大学英语六级分类模拟题426及答案解析.doc

1、大学英语六级分类模拟题 426及答案解析(总分：424.50，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Writing(总题数：7，分数：404.50)1.Directions : For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark “Be slow to promise and quick to perform.“ You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words

2、but no more than 200 words. （分数：20.00）_2.Directions : For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Fear of Class Reunion. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words following the outline given below. 1现在不少年轻人害怕跟老同学聚会，成了“恐聚族” 2这种现象产生的原因或造成的后果 3为了改变

3、这种状况，我认为 （分数：20.00）_3.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark “All men are tempted. What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don“t want to discourage it completely.“ You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You

4、should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1. （分数：106.50）_4.Directions : For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the topic My View on Genetically Modified Foods. You can analyze the reasons why some people are for while others

5、against genetically modified foods (GM foods) and finally give your own idea. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1. （分数：106.50）_5.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Should the University

6、Campus Refuse Tourists? You should write at least 150 words following the outlines given below: 1有人认为大学校园应该禁止旅游团参观。 2有人认为大学校园应该向旅游团开放。 3你的观点。 （分数：25.00）_6.Directions : For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the use of robots. Try to imagine what will happen when more and

7、 more robots take the place of human beings in industry as well as people“s daily lives. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. （分数：106.50）_7.Directions : For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Treasure What We Have by commenting o

8、n the remark “We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.“ You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. （分数：20.00）_二、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)The Birth of Scientific EnglishA. World science is dominated today by a small number of languages, including Japanese, G

9、erman and French, but it is English which is probably the most popular global language of science. This is not just because of the importance of English-speaking countries such as the USA in scientific research; the scientists of many non-English-speaking countries find that they need to write their

10、 research papers in English to reach a wide international audience. B. Given the prominence of scientific English today, it may seem surprising that no one really knew how to write science in English before the 17th century. Before that, Latin was regarded as the lingua franca for European intellect

11、uals. C. The European Renaissance (c. 14th16th century) is sometimes called the “revival of learning“, a time of renewed interest in the “lost knowledge“ of classical times. At the same time, however, scholars also began to test and extend this knowledge. D. The emergent nation states of Europe deve

12、loped competitive interests in world exploration and the development of trade. Such expansion, which was to take the English language west to America and east to India, was supported by scientific developments such as the discovery of magnetism (and hence the invention of the compass), improvements

13、in cartography andperhaps the most important scientific revolution of them allthe new theories of astronomy and the movement of the Earth in relation to the planets and stars, developed by Copernicus (1473-1543). E. England was one of the first countries where scientists adopted and publicized Coper

14、nican ideas with enthusiasm. Some of these scholars, including two with interests in languageJohn Wall“s and John Wilkinshelped Found the Royal Society in 1660 in order to promote empirical scientific research. F. Across Europe similar academies and societies arose, creating new national traditions

15、of science. In the initial stages of the scientific revolution, most publications in the national languages were popular works, encyclopaedias, educational textbooks and translations. G. Original science was not done in English until the second half of the 17th century. For example, Newton published

16、 his mathematical treatise, known as the Principia, in Latin, but published his later work on the properties of lightOpticksin English. H. There were several reasons why original science continued to be written in Latin. The first was simply a matter of audience. Latin was suitable for an internatio

17、nal audience of scholars, whereas English reached a socially wider, but more local, audience. Hence, popular science was written in English. I. A second reason for writing in Latin may, perversely, have been a concern for secrecy. Open publication had dangers in putting into the public domain prelim

18、inary ideas which had not yet been fully exploited by their “author“. This growing concern about intellectual properly rights was a feature of the periodit reflected both the humanist notion of the individual, rational scientist who invents and discovers through private intellectual labour, and the

19、growing connection between original science and commercial exploitation. J. There was something of a social distinction between “scholars and gentlemen“ who understood Latin, and men of trade who lacked a classical education. And in the mid-17th century it was common practice for mathematicians to k

20、eep their discoveries and proofs secret, by writing them in cipher, in obscure languages, or in private messages deposited in a sealed box with the Royal Society. Some scientists might have felt more comfortable with Latin precisely because its audience, though international, was socially restricted

21、. Doctors clung the most keenly to Latin as an “insider language“. K. A third reason why the writing of original science in English was delayed may have been to do with the linguistic inadequacy of English in the early modern period. English was not well equipped to deal with scientific argument. Fi

22、rst, it lacked the necessary technical vocabulary. Second, it lacked the grammatical resources required to represent the world in an objective and impersonal way, and to discuss the relations, such as cause and effect, that might hold between complex and hypothetical entities. L. Fortunately, severa

23、l members of the Royal Society possessed an interest in language and became engaged in various linguistic projects. Although a proposal in 1664 to establish a committee for improving the English language came to little, the society“s members did a great deal to foster the publication of science in E

24、nglish and to encourage the development of a suitable writing style. M. Many members of the Royal Society also published monographs in English. One of the first was by Robert Hooke, the society“s first curator of experiments, who described his experiments with microscopes in Micrographia (1665). Thi

25、s work is largely narrative in style, based on a transcript of oral demonstrations and lectures. N. In 1665 a new scientific journal, Philosophical Transactions, was inaugurated. Perhaps the first international English-language scientific journal, it encouraged a new genre of scientific writing, tha

26、t of short, focused accounts of particular experiments. O. The 17th century was thus a formative period in the establishment of scientific English. In the following century much of this momentum was lost as German established itself as the leading European language of science. It is estimated that b

27、y the end of the 18th century 401 German scientific journals had been established as opposed to 96 in France and 50 in England. However, in the 19th century scientific English again enjoyed substantial lexical growth as the industrial revolution created the need for new technical vocabulary, and new

28、, specialised, professional societies were instituted to promote and publish in the new disciplines.（分数：20.00）(1).In seventeenth century Britain, those profound thinkers combined their interests in science with an enthusiasm in how to express ideas.（分数：2.00）(2).The worldwide scientists have to write

29、 their essays in English if they want to attract audience from different countries.（分数：2.00）(3).Scientific English developed again in the 19th century as a direct result of the industrial revolution.（分数：2.00）(4).The another reason for writing in Latin instead of in English is to keep discoveries sec

30、ret.（分数：2.00）(5).An early scientific journal fostered a new kind of writing based on short description of specific experiments.（分数：2.00）(6).Since the importance of scientific English nowadays, it is difficult for us to imagine that few people could write science in English before 1600s.（分数：2.00）(7).

31、One reason for writing of popular science in English has been the concern for a majority of audience.（分数：2.00）(8).In Britain, scientists worried that English had neither the technical vocabulary nor the grammatical resources to express their ideas.（分数：2.00）(9).Luckily, scientists associated with the

32、 Royal Society set about developing English.（分数：2.00）(10).In mid-17th century, the desire to protect ideas seems to have been strong, especially in the case instead, they yield to it. Yielding to temptation leads to corruption. In many cases greed for money is the root of evil. We have read many tra

33、gic stories about how people become the slaves to temptation. A good citizen turned into a robber because he could not resist gambling. A promising government official ended up in jail because he took bribes from profit-hungry business people at the cost of their bright career. Temptation may ruin a

34、 person, a family, or even ruin a company or a government. It“s something that we must be always on our guard. If we are determined to stay away from the temptations, we will surely be winners in fighting against them by discouraging the temptations completely.4.Directions : For this part, you are a

35、llowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the topic My View on Genetically Modified Foods. You can analyze the reasons why some people are for while others against genetically modified foods (GM foods) and finally give your own idea. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Write

36、 your essay on Answer Sheet 1. （分数：106.50）_正确答案：()解析：My View on Genetically Modified FoodsWith the great progress of transgenic technology, there are more and more genetically modified foods (GM foods) on the market nowadays. Whether GM foods should be promoted or not has been a tremendous controver

37、sy. Some people hold that genetically modified foods should be vigorously generalized because of their various advantages. They contend that by using transgenic technology, the crop yields per unit area can be greatly increased, which helps to relieve international food shortage. Furthermore, more c

38、heaper but high-quality foods can be produced, for example, some food with more nutrition and resistant to diseases. Critics, however, object to GM foods due to the hidden dangers. Experiments have shown that GM foods may contain lethal ingredients such as toxics and allergens, which can damage huma

39、n health. The transgenic technology may also cause genetic pollution that can pose uncertain harm to ecological environment. In addition, food security may be threatened due to the fact that some GM seeds cannot reproduce. In my opinion, GM food is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, we“d better

40、make great efforts on studying transgenic technology to create more GM crops with desirable traits. On the other hand, a scientific and prudent attitude should be taken toward popularizing these foods in case of possible harm.5.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short e

41、ssay entitled Should the University Campus Refuse Tourists? You should write at least 150 words following the outlines given below: 1有人认为大学校园应该禁止旅游团参观。 2有人认为大学校园应该向旅游团开放。 3你的观点。 （分数：25.00）_正确答案：()解析：Should the University Campus Refuse Tourists?Should the university campus refuse tourists? The questi

42、on has generated a heated discussion nationwide. Some experts applaud the decision to reduce the number of visitors. They believe that the campus is a place for students to gain knowledge instead of a favored destination for tourists. What“s more, continuous streams of tourists will not only disturb

43、 students“ daily lives but also interfere with the study atmosphere on campus. Therefore, refusing some tourists will give the students a better environment for study. However, group tour visitors oppose the move. They argue that stopping tourists at the gates of these famous ancient universities is

44、 not proper, for they are actually important historical sites and are not owned by the faculty and students there. And also, visitors from all over the world will broaden the vision of the students, which is beneficial to their future. In my opinion, the university authorities should not simply shut

45、 the door to the outside world. They may take positive measures to regulate the activities of the visitors in the campus so that the negative effects will be minimized. Only in this way can there he a win-win solution of the problem for both the universities and the tourists. 解析 从写作要求来看该题目属于常见的两点论作文

46、。题目就某一事物或社会现象给出两个对立的观点，要求考生阐述两个观点，然后表明自己的看法和立场。文章应包含以下三项基本内容：第一项是禁止旅游团参观的理由。如大学校园不是旅游景点，扰乱学生学习等。第二项是支持旅游团参观的理由。如是历史名胜，能扩大学生视野等。第三项表明作者态度。如学校要对游客进行恰当的管理而不是将其拒之门外。6.Directions : For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the use of robots. Try to imagine what will happen when more and more robots take the place of human beings in industry as well as people“s daily lives. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. （分数：106.50）_正确答案：()解析：Robotsan Important Part in Our LifeThe progression of technology is inevitable and undeniabl