1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 24及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Education Gap Contributes to Wealth Gap. You should write at least 150 words according to the outline given below in Chinese: 1两幅图所示为我国 1984年， 1994年， 2004年城乡知识差距及收入差距的情况
2、，请描述其变化； 2请说明发生这些变化的原因及影响 (可从城乡经济、就业、文化等方面加以说明 )； 3你认为目前应如何缩小城乡之间这种差距。Education Gap Contributes to Wealth Gap 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 t
3、he passage. For questions 1-4, mark： Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with 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. 2 Here They Come Most of the immigrants
4、 came because they were hungry hungry for more bread and for better bread. America offered that. Europe was old; America was young. European soil had been farmed for many years; American soil was practically untouched. In Europe the land was in the hands of a few people, the upper classes; in Americ
5、a the land was available to all. In Europe it was difficult to get work; in America it was easy to get work. In Europe there were too many laborers looking for the few available jobs, so wages were low; in America there werent enough laborers to fill the available jobs, so wages were high. A bigger
6、and better loaf of bread, then, attracted most of the in pouring hordes of people to America. But many came for other reasons. One was religious persecution. If you were a Catholic in a Protestant country, or a Protestant in another kind of Protestant country, or a Jew in almost any country, you wer
7、e oftentimes made very uncomfortable. You might have difficulty in getting a job, or you might be laughed at, or have stones thrown at you, or you might even be murdered just for having the wrong(that is, different) religion. You learned about America where your religion didnt make so much differenc
8、e, where you could be what you pleased, where there was room for Catholic, Protestant, Jew. To America, then! Or perhaps you had the right religion but the wrong politics. Perhaps you thought a few people in your country had too much power, or that there should be no kings, or that the poor people p
9、aid too much taxes, or that the masses of people should have more to say about governing the country. Then, oftentimes, your government thought you were too radical and tried to get hold of you to put you into prison, where your ideas might not upset the people. You didnt want to go to prison, so yo
10、u had to leave the country to avoid being caught. Where to go under the circumstances? Some place where you could be a free man, where you werent clapped into jail for talking. Probably you turned to the place Joseph described in his letter to his brother. “Michael, this is a glorious country; you h
11、ave liberty to do as you will. You can read what you wish, and write what you like, and talk as you have a mind to, and no one arrests you.“ Off to America! For several hundred years America was advertised just as Lucky Strike cigarettes and Buick cars are advertised today. The wonders of America we
12、re told in books, pamphlets, newspapers, pictures, posters and always this advice was given,“ Come to America.“ But why should anyone be interested in whether or not Patrick McCarthy or Hans Knobloch moved from his European home to America? There were two groups interested at different times, but fo
13、r the same reason business profits. In the very beginning, over three hundred years ago, trading companies were organized which got huge tracts of land in America for nothing or almost nothing. That land, however, was valueless until people lived on it, until crops were produced, or animals killed f
14、or their furs. Then the trading company would step in, buy things from the settlers and sell things to company would step in, buy things from the settlers and sell things to them at a profits. The Dutch West India Company, the London Company, and several others were trading companies that gave away
15、land in America with the idea of eventually making money on cargoes from the colonists. They wanted profits needed immigrants to get them advertised and people came. In later years, from 1870 on, other groups interested in business profits tried to get people to come to America. The Cunard line, the
16、 White Star line, the North German Lloyed, and several others earned money only when people used their ships. They therefore sent advertisements to all parts of the world to get people to travel to America in their ships. They sent not only advertisements, but also agents whose business it was to “h
17、unt up emigrants.“ All the other reasons mentioned before were operating, and along came a man who promised to help you, gave you complete directions, aided you in all the little details that were necessary, sometimes even got you a passport, and finally led you to the right ship To America! For one
18、 reason or another, then, people were attracted to America and came of their own free will. There were others who came not because they wanted to, but because they had to. In the early days when America was a colony of England, that country saw a chance to get rid of people who seemed to be “undesir
19、able“. Accordingly, hundreds of paupers and convicts were put on ships and sent to America. Some of the latter were real criminals, but many had been put in prison for small offenses such as poaching, or stealing a loaf of bread, or being in debt, However, they were not “good citizens“ as far as Eng
20、lish was concerned, so what better idea could that country have than to get rid of them? Off to America, whether they liked it or not! There were two groups of indentured servants. There were those who voluntarily sold themselves for a four-to-seven-year term just to get their passage paid. There wa
21、s another group, however, “who were carried here against their will hustled on board ships, borne across the sea and sold into bondage. The streets of London were full of Kidnappers“spirits,“ as they were called; no workingman was safe; the very beggars were afraid to speak with anyone who mentioned
22、 the terrifying word America. Parents were tom from their homes, husbands from their wives, to disappear forever as if swallowed up in death. Children were bought from worthless fathers, orphans from their guardians, dependent or undesirable relatives from families weary of supporting them.“ Still a
23、nother group of immigrants were brought against their will. When the early settlers found it practically impossible to make good slaves of the Indians they found here, because the red man was too proud to work under the lash, they turned to Africa, where Negroes could be obtained. For most of the ei
24、ghteenth century over twenty thousand slaves were transported every year. Negro slave trading became a very profitable business. Many great English fortunes were founded on the slave trade. The Gladstone family fortune is a famous example. As might be expected, the privations suffered by the whites
25、in the sea crossing were nothing when compared to the misery of the Negroes. Here is a sample account of conditions on the slave ships: “She had taken in, on the coast of Africa, 336 males, and 226 females, making in all 562, and had been out seventeen days, during which she had thrown overboard 55.
26、 The slaves were all enclosed under grated hatchways, between decks. The space was so low that they sat between each others legs, and stowed so close together that there was no possibility of their lying down, or at all changing their position, by night or day. Over the hatchway stood a ferocious-lo
27、oking fellow, with twisted thongs in his hand, who was the slave-driver of the ships, and whenever he heard the slightest noise below, he shook the whips over them. But the circumstance which struck us most forcibly was, how it was possible for such a number of human beings to exist, packed up and w
28、edged together as tight as they could cram, in low cells, three feet high, the greater part of which, except that immediately under the grated hatchways was shut oat from light or air, and this when the thermometer, exposed to the open sky, was standing in the shade, on our deck at 89 degrees. It wa
29、s not surprising that they should have endured much sickness and loss of life in their short passage. They had sailed from the coast of Africa on the 7th of May, and had been out but seventeen days, and they had thrown overboard no less than fifty-five, who had died of dysentery and other complaints
30、, in that space of time, though they had left the coast in good health. Indeed, many of the survivors were seen lying about the decks in the last stage of emaciation, and in a state of filth and misery not to be looked at. And so they came, both the willing and the unwilling. 2 All people willingly
31、came to America with the intention of achieving a better life. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 The trading companies used only advertisements to persuade people in all parts of the world to go to America. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Almost half of the Negro slaves died during the voyage because of the terrible
32、conditions they had to endure. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 People who voluntarily worked as servants for several years in exchange for passage to America were called indentured servants. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 The beggars in London _ speak with anyone who talked about America. 7 The Gladstone family ma
33、de a great fortune by _. 8 Many criminals in England were sent to _ because they were not “good citizens“. 9 _ were made uncomfortable in almost any European country. 10 We learn from the passage that conditions for the early whites traveling to America by ships were much better than _. 11 There wer
34、e _ groups of indentured servants. 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 about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After ea
35、ch 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） 7:55. （ B） 7:45. （ C） 8:00. （ D） 8:05. （ A） 5. （ B） 3. （ C） 2. （ D） 8. （ A） On a train. （ B） On a ship. （ C） On a plane. （ D） On a bus. （ A） America. （
36、B） England. （ C） Switzerland. （ D） Sweden. （ A） A movie. （ B） A documentary. （ C） A soccer game. （ D） A comedy. （ A） She thinks his lectures are boring. （ B） She thinks his tests are too long. （ C） She doesnt think he prepares well enough. （ D） She doesnt like his choice of test questions. （ A） She
37、got up later than usual. （ B） The bus was late. （ C） She forgot her class. （ D） Her clock was wrong. （ A） The teacher postponed the conference. （ B） There wont be a test this afternoon. （ C） The students will be attending the conference. （ D） The students took a science test that afternoon. （ A） The
38、 use of photographs in painting. （ B） The TV program about Norman Rockwell. （ C） The Saturday Evening Post magazine. （ D） Exhibits of art on magazine covers. （ A） He imagined them. （ B） He used magazine covers. （ C） He hired models. （ D） He read stories. （ A） He was a prolific painter. （ B） He was a
39、n eccentric person. （ C） He was an avid reader. （ D） He was a good teacher. （ A） The mans graduation. （ B） The couples engagement. （ C） The mans smoking. （ D） The mans stress. （ A） That the man rethink their plans. （ B） That the man see a family doctor. （ C） That the man see a psychiatrist. （ D） Tha
40、t the man concentrate on his studies. （ A） Patient. （ B） Surprised. （ C） Worried. （ D） Irritated. （ A） That she has stopped smoking. （ B） That she does not want to get married. （ C） That she has asked the man to quit smoking many times. （ D） That she is not in love with the man. Section B Directions
41、: 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 answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） Measuring infant intel
42、ligence and brain development. （ B） Brain maturation and emotional growth in infants. （ C） Stimulating the development of infant emotions. （ D） Positive and negative emotions in infants. （ A） By ten months. （ B） When one year old. （ C） When two years old. （ D） At birth. （ A） Disgust. （ B） Interest.
43、（ C） Surprise. （ D） Fear. （ A） It means to rent a house for 25 years. （ B） It means to buy an old house at a low price. （ C） It means to borrow money from a bank to buy a house. （ D） It means to borrow money from a friend to buy a house. （ A） Money paid to a bank before the mortgage is given. （ B） M
44、oney borrowed for a bank as a mortgage. （ C） Monthly payments to a bank as the mortgage. （ D） Interest charged by a bank on the mortgage. （ A） What salary the borrower makes. （ B） What kind of job the borrower has. （ C） What kind of house the borrower lives in. （ D） How much money the borrower owns.
45、 （ A） A bomb explosion. （ B） A traffic accident. （ C） Murder. （ D） Massacres. （ A） At a railway station. （ B） At a bus center. （ C） In the countryside. （ D） In a coastal town. （ A） 1 （ B） 2 （ C） 3 （ D） 4 （ A） The discussion. （ B） The European Union team. （ C） The European Union deputy foreign minist
46、ers. （ D） The UN investigation. Section 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 fro
47、m 36 to 43 with the exact words you have 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 People have dreamed of traveling in space for thousands of years.
48、But it was not until 1957 that it became a (36)_. On October 4, 1957 Russia (37)_ the first man-made satellite into space, It was called Sputnik I. On April 12, 1961 the Russian (38)_ Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit the Earth. The first spacewoman in the world was Valentina Tereshkova. Sh
49、e made 48 (39)_ in 1963 in her Vostok 6. On July 20,1969 the American (40)_ Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the Moon. In 1986 the Russian space station Mir was launched. Scientists are already at work on the (41)_ Space Station, a “city of space“. It will be the size of a football field and will (42)_ over 200 tons. A team of 10 15 spacemen will (43)_ be able to live and work at the International Space Station in 2005. The next step wil
