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2020年12月大学英语六级考试阅读真题及答案

2020年12月大学英语六级考试阅读真题及答案

SectionA

Directions：

Inthissection,thereisashortpassage

with5questionsorincompletestatements.Readthepassage

carefully.Thenanswerthequestionsorcompletethe

statementsinthefewestpossiblewords.Pleasewriteyour

answersonAnswerSheet2.

Questions47to51arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Leadershipisthemostsignificantwordintoday's

competitivebusinessenvironmentbecauseitdirectsthe

managerofabusinesstofocusinwardontheirpersonal

capabilitiesandstyle.Expertsonleadershipwillquickly

pointoutthat"howthingsgetdone"influencesthesuccess

oftheoutcomesandindicatesarightwayandawrongwayto

dothings.Whenanotedleaderontheartofmanagement,

PeterDrucker,coinedthephrase"Managementisdoingthings

right;leadershipisdoingtherightthings,"hewasseeking

toclarifythedistinctionsheassociateswiththeterms.

WhenStephenCovey,founderanddirectorofthe

LeadershipInstitute,exploredleadershipstylesinthepast

decade,hefocusedonthehabitsofagreatnumberofhighly

effectiveindividuals.HisSevenHabitsofHighlyEffective

Peoplebecameapopularbestsellerveryquickly.Hisideas

forcedareexaminationoftheearlyleadershipparadigm（范

例）,whichheobservedcenteredontraitsfoundinthe

characterethicandthepersonalityethic.Theformerethic

suggestedsuccesswasfoundedonintegrity,modesty,loyalty,

courage,patience,andsoforth.Thepersonalityethic

suggesteditwasone'sattitude,notbehavior,thatinspired

success,andthisethicwasfoundedonabeliefofpositive

mentalattitude.Incontrasttoeachoftheseideas,Covey

advocatesthatleadersneedtounderstanduniversal

principlesofeffectiveness,andhehighlightshowvitalit

isforleaderstofirstpersonallymanagethemselvesifthey

aretoenjoyanyhopeofoutstandingsuccessintheirwork

environments.Toachieveadesiredvisionforyourbusiness,

itisvitalthatyouhaveapersonalvisionofwhereyouare

headedandwhatyouvalue.Businessleadershipmeansthat

managersneedto"putfirstthingsfirst,"whichimpliesthat

beforeleadingothers,youneedtobeclearonyourown

values,abilities,andstrengthsandbeseenastrustworthy.

注意：

此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

47.Tobegoodleaders,managersmustpaycloseattention

totheirown_____.

48.AccordingtoPeterDrucker,leadersshouldbegoodat

_____.

49.Thepersonalityethicsuggeststhatpeoplearelikely

tosucceediftheyhave_____.

50.AccordingtoStephenCovey,leaderswhohopeto

achieveoutstandingsuccessneedfirstofallto_____.

51.Goodleadershiprequiresonetoknowone'sown

strengthsandbeabletowinpeople's_____.

参考答案

47.values,abilitiesandstrengths

48.doingtherightthings

49.positivementalattitude

50.managethemselves

51.trust

SectionB

Directions：

Thereare2passagesinthissection.Each

passageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinished

statements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA）,

B）,C）andD）.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmark

thecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2withasingleline

throughthecentre.

PassageOne

Questions52to56arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

What'stheonewordofadviceawell-meaningprofessional

wouldgivetoarecentcollegegraduate?

China"}India!

Brazil!

Howabouttrade!

WhentheCommerceDepartmentreportedlastweekthatthe

tradedeficitinJuneapproached$50billion,itsetoffa

newroundofeconomicdoomsaying.Imports,whichsoaredto

$200.3billioninthemonth,aresubtractedinthe

calculationofgrossdomesticproduct.Thelargerthetrade

deficit,thesmallertheGDP.Shouldsuchimbalancescontinue,

pessimistssay,theycouldcontributetoslowergrowth.

Butthere'sanotherwayoflookingatthetradedata.

Overthepasttwoyears,thefiguresonimportsandexports

seemnottosignaladouble-diprecession–arenewed

declineinthebroadlevelofeconomicactivityintheUnited

States–butaneconomicexpansion.

Therisingvolumeoftrade–moregoodsandservices

shuttlinginandoutoftheUnitedStates–isgoodnewsfor

manysectors.Companiesengagedinshipping,trucking,rail

freight,delivery,

andlogistics（物流）haveallbeenreportingbetterthan

expectedresults.Therisingnumberssignifygrowingvitality

inforeignmarkets–whenweimportmorestuff,itputsmore

cashinthehandsofpeoplearoundtheworld,andU.S.

exportsarerisingbecausemoreforeignershavetheability

tobuythethingsweproduceandmarket.Therisingtideof

tradeisalsogoodnewsforpeoplewhoworkintrade-

sensitivebusinesses,especiallythosethatproduce

commoditiesforwhichglobaldemandsetstheprice–

agriculturalgoods,mining,metals,oil.

Andwhileexportsalwaysseemtolag,U.S.companiesare

becomingmoreinvolvedintheglobaleconomywitheach

passingmonth.GeneralMotorssellsasmanycarsinChinaas

inAmericaeachmonth.Whilethatmaynotdomuchforimports,

itdoeshelpGM'sbalancesheet–andhencemakesthejobs

ofU.S.-basedexecutivesmorestable.

OnegreatchallengefortheU.S.economyisslack

domesticconsumerdemand.Americansare

payingdowndebt,savingmore,andspendingmore

carefully.That'stobeexpected,givenwhatwe'vebeen

through.Butthere'sabiggerchallenge.CanU.S.-based

businesses,largeandsmall,figureouthowtogetapieceof

growingglobaldemand?

Unlessyouwanttopickupandmoveto

India,orBrazil,orChina,thebestwaytodothatis

throughtrade.Itmayseemobvious,butit'snolongerenough

simplytodobusinesswithourfriendsandneighborshereat

home.

Companiesandindividualswhodon'thaveastrategyto

exportmore,ortogetmoreinvolvedinforeignmarkets,or

toplayaroleinglobaltrade,areshuttingthemselvesout

ofthelion'sshareofeconomicopportunityinourworld.

注意：

此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

52.HowdopessimistsinterprettheU.S.tradedeficitin

June?

A）ItreflectsAmericans'preferenceforimportedgoods.

B）ItsignifiesachangeinAmericaneconomicstructure.

C）ItistheresultofAmerica'sgrowingfocuson

domesticmarket.

D）Itcouldleadtoslowergrowthofthenationaleconomy.

53.Whatdoestheauthorsayaboutthetradedataofthe

pasttwoyears?

A）ItindicatesthateconomicactivitiesintheU.S.have

increased.

B）ItshowsthatU.S.economyisslippingfurtherinto

recession.

C）Itsignalsdecreasingdomesticdemandforgoodsand

services.

D）Itreflectsthefluctuationsintheinternational

market.

54.Whoparticularlybenefitfromtherisingvolumeof

trade?

A）Peoplewhohaveexpertiseininternationaltrade.

B）Consumerswhofavorimportedgoodsandservices.

C）Producersofagriculturalgoodsandrawmaterials.

D）Retailersdealinginforeigngoodsandservices.

55.WhatisoneofthechallengesfacingtheAmerican

economy?

A）Competitionfromoverseas.

B）People'sreluctancetospend.

C）Slacktradeactivities.

D）Decreasingproductivity.

56.Whatistheauthor'sadvicetoU.S.companiesand

individuals?

A）Toimportmorecheapgoodsfromdevelopingcountries.

B）Tomovetheircompaniestowherelaborischeaper.

C）Toincreasetheirmarketshareoverseas.

D）Tobealerttofluctuationsinforeignmarkets.

PassageTwo

Questions57to61arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

ArecurringcriticismoftheUK'suniversitysectoris

itsperceivedweaknessintranslatingnewknowledgeintonew

productsandservices.

Recently,theUKNationalStemCellNetworkwarnedtheUK

couldloseitsplaceamongtheworldleadersinstemcell

researchunlessadequatefundingandlegislationcouldbe

assured.Weshouldtakethisconcernseriouslyas

universitiesarekeyinthenationalinnovationsystem.

However,wedohavetochallengetheunthinkingcomplaint

thatthesectordoesnotdoenoughintakingideastomarket.

Themostrecentcomparativedataontheperformanceof

universitiesandresearchinstitutionsinAustralia,Canada,

USAandUKshowsthat,fromarelativelyweak

startingposition,theUKnowleadsonmanyindicatorsof

commercialisationactivity.

Whenviewedatthenationallevel,thepolicy

interventionsofthepastdecadehavehelpedtransformthe

performanceofUKuniversities.EvidencesuggeststheUK's

positionismuchstrongerthanintherecentpastandis

stillshowingimprovement.Butnationaldatamasksthevery

largevariationintheperformanceofindividualuniversities.

Theevidenceshowsthatalargenumberofuniversitieshave

fallenoffthebackofthepack,afewperformstronglyand

therestchasetheleaders.

Thistypeofunevendistributionisnotpeculiartothe

UKandismirroredacrossothereconomies.IntheUK,

researchisconcentrated：

lessthan25%ofuniversities

receive75%oftheresearchfunding.Thesesameuniversities

arealsotheinstitutionsproducingthegreatestshareofPhD

graduates,sciencecitations,patentsandlicenceincome.The

effectofpoliciesgeneratinglong-termresource

concentrationhasalsocreatedadistinctivesetof

universitieswhichareresearch-ledandcommerciallyactive.

Itseemsclearthattheconcentrationofresearchand

commercialisationworkcreatesdifferencesbetween

universities.

Thecoreobjectiveforuniversitieswhichareresearch-

ledmustbetomaximisetheimpactoftheirresearchefforts.

Theseuniversitiesshouldbegeneratingthewidestrangeof

social,economicandenvironmentalbenefits.Inreturnfor

thescaleofinvestment,theyshouldsharetheirexpertisein

ordertobuildgreaterconfidenceinthesector.

PartoftheeconomicrecoveryoftheUKwillbedrivenby

thenextgenerationofresearchcommercialisationspi