1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 196及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter in reply to a friends inquiry about applying for admission to your college or university. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:
2、 1. 建议报考的专业及理由 2报考该专业的基本条件 3应当如何备考 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 wi
3、th 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 information is not given in the passage. 1 Universities Branch Out From their student bodies to their research practices, universities are becoming more gl
4、obal. By Richard Levin As never before in their long history, universities have become instruments of national competition as well as instruments of peace. They are the locus of the scientific discoveries that move economies forward, and the primary means of educating the talent required to obtain a
5、nd maintain competitive advantage. But at the same time, the opening of national borders to the flow of goods, services, information and especially people has made universities a powerful force for global integration, mutual understanding and geopolitical stability. In response to the same forces th
6、at have propelled the world economy, universities have become more self-consciously global: seeking students from around the world who represent the entire spectrum of cultures and values, sending their own students abroad to prepare them for global careers, offering courses of study that address th
7、e challenges of an interconnected world and collaborative research programs to advance science for the benefit of all humanity. Of the forces shaping higher education none is more sweeping than the movement across borders. Over the past three decades the number of students leaving home each year to
8、study abroad has grown at an annual rate of 3.9 percent, from 800,000 in 1975 to 2.5 million in 2004. Most travel from one developed nation to another, but the flow from developing to developed countries is growing rapidly. The reverse flow, from developed to developing countries, is on the rise, to
9、o. Today foreign students earn 30 percent of the doctoral degrees awarded in the United States and 38 percent of those in the United Kingdom. And the number crossing borders for undergraduate study is growing as well, to 8 percent of the undergraduates at Americas Ivy League institutions and 10 perc
10、ent of all undergraduates in the U.K. In the United States, 20 percent of newly hired professors in science and engineering are foreign-born, and in China the vast majority of newly hired faculty at the top research universities received their graduate education abroad. What are the consequences of
11、these shifts among the highly educated? Consider this: on the night after the attacks on the World Trade Center, Jewish students at Yale (most of them American) came together with Muslim students (most of them foreign) to organize a vigil. Or this: every year the student-run Forum for American/Chine
12、se Exchange at Stanford (FACES) organizes conferences in both China and at Stanford, bringing together students from both countries chosen to discuss Sino-U. S. relations with leading experts. The leaders of student groups promoting international collaboration are in touch with each other daily via
13、e-mail and Skype, technologies that not only facilitate cooperative projects but also increase the likelihood of creating lifelong personal ties. The bottom line: the flow of students across national borders- students who are disproportionately likely to become leaders in their home countries- enabl
14、es deeper mutual understanding, tolerance and global integration. As part of this, universities are encouraging students to spend some of their undergraduate experience in another country. In Europe, more than 140,000 students participate in the Erasmus program each year, taking courses for credit i
15、n one of 2,200 participating institutions across the continent. And in the United States, institutions are mobilizing their alumni to help place students in summer internships abroad to prepare them for global careers. Yale and Harvard have led the way, offering every undergraduate at least one inte
16、rnational study or internship opportunity- and providing the financial resources to make it possible. Universities are also establishing more-ambitious foreign outposts to serve students primarily from the local market rather than the parent campus. And true educational joint ventures are gaining fa
17、vor, such as the 20-year-old Johns Hopkins-Nanjing program in Chinese and American Studies, the Duke Goethe executive M. B. A. program and the MIT-Singapore alliance, which offers dual graduate degrees in a variety of engineering fields. Globalization is also reshaping the way research is done. One
18、new trend involves sourcing portions of a research program to another country. Yale professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Tian Xu directs a research center focused on the genetics of human disease at his alma mater, Shanghais Fudan University, in collaboration with faculty colle
19、agues from both schools. The Shanghai center has 95 employees and graduate students working in a 4,300-square-meter laboratory facility. Yale faculty, postdocs and graduate students visit regularly and attend videoconference seminars with scientists from both campuses. The arrangement benefits both
20、countries; Xus Yale lab is more productive, thanks to the lower costs of conducting research in China, and Chinese graduate students, postdocs and faculty get on-the-job training from a world-class scientist and his U.S. team. Indeed, China is intent on playing all its cards. By investing heavily in
21、 research, tripling university enrollments between 1998 and 2004, and encouraging top students to think independently, the country is self-consciously using its universities as a means to stimulate economic growth. At the same time, since Deng Xiaoping first permitted Chinese students to seek educat
22、ion in the West in 1978, no country has made a more deliberate effort to send its most talented students abroad for a top education -especially at the graduate level. Today, in contrast to 10 or 20 years ago when economic opportunity was limited at home, most Chinese students return after graduation
23、- often with an appreciation of the values of a free society and a greater understanding of the countries where they studied. Europe, by contrast, has lost its competitive edge. According to “The Future of European Universities: Renaissance or Decay?“ a devastating recent critique by Confederation o
24、f British Industry Director General Richard Lambert and Nick Butler, Chief of Strategic Planning at British Petroleum, European governments have systematically weakened their top universities, once the pride of the world. They have invested too little in research, spread limited resources across too
25、 many institutions, expanded enrollments without increasing faculty and refused to allow universities sufficient autonomy, the report says. To flourish, they need to concentrate more resources in the hands of the strongest universities and allow them to generate revenue by charging tuition fees like
26、 their U.S. counterparts- and awarding financial aid to those in greatest need. For all its success, the United States remains deeply ambivalent about sustaining the research-university model. Most politicians recognize the link between investment in science and national economic strength, but suppo
27、rt for research funding has been fitful and sporadic rather than steady. The budget of the National Institutes of Health doubled between 1998 and 2003, but has risen more slowly than inflation since then. Support for the physical sciences and engineering barely kept pace with inflation during that s
28、ame period; legislation to double these expenditures in 10 years is currently pending. The attempt to make up lost ground is welcome, but the nation would be better served by steady, predictable increases in science funding at the rate of long-term GDP growth, which is on the order of inflation plus
29、 3 percent per year. 2 Globalized universities are powerful in enhancing national competition and international stability. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 Students from one developed nation to another equal students from developing to developed countries in number. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Chinas most famous
30、 research universities hire mostly those who received their graduate education in U.K. and U.S. in the recent years. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 FACES brings together students both from China and Stanford together in America every year. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 _ participate in the Erasmus program in Eur
31、ope to prepare students for global careers. 7 Globalized research has made Xus Yale lab more competitive because the labs research work in China _. 8 In China, most talented students have been sent abroad to _ - chiefly at the graduate level. 9 For European governments, _ in the hands of the stronge
32、st universities and allowing them to generate revenue are important ways to grow vigorously. 10 Budget for legislation may double the expenditures on _ in 10 years. 11 As a result of steady and predictable increases in science funding _. Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short c
33、onversations 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 choices marked A, B,
34、C and D, and decide which is the best answer. （ A） He cant find his new apartment. （ B） He had a bigger apartment before. （ C） He finds the new apartment too big for him. （ D） Hes looking for an apartment. （ A） He is going to join in the game. （ B） He is going to Washington and Los Angeles. （ C） He
35、wants to watch the football game. （ D） He doesnt care if he misses the game. （ A） Get a job on Campus. （ B） Take an electronics company. （ C） Visit the electronics company. （ D） Apply for a job with the electronics company. （ A） She watched a movie all night. （ B） She had an eye operation. （ C） She
36、took an exam all night long. （ D） She was studying all night. （ A） He rarely noticed when students are late. （ B） He is usually punctual. （ C） He advised his students to wear watches to class. （ D） He has been unpredictable. （ A） Go to the concert. （ B） Go to work. （ C） See her friends as planned. （
37、 D） Finish her homework. （ A） The typewriter is not new. （ B） The man is a forgetful person. （ C） The man can have the typewriter later. （ D） The man misunderstood her. （ A） To go shopping. （ B） To go out for dinner. （ C） To make reservations. （ D） To talk to her mother. （ A） Where they should move.
38、 （ B） How to negotiate with the landlord. （ C） How to fight the increase. （ D） Whether to accept an increase in rent or move. （ A） Stay and negotiate or move. （ B） Move closer to the University or near the subway. （ C） Fight for a small increase or accepts an in crease offer. （ D） There is no choice
39、. （ A） It is close to the school. （ B） It is cheap. （ C） It has convenient facilities. （ D） The tenant agreement is good. （ A） How to increase ones speed in a bicycle race. （ B） Major Canadian bicycle races. （ C） The contribution of cycling event. （ D） An annual cycling event. （ A） The length of the
40、 course. （ B） The route the cyclists take. （ C） The number of participants. （ D） The month in which the tour is held. （ A） They are not competing with each other. （ B） They have to pay a high fee. （ C） They tend to be beginning cyclists. （ D） Most of them fall to finish the route. （ A） Chocolates. （
41、 B） Water. （ C） First aid. （ D） Bicycle repair service. 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 passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best an
42、swer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） When the plane was up in the sky. （ B） Ten minutes after he was sitting on board. （ C） Just before he fastened his seat belt. （ D） While he was enjoying the beauty of the sky. （ A） The man enjoyed the beauty of the evening sky from his plane. （ B
43、） The man had a time bomb bidden in his suitcase. （ C） The ticking noise of the alarm clock caused him a little trouble. （ D） The airline official and the police officer played a joke on him. （ A） An Interesting Day. （ B） Two Mistakes Made. （ C） A False Alarm. （ D） An Unlawful Arrest. （ A） He was a
44、doctor. （ B） He was a writer. （ C） He was an actor. （ D） He was a teacher. （ A） Press certain points around the eyes with the fingers. （ B） Look at distant objects by moving the eyes from side to side. （ C） Do outdoor exercises daily. （ D） Stare at a calendar on the classroom wall. （ A） To read the
45、book by the famous British writer. （ B） To cover their eyes during a period of intensive reading, （ C） To visit doctors of traditional Chinese medicine. （ D） To relax their eyes frequently while reading. （ A） They couldnt pay the rent for their apartment in the city. （ B） The house was closer to Ros
46、es new job. （ C） They didnt like living in the city. （ D） Peter wanted a modem house. （ A） It was a dinner party. （ B） It was a neighborhood party. （ C） It was a birthday party. （ D） It was a bank party. （ A） They wanted some more crackers. （ B） They hoped to buy food for the next day. （ C） They wer
47、e very sleepy. （ D） They were very hungry. （ A） They had lived too long in the city. （ B） They were not familiar with the American customs. （ C） They were quite particular about food. （ D） They enjoyed going to the neighborhood parties. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage
48、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 just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are
49、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 36 Foreign students are valuable to the United States. Most have to pay the full costs for their education. That helps universities meet their【 B1】 _ . International students and their families put twelve-thousand-million dollars into the American economy last year. That number is from the【 B2】 _ of International Education, based in New York. Now, man
