2018年12月六级考试真题参考答案（全三套）
第一套六级听力原文
co
versatio
1
HeyIjustreadagreatbookaboutphysics。Ithi
kyou‘dlikeit。It’scalledthephysicsoftheworld。It‘swritte
byascie
tist
amedSylviaMe
dez。
OhIreadthatbook。Itwasgreat。Thewriterisawarma
dcompete
tguidetothemysteriesofphysics。Ithi
kitpromisese
richme
tfora
yreaderfromthosewhok
owlittleaboutscie
cetothecareerphysicist。
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gtoseeastro
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addi
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tificdiscoursea
dafieldthathasbee
traditio
allydomi
atedbyme
。Ithi
kshehastobecomme
dedformaki
ga
efforttoi
cludea
ecdotesaboutlittlek
ow
femalescie
tists。Youk
owtheywereofte
victimsofage
eratio
firmlyco
vi
cedthatthewoma
’splacewasi
thehome。
Ilikehowthebookisclearlywritte
witheachchapterbroughttolifebypiecesoffasci
ati
gk
owledge。Forexamplei
o
echaptersheexposesamyththatI‘veheardtaughtbyu
iversityphysicsprofessors。I’veofte
heardthatmedievalglasswi
dowsarethickeratthebottom
fbecauseglassflowslikeafluid。This，sheshows，is
ottrue。Thedistortio
isactuallytha
kstoapeculiarityoftheglassmakersprocess。
YeahIlikehowshecultivatesscie
tifice
gageme
tbyprovidi
gahostofDoItYourselfexperime
tsthatbri
gthesamefou
datio
alpri
ciplesofclassicalphysicsthatgover
everythi
gfromthesolarsystemtoyourkitche
table。Fromusi
gcomplexlawsofphysicstotestwhetheraspi
i
geggiscookedtomeasuri
gatmosphericpressurebylifti
gapieceofcardboard。Herha
dso
examplesmakeherbookatrulyi
teractiveread。
YesImustsaythisaequatio
freebookisa
idealreadforscie
tistsofallstripes，a
yo
eteachi
gscie
cea
deve
peoplewhodislikephysics。
Questio
1：whatdoesthewoma
sayaboutthebookthema
recomme
ded？
Questio
2：whatca
wefi
di
thebookthema
recomme
ded。？
Questio
3：Howdoestheauthorbri
gherbooktolife？
Questio
4：Howdoesthebookcultivatereadersi
teresti
physics。
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versatio
2
fA：Hiprofessor。Iwashopi
gIcouldhaveamome
tofyourtimeifyou‘re
ottoobusy。I’mhavi
gsomeproblemsgetti
gstartedo
mydissertatio
a
dIwashopi
gyoucouldgivemesomeadviceo
howtobegi
。
B：Sure。Ihavequiteafewstude
tsthoughSoca
youremi
dmewhatyourtopicis？
A：thege
eraltopicIchoseisaesthetics，butthat‘sasfarasI’vegotIdo
‘treallyk
owwheretogofromthere。
B：Yeah，that‘smuchtoolargeatopic。Youreally
eedto
arrowitdow
i
ordertomakeitmoreaccessible。Otherwiseyou’llbewriti
gabook。
A：Exactly。That‘swhatIwa
tedtoaskyouabout。Iwashopi
gitwouldbepossibleformetocha
getopics。I’mreallymorei
terestedi
aturetha
ber