大学英语六级考试2023年3月真题（第一套）Part IWriting(30 minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay that begins with the sentence "Peopleare now increasingly aware of the danger of 'appearance anxiety'or being obsessed with one's looks."You canmake comments,cite examples or use your personal experiences to develop your essay.You should write at least150 words but no more than 200 words.Part IIListening Comprehension(30 minutes)SectionADirections:In this section,you will hear two long conversations.At the end of each conversation,you will hearfour questions.Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,youmust choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B).C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letteron Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1.A)In a food store.C)In a kitchen.B)In a restaurant.D)In a supermarket.2.A)She eats meat occasionally.C)She is a partial vegetarian.B)She enjoys cheeseburgers.D)She is allergic to seafood.3.A)Changing one's eating habit.C)Following the same diet for years.B)Dealing with one's colleagues.D)Keeping awake at morning meetings.4.A)They are both animal lovers.C)They only eat organic food.B)They enjoy perfect health.D)They are cutting back on coffee.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5.A)The man had an attitude problem.C)The man paid attention to trivial thingsB)The man made little contribution to the company.D)The man got a poor evaluation from his colleagues.6.A)They reject employees'reasonable arguments for work efficiency.B)They make unhelpful decisions for solving problems.C)They favor some employees'suggestions over others'.D)They use manipulative language to mask their irrational choices.7.A)It is a good quality in the workplaceC)It is a must for rational judgment.B)It is more important now than ever.D)It is more of a sin than a virtue.8.A)Making rational and productive decisions.C)Preserving their power and prestige.B)Focusing on employees'career growth.D)Smoothing relationships in the workplace.Section BDirections:In this section,you will hear two passages.At the end of each passage,you will hear three or fourquestions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must编者注：2023年3月六级考试共考了一套听力、一套阅读、三篇写作和三篇斜译，请读者知悉。·2023年3月六级真题（第一套）·choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.9.A)They bring great honor to their country.C)They accomplish feats many of us cannot.B)They create very high commercial value.D)They show genius which defies description.10.A)They try to be positive role models to children.C)They take part in kids'extra-curricular activities.B)They work in spare time to teach children sports.D)They serve as spokespersons for luxury goods.11.A)Being super sports stars without appearing arrogant.B)Keeping athletes away from drug or alcohol problemsC)Preventing certain athletes from getting in trouble with the law.D)Separating an athlete's professional life from their personal life.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.12.A)They are dreams coming true to the brides.C)They are joyous and exciting occasions.B)They should be paid up by the attendees.D)They always cost more than expected.13.A)It was cancelled.C)It cost $60,000.B)It had eight guests only.D)It was held in Las Vegas.14.A)Ask her friends for help.C)Keep to her budget.B)Postpone her wedding.D)Invite more guests.15.A)She called it romantic.C)She said she would think about it.B)She rejected it flatly.D)She welcomed it with open arms.Section CDirections:In this section,you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed by three or four questions.The recordings will be played only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from thefour choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single linethrough the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.16.A)It determines people's moods.C)It can influence people's personalities.B)It can impact people's wellbeing.D)It is closely related to people's emotions.17.A)They make people more reproductive.C)They increase people's life expectancy.B)They tend to produce positive feelings.D)They may alter people's genes gradually.18.A)The Americans are apparently more outgoing than the Chinese.B)People in the same geographical area may differ in personality.C)People share many personality traits despite their nationalities.D)The link between temperature and personality is fairly weak.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.19.A)A growing number of US seniors face the risk of early mortality.B)Correlations have been found between loneliness and ill healthC)Chronic loneliness does harm to senior citizens in particular.D)The number of older Americans living alone is on the rise.2023年3月六级真题（第一套）·20.A)Loneliness is probably reversible.C)Loneliness rarely results from living alone.B)Being busy helps fight loneliness.D)Medication is available for treating loneliness.21.A)Living with one's children.C)Meeting social expectations.B)Meaningful social contact.D)Timely medical interventionQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.22.A)She had a successful career in finance.C)She invested in several private companies.B)She wrote stories about women travelers.D)She made regular trips to Asian countries.23.A)Travel round the world.C)Buy a ranch.B)Set up a travel agency.D)Start a blog.24.A)Create something unique to enter the industry.C)Try to find a full-time job in the travel business.B)Gain support from travel advertising companies.D)Work hard to attract attention from publishers.25.A)Refraining from promoting similar products.C)Creating an exotic corporate culture.B)Avoiding too much advertising early on.D)Attracting sufficient investment.PartⅢReading Comprehension(40 minutes)SectionADirections:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for each blankfrom a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through carefully beforemaking your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter:Please mark the corresponding letter foreach item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bankmore than once.Unthinkable as it may be,humanity,every last person,could someday be wiped from the face of the Earth.We have learned to worry about asteroids (and super volcanoes,but the more likely 26,accordingto Nick Bostrom,a professor of philosophy at Oxford,is that we humans will destroy ourselves.Professor Bostrom,who directs Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute,has argued over the course of severalpapers that human 27risks are poorly understood and,worse still,28 underestimated by society.Someof these existential risks are fairly well known,especially the natural ones.But others are 29or even exotic.Most worrying to Bostrom is the subset of existential risks that30 from human technology,a subset that heexpects to grow in number and potency over the next century.Despite his concerns about the risks31 to humans by technological progress,Bostrom is no luddite技进步反对者).In fact,he is a longtime_32_of trans-humanism-一the effort to improve the human condition,and even human nature itself,through technological means.In the long run he sees technology as a bridge,abridge we humans must cross with great care,in order to reach new and better modes of being.In his work,Bostrom uses the tools of philosophy and mathematics,in33,probability theory,to try and determine howwe as a34might achieve this safe passage.What follows is my conversation with Bostrom about some of themost interesting and worrying existential risks that humanity might35 in the decades and centuries to come,and about what we can do to make sure we outlast them.·2023年3月六级真题（第一套）·