[外语类试卷]大学英语六级（2013年12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷9及答案与解析.doc

1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 9及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled On the Importance of Social Responsibility. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1. 1现在的年轻人都在关注如何过好自已的生活，不愿意关

2、注社会民生 2有人赞同这样的做法，有人觉得不应该如此 3你的看法 Section A （ A） They need more shopping centers. （ B） Shopping centers are very common. （ C） The old houses should be kept. （ D） New houses should be built, （ A） She has decided not to go to Australia. （ B） She hasnt made a decision what to do. （ C） Her friend just re

3、turned from Australia. （ D） She prefers to travel without her friend. （ A） To go to the movies. （ B） To go out for lunch. （ C） To look for information. （ D） To ask for information. （ A） He was fined. （ B） He bought a ticket. （ C） He taught a lesson. （ D） He had an accident. （ A） A sporting event. （

4、B） A doctors appointment. （ C） A grammar exercise. （ D） A gym exercise. （ A） Leave the parcel for him to mail later. （ B） Find another person to send the parcel. （ C） Give him a hand to prepare for the presentation. （ D） Finish the presentation before the meeting. （ A） He is going to give a talk on

5、fishing. （ B） He thinks fishing is a good way to kill time. （ C） He has the same hobby as Cindys father. （ D） He is eager to meet Cindys parents. （ A） The dorm life is not interesting. （ B） There is no kitchen in the building. （ C） The girls are confined to the timetable. （ D） The dorm room is too c

6、rowded. （ A） The travel time. （ B） The travel route. （ C） The meeting time. （ D） The traffic condition. （ A） Through email. （ B） By telephone. （ C） Write comments to them. （ D） Meet them face-to-face. （ A） The traffic is often very bad. （ B） He lives far away from work. （ C） He doesnt know where to

7、park his bike. （ D） He is always in a hurry. （ A） In the library. （ B） In a used bookstore. （ C） In the street. （ D） In a historical museum. （ A） It is a book written by Shakespeare. （ B） It belongs to someone she knows. （ C） It costs only fifty cents. （ D） It might bring her a lot of money. （ A） A

8、poetry book. （ B） A history book. （ C） A mystery book. （ D） Some children stories. （ A） Make a call to her brother. （ B） Buy a book for her brother. （ C） Check out the list. （ D） Ask the man a question. Section B （ A） Affection and politeness. （ B） Situations and intimacy. （ C） Attitudes and relatio

9、nships. （ D） Emotions and behavior. （ A） It follows a universal pattern. （ B） It varies among individuals and cultures. （ C） It changes from countries to countries. （ D） It depends on moods. （ A） They never judge people by their own norms. （ B） They are those with strong emotions. （ C） They probably

10、 have more facial expressions. （ D） They are reluctant to show emotions. （ A） It is a rare phenomenon. （ B） It changes useless land into productive land. （ C） It changes cropland into desert. （ D） It helps farmers remove fertile topsoil. （ A） Never continually planting crops at the same place. （ B）

11、Letting animals feed on the same lands year after year. （ C） Planting trees around cropland yearly. （ D） Searching for every possible method to avoid desertification. （ A） To avoid problems caused by migration. （ B） To discuss the dangers of migration. （ C） To help farmers plant trees. （ D） To find

12、land and better jobs. （ A） It can prevent global warming. （ B） It can catch blowing sand. （ C） It can stop desertification. （ D） It forces farmers leave cropland. （ A） It was difficult to relocate its path again. （ B） It was built to facilitate transportation of minerals. （ C） It was built by the Ca

13、nadians. （ D） It was built in the late 19th century. （ A） Maine gradually became a major market for trade. （ B） Maine provided employment opportunities. （ C） Maine was politically stable. （ D） Maine had a pleasant climate. （ A） Because of the strong French influence. （ B） Because they shared the sam

14、e road. （ C） Because they belonged to the same country. （ D） Because of the immigration policy. Section C 26 The home is the central focus of most young peoples lives in Britain, particularly for those who are still attending school. The majority【 B1】 _their home environment as a place of security a

15、nd upon their parents as the main providers of food, money and other【 B2】 _of life as well as general advice. Young people spend【 B3】 _their leisure time at home with other members of their family or with friends. After the home, school is the main social environment where children not only receive

16、their formal education but also develop their identities within peer groups. All school children in Britain are encouraged to take up activities which complement their academic and【 B4】 _education and help to identify their【 B5】 _talent, such as sports, drama, music and creative pursuits. Many of th

17、ese form part of the school curricula. The Youth Service in Britain also【 B6】 _the personal development and informal social education of young people aged from 11 to 25. The Service is a partnership between law【 B7】 _and a large number of voluntary organizations. A recent survey estimated that nearl

18、y 6 million young people in this age group are either【 B8】 _or past participants in the Service. Youth clubs and centers are the most common types of Youth Service provision, encouraging their members to participate in sport, cultural and creative activities, and【 B9】 _. Some also provide informatio

19、n and counseling. Youth clubs may be branches of national or international bodies or they may be【 B10】 _local institutions. Many foundations and trusts provide finance for activities, which develop the potential talents of Britains youth. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7

20、】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 As the world excitedly greeted Snuppy, the first cloned(克隆 )dog, commentators celebrated our cleverness. Many feel proud that our age is marked by technological【 C1】 _. But an article in British newspaper The Observer recently said true innovation has【 C2】

21、_from our society. The writer was Peter Watson, author of the book Ideas-A History from Fire to Freud. Watson began: “The year 2005 cant begin to compete with 1905 in terms of【 C3】_innovations.“ “Writing a history of ideas over the past three years, I have been【 C4】 _time and again by the fact that,

22、 contrary to what we tell ourselves all the time on TV, in newspapers and magazines, in【 C5】 _and in government propaganda our present world is nowhere near as【 C6】 _and innovative as it thinks it is, certainly in comparison with past ages. “Yes, we are dazzled by mobile phones, cameras, digital TV,

23、 and the www, by laser-guided surgery and bombs, by DNA fingerprinting, and now by cloning. These are not【 C7】 _things but do they change the way we think in important in fundamental directions?“ Watson quotes Richard Southern, Oxford University historian, who died last year: “Southern thought the m

24、ost interesting times in history were 1050-1250 and 1750-1950.“ “Each of these periods transformed our understanding of ourselves【 C8】 _“. “But what great ideas or transformations have been【 C9】 _in the half-century since 1950?“ Watson asked, pointing out that except for a few innovations such as th

25、e Internet, most scientific research【 C10】 _modifies previous studies. A)rarely I)radically B)introduced J)struck C)merely K)disappeared D)intimate L)small E)distributed M)interesting F)important N)advertising G)advances O)pessimistic H)statistics 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6

26、】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 Postgraduate dilemmas A Deciding whether or not to become a postgraduate can be a daunting(令人畏缩的 prospect. Even if you are sure you want to press ahead, the chances are youll have a list of unanswered questions about the best approach. Thats why Ne

27、w Scientist has asked those in the know to talk frankly about what postgraduate life is really like and how to make the most of it. How do I choose the right project? B One thing all postgraduates agree on is that you need to be passionate about your research topic if youre ever going to finish it.

28、Starting off with fire in your belly will give you the best chance of seeing your work through. “During your PhD you will fall in and out of love with your project many times, so it is important to choose something that fascinates you and that you will want to persevere with,“ says Katherine Reekie,

29、 who is in the fourth year of her PhD in genetics at the University of Leicester. C Think, too, about the mode of research, advises Rachel Walker, a second-year PhD student at the University of Cambridge. “You should consider whether the project will require mostly fieldwork or lab work and whether

30、you are happy with this.“ It is also useful for your project to have some similar aspects to those of other students working in your research group, she says, so that you can help each other out when you get stuck. D Funding availability might influence the exact area you choose to focus on “Often t

31、here will be projects available with funding, waiting for a student to take them up. This was true in my case,“ says Jonathan du Bois, a PhD graduate from the University of Bristol. If you already have a specific project in mind, shop around for a department or supervisor that is interested in takin

32、g you on for that topic. Keep an open mind and spread your search as far as you can to find a university that fits your requirements. E Watch out for projects that are linked to commercial ventures requiring students to sign a contract that limit their ability to publish, or narrowly define the scop

33、e of their research. “I know of one horror story where a student obtained funding linked to a project to develop a medical device,“ says Tristan Farrow, a fourth-year PhD student from the University of Cambridge. “Before he knew it, his hands were tied and he found himself working more on product de

34、velopment than science. His project took seven years and funding was a constant worry.“ F Finally, dont think too far ahead; the whole point of research is that you can never be quite sure where it will lead. According to Farrow, defining your research topic down to the smallest detail is like putti

35、ng the cart before the horse. “PhD projects always evolve and final theses rarely cover the exact topics you thought you signed up for. You should have a clear aim but its fine not to know exactly how youre going to get there,“ he says. “Thats not to say you should be casual about your choice of res

36、earch topic, but theres nothing to be gained by being too prescriptive.“ Will I get a job at the end of this? G “The market is worse than it has been for a considerable number of years, so you are not guaranteed a job,“ warns Stephen Kennedy, from the pharmaceutical(制药的 )giant AstraZeneca, where up

37、to 70 per cent of staff have a PhD. “But having a postgraduate qualification will help you give examples of your strengths and attributes in an interview,“ he says. Youll also have good transferable skills that you can take away from science and apply to a totally different area, such as business. H

38、 Lorna Crombie, director of Durham-based science recruitment agency CK Science, agrees that postgraduate study can prepare you for employment-as long as you know how to show your new skills in an interview. “You need to be able to go in and tell them what you got out of the course,“ she says. Focus

39、on abilities like project management or working independently skills that require discipline. I Kennedy believes its these skills that give postgraduates the edge. “They tend to be more active, and have the ability to work autonomously and decisively,“ he says. “They tend to have a better understand

40、ing of the working world than a graduate.“ Overall, he says, postgraduates are “more likely to hit the ground running“, which makes a big impact in the pharmaceutical industry because the sooner new employees are doing their jobs well, the sooner patients receive the benefits. Can I turn my PhD into

41、 a business? J Ever been tempted to use a smartphone to lend a helping hand in the pub quiz? If so, then chances are youll still be stuck when it comes to the picture round. Now, Mark Cummins, a final-year PhD student working on computer vision at the University of Oxford has found the solution. For

42、 the last year, hes been developing a new company called Plinkart which has created a visual search engine application for smartphones. “You take a picture of an object with your phone, we recognise the object in the picture and return the relevant information,“ explains Cummins. For example, you ca

43、n take a photo of a painting and the Plinkart application will find the relevant Wikipedia article. K Because scientists tend to be good at finding solutions to problems it means that, like Cummins, they often come up with ideas that could work well in a business setting. But does that mean its easy

44、 to turn your science into a business? L “ Scientific training is intellectually rigorous so it is certainly not difficult for scientists to make a switch to business, but a significant shift in mindset is required,“ says Afua Osei of the Oxford Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation part of the

45、 University of Oxfords Said Business School. Instead of focusing on pure scientific discovery, theyll have to focus on context, applications, market needs and customer behaviour, she says. M Lecturer Davin Yap co-founded his company, Transversal, when he grew fed up with his students at the Universi

46、ty of Cambridge emailing him masses of questions. He produced a piece of computer software which allows users to submit questions in their own words which the computer will understand and provide an answer to. His clients now include the Royal Mail and BBC iPlayer, but how confident was he that it w

47、ould succeed at the start? N “Blindly confident,“ Yap says. “Its essential that you just get on with it. Youll soon recognise whats lacking and find ways to fill the gaps but only if youre doing rather than thinking.“ O Cummins couldnt agree more. “Intellectually, we were well aware that a high perc

48、entage of start-up companies fail but, almost by definition, start-up founders believe that that doesnt apply to their idea.“ Nonetheless, the risk of failure is still real and “its a huge commitment of time, effort and personal savings,“ he says. However, the biggest investment is probably the oppo

49、rtunity cost: “Initiating a startup means not doing a postdoc or taking a well-paid job. Some people manage to combine a start-up with a postdoc, but its very difficult, especially because many universities now claim ownership of any intellectual property you develop during your research.“ 47 Scientists are usually good at finding solutions to problems. 48 A postgraduate qualification is an example o