2021年6月英语六级真题试卷第3套（含答案解析）.doc

1、2021年6月大学英语六级考试真题（三）Part I Writing (30 minutes) 凡r this p art, you are allowed 30 mi nutes to w rite an essay b ased on the c h art_ below.should start your w ith a brief description of the chart and c o mment on ach iev ements in p overty should w rite at least 150 words but no more than 200100R ur

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3、d to one word each b lank from a l ist of giv en in aw o rd b ankfo llow ing th e Read the th rough c areful l ybefore mak ingyo ur choices. choice in the bank is by a letter. Please mark the co rresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 w ith a l ine th rough the c entre. You may not use an

4、y of the in the b ank mo re th an,once. At 43 , Ive reac hed the stage w here w omen are w arned to w atch out for the c reep ing sad ne ss ofmiddle age. We re serv ed up an end less stream o f ad vice on how to surv iv e your 40s, as if w ere in the end uranc e stage of a slow tow ard 26 This is th

5、e age w omen start to bec ome inv isibleour v alue, attrac tiv eness and p ow er sup p osedly 27 by th e v anish ing of youth . But I dont feel lik e Imf ad ing into - I feel mo re seen than I ev er hav e, and forthe f irst time in my life, I hav e a clear- eyed v iew of myself th at is.29 , c o mp

6、assio nate and ac cep ting. When I look in the mirro r, Im p roud of who I am- ev en th ose brok en p arts th at for so longseemed imp ossible to lov e. So w hen ad v ertisers try to sell me w ays to turn bac k te clock, I hav e to 30 a l augh . I w ouldnt go bac k to the crip p ling self- c onsc io

7、usness of my yo uth if you p aid me . This hard- w on sense of self- ac c eptanc e is one of the joys of-being an older w oman. But its a narrativ e often 31 o ut by the sh ame th at mark eters rely on to peddle us their diet p ills, miracl e fac e c reams and breath able yoga p antsas if self- lov

8、e is a,32c ommodity.六级 2021 年6月 47 For some women I know, this sense of trust and self-belief later in life gave them the courage to leave dysfunctional relationships or 33 on new career paths. Others talked about enjoying their own company, of growth.through 34 , deepening bonds of friendships, the

9、 ability to be morecompassionate, less judgmental and to listen more and appreciate the small pleasures. Life past 40 is far from smooth sailing, but it s so much more than the reductive 35 we see m women s magazmes and on the Hollywood big screen. A) adversity F) drowned K) outlines B) authentic G)

10、 embark L) prevalent C) convey H) fragility M) purchasable D) depictions I) neglected N) submitE) diminished J) obscurity 0 ) suppressSection B Directions: In this section, you are to read a with ten s ta tements attached to it. statement contains information given in one of the the which the叫o rmat

11、ion is derived. You may choose a more than once. paragraph is marked with a letter. A nswer the qu est ions by marking the l etter on Ans wer Sheet 2. the Ethics of CGI Will ey Replace Real Ones?A) Digital humans are coming to a screen near you. As computer-generated (CGI) has become cheaper and mor

12、e sophisticated, the f ilm industry can now convincingly recreate people on screen even actors who have been dead for decades. The technologys ability to effectively keep celebritiesalive beyond the grave is raising 9uestions about public legacies and image righ,ts.B) Late in 2019, it was announced

13、that US actor James Dean, who died in 1955, will star in a Vietnam War film scheduled for release later this year. In the film, which will be called Jack , Dean will be recreated on screen with CGI based on old (影片镜头） and photographs, with another actor voicing him. The news was met with excitement

14、by those keen to see Dean digitally brought back to life for only his fourth film, but it also drew sharp criticism. This is puppeteering the dead for their fame alone, actress Zelda Williams wrote on Twitter. It sets such an awful precedent for the future of performance. Her father, Robin Williams,

15、 who died in 2014, was keen to avoid the same fate.Before his death, he filed a deed protecting the use of his image until 2039, preventing others from recreating him using CGI to appear in a film, TV show or as a hol ogram (全息影像） C) The James Dean film is a way to keep the actors image relevant for

16、 younger generations, says Mark Roesler of CMG Worldwide, the firm t hat represents Deans estate. I think this is the beginning of an entire wave, says Travis Cloyd, CEO of Worldwide XR, one of the companies behind the digital recreation of Dean. Moving into the future, we want James Dean to be brou

17、ght into different gaming environments, or different virtual reality environments, or augmented reality environments, he says.D) Other actors have been with the permission of their estates, for advertising purposes: for example, a 2011 advertisement for Dior featured contemporary actress Charlize Th

18、eron alongside iconic 20th-century stars Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly and Marlene Dietrich. Later, Hepburn was digitally recreated for a chocolate commercial in 2013. In the same year, a CGI Bruce Lee appeared in a Chinese-language ad for a whisky brand which offended many fans because Lee was widely

19、 known not_ to drink alcohol at all. In the last five years, its become more affordable and moreachievable in a whole movie, says Tim Webber at UK visual effects firm Framestore, the company behind the Hepburn chocolate ad. Framestore used body doubles with resemblance to Hepburns facialstructure an

20、d body shape as a framework for manual animation. The processwas extremely difficult and expensive, says Webber, but the technology has moved on.六级2021年6月 48E) Now, a person can be animated from scratch. If theyre alive today, you can put them in scanning rigs, you can get every detail of their body

21、 analysed very carefully and that makes it much easier, whereas working from available photographs is tricky/ says Webber, who won an Academy Award for his visual effects work on the 2013 film Gravity. I also see a lot of actors today who will have the desire to take advantage of this technology: to

22、 have their likeness captured and stored for future content, says Cloyd. They foresee this being something that could give their estates and give their families the ability to make money from their l ikeness when theyre gone. F) A hidden hazard of digitally recreating a d eceased (已故的） celebrity is

23、the risk of damaging their legacy. We have to respect the security and the integrity of rights holders, says John Canning at Digital Domain, a US firm that created a hologram rapper (说唱艺人） Tupac Shakur, which appeared at the Coachella music festival in 2012, 15 years after his death. G) Legally, a p

24、ersons rights to control the commercial use of their name and image beyond their death differ between and even within countries. In certain US states, for example, these rights are treated similarly to property rights, and are transferable to a persons heirs. In California, under the Celebrities Rig

25、hts Act, the personality rights for a celebrity last for 70 years after their death. Weve got a societal debate going on about access to our public commons, as it were, about famous faces, says Lilian Edwards at Newcastle University, UK. S hould the public be allowed to use or reproduce images of fa

26、mous people, given how iconic they are? And what is in the best interest of a deceased persons legacy may conflict with the desires of their family or the public, says Edwards.H) A recreation, however lifelike, will never be indistinguishable from a real actor, says Webber. When we are bringing some

27、one back, representing someone who is no longer alive on the screen, what we are doing is extremely sophisticated digital make-up, he says. A performance is a lot more than a physical resemblance.I) As it becomes easier to digitally recreate celebrities and to entirely manufacture on-screen identiti

28、es, could this kind of technology put actors out of jobs? I think actors are worried about this, says Edwards. But I think it will take a very long time. This is partly because of the risk that viewers find virtual humans scary. Edwards cites widespread backlash to the digital recreation of Carrie F

29、isher as a young Princess Leia in Rogue One, a trick later repeated in the recent Star The Rise of Sky walker , which was filmed after Fishers death in 2016. People didnt like it, she says. They discovered the uncanny valley (诡异谷）”J) This refers to the idea that when objects trying to resemble human

30、s arent quite perfect, they can make viewers feel uneasy because they fall somewhere between obviously non-human and fully human. Thats always a danger when youre doing anything h uman or human-like, says Webber. Therere a thousandth ings that could,go wrong with a computer-generated facial performa

31、nce, and any one of those could make it fall into the uncanny valley, he say s. Your brain just knows theres something wrong. The problem often arises around the eyes or mouth, says Webber. Theyre the areas that you look at when youre talking to someone.K) An unfamiliar digital human t hat has been

32、created through CGI will also face the same challenge as an unknown actor: they dont have the appeal of an established name. You have to spend substantial capital in creating awareness around their likeness and making sure people are familiar with who they are, says Cloyd. This is now starting to ha

33、ppen. The way you pre-sell a movie in a foreign market is based on relevant talent, he s ays. I think were a long way away from having virtualbeings that have the ability to pre-sell content.L) Webber expects that we will see more digital humans on screen. Its happening because it can happen, he say

34、s. Referring to a line from Park (侁罗纪公园），he adds: People are too busy thinking about what they can do to think about whether they should do it. 六级2021年6 月 4936. There is an ongoing debate among the public as to whether the images of deceased celebrities should be recreated.37. The CGI technology all

35、ows the image of the deceased James Dean to be presented to young people in new settings.38. It is very likely that the CGI-recreated image of a deceased celebrity will fail to match the real actor especially in facial expressions. 39. The use of digital technology can bring images of deceased celeb

36、rities back to the screen. 40. Recreating a deceased famous actor or actress may violate their legitimate rights. 41. More CGI-recreated images of deceased celebrities are expected to appear on screen.42. The image of James Dean will be recreated on screen with his voice dubbed by someone else. 43.

37、However advanced the CGI technology is, the recreated image will differ in a way from the real actor.44. A lot of actors today are likely to make use of the CGI technology to have their images stored for the benefit of their families.45. Some actors are concerned that they may lose jobs because of t

38、he CGI technology.Section C Directions: There are 2 p assages in t his section. Ea ch is by some question s orstatements. For each of the m there aref ou r choi ces marked A) , B), C) and D) . shoul d d ecide on the best choice and mark the corresp onding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a sin gle line

39、 through the centre. OneQuestions 46 to 50 on the following You cant see it, smell it, or hear it, and people disagree on how precisely to define it, or where exactly it comes from. It isnt a school subject or an academic discipline, but it can be learned; It is aquality that is required of artists,

40、 but it is also present in the lives of scientists and entrepreneurs. All of us benefit from it and we thrive mentally and spiritually when we are able to wield it. It is a delicate thing, easily stamped out; in fact, it flourishes most fully when people are playful and childlike. Meanwhile, it work

41、s best in conjunction with deep knowledge and expertise. This mysteriousbut teachablequality is creativity, the subject of a recently-published report byDurham Commission on Creativity and E ducation. The report concludes that creativity should not inhabit the school curriculum only as it relates to

42、 drama, music, art and other obviously creative subjects, but that creative thinking ought to run through all of school life, infusing (充满） the way humanities and natural sciences are learned. The authors, who focus on education in E ngland, offer a number of sensible recommendations, some of which

43、are an attempt to alleviate the uninspiring and fact-based approach to education that has crept into policy in recent years. When children are regarded as vessels to be filled with facts, creativity does not prosper; nor does it when teachers sole objective is coaching children towards exams. One su

44、ggestion from the commission is a network of teacher-led creativity collaboratives, along the lines of existing maths hubs (中心），with the aim of supporting teaching for creativity through the school curriculum. Nevertheless, it is arts subjects through which creativity c an most obviously be fostered

45、. The value placed on them by the independent education sector is clear. One only has to look at the remarkable arts facilities at Britains top schoolsto comprehend this. But in the state sector the excessive focus on E nglish, maths and science threatens to crush arts subjects; meanwhile, reduced s

46、chool budgets meandiminishing extracurricular activities. There has been a 28.1 % decline in students taking creative subjects at high schools since 2014, though happily, art and design have seen a recent increase. This discrepancy between state and private education is a matter of social justice. I

47、t is simply wrongand unfair that most children have a fraction of the access to choirs, orchestras, art studios and drama that六级2021年6 月 50their more privileged peers enjoy. As lives are affected by any number of looming challenges一climatecrisis, automation in the workplacehumans are going to need c

48、reative thinking more than ever. For allof our sakes, creativity in education, and for all, must become a priority.46. What do we learn from the passage about creativity?A) It develops best when people are spiritually prepared.B) It is most often wielded by scientists and entrepreneurs.C) It is founded on scientific knowledge and analytical skills.D) It contributes to intellectual growth but can easily be killed.47. What is the conclusion of a recently-published report?A) Natural sciences should be learned the way hum