[外语类试卷]大学英语六级模拟试卷501及答案与解析.doc

1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 501及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 1在大学中，室友之间和睦相处很重要； 2有些人认为相互体谅是和睦相处的重要途径； 3你的观点。 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 passa

2、ge. For questions 1-4, mark： 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. 2 Smother Love Every morning, Leanne Brickland

3、and her sister would bicycle to school with the same words ringing in their ears: “Watch out crossing the road. Dont speak to strangers“. “Mum would stand at the top of the steps and call that out,“ says Brickland, now a primary-school teacher and mother of four from Rotorua, New Zealand. Substitute

4、 boxers and thongs for undies (内衣 ), and the nagging fears that haunt parents havent really changed. What has altered, dramatically, is the confidence we once had in our childrens ability to fling themselves at life without a grown-up holding their hands. Worry-ridden Parents and Stifled Kids By tod

5、ays standards, the childhood freedoms Brickland took for granted practically verge on parental neglect. Her mother worked, so she and her sister had a key to let themselves in after school and were expected to do their homework and put on the potatoes for dinner. At the familys beach house near Well

6、ington, the two girls, from the age of five or six, would disappear for hours to play in the lakes and sands. A generation later, Bricklands children are growing up in a world more indulged yet more accustomed to peril. The techno-minded generation of PlayStation kids who can conquer entire armies a

7、nd rocket through space cant even be trusted to cross the street alone. “I walked or biked to school for years, but my children dont,“ Briekland admits. “I worry about the road. I worry about strangers. In some ways I think theyre missing out, but I like to be able to see them, to know where they ar

8、e and What theyre doing.“ Call it smother love, indulged-kid syndrome, parental neurosis (神经病 ). Even though todays children have the universe at their fingertips thanks to the Internet, their physical boundaries are shrinking at a rapid pace. According to British social scientist Mayer Hillman, a c

9、hilds play zone has contracted so radically that were producing the human equivalent of henhouse chickens-plump from lack of exercise and without the flexibility and initiative of free-range kids of the past. The spirit of our times is no longer the resourceful adventurer Tom Sawyer but rather the w

10、orry-ridden dad and his stifled only child in Finding Nemo. In short, child rearing has become an exercise in risk minimization, represented by stories such as the father who refused to allow his daughter on a school picnic to the beach for fear she might drown. While its natural for a parent to wan

11、t to protect their children from danger, you have to wonder: Have we gone too far? Parents Wrap Kids up in Cotton Wool A study conducted by Paul Tranter, a lecturer in geography at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra, showed that while Australian and New Zealand children had similar amo

12、unts of unsupervised freedom, it was far less than German or English kids. For example, only a third of ten-year-olds in Australia and New Zealand were allowed to visit places other than school alone, compared to 80 percent in Germany. Girls were even more restricted than boys, with parents fearing

13、assault or molestation (骚扰 ), while traffic dangers were seen as the greatest threat to boys. Bike ownership has doubled in a generation, but “independent mobility“-the ability to roam and explore unsupervised-has radically declined. In Auckland, for example, many primary schools have done away with

14、 bicycle racks because the streets are considered too unsafe. And in Christchurch, New Zealands most bike-friendly city, the number of pupils cycling to school has fallen from more than 90 percent in the late 1970s to less than 20 percent. Safely strapped into the family 44, children are instead dri

15、ven from home to the school gate, then off to ballet, soccer or swimming lessons-rarely straying from watchful adult eyes. In the U.S. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation Dance, New Jersey assistant principal and hockey coach Bobbie Schultz writes that playing in the street after school with n

16、eighbourhood kids-creating their own rules, making their own decisions and settling disputes-was where the real learning took place. “The street was one of the greatest sources of my life skills,“ she says. “I dont see on-the-street play anymore. I see adult-organized activities. Parents dont realiz

17、e what an integral part of character development their children are missing.“ Armoured with bicycle helmets, car seats, “safe“ playgrounds and sunscreen, children are getting the message loud and clear that the world is full of peril-and that theyre ill-equipped to handle it alone. Yet research cons

18、istently shows young people are much more capable than we think, says professor Anne Smith, director of New Zealands Childrens Issues Centre. “The thing that many adults have difficulty with is that children cant learn to be grown-up if theyre excluded and protected all the time.“ Educational psycho

19、logist Paul Prangley reckons its about time the kid gloves came off. He believes parenting has taken on a paranoid (患妄想狂的 ) edge thats creating a generation of naive, insecure youngsters who are subconsciously being taught theyre incapable of handling things by themselves. “Flexibility and the abili

20、ty to resist pressure and temptation are learned skills,“ Prangley explains. “If you wrap kids up in cotton wool and dont give them the opportunity to take risks, theyre less equipped to make responsible decisions later in life.“ Parents Should Gain Proper Perspective Sadly, high-profile cases of ch

21、ildren being kidnapped and murdered-such as ten-year-old Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in the United Kingdom; five-year-old Chloe Hoson in Australia, whose body was found just 200 metres from where she lived; and six-year-old Teresa Cormack in New Zealand, who was snatched off the street on her wa

22、y to school-only serve to reinforce parents fears. Teresa Cormacks death, for example, was one of the rare New Zealand eases of random child kidnap. In Australia, the odds of someone under the age of 15 being murdered by a stranger have been estimated at one in four million. A child is at far greate

23、r risk from a family member or someone they know. However, parental fear is contagious. In one British study, far more children feared an attack by a stranger than being hit by a car. “We are losing our sense of perspective,“ write Jan Parker and Jan Stimpson in their parenting book, Raising Happy C

24、hildren. “Every parent has to negotiate their own route between equipping children with the skills they need to stay safe and not restricting or terrifying them unnecessarily in the process.“ Dr. Claire Freeman, a planning expert at the University of Otago, points to the erosion of community respons

25、ibility as another casualty of that mutual distrust. Not so long ago, adults knew all the local kids and were the informal guardians of the neighbourhood. “Now, particularly if you are a man, you may hesitate to offer help to a lost child for fear your motives might be questioned.“ More Space and Mo

26、re Attention to Kids Needs As a planner in the mid-1990s, Freeman became concerned about the loss of green space to development and the erosion of informal places to play. In a study that looked at how children in the British city of Leeds spent their summer holidays, compared with their parents chi

27、ldhood experiences, she found the freedom to explore had been severely contracted-in some cases, down to the front yard. Freeman says she cannot remember being inside the house as a child, or being alone. Growing up was about being part of a group. Now a mother of four, Freeman believes the “domesti

28、cation of play“ is robbing kids of their sense of belonging within a society. Nevertheless, Freeman says childrens needs are starting to get more emphasis. In the Netherlands, child-friendly “home zones“ have been created where priority is given to pedestrians, rather than cars. And ponds are being

29、incorporated back into housing estates on the principle that children should learn to be safe around water, rather than be surrounded by a barren landscape. After all, as one of the smarter fish says in Finding Nemo, theres one problem with promising your kids that nothing will ever happen to them-b

30、ecause then nothing ever will. 2 According to Brickland, parents nowadays have changed their_. （ A） standards of the childrens proper dressing （ B） worry about the childrens personal safety （ C） ways to communicate with children （ D） confidence in the childrens ability 3 When Brickland and her siste

31、r were little, they kept the home key because _. （ A） they wanted to be trusted （ B） their mother had to work （ C） their mother didnt live at home （ D） they were very naughty and wild 4 Mayer Hillman indicates that children now have less and less_. （ A） space for playing （ B） contact with animals （

32、C） concern about others （ D） knowledge about nature 5 Paul Tranter finds that eighty percent of the children were allowed to visit places other than school alone in_. （ A） Australia （ B） New Zealand （ C） Germany （ D） Britain 6 What is ranked by parents as the greatest threat to boys? （ A） Gang crime

33、s. （ B） Online games. （ C） Extreme sports. （ D） Dangerous traffics. 7 Bobble Schuliz points out that real learning takes place in _. （ A） on-the-street play （ B） adult-organized activities （ C） student-centered teaching （ D） home and nature 8 What accident had happened to a little girl called Chloe

34、Hoson? （ A） She was robbed on her way to school. （ B） She was kidnapped and murdered. （ C） She fell a victim to domestic violence. （ D） She disappeared for no reason. 9 Claire Freeman thinks that lack of mutual trust results in_. 10 Freeman concludes that kids are robbed of their sense of belonging

35、to the society by_. 11 The Netherlands has placed the rights of pedestrians before those of cars in such areas called_. 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

36、 was said. Both the 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） Michael was at the hospital. （ B） Michael met with Peter. （ C） Mich

37、ael was out to meet the client. （ D） Michael went to Australia. （ A） The organization of a conference. （ B） The decoration of the conference room. （ C） The reservation of a college auditorium. （ D） The cost of renting a hotel conference room. （ A） Arrogant. （ B） Weird. （ C） Genuine. （ D） Outgoing. （

38、 A） Go out fishing. （ B） Cheer up herself. （ C） Cook some fish for dinner. （ D） Dine out with him. （ A） His parents are heading home for the time coming. （ B） His parents are coming back this time next year. （ C） His parents live in another country at the moment. （ D） His parents settle down in anot

39、her place from now on. （ A） The professor is tired. （ B） The professor is lazy. （ C） The professor is sick. （ D） The professor is awesome. （ A） Mr. Addison is a good person. （ B） Mr. Addison is a workaholic. （ C） Mr. Addison is a hypocrite. （ D） Mr. Addison is a slow coach. （ A） John gave everyone a

40、 big surprise yesterday. （ B） Everyone wore casually at the wedding party. （ C） John did not read the dressing code on the invitation letter. （ D） Everyone except John dressed formally at the wedding party. （ A） She earned a scholarship which covers all her studies. （ B） She got both a student loan

41、and support from parents. （ C） She received a student loan and had a part-time job. （ D） She had overdrawn her loan and let parents help out. （ A） Because she enjoys travelling in summer holidays. （ B） Because shed like to have wicked experience. （ C） Because she is food lover and spends a lot on fo

42、od. （ D） Because she lived a life of a normal student. （ A） He gained full support from his parents. （ B） He put money in a high interest account. （ C） He cut expenses on entertainment. （ D） He was allowed to borrow from friends. （ A） Frank. （ B） Modest. （ C） Roundabout. （ D） Confident. （ A） Money i

43、s important. （ B） Responsibility means more than salary. （ C） High salary secures better performance. （ D） Future income is more important than starting salary. （ A） Motivation and teamwork. （ B） Can do spirit. （ C） Honesty and responsibility. （ D） Hard-working and cooperation. （ A） Clearer wording.

44、 （ B） Civilization. （ C） Communication. （ D） Tolerance. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best an

45、swer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） Online privacy. （ B） Police ethics. （ C） Family education. （ D） Traffic security. （ A） Because they arrived there too late. （ B） Because they cant stand seeing the tragic scene. （ C） Because the police didnt allow them to see it. （ D） Because the

46、y should not destroy the scene. （ A） How to cover the cost of their legal fees. （ B） How to prevent Nikkis sisters from using websites. （ C） How to prevent the remaining photos on the Web from spreading. （ D） How to prevent this from happening to anybody else. （ A） Single-sex stores appeal to custom

47、ers better. （ B） Single-sex stores cant perform well. （ C） It is hard to arrange a single-sex store. （ D） Kids will prefer to single-sex stores later. （ A） Provide more outdoor clothing and apparatus. （ B） Turn their attention to female customers. （ C） Make the shopping area as comfortable as home.

48、（ D） Make the shopping environment more exciting. （ A） Because rich Chinese men enjoy their wealth in secret ways. （ B） Because the rich Chinese customer no longer hide his wealth. （ C） Because there are more wealthy people in China. （ D） Because China has a large population. （ A） Because the trip t

49、akes as long as 30 minutes. （ B） Because the bridge is too long. （ C） Because the bridge is crowded with cars. （ D） Because the drivers cant enjoy the beauty there. （ A） People can talk with others during the trip. （ B） It only takes 15 minutes to cross the river. （ C） Its much cheaper than traveling by car. （ D） People can relax and enjoy the splendid views of the city. （ A） They like to stay longer to make more friends on the boat. （ B） They want to hav