[外语类试卷]大学英语六级模拟试卷547及答案与解析.doc

1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 547及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled On Dialectal TV Programs. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below: 1现在电视上出现了很多方言类的节目 2对 这种现象有人表示支持，也有人并不赞成 3我的看法 On Dialectal TV Programs 二、 P

2、art 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, mark： Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage

3、; 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 The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting What parenting had come to look like at the dawn of the 21st century? Overobsessed with our kids success. De

4、mand that nursery schools offer Mandarin, since its never too soon to prepare for the global competition. Send high school teachers angry text messages protesting an exam grade before class was even over. College deans describe freshmen as “crispies,“ who arrive at college already burned out, and “t

5、eacups,“ who seem ready to break at the tiniest stress. Just one more extravagance, the Bubble Wrap waiting to burst. So there is now a new revolution under way, one aimed at rolling back the overprotectiveness and overinvestment of parents. It goes by many names slow parenting, simplicity parenting

6、, free-range parenting but the message is the same: Less is more; hovering (飞机盘旋 ) is dangerous; failure is fruitful. You really want your children to succeed? Learn when to leave them alone. When you lighten up, theyll fly higher. Were often the ones who hold them down. How We Got Here Overparentin

7、g had been around long indeed. But in the 1990s it went way past the red line. From peace and prosperity, there arose fear and anxiety! crime went down, yet parents stopped letting kids out of their sight) the percentage of kids walking or biking to school dropped from 41 % in 1969 to 13 % in 2001.

8、Among 6-to-8-year-olds, free playtime dropped 25% from 1981 to 1997, and homework more than doubled. The state of Georgia sent every newborn home with the CD Build Your Babys Brain Through the Power of Music, after researchers claimed to have discovered that listening to Mozart could temporarily hel

9、p raise IQ scores by as many as 9 points. Once obsessing about kids safety and success became the norm, a kind of orthodoxy took hold. Just ask Lenore Skenazy, who to this day, when you Google “Americas Worst Mom,“ fills the first few pages of results all because one day last year she let her 9-year

10、-old son ride the New York City subway alone. A newspaper column she wrote about it somehow ignited a global firestorm over what constitutes reasonable risk. Skenazy decided to fight back, arguing that we have lost our ability to assess risk. By worrying about the wrong things, we do actual damage t

11、o our children, raising them to be anxious and unadventurous. Reports From the Front Lines Fear is a kind of parenting fungus (真菌 ): invisible, and perfectly designed to decompose your peace of mind. Fear of physical danger is at least subject to rational argument; fear of failure is harder to hose

12、down. What could be more natural than worrying that your child might be trampled by the great, scary, globally competitive world into which she will one day be launched? It is this fear that inspires parents to demand homework in preschool, produce the snazzy bilingual campaign video for the third-g

13、raders race for class report, continue to provide the morning wake-up call long after hes headed off to college. Some of the hovering is driven by memory and demography. This generation of parents, born after 1964, waited longer to marry and had fewer children. Families are among the smallest in his

14、tory, and we guard them all the more zealously. Therefore, helicopter parents can be found across all income levels, all races and ethnicities, says Patricia Somers of the University of Texas. Studies have reinforced the importance of play as an essential protein in a childs emotional diet; were it

15、not, argue some scientists, it would not have persisted across species and millenniums, perhaps as a way to practice for adulthood, to build leadership, sociability, flexibility, resilience. Dr. Stuart Brown, a psychiatrist and the founder of the National Institute for Play recalls in a recent book

16、how managers at Caltechs Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) noticed the younger engineers lacked problem-solving skills, though they had top grades and test scores. Realizing the older engineers had more play experience as kids theyd taken apart clocks, built stereos, made models JPL eventually incorpo

17、rated questions about job applicants play backgrounds into interviews. “If you look at what produces learning and memory and well-being in life,“ Brown has argued, “play is as fundamental as any other aspect.“ Remember, Mistakes Are Good Many educators have been searching for ways to tell parents wh

18、en to back off. Its a tricky line to walk, since studies link parents engagement in a childs education to better grades, higher test scores and better college outcomes. Given a choice, teachers say, overinvolved parents are preferable to invisible ones. The challenge is helping parents know when the

19、y are crossing a line. A guidance counselor at a Washington preparatory school urges parents to find a mentor of a certain disposition. “Make friends with parents,“ she advises, “who dont think their kids are perfect.“ Or with parents who are willing to exert some peer pressure of their own. A certa

20、in amount of hovering is understandable when it comes to young children, but many educators are concerned when it persists through middle school and high school. Some teachers talk of “Stealth Fighter (隐形战斗 机 ) Parents,“ who no longer hover constantly but can be counted on for a surgical strike just

21、 when the high school musical is being cast or the starting lineup chosen. And senior year is the witching hour, since for a lot of parents, a college admission is like their grade report on how they did as a parent. Many colleges have had to invent a “director of parent programs“ to run regional gr

22、oups so moms and dads can meet fellow college parents or attend special classes where they can learn all the school cheers. What You Can Do? The revolutionary leaders are careful about offering too much advice. Parents have gotten plenty of that, and one of the goals of this new movement is to give

23、parents permission to disagree or at least follow different roads. “People feel theres somehow a secret formula for parenting, and if we just read enough books and spend enough money and drive ourselves hard enough, well find it, and all will be OK,“ Carl Honore observes. “Can you think of anything

24、more sinister, since every child is so different, every family is different? Parents need to block out the sound and fury from the media and other parents, find that formula that fits your family best.“ Kim John Payne, author of Simplicity Parenting, teaches seminars. He and his coaches will even go

25、 into your home, weed out your kids stuff, sort out their schedule, turn off the screens and help your family find space you didnt know you had. But any parent can do it just as well. Payne says, the average child has 150 toys. “When you cut the toys and clothes back. the kids really like it.“ He ai

26、ms for a cut of roughly 75%: only the classics that leave the most to the childs imagination and create a kind of toy library kids can visit and swap from. Then build breaks of calm into their schedule so they can actually enjoy the toys. Finally, there is the gift of humility, which parents need to

27、 offer one another. Freakonomics authors Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt analyzed a Department of Education study tracking the progress of kids through fifth grade and found that things like how much parents read to their kids, how much TV kids watch and whether Mom works make little difference. “F

28、requent museum visits would seem to be no more productive than trips to the grocery store,“ they argued in USA Today. “By the time most parents pick up a book on parenting technique, its too late. Many of the things that matter most were decided long ago what kind of education a parent got, what kin

29、d of spouse he wound up with and how long they waited to have children.“ If you embrace this rather humbling reality, it will be easier to follow the advice D. H. Lawrence offered back in 1918: “How to begin to educate a child? First rule: leave him alone. Second rule: leave him alone. Third rule: l

30、eave him alone. That is the whole beginning.“ 2 A new revolution against the overparenting is under way by the names of slow and simple parenting and_. （ A） humble parenting （ B） successful parenting （ C） free-range parenting （ D） overprotective parenting 3 What did the state of Georgia do to encour

31、age parents to invest in childrens education? （ A） It required parents to enter West Point to learn how to discipline their children. （ B） It demanded schools to have background check before admitting students. （ C） It sent some books concerning boosting childrens intelligence. （ D） It sent families

32、 with newborn babies music CD of Mozart. 4 What can we learn about Lenore Skenazy? （ A） She is not a qualified mother in balancing her job and her son. （ B） She is an enlightened mom to give her son free-range education. （ C） She is irrational trying to infantilize her son into incompetence. （ D） Sh

33、e is over-obsessed with her sons safety and success. 5 What drives parents to be demanding in childrens education? （ A） Fear of rational argument. （ B） Fear of failure. （ C） Job competition. （ D） Poor financial situation. 6 According to Dr. Stuart Brown, what did JPL do for job applicants? （ A） It t

34、ested their leadership, sociability, flexibility and resilience. （ B） It checked their grades and scores by problem-solving games. （ C） It contained questions about their play backgrounds in interviews. （ D） It observed their performance in free playtime. 7 How do Stealth Fighter Parents educate the

35、ir children? （ A） They rest assured when their children fail. （ B） They back off when they are not needed. （ C） They believe that children deserve to live their own lives. （ D） They show up and interfere in children on critical occasions. 8 What is the misconception of many parents according to Carl

36、 Honore? （ A） They believe there is a secret formula for parenting. （ B） They dont need the advice from the so-called experts. （ C） They can try different methods and follow different roads. （ D） They neednt spend much money on parenting. 9 Payne suggests that to make children enjoy the classic toys

37、, parents need to_into their schedule. 10 According to Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt, most of things parents are worried now_. 11 D. H. Lawrence repeatedly stressed the rule that we should begin to educate a child by_. Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and

38、 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what 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 dec

39、ide which is the best answer. （ A） American blog readership. （ B） American Internet using. （ C） American material life. （ D） American web communication. （ A） The man can get through the exam with ease. （ B） The man performs better on exams when cramming. （ C） The man needs to change the way of learn

40、ing. （ D） The man should have made better plan for the exam. （ A） Mike was sacked off for yelling at the boss. （ B） Mike failed to cover the mistake. （ C） Steve fixed the problem for Mike. （ D） Steve reported Mikes mistake to the boss. （ A） Eating garlic is helpful in curbing global warming. （ B） Gl

41、obal warming is caused by various reasons. （ C） She doesnt think these theories are correct. （ D） People should avoid obesity to reduce global warming. （ A） She should have been back earlier. （ B） She needs to take some medicine. （ C） She wonders when she can have a rest. （ D） She is not in good con

42、dition. （ A） Get a new model of iPod. （ B） Enjoy classical music. （ C） Play the music louder. （ D） Study in silence. （ A） She is lucky to be promoted. （ B） She needs to take management class. （ C） She doesnt have to change her job. （ D） She should expand her circle of friends. （ A） Recyclable clothe

43、s. （ B） Second-hand items. （ C） Budgeting courses. （ D） Fashionable items. （ A） A tourist guidebook. （ B） A travellers report. （ C） A travelling magazine. （ D） An airport ranking list. （ A） Right beside Gate B13. （ B） Next to Gate Bll. （ C） There is no Gate B14. （ D） In the F terminal. （ A） They pro

44、vide nice shuttle services and helpful navigation. （ B） They are completely indifferent to travellers needs. （ C） They are extremely strict with passengers security. （ D） They have a toll free customer service helpline. （ A） Because this is an old traditional saying about food. （ B） Because it can r

45、emind people to concern their diet. （ C） Because it can reflect the culture of one country. （ D） Because it can improve the eating frequency of people. （ A） Fried chicken. （ B） Hamburgers. （ C） Pizza. （ D） Thanksgiving turkey. （ A） Various ethnic foods. （ B） County-style cooking. （ C） Delicious seaf

46、ood. （ D） Cold dish in the region. （ A） The special service. （ B） Region diversity. （ C） Different kinds of tastes. （ D） Healthy diet. 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 w

47、ill be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） To avoid showering, washing and teeth cleaning that she hated. （ B） To find whether the daily cosmetics are useful or not. （ C） To seek how long people can hang on wit

48、hout money. （ D） To find the advantages of people not washing themselves. （ A） It was covered with dust. （ B） It was full of wrinkles. （ C） It became darker and drier. （ D） It looked fresher and brighter. （ A） She chose to work at home. （ B） She changed clothes often. （ C） She quit her job in advanc

49、e. （ D） She asked for sick leave. （ A） It still can be used. （ B） It will break down. （ C） It should be thrown away. （ D） It will become bent. （ A） The gift cards validity time is short. （ B） The gift card has a few chances to use. （ C） The gift card charges service fees. （ D） The gift card lacks protective measures. （ A） Because they have overwhelming advantages. （ B） Because they are sold in very low prices. （ C） Because they are the symbol of peoples status. （ D） Because they meet customers