1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 4及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Fighting Corruption. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below in Chinese: 1腐败产生的原因和危害。 2反腐败应采取的措施。 3腐败问题是可以解决的。 Fighting Corruption 二、 Part II Re
2、ading 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
3、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 Freed by Sudan, “Geographic“ Reporter Arrives Home in U.S. After 34 days in a Sudanese jail, National Geographic journalist Paul Salopek, who had been charged w
4、ith spying, landed in his home state of New Mexico on Sunday morning. At the time of his arrest, Salopek, 44, had been freelance reporting for National Geographic magazine on the Sahel region, which stretches east-west across Africa along the southern edge of the Sahara. Don Belt, Salopeks editor fo
5、r the Sahel assignment, embraced the reporter upon his arrival and later said he might have lost a little weight, but he looks like hes none the worse for wear. “Were over the moon about Salopeks return“, Belt added. Salopek, who is on a scheduled leave of absence from the Chicago Tribune, arrived i
6、n Albuquerque with his wife, his Tribune editor, and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson. Salopek said it feels “fantastic“ to be home. “Its great to see my wife, whos been through a lot in some ways more than myself-in the last 35 days,“ he said. After hes spent some time with his family, Salopek s
7、ays, he plans to “make rounds in Chicago and Washington“ to thank his friends at the Tribune and the National Geographic Society. “I can never really repay them,“ he said. But, he joked at a press conference Sunday at the Albuquerque international airport, what he can do is “rack up an enormous beer
8、 bill.“ On behalf of National Geographic, Belt thanked Richardson, the Tribune, Sudans ambassador to the United States, and Jimmy Carter. The former U.S. President had written to Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir on Salopeks behalf-a gesture that had been kept secret until Sunday. (Both National Geo
9、graphic News and National Geographic magazine are parts of the National Geographic Society.) Once Salopek is back on the job, he intends to return to Africa, first to Chad to check up on his two assistants, who were arrested and freed alongside him. Then he will complete his National Geographic assi
10、gnment in Chad, Mall, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal. Detained in Noah Darfur The Pulitzer Prize winner and his Chadian assistants-driver Idriss Abdulraham Anu and interpreter Suleiman Abakar Moussa were arrested on August 6 after traveling from Chad to Sudans troubled Dar fur Province without a visa.
11、The border crossing had been a last minute decision, Salopek said at the Sunday press conference. Normally, the three would have been deported. Instead, on August 26 they were charged with espionage, passing in- formation illegally, and disseminating “false news“, in addition to the charge of enteri
12、ng the country unlawfully. The three men were confined to a single cell in E1 Fasher, capital of Noah Dar fur Province. From the cell, Salopek says, they could see protestors daily inveighing(痛骂 ) against the United States and the Unit- ed Nations, which are leading an effort to deploy a UN peacekee
13、ping force to neighboring Dar fur Province. Salopek and his cellmates, though, werent without welcome company. U.S. soldiers-in the region advising an African Union peacekeeping force-discovered that an American was being held in El Fasher and took up his cause. “They visited us virtually every day,
14、“ Salopek said. “They were like our guardian angels. The effort to free the reporter and his colleagues, though wasnt exactly heavenly. It was like a “carnival ride,“ Salopek said, “up and down, day to day.“ The Release Governor Richardson flew to Sudan on Thursday to negotiate the three mens releas
15、e on humanitarian grounds. Thanks in part to prior dealings with the Sudanese ambassador to the U.S. and with Sudanese President Omar A1-Bashir, Richardson succeeded after a 45-minute meeting on Friday. “This is your lucky day,“ the Sudanese president told Richardson, according to the Chicago Tribun
16、e. In agreeing to release Salopek, A1-Bashir asked Richardson to convey a message to the Bush Administration requesting good treatment and release of Sudanese prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, the Tribune reports But, Richardson said in a press conference Saturday, there were “no deals“ made to win
17、the mens release. Actually getting the three out of jail required a full day of bureaucratic wrangling in El Fasher. “There were some bureaucratic hiccups,“ Richardson told the Tribune. “You just sit and wait, be pleasant, be positive.“ Salopek and his assistants were released into Richardsons custo
18、dy at 5 p.m. Saturday local time, following a brief court hearing. “We are stopping the case and we are releasing you right now. And that is all,“ Judge Hosham Mohammed Yousif told the men before setting them free. “I cant tell you how great it is to see friends faces again,“ Salopek said, when gree
19、ted in El Fasher by his wife, Linda Lynch; Richardson; Tribune editor Ann Made Lipinski; and National Geographic Editor in Chief Chris Johns. “The concern for a long prison sentence was very real,“ the reporter added. Night Flight The delays and an approaching dust storm nearly prevented the three j
20、ournalists from leaving El Fasher on Saturday. “There was a big dust storm, called a haboob,“ Salopek said. “And they close the airport for security reasons at 6 p. m.“ The airport, Salopek adds, is basically a military Base. “Picture an air base in the middle of a savannah, with helicopter gunships
21、, bombers, and Sudanese soldiers in pickup trucks with anti-aircraft guns on the back,“ he said. A small group of the U.S. soldiers escorted Salopek, his editors, Lynch, Richardson and his staff, and the U. S. counsel to the their plane. “It was like something out of a James Bond movie,“ National Ge
22、ographics Johns said. Salopek, Richardson, Lynch, and Lipinski departed Khartoum late last night on a private jet, with refueling stops in France, Ireland, and Canada. “Its all been a bit of a busy day,“ Salopek said. “Its only been 24 hours since we left Khartoum.“ “It was quite a change going from
23、 the jail cell into a private jet.“ Johns stayed behind to ensure that Salopeks driver and interpreter make it home safely to Chad. “Paul told me hes concerned about of the safe return home of his Chadian interpreter and driver.“Johns had said on Friday. “I assured him that I and the National Geogra
24、phic Society will take responsibility for getting them home safely.“ On Sunday National Geographics Belt, senior editor for geography and world affairs, said that the Chadians were on their way out of Sudan by air, by way of Ethiopia, and should be home this evening. Conflict Darfur has been plagued
25、 for years by conflict between local rebels-mostly black Africans-and the Arab-controlled central government. The fighting has killed an estimated 180,000 people, mostly from disease and hunger. An estimated two million have fled the region. Of particular concern are attacks by a government-backed A
26、rab militia called the Janjaweed, which has assaulted both rebel forces and civilians. Tensions appear to be mounting again, with the Sudanese government currently rejecting deploying a U.N. peacekeeping force to the region. At the moment, 7,000 African Union troops are attempting to maintain the pe
27、ace, but they are scheduled to withdraw late this month. Despite the difficulties, Salopek was quick to say that hed return to Sudan to report again. “Absolutely,“ he said to the Tribune. “If I were to be granted a visa, I would come back.“ Salopek told National Geographic News, “Obviously I regret
28、having gone across that border, especially without a visa.“ Every journalist working in that part of Africa knows that working in Sudan is difficult, he says. In addition, Chad and the Sudan have a traditionally rocky relationship, making that border crossing particularly problematic. “I think we we
29、re victims of bad timing and bad luck,“ he said. “I have been arrested before, quite often, and held for a matter of hours or days. This is the longest and most serious, but its the cost of getting difficult stories where there is no other way to bring it to light, “Salopek said. “My hope is that my
30、 case does not discourage other journalists from continuing to cover the important story of Dar fur, which I fear is only going to get worse.“ 2 Paul Salopek is editor for the Sahel assignment, belonging to National Geographic magazine. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 Paul Salopek and his Chadian assistants
31、 were arrested on August 6 after crossing the border because they didnt have a visa. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Bill Richardsons success in reaching an agreement with Sudan was due to his personal friendship with Sudanese President Omar A1-Bashir. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 Paul was concerned not only abo
32、ut his own safety but about the safety of his Sudanese driver and interpreter. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 Seeing that Paul returned home, Belt felt _. 7 The three arrested in Sudan were regarded as _ by local authorities. 8 It was reported that Sudanese President Omar A1-Bashir requested that the Sudan
33、ese prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay be _. 9 The private jet that carried Salopek home stopped in France, Ireland, and Canada for _. 10 The relationship between Chad and the Sudan is not _ and so the border crossing is particularly difficult. 11 Salopek said that he _ to Sudan to report again althou
34、gh there were a lot of difficulties. 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
35、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. （ A） Mary earned the prize. （ B） Mary has granted the prize. （ C） Mary fails in the Speech contest. （ D） The man doesnt think Mary deserves the prize. （ A）
36、 Driving a car. （ B） Taking a taxi. （ C） Going by train. （ D） Taking the subway. （ A） Where is the manager now? （ B） Who will be his new manager? （ C） Whether his manager is ill. （ D） When the manager will go to the headquarters. （ A） He dislikes museums and galleries. （ B） He does not care about th
37、e hot weather. （ C） Going to the beach is the best choice. （ D） He doesnt want to go to Washington. （ A） She wants to live in the suburbs. （ B） She is offended by her naughty children. （ C） She disagrees with father. （ D） She turns a deaf ear to her husband s words. （ A） She will choose a new topic
38、to write the essay. （ B） She used to choose the poetry written by Shakespeare as the topic. （ C） She refuses to accept the mans advice. （ D） She is on the wrong track. （ A） Husband and wife. （ B） Teacher and student. （ C） Policeman and driver. （ D） Mother and son. （ A） Mow to buy a good computer. （
39、B） How to borrow a computer from the company. （ C） The price of the computer. （ D） The newly-bought computer. （ A） Caesars army. （ B） Give up smoking. （ C） Hypnotism. （ D） Ordinary life. （ A） 1000. （ B） 100. （ C） 200. （ D） 2000. （ A） Medicine. （ B） Hypnotism. （ C） Freud theory. （ D） Drug. （ A） 6. （
40、B） 16. （ C） 60. （ D） 66. （ A） One. （ B） Two. （ C） Three. （ D） Four. （ A） In a photographers studio. （ B） In the library. （ C） In the post office. （ D） In the shopping center. （ A） A letter from her college. （ B） Her passport. （ C） Her student card. （ D） Her driving license. Section B Directions: In
41、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 answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） Because it is difficult to
42、maintain a marriage. （ B） Because people like watching TV programs. （ C） Because people prefer freedom to self-discipline. （ D） Because our society is permissive towards divorces; （ A） The freedom to have other sexual relations: （ B） The desire to follow every of ones impulse. （ C） The will to keep
43、his or her own income. （ D） The wish to be his or her true self. （ A） A man and a woman should follow every of their own impulse respectively. （ B） A good marriage takes some level of compromise between the husband and the wife. （ C） A man and a woman should both have to endure dreadful serf-sacrifi
44、ce of the soul. （ D） A man and a woman should stop growing or changing. （ A） Types of Loneliness. （ B） Causes of Loneliness. （ C） Solutions to Loneliness. （ D） Loneliness. （ A） Severe loneliness. （ B） Situational loneliness. （ C） Chronic loneliness. （ D） Temporary loneliness. （ A） We need our friend
45、s to share similar interests and activities. （ B） We need our teachers to guide us. （ C） We need co-workers to help us. （ D） A lonely persons popularity may be increased with more social contacts. （ A） Call on people to protect sharks. （ B） Point out the living environment of sharks. （ C） Explain wh
46、y the sharks are dangerous. （ D） An introduction to sharks. （ A） By good sense of water waves made by quarries. （ B） By good sense of smell and electrical and magnetic power. （ C） By good sense of light. （ D） By good sense of blood. （ A） Bone structure. （ B） Smell ability. （ C） Birth mode. （ D） Reco
47、ver ability against disease. （ A） Their tasty meat. （ B） The principle of their defense system against disease. （ C） Their solid skin. （ D） The principle of their birth modes. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you
48、 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 blanks
49、, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 37 Shyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people. Shy people are anxious and (36)_; that is, they are excessively concerned with their own appearance and actions. (37)_ thoughts are constantly occurring in their minds: What kind of (38)_ am I making? Do they like me? Do I sound stupid? Am I wearing (39)_ clothes? It is obvious that such uncomfortable feelings must affect peop
