1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 283及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Could Computers Replace Teachers in the Classroom? You should write at least 150 words and you should base your composition on the outline given in Chin
2、ese below: 1. 很多人认为计算机可完全代替老师进行课堂教学 2. 说明你的观点及理由 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 state
3、ment 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. 1 Even as the economy improves, a jobless executive may face up to a year or more of unemployment. T
4、his is a lot of time, especially for hard charging high-performers who are not used to having any free time. While some job seekers spend hundreds even thousands -of hours discovering daytime television, others seem to thrive on activities that boost their professional careers or resolve family issu
5、es when they arent working. Having an extended period of free time in the prime of ones life can in fact be a unique opportunity to focus on volunteer service, professional education or personal growth. Community Involvement For Lisa Perez, the wakeup call was burned pork chops. An executive who pre
6、viously hadnt been particularly interested in home and health had become obsessed with homemaking during a stint of unemployment. She realized that cleaning and organizing her home wasnt helping her job search. Nevertheless, “I made lists of 50 things to do every day,“ says Ms. Perez, a political an
7、d public-relations consultant in Scottsdale, Ariz. “My house was spotless, just so Id have something to do.“ One day, her boyfriend didnt arrive on time for dinner because he had to work late, and her pork chops were ruined. She threw a fit. “Id never been a person like that,“ she says. “So I decide
8、d to stop feeling sorry for myself, and go out and do something productive.“ Ms. Perez, 35, resolved to become an active volunteer for the duration of her search. She gave her time to a health-care concern, a housing program and a political campaign. The work bolstered her self-confidence. “Voluntee
9、ring takes the focus off of you. One thing you have thats still valuable is your time. And, of course, you learn that there are thousands of people with a life thats much worse than yours,“ she says. Volunteer assignments are also great ways to meet powerful and well-connected people. Over a six-mon
10、th period, her volunteering evolved into working as a paid consultant and then as a full-time employee, a job she still holds today. In all, she was unemployed for eight months. Before her job loss, she thought she didnt have time to volunteer while working. “Now, even though I have a demanding job,
11、 I still volunteer, because of what I got out of it,“ says Ms. Perez. Continuing Education Gene Bellavance, a 36 year old information-technology project manager, took another route during his unemployment. When he was laid off from a steel company near Cleveland, he knew his immediate prospects were
12、 bleak. He expected his search to take a year. He faced a decision: take a job that would set back his career or hold out for an offer he really wanted. Mr. Bellavanee, single and virtually debt free, shifted his finances into survival mode. He cashed out his pension, sold his house, unloaded things
13、 he didnt need at gar age sales, and rented an apartment with a roommate. Then, he says, “I signed up for every benefit I could find.“ But he wasnt just waiting out the year. He spent the rest of his search updating his skills, including becoming certified in new database and project management soft
14、ware. “You have to invest in yourself,“ Mr. Bellavance says. “I estimated what technology was going to be the most beneficial and chose applications that were going to be pervasive, that were right for my market, and that were going to ensure top pay.“ In addition to income from the occasional IT-co
15、nsulting assignment, he relied on a combination of displaced-worker-retraining grants and unemployment benefits. “I went out and found the classes, submitted the paperwork, and dealt with the bureaucracy. You have to stay after them, keeping your benefits moving forward. Its up to you to make it wor
16、k with your overall transition plan,“ he says. His job search was one month shy of the full year hed expected. He looked for work during his training and says he would have finished the certification programs even if hed been hired before completing them. “People should not feel guilty about accepti
17、ng government aid,“ he says. “I saw this in a lot of people. They felt they were some kind of loser for taking benefits.“ My advice is: “Get all you can. Youve been paying for these programs in your entire career, and you may as well start to benefit from them.“ Family Matters In addition to pursuin
18、g training or volunteering, some displaced careerists use their time off work to attend to family matters. Many executives rediscover their children or find time to help their parents. Stanford Rappaport held three jobs in San Francisco, including high-tech and teaching positions. When he was laid o
19、ff from the high-tech job last year, he knew it might be a long slog before he could get another post like it in the Bay Area. “I was able to do the math,“ says Mr. Rappaport, 46. “The number of people laid off: huge; and the number of available jobs: miniscule. At the time, I thought it might be tw
20、o or three years before the tech industry recovered.“ Mr. Rappaports remaining job, a part-time faculty position with City College of San Francisco, didnt pay enough to support him. After a couple of months of searching with no results, he decided to escape the Northern California jobs meltdown. “My
21、 plan,“ he says, “was to get out of an expensive living situation, and either seek work in another section of the U. S. or overseas, for those two years.“ Mr. Rappaport, who speaks five languages, had worked overseas before. Before he found an assignment, his Arkansas-based mother was diagnosed with
22、 a serious chronic illness, and he was called into duty as a son. Mr. Rappaport was able to help his mother get her affairs in order not to interrupt his search by using a San Francisco mail drop and cellphone. “I continued to look for work in California while I was in Fayetteville, Ark., helping my
23、 mother through this crisis.“ He took his mother to medical appointments, made repairs on her house, bought her a better car, and straightened out her legal and financial affairs. “I even got to go through my fathers effects, which in the five years since he had died were simply piled in boxes in hi
24、s office,“ he says. Mr. Rappaports stay in Arkansas lasted six months. “Its amazing that at this stage I had the opportunity to spend a significant amount of time with my mother and improve her life and get a lot of things done for her. Most people never have that opportunity. Im very thankful that
25、I had the chance. It was absolutely worth it,“ he says. One of the unexpected benefits was the huge boost in confidence he gained from his role as caregiver. Hed been feeling depressed and defeated when he left California, but after returning, he felt renewed. He landed a job with a former employer
26、after returning to San Francisco and remains a part-time faculty member. Discovery and Exploration Instead of spending time off lamenting your unemployed status, ask yourself: “Is there something Ive always wanted to do but havent because of the demands of my job?“ Felice Fisk, a 29-year-old in Seat
27、tle, recently left an account-manager position at a contract-furniture company. During seven months of unemployment, she took an interest in fine-art painting and completed 18 pieces before returning to work. “I found the art work, or some kind of creative outlet, to be really beneficial,“ she says.
28、 Shes now an interior designer for an interior-design firm. Michael Ross, 42, a former IT administrator in El Cerrito, Calif. recently spent his 10 months of unemployment playing guitar and exploring his lifelong interest in scriptwriting and the movie business. “After 18 years at my former employer
29、 and how hard I had worked, I knew I had to recover, to get restored,“ he says. “I looked at this as an opportunity, rather than a penalty. This was very much about clearing space for me.“ At the executive level, even a very efficient and successful job search may be quite lengthy. It makes sense to
30、 spend that time in an enriching and productive manner. These job seekers pursued service, continuing education and shoring up family bonds. How youll look back on a period of unemployment depends on what you do with it. 2 When losing the job, some will try to make full use of the time. （ A） Y （ B）
31、N （ C） NG 3 Lisa Perez found a new interest in homemaking during the period of unemployment. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Mr. Bellavance, was always optimistic during the period of unemployment. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 After she got a new job, Lisa Perez regretted that she had .not done volunteering work
32、 earlier. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 _ means a lot of time, especially for those hard charging executives who are not used to having any time. 7 Being a volunteer is helpful because volunteer assignments can provide you with _. 8 Mr. Bellavance cashed out his pension, sold his house and unloaded things
33、 he didnt need at garage sales after losing his job in order to _. 9 When unemployed, some careerists take the opportunity to family matters in addition to_or volunteering. 10 The role as caregiver brought about a _ in confidence to Mr. Rappaport. After returning from California, he felt renewed. 11
34、 Michael Ross resigned and spent his unemployment time playing guitar and exploring his lifelong interest in scriptwriting and the movie business for he looked at this as an_, rather than a penalty. Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.
35、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, C and D, and decide which is the best a
36、nswer. （ A） Ask someone else how to start his paper. （ B） Begin his paper with a question. （ C） Think more about how to end his paper. （ D） Avoid asking questions without thinking. （ A） Talk to Dr. Smith about the problem. （ B） Study harder for the next biology test. （ C） Find out how everyone else
37、did on the test. （ D） Find out why Dr. Smiths tests are so difficult. （ A） She told the woman she couldnt come to the meeting. （ B） She thought the meeting would end soon. （ C） She had planned to attend the meeting. （ D） She looked for the woman after the meeting. （ A） She may not be able to afford
38、the tickets. （ B） Shell ask someone else to get the tickets. （ C） Shell definitely get the tickets. （ D） Shell get the tickets if she can. （ A） Try to recover without seeing a doctor. （ B） Take the day off tomorrow. （ C） Turn up the heat. （ D） Wake up at night to take his medicine. （ A） Steves clock
39、 is running fast. （ B） Steve shouldnt go running late at night. （ C） Steves schedule is easier than hers. （ D） Steve is extremely late. （ A） It is run by Mrs. Winters husband. （ B） It hires Mrs. Winter as an adviser. （ C） It gives a 30% discount to all customers. （ D） It encourages husbands to shop
40、on their own. （ A） Report the problem to the store manager. （ B） Go to another furniture store. （ C） Order the sofa she wants. （ D） Postpone making a decision about the sofa. （ A） The good pay. （ B） The fresh air. （ C） The bright future. （ D） Both A and B. （ A） Gardener. （ B） Teacher. （ C） Doctor. （
41、 D） Lawyer. （ A） Husband and wife. （ B） Friends. （ C） Boss and Clerk. （ D） Colleagues. （ A） She is studying anthropology. （ B） She is wearing a black sweater. （ C） She sometimes misplaces things. （ D） She works in a library. （ A） That the library opens at 8:00. （ B） That no one else has read the art
42、icles. （ C） That none of the material he needs is available. （ D） That reserve materials can be taken out of the library. （ A） He is not cooperative. （ B） He will be in his office all afternoon. （ C） He has not read any of the articles himself. （ D） He already brought in extra copies of the articles
43、. （ A） Return early the next day. （ B） Photocopy the articles he needs. （ C） Ask Professor Gills for a copy of the articles. （ D） Wait until the girls finished with her articles. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some que
44、stions. 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） Its a country surrounded by the Pacific Ocean. （ B） Its a long country with 1 285 000 kilometers. （ C） Its a country with a
45、 lot of mountains. （ D） Its a country full of natural resources. （ A） The western area near the coast. （ B） The central mountainous region. （ C） The eastern forests and jungles. （ D） The west coast of South America. （ A） It is extremely wet. （ B） It is rather cool. （ C） It has a dry climate. （ D） It
46、 varies on each region. （ A） A detective from the Los Angeles Police Department. （ B） Detective Garcia from the New York Police Department. （ C） Someone who lives in the neighborhood. （ D） Roberts neighbor. （ A） He succeeded in beating a mugger in a fight. （ B） He became a karate(空手道 )expert. （ C） H
47、e passed away in a hospital after a fight with a mugger. （ D） He called the police after being mugged. （ A） According to the lecture, you should try to avoid dark, deserted streets at night. （ B） According to the lecture, you should give the mugger what he wants and call the police as soon as he lea
48、ves. （ C） According to the lecture, its much safer for a man to put his wallet in his front pocket. （ D） According to the lecture, its safe for you to get on empty subway cars. （ A） Singling, echoing and crying. （ B） Singing, echoing and voice imitating. （ C） Echoing, crying and voice imitating. （ D
49、） Singing, crying and voice imitating. （ A） Short and unchanging. （ B） Pleasant and melodious. （ C） Melodious and complicated. （ D） Pleasant and changing. （ A） To defend its territories. （ B） To attract the attention of other birds. （ C） To warn other birds. （ D） To pronounce that it has occupied the place. （ A） Cries of birds are affected by seasons. （ B） Only some sorts of birds can cry. （ C） Birds would cry when they meet dangers. （ D） It is easy to tell the singing of a bird from its cry
