2018年12月英语六级考试真题详细参考答案(全三套)

2018年12月六级考试真题参考答案（全三套）第一套六级听力原文conversation1HeyIjustreadagreatbookaboutphysics。Ithinkyou‘dlikeit。It’scalledthephysicsoftheworld。It‘swrittenbyascientistnamedSylviaMendez。OhIreadthatbook。Itwasgreat。Thewriterisawarmandcompetentguidetothemysteriesofphysics。Ithinkitpromisesenrichmentforanyreaderfromthosewhoknowlittleaboutsciencetothecareerphysicist。Andit‘srefreshingtoseeastrongcuriouscleverwomanaddinghervoicetothescientificdiscourseandafieldthathasbeentraditionallydominatedbymen。Ithinkshehastobecommendedformakinganefforttoincludeanecdotesaboutlittleknownfemalescientists。Youknowtheywereoftenvictimsofagenerationfirmlyconvincedthatthewoman’splacewasinthehome。Ilikehowthebookisclearlywrittenwitheachchapterbroughttolifebypiecesoffascinatingknowledge。ForexampleinonechaptersheexposesamyththatI‘veheardtaughtbyuniversityphysicsprofessors。I’veoftenheardthatmedievalglasswindowsarethickeratthebottombecauseglassflowslikeafluid。This，sheshows，isnottrue。Thedistortionisactuallythankstoapeculiarityoftheglassmakersprocess。YeahIlikehowshecultivatesscientificengagementbyprovidingahostofDoItYourselfexperimentsthatbringthesamefoundationalprinciplesofclassicalphysicsthatgoverneverythingfromthesolarsystemtoyourkitchentable。Fromusingcomplexlawsofphysicstotestwhetheraspinningeggiscookedtomeasuringatmosphericpressurebyliftingapieceofcardboard。Herhands-onexamplesmakeherbookatrulyinteractiveread。YesImustsaythisaequation-freebookisanidealreadforscientistsofallstripes，anyoneteachingscienceandevenpeoplewhodislikephysics。Question1：whatdoesthewomansayaboutthebookthemanrecommended？Question2：whatcanwefindinthebookthemanrecommended。？Question3：Howdoestheauthorbringherbooktolife？Question4：Howdoesthebookcultivatereadersinterestinphysics。conversation2A：Hiprofessor。IwashopingIcouldhaveamomentofyourtimeifyou‘renottoobusy。I’mhavingsomeproblemsgettingstartedonmydissertationandIwashopingyoucouldgivemesomeadviceonhowtobegin。B：Sure。Ihavequiteafewstudentsthough.Socanyouremindmewhatyourtopicis？A：thegeneraltopicIchoseisaesthetics，butthat‘sasfarasI’vegotIdon‘treallyknowwheretogofromthere。B：Yeah，that‘smuchtoolargeatopic。Youreallyneedtonarrowitdowninordertomakeitmoreaccessible。Otherwiseyou’llbewritingabook。A：Exactly。That‘swhatIwantedtoaskyouabout。Iwashopingitwouldbepossibleformetochangetopics。I’mreallymoreinterestedinnaturethanbeauty。B：I‘mafraidyouhavetoadheretotheassignedtopic。Still，Ifyou’reinterestedinnature，thenthatcertainlycanbeworkedintoyourdissertation。We‘vetalkedaboutHumebeforeinclassright。A：Ohyeah，he‘sthephilosopherwhowroteaboutwhereourideasofbeautycomefrom。B：Exactly。Isuggestyougotothelibraryandgetacopyofhisbiography。Startfromthere。Butremembertosticktotheparametersoftheassignment。Thispaperisalargepartofyourcumulativegrade。Somakesuretofollowtheinstructions。Ifyoutakealookathisbiography。Youcangetagoodideaofhowhislifeexperiencesmanifestthemselvesinhistheoriesofbeauty。specificallythewayhelookedtowardsnatureastheoriginofwhatwefindbeautiful。A：Great。Thanksfortakingthetimetoanswermyquestions，Professor。I‘llletyougetbacktoclassnow。B：Ifthere‘sanythingelseyouneed，pleasecomeseemeinmyofficeanytime。Question5：Whatistheman‘sproblem？Question6Whatdoestheprofessorthinkoftheman‘stopic？Question7What’sthemanreallymoreinterestedin？Question8whatdoestheprofessorsaythemanhastodo？passage1DuringthearcticwinterfromOctobertoMarch，theaveragetemperatureinthefrozennorthtypicallyhoversaroundminus20degreesCelsius。ButthisyeartheArcticisexperiencingmuchhighertemperatures。OnFebruarythe20ththetemperatureinGreenlandclimbedabovefreezingorzerodegreesCelsiusanditstayedthereforover24hours。ThenonFebruarythe24ththetemperatureonGreenland‘snortherntipreachedsixdegreesCelsius。Climatescientistsdescribethephenomenonasstunning。WeatherconditionsthatdrivethisbizarretemperaturesurgehavevisitedtheArcticbefore。Theytypicallyappearaboutonceinadecade。However，thelastsuchincreaseintemperaturetookplacetwoyearsago。ThisistroublingasclimbingarctictemperaturescombinedwithrapidseaicelossarecreatinganewtypeofclimatefeedbackloopwhichcouldaccelerateArcticwarming。Indeed，seaicecoverintheArcticismeltingfasterthanexpected。Withoutthosemassesofcoolingseaice，warmairbroughttotheArcticcanpenetratefurtherinlandthaniteverdidbefore。Theaircanstaywarmerlongertoo。Thisdrivesadditionalmelting。Overallearthiswarmingatarapidpace。2014through2017rankasthehottestyearsonrecordandtheArcticiswarmingtwiceasfastasanyplaceelseonearth。ThisraisesuniquechallengesforArcticwildlifeandindigenouspeoplewhodependonArcticecosystemstosurvive。PreviouslyclimateforecastspredictedthatArcticsummericewoulddisappearentirelybyaround2060，butbasedonwhatscientistsareseeingnowtheArcticmaybefacingsummerswithouticewithin20years。Question9。Whatdidclimatescientistsdescribeasstunning？A）TheunprecedentedhightemperatureinGreenland。Question10。WhatdoesthepassagesayaboutthattemperaturesurgeintheArctic？Question11。whatmayoccurin20yearsaccordingtoscientists’recentobservations？Passage2Agooddoseofwillpowerisoftennecessarytoseeanytaskthroughwhetherit‘sstickingtoaspendingplanorfinishingagreatnovel。A