1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 307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 composition on the topic The Effects of Compliments. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below in Chinese: 1. 你认为恭维给人们带来怎样的影响 2. 具体说明恭维所产生的作用和影响 3. 提议大家该
2、怎么做 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 in the
3、 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 Health Care and Epidemics Everyone suffers from disease at some time or another. However, millions of people around the world do not have good
4、health care. Sometimes they have no money to pay for medical treatment. Sometimes they have money, but there is no doctor. Sometimes the doctor does not know how to treat the disease, and sometimes there is no treatment. Some people are afraid of doctors. When these conditions are present in large p
5、opulation centers, epidemics can start. Epidemics Change History Explorations and wars cause different groups of people to come into contact with other. They carry strange disease to each other. For example, when the Europeans first came to North and South America, they brought diseases with them th
6、at killed about 95 percent of the Native American population. Peoples Fear People are very afraid of unknown things, especially diseases. People have all kinds of ideas about how to prevent and treat disease. Some people think that if you eat lots of onions or garlic, you wont get sick. Others say y
7、ou should take huge amounts of vitamins. Scientific experiments have not proved most of these theories. However, people still spend millions of dollars on vitamins and other probably useless treatments or preventatives. Some people want antibiotics (抗生素 ) whenever they get sick. Some antibiotics are
8、 very expensive. Much of this money is wasted because some diseases are caused by a virus. Viruses are even smaller than bacteria, and they cause different kinds of diseases. Antibiotics are useless against viruses. Because of their fear, people can be cruel to victims of disease. Sometimes they fir
9、e them from their jobs, throw them out of their apartments, and refuse them transportation services. In the plague(瘟疫 ) epidemics a few hundred years ago, people simply covered the doors and windows of the victim s houses and left them to die inside, all in an effort to protect themselves from getti
10、ng sick. The Ways Epidemic Diseases Spread Doctors know how most epidemic diseases spread. Some, like tuberculosis, are spread when peoples sneeze sends the bacteria shooting out into the air. Then they enter the mouth or nose of anyone nearby. Others are spread through human contact, such as on the
11、 bands. When you are sick and blow your nose, you get viruses or bacteria on your hands. Then you touch another persons hand, and when that person touches his or her mouth, nose, or eyes, the disease enters the body. Some diseases spread when people touch the same dishes, towels, and furniture. You
12、can pick up a disease when you touch things in public buildings. Other diseases are spread through insects such as flies, mosquitoes, and ticks. One disease that causes frequent, worldwide epidemics is influenza, or flu for short. The symptoms of influenza include headache and sometimes a runny nose
13、. Some victims get sick to their stomachs. These symptoms are similar to symptoms of other, milder diseases. Influenza can be a much more serious disease, especially for pregnant women, people over sixty-five, and people already suffering from another disease, such as heart problems. About half of a
14、ll flu patients have a high body temperature called a fever. Flu is very contagious. One person catches the flu from another person. It doesnt begin inside the body as heart disease does. Prevention strictly speaking, they are【 B7】 _ procrastinating-rescheduling their day. Laziness can【 B8】 _ be hel
15、pful. Like procrastinators(拖延者 ), some people may look lazy when they are really thinking, planning, and researching. We should remember that some great scientific discoveries occurred by chance or while someone was “goofing off“. Newton wasnt working in the orchard (果园 )【 B9】 _ . All of us would li
16、ke to have some “lazy“ build the car or stove we buy,【 B10】 _ And sometimes, being “lazy“ that is, taking time off for a rest is good for the overworked student or executive.【 B11】 _ .So be careful when youre tempted to call someone lazy. That person may be thinking, resting, or planning his or her
17、next book. 37 【 B1】 38 【 B2】 39 【 B3】 40 【 B4】 41 【 B5】 42 【 B6】 43 【 B7】 44 【 B8】 45 【 B9】 46 【 B10】 47 【 B11】 Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and
18、D. You should decide on the best choice. 47 The war was the most peaceful period of my life. The window of my bedroom faced southeast. My mother had curtained it, but that had small effect. I always woke up with the first light and, with all the responsibilities of the previous day melted, felt myse
19、lf rather like the sun, ready to shine and feel joy. Life never seemed so simple and clear and full of possibilities as then. I stuck my feet out under the sheets I called them Mrs. Left and Mrs. Right and invented dramatic situations for them in which they discussed the problems of the day. At leas
20、t Mrs. Right did. She easily showed her feelings, but I didnt have the same control of Mrs. Left, so she mostly contented herself with nodding agreement. They discussed what Mother and I should do during the day, what Santa Claus should give a fellow for Christmas, and what steps should be taken to
21、brighten the home. There was that little matter of the baby, for instance. Mother and I could never agree about that. Ours was the only house in the neighborhood without a new baby, and Mother said we couldnt afford one till Father came back from the war because if cost seventeen and six. That showe
22、d how foolish she was. The Geneys up the road had a baby, and everyone knew they couldnt afford seventeen and six. It was probably a cheap baby, and Mother wanted something really good, but I felt she was too hard to please. The Geneys baby would have done us fine. Having settled my plans for the da
23、y, I got up, put a chair under my window, and lifted the frame high enough to stick out my head. The window overlooked the front gardens of the homes behind ours, and beyond these it looked over a deep valley to the tall, red-brick house up the opposite hillside, which were all still shadow, while t
24、hose on our side of the valley were all lit up, though with long storage shadows that made them seem unfamiliar, stiff and painted. After that I went into Mothers room and climbed into the big bed. She woke and I began to tell her of my schemes. By this time, though I never seem to have noticed it,
25、I was freezing in my nightshirt, but I warmed up as I talked until the last frost melted. I fell asleep beside her and woke again only when I heard her below in the kitchen, making breakfast. 48 How did the author feel early in the morning? （ A） He felt burdened with responsibilities. （ B） He felt c
26、heerful and happy. （ C） He felt puzzled by the dramatic situations. （ D） He felt horrified by the war. 49 When he woke up in the morning, he would _. （ A） roll up the curtains （ B） help Mrs. Left and Mrs. Right （ C） try to work out his plans for the day （ D） make Mrs. Left argue with Mrs. Right 50 W
27、hat did the author think of his mother? （ A） She was stubborn. （ B） She did not care him very much. （ C） She was strong. （ D） She was not very intelligent. 51 Where was the authors father during the war? （ A） He went traveling. （ B） He was working in another town. （ C） He was ont on business. （ D） H
28、e was fighting in the front. 52 In which month did the story probably take place? （ A） In January. （ B） In February. （ C） In December. （ D） In November. 52 Less than a year ago, a new generation of diet pills seemed to offer the long sought answer to our chronic weight problems. Hundreds of thousand
29、s of pound-conscious Americans had discovered that a drug combination known as “fen-phen“ could shut off voracious(贪吃的 ) appetites like magic, and the FDA had just approved a new drug, Redux, that did the same with fewer side effects. Redux would attract hundreds of thousands of new pill poppers wit
30、hin a few months. But now the diet-drug revolution is facing a backlash. Some of the nations largest HMOs, including Aetna U.S. Healthcare and Prudential Healthcare have begun cutting back or eliminating reimbursement (退款补偿，报销 ) for both pills. Diet chains like Jenny Craig and Nutri/System are backi
31、ng away from them too. Several states, meanwhile, have restricted the use of fen-phen. Last week the Florida legislature banned new prescriptions entirely and called on doctors to wean (使断绝 ) current patients from the drug within 30 days. It also put a 90-day limit on Redux prescriptions. Even New J
32、ersey doctor Sheldon Levine, who touted Redux last year on TV and in his book The Redux Revolution, has stopped giving it to all but his most obese (肥胖的 ) patients. The reason for all the retrenchment (紧缩，删节 ): potentially lethal side effects. Over the summer, the FDA revealed that 82 patients had d
33、eveloped defects in their heart values while on fen-phen, and that seven patients had come down with the same condition on Redux. As if that werent bad enough, physicians reported that a woman who had been taking fen-phen for less than a month died of primary pulmonary hypertension, a sometimes fata
34、l lung condition already associated with Redux. And an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association last month confirmed earlier reports that both fen-phen and Redux can cause brain damage in lab animals. These findings led the New England Journal to publish editorial admonishing docto
35、rs to prescribe the drugs only for patients with severe obesity. Meanwhile, FDA asked drug makers to put more explicit warnings on fen phen and Redux labels. Since mid-July, prescriptions for fen-phen have dropped 56%, and those for Redux 36%, according to IMS America, a pharmaceutical market resear
36、ch firm. All that really does, however, is to bring the numbers down to where they should have been all along, Manufacturers said from the start that their pills offered a short-term therapy for the obese, not for people looking to fit into a smaller bathing suit. FDA approved Redux with just such a
37、 caveat, and when limited to these patients, the drugs may still make sense-despite the risks-because more bid obesity carries its own dangers, including heart disease, diabetes and stroke. Too often, however, Redux and fen-phen were peddled to all comers, almost like candy. The current backlash, sa
38、ys Levine, is a “roller coaster that never should have happened“. 53 The new.pills seemed to be a solution to （ A） the problem of obesity that has influenced the Americans for a long time （ B） the problem that is of great weight and significance （ C） the threatening situation we are facing in the lo
39、ng run （ D） the crucial problem caused by the pills 54 The statement “diet-drug revolution is facing a backlash“ is supported by the following facts excel_. （ A） in Florida, patients are told to turn away from the use of fen-phen within a month （ B） some states have limited or forbidden the prescrip
40、tions of the diet pills （ C） diet chains and some of the HMOs have removed their support for the pills （ D） Sheldon Levine, a New Jersey doctor, touted one of the pills on TV and in his book 55 The worst case that revealed the fatal dark side of the diet pills is_. （ A） 82 patients on fen-phen and s
41、even on Redux had developed heart defects （ B） both diet 15ills cause brain damage （ C） a woman patient on fen-phen had died of a lung disease （ D） a woman patient on fen phen had died of abnormally high blood pressure 56 New England Journal admonished doctors to _. （ A） give the pills only to the s
42、everely overweight persons （ B） put clearer warnings on the drug labels （ C） drop the prescriptions for the pills drastically （ D） take the obese patients off the drugs completely 57 According to the drug manufacturers, the pills _. （ A） only provide temporary treatment for the morbid obesity （ B） a
43、re too dangerous to be used （ C） are meant for all the people who yearn for slimness （ D） are the most important weight loss discoveries 三 、 Part VI Translation (5 minutes) Directions: Complete the sentences in the blanks by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. 58 After the new te
44、chnique was introduced, the factory _ (1998年生产的电视机是前一年的两倍多 ). 59 Much _ (尽管我们钦 佩他的艺术天赋 ), we dont agree that his character is just as admirable. 60 He fell iii suddenly. _ (不然，他不会把工作扔下一半不干的 ). 61 _ (确实他有一份高薪的工作，但不能由此推断 ) he is very satisfied. 62 Not only _ (坐气垫船旅游快得多 ), but also smoother than ordina
45、ry boats. 大 学英语六级模拟试卷 307答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 【正确答案】 The Effects of Compliments Some people are said to experience uneasiness or awkwardness at compliments. I, however, tend to believe that it can create happiness for both the giver and the receiver. To begin with, compliments are
46、a simple, yet powerful, relationship building and enhancing tool. Peoples indifference or hostility towards strangers is likely to be swept away by genuine compliments. Compliments reflect the common tastes between people concerned and a kind of appreciation for the receiver, which will help promote
47、 the existing friendship. Whats more, a compliment can do so much for reducing the receivers depression and boosting their confidence. Imagine what it would be like if a woman having anxiety over her looks hears “I really envy your fair skin“. Actually, the giver of the compliments can also benefit
48、from the gracious act. It betters the way you view yourself and the world around you. Giving compliments prompts you to look at the world in a positive, stimulating and creative way, and you will experience the delight as you give compliments selflessly. Please keep in mind that our compliments can
49、have a great positive impact on ourselves and those around us, and it costs nothing but a little time, energy, and the desire to make your life and the lives of others better. So why dont you have a try? 【试题解析】 本文最大的特点是主题鲜明，结构协调，语言具体生动、准确地道，句式多样化，过渡自然。第一段以 Some people are said to.指出有些人 对恭维的看法，接着 however一词道出了作者的看法。第二段中，作者用 To begin with. Whats more. 引出对被恭维人的好处， Actually一词又引出了对实施恭维者的好处。结尾段对全文进行了总结，并号召大家一起做。 二、 Part II Reading Comprehens
