1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 53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 Menace of Eyesight Deteriorating. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below: 1.现代人的视力正在受到严重的 威胁 2.造成这一现象的主要原因 3.保护视力必须从孩子做起 Menace of Eyesight De
2、teriorating 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) if the statement agrees with the information give
3、n 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 Just Too Loud Ted Rueter isnt joking about possibly moving to New Zealand. And if he does go, it wont be the rage or the expense of liv
4、ing in the U.S. that drives him away. It will be the leaf blowers. Americans now own more than 90 million of the evil things, he says, each of them making the job of lawn clearing much easier and much, much louder. Rueter, a professor at UCLA who is head of the advocacy group Noise Free America, alr
5、eady fled Los Angeles to get away from the leaf-blower bother, only to move to New Orleans and find the problem just as bad there. “Everywhere has turned into leaf-blower hell.“ he says. Its not just the blowers that are driving Rueter daft. Its the boom cars those high-decibel(分贝 ), low-frequency s
6、peakers on wheels that cause your windshield to buzz and your eardrums to pulse when they pull up next to you at a stoplight. Its the car alarms too, as well as the barking dogs and the banging garbage trucks and the screaming airplanes and the roaring highways. Its the explosion of ambient(周围的 ) no
7、ise that seems to be everywhere, costing more and more people not only their sleep and their sanity but increasingly their hearing and health as well. According to the National Institutes of Health, more than 10 million Americans already suffer some permanent noise-induced hearing loss. They report
8、that some 30 million are exposed to daily noise levels that will eventually reduce their ability to hear. One in eight children between the ages of 6 and 19 already have some degree of hearing loss, and adults who are going deaf are doing so earlier and earlier. “The greatest increase in noise-relat
9、ed hearing loss occurs for people a5 to 64 years old,“ says Dr. James Battey, director of the National Institute on Deafness. “This is almost 20 years younger than we would expect.“ And its not just our ears the noise is hurting. It-takes sounds in excess of 85 db to damage hearing, but noise at les
10、s than 75 db may be linked to hypertension, and that at just 65 db leads to stress, heart damage and depression. Think the noise in your environment doesnt rise to that level? Think again. A ringing telephone can reach 80 db; a hair dryer hits 90 db; an ambulance siren can top out at 120 db. “Noise
11、pollution is truly a public health threat, “says Representative Nita Lowey of New York, who has reintroduced a bill in Congress to turn down the volume. “Its critical,“ she says, “that we work to diminish the impact noise has on our communities.“ The booming of America has many causes. Population gr
12、owth in city centers, loss of rural land to suburban sprawl, and the soaring number and size of cars on the highways all play a role. So too does the entertainment industry, with Walkmans, Pods and surround-sound theaters pouring noise into consumers cars. Even sports stadiums, always noisy places,
13、have got louder as earsplitting commercials fill the comparatively quiet interludes that used to prevail during pauses in the action. Whatever the roots of the problem, the noise is now everywhere and the workplace may be the worst place of all. At least 20% of US workers do their jobs in environmen
14、ts that could endanger their hearing, according to NIOSH. The US government estimates that more than 90% of coal miners suffer hearing impairment by age 50. Even farms are not exceptional: according to the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, a staggering 75% of farmers now exhibit
15、some hearing impairment, mostly as a result of noisy equipment. “Hearing loss is one of the most common workplace conditions, “says audiologist Ted Madison. For kids, the racket starts in the cradle. A squeaky toy held close to the ear which is precisely where babies may put them can reach 94 db. A
16、toy xylophone(木琴 ) can ring in at 92 db. And since babies car canals are so small, a sound that gets in them may knock around harder than it docs in an adults ears and do comparably more damage. Noise can be controlled to an extent, depending on the source. Some of the biggest sources of ambient noi
17、se are highways and roads, but the cause is less honking(使鸣响 ) horns or gunning engines though those play a role than tires hitting pavement, flexible rubber making contact with asphalt(沥青 ) doesnt seem as if it would produce a lot of noise but in fact it does. As any spot on the tire strikes the hi
18、ghway, it hits with the trunk of a little rubber hammer. Also, the patch of tire thats in contact with the ground at any instant the so-called tread block an squeak like a sneaker on a gym floor. Air pumping through tire grooves makes noise of its own. The solution, says engineer Bob Bernhard, is to
19、 change not the tires but the road surface. “You can make the pavement porous,“ he says,“ which affects the air-pumping mechanism. You can also mix a little rubber in with the asphalt, which changes the roads stiffness. “Porous surfaces are already being rolled out in parts of Georgia, Florida and A
20、rizona, as well as in Europe. Road noise that cannot be eliminated can be covered. More and more highways are being framed by high walls, additions that do little for the view but an awful lot for the peace and quiet of the people living nearby. The walls reduce noise by either reflecting or absorbi
21、ng it. This low-tech though pricey fix about $1 million a mile educes sound levels only as much as 7 db, but given the exponential way noise propagates, thats a lot. “A 10-db reduction may work out to a halving of loudness,“ says Nicholas Miller, head of Harris Miller the lip-reader has to stop eati
22、ng, stop reading, stop washing up, stop mending, stop everything in order to concentrate on hearing. It is not a question of stupidity or had temper as it sometimes appears to be but a question of being very easy to misunderstand when the sound is distorted. Remember what its like trying to communic
23、ate on a very bad telephone line. Frustrating, isnt it? The deaf have to face that all the time. A useful way of looking at the problem is to see the deaf as a foreigner to treat them as if you were in a foreign country. You would speak more clearly, slowly and raise your voice slightly. And youd us
24、e gestures to make your meaning clear, as well as have no hesitation in using pencil and paper to be absolutely certain. You can do all those things with the deaf as well as making sure you dont obscure your mouth with your hand, a pipe or a cigarette. Another point quite often overlooked is that a
25、heating aid may be quiet efficient and useful in a quiet carpeted room but try it in the high street in the rush hour, in a noisy car, in a railway station ticket office, a cinema or a concert hall and youve got a really difficult problem to distinguish speech. So dont suggest to or encourage deaf p
26、eople to go to functions(重大聚会 ) which are going to make their disability appear worse and increase their sense of failure. On the other hand careful selection of cinemas with good sound systems is important and you should experiment to find out where the best seats are for hearing, fitting adaptors
27、for radio and television, observing which friends are easier to understand. 53 Compared with people born deaf, those who begin to go deaf in adult life _. （ A） have different attitudes towards life （ B） can easily learn to use a hearing aid （ C） have to try to adapt to new situations （ D） find a hea
28、ring aid more annoying 54 Lip-reading is difficult in that _. （ A） it needs special training and a lot of practice （ B） the lip reader has to focus on the other person constantly （ C） the lip reader has to give tip normal life styles （ D） lip-reading disturbs the work of a heating aid 55 To communic
29、ate with the deaf, people _. （ A） have to make special efforts （ B） must speak in a foreign language （ C） should not smoke at all （ D） use writing instead of speaking 56 It can be inferred that a hearing aid can function well at _. （ A） a quiet place or corner （ B） a classroom with many students （ C
30、） a cinema with comfortable seats （ D） a carpeted room where a party is on 57 Whats the main idea of the passage? （ A） Which is better: hearing aid or lip-reading? （ B） How to improve the quality of a hearing aid. （ C） The difficulties the deaf meet in life. （ D） How to help people who lose hearing.
31、 58 At the Kyoto conference on global warming in December 1997, it became abundantly clear how complex it has become to work out international agreements relating to the environment because of economic concerns unique to each country. It is no longer enough to try to forbid certain activities or to
32、reduce emissions of certain substances. The global challenges of the interlink between the environment and development increasingly bring us to the core of the economic life of states. During the late 1980s we were able, through international agreements, to make deep cuts in emissions harmful to the
33、 ozone layer. These reductions were made possible because substitutions had been found for many of the harmful chemicals and, more important, because the harmful substances could be replaced without negative effects on employment and the economies of states. Although the threat of global warming has
34、 been known to the world for decades and all countries and leaders agree that we need to deal with the problem, we also know that the effects of measures, especially harsh measures taken in some countries, would be nullified(无效的 ) if other countries do not control their emissions. Whereas the UN tea
35、m on climate change has found that the emissions of carbon dioxide would have to be cut globally by 60% to stabilize the content of CO2 in the atmosphere, this path is not feasible for several reasons. Such deep cuts would cause a breakdown of the world economy. Important and populous low-income or
36、medium-income countries are not yet willing to undertake legal commitments about their energy uses. In addition, the state of world technology would not yet permit us to make such a big leap. We must, however, find a solution to the threat of global warming early in the 21st century. Such a commitme
37、nt would require a degree of shared vision and common responsibilities new to humanity. Success lies in the force of imaginations, in imagining what would happen if we fail to act. Although many living in cold regions would welcome the global-warming effect of a warmer summer, few would cheer the ar
38、rival of the subsequent tropical diseases, especially where there had been none. 58 It can be inferred that since the Kyoto conference, we find _. （ A） global warming problem is closely related to economy development （ B） global warming has produced various economy problems around the world （ C） dif
39、ferent countries have different views on the effect of global warming （ D） global warming has greatly affected the worldwide economy development 59 The difficulty in solving the problem of global warming lies in the fact that _. （ A） not all the countries are willing to make deep cuts in emissions （
40、 B） the leaders of many countries are reluctant to reach an agreement （ C） people in many areas dont realize the seriousness of the problem （ D） world technology is not able to solve the problem 60 Cutting carbon dioxide emission by 60% will _. （ A） be reached when low-income countries agree to reac
41、h an agreement （ B） cause a collapse of the world economy （ C） reduce in a large amount the content of CO2 in the atmosphere （ D） help realize a stabled world economy 61 In order to solve the problem of global warming, all countries should _. （ A） replace all the harmful substances （ B） make progres
42、s in economy development （ C） share ideas and bear common responsibilities （ D） develop advanced technology to improve the situation 62 It can be inferred that the author of the passage _. （ A） argue against making deep cuts in emissions （ B） criticize some countries in solving the problem of global
43、 warming （ C） evaluate the environment protection measures of world countries （ D） analyze the problem of global warming 三、 Part VI Translation (5 minutes) Directions: Complete the sentences in the blanks by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. 63 I pay respect to_(无论发生什么事情都能坚持原则的
44、人 ) 64 _(申请人将不能胜任这个职位 )unless he has had much work experience 65 I lost her telephone number； otherwise， _(我 就给她打电话并告诉她真相了 ) 66 I was about to_(告知他这个消息，这时他插话进来 ) 67 _(他别无选择只好换专业 )since he discovered that he had little talent for programming 大学英语六级模拟试卷 53答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 【正确答案】
45、Menace of Eyesight Deteriorating It is generally accepted that nothing is more valuable than eyesight. Just as the saying goes, “No one knows the value of eyesight until he loses it.“ However, more and more people are 二、 Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Directions:
46、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 statement contradicts the information given in the passage
47、; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 定位到文章首段第三句及第四句 “美国现在拥有九千万台吹落叶机 制造了越 来越多的噪音。 ”应该是美国的吹落叶机噪音总体情况很糟糕，比新西兰严重，而并非指单台声音大。题干与原文不符。 3 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 定位到文章第二段末句，根据原文内容可知，题干与原文表达一致。 4 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 定位到文章第三段首句；原文只是提及有一千万美国人患有永久性听力下降，没有提及下降程度及耳聋。并且原文也没有和以
48、前做比较。 5 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 定位到文章第四段第二句中 .but noise at less than 75 db may be linked to hypertension， and that at just 65 db leads to stress(低于七十分贝的噪音可能会导致高度紧张，六十五分贝的噪音可导致压力 )，题干与原文内容不符。 6 【正确答案】 earsplitting commercials 【试题解析】 定位到文章第五段末句 “即使体育场，这个原本就很喧闹的地方，随着刺耳的广告充斥着原本安静的中场休息，现在变地更喧闹了。 ”因此刺耳的广告是原因。 7 【
49、正确答案】 noisy equipment 【试题解析】 定位到文章第六段第四句后半句 .mostly as a result of noisy equipment，其中 as a result of等同于题干中的 because of，那么 as a result of后面的就是答案了。 8 【正确答案】 the road surface 【试题解析】 定位到文章第九段首句；可知工程师 Bob Bernhard认为减少道路噪音的方法不是更换轮胎而是改变路面状况。 9 【正确答案】 they can reflect or absorb noise 【试题解析】 定位到文章第十段第二、三句；答案锁定在第三句 “墙可以通过反射或吸收声音从而降低噪音。 ” 10 【正确答案】 ease down at a smooth angle 【试题解析】 定位到文章第十一段末句；可知飞
