[外语类试卷]大学英语六级模拟试卷9及答案与解析.doc

1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 9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 Write an English Diary. You should write at least 150 words. 二、 Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15

2、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; N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the inf

3、ormation is not given in the passage. 2 Space Travel in the Future Space flight may be about to undergo a transformation far more radical than anything planned by national or international space agencies. In the next fifteen years or so, there could be a fleet of fifty space-planes carrying a millio

4、n people into orbit about the Earth each year, at $10,000 per head. A prototype of space plane could be up and flying within five or six years. Perhaps surprisingly the main obstacles to realizing this dream are neither technical nor commercial. Space transportation is expensive and risky at present

5、 because all launchers so far have used large throw-away components that are based on ballistic missile technology. But the technology already exists for a prototype of a fully reusable, aero-plane-like launcher, and its development costs need only be equivalent to about two space shuttle flights(ab

6、out $1,000 million). The cost per prototype space-plane flight would be about 1 percent of the cost in the space shuttle. Costs that low will not be achieved without several years of operating experience and continuous development to create heat shields and rocket motors that meet the usual airliner

7、 standards of long life and low maintenance costs. According to recent market research in Japan, more than a million people a year would be prepared to pay such a price for a brief visit to a space station. If correct, this level of space tourism would provide the sort of commercial incentive and op

8、erating experience needed to achieve airliner standard. However, space policy is so dominated by politics that more than sound engineering and commercial arguments will be needed to transform a high-cost industry into a low-cost one. Many aviation engineers in 1961, was as a member of a space-planes

9、 to be feasible over thirty yeas ago. (My first job, starting in 1961, was as a member of a space-plane design team.) They were not developed primarily because the main player in the filed, NASA, because preoccupied with its part in the Cold War and locked into a ballistic missile mindset. As a resu

10、lt, NASA has not encouraged studies of space-planes that could be built using existing technology and tends to view predictions such as those outlined above as far-fetched. How then can the transformation be brought about? Four recent events should between them trigger the required overthrow of the

11、mindset. The first components have been manufactured for the International Space Station and NASA, in conjunction with the Space Transportation Association, has begun the first official study the Orbital Science Corporation and the Rockwell International Corporation, for development of the X-34 laun

12、cher. The X-34 has a reusable lower stage and an expendable upper stage, and is designed to reduce the cost of launching small satellites. Unpiloted and looking rather like a large, fat fighter aero-plane, it is launched from a converted Boeing 747. Having released the upper stage at about one half

13、satellite speed, the rocket -powered lower stage glides back to base and lands. Following inspection, maintenance and refueling, the lower stage will be ready for the next flight a few days later. The first orbital test flight is scheduled for just two and a half years from now. In April 1995, NASA

14、places competitive study con- tracts with Lockheed, McDonnell Douglas and Rockwell for the X-33 demonstrator, which is tended to lead to an unpiloted single-stage-to-orbit launcher. When the implications of such projects become widely appreciated, the case for a new and realistic way ahead for space

15、 will become overwhelming. While the X-34 cannot be described as a true space- plane, since it has an expendable upper stage, if it is successful it will provide unassailable evidence for the feasibility of a true space-plane. A piloted two-stage space-plane using existing technology will then be se

16、en as among the all - time best aerospace buys. Its development cost would be recovered by saving just three shuttle flights. It is not so much that the space-plane would be especially efficient, but rather that the shuttles are especially inefficient, and that NASA has so far succeeded in playing d

17、own this fact. British companies have proposed designs that are more suitable than the X-33 and X-34, but they are handicapped by a government, which would not prepare to invest in even seed corn studies of new launchers. The largest new space project planned at present is the International Space St

18、ation. The estimated cost is about $20 billion plus about the same again in launch costs, including some 28 shuttle flights. A large part of the cost is due to the complexity of integrating the various modules from the US, Canada, Europe, Japan, and Russia. If these modules were adapted to be flown

19、separately as independent small space stations, not only would costs come tumbling down, but the science would be far better because each disciplinebe it astronomy, atmospheric science, Earth observation or microgravity researchhas a different optimum orbit. The resulting constellation of small spac

20、e stations would require more frequent servicing and supply flights than the single large one. This would not be affordable using the shuttle but would be with the new space-plane. The total cost could be reduced by at least 80 per cent to less than $8 billion. Then all that is needed is for some en

21、trepreneur to realize that the best way to finance new space-plane and space stations is to carry tourists. And before too long a million people a year will be taking their once-in-a-lifetime, round-the-world cruise in orbit. 2 In 1961, NASA has encouraged studies of space-planes that could be built

22、 using existing technology. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 Space policy is dominated by polities. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Four recent events should between them trigger the required overthrow of the mindset. The first components and second components have been manufactured for the International Space Stati

23、on. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 British companies have proposed designs that are more suitable than the X-33 and X-34, but the government does not support it. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 _ countries have worked together to build the International Space Station. 7 The main difficulties of space flight are ne

24、ither_ nor_. 8 The best way to finance new space-planes and space stations is_. 9 The large new space project planned at present is the_. 10 The X-34 has a reusable lower stage and an expendable upper, the goal of designs is_. 11 In April 1995, makes the_. Section A Directions: In this section, you

25、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 only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four ch

26、oices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. （ A） Commenting on a picture. （ B） Looking at some paint （ C） Painting a picture. （ D） Comparing two paintings. （ A） Professor and student. （ B） Shop assistant and customer. （ C） Librarian and reader. （ D） Two friends. （ A） Future happ

27、iness is attractive, （ B） The man shouldnt work too hard for the happiness of future. （ C） The man should retire early. （ D） Todays happiness is less important than tomorrows. （ A） In a bar. （ B） In a restaurant. （ C） In a hotel. （ D） In a grocers. （ A） The man is handsome. （ B） The man used to be u

28、nhealthy. （ C） The lecture is not very clear （ D） The man has become a better person. （ A） Buy something to eat on the train. （ B） Take the five o clock train （ C） Wait to catch a later train. （ D） Take the train to the airport, （ A） She feels nervous about the test. （ B） She worries about her compe

29、tence. （ C） She thinks she is well prepared. （ D） She doesnt like the training behind the wheel. （ A） Take a break. （ B） Go to work. （ C） Do the other problems. （ D） Keep trying. （ A） Chinese. （ B） English. （ C） French. （ D） Italian. （ A） Students weight. （ B） Maturity. （ C） Wealth. （ D） Beauty. （ A

30、） Expensive. （ B） Much lower. （ C） Everyone could achieve scholarship. （ D） Students parents dont have to be rich. （ A） Went to a cinema. （ B） Watched TV. （ C） Washed clothes. （ D） Went on street, （ A） He loves the city very much. （ B） He doesnt seem to love the city very much. （ C） He hates the cit

31、y. （ D） He doesnt know. （ A） Too many people. （ B） Dirty air. （ C） Crime. （ D） Terrorism. （ A） Beautiful. （ B） No worse than now. （ C） Terrible. （ D） Joyful. 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 pass

32、age 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） The mans professor. （ B） The mans roommate. （ C） A neighbor. （ D） The mans brother. （ A） He is too sloppy. （ B） He borrows Colins things. （ C） H

33、e brings guests over to the apartment. （ D） He doesnt use the kitchen enough. （ A） Try to talk to Colin. （ B） Go home for a week. （ C） Wait till the end of this week. （ D） Have a room change immediately. （ A） A delicate art. （ B） A religion. （ C） An exact science. （ D） A way of life. （ A） His genera

34、l health will benefit greatly. （ B） He will begin to breathe more regularly. （ C） His flexibility will decrease. （ D） He will lose weight readily. （ A） Begin breathing through the nostrils. （ B） Slow down somewhat, but continue straining. （ C） Stop the particular exercise at once. （ D） Close his mon

35、th immediately. （ A） Food is no longer a basic need for us, while it was for primitive people. （ B） We eat a wide variety of food. （ C） We no longer eat fruit that primitive people ever ate. （ D） We eat more food than primitive people do. （ A） It is needed to adjust the temperature of our bodies. （

36、B） It is our second need. （ C） We need it to cover our bodies. （ D） Weather is changing all the time. （ A） The climate. （ B） Ones social position. （ C） The materials available. （ D） Family size. （ A） Human Basic Needs. （ B） Material Comfort. （ C） Food: Human Basic Need. （ D） Basic Necessities of Lif

37、e. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen 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 wor

38、ds 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 either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 37 Singapore is one of the worlds smallest countries but it is also one of the most successful cou

39、ntries. Its economic growth has (36)_ 8.9 percent for the past 30 years. It is the worlds second-busiest seaport and third-largest oil (37)_ centre. It prospers as a (38)_ financial centre, a major (39)_ manufacturer and a huge (40)_ for tourists6 million in 1994. Foreign (41)_ total more than $56 b

40、illion. Singaporeans enjoy the highest standard of (42)_ in Southeast Asia and the second best in all of Asia, after Japan. recent US (43)_ report said the “quality of life in Singapore has reached developed country standards.“ The air is not polluted, (44)_. Trash is collected from every house ever

41、y day, and more than 90 percent of the population owns their own apartments. (45)_. The common view of Singapore by foreigners is a pocket-size but strong country in economy with severe laws against drugs, (46)_. Section A Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or inc

42、omplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. 48 In 1999, John Wood, then 35 and Microsofts No. 2 in China, journeyed to Nepal with some 3,000 books in townot to read on vacation but to give to a school that could n

43、ot afford any. The project was a joint venture between Wood and Dinesh Prasad Shrestha, a rural-aid worker in Kathmandu whom the IT executive had met earlier. It planted an idea. “We should get serious about this,“ Shrestha told Wood. “We should be more organized and do this properly.“ The rest of R

44、oom to Reads stray may not yet be a corporate legend, but “the business“, as Wood calls it, has certainly broken plenty of new ground since he quit his job and launched a new career. “Microsoft didnt need me,“ he explains, “the children of Nepal did.“ In just five years, the charity has built more t

45、han 100 schools, assembled some 1,000 libraries, stocked them with almost half a million new books, put more than 500 girls on long-term scholarships, and opened 45 computer and language rooms. And not just in Nepal: Room to Read now operates in Cambodia, India and Vietnam. “Wood has brought to the

46、charity world the best practices of the corporate world,“ says Marc Andreessen, Netscapes founder and one of Room to Reads biggest donors. “He tracks results like Microsoft tracks results. Its a pragmatic(注重成效的 ) charity.“ Much of that pragmatism Room to Read owes to the 38-year-old Shrestha. It was

47、 the Nepali, Wood says, who decided he didnt want to work for a charity that “dropped into town, built a bridge and left it to fall down.“ From the start, Room to Read asked for community participationeither muscle or money, usually 50% of the total cost. During a recent visit to Cambodia, Wood rece

48、ived a phone call from a school headmaster complaining that his new computer center was adding $100 to his monthly power bill. Wood was delighted. “When they feel a little bit of pain, they feel more involved, a bigger sense of ownership of the project,“ he says. Back in San Francisco, Wood works th

49、e phones and e-mail to raise funds. Money has flooded in, most of it from the titans(巨人 ) of tech in the U.S. “Bill Gates and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer taught me not to rest on my laurels. I want to be the Microsoft of the charity world, a trusted global brand.“ 48 John Wood, who traveled to Nepal to help poor school children, used to work_. 49 What has Wood found by helping the children of Nepal? 50 What