[外语类试卷]大学英语六级模拟试卷467及答案与解析.doc

1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 467及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a thank-you letter on behalf of the student union to a company who sponsored the school football game. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below. 1. 代表学生会感

2、谢 公司对校内足球赛的赞助 2向该公司赠送一份很有纪念意义的礼物 3表达美好的祝愿，希望该公司继续支持本校的各项活动 A Thank-you Letter 二、 Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions attached to the passage. For questions 1-4, m

3、ark： Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 1 Part Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) Directions: In thi

4、s part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. On Friendship Few Am

5、ericans stay put (固定不动的 ) for a lifetime. We move from town to city to suburb, from high school to college in different states, from a job in one region to a better job elsewhere, from the home where we raise our children to the home where we plan to live in retirement. With each move we are forever

6、 making new friends, who become part of our new life at that time. For many of us the summer is a special time for forming new friendships. Today millions of Americans vacation abroad and they go not only to see new sights but alsoin those places where they do not feel too strange with the hope of m

7、eeting new people. No one really expects a vacation trip to produce a close friend. But surely the beginning of a friendship is possible? Surely in every country people value friendship? They do. The difficulty when strangers from two countries meet is not a lack of appreciation of friendship, but d

8、ifferent expectations about what constitutes friendship and how it comes into being. In those European countries that Americans are most likely to visit, friendship is quite sharply distinguished from other, more casual relations, and is differently related to family life. For a Frenchman, a German

9、or an Englishman friendship is usually more particularized and carries a heavier burden of commitment. But as we use the word, “friend“ can be applied to a wide range of relationships to someone one has known for a few weeks in a new place, to a close business associate, to a childhood playmate, to

10、a man or woman, to a trusted confidant (心腹朋友 ). There are real differences among these relations for Americans a friendship may be superficial, casual, situational or deep and enduring. But to a European, who sees only our surface behavior, the differences are not clear. As they see it, people known

11、 and accepted temporarily, casually, flow in and out of Americans homes with little ceremony and often with little personal commitment. They may be parents of the childrens friends, house guests of neighbors, members of a committee, business associates from another town or even another country. Comi

12、ng as a guest into an American home, the European visitor finds no visible landmarks. The atmosphere is relaxed. Most people, old and young, are called by first names. French friendship Who, then, is a friend? Even simple translation from one language to another is difficult, “You see,“ a Frenchman

13、explains, “if I were to say to you in France, This is my good friend, that person would not be as close to me as someone about whom I said only This is my friend. Anyone about whom I have to say more is really less. In France, as in many European countries, friends generally are of the same sex, and

14、 friendship is seen as basically a relationship between men. Frenchwomen laugh at the idea that “women cant be friends,“ but they also admit sometimes that for women “Its a different thing.“ And many French people doubt the possibility of a friendship between a man and a woman. There is also the kin

15、d of relationship within a group men and women who have worked together for a long time, who may be very close, sharing great loyalty and warmth of feeling. They may call one another copains a word that in English becomes “friends“ but has more the feeling of “pals“ or “buddies“. In French eyes this

16、 is not friendship, although two members of such a group may well be friends. For the French, friendship is a one-to-one relationship that demands a keen awareness of the other persons intellect, temperament and particular interests. A friend is someone who draws out your own best qualities, with wh

17、om you sparkle and become more of whatever the friendship draws upon. Your political philosophy assumes more depth, appreciation of a play becomes sharper, taste in food or wine is accentuated, enjoyment of a sport is intensified. And French friendships are divided into categories. A man may play ch

18、ess with a friend for thirty years without knowing his political opinions, or he may talk politics with him for as long a time without knowing about his personal life. Different friends fill different niches(适合的地方 ) in each persons life. These friendships are not made part of family life. A friend i

19、s not expected to spend evenings being nice to children or courteous to a deaf grandmother. These duties, also serious and enjoined, are primarily for relatives. Men who are friends may meet in a cafe. Intellectual friends may meet in larger groups for evenings of conversation. Working people may me

20、et at the little bistro (小酒馆 ) where they drink and talk, far from the family. Marriage does not affect such friendships: wives do not have to be taken into account. In the past in France, friendships of this kind seldom were open to any but intellectual women. Since most womens lives centered on th

21、eir homes, their warmest relations with other women often went back to their girlhood. The special relationship of friendship is based on what the French value most on the mind, on compatibility of outlook, on vivid awareness of some chosen area of life. German friendship In Germany, in contrast wit

22、h France, friendship is much more articulately a matter of feeling. Adolescents, boys and girls, form deeply sentimental attachments, walk and talk together not so much to polish their wits as to share their hopes and fears and dreams, to form a common front against the world of school and family an

23、d to join in a kind of mutual discovery of each others and their own inner life. Within the family, the closest relationship over a lifetime is between brothers and sisters. Outside the family, men and women find in their closest friends of the same sex the devotion of a sister, the loyalty of a bro

24、ther. Appropriately, in Germany friends usually are brought into the family. Children call their fathers and their mothers friends “uncle“ and “aunt“. Be tween French friends, who have chosen each other for the congeniality of their point of view, lively disagreement and sharpness of argument are th

25、e breath of life. But for Germans, whose friendships are based on common feelings, deep disagreement on any subject that matters to both is regarded as a tragedy. Like ties of kinship, ties of friendship are meant to be irrevocably binding. Young Germans who come to the United States have great diff

26、iculty in establishing such friendships with Americans. We view friendship more tentatively, subject to changes in intensity as people move, change their jobs, marry, or discover new interests. English friendship English friendships follow still a different pattern. Their basis is shared activity. A

27、ctivities at different stages of life may be of very different kinds discovering a common interest in school, serving together in the armed forces, taking part in a foreign mission, staying in the same country house during a crisis. In the midst of the activity, whatever it may be, people fall into

28、step sometimes two men or two women, sometimes two couples, sometimes three people and find that they walk or play a game or tell stories or serve on a tiresome and exacting committee with the same easy anticipation of what each will do day by day or in some critical situation. Americans who have ma

29、de English friends comment that, even years later, “You can take up just where you left off.“ Meeting after a long interval, friends are like a couple who begin to dance again when the orchestra strikes up after a pause. English friendships are formed outside the family circle, but they are not, as

30、in Germany, contrapuntal to the family nor are they, as in France, separated from the family. And a break in an English friendship comes not necessarily as a result of some irreconcilable difference of viewpoint or feeling but instead as a result of misjudgment, where one friend seriously misjudges

31、how the other will think or feel or act, so that suddenly they are out of step. Conclusion What, then, is friendship? Looking at these different styles, including our own, each of which is related to a whole way of life, are there common elements? There is the recognition that friendships are formed

32、, in contrast with kinship, through freedom of choice. A friend is someone who chooses and is chosen. Related to this is the sense each friend gives the other of being a special individual, on whatever grounds this recognition is based. And between friends there is inevitably a kind of equality of g

33、ive-and-take. These similarities make the bridge between societies possible, and the Americans characteristic openness to different styles of relationship makes it possible for him to find new friends abroad with whom he feels at home. 2 What does Americans living style of keeping moving have to do

34、with their concept of friendship? （ A） It makes Americans cherish friendship very much. （ B） It makes Americans change friends from time to time. （ C） It makes Americans emotionally independent of each other. （ D） It makes Americans care more about family than friends. 3 Why do many Americans go abr

35、oad for holiday? （ A） To learn new language. （ B） To increase their knowledge. （ C） To enjoy better climate. （ D） To see new sights and make new friends. 4 What is the main difficulty in making friends across countries? （ A） Differences in expectations to friendship. （ B） A lack of appreciation of f

36、riendship. （ C） Differences in language. （ D） Differences in living styles. 5 What do Frenchwomen think of friendship between women? （ A） They agree that women cant be friends. （ B） They think that women can be friends but womens friendships are different from mens. （ C） Some of them believe in frie

37、ndship between women. （ D） They believe that friendships exist only in the same sex. 6 In France, who undertake duties such as being nice to children or courteous to a deaf grandmother? （ A） Relatives. （ B） Friends. （ C） Families. （ D） Colleagues. 7 Why did Frenchwomen except intellectual women seld

38、om have friendship which is independent of their family in the past? （ A） Because most of them did not have a job. （ B） Because they only had close friends in their girlhood. （ C） Because they usually focused their lives on their families. （ D） Because they were dependent on their husbands. 8 German

39、s regard deep disagreement on any subject that matters to both of the two friends as a tragedy, because_. （ A） their friendship is based on common feelings （ B） they make friends just to enlarge their knowledge （ C） they consider friends the most important people in their life （ D） they cant tolerat

40、e any difference between each other 9 For _, friendship often changes in intensity when people move, change their jobs, marry, or discover new interests. 10 _, in which people can easily anticipate what each other will do day by day, leads to the formation of English friendship. 11 Different from ki

41、nship, friendship is the result of_, which is the common element of friendships of different styles. Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the

42、 conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. （ A） Mike cant pass the exam. （ B） Mike doesnt need to study at all. （ C） Mike should get s

43、ome fresh air in the morning （ D） Having a good rest will help Mike with the exam. （ A） Take the wallet to the reception desk. （ B） Look for the owner of the wallet in the company. （ C） Ask the receptionist for help. （ D） Put the wallet back in the elevator. （ A） Professor Smith will help Mary to ta

44、ke the course simultaneously. （ B） Mary will probably postpone taking the course of statistics. （ C） Mary will require taking the accounting course first. （ D） Mary will take the course of Professor Smith. （ A） To try playing a new game. （ B） Not to worry about his grades. （ C） To spend more time on

45、 his studies. （ D） To teach them how to play the games. （ A） He is not interested in the competition. （ B） He doesnt know if the super girl was successful. （ C） He cant follow the state competition. （ D） He thinks the super girl of last week was eliminated. （ A） In a library. （ B） In a cinema. （ C）

46、In a literature class. （ D） In a history class. （ A） She will be absent in the next class. （ B） She will help the professor hand out the course outline. （ C） She will copy the outline by herself. （ D） She will go to the office of the professor. （ A） Her brother wants to rent a room with another pers

47、on. （ B） Her brother can take the man to the picnic. （ C） Her brother wants to share his room with another person. （ D） Her brother wants someone else to go to the picnic with him. （ A） The production cost. （ B） The financial outlay. （ C） The bank loans. （ D） The production line. （ A） About 64%. （ B

48、） About 51%. （ C） About 49%. （ D） About 32%. （ A） The board. （ B） The manager. （ C） The chairman. （ D） The chief engineer. （ A） Drug addiction. （ B） A headache. （ C） Pain-killers. （ D） The womans suggestion. （ A） From a drug dealer. （ B） Without the doctors prescription. （ C） Legally from the doctor

49、. （ D） From the woman. （ A） Pain-relievers have little harm. （ B） Pain-relievers can be addictive. （ C） Heroin and morphine are addictive. （ D） Not all people who try to get pain-relievers have an ache. （ A） He thinks that its helpful. （ B） He is scared and thinks that its terrible. （ C） He thinks that its reasonable to stop taking pain-killers. （ D） He will take notice to the doctor because the doctor is a drug dealer. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each