1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 432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 short essay entitled The Effects of the Economic Crisis. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below: 1. 经 济危机度卷世界各国 2. 经济危机的影响 3. 我们应该 The Effects of the
2、Economic Crisis 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
3、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 Part Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickl
4、y and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. The Future of Television: Whats on Next? Bosses in the television industry hav
5、e been keeping a nervous eye on two Scandinavians with a reputation for causing trouble. In recent years Niklas Zennstrom, a Swede, find Janus Friis, a Dane, have frightened the music industry by inventing KaZaA, a “peer-to-peer“ (P2P) file-sharing program that was widely used to download music with
6、out paying for it. Then they horrified the mighty telecoms industry by inventing Skype, another P2P program, which lets Internet users make free telephone calls between computers, and very cheap calls to ordinary phones. Their next move was to found yet another start-up - this time ,one that threate
7、ned to devastate(毁坏 ) the television industry. It may do the opposite, as it turns out. The new service, called Joost and now in advanced testing, is based on P2P software that runs on peoples computers, just like Skype and KaZaA. And it does indeed promise to transform the experience of watching te
8、levision by combining what people like about old-fashioned TV with the exciting possibilities of the Internet. “But unlike KaZaA and Skype,“ says Fredrik de Wahl, a Swede whom Mr. Zennstrom and Friis have hired as Joosts boss,“ Joost does not disrupt the industry that it is entering. Instead, rather
9、 than undercutting television networks and producers, Joost might, as it were, give them new juice. “ That is because Mr. de Wahl and his Joost team, working mostly in the Netherlands, have bravely ignored the totems (图腾 ) of the Internet-video boom. Chief among these fashions is letting users uploa
10、d anything they want to a video service - which might include clips of themselves doing odd things (“ user-generated content“) or, more questionably, videos pirated from other sources. The celebrated example of this approach is You Tube, which is now part of Google, the leader in Internet search. It
11、s big problem, however, is that it can be illegal (if copyright is violated) and terribly hard to turn into a business. On February 2nd Viacom, an American media giant, became the latest company to demand that YouTube remove copyright-infringing (侵犯版权的 ) clips from its website. YouTube has struck de
12、als with some media firms, including NBC and CBS, to allow their material to appear on its site, and had been trying to thrash out a similar agreement with Viacom. Many observers regard Viacoms move as a negotiating tactic. But whether YouTube can make money is unclear. Last month Chad Hurley, YouTu
13、bes chief executive, sketched out plans for generating advertising revenues and sharing them with content providers, but so far his firm has none to speak of. The Innovation of Joost Joost is also ignoring the two business models seen as the most respectable alternatives to advertising. One is to ma
14、ke users pay for each television show or film they download, but then to let them keep it. This is the tack chosen by Apple, an electronics firm that sells videos on iTunes, its popular online store; by Amazon, the largest online retailer; and by Wal-Mart, the largest traditional retailer, which lau
15、nched a video-download service this week. The other approach is to let users subscribe to what is, in effect, an all-you-can-eat buffet of videos, and then to“ stream“ video to their computers without leaving a permanent copy. This is the approach taken by, for instance, Netflix, a Californian firm
16、that mostly delivers DVDs to its subscribers by post, but now also streams films. The reason that Joost is ignoring all of these methods, says Mr. de Wahl, is that none has much to do with the experience of simply watching TV, which most people enjoy. “Unlike the download or streaming approaches, “h
17、e says, “TV is not about buying today what you want to watch tomorrow. Its about turning it on and watching. “And in contrast to the“ lean-forward“ context of “snacking“ on a YouTube clip in ones cubicle while the boss has stepped out, TV is a longer and more relaxed “lean-backward“ experience. Henc
18、e Joosts most shocking innovation, which is not to change the practices that TV adopted decades ago. It will be free, with advertising breaks no more than three minutes per hour - either before, during or after a show, depending on the market. “Americans,“ says Mr. de Wahl, “are more tolerant of int
19、erruptions.“ Joost has “channels“, like ordinary TV, but these are now playlists of videos that start whenever it is convenient to the viewer. Viewers can import their instant-messaging buddy lists and chat online with friends while watching the same program. For advertisers, such engagement is wort
20、h something, because the activity proves that somebody is watching, rather than being asleep or out of the room. Combined with other information, such as the computers IP address and hence its location, advertisers will be able to target their spots much more accurately all“ Desperate Housewives“ fa
21、ns in a particular neighborhood, for example - and thus ought to pay a premium. The thing that is missing in this new vision of television, however, is the set itself. Beaming video from a computer to a television is possible: Apple and other firms are starting to sell the necessary gadgets. But unt
22、il it becomes much easier to connect televisions to the Internet, big media companies are likely to “wait and see“ before committing to Joust, says Jeremy Allaire, the boss of Brightcove, a rival Internet video firm based in Massachusetts. In the meantime, Mr. Allaire thinks, media firms are mainly
23、interested in building their own brands, so Brightcove provides content owners with technology to show television on their own websites, syndicate their shows to other websites, track audiences and collect advertising revenue. The Combination of Television and the Internet There is, in short, no con
24、sensus about the best way to combine television with the Internet. Instead, there are a variety of experiments, of which Joost is the latest example and YouTube the bestknown. But with telephony, the Internet is unpicking service delivery from network ownership. Joost, YouTube, iTunes and Netflix do
25、 not need their own networks to supply their video services: they can rely on fast Internet links provided by others. According to iSuppli, a market-research firm, Internet downloads will claim more than one-third of the market for on-demand video by 2010. So just as Internet telephony has been bad
26、for traditional phone companies, this “Internet bypass“ could be bad for the “on demand“ video services being offered by cable-TV and telecoms firms over their networks. But by bringing television to more screens, this could provide new models for program-makers to finance their productions and offe
27、r advertisers new ways to reach consumers. And so Joost and rival services could end up rejuvenating(使变得年轻 ) the 75-year-old medium. 2 Inventions of Nildas Zennstrom and Janus Friis possibly exerted an adverse influence on _. （ A） the telecoms industry （ B） the music and telecoms industry （ C） the t
28、elecoms and television industry （ D） the music, telecoms and television industry 3 According to Fredrik de Wahl, what is the difference between Joost and KaZaA giving them that experience and coaching them through it is part and parcel of raising kids to have courage, resilience, and honor.【 B10】 _
29、.Then think through how to teach these crucial lessons. Talking to your kids should be only part of the plan. Letting them witness integrity in action-through your own behavior, by watching documentaries about great people together, or even by visiting a courtroom-is the strongest way to impart the
30、message.【 B11】 _ So make a point of it. After all, if you dont teach your children integrity, who will? 37 【 B1】 38 【 B2】 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
31、statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. 47 Conventional wisdom says that it is better to be a large company than a small one when credit is tight. Bigger firms have more room for maneuver(机动 ):They have access to more
32、 types of funding, they have more fat to cut, and they have greater bargaining power with lenders. Even so, life is getting ever more uncomfortable for the bigger beasts of the corporate jungle. According to the Federal Reserves most recent lending survey, American banks are tightening terms more ag
33、gressively for bigger firms than for smaller ones. Lenders are more cautious than they have been at least since 1990. The story among European banks is similar. Lenders in emerging markets can be more suspicious of multinational firms than they are of locals. “We just dont know what theyve got on th
34、eir balance-sheets back home,“ says one bank boss in Africa. Violent movements in exchange rates are causing additional headaches, says Andrew Balfour of Slaughter 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
35、passage. 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题需要大致浏览文章首段的整段内容，而不仅仅限于首段第二句话。题干中的 exert an adverse influence的意思是 “对 施加不利的影响 ”，这与首段第二句中的 frighten，第三句中的 horrify的意思均相近。由此知道， Niklas Zennstrom和 Janus Friis的发明已经对 music and telecoms industry均构成威胁。值得注意的是，因为 Niklas Zennstrom和 Janus Friis的下一个发明创造尚未执行，所以尚不构成对 television 3 【正确答案】
36、 C 【试题解析】 本题定位十分容易。解题的关键在于注意 KaZaA and Skype前 的unlike一词，这表明此句中包含 Joost与 KaZaA和 Skype的不同之处。选项 C项中的 threaten等同于文中的 disrupt。所以，本题答案为 C项。 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 选项 A项中的 violated copyright是句中 if copyright is violated的同义转述，而 low profit是句中 terribly hard to turn into a business的同义转述，故选项 A项符合题意。 5 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】
37、 注意 第四段第一句中的 copyright-infringing，意为 “侵犯版权的 ”。而选项 B正好同义转述了这个词，故为正确选项。选项 C项和选项 D项均为第四段中涉及到的事实，但是无法回答本题目，不符题意。因此，本题答案为 B项。 6 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题考查两种商业模式的主要区别，首先要知道这两种商业模式是什么。根据第一个小标题下第一段的内容可知，其中一种商业模式是要求客户为所下载的电视或电影内容付费，但是可以保留。 (One is to make users pay for each television show or film they download, b
38、ut then to let them keep it.)而另外一种则要求客户预定所需要的内容，然后分流到电脑上，但是不能永久保留。 (The other approach is to let 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 选项 A项中的 all与原文中的 most相悖，故错误。根据原文中none has much to do with the experience of simply watching TV可以推断出选项 B项正确，其中 be related with“与 有关 ”与原文中的 has much to do with语义相近。对于选项 C项完全曲解了 TV is not
39、about buying today what you want to watch tomorrow, its about turning it on 8 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题应该注意题干问的是 the ultimate advantage。定位句中的advertisers will be able to target their spots much more accurately的意思是 “广告商能够使其目标区域的定位更加准确 ”，其根本目的就是 “提高所投放广告的影响 ”。所以本题答案为 C项。 9 【正确答案】 advertising revenue 【试题解析】 此处
40、需填入名词性成分。题目中的 supply与原文中的 provide属于同义转换，而 produce与原文中的 collect语义相近，故 collect的宾语 advertising revenue就是本题答案。 10 【正确答案】 telephony 【 试题解析】 此处需填入名词性成分。题目中的 make. independent与原文中的unpick. from. “将 从 中分离出来 ”语义相近。 due to 表原因，类似于原文中 with表方式，故答案为 with后的名词 telephony。 11 【正确答案】 new ways to reach consumers 【试题解析】
41、 此处需填入名词性成分。题干将原文 provide. for替换为 supply. for，其他部分皆相同，故 offer advertisers后的部 分 new ways to reach consumers即为本题答案。 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 s
42、aid. 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. 12 【听力原文】 M: Let me dean your windshield and check your water and you will be
43、all set. They look so dirty and its dangerous for you to drive the car. W: Oh, thank you. How much of them? Q: Where does this conversation take place? 12 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 语意题解题 。对话中男士说清理一下挡风玻璃和检查一下水箱就一切妥当了，对话中关键词 windshield和 water表明这段对话可 能发生在加油站。故答案为 D项。 13 【听力原文】 M: Did you buy a birthday present f
44、or your sister, Susan? W: Not yet, but Ive been thinking about getting her a tape. She is fond of classical music. Q: Which tape would Susan like best? 13 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 语意题解题 。对话中男士问女士是 否为妹妹买了生日礼物 ?女士回答：还没有，但是她一直想给妹妹买盒磁带，因为妹妹喜欢古典音乐 (She is fond of classical music)。可知答案为 B项。 14 【听力原文】 M: Can you wo
45、rk for me tomorrow from 1:30 p. m. to 5:00 p. m.? You see, I have a meeting and I need someone to fill in those hours for me. W: I dont know if I can. I have an appointment tomorrow at 3:00. I really cant cancel it either. I can work about an hour for you, though, if thatll help. Q: Why does the man
46、 want the woman to work for him? 14 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 综合理解题 。对话中男士问女士明天下午 1:30 5:00能否替他工作，因为他明天下 午开会 (have a meeting)。女士说下午 3:00她也有约会，她可以替他工作一个小时，由此可知男士希望女士为他替班的原因是他有一个会要开。故答案为 C项。 15 【听力原文】 M: Have you found a roommate to share your apartment? Your place is so big that its suitable to look for someon
47、e to share the rent bill. W: Im still looking for someone who fits the bill, but you know its so difficult. Q: What does the woman mean? 15 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 推理判断题 。对话中男士问女士是否已经找到合租的室友了 (a roommate to share your apartment)，女士回答仍然在找，找到合适的人是很难的。可知她还没有找到合适的室友。故答案为 C项。 16 【听力原文】 M: I thought that you were
48、 going to the convention in Atlanta last Saturday. You said it many times before. W: I was planning to, but I havent been feeling well, so I stayed at home and did nothing else. Q: Where did the woman go last Saturday? 16 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节辨认题 。对话中男士 以为女士上周六去亚特兰大参加会议了，女士回答本来打算去的，但是不太舒服就呆在家里了 (I stay
49、ed at home and did nothing else)。故答案为 D项。 17 【听力原文】 M: Did you talk with our new manager? He is looking for you these days. I think he has something important. W: I have been out of town for 2 days. And until this morning I come back. Q: What does the woman mean? 17 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 语意推断题 。对话中男士问女士是否同新来的经理谈过话，他猜想经理有什么重要的事情找她。女士回答：这两天一直出城在外，直到今天早上才回来 (I have been out of town for 2 days. And until this morning I come back)。由此可知她没有与新来的经理谈过话。故答案为 A项。 18 【听力原文 】 M: No doubt you have already hea
