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1、2022年安徽省池州市大学英语6级大学英语六级真题一卷(含答案)学校:_ 班级:_ 姓名:_ 考号:_一、2.Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)(20题)1.Isnt It Time to Right the Wrong?By Tom SeligsonIn the summer of 1944, Port Chicagoa Navy base 30 miles northeast of San Franciscowas the scene of a devastating explosion. Hundreds of lives were
2、 lost in whats considered the deadliest home-front disaster of the war. Most of the dead and injured were African-Americans, put in harms way by a segregated military little concerned for their safety. Worse, racism lay at the heart of the disaster and later of an event that has been called one of t
3、he biggest miscarriages of justice in our history.At the time, Port Chicago was the busiest ammunition depot on the West Coast. The sailors worked around the clock, loading bombs, depth charges and torpedoes onto ships headed for the Pacific theater. In the segregated U.S. Navy, the job of loading t
4、he deadly ammunition was performed only by black sailors.To find yourself loading ammunition was a disappointment, recalls Robert Routh, an African-American sailor from Memphis who was 19 at the time. We all wanted to be actually fighting. But we knew that what we did was essential to the war.Essent
5、ial but risky. Loading ammunition was extremely dangerous, explains Robert L. Allen, author of The Port Chicago Mutiny and the foremost authority on the events. The sailors were given no training for it. On top of that, it was common practice for the officers to pit the men against each other, betti
6、ng to see who could load their boat the fastest.A Coast Guard detail working at the port warned the Navy that these unsafe conditions could lead to a disaster. The Navy refused to change its procedures, and the Coast Guard withdrew its men.The Night Calm Was ShatteredOn the evening of July 17, 1944,
7、 two cargo ships were tied up at the pier. The E. A. Bryan was almost fully loaded with 4600 tons of cluster bombs, depth charges and 40 millimeter shells. The Quinalt Victory had just docked. Robert Routh and fellow sailor Percy Robinson, 18, from Chicago, were in their barracks. At 10: 19, the nig
8、ht calm was shattered.I was in my bunk when the explosion occurred, recalls Robinson. I was looking out the window, and all of a sudden everything turned to sun light. 1 jumped up to see what was happening, and then I felt the concussion. I instinctively covered my face with my arms. Then a second e
9、xplosion lifted me up and knocked me to the floor.Robert Routh also turned toward the window at the first explosion. It was the greatest fireworks you ever wanted to see, he recalls. It also was the last thing he ever saw. With the second explosion, glass went everywhere. It was a combination of the
10、 glass and the concussion that destroyed my eyes.The second explosion was so powerful that seismographs (地震仪) at Berkeley recorded it as an earthquake. The E.A. Bryan was blown into tiny pieces. The Quinalt Victory was ripped apart, and Port Chicagos wooden pier was completely destroyed. The human c
11、ost was even worse. Everyone on the pier and aboard the two ships was killed. Of the 320 fatalities, 202 were black. And of the 390 injured, 233 were black.As bad as it was, though, the disaster might not have made history if it werent for what followed.The Navys InsultA Navy court of inquiry ruled
12、out sabotage. It heard testimony about the unsafe conditions at the port, but its final report absolved the white officers of any responsibility and blamed the tragedy on rough handling of the ex plosives by the black sailors. Then the white officers were granted 30-day leaves. None of the black sai
13、lors were granted leaves, says Robinson, who suffered lacerations (裂伤) to his face, headA.Y B.N C.NG2.The demographic change in rural Europe will have a negative effect on every aspect of the local economy from tourist industry income to agricultural outputs.A.Y B.N C.NG3.Whenever you catch negative
14、 saying, you should _.A.avoid creating resistanceB.question your own talkC.try to think positivelyD.turn around and stop thinking4.The _of those calories is of significance when nutrition is taken into consideration.5.DepressionIn bed, you toss and turn, unable to get a good nights sleep. You feel a
15、nxious and worried. Theres plenty to do, but the work piles up because you feel listless and tired. You dont even want to do anything fun. Friends tell you to pull yourself together, but you feel helpless and hopeless. You have difficulty concentrating and making decisions. When you look in the mirr
16、or, you hate yourself. You are definitely in one of lifes valleysyou are depressed.Everyone gets the blues once in a while. Emotional lows and highs are a normal part of life. The blues become depression when you feel so sleepy and listless that you cant function normally in everyday life.Types of DepressionDepression can range fro
