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2019年6月大学英语六级真题试卷及答案解析完整版(第一套)

2019年6月大学英语六级真题试卷及答案解析完整版(第一套)

2019年6月大学英语六级考试真题(第1套)Part I Writing(30minutes) Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to write an essay on the importance of team spirit and communication in the workplace.You should write at least150words but no more than200words.____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ PartⅡListening Comprehension(30minutes) Section ADirections: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 Sheet1with a single line through the centre.Questions1to4are based on the conversation you have just heard.1.A)A six-month-long negotiation.B)Preparations for the party.C)A project with a troublesome client.D)Gift wrapping for the colleagues.2.A)Take wedding photos.B)Advertise her company.C)Start a small business.D)Throw a celebration party.3.A)Hesitant.B)Nervous.C)Flattered.D)Surprised.4.A)Start her own bakery.B)Improve her baking skill.C)Share her cooking experience.D)Prepare food for the wedding.Questions5to8are based on the conversation you have just heard.5.A)They have to spend more time studying.B)They have to participate in club activities.C)They have to be more responsible for what they do.D)They have to choose a specific academic discipline.6.A)Get ready for a career.B)Make a lot of friends.C)Set a long-term goal.D)Behave like adults.7.A)Those who share her academic interests.B)Those who respect her student commitments.C)Those who can help her when she is in need.D)Those who go to the same clubs as she does.8.A)Those helpful for tapping their potential.B)Those conducive to improving their social skills.C)Those helpful for cultivating individual interests.D)Those conducive to their academic studies.Section BDirections: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 Sheet1with a single line through the centre.Questions9to11are based on the passage you have just heard.B)They are prepared to work harder than anyone else.C)They are good at refining old formulas.D)They bring their potential into full play.10.A)They contributed to the popularity of skiing worldwide.B)They resulted in a brandnew style of skiing techniques.C)They promoted the scientific use of skiing poles.D)They made explosive news in the sports world.11.A)He was recognized as a genius in the world of sports.B)He competed in all major skiing events in the world.C)He won three gold medals in one Winter Olympics.D)He broke three world skiing records in three years.Questions12to15are based on the passage you have just heard.12.A)They appear restless.B)They lose consciousness.C)They become upset.D)They die almost instantly.13.A)It has an instant effect on your body chemistry.B)It keeps returning to you every now and then.C)It leaves you with a long-lasting impression.D)It contributes to the shaping of you mind.14.A)To succeed while feeling irritated.B)To feel happy without good health.C)To be free from frustration and failure.D)To enjoy good health while in dark moods.15.A)They are closely connected.B)They function in a similar way.C)They are too complex to understand.D)They reinforce each other constantly.Section CDirections: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 Sheet1with a single line through the centre.Questions16to18are based on the recording you have just heard.16.A)They differ in their appreciation of music.B)They focus their attention on different things.C)They finger the piano keys in different ways.D)They choose different pieces of music to play.17.A)They manage to cooperate well with their teammates.B)They use effective tactics to defeat their competitors.C)They try hard to meet the spectators’expectations.D)They attach great importance to high performance.18.A)It marks a breakthrough in behavioral science.B)It adopts a conventional approach to research.C)It supports a piece of conventional wisdom.D)It gives rise to controversy among experts.Questions19to21are based on the recording you have just heard.19.A)People’s envy of slim models.B)People’s craze for good health.C)The increasing range of fancy products.D)The great variety of slimming products.20.A)They appear vigorous.B)They appear strange.C)They look charming.D)They look unhealthy.C)Peer pressure.D)Media influence.Questions22to25are based on the recording you have just heard.22.A)The relation between hair and skin.B)The growing interest in skin studies.C)The color of human skin.D)The need of skin protection.23.A)The necessity to save energy.B)Adaptation to the hot environment.C)The need to breathe with ease.D)Dramatic climate changes on earth.24.A)Leaves and grass.B)Man-made shelter.C)Their skin coloring.D)Hair on their skin.25.A)Their genetic makeup began to change.B)Their communities began to grow steadily.C)Their children began to mix with each other.D)Their pace of evolution began to quicken.PartⅢReading Comprehension(40minutes) Section ADirections: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 Sheet2with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Pasta is no longer off the menu,after a new review of studies suggested that the carbohydrate can form part of a healthy diet,and even help people lose weight.For years,nutritionists have recommended that pasta be kept to a26,to cut calories,prevent fat build-up and stop blood sugar27up.The low-carbohydrate food movement gave birth to such diets as the Atkins,Paleo and Keto,which advised swapping foods like bread,pasta and potatoes for vegetables,fish and meat.More recently the trend of swapping spaghetti for vegetables has been28by clean-eating experts.But now a29review and analysis of30studies by Canadian researchers found that not only does pasta not cause weight gain,but three meals a week can help people drop more than half a kilogram over four months.The reviewers found that pasta had been unfairly demonized(妖魔化)because it had been30in with other,more fat-promoting carbohydrates.“The study found that pasta didn’t31to weight gain or increase in body fat,”said lead author Dr John Sievenpiper.“In32the evidence,we can now say with some confidence that pasta does not have an33 effect on body weigh outcomes when it is consumed as part of a healthy dietary pattern.”In fact,analysis actually showed a small weigh loss.So34to concerns,perhaps pasta can be part of a healthy diet Those involved in the35trials on average ate3.3servings of pasta a week instead of other carbohydrates, one serving equaling around half a cup.They lost around half a kilogram over an average follow-up of12weeks.A)adverse I)minimumB)championed J)radiatingC clinical K)rationD)contrary L)shootingE)contribute M)subscribeF)intimate N)systematicG)lumped O)weighingH)magnifiedSection BDirections: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 byThe Best Retailers Combine Bricks and ClicksA)Retail profits are falling sharply.Stores are closing.Malls are emptying.The depressing stories just keep coming.Reading the earnings announcements of large retail stores like Macy’s,Nordstorm,and Target is about as uplifting as a tour of an intensive care unit.The interact is apparently taking do wn yet another industry.Brick and mortar stores(实体店)seem to be going the way of the yellow pages.Sure enough,the Census Bureau just released data showing that online retail sales surged15.2percent between the first quarter of2015and the first quarter of2016.B)But before you dump all of your retail stocks,there are more facts you should consider.Looking only at that15.2percent"surge"would be misleading.It was an increase that was on a small base of6.9percent.Even when a tiny number grows by a large percentage terms,it is often still tiny.C)More than20years after the internet was opened to commerce,the Census Bureau tells us that brick and mortar sales accounted for92.3percent of retail sales in the first quarter of2016.Their data show that only0.8percent of retail sales shifted from offline to online between the beginning of2015and2016.D)So,despite all the talk about drone(无人机)deliveries to your doorstep,all the retail executives expressing anxiety over consumers going online,and even a Presidential candidate exclaiming that Amazon has a"huge antitrust problem,"the Census data suggest that physical retail is thriving.Of course,the closed stores, depressed executives,and sinking stocks suggest otherwise.What's the real story?E)Many firms operating brick and mortar stores are in trouble.The retail industry is getting“reinvented,”as we describe in our new book.Matchmakers.It’s standing in the path of what Schumpeter called a gale(大风)of creative destruction.That storm has been brewing for some time,and as it has reached gale force,most large retailers are searching for a response.As the CFO of Macy’s put it recently,“We’re frankly scratching our heads.”F)But it’s not happening as experts predicted.In the peak of the bubble,brick and mortar retail was one of those industries the internet was going to kill—and quickly.The dot.corn bust discredited most predictions of that sort and in the years that followed,conventional retailers’confidence in the future increased as Census continued to report weak online sales.And then the gale hit.G)It is becoming increasingly clear that retail reinvention isn’t a simple battle to the death between bricks and clicks.It is about devising retail models that work for people who are making increasing use of a growing array of internet-connected tools to change how they search,shop,and buy.Creative retailers are using the new technologies to innovate just about everything stores do from managing inventory,to marketing,to getting paid.H)More than drones dropping a new supply of underwear on your doorstep,Apple’s massively successful brick-and-mortar-and-glass retail stores and Amazon’s small steps in the same direction are what should keep old-fashioned retailers awake at night.Not to mention the large number of creative new retailers,like Bonobos, that are blending online and offline experiences in creative ways.I)Retail reinvention is not a simple process,and it’s also not happening on what used to be called"Internet Time." Some internet-driven changes have happened quickly,of course.Craigslist quickly overtook newspaper classified ads and turned newspaper economics upside down.But many widely anticipated changes weren’t quick,and some haven’t really started.With the benefit of hindsight(后见之明),it looks like the interact will transform the economy at something like the pace of other great inventions like electricity.B2B commerce,for example,didn’t move mainly online by2005as many had predicted in2000,nor even by2016,but that doesn’t mean it won’t do so over the next few decades.J)But the gale is still blowing.The sudden decline in foot traffic in recent years,even though it hasn’t been accompanied by a massive decline in physical sales,is a critical warning.People can shop more efficiently online and therefore don’t need to go to as many stores to find what they want.There’s a surplus of physical shopping space for the crowds,which is one reason why stores are downsizing and closing.Even five years ago most people faced a choice.Sit at your computer,probably at home or at the office,search and browse,and buy.Or head out to the mall,or Main Street,look and shop,and buy.Now,just about everyone has a smartphone,connected to the internet almost everywhere almost all the time.Even when a retailer gets a customer to walk in the store,she can easily see if there’s a better deal online or at another store nearby.L)So far,the main thing many large retailers have done in response to all this is to open online stores,so people will come to them directly rather than to Amazon and its smaller online rivals．Many are having the same problem that newspapers have.Even if they get online traffic,they struggle to make enough money online to compensate for what they are losing offline.M)A few seem to be making this work．Among large traditional retailers,Walmart recently reported the best results,leading its stock price to surge,while Macy’s,Target,and Nordstrom’s dropped.Yet Walmart’s year-over-year online sales only grew7percent,leading its CEO to lament(哀叹),“Growth here is too slow．”Part of the problem is that almost two decades after Amazon filed the one．click patent,the online retail shopping and buying experience is filled with frictions．A recent study graded more than600internet retailers on how easy it was for consumers to shop,buy,and pay．Almost half of the sites didn’t get a passing grade and only18percent got an A or B．N)The turmoil on the ground in physical retail is hard to square with the Census data．Unfortunately,part of the explanation is that the Census retail data are unreliable．Our deep100k into those data and their preparation revealed serious problems．It seems likely that Census simply misclassifies a large chunk of online sales．It is certain that the Census procedures,which lump the online sales of major traditional retailers like Walmart with“non-store retailers"1ike food trucks．can mask major changes in individual retail categories．The bureau could easily present their data in more useful ways．but they have chosen not to．O)Despite the turmoil,brick and mortar won’t disappear any time soon．The big questions are which,if any,of the large traditional retailers will still be on the scene in a decade or two because they have successfully reinvented themselves,which new players will operate busy stores on Main Streets and maybe even in shopping malls,and how the shopping and buying experience will have changed in each retail category．Investors shouldn’t write off brick and mortar．Whether they should bet on the traditional players who run those stores now is another matter36.Although online retailing has existed for some twenty years,nearly half of the internet retailers still fail to receive satisfactory feedback from consumers,according to a recent survey．37.Innovative retailers integrate internet technologies with conventional retailing to create new retail models．38.Despite what the Census data suggest,the value of physical retail’s stocks has been dropping．39.Innovative-driven changes in the retail industry didn’t take place as quickly as widely anticipated．40.Statistics indicate that brick and mortar sales still made up the lion’s share of the retail business.panies that successfully combine online and offline business models may prove to be a big concern for traditional retailers.42.Brick and mortar retailers’faith in their business was strengthened when the dot com bubble burst.43.Despite the tremendous challenges from online retailing,traditional retailing will be here to stay for quite some time.44.With the rise of online commerce,physical retail stores are likely to suffer the same fate as i the yellow pages.45.The wide use of smartphones has made it more complex for traditional retailers to reinvent their business. Section CDirections:There are2passages 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 Sheet2with a single line through the centre.Passage OneProfessor Stephen Hawking has warned that the creation of powerful artifcial intelligence(AI)will be“either the best,or the worst thing,ever to happen to humanity”,and praised the creation of an academic institute dedicated to researching the future of intelligence as“crucial to the future of our civilisation and our species”.Hawking was speaking at the opening of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence(LCFI)at Cambridge University,a multi-disciplinary institute that will attempt to tackle some of the open-ended questions raised by the rapid pace of development in AI research.“We spend a great deal of time studying history,”Hawking said,“which,let’s face it,is mostly the history of stupidity.So it’s a welcome change that people are studying instead the future of intelligence.”While the world-renowned physicist has often been cautious about AI,raising concerns that humanity could be the architect of its own destruction if it creates a super-intelligence with a will of its own,he was also quick to highlight the positives that AI research can bring.“The potential benefits of creating intelligence are huge,”he said.“We cannot predict what we might achieve when our own minds are amplified by AI.Perhaps with the tools of this new technological revolution,we will be able to undo some of the damage done to the natural world by the last one—industrialisation.And surely we will aim to finally eradicate disease and poverty.And every aspect of our lives will be transformed.In short,success in creating AI could be the biggest event in the history of our civilisation.”Huw Price,the centre’s academic director and the Bertrand Russell professor of philosophy at Cambridge University,where Hawking is also an academic,said that the centre came about partially as a result of the university’s Centre for Existential Risk.That institute examined a wider range of potential problems for humanity, while the LCFI has a narrow focus.AI pioneer Margaret Boden,professor of cognitive science at the University of Sussex,praised the progress of such discussions.As recently as2009,she said,the topic wasn’t taken seriously,even among AI researchers.“AI is hugely exciting,”she said,“but it has limitations,which present grave dangers given uncritical use.”The academic community is not alone in warning about the potential dangers of AI as well as the potential benefits.A number of pioneers from the technology industry,most famously the entrepreneur Elon Musk,have also expressed their concerns about the damage that a super-intelligent AI could do to humanity.46.What did Stephen Hawking think of artificial intelligence?A)It would be vital to the progress of human civilisation.B)It might be a blessing or a disaster in the making.C)It might present challenges as well as opportunities.D)It would be a significant expansion of human intelligence.47.What did Hawking say about the creation of the LCFI?A)It would accelerate the progress of AI research.B)It would mark a step forward in the AI industry.C)It was extremely important to the destiny of humankind.D)It was an achievement of multi-disciplinary collaboration.48.What did Hawking say was a welcome change in AI research?A)The shift of research focus from the past to the future.B)The shift of research from theory to implementation.C)The greater emphasis on the negative impact of AI.D)The increasing awareness of mankind’s past stupidity.49.What concerns did Hawking raise about AI?A)It may exceed human intelligence sooner or later.B)It may ultimately over-amplify the human mind.C)Super-intelligence may cause its own destruction.50.What do we learn about some entrepreneurs from the technology industry?A)They are much influenced by the academic community.B)They are most likely to benefit from AI development.C)They share the same concerns about AI as academics.D)They believe they can keep AI under human control.Passage TwoQuestions51to55are based on the following passage.The market for products designed specifically for older adults could reach$30billion by next year,and startups(初创公司)want in on the action.What they sometimes lack is feedback from the people who they hope will use their products.So Brookdale,the country’s largest owner of retirement communities,has been inviting a few select entrepreneurs just to move in for a few days,show off their products and hear what the residents have to say.That’s what brought Dayle Rodriguez,28,all the way from England to the dining room of Brookdale South Bay in Torrance,California.Rodriguez is the community and marketing manager for a company called Sentab. The startup’s product,SentabTV,enables older adults who may not be comfortable with computers to access email, video chat and social media using just their televisions and a remote control.“It’s nothing new,it’s nothing too complicated and it’s natural because lots of people have TV remotes,”says Rodriguez.But none of that is the topic of conversation in the Brookdale dining room.Instead,Rodriguez solicits residents’advice on what he should get on his cheeseburger and how he should spend the afternoon.Playing cards was on the agenda,as well as learning to play mahjong(麻将).Rodriguez says it’s important that residents here don’t feel like he’s selling them something.“I’ve had more feedback in a passive approach,”he says.“Playing pool,playing cards,having dinner,having lunch,”all work better“than going through a survey of questions.When they get to know me and to trust me,knowing for sure I’m not selling them something—there’ll be more honest feedback from them.”Rodriguez is just the seventh entrepreneur to move into one of Brookdale’s1,100senior living communities. Other new products in the program have included a kind of full-body blow dryer and specially designed clothing that allows people with disabilities to dress and undress themselves.Mary Lou Busch,93,agreed to try the Sentab system.She tells Rodriguez that it might be good for someone, but not for her.“I have the computer and FaceTime,which I talk with my family on,”she explains.She also has an iPad and a smartphone.“So I do pretty much everything I need to do.”To be fair,if Rodriguez had wanted feedback from some more technophobic(害怕技术的)seniors,he might have ended up in the wrong Brookdale community.This one is located in the heart of Southern California’s aerospace corridor.Many residents have backgrounds in engineering,business and academic circles.But Rodriguez says he's still learning something important by moving into this Brookdale community:“People are more tech-proficient than we thought.”And besides,where else would he learn to play mahjong?51.What does the passage say about the startups?A)They never lose time in upgrading products for seniors.B)They want to have a share of the seniors’goods market.C)They invite seniors to their companies to try their products.D)They try to profit from promoting digital products to seniors.52.Some entrepreneurs have been invited to Brookdale to______.A)have an interview with potential customersC)collect residents’feedback on their productsD)show senior residents how to use IT products53.What do we know about SentabTV?A)It is a TV program catering to the interest of the elderly.B)It is a digital TV which enjoys popularity among seniors.C)It is a TV specially designed for seniors to view programs.D)It is a communication system via TV instead of a computer.54.What does Rodriguez say is important in promoting products?A)Winning trust from prospective customers.B)Knowing the likes and dislikes of customers.C)Demonstrating their superiority on the spot.D)Responding promptly to customer feedback.55.What do we learn about the seniors in the Brookdale community?A)Most of them are interested in using the Sentab.B)They are quite at ease with high-tech products.C)They have much in common with seniors elsewhere.D)Most of them enjoy a longer life than average people.PartⅣTranslation(30minutes) Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should write your answer on Answer Sheet2.中国幅员辽阔，人口众多，很多地方人们都说自己的方言。

2019年6月大学英语六级考试真题及参考答案(全三套)

2019年6月大学英语六级考试真题及参考答案(全三套)

2019年6月大学英语六级考试真题及参考答案（第1套）Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the importance of motivation and methods in learning.You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.【参考范文】As an old saying goes, knowledge can change one’s life. In order to acquire knowledge, we have to study hard. However, it can not be ignored that effective learning needs both motivation and scientific methods.It’s not difficult for us to come up with several possible reasons accounting for this perspective. In the first place, learning is a kind of serious and hard work. Therefore, not everyone is able to keep going without certain internal motivations. Besides, scientific methods play a significant role in improving learning efficiency. Many of us believe that the longer you study, the better grades you will get. But a lot of experiences of our classmates prove that this view is not entirely correct. In details, studying for a long time is exhausting and it is very likely to decrease study efficiency, which is critical to academic performance.From what has been mentioned above, we can easily draw a conclusion that the importance of motivation and methods in learning is self-evident. And it is necessary for us to develop good learning methods.【参考范文译文】俗话说，知识能改变命运。

2019年6月英语六级考试真题试卷附答案(完整版 第1套)

2019年6月英语六级考试真题试卷附答案(完整版 第1套)

Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on th e importance of team spirit and communication in the workplace. You shoul d write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ __________Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)听力音频MP3文件，点击进入听力真题页面Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation an d 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). The n 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) A six-month-long negotiation.B) Preparations for the party.C) A project with a troublesome client.D) Gift wrapping for the colleagues.2. A) Take wedding photos.B) Advertise her company.C) Start a small business.D) Throw a celebration party.3. A) Hesitant.B) Nervous.C) Flattered.D) Surprised.4. A) Start her own bakery.B) Improve her baking skill.C) Share her cooking experience.D) Prepare for the wedding.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. A) They have to spend more time studying.B) They have to participate in club activities.C) They have to be more responsible for what they do.D) They have to choose a specific academic discipline.6. A) Get ready for a career.B) Make a lot of friends.C) Set a long-term goal.D) Behave like adults7. A) Those who share her academic interests.B) Those who respect her student commitments.C) Those who can help her when she is in need.D) Those who go to the same clubs as she does.8. A) Those helpful for tapping their potential.B) Those conducive to improving their social skills.C) Those helpful for cultivating individual interests.D) Those conducive to their academic studies.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each pas sage, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage and the question s will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the be st answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresp onding 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 break away from traditional ways of thinking.B) They are prepared to work harder than anyone else.C) They are good at refining old formulas.D) They bring their potential into full play.10. A) They contributed to the popularity of skiing worldwide.B) They resulted in a brand-new style of skiing technique.C) They promoted the scientific use of skiing poles.D) They made explosive news in the sports world.11. A) He was recognized as a genius in the world of sports.B) He competed in all major skiing events in the world.C) He won three gold medals in one Winter Olympics.D) He broke three world skiing records in three years.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.12. A) They appear restless.B) They lose consciousness.C) They become upset.D) They die almost instantly.13. A) It has an instant effect on your body chemistry.B) It keeps returning to you every now and then.C) It leaves you with a long lasting impression.D) It contributes to the shaping of your mind.14. A) To succeed while feeling irritated.B) To feel happy without good health.C) To be free from frustration and failure.D) To enjoy good health while in dark moods15. A) They are closely connected.B) They function in a similar way.C) They are too complex to understand.D) They reinforce each other constantly.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks f ollowed by three or four questions. The recordings will be played only once. Af ter you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choic es marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Shee t 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.16. A) They differ in their appreciation of music.B) They focus their attention on different things.C) They finger the piano keys in different ways.D) They choose different pieces of music to play.17. A) They manage to cooperate well with their teammates.B) They use effective tactics to defeat their competitors.C) They try hard to meet the spectators’ expectations.D) They attach great importance to high performance.18. A) It marks a breakthrough in behavioral science.B) It adopts a conventional approach to research.C) It supports a piece of conventional wisdom.D) It gives rise to controversy among experts.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.19. A) People’s envy of slim models.B) People’s craze for good health.C) The increasing range of fancy products.D) The great variety of slimming products.20. A) They appear vigorous.B) They appear strange.C) They look charming.D) They look unhealthy.21. A) Culture and upbringing.B) Wealth and social status.C) Peer pressure.D) Media influence.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.22. A) The relation between hair and skin.B) The growing interest in skin studies.C) The color of human skin.D) The need of skin protection.23. A) The necessity to save energy.B) Adaptation to the hot environment.C) The need to breathe with ease.D) Dramatic climate changes on earth.24. A) Leaves and grass.B) Man-made shelter.C) Their skin coloring.D) Hair on their skin.25. A) Their genetic makeup began to change.B) Their communities began to grow steadily.C) Their children began to mix with each other.D) Their pace of evolution began to quicken.Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are require d 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 yo ur 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 throug h the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Pasta is no longer off the menu, after a new review of studies suggested that the carbohydrate can form part of a healthy diet, and even help people lose weight. For years, nutritionists have recommended that pasta be kept to a__ 26__, to cut calories, prevent fat build-up and stop blood sugar__ 27__ up.The low-carbohydrate food movement gave birth to such diets as the Atkin s, Paleo and Keto, which advised swapping foods like bread, pasta and potato es for vegetable, fish and meat. More recently the trend of swapping spaghet ti for vegetables has been__ 28__ by clean-eating experts.But now a__29__ review and analysis of 30 studies by Canadian researchers found that n ot only does pasta not cause weight gain, but three meals a week can help pe ople drop more than half a kilogram over four months. The reviewers found t hat pasta had been unfairly demonized (妖魔化) because it had been__30__ in with other, more fat-promoting carbohydrates."The study found that pasta didn't__31__ to weight gain or increase in body fat," said lead author Dr John Sieven piper. "In__32__ the evidence, we can now say with some confidence that pasta does not have an__33__ effect on body weight outcomes when it is consumed as part of a health y dietary pattern." In fact, analysis actually showed a small weight loss. So __ 34__ to concerns, perhaps pasta can be part of a healthy diet.Those involved in the__35__ trials on average ate 3.3 servings of pasta a week instead of other carb ohydrates, one serving equaling around half a cup. They lost around half a kil ogram over an average follow-up of 12 weeks.A) adverse B) championed C) clinical D) contract E) contribute F) intima te G) lumped H) magnified I) minimum J) radiating K) ration L) shooting M) subscribe N) systematic O) weighingSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statemen ts attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the pa ragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a le tter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sh eet 2.The best Retailers Combine Bricks and ClicksA) Retail profits are falling sharply. Stores are closing. Malls are emptying. Th e depressing stories just keep coming. Reading the earnings announcements of large retail stores like Macy's, Nordstorm, and Target is about as uplifting as a tour of an intensive care unit. The internet is apparently taking down yet another industry. Brick and mortar stores (实体店) seem to be going the way of the yellow pages. Sure enough, the Census B ureau just released data showing that online retail sales surged 15.2 percent between the first quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016.B) But before you dump all of your retail stocks, there are more facts you sh ould consider. Looking only at that 15.2 percent "surge" would be misleadin g. It was an increase that was on a small base of 6.9 percent. Even when a ti ny number grows by a large percentage terms, it is often still tiny.C) More than 20 years after the internet was opened to commerce, the Cens us Bureau tells us that brick and mortar sales accounted for 92.3 percent of retail sales in the first quarter of 2016. Their data show that only 0.8 percent of retail sales shifted from offline to online between the beginning of 2015 a nd 2016.D) So, despite all the talk about drone (无人机) deliveries to your doorstep, all the retail executives expressing anxiety o ver consumers going online, and even a Presidential candidate exclaiming th at Amazon has a "huge antitrust problem," the Census data suggest that phys ical retail is thriving. Of course, the closed stores, depressed executives, a nd sinking stocks suggest otherwise. What's the real story?E) Many firms operating brick and mortar stores are in trouble. The retail in dustry is getting "reinvented," as we describe in our new book Matchmarkers . It's standing in the path of what Schumpeter called a gale (大风) of creative destruction. That storm has been brewing for some time, an d as it has reached gale force, most large retailers are searching for a respon se. As the CFO of Macy's put it recently, "We're frankly scratching our heads."F) But it's not happening as experts predicted. In the peak of the dot. com b ubble, brick and mortar retail was one of these industries the internet was going to kill—and quickly. The dot. com bust discredited most predictions of that sort and in the years that followed, conventional retailers' confidence in the future increased as Census continued do report weak online sales. And then the gale hit.G) It is becoming increasingly clear that retail reinvention isn't a simple battl e to the death between bricks and clicks. It is about devising retail models th at work for people who are making increasing use of a growing array of inter net-connected tools to change how they search, shop, and buy. Creative retai lers are using the new technologies to innovate just about everything stores d o from managing inventory, to marketing, to getting paid.H) More than drones dropping a new supply of underwear on your doorstep, Apple's massively successful brick-and-mortar-and-glass retail stores and A mazon's small steps in the same direction are what should keep old-fashioned retailers awake at night. Not to mention the large number of creative new r etailers, like Bonobos, that are blending online and offline experiences in crea tive ways.I) Retail reinvention is not a simple process, and it's also not happening on w hat used to be called "Internet Time." Some internet-driven changes have ha ppened quickly, of course. Craigslist quickly overtook newspaper classified ad s and turned newspaper economics upside down. But many widely anticipate d changes weren't quick, and some haven't really started. With the benefit o f hindsight (后见之明), it looks like the internet will transform the economy at something like th e pace of other great inventions like electricity. B2B commerce, for example, didn't move mainly online by 2005 as many had predicted in 2000, nor eve n by 2016, but that doesn't mean it won't do so over the next few decades.J) But the gale is still blowing. The sudden decline in foot traffic in recent yea rs, even though it hasn't been accompanied by a massive decline in physical sales, is a critical warning. People can shop more efficiently online and the refore don't need to go to as many stores to find what they want. There's a s urplus of physical shopping space for the crowds, which is one reason why st ores are downsizing and closing.K) The rise of the mobile phone has recently added a new level of complexit y to the process of retail reinvention. Even five years ago most people faced a choice. Sit at your computer, probably at home or at the office, search and browse, and buy. Or head out to the mall, or Main Street, look and shop, and buy. Now, just about everyone has a smartphone, connected to the internet a lmost everywhere almost all the time. Even when a retailer gets a customer t o walk in the store, she can easily see if there's a better deal online or at anot her store nearby.L) So far, the main thing many large retailers have done in response to all th is is to open online stores, so people will come to them directly rather than to Amazon and its smaller online rivals. Many are having the same problem that newspapers have had. Even if they get online traffic, they struggle to make e nough money online to compensate for what they are losing offline.M) A few seem to be making this work. Among large traditional retailers, Wa lmart recently reported the best results, leading its stock price to surge, whil e Macy's, Target, and Nordstorm's dropped. Yet Walmart's year-over-year onli ne sales only grew 7 percent, leading its CEO to lament (哀叹),"Growth here is to slow." Part of the problem is that almost two decades after Amazon field the one-click patent, the online retail shopping and buying ex perience is filled with frictions. A recent study graded more than 600 internet retailers on how easy it was for consumers to shop, buy, and pay. Almost half of the sites didn't get a passing grade and only 18 percent got an A or B.N) The turmoil on the ground in physical retail is hard to square with the Ce nsus data. Unfortunately, part of the explanation is that the Census retail d ata are unreliable. Our deep look into those data and their preparation revea led serious problems. It seems likely that Census simply misclassifies a large chunk of online sales. It is certain that the Census procedures, which lump t he online sales of major traditional retailers like Walmart with "non-store ret ailers" like food trucks, can mask major changes in individual retail categorie s. The bureau could easily present their data in more useful ways, but they ha ve chosen not to.O) Despite the turmoil, brick and mortar won't disappear any time soon. Th e big questions are which, if any, of the large traditional retailers will still be on the scene in a decade or two because they have successfully reinvented t hemselves, which new players will operate busy stores on Main Streets and maybe even in shopping malls, and how the shopping and buying experiencewill have changed in each retail category. Investors shouldn't write off brick and mortar. Whether they should bet on the traditional players who run th ose stores now is another matter.36. Although online retailing has existed for some twenty years, nearly half of the internet retailers still fail to receive satisfactory feedback from consumers , according to a recent survey.37. Innovative retailers integrate internet technologies with conventional r etailing to create new retail models.38. Despite what the Census data suggest, the value of physical retail's stock s has been dropping.39. Internet-driven changes in the retail industry didn't take place as quickly as widely anticipated.40. Statistics indicate that brick and mortar sales still made up the lion's sh are of the retail business.41. Companies that successfully combine online and offline business models may prove to be a big concern for traditional retailers.42. Brick and mortar retailers' faith in their business was strengthened whe n the dot. com bubble burst.43. Despite the tremendous challenges from online retailing, traditional retai ling will be here to stay for quite some time.44. With the rise of online commerce, physical retail stores are like to suffer the same fate as the yellow pages.45. The wide use of smartphone has made it more complex for traditional r etailers to reinvent their business.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by s ome questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four ch oices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and ma rk the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the c entre.Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.Professor Stephen Hawking has warned that the creation of powerful artificia l intelligence (AI) will be "either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity", and praised the creation of an academic institute dedicate d to researching the future of intelligence as "crucial to the future of our ci vilisation and our species".Hawking was speaking at the opening of the Leverhulme Centre for the Futur e of Inteelgence (LCFI) at Cambridge University, a multi-disciplinary institut e that will attempt to tackle some of the open-ended questions raised by the rapid pace of development in AI research."We spend a great deal of time studying history," Hawking said,"which, let's face it, is mostly the history of stupidity. So it's a welcome chan ge that people are studying instead the future of intelligence."While the world-renowned physicist has often been cautious about AI, risin g concerns that humanity could be the architect of its own destruction if it creates a super-intelligence with a will of its own, he was also quick to high light the positives that AI research can bring."The potential benefits of creating intelligence are huge," he said."We cannot predict what we might achieve when our own minds are amplif ied by AI. Perhaps with the tools of this new technological revolution, we wil l be able to undo some of the damage done to the natural world by the last o ne—industrialisation. And surely we will aim to finally eradicate disease and poverty. And every aspect of our lives will be transformed. In short, succes s in creating AI could be the biggest event in the history of our civilisation."Huw Price, the centre's academic director and the Bertrand Russell professo r of philosophy at Cambridge University, where Hawking is also an academic, said that the centre came about partially as a result of the university's Cent re for Existential Risk. That institute examined a wider range of potential p roblems for humanity, while the LCFI has a narrow focus.AI pioneer Margaret Boden, professor of cognitive science at the University o f Sussex, praised the progress of such discussions. As recently as 2009, she s aid, the topic wasn't taken seriously, even among AI researchers."AI is hugely exciting," she said,"but it has limitations, which present grave dangers given uncritical use."The academic community is not alone in warning about the potential dang ers of AI as well as the potential benefits. A number of pioneers from the tec hnology industry, most famously the entrepreneur Elon Musk, have also ex pressed their concerns about the damage that a super-intelligent AI could d o to humanity.46. What did Stephen Hawking think of artificial intelligence?A) It would be vital to the progress of human civilisation.B) It might be a blessing or a disaster in the making.C) It might present challenges as well as opportunities.D) It would be a significant expansion of human intelligence.47. What did Hawking say about the creation of the LCFI?A) It would accelerate the progress of AI research.B) It would mark a step forward in the AI industry.C) It was extremely important to the destiny of humankind.D) It was an achievement of multi-disciplinary collaboration.48. What did Hawking say was a welcome change in AI research?A) The shift of research focus from the past to the future.B) The shift of research from theory to implementation.C) The greater emphasis on the negative impact of AI.D) The increasing awareness of mankind's past stupidity.49. What concerns did Hawking raise about AI?A) It may exceed human intelligence sooner or later.B) It may ultimately over-amplify the human mind.C) Super-intelligence may cause its own destruction.D) Super-intelligence may eventually ruin mankind.50. What do we learn about some entrepreneurs from the technology industry?A) They are much influenced by the academic community.B) They are most likely to benefit from AI development.C) They share the same concerns about AI as academics.D) They believe they can keep AI under human control.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.The market for products designed specifically for older adults could reach $30 billion by next year, and startups (初创公司) want in on the action. What they sometimes lack is feedback from the peo ple who they hope will use their products. So Brookdale, the country's largest owner of retirement communities, has been inviting a few select entrepreneu rs just to move in for a few days, show off their products and hear what the r esidents have to say.That's what brought Dayle Rodriguez,28, all the way from England to the dining room of Brookdale South Bay in To rrance, California. Rodriguez is the community and marketing manager for a company called Sentab. The startup's product, SentabTV, enables older adult s who may not be comfortable with computers to access email, video chat and social media using just their televisions and a remote control."It's nothing new, it's nothing too complicated and it's natural because lots o f people have TV remotes," says Rodriguez.But none of that is the topic of conversation in the Brookdale dining room. I nstead, Rodriguez solicits residents' advice on what he should get on his chee seburger and how he should spend the afternoon. Playing cards was on the a genda, as well as learning to play mahjong (麻将).Rodriguez says it's important that residents here don't feel like he's selling th em something. "I've had more feedback in a passive approach," he says. "Playing pool, playing cards, having dinner, having lunch," all work better "th an going through a survey of question. When they get to know me and to tru st me, knowing for sure I'm not selling them something—there'll be more hon est feedback from them."Rodriguez is just the seventh entrepreneur to move into one of Brookdale's 1,100 senior living communities. Other new products in the program have inclu ded a kind of full-blow dryer and specially designed clothing that allows peopl e with disabilities to dress and undress themselves.Mary Lou Busch,93, agree to try the Sentab system. She tells Rodriguez that it might be good for someone, but not for her."I have the computer and FaceTime, which I talk with my family on," she expl ains. She also has an iPad and a smartphone."So I do pretty much everything I need to do."To be fair, if Rodriguez had wanted feedback from some more technophobic (害怕技术的) seniors, he might have ended up in the wrong Brookdale community. Thi s one is located in the heart of Southern California's aerospace corridor. Man y residents have backgrounds in engineering, business and academic circles.But Rodriguez says he's still learning something important by moving into this Brookdale community: "People are more tech-proficient than we thought." And besides, where else would he learn to play mahjong?51. What does the passage say about the startups?A) They never lose time in upgrading products for seniors.B) They want to have a share of the seniors' goods market.C) They invite seniors to their companies to try their products.D) They try to profit from promoting digital products to seniors.52. Some entrepreneurs have been invited to Brookdale to ______.A) have an interview with potential customersB) conduct a survey of retirement communitiesC) collect residents' feedback on their productsD) show senior residents how to use IT products53. What do we know about SentabTV?A) It is a TV program catering to the interest of the elderly.B) It is a digital TV which enjoys popularity among seniors.C) It is a TV specially designed for seniors to view programs.D) It is a communication system via TV instead of a computer.54. What does Rodriguez say is important in promoting products?A) Winning trust from prospective customers.B) Knowing the likes and dislikes of customers.C) Demonstrating their superiority on the spot.D) Responding promptly to customer feedback.55. What do we learn about the seniors in the Brookdale community?A) Most of them are interested in using the Sentab.B) They are quite at ease with high-tech products.C) They have much in common with seniors elsewhere.D) Most of them enjoy a longer life than average people.Part IV Translation (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage f rom Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2. 中国幅员辽阔，人口众多，很多地方人们都说自己的方言。

2019年6月大学英语六级真题及答案解析(卷一)

2019年6月大学英语六级真题及答案解析(卷一)

2019年6月大学英语六级真题及答案完整版（卷一）Part I Writing1、【题干】Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the importance of motivation and methods in learning. You can cite examples to illustrate your views. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.【答案】What is the most important quality for learning? From my perspective, what we need are motivation and methods.Motivation refers to desire and determination in people to be continually interested in and committed to certain aims. It is an indispensable part of learning. If we want to complete heavy school work, motivation is a necessity. Without motivation, it is hard to overcome difficulties. The inventor of the electric bulb, one of the famous scientists in the world, Thomas Edison, is a good case in point. Before the bulb came into being, he had failed thousands of times. With motivation, he finally lit the whole world.With motivation we also need proper methods to study efficiently. Generally speaking, the more effectively you study, the greater success you will achieve. Method is a great element of learning. Without proper methods, we may go nowhere in our pursuit of success in study.In a word, motivation and methods play a vital role in successful study. The same is true of other aspects of our life, such as friendship, love and career. As the saying goes:" Motivation is what gets you started. Methods are what helps you keep going."[page]PartⅡ Listening Comprehension听力答案：[page]Part Ⅲ Reading Section APasta is no longer off the menu, after a new review of studies suggested that the carbohydrate can form part of a healthy diet, and even help people lose weight. For years, nutritionists have recommended that pasta be kept to a _____(27), to cut calories, prevent fat build-up and stop blood sugar _____(28)up.The low-carbohydrate food movement gave birth to such diets as the Atkins, Paleo and Keto, which advised swapping foods like bread, pasta and potatoes for vegetables, fish and meat. More recently the trend of swapping spaghetti for vegetables has been _____(29)by clean-eating experts.But now a _____(30)review and analysis of _____(31)studies by Canadian researchers found that not only does pasta not cause weight gain, but three meals a week can help people drop more than half a kilogram over four months. The reviewers found that pasta had been unfairly demonized(妖魔化)because it had been _____(32)in with other, more fit-promoting carbohydrates."The study found that pasta didn't 3 to weight gain or increase in body fat," said lead author Dr John Sievenpiper. "In _____(33)the evidence, we can now say with some confidence that pasta does not have an _____(34)effect on body weigh outcomes when it is consumed as part of a healthy dietary pattern." In fact, analysis actually showed a small weigh loss _____(35)to concerns. Perhaps pasta can be part of a healthy dietThose involved in the _____(36)trials on average ate 3.3 servings of pasta a week instead of other carbohydrates, one serving equaling around half a cup. They lost around half a kilogram over an average follow-up of 12 weeks.27、【题干】_____.【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】I28、【题干】_____. 【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】L29、【题干】_____. 【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】B30、【题干】_____. 【选项】B.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】N31、【题干】_____. 【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】G32、【题干】_____. 【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】E33、【题干】_____. 【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】O34、【题干】_____. 【选项】B.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】A35、【题干】_____. 【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】D36、【题干】_____. 【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】C[page]Part Ⅲ Reading Section BThe Best Retailers Combine Bricks and Clicks[A] Retail profits are falling sharply. Stores are closing. Malls are emptying. The depressing stories just keep coming. Reading the earnings announcements of large retail stores like Macy's, Nordstrom, and Target is about as uplifting as a tour of an intensive care unit. The interact is apparently taking down yet another industry. Brick and mortar stores(实体店)seem to be going the way of the yellow pages. Sure enough, the Census Bureau just released data showing that online retail sales surged 15.2 percent between the first quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016.[B] But before you dump all of your retail stocks, there are more facts you should consider. Looking only at that 15.2 percent "surge" would be misleading. It was an increase that was on a small base of 6.9 percent. Even when a tiny number grows by a large percentage terms, it is often still tiny.[C] More than 20 years after the internet was opened to commerce, the Census Bureau tells us that brick and mortar sales accounted for 92.3 percent of retail sales in the first quarter of 2016. Their data show that only 0.8 percent of retail sales shifted from offline to online between the beginning of 2015 and 2016.[D] So, despite all the talk about drone (无人机) deliveries to your doorstep, all the retail executives expressing anxiety over consumers going online, and even a Presidential candidate exclaiming that Amazon has a "huge antitrust problem," the Census data suggest that physical retail is thriving. Of course, the closed stores, depressed executives, and sinking stocks suggest otherwise. What's the real story?[E] Many firms operating brick and mortar stores are in trouble. The retail industry is getting reinvented, as we describe in our new book Matchmakers. It's standing in the Path of what Schumpeter called a gale (大风) of creative destruction. That storm has been brewing for some time, and as it has reached gale force, most large retailers are searching for a response. As the CFO of Macy's put it recently, "We're frankly scratching our heads."[F] But it's not happening as experts predicted. In the peak of the bubble, brick and mortar retail was one of those industries the internet was going to kill-andquickly. The dot corn bust discredited most predictions of that sort and in the years that followed, on-ventional retailers' confidence in the future increased as Census continued to report weak online sales. And then the gale hit.[G] It is becoming increasingly clear that retail reinvention isn't a simple battle to the death between bricks and clicks. It is about devising retail models that work for people who are making increasing use of a growing array of internet-connected tools to change how they search, shop, and buy. Creative retailers are using the new technologies to innovate just about everything stores do from managing inventory, to marketing, to getting paid.[H] More than drones dropping a new supply of underwear on your doorstep, Apple's massively successful brick-and-mortar-and-glass retail stores and Amazon's small steps in the same direction are what should keep old-fashioned retailers awake at night. Not to mention the large number of creative new retailers, like Bonobos, that are blending online and offline experiences in creative ways.[I] Retail reinvention is not a simple process, and it's also not happening on what used to be called "Internet Time." Some internet-driven changes have happened quickly, of course. Craigslist quickly overtook newspaper classified ads and turned newspaper economics upside down. But many widely anticipated changes weren't quick, and some haven't really started. With the benefit of hindsight (后见之明), it looks like the interact will transform the economy at something like the pace of other great inventions like electricity. B2B commerce, for example, didn't move mainly online by 2005 as many had predicted in 2000, nor even by 2016, but that doesn't mean it won't do so over the next few decades.[J] But the gale is still blowing. The sudden decline in foot traffic in recent years, even though it hasn't been accompanied by a massive decline in physical sales, is a critical warning. People can shop more efficiently online and therefore don't need to go to as many stores to find what they want. There's a surplus of physical shopping space for the crowds, which is one reason why stores are downsizing and closing.[K] The rise of the mobile phone has recently added a new level of complexity to the process of retail reinvention. Even five years ago most people faced a choice. Sit at your computer, probably at home or at the office, search and browse, and buy. Or head out to the mall, or Main Street, look and shop, and buy. Now, just about everyone has a smartphone, connected to the internet almost everywhere almost all the time. Even when a retailer gets a customer to walk in the store, she can easily see if there's a better deal online or at another store nearby.[L] So far, the main thing many large retailers have done in response to all this is to open online stores, so people will come to them directly rather than to Amazon and its smaller online rivals. Many are having the same problem that newspapers have.Even if they get online traffic, they struggle to make enough money online to compensate for what they are losing offline.[M] A few seem to be making this work. Among large traditional retailers, Walmart recently reported the best results, leading its stock price to surge, while Macy's, Target, and Nordstrom's dropped. Yet Walmart's year-over-year online sales only grew 7 percent, leading its CEO to lament (哀叹), "Growth here is too slow." Part of the problem is that almost two decades after Amazon filed the one click patent, the online retail shopping and buying experience is filled with frictions. A recent study graded more than 600 internet retailers on how easy it was for consumers to shop, buy, and pay. Almost half of the sites didn't get a passing grade and only 18 percent got an A or B.[N] The turmoil on the ground in physical retail is hard to square with the Census data. Unfortunately, part of the explanation is that the Census retail data are unreliable. Our deep 100k into those data and their preparation revealed serious problems. It seems likely that Census simply misclassifies a large chunk of online sales. It is certain that the Census procedures, which lump the online sales of major traditional retailers like Walmart with non-store retailers"1ike food trucks. can mask major changes in individual retail categories. The bureau could easily present their data in more useful ways. but they have chosen not to.[O] Despite the turmoil, brick and mortar won't disappear any time soon. The big questions are which, if any, of the large traditional retailers will still be on the scene in a decade or two because they have successfully reinvented themselves, which new players will operate busy stores on Main Streets and maybe even in shopping malls, and how the shopping and buying experience will have changed in each retail category. Investors shouldn't write off brick and mortar. Whether they should bet on the traditional players who run those stores now is another matter.37.【题干】Although online retailing has existed for some twenty years, nearly half of the internet retailers still fail to receive satisfactory feedback from consumers, according to a recent survey.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】M38.【题干】Innovative retailers integrate internet technologies with conventional retailing to create new retail models.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】G39.【题干】Despite what the Census data suggest, the value of physical retail's stocks has been dropping.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】D40.【题干】Innovative—driven changes in the retail industry didn't take place as quickly as widely anticipated.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】I41.【题干】Statistics indicate that brick and mortar sales still made up the lion's share of the retail business.【选项】A.AB.BD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】C42.【题干】Companies that successfully combine online and offline business models may prove to be a big concern for traditional retailers.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】H43.【题干】Brick and mortar retailers' faith in their business was strengthened when the dot com bubble burst.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LN.NO.O【答案】F44.【题干】Despite the tremendous challenges from online retailing, traditional retailing will be here to stay for quite some time.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】O45.【题干】With the rise of online commerce, physical retail stores are likely to suffer the same fate as i the yellow pages.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】A46.【题干】The wide use of smartphones has made it more complex for traditional retailers to reinvent their business.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】K[page]Part Ⅲ Reading Section CPassage OneQuestions 47 to 51 are based on the following passageProfessor Stephen Hawking has warned that the creation of powerful artificial intelligence (AI) will be “either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity", and praised the creation of an academic institute dedicated to researching the future of intelligence as “crucial to the future of our civilization and our species."Hawking was speaking at the opening of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (LCFI) at Cambridge University, a multi-disciplinary institute that will attempt to tackle some of the open-ended questions raised by the rapid pace of development in AI research. “We spend a great deal of time studying history," Hawking said, “which, let's face it, is mostly the history of stupidity. So it's a welcome change that people are studying instead the future of intelligence."While the world-renowned physicist has often been cautious about AI, raising concerns that humanity could be the architect of its own destruction if it creates a super-intelligence with a will of its own, he was also quick to highlight thepositives that AI research can bring. “The potential benefits of creating intelligence are huge," he said. “We cannot predict what we might achieve when our own minds are amplified by AI. Perhaps with the tools of this new technological revolution, we will be able to undo some of the damage done to the natural world by the last one – industrialization. And surely we will aim to finally eradicate disease and poverty. And every aspect of our lives will be transformed. In short, success in creating AI could be the biggest event in the history of our civilization."Huw Price, the centre's academic director and the Bertrand Russell professor of philosophy at Cambridge University, where Hawking is also an academic, said that the centre came about partially as a result of the university's Centre for Existential Risk. That institute examined a wider range of potential problems or humanity, while the LCFI has a narrow focus.AI pioneer Margaret Boden, professor of cognitive science at the University of Sussex, praised the progress of such discussions. As recently as 2009, she said, the topic wasn't taken seriously, even among AI researchers. “AI is hugely exciting," she said, “but it has limitations, which present grace dangers given uncritical use."The academic community is not alone in warning about the potential dangers of AI as well as the potential benefits. A number of pioneers from the technology industry, most famously the entrepreneur Elon Musk, have also expressed their concerns about the damage that a super-intelligent AI could do to humanity.47.【题干】What did Stephen Hawking think of artificial intelligence?【选项】A.It would be vital to the progress of human civilization.B.It might be a blessing or a disaster in the making.C.It might present challenges as well as opportunities.D.It would be a significant expansion of human intelligence.【答案】B48.【题干】What did Hawking say about the creation of the LCFI?【选项】A.It would accelerate the process of AI research.B.It would mark a step forward in the AI industry.C.It was extremely important to the destiny of humankind.D.It was an achievement of multi-disciplinary collaboration.【答案】C49.【题干】What did Hawking say was a welcome change in AI research?【选项】A.The shift of research focus from the past to the future.B.The shift of research from theory to implementation.C.The greater emphasis on the negative impact of AI.D.The increasing awareness of mankind's past stupidity.【答案】A50.【题干】What concerns did Hawking raise about AI?【选项】A.It may exceed human intelligence sooner or later.B.It may ultimately over-amplify the human mind.C.Super-intelligence may cause its own destruction.D.Super-intelligence may eventually ruin mankind.【答案】D51.【题干】What do we learn about some entrepreneurs from the technology industry? 【选项】A.They are much influenced by the academic community.B.They are most likely to benefit from AI development.C.They share the same concerns about AI as academic.D.They believe they can keep AI under human control.【答案】CPassage TwoQuestion 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.The market for products designed specifically for older adults could reach $30 billion by next year, and startups(初创公司)want in on the action. What they sometimes lack is feedback from the people who they hope will use their products. So Brookdale, the country's largest owner of retirement communication, has been inviting a few select entrepreneurs just to move in for a few days, show off their products and hear what the residents have to say.That's what brought Dayle Rodriguez, 28, all the way from England to the dining room of Brookdale South Bay in Torrance, California. Rodriguez is the community and marketing manager for a company called Sentab. The startup's product, Sentab TV, enables older adults who may not be comfortable with computers to access email, video chat and social media using just their televisions and a remote control.“It's nothing new, it's nothing too complicated and it's natural because lots of people have TV remotes," says Rodriguez.But none of that is the topic of conversation in the Brookdale dining room. Instead, Rodriguez solicits residents' advice on what he should get on his cheeseburger and how he should spend the afternoon. Playing cards was on the agenda, as well as learning to play mahjong(麻将).Rodriguez says it's important that residents here don't feel like he's selling them something. “I've had more feedback in a passive approach," he says. “Playing pool, playing cards, having dinner, having lunch," all work better “than going through a survey of questions. When they get to know me and to trust me, knowing for sure I'm not selling them something – there'll be more honest feedback from them."Rodriguez is just the seventh entrepreneur to move into one of Brookdale's 1,100 senior living communities. Other new products in the program have included a kind of full-body blow dryer and specially designed clothing that allows people with disabilities to dress and undress themselves.Mary Lou Busch, 93, agreed to try the Sentab system. She tells Rodriguez that it might be good for someone, but not for her.“I have the computer and Face Time, which I talk with my family on," she explains. She also has an iPad and a smartphone. “So I do pretty much everything I need to do."To be fair, if Rodriguez had wanted feedback from some more technophobic(害怕技术的) seniors, he might have ended up in the wrong Brookdale community. This oneis located in the heart of Southern California's aerospace corridor. Many residents have backgrounds in engineering, business and academic circles.But Rodriguez says he's still learning something important by moving into this Brookdale community: “People are more tech-proficient than we thought."And besides, where else would he learn to play mahjong?52.【题干】What does the passage say about the startups?【选项】A.They never lose time in upgrading products for seniors.B.They want to have a share of the seniors' goods market.C.They invite seniors to their companies to try their products.D.They try to profit from promoting digital products to seniors.【答案】B53.【题干】Some entrepreneurs have been invited to Brookdale to .【选项】A.have an interview with potential customersB.conduct a survey of retirement communitiesC.collect residents' feedback on their productsD.show senior residents how to use IT products【答案】C54.【题干】What do we know about Sentab TV?【选项】A.It is a TV program catering to the interest of the elderly.B.It is a digital TV which enjoys popularity among seniors.C.It is a TV specially designed for seniors to view programs.D.It is a communication system via TV instead of a computer.【答案】D55.【题干】What does Rodriguez say is important in promoting products?【选项】A.Winning trust from prospective customers.B.Knowing the likes and dislikes of customers.C.Demonstrating their superiority on the spot.D.Responding promptly to customer feedback.【答案】A56.【题干】What do we learn about the seniors in the Brookdale community?【选项】A.Most of them are interested in using the Sentab.B.They are quite at ease with high-tech products.C.They have much in common with seniors elsewhere.D.Most of them enjoy a longer life than average people.【答案】BPart IV Translation57、【题干】成语是汉语中的一种独特的表达方式，大多由四个汉字组成。

六级英语真题2019年6月(第一套)试卷及答案详解

六级英语真题2019年6月(第一套)试卷及答案详解

2019年6月六级（第1套）art ,r r i t i11 （e s )Directions : For U戏spa讥，you a ,r e allowed 30 1n初iutes to初讨te an ess a y on the importance �f motivation and methods in learning. You slwuld w讨te al least压Q words but no more than 200 words. a lJ奄Se cti on A c （、）Directions: In tJ砑s section, you 1vill hear two long conversation s. J\l the end吁each conversation , you初ill hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.Aft er y o u hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), BJ, CJ and D). Then mark the cor r esp �nding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line t阮ough the centre.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1.A) A sLx-n1on出long negotiation.C)A project with a troublesome client.B)Preparations for the party.D)Gift wrapping for the colleagues.2.A) Take wedding photos.B)Advertise her con1pai1y.3.A) Hesitant.B)Neivous.4.A) Start her own bake对B)Improve her baking skill.C)Start a small business.D)Throw a celebration party.C) Flattered.D)Surprised.C)Share her cooking experience.D)Prepare food for the wedding.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5.A) They have to spend more time studying.B)They have to participate in club activities.C)They have to be more responsible for what they do.D)They have to choose a specific academic discipline.6 .. A) Get ready for a career. C)Set a long-term goal.B)Make a lot of friends.·D) Behave like adults.7.A) Those who share her academic interes区B)Those who respect her student commitmen区C)Those who can help her when she is in need.D)Those who go to the same clubs as she does.8.A) Those helpful for tapping their poten 血ial.B)Those conducive to improving their social sldlls.C)Those helpful for cultivating individual interests.D)Those conducive to their academic studies.Section BDirections: In this section, y ou will hear tu;o passage s. At the end Qt'each passage , yoii ivill hecir threeor four question s. Both the passage and the qu est ions will be spoken onlu once. A J勋you ,hear a questio n, you must choose the best answer fr o m the 如tr choices 1narked A), B J , CJ 吓d DJ.The n mark the cor>"e spondi ng let te r ;·on Answer Sheet 1 with a S'ingle l初w throiig h the centre.Questions 9 t o 11 are b ase d o n t he pa s sa g e y o u have just heard.9. A) They break awa y fr o1n trad ition al ways of t l un记ng.C) T h ey a r e good a t re fin i n g old formul邸B) They ai、e prep扣�ed to wor k h扛der th扣1anyone e lse. D) They bring their potenti al into full play.10.A) They c o ntlibuted to the popul釭ity of sk i li1g worldwide.B)They resulted in a br叨如ew st-y le of sl出ng technique.C)They pro1uoted the scientific use of sl血g poles.D)They 1nade explosive news in the spo1ts world.11.A) He was recog血ed as a ge11ius in the world o f sports.B)He con1peted in all 1n司or siding events in the world.C)He�r on tlu·ee gold 1nedals il1 one W血er Olympics.D)He broke tlu-ee world sl画g records il1 t肛ee years.Questions 12 to 15 are base d on t h e passage you ha v e just heard.12.A) They appe扣畛·r estless.C)They lose consciousness.B) They beco1ne upset.D)They die almost instantly.13.A) It has an聪团nt effect on your body chemistry.B)It keeps retm面ng to you every now and then.C)It leaves you witl1 a long-I邸ting impression.D)It contributes to the shaping of your m血．14.A) To succeed while feeling initated.B)To fee\ ha p py without good health.C)To be fyee fro1n frustration and failure.D)To enjoy good healtl1 while in dark moods.15.A) They are closely .connected.B)They function in a similar way. Section C C)They are too complex to understand.D)They reinforce each other constantly.Directions: In this section, you will·hear three .recordings of lectures or tal�fallowed by three or four questio邓.Tl花recordings will be played only once. After you hear a question, you must如ose the best answer from the four c加ices marked AJ,. BJ, CJ and DJ. Th砌mark theco汀esponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the c叩re.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.16.A) They differ in their appreciation of music.B)They focus their attention on different things.C)They fmger the piano keys in different ways.D)They choose different pieces of music to play.17.A) They manage to cooperate well with their teammates.B)They use effective tactics to defeat their competitors.C)They try hard to meet the spectators'expectations.D)They att a ch great importance to high perfom1ance.18.A) It marks a breakt虹ough in behavioral science.B)It adopts a conventional approach to research.C)It suppo虑a piece of conventional wisdom.D)It gives rise to controversy among experts.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.19.A) People's envy of slim models.C)The increasing rai1ge of fancy produc区B)People's craze for good health.D)The great variety of slinuning products.20.A) The y appe a r vi g or ou s.B)They appe ru·str an ge、21.A) Cultu r e ai1d upb血gh1g.B)Weal小and social status.C)T h ey lo ok ch ar mi ng.D)111ey loo k un he althy.C)Pe er pr es su re.D)Me dia i皿ue nc e.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the r e co r ding you have just heard.·22. A) The relation between hair叨d sl血.C) The color of huma n skin.B)T l1e g .ro,ving interest il1 sl如studies.D)吓e need of s灼n protect ion.23.A) The necessity to save energy.C)The need to breathe with case.B)Adaptation to the hot envl1'01u11ent.D)Drarnati c c1imate changes on earth.24.A) Lea v es and grass.C)Their sldn color ing.B)Man-111ade shelter.D)Hair on their skin.25.A) T11eir genetic 1nakeup beg扣1to change.B)The让conm1unities beg扣1to grow steadily.C)Their children began to m坎wit h each other.D)Their pace of evolutio n began to quicken.·11g Co1nprel1ension（． 1nu t es) Sect ion ADirections: 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 bya lett砑;Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a singleline through tlie centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Pasta is no longer off the menu, after a new review of studies suggested that the carbohydrate can form part of a healthy diet, and_even help people lose weight. For years, nutritionists have recommended that pasta be kept to a 26 , to cut calories, prevent fat build-up and stop blood sugar 27 up.The low-carbohydrate food movement gave birth to such diets as the Atkins, Paleo and Keto, w垃ch advised swapping foods like bread, pasta and potatoes for vegetables, fish and meat. More recently the trend of swapping spaghetti for vegetables has been 28 by clean-eating experts.But now a 29 review and analysis of 30 studies by Canadian researchers found that not only does pasta not cause weight gain, but three meals a week can help people drop more than half a kilo­gram over four months. The reviewers found that pasta had been unfairly demonized (妖魔化）because it had been 30 in with other, more fat-promoting carbohydrates."The study found that pasta�dn't 31 to weight gain or increase in body fat," said l e ad au-thor Dr John Sievenpiper. "In 32 the evidence, we can now say with some confidence that pas扫does not have an 33 effect on body weight outcomes when it is consumed as part of a healthy dietary pattern." In fact, analysis actually showed a small weight loss. So 34 to concen1s, perhaps pasta can be part of a healthy diet.Those involved in the 35 trials on average ate 3.3 servings of pasta a week西tead of other carbohydrates, one serving equaling around half a cup. They lost釭O皿d half a kilo g ran1 over an averag e follow-up of 12 weeks.A)adverseB)championedC)clinicalD)contrary E)contributeF)intimateG)lun1pedH)magnifiedI)mininnun.J) radiatingI() rationL)shoot jngM)subscribeN)systemati0)we i g血g, ..... , ... __Section BDirections: In t hi s se ction, yo u are going to r ea d a p a ssa g e wi th t e n s t a te ments a tt ached to it. Each s t a t e1ne讥conta ins i可o r niatio n g iv e n i n on e of t h e paragr ap hs. Identif y the paragrap h fromwhi c h t i花？．对orni at i o n is der·i v ed You may ch oo s e a paragraph m ore th a n once. Each para­g r aph, is n i a rked'Wi t h a le t ter. A邓wer t h e que s tio邓by m a rking t h e corres p onding letter onAnswer Sheet 2.The Best Retailers Con1bine Bricks and Clicks[A]Reta i l pro fits扛e fallil1g sharply. Stores扛e closing. Mall s are emptying. The d epressing stories ju stk e e p coining. Reading the ean血gs announce1nents of lar ge retail stores like Macy's, Nordstrom, an d际get is about as uplift i l1g as a totrr of叨intensive care unit. The internet is apparently ta ki ngdo\\111 yet another il1dustiy. B忧ck and nior t ar stores (实体店）seem to be going the way of the yellowpages. S ure e nough, the Ce11.Sus B m·eau j ust released d a ta s h owin g that online retail sales surg e d15.2 percent between the fu-st qua1ter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016.[B]But before you dmnp all of yom·retail stocks, there are more facts you should consider. L oo ki ngonly at that 15.2 percent "surge" would be misleading. It was an increase t hat was on a small baseof 6.9 percent. Even when a血y number grows by a large percentage terms, it is often still tiny.[C]More than 20 yea1"S after the internet was opened to commerce, the Census Bureau tells us thatb百ck and mo1tar sales accounted for 92.3 percent of retail sales in the frrst quarter of 2016. Theirdata show that 01让y0.8 percent of retail sales shifted from offline to online between the beginningof 2015 and 2016.[D]So, despite all the talk about drone (无人机）deliveries to your doorstep, all the retail executivesexpressing ar议ety over cons�ers going online, and even a Presidential candidate exclaiming thatAmazon has a "huge antitrust problem," the Census data suggest that physical retail is thriving. Ofcourse, the closed stores, depressed executives, and·sinking stocks suggest othenvise. What's thereal story?[E] Many firn15 operating brick and mortar stores are in trouble. The retail industry is getting "reinvent­ed," as we describe in our new book Matchmakers. It's standing in the path of what Schumpetercalled a gale (大风）of creative destruction. That storm has been brewing for some time, and asit has reached gale force, most large retailers are searching for a response. As the CFO of Macy'sput it recently, "We're frankly scratching our heads."[F]But it's not happening as experts predicted. In the peak of the bubble, brick and mortarretail·was one of those industries the internet was going to·kill—and qttickly. The dot. c on1 bustdiscredited most predictions of that sort and in the years that followed, conventional retailers'confidence in the future increased as Census continued to report weak online sales. And then thegale hit.[ G]It is becoming increasingly clear that retail reinvention isn't a simple battle to the death between bricks and clicks. It is about devising retail models that work for people who are making increasingu s e o f a growing array of internet-connected tools to change how they sea:r·c h, shop, and buy. Cre­ative retailers are using the new technologies to inno_vate just about everything stores do fron1 man­aging inventory, to marketing, to getting paid.[H]More than drones dropping a new supply of underwear on yotff doorstep, Apple's n1assively success­ful brick-and-mortar-and-glass retail stores and Amazon's small steps in the san1e曲ection ar·e whatshould keep old-fashioned retailers awake at night. Not to n1ention the large ntunber of creative newretailers, like Bonobos, that are blencting online and offline experiences in creative ways.[I]Retail reinvention is not a simple process, and it's also not happening on what used to be called"Internet Time." Some internet-driven chai1ges have happened quickly, of course. Craigslist qtticklyovertook newspaper classified ads and turned newspaper economics upside down. But 1uany widelyanticipated changes weren't quick, and some haven't really started. With the benefit of hindsight·(后见之明），it loo k s like the i n t e rn e t w i l l t ransfonn the e con om y at s omethi ng like th e pace of otherg r eat iI1v enti ons like e lec t ric i ty. B2B c o1nn1e r ce, f o r e x a mpl e, di d n't move mainl y o n l in e by 2005 as1nan y had p re di cted iI1 2000, no r even by 2016, b ut th a t d oe sn't me a n i t w on't do so over the next few decades.[JJ But the gale i s s till blo面ng.T he sudden decline i n f oot t r affic in r e c e n t years, e ven though it h邸n't been accon1p画ed by a 1nassive dee血e in phys i ca l sal es, i s a cr i tical waming. People can shop 1nore effic iently onliI论邸d the r efore don't need to go t o as many stores to fin d what they want.There's a surplus of physical shoppmg space fo r t he cr ow ds, which is one reason why stores are downsizing and closmg.[KJ The rise of tl1e 1nobile phone has recently a d d e d a new level of complexity to the process of retail reinvention. Even five ye釭s ago 1nost p e op l e f a ced a choice. S i t at your co m puter1 probab l y at home or at tl1e office, se扣，ch and browse, and buy. Or head o ut t o th e maJJ, or Main Street, look and shop, 邸d b u y. Now, jttst about everyon e has a s mart p hone, connected to the 1ntemet almost ever y­where aln1ost a l l tl1e tune. Even when a retailer gets a cust omer to walk in the store, she can eas ily see if tl1ere's a better d e al onlme or at ai1other store nearby.[L]So far, tl1e n1呴晌g1nany匝ge re t a i lers have done in response to all this is to open o咄ne stores, so people ,;v诅con1e to them directl y rather than to Amazon and i岱smaller online rivals. Many ar e ha血g the san1e problem that newspapers have had. Even if they get online traffic, th e y struggle to n1ake enough money online to compensate for what they are losing offline.[M]A few seem to be making tllis work. Among large traditional retailers, W a lmart recently reported the best resul朽，leading its stock price to surge, while Macy's, Target, and Nordstrom's dropped. Yet \�T almaii:'s year-over-y ear online sales only grew 7 percent, leading i区CEO to lament (哀叹），"Growth here is too slow." Part of the problem is that almost two decades after Amazon filed the one-click patent, the online retail shopping and buying experience is filled with frictions. A recent study gr ad­ed more than 600 internet retailers on how easy it was for consumers to shop, buy, and pay. Al­most half of the sites didn't get a passing grade and only 18 percent got an A or B.[N]The turmoil on the ground in physical retail is hard to square with the Census data. Unfortunately, part of the explanation is that the Census retail data are unreliable. Our deep look into those data and their preparation revealed serious problems. It seems likely that Census simply m达cl郘sifies a large chunk of online sales. It is certain小at小e Census procedures, which lump the online sales of ma j or traditional retailers like Walmart with "non-store retailers" like food trucks, can mask m aj or changes in individual retail categories. The bureau could easily present their data in more useful ways, but they have chosen not to.[O]Despite the turmoil, brick and mortar won't disappear any rune soon. The big questions are which, if any, of the lar g e traditional retailers will still be on the scene m a decade or two because they haYe successfully reinvented themselves, which new players will operate busy stores on Main汕eemaybe even in shop p ing malls, and how小e shopping and bu yin g experience will have ch邸g ed in each retail catego ry. Investors shouldn't write off brick and mortar. Whether小ey shottld bet on the traditional players who皿1those stores now is another matter.36.Although online retailing h郘existed for some twenty years, nearly half of tl1e皿e1net retailers stillfail to receive satisfactory feedback from consumers, according to a recent stuvey.37.Innovative retailers integrate internet teclmotogies with conventional re皿血g to create nevretail models.38.Despite what the Census data suggest, the valu e of'physical ret a il's stocks has been巾opping.39.Internet-driven changes in the retail indust11r didn't take place as quicldy as·widely皿icipated.40.Statistics indicate that brick and mo1iar sales still n1ade up the lion's share of the retail busil1ess.panies that successfully combine online and offline busmess 1nodels n1ay prove to be a big con­cem for traditional retailers.42.Brick and 1no1tar retailer s'f a i th in their busin ess was stre n g th e n e d w h e n t he do t.c om bubb le burst.43.Despite the tren1endou s c h a l l e n g es f r onl o咖e re扫iling,tra di tio n al ret ai l ing w i l l b e h ere t o st ay forq田te son1e t ilne.44.With tl1e rise o f o咄ne conunerce, physical re t a i l stores a re l i l<ely t o s可fer the sam e fate邸the yel­low pages.45.The ,:\ride use of sn1art p hones has made i t 1nore cornplex for traditional retailers to reinvent t h eirbusiness.Section CDirections: Tliere m·e 2 passages in this se t ion Each passag e is foll o w e d by some question s or unfinished Sta勋nents.F01、each of them there are four choices m a rk e d AJ, BJ, CJ and D). You should如c i如on t加best clwice and mark ti忆con·e sponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a singleline ti矿ough the cen阮．Pa.,sag c On(Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.Professo r Step h en Ha,v血g has wai'lled that the creation of powerful artificial intelligence (AI) w ill be "eitl1er tl1e best, or the wo区t tl血g,ever to happen to humanity", and praised the creation of an aca­denuc institute dedicated to researcl血g the future of intelligence as "crucial to the future of our civili­sation and om·species".Hawking was speaking at the ope血g of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (LCFI) at Can如dge University, a 1nulti-disciplinary institute that will attempt to tackle some of the open-ended questions啦sed by tl1e rapid pace of development in AI research. " We spend a great deal of time s tu d yin g histo ry," Hawking said, "which, let's face it, is mostly the history of stupidity. So it's a welcome change that people are studying instead the future of intelligence."W血e the world-renowned physicist has often been cautious about AI, raising concerns that humanity could be the architect of its own destruction if it creates a super-intelligence with a w诅of its own, he was also quick to highlight the positives that AI research can bring. "The potential benefits of creating intelligence are huge," he said. "We cannot predict what we might achieve when our own minds are amplified by AI. Perhaps with the tools of this new technological revolution, we will be able to undo some of the damage done to the natural world by the last one—industrialisation. And surely we will aim to finally eradicate disease and poverty. And every aspect of our lives w山be transformed In sho比success in creating AI could be the biggest event in the history of our civilisation."Huw Price, the centre's ac�demic director and the Bertrand Russell professor of philosophy at Can1-bridge University, where Hawking is also an academic, said that the centre came about partially as a result of the university's Centre for Existential Risk. That institute examined a wider range of potential problems for humanity, while the LCFI has a narrow focus.AI pioneer Margaret Boden, professor of cognitive science at the University of Sussex, praised the progress of such discussions. 心,recently as 2009, she said, the topic wasn't taken se1iously, even am ong AI researchers. "AI .is hugely exciting," she said, "but it has limitations, which present grave dange1'S given uncritical use."The academic community is not alone in warning about the potential dangers of AI as well as the potential benefits. A number of pioneers from the technology industry, most famolIBly the en杠epren画Elon Musk, have also expressed their concerns about the damage that a super-intelligent AI coltld do to hmnanity.46.What did Stephen Hawking think of artificial intelligence?A)It would be vital to the progress of human civilisation.B)It might be a blessing or a disaster in the making.C)It might present chaJlenges as well as o pportunities.D)It would be a significant expansion of human intelligence.47.Wl1at did Hawldng say about the creation of the LC FI?A)It would acce ler ate the prog ress of AI resea rch.B)It wou l d 111扛k a s tep fo1--w扛d in the AI indus try.C)It ,,v as ex廿en1e l y ilnpo印nt to the destiny of hurnanl<lnd.D)It ,,v as扣1acl lieve1nent of 111咄i-d i s ciplinary collaboration.48.Wl1at did Ha,vl血g say was a wel cmn e change it1 AI research?A)Tl1e sl血of rese釭ch focus frmn the past to the future.B)The sl血of research fron1 the o i"J to ilnplernentation.C)T11e greater e1nphasis on the negative ilnpact of AI.D)The increasing awareness of 111扣曲nd's p匈stupidity.49."i11at concen1s did Hawl<lng raise about AI?A)It n1ay exceed htun邸血elligence sooner or later.B)It 1nay ulti1nately over-ainplify the luunan m皿C)Super-血elligence1nay cause its own destruction.D)Super沁telligence1nay eventually r面n mankind.50.What do we le血1about son1e entrepreneurs from the technology industry?A)Tl1ey are much influenced by the academic community.B)They are n1ost likely to benefit fron1 AI development.C)They share the same concerns about AI as academics.D)They believe they can keep AI under human control.Pa ssage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.The market for products designed specifically for older adults could reach $30 billion by next year, and startups (初创公司）want in on the action. What they sometiines lack is feedback from the people who they hope will use their products. So Brookdale, the country's largest owner of retirement communities, has been inviting a few select en订epreneurs just to move in for a few days, show off their products and hear�r hat th e-residents have to say.That's what brought Dayle Rodriguez, 28, all the way from England to the dining room of Brookdale South Bay in Torrance, California. Rodriguez _is the community and marketing manager for a company called Sen组b.The startup's product, SentabTV, enables older adults who may not be comfortable "ith computers to access email, video chat and social media using just their televisions and a ren1ote control."It's nothing new, it's nothing too complicated and it's natural because lots of people have TV remotes," says Rodriguez.But none of that is the topic of conversation in the Brookdale dining room. Instead, Ro中超uez solic­its residents'advice on what he should get on his cheeseburger and how he should spend the afte1noon. Playing cards was on the agenda, as well as learning to play mahjong (麻将）．R o driguez says it's important that residents here don't feel like he's selling them son1etl血g.·'I've had more feedback in a passive approach," he says. "P lay i ng pool, play i ng cards, having dinner, having lunch," al l work better "than going through a sur vey of questions. When they get to即ow n1e and to t1--i1st me, 血o咖g for sure I'm not selling them something—there'll be 1nore honest feedback f r o1n then1."Rodriguez is just the seventh entrepreneur to m ove into one of Brookdale's 1,100 senior living con1-munities. Other new products in the program have inclu d e d a kind of f1tll-body blow dryer and specially designed clothing that allows people with disabilities to dress and undress the1nselves.Mary Lou Busch, 93, agreed to try the Sentab sys t e m. She tells Rodrigue z that it might be good for someone, but not for her."I have the comput er and FaceTir ne, which I talk wi t h m y family o n," she ex呻lains.She also has an iPad and a s martphone. "So I do pretty much everything I n e ed to do."To be f血，i f R o 面gu e z had wan ted f ee db ac k from som e more te c hn o pJwbi c (害怕技术的）seniors , he n1ight have ended up in the w i·o ng B roo kdale co m m uni t y . Th is on e is loc ated in the heart of Soutl1em Califo1面a's aero space conidor. Many residen ts h ave backgrounds in engineering, busin ess and acadenuc c让cles.But Rodriguez says he's still le叩血g so m e th i n g i lnporta n t by moving into this Brookdale community: "People are 11ore tech-proficient thru1 we t h ought."知d besides, ,vhere else would he leain to play 1naltjong?51.,¥I1at does the passage say about the s尥1tups ?A)T11ey never lose tilue il1 upg1�ading products for seniors.B)T11ey w·r u1t to have a shat 、e of the senio对goo d s m arket.C)T11ey i11vite se11io1-s to their con1p皿es to try their products.D)They try to profit fron1 pro1110血g digital products to seniors.52.Some entreprenem-s have been invited to Brookdale to. A)have an intervie,v with potential custo1nersB)conduct a smvey of re证e1nent co1nmunitiesC)collect residen 岱'feedback on their productsD)show senior residen岱how to use IT products53.What do we lmow about SentabTV?A)It is a TV program catering to the in�erest of the elderly.B)It is a digital TV which enjoys popularity among seniors.C)It is a TV specially designed for seniors to view programs.D)It is a communication system via TV instead of a computer.54.What does Rodriguez say is important in promoting produc岱？A)Winning trust from prospective customers.B)Knowing the likes and dislikes of customers.C)Demons盯ating their superiority on the spot.D)Responding promptly to customer feedback.55.W地t do we learn about the seniors in the Brookdale community?A)Most of ·them are interested in .using the Sen也b.B)They are q血e at ease with high-tech produc区C)They have much in common with seniors elsewhere.D)Most of them enjoy a longer life than average people.ar anslation c �Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into Eng­lish. Y o u slwuld w忧te your answer on Answer Sheet 2.中国幅员辽阔，人口众多，很多地方人们都说自己的方言。

2019年6月大学英语六级考试真题及参考答案(全三套)

2019年6月大学英语六级考试真题及参考答案(全三套)

2019 年6 月大学英语六级考试真题及参考答案（第 1 套）Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the importance of motivation and methods in learning. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.【参考范文】As an old saying goes, knowledge can change one ’s life. In order to acquire knowledge, we have to study hard. However, it can not be ignoredthat effective learning needs both motivation and scientific methods.It ’s not difficult for us to come up with several possible reasonsaccounting for this perspective. In the first place, learning is a kindof serious and hard work. Therefore, not everyone is able to keep goingwithout certain internal motivations. Besides, scientific methods playa significant role in improving learning efficiency. Many of us believethat the longer you study, the better grades you will get. But a lot ofexperiences of our classmates prove that this view is not entirely correct. In details, studying for a long time is exhausting and it is very likelyto decrease study efficiency, which is critical to academic performance.From what has been mentioned above, we can easily draw a conclusion that the importance of motivation and methods in learning is self-evident. Andit is necessary for us to develop good learning methods.【参考范文译文】俗话说，知识能改变命运。

2019年6月大学英语六级考试真题及参考答案(全三套)

2019年6月大学英语六级考试真题及参考答案(全三套)

2019 年 6 月大学英语六级考试真题及参考答案（第 1 套）Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the importance of motivation and methods in learning.You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.【参考范文】As an old saying goes, knowledge can change one ’s life. In order to acquire knowledge, we have to study hard. However, it can not be ignoredthat effective learning needs both motivation and scientific methods.It ’s not difficult for us to come up with several possible reasonsaccounting for this perspective. In the first place, learning is a kindof serious and hard work. Therefore, not everyone is able to keep goingwithout certain internal motivations. Besides, scientific methods playa significant role in improving learning efficiency. Many of us believethat the longer you study, the better grades you will get. But a lot ofexperiences of our classmates prove that this view is not entirely correct. In details, studying for a long time is exhausting and it is very likelyto decrease study efficiency,which is critical to academic performance.From what has been mentioned above, we can easily draw a conclusion that the importance of motivation and methods in learning is self-evident. And it is necessary for us to develop good learning methods.【参考范文译文】俗话说，知识能改变命运。

2019年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案【含解析】

2019年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案【含解析】

【导语】2019年6⽉英语六级考试已结束，四六级频道在考后特别整理了2019年6⽉英语六级阅读真题及答案【含解析】，仅供⼤家参考，祝⼤家顺利通过六级考试！ 今年的六级阅读难度和去年12⽉份的难度持平 Passage One Professor Stephen Hawking has warned that the creation of powerful artificial intelligence (AI)will be “either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity ”,and praised the creation of an academic institute dedicated to researching the future of intelligence as “crucial to the future of our civilization and our species”. Hawking was speaking at the opening of the Leverhulme Center for the Future of Intelligence(LCFI)at Cambridge University, a multi-disciplinary institute that will attempt to tackle some of the open-ended questions raised by the rapid pace of development in AI research. “We spend a great deal of time studying history,” Hawking said, “which, let’s face it ,is mostly the history of stupidity. So it’s a welcome change that people are studying instead the future of intelligence.” While the world-renowned physicist has often been cautious about AI, raising concerns that humanity could be the architect of its own destruction if it creates a super-intelligence with a will of its own, he was also quick to highlight the positives that AI research can bring “The potential benefits of creating intelligence are huge”, he said, “We cannot predict what we might achieve when our own minds are amplified by AL. Perhaps with the tools of this new technological revolution, we be able to undo some of the damage done to the natural world by the last one— Industrialization. And surely we will aim to finally eradicate disease and poverty. And every aspect of our civilisation.” Huw Price, the centre’s academic director and the Bertrand Russell professor of philosophy at Cambridge University , where Hawking is also an academic ,said that the centre came about partially as a result if the university’s Center for Existential Risk. That institute examined a wider range of potential problems for humanity, while the LCFI has a narrow focus. AI pioneer Margaret Boden, professor of cognitive at the University of Sussex, praised the progress of such discussions .As recently as 2009, she said, the topic wasn’t taken seriously, even among AI researchers. “AI is hugely exciting.” She said,“but it has limitations, which present grave dangers given uncritical use.” The academic community is not alone in warning about the potential dangers of AI as well as the potential benefits. A number of pioneers from the technology industry, most famously the entrepreneur Elon Musk, have also expressed their concerns about the damage that a super-intelligent AI could do to humanity. 46. What did Stephen Hawking think of artificial intelligence? A) It would be vital to the progress of human civilization. B) It might be a blessing or a disaster in the making. C) It might present challenges as well as opportunities. D) It would be a significant expansion of human intelligence. 47. What did Hawking say about the creation of the LCFI? A) It would accelerate the progress of AI research. B) It would mark a step forward in the AI industry. C) It was extremely important to the destiny of humankind. D) It was an achievement of multi-disciplinary collaboration. 48. What did Hawking say was a welcome change in AI research? A) The shift of research focus from the past to the future. B) The shift of research from theory to implementation. C) The greater emphasis on the negative impact of AI. D) The increasing awareness of mankind’s past stupidity. 49. What concerns did Hawking raise about AI? A) It may exceed human intelligence sooner or later. B) It may ultimately over-amplify the human mind. C) Super-intelligence may cause its own destruction. D) Super-intelligence may eventually ruin mankind. 50. What do we learn about some entrepreneurs from the technology industry? A) They are much influenced by the academic community. B) They are most likely to benefit from AI development. C) They share the same concerns about AI as academics. D) They believe they can keep AI under human control. 【参考答案】BCADC 46. B) It might be a blessing or a disaster in the making. 47. C) It was extremely important to the destiny of humankind. 48. A) The shift of research focus from the past to the future. 49. D) Super-intelligence may eventually ruin mankind. 50. C) They share the same concerns about AI as academics. 定位⼀直是我们在新东⽅的课堂上，反复强调的做对题⽬的第⼀步。

六级英语真题2019年6月(第三套)试卷及答案详解

六级英语真题2019年6月(第三套)试卷及答案详解

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Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard. 9. A) It ntight affect n1othern'health.
B) It n吨ht disttu-b iltfants'sleep.
C) To educate native American children.
B) To document endangered languages.
D) To. revitalise America's native languages.
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5. A) The job of an interpreter.
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2019年6月大学英语六级考试真题及参考答案

2019年6月大学英语六级考试真题及参考答案

2019年6月大学英语六级真题（第一套）PartⅠWritingDirections:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to write an essay on the importance of motivation and methods in learning.You should write at least150words but no more than200 words.PartⅡListening Comprehension(30minutes)Section ADirections: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 Sheet1with a single line through the centre.Questions1to4are based on the conversation you have just heard.1.A)why Roman Holiday was more famous than Breakfast at Tiffany’s.B)why Audrey Hepburn had more female fans than male ones.C)Why the woman wanted to be like Audrey Hepburn.D)why so many girls adored Audrey Hepburn.2.A)Her unique personality.B)Her physical condition.C)Her shift of interest to performing arts.D)Her family’s suspension of financial aid.3.A)She was not an outgoing person.B)She was modest and hardworkingC)She was easy-going on the whole.D)She was usually not very optimistic.4.A)She was influenced by the roles she played in the films.B)Her parents taught her to symbolize with the needy.C)She learned to volunteer when she was a child.D)Her family benefited from other people’s help.Questions5to8are based on the recording you have just heard.5.A)Give a presentation.B)Rise some questions.C)Start a new company.D)Attend a board meeting.6.A)It will cut production costs.B)It will raise productivity.C)No staff will be dismissed.D)No new staff will be hired.7.A)The timeline of restructuring.B)The reasons for restructuring.C)The communication channels.D)The company’s new missions.8.A)By consulting their own department managers.B)By emailing questions to the man or the woman.C)By exploring various channels of communication.D)By visiting the company’s own computer network.Section BDirections: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 Sheet1with a single line through the centre. Questions9to11are based on the passage you have just heard.9.A)It helps passengers to take care of their pet animals.B)It has animals to help passengers carry their language.C)It uses therapy animals to soothe nervous passengers.D)It allows passengers to have animal travel with them.10.A)Avoiding possible dangers.B)Finding their way around.C)Identifying drug smugglers.D)Looking after sick passengers.11.A)Schedule their flights around the animal visits.B)Photograph the therapy animals at the airport.C)Keep some animals for therapeutic purposes.D)Bring their animals on board their plane.Questions12to15are based on the passage you have just heard.12.A)Beside a beautifully painted wall in Arles.B)Beside the gate of an ancient Roman city.C)At the site of an ancient Roman mansion.D)At the entrance to a reception hall in Rome.13.A)A number of different images.B)A number of mythological heroes.C)Various musical instruments.D)Paintings by famous French artists.14.A)The originality and expertise shown.B)The worldly sophistication displayed.C)The stunning images vividly depicted.D)The impressive skills and costly dyes.15.A)His artistic taste is superb.B)His identity remains unclear.D)He was a collector of antiques.D)He was a rich Italian merchant.Section CDirections: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 Sheet1with a single line through the centre.Questions16to18are based on the recording you have just heard.16.A)They encourage international cooperation.B)They lay stress on basic scientific research.C)They place great emphasis on empirical studies.D)They favour scientists from its member countries.17.A)Many of them wish to win international recognition.B)They believe that more hands will make light work.C)They want to follow closely the international trend.D)Many of their projects have become complicated.18.A)It requires mathematicians to work independently.B)It is faced with many unprecedented challenges.C)It lags behind other disciplines in collaboration.D)It calls for more research funding to catch up.Questions19to21are based on the recording you have just heard.19.A)Scientists tried to send a balloon to Venus.B)Scientists discovered water on Venus.C)Scientists found Venus had atmosphere.D)Scientists observed Venus from a space vehicle.20.A)It resembles Earth in many aspects.B)It is the same as fiction has portrayed.C)It is a paradise of romance for alien life.D)It undergoes geological changes like Earth.21.A)It might have been hotter than it is today.B)It might have been a cozy habitat for life.C)It used to have more water than Earth.D)It used to be covered with rainforests.Questions22to25are based on the recording you have just heard.22.A)Causes of sleeplessness.B)Cross-cultural communication.C)Cultural psychology.D)Motivation and positive feelings.23.A)They attach great importance to sleep.B)They often have trouble falling asleep.C)They pay more attention to sleep efficiency.D)They generally sleep longer than East Asians.24.A)By asking people to report their sleep habits.B)By observing people’s sleep patterns in labs.C)By having people wear motion-detecting watches.D)By videotaping people’s daily sleeping processes.25.A)It has made remarkable progress in the past few decades.B)It has not yet explored the cross-cultural aspect of sleep.C)It has not yet produced anything conclusive.D)It has attached attention all over the world.PartⅢReading Comprehension(40minutes)Section ADirections: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 Sheet2with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions26to35are based on the following passage.Pasta is no longer off the menu,after a new review of studies suggested that the carbohydrate can form part of a healthy diet,and even help people lose weight.For years,nutritionists have recommended that pasta be kept to a26,to cut calories,prevent fat build-up and stop blood sugar 27up.The low-carbohydrate food movement gave birth to such diets as the Atkins,Paleo and Keto, which advised swapping foods like bread,pasta and potatoes for vegetables,fish and meat.More recently the trend of swapping spaghetti for vegetables has been28by clean-eating experts.But now a29review and analysis of30studies by Canadian researchers found that not only does pasta not cause weight gain,but three meals a week can help people drop more than half a kilogram over four months.The reviewers found that pasta had been unfairly demonized(妖魔化) because it had been30in with other,more ft-promoting carbohydrates.“The study found that pasta didn’t31to weight gain or increase in body fat,”said lead author Dr John Sievenpiper.“In32the evidence,we can now say with some confidence that pasta does not have an33effect on body weigh outcomes when it is consumed as part of a healthy dietary pattern.”In fact,analysis actually showed a small weigh loss34to concerns.perhaps pasta can be part of a healthy dietThose involved in the35trials on average ate3.3servings of pasta a week instead of other carbohydrates,one serving equaling around half a cup.They lost around half a kilogram over an average follow-up of12weeks.A)adverse B)championed C）clinical D)contraryE)contribute F)intimate G)lumped H)magnifiedD)minimum J)radiating K)ration L)shootingM)subscribe N)systematic O)weighingSection BDirections: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.The Best Retailers Combine Bricks and ClicksA)Retail profits are falling sharply.Stores are closing.Malls are emptying.The depressing storiesjust keep coming.Reading the earnings announcements of large retail stores like Macy’s, Nordstrom,and Target is about as uplifting as a tour of an intensive care unit.The interact is apparently taking down yet another industry.Brick and mortar stores(实体店)seem to be going the way of the yellow pages.Sure enough,the Census Bureau just released data showing that online retail sales surged15.2percent between the first quarter of2015and the first quarter of 2016.B)But before you dump all of your retail stocks,there are more facts you should consider. Looking only at that15.2percent"surge"would be misleading.It was an increase that was on a small base of6.9percent.Even when a tiny number grows by a large percentage terms,it is often still tiny.C)More than20years after the internet was opened to commerce,the Census Bureau tells us that brick and mortar sales accounted for92.3percent of retail sales in the first quarter of2016.Their data show that only0.8percent of retail sales shifted from offline to online between the beginning of2015and2016.D)So,despite all the talk about drone(无人机)deliveries to your doorstep,all the retail executives expressing anxiety over consumers going online,and even a Presidential candidate exclaiming that Amazon has a"huge antitrust problem,"the Census data suggest that physical retail is thriving.Of course,the closed stores,depressed executives,and sinking stocks suggest otherwise.What's the real story?E)Many firms operating brick and mortar stores are in trouble.The retail industry is getting reinvented,as we describe in our new book Matchmakers.It's standing in the Path of what Schumpeter called a gale(大风)of creative destruction.That storm has been brewing for some time,and as it has reached gale force,most large retailers are searching for a response.As the CFO of Macy’s put it recently,“We’re frankly scratching our heads.”F)But it’s not happening as experts predicted.In the peak of the bubble,brick and mortar retail was one of those industries the internet was going to kill-and quickly.The dot.corm bust discredited most predictions of that sort and in the years that followed,conventional retailers’confidence in the future increased as Census continued to report weak online sales.And then the gale hit.G)It is becoming increasingly clear that retail reinvention isn’t a simple battle to the death between bricks and clicks.It is about devising retail models that work for people who are making increasing use of a growing array of internet-connected tools to change how they search,shop,and buy.Creative retailers are using the new technologies to innovate just about everything stores do from managing inventory,to marketing,to getting paid.H)More than drones dropping a new supply of underwear on your doorstep,Apple’s massively successful brick-and-mortar-and-glass retail stores and Amazon’s small steps in the same direction are what should keep old-fashioned retailers awake at night.Not to mention the large number of creative new retailers,like Bonobos,that are blending online and offline experiences in creative ways.I)Retail reinvention is not a simple process,and it’s also not happening on what used to be called "Internet Time."Some internet-driven changes have happened quickly,of course.Craigslist quickly overtook newspaper classified ads and turned newspaper economics upside down.But many widely anticipated changes weren’t quick,and some haven’t really started.With the benefit of hindsight(后见之明),it looks like the interact will transform the economy at something like the pace of other great inventions like electricity.B2B commerce,for example,didn’t move mainly online by2005as many had predicted in2000,nor even by2016,but that doesn’t mean it won’t do so over the next few decades.J)But the gale is still blowing.The sudden decline in foot traffic in recent years,even though it hasn’t been accompanied by a massive decline in physical sales,is a critical warning.People can shop more efficiently online and therefore don’t need to go to as many stores to find what they want.There’s a surplus of physical shopping space for the crowds,which is one reason why stores are downsizing and closing.K)The rise of the mobile phone has recently added a new level of complexity to the process of retail reinvention.Even five years ago most people faced a choice.Sit at your computer,probably at home or at the office,search and browse,and buy.Or head out to the mall,or Main Street,look and shop,and buy.Now,just about everyone has a smartphone,connected to the internet almost everywhere almost all the time.Even when a retailer gets a customer to walk in the store,she can easily see if there’s a better deal online or at another store nearby.L)So far,the main thing many large retailers have done in response to all this is to open online stores,so people will come to them directly rather than to Amazon and its smaller online rivals.Many are having the same problem that newspapers have.Even if they get online traffic, they struggle to make enough money online to compensate for what they are losing offline.M)A few seem to be making this work.Among large traditional retailers,Walmart recently reported the best results,leading its stock price to surge,while Macy’s,Target,and Nordstrom’s dropped.Yet Walmart’s year-over-year online sales only grew7percent,leading its CEO to lament (哀叹),“Growth here is too slow.”Part of the problem is that almost two decades after Amazon filed the one.click patent,the online retail shopping and buying experience is filled with frictions.A recent study graded more than600internet retailers on how easy it was for consumersto shop,buy,and pay.Almost half of the sites didn’t get a passing grade and only18percent got an A or B.N)The turmoil on the ground in physical retail is hard to square with the Census data. Unfortunately,part of the explanation is that the Census retail data are unreliable.Our deep100k into those data and their preparation revealed serious problems.It seems likely that Census simply misclassifies a large chunk of online sales.It is certain that the Census procedures,which lump the online sales of major traditional retailers like Walmart with“non-store retailers"1ike food trucks.can mask major changes in individual retail categories.The bureau could easily present their data in more useful ways.but they have chosen not to.O)Despite the turmoil,brick and mortar won’t disappear any time soon.The big questions are which,if any,of the large traditional retailers will still be on the scene in a decade or two because they have successfully reinvented themselves,which new players will operate busy stores on Main Streets and maybe even in shopping malls,and how the shopping and buying experience will have changed in each retail category.Investors shouldn’t write off brick and mortar.Whether they should bet on the traditional players who run those stores now is another matter36.Although online retailing has existed for some twenty years,nearly half of the internet retailers still fail to receive satisfactory feedback from consumers,according to a recent survey.37.Innovative retailers integrate internet technologies with conventional retailing to create new retail models.38.Despite what the Census data suggest,the value of physical retail’s stocks has been dropping.39.Innovative-driven changes in the retail industry didn’t take place as quickly as widely anticipated.40.Statistics indicate that brick and mortar sales still made up the lion’s share of the retail business.panies that successfully combine online and offline business models may prove to be a big concern for traditional retailers.42.Brick and mortar retailers’faith in their business was strengthened when the dot com bubble burst.43.Despite the tremendous challenges from online retailing,traditional retailing will be here to stay for quite some time.44.With the rise of online commerce,physical retail stores are likely to suffer the same fate as i the yellow pages.45.The wide use of smartphones has made it more complex for traditional retailers to reinvent their business.Section CDirections:There are2passages 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 Sheet2with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions46to50are based on the following passage.Professor Stephen Hawking has warned that the creation of powerful artificial intelligence (AI)will be“either the best,or the worst thing,ever to happen to humanity”,and praised the creation of an academic institute dedicated to researching the future of intelligence as“crucial to the future of our civilization and our species”.Hawking was speaking at the opening of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence(LCFI)at Cambridge University,a multi-disciplinary institute that will attempt to tackle some of the open-ended questions raised by the rapid pace of development in AI research.“We spend a great deal of time studying history,”Hawking said,“which,let’s face it,is mostly the history of stupidity.So it;s a welcome change that people are studying instead the future of intelligence.”While the world-renowned physicist has often been cautious about AI,raising concerns that humanity could be the architect of its own destruction if it creates a super-intelligence with a will of its own,he was also quick to highlight the positives that AI research can bring.“The potential benefits of creating intelligence are huge,”he said.“We cannot predict what we might achieve when our own minds are amplified by AI.Perhaps with the tools of this new technological revolution,we will be able to undo some of the damage done to the natural world by the last one-industrialization.And surely we will aim to finally eradicate disease and poverty.And every aspect of our lives will be transformed.In short,success in creating AI could be the biggest event in the history of our civilization.”Huw Price,the centre’s academic director and the Bertrand Russell professor of philosophy at Cambridge University,where Hawking is also an academic,said that the centre came about partially as a result of the university’s Centre for Existential Risk.That institute examined a wider range of potential problems for humanity,while the LCFI has a narrow focus.AI pioneer Margaret Boden,professor of cognitive science at the University of Sussex, praised the progress of such discussions.As recently as2009,she said,the topic wasn’t taken seriously,even among AI researchers.“AI is hugely exciting,”she said,“but it has limitations, which present grave dangers given uncritical use.”The academic community is not alone in warning about the potential dangers of AI as well as the potential benefits.A number of pioneers from the technology industry,most famously the entrepreneur Elon Musk,have also expressed their concerns about the damage that a super-intelligent AI could do to humanity.46.What did Stephen Hawking think of artificial intelligence?A)It would be vital to the progress of human civilization.B)It might be a blessing or a disaster in the making.C)It might present challenges as well as opportunities.D)It would be a significant expansion of human intelligence.47.What did Hawking say about the creation of the LCFI?A)It would accelerate the progress of AI research.B)It would mark a step forward in the AI industry.C)It was extremely important to the destiny of humankind.D)It was an achievement of multi-disciplinary collaboration.48.What did Hawking say was a welcome change in AI research?A)The shift of research focus from the past to the future.B)The shift of research from theory to implementation.C)The greater emphasis on the negative impact of AI.D)The increasing awareness of mankind’s past stupidity.49.What concerns did Hawking raise about AI?A)It may exceed human intelligence sooner or later.B)It may ultimately over-amplify the human mind.C)Super-intelligence may cause its own destruction.D)Super-intelligence may eventually ruin mankind.50.What do we learn about some entrepreneurs from the technology industry?A)They are much influenced by the academic community.B)They are most likely to benefit from AI development.C)They share the same concerns about AI as academics.D)They believe they can keep AI under human control.Passage TwoQuestions51to55are based on the following passage.The market for products designed specifically for older adults could reach$30billion by next year,and startups(初创公司)want in on the action.What they sometimes lack is feedback from the people who they hope will use their products.So Brookdale,the country’s largest owner ofretirement communities,has been inviting a few select entrepreneurs just to move in for a few days,show off their products and hear what the residents have to say.That’s what brought Dayle Rodriguez,28,all the way from England to the dining room of Brookdale South Bay in Torrance,California.Rodriguez is the community and marketing manager for a company called Sentab.The startup’s product,SentabTV,enables older adults who may not be comfortable with computers to access email,video chat and social media using just their televisions and a remote control.“It’s nothing new,it’s nothing too complicated and it’s natural because lots of people have TV remotes,”says Rodriguez.But none of that is the topic of conversation in the Brookdale dining room.Instead, Rodriguez solicits residents’advice on what he should get on his cheeseburger and how he should spend the afternoon.Playing cards was on the agenda,as well as learning to play mahjong(麻将).Rodriguez says it’s important that residents here don’t feel like he’s selling them something.“I’ve had more feedback in a passive approach,”he says.“Playing pool,playing cards,having dinner,having lunch,”all work better“than going through a survey of questions.When they get to know me and to trust me,knowing for sure I’m not selling them something-there’ll be more honest feedback from them.”Rodriguez is just the seventh entrepreneur to move into one of Brookdale’s1,100senior living communities.Other new products in the program have included a kind of full-body blow dryer and specially designed clothing that allows people with disabilities to dress and undress themselves.Mary Lou Busch,93,agreed to try the Sentab system.She tells Rodriguez that it might be good for someone,but not for her.“I have the computer and Face Time,which I talk with my family on,”she explains.She also has an iPad and a smartphone.“So I do pretty much everything I need to do.”To be fair,if Rodriguez had wanted feedback from some more technophobic(害怕技术的) seniors,he might have ended up in the wrong Brookdale community.This one is located in the heart of Southern California’s aerospace corridor.Many residents have backgrounds in engineering,business and academic circles.But Rodriguez says he's still learning something important by moving into this Brookdale community:“People are more tech-proficient than we thought.”And besides,where else would he learn to play mahjong?51.What does the passage say about the startups?A)They never lose time in upgrading products for seniors.B)They want to have a share of the seniors’goods market.C)They invite seniors to their companies to try their products.D)They try to profit from promoting digital products to seniors.52.Some entrepreneurs have been invited to Brookdale toA)have an interview with potential customersB)conduct a survey of retirement communitiesC)collect residents’feedback on their productsD)show senior residents how to use IT products53.What do we know about SentabTV?A)It is a TV program catering to the interest of the elderly.B)It is a digital TV which enjoys popularity among seniors.C)It is a TV specially designed for seniors to view programs.D)It is a communication system via TV instead of a computer.54.What does Rodriguez say is important in promoting products?A)Winning trust from prospective customers.B)Knowing the likes and dislikes of customers.C)Demonstrating their superiority on the spot.D)Responding promptly to customer feedback.55.What do we learn about the seniors in the Brookdale community?A)Most of them are interested in using the Sentab.B)They are quite at ease with high-tech products.C)They have much in common with seniors elsewhere.D)Most of them enjoy a longer life than average people.PartⅣTranslation(30minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should write your answer on Answer Sheet2.成语(Chinese idioms)是汉语中的一种独特的表达方式，大多由四个汉字组成。

2019年6月六级真题与解析(一)

2019年6月六级真题与解析(一)

2019年6月大学英语六级考试真题（一）D i rectio ns: For this pa.rt, you are a llowed 30 minu tes to write a n essay o n the importan ce of tea m spirit and co m munic ation in the workplace. You should w rite at least 枑Q words but 叩more than包堕wo rds.P art I Writing (30 minutes)＇，．．s ' . A . . . , -e c h o n D i r ect ions: In this section ', you will hear t 叩long conve_r sations. At the erlf1. of ea_ch conversatio n, you will hear f our questions. Both the conversation a nd the questions w f l l be spoken on ly once.: After you hea r a question , you must choose the best answer from the four chpices mar ked A), B), C) and D). Th en mar k the cor responding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line th�ough the centre. Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 1 . A) A s tx-mont h-Iong negotia tion. C) A project with a tro�blesome client. B)Preparat�9ns for th�party.D)Gift wrapping for the colleagues.2.A) Take wedding photos.C)Start a small busmess.B)Advertise her company.D)Throw a celebration party.3.A) Hesitant.. B) Nervous. C)Flattered. D)Surprised.4.A) Start·her own bakery��: •·. . C)Share h er coo king e xpene nce.B).Improve her baking skill. .· ·'. · · ··-'·. . D) Prepare -food ·for the wedding: Questions S to 8 are based on the conversation ·you h五ve just heard ·_•, , ,5.A) They have to spend more tune studying.B)They have to participate in club activities... -, ·, ;, ·.· ·.,.C)They have to be more responsible fpr what they do: ,ii:•:·�, ·D). They have to choose a specific academic'discipline. -· 占6.A) Get ready for a career. 1 t,''-•: C) Set a long -term goal. B)Make a lot of friends.,, D) Behave like adults. 7.A) Those who shar e her aca demic in terests. ·.C)Those who can ·help her when she is in need.B)Those w ho resp ect her studen t comm itments . D) Th ose wh o go to the sa me club s as she does.8.A) Those h elpful fo r tappin g their potentia l. • . r B)Thos e cond ucive to im provi ng th eir so cial skills .C)Tho se help ful f or c ultiv ating indi vidu al in tere sts.D)Those condu cive to th eir ac adem ic studie s.Pa rt H Listening Comprehension (30'minutes) '·"•' I ．,r ' . I ' ! •.I．， `· ｀ 、会Se ct io n B ,.I ••、D i rectio ns:, In th is sec tion, you _will h ear ·two passa ges. At t he end of e ach p assag e ; , you w ill he a; th ree or four ques tions . Both the p assag e a nd the ques tions will b e spo ken o nly o nce : Afte r you hear a qu estio n , you m ust choo se the best answe r f rom the 'four : choi ces mar ked A ) , B) , C) and D) . The n , mar k the co rres po ndin g lette r on Ans wer Sh ee t ,1 with a sing le li ne t hrou gh t he c entr e.六级2019年6月 1\\Questio ns 9 to 11 are b ased on the pass age you have just heard.9.A) They break aw ay from traditiona l ways of thinking.B)They are prepare d t�wor k harder t �an anyone else.'C)They are good at refining old formulas.D)They bring their potential into full play.10._A) They contribu ted to th e populari ty of ski ing worldwi de.B)They resulted in a brandnew style of skiing technique;厂,i , C)They promoted the scientific use of skiing poles.D)They made explosive news in the sports world.11.A) He was recognized as a genius in the world of sports.B)He competed in all major skiing events in the world.,�C) He won three gold medals in one Winter Olympics.D)He broke three world skiing records in three years.• ； 房片） !.;;•!, Questions 12 to 15 are bas ed on the pas sage you have just heard. 12.A? They appear restless.C )Th ey lo se c on sc 10us ne ss .·B) They become upset.D )Th ey di e al m os t i ns ta nt ly .13.A) It h a s an mst ant effec t on you r body chemistry .'B) I t keeps re turning to you ever y now an d then.C)It leaves you with a long-lasting impression.\,: �..... 习'-. I]:',! D)It contributes to the shaping of your mind. . ·"，＇，｀． 14.A) To succeed while feeling irritated.· 岫'C)To be f ree fro m f rust rati on and fai lure . B)To feel happy without good health. ·、·D)To e njoy good hea lth w hi�e in da rk m oods :15.A) They are closely .,connected.'·C) They ar e too compl ex to under stand.B)They f . 嘈,i ,!?'). unction m a ·similar way. ·D) They r einforce e ach other constant ly.I • • L 忒＇，；，＼ ．． 干．． ''. ,; r ．今．4 •·' Section C , •• 1 I'.�i 、).. ,, ...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 le tter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.. .,. , 石，；．～｀Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heanl. 1 • ·, • 1·. , 1 . • t'16.A) They differ in their appreciation of music. ·1 C) The y fi nge r th e pi ano ke ys i n ·diff eren t way s .B)They focus their attent ion on differe nt things. D)吓ey choose differ ent pieces of mu sic to play.17.A) They manage to cooperate well with their teammates.. .. . ,-:-, B)They use effective tactics to defeatitheir competitors.C)They ,try hard to meet'the sp 立tators'expectations.-:i .•,、l '!f!JI I • D)They attach great importance to high performance. , i r .i .• : 18.A) It marks a breakthrough in behavioral science.B)It adopts a conventional approach to research! , ., ;,11 1; 乒J'1一、;! .', : •I! I •• `、·C)It supports a piece of conventional wisdom., , r, ,1· 飞，l.,'f 'I , ,, 龟＇，D) It gi v es nse to controversy among experts. ,. J, , : ·, 1'( Questions 19 to 21 are based on the reconling you have just heard. ,·. ，＂＇：身19.A) ,People s envy of slim ·models.. ·C) Th . e ·mcre asing rang e of fanc y pr od uct s.,'B)P eopl e 's cr aze for good heal th. •• r• • .-··· ·D) ,The grea t vari e ty of sli mrri " 20.A ) They appear vigorous.mg pr od uc ts. , "· · • ·'·C ) T h e y l o o k c h a rm in g .B)They appear strange.·1'· ·, D)_They .look unh ealt hy.六级2019年6月、2,、I ''Sec tion B I , Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. 如ch 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. 应ch paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. The Best Retailers Combine Bricks and Clicks ．， A)Retail profits are falling sharply. Stores are closing. Malls , are emptying .. Toe depressing stories just keep coming. Reading the earnings anno1:1ncements of large retail stores like Macy 's, �ordstrom, and Target is about as uplifting as a tour o�an intensive care unit. The internet is apparently taking down yet another i ndustry. Brick and mortar stores (实体店）seem to be going the way of the yellow page s.Sure enough, the Census Bureau just released data showing that online retail sales surged15. 2 percentbetween the first quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016.B)But before you dump all'of your retail stocks, there are more facts you should consider. Looking onlyat that 15. 2 percent "surge" would be ··misl e ading. It was ,an increase that was on a small base of6. 9 percen t. Even whena tiny numbe r grow s by a large perce ntage t erms, i t is ofte n still t iny.C)_ More than _20 years after the internet was opened to commerce, t�e�ensus B�reau te�ls us _ that brickand mortar sales accounted for 92. 3 percent of retail sales in the first quarter of 2016. Their data show th.a�only O. 8 percent of retail sales shifted fro� ·o ffline to o五l�e -betwe e �the peginning of 2015and 2016.D)So, despite all the taik about dro 加，（无人机）deli.J�ries to you"r ·doorstep, all the 'ret五ii executivesexpressing anxiety over consumers goingonline, and even a Presidentiai 、ca�didate exclaiming thatAmazon has ·a "huge 'antitrust problem," the Census data ·suggest that 'physical retail is thriving. Of I • course 'the closed store s 'depressed execu tive s 'and sinking " stocks 'sug驴st otherwise., What's the real1_1_，·sto ry ?E)Many 'firms operatingbrick ! and呻rtar stores ·are in ·trouble. ·The retail industry ·is getting"reinvented," as we describe in our new ·book , Matchmakers. rIt's standing in the 'path of whatSchumpeter called a gale (大风）of creative ·destruction:. T hat-storm has been brewing f or some time,and as it has reached gale force, most large -retailers ate -searching for a response. As •the CFO ofMacy's put it recently, "We 're fra n kly scratching our heads.".·, . , . _F)But it's not happen ing as experts predicted. In the p eak C?f the dot,:com bubble, brick and mortar r etailwas on e of those industrie s the internet�as going to kill 一and quickly. _The _d ot_.c om bust , discredited 1. most predictions ofthat sort and _�n _ the yea r s .t hat followed, conve�tional retailers'confidenc �in the、future increased as C ensus continue d to report weak on line sales. And then the gale hit.G)It is becoming increasingly clear that retail reinvention is�'t a si�ple battle to the death between bric捻and clicks. It is about devising retail models tha t work for people who are ma�ing increasing use <;1f a growing array of internet-connected tools to change how they search, shop, and buy. Creative retailersare using the new technologies to innovate just about everything stores _ do from managinginventory, tomarketing, to getting paid.ID More than drones dropping a new supply of underwear 'on your doorstep, Apple's massively·suc�essfulbrick-and-mo rtar-and-glass retail stores and Amazons small steps m the same direction are what should keep old-fashionedretailersawake at night .. N ot to mention the large numbe�of creative newretailers, li l ce B�nobos, that are blending onl ine and�f f line experiences in creative .wa y �. I)Retail reinvention i�not a simple process, and it _'s . also not happening on what ,used to be called"Inte rn etTime. " Someinternet-drivenchanges have happenedquickly, of course. �raigs list quickly overtook newspape r classified ads and t urned newspaper economics upside 、�own.But many widelyanticipated changes weren 't quick, and some haven 't really started. With the benefit of hindsight (后六级2019年6月 4 '. ; 一、·I\_-panies that successfully com bine online and of f line business models may prove to be a big concernfor traditional retailers.42.Brick and mo rtar retailers'faith in their busines s was strengthened when the dot. com bubble burst.43.Despite the tremendous challenges f rom online retailing, traditional r etailing will be here to stay forquite some time. ·.44.With the rise of online comme rce, physical retail stores are likely to suffer the sa�e fate as the yellowpages.45.The wide use of smartphones has made it more complex for traditional retailers to reinvent theirbusiness.．，.，Section CDirections: There are 2 passages'in this section .加ch pass a ge is followed by some如巧tion s or unfinished statements. For each of them t here are four choices marked A) ,B) ,C) and D). You should decide on the best choice a nd mark'the correspon ding letter on Ans wer Sheet 2 with a singl e line through the centre. Passage OneQuestion s 46 to 50�based o n the fo llowing passag e. · 广，Professor S tephen Hawkin g has warned that the creatio n�f powerf�l artificial intelligence (AI) will be "either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity", and praised the creation of an academic institute dedicated to researching the future of intelligence as "crucial to the future of our c1vil1sat1on and our species".�awking was speaking at the opening of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (LCFI) at Cambridge University, a multi-disciplinary institute·that will attempt to tackle some of the open-ended questions raised by the rapid pace of development in.AI research.·"yve spend a great deal of time studying history," Hawking said, "which, let's face it, is·m。

六级英语真题2019年6月(第三套)试卷及答案详解

六级英语真题2019年6月(第三套)试卷及答案详解

C) Conflicts within the company.
B) Unforeseen difficulties.
D) Imitation by one's competitors.
Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
D) It provides them with the basic necessities of everyday life. 17. A) Creating jobs for the huge army of unemployed workers.
B) Providing training and guidance for unemployed workers. C) Convincing local lawmakers to extend unemployment benefits.
15. A) It is being utilised to teach native languages.
B) It tells扛aditional stories dUiing family time.
C) It speeds up the extinction of native languages.
B) They all have professional qualifications. D) They have all studied cross-cultural differences.
8. A) It requires a much larger vocabulary.
B) It attaches more importance to accuracy.

2019年6月大学英语六级考试真题及参考答案

2019年6月大学英语六级考试真题及参考答案

2019年6月大学英语六级考试真题及参考答案（第1套）?Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions:?For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on?the importance of motivation and methods in learning.?You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.【参考范文】As an old saying goes, knowledge can change one’s life. In order to acquire knowledge, we have to study hard. However, it can not be ignored that effective learning needs both motivation and scientific methods.It’s not difficult for us to come up with se veral possible reasons accounting for this perspective. In the first place, learning is a kind of serious and hard work. Therefore, not everyone is able to keep going without certain internal motivations. Besides, scientific methods play a significant role in improving learning efficiency. Many of us believe that the longer you study, the better grades you will get. But a lot of experiences of our classmates prove that this view is not entirely correct. In details, studying for a long time is exhausting and it is very likely to decrease study efficiency, which is critical to academic performance.From what has been mentioned above, we can easily draw a conclusion that the importance of motivation and methods in learning is self-evident. And it is necessary for us to develop good learning methods.【参考范文译文】俗话说，知识能改变命运。

2019.6英语六级真题及答案(卷一)

2019.6英语六级真题及答案(卷一)

2019.6英语六级真题及答案（卷一）Part I Writing1、【题干】Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the importance of motivation and methods in learning. You can cite examples to illustrate your views. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.【答案】What is the most important quality for learning? From my perspective, what we need are motivation and methods.Motivation refers to desire and determination in people to be continually interested in and committed to certain aims. It is an indispensable part of learning. If we want to complete heavy school work, motivation is a necessity. Without motivation, it is hard to overcome difficulties. The inventor of the electric bulb, one of the famous scientists in the world, Thomas Edison, is a good case in point. Before the bulb came into being, he had failed thousands of times. With motivation, he finally lit the whole world.With motivation we also need proper methods to study efficiently. Generally speaking, the more effectively you study, the greater success you will achieve. Method is a great element of learning. Without proper methods, we may go nowhere in our pursuit of success in study.In a word, motivation and methods play a vital role in successful study. The same is true of other aspects of our life, such as friendship, love and career. As the saying goes:" Motivation is what gets you started. Methods are what helps you keep going."Part ⅢReading Section APasta is no longer off the menu, after a new review of studies suggested that the carbohydrate can form part of a healthy diet, and even help people lose weight. For years, nutritionists have recommended that pasta be kept to a_____(27), to cut calories, prevent fat build-up and stop blood sugar _____(28)up.The low-carbohydrate food movement gave birth to such diets as the Atkins, Paleo and Keto, which advised swapping foods like bread, pasta and potatoes for vegetables, fish and meat. More recently the trend of swapping spaghetti for vegetables has been _____(29)by clean-eating experts.But now a _____(30)review and analysis of_____(31)studies by Canadian researchers found that not only does pasta not cause weight gain, but three meals a week can help people drop more than half a kilogram over four months. The reviewers found that pasta had been unfairly demonized(妖魔化)because it had been _____(32)in with other, more fit-promoting carbohydrates."The study found that pasta didn't 3 to weight gain or increase in body fat," said lead author Dr John Sievenpiper. "In _____(33)the evidence, we can now say with some confidence that pasta does not have an _____(34)effect on body weigh outcomes when it is consumed as part of a healthy dietary pattern." In fact, analysis actually showed a small weigh loss _____(35)to concerns. Perhaps pasta can be part of a healthy dietThose involved in the _____(36)trials on average ate 3.3 servings of pasta a week instead of other carbohydrates, one serving equaling around half a cup. They lost around half a kilogram over an average follow-up of 12 weeks.27、【题干】_____.【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】I28、【题干】_____.【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimum J.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】L29、【题干】_____. 【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimum J.radiating K.rationL.shooting M.subscribe N.systematicO.weighing【答案】B30、【题干】_____. 【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】N31、【题干】_____. 【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimum J.radiating K.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】G32、【题干】_____. 【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimum J.radiating K.rationL.shooting M.subscribe N.systematic O.weighing【答案】E33、【题干】_____. 【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】O34、【题干】_____. 【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimum J.radiating K.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】A35、【题干】_____. 【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimum J.radiating K.rationL.shooting M.subscribe N.systematic O.weighing 【答案】D36、【题干】_____. 【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】CPart ⅢReading Section BThe Best Retailers Combine Bricks and Clicks[A] Retail profits are falling sharply. Stores are closing. Malls are emptying. The depressing stories just keep coming. Reading the earnings announcements of large retail stores like Macy's, Nordstrom, and Target is about as uplifting as a tourof an intensive care unit. The interact is apparently taking down yet another industry. Brick and mortar stores(实体店)seem to be going the way of the yellow pages. Sure enough, the Census Bureau just released data showing that online retail sales surged 15.2 percent between the first quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016.[B] But before you dump all of your retail stocks, there are more facts you should consider. Looking only at that 15.2 percent "surge" would be misleading. It was an increase that was on a small base of 6.9 percent. Even when a tiny number grows by a large percentage terms, it is often still tiny.[C] More than 20 years after the internet was opened to commerce, the Census Bureau tells us that brick and mortar sales accounted for 92.3 percent of retail sales in the first quarter of 2016. Their data show that only 0.8 percent of retail sales shifted from offline to online between the beginning of 2015 and 2016.[D] So, despite all the talk about drone (无人机) deliveries to your doorstep, all the retail executives expressinganxiety over consumers going online, and even a Presidential candidate exclaiming that Amazon has a "huge antitrust problem," the Census data suggest that physical retail is thriving. Of course, the closed stores, depressed executives, and sinking stocks suggest otherwise. What's the real story?[E] Many firms operating brick and mortar stores are in trouble. The retail industry is getting reinvented, as we describe in our new book Matchmakers. It's standing in the Path of what Schumpeter called a gale (大风) of creative destruction. That storm has been brewing for some time, and as it has reached gale force, most large retailers are searching for a response. As the CFO of Macy's put it recently, "We're frankly scratching our heads."[F] But it's not happening as experts predicted. In the peak of the bubble, brick and mortar retail was one of those industries the internet was going to kill-and quickly. The dot corn bust discredited most predictions of that sort and in the years that followed, on-ventional retailers' confidence in the future increased as Census continued to report weak online sales. And then the gale hit.[G] It is becoming increasingly clear that retail reinvention isn't a simple battle to the death between bricks and clicks. It is about devising retail models that work for people who are making increasing use of a growing array of internet-connected tools to change how they search, shop, and buy. Creative retailers are using the new technologies to innovate just about everything stores do from managing inventory, to marketing, to getting paid.[H] More than drones dropping a new supply of underwear on your doorstep, Apple's massively successful brick-and-mortar-and-glass retail stores and Amazon's small steps in the same direction are what should keepold-fashioned retailers awake at night. Not to mention the large number of creative new retailers, like Bonobos, that are blending online and offline experiences in creative ways.[I] Retail reinvention is not a simple process, and it's also not happening on what used to be called "Internet Time." Some internet-driven changes have happened quickly, of course. Craigslist quickly overtook newspaper classified adsand turned newspaper economics upside down. But many widely anticipated changes weren't quick, and some haven't really started. With the benefit of hindsight (后见之明), it looks like the interact will transform the economy at something like the pace of other great inventions like electricity. B2B commerce, for example, didn't move mainly online by 2005 as many had predicted in 2000, nor even by 2016, but that doesn't mean it won't do so over the next few decades.[J] But the gale is still blowing. The sudden decline in foot traffic in recent years, even though it hasn't been accompanied by a massive decline in physical sales, is a critical warning. People can shop more efficiently online and therefore don't need to go to as many stores to find what they want. There's a surplus of physical shopping space for the crowds, which is one reason why stores are downsizing and closing.[K] The rise of the mobile phone has recently added a new level of complexity to the process of retail reinvention. Even five years ago most people faced a choice. Sit at yourcomputer, probably at home or at the office, search and browse, and buy. Or head out to the mall, or Main Street, look and shop, and buy. Now, just about everyone has a smartphone, connected to the internet almost everywhere almost all the time. Even when a retailer gets a customer to walk in the store, she can easily see if there's a better deal online or at another store nearby.[L] So far, the main thing many large retailers have done in response to all this is to open online stores, so people will come to them directly rather than to Amazon and its smaller online rivals. Many are having the same problem that newspapers have. Even if they get online traffic, they struggle to make enough money online to compensate for what they are losing offline.[M] A few seem to be making this work. Among large traditional retailers, Walmart recently reported the best results, leading its stock price to surge, while Macy's, Target, and Nordstrom's dropped. Yet Walmart's year-over-year online sales only grew 7 percent, leading its CEO to lament (哀叹), "Growth here is too slow." Part of the problem is thatalmost two decades after Amazon filed the one click patent, the online retail shopping and buying experience is filled with frictions. A recent study graded more than 600 internet retailers on how easy it was for consumers to shop, buy, and pay. Almost half of the sites didn't get a passing grade and only 18 percent got an A or B.[N] The turmoil on the ground in physical retail is hard to square with the Census data. Unfortunately, part of the explanation is that the Census retail data are unreliable. Our deep 100k into those data and their preparation revealed serious problems. It seems likely that Census simply misclassifies a large chunk of online sales. It is certain that the Census procedures, which lump the online sales of major traditional retailers like Walmart with non-store retailers"1ike food trucks. can mask major changes in individual retail categories. The bureau could easily present their data in more useful ways. but they have chosen not to.[O] Despite the turmoil, brick and mortar won't disappear any time soon. The big questions are which, if any, of the large traditional retailers will still be on the scene in adecade or two because they have successfully reinvented themselves, which new players will operate busy stores on Main Streets and maybe even in shopping malls, and how the shopping and buying experience will have changed in each retail category. Investors shouldn't write off brick and mortar. Whether they should bet on the traditional players who run those stores now is another matter.37.【题干】Although online retailing has existed for some twenty years, nearly half of the internet retailers still fail to receive satisfactory feedback from consumers, according to a recent survey.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.I J.J K.K L.L M.M N.N O.O【答案】M38.【题干】Innovative retailers integrate internet technologies with conventional retailing to create new retail models.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】G39.【题干】Despite what the Census data suggest, the value of physical retail's stocks has been dropping.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】D40.【题干】Innovative—driven changes in the retail industry didn't take place as quickly as widely anticipated.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.I J.J K.K L.L M.M N.NO.O【答案】I41.【题干】Statistics indicate that brick and mortar sales still made up the lion's share of the retail business.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】C42.【题干】Companies that successfully combine online and offline business models may prove to be a big concern fortraditional retailers.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】H43.【题干】Brick and mortar retailers' faith in their business was strengthened when the dot com bubble burst.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.I J.J K.K L.L M.MN.NO.O【答案】F44.【题干】Despite the tremendous challenges from online retailing, traditional retailing will be here to stay for quite some time.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】O45.【题干】With the rise of online commerce, physical retail stores are likely to suffer the same fate as i the yellow pages.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】A46.【题干】The wide use of smartphones has made it more complex for traditional retailers to reinvent their business.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.I J.J K.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】KPart ⅢReading Section CPassage OneQuestions 47 to 51 are based on the following passageProfessor Stephen Hawking has warned that the creation of powerful artificial intelligence (AI) will be “either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity", and praised the creation of an academic institute dedicated to researching the future of intelligence as “crucial to the future of ourcivilization and our species."Hawking was speaking at the opening of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (LCFI) at Cambridge University, a multi-disciplinary institute that will attempt to tackle some of the open-ended questions raised by the rapid pace of development in AI research. “We spend a great deal of time studying history," Hawking said, “which, let's face it, is mostly the history of stupidity. So it's a welcome change that people are studying instead the future of intelligence."While the world-renowned physicist has often been cautious about AI, raising concerns that humanity could be the architect of its own destruction if it creates asuper-intelligence with a will of its own, he was also quick to highlight the positives that AI research can bring. “The potential benefits of creating intelligence are huge," he said. “We cannot predict what we might achieve when our own minds are amplified by AI. Perhaps with the tools of this new technological revolution, we will be able to undo some of the damage done to the natural world by the last one –industrialization. And surely we will aim to finally eradicatedisease and poverty. And every aspect of our lives will be transformed. In short, success in creating AI could be the biggest event in the history of our civilization."Huw Price, the centre's academic director and the Bertrand Russell professor of philosophy at Cambridge University, where Hawking is also an academic, said that the centre came about partially as a result of the university's Centre for Existential Risk. That institute examined a wider range of potential problems or humanity, while the LCFI has a narrow focus.AI pioneer Margaret Boden, professor of cognitive science at the University of Sussex, praised the progress of such discussions. As recently as 2009, she said, the topic wasn't taken seriously, even among AI researchers. “AI is hugely exciting," she said, “but it has limitations, which present grace dangers given uncritical use."The academic community is not alone in warning about the potential dangers of AI as well as the potential benefits. A number of pioneers from the technology industry, mostfamously the entrepreneur Elon Musk, have also expressed their concerns about the damage that a super-intelligent AI could do to humanity.47.【题干】What did Stephen Hawking think of artificial intelligence?【选项】A.It would be vital to the progress of human civilization.B.It might be a blessing or a disaster in the making.C.It might present challenges as well as opportunities.D.It would be a significant expansion of human intelligence.【答案】B48.【题干】What did Hawking say about the creation of the LCFI?【选项】A.It would accelerate the process of AI research.B.It would mark a step forward in the AI industry.C.It was extremely important to the destiny of humankind.D.It was an achievement of multi-disciplinary collaboration.【答案】C49.【题干】What did Hawking say was a welcome change in AI research?【选项】A.The shift of research focus from the past to the future.B.The shift of research from theory to implementation.C.The greater emphasis on the negative impact of AI.D.The increasing awareness of mankind's past stupidity. 【答案】A50.【题干】What concerns did Hawking raise about AI? 【选项】A.It may exceed human intelligence sooner or later.B.It may ultimately over-amplify the human mind.C.Super-intelligence may cause its own destruction.D.Super-intelligence may eventually ruin mankind.【答案】D51.【题干】What do we learn about some entrepreneurs from the technology industry?【选项】A.They are much influenced by the academic community.B.They are most likely to benefit from AI development.C.They share the same concerns about AI as academic.D.They believe they can keep AI under human control.【答案】CPassage TwoQuestion 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.The market for products designed specifically for older adults could reach $30 billion by next year, and startups(初创公司)want in on the action. 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2019年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案【含解析】

2019年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案【含解析】

2019年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案【含解析】今年的六级阅读难度和去年12月份的难度持平Passage OneProfessor Stephen Hawking has warned that the creation of powerful artificial intelligence (AI)will be “either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity ”,and praised the creation of an academic institute dedicated to researching the future of intelligence as “crucial to the future of our civilization and our species”.Hawking was speaking at the opening of the Leverhulme Center for the Future of Intelligence(LCFI)at Cambridge University, a multi-disciplinary institute that will attempt to tackle some of the open-ended questions raised by the rapid pace of development in AI research. “We spend a great deal of time studying history,” Hawking said, “which, let’s face it ,is mostly the history of stupidity. So it’s a welcome change that people are studying instead the future of intelligence.”While the world-renowned physicist has often been cautious about AI, raising concerns that humanity could be the architect of its own destruction if it creates asuper-intelligence with a will of its own, he was also quick to highlight the positives that AI research can bring “The potential benefits of creating intelligence are huge”, he said, “We cannot predict what we might achieve when our own minds are amplified by AL. Perhaps with the tools of this new technological revolution, we be able to undo some of the damage done to the natural world by the last one—Industrialization. And surely we will aim to finally eradicate disease and poverty. And every aspect of our civilisation.”Huw Price, the centre’s academic director and the Bertrand Russell professor of philosophy at Cambridge University , where Hawking is also an academic ,said that the centre came about partially as a result if the university’s Center for Existential Risk. That institute examined a wider range of potential problems for humanity, while the LCFI has a narrow focus.AI pioneer Margaret Boden, professor of cognitive at the University of Sussex, praised the progress of such discussions .As recently as 2009, she said, the topic wasn’t taken seriously, even among AI researchers. “AI is hugely exciting.” She said, “but it has limitations, which present grave dangers given uncritical use.”The academic community is not alone in warning about thepotential dangers of AI as well as the potential benefits.A number of pioneers from the technology industry, most famously the entrepreneur Elon Musk, have also expressed their concerns about the damage that a super-intelligent AI could do to humanity.46. What did Stephen Hawking think of artificial intelligence?A) It would be vital to the progress of human civilization.B) It might be a blessing or a disaster in the making.C) It might present challenges as well as opportunities.D) It would be a significant expansion of human intelligence.47. What did Hawking say about the creation of the LCFI?A) It would accelerate the progress of AI research.B) It would mark a step forward in the AI industry.C) It was extremely important to the destiny of humankind.D) It was an achievement of multi-disciplinary collaboration.48. What did Hawking say was a welcome change in AI research?A) The shift of research focus from the past to the future.B) The shift of research from theory to implementation.C) The greater emphasis on the negative impact of AI.D) The increasing awareness of mankind’s past stupidity.49. What concerns did Hawking raise about AI?A) It may exceed human intelligence sooner or later.B) It may ultimately over-amplify the human mind.C) Super-intelligence may cause its own destruction.D) Super-intelligence may eventually ruin mankind.50. What do we learn about some entrepreneurs from the technology industry?A) They are much influenced by the academic community.B) They are most likely to benefit from AI development.C) They share the same concerns about AI as academics.D) They believe they can keep AI under human control.【参考答案】BCADC46. B) It might be a blessing or a disaster in the making.47. C) It was extremely important to the destiny of humankind.48. A) The shift of research focus from the past to the future.49. D) Super-intelligence may eventually ruin mankind.50. C) They share the same concerns about AI as academics.定位一直是我们在新东方的课堂上，反复强调的做对题目的第一步。

2019年6月大学英语六级考试真题及参考答案

2019年6月大学英语六级考试真题及参考答案

2019年6月大学英语六级考试真题及参考答案（第1套）Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the importance of motivation and methods in learning.You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.【参考范文】As an old saying goes, knowledge can change one’s life. In order to acquire knowledge, we have to study hard. However, it can not be ignored that effective learning needs both motivation and scientific methods.It’s not difficult for us to come up with se veral possible reasons accounting for this perspective. In the first place, learning is a kind of serious and hard work. Therefore, not everyone is able to keep going without certain internal motivations. Besides, scientific methods play a significant role in improving learning efficiency. Many of us believe that the longer you study, the better grades you will get. But a lot of experiences of our classmates prove that this view is not entirely correct. In details, studying for a long time is exhausting and it is very likely to decrease study efficiency, which is critical to academic performance.From what has been mentioned above, we can easily draw a conclusion that the importance of motivation and methods in learning is self-evident. And it is necessary for us to develop good learning methods.【参考范文译文】俗话说，知识能改变命运。

2019年6月英语六级考试真题试卷附答案(完整版第1套)

2019年6月英语六级考试真题试卷附答案(完整版第1套)

2019年6月英语六级考试真题试卷附答案(完整版第1套）Part I WritingThe Importance of Team Spirit and Communication in the WorkplaceAs the saying goes, when teamwork kicks in, nobody can beat you. It highlights thecritical role that team spirit plays in completing a task. In my view, team spirit andcommunication are especially important in the workplace.First of all, with the increasingly fierce competition between enterprises, in order toachieve the desired results, cooperation and communication among colleagues areparticularly important because they can maximize work efficiency. Secondly, promotingteam spirit and communication at work can ensure that everyone understand where thecompany is going and get them all actively involved in the development of thecompany.Thirdly, cooperation and communication at work can enhance the interactionbetween coworkers and form good interpersonal relationships, which is essential tobuild a friendly, cooperative, and harmonious working atmosphere in the enterpriseculture.To conclude, we cannot deny that it is almost always the joint efforts of a wholeteamthat decide the success or failure of a project. Therefore, for everyone in theworkplace, we should learn to cooperate and communicate effectively with teammembers, so as to achieve a win-win situation.Part I Listening Comprehension1.C2.A3.B4.A5.C6.D7.B8.D9.A10.B11.C12.D13.A14.D15.A16.B17.D18.C19.D20.B21.A22.A 23.B24.C25.APart lll Reading Comprehension26-35:ILBNG EOADC36-45: MGDIC HFOAK46-55: BCADC BCDABPart lV TranslationAs a country boasting a vast territory and encompassing a large population, peoplein many places of China speak their own dialects. Dialects vary greatly in pronunciationbut slightly in vocabulary and grammar. Some dialects, especially those from the northand the south, are so different that their speakers often have trouble understandingeach other. Although dialects are considered as an integral part of the local culture, thenumber of people who can speak them has been undergoing a continuous decline inrecent years. In order to encourage people to speak local dialects more often, some localgovernments have taken measures such as setting up dialect courses and broadcastingdialect programs on radio and TV, with a hope to preserve the localcultural heritage.2019年6月六级部分真题参考答案(完整版)Part I WritingThe lmportance of Team Spirit and Communication in the WorkplaceAs the saying goes, when teamwork kicks in, nobody can beat you. It highlights thecritical role that team spirit plays in completing a task. In my view, team spirit and communication are especially important in the workplace.First of all, with the increasingly fierce competition between enterprises, in order toachieve the desired results, cooperation and communication among colleagues areparticularly important because they can maximize work efficiency.Secondly, promotingteam spirit and communication at work can ensure that everyone understand where thecompany is going and get them all actively involved in the development of thecompany.Thirdly, cooperation and communication at work can enhance the interactionbetween coworkers and form good interpersonal relationships, which is essential tobuild a friendly, cooperative, and harmonious working atmosphere in the enterpriseculture.To conclude, we cannot deny that it is almost always the joint efforts of a wholeteam that decide the success or failure of a project. Therefore, for everyone in theworkplace, we should learn to cooperate and communicate effectively with teammembers, so as toachieve a win-win situation.Part I Listening Comprehension1.C2.A3.B4.A5.C6.D7.B8.D9.A10.B11.C12.D13.A14.D15.A16.B17.D18.C19.D20.B21.A22.A 23.B24.C25.APart IlI Reading Comprehension26-35:ILBNG EOADC36-45:MGDIC HFOAK46-55: BCADC BCDABPart lV TranslationAs a country boasting a vast territory and encompassing a large population, peoplein many places of China speak their own dialects. Dialects vary greatly in pronunciationbut slightly in vocabulary and grammar. Some dialects, especially those from the northand the south, are so different that their speakers often have trouble understandingeach other.Although dialects are considered as an integral part of the local culture, thenumber of people who can speak them has been undergoing a continuous decline inrecent years. In order to encourage people to speak local dialects more often, some localgovernments have taken measures such as setting up dialect courses and broadcastingdialect programs on radio and TV, with a hope to preserve the local cultural heritage.。

2019年6月大学英语六级真题及答案解析(卷一)

2019年6月大学英语六级真题及答案解析(卷一)

2019年6月大学英语六级真题及答案完整版（卷一）Part I Writing1、【题干】Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the importance of motivation and methods in learning. You can cite examples to illustrate your views. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.【答案】What is the most important quality for learning? From my perspective, what we need are motivation and methods.Motivation refers to desire and determination in people to be continually interested in and committed to certain aims. It is an indispensable part of learning. If we want to complete heavy school work, motivation is a necessity. Without motivation, it is hard to overcome difficulties. The inventor of the electric bulb, one of the famous scientists in the world, Thomas Edison, is a good case in point. Before the bulb came into being, he had failed thousands of times. With motivation, he finally lit the whole world.With motivation we also need proper methods to study efficiently. Generally speaking, the more effectively you study, the greater success you will achieve. Method is a great element of learning. Without proper methods, we may go nowhere in our pursuit of success in study.In a word, motivation and methods play a vital role in successful study. The same is true of other aspects of our life, such as friendship, love and career. As the saying goes:" Motivation is what gets you started. Methods are what helps you keep going."[page]PartⅡ Listening Comprehension听力答案：[page]Part Ⅲ Reading Section APasta is no longer off the menu, after a new review of studies suggested that the carbohydrate can form part of a healthy diet, and even help people lose weight. For years, nutritionists have recommended that pasta be kept to a _____(27), to cut calories, prevent fat build-up and stop blood sugar _____(28)up.The low-carbohydrate food movement gave birth to such diets as the Atkins, Paleo and Keto, which advised swapping foods like bread, pasta and potatoes for vegetables, fish and meat. More recently the trend of swapping spaghetti for vegetables has been _____(29)by clean-eating experts.But now a _____(30)review and analysis of _____(31)studies by Canadian researchers found that not only does pasta not cause weight gain, but three meals a week can help people drop more than half a kilogram over four months. The reviewers found that pasta had been unfairly demonized(妖魔化)because it had been _____(32)in with other, more fit-promoting carbohydrates."The study found that pasta didn't 3 to weight gain or increase in body fat," said lead author Dr John Sievenpiper. "In _____(33)the evidence, we can now say with some confidence that pasta does not have an _____(34)effect on body weigh outcomes when it is consumed as part of a healthy dietary pattern." In fact, analysis actually showed a small weigh loss _____(35)to concerns. Perhaps pasta can be part of a healthy dietThose involved in the _____(36)trials on average ate 3.3 servings of pasta a week instead of other carbohydrates, one serving equaling around half a cup. They lost around half a kilogram over an average follow-up of 12 weeks.27、【题干】_____.【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】I28、【题干】_____. 【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】L29、【题干】_____. 【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】B30、【题干】_____. 【选项】B.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】N31、【题干】_____. 【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】G32、【题干】_____. 【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】E33、【题干】_____. 【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】O34、【题干】_____. 【选项】B.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】A35、【题干】_____. 【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】D36、【题干】_____. 【选项】A.adverseB.championedC.clinicalD.contraryE.contributeF.intimateG.lumpedH.magnifiedI.minimumJ.radiatingK.rationL.shootingM.subscribeN.systematicO.weighing【答案】C[page]Part Ⅲ Reading Section BThe Best Retailers Combine Bricks and Clicks[A] Retail profits are falling sharply. Stores are closing. Malls are emptying. The depressing stories just keep coming. Reading the earnings announcements of large retail stores like Macy's, Nordstrom, and Target is about as uplifting as a tour of an intensive care unit. The interact is apparently taking down yet another industry. Brick and mortar stores(实体店)seem to be going the way of the yellow pages. Sure enough, the Census Bureau just released data showing that online retail sales surged 15.2 percent between the first quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016.[B] But before you dump all of your retail stocks, there are more facts you should consider. Looking only at that 15.2 percent "surge" would be misleading. It was an increase that was on a small base of 6.9 percent. Even when a tiny number grows by a large percentage terms, it is often still tiny.[C] More than 20 years after the internet was opened to commerce, the Census Bureau tells us that brick and mortar sales accounted for 92.3 percent of retail sales in the first quarter of 2016. Their data show that only 0.8 percent of retail sales shifted from offline to online between the beginning of 2015 and 2016.[D] So, despite all the talk about drone (无人机) deliveries to your doorstep, all the retail executives expressing anxiety over consumers going online, and even a Presidential candidate exclaiming that Amazon has a "huge antitrust problem," the Census data suggest that physical retail is thriving. Of course, the closed stores, depressed executives, and sinking stocks suggest otherwise. What's the real story?[E] Many firms operating brick and mortar stores are in trouble. The retail industry is getting reinvented, as we describe in our new book Matchmakers. It's standing in the Path of what Schumpeter called a gale (大风) of creative destruction. That storm has been brewing for some time, and as it has reached gale force, most large retailers are searching for a response. As the CFO of Macy's put it recently, "We're frankly scratching our heads."[F] But it's not happening as experts predicted. In the peak of the bubble, brick and mortar retail was one of those industries the internet was going to kill-andquickly. The dot corn bust discredited most predictions of that sort and in the years that followed, on-ventional retailers' confidence in the future increased as Census continued to report weak online sales. And then the gale hit.[G] It is becoming increasingly clear that retail reinvention isn't a simple battle to the death between bricks and clicks. It is about devising retail models that work for people who are making increasing use of a growing array of internet-connected tools to change how they search, shop, and buy. Creative retailers are using the new technologies to innovate just about everything stores do from managing inventory, to marketing, to getting paid.[H] More than drones dropping a new supply of underwear on your doorstep, Apple's massively successful brick-and-mortar-and-glass retail stores and Amazon's small steps in the same direction are what should keep old-fashioned retailers awake at night. Not to mention the large number of creative new retailers, like Bonobos, that are blending online and offline experiences in creative ways.[I] Retail reinvention is not a simple process, and it's also not happening on what used to be called "Internet Time." Some internet-driven changes have happened quickly, of course. Craigslist quickly overtook newspaper classified ads and turned newspaper economics upside down. But many widely anticipated changes weren't quick, and some haven't really started. With the benefit of hindsight (后见之明), it looks like the interact will transform the economy at something like the pace of other great inventions like electricity. B2B commerce, for example, didn't move mainly online by 2005 as many had predicted in 2000, nor even by 2016, but that doesn't mean it won't do so over the next few decades.[J] But the gale is still blowing. The sudden decline in foot traffic in recent years, even though it hasn't been accompanied by a massive decline in physical sales, is a critical warning. People can shop more efficiently online and therefore don't need to go to as many stores to find what they want. There's a surplus of physical shopping space for the crowds, which is one reason why stores are downsizing and closing.[K] The rise of the mobile phone has recently added a new level of complexity to the process of retail reinvention. Even five years ago most people faced a choice. Sit at your computer, probably at home or at the office, search and browse, and buy. Or head out to the mall, or Main Street, look and shop, and buy. Now, just about everyone has a smartphone, connected to the internet almost everywhere almost all the time. Even when a retailer gets a customer to walk in the store, she can easily see if there's a better deal online or at another store nearby.[L] So far, the main thing many large retailers have done in response to all this is to open online stores, so people will come to them directly rather than to Amazon and its smaller online rivals. Many are having the same problem that newspapers have.Even if they get online traffic, they struggle to make enough money online to compensate for what they are losing offline.[M] A few seem to be making this work. Among large traditional retailers, Walmart recently reported the best results, leading its stock price to surge, while Macy's, Target, and Nordstrom's dropped. Yet Walmart's year-over-year online sales only grew 7 percent, leading its CEO to lament (哀叹), "Growth here is too slow." Part of the problem is that almost two decades after Amazon filed the one click patent, the online retail shopping and buying experience is filled with frictions. A recent study graded more than 600 internet retailers on how easy it was for consumers to shop, buy, and pay. Almost half of the sites didn't get a passing grade and only 18 percent got an A or B.[N] The turmoil on the ground in physical retail is hard to square with the Census data. Unfortunately, part of the explanation is that the Census retail data are unreliable. Our deep 100k into those data and their preparation revealed serious problems. It seems likely that Census simply misclassifies a large chunk of online sales. It is certain that the Census procedures, which lump the online sales of major traditional retailers like Walmart with non-store retailers"1ike food trucks. can mask major changes in individual retail categories. The bureau could easily present their data in more useful ways. but they have chosen not to.[O] Despite the turmoil, brick and mortar won't disappear any time soon. The big questions are which, if any, of the large traditional retailers will still be on the scene in a decade or two because they have successfully reinvented themselves, which new players will operate busy stores on Main Streets and maybe even in shopping malls, and how the shopping and buying experience will have changed in each retail category. Investors shouldn't write off brick and mortar. Whether they should bet on the traditional players who run those stores now is another matter.37.【题干】Although online retailing has existed for some twenty years, nearly half of the internet retailers still fail to receive satisfactory feedback from consumers, according to a recent survey.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】M38.【题干】Innovative retailers integrate internet technologies with conventional retailing to create new retail models.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】G39.【题干】Despite what the Census data suggest, the value of physical retail's stocks has been dropping.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】D40.【题干】Innovative—driven changes in the retail industry didn't take place as quickly as widely anticipated.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】I41.【题干】Statistics indicate that brick and mortar sales still made up the lion's share of the retail business.【选项】A.AB.BD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】C42.【题干】Companies that successfully combine online and offline business models may prove to be a big concern for traditional retailers.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】H43.【题干】Brick and mortar retailers' faith in their business was strengthened when the dot com bubble burst.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LN.NO.O【答案】F44.【题干】Despite the tremendous challenges from online retailing, traditional retailing will be here to stay for quite some time.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】O45.【题干】With the rise of online commerce, physical retail stores are likely to suffer the same fate as i the yellow pages.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】A46.【题干】The wide use of smartphones has made it more complex for traditional retailers to reinvent their business.【选项】A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.FG.GH.HI.IJ.JK.KL.LM.MN.NO.O【答案】K[page]Part Ⅲ Reading Section CPassage OneQuestions 47 to 51 are based on the following passageProfessor Stephen Hawking has warned that the creation of powerful artificial intelligence (AI) will be “either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity", and praised the creation of an academic institute dedicated to researching the future of intelligence as “crucial to the future of our civilization and our species."Hawking was speaking at the opening of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (LCFI) at Cambridge University, a multi-disciplinary institute that will attempt to tackle some of the open-ended questions raised by the rapid pace of development in AI research. “We spend a great deal of time studying history," Hawking said, “which, let's face it, is mostly the history of stupidity. So it's a welcome change that people are studying instead the future of intelligence."While the world-renowned physicist has often been cautious about AI, raising concerns that humanity could be the architect of its own destruction if it creates a super-intelligence with a will of its own, he was also quick to highlight thepositives that AI research can bring. “The potential benefits of creating intelligence are huge," he said. “We cannot predict what we might achieve when our own minds are amplified by AI. Perhaps with the tools of this new technological revolution, we will be able to undo some of the damage done to the natural world by the last one – industrialization. And surely we will aim to finally eradicate disease and poverty. And every aspect of our lives will be transformed. In short, success in creating AI could be the biggest event in the history of our civilization."Huw Price, the centre's academic director and the Bertrand Russell professor of philosophy at Cambridge University, where Hawking is also an academic, said that the centre came about partially as a result of the university's Centre for Existential Risk. That institute examined a wider range of potential problems or humanity, while the LCFI has a narrow focus.AI pioneer Margaret Boden, professor of cognitive science at the University of Sussex, praised the progress of such discussions. As recently as 2009, she said, the topic wasn't taken seriously, even among AI researchers. “AI is hugely exciting," she said, “but it has limitations, which present grace dangers given uncritical use."The academic community is not alone in warning about the potential dangers of AI as well as the potential benefits. A number of pioneers from the technology industry, most famously the entrepreneur Elon Musk, have also expressed their concerns about the damage that a super-intelligent AI could do to humanity.47.【题干】What did Stephen Hawking think of artificial intelligence?【选项】A.It would be vital to the progress of human civilization.B.It might be a blessing or a disaster in the making.C.It might present challenges as well as opportunities.D.It would be a significant expansion of human intelligence.【答案】B48.【题干】What did Hawking say about the creation of the LCFI?【选项】A.It would accelerate the process of AI research.B.It would mark a step forward in the AI industry.C.It was extremely important to the destiny of humankind.D.It was an achievement of multi-disciplinary collaboration.【答案】C49.【题干】What did Hawking say was a welcome change in AI research?【选项】A.The shift of research focus from the past to the future.B.The shift of research from theory to implementation.C.The greater emphasis on the negative impact of AI.D.The increasing awareness of mankind's past stupidity.【答案】A50.【题干】What concerns did Hawking raise about AI?【选项】A.It may exceed human intelligence sooner or later.B.It may ultimately over-amplify the human mind.C.Super-intelligence may cause its own destruction.D.Super-intelligence may eventually ruin mankind.【答案】D51.【题干】What do we learn about some entrepreneurs from the technology industry? 【选项】A.They are much influenced by the academic community.B.They are most likely to benefit from AI development.C.They share the same concerns about AI as academic.D.They believe they can keep AI under human control.【答案】CPassage TwoQuestion 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.The market for products designed specifically for older adults could reach $30 billion by next year, and startups(初创公司)want in on the action. What they sometimes lack is feedback from the people who they hope will use their products. So Brookdale, the country's largest owner of retirement communication, has been inviting a few select entrepreneurs just to move in for a few days, show off their products and hear what the residents have to say.That's what brought Dayle Rodriguez, 28, all the way from England to the dining room of Brookdale South Bay in Torrance, California. Rodriguez is the community and marketing manager for a company called Sentab. The startup's product, Sentab TV, enables older adults who may not be comfortable with computers to access email, video chat and social media using just their televisions and a remote control.“It's nothing new, it's nothing too complicated and it's natural because lots of people have TV remotes," says Rodriguez.But none of that is the topic of conversation in the Brookdale dining room. Instead, Rodriguez solicits residents' advice on what he should get on his cheeseburger and how he should spend the afternoon. Playing cards was on the agenda, as well as learning to play mahjong(麻将).Rodriguez says it's important that residents here don't feel like he's selling them something. “I've had more feedback in a passive approach," he says. “Playing pool, playing cards, having dinner, having lunch," all work better “than going through a survey of questions. When they get to know me and to trust me, knowing for sure I'm not selling them something – there'll be more honest feedback from them."Rodriguez is just the seventh entrepreneur to move into one of Brookdale's 1,100 senior living communities. Other new products in the program have included a kind of full-body blow dryer and specially designed clothing that allows people with disabilities to dress and undress themselves.Mary Lou Busch, 93, agreed to try the Sentab system. She tells Rodriguez that it might be good for someone, but not for her.“I have the computer and Face Time, which I talk with my family on," she explains. She also has an iPad and a smartphone. “So I do pretty much everything I need to do."To be fair, if Rodriguez had wanted feedback from some more technophobic(害怕技术的) seniors, he might have ended up in the wrong Brookdale community. This oneis located in the heart of Southern California's aerospace corridor. Many residents have backgrounds in engineering, business and academic circles.But Rodriguez says he's still learning something important by moving into this Brookdale community: “People are more tech-proficient than we thought."And besides, where else would he learn to play mahjong?52.【题干】What does the passage say about the startups?【选项】A.They never lose time in upgrading products for seniors.B.They want to have a share of the seniors' goods market.C.They invite seniors to their companies to try their products.D.They try to profit from promoting digital products to seniors.【答案】B53.【题干】Some entrepreneurs have been invited to Brookdale to .【选项】A.have an interview with potential customersB.conduct a survey of retirement communitiesC.collect residents' feedback on their productsD.show senior residents how to use IT products【答案】C54.【题干】What do we know about Sentab TV?【选项】A.It is a TV program catering to the interest of the elderly.B.It is a digital TV which enjoys popularity among seniors.C.It is a TV specially designed for seniors to view programs.D.It is a communication system via TV instead of a computer.【答案】D55.【题干】What does Rodriguez say is important in promoting products?【选项】A.Winning trust from prospective customers.B.Knowing the likes and dislikes of customers.C.Demonstrating their superiority on the spot.D.Responding promptly to customer feedback.【答案】A56.【题干】What do we learn about the seniors in the Brookdale community?【选项】A.Most of them are interested in using the Sentab.B.They are quite at ease with high-tech products.C.They have much in common with seniors elsewhere.D.Most of them enjoy a longer life than average people.【答案】BPart IV Translation57、【题干】成语是汉语中的一种独特的表达方式，大多由四个汉字组成。

2019年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案：Passage One答案及解析

2019年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案：Passage One答案及解析

2019年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案：PassageOne答案及解析Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passageProfessor Stephen Hawking has warned that the creation of powerful artificial intelligence (AI) will be “either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity”, and praised the creation of an academic institute dedicated to researching the fut ure of intelligence as “crucial to the future of our civilization and our species.”Hawking was speaking at the opening of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (LCFI) at Cambridge University, a multi-disciplinary institute that will attempt to tackle some of the open-ended questions raised by the rapid pace of development in AI research. “We spend a great deal of time studying history,” Hawking said, “which,let’s face it, is mostly the history of stupidity. So it’s a welcome change that people are studying instead the future of intelligence.”While the world-renowned physicist has often been cautious about AI, raising concerns that humanity could be the architect of its own destruction if it creates a super-intelligence with a will of its own, he was also quick to highlight the positives that AI research can bring. “The potential benefits of creating intelligence are huge,” he said. “We cannot predict what we might achieve when our own minds are amplified by AI. Perhaps with the tools of this newtechnological revolution, we will be able to undo some of the damage done to the natural world by the last one –industrialization. And surely we will aim to finally eradicate disease and poverty. And every aspect of our lives will be transformed. In short, success in creating AI could be the biggest event in the history of our civilization.”Huw Price, the centre’s academic director and the Bertrand Russell professor of philosophy at Cambridge University, where Hawking is also an academic, said that the centre came about partially as a result of the university’s Centre for Existential Risk. That institute examined a wider range of potential problems or humanity, while the LCFI has a narrow focus.AI pioneer Margaret Boden, professor of cognitive science at the University of Sussex, praised the progress of such discussions. As recently as 2009, she said, the topic wasn’t taken seriously, even among AI researchers. “AI is hugely exciting,” she said, “but it has limitations, which present grace dangers given uncritical use.”The academic community is not alone in warning about the potential dangers of AI as well as the potential benefits. A number of pioneers from the technology industry, most famously the entrepreneur Elon Musk, have also expressedtheir concerns about the damage that a super-intelligent AI could do to humanity.46. What did Stephen Hawking think of artificial intelligence?A) It would be vital to the progress of human civilization.B) It might be a blessing or a disaster in the making.C) It might present challenges as well as opportunities.D) It would be a significant expansion of human intelligence.46. B. It might be a blessing or a disaster in the making.【定位】依据题干Stephen Hawking think of artificial intelligence定位到第一段第一句【解析】“either the best, or the worst thing…”，要么是的，要么是最坏的，与选项B对应。

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2019年6月英语六级阅读真题及答案：PassageOne答案及解析Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passageProfessor Stephen Hawking has warned that the creation of powerful artificial intelligence (AI) will be “either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity”, and praised the creation of an academic institute dedicated to researching the fut ure of intelligence as “crucial to the future of our civilization and our species.”Hawking was speaking at the opening of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (LCFI) at Cambridge University, a multi-disciplinary institute that will attempt to tackle some of the open-ended questions raised by the rapid pace of development in AI research. “We spend a great deal of time studying history,” Hawking said, “which,let’s face it, is mostly the history of stupidity. So it’s a welcome change that people are studying instead the future of intelligence.”While the world-renowned physicist has often been cautious about AI, raising concerns that humanity could be the architect of its own destruction if it creates a super-intelligence with a will of its own, he was also quick to highlight the positives that AI research can bring. “The potential benefits of creating intelligence are huge,” he said. “We cannot predict what we might achieve when our own minds are amplified by AI. Perhaps with the tools of this newtechnological revolution, we will be able to undo some of the damage done to the natural world by the last one –industrialization. And surely we will aim to finally eradicate disease and poverty. And every aspect of our lives will be transformed. In short, success in creating AI could be the biggest event in the history of our civilization.”Huw Price, the centre’s academic director and the Bertrand Russell professor of philosophy at Cambridge University, where Hawking is also an academic, said that the centre came about partially as a result of the university’s Centre for Existential Risk. That institute examined a wider range of potential problems or humanity, while the LCFI has a narrow focus.AI pioneer Margaret Boden, professor of cognitive science at the University of Sussex, praised the progress of such discussions. As recently as 2009, she said, the topic wasn’t taken seriously, even among AI researchers. “AI is hugely exciting,” she said, “but it has limitations, which present grace dangers given uncritical use.”The academic community is not alone in warning about the potential dangers of AI as well as the potential benefits. A number of pioneers from the technology industry, most famously the entrepreneur Elon Musk, have also expressedtheir concerns about the damage that a super-intelligent AI could do to humanity.46. What did Stephen Hawking think of artificial intelligence?A) It would be vital to the progress of human civilization.B) It might be a blessing or a disaster in the making.C) It might present challenges as well as opportunities.D) It would be a significant expansion of human intelligence.46. B. It might be a blessing or a disaster in the making.【定位】依据题干Stephen Hawking think of artificial intelligence定位到第一段第一句【解析】“either the best, or the worst thing…”，要么是的，要么是最坏的，与选项B对应。

选项A不是本文主旨所在。

选项C偷换逻辑，文中是说人工智能可能有益也可能有害，不是在说机遇与挑战并存。

选项D在原文并未直接提及，也与主旨无关。

47. What did Hawking say about the creation of the LCFI?A) It would accelerate the process of AI research.B) It would mark a step forward in the AI industry.C) It was extremely important to the destiny of humankind.D) It was an achievement of multi-disciplinary collaboration.47. C. It was extremely important to the destiny of humankind.【定位】依据关键词the creation of the LCFI定位到第一段第二句【解析】“crucial to the future of our civilization and our species” 对我们文明和我们物种的将来至关重要，与选项C对应。

本题较为简单，选项A、选项B与选项D均没有在原文中提及，而且文章是在说LEFI的重要性。

48. What did Hawking say was a welcome change in AI research?A) The shift of research focus from the past to the future.B) The shift of research from theory to implementation.C) The greater emphasis on the negative impact of AI.D) The increasing awareness of mankind’s past stupidity.48. A. The shift of research focus from the past to the future.【定位】依据关键词a welcome change定位到第二段末尾句【解析】it’s a welcome change that people are studying instead the future of intelligence. 人们研究的是智慧的将来，这是一个令人欢迎的变化。

依据前文的We spend a great deal of time st udying history…is mostly the history of stupidity可知，我们花了许多时间研究愚蠢的历史，可以选出选项A。

选项B与选项C在原文没有提及。

选项D偏离了重点，题干是在问令人欢迎的变化是什么，对应原文“从研究历史到研究将来的转换”。

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