(2023年)江西省南昌市大学英语6级大学英语六级真题(含答案)

（2023年）江西省南昌市大学英语6级大学英语六级真题(含答案)
学校:________ 班级:________ 姓名:________ 考号:________
一、1.Writing(10题)
1. For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Write an English Diary. You should write at least 150 words.
2. For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic A Boom in Continuing Education. You should write at least 150 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:
1．图中所示为某城市1989、1994、1999、2004年参加成人教育(或继续教育)的人数情况，请描述其变化
2．请说明发生这些变化的原因(可从社会发展及竞争能力方面加以说明) 3．请预测我国成人教育(或继续教育)的前景
3. Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a short essay entitled Energy Crisis. You should write at least 150 words following
the outline given below in English:
1. Energy crisis is one of the main problems facing the world today.
2. Importance of energy.
3. Conserving energy.
4. Directions: for this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic which weighs more:School Brand or Major? You should write at least 150 words, and base your composition on the outline given below in Chinese:
1. 人们普遍认为能否上一所名牌大学对一个的将来非常关键
2.但是，也有相当一部分人认为选择一个适合自己的专业才是最重要的
3.你对此的看法是什么？为什么？
5. Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Value of Science. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:
1. 有的人认为，科学的价值在于对人类物质生活的提高作出了巨大贡献；另一些人则认为，科学的真正价值在于它提高了人的整体素质.你的看法如何？写出你的观点，并适当举例说明你的理由.
6. For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Phenomenon of Empty Nest. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below.
注：“空巢老人”指那些到了退休年龄，身边却无子女与之共同生活的老人。

1．如今的空巢老人逐渐增多
2．这种现象出现的原因
3．如何解决由此带来-的问题
7. For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Reflection on the V olunteer Work. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below in Chinese:
1．当前，一股志愿者工作热席卷校园
2．校园志愿者工作热现象的原因
3．你的打算
Reflection on the V olunteer Work
8. For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic 2008 Olympics and I. You should write at least 150 words, and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below:
1．北京2008年奥运会的重大意义
2．你能为北京奥运会做些什么
3．展望北京奥运会的前景
2008 Olympics and I
9. 1. 调查显示，某大学61%的学生需要人际关系方面的心理帮助
2. 出现这种情况的主要原因
3. 我的建议
10. Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a passage of at least 150 words in the title of Who Should be Responsible for Our Old People. Please follow the outline given below.
1. 列举我国老年人生活存在的问题。

2.你认为应如何解决这些问题。

二、2.Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)(10题)
11.Work and Play
What do we mean by leisure, and why should we assume that it represents a problem to be solved by the arts? The great ages of art were not conspicuous for their leisure—at least, art was not an activity associated with leisure. It was a craft like any other, concerned with the making of necessary things. Leisure, in the present meaning of the word, did not exist. Leisure, before the Industrial Revolution, meant no more than" time" or "opportunity"; "If your leisure served, I would speak with you", says one of Shakespeare's characters. Phrases which we still use, such as" at your leisure", preserve this original meaning.
But when we speak of leisure nowadays, we are not thinking of securing time or opportunity to do something; time is heavy on our hands and the problem is how to fill it. Leisure no longer signifies a space with some difficulty secured against the pressure of events: rather it is a pervasive emptiness for which we must invent occupations. Leisure is a vacuum, a desperate state of vacancy a vacancy of mind and body. It has been commandeered by the sociologists and the psychologists: it is a problem.
Our diurnal existence is divided into two phases, as distinct as day and night. We call them work and play. We work so many hours a day, and, when we have allowed the necessary minimum for such activities as eating and shopping, the rest we spend in various activities which are known as recreations, an elegant word which disguises the fact that we usually do not even play in our hours of leisure, but spend them in various forms of passive enjoyment or entertainment-not football but watching football matches; not acting, but theatre-going; not walking, but riding in a motor coach.
We need to make, therefore, a hard and fast distinction not only between work and play but, equally, between active play and passive entertainment. It is, I suppose, the decline of active play of amateur sport and the enormous growth of purely receptive entertainment which has given rise to a sociological interest in the problem. If the greater part of the population, instead of indulging in sport, spend their hours of leisure viewing television programmes, there will inevitably be a decline in health and physique. And, in addition, there will be a psychological problem, for we have yet to trace the mental and moral consequences of a prolonged diet of sentimental or sensational spectacles on the screen. There is, if we are optimistic, the possibility that the diet is too thin and unnourishing to have much permanent effect on anybody. Nine films out of ten seem to leave absolutely no impression on the mind or imagination of those who see them: few people can give a coherent account of the film they saw the week before last, and at longer intervals they must rely on the management to see that they do not sit through the same film twice. We have to live art if we would be affected by art. We have to paint rather than took at paintings, to play instruments rather than go to concerts, to dance and sing and act ourselves, engaging all our senses in the ritual and discipline of the arts. Then something may begin to happen to us: to work upon our
bodies and our souls.
It is only when entertainment is active, participated in, practised, that it can properly be called play, and as such it is a natural use of leisure. In that sense play stands in contrast to work, and is usually regarded as an activity that alternates with work. It is there that the final and most fundamental error enters into our conception of daily life.
Work itself is not a single concept. We say quite generally that we work in order to make a living: to earn, that is to say, sufficient tokens which we can exchange for food and shelter and all the other needs of our existence. But some of us work physically, tilling the land, minding the machines, digging the coal; o
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12.
Mark Twain earned a large sum of money by collecting and selling cocoa.
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13.
In our world, any story of this kind makes people ______.
14.
In Scotland, even if your spouse does not agree on your idea of divorce, ______ may grant you the right to divorce.
15.
100 calories in a can of soda equals to ______.
A.200,000 regular calories
B.200 kilocalories
C.100 kilocalories
D.4,184 joules
16.
Global warming may cause some natural disasters such as wild fire and drought to become more severe.
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17.Obesity Epidemic
Ask anyone why there is an obesity epidemic and they will say that it's all down to eating too much and burning too few calories. That is undoubtedly true. But it's also true that we live in an "obesogenic (肥胖基因的)
environment": calorific food is plentiful and cheap and our lifestyles are increasingly sedentary.
Now, obesity researchers are increasingly dissatisfied with such explanations. They believe that something else must have changed in our environment to cause such dramatic rises in obesity over the past 40 years or so. Nobody is saying that the "big two" -- reduced physical activity and increased availability of food -- are not important contributors to the epidemic. But they cannot explain it all.
Earlier this year a review paper by 20 obesity experts set out the 9 most plausible alternative explanations for the epidemic. Here they are.
Not Enough Sleep
It is widely believed that sleep is for the brain, not the body. Could a shortage of shut-eye also be helping to make us fat?
Several large epidemiological studies suggest there may be a link. People who sleep less than 7 hours a night tend to have a higher body mass index (BMI) than people who sleep more, according to data gathered by the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Similarly, the US Nurses Health Study found that those who slept an average of 5 hours a night gained more weight during the study period than those who slept 6 hours, who in turn gained more than those who slept 7.
It's well known that obesity impairs sleep, so perhaps people get fat first and sleep less afterwards. But the nurses' study suggests that it can work in the other direction too: sleep loss may cause weight gain. One factor that could be at work here is the way sleep deprivation alters metabolism (新陈代谢). Leptin, the hormone that signals satiety (过饱), falls while ghrelin, which signals hunger, rises -- and this boosts appetite.
Climate Control
We humans, like all warm-blooded animals, can keep our core body temperatures pretty much constant regardless of what's going on in the world around us. We do this by altering our metabolic rate, shivering or sweating. Keeping warm and staying cool take energy.
There's no denying that surrounding temperatures have changed in the past few decades. In the US, the changes have been at the other end of the thermometer as the proportion of homes with air conditioning rose from 23 to 47 per cent between 1978 and 1997. In the southern states -- where obesity rates tend to be highest -- the number of houses with air con has shot up to 70 per cent from 37 per cent in 1978.
Could air conditioning in summer and heating in winter really make a difference to our weight? Sadly, there is some evidence that it does -- at least with regard to heating.
Less Smoking
Bad news: smokers really do tend to be thinner than the rest of us, and quitting
really does pack on the pounds, though no one is sure why. It probably has something to do with the fact that nicotine is an appetite suppressant and appears to up your metabolic rate.
Katherine Flegal and colleagues at the US National Center for Health Statistics in Hyattsville, Maryland, have calculated that people kicking the habit have been responsible for a small but significant portion of the US epidemic of fatness. From data collected around 1991 by the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, they worked out that people who had quit in the previous decade were-much more likely to be overweight than smokers and people who had never smoked. Among men, for example, nearly half of quitters were Overweight compared with 37 per cent of nonsmokers and only 28 per cent of smokers.
Prenatal Effects
Your chances of becoming fat may be set, at least in part, before you are even born. Children of
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18.
Often associated with crude oil, natural gas is principally made up of___________ and other hydrocarbon gases.
19.Depression: The Hidden Epidemic
Felt down? Got the blues? You're not alone. Everyone gets sad (yes, everyone you've ever met). Some people have sad feelings just pretty often. More than half of teenagers go through a sad period at least once a month and plenty of younger kids do, too.
When you're in a sad mood, it may feel like it will last forever, but usually feelings of sadness don't last very long — a few hours, or maybe a day or two.
A deeper, more intense kind of sadness that lasts a lot longer is called depression. Each year millions of people are estimated to .suffer from depression, a condition so widespread that it has been dubbed "the common cold of mental illness."
Types of Depression
For some people, depression can be intense and occur in bouts that last for weeks at a time. For others, depression can be less severe but can linger at a low level for years.
Doctors who treat depression distinguish between these two forms, diagnosing the more severe, short-lasting form. as major depression, and the longer-lasting but less severe form. as dysthymia.
A third form. of depression that may be diagnosed is called adjustment disorder with depressed mood. It refers to a depressive reaction to a specific life event (such as a death, divorce, or other loss) when the adjustment to the loss takes longer than the normally expected time frame. or is more severe
than expected and interferes with the person's daily activities.
Bipolar disorder (also sometimes called manic depressive illness) is another depressive condition that involves periods of major depression mixed with periods of mania. Mania is the term for abnormally high mood and extreme bursts of unusual activity or energy. Mental health experts divide Bipolar disorder into four types because the symptoms of bipolar disorder show up differently in different people.
What Are the Symptoms of Depression?
Depression is associated with many symptoms and not everyone has the same ones. Some people have many symptoms, while others may only have a few. The symptoms below may signal that you or someone you love may be depressed:
1. Appearance — sad face, slow movements, unkempt look
2. Unhappy feelings — feeling sad, hopeless, discouraged, or listless
3. Negative thoughts — "I'm a failure," "I'm not good," "No one cares about me."
4. Reduced activity — "I just sit around and mope," "Doing anything is just too much of an effort."
5. Reduced concentration
6. People problems — "I don't want anybody to see me," "I feel so lonely."
7. Guilt and low self-esteem — "It's all my fault," "I should be punished."
8. Physical problems — Sleeping problems, weight loss or gain, decreased sexual interest, or head-aches
9. Suicidal thoughts or wishes — "I'd be better off dead," "I wonder if it hurts to die."
Why Do People Get Depressed?
The exact cause of depression remains unclear. The most probable explanation is that it is an imbalance in neurotransmitters in the brain. But what triggers it in the first place?
First, genetic factors. There is growing interest in genetic approaches to understanding a variety of diseases and depression is no exception. Some people certainly seem to be more vulnerable to depression than could make individuals susceptible to the disease. Some studies have shown that people who have relatives with depression have a one in four chance of developing it themselves, compared with only one in 14 for the general population. Secondly, external triggers. In most cases just having these genes is probably not enough-to cause depression on its own. Depressi
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20.
Universities and colleges offer certification programs or studies to ______.
A.enable students to be competitive in Web site search optimization
B.attract Web-based companies to send employees back to school
C.maximize relationships between them and Web-based companies
D.boost reputation, extend influence and maximize revenue
三、3.Listening Comprehension(10题)
21.(34)
A.They expected that Internet would be socially healthier than television.
B.They expected that Internet would be more useful socially.
C.They expected that Internet would give people more information.
D.They expected that Internet would facilitate communication.
22.(32)
A.That the British were retreating to the Charles River.
B.That the British would attack by sea.
C.That the British were willing to sign a declaration of independence.
D.That the British had won the first two battles of the Revolution.
23.(26)
A.Open a restaurant.
B.Attend the upcoming debate.
C.Write a letter to the newspaper.
D.Become a political candidate.
24.(36)
A.Surprised.
B.Confident.
C.Indifferent.
D.Worried.
25.(21)
A.The company will compensate the customer.
B.The company will refund the customer's money.
C.The company will replace it.
D.The company will do nothing about it.
26.
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27.(28)
A.It preserves the vitamins.
B.It breaks down the vitamins.
C.It makes the meat easier to digest.
D.It reduces the protein content.
28.听力原文：W: Excuse me, Mr. Smith．
M: It's okay with me if there is no meeting, but what for?
Q: What is the woman asking for?
(14)
A.Reasons.
B.Advice.
C.Leave.
D.Opinions.
29.听力原文：M: Hello, Maggie. Will you take pencil sketch as an elective next term? The course is said to be very interesting.
W: I'm afraid I have no enough time to take the course. I'll be quite busy hunting for a job next term.
Q: What will the woman do next term?
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A.She'll take the course together with the man.
B.She'll not take the course if the man takes it.
C.She'll not take the course for having to look for a job.
D.She'll not take the course for having already taken other courses.
30.听力原文：M: Excuse me, may I have some information about the reception party that you're advertising outside. It's for new students, isn't that right?
W: That's right and what would you like to know about it?
M: Well, I'm not really sure what the purpose of the event is.
W: The party will provide students with a chance to get to know each other, and a chance for students who have successfully been through university to pass on some valuable advice.
M: Who's organizing the event? Is it the faculty or...
W: Actually, it is the Alumni Association that's organizing this event. So, it's strictly a student to student event.
M: I hope we won't have to sit through a lot of boring speeches. I mean aren't these students just "brains" anyway. What can they actually do to help a guy like me?
W: No, these people are not "brains" at all. The Alumni are simply a group of normal, but grateful students who hope that, by sharing their experiences with new students, they can help more students to successfully graduate.
M: But still we have any time for some fun at this party?
W: Most of the time will be split between eating, dancing, and singing—so not to worry. However, some of the words of wisdom from the former students should not be missed.
M: You've got a point. They are, after all, success stories if they've managed to survive university life. I hear about only half of all students who start university actually finish it.
W: And besides that, there's another reason to go.
M: What's that?
W: The pie they'll be serving is delicious. I know since I'm the one who will be making it.
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A.The University faculty.
B.The Student Association.
C.Former students.
D.No one.
四、4.Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)(3题)
31. The fact that the chance of identical twins both developing schizophrenia is higher than that of fraternal twins confirms the influence of______.
32.Section B
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.
How do we love tomatoes? Let's count the ways: We love them in pasta, on pizza, in juice, in salad and soup, sliced on sandwiches, stuffed with tuna, even dried and baked in bagels, but most of all, we love them right off the vine--ripe, red, and delicious.
While tomato lovers don't need an excuse for eating them by the bushel, now there's even more reason to savor these delicious fruits. Evidence is mounting that people who eat tomatoes have a substantially lower risk of cancer.
In a 1,000-person study of eating habits and health, Harvard Medical School researchers found that those who ate tomatoes every week had the lowest chance of dying from cancer.
Recently, a study of 48,000 American men showed a 21 to 34 percent lower risk of prostate cancer among those who consumed tomatoes, tomato sauce, or pizza more than twice a week. And in a study of men and women in Italy, eating seven or more servings of raw tomatoes a week was linked to a 30 to 60 percent reduction in digestive tract and prostate cancers, depending on the type of cancer.
The protective qualities of the tomato are thought to come from lycopene (番茄素), a potent antioxidant (抗氧化的) plant chemical that is abundant in tomatoes. Lycopene is responsible for the red color of tomatoes; the darker red the tomato is, the more lycopene it contains. Green and yellow tomatoes do not contain lycopene.
Lycopene is also found in watermelon and pink grapefruit, but tomatoes are the most abundant source. Cooking enhances the lycopene more available. Thus, tomato sauce and paste is even a better source for lycopene than fresh raw tomatoes. Lycopene is fat soluble (可溶的) and must be consumed with a certain amount of fat to be absorbed by the body. Tomato recipes must contain a moderate amount of oil to ensure that along with a delicious taste treat, you will also be receiving all the health benefits tomatoes have to offer. What is the main subject of the passage?
A.Experiments are done to study tomatoes.
B.Tomatoes are delicious food.
C.Many people love eating tomatoes.
D.Eating tomatoes can lower the risk of cancer.
33.
According to the passage, credit cards are big business because credit card companies make a big profit from both ______ .
五、5.Error Correction(3题)
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六、6.Error Correction(3题)
37.
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39.
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参考答案
1.Write an English Diary English learners spend most time in practicing reading listening speaking and translation. But they seldom try to write anything in English. Writing does come the last in the process of languagWrite an English Diary English learners spend most time in practicing reading, listening, speaking and translation. But they seldom try to write anything in English. Writing does come the last in the process of languag
2.A Boom in Continuing Education The graph above shows us the statistics of the Continuing Education participation and the increasing numbers of the participants in X city. In 1989 there were only thirty thousand people takA Boom in Continuing Education The graph above shows us the statistics of the Continuing Education participation and the increasing numbers of the participants in X city. In 1989 there, were only thirty thousand people tak
3.Energy Crisis One of the main problems facing the world today is the energy crisis. With the development of industry and agriculture the world has consumed a great amount of energy. But all this energy has gone forever. Therefore energy supplies are becoming fewer and fewer. This makes it possible that all forms of energy will be exhausted in the future. However energy is of great importance to man. We can hardly imagine how man could live in a world without energy. We wouldn't be able to drive our cars and listen
to our favorite songs. Moreover the night would become dark all the time. In short once man loses all the energy resources he will not be able to exist in the world. Therefore conserving our energy is an important task. We must take active measures to protect our energy resources. On the one hand we should use our energy reasonably; on the other hand we should educate our young people not to waste energy．Then we will be able to send a good gift—energy to our next generation．Energy Crisis One of the main problems facing the
world today is the energy crisis. With the development of industry and agriculture, the world has consumed a great amount of energy. But all this energy has gone forever. Therefore, energy supplies are becoming fewer and fewer. This makes it possible that all forms of energy will be exhausted in the future. However, energy is of great importance to man. We can hardly imagine how man could live in a world without energy. We wouldn't be able to drive our cars and listen to our favorite songs. Moreover, the night would become dark all the time. In short, once man loses all the energy resources, he will not be able to exist in the world. Therefore, conserving our energy is an important task. We must take active measures to protect our energy resources. On the one hand, we should use our energy reasonably; on the other hand, we should educate our young people not to waste energy．Then we will be able to send
a good gift—energy to our next generation．
4.Which Weighs More: School Brand or Major? It is widely accepted that to be admitted by the university which enjoys a world-wide prestige is crucial for one's future occupation. However others also argue that is more important to study the major suitable for the candidate if he cannot be offered one by the famous universities. Every choice means the possibility of gains or losses. Supposing it is up to me to take a choice I claim that a school brand outweighs a major. For my part a major as knowledge is not so important as the ability to acquire knowledge. Knowledge can become obsolete before you know it while ability cannot. A prestigious university can more often than not help improve a student in an all-round Way. Furthermore a graduate from such a university can always find himself prominent and confident both psychologically and academically therefore why not abandon the fish to fetch a bear's palm? Every choice means the possibility of gains or losses. It is also the case with the choice between a prestigious university and a favorite major. Surely it is better to get both at the same time. But what decision will you make when you are not so lucky and such choice is necessary?Which Weighs More: School Brand or Major? It is widely accepted that to be admitted by the university, which enjoys a world-wide prestige, is crucial for one's future occupation. However, others also argue that is more important to study the major suitable for the candidate if he cannot be offered one by the famous
universities. Every choice means the possibility of gains or losses. Supposing it is up to me to take a choice, I claim that a school brand outweighs a major. For my part, a major, as knowledge, is not so important as the ability to acquire knowledge. Knowledge can become obsolete before you know it, while ability cannot. A prestigious university can, more often than not, help improve a student in an all-round Way. Furthermore, a graduate from such a university can always find himself prominent and confident both psychologically and academically, therefore, why not abandon the fish to fetch a bear's palm? Every choice means the possibility of gains or losses. It is also the case with the choice between a prestigious university and a favorite major. Surely, it is better to get both at the same time. But what decision will you make when you are not so lucky and such choice is necessary?
5.THE V ALUE OF SCIENCE At the mention of the value of science people will immediately associate it with beneficial results of scientific discoveries—the joys and conveniences which science has brought into human life. It is true that science has revolutionized our way of life and transformed the lives of billions of people. It has become the new "magic" which is capable of doing everything. The latest de vices and gadgets around you for better living have all come about as a result of the application of scientific knowledge. And people now can hardly live without telephones TV sets jet planes and computers. But the true value of science does not merely lie in those things. It is fully appreciated by the way in which science contributes to man's intellectual growth and spiritual well-being. It lies rather with its process than with its results. Why are people so eager to become scientists? Why do scientists spend their whole life on observation experiments and researches? Scientists are compelled by certain basic human urges. One is the urge to explore. The spirit of Columbus of Galileo and of Einstein—the spirit of conquering un charted places discovering unknown facts and climbing untrodden mountain peaks—is an inborn gift we are all endowed with. Another is the urge to create. It is not only embodied in the countless inventions made by Edison the world famous inventor but also expressed in what an ordinary carpenter does—he tends to stand aside admiring at that exquisite piece he has just finished. Obviously science does more than provide man with material things—it helps man to satisfy his strong desire for exploration and to fully develop his intellectual potentials. Science is man's most powerful weapon with which man has freed him self from the yoke of ignorance and consequent fear. Science is man's treasure house which has constantly provided him with vitality hopes ambitions understanding and insights. Science is man's best friend who is always ready to help—help elevate him spiritually and intellectually. And science in its true sense is a celebration of the human spirit itself.THE V ALUE OF SCIENCE At the mention of the value of science, people will immediately associate it with beneficial results of scientific discoveries—the joys and conveniences which science has brought into human life. It is true that science has revolutionized。