1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 374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: Overseas Study at an Early Age. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below: 1. 目前很多父母在子女高中毕业前就送他们出国学习 2形成这种趋势的原因 3我对此的看法 Oversea
2、s Study at an Early Age 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 info
3、rmation 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 Flirt with Suicide The life of David Woods was the stuff of an Australian boys dream. He played professional rugby league f
4、ootball in a country that treats athletes as idols. At 29, he had a loving family, a girlfriend, a 3-month-old baby, plenty of money, everything to live for. And for inexplicable reasons, nothing to live for. On New Years Eve, Woods called his mother to announce that he had signed a new contract wit
5、h his team, Golden Coast, recalls his elder brother, Tony. The next morning, he ran a hose from the exhaust pipe to the window of his Mitsubishi sedan (轿车 ) and gasses himself. His family still has no idea why. The death of David Woods came as a wake-up call to Australia, which is often voted as the
6、 ideal place to bring up kids. But the sun, the beaches and the sporting culture are the cheery backdrop to a disturbing trend: Young Australian men are now killing themselves at the rate of one a day triple the rate of 30 years ago. Though most Australians arent particularly suicidal, their boys ar
7、e. In 1990 suicide surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death among males aged 15 to 24. Fun-loving Australia is now far worse off than Asian nations known for strict discipline. The yearly suicide rate for young Australian males is 2.5 times higher than in Japan, Hong Kong, or Singapore.
8、 Possible Causes for Suicide Why boys? A nation of wide-open spaces and rugged individualism, Australia still idolizes the film star Gary Cooper model of masculinity: the strong, silent type who never complains, who always gets the job done. In recent years schools and social institutions have conce
9、ntrated on creating new opportunities for equality for girls while leaving troubled boys with the classic command of the Australian father: pull yourself together. Its past time to take a much closer look at the lives of young men, some researchers argue. “People think, My kids arent doing drags, my
10、 kids are safe at home,“ says psychiatrist John Tiller of Melbourne University, who studied 148 suicides and 206 attempts in the state of Victoria. “They are wrong.“ The Haywards, a comfortably well-off family in Wyong, north of Sydney, figured they were dealing with the normal problems of troubled
11、teenhood. Their son Mark had put up a poster of rock star Kurt Cobain, a 1994 suicide victim, along with a Cobain quote: “I hate myself and I want to die.“ “From the age of 12, Mark had his ups and downs mood swings, depression and low self-esteem,“ says his father. The Haywards sent Mark to various
12、 counselors, none of whom warned that he had suicidal tendencies. By last year Mark was 19, fighting bouts (回合 ) of unemployment and a drug problem. He tried church, struggling to do the right thing. Last September he dropped out a detoxification (戒毒 ) program, and apologized to his parents. “Ive le
13、t you down again.“ A few days later, his mother found Marks body in bush-land near their home. In retrospect, Mark Haywards struggles were far from uncommon. The number of suicides tends to keep pace with the unemployment rate, which for Australians between 15 and 19 has risen from 19 percent in 197
14、8, the first year data were collected, to 28 percent last year. Suicide is especially high among the most marginal: young Aboriginal (土著的 ) men, isolated by poverty, alcoholism and racism. As in other developed countries, Australian families have grown less cohesive in recent years, putting young me
15、n out into the world at an earlier age. Those who kill themselves often think “itll make it easier for the parents by not being there“. The deeper mystery is why the universal anguish of growing up should have such particularly devastating effects in Australia. One answer is that the country allows
16、easier access to guns than most other developed Asian countries. (One exception is neighboring New Zealand, where guns are as easy to find, and the suicide rate among young people is worse.) Australian boys tend to end their lives violently by shooting or hanging. Girls, by contrast, often take an o
17、verdose of drugs, and are more often rescued. Efforts to Tackle Suicide Problem Educators now hope to teach adults to recognize youths troubled by suicidal depression. That is no e asy task in a society that generally avoids introspection (反省 ). “Good services do exist in Australia,“ says child psyc
18、hiatrist Marie Bashir, but “the Australian philosophy is: pull your socks up. Get out and play some sports.“ To get Australias attention, psychiatrist Tiller wants the government to sponsor a shock advertising campaign, similar to one that portrays the pain and guilt felt by survivors in drunk-drivi
19、ng accidents. The ads should make people aware of the threat, and urge them to get help for young people at risk. The rising death toll has just begun to force suicide onto the nations political agenda. Suicide now takes more lives than murder or AIDS. Brendan Nelson, a physician and backbencher in
20、Parliament, recently called for the creation of a National Office for Young People to report to the prime minister on youth concerns. Slowly, Australians are overcoming the old fear of talking openly about a problem that has long been considered taboo. “We have one young person every day ending his
21、life and possibly another four who are not reported as suicides but are killing themselves,“ says Clyde Begg of the Australian Community Research Organization. “Now, if we dont talk about that, we are neglecting our duties.“ Tony Woods is talking now, but he wasnt always. The brother of the football
22、 player who gassed himself to death, Woods says he tried to take his own life at the age of 17 by slashing his wrists with a carving knife after breaking up with a girlfriend. Woods has made it his own mission to warn other boys that they may find themselves on the same dangerous path taken by his b
23、rother, David. Among other things, he plans to bring professional football players into schools to urge boys to seek counseling for their personal problems. “Boys cant communicate what they feel,“ says Woods. “They are socialized to be hard, tough, independent men who dont show their feelings. We ne
24、ed to tell them: Youre worthwhile. Seek help. We need to teach boys to express themselves. We need to pick them up at 5 years old to prevent a problem in 15 years.“ It is the kind of simple advice, Tony Woods now believes, that his brother never heard. 2 David Woods rugby league football career was
25、cut short by suicide on a New Years Day. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 In Australia a disturbing trend arises that young persons between the age of 15 to 24 are taking their own lives at an alarming rate. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 In some Asian countries known for strict discipline such as Japan and Singapo
26、re, young people suffer serious psychological problems. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 Australian schools and social institutions may have contributed to the problem of suicide among boys by focusing on giving girls more opportunities while leaving boys on their own. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 Mark Haywards h
27、ad shown _ from his early teens but his counselors had failed to warn his parents about it. 7 Suicide rate is particularly high among young aboriginal men as they have to struggle against not only poverty but also _ . 8 Growing pains are especially destructive in Australia, where people have _ . 9 T
28、o help raise the publics awareness of the suicide problem, psychiatrist Tiller appealed to the government to organize _ . 10 _ will be one of the political initiatives taken to tackle the suicide problem in Australia. 11 According to Tony Woods, the problem of suicide among young Australian men can
29、be alleviated if boys _ . 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 the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each questi
30、on 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 black one. （ B） The white one. （ C） The big one. （ D） The one with a bigger yard. （ A） She is drawing. （ B） She is getting some money from the bank. （ C） She
31、 is depositing money in the bank. （ D） She is .saving someone. （ A） She has bought a new one. （ B） Her brother has just given her one. （ C） She has only an old one. （ D） She has none at present. （ A） The woman is the mans boss. （ B） The man is the womans husband. （ C） The woman is the teacher of the
32、 child. （ D） The woman wants to know something about a student. （ A） He wants to quit the class too. （ B） He knows nothing about swimming. （ C） He made great efforts in learning to swim. （ D） He teaches swimming. （ A） Cowardly. （ B） Curious. （ C） Lazy. （ D） Courageous. （ A） She wants to leave the th
33、eatre before the movie is over. （ B） She doesnt know the way to the theatre. （ C） She wants to go early to avoid the traffic jam. （ D） She usually goes home at eight. （ A） It was too small. （ B） It was too loose. （ C） It was too expensive. （ D） She doesnt like the style. （ A） A detective story. （ B）
34、 Their writing assignment. （ C） Professor Wilsons writing course. （ D） A jewelry store robbery. （ A） Her professor did not like her story. （ B） She had trouble finishing her assignment. （ C） She did not like the topic she had chosen for her paper. （ D） She was taking too many comes. （ A） To go shopp
35、ing. （ B） To do research for the story. （ C） To meet with her professor. （ D） To take a break from her work. （ A） An orchestra conductor. （ B） An music fan. （ C） A sales manager in a music company. （ D） A background music composer. （ A） It can increase production by 4.5 percent in factories at least
36、. （ B） It is sometimes very boring to the workers. （ C） It can possibly give people better feeling and influence their attitudes. （ D） It is always faster than any other music. （ A） It started at a time when the workers were slower in work. （ B） It started during the Second World War. （ C） It starte
37、d before the factories had their own orchestras. （ D） It started in the early part of 19th Century. （ A） Because they want to make the attendants work faster. （ B） Because they think fast music can make people eat more. （ C） Because hamburgers will become more popular by this way. （ D） Because they
38、hope customers will spend less time on eating than before. Section B Directions: In this 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
39、 answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） They were attached to the cover. （ B） They were written by the employment center. （ C） They were written via emails. （ D） They were written to the employers through fax. （ A） He wants to show the increase of the employment. （ B） He wants to sh
40、ow the preference of the employers and employees. （ C） He wants to make his research scientific. （ D） He wants to show the increasing preference of using emailed resumes. （ A） To complete his/her personal information. （ B） To make a cover letter with these. （ C） To impress the employers. （ D） To dis
41、tinguish themselves from others entailed resumes. （ A） People in the United States. （ B） The characteristics of American English. （ C） Foreigners in the United States. （ D） The teaching of ESL in America. （ A） It emphasizes the importance of the communication to language learning. （ B） It does not f
42、eature grammatical explanations and translation. （ C） It emphasizes that students should learn English by using it. （ D） It is taught exclusively in public schools. （ A） American English. （ B） British English. （ C） Business English. （ D） Non-English languages. （ A） The care and proper selection of d
43、ogs in a family. （ B） Different breeds of dogs. （ C） Responsibility for seeing that dogs are properly cared for. （ D） Different books about dogs. （ A） It is proper for the parents to feed the dogs. （ B） His parents should decide what breed of dog to buy if their children want one. （ C） The parents a
44、re to blame if the dogs are not properly looked after. （ D） The family members should attend the dogs together. （ A） From the ASPCA. （ B） From the library. （ C） By buying a dog from a store. （ D） By reading books about clogs including puppy training. （ A） They are big and capable of attacking. （ B）
45、They serve their owners as friends and guards. （ C） They make most people afraid. （ D） They are easy to take care of. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the pa
46、ssage 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 can either use the exact words you have just heard o
47、r write down the 36 A few years ago it was fashionable to speak of a generation gap, a division between young people and their elders. Parents【 B1】 _ that children did not show them proper respect and【 B2】 _ , while children complained that their parents did not understand them at all. What had gone
48、 wrong? Why had the generation gap suddenly appeared?【 B3】 _ , the generation gap has been around for a long time. Many critics【 B4】 _ that it is built into the fabric of our society. One important cause of the generation gap is the【 B5】 _ that young people have to choose their own life-styles. In m
49、ore【 B6】 _ societies, when children grow up, they are expected to live in the same area as their parents, to marry people that their parents know and【 B7】 _ of, and often to continue the family【 B8】_ . In our society, young people often travel great distances for their educations, move out of the family home at an early age,【 B9】 _ . In our upwardly mobile society, parents often expect their children to do better than they did: to find bet
