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大学英语六级考试绝密押题试卷(
一)
Part Ⅰ Writing (30
minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write
an essay that begins with the sentence “ Shared bikes in different colors
have flooded on the city streets almost overnight. ” You can make
comments, cite examples or use your personal experiences to develop
your essay. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200
words.
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 will hear four questions. Both the
conversation 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.
Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
1. A) It has caused the death of at least 10 more children this week.
B) It has claimed 73 lives so far for the season.
C) It is as widespread as the 2009 epidemic.
D) It has caused a serious epidemic in the US.
2. A) Doctors haven’ t found out the virus causing the flu yet.
B) The current vaccine doesn’ t work well against the dominant virus.
C) The flu has run out of control and circulated around the world.
D) People haven’ t realized the seriousness of the flu yet.
3. A) The work alcoholics. C) The alcoholics.
B) Those who lack physical exercise. D) Pregnant women.
4. A) Take antiviral medicines. C) Stay indoors.
B) Drink more warm water. D) Be hospitalized immediately.
Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
5. A) Most of them are poor at numeracy.
B) Most of them have no customer awareness.
C) Many of them are unqualified for thriving in the workplace.
D) Many of them have no clear occupational planning.
6. A) Making training plans for employees in
her company.
B) Recruiting young qualified graduates for her
company.
C) Doing remedial training for new employees in her company.
D) Running numeracy lessons for employees in her company.
7. A) Offering high-qualified teaching.
2024年英语六级预测押题卷（一 第1 淘宝：谈辰图书企业B) Developing students’ numeracy skill.
2024年英语六级预测押题卷（一 第2 淘宝：谈辰图书企业C) Helping students achieve all-round development.
D) Being strict with students’ academic achievement.
8. A) The poor teaching quality of
schools nowadays.
B) The decreasing number of graduates nowadays.
C) The reduction of cost in business payroll nowadays.
D ) T he reduction of funding for further education nowadays.
Sec ti on 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.
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.
9. A) They had declined for almost two decades.
B) They had risen for almost two decades.
C) They had declined for five years.
D) They had risen for five years.
10. A) It did not examine teens’ use of smartphones.
B) It involves many other possible influencing factors.
C) It proves the serious influence of social media on teen suicide.
D) It provides weak evidence for social media influencing teen suicide.
11. A) They are the main factors influencing teen suicide.
B) They are being unfairly criticized.
C) Kids should be forbidden to use them.
D ) K id s ’ us e of th e m s h ou ld
Ques ti on s 1 2 to 1 5 ar e b as e d o n
b e re a s o n a b ly li mi te d .
th e p a s s a g e yo u h a v e just heard.
12. A) Stop selling energy drinks to customers under 16.
B) Ask customers to present their IDs when buying soft drinks.
C) Announce new energy drink restrictions.
D) Reduce the number of soft drinks containing caffeine.
13. A) They were first announced last year.
B) They are a voluntary measure.
C) They are caused by a nationwide soda tax.
D) They will end at the beginning of March.
14. A) Because they contain too much sugar.
B) Because their nutrition value is exaggerated.
C) Because the additives contained are bad to health.
D) Because the caffeine contained can prevent sleep.
15. A) Because supermarket chains will not follow the rules.
B) Because kids might lie about their age.
C) Because energy drinks are still available in small stores.
D) Because customers do not support them.
2024年英语六级预测押题卷（一 第3 淘宝：谈辰图书企业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.
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.
16. A) How to control emotions in daily life.
B) How to think and act optimistically.
C) How to study grammar efficiently.
D) How to deal with emotions under pressure.
17. A) By advising yourself to think in different perspectives.
B) By slowing down your reaction to stress gradually.
C) By keeping a psychological distance between you and your emotions.
D) By distracting you from the thing that makes you stressful.
18. A) His own experience of being nervous during a
flight.
B) His desire as a mental health expert to help
patients.
C) His failure in curing people suffering from
depression.
D ) H is ne w
Ques ti on s 19 t o
st ra te g ie s f o r c o ntr o l lin g e m o t i o ns u n d er p re s s
2 2 a r e b a s e d o n t h e r ec o r d i n g y o u h av e j u
u re .
st h eard.
19. A) Two. C) Six.
B) Four. D) Twelve.
20. A) The ability to cope well with long-term mental and emotional problems.
B) The ability to collect the needed information from the space.
C) The ability to make maps of the planets being studied.
D) The ability to adapt well to the living structure in the space.
21. A) It takes 20 minutes for a radio signal to travel from Mars to
Earth.
B) It is a method of training the crew members’ patience.
C) It takes 20 minutes to prepare for communications.
D) It is essential for making sure the content of communications is
clear.
22. A) The one in Hawaii includes women research
subjects.
B) The one in Hawaii is conducted in a special
structure.
C) The one in Hawaii lasts for nearly three years.
D ) T h e on e in H a wa i i
Ques ti on s 2 3 to 2 5 ar e b a
p r ov id es a n e n v i r on m en t mo s t l ike M a rs .
s e d o n th e r e c o r d in g y ou h a v e ju st h e ard.
23. A) Having a good start every
2024年英语六级预测押题卷（一 第4 淘宝：谈辰图书企业day.
B) Having strong self-confidence.
C) Having a sense of direction.
D) Having specialist knowledge.
24. A) Our brains and muscles have just had enough rest during the night.
B) People who rise early in the morning have a clear head.
C) Our willpower and attention span are strongest in the morning.
D) People are influenced by the saying “ The early bird gets the worm”.
2024年英语六级预测押题卷（一 第5 淘宝：谈辰图书企业25. A) It helps us review our mistakes.
B) It helps us make full use of our time.
C) It helps us set our goals.
D) It helps us get prepared.
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40
minutes) Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You
are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given
in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully
before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a
letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2
with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in
the bank more than once.
Tiny pieces of gold could be used in the fight against cancer,
new research has suggested. Scientists at Edinburgh University have just
completed a study which shows the 26 metal increased the effectiveness of
drugs used to treat lung cancer cells. Minute fragments, known
as gold nanoparticles( 纳 米 颗 粒 ), were 27 in a chemical device by the
research team.
While this has not yet been tested on humans, it is hoped such a device
could one day be used to reduce side effects of current chemotherapy treatments
by 28 targeting diseased cells without damaging healthy tissue. Gold is a
safe chemical element and has the ability to 2 9 chemical reactions.
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh discovered properties of the
metal that allow these catalytic abilities to be accessed in living things
without any side effects. The device was shown to be effective after being
3 0 in the brain of a zebrafish, suggesting it can be used in living animals.
The study was carried out in 31 with researchers at the
University of Zaragoza’ s Institute of Nanoscience of Edinburgh’ s CRUK
Edinburgh Centre, said: “ We have discovered new 32 of gold that were
previously unknown and our findings suggest that the metal could be used to
33 drugs inside tumours very safely. There is still work to do before we
can use this on 34 , but this study is a step forward. We hope that a
similar device in humans could one day be implanted by surgeons to activate
chemotherapy directly in tumours and reduce harmful effects to healthy organs. ”
The next steps will be to see if this method is 35 to use in people,
what its long- and short-term side effects are, and if it’ s a better way to
treat some cancers.
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G) patients
2024年英语六级预测押题卷（一 第6 淘宝：谈辰图书企业I) precisely
J) previous
K) properties
L) release
M) relieve
N) safe
O) unsafe
2024年英语六级预测押题卷（一 第7 淘宝：谈辰图书企业Section B
Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten
statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one
of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is
derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is
marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter
on Answer Sheet 2.
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
A) I’ ve been researching generational differences for 25 years, starting
when I was a 22-year-old doctoral student in psychology. Typically, the
characteristics that come to define a generation appear gradually, and
along a continuum. Beliefs and behaviors that were already rising simply
continue to do so. Millennials, for instance, are a highly
individualistic generation, but individualism had been increasing since
the Baby Boomers turned on, tuned in and dropped out. I had grown
accustomed to line graphs of trends that looked like modest hills and
valleys.
B) Around 2012, I noticed abrupt shifts in teen behaviors and emotional
states. The gentle slopes of the line graphs became steep mountains and sheer
cliffs, and many of the distinctive characteristics of the Millennial
generation began to disappear. In all my analyses of generational data—some
reaching back to the 1930s—I had never seen anything like it.
C) At first I presumed these might be blips( 暂时性问题), but the trends
persisted across several years and a series of national surveys. The changes
weren’ t just in degree, but in kind. The biggest difference between the
Millennials and their predecessors was in how they viewed the world; teens today
differ from the Millennials not just in their views but in how they spend
their time. The experiences they have every day are radically different from
those of the generation that came of age just a few years before them.
D) What happened in 2012 to cause such dramatic shifts in behavior? It was
after the Great Recession, which officially lasted from 2007 to 2009 and
had a starker effect on Millennials trying to find a place in a sputtering
economy. But it was exactly the moment when the proportion of Americans who
owned a smartphone surpassed 50 percent.
E) The more I pored over yearly surveys of teen attitudes and
behaviors, and the more I talked with young people, the clearer it became
that theirs is a generation shaped by the smartphone and by the concomitant( 伴
随 的 ) rise of social media. I call them iGen. Born between 1995 and 2012,
members of this generation are growing up with smartphones, have an
Instagram account before they start high school, and do not remember a time
before the internet. iGen’ s oldest members were early adolescents when the
iPhone was introduced, in 2007, and high-school students when the iPad
entered the scene, in 2010. A 2017 survey of more than 5,000 American teens
found that three out of four owned an iPhone.
F) The advent of the smartphone and its cousin the tablet was followed quickly
by hand-wringing about the harmful effects of “ screen time ”. But the
impact of these devices has not been fully appreciated, and goes far
beyond the usual concerns about curtailed attention spans. The arrival of the
smartphone has radically changed every aspect of teenagers’ lives, from
the nature of their social interactions to their mental health. These changes
have affected young people in every corner of the nation and in every type of
2024年英语六级预测押题卷（一 第8 淘宝：谈辰图书企业household. The trends appear among teens poor and rich; of every ethnic
2024年英语六级预测押题卷（一 第9 淘宝：谈辰图书企业background; in cities, suburbs, and small towns. Where there are call
towers, there are teens living their lives on their smartphone.
G) To those of us who fondly recall a more analog adolescence,
this may seem foreign and troubling. The aim of generational study,
however, is not to succumb to nostalgia for the way things used to be;
it’ s to understand how they are now. Some generational changes are
positive, some are negative, and many are both. More comfortable in their
bedrooms than in a car or at a party, today’ s teens are physically safer
than teens have ever been. They’ re markedly less likely to get into a
car accident and, having less of a taste for alcohol than their predecessors,
are less susceptible to drinking’s attendant ills.
H) Psychologically, however, they are more vulnerable than
Millennials were: Rates of teen depression and suicide have skyrocketed
since 2011. It’ s not an exaggeration to describe iGen as being on the brink of
the worst mental-health crisis in decades. Much of this deterioration can be
traced to their phones. Even when a seismic( 重 大 的 ) event— a war, a
technological leap, a free concert in the mud—plays an outsize role in
shaping a group of young people, no single factor ever defines a
generation. Parenting styles continue to change, as do school curricula
and culture, and these things matter. But the twin rise of the smartphone
and social media has caused an earthquake of a magnitude we’ ve not seen in a
very long time, if ever. There is compelling evidence that the devices
we’ ve placed in young people’ s hands are having profound effects on their
lives—and making them seriously unhappy.
I) The allure of independence was so powerful to previous generations.
However, it now holds less sway over today’ s teens, who are less likely
to leave the house without their parents. The shift is stunning: 12th-
graders in 2015 were going out less often than eighth-graders did as recently
as 2009.
J) Today’ s teens are also less likely to date. The initial stage of
courtship, which Gen Xers called “ liking”( as in “ Ooh, he likes you!”),
kids now call “ talking”—an ironic choice for a generation that prefers texting
to actual conversation. After two teens have “ talked” for a while,
they might start dating. But only about 56 percent of high-school seniors in
2015 went out on dates; for Boomers and Gen Xers, the number was about 85
percent.
K) The decline in dating tracks with a decline in sexual activity. The
drop is the sharpest for ninth-graders, among whom the number of sexually
active teens has been cut by almost 40 percent since 1991. The average teen now
has had sex for the first time by the spring of 11th grade, a full year later
than the average Gen Xer. Fewer teens having sex has contributed to what many
see as one of the most positive youth trends in recent years: The teen birth
rate hit an all-time low in 2016, down 67 percent since its modern peak, in
1991.
L) Even driving, a symbol of adolescent freedom inscribed in American
popular culture, from Rebel Without a Cause to Ferris Bueller’ s Day
Off, has lost its appeal for today’ s teens. Nearly all Boomer high-
school students had their driver’ s license by the spring of their senior year;
more than one in four teens today still lack one at the end of high
school. For some, Mom and Dad are such good chauffeurs that there ’ s no
urgent need to drive. “ My parents drove me everywhere and never complained, so
2024年英语六级预测押题卷（一 第10 淘宝：谈辰图书企业I always had rides,” a 21-year-old student in San Diego told me. “ I
didn’ t get my license until my mom told me I had to because she could not keep
driving me to school. ” She finally got
2024年英语六级预测押题卷（一 第11 淘宝：谈辰图书企业her license six months after her 18th birthday. In conversation after
conversation, teens described getting their license as something to be
nagged into by their parents—a notion that would have been unthinkable to
previous generations.
M) Independence isn’ t free—you need some money in your pocket to
pay for gas, or for that bottle of schnapps. iGen teens aren’ t working
( or, managing their own money). Statistically, in the late 1970s, 77
percent of high-school seniors worked for pay during the school year; by the
mid-2010s, only 55 percent did. The number of eighth-graders who work for
pay has been cut in half. These declines accelerated during the Great
Recession, but teen employment has not bounced back, even though job
availability has.
36. Millennials and their former generations viewed the world in a way
different from teens do today.
37. It is obvious that iGen teens are deeply influenced by cellphone as
well as social media.
38. Teens behavior changed suddenly at the time when over half of Americans
had smartphones.
39. Physically speaking, today’ s teens are much safer than ever
before, which is one of the positive outcomes of smartphones.
40. The author’ s study is more than two decades, which shows that a
generation has relatively stable characteristics.
41. Teenagers nowadays prefer chatting online for some time before they may
have a date.
42. Although many factors influence the teens today, nothing can be
compared to those from the smartphone and social media.
43. Jobs for the young are sufficient today, but they are unwilling to work
for pay.
44. Today’ s American teenagers have been changed into a generation
heavily dependent on their smartphone.
45. Having driver’ s licence was once treated as important, but teens
nowadays do not think much of it.
Section C
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is
followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them
there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should
decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer
Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.
Business cards have been around a long time in one form or another. The
Chinese invented calling cards in the 15th century to give people notice that
they intended to visit. European merchants invented trade cards in the 17th
century to act as miniature advertisements.
Lots of companies try to turn their cards into miniature plugs for their
products. Employees at Lego give out miniature plastic figures with their
contact details stamped on them. McDonald’ s business cards are shaped
like a portion of fries. A Canadian divorce lawyer once gave out cards that can
be torn in two—one half for each of the feuding spouses.
Such tricks can quickly pall. For techno-utopians, they just go to show
that the physical business
2024年英语六级预测押题卷（一 第12 淘宝：谈辰图书企业card is in its death throes( 垂死挣扎). After all, why bother exchanging bits
of thick paper at all when you can simply swap electronic versions by
smartphone?
However, one can just as well argue the opposite: that business cards
are here to stay, and in a blizzard( 大 风 雪 ) of meetings and
correspondence, it is more important than ever that your card stands out.
Attempts to reinvent business cards for the digital age have got nowhere.
That business cards are thriving in a digital age is a forceful reminder
that there is much about business that is timeless. Take, for instance, the
eternal and inescapable question of whether you can trust someone. The
number of things that machines can do better than humans grows by the day. But
they cannot look people in the eye and decide what sort of person they are.
And they cannot transform acquaintanceships into relationships. A good deal
of business life will always be about building social bonds—having dinner
with people, playing sport with them, even getting drunk with them—and
the more that machines take over the quantitative stuff more human beings will
have to focus on the touchy-feely.
The rapid advance of both globalization and virtualization means that this
trust-building process is becoming ever more demanding. Managers have to work
harder at establishing trust with people from different cultures: chief executives
of global organizations routinely spend three out of every four weeks traveling.
They also have to get better at using personal meetings to reinforce bonds that
were first formed over the phone or Internet.
Here, business cards are doubly useful. They can be a quick way of
establishing connections, and can also act as a physical reminder that you
have actually met someone rather than just Googled them. Rifling( 快速搜寻)
through piles of different cards helps to summon up memories of meetings in
ways that simply looking through uniform electronic lists never would.
46. The example of divorce lawyer’ s cards is mentioned to .
A) reveal the historical change of business cards
B) illustrate the function of cards as advertisements
C) display the ingenious designs of business cards
D) testify the effect of business cards is declining
47. The word “ pall”( Line 1, Para. 3) most probably means “ ”.
A) to have effect C) to make troubles
B) to become popular D) to lose appeal
48. The reason why business cards cannot be replaced lies in .
A) they help to build actual social bonds in business life
B) they make the trust-building process more urgent
C) they set people free from their quantitative routines
D) they bring more sentiments into the business contact
49. It is implied in the last two paragraphs that .
A) people from different cultures can hardly trust each other
B) it is impossible to establish trust over the phone or Internet
C) business cards remind people of their face-to-face contact
D) uniform electronic lists may not help people get acquainted
2024年英语六级预测押题卷（一 第13 淘宝：谈辰图书企业50. What is this passage mainly about?
A) Why business cards thrive in digital age.
B) When business cards will be replaced.
C) How elaborately the cards can be designed.
D) What business cards can help managers do.
Passage Two
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
A hard Brexit poses risks to the integrity of financial markets and could make
it harder to protect consumers from wrongdoing by banks, the head of the city
regulator has warned MPs.
Andrew Bailey, chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority, said
a cliff-edge Brexit—one in which the regulatory framework changes the instant
the UK leaves the EU—also presented competition risks, alongside threats to
legal and market stability.
In his latest letter to the Treasury Select Committee, Bailey said a
sudden exit from the EU could make it difficult for regulators to obtain
information about the firms they regulate. “ Any lack of certainty with
regard to the regulatory framework may affect the ability of the FCA, and
perhaps other regulators, to take enforcement action as a means of both
addressing and deterring misconduct,” said Bailey.
He also highlighted the risks associated with the sudden loss of the “
passport” that firms based in the EU use to operate freely within the 28
member states. Bailey has previously told the committee that 5,476 UK-
registered firms hold at least one passport to do business in another EU or
EEA member state while just over 8, 000 companies authorized in other EU
states use these rules to do business in the UK.
There was a risk, he said, that firms could end up without the correct
permissions to sell products or find themselves vulnerable to legal action if they
were not able to meet pledges to provide services for customers. The FCA may not
have enough time to process applications—which take about 23 weeks—if the loss
of passporting is only agreed late in the negotiations.
Former shadow chancellor Chris Leslie, a leading supporter of the Open
Britain campaign, said: “ The last thing post-Brexit Britain needs is to
tie the hands of the Financial Conduct Authority behind their back. A hard
Brexit doesn’ t just risk pushing our economy over a cliff edge, it
risks throwing robust regulation into the void as well. ”
“ If we learned anything from the 2008 global economic crash, it is that a
clear system of regulation for financial services is essential. It is deeply
worrying that the people responsible for that in country are saying they will
not be able to do their job properly if Britain crashes out of the EU without
a transitional deal in place. ”
“ When the financial watchdogs are themselves saying they will not be able
to properly protect consumers following a hard Brexit, the government needs to
sit up and take notice. ” “ If the watchdog cannot watch financial
transactions properly, we are leaving both people ’ s finances and
markets vulnerable to abuse. ”
51. What do we know about Andrew Bailey?
A) He strongly opposes the hard
Brexit.
B) He calls for a clear regulatory
system.
2024年英语六级预测押题卷（一 第14 淘宝：谈辰图书企业C) He requires enhanced financial regulation.
D) He predicts some post-Brexit problems.
52. The data quoted in Paragraph Four illustrates .
A) the extensive influence of Brexit on business
B) the large amount of workload of the FCA
C) the significance of acquiring the “ passport”
D) the enormous scale of the overseas market
53. What may be the problem posed by a sudden loss of firms’ “ passport”?
A) Restriction on travel around EU member states.
B) Influence on the firms’ ability to provide service.
C) Increase of legal disputes in international trade.
D) Extended time to deal with passport application.
54. In the last two paragraphs, Chris Leslie emphasizes .
A) the urgency to reinforce the function of FCA
B) the importance of a manifest regulators
C) the responsibility of the financial regulators
D) the necessity of the government’ s involvement
55. What can we learn about Chris Leslie’ s position on the result of a hard
Brexit?
A) He provides proofs for Bailey’ s view.
B) He challenges Bailey’ s conclusion.
C) He poses a whole new insight.
D) He echoes Bailey’ s opinion on the issue.
Part Ⅳ Translation (30
minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to
translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your
answer on Answer Sheet 2.
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顶级机器人专家和机器人产品汇聚于此。 5 天的会议邀请了来自全球 150 家机器人公司的代
表。 参会的机器人种类繁多,既有工业机器人,也有服务机器人,例如可以用来帮忙做家务、照顾
孩子的机器人。 中国是机器人领域的一个领跑者,去年的出货量达到 68,000 台,而中国市场上
工业机器人的销量连续 5 年都以 35% 的速度递增。
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