1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 46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 College Students Pressure in Finding Jobs. You should write at least 150 words, and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below: 1 07年应届大学毕业生人数达近几年来最高峰，就
2、业形势依然严峻 2如何解释其中原因 3对该问题的出路提出看法 College Students Pressure in Finding Jobs 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：
3、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 When Mom and Dad Grow Old The prospect of talking to increasingly fragile
4、parents about their future can be “one of the most difficult challenges adult children will ever face,“ says Clarissa Green, a Vancouver therapist. “People often tell me they dont want to raise sensitive issues with their parents about bringing in caregivers or moving,“ she says. “Theyll say, I dont
5、 want to see dad cry.“ But Green usually responds, “Whats wrong with that?“ Adult children, she says, need to try to join their parents in grieving their decline, acknowledge their living arrangements may no longer work and, if necessary, help them say goodbye to their beloved home. “Its sad. And it
6、s supposed to be. Its about death itself.“ There are almost four million men and women over age 65 in Canada. Nearly two thirds of them manage to patch together enough support from family, friends, private and government services to live independently until virtually the day they die, according to S
7、tatistics Canada. Of the Canadian seniors who live to 85 and over, almost one in three end up being moved sometimes kicking to group living for the last years of their lives. Even in the best-case scenarios(可能出现的情况 ), such dislocations can bring sorrow. “Often the family feels guilty, and the senior
8、 feels abandoned,“ says Charmaine Spencer, a professor in the gerontology department of Simon Fraser University. Harassed with their own careers and children, adult children may push their parents too fast to make a major transition. Val MacDonald, executive director of the B.C. Seniors Services Soc
9、iety, cautions adult children against imposing their views on aging parents. “Many baby boomers can be quite patronizing(高人一等的 ),“ she says. Like many who work with seniors, MacDonald suggests adult children devote many conversations over a long period of time to collaborating on their parents futur
10、e, raising feelings, questions and options gently, but frankly. However, many middle-aged adults, according to the specialists, just muddle(应付 ) through with their aging parents. When the parents of Nancy Woods of Mulmur Hills, Ont., were in their mid-80s, they made the decision to downsize from the
11、ir large family home to an apartment in Toronto. As Woodss parents, George and Bernice, became more frail, she believed they knew she had their best interests at heart. They agreed to her suggestion to have Meals on Wheels start delivering lunches and dinners. However, years later, after a crisis, W
12、oods discovered her parents had taken to throwing out the prepared meals. Her dad had appreciated them, but Bernice had come to believe they were poisoned. “My father was so loyal,“ says Woods, “he had hid that my mother was overwhelmed by paranoia(偏执狂 ).“ To her horror, Woods discovered her dad and
13、 mom were “living on crackers and oatmeal porridge“ and were weakening from the impoverished diet. Her dad was also falling apart with the stress of providing for Bernice a common problem when one spouse tries to do everything for an ailing partner. “The spouse whos being cared for might be doing we
14、ll at home,“ says Spencer, “but often the other spouse is burned out and ends up being hospitalized.“ Fortunately, outside help is often available to people struggling through the often-distressing process of helping their parents explore an important shift. Sons and daughters can bring in brochures
15、 or books on seniors issues, as well as introduce government health-care workers or staff at various agencies, to help raise issues and open up discussions, says Val MacDonald, whose nonprofit organization responds to thousands of calls a year from British Columbians desperate for information about
16、how to weave through the dizzying array of seniors services and housing options. The long list of things to do, says MacDonald, includes assessing their ability to live independently; determining your comfort level with such things as bathing a parent; discussing with all household members whether i
17、t would be healthy for an elderly relative to move in; monitoring whether, out of pure duty, youre overcommitting yourself to providing a level of care, that could threaten your own well-being. The shock phone call that flung Nancy Woods and her parents into action came from her desperate dad. “I go
18、t this call from my father that he couldnt cope anymore. My mother was setting fires in the apartment,“ she says. “He didnt want to see it for what it was. Up to then hed been in denial.“ Without knowing she was following the advice of experts who recommend using outside sources to stimulate frank d
19、iscussion with parents, Woods grabbed a copy of The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for Persons With Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementing Illnesses, and Memory Loss in Later Life. She read sections of the book to her dad and asked him, “Who does that sound like?“ Her father replied, “Its Mothe
20、r. Its dementia(痴呆 ).“ At that point, Woods said, her dad finally recognized their tragic plight. She told her father she would help them move out of their apartment. “He nodded. He didnt yell or roar. He took it on the chin(忍受痛苦 ).“ Woods regrets that she “had not noticed small details signalling M
21、oms dementia.“ But shes satisfied her dad accepted his passage into a group residence, where he and his wife could stay together in a secure unit where staff were trained to deal with patients with dementia. “From the moment they moved into the Toronto nursing home, their physical health improved. O
22、n the other hand, it was the beginning of the end in terms of their mental abilities. Perhaps they couldnt get enough stimulation. Perhaps it was inevitable.“ After my father died in 2002, the grim reality of my mothers sharply declining memory set in starkly. With her expanding dementia, Mom insist
23、ed on staying in her large North Shore house, even though she was confused about how to cook, organize her day or take care of herself. For the next three years we effectively imposed decisions on her, most of them involving bringing in caregivers, including family members. In 2005 Mom finally agree
24、d, although she barely knew what was happening, to move to a nearby nursing home, where, despite great confusion, she is happier. As Spencer says, the sense of dislocation that comes with making an important passage can be “a very hard adjustment for a senior at the best of times. But its worse if i
25、ts not planned out.“ 2 Clarissa Green supposes that adult children should avoid sensitive issues with their fragile parents about their future. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 According to Statistics Canada, most Canadian seniors over 65 try to live independently until they die. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Beca
26、use of the pressure and stress from their careers and children, adult children tend to depend on their parents. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 Val MacDonald insisted that adult children should force their aging parents to accept their views. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 Bernice discarded the meals delivered by
27、Meals on Wheels, believing _. 7 According to Val MacDonald, adult children can bring in _ on seniors issues to help their parents explore an important shift. 8 It was _ from her desperate dad that flung Nancy Woods and her parents into action. 9 When Nancy Woodss father got to know their _, he agree
28、d to move out of their apartment. 10 Since Nancy Woodss parents moved into the Toronto nursing home they became healthier physically, but had new problems with _. 11 Despite knowing little about what was happening, the authors mother is happier in _. Section A Directions: In this section, you will h
29、ear 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 must read the four choices
30、marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. （ A） The man doesnt know any foreign languages. （ B） The man has no idea of what the exam-related materials mean. （ C） The woman has some perplexing problems with the exam. （ D） The man has to know how to write in a foreign language. （ A） Ta
31、ke one dictionary out of the room. （ B） Borrow a dictionary somewhere else. （ C） Borrow a dictionary from the library. （ D） Buy a dictionary of his own. （ A） He has had a heart attack because of smoking. （ B） He has serious lung disease. （ C） He is coughing because of too much smoking. （ D） He will
32、go to see a doctor about his coughing. （ A） 160. （ B） 20. （ C） 80. （ D） 40. （ A） He wasnt offered the job in the bookstore. （ B） He really wants to work in the bookstore. （ C） He didnt know where the bookstore was. （ D） He declined the bookstore job once. （ A） Cousins. （ B） Aunt and nephew. （ C） Nie
33、ce and uncle. （ D） A client and a secretary. （ A） Jerry has an open character and is very talkative. （ B） Jerry is very shy and quiet. （ C） Jerry rarely says a thing about his brother Bill. （ D） Jerry never means what he says. （ A） He is going to Professor Hudsons home. （ B） He is going to the movie
34、s with the woman. （ C） He is going to the cinema with Jane. （ D） He is going to the dorm to write his thesis. （ A） Traveling in South Africa to seek medical help. （ B） Promoting awareness and prevention of AIDS. （ C） Visiting clients and signing contracts. （ D） Collecting fund for the new business.
35、（ A） Africans are not very brave and resourceful. （ B） There is no treatment or healthcare center at all. （ C） There were no effective prevention systems. （ D） There was no formal education in Africa at all. （ A） By informing people that its an incurable disease. （ B） By providing effective medicine
36、 to stop its transmission. （ C） By disciplining young people against contracting and spreading it. （ D） By combining education and prevention with care and treatment. （ A） The goals of the employees. （ B） The objectives of the organization. （ C） The structure of the organization. （ D） The personal p
37、rospect of the leader. （ A） The rewards for the leader. （ B） The reputation of a leader. （ C） The approach to achieving goals. （ D） The payment of employees. （ A） Find something you are passionate about. （ B） Learn how to run a business. （ C） Make a business out of something. （ D） Learn bow to manag
38、e and lead people. （ A） Avoid the difficult part in the job. （ B） Ask the company for help. （ C） Learn hard by working extra hours. （ D） Find a more experienced counselor. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions.
39、 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） To recite a lot of wonderful reading materials. （ B） To combine prefixes, suffixes and roots freely. （ C） To take part in a lot of
40、 good talks. （ D） To make as many word lists as possible. （ A） Guess its meaning. （ B） Ask somebody. （ C） Refer to a dictionary. （ D） Add it to your word list. （ A） Look up the new words in your notebook. （ B） Pay due attention to new words that you come across. （ C） Analyze the basic structure of t
41、he new words. （ D） Interrupt the conversation and ask others to explain the new words. （ A） It is extremely dangerous to fly in the dark. （ B） Noise regulations restrict the hours of airport operation. （ C） Some of its runways are not in good condition. （ D） Cargo planes produce more disturbing nois
42、es at night. （ A） It might increase airport capacity. （ B） It might lower property values. （ C） It might lead to effective modification of existing jet engines. （ D） It might cause more transportation costs to and from airports. （ A） The effects of noise on the quality of life. （ B） The role of air
43、traffic restrictions. （ C） The production of quieter engines. （ D） The economic aspects of noise reduction. （ A） They were controlled less strictly by the authorities. （ B） They treated their workers more humanely. （ C） They completely ignored consumers health. （ D） They turned out more unhealthy pr
44、oducts at will. （ A） Paid much attention to the results of scientific discoveries. （ B） Seldom introduced safety laws before disasters occurred. （ C） Hardly ever looked into the causes of tragedies. （ D） Imposed safety rules as soon as accidents took place. （ A） There are altogether three department
45、s which protect customers and workers. （ B） A company with poor or dangerous working conditions is likely to be punished. （ C） Stores dealing in foods and drugs are controlled by the local government. （ D） The protection of workers health and safety is still not well ensured. （ A） Industries in the
46、past and at present. （ B） Changes in the development of industries. （ C） The protection of industrial workers and customers. （ D） The freedom of industries today and in the past. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time,
47、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 information. For these bla
48、nks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 37 Some students are not adequately prepared for college. Should we turn them away? (36)_ them? Or modify our product? Americans must be (37)_ of their ability and responsibility to continue to learn throughout their worki
49、ng lives and, although I hesitate to repeat a point so (38)_ made by others, they must also be taught a body of basic skills. Our industry does our nation no service by (39)_ unprepared students or by turning out (40)_ graduates. These people must be taught. If they are not yet ready to learn the lessons we have prepared, should we not (41)_ and expand those lessons? Here is yet another argument for offering the new first degree. It would provid
