1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 513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 Career or Marriage?. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below. 1.目前许多大四女生不忙求职忙相亲 2.产生这种现象的原因 3.我的看法 Career or Marriage? 二、 Part II Reading Comp
2、rehension (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) if the
3、 statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 1 The Truth about Lying Ricky Gervaiss new film, The Invention of Lying, is about a world where lying doesnt exist, which means that everybody tells the truth, and everybod
4、y believes everything everybody else says. “Ive always hated you,“ a man tells a work colleague. “He seems nice, if a bit fat,“ a woman says about her date. Its all truth, all the time, at whatever the cost. Until one day, when Mark, a down-on-his-luck loser played by Gervais, discovers a thing call
5、ed “lying“ and what it can get him. Within days, Mark is rich, famous, and courting the girl of his dreams. And because nobody knows what “lying“ is, he goes on, happily living what has become a complete and utter farce (喜剧 ). Its meant to be funny, but its also a more serious commentary on us all.
6、As Americans, we like to think we value the truth. Time and time again, public-opinion polls show that honesty is among the top five characteristics we want in a leader, friend, or lover; the world is full of sad stories about the tragic consequences of betrayal. At the same time, deception is all a
7、round us. We are lied to by government officials and public figures to a disturbing degree; many of our social relationships are based on little white lies we tell each other. We deceive our children, only to be deceived by them in return. And the average person, says psychologist Robert Feldman, th
8、e author of a new book on lying, tells at least three lies in the first 10 minutes of a conversation. “Theres always been a lot of lying,“ says Feldman, whose new book, The Liar in Your Life, came out this month. “But I do think were seeing a kind of cultural shift where were lying more, its easier
9、to lie, and in some ways its almost more acceptable.“ As Paul Ekman, one of Feldmans longtime lying colleagues and the inspiration behind the Fox IV series “Lie To Me“ defines it, a liar is a person who “intends to mislead,“ “deliberately,“ without being asked to do so by the target of the lie. Whic
10、h doesnt mean that all lies are equally toxic: some are simply habitual - “My pleasure!“ - while others might be well-meaning white lies. But each, Feldman argues, is harmful, because of the standard it creates. And the more lies we tell, even if theyre little white lies, the more deceptive we and s
11、ociety become. We are a culture of liars, to put it bluntly, with deceit so deeply ingrained in our mind that we hardly even notice were engaging in it. Junk e-mail, deceptive advertising, the everyday pleasantries (客套话 ) we dont really mean - “Its so great to meet you! I love that dress“ - have, as
12、 Feldman puts it, become “a white noise weve learned to neglect.“ And Feldman also argues that cheating is more common today than ever. The Josephson Institute, a nonprofit focused on youth ethics, concluded in a 2008 survey of nearly 30,000 high school students that “cheating in school continues to
13、 be rampant (猖獗 ), and its getting worse.“ In that survey, 64 percent of students said theyd cheated on a test during the past year, up from 60 percent in 2006. Another recent survey, by Junior Achievement, revealed that more than a third of teens believe lying, cheating, or plagiarizing (抄袭 ) can b
14、e necessary to succeed, while a brand-new study, commissioned by the publishers of Feldmans book, shows that 18-to 34-year-olds- those of us fully reared in this lying culture - deceive more frequently than the general population. Teaching us to lie is not the purpose of Feldmans book. His subtitle,
15、 in fact, is “the way to truthful relationships.“ But if his book teaches us anything, its that we should sharpen our skills - and use them with abandon. Liars get what they want. They avoid punishment, and they win others affection. Liars make themselves sound smart and intelligent, they attain pow
16、er over those of us who believe them, and they often use their lies to rise up in the professional world. Many liars have fun doing it. And many more take pride in getting away with it. As Feldman notes, there is an evolutionary basis for deception: in the wild, animals use deception to “play dead“
17、when threatened. But in the modem world, the motives of our lying are more selfish. Research has linked socially successful people to those who are good liars. Students who succeed academically get picked for the best colleges, despite the fact that, as one recent Duke University study found, as man
18、y as 90 percent of high-schoolers admit to cheating. Even lying adolescents are more popular among their peers. And all it takes is a quick flip of the remote to see how our public figures fare when they get caught in a lie: Clinton keeps his wife and goes on to become a national hero. Fabricating a
19、uthor James Frey gets a million-dollar book deal. Eliot Spitzers wife stands by his side, while “Appalachian hiker“ Mark Sanford still gets to keep his post. If everyone else is being rewarded for lying, dont we need to lie, too, just to keep up? But whats funny is that even as we admit to being lia
20、rs, study after study shows that most of us believe we can tell when others are lying to us. And while lying may be easy, spotting a liar is far from it. A nervous sweat or shifty eyes can certainly mean a persons uncomfortable, but it doesnt necessarily mean theyre lying. Gaze aversion, meanwhile,
21、has more to do with shyness than actual deception. Even polygraph (测谎器 ) machines are unreliable. And according to one study, by researcher Bella DePaulo, were only able to differentiate a lie from truth only 47 percent of the time, less than if we guessed randomly. “Basically everything weve heard
22、about catching a liar is wrong,“ says Feldman, who heads the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Ekman, meanwhile, has spent decades studying micro-facial expressions of liars: the split- second eyebrow arch that shows surprise when a spouse asks wh
23、o was on the phone; the furrowed (皱起的 ) nose that gives away a hint of disgust when a person says “I love you.“ Hes trained everyone from the Secret Service to the TSA, and believes that with close study, its possible to identify those tiny emotions. The hard part, of course, is proving them. “A lot
24、 of times, its easier to believe,“ says Feldman. “It takes a lot of cognitive effort to think about whether someone is lying to us.“ Which means that more often than not, were like the poor dumb souls of The Invention of Lying, hanging on a liars every word, no matter how untruthful they may be. 2 W
25、hat do we know about Mark in the film The Invention of Lying? （ A） He looks too thin for his date. （ B） He is the most honest man. （ C） Lying changes his life completely. （ D） He lives in a lying world. 3 According to Robert Feldman, the author of The Liar in Your Life, Americans now （ A） regard the
26、 truth as very important （ B） tend to lie more often than before （ C） start a conversation with three lies （ D） hate to be deceived by their children 4 How does Robert Feldman see little white lies? （ A） They do harm to both people and the society. （ B） They are more acceptable than habitual lies. （
27、 C） They are necessary in the social relationships. （ D） They are good-intentioned and thus harmless. 5 The survey of the Josephson Institute revealed in 2008 that _. （ A） most students passed the examinations by cheating （ B） few students realized the harm of deceiving （ C） lying had become a habit
28、 of many students （ D） cheating was spreading unrestrainedly in schools 6 What did the survey of Junior Achievement show about the teenagers? （ A） Quite a few of them believe that cheating is genetic. （ B） Many of them see deceiving as essential for success. （ C） Cheating occurs more commonly among
29、them. （ D） They are the victims of the lying culture in fact. 7 When people manage to get away with lying, many of them _. （ A） are proud of themselves （ B） will make lying a habit （ C） feel ashamed and guilty （ D） are held in great affection 8 Feldman cited the example of wild animals to show that
30、_. （ A） wild animals are good at protecting their life （ B） deceiving formed in the process of evolution （ C） human beings lie in the same way as animals （ D） modem people are more selfish than animals 9 Judging from Duke Universitys recent study, even students recruited by top colleges seem to have
31、 _ before. 10 Compared with being liars, it is _ to detect a liar according to the study. 11 According to Ekman who studies micro-facial expressions of liars, a wrinkled nose probably shows ones _. Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. A
32、t 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 and D, and decide which is the best an
33、swer. （ A） He admires Jeans straightforwardness. （ B） He thinks Dr. Brown deserves the praise. （ C） He believes Jean was rude to Dr. Brown. （ D） He will talk to Jean about what happened. （ A） He stayed in a room on the third floor for an hour. （ B） He was absent when the discussion was being held. （
34、 C） Nobody but the woman noticed that he was absent. （ D） He did not leave room 405 until an hour had passed. （ A） He enjoyed the paintings, too. （ B） He has to finish his term paper first. （ C） He cant finish his term paper that day. （ D） He has learned something about the artists. （ A） Some people
35、 may not go on the trip. （ B） The transportation for the trip is free. （ C） Everyone in the class has paid the fee. （ D） The class wont enjoy going on the field trip. （ A） In Atlanta. （ B） At a convention centre. （ C） In a hospital. （ D） At home. （ A） She has been at home. （ B） The new manager was n
36、ot in the office. （ C） She hasnt talked with the new manager yet. （ D） She didnt want to talk with the new manager. （ A） He will see Steve soon. （ B） He is afraid the weather will not be clear. （ C） He is not sure if there will be enough space. （ D） He is not sure if he can find a room for Steve. （
37、A） He might move to another city very soon. （ B） The womans exaggerating the seriousness of the pollution. （ C） The air pollution is caused by the development of industry. （ D） The city was poor because there wasnt much industry then. （ A） Where they should move. （ B） How to negotiate with the landl
38、ord. （ C） How to fight the increase. （ D） Whether to accept an increase in rent or move. （ A） Stay and negotiate or move. （ B） Buy a laptop or accept the increase. （ C） Move closer to the school or the subway. （ D） They have no choice but to move. （ A） It is close to the school. （ B） It is quiet and
39、 good for sleep. （ C） It has convenient facilities. （ D） The rental agreement is good. （ A） She read a newspaper article about podcasting. （ B） She watched others podcast. （ C） She borrowed some former bloggers idea. （ D） She read some popular blogs. （ A） They were interested and expressed their tho
40、ughts via e-mail. （ B） They willingly subscribed to her podcast. （ C） They felt surprised and offered their advice to her podcast. （ D） They made demands on her podcast. （ A） It provides various radio shows. （ B） It contains things she is interested in. （ C） The woman thinks it a burden. （ D） The wo
41、man charged the users a little. （ A） She wants to do and say as she likes. （ B） Podcasting is just a hobby for her. （ C） Nobody is charging in this field. （ D） The audience only want it for free. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you w
42、ill 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） Its definition is complex. （ B） It is a journey that never ends. （ C） There are too many landmarks. （ D） T
43、he distance is too long to measure. （ A） They will take a more passive role. （ B） They will be slow to adapt to changes. （ C） They will be open to new experiences. （ D） They will always fail at first and win at last. （ A） A period during which we cease to grow. （ B） Being trapped inside a shell of o
44、ur own. （ C） The protection of ourselves against risks. （ D） The feelings of insecurity and self-doubt. （ A） A special symbol in life. （ B） A theatrical role in a play. （ C） A great character in history. （ D） An imaginary person in a fiction. （ A） Creating special language. （ B） Selling a variety of
45、 products. （ C） Providing a comfortable environment. （ D） Opening stores in busy areas of cities. （ A） It imparts coffee culture. （ B） It does its business illegally. （ C） It squeezes competitors out of the market. （ D） It applies machine more than people to make the coffee. （ A） It finds some impor
46、ted goods cause environmental damage. （ B） UK wastes a lot of money importing food products. （ C） It thinks people waste energy buying food from other countries. （ D） Growing certain vegetables causes environmental damage. （ A） The distance that a food product travels to a market from its source are
47、a. （ B） The distance between UK and other food producing countries. （ C） The distance that a food product travels from one market to another. （ D） The distance between a Third World country and a First World food market. （ A） Ghanaian tomatoes taste better than British ones. （ B） British tomatoes ar
48、e healthier than Ghanaian ones. （ C） Protecting the environment may cost a lot of money. （ D） Cutting down food miles may not necessarily save fuel. （ A） A supporter of free global trade. （ B） A member of the Food Commission. （ C） A supporter of First World food markets. （ D） A member of an energy d
49、evelopment group. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, 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 blanks, you can either use the exact words
