2024年4月9日发(作者：萨雨旋)
2022年06月大学英语六级考试真题(第2套)
Part I Writing (30minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay that begins with the
sentence aNowadays more and more people keep learning new skills to adapt to a fast-
changing world." You can make comments, cite examples, or use your personal experiences
to develop your essay. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)
2022年6月英语六级考试实考1套听力，本套听力内容与第1套 完全一致，只是选项
顺序不同，故而未重复给出。
Part III
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one
word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read
the passage through carefully before making your choices, Each choice in the bank is
identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2
with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than
once.
Thinking kind thoughts about yourself and your loved ones can prove beneficial for your
overall wellbeing, empirical evidence has shown. Researchers carried out an investigation to
explore the 26 between having kind thoughts and a person's psychological state.
For the study, five groups of participants were presented with a different set of audio
instructions, some of which encouraged the participants to think 27 about themselves and
others which persuaded them to think in a self^critical manner. After listening to the audio
instructions, the participants were asked to answer a series of questions. These included
whether they felt agitated, how likely they were to show kindness to themselves and how 28
they felt to other individuals.
The participants who were instructed to think kindly about themselves were more likely
to exhibit a bodily response associated with being relaxed and feeling safe. Their heart rates
also dropped, which is a healthy sign of a heart that can respond flexibly to situations. Yet, 29 ,
those who listened to the critical audio clips were noted as having a higher heart rate and sweat
response afterwards, both of which 30 feelings of threat and distress.
Having the ability to switch off the body's natural threat response can 31 a person's
immune system. This, in turn, gives them a greater likelihood of recovering quickly from
illness. These findings help us to further understand some of our clinical trials research
findings, where we show that individuals with 32 depression benefit particularly from self-
awareness-based 33 therapy. They essentially learn to become more sympathetic to themselves.
The sense is that for people 34 to depression, meeting their negative thoughts and feelings
with 35 is a radically different way; that these thoughts are not facts. It introduces a different
Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
way of being and knowing that is quite transformative for many people.
A) adversely
B) amiably
C) boost
D) cognitive
E) compassion
F) connected
G) correlation
I) indignantly
J) insulation
K) lavish
L) prone
M) recurrent
N) signify
O)surpass
H) fascinated
Section B
Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.
Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph
from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each
paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter
on Answer Sheet 2.
Saving Our Planet
A) In the long view, the human relationship with forests has been one of brutal destruction,
but even it carries elements of slow hope. In the Middle Ages, there was no shortage of
timber in most parts of the world, and few saw cutting down forests as a problem. Yet in
1548 the people of Venice estimated that an important timber supply would last only 30
years at their current rate of usage-but different forest management would make it possible
to meet the demand for many centuries to come. The idea of preserving resources came
out of a concern for the future: a fear of using up resources faster than they could be
replenished (补 充).
B) Economic interests were at the core of this understanding of trees and forests. It would
take more than three centuries before scientists began to understand that timber production
is not the only, and possibly not the most important, function of forests. The late 19th and
early 20th century saw an increasing recognition that forests serve as habitats for countless
animal and plant species that all rely on each other. They take over protective functions
against soil erosion and landslides (塌方)；they make a significant contribution to the
water balance as they prevent surface runoff; they filter dirt particles, greenhouse gases
and radioactive substances from the air; they produce oxygen; they provide spaces for
recreation and they preserve historic and prehistoric remains. As a result, forests around
the world have been set aside as parks or wilderness areas.
C) Recent years have seen a big change in our view of forests. Peter Wohlleben's book The
Hidden Life of Trees (2015), an international bestseller, suggests that trees can warn each
other of danger through a “wood wide web“ of roots and fungi (真菌).They
support each other through sharing of nutrients and information, and they even keep
ancient stumps alive by feeding them solutions of sugars. Such insights have made us
aware of deep ecological relationships between humans and the more-than-human world.
D) Awareness of ecologies is a recent phenomenon. It was not until the 1940s that the concept
of the “environment“ embracing all living and nonliving things developed. In the 1970s,
the term "environment" gained currency, becoming widely adopted in the English and
Romance languages, and as
cc
UmwelC ("'surrounding world^^) in German. The emergence
of the idea led to the rise of environmental agencies, regulations and environmental studies,
and to environmental science as new, integrated academic disciplines. It was in 1956 that
the very first bachelor of science in environmental studies was awarded, at the State
University of New York College of Forestry at Syracuse. Since the 1970s-with the rise of
“environmentalism”-environmental studies programmes have sprung up at hundreds of
universities. There is (slow) hope in the fact that scholars from many different disciplines
have adopted the term “environment" over the past decades. They are exploring intricate
connections within and between complex ecologies, as well as the impact that human
environment-making (through techno-industrial, economic and other manipulative
developments) has had on the biosphere.
E) The rise of the idea of the environment and a scholarly understanding of ecological
processes has influenced new technologies and also politics. We have come to ask
questions about vulnerability and risk, world ecologies, and the relationship between
nature and power. The search for an adequate response to climate change occupies centre
stage in international diplomacy.
F) Social and environmental activists, scientists and indigenous groups have called the Paris
Agreement of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in December 2015
insufficient, weak, or compromised. To some extent, they are right: climate change has
already destroyed tens of thousands of livelihoods, and the situation will worsen in the
near future for millions of mostly poorer people, who will join the ranks of those who have
already been displaced by climate change and extreme weather events. But the Paris
Conference nevertheless marked a historic step toward the recognition of the need for
action on climate change, the cutting of carbon emissions, and world cooperation. There
were 195 nations that came to the table in Paris and agreed to limits on emissions.
Historically, nothing comparable had happened prior to this. Before the 20th century, a
handful of scientists had been interested in the theoretical relationship between greenhouse
gases and climate change, but only the empirical evidence accumulated since the late 20th
century established a clear connection between the burning of fossil fuels and a vastly
accelerated rise in global temperatures.
G) The current crisis is not the first that humans have encountered, and a look at the struggles
with pollution in recent history reveals transformations that once seemed unimaginable. The
"London fbg
,,
that came to define the capital through British novels and thrillers is in reality
smog or smoke, a legacy of industrialisation. After a century of ignorance, London was hit by
the Great Smog of December 1952-the worst air-pollution event in the history of the United
Kingdom which caused the deaths of approximately 12,000 people. Shortly thereafter, public
initiatives and political campaigns led to strict regulations and new laws, including the Clean
Air Act (1956). Today, London has effectively reduced traffic emissions through the
introduction of a
Congestion Charge Zone in 2003, and an Ultra Low Emission Zone in 2019.
H) Scientific evidence that we are living in an era of climate change, resource exhaustion and
potential ecological disaster is overwhelming. How do we motivate a public exhausted by
never-ending scenarios of doom and disaster, when the challenges seem so huge and so
impossible to solve? Statistics about extinction and the gloom of decline will not in
themselves get us out of our often self-created ecological traps: instead, they are more
likely to result in paralysis and inaction.
I) We need stories and histories of change and transformation: ecological stories that make
us confront the fact that human power is potentially destructive, and that the survival of
our species on this planet depends on the preservation of soil and water, and the habitats
and ecological systems.
J) It is time that we showed successes and accelerations in ecological awareness, action and
restoration: stories that include past successes and future visions about the rise of urban
gardening and of renaturalised riverscapes, of successful protests against polluted air and
water, of the rise of regional markets and slow food, and the planting of trees around the
globe, of initiatives and enterprises that work towards ecological restoration. The reality
of ecological curses seems far greater than the power of the hopes left at the bottom of
Pandora's box. But if we believe that nothing can be changed, then we are giving up our
opportunity to act.
K) Today
9
s saving powers will not come from a deus ex machina (解 围之不申).In an ever-
more complex and synthetic world, our saving powers won't come from a single source,
and certainly not from a too-big-to-fail approach or from those who have been drawn into
the whirlpool of our age of speed. Hope can work as a wakeup call. It acknowledges
setbacks. The concept of slow hope suggests that we can't expect things to change
overnight. If the ever-faster exhaustion of natural resources (in ecological terms) and the
"'shrinking of the present^^ (in social terms) are urgent problems of humans, then cutting
down on exhaustive practices and working towards a "stretching of the present“ will be
ways to move forward.
36. Climate change has wrought havoc on the lives of tens of thousands of people.
37. It took scientists a long time to realise that the function of forests goes far beyond providing
humans with timber.
38. There is abundant evidence that we are now facing a possible ecological disaster.
39. Environmental science became academic disciplines only some sixty years ago.
40. Things cannot change overnight, but reducing the consumption of natural resources will
help solve the ecological crisis.
41. Human perception of forests has undergone a tremendous change in the past years.
42. Recent history shows reduction of pollution, once seemingly impossible, can actually be
accomplished.
43. People began to consider preserving natural resources when they feared they would have
nothing to use in the future.
44. If we doubt our ability to reverse ecological deterioration, we are throwing away the chance
to take action.
45. How to respond effectively to climate change has become the focus of international
diplomacy.
2024年4月9日发(作者：萨雨旋)
2022年06月大学英语六级考试真题(第2套)
Part I Writing (30minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay that begins with the
sentence aNowadays more and more people keep learning new skills to adapt to a fast-
changing world." You can make comments, cite examples, or use your personal experiences
to develop your essay. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)
2022年6月英语六级考试实考1套听力，本套听力内容与第1套 完全一致，只是选项
顺序不同，故而未重复给出。
Part III
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one
word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read
the passage through carefully before making your choices, Each choice in the bank is
identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2
with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than
once.
Thinking kind thoughts about yourself and your loved ones can prove beneficial for your
overall wellbeing, empirical evidence has shown. Researchers carried out an investigation to
explore the 26 between having kind thoughts and a person's psychological state.
For the study, five groups of participants were presented with a different set of audio
instructions, some of which encouraged the participants to think 27 about themselves and
others which persuaded them to think in a self^critical manner. After listening to the audio
instructions, the participants were asked to answer a series of questions. These included
whether they felt agitated, how likely they were to show kindness to themselves and how 28
they felt to other individuals.
The participants who were instructed to think kindly about themselves were more likely
to exhibit a bodily response associated with being relaxed and feeling safe. Their heart rates
also dropped, which is a healthy sign of a heart that can respond flexibly to situations. Yet, 29 ,
those who listened to the critical audio clips were noted as having a higher heart rate and sweat
response afterwards, both of which 30 feelings of threat and distress.
Having the ability to switch off the body's natural threat response can 31 a person's
immune system. This, in turn, gives them a greater likelihood of recovering quickly from
illness. These findings help us to further understand some of our clinical trials research
findings, where we show that individuals with 32 depression benefit particularly from self-
awareness-based 33 therapy. They essentially learn to become more sympathetic to themselves.
The sense is that for people 34 to depression, meeting their negative thoughts and feelings
with 35 is a radically different way; that these thoughts are not facts. It introduces a different
Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
way of being and knowing that is quite transformative for many people.
A) adversely
B) amiably
C) boost
D) cognitive
E) compassion
F) connected
G) correlation
I) indignantly
J) insulation
K) lavish
L) prone
M) recurrent
N) signify
O)surpass
H) fascinated
Section B
Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.
Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph
from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each
paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter
on Answer Sheet 2.
Saving Our Planet
A) In the long view, the human relationship with forests has been one of brutal destruction,
but even it carries elements of slow hope. In the Middle Ages, there was no shortage of
timber in most parts of the world, and few saw cutting down forests as a problem. Yet in
1548 the people of Venice estimated that an important timber supply would last only 30
years at their current rate of usage-but different forest management would make it possible
to meet the demand for many centuries to come. The idea of preserving resources came
out of a concern for the future: a fear of using up resources faster than they could be
replenished (补 充).
B) Economic interests were at the core of this understanding of trees and forests. It would
take more than three centuries before scientists began to understand that timber production
is not the only, and possibly not the most important, function of forests. The late 19th and
early 20th century saw an increasing recognition that forests serve as habitats for countless
animal and plant species that all rely on each other. They take over protective functions
against soil erosion and landslides (塌方)；they make a significant contribution to the
water balance as they prevent surface runoff; they filter dirt particles, greenhouse gases
and radioactive substances from the air; they produce oxygen; they provide spaces for
recreation and they preserve historic and prehistoric remains. As a result, forests around
the world have been set aside as parks or wilderness areas.
C) Recent years have seen a big change in our view of forests. Peter Wohlleben's book The
Hidden Life of Trees (2015), an international bestseller, suggests that trees can warn each
other of danger through a “wood wide web“ of roots and fungi (真菌).They
support each other through sharing of nutrients and information, and they even keep
ancient stumps alive by feeding them solutions of sugars. Such insights have made us
aware of deep ecological relationships between humans and the more-than-human world.
D) Awareness of ecologies is a recent phenomenon. It was not until the 1940s that the concept
of the “environment“ embracing all living and nonliving things developed. In the 1970s,
the term "environment" gained currency, becoming widely adopted in the English and
Romance languages, and as
cc
UmwelC ("'surrounding world^^) in German. The emergence
of the idea led to the rise of environmental agencies, regulations and environmental studies,
and to environmental science as new, integrated academic disciplines. It was in 1956 that
the very first bachelor of science in environmental studies was awarded, at the State
University of New York College of Forestry at Syracuse. Since the 1970s-with the rise of
“environmentalism”-environmental studies programmes have sprung up at hundreds of
universities. There is (slow) hope in the fact that scholars from many different disciplines
have adopted the term “environment" over the past decades. They are exploring intricate
connections within and between complex ecologies, as well as the impact that human
environment-making (through techno-industrial, economic and other manipulative
developments) has had on the biosphere.
E) The rise of the idea of the environment and a scholarly understanding of ecological
processes has influenced new technologies and also politics. We have come to ask
questions about vulnerability and risk, world ecologies, and the relationship between
nature and power. The search for an adequate response to climate change occupies centre
stage in international diplomacy.
F) Social and environmental activists, scientists and indigenous groups have called the Paris
Agreement of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in December 2015
insufficient, weak, or compromised. To some extent, they are right: climate change has
already destroyed tens of thousands of livelihoods, and the situation will worsen in the
near future for millions of mostly poorer people, who will join the ranks of those who have
already been displaced by climate change and extreme weather events. But the Paris
Conference nevertheless marked a historic step toward the recognition of the need for
action on climate change, the cutting of carbon emissions, and world cooperation. There
were 195 nations that came to the table in Paris and agreed to limits on emissions.
Historically, nothing comparable had happened prior to this. Before the 20th century, a
handful of scientists had been interested in the theoretical relationship between greenhouse
gases and climate change, but only the empirical evidence accumulated since the late 20th
century established a clear connection between the burning of fossil fuels and a vastly
accelerated rise in global temperatures.
G) The current crisis is not the first that humans have encountered, and a look at the struggles
with pollution in recent history reveals transformations that once seemed unimaginable. The
"London fbg
,,
that came to define the capital through British novels and thrillers is in reality
smog or smoke, a legacy of industrialisation. After a century of ignorance, London was hit by
the Great Smog of December 1952-the worst air-pollution event in the history of the United
Kingdom which caused the deaths of approximately 12,000 people. Shortly thereafter, public
initiatives and political campaigns led to strict regulations and new laws, including the Clean
Air Act (1956). Today, London has effectively reduced traffic emissions through the
introduction of a
Congestion Charge Zone in 2003, and an Ultra Low Emission Zone in 2019.
H) Scientific evidence that we are living in an era of climate change, resource exhaustion and
potential ecological disaster is overwhelming. How do we motivate a public exhausted by
never-ending scenarios of doom and disaster, when the challenges seem so huge and so
impossible to solve? Statistics about extinction and the gloom of decline will not in
themselves get us out of our often self-created ecological traps: instead, they are more
likely to result in paralysis and inaction.
I) We need stories and histories of change and transformation: ecological stories that make
us confront the fact that human power is potentially destructive, and that the survival of
our species on this planet depends on the preservation of soil and water, and the habitats
and ecological systems.
J) It is time that we showed successes and accelerations in ecological awareness, action and
restoration: stories that include past successes and future visions about the rise of urban
gardening and of renaturalised riverscapes, of successful protests against polluted air and
water, of the rise of regional markets and slow food, and the planting of trees around the
globe, of initiatives and enterprises that work towards ecological restoration. The reality
of ecological curses seems far greater than the power of the hopes left at the bottom of
Pandora's box. But if we believe that nothing can be changed, then we are giving up our
opportunity to act.
K) Today
9
s saving powers will not come from a deus ex machina (解 围之不申).In an ever-
more complex and synthetic world, our saving powers won't come from a single source,
and certainly not from a too-big-to-fail approach or from those who have been drawn into
the whirlpool of our age of speed. Hope can work as a wakeup call. It acknowledges
setbacks. The concept of slow hope suggests that we can't expect things to change
overnight. If the ever-faster exhaustion of natural resources (in ecological terms) and the
"'shrinking of the present^^ (in social terms) are urgent problems of humans, then cutting
down on exhaustive practices and working towards a "stretching of the present“ will be
ways to move forward.
36. Climate change has wrought havoc on the lives of tens of thousands of people.
37. It took scientists a long time to realise that the function of forests goes far beyond providing
humans with timber.
38. There is abundant evidence that we are now facing a possible ecological disaster.
39. Environmental science became academic disciplines only some sixty years ago.
40. Things cannot change overnight, but reducing the consumption of natural resources will
help solve the ecological crisis.
41. Human perception of forests has undergone a tremendous change in the past years.
42. Recent history shows reduction of pollution, once seemingly impossible, can actually be
accomplished.
43. People began to consider preserving natural resources when they feared they would have
nothing to use in the future.
44. If we doubt our ability to reverse ecological deterioration, we are throwing away the chance
to take action.
45. How to respond effectively to climate change has become the focus of international
diplomacy.