2023年12月英语六级第三套

年月英语六级考试真题（第三套）202312Part IWriting30minutesDirections.fo.thi.part.yo.ar.allowe.

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5.word.bu.n.mor.tha.200oPart IIListeningcomprehension30miutesPart IIIReadingMany Europeancountries havebeen makingthe shiftto electricvehicles andGerman yhasjuststated that they plan to banthe saleof vehiclesusing gasolineand dieselas fuel by

2030.Thecountry is also planningto reduceits carbonfootprint by80-95%by2050,26a shifttogreenenergy in the country.Effectively,the banwill include the registration ofnew cars inthe countryas theywill notallow anygasoline27vehi cleto beregistered after

2030.Part of the reasonthis banis beingdiscussed and28is becauseenergy officialssee th attheywill notreach theiremissions goalsby2050if theydo not29a largeportion ofvehicleemissions.The countryis still30that itwill meetits emissionsgoals,like reducingemissions by40%by2023,but the31of electric carsin the countryhas notoccu rredas fastasejected.Other efforts to increasethe useof electricvehicles includeplans tobuild over1milli onhybridand electric carbattery changingstations acrossthe country.By2030,Germ anyplansonhaving over6million chargingstations

32.According to the InternationalBusinessTimes,electriccarsales are expected toincrease asVolkswage nis stillrecoveringfrom itsemissions scandal.There are33around155,000registered hybridandelectricvehicles onGerman roads,neabout aman who leda lifeof leisureand anotherabout amanwhowas overworkedand overscheduled;when askedto determinewhich of the twohad ahigher socialstatus,themajority of the participantssaid thelatter.The sameheld truefor people who usedproductsthat impliedthey wereshort ontime:In oneexperiment,for example,customers ofthegrocery-delivery servicePeapod wereseen asof higherstatus thanpeoplewhoshopped atgrocerystores that were equallyexpensive;in another,people wearingwireless headphoneswereconsidered furtherup on the socialladder thanthose wearingregular headphones,evenwhen bothwere justused tolisten tomusic.In part,the authorswrote inHBR,this patternmay haveto dowith theway workitsel fhaschangedover thepast severaldecades.We thinkthat theshift fromleisure-as-status tobusyness-as-status maybe linkedto thedevelopmentof knowledge-intensive economics.In sucheconomies,individuals whopossessthe humancapital characteristicsthat employersor clientsvalue e.g.,competence andambitionareexpected tobein highdemand andshort supplyon thejob market.Thus,bytelling othersthatwe arebusyand workingall thetime,we areimplicitly suggestingthat wearesough tafter,whichenhances ourperceived status.Even ifyou feeltempted tosacrifice your own vacationdays forfake busyness,thoug h,atleast considerleaving your weekends unscheduled.Its foryourowngood.

51.What domost employeesplanto do towardsthe end of theyearA Gofor avacation.B Keepon working.C Setan objectivefor nextyear.D Reviewthe yearsachievements.

52.How wouldpeople viewdedication towork in the pastAThey wouldregard it as amatter ofcourse.B Theywould considerit amust forsuccess.C Theywould lookupon itwith contempt.D Theywould deemitatrick ofbusinessmen.

53.What didthe researchersfind througha series of experimentsAThe busierone appears,the morerespect oneearns.B Themore oneworks,the moreone feelsexploited.C Themore knowledgeone has,the morecompetent one will be.D Thehigher one*s status,the morevacation timeonewillenjoy.

54.What mayaccount for the change of peoplesattitude towardsbeing busyAThe fastpace oflife inmodern society.B Thefierce competitionin thejob market.C Thewidespread useof computertechnology.D Therole ofknowledge inmodern economy.

55.What doesthe authoradvise ustodoat theendof the passageASchedule ourtime properlyfor efficiency.B Planourweekendsin ameaningful way.C Findtime torelax howeverbusy we are.D Avoidappearing busywhen we are not.Part IVTranslation30minutesDirections:Fo.thi.part.yo.ar.allowe.

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2.洞庭湖位于湖南省东北部,面积很大,但湖水很浅洞庭湖是长江的蓄洪池,湖的大小很大限度上取决于季节变化湖北和湖南两省因其与湖的相对位置而得名湖北意为“湖的北边”，而湖南则为“湖的南边”洞庭湖作为龙舟赛的发源地,在中国文化中享有盛名据说龙舟赛始于洞庭湖东岸，为的是搜寻楚国爱国诗人屈原的遗体龙舟赛与洞庭湖及周边的美景，每年都吸引着成千上万来自全国和世界各地的游客年月六级部分真题参考答案（完整版）202312Part IWritingBe Generouswith YourHelpWhen itcomes to the topicof help,wearefrequentlytold that,Help others,and youwill behelped whenyou arein need.Simple as the sayingis,i timpliesthe importanceof helping others inneed.What Ilearn from the remark,in shortwords,is thathelpingothersis helpingyourself.Examples caneasily befound tomake thispoint clearer.The storyof the ant and the doveis acasein point.An antslipped into the riverwhen drinkingalong theriver.A dove heardhiscriesfor helpand threwhim aleaf,which helpedthe antfloat backto thebank.After afewdays,ahunter wasraising hisgun to the doveas shewas buildinghernest.Seeing this,theantranquickly tobite thehunters leg.The doveheard thehunte rsscream andflewaway.All in all,this exampleindicates thatwhen weoffer ourhelp toothers,weareleaving awayopenfor the future.Helping othersis avirtue,and weshould takesome measures tocarryforwardthis virtueand doothers a favor.Only in this waycan webuild alov ingandharmonioussociety.Part IIListening Comprehension说明由于年月六级考试全国共考了套听力，本套真题听力与前套内20231222容完全同样，只是顺序不同样，因此在本套真题中不再反复出现Part IIIReading Comprehension26-35:OLHDG AJBKF36-45:EMCHB JGPID46-55:ACBAD BCADCPartIV TranslationDongting Lake is a large,shallow lakein northeasternHunan province,China.It isafloodbasinof theYangtze River.Hence,the lakessize largelydepends on the season.Theprovinces ofHubeiand Hunanare namedafter theirlocation relativetothe lake.Hubeimeans Northof theLake11and Hunan,South of the Lake”.DongtingLakeis famousin Chineseculture asthebirthplace ofdragon boatracing,which issaid to have begunon theeastern shoresofDongting Lakeas asearchforthebody ofQu Yuan,the Chupoet340-278BC.Togetherwith the lake and its surroundingbeauty,the racingappeals tothous andsoftourists fromotherparts ofChina andbeyond eachyear.dwarfedby the45million gasolineand dieselcars drivingthere now.As countriescontinuesettinggoals ofreducing emissions,greater stepsneed tobe takentohave a34effect onthesurroundingenvironment.While theefforts arecertainly not35,the resultsof suchbanswilllikely onlystart tobe seenby generationsdown theline,bettering the world forthefuture.A acceptanceB currentlyC disruptingD eliminateE exhaustF futileG hopefulHimplemented Iincidentally Jinstalled Knoticeable Lpowered MrestorationN skepticalOsparking26-35:OLHDG AJBKFSectionBDirections:In this section,you aregoing toread apassage withten statementsattache dtoit.Each statementcontains informationgiven inone of the paragraphs.Identify th eparagraphfrom whichthe informationis derived.You maychoose aparagraph morethanonce.Eachparagraph ismarked with a letter.Answer thequestions bymarking thecorresponding letteronAnswer Sheet

2.Apples StanceHighlights aMore ConfrontationalTech Industry[A]The battlebetween Apple and law enforcement officialsover unlockinga terrorist1ssmartphone is the culminationof aslow turningof thetables betweenthe technologyindustryand the United States government.[B]After revelationsby theformer NationalSecurity Agencycontractor EdwardJ.Sn讨owden in2023that the government bothcozied upto好certain tech companies andhacked intoothersto gainaccess toprivate dataon anenormousscale,tech giantsbegan torecognizethe UnitedStatesgovernmentas ahost ileactor.But ifthe confrontationhas crystallizedinthis latestbattle,it mayalready beheadingtoward apredictable conclusion:In thelong run,the techcompanies aredesti nedtoemerge victorious.[C]It maynot seemthat wayat themoment.On theone side,you havetheUnitedStatesgovernment^mighty legaland securityapparatus fightingfor dataofthe most sympatheticsort:the secretsburied ina deadmass murderersphone.The actionsteins from afederalcourt order issuedon Tuesdayrequiring Apple to help the FederalBureau ofInvestigationFBI to unlock an iPhone usedby one ofthetwo attackerswho killed14people inSan Bernardino,California,in December.[D]In theother corneristhe worlds mostvaluable company,whose chiefexecutive,TimothyCook,has saidhe willappeal thecourts order.Apple arguesthat it is fightingtopreserve aprinciplethat mostof uswho areaddicted toour smartphonescan defend:Weaken asingleiPhone so that itscontents can be viewedby theAmerican govern mentand youriskweakening alliPhones for any governmentintruder,anywhere.[E]There willprobably bemonths oflegal confrontation,anditis notat allclear whichside willprevailin court,nor in the battlefor publicopinion andlegislative favor.Ye tunderlyingall ofthisisasimple dynamic:Apple,Google,Facebook andother companieshold mostofthecardsin thisconfrontation.They haveour data,and theirbusines sesdependon theglobal public^collective belief that theywill doeverything they can toprotectthat data.[F]Any crackin thatfront could be fatalfor techcompanies thatmust operateworldw ide.IfApple isforced toopen upaniPhonefor anAmerican lawenforcement investigation,what istoprevent itfrom doingso fora requestfromtheRussians orthe Iranians IfAppleisforced towritecode thatlets the FBI getinto thePhone5c usedby SyedRizwan Farook,the maleattackerin theSan Bernardinoattack,who would be responsible ifsome hackergothold ofthatcode andbroke into its otherdevices[G]Apples stanceon theseissues emergedpostSnowden,when thecompany startedputtingin placea seriesof technologiesthat,by d力口密efault,make useof encryptiontolimit accesstopeoples data.More thanthat,Apple—and,in differentways,other techcompanies,includingGoogle,Facebook,Twitter and一Microsofthave madetheir opposition tothegovernmenfsclaims apoint ofcorporate pride.[H]Apples emergingglobal brandis privacy;it hasstaked itscorporate reputation,no ttomentionthe investmentof considerable technical andfinancial resources,on limiting thesortofmass surveillancethat wasuncovered byMr.Snowden.So now,for many casesinvolvinggovernmentalintrusions intodata,once-lonely privacyadvocates findthemselves fightingalongsidethemostpowerful company intheworld.[LHA comparisonpoint isin the1990s battlesover encryption/said KurtOpsahl,generalcounsel ofthe ElectronicFrontier Foundation,a privacywatchdog group.HThen youhad afewcompanies involved,but notoneofthe largestcompanies intheworldco mingoutwith alengthyand impassionedpost,like wesaw yesterdayfrom TimothyC ook.Itsprofile hasreallybeen raised.n[J]Appleandoilier techcompanies holdanother ace:the technicalmeans tokeep makingtheirdevices moreand moreinaccessible.Note thatApples publicopposition toth egovernmenfsrequestis itselfa hindranceto massgovernment intrusion.And toget at thecontentsof asingleiPhone,the governmentsays itneeds acourtorderand Apple*s helptowrite newcode;in earlierversions ofthe iPhone,ones thatwere createdbefo reApple（热衷found religionon于）privacy,the FBImight havebeen ableto breakinto thedevice byitself.（束[K]You canexpect thatnoose缚）to continueto tighten.Experts saidthat whetheror notAppleloses thisspecific case,measures thatit couldput intoplace inthefuturewill almostcertainlybe ableto furtherlimit thegovernments reach.[L]That isnot tosay that the outcomeoftheSan Bernardinocase isinsignificant.Asappleand severalsecurity expertshave argued,an ordercompelling Appleto writesoftware thatgivesthe FBI access tothe iPhonein questionwould establishan unsettlingprecedent.Theorder essentiallyasks Appleto hackits owndevices,and onceitisin place,the precedentcouldbe used to justifylawenforcementeffortstoget aroundencry ptiontechnologiesin otherinvestigationsfar removedfrom nationalsecurity threats.[M]Once aimedwith amethod forgaining access to iPhones,thegovernmentcould ask to（先发制人地）,useit proactivelybefore asuspected terroristattack——leaving Appleina bindas towhetherto complyor riskan attackand suffera publicrelationsnightmare.This isa brandnewmove inthe waragainst encryption,Mr.Ops ahisaid.Wehave hadplenty ofdebates inCongressand themedia overwhether theg overnmentshould（迂叵战术）一haveabackdoor,and thisis anendrun Iaround thathere theycome withanorder to create thatbackdoor/1[N]Yet itis worthnoting that even ifApple ultimatelyloses this case,it hasplenty oftechnicalmeans toclose abackdoor overtime.If they are anywherenear worththeir saltasengineers,I bettheyarerethinking theirthreat modelas wespeak,said JonathanZdziarski,adigital expertwho studiesthe iPhoneand itsvulnerabilities.[O]One relativelysimple fix,Mr.Zdziarski said,wouldbefor Appleto modifyfutureversions oftheiPhone torequire auser toenter apasscode beforethe phonewill accept thesortofmodified operatingsystem thattheFBIwants Appletocreate.That way,Apple一could notunilaterallyintroduce acode thatweakens theiPhonea userwould haveto consenttoit.[P.Nothing is100percent hacker-proof/Mr.Zdziarski said,but hepointed outthat thejudgesorder inthiscaserequire dAppleto provideHreasonable securityassistance tounlockMr.Farooks phone.If Applealters thesecurity modelof futureiPhones sothatevenitsown engineersHreason ableassistance11will notbe ableto cracka givendevice whencompelledby thegovernment,aprecedent setinthiscase mightlose itslasting force.Inother words,even iftheFBI winsthiscase,inthelong run,it loses.

36.It isa popularbeliefthattechcompaniesare committedto protectingtheir customersfprivate data.

37.The USgovernment believesthat itsaccesstopeoples iPhonescouldbeusedtopreventterrorist attacks.

38.A federalcourt askedAppletohelptheFBIaccessdata ina terroristsiPhone.

39.Privacy advocatesnow haveApple fightingalongside themagainst governmentaccess topersonaldata.

40.Snowden revealedthattheAmerican governmenthad triedhard to access privatedataon amassivescale.

41.The FBImight havebeen abletoaccessprivatedatain earlieriPhones withoutAp pieshelp.

42.After theSnowden incident,Apple madeclear itspositiontocounter governmentintrusioninto personaldata bymeans ofencryption.

43.According toone digitalexpert,no iPhonecanbeentirely freefrom hacking.

44.Timothy Cookslong webpost hashelped enhanceApples image.

45.Apples CEOhas decidedto appealthe federalcourts ordertounlocka usersiPho ne.Section CDirections:There are2passages inthissection.Each passageis followedby somequestionsor unfinishedstatements.For eachof themthere arefour choicesmarked A,B,Cand D.You shoulddecide onthe bestchoice andmark thecorresponding letteron AnswerSheet2withasingle linethrough thecentre.Passage OneQuestions46to50are basedonthefollowing passage.At thebase ofa mountainin Tanzania*s GregoryRift,Lake Natronburns brightred,surrounded by the remainsof animalsthatwereunfortunate enoughto fallintothesaltywater.Bats,swallows andmore arechemically preservedinthepose inwhich theyp erished,sealed inthe depositsof sodiumcarbonate inthe water.The lakeslandscape is一bizarre anddeadlyandmade evenmore sobythefact thatits theplace wherenearly75percent ofthewo rld*s（火烈鸟）flamingos areborn.The water is socorrosive thatit canburn theskin andeyes ofunadapted animals.Flamingos,however,are theonly speciesthat actuallymakes lifeinthemidst ofall thatd eath.Once everythreeor fouryears,when conditionsare right,the lakeis coveredwit hthe pinkbirdsas theystopflight tobreed.Three-quarters oftheworldsflamingos flyover fromother saltlakes inthe Rift Valleyand nest一on salt-crystal islandsthat appearwhen thewater isat aspecific leveltoohigh andthe birdscant buildtheir nests,too lowand predatorscan movebriskly acrossthe lake bedand attack.When thewater hitsthe rightlevel,the babybirds areke ptsafefrompredators bya corrosiveditch.nFlamingos haveevolved veryleathery skinon theirlegs sotheycantolerate thesalt water/says DavidHarper,a professor attheUniversity ofLeicester.Humans cannot,and woulddieiftheir legswere exposedfor anylength oftime.So farthis year,wate rlevels havebeentoohigh forthe flamingosto nest.（泻Some fish,too,have hadlimited successvacationing atthelakeas lesssalty lagoons湖）form onthe outeredges fromhot springsflowing intoLake Natron.Three speciesof（罗非鱼）tilapia thrivethereparttime.nFish havea refuge inthestreams andcan expandinto thelagoonswhen thelake islowandthelagoons areseparate/Harper said.All thelagoons joinwhenthelakeis highandfish mustretreat totheir streamrefuges ordie.Otherwise,no fishareableto surviveinthe naturallytoxic lake.This uniqueecosystem maysoon beunder pressure.The Tanzaniangovernment hasonceagain startedmining thelake forsoda ash,used formaking chemicals,glass anddetergents.Although theplanned operationwill belocated morethan40miles away,drawing thesoda ashinthrough pipelines,conservationists worryit couldstill upsetthe一natural watercycle andbreeding grounds.For now,though,life prevailseveninalake thatkills almosteverything ittouches.

46.What canwe learnabout LakeNatronA It is simplyuninhabitable formost animals.B Itremains littleknown tothe outsideworld.C Itisabreedinggroundforavariety ofbirds.D Itmakes anideal habitatfor lotsof predators.

47.Flamingos nestonly whenthelakewaterisat aspecific levelsothattheir babiesc an.A findsafe sheltermore easilyBgrow thickfeathers ontheir feetCstay awayfrom predatorsDget accustomedtothesalty water

48.Flamingos intheRiftValley areunique inthat.A theycan moveswiftly acrosslagoonsB theycan survivewell insalty waterCthey breednaturally incorrosive ditchesDthey knowwhere andwhen tonest

49.Why cancertain speciesof tilapiasometimes survivearound LakeNatronA Theycan takerefugeinthe lesssalty waters.B Theycan fleequick enoughfrom predators.C Theycan movefreely fromlagoon tolagoon.D Theycan standthe heatofthespring water.

50.What maybe theconsequence ofTanzanian governmentsplanned operationAThe acceleratedextinction offlamingos.B Thechangeofflamingos1migration route.C Theovermining ofLake Natronssoda ash.D Thedisruption ofLake Natronsecosystem.Passage TwoQuestions51to55are basedonthefollowing passage.一Itisthe seasonfor somefrantic last-minute mathacrossthe country,employees ofall stripesarecounting backwardin anattempt tofig ureoutjust how much paidtime-off theyhave leftintheir reserves.More ofthem,though,will skipthose calculationsaItogether andjust powerthroughthe holidaysinto2023:More thanhalf ofAmericanworkers dontuse upall oftheirallotted vacationdays eachyear.Not solong ago,people wouldhave turnedup theirnoses atthat kindof dedicationtothejob.As marketingprofessors SilviaBellezza,Neeru Paharia,and AnatKeinan recentlyexplainedin HarvardBusiness ReviewHBR,leisure timewas onceseen asan indicatorof highsocialstatus,something attainableonly forthose atthe top.Since them iddleofthe一20th century,though,things haveturned theopposite waythesedays,punishing hoursat yourdesk,rather thandays off,are seenasthemark ofsomeoneimportant.In aseriesofseveral experiments,the researchersillustrated justhowmuchweve cometoadmire busyness,oratleast theappearance ofit.Volunteers readtwo passages,o。