2022年12月大学英语六级考试真题（第3套）Part IWriting(30 minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay that begins with thesentence "Today increasing importance is being attached to cultivating college students'teamspirit."You can make statements,give reasons,or cite examples to develop your essay.Youshould write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Part IIListening Comprehension(30 minutes)淘宝店铺：叮当考研温馨提示：2022年12月大学英语六级考试全国共考了两套听力，本套的听力内容与第二套相同，因此本套听力部分不再重复给出。PartⅢReading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select oneword for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read thepassage through carefully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified bya letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a singleline through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.American colleges and universities are using 64 percent less coal than they did adecade ago,burning 700,000 tons last year,down from 2 million tons in 2008,the U.S.Energy Information Administration(EIA)said in a report 26 yesterday.All 57 schools that were burning coal in 2008 are using less now,and 20have 27 coal completely,EIA found.Most universities have turned to natural gas as a 28,with state funding backingthe fuel switch.While academic institutions use less than 0.1 percent of U.S.coal burned for power,campus coal use has a history dating back to the 1800s when 29 to power was scarce.Many universities still operate their own power plants.The Public Utility RegulatoryPolicies Act of 1978 encouraged more electricity generation by allowing institutions tosell 30 power to utilities.But EIA noted many coal-fired universities have signed onto the American Collegeand University Presidents Climate Commitment,which was launched in 2007.About 665 schools are part of the program,which aims to 31 greenhouse gasemissions.Thirty percent of the participants have pledged to be carbon 32 within 20years.The Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign,which also leads campaigns for universitiesto withdraw their 33 in coal and other fossil fuels,lists 22 schools that have pledgedto move"beyond coal,"including Clemson University,Indiana University,Ohio University,Penn State University,the University of Louisville and the University of Tennessee,Knoxville.The largest coal use 34 at colleges were in Michigan,Missouri,Tennessee and2022年12月英语六级真题第3套第1页共8页