[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7（无答案）.doc

1、大学英语六级（2013 年 12 月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 7（无答案）一、Part I Writing1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled How to Broaden Our Knowledge? You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1.1在信息快速发展的今天，我们应该不断扩大自己的知识面2具备宽广知识的意义3为此，我们应

2、该Section A（A）Their health insurance covers all the dental expenses.（B） Their health insurance covers dental expenses like brushing the teeth.（C） Their health insurance does not cover any dental expenses like fixing the teeth.（D）Their health insurance does cover some dental expenses.（A）He offers the

3、lowest price for his TV.（B） His TV is worth the price.（C） Hes never lowered the price.（D）He will lower the price if the woman likes.（A）The doctor can see the man on Thursday.（B） Appointments must be made after Thursday.（C） The man may reschedule after the doctor come back.（D）The doctor canceled his

4、appointments on Thursday.（A）She thinks the man should drive to town.（B） She wants cars to pass by the highway.（C） The man should mind his own business.（D）There will be less traffic pass by next week.（A）Check if it can still be fixed for free.（B） Check and see what the problem is.（C） Find where he ha

5、s put the warranty.（D）See if Bill is available.（A）Talking about the movers.（B） Choosing things to pack up.（C） Preparing to move to another place.（D）Taking a long trip.（A）He doesnt have time living on campus.（B） He wants to change his living place.（C） He wants to change his fast pace of life.（D）He pr

6、efers the more interesting life-style on campus.（A）She is eager to be accepted into the University.（B） She is waiting to see if she could get the job from IBM.（C） She is expecting to see if IBM would lend her some cash.（D）She has no idea about whether she can afford the university tuition.（A）Taker u

7、p her first job at school.（B） Spend her summer holiday.（C） Study for her Masters degree.（D）Study as an exchange student.（A）The university regards chemistry as unimportant.（B） The Chemistry department is under-funded.（C） There is not enough space in the Chemistry department.（D）The Chemistry departmen

8、t has overspent their budget this year.（A）They are not devoted to their work.（B） They dont take their students seriously.（C） They are unsatisfied with the equipment,（D）They signed contracts on behalf of the school.（A）It is as good as the previous ones.（B） It is more incredible than the previous ones

9、.（C） It is funnier than the previous ones.（D）It is worse than the previous ones.（A）Fantastic settings.（B） Special effects.（C） Mysterious costumes.（D）The theme song.（A）It was a little bit weak.（B） It was as strong as the previous one.（C） It was funny and meaningful.（D）It was a little bit boring.（A）Th

10、e man is still expecting the next episode.（B） The man will reschedule his time to watch the movie.（C） The next episode will be released next year.（D）The next episode will be much better than this one.Section B（A）It can survive in the desert without water and food.（B） It can bear a temperature 9 high

11、er than its body.（C） It can not store water for more than a week.（D）It can live longer than any other desert animals.（A）Too little sunlight.（B） Survival competition.（C） Severe heat.（D）Too much rain.（A）They couldnt bear the coldness underground.（B） They cant find food in the daytime.（C） They cannot f

12、ind water in the desert during the daytime.（D）They cannot bear the rays and temperature during the daytime.（A）Anyone who is interested in that sport.（B） Those who play best at that sport.（C） The smartest students in class.（D）The competitive ones in class.（A）They are the leaders of these sports.（B） T

13、hey can cheer everyone up in the sport.（C） They lead everyone to shout and cheer.（D）They jump up and down during the sport.（A）They wear the same clothes and shoes as the players.（B） They have to learn the jumping and cheering moves.（C） They love the color and name of their team.（D）They always call o

14、ut the name of all the players.（A）Clean all the desks and chairs in every classroom.（B） Memorize the people who came to America long ago.（C） Stand up and sing American National Anthem.（D）Stand up and show respect to their national flag.（A）Chose some pens and pencils.（B） Bargained with Mr. Stevenson

15、about the price.（C） Promised that they would come back again.（D）Walked away at the end of their inquiry.（A）Disappointed.（B） Satisfied.（C） Doubtful.（D）Anxious.（A）Sell the store to the young couple.（B） Start another business for his daughter.（C） Give the store to his daughter and son-in-law.（D）Open a

16、store to sell ice cream.Section C26 In the 1980s, homeschooling made a comeback in the U.S. when religiously conservative parents convinced states to approve and give full【B1】_for the teaching of children at home. The homeschooling movement has since【B2】_to include parents of all faithsor no faith a

17、t all. Thus, an【B3】_1.5 million American childrenabout 3 percent of the school-age populationwont be going anywhere as schools open for the fall term.Homeschoolings big selling point for many parents is the argument that children get their【 B4】_values from the people with whom they spend the most ti

18、me. Adults who choose to stay home and teach their children often .【B5】_standardized testing and what they see as the regimented way in which schools group students by age rather than ability, and pass them ahead to the next grade whether or not theyve grasped the【B6】_. The idea that one parent, or

19、even both, makes the best teachers, and home makes the best classroom, has long been accepted in many parts of America.Many home-taught students【B7】_several subjects and have no trouble moving on to college, often with【B8】_scholarships in hand. But critics point to home teachers lack of experience a

20、nd credentials. No ones supervising them, say. And they argue that pulling kids out of school may【B9】 _them of social skills.Home-schooling parents dispute the【B10】_that their children are socially isolated and bookish. They are, the parents say, simply hard workers who go to scout and church meetin

21、gs, play sports, and shop at malls right alongside their friends who go to school.27 【B1 】28 【B2 】29 【B3 】30 【B4 】31 【B5 】32 【B6 】33 【B7 】34 【B8 】35 【B9 】36 【B10 】Section A36 Crying is hardly an activity encouraged by society. Tears, be they of sorrow, anger, or joy, typically make Americans feel un

22、comfortable and【C1】_. The shedder of tears is likely to apologize, even when a devastating(毁灭性的 )tragedy was the provocation. The observer of tears is likely to do everything possible to put an end to the【C2】_outpouring. But judging from recent studies of crying behavior, links between illness and c

23、rying and the chemical composition of tears, both those responses to tears are often【C3】_and may even be counterproductive(使达不到预期目标的).Humans are the only animals【C4】_. known to shed emotional tears. Since evolution has given【C5】_to few, if any, purposeless physiological responses, it is logical to a

24、ssume that crying has one or more functions that【C6】_survival.Although some observers have suggested that crying is a way to elicit assistance from others(as a crying baby might from its mother), the shedding of tears is hardly necessary to get help. Vocal cries would have been quite enough, more li

25、kely than tears to gain【C7】_. So, it appears, there must be something special about tears themselves.Indeed, the new studies suggest that emotional tears may play a direct role in alleviating stress. University of Minnesota researchers who are studying the chemical composition of tears have recently

26、【C8 】_two important chemicals from emotional tears. Both chemicals are found only in tears that are shed in response to emotion. Tears shed because of exposure to cut onion would contain no such ,【C9】 _.Researchers at several other institutions are investigating the usefulness of tears as a means of

27、【C10】_human ills and monitoring drugs.A)attention I)definitelyB)overwhelming J)enhanceC)inappropriate K)aspirationD)embarrassed L)emotionalE)diagnosing M)repelledF)indispensable N)substanceG)rise O)increasingly H)isolated37 【C1 】38 【C2 】39 【C3 】40 【C4 】41 【C5 】42 【C6 】43 【C7 】44 【C8 】45 【C9 】46 【C10

28、 】Section B46 Join the “Sleep Challenge“A Did you get enough sleep last night? Probably not. “We are a nation of sleep-deprived women,“ says Cindi Leive, editor-in-chief of Glamour magazine. While everyone in college bums the candle at both ends, Leive says womens sleep problems only get worse with

29、the arrival of kids and careers. After a while, she says, you begin to think that its selfish to put your own need for sleep ahead of all of your familys needs and all the items on your to-do list. Its a self-defeating strategy because when youre tired, you cant accomplish as much as you can when yo

30、ure rested. You never win.B Leive and Arianna Huffington are out to change that dynamic through Sleep Challenge 2010, a joint venture between Glamour and The Huffington Post that began at the beginning of the year and will continue through the end of the month. Both women are blogging on their sites

31、 about their own experiences and including lots of helpful tips for readers who want to join in. Leive said she and Huffington came up with the idea when they met last summer on a panel about women and power at Maria Shrivers Womens Conference in California. They agreed that fatigue was the one comp

32、laint all women sharedno matter where they stood on the corporate ladder. Leive suggested that the two challenge each other to see who could do the best job of improving their sleep.C It was “half in joke,“ Leive says, but the idea began to seem better and better the more they thought about it. Stud

33、ies show that adults who dont get enough sleep increase their risk of heart disease and mood disorders. Theyre more likely to get into car accidents. Their concentration and thinking is impaired. And theyre even more likely to gain weight. “I was shocked when I started reading the research to find t

34、he links between sleep and virtually every other health problem,“ Leive says. “I know that I could reduce my risk of a million different diseases by eating better and exercising, but sometimes those things are hard. Sleeps easy.“D Well, maybe not so easy, according to the blog posts. Its clear that

35、“challenge“ is the right word for their effort. In one of her first posts, Huffington wrote about how she was tempted to stay up late talking to her daughter, who was home from college. “She, of course, can sleep all morning if she wants,“ Huffington wrote. “I have to be up at 6:30.“ Huffington trie

36、d to resolve the situation by having a “chat-filled dinner,“ going to a movie with her daughter, and then going to a coffee house for a caffeine-free “nightcap.“E For Leive, one of her most difficult moments so far was getting out of bed on the weekend close to her weekday wake-up timea strategy sle

37、ep doctors recommend. “Going to bed at 11 p.m. this Saturday night and then getting up at 6:30 a.m. the next morning made me feel a little like a third-grader,“ Leive wrote. “Plus, I felt irrationally annoyed at my husband, who got to lie in bed until 9.“ But, she admits, she felt “awesome“ after ge

38、tting the extra rest.F Recent nights have been less successful. Huffington, who lives in Los Angeles, wrote that she “fell off the wagon“ on day 11 when two friends from Washington were in town. “Everyone was having such a great time no one wanted it to endincluding me,“ she wrote. “My compatriot(同胞

39、)Zorba the Greek suddenly popped into my head, reminding me that life is about living each moment fully. You cant let anything, Zorba whispered in my ear, even something as positive as the sleep challenge, get in the way of fully embracing the moment. So I surrendered to my inner Zorba.“ Huffington

40、says she paid for staying up until 2:30 a.m. by being exhausted the next afternoon.G Leive had a bad night as well. After a later-than-usual dinner with friends, she tried to get a full nights rest but woke up in the middle of the night and found herself“mentally scrolling(翻滚 )through my to-do list.

41、“ She couldnt get back to sleep as she worried about unfinished tasks. One problem on that night, she said, might have been the glass of wine she had at dinner. Alcohol can disrupt sleep if you drink it too close to bedtime.H Even with this less-than-perfect performance, theres no question that Leiv

42、e and Huffington are publicizing a major health issue for women. According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, womens sleep tends to be lighter and more easily disturbed than mens. Women are also more likely to wake up saying they dont feel rested even after theyve had a full night of sleep.

43、Young working mothers have a particularly difficult time getting the rest they need.I Insomnia(失眠)may seem like an inevitable side effect of modern life, but it can also be a sign that something else is wrong. “You should take it seriously if it has been going on for two to three weeks,“ says Dr. Ma

44、ry Susan Esther, a sleep doctor. “If youre really struggling, then you need to see a physician.“ Sleep problems could be triggered by a mood disorder like depression. Other possible causes include medication you might be taking, hormonal changes, or just bad sleep habits.J If theres nothing physical

45、ly wrong, Esther offers four tips to get your sleep back on track.1. Have a standard wake-up time.K You cant always control the hour that you actually fall asleep, but you can make yourself get up at the same time every day. If you stick to that schedule, eventually you should find yourself falling

46、asleep more easily. Thats something both Leive and Huffington have been doing. And that also means that you have to get up early on weekends as well, as Leive did so painfully. Esther says your weekend wake-up time should be no more than an hour later than your regular wake-up time. “The most common

47、 night to have problems sleeping is Sunday night because youre worried about Monday and you slept in on Sunday,“ Esther says.2. Make sure you have downtime before bed.L Your body needs a signal that its almost time for sleep. Most parents do this with their kids by giving them a bath, then reading t

48、hem a storya regular bedtime routine. Adults need this as well, so shut off computers and TVs at least an hour before you want to be asleep. Lowering the lights in the house helps as well; this signals your brain that its the end of the day.3. Avoid caffeine after noon.M Yes, its hardespecially with

49、 a Starbucks on every corner. But it takes many hours for the caffeine to work through your system and if you have a cup of coffee or tea at dinner, it will interfere with your ability to get to sleep. That also applies to soft drinks that contain caffeineand even chocolate.4. Make sleep a priority.N You need to schedule sleep time just like everything else. Its not of little significance. I