大学英语六级考试2023年12月真题（第三套)Part IWriting(30 minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay that begins with the sentence "Withtheir valuable skills and experience,elderly people can continue to make significant contributions tosociety."You can make comments,cite examples or use your personal observations to develop your essay.Youshould write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words (not including the sentence given).Part IIListening 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 IIIReading Comprehension(40 minutes)SectionADirections:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for each blankfrom a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through carefully beforemaking your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter foreach item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bankmore than once.Modern U.S.cities were designed to make exercise unnecessary.Cars and elevators once symbolized urbanareas as machines for more efficient living.Now it is clear that these improvements provide great benefits butalso 26 health costs.Recent studies show that urban 27 encourages more driving and is associated withheavier weight.This 28suggests that the layout and design of cities can hinder or promote healthier lifestylechoices 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 stillneed to 30 standard public health practices,such as separating toxic facilities from homes and restricting heavytruck traffic through31 residential areas.But it's also important to create healthier cities-and the discussion isalready underway.More and more city planners are paying increasing attention to encouraging physical activity bymaking it easier and safer for people to recreate,walk,bike and take public transportation.Many studies of32 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 more33spaces are important steps.Buteven smaller changes can be effective.Cities can close off streets on weekends to encourage communities to get out and walk.They also canprovide more seating in public places,so that less-fit residents can rest during their journeys.Using public spacesin cities as places where people can exercise promotes34,rather than allowing physical activity to becomerestricted to private gyms with often-expensive monthly fees that 35 less wealthy people from joining.A)correlationI)longevityB)denseJ)navigateC)deterK)recreationalD)equityL)rottenE)fosterM)sprawlF)imperativeN)vibrateG)imposeO)vicinityHl)）irrespective19·2023年12月六级真题（第三套）·