2025年12月英语六级真题(第3套)

2025年12月大学英语六级考试真题（第3套）

PartIWriting(30minutes)

Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessaythatbeginswiththesentence“Livinginan

increasinglycompetitiveworld,collegestudentsshouldbetterpreparethemselvestoconfrontvariouschallenges.”

Youcanmakecomments,citeexamplesoruseyourpersonalexperiencestodevelopyouressay.Youshouldwriteat

least150wordsbutnomorethan200words.

Youshouldcopythesentencegiveninquotesatthebeginningofyouressay.

PartIIListeningComprehension(30minutes)

提示：2025年12月六级全国只考两套听力，本套听力内容与第一二套相同，故本套未重复显示。

PartIIIReadingComprehension(40minutes)

SectionA

Directions:Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfroma

listofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyour

choices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswer

Sheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.

It’sbesttothinkofanaccentasadistinct,systematicandrule-governedwayofspeaking.Accentisnot

a26fordialect,butit’srelated.Dialectisanumbrellatermforthewayacommunitypronounceswords,

createswords,andorderswords;accentreferstothatfirstpartonly.

Many27presumethatthereisasinglestandardwayofspeakingineachcountry,withonesingle

standardaccent,andthatthisperceivedstandardis28thebestformofspeech,butlinguists(语言学家)often

pointoutthattheconceptofastandardaccentisbetterunderstoodasanidealratherthana29.Inotherwords,

noonespeaks“standardEnglish”;rather,itisanimaginedwayofusinglanguagethatexistsonlyingrammarand

stylebooks.

Onereasonlinguistsagreethereisnoonetruestandardisthat,throughtheyears,therehavebeen30

supposedstandards,dependingontimeandplace.ThestandardforEnglishinBritishnewsreels(新闻片)from

the1950s,forexample,differsgreatlyfromthestandardfoundonAmericannationalnewsbroadcaststoday.In

fact,therehasneverbeenasinglestandardthat’sbeenfullyagreedupon—andbroadcastoutletsacross

the31haveneverconsistentlyheldtothosestandardsanyway.

Evenso,thisideaofastandardaccentis32andmanyworkplaceandeducationalenvironments

perpetuatetheideathataccentsthat33fromthecurrentstandardarelessappropriate,oreveninappropriate.

ScholarshavefoundthatsouthernUSaccentfeaturesaremoreacceptedin34suchasgovernment,law

andservice-orientedworkplaces,butlessacceptedinthetechnologysector.Theacceptabilityofnonstandard

accentsmay35withdifferencesinclassandculture,withnewerorhigherprestigeindustriesexpectingmore

standardspeechintheworkplace.

A.affixF.inherentlyK.reciprocally

B.correlateG.laymenL.specimen

C.deviateH.multipleM.spectrum

D.domainsI.propertiesN.synonym

E.influentialJ.realityO.unanimous

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SectionB

Directions:Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontains

informationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmay

chooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.Answerthequestionsbymarkingthe

correspondingletteronAnswerSheet2.

TheHistoryandMeaningofColoredTrafficLights

A.Timedtrafficlightsaresetaccordingtoschedulesthataresupposedtocoordinatewithpeaktraffichours.Cities

needtomonitorandupdatesignallighttimeschedulesatleasteverytwoyearstokeepthesesystemseffective.

InLosAngeles,California,anambitiousprojecttogoastepfurtherandsynchronize(使同步)everyredlight

inLosAngelescostover400milliondollars.Askaresidentofthecityandtheyarelikelytoagreethatsaving

timeontheroadiswellworthit.Ifimplementednationwide,synchronizationcouldshave10%offtraffic

congestion(堵塞)and20%offairpollution.Congestioncoststime,money,andlives.Bigdatacanhelp

improvehowmillionsofpeoplesafelysharetheroad.However,noneofthiswouldbepossiblewithoutthe

trafficlight!

B.ThefirsttrafficlightwasinventedinLondoninthe1860’s,butitwashardlyrecognizable—oreffective.Ithad

beenadaptedfromtherailroadsignalsystembyarailwaymanager,JohnPeakKnight,in1868.Therailroads

usedredgaslightsatnighttosignalstopsandgreengaslightsduringthedaytime.Knightinstalledasimilargas

light,semaphore(臂板信号)systemnearLondon’sWestminsterBridgeinDecemberof1868.

C.Thelifeofthefirsttrafficlightsignalwasshort-lived.Agasleakcausedoneofthesignallightstoexplodeonits

policeofficeroperatorwithinamonthofbeinginstalled.

D.AutomatingtrafficsignalsstalledaftertheLondonincident.Fortyyearspassedbeforecarscrowdingcitystreets

urgedthedevelopmentoftrafficlightsintheUnitedStates.Londonwouldnotseeanothertrafficlightuntil

1929.

E.TheUnitedStatesisacarculturelikenoothercountry.UnlikemostEuropeancitiesthatstartedurbanplanning

whenhorseswerehigh-tech,manycitiesintheUnitedStatesweredesignedaroundurbansprawl,suburban

tracts,andmotorcars.

F.Astrafficandcitiesgrew,sodidtheracetosolvegrowingtrafficproblems.Thefirsttrafficsignalswere

semaphores.Semaphoresaretowerswithmovingarmssignalingfortraffictostoporgo.Theycouldbemanual

orautomatic.Therewasnoconsistentdesign.Variousmodelswereinventedandputintoplaceincitiesasthe

needarose.

G.In1912,LesterWirewasapoliceofficerexhaustedbytrafficatMainStreetand200South.Hedevelopeda

manuallyswitchedstoplight.Thefour-sidedbox,raisedonaten-footpole,lookedlikeabirdhouseandwas

operatedmanuallybyanofficer.Theofficerwouldflipaswitchtochangebetweenthedippedredandgreen

lights.

H.Likethe1910semaphore,thefirstelectricsignalusedwords.However,thewordswerenolongerwrittenon

armsthatraisedandfell.Thewords“stop”or“move”wereonlights.Thepostslituponeachoffourcorner-

postsaroundanintersection(十字路口).Itwasnotautomated,though.Aboothwithanoperatorwasrequired

tofliptheswitches.

I.Thesystemallowedpoliceofficerstomovefromthemiddleofthestreettoacorner.Fromthatvantage(有利地

位),anofficercouldoverseethecrowd.Ifanemergencyvehiclecame,theofficercouldflipaswitchandclear

theintersectionbytriggeringallredlights.Theemergencyvehiclecouldnowpasseffortlessly.Finally,inSan

Franciscothefirstredandgreenelectriclightsystemthatcouldbeoperatedautomatically(ormanually)was

introducedin1917.

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J.In1920,thefirstthree-colorlightsystemwasintroducedinDetroit—alsoknownasMotorCity,USA.The

evolutionoftrafficlightsignalscouldnothaveamoreappropriatecontextthanMotorCity.FordMotor

CompanywasfoundedinDetroitin1903(andothermotorcompaniesfollowed).Fordmadecarsaffordablefor

morecommonpeople,ratherthanthewealthy,bycreatinglargerscalefactoryproduction.

K.Stopandgowereinsufficientforthenewvolumesofcarszoomingthroughintersections.Streetswerefullof

newnumbersofcarsinadditiontodeliverywagons,bustlingcrowds,bicycles,horse-drawncarriages,and

streetcars.Theintroductionofthecautionaryyellowlighthelpedincreasedriversafety,decreasingaccidents

thatcomefromrunningredlights.

L.Stoplightswereincrediblyimportantinchaoticcitystreets.Crosswalksweren’tevenintroduceduntil1951.

ThefirstpedestrianfatalityintheUnitedStateswasin1899.

M.ThedevelopmentofthemoderntrafficlightmayhavestartedinLondon,butitgrewupintheUnitedStates.In

Cleveland,anAfrican-AmericaninventornamedGarrettMorgancameupwithanaffordable,patentedtraffic

signal.Theyellowlightmadeintersectionssaferthantheoldstopandgosystem.Thenewdesignwas

inexpensiveenoughthatitallowedtheinstallationofalotmorelights.

N.MorgansoldthepatenttoGeneralElectric—andthespreadofthetrafficlightwasgreenlighted.Green

meansgo.Itisthatsimple,butit’sstillbesttocheckbothwaysforoncomingtrafficthatmaynotbepaying

attentionorisrunningthelight.Yellowmeansslowdownandpreparetostop.Itdoesnotmeanfull-throttle(全

速)ahead.Whileyoumaygetawaywithgunningitintotheintersection,runningayellowcanleadtotickets

anddangerousaccidents.Redlightsareaclearandconsistentwarningtostop.Evenwhererightturnsare

allowedonredlights,youmustcometoacompletestopbeforeturningright.Youmustalsoyieldtoanythrough

traffic,whichhastherightofway.Inmoststatesandcities,youcantakearightonredunlessotherwise

indicated.NewYorkCitydoesnotallowarightonred.

O.Redarrowsmeanyoucannotturnrightonaredinmoststates.Thegreenarrow,inthesecases,istheonlytime

youcanmaketheturn.However,youcantakearightonaredarrowafterafullstopinthestatesofIllinois,

Kansas,Louisiana,Maryland,Michigan,NewHampshire,NorthDakota,Oregon,SouthCarolina,Utah,

WashingtonStateandWyoming.

P.FlashingRedisthesameasastopsign,generallyusedatfour-wayintersectionswherethereisminimaltraffic.

Whenarrivingataflashingredlight,makeafullandcompletestop.FlashingRedArrowssimilarlymeanto

stopandthenproceedtotaketheturn.FlashingYellowlightsmeanyieldorsignalcaution,likeoutsideofa

firestation.Therearenoall-directionflashingyellowlights,sinceitisprohibitedintheUnitedStates.Ifyou

haveaflashingyellowlight,youaretoyieldtooncomingtraffic.

Q.FlashingYellowArrowsarepartofafour-signaltrafficlight.Theseareusedinsomestatesafteraprotected

greenturnsignal,orarrow,butbeforeasteadyyellowarrow.Whenaflashingyellowarrowisshown,youcan

taketheturnafteryieldingtopedestriansandtraffic.SteadyYellowArrowsmaintainthenormalyellowlight

cautioninthree-lightsignals,meaningtostoporpreparetostop.Inafour-signalsystemthathasaflashing

yellowarrow,thesteadyyellowarrowisasignalthattheyieldperiodisending.Theredarrowisabouttostart.

Vehiclesshouldstopifsafelypossible.Trafficticketsarepossibleforrunningasteadyyellowarrow.

R.Trafficlightmeaningisfairlyconsistentacrosstheboardwithvariousdeviations.Greenmeansit’ssafeto

proceed(thoughyoushouldstillexercisecaution).Yellowmeanscautionandyield.Redmeansdangerandstop.

Alwaysdrivedefensivelyandobeytrafficsignals.

36.Uponseeingaflashingyellowarrow,adrivershouldletpedestriansandtrafficpassfirstbeforetakingtheturn.

37.TheredandgreenautomatictrafficlightsystemoriginatedinanAmericancity.

38.ResidentsofanAmericancitytendtosharetheopinionthattimesavedontheroadjustifiesthecostof

upgradingitstrafficlightsystem.

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39.Massproductionofcarsmadeitpossibleforordinarypeopletobuythem.

40.Whatatrafficlightmeansisalmostthesameeverywheredespitesomevariations.

41.Pedestriancrossingscameintobeingonlyinthemid-twentiethcentury.

42.Peopleracedtoaddressincreasingtrafficproblemsalongwiththeexpansionofcitiesandtraffic.

43.Whenthewarningyellowlightwasintroduced,drivingbecamesaferandtrafficaccidentsreduced.

44.Thesignalsystemontherailroadservedasthebasisforthefirsttrafficlight.

45.Eventhoughagreenlightsignals“go”,attentionshouldbepaidtotrafficoneithersideincasesomedriveris

beingcarelessorignoringaredlight.

SectionC

Directions:Thereare2passagesinthissection.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.

ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthe

correspondingletteronAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.

PassageOne

Questions46to50arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Mindfulnesshasbeenshowntohaveanumberofmeaningfulhealthbenefits—itcanhelpreduceanxietyand

promotehealinginthosesufferingfromchronicillness.

ThepracticeisbasedonaninsightfirstdescribedinancientBuddhisttextsthathumanbeingshavethe

capacitytoobserveexperiencewithoutbeingcaughtupinit.Thismeanssimplythatitispossibletoobserve

ourselveshavingacraving,orahappythought,orevenascaryemotion,withoutreactinginthemomentinaway

thatamplifiesthefeelingorsendsthemindspiralingoffintothinkingaboutoldmemoriesoranticipatingevents.

Thispracticeofmindfulnesscanhelpcalmthemindandthebodyaswelearnnottoreacttoexperiencewith

likesanddislikesorjudgmentsofgoodandbad.Itdoesnotmakeuscoldorindifferentbutmorefullypresent.

Oneofthechallengesofpracticingmindfulnessinourcontemporaryworldisthattherehasbeenaprofound

transformationinhumanattention.TheartistJennyOdellarguesthatinour“attentioneconomy”humanattention

hasbeentransformedintoacommoditythatbigcorporationsbuyandsell.Thiseconomyrestsonatechnological

revolutionofmobilephonesandsocialmediathatmakesitpossibleforcorporationstotargetourattentionwith

theircontentateverymoment.

Thedevicesmostpeopleuseareaperpetualdiversionfromthepresentmoment.Theresultisthatitcanfeelas

thoughourabilitytofocus,andbefullypresent,hasbeenstolen.Butmindfulnesscanhelpusresisttheattention

economyandrelishthethingsthatmakelifespecial,likebeingtogetherwiththosewelove.

Mostmindfulnessresearchfocusesontheindividualbenefitsofthepractice,butsomescholarsassertthatwe

cannotonlypracticemindfulnessforourselvesbutalsopracticeitforothers.Itcanhelpusbuildstronger,healthier

relationships.

Thesadtruthisthatlivingintheattentioneconomy,mostofushavebecomebadlisteners.However,justasit

ispossibletowatchourselveshavinganexperiencewithoutreacting,it’spossibletowatchanotherpersonhavean

experiencewithoutgettingtiedupinreactivityandjudgment.

Thegiftofmindfulnessisapracticeoflisteningwithcompassiontoothersdescribetheirexperiences.Togive

thisgiftmeansputtingawayyourphone,turningoffsocialmedia,andsettingasideothercommondistractions.It

meanspracticingbeingfullypresentinanotherperson’spresenceandlisteningtothemwithcompleteattention

withoutjudgment,whileresistingtheurgetomaketheinteractionaboutyou.

Ifwejudgethevalueofgiftsbasedontheirprice,thisgiftmayseemworthless,butinadistractedworld,itis

apreciousone.

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46.Whatdowelearnfromthepassageaboutpracticingmindfulness?

A.Ittriggersourmindtoreflectonpastexperiencesoranticipatefutureevents.

B.Itfocusesourattentiononthepresentmomentwithoutmakingjudgments.

C.Itconcentratesourmindonourpersonalfeelings,happyorscary.

D.Ithelpsourmindtostaycalmwhenfacingjudgmentsfromothers.

47.Whatdoweseeintoday’s“attentioneconomy”accordingtoJennyOdell?

A.Focusontechnologicaladvancescontinuouslyupdatesproductsandservices.

B.People’sattentionisturnedintosomethingthatcanbeboughtandsold.

C.Businessesprofitfromsellingmobilephonesandrevolutionizingsocialmedia.

D.Peopletendtopurchaseproductsandserviceswithoutcarefulthinking.

48.Whathappenswiththeprevalentuseofmobilephonesorsocialmedia?

A.Theykeepdistractingusersfromthehereandnow.

B.Theyrenderusersincapableofresistingtemptation.

C.Theyrobusersoftheirabilitytoobserveexperience.

D.Theytemptuserstoendorsetheattentioneconomy.

49.Whatbenefitcanpracticingmindfulnessbringtousaccordingtosomescholars?

A.Itpreventsusfrommakingarbitraryjudgmentsaboutothers.

B.Itshiftsourattentionfrommaterialthingstospiritualpursuits.

C.Itisconducivetoourforgingbetterinterpersonalrelationships.

D.Itishelpfulinregainingourabilitytoenjoywhatwehaveinlife.

50.Whatdoestheauthorsuggestwedoinanotherperson’spresence?

A.Shareeachother’sexperiencefranklyandcompassionately.

B.Payfullattentiontoestablishingcloserelationshipswiththem.

C.Beattentivelistenerswhilerefrainingfrommakingjudgments.

D.Remindthemofthedistractionfrommobilephonesandsocialmedia.

PassageTwo

Questions51to55arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

TheotherdayIhadtologintoaserviceIhadn’tusedbefore.SinceIwasanewuser,thewebsitedecidedthat

itneededtocheckIwasn’tarobotandsosetmeaCaptchatesttodeterminewhethertheuserisapersonora

machine.

Iwaspresentedwithanimageofaroadsidesceneoverwhichwaslaidagrid.My“challenge”wastoclickon

eachcellinthegridthatcontainedatrafficsign.Ididso,abitirritated.ThenIwaspresentedwithanotherimage

andanothergrid—alsowitharequesttoidentifyroadsigns.Likealamb,Icomplied,afterwhichthewebsite

acceptedmyinput.

AndthenIrealisedwhatIhadbeendoingwasaddingtoadatasetfortrainingthemachine-learningsoftware

thatguidesself-drivingcars.So,togainaccesstoanautomatedservicethatwillbenefitfinanciallyfrommyinput,

Ifirsthavetodosomeunpaidlabortohelpimprovetheperformanceofautonomousvehicles.

Neat,eh?ButnotealsothedeliciousadditionalironythattheCaptchaisdescribedasan“automatedTuring

test”.TheTuringtestwasconceived,youmayrecall,asawayofenablinghumanstodeterminewhetheramachine

couldrespondinsuchawaythatonecouldn’ttellwhetheritwasahumanorarobot.Sowehavewanderedintoa

worldinwhichmachinesmakeusdotrickstoprovethatwearehumans!

Thestrangestaspectofthisunparalleledshiftishowunder-discussedithasbeen.Themetaphoroftheboiling

frogcomestomind.Havewebecomesosubtlyconditionedbydigitaltechnologythatwedon’tseewhat’sbeen

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happeningtous?Havewebeenconditionedtoacceptaworldgovernedby“smart”tech,tradingconveniencetothe

pointwherewebecomeabitlikemachinesourselves?

Inarecentstartlingandthoughtfulbook,twoscholars—BrettFrischmann,alawprofessor,andEvan

Selinger,aphilosopher—arguethattheanswertothatquestionis“yes”.

Andthey’reright.There’snothingtechnophobic(技术恐惧的)aboutthat.Weshapeourtoolsandthenour

toolsshapeus.Technologyissupposedtoprovidetoolsthatservehumanends.But,asthemachine-learning

Captchademonstrates,asignificantproportionofdigitaltechnowsees(anduses)humansasmeanstoendsthat

arenotours.Intheprocess,theyreduceustothestatusofcheeryratsrunningontreadmills(踏车)designedby

peoplewhodonothaveourinterestsatheart.Sobacktothefrogmetaphor.Arewesmartenoughtojumpout

beforeit’stoolate?Youdon’tevenhavetoGoogleittoknowtheanswer.

51.HowdidtheauthorrespondtotheCaptchatest?

A.