1、大学英语六级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷 56及答案与解析 Section A 0 Children whose minds wander might have sharper brains, research suggests. A study has found that people who appear to be constantly【 C1】 _have more “working memory“, giving them the ability to hold a lot of information in their heads and【 C2】 _it mentally. Chi
2、ldren at school need this type of memory on a daily basis for a variety of tasks, such as【 C3】 _teachers instructions or remembering dictated sentences. During the study, volunteers were asked to perform one of two simple tasks【 C4】_which researchers checked to ask if the participants minds were wan
3、dering. At the end, participants measured their working memory capacity by their ability to【 C5】_a series of letters interspersed with simple math questions. Daniel Levinson, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States, said that those with higher working memory capaci
4、ty reported “more mind【 C6】 _during these simple tasks“, but their performance did not suffer. The results, published online in the journal Psychological Science, appear to【 C7】_previous research that found working memory allows humans to juggle multiple thoughts【 C8】 _. Dr Jonathan Smallwood, of th
5、e Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science in Leipzig, Germany, said: “What this study seems to suggest is that, when circumstances for the task aren t very difficult, people who have【 C9】 _working memory resources deploy them to think about things other than what they re doing.“ W
6、orking memory capacity is also【 C10】 _with general measures of intelligence, such as reading comprehension and IQ scores, and also offers a window into the widespread, but not well understood, realm of internally driven thoughts. A)following B)wandering C)from D)sequentially E)associated F)during G)
7、focusing H)distracted I)remember J)confirm K)conflicting L)manipulate M)concentrative N)additional O)simultaneously 1 【 C1】 2 【 C2】 3 【 C3】 4 【 C4】 5 【 C5】 6 【 C6】 7 【 C7】 8 【 C8】 9 【 C9】 10 【 C10】 10 Visitors to Britain may find the best place to【 C1】 _local culture is in a traditional pub. But the
8、se friendly hostelries can be minefields of potential gaffes for the uninitiated. An anthropologist and a team of researchers have【 C2】 _some of the arcane rituals of British pubsstarting with the difficulty of getting a drink. Most pubs have no【 C3】 _ you have to go to the bar to buy drinks. A grou
9、p of Italian youths waiting 45 minutes before they realized they would have to【 C4】 _their own. This may sound inconvenient, but there is a hidden purpose. Pub culture is designed to promote【 C5】 _in a society known for its reserve. Standing at the bar for service allows you to chat with others wait
10、ing to be served. The bar counter is possibly the only site in the British Isles in which friendly conversation with strangers is considered entirely【 C6】 _and really quite normal behaviour. “If you havent been to a pub, you haven t been to Britain.“ This tip can be found in a booklet, Passport to t
11、he Pub: The Tourists Guide to Pub Etiquette, a customer s【 C7】 _of conduct for those wanting to sample “a central part of British life and culture“. The trouble is that if you do not【 C8】 _the local rules, the experience may fall flat. For example, if you are in a big group, it is best if only one o
12、r two people go to buy the drinks. Nothing【 C9】 _the regular customers and bar staff more than a gang of strangers【 C10】 _all access to the bar while they chat and dither about what to order. A)fetch B)offensive C)code D)blocking E)ingratiate F)sociability G)break H)unveiled I)sample J)irritates K)f
13、ollow L)overturned M)appropriate N)waiters O)responsibility 11 【 C1】 12 【 C2】 13 【 C3】 14 【 C4】 15 【 C5】 16 【 C6】 17 【 C7】 18 【 C8】 19 【 C9】 20 【 C10】 20 The number of people who surf the Internet via mobile devices in China has for the first time【 C1】 _the number using computers to go online, an in
14、dustry report said on Monday. The number increased by 14.42 million over the past six months, so that now 83.4 percent of China s Internet surfers are using mobile phones to go online, according to the report【 C2】_by the China Internet Network Information Centre, a government-backed industry adminis
15、trative body. The total number of Chinese netizens was 632 million by the end of June, 527 million of whom【 C3】 _onto the World Wide Web through their smartphones, the report said. It is the first time that the number of mobile Internet users has surpassed that of those surfing the Web in【 C4】 _ways
16、, such as with personal computers and laptops, said Liu Bing, deputy director with the CINIC. “In other words, the mobile phone can be【 C5】 _as the key terminal device for Chinese to get online,“ he said. As the mobile network has taken the lead in the country s Internet development, its status has
17、also become【 C6】 _among netizens, he said. The increasing number of smartphone owners has driven a rapid rise in e-commerce, instant messaging and entertainment applications, “which reflects a【 C7】 _demand of netizens“, he said. According to the report, the number of users who use mobile phones to m
18、ake【 C8】_has increased 63.4 percent from January to June, with the growth of payment apps likewise surging in that period. “The mobile payment is becoming much closer with consumers and it has been making greater【 C9】 _to e-commerce development,“ Liu said. Yin Jingxue, a mobile Internet analyst, con
19、firmed that mobile devices have played the more【 C10】 _role in Web development in the country. A)traditional B)firmer C)obstacles D)logged E)contributions F)advanced G)important H)diverse I)changeable J)issued K)lagged L)regarded M)exceeded N)surfed O)payments 21 【 C1】 22 【 C2】 23 【 C3】 24 【 C4】 25 【 C5】 26 【 C6】 27 【 C7】 28 【 C8】 29 【 C9】 30 【 C10】 大学英语六级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷 56答案与解析
