1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 49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 Suicide on Campus. You should write at least 150 words, and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below: 1 2002年 27人； 2004年 68人； 2005年 116人； 2006年 130人。以
2、上数据描述的是几年来内地大学生自杀人数 2分析其中的原因 3怎么尽量避免惨剧的发生 Suicide on Campus 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) i
3、f 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 Bicultural Kids When Brian and Chery Boyd were first looking into adopting children fro
4、m South Korea, a counselor at the Childrens Home Society of Minnesota warned the couple that if they chose to raise a child from Korea, “you will no longer be Americans. You will be Korean Americans. “The Boyds took the leap and became the proud parents of daughters Sarah, 14, and Anna, 11. Their ho
5、me is filled with Korean art and artifacts, they have traveled to South Korea several times, Sarah takes part in a local Korean dance troupe with other adopted kids, and both girls attend “culture camp“ a weeklong summer camp in Wisconsin where young Korean adoptees learn about their native culture,
6、 food and music. “Maybe weve gone a little overboard, but we feel we didnt have much of a choice,“ says Brian,“ We wanted our girls to feel connected to their birthright.“ There was a time when families who adopted children from a different ethnic or racial group were advised to cut ties to the past
7、 and assimilate the youngsters as completely as possible. Today adoption advocates agree that embracing the birth culture of these children is vital for parents raising kids from a race or culture other than their own. “When you raise a child of another race, you need to realize that you become an i
8、nterracial family and to make use of every possible resource you can find to integrate with your childs birth culture,“ says Cheri Register, author of Are Those Kids Yours? Raising Children Adopted from Other Countries. Experts on bicultural adoptions have learned such lessons from years of experien
9、ce. Susan Cox, 50, who works for Holt International, the oldest overseas-adoption agency in the US and the organization that arranged her own adoption from South Korea in 1956, learned them firsthand. She was adopted by Oregon dairy farmers Marvin and Jane Gourley in the earliest wave of babies brou
10、ght into American homes and hearts after the Korean War. The Gourleys dealt with their daughters Asian identity in a way that reflected the thinking of the time: they loved her unconditionally and encouraged her to be a good American. Yet as Cox grew up in tiny Brownsville, questions of identity and
11、 race were always simmering(内心充满 ) just beneath the surface of her all-American childhood. A look in the mirror told Cox that she was different from her parents and three of her sisters, and childhood experiences emphasized the racial isolation from her loving family she sometimes felt. “In any new
12、situation, I felt I always had to explain who I was and where I was from,“ she recalls. It was the steady flow of orphaned and abandoned Korean children like Cox, adopted into American homes in the 1950s, that started the trend of transracial adoptions here. The numbers have jumped since then: accor
13、ding to its records, in 2001 more than 19,000 children from other countries a figure that has tripled over the past five years were adopted into American families. And since legislation passed in 1995 dictating that adoption from the foster-care system be color-blind, interest in transracial adoptio
14、n has also boomed. David Glotzer, 53, an investment adviser, and Charlotte Meyer, 49, an emergency-room nurse, didnt set out to cross the color line to become parents, but they didnt hesitate to do so when given the opportunity to adopt Aaron, now 11. Daughter Hannah, 7, followed, Both children are
15、African American, but Glotzer, who is Jewish and from New York City, and Meyer, a Catholic who grew up in Phoenix, Ariz., say their family deals with racial boundaries daily. Meyer had to take a class to learn how to braid and care for her daughters hair properly, and Glotzer sits on the board of PA
16、CT, the nonprofit agency based in San Francisco that helped arrange their kids adoptions. Glotzer and Meyer also decided to live only in racially integrated neighborhoods in Oakland and Berkeley, Calif. They turned down a chance to move to New England, where they doubted they would be able to find a
17、 similarly diverse community. “We have made major life choices about where to live and who our friends are in order to create an environment for our children thats right for them,“ Glotzer says, “We want them to have lots of black role models and to be around lots of people who look like them. I wil
18、l never be black, as they axe. And they will never be white, like us. But we can all go back and forth between the two worlds.“ There is, of course, the danger of trying too hard. Cautions are:“ Some people overload on cultural traditions without really knowing what theyre about. “The trick, the exp
19、erts say, is to expose kids to their birth culture while keeping in mind that interests may change as the children grow. Andrew James Marco Nelson, 15, and dad Jim went to Peru last year for Andrews first visit to his birth country. “It was amazing,“ he says. “I loved the colorful art everywhere, an
20、d I liked seeing people on the street who looked like me.“ Now he is taking Spanish lessons back home in Ann Arbor, Mich., and has worked as a counselor at a Latin American-culture camp for adopted kids. Andrews sister Malia, 11, was adopted from Bolivia. “We hadnt spent time in Latin America before
21、 the kids, but our children have brought us into this culture, and it is part of us,“ says their mother Kathi. Raising children of a race or culture different from their own means parents must make deliberate choices of the sort birth families seldom have to think about. Experts have several recomme
22、ndations for parents who willingly climb aboard that roller coaster to smooth out the ride for the family: -NAME Incorporate your childs birth name into his or her American name, and use it with affection. Many parents choose to use their childs birth name as a middle name. -NEIGHBORHOOD If possible
23、, live in an ethnically diverse area where your children will see people of various races and cultures. Some parents hire baby-sitters from their childrens homeland who can share native stories and customs with the kids. -ACTIVITIES Have lots of art, artifacts, books, toys and music from your childs
24、 birth country in your borne. Learn as much as possible about your childs native holidays and celebrations, and incorporate some of these into your family traditions. Keep up with major current events and sporting events from your childs native culture. -PEOPLE Seek out positive role models in the c
25、ommunity and the media whom the children can identify with. Help them get to know similarly adopted kids. Many communities offer culture camps where children can be together and learn about their native culture in a fun environment. -TALK ABOUT RACE You may be blind to your childs differentness, but
26、 the rest of the world isnt. Talk about race, and acknowledge any difficulties your child may be having, even if he doesnt bring them up, -CELEBRATE YOUR OWN ETHNICITY Whether you are Swedish, Scotch-Irish, Native American, Italian or a mixture of many cultures, show your children that everyone come
27、s from somewhere that every culture has its own language, foods, music and customs. -CONSIDER A TRIP TO YOUR CHILDS HOMELAND If your child expresses curiosity about her country of origin and an interest in seeing where she came from, plan a family trip. Many agencies offer special tours for adopted
28、kids and their families. Sarah Po-Yeong Boyd, 14, enters ninth grade this year in Eagan, Minn, where Koreans are a distinct minority. But she bridges her two cultures with ease, listening with equal pleasure to the Korean pop group Baby Vox and American folk-rock singer Michelle Branch. Sarah says s
29、he is grateful for the connection her parents have helped her forge with her home country for the culture camps, Korean dance lessons, time spent with other adoptees and a trip to Seoul two years ago with a Korean girlfriend and their dads. “For once we looked like every one else and our parents sto
30、od out that was really cool,“ she says. She is aware of the complications of growing up adopted and Asian in a white community, but she values the differences too. 2 The counselor warned Brian and Chery that they would no longer be American citizens if they wanted to adopt children from South Korea.
31、 （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 Today adoption advocates think birth culture plays an important role in raising children from a different race. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 When Susan Cox was adopted, she was raised in the American way happily. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 Americans like to adopt Korea children beca
32、use there are more orphaned and abandoned children in South Korea. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 Glotzer and Meyer decided not to move to New England because they want their children to live in _areas. 7 In the passage, the danger of some parents in raising bicultural children is _. 8 Experts think living
33、 in an, ethnically diverse neighborhood is advisable because children can see _. 9 Many communities offer _ for bicultural children to learn about their native culture together in a fun environment. 10 If your children are curious about their country, you should _. 11 Sarah bridges her two cultures
34、with ease and she still values _. 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 eac
35、h 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. （ A） They have to bargain on the sale. （ B） The TV set is usually on sale. （ C） They advertise to sell their TV set. （ D） They go to buy a TV set at a bargain
36、 price （ A） The effects of the flood. （ B） The prices of fruits and vegetables. （ C） The cause of the flood. （ D） Floods of the past twenty years. （ A） They waited for each other at different concerts. （ B） They waited for each other at different places. （ C） They went to the street corner at differ
37、ent times. （ D） The man went to the concert but the woman didnt. （ A） The air is contaminated. （ B） People there are exhausted. （ C） Its too windy for swimming. （ D） The beaches are dirty. （ A） Its open only to teachers and postgraduates. （ B） He can study there if he is writing a research paper. （
38、C） Senior students can enjoy more rights than other undergraduates. （ D） He needs the approval of his professor for the use of it. （ A） It was pretty good. （ B） It was rather dull. （ C） It was not well organized. （ D） It was attended by many people. （ A） Ways of getting extra credits. （ B） All requi
39、rements of an M. A. degree （ C） The credit hours required for a degree. （ D） Taking more optional courses. （ A） He has many interesting dreams. （ B） He sleeps a lot without doing anything （ C） He doesnt put his ideas into practice. （ D） He doesnt have any good ideas. （ A） To prove womens diligence.
40、（ B） To seek gender equality on campus. （ C） To improve transportation and accommodation. （ D） To put pressure on male students. （ A） To give an example of inequality. （ B） To show the positive side of equality. （ C） To show an example of the role model. （ D） To emphasize that women are superior to
41、men. （ A） He was surely under huge pressure. （ B） The caf was not one of his greatest achievements. （ C） He did almost nothing significant. （ D） He was the greatest leader of the students union. （ A） He is conducting a survey. （ B） He is doing a search. （ C） He is trying to improve the Student Union
42、. （ D） He is asking for directions. （ A） It is too small and students sometimes have to stand in a line. （ B） There are a variety of learning programs for the students. （ C） There are very qualified teachers giving classes on computers. （ D） It is introduced to the students in their first class. （ A
43、） The Computer Center. （ B） The library. （ C） The photocopying facilities. （ D） The lecture rooms. （ A） She is a university staff. （ B） She sometimes drives to the university. （ C） She is very fond of playing computer games. （ D） She is working part time in the library. Section B Directions: In this
44、 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 answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） His vision and his travel all o
45、ver the world. （ B） His expertise and business marketing skills. （ C） The money we pay for the “information highway“. （ D） His confidence in software products. （ A） It is a network for shopping malls, offices and homes. （ B） It relieves the heavy burden of teachers in school. （ C） It simplifies the
46、process of making friends online. （ D） It quickens sales of software products and intelligence. （ A） It will confine us to the four walls. （ B） We will have unlimited freedom. （ C） The rich will be even richer. （ D） Education will be widely spread. （ A） Communication actually takes place when the me
47、ssage is received. （ B） There are more means of receiving than of sending communications. （ C） Reception of communication involves use of the senses. （ D） It is hard to organize by typing the means of sending communication. （ A） Clapping hands. （ B） Gesture and imitation. （ C） Handshaking. （ D） Smel
48、l and taste. （ A） They dont need conventional signs and symbols. （ B） They only require a receiver in communication. （ C） The distance between communicators cant be too long. （ D） They are not restricted in time and space. （ A） Through his hard work at training. （ B） Through his training as a preach
49、er. （ C） Through his reputation as preacher. （ D） Through his attention to medicine. （ A） His ability to play the organ. （ B） His interest in medicine. （ C） His doctoral degrees in philosophy and music. （ D） His talents in preaching. （ A） His generous suggestions and help. （ B） His imprisonment in World War I. （ C） The responsibility of helping others. （ D） His impact on Western civilization. （ A） He was a man full of responsibility for German citizens. （ B） He was a man with li
