[外语类试卷]大学英语六级模拟试卷796及答案与解析.doc

1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 796及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 On the Losing of Traditional Culture I现在许多传统文化正慢慢消失 2传统文化消失的原因 3我的看法 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

2、attached to the passage. 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. 1 Passage One Tourism is o

3、ne of the largest industries in the UK-worth approximately 127.9 billion. It employs more than 1.5 million people (7 percent of all employment) in hotels, restaurants, pubs, travel agencies, museums etc. Mass tourism in England began in the second halt of the nineteenth century, during the Victorian

4、 Period. Seaside holidays were particularly popular. About twenty-five million people now visit England every year. They come from all over the world. Nearly all of them start in London, and some never go out of that great city. People visit England for many reasons. Some return to discover their fa

5、mily roots, having originated from here. Others come to see the wide variety of historical buildings or to sample the heritage and traditions that we have so much of. England has much to offer, wonderful and very different countryside from region to region and also a wide variety of culture. It is a

6、lso often used as a stepping stone to the rest of Europe as we are so close and travel is easy. There are the beautiful university cities of Oxford and Cambridge, the wonderful Dorset coast, and the Lake District, Stonehenge and Windsor Castle. Passage Two LONDON Friday March 15 (Reuters Health)-Des

7、pite the public perception that cyberspace is a shallow and sometimes hostile environment, lovers who meet through Internet chat rooms may actually end up forming strong relationships, a researcher reported Friday at the British Psychological Society meeting in Blackpool. Once potential partners mee

8、t face-to-face, the relationship may thrive because they feel they already know each other well through their online encounters, said Dr Jeffrey Gavin, a lecturer in psychology at the University of Bath. Contrary to expectations, most chat mom users dont totally mislead online partners about their l

9、ooks and shape. Instead, they just tell a few white lies about their height, or the color of their hair, he said. “Chat rooms dont lead to shallow and impersonal relationships,“ Gavin told Reuters Health. “They lead to really close relationships because people express themselves more freely and are

10、more open and honest on the Internet. Gavin came to this conclusion after carrying out in-depth interviews with 42 regular chat mom users ranging in age from 19 to26. “What tends to happen is that, when they meet, its a fairly smooth transition from online to off-line because they know each other so

11、 well,“ said Gavin. The latest study suggests cyberspace may have some considerable benefits in helping new relationships form. The interviews showed people routinely lied about themselves online, but in most cases riley were minor misrepresentations rather than outright fabrication. Interestingly,

12、this little bit of dishonesty seemed to encourage chat room users to then be more emotionally explicit and intimate. “They still seem to comply to the social norms around the body,“ Gavin explained. “So the guys tend to make themselves sound blond and blue-eyed, while the women add a bit of blond to

13、 their hair. Its me 12 of them told outfight lies but the rest just exaggerated slightly.“ Gavin said of the 42 volunteers he studied, 29 reported close friendships or romantic relationships with people they met online, with 21 progressing to face-to-face meetings. “This was more than I expected and

14、 these tended to settle into regular relationships. One couple even became engaged to be married,“ he noted. Passage Three LEGEND: + Died in office x Resigned from Presidency + Assassinated in office xx Resigned from Vice Presidency *Appointed Vice President (Not elected)2 The total number of employ

15、ment in Britain is Over 21.4 million. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 A great number of people begin to tour After 1950. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 The word “we“ in Line 3, Para 5 refers to “British people“. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 One point the passage tells us is that the two beautiful university cities fasc

16、inate the tourists most. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 People tell lies un the Internet because of the following reasons except that_. 7 _chat room users will proceed to meet face to face. 8 The authors attitude towards online chatting is_. 9 Andrew Johnson was a member of_. 10 _died in office of pneumoni

17、a. 11 _in history did the US have no Vice President. 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 conversation and the questions will be spoken o

18、nly 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） She wants to make sure if she graduated successfully. （ B） She has applied for the mans school as a postgraduate this autumn. （ C） She

19、 has called her teachers to ask some academic questions. （ D） She is preparing for her graduate paper. （ A） He is late for his work. （ B） It takes long time for him to go to work. （ C） He is excited for driving to work. （ D） He just drove to make sure the time to get to work. （ A） Children get their

20、 personalities only from their parents. （ B） Parents affect their childrens personalities very much. （ C） Children can adapt themselves to the environment they grow up in. （ D） Parents like to control the environment to influence their kids personalities. （ A） The newspaper has fast news coverage. （

21、 B） The newspaper can provide many images like CNN. （ C） The newspaper is good for people to read during breakfast. （ D） The newspaper is better than CNN in certain aspects. （ A） She does a lot of her shopping online. （ B） She prefers to pay on the line. （ C） She loves to find what can be bought onl

22、ine. （ D） Shes worried about the security of the shop online. （ A） The man suggests building more roads to improve the transport system. （ B） The complicate public transport system often confuses the man. （ C） The man usually loses his way in the city. （ D） The roads in the city are almost twisting

23、or turning. （ A） The woman will not choose to go to attend the report. （ B） The woman is going to take part in the report. （ C） The woman will give a report on TV show. （ D） The woman doesnt care if the man joins the report. （ A） He should press and try the buttons one by one. （ B） He should ask the

24、 salesgirl to show him how to operate it. （ C） He should read the users operation manual first. （ D） He should try to remember what the salesgirl showed him. （ A） Making friends in a foreign country. （ B） Spanish and French. （ C） Foreign TV, radio and other media. （ D） Learning a foreign language. （

25、 A） The language laboratory. （ B） Travel. （ C） Studying in high school. （ D） Going to movies and watching TV. （ A） Learning knowledge of the language. （ B） Reading newspapers and magazines of foreign language. （ C） Communicating with the native people. （ D） Living in a country where the language is

26、spoken. （ A） 2000000. （ B） 3500. （ C） 110000. （ D） 361. （ A） Power experts have given appropriate advices and guidance. （ B） Its an overall survey of students experience on their campuses. （ C） No statistics are given and used to conduct the survey. （ D） Both academic and non-academic evaluations ar

27、e included. （ A） Harvard, Princeton and Yale are not ranked as top ones. （ B） Public schools do better than private ones. （ C） A tiny school called Reed College becomes number one. （ D） MIT comes before other Ivy League universities. （ A） Harvard. （ B） Princeton. （ C） Stanford. （ D） Pepperdine. Sect

28、ion 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 answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） It can

29、 stimulate the memory. （ B） It can enhance verbal memory. （ C） It can help with the brain injuries. （ D） It can make people clever. （ A） Recalling and learning words. （ B） Playing musical instruments. （ C） Remembering things. （ D） Singing and dancing. （ A） It can cure all kinds of diseases in brain.

30、 （ B） It can help with the brain injuries. （ C） It can replace prescription. （ D） it can make our body healthier. （ A） They may worry about their knowledge of “yes“ in the native language. （ B） They may worry about their ability to make friends. （ C） They may worry about their control of the behavio

31、r. （ D） They may worry about their ignorance of the alien customs. （ A） Uninsured. （ B） Frozen. （ C） Angry. （ D） Alienated. （ A） They give an exaggerated picture of their own country. （ B） They abandon their original beliefs. （ C） They accept a temporary set of values. （ D） They criticize the positi

32、ve aspects of their own country. （ A） Kindly. （ B） Badly. （ C） Like dogs. （ D） Like criminals. （ A） Crude attempts were made to educate them. （ B） They were used for medical experiments. （ C） They were used as laborers. （ D） They were locked away like criminals. （ A） Mental hospitals. （ B） Prisons.

33、 C） Private homes. （ D） Any residential areas. （ A） To create a humane environment. （ B） To save time and money. （ C） To educate them. （ D） To replace the family. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should list

34、en carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can ei

35、ther use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 36 Large companies need a way to reach the savings of the public at large. The same problem, on a smalle【 B1】 _ faces practically every company trying to develop new products and create new jobs. There can be little【 B2】 _ of raising the

36、 sort of sums needed from friends and people we know, and while hanks may agree to provide short-term 【 B3】 _ , they are generally unwilling to provide money on a 【 B4】 _ basis for long-term projects. So companies turn to the public, inviting people to lend them money, or take a share in the busines

37、s in【 B5】 _ for a share in future profits. They do this by【 B6】 _ stocks and shares in the business through tire Stock Exchange. By doing so, they can put into circulation the savings of 【 B7】 _ and institution, both at home and overseas. When the saver needs his money hack, he does not have to go t

38、o the company with whom he【 B8】 _ placed it. Instead,【 B9】_ .Many of the services needed both by industry and by each of us are provided by the government or by local authorities. Without hospitals, roads, electricity, telephones, railways, this country could not function.【 B10】 _ , requiring more m

39、oney than is raised through taxes alone. The government, local authorities, and nationalized industries therefore【 B11】 _ 37 【 B1】 38 【 B2】 39 【 B3】 40 【 B4】 41 【 B5】 42 【 B6】 43 【 B7】 44 【 B8】 45 【 B9】 46 【 B10】 47 【 B11】 Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. Yo

40、u are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item with a single line

41、through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. 47 Opinion polls are now beginning to show that, whoever is to blame and whatever happens from now on, high unemployment is probably here to stay. This means we shall have to find ways of sharing the【 C1】 _ employment m

42、ore widely. But we need to go further. We must ask some【 C2】 _ questions about the future work. Should we continue to treat employment as the【 C3】 _ ? Should we not rather encourage many ways for self-respecting people to work? Should we not create conditions in which many of us can work for ourselv

43、es, rather than for an employer? Should we not aim to【 C4】 _ the household and the neighborhood, as well as the factory and the office as centers of production and work? The industrial age has been the only period of human history in which most peoples work has taken the form of jobs. The industrial

44、 age may now be coming to an end, and some of the changes in work patterns which it brought may have to be【 C5】 _ . This seems a daunting thought. But, in fact, it could offer the 【 C6】 _ of a better future for work. Universal employment, as its history shows, has not meant economic freedom. Employm

45、ent became widespread when the enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries made many people dependent on paid work by 【 C7】 _ them of the use of the land, and thus of the means to provide a living for themselves. Then the factory system destroyed the cottage industries and removed work from peoples ho

46、mes. Later, as transport improved, first by rail and then by road, people commuted longer distances to their places of employment until,【 C8】 _ , many peoples work lost all connection with their home lives and the places in which they live. Meanwhile, employment put women at a【 C9】 _ . In pre-indust

47、rial times, men and women had shared the productive work of the household and village community. Now it became customary for the husband to go out to paid employment, leaving the unpaid work of the home and families to his wife. Tax and benefit regulations still assume this norm today, and【 C10】_ mo

48、re flexible sharing of work roles between the sexes. It was not only women whose work status suffered. As employment became the dominant form of work, young people and old people were excluded-a problem now, as more teenagers become frustrated at school and more retired people want to live active li

49、ves. All this may now have to change. The time has certainly come to switch some effort and resources away from the idealist goal of creating jobs for all, to the urgent practical task of helping many people to manage without full-time jobs. A) superficial J) depriving B) prospect J) moderately C) reversed K) fundamental D) manifested L) anticipation E) ava