)thriftierE)malignantM)tickledF)oppressingN)uniqueG)premisesO)vulnerableH)randomSectionBDirections:Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.AnswerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswersheet2.WhyLifelongLearningIstheInternationalPassporttoSuccessA)Pictureyourselfatacollegegraduationday,withafreshcohort(一群)ofstudentsabouttosetsailfornewhorizons.Whataretheythinkingwhiletheythrowtheircapsintheair?Whatisitwiththisthinsheetofpaperthatmakesitsoprecious?It’snotonlytheproofofacquiredknowledgebutplaysintothereputationgameofwhereyouweretrained.BeingagraduatefromHarvardLawSchoolcarriesthatextraglamour,doesn’tit?Yettakeacloserlook,andthediplomaistheperfectendingtothemoderntragedyofeducation.B)Why?BecauseuniversitiesandcurriculaaredesignedalongthethreeunitiesofFrenchclassicaltragedy:time,action,andplace.Studentsmeetattheuniversitycampus(unityofplace)forclasses(unityofaction)duringtheir20s(unityoftime).Thisclassicalmodelhastraditionallyproducedprestigiousuniversities,butitisnowchallengedbythedigitalisationofsociety—whichallowseverybodywhoisconnectedtotheinternettoaccesslearning—andbytheneedtoacquireskillsinstepwithafast-changingworld.Universitiesmustrealisethatlearninginyour20swon’tbeenough.Iftechnologicaldiffusionandimplementationdevelopfaster,workerswillhavetoconstantlyrefreshtheirskills.C)Theuniversitymodelneedstoevolve.Itmustequipstudentswiththerightskillsandknowledgetocompeteinaworld‘wherevaluewillbederivedlargelyfromhumaninteractionandtheabilitytoinventandinterpretthingsthatmachinescannot’，astheEnglishfuturistRichardWatsonputsit.Byteachingfoundationalknowledgeandup-to-dateskills,universitieswillprovidestudentswiththefuture-proofskillsoflifelonglearning,notjustgetthem‘job-ready’.淘宝店铺：叮当考研3D)Someuniversitiesalreadyplayacriticalroleinlifelonglearningastheywanttokeepthevalueoftheirdiplomas.Thisnewrolecomeswithahugesetofchallenges,andneedslargelytobeinvented.Onewaytostartthistransformationprocesscouldbetogobeyondthe‘five-yeardiplomamodel’toadaptcurriculatolifelonglearning.Wecallthismodelthelifelongpassport.E)TheBachelor’sdegreecouldbeyourpassporttolifelonglearning.Forthefirstfewyears,studentswould‘learntolearn’andgetendowedwithreasoningskillsthatremainwiththemfortherestoftheirlives.Forinstance,physicsallowsyoutoobserveandrationalisetheworld,butalsotointegrateobservationsintomodelsand,sometimes,modelsintotheoriesorlawsthatcanbeusedtomakepredictions.Mathematicsisthelanguageusedtoformulatethelawsofphysicsoreconomy,andtomakerigorouscomputationsthatturnintopredictions.Thesetwodisciplinesnaturallyformthefoundationalpillarsofeducationintechnicaluniversities.F)Recentadvancesincomputationalmethodsanddatasciencepushusintorethinkingscienceandengineering.Computersincreasinglybecomeprincipalactorsinleveragingdatatofo