1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 31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 High Salaries or Career Development? You should write at least 150 words according to the outline given below in Chinese: 1有的大学毕业生择业时盲目追求高工资，有的则认为提供学习机会及事业上的发展才是更重要的 2持有
2、这两种观点的原因 3你的观点 High Salaries or Career Development? 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 st
3、atement 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 Cholesterol and Heart Disease Do you know your cholesterol(胆固醇 ) level? Many people dont. A hig
4、h level of cholesterol in the blood is an important risk factor for heart disease. Some people say that the danger of heart disease is exaggerated. However, heart disease is a main cause of death in developed countries. Every year more than one million Americans have heart attacks, and half of them
5、die. People with heart disease suffer chest pair/s that make simple activities, such a walking, shaving, or taking a shower, difficult. Research has proven that cholesterol levels are connected with heart disease. One project in Massachusetts has studied the same group of men and women since 1948. T
6、he researchers have found that the people who have high levels of cholesterol have more heart attacks. A natural substance in the blood, cholesterol comes from the liver. The amount of cholesterol is affected by diet and by physical qualities we inherit from our parents. One kind of cholesterol stic
7、ks fat to the walls of arteries, making them smaller and finally blocking them. It produces a condition called “hardening of the arteries,“ which causes heart attacks. With tiny cameras, doctors can see blood circulating through the heart valves. Angiograms(血管造影照片 ) are x-rays of the heart arteries.
8、 They show fat deposits and blockages caused by high cholesterol. Heart disease begins in children as young as 3 years old. It occurs earlier in boys than in girls. Nearly half of teenagers have some fat deposits on their artery wails. Heart disease develops faster if we have high cholesterol levels
9、 and also smoke. What is a safe level of cholesterol? Adults have a high risk of heart attack if their cholesterol level is above 240 milligrams per deciliter(1/10公升 ) of blood. Below 200 is better. In the Massachusetts study, no one with a cholesterol level below 150 has ever had a heart attack. Ho
10、wever, about half of American adults have cholesterol levels above 200. To lower our cholesterol level, we must change our eating habits. Anything that comes from an animal is high in fat and high in cholesterol. The American Heart Association National Cholesterol Education Program says that fat sho
11、uld be no more than 30 percent of our diet. Blood cholesterol levels start to fall after 2 to 3 weeks of following a low-cholesterol, low-fat diet. Dietary changes alone can result in a 10 percent reduction of the average persons cholesterol level. Aerobic exercise helps, too. Artery blockage can be
12、 reduced by as much as 40 percent through changes in diet and amount of exercise. We must educate everyone, including children in elementary schools. We must teach them responsibility for their health through classes in nutrition and aerobic exercise. For example, the smart snack is fruit. Children
13、must be served fruit in the school cafeteria, along with low- fat meals. Schools must send recipes home with the children. Parents must include children in planning and preparing meals and shopping for food. Adults, including persons over the age of sixty five, can lower their cholesterol by 30 or 4
14、0 percent. It is never too late to change. One man began his health program when he was seventy- three. By the time he was seventy-seven, he had lowered his arterial blockage from 50 percent to 13 percent and his cholesterol from 320 to 145 without drugs. He went on a vegetarian diet with only 10 pe
15、rcent fat, plus programs to reduce stress and get more exercise. A low-cholesterol diet that cuts out most animal products and high-fat vegetables may be unfamiliar to people. The Heart Association says to use no added fat of any kind. Dont fry food in oil. Cook it in water, vinegar, or vegetable wa
16、ter. Learn about grains and vegetables. Avoid egg yolks (the yellow part of the egg). Eat potatoes, beans, low-fat vegetables, and fruit. People often complain about low-fat diets before they have had time to get used to them. Food can taste good without cream, butter, and salt. You can use olive oi
17、l, mustard, fresh herbs, or yogurt instead. A new diet can cause general anxiety, when people feel worried and nervous about what is going to happen. They must learn to deal with the changes in their lives. Sometimes major changes in die( or lifestyle are easier than minor ones because the results a
18、re bigger and faster. Fast results encourage us. How can you control the amount of fat in your diet if you eat in restaurants? Restaurants must provide healthy meals that are low in fat, salt, and cholesterol. A diet is a personal thing. Restaurant owners should not make customers feel embarrassed b
19、ecause they want to follow a diet that is good for them. Restaurant owners must learn to give equal service to customers on a healthy diet. Some restaurants have items on the menu marked with a heart to show that they are low in fat, cholesterol, salt, or sugar. A few restaurants serve only these re
20、cipes. Heart disease causes one out of every four deaths in East Harlem in New York City, The East Harlem Healthy Heart Program is an educational program. It has 2 goals: to get people to change their diets and to find volunteers to help run educational activities. One way it educates is by street s
21、hows. Actors wear costumes and carry big pieces of plastic fat. They entertain so people will listen. Groups of children perform songs and dances that educate people about heart disease and diet. Volunteers lead walking and exercise groups to show people how to begin exercising. Volunteers also stan
22、d in supermarkets to suggest healthy food choices to shoppers. The volunteers have shoppers taste two kinds of milk to see which tastes better. Most people are surprised that the low-fat milk tastes better than the whole milk. Shoppers are encouraged to buy low-fat milk instead of whole milk. The po
23、pulation grows year by year. And education costs money, but it also brings results. In 1983, only 35 percent of the American public knew their cholesterol levels. By 1990, 65 percent of the people had had theirs checked. People feel better if they lower their cholesterol through diet. Healthy people
24、 are more confident. They are more attractive to themselves, as well as to others. Their friends stare at them because they look so healthy. We can prevent heart disease by living a healthful lifestyle and eating the right kind of diet. If people dont do this, two out of three men and women in Ameri
25、ca will eventually get heart disease. 2 No direct relationship has been proven between high cholesterol levels and heart attacks. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 Boys have a higher risk of developing heart disease than girls. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Old people shouldnt bother to change their eating habits b
26、ecause its too late for it to do them any good. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 It can be easier to change our diet a lot than to change it a little. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 Diet and physical qualities which passed down from our parents affect _, a natural substance in the liver blood. 7 Children should lea
27、rn more responsibility for their health through _. 8 One of the educational activities in East Harlem Healthy Heart Program is _. 9 Consumers are encouraged to buy low-fat milk rather than _. 10 Compared with the number of American people who had their blood cholesterol levels checked in 1990 was _
28、than that of in 1983. 11 The article deals with the link between _ and the suggestions to prevent them. 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
29、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） The doctor is operating on her. （ B） She has had an operation. （ C） Shell rest at h
30、ome for another couple of weeks. （ D） She returned to college last week. （ A） One piece. （ B） Two pieces. （ C） Three pieces. （ D） Four pieces. （ A） To meet Charley. （ B） To work in his office. （ C） To go to hospital. （ D） To attend a meeting. （ A） Some rocks. （ B） Her ticket. （ C） Her suitcase. （ D）
31、 Her handbag. （ A） He doesnt like table tennis at all. （ B） He knows the result of the finals. （ C） He doesnt have a TV set. （ D） He will not watch. （ A） The ground is too hard for planting. （ B） Transportation is expensive. （ C） There has been too much rain in the Yangtze River valley this year. （
32、D） The planters are experimenting with new crops. （ A） She was understanding. （ B） She was annoyed. （ C） She was apologeti （ D） She was careless. （ A） No, because shes already spent most of it. （ B） No, because she has already lent it to a friend. （ C） Yes, because she got some while she was shoppin
33、g. （ D） Yes, because she wants to help him. （ A） Making friends in a foreign country. （ B） Spanish and French. （ C） Foreign TV, radio and other media. （ D） Learning a foreign language. （ A） The language laboratory. （ B） Travel. （ C） Studying in high school. （ D） Going to movies and watching TV. （ A）
34、 Learning knowledge of the language. （ B） Reading newspapers and magazines of foreign language. （ C） Communicating with the native people. （ D） Living in a country where the language is spoken. （ A） A house. （ B） A car. （ C） A hotel. （ D） An art gallery. （ A） He has many pets. （ B） He has three chil
35、dren. （ C） He doesnt need a larger house. （ D） His wife is pregnant. （ A） House sales company. （ B） Motor sales company. （ C） Food sales company. （ D） Travel agency. （ A） She is a travel agent. （ B） She is a (real) estate agent. （ C） She sells cars. （ D） She sells hotels. Section B Directions: In th
36、is 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） Probing into the privacy of f
37、amous people. （ B） Short articles about less important events. （ C） Colorful pictures and smaller size. （ D） All above. （ A） The Daily Star. （ B） The Times. （ C） The Daily telegraph. （ D） The Daily Mirror. （ A） The Independent. （ B） The Financial Times. （ C） The Daily Mirror. （ D） The Daily Telegrap
38、h. （ A） Life was easy and food was easy to find. （ B） People care more about how to survive. （ C） The people took care of each other out of love. （ D） There are many developed individual monetary systems. （ A） This need to use the services of people who were not physically near. （ B） This need to ha
39、ve a common set of values. （ C） The fear of things that were more different than what people were used to. （ D） This need to store wealth. （ A） How the survival skills of the early people influenced their diets. （ B） This need to learn how to save money. （ C） The increasingly complex relationship be
40、tween values and the use of money. （ D） The difficulty of trading larger and larger amounts of good. （ A） Paris. （ B） Copenhagen. （ C） New York. （ D） London. （ A） Once. （ B） Twice. （ C） Three times. （ D） Never. （ A） They won the tournament last year. （ B） They have been trained the hardest in the to
41、urnament. （ C） They have the most money to spend on their athletes. （ D） They have never lost a game before. （ A） The German team. （ B） The British team. （ C） The Brazilian Team. （ D） The American team. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is r
42、ead 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 required to fill in the missing in
43、formation. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 37 In November 1965, New York was blacked out by an electricity failure. The (36)_ promised that it would not happen again. Pessimists were certain that it would occur again within five years at the
44、 latest. In July 1977, there was a repeat performance which, produced varying degrees of (37)_ throughout the city of eight million people. In 1965, the failure occurred in the cool autumn and at a time of (38)_. In 1977, the disaster was much more serious because it came when un-employment was high
45、 and the city was suffering from one of its worst heat waves. In 1965, there was little crime or looting during the darkness, and fewer than a hundred people (39)_. In 1977, hundreds of stores were broken into and looted. Looters (40)_ shop windows and helped themselves to (41)_, clothes or televisi
46、on sets. Nearly 4,000 people were arrested but far more disappeared into the darkness of the night. The number of policemen (42)_ was quite (43)_ and they wisely (44)_. Hospitals had to treat hundreds of people cut by glass from shop windows. (45)_. The vast majority of New Yorkers, however, were no
47、t involved in looting. (46)_. For twenty-four hours, New York realized how helpless it was without electricity. 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
48、D. You should decide on the best choice. 48 The “new economic order“ is a global one. Policymakers, educators, business, and industry are all concerned with strengthening the United States for competition in this new arena(舞台 ). Career education has generally focused on helping people understand the
49、 relationship between education and work and acquire employability skills. Now people need assistance in realizing the opportunities and meeting the challenges of the international workplace. The evolving global economy is based on a number of factors: decreasing transportation and communications costs, new political structures and economic alliances. The most important influence is the emergence of flexible, information-based techn
