1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 305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 Applying for a Bank Loan. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below in Chinese: 1. 点明写信的目的并且对个人情况 作介绍 2. 申请助学贷款的原因及数额 3. 你的还款打算 二、 Part II Reading
2、 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 in the passage; N (for NO) i
3、f the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 1 The Mystery of the Mayas The ruins of once-beautiful cities in the forests of Central America tell scientists much about the amazing people who built them. But they
4、do not tell why these cities were suddenly abandoned over one thousand years ago. Around A. D. 800, something mysterious happened to the Mayan civilization. Walls and foundations for new buildings were left unfinished. To modern archeologists, it looked as if the cities had been abandoned. What happ
5、ened? What is the possible explanation of this mystery? Early Discoveries In the late 1700s, a group of explorers cutting their way through a forest in Central America came upon the ruins of an ancient city. Under a tangle of trees and vines, they found large, well designed stone buildings and hands
6、ome stone monuments. Some of the stones were covered with a strange kind of writing. Carvings on other stones showed that at least some of the people who lived in the area long before were highly advanced. Questions Raised In the next 150 years, more cities were discovered. They seemed to be part of
7、 a great civilization stretching across 500 miles (about 800 kilometers) of forest. In 1881, an Englishman named Alfred Maudslay led the first big scientific expedition to study the ruins in the forest. Maudslay was an archeologist, a scientist who studied the remains of ancient communities for clue
8、s to how the people lived. Other expeditions followed, but at first they found more questions than answers: Who built the cities, and when the cities were built? How had the people lived here in the middle of a rain forest? Most puzzling of all, what happened to them? Possible Answers Gradually, som
9、e of the answers have been pieced together. Today, living in parts of Mexico and Guatemala, there are brown skinned Indian people called the Mayas. Scientists believe that the ancestors of these Indians built the cities and carved the stone monuments. Dates carved on some monuments show that they we
10、re put up between A.D. 300 and 800, but bits of buried pottery tell us that the Mayas had lived in some of their cities for hundreds of years earlier. At the height of Mayan civilization, there must have been over two million people living in and around hundreds of beautiful towns and cities. Archeo
11、logists digging in these cities have uncovered roads, a few water reservoirs, and temples built one on top of another. Handsome pictures made of sculptured plaster and painted in bright colors were found on the walls of buildings. Painted pots and pieces of carefully carved jewelry were discovered i
12、n tombs under the floors of temples. These pictures and objects showed much about the Mayas life. There were scenes of people working, people at war, nobles holding court, priests in fantastic costumes and Mayan gods. Possible Errors For a long time, archeologists worked only on uncovering large May
13、an structures, such as temples, palaces, and ball courts. Little effort was made to find the remains of smaller buildings, such as houses. The seeming absence of houses led people to believe that the cities were only the homes of priests and rulers, who lived in the palaces. They thought the ordinar
14、y people probably lived in the countryside and came to the cities only for religious ceremonies. New Evidence In recent years, new evidence has been uncovered at a number of Mayan cities by different groups of archeologists. The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia has just finished a twelve-y
15、ear study of Tikal, the biggest of the Mayan cities. More than one hundred small houses varied, too. Some had many remains of finely decorated pottery. Others had fewer and plainer pieces. The houses were very close together, with little space to raise food, except in small gardens. Change of View T
16、hese new findings changed our picture of Mayan life. Dr. William R. Coe, director of the Tikal project, said that Tikal must have been a real city after all, at least for part of its history. It must have had a big population. The differences in the houses show that there were many different classes
17、 of people. Perhaps some were craftsmen-the stonecutters, sculptors, and painters who worked on new temples and monuments. Mayas Impressive Accomplishments As archeologists studied the Mayas, they became more and more impressed by how much these people had been able to do. In other parts of the worl
18、d, people were using metal tools before they began building cities. They also had wheels and carts to help move loads, and domesticated animals to push or pull them. The Mayas had none of these things. Their only tools were made of wood or stone. Yet they cut and carved rocks weighing thousands of p
19、ounds, and built temples over 200 feet (above sixty meters) tall. But the Mayas could do more than just make buildings and works of art. One of the most important things they did was learn to write. When some of the Mayan writing was figured out, archeologists discovered how much the Mayas knew abou
20、t other things, too. In mathematics, they could count up to the millions. They were the first people to figure out how to use the zero with other numerals to make working with large numbers easier. In astronomy, too, they were way ahead of other ancient peoples. Records show that the Mayas had obser
21、ved the skies for centuries, keeping track of what they saw. They knew how long the moon took to go around the earth, and how long the planet Venus took to come back to the same place in the sky. They could predict eclipses, and they worked out a calendar of eighteen twenty day “months“ and one five
22、-day “month“ that measured the year as accurately as the calendar we use today. 2 The ruins of the ancient city the explorers discovered in the late 1700s convinced them that the city was once lived by people of a highly advanced culture. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 By piecing together all kinds of evid
23、ence collected by various expeditions, the researchers believe the Mayas to be Indians, whose ancestors had come from Asia. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Evidence shows that the use of astronomic knowledge of astronomy greatly affected the life of the Mayas. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 Though much remains to
24、be discovered, by putting together various findings obtained since the 1700s, researchers have come to the conclusion that Mayan culture is quite remarkable. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 Scientists believed that Mayan city _ because many buildings were left unfinished. 7 The reason why people in the past
25、 believed that the ordinary Mayan people lived in the countryside was that their knowledge was based on_. 8 With tools made of_, the Mayans were able to build high temples and made various works of art. 9 According to the new findings, the differences in the houses show many different _lived in Maya
26、. 10 The Mayas are believed as the first people to figure out_. 11 Besides making buildings and works of art, Mayas achieved great accomplishments on_. 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 qu
27、estions 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 answer. （ A） He is confident. （ B） He is worried
28、. （ C） He is bored. （ D） He is angry. （ A） Compare her own paper with others. （ B） Watch out for the usual typing mistakes. （ C） Have someone else type her paper. （ D） Ask another person to check her work. （ A） Jealous. （ B） Indignant. （ C） Negative. （ D） Proud. （ A） She doesnt like the way the prof
29、essor lectures. （ B） Shes having a hard time following the professors lectures. （ C） She is not interested in course. （ D） Shes having difficulty with the heavy reading assignments. （ A） Hes going to help the woman bake her cake. （ B） He is going to buy some cake. （ C） He is going to sweep the study
30、 floor. （ D） He will get a broom and dust pan to clean up the floor. （ A） The man can have his camera fixed here. （ B） The woman will probably fix the mans camera herself. （ C） The man will buy a new camera. （ D） The woman suggests that the camera should have been brought in earlier. （ A） She thinks
31、 big parties are too impersonal. （ B） She would like to invite friends to a big party. （ C） She feels she has to spend a lot of money in holding big parties. （ D） She would like to be invited to small parties. （ A） He thinks that they are of inferior quality. （ B） He thinks that they are a bargain.
32、（ C） He thinks that they are overpriced. （ D） He thinks that they can be purchased at a cheaper price elsewhere. （ A） Amy is seeking advice from Charlie about her future job. （ B） Amy is taking to Charlie about what shed like to do in the future. （ C） Amy is discussing with Charlie what types of job
33、 she is suitable for. （ D） Amy is explaining to Charlie why some jobs are not suitable for her. （ A） They may crash because of nature disasters or human faults. （ B） The worlds weather conditions are getting worse. （ C） The airport safety inspections are getting worse. （ D） Airplanes are often overl
34、oaded nowadays. （ A） She prefers the job where he could travel a lot. （ B） She prefers the job where she could make good money. （ C） She prefers the job where she could meet international business people. （ D） She prefers the job that would give her lots of chances of promotion. （ A） She doesnt know
35、 where all her money has gone. （ B） She has no time to study. （ C） She has to take more part-time work. （ D） She is short of money. （ A） 190 dollars. （ B） 760 dollars. （ C） 250 dollars. （ D） 1010 dollars. （ A） He is Janes boyfriend. （ B） He is Janes financial consultant. （ C） He and Jane are schoolm
36、ates. （ D） He works in the loan section of a bank. （ A） She wants Harry to be her financial consultant. （ B） She earns little but spends far too much money for a student （ C） She has a poor head for economics. （ D） She wants to ask for a loan from Harrys bank. Section B Directions: In this section,
37、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） Childhood in his native home, Texas. （ B）
38、 Working as congressional secretary in Washington. （ C） Vacationing at his ranch in Texas. （ D） Presidency in the White House. （ A） He fed the dog happily. （ B） He picked up the dog by the tips of its ears. （ C） He sat in a chair with the dog dangling beside him. （ D） He made people laugh by kissing
39、 the dogs ears. （ A） He took the place of a president who resigned his position. （ B） He had worked for 38 years in Washington DC till 1930. （ C） He never lost the speech or manners of his hometown. （ D） He kept two dogs in his ranch in Johnson CRy, Texas. （ A） Family phone numbers. （ B） Government
40、service phone numbers. （ C） Business phone numbers. （ D） Professional services phone numbers. （ A） People can call you back if necessary. （ B） You can dial a special number free. （ C） You dont need to pay for long distance call. （ D） You can get a credit coupon when you give the phone number. （ A） H
41、e will find out the right number for you. （ B） He will charge you less for the wrong number. （ C） He will charge you no money for the wrong number. （ D） He will tell you what the wrong number is. （ A） No fuel. （ B） Ice on the wing. （ C） Engine trouble. （ D） No food. （ A） New England. （ B） Britain. （
42、 C） Newfoundland. （ D） Alaska. （ A） Only one. （ B） Two. （ C） Three. （ D） More than three. （ A） Many hours. （ B） One full day. （ C） Two full days. （ D） Three full days. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should
43、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 required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you ca
44、n either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 36 There is a time when job seekers simply wrote letters of application. “Just put down your name,【 B1】 _ , age and whether you have passed any【 B2】 _ , was about the average level of advice offered to young people【 B3】 _ for their f
45、irst jobs when I left school. Tile letter was really just for openers, it was explained, everything else could and should be saved for the【 B4】 _ . And in those days of full【 B5】 _ the【 B6】 _ worked. The letter proved that you could write and were 【 B7】 _ for work. Your eager face and【 B8】 _ replies
46、 did the rest. Later, as you moved up the ladder, something slightly more sophisticated was called for.【 B9】 _ It alight be called the aggressive approach.【 B10】 _ . Or it might be some special feature specially designed for the job in view. There is no doubt, however, that【 B11】 _ . 37 【 B1】 38 【 B
47、2】 39 【 B3】 40 【 B4】 41 【 B5】 42 【 B6】 43 【 B7】 44 【 B8】 45 【 B9】 46 【 B10】 47 【 B11】 Section A Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible wor
48、ds. 47 A great deal of attention is being paid today to the so called digital divide the division of the world into the info (information) rich and the info poor. My wife and I lectured about this looming danger twenty years ago. What was less visible then, however, were the new, positive forces tha
49、t work against the digital divide. There are reasons to be optimistic. There are technological reasons to hope the digital divide will narrow As the Internet becomes more and more commercialized, it is in the interest of business to universalize access after all, the more people online, the more potential customers there are. More and more governments, afraid their countries will be left behind, want to spread Internet access. Within the next d
