1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 36及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to the local government complaining that some Internet cafes open to teenagers you should write at least 150 words following the outline given below in Chinese 1. 许多网吧向未成年人开放 2. 列举这一现象的危害
2、并分析原因 3. 提出建议，希望引起重视 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 informa
3、tion 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 The Business of Media Violence In 2001, people around the world spent US $14 billion going to the movies. The U.S. domestic bo
4、x office alone hit US $9 billion a 75 per cent increase from 1991 and there are huge revenues from home video/DVD sales, rentals and spin-off merchandise. But even these profits are dwarfed by music, the largest global media sector. In 2000, sales reached US $37 billion, with music consumption high
5、among young audiences everywhere. Video games are not far behind: global sales for 2002 were anticipated to be US $31 billion. An Expanding Foreign Market American media corporations earn at least half of their profits from foreign sales. And global markets are growing fast as standards of living ar
6、e rising around the world. Sales of TVs, stereos, VCRs and satellite dishes are increasing, and in the last decade or two, new and expanding markets have emerged in countries that have abandoned state control of media and distribution. Today, U.S. films are shown in more than 150 countries worldwide
7、, and the U.S. film industry provides most of the pre-recorded videos and DVDs sold throughout the world. American television programs are broadcast in over 125 international markets, and MTV can be seen in more foreign households than American ones. This international success has a tremendous impac
8、t not just on the recipient(愿意接受的 ) countries, but also on the cultural environment of the U.S. To some extent, the tail is wagging the dog: more and more, the demands and tastes of foreign markets are influencing what popular products get made in the U.S. Action Sells: Film and Television Nowhere i
9、s this influence more evident than in the film industry. In the U.S. and Canada, movies rated “G“(General) and “PG“(Parental Guidance) consistently brings in more revenues than R-rated films. Yet the number of G and PG films has dropped in recent years, and the number of restricted films has risen.
10、Two-thirds of Hollywood films in 2001 were rated “R“. Film producers are unequivocal(不含糊的 ) about why this is so: the foreign market likes action films. Action travels well. Action movies dont require complex plots or characters. They rely on fights, killings, special effects and explosions to hold
11、their audiences. And, unlike comedy or drama which depend on good stories, sharp humor, and credible characters, all of which are often culture-specific action films require little in the way of good writing and acting. Theyre simple, and theyre universally understood. To top it off, the largely non
12、-verbal nature of the kind of films that journalist Sharon Waxman refers to as “short-on-dialogue, high-on-testosterone“ makes their dubbing(配音 )or translation relatively inexpensive. There are, of course, exceptions to the rule. The film Titanic made almost US $2 billion in worldwide sales as of 20
13、01 making it the biggest-grossing movie of all time. The British film The Full Monty was an international hits and My Big Fat Greek Wedding debunked all the profit formulas in 2002. But such offbeat successes are hard to predict. A flick such as Die Hard or Terminator is much more of a sure thing. M
14、ost film budgets today average US $75-100 mil- lion, so Hollywood studios dont like to take chances. All this means enormous pressure on the American movie industry to abandon complexity in favour of action films. The effect is a kind of “dumbing-down“ of the industry in general. Foreign investors a
15、re much less likely to invest in films focusing on serious social themes or womens issues, or ones that feature minority casts. Such films, however brilliant, are not where the big money is. Worldwide appeal determines casting and script decisions and the overwhelming demand is for white actors and
16、action. Success breeds success, and the sheer ubiquity(无处不在 ) of these productions and all their spin-off products and businesses around the world is in turn fueling an ever-growing demand for U.S. popular culture products. Foreign market pressures are driving the $1.9 billion Canadian film and tele
17、vision industry as well: international sales are essential for a country with such a small domestic market. And so, as the Writers Guild of Canada points out, “distributors are now the gatekeepers of Canadian television.“ According to the Guild, the pressures of foreign markets are resulting in more
18、 non-Canadian writers, and television series that look less and less Canadian. Its hard to compete with the giant next door. Because American studios export so widely, they can sell an hours worth of TV entertainment to Canadian broadcasters at a cost well below what it would cost Canada to produce
19、its own.(Its been said that two minutes of original television production can buy an hour of American drama). And getting a film shown in Canadian theatres can be a challenge when most theatres are owned by large multinational corporations. Explicit and Violent Music Lyrics Go Mainstream In the last
20、 decade, social analysts have also noted a steady increase in violent and anti-social music lyrics and images. Once relegated to the fringes, “rage“ music, filled with profanity(亵渎 ) and hate, has become a cash cow for the mainstream music industry. The worlds largest music company, Universal Music
21、Group, is putting the might of its international marketing machine behind artists like Eminem, Dr. Dre and Limp Bizkitall known for their bleak anthems of Violence and hatred, often aimed at women, gays and lesbians. This kind of violence reached mainstream status in 2001, when the U.S. Grammy award
22、s nominated Eminem for four awards, he won three, and his 2002 CD, The Eminem Show made US $3.63 million in its first month of sales. Rap music, too, has been co-opted by the major corporations. The Recording Industry Association of America says that rap/hip-hop, which sprang out of the East Coast m
23、usic scene 25 years ago, replaced pop music in 2001 as the third most popular music genre. Gansta Rap artists are now being accused of destroying the soul of original rap and hip hop movements with their violent lyrics and lifestyles. Video Games and Violence Though there are many challenging non-vi
24、olent computer and video games, in the last few years video games have become almost synonymous with violence. Their trademark movie-like realism, combined with enormous marketing budgets, has made this entertainment industry the second most-profitable in the world. In September 2002, the ultra-viol
25、ent Grand Theft Auto 3 was the second most popular game in the world. The game was initially banned in Australia for its graphic violence and sexual con- tent, but it nevertheless grossed US $300 million by the end of 2002. The success of GTA 3(and its successor GTA: Vice City) is upping the ante fo
26、r violence in the next generation, of video games, The cost of developing new games is so high that producers need to know that a game is going to be a hit before bankrolling(提供资金 ) it. Marketing Violence to Young People No one knows better than the communications industries that children and young
27、people represent a huge market, due to both their own spending power and their influence on family spending decisions. In September 2000, a Federal Trade Commission(FTC.report revealed what many suspected: U.S. media corporations were routinely ignoring their own rating restrictions and actively mar
28、keting violent entertainment to children and teens. In fact, the study showed that 80 per cent of R-rated movies, 70 per cent of restricted video games, and 100 per cent of music with “explicit content“ warning labels were being marketed to kids under 17. The report revealed a number of standard(tho
29、ugh illicit) practices for marketing adult media products to kids. These included advertising in publications for adolescents, such as YM, Teen and Marvel comics; screening trailers for restricted movies on TV at times when kids are likely to be watching; and recruiting teens and children(sometimes
30、as young as nine) to evaluate story concepts, commercials, trailers and rough cuts even for R-rated movies. The study also revealed that the film and videogame industries often target children as young as four with toy tie-ins for adult-rated movies and games. Follow-up reports from the FTC indicate
31、 that the film and gaming industries have improved their practices somewhat. However, ads for R-rated movies continue to appear on television shows popular with kids. TV is considered the most important medium for drawing an audience to a film, and the video game industry still advertises games rate
32、d M(Mature) in magazines with young readers. The music industry has done little to clean up its act. All five major record labels continue to advertise albums with explicit or violent content on television programs and in magazines that have substantial followings of kids under the age of seventeen.
33、 2 Compared with the profits of music sector, those of movies are much smaller. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 The success of expanding foreign markets has influenced the domestic cultural environment of U.S. as well as the countries that have opened their media market. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 In 2001, R-r
34、ated films accounted for the majority of Hollywood films because both domestic and foreign markets were in favor of action movies. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 The box office of Terminator is more than that of My Big Fat Greek Wedding. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 The decisions of script and actors are determ
35、ined by _. 7 Music lyrics of Eminem are full of _, but they are very popular. 8 According to the Recording Industry Association of America, before 2001 _ was rated as the third most popular music genre. 9 The popularity of Grand Theft Auto 3 will stimulate producers to invest more violent videogames
36、 because they are _. 10 According to a FTC report, U.S. media corporations are marketing violent entertainment to children actively and _. 11 The FTCs later reports show that the film and gaming industries have made some improvement while _ has done almost nothing to improve. Section A Directions: I
37、n 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 each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you m
38、ust read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. （ A） Shes not sure shell be seeing Julia. （ B） Shell phone Julia several days later. （ C） She doesnt think Julia knows about registration. （ D） Shes sure Julia will help the professor with course registration. （ A）
39、Shell help look for the mans wallet. （ B） Shed like to pay for the mans lunch. （ C） She doesnt have much money to lend the man. （ D） Shell help the woman with her physics project. （ A） He doesnt want to go to the opera tonight. （ B） He has a chance to have a break from the math problem. （ C） He want
40、s to improve his math grade by watching operas. （ D） Hell meet the woman when he has finished the math problem. （ A） Take the camera back to the store. （ B） Get a special attachment for the camera. （ C） Use a brighter light when taking pictures. （ D） Avoid facing the light when taking pictures. （ A）
41、 He doesnt know Dr, Jeffery very well. （ B） He thought Dr. Jeffery would get the position. （ C） He thought it took too long to make the decision. （ D） Hes not sure Dr, Jeffery will be a good chairperson. （ A） Pm a little more pepper in the soup. （ B） Serve the soup as it is said in the recipe. （ C）
42、Taste the soup to see if it needs some more pepper. （ D） Check the recipe to see if they followed it correctly. （ A） If the woman keeps money at the bank. （ B） Where the woman learned about the seminar. （ C） Which seminar the woman wants to sign up for. （ D） If the woman has taken classes on managin
43、g personal finances. （ A） Take a shorter route. （ B） Buy new sun glasses. （ C） Drive on a different road. （ D） Consider taking Route 27. （ A） Social activities. （ B） Cultural activities. （ C） Language activities. （ D） Sports activities. （ A） Tuesday. （ B） Wednesday. （ C） Thursday. （ D） Friday. （ A）
44、5. （ B） 30. （ C） 50. （ D） 55. （ A） The colors of clothing. （ B） The individual taste on clothing. （ C） The idea of psychology of clothing （ D） The clothing fashion. （ A） It is a subconscious thing. （ B） It reflects a lack of self-consciousness. （ C） It is unnecessary indeed. （ D） It is a kind of con
45、scious act. （ A） He has a feeling of insecurity. （ B） He is missing his family. （ C） He lacks self-confidence. （ D） He feels ill. （ A） Warmer clothes. （ B） More aggressive clothes. （ C） Brighter colors of clothes. （ D） More casual clothes. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short
46、 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） The best way to do Yoga. （ B） The typical process of yoga. （ C
47、） The medical benefits of Yoga. （ D） The relationship between health and Yoga. （ A） Breathing and moving smoothly. （ B） Concentration and breathing. （ C） Flexibility and breathing. （ D） Meditation and comfort. （ A） Slow exercises. （ B） Rest Or meditation. （ C） Rest and meditation. （ D） Remaining com
48、fortable. （ A） Crowded air traffic. （ B） The large size of airplanes. （ C） Mistakes by air traffic controllers. （ D） Bad weather. （ A） They bumped into each other over a swimming pool. （ B） They avoided each other by turning in different directions. （ C） They narrowly escaped crashing into each othe
49、r. （ D） One plane climbed above the other at the critical moment. （ A） To show the key role played by air traffic controllers. （ B） To show the great responsibility shouldered by the pilots. （ C） To give an example of air disasters. （ D） To show that air travel is far safer than driving a car. （ A） Because people might have to migrate there someday. （ B） Because it is very much like the earth. （ C） Because it is easier to explore than other planets. （ D） Because its atmosphere is differ
