1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 456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 On Over-packaging. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below: 1. 目前许多商品都存在过度包装现象 2这种现象的危害 3你的看法 On Over-packaging 二、 Part II Reading
2、 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 passage; N (for NO) i
3、f 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 quickly and answer the questions on Answ
4、er 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. What Will We Do for Work I believe that 90% of white-collar jobs in the U. S. will be either destroyed or altere
5、d beyond recognition in the next 10 to 15 years. Thats a catastrophic prediction, given that 90% of us are engaged in white-collar work of one sort or another. Even most manufacturing jobs these days are connected to such white-collar services as finance, human resources and engineering. I talked to
6、 an old London loader some time back. He allowed that in 1970 it took 108 guys about five days to unload a timber ship. Then came containerization. The comparable task today takes eight folks one day. That is, a 98.5% reduction in man-days, from 540 total to just eight. This time the productivity ai
7、ms to reconstruct make that deconstruct the white-collar world. In fact, I see a five-sided movement that will bring to my apparently fantastic “90% in 10 years“ prediction. FIRST the Destructive Nature of the Current Flavor of Competition, Dotcom Company. Sure, most will fail. But the survivors wil
8、l exert enormous pressure fast! on the Big Guys. When an Amazon or a Charles Schwab moves into your neighborhood, youve got moments to react. Or take king entrepreneur Jim Clark of Netscape fame. His latest venture, Healtheon/WebMD, intends to squeeze hundreds of billions of dollars of waste out of
9、the health-care system. These new firms aim to create nothing less than havoc in the theaters in which they operate. SECOND Enterprise Software. Its a name for the tools that will hook up every aspect of a businesss innards internal organs personnel, production, sales, accounting and then hook up al
10、l that hooked-up stuff to the rest of the “family“ of suppliers and the suppliers suppliers and wholesalers and retailers and end users. They are your nightmare, these “white-collar robots.“ The complex products from German software giant SAP will do to your companys internal organs exactly what rob
11、ots and containerization did to the blue-collar world in 1960. Installing these tools is not easy. The technical part is distressing; the politics are dreadful. When the blue-collar robots arrived, the unions revolted against it. This time its management official who are opposing technological chang
12、e. Why? These tools threaten their comfortable status, carefully crafted over several generations. But the robots did come. And they triumphed. THIRD Outsourcing. M. I. T.s No. 1 computer professor, Michael Dertouzos, said India could easily boost its GDP by a trillion dollars in the next few years
13、performing secret white-collar tasks for Western companies. He guessed that 50 million jobs from the white-collar West could go south to India, whose population hit 1 billion last week. The average annual salary for each of those 50 million new Indian workers: $20,000. FOURTH the Web. Ford, GM and D
14、aimlerChrysler announce a rare combination. They will link all their tens of thousands of suppliers into a single, Internet-based network. This entity will include $250 billion annually of suppliers products(and perhaps an additional $500 billion of those suppliers products). In short, every penny o
15、f waste will be compressed from the huge procurement system. The order cycle will speed up dramatically. Medibuy aims for the same hat trick in medical supplies, Digital Think in training, Car Station in the auto-body-shop world. This is the white-hot world of B2B(business to business)electronic com
16、merce, which will soon encompass trillions of dollars in transactions. FIFTH Time Compression. It took 37 years for the radio to get to 50 million homes. The Web got there in four. Hence my belief that while it took about a century to revolutionize blue-collar job practices, this brave new white-col
17、lar social system will be mostly installed in a tenth of that time 10 years. Each of these five forces is fact, not image. Each influences the others multiplicatively. Therefore I am unwilling to withdraw my predictions about the power of the white-collar storm bearing down on us. Upsetting madness
18、is in process. These forces are liberating. Blue-collar robots work out of factory and warehouse. The same will happen to white-collar work. My dad did it for 41 years at the Baltimore Gas 质问 ) with problems, responsibilities, even insurmountable(不能超越的 ) difficulties, when looked at as a test, you a
19、lways have a chance to succeed, in the sense of rising above that which is challenging you. If, on the other hand, you see each new issue you face as a serious battle that must be won in order to survive, youre probably in for a very rocky journey. The only time youre likely to be happy is when ever
20、ything is working out just right. And we all know how often that happens. As an experiment, see if you can apply this idea to something you are forced to deal with. Perhaps you have much pressure from your parents or you have a demanding boss. See if you can redefine the issue you face from being a
21、“problem“ to being a test. Rather than struggling with your issue, see if there is something you can learn from it. Ask yourself, “Why is this an issue in my life? What would it mean and what would be involved to rise above it? Could 1 possibly look at this issue any differently? Can I see it as a t
22、est of some kind?“ If you give this strategy a try you may be surprised at your changed responses. It has become far more acceptable to me to accept things as they are. 58 According to the passage, what is the authors attitude towards life? （ A） He takes his life seriously. （ B） He considers life as
23、 a test. （ C） He knows where to go and what to do. （ D） He thinks life is full of humorous wisdom. 59 When you begin to consider life as a test, you will find_. （ A） you are bombarded with problems and responsibilities （ B） the result of the test is so good that you are delighted （ C） you have many
24、opportunities to grow （ D） you have to go to school to take tests everyday 60 Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the author? （ A） When you look at life as a test, you have a chance to overcome problems you face. （ B） When you take life seriously, you are more likely to succeed and
25、 become happy. （ C） When you see each problem as a serious battle, you have more chances to survive. （ D） When everything is working out just right, you can know how often it happens. 61 It is implied from the passage that youd better look at life as a test when_. （ A） you try to get the meaning of
26、the poster （ B） your parents give you much pressure （ C） you are carrying out an experiment （ D） you are in a rocky journey 62 Which of the following can be the best title of the passage? （ A） My Favorite Poster. （ B） Take Life Seriously. （ C） Face Challenge of Life. （ D） Life Is Only A Test. 三、 Par
27、t VI Translation (5 minutes) Directions: Complete the sentences in the blanks by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. 63 _(老年人在很大程度上被忽略 )by the marketers so far. 64 _(就个人能力而言 ). he is competent for the work. 65 Nowadays the trend in business is _.(为顾客方便而不是公司 ). 66 I dont think you
28、 judged your ability objectively _.(在求职时 ). 67 It is essential in modern society that _.(具备应对突发情况的能力 ). 大学英语六级模拟试卷 456答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 【正确答案】 On Over-packaging Nowadays manufacturers pay more attention to the package or wrapping of products to attract consumers eyes. These comm
29、odities with (1)splendid appearance do (2)appeal to a lot of 【试题解析】 本文是一篇六级考试中常见的议论文，要求考生就 “过度包装 ”这个话题展开论述。根据题目要求，考生应首先描述当今社会存在过度包装这一现象，然后提出过度包装的害处，最后阐明自己的观点并提出建议。 写作提纲 一、过度包装现象的存在 (package， splendid appearance， appeal to， sell well) 二、过度包装的危害 1浪费日常化工用的材料 (industrial materials， lavishly use in packa
30、ge) 2产生大量不可降解的垃圾 (not degradable， garbage) 3助长不良消费习惯与不正的社会风气 (cultivate， unhealthy， harmful tendencies) 三、作者观点 1反对过度包装 (practicability) 2政府应采取措施应对过度包装 (tighten supervision， light-packaging) (1) splendid appearance“华丽的外表 ”。 (2) appeal to“吸引 ”，替换 attract。 (3) undeniable“不可否认的 ”。 (4) lavishly“奢侈地 ”。 (5
31、) generate “产生 ”，代替 produce。 (6) degradable“可降解的 ”。 (7) promote harmful tendencies“主张不正之风 ”。 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 q
32、uestions 1-4, mark： Y (for YES) if the statement 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 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节 题。由题目中的 in the next 10 to 15 years找
33、到第一段第一句 I believe that 90% of white-collar jobs in the U.S. will be either destroyed or altered beyond recognition in the next 10 to 15 years. (我认为在未来的 10到 15年，美国90%的白领工作将会被取消或转换。 )可以在原文中直接找到答案是 90%，答案是B。 3 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。由题目中的 98.5%找到第二段第三和第五句， Then came containerization. That is, a 98.5% redu
34、ction in man-days, from 540 total to just eight. (集装箱运输的到来使得原先需要 540人的工作，现在只需要 8个人就可以完成，相当于节省 98.5%的人力。 )根据这句话可以直接找到答案 containerization，答案是 A。 4 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。由题目中的 Healtheon/WebMD找到小标题 First下第四、第五句 Or take king entrepreneur Jim Clark of Netscape fame. His latest venture, Healtheon/WebMD, inte
35、nds to squeeze hundreds of billions of dollars of waste out of the health-care system. (是 Jim Clark的项目 Healtheon/WebMD减少了 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题 解析】 推理判断题。由题目中的 management official找到小标题 Second下第二段后四句 When the blue-collar robots arrived, the unions revolted against it. This time its management official who a
36、re opposing technological change. why? These tools threaten their comfortable status. (当蓝领机器人到来 时，工 6 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。由题目中的 Michael Dertouzos找到小标题 Third下第一句 M.I.T.s No.1 computer professor, Michael Dertouzos, said India could easily boost its GDP by a trillion dollars in the next few years perfo
37、rming secret white-collar tasks for Western companies. (麻省理工学院世界第一的电脑专家 Mic 7 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。由题目中的 Ford, GM and DaimlerChrysler找到小标题Fourth下第四句 In short, every penny of waste will be compressed from the huge procurement system.(简而言之，供应系统的浪费将缩减到最小。 )答案是 C。 8 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。由题目中的 new white-co
38、llar world找到小标题 Fifth下第一段第三句， Hence my belief that while it took about a century to revolutionize blue-collar job practices, this brave new white-collar social system will be mostly installed in a tenth of that time10 years.(因此，我认为蓝领工作 9 【正确答案】 the cavemen began bartering 【试题解析】 细节题。由题目中的 Arnold Bak
39、er找到小标题 Fifth后第三段第二句 The head economist Sandia National Laboratories, Arnold Baker, said its the“biggest change since the cavemen began bartering.”(Arnold Baker认为它是洞穴人开始物物交换后最大的变革。 )由此可得答案。 10 【正确答案】 the web 【试题解析】 细节题。由题目中的 Icon Woman找到小标题 Fifth，中间部分用了一系列的排比句介绍了女强人是怎么工作的，每一项工作都少不了 Web(网络 )，而且最后总结道：
40、 She manages her career on the Web. And she has a personal website! (她在网络上进行她的事业。她有个人网站 !)由此可得答案。 11 【正确答案】 the new communication and connection media 【试题解析】 推理判断题 。由题目可以找到最后一段最后一句 to not just“cope”but to exploit the new communication and connection media.( 我不仅仅是应付而且是探索这个新的交流联系媒介。 )题目中的 take full ad
41、vantage和 not just“cope”but exploit属同义。由此可得答案。 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 said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only onc
42、e. 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】 W： Hey， Bob This Sunday is my 19th birthday and Im going to invite a few of my classmates to my party M： Mary， you cant invite just a fe
43、w I think the others will not feel happy Q： What does the man imply? 12 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 对话中女士说周日就是她 19岁的生日 了，她打算邀请一些同班同学参加她的生日 party。但是男士告诉她不能只是邀请一些同学，否则其他同学会有意见。男士的意思是女士应该邀请所有的同学。故本题答案为 A。 13 【听力原文】 W： We got a thank-you note from Maria this morning She said she has already received the dress we se
44、nt M： Great I hope the size can ht her well But what l am worried about is whether she likes the color blue Q： What does the man imply? 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 对话中，女士说早上收到了 Maria写的 thank-you note，而且Maria已经收到了他们寄的裙子。男士说他希望衣服大小合适，不过他不确定Maria是否喜欢蓝色。故本题答案为 C )。 14 【听力原文】 W： I think I need a place nearby to l
45、ive next semester The ride back and forth to class every morning makes me very tired in class and I cant concentrate W： You can go and check the dorm at campus The rooms are large and well-equipped Besides， the rent is very reasonable Q： What can we learn from the conversation? 14 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 对话
46、中，男士说下学期要在附近找一个住处，因为每天骑车上课、回家使他很劳累，没法集中精力。女士建议他去看一下校园寝室，寝室空间大而且设备比较齐全，租金也很合理。故本题答案为 D。 15 【听力原文】 M： I have been in bed for days because of a bad cold And the only thing accompanies me is these magazines But， they are out of date M： Well， why not drink the milk I bought for you? I will rush into the
47、newspaper and magazine stand and get some up-to-date ones for you. Q： What will the man probably do? 15 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 对话中，女士说自己由于重感冒在床上躺了 几天了。唯一陪伴她的只有那些过期的杂志。男士问女士为什么不喝点他买给她的牛奶，而他会马上买一些新杂志给她。故本题答案为 C。 16 【听力原文】 W： Holiday Inn This is Mary Alice What can I do for you? M： This is George Woods I book
48、ed a single room for 3 days from next Monday to Wednesday Now Id like to change the single room to a double room because my wife will join me Q： What does the man imply? 16 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 对话中，男士说自己曾预定了一个下周一到下周三的单人间。现在他想换成双人间，因为他的夫人也会过来。故本题答案为 B。 17 【听力原文】 M： Dont forget the show will start at seven
49、 oclock at the Peoples Theater Ill meet you at the gate W： Well， if you dont see me at seven， I will be doing my homework and in that case， you can go in and I will meet you inside the theater. Q： What does the woman imply? 17 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 对话中，男士提醒女士说演出七点开始，地点是人民剧院，他会在剧院门前和女士碰面。女士说如果他七点没有见到她的话 ，她一定是在做家庭作业。那样的话，他就先进去，她会在剧院里面和他碰面。故本题答案为 C。 18 【听力原文】 M： Jim is really good at electrical appliance
