1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 504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 Dialectal TV Pro-grams. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below. 1. 现在电视 上出现了很多方言类的节目 2对这种现象有人表示支持，也有人并不赞成 3我的看法 二、 Part II Rea
2、ding 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 N
3、O) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 2 Returning to Science Teresa Garrett was working part-time as a biochemistry postdoc (博士后 ). She had an infant at home, and she was miserable. She and her husband
4、 were considering having a second child. She didnt like leaving her daughter with a daycare provider, and she wondered if her slim income justified the expense of child-care. She decided to stay home full time. It was a lonely but practical decision, she says. She hadnt ruled out the possibility but
5、 she did not expect to return to science: After all, the conventional wisdom would equate several years of parenting leave with the end of a research career. Garrett eventually had two daughters and spent their early years at home. The challenge of managing a science career and personal and family o
6、bligations is not a new issue, particularly for women. In a career where productivity and publications define your value, can you take a couple of years off and then make a successful return? When you do, will employers trust your devotion to your job? For Garrett, the answer to both questions was “
7、Yes“. First, she found a short-term teaching tutor at Duke University, the institution where she had done her Ph. D. And then Christian Raetz, who had been her Ph. D. adviser, offered her a postdoc. The timing was perfect: She was ready to start a more regular work schedule, and her husband was inte
8、rested in starting a business. Today, she is a chemistry professor at Vassar College. Garrett credits Raetz both for his faith in her abilities and his willingness to judge her contributions on quality and productivity and not the number of hours she spent in the laboratory. “People are always shock
9、ed to know that you can take time off and come back,“ she says. Returning to research after an extended personal leave is possible, but it may not be straightforward. Progress can be slow and there may be some fallout from a break. The path back doesnt come with a road map or a timeline. Your reentr
10、y will have a different rhythm than your initial approach because this time you have to balance your career with the needs of a family. The uncertainty can make you feel isolated and alone. But if you are persistent and take advantage of the resources that are available, you can get it done. Steppin
11、g Sideways After time away from the work force, its particularly easy to underestimate your value as a scientist and-hence-to take one or more backward steps. Dont, says Ruth Ross, who nearly made that mistake after spending 4 years at home with her children. A Ph. D. pharmacologist with industry ex
12、perience, she applied for a technician job at the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom as she planned her return to science. She would have taken the job if it had been offered, she says, but “that probably would have been a bad career move“. As it turned out, the university decided she was
13、over-qualified. Instead of taking a step back, take a step sideways: If you left a postdoc, return to a postdoc, perhaps with a special career reentry fellowship. A faculty member at Aberdeen encouraged Ross to apply for a newly established career reentry fellowship from the Well come Trust. Funding
14、 from that organization supported her postdoctoral research until the university hired her into a faculty position in 2002. After 2 years at home with her son and twin daughters followed by 3 years searching for project management jobs in the biotech industry, biochemist Pla Abola got wind of an ope
15、ning at the Molecular Sciences Institute (MSI). An MSI staff scientist needed skills like hers but lacked money, so the two applied jointly for an NIH career reentry supplement. Shes now a protein biochemist and grant writer at Prosetta Bioconformatics. Independence and Flexibility Instead of steppi
16、ng backward or sideways, physicist Shireen Adenwalla took a step forward. Instead of taking another postdoc, she set up an independent research program on soft money. Early in her career, Adenwalla took 15 months off, caring for her first child and then looking for another postdoc. When she and her
17、physicist husband decided to move to the University of Nebraska, Lincoln-he had accepted a tenure track position Adenwalla turned down postdoc opportunities. Instead she arranged a visiting faculty position, followed by a post as a research assistant professor. “I think that was a very smart thing,“
18、 she says today. “Establishing an independent research program is very important.“ Her starting salary was just $15 000, and she got just $ 5 000 in start-up assistance. She borrowed equipment, taught courses, took on graduate students, and published her research. She had a lab and an office, but bo
19、th got moved around-her lab three times, her office twice. Adenwalla missed having real start-up money, her own equipment, and the institutional investment that comes with a tenure-track position. On the other hand, she was her own boss, so she was able to take 6 months off when she had her second c
20、hild and work part time for a while after her third child was born. Eventually she was hired to a tenure-track post. Flexible or part-time hours can smooth the transition back into tile scientific work force. Some reentry fellowships specify a part-time option and most are accommodating, but even if
21、 you dont have a fellowship you can ask for a work schedule that meets your needs. Ross, for example, took advantage of the part-time provision of the Well come Trust Fellowship. When Garrett took the position on the Lipid Maps grant, she negotiated a 30-hour-a-week schedule. Patience: an Essential
22、Virtue Two months before physicist Marija Nikolic-Jarics scheduled dissertation defense at Simon Fraser University, her husband was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. Over the next 17 months, she focused on her husband and his cancer treatments. After his death, she moved with her little son
23、to Winnipeg to be near family. She tried to jump-start her thesis project several times, the first in 1998, but she wasnt ready yet and became discouraged. Eventually, she found the motivation to return. She started from the beginning, with a new approach. She finished her Ph. D. in 2008. Now a post
24、doc at the University of Manitoba, she has moved into a new research area-biomicrofluidics. This year, her work is supported by an M. Hildred Blewett Scholarship, a career reentry grant from the American Physical Society. Elizabeth Freeland, too, continues to work toward a permanent research positio
25、n a decade after her return. When she followed her future husband to his postdoc at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, and subsequently to Chicago, Illinois, she wasnt able to find a compatible research opportunity. Since then, she has cared for the couples two young children, taught
26、 part time, and found a few short-term research opportunities, some paid, others not. Like Nikolic-Jaric, Freeland is a physicist, and like that other physicists she switched fields. Freeland moved from condensed matter theory to high-energy physics. She scraped together two one-year postdoctoral gr
27、ants, the first from the American Association of University Women and the second is a Blewett Scholarship. Unable to find a permanent position locally, in September she started a one-year postdoc at Washington University in St Louis. The location is challenging, she says, but she is encouraged by th
28、e support of her mentors (导师 ). And because her work is theoretical, she can spend alternate weeks at home with her husband and school-age children. Its a great research opportunity, she says, one she hopes will someday yield a job closer to her family. She also runs a Web site for physicists naviga
29、ting career breaks. Finding Your Own Way Back Though students sometimes see her as a role model, Adenwalla cautions that what worked for her might not be the best solution for others. “You have to find whats right for you,“ she says, and ignore those with different circumstances and needs. Her own j
30、ourney was a tradeoff, she says. On the plus side, she was able to pick her children up at school every day. On the minus side, she says, “there was a fear inside me that 1 would never make it.“ Garrett tells everyone about her journey, even noting it on her Vassar Web site. “Both young women and yo
31、ung men who are coming up through their career path need to know about the different ways that you can have a good and satisfying career in science.“ 2 When Garrett stayed at home, she was prevented from expecting to return to science by _. （ A） her common sense （ B） her several years of parenting l
32、eave （ C） her slim income （ D） her coming second child 3 When Garrett is a chemistry professor, Raetz judges her contributions on _. （ A） her large number of laboratory hours （ B） her willingness to contribute （ C） the quality and productivity of her work （ D） her regular work schedule 4 According t
33、o the passage, Ruth Ross almost committed the mistake that _. （ A） she underestimated her ability （ B） she took a step back （ C） she spent 4 years at home （ D） she took a step sideways 5 Before Pia Abola got a position at the MSI, she spent at home _. （ A） two years （ B） three years （ C） four years
34、（ D） five years 6 Shireen Adenwalla moved her lab and office frequently because _. （ A） her house moved to Nebraska （ B） she kept getting promoted （ C） the equipment was borrowed （ D） she couldnt get abundant funding 7 Marija Nikolic-Jarics dissertation defense at Simon Fraser University was delayed
35、 by_. （ A） her husbands disease （ B） her toddler son （ C） her faraway family （ D） her discouraging jump-start 8 In 1998, Nikolic-Jaric failed her thesis project because of _ （ A） her husbands death （ B） her own haste （ C） her discouragement （ D） her new approach 9 Before she switched fields, Freelan
36、ds former research direction was _. 10 In addition to the one-year postdoc at Washington University, Freeland runs a web site for physicists _. 11 According to Garrett, if young people want to succeed in science, they need to know _. Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conve
37、rsations 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 marked A, B, C an
38、d D, and decide which is the best answer. （ A） The credit hours for a degree in education. （ B） The credit hours for a degree in psychology. （ C） The requirements of an MA degree. （ D） The thesis requirement of an MA degree. （ A） He works at the meat counter. （ B） He delivers groceries to customers.
39、 （ C） He serves as a cashier. （ D） He stocks shelves. （ A） It is not worth writing about. （ B） It is quite appropriate. （ C） It should be narrowed down. （ D） It should be expanded. （ A） Too complicated. （ B） Enjoyable. （ C） Touching. （ D） Interesting. （ A） At 10:00. （ B） At 9:00. （ C） At 9:30. （ D）
40、At 5:00. （ A） Shes already visited the museum. （ B） Linda might be leaving earlier than she is. （ C） Linda will take him to the office. （ D） The man could probably go with Linda. （ A） She doesnt have time to go outside. （ B） Shell consider the mans advice. （ C） She knows how to relieve her stress. （
41、 D） She will feel more stressful for getting behind in her lessons. （ A） He is an irresponsible father. （ B） He is careless. （ C） He is very busy with work. （ D） He is indifferent to his family. （ A） The long face he has got. （ B） The behavior he conducts. （ C） The smoking he quitted. （ D） The words
42、 he speaks. （ A） His headache. （ B） His smoking. （ C） His girlfriend. （ D） His sister. （ A） He tries to make the mans dating successful. （ B） He wants to divide the couple. （ C） He remind the man where they were meeting. （ D） He means to bring the couple closer. （ A） 2000000. （ B） 3500. （ C） 110000.
43、 （ D） 361. （ A） Power experts have given appropriate advices and guidance. （ B） Its an overall survey of students experience on their campuses. （ C） No statistics are given and used to conduct the survey. （ D） Both academic and non-academic evaluations are included. （ A） Harvard, Princeton and Yale
44、are not ranked as top ones. （ B） Public schools do better than private ones. （ C） A tiny school called Reed College becomes number one. （ D） MIT comes before other Ivy League universities. （ A） Harvard. （ B） Princeton. （ C） Stanford. （ D） Pepperdine. Section B Directions: In this section, you will h
45、ear 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 he registered the “. cn“ for China and sent
46、 the first e-mail in China. （ B） Because he set up Chinas !first online comic dialogue website. （ C） Because he provided integrated online services. （ D） Because he was regarded as the father of Internet in China. （ A） www.chinadaily. com. （ B） . （ C） www. sohu. com. （ D） www. N. （ A） The Sina compa
47、ny. （ B） China Daily. （ C） Peoples Daily. （ D） Netease. （ A） An American protester. （ B） A 6-year-old Cuban boy. （ C） A TV cameraman. （ D） A psychologist. （ A） By clinging to an inner tube and floating in the sea （ B） By bringing illegal migrants to Florida. （ C） By playing hide-and-seek with the he
48、licopter. （ D） By holding a battle between his father and relatives. （ A） He can stay with his relatives in the US. （ B） He can play hide-and-seek with American boys. （ C） He must have a temporary home and go to school. （ D） He should be sent back to Cuba. （ A） Expensive medicine. （ B） Good nursing.
49、 （ C） Better environment in hospitals. （ D） Recovery at home. （ A） Because they need medical advice. （ B） Because some patients want to buy their paintings. （ C） Because they are asked to give lectures to doctors and nurses. （ D） Because hospitals will be decorated with art collections. （ A） He is an artist who has collected a lot of paintings. （ B） He is a doctor who is good at painting. （ C） He is an artist who introduces art into hospitals. （ D） He is a follower
