2020 年 9 月英语六级真题及参考答案【完整版】
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Section A
Long Conversation One
M: You are a professor of Physics at the University of Oxford. You are a senior
advisor at the European Organization for Nuclear Research. You also seem to tour
the global tirelessly, giving talks. And in addition, you have your own weekly TV
show On Science. Where do you get the energy?
W: Oh, well. 【Q1】I just love what I do.
I am extremely fortunate to have
this life, doing what I love doing.
M: Professor, what exactly is your goal? Why do you do all of these?
W: well, as you said, I do have different things going on. But these I think
can be divided into 【Q2】two groups: the education of science, and the further
understanding of science.
M: Don't these two things get in the way of each other? What I mean is, doesn't
giving lectures take time away from the lab?
W: Not really, no. I love teaching, and I don’t mind spending more time doing
that now than in the past. Also, what I will say is, that 【Q3】teaching a subject
helps me comprehend it better myself. I find that it furthers my own knowledge when
I have to explain something clearly, when I have to aid others understanding it,
and when I have to answer questions about it.
Teaching at a high level can be very
stimulating for anyone, no matter how much expertise they may already have in the
field they are instructing.
M: Are there any scientific breakthroughs that you see on the near horizon? A
significant discovery or invention we can expect soon.
W: 【Q4】The world is always conducting science. And there're constantly new
things being discovered. In fact, right now, we have too much data sitting in
computers.
For example, we have thousands of photos of planet Mars taken by
telescopes that nobody has ever seen.
We have them, yet nobody has had time to
look at them with their own eyes, let alone analyze them.
Q1: Why does the woman say she can be so energetic?
Q2: What has the woman been engaged in?
Q3: What does the woman say about the benefit teaching brings to her?
Q4: How does the woman say new scientific breakthroughs can be made possible?
Section A
Conversation 2
M: Do you think dreams 【Q5】have special meanings?
W: No. I don't think they do.
M: I don't either, but some people do. I would say people who believe that dreams
have special meanings are superstitious, especially nowadays. In the past, during
the times of ancient Egypt, Greece or China, people used to believe that dreams could
foresee the future. But today, with all the scientific knowledge that we have, I
think it's much harder to believe in these sorts of things.
W: My grandmother is superstitious, and she thinks dreams can predict the future.
Once, 【Q6】she dreamed that the flight she was due to take the following day
crashed.
Can you guess what she did? She didn't take that flight. She didn't even
bother to go to the airport the following day. Instead, she took the same flight
but a week later. And everything was fine of course. No plane ever crashed.
M: How funny! Did you know that flying is actually safer than any other mode
of transport? It's been statistically proven. People can be so irrational sometimes.
W: Yes, absolutely. But, even if we think they are ridiculous, 【Q7】emotions
can be just as powerful as rational thinking.
M: Exactly. People do all sorts of crazy things because of their irrational
feelings. But in fact, some psychologists believe that our dreams are the result
of our emotions and memories from that day. I think it was Sigmund Freud who said
that children's dreams were usually simple representations of their wishes, things
they wished would happen. 【Q8】But in adults', dreams are much more complicated
reflections of their more sophisticated sentiments.
W: Isn't it interesting how psychologists try to understand using the scientific
method something as bazaar as dreams? Psychology is like the rational study of
irrational feelings.
Q5: What do both speakers think of dreams?
Q6: Why didn't the woman's grandmother take her scheduled flight?
Q7: What does the woman say about people's emotions?
Q8: What did psychologist Sigmund Freud say about adults' dreams?
Section B
Passage 1
While some scientists explore the surface of the Antarctic, others are learning
more about a giant body of water -- four kilometers beneath the ice pack. Scientists
first discovered Lake Vostok in the 1970s by using radio waves that penetrate the
ice. Since then, they have used sound waves and even satellites to map this massive
body of water. How does the water in Lake Vostok remained liquid beneath an ice sheet?
“The thick glacier above acts like insulating blanket and keeps the water from
freezing,” said Martin Siegert, a glaciologist from the university of Wales. In
addition, geothermal heat from the deep within the earth may warm the hidden lake.
The scientists suspect that microorganisms may be living in Lake Vostok, closed off
from the outside world for more than two million years. Anything found that will
be totally alien to what’s on the surface of the earth, said Siegert. Scientists
are trying to find a way to drill into the ice and draw water samples without causing
contamination. Again, robots might be the solution. If all goes as planned, a
drill-shift robot will melt through the surface ice. When it reaches the lake, it
will release another robot that can swim in the lake, take pictures and look for
signs of life. The scientists hope that discoveries will shed light on life in outer
space, which might exist in similar dark and airless conditions. Recently closed-up
pictures of Jupiter’s moon, Europa, shows signs of water beneath the icy surface.
Once tested the Antarctic, robots could be set to Europa to search for life there,
too.
Q9: What did the scientists first use to discover Lake Vostok in the 1970s?
Q10: What did scientists think about Lake Vostok?
Q11: What do the scientists hope their discoveries will do?
Section B
Passage 2
The idea to study the American Indian tribe – Tarahumaras, came to James
Copeland in 1984 when 【Q12】he discovered that very little research had been done
on their language.
He contacted the tribe member through a social worker who worked
with the tribes in Mexico. At first, the tribe member named Gonzalez was very
reluctant to cooperate. He told Copeland that no amount of money could buy his
language. But after Copeland explained to him what he intended to do with his research
and how it would benefit the Tarahumaras, Gonzalez agreed to help. 【Q13】He took
Copeland to his village and served as an intermediary. Copeland says, thanks to
him, the Tarahumaras understood what their mission was and started trusting us.
【 Q14 】 Entering the world of Tarahumaras has been a laborious project for
Copeland.
To reach their homeland, he must strive two and half days from Huston
Taxes. He loads up his vehicle with goods that the tribe’s men can’t
easily get
and gives the goods to them as a gesture of friendship. The Tarahumaras, who don’
t believe any humiliating wealth, take the food and share among themselves. For
Copeland, the experience has not only been academically satisfying but also has
enriched his life in several ways. 【Q15】“I see people rejecting technology and
living a very hard, traditional life, which offers me another notion about the
meaning of progress in the western tradition,” he says, “I experienced the
simplicity of living in nature that I would otherwise only be able to read about.
I see a lot of beauty and their sense of sharing and concern for each other.”
Q12: Why did James Copeland want to study the American Indian tribe --
Tarahumaras?
Q13: How did Gonzalez help James Copeland?
Q14: What does the speaker say about James Copeland’s trip to the Tarahumaras
village?
Q15: What impresses James Copeland about the Tarahumaras tribe?
Section C
Recording 1
What is a radical? It seems today that people are terrified of the term,
particularly of having the label attach to them.【Q16】Accusing individuals or groups
of being radical often serves to silence them into submission, thereby, maintaining
the existing state of affairs, and, more important, preserving the power of a select
minority, who are mostly wealthy white males in western society.
Feminism is a perfect example of this phenomenon. The women's movement has been
plagued by stereotypes, misrepresentations by the media, and accusations of
man-hating and radicalism. When the basic foundation of feminism is simply that women
deserve equal rights in all facets of life. When faced with the threat of being
labelled radical, women back down from their worthy calls and consequently,
participate in their own oppression.
It has gotten to the point that many women are afraid to call themselves feminists
because of a stigma attached to the word. If people refused to be controlled, and
intimidated by stigmas, the stigmas lose all their power, without fear on which they
feed, such stigmas can only die.
To me, 【Q17】a radical is simply someone who rebels against the norm when
advocates a change in the existing state of affairs. On close inspection, it becomes
clear that the norm is constantly involving, and therefore, is not a constant entity.
So why then, is deviation from the present situation such a threat, when the state
of affairs itself is unstable and subject to relentless transformation?
It all goes back to maintaining the power of those who have it and preventing
the right of those who don't. In fact, when we look at the word "radical" in a
historical context, nearly every figure we now hold up as a hero was considered a
radical in his or her time. Radicals are people who affect change. They are the people
about whom history is written. Abolitionists were radicals, civil rights activists
were radicals, 【Q18】 even the founders of our country in their fight to win
independence from England were radicals.
Their presence in history has changed the
way our society functions, mainly by shifting the balance of power that previously
existed. Of course, there are some radicals who've made a negative impact on
humanity, 【Q18】 but undeniably, there would simply be no progress without radicals.
That been said, next time someone calls me a radical, I would accept that label with
pride.
Q16: What usually happens when people are accused of being radical?
Q17: What is the speaker's definition of a radical?