2021年12月大学英语六级考试真题（第3套）

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大学英语六级考试 2021 年12 月真题 ( 第三套 )

Part I Writing (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay related to the short passage given below.

In your essay, you are to comment on the phenomenon described in the passage and suggest measures to address

the issue. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

Some parents in China are overprotective of their children. They plan everything for their children, make all

the decisions for them, and do not allow them to explore on their own in case they make mistakes or get hurt.

Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)

特别说明：由于多题多卷，官方第三套真题的听力试题与第二套真题的一致，只是选项顺序不同，因此，

本套试卷不再提供听力部分。

Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)

Section A

特别说明：由于多题多卷，此次官方第三套真题的阅读 Section A 与第二套真题的一致，因此，本套试

卷不再提供阅读 Section A。

Section B

Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement

contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is

derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the

questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.

Why facts don’t change our minds

A) The economist J. K. Galbraith once wrote, “Faced with a choice between changing one’s mind and proving

there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy with the proof.”

B) Leo Tolstoy was even bolder: “The most diﬃ cult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he

has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent

man if he is ﬁ rmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him.”

C) What’s going on here? Why don’t facts change our minds? And why would someone continue to believe a

false or inaccurate idea anyway? How do such behaviors serve us? Humans need a reasonably accurate view

of the world in order to survive. If your model of reality is wildly diﬀ erent from the actual world, then you

struggle to take eﬀ ective actions each day. However, truth and accuracy are not the only things that matter to

the human mind. Humans also seem to have a deep desire to belong.

D) In Atomic Habits, I wrote, “Humans are herd animals. We want to ﬁ t in, to bond with others, and to earn the

respect and approval of our peers. Such inclinations are essential to our survival. For most of our evolutionary

history, our ancestors lived in tribes. Becoming separated from the tribe—or worse, being cast out—was a

death sentence.”

E) Understanding the truth of a situation is important, but so is remaining part of a tribe. While these two desires

often work well together, they occasionally come into conﬂ ict. In many circumstances, social connection is

actually more helpful to your daily life than understanding the truth of a particular fact or idea. The Harvard

psychologist Steven Pinker put it this way, “People are embraced or condemned according to their beliefs,

so one function of the mind may be to hold beliefs that bring the belief-holder the greatest number of allies,

protectors, or disciples (信徒), rather than beliefs that are most likely to be true.”

F) We don’t always believe things because they are correct. Sometimes we believe things because they make

us look good to the people we care about. I thought Kevin Simler put it well when he wrote, “If a brain

anticipates that it will be rewarded for adopting a particular belief, it’s perfectly happy to do so, and doesn’t

much care where the reward comes from—whether it’s pragmatic (实用主义的) (better outcomes resulting

from better decisions), social (better treatment from one’s peers), or some mix of the two.”

G) False beliefs can be useful in a social sense even if they are not useful in a factual sense. For lack of a better

phrase, we might call this approach “factually false, but socially accurate.” When we have to choose between

the two, people often select friends and family over facts. This insight not only explains why we might hold

our tongue at a dinner party or look the other way when our parents say something oﬀ ensive, but also reveals

a better way to change the minds of others.

H) Convincing someone to change their mind is really the process of convincing them to change their tribe. If

they abandon their beliefs, they run the risk of losing social ties. You can’t expect someone to change their

mind if you take away their community too. You have to give them somewhere to go. Nobody wants their

worldview torn apart if loneliness is the outcome.

I) The way to change people’s minds is to become friends with them, to integrate them into your tribe, to bring

them into your circle. Now, they can change their beliefs without the risk of being abandoned socially.

J) Perhaps it is not diﬀ erence, but distance, that breeds tribalism and hostility. As proximity increases, so does

understanding. I am reminded of Abraham Lincoln’s quote, “I don’t like that man. I must get to know him

better.”

K) Facts don’t change our minds. Friendship does. Years ago, Ben Casnocha mentioned an idea to me that I

haven’t been able to shake: The people who are most likely to change our minds are the ones we agree with

on 98 percent of topics. If someone you know, like, and trust believes a radical idea, you are more likely to

give it merit, weight, or consideration. You already agree with them in most areas of life. Maybe you should

change your mind on this one too. But if someone wildly diﬀ erent than you proposes the same radical idea,

well, it’s easy to dismiss them as nuts.

L) One way to visualize this distinction is by mapping beliefs on a spectrum. If you divide this spectrum into 10

units and you ﬁ nd yourself at Position 7, then there is little sense in trying to convince someone at Position 1.

The gap is too wide. When you’re at Position 7, your time is better spent connecting with people who are at

Positions 6 and 8, gradually pulling them in your direction.

M) The most heated arguments often occur between people on opposite ends of the spectrum, but the most

frequent learning occurs from people who are nearby. The closer you are to someone, the more likely it

becomes that the one or two beliefs you don’t share will bleed over into your own mind and shape your

thinking. The further away an idea is from your current position, the more likely you are to reject it outright.

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大学英语六级考试2021年12月真题(第三套)PartIWriting(30minutes)Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessayrelatedtotheshortpassagegivenbelow.Inyouressay,youaretocommentonthephenomenondescribedinthepassageandsuggestmeasurestoaddresstheissue.Youshouldwriteatleast150wordsbutnomorethan200words.Someparen...

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