2023 年 12 月英语六级真题第 3 套 第 1 页，共 7 页2023 年 12 月英语六级真题第 3 套Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay that begins with the sentence “With their valuable skills and experience, elderly people can continue to make significant contributions to society.” You can make comments, cite examples or use your personal observations to develop your essay. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words (not including the sentence given).Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) 温馨提示：本次六级考试全国共考了 2 套听力，本套真题听力与前 2 套内容相同，只是顺序不同，故听力部分不再重复列出Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Modern U.S. cities were designed to make exercise unnecessary. Cars and elevators once symbolized urban areas as machines for more efficient living. Now it is clear that these improvements provide great benefits but also ___26___ health costs. Recent studies show that urban ___27___ encourages more driving and is associated with heavier weight. This ___28___ suggests that the layout and design of cities can hinder or promote healthier lifestyle choices and it is ___29___ that urban planners bear this in mind.Unfortunately, urban planning still centers in large part on solving the problems of the past. Of course cities still need to ___30___ standard public health practices, such as separating toxic facilities from homes and restricting heavy truck traffic through ___31___ residential areas. But it's also important to create healthier cities—and the discussion is already underway. More and more city planners are paying increasing attention to encouraging physical activity by making it easier and safer for people to recreate, walk, bike and take public transportation. Many studies of ___32___ show that people live the longest in environments where physical activity is part of everyday life.Providing more walkable spaces, better protected bike lanes and more ___33___ spaces are important steps. But even smaller changes can be effective.Cities can close off streets on weekends to encourage communities to get out and walk. They also can provide more seating in public places, so that less-fit residents can rest during their journeys. Using public spaces in cities as places where people can exercise promotes ___34___, rather than allowing physical activity to become rest...
