1、Part II Part III Section A Listening Comprehension(30 minutes)L,Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)Directions:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word foreach blank from a list o f choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through
2、 carefully be fore making your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter f or 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.The number of devices you can talk to is mu
3、ltiplying-first it was your phone,then your car,and now you can tell your kitchen appliances what to do.But even without gadgets that understand our spoken commands,research suggests that,as bizarre as it sounds,under certain 26,people regularly ascribe human traits to everyday objects.Sometimes we
4、see things as human because we are 27.In one experiment,people who reported feeling isolated were more likely than others to attribute 28 to various gadgets.In tum,feeling close to objects can 29 loneliness.When college students were reminded of a time they had been 30 in a social setting,they compe
5、nsated by exaggerating their number of friends-unless they were first given tasks that caused them to interact with their phone as if it had human qualities.According to the researchers,the participants phones 31 substituted for real friends.At other times,we personify products in an effort to under
6、stand them.One study found that three in four respondents yelled at their computer.Further,the more their computer gave them problems,the more likely the respondents were to report that it had its own beliefs and 32 So how do people assign traits to an object?In part,we rely on looks.On humans,wide
7、faces are 33 with dominance.Similarly,people rated cars,clocks,and watches with wide faces as more dominant-looking than narrow-faced ones,and preferred them-especially in 34 situations.An analysis of car sales in Germany found that cars with grilles(ctt,#JJt)that were upturned like smiles sold best
8、.The purchasers saw this 35 as increasing a cars friendliness.2019年12月英语六级考试试题第2019年12月英语六级考试试题第3 3套套第 19页2 0 1 9 年1 2 月英语六级考试试题第3 套P a r t I(3 0 m i n u t e s)L i s t e n i n g C o m p r e h e n s i o nk c c c c c c c c c c c c s c c c c s s c s s c c c c c k c c c ce e e e 5 3 8 2 3 2 3 2 2 3(4 0
9、m i n u t e s)P a r t IR e a d i n g C o m p r e h e n s i o nS e c t i o n AD i r e c t i o n s:I n t h i s s e c t i o n,t h e r e i s a p a s s a g e w i t h t e n b l a n k s.Y o u a r e r e q u i r e d t o s e l e c t o n e w o r d f o re a c h b l a n k f r o m a l i s t o f c h o i c e s g i
10、v e n i n a w o r d b a n k f o l l o w i n g t h e p a s s a g e.R e a d t h ep a s s a g e t h r o u g h c a r e f u l l y b e f o r e m a k i n g y o u r c h o i c e s.E a c h c h o i c e i n t h e b a n k i s i d e n t i f i e db y a l e t t e r.P l e a s e m a r k t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n
11、g l e t t e r f o r e a c h i t e m o n A n s w e r S h e e t 2 w i t h as i n g l e l i n e t h r o u g h t h e c e n t r e.Y o u m a y n o t u s e a n y o f t h e w o r d s i n t h e b a n k h m o r e t h a no n C e.T h e n u m b e r o f d e v i c e s y o u c a n t a l k t o i s m u l t i p l y i
12、n g f i r s t i t w a s y o u r p h o n e,t h e n y o u r c a r,a n d n o w y o u c a n t e l l y o u r k i t c h e n a p p l i a n c e s w h a t t o d o.B u t e v e n w i t h o u t g a d g e t s t h a t u n d e r s t a n do u r s p o k e n c o m m a n d s,r e s e a r c h s u g g e s t s t h a t,a s
13、 b i z a r r e a s i t s o u n d s,u n d e r c e r t a i n 2 6,p e o p l er e g u l a r l y a s c r i b e h u m a n t r a i t s t o e v e r y d a y o b j e c t s.S o m e t i m e s w e s e e t h i n g s a s h u m a n b e c a u s e w e a r e 2 7 .I n o n e e x p e r i m e n t,p e o p l e w h or e p o
14、r t e d f e e l i n g i s o l a t e d w e r e m o r e l i k e l y t h a n o t h e r s t o a t t i b u t e 2 8 t o v a r i o u s g a d g e t s.I n t u r n,f e e l i n g c l o s e t o o b j e c t s c a n 2 9 l o n e l i n e s s.W h e n c o l l e g e s t u d e n t s w e r e r e m i n d e d o f a t i m
15、e t h e yh a d b e e n 3 0 _ i n a s o c i a l s e t t i n g,t h e y c o m p e n s a t e d b y e x a g g e r a t i n g t h e i r n u m b e r o f f r i e n d s u n l e s st h e y w e r e f i r s t g i v e n t a s k s t h a t c a u s e d t h e m t o i n t e r a c t w i t h t h e i r p h o n e a s i f
16、i t h a d h u m a n q u a l i t i e s.A c c o r d i n g t o t h e r e s e a r c h e r s,t h e p a r t i c i p a n t s p h o n e s 3 1 s u b s t i t u t e d f o r r e a l f r i e n d s.A t o t h e r t i m e s,w e p e r s o n i f y p r o d u c t s i n a n e f f o r t t o u n d e r s t a n d t h e m.O
17、n e s t u d y f o u n d t h a tt h r e e i n f o u r r e s p o n d e n t s y e l l e d a t t h e i r c o m p u t e r.F u r t h e r,t h e m o r e t h e i r c o m p u t e r g a v e t h e mp r o b l e m s,t h e m o r e l i k e l y t h e r e s p o n d e n t s w e r e t o r e p o r t t h a t i t h a d i
18、t s o w n b e l i e f s a n d 3 2 .S o h o w d o p e o p l e a s s i g n t r a i t s t o a n o b j e c t?I n p a r t w e r e l y o n l o o k s.O n h u m a n s,w i d e f a c e sa r e 3 3 _ w i t h d o m i n a n c e.S i m i l a r l y,p e o p l e r a t e d c a r s,c l o c k s,a n d w a t c h e s w i t
19、h w i d e f a c e s a s m o r ed o m i n a n t-l o o k i n g t h a n n a r r o w-f a c e d o n e s,a n d p r e f e r r e d t h e m e s p e c i a l l y i n 3 4 s i t u a t i o n s.A na n a l y s i s o f c a r s a l e s i n G e r m a n y f o u n d t h a t c a r s w i t h g r i l l e s（护栅）t h a t w e r
20、 e u p t u r n e d l i k e s m i l e ss o l d b e s t.T h e p u r c h a s e r s s a w t h i s 3 5 a s i n c r e a s i n g a c a r s f r i e n d l i n e s s.1 9淘宝店铺光速考研工作室A)alleviateI)desiresB)apparentlyJ)excludedC)arrogantK)featureD)associatedL)lonelyE)circumstancesM)separateF)competitiveN)spectacul
21、arlyG)conceded0)warrantH)consc10usnessSection B Directions:In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Eachstatement contains information given in one o f the paragraphs.Identif y the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph mo
22、re than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Why More Farmers Are Making The Switch to Grass-Fed Meat and Dairy A Though he didnt come from a farming family,from a young age Tim Joseph was fascinated by the idea of liv
23、ing off the land.Reading magazines like The Stockman Grass Farmer and Graze,he got hooked on the idea of grass-fed agriculture.The idea that all energy and wealth comes from the sun really intrigued him.He thought the shorter the distance between the sun and the end product,the higher the profit to
24、the farmer.B Joseph wanted to put this theory to the test.In 2009,he and his wife Laura launched Maple Hill Creamery,an organic,all grass-fed yogurt company in northern New York.He quickly learned what the market has demonstrated:Demand for grass-fed products currently exceeds supply.Grass-fed beef
25、is enjoying a 25-30%annual growth rate.Sales of grass-fed yogurt and ke fir(JUkJ ),on the other hand,have in the last year increased by over 38%.This is in comparison with a drop of just under 1%in the total yogurt and kefir market,according to natural and organic market research company SPINS.Josep
26、hs top priority became getting his hands on enough grass-fed milk to keep customers satisfied,since his own 64-cow herd wasnt going to suffice.C His first partnership was with Paul and Phyllis Amburgh,owners of the Dharma Lea farm in New York.The Amburghs,too,were true believers in grass-fed.In addi
27、tion to supplying milk from their own 85-head herd,they began to help other farmers in the area convert from conventional to certified organic and grass-fed in order to enter the Maple Hill supply chain.第 29页A)a l e v a t)d e s i r e sB)a p p a r e n t l yJ)e x c u d e dC a r r o g a n tK)f e a t u
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29、 h t e n s t a t e m e n t s a t t a c h e d t o i t.E a c hs t a t e m e n t c o n t a i n s i n f o r m a t i o n g i v e n i n o n e o f t h e p a r a g r a p h s.I d e n t i f j y t h e p a r a g r a p h f r o mw h i c h t h e i n f o r m a t i o n i s d e r i v e d.Y o u m a y c h o o s e a p a
30、 r a g r a p h m o r e t h a n o n c e.E a c hp a r a g r a p h i s m a r k e d w i t h a l t t e r.A n s w e r t h e q u e s t i o n s b y m a r k i n g t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g l e t t e ro n A n s w e r S h e e t 2.W h y M o r e F a r m e r s A r e M a k i n g T h e S w i t c h t o G r a s
31、 s-F e d M e a t a n d D a i r y A T h o u g h h e d i d n t c o m e f r o m a f a r m i n g f a m i l y,f r o m a y o u n g a g e T i m J o s e p h w a s f a s c i n a t e d b yt h e i d e a o f l i v i n g o f f t h e l a n d.R e a d i n g m a g a z i n e s l i k e T h e S t o c h k m a n G r a s
32、s F a r m e r a n d G r a z e,h eg o t h o o k e d o n t h e i d e a o f g r a s s-f e d a g r i c u l t u r e.T h e i d e a t h a t a l l e n e r g y a n d w e a l t h c o m e s f r o mt h e s u n r e a l l y i n t r i g u e d h i m.H e t h o u g h t t h e s h o r t e r t h e d i s t a n c e b e t
33、w e e n t h e s u n a n d t h e e n dp r o d u c t,t h e h i g h e r t h e p r o f i t t o t h e f a r m e r.B J o s e p h w a n t e d t o p u t t h i s t h e o r y t o t h e t e s t I n 2 0 0 9,h e a n d h i s w i f e L a u r a l a u n c h e d M a p l e H i l lC r e a m e r y,a n o r g a n i c,a l
34、l g r a s s-f e d y o g u r t c o m p a n y i n n o r t h e r n N e w Y o r k.H e q u i c k l y l e a r n e dw h a t t h e m a r k e t h a s d e m o n s t r a t e d:D e m a n d f o r g r a s s-f e d p r o d u c t s c u r r e n t l y e x c e e d s s u p p l y.G r a s s-f e d b e e f i s e n j o y i n
35、 g a 2 5-3 0 n n u a l g r o w t h r a t e.S a l e s o f g r a s s-f e d y o g u r t a n d h e f i r （发酵乳饮品），o n t h e o t h e r h a n d，h a v e i n t h e l a s t y e a r i n c r e a s e d b y o v e r 3 8?h i s i s i nc o m p a r i s o n w i t h a d r o p o f j u s t u n d e r 1 i n t h e t o t a l
36、y o g u r t a n d k e f i r m a r k e t,a c c o r d i n g t on a t u r a l a n d o r g a n i c m a r k e t r e s e a r c h c o m p a n y S P I N S.J o s e p h s t o p p r i o r i t y b e c a m e g e t t i n g h i sh a n d s o n e n o u g h g r a s s-f e d m i l k t o k e e p c u s t o m e r s s a t
37、i s f i e d,s i n c e h i s o w n 6 4-c o w h e r d w a s n tg o i n g t o u f i c e.C H i s f i r s t p a r t n e r s h i p w a s w i t h P a u l a n d P h y l l i s A m b u r g h,o w n e r s o f t h e D h a r m a L e a f a m m i nN e w Y o r k.T h e A m b u r g h s,t o o,w e r e t r u e b e l i e
38、v e r s i n g r a s s-f e d.I n a d d i t i o n t o s u p p l y i n g m i kf r o m t h e i r o w n 8 5-h e a d h e r d,t h e y b e g a n t o h e l p o t h e r f a r m e r s i n t h e a r e a c o n v e r t f r o mc o n v e n t i o n a l t o c e r t i f i e d o r g a n i c a n d g r a s s-f e d i n o
39、r d e r t o e n t e r t h e M a p l e H i l l s u p p l y c h a i n.2 9淘宝店铺 光速考研工作室Since 2010,the couple has helped 125 small dairy farms convert to grass-fed,with more than 80%of those farms corning on board during the last two years.D All this conversion has helped Maple Hill grow 40-50%every year
40、 since it began,with no end in sight.Joseph has learned that a farmer has to have a certain mindset to successfully convert.But convincing open-minded dairy people is actually not that hard,when you look at the economics.Grass-fed milk can fetch up 2.5 times the price of conventional milk.Another fa
41、ctor is the squeeze that conventional dairy farmers have felt as the price of grain they feed their cows has gone up,tightening their profit margins.By replacing expensive grain feed with regenerative management practices,grass-fed farmers are insulated from jumps in the price of feed.These practice
42、s include grazing animals on grasses grown from the pasturelands natural seed bank,and fertilized by the cows own fertilizer.E Champions of this type of regenerative grazing also point to its animal welfare,climate and health benefits:Grass-fed animals live longer out of confinement.Grazing herds st
43、imulate microbial(,;ft 4h al.)activity in the soil,helping to capture water and separate carbon.And grass-fed dairy and meat have been shown to be higher in certain nutrients and healthy fats.F In the grass fed system,farmers are also not subject to the wildly fluctuating milk prices of the internat
44、ional commodity market.The unpredictability of global demand and the lag-time it takes to add more cows to a herd to meet demand can result in events like the recent cheese surplus.Going grass-fed is a safe refuge,a way for family-scale farms to stay viable.Usually a farmer will get to the point whe
45、re financially,what theyre doing is not working.Thats when they call Maple Hill.If the farm is well managed and has enough land,and the desire to convert is sincere,a relationship can begin.Through regular regional educational meetings,a large annual meeting,individual farm visits and thousands of p
46、hone calls,the Amburghs pass on the principles of pasture management.Maple Hill signs a contract pledging to buy the farmers milk at a guaranteed base price,plus quality premiums and incentives for higher protein,butter-fat and other solids.G While Maple Hills conversion program is unusually hands-o
47、n and comprehensive,its just one of a growing number of businesses committed to slowly changing the way America farms.Joseph calls sharing his knowledge network through peer-to-peer learning a core piece of the companys culture.Last summer,Massachusetts grass-fed beef advocate John Smith launched Bi
48、g Picture Beef,a network of small grass-fed beef farms in New England and New York that is projected to bring to market 2,500 head of cattle from 125 producers this year.Early indications are that Smith will have no shortage of farm members.Since he began to informally announce the network at farmin
49、g conferences and on social media,hes received a steady stream of inquiries from interested farmers.第 39页S i n c e 2 0 1 0,t h e c o u p l e h a s h e l p e d 1 2 5 s m a l l d a i r y f a r m s c o n v e r t t o g r a s s-f e d,w i t h m o r e t h a n8 0?t h o s e f a r m s c o m i n g o n b o a r
50、d d u r i n g t h e l a s t t w o y e a r s.D A l l t h i s c o n v e r s i o n h a s h e l p e d M a p l e H i l l g r o w 4 0-5 0 v e r y y e a r s i n c e i t b e g a n,w i t h n o e n di n s i g h t.J o s e p h h a s l e a r n e d t h a t a f a r m e r h a s t o h a v e a c e r t a i n m i n d s