1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 13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 The Most Important Influence on Children. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below in Chinese: 1.有些人认为家庭对孩子的成长有很大的影响，也有一些人认为朋友等别的因素对孩子的成长影响更大。 2
2、.你的看法是什么 ? 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 attached to the passage. For questions 1-4, mark： Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given
3、 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. 2 Why People Buy Why do people buy? Why do people choose to buy certain products? These are important questions for manufacturers and busi
4、nesses. One of the reasons is advertising. Manufacturers know that effective advertisements sell products. They understand peoples behavior in the marketplace. They have studied the psychology of advertising and buying. Manufacturers analyze the business of selling and buying all the time. This is c
5、alled market research. They know all the different motives that influence a consumers purchase. Only some of the reasons for buying are rational; most of the reasons are emotional. The business of selling in the marketplace is competitive. Manufacturers compete for special display places. In a groce
6、ry store, each one wants to own the eye level display. Many shoppers do not purchase products from the top or bottom shelves. The customer is often in a hurry, and the customer is human. Therefore, the customer buys the product within easy reach. Shoppers buy more products that they can see easily.
7、On television, examples of special display places include commercials, or advertisements during major sports events, like the World Cup, the Olympics, the hockey championships, and the Super Bowl. Manufacturers pay large amounts of money to advertise their products on television because millions of
8、people see these games. Other special display opportunities arc ads in magazines. The best advertising spaces are on the inside of the front or back cover of the magazine. The Internet is another special display opportunity for advertisers. They put their advertisements on the Internet. A computer u
9、ser who is looking for information about a special plant may see ads for flowers on the screen next to the information. Or a sports fan who is looking for the scores of a game may see ads for sports equipment. The traveler who is making rental car reservations may see ads for cars and rental agencie
10、s. The advertisements are clever and entertaining. They pop up and flash on the screen. Like the other kinds of advertising, they persuade people to buy. Manufacturers and storeowners use their knowledge of why people buy. For example, they understand decision buying and impulse buying. They encoura
11、ge impulse buying. For example, near the checkout counters at a lot of stores, there are large racks with many products on them. At a grocery store checkout counter, there may be collections of little books, magazines, candy, gum, razor blades, soft drinks, and other little things. These displays ar
12、e very attractive. The customers go to the checkout counter to pay for their purchases; shoppers have already made all the rational, well thought-out decisions about buying. They are feeling good about their choices. They know that they have shopped well. However, at this point, shoppers are vulnera
13、ble. The customers stand there and wait to pay for their purchases. Their eyes move over the attractive displays of candy and the colorful pictures on the magazines. Then suddenly one customer buys something extra. The customer does not need or plan to buy candy or magazines these are not rational d
14、ecisions. However, for emotional reasons, the customer buys. What happened? Waiting for a few minutes in line, the customer picked up a magazine to look at it. Suddenly the customer decided to take the magazine home to finish an article. And that is exactly what the storeowner and manufacturer hope
15、will happen: they expect the customer to buy for an emotional reason. Buying the magazine at the checkout counter is an example of an emotional purchase. However, many purchases are just the opposite. They are rational, well thought out. Logical buyers usually think about economy, dependability, and
16、 convenience in their purchases. However, sometimes advertisements change their minds. For example, fifteen-year-old Jonathan chooses the expensive athletic shoes that he sees on the feet of a basketball star in a television commercial. His sister wants the T-shirt with the label that a beautiful mo
17、del advertises. Jonathan feels like the sports hero with those shoes on his feet. The picture of the model remains in his sisters mind when she wears the T-shirt. A man may buy a suit of clothes because he sees a similar suit on an actor in a movie or television program. The purchaser wants to copy
18、the athlete, model, or movie actor by using the same product. So the consumer buys the product, even though it is expensive. Their decisions to buy may be emotional and not necessarily rational. Sometimes people have other reasons for buying. People buy things to get the attention of other people. B
19、uying a particular car or large television set, for example, says that the person can afford it, and perhaps that the person is rich, attractive, and exciting. Other things that people buy are for pleasure-tickets to a sports event, a movie, or a concert. Of course, people buy most things because th
20、ey need them. Everyone needs food, but advertising might determine the kind of food that a person buys. Knowing the reasons behind the buying decisions makes a person a better shopper. 2 Shoppers usually make rational decision about their purchases. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 An ad on the back cover of
21、 a magazine is usually not an effective advertisement. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Advertisements sometimes change the plans that shoppers have made. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 Buying new products is the main idea of the article. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 Manufactures analyze the business of selling and buyi
22、ng all the time, this is called_. 7 Other special display opportunities are ads in magazine, the another special display opportunity for advertisers is the_. 8 Knowing the reasons behind the buying decisions makes a person_. 9 They advertisements are clever and entertaining, they_ people to buy. 10
23、Buying the magazine at checkout counter is an emotional purchase but many purchase are_. 11 Selling things in the marketplace is_. 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
24、 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 choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. （ A） In an office. （ B） In a hotel. （ C） At a dinner table. （
25、 D） At the mans house. （ A） At 1:00. （ B） After 1: 15. （ C） After 12: 15. （ D） Before 12:00. （ A） $1 million. （ B） $1/4 million. （ C） $1/2 million. （ D） $2 million. （ A） He is hostile. （ B） He is indifferent. （ C） He is snobbish. （ D） He is helpful. （ A） House painter. （ B） Salesman. （ C） Mailman. （
26、 D） Milkman. （ A） Father and daughter. （ B） Mother and son. （ C） Teacher and pupil. （ D） Doctor and patient. （ A） It is too noisy. （ B） She enjoys speaking loudly. （ C） She is very angry. （ D） She is deaf. （ A） The woman is making a withdrawal from a bank. （ B） The woman is admitting the man to a ho
27、spital. （ C） The woman is robbing the man. （ D） The woman is ordering the man to stop. （ A） Beat up half a dozen eggs. （ B） Add five spoons of sugar. （ C） Add half a pint of cream. （ D） Buy some candles. （ A） A cake tin. （ B） A microwave oven. （ C） A rolling pin. （ D） Flour. （ A） File idea occurred
28、to him when he went shopping yesterday. （ B） He got the idea when he was on his way back yesterday. （ C） He had the idea when he was lying in bed last night. （ D） He got the idea on his way to work yesterday. （ A） Those who like the same things that you do. （ B） Those who you can argue and not lose
29、your temper. （ C） Those who you dont have to talk to all the time but can be silent with. （ D） All the above. （ A） To Jean, friendship is more important than life. （ B） To Jean, friendship is more important than love. （ C） To Jean, friendship is more important than anything else. （ D） To Jean, frien
30、dship is more important than family members. （ A） Love can lead to a lot of hurt feelings. （ B） Love can lead to a lot of quarrels. （ C） Love can lead to a lot of bitterness. （ D） Friends are very important. （ A） Robert has lived in many places. （ B） Robert usually loses contact with his friends whe
31、never he moves away. （ C） Robert doesnt write good letters. （ D） Robert believes that the friendship between him and his friends is just as strong as before though, they are not living in the same area. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage
32、, 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） At about noon. （ B） Late in the afternoon. （ C） Early in the morning. （ D） At dawn. （ A） She meant
33、to ask the crew where the ladies lavatory was. （ B） She wanted to watch TV. （ C） She took it for the ladies lavatory. （ D） She wanted to talk to the captain. （ A） At the back of the plane. （ B） Somewhere behind the pilots cabin in the front of the plane. （ C） On the fight-hand side of the plane. （ D
34、） Close to the small kitchen. （ A） It was the year of the ox. （ B） It was the year of the snake. （ C） It was they ear of the tiger. （ D） It was the year of the hare. （ A） On 16th February. （ B） On 15th February. （ C） On 17th February. （ D） On 14th February. （ A） People celebrate the New Year from Ja
35、nuary the twenty-first to February the twentieth. （ B） People celebrate the New Year for 15 days. （ C） People celebrate the New Year from the new moon to the full moon in the first month of the lunar year. （ D） Both B and C. （ A） On April26, 1611. （ B） On April23, 1611. （ C） On April26, 1616. （ D） O
36、n April23, 1616. （ A） In 1585. （ B） In 1584. （ C） In 1583. （ D） In 1586. （ A） People know almost nothing about Shakespeares early life. （ B） Shakespeare was already well known before he went to London. （ C） People know a lot about Shakespeares life in London. （ D） People know only a little about Sha
37、kespeare s life in London. （ A） Shakespeare was not interested in making a profit. （ B） Shakespeare could get one-tenth of the profits of the Globe Theater. （ C） Shakespeare, like his fellow writers, had no business sense. （ D） Shakespeare s fellow writers shared the same profits as he did. Section
38、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 words you have
39、 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 During the last few years, there has been an (36)_ increase in the number of shops, stores and supermarket
40、s which provide (37)_ for serf-service. Their general purpose is to provide goods of every (38)_ attractively and cleanly and in perfect condition, so that the customer earl serve herself, and then pay for the goods with the least (39)_. The organizers of a self-service store have their difficulties
41、. They must display a great number of goods in a (40)_ space without covering up anything. They must deal with (41)_ foodstuffs requiting different ranges of temperature; and they must arrange a (42)_ flow of customers past the cash registers without (43)_ the operators. (44)_, rotating circular she
42、lves, islands of display stands, racks for tubed foods, and multi-tiered mobile stalls, (45)_. These are at zero Fahrenheit for frozen food, 28-32 degrees for meat and fish, and 40-50 degrees for dairy produce and provisions. Some of the advantages of self-service seem to be that there is no waiting
43、 to be served; there is a wide variety of choice, and it is claimed that prepacked meat and vegetables are hygienic. Shopping is said to be more “stream-dined“ and more economical. (46)_. Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfini
44、shed statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. 48 The Chinese of 3500 years ago believed that the earth was a chariot, and the sky, a curved canopy stretched above it. The canopy was nine layers thick, and it sloped slightly to th
45、e northwest, as a cataclysm had broken one of its supporting columns. This gentle slope explained the movement of the stars from east to west. According to these ancient Chinese beliefs, the sun spent the night on earth and ascended to the sky each morning from the luminous valley of the east by cli
46、mbing the branches of an immensely tall sacred tree. To the Chinese people, the sun was the incarnation of goodness, beauty, and truth. In popular imagination, the sun was represented as a cock that little by little assumed human form. His battles with the dragons, which was personified evil in thei
47、r beliefs, accounted for the momentary disappearances of the sun that men now call eclipses. Many of the Chinese people worshiped the sun, but in the vast and complicated organization of the Chinese gods, the sun was of only secondary importance. Along with these unsophisticated beliefs about the su
48、n, the Chinese evolved a science of astronomy based upon observation, though essentially religious-which enabled them to predict eclipses of the sun and the movements of the stars. Such predictions were based on calculations made by using a gnomon an object whose shadow could be used as a measure, a
49、s with a sundial(日晷仪 ) or simpler shadow pointers. Moreover, with the naked eye, the Chinese observed sunspots, a phenomenon not then known to their contemporaries. 48 The ancient Chinese believed that the earth_. （ A） was a chariot （ B） sloped to the northwest （ C） was supported by columns （ D） had nine layers 49 The movement of the stars was explained by the_. （ A） thickness of the canopy （ B） slope of the canopy （ C） posi
