1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 569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 Is the Entity Bookstore Dying? You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below. 1越来越多的实体书店倒闭，网上书店兴起 2有人认为网上书店终将取代实体书店 3我认为 Is the Entity Bookstore Dyi
2、ng? 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 given in the
3、 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. 1 Why Summer Vacation Wont Make You Happier? From an informal and highly unscientific survey of friends and colleagues, I can report that the rea
4、sons for not feeling happy after returning from vacation include; the flight home (red-eye to New York); realizing what they just did to their credit-card balance; getting back to work; wondering if they should have gone somewhere different;sharp memories of kids fighting constantly in the back seat
5、 of the rental car;and sadness that the next vacation will not arrive for months, typically around the end of the year, making them wonder over and over:how am I going to hold out until then? I,in contrast,not having taken a vacation this year and with none scheduled,am positively cheerful compared
6、with these gloomy souls, since I have a world of possible destinations to fantasize about. Anecdotes (轶事 ) do not equal data,as scientists say,but in this case the anecdotes about vacations failing to give us a post-trip mood boost match the results of years of research. Studies point to an inescapa
7、ble conclusion: “ Generally, there is no difference between vacationers and non-vacationers post-trip happiness,“ as the authors of a recent paper in the journal Applied Research in Quality of Life put it. One interesting exception is the period just before taking a vacation, when about-to-be travel
8、ers report feeling happier than non-vacationers, possibly because the anticipation puts them in a good mood. But the holiday aftermath is a different story,and a gloomy one. One small study in 2008 used text messages from vacationers during their holidays to assess how happy they were, and then comp
9、ared these real-time messages with how people recalled their holiday moods once theyd returned to real life. Vacationers were,overall,happier on holiday than in their normal lives. So far,so good. But once home, they stank at remembering how happy they had been while away, consistently recalling hig
10、her levels of happiness than they had reported at the time. That suggests two things; we will ourselves recall being happy on vacation (if we werent happy, why did we just spend all that money?) ,but by comparison real life feels grimmer. Another small study,from 2004 in the Annals of Tourism Resear
11、ch,measured the effect of a vacation on post-vacation mood more directly,having people fill out a questionnaire that assessed their levels of happiness right before going on holiday and then when they returned. (Non-travelers also filled out the questionnaire, with results confirming that about-to-b
12、e vacationers indeed experience an anticipatory high. ) The carry-over effect of a vacation on happiness was so small,the best the researchers could report was that vacations are “ not causing individuals to feel any worse off than before traveling. “ I dont think well be seeing that sentiment on to
13、urist Web sites any time soon. Even the small positive effects last about as long as a sunburn. Sure, take a vacation in hopes that it will relieve your burnout, but within three to four weeks people are feeling as stressed out as before, found a 2001 study in which the authors concluded: “Vacation
14、alleviated perceived job stress and burnout as predicted.But we found a return to pre-vacation levels of burnout four weeks later. “ That may be one reason the sense of happiness fades as well: if you feel just as much burnout a month after returning from vacation as you did before, no wonder youre
15、unhappy. This result isnt from just a single study, by the way:a 2009 meta-analysis (元分析 ) of seven reached the same conclusion about the post-vacation letdown. Why? For one thing,holiday trips are not 24/7 bliss. There are missed flight connections,disappointing hotels,bad food,and illness. Looking
16、 back on all that,once were back home,can understandably put a dent (削弱 ) in our happiness. Also, whats called the peak-end effect can affect post-trip mood. The most intense experiences (peak) and those that occur as the vacation is winding down (end) leave the most lasting impressions. If we fail
17、to pack a few ultra highs into a trip (swim with the dolphins one day,climb a volcano another) and instead have a lot of so-so pleasant experiences or start the trip with a bang but end it in a letdown whimper then post-trip happiness will suffer. Although scientists generally find no correlation be
18、tween length of a vacation and post-trip contentment, there is one argument in favor of shorter vacations. Say you get 10 days of vacation a year. If you take them as three vacations (of 4 days,4 days,and 2 days) ,you will have more final days (3) ,when fun experiences have the strongest carry-over
19、effect,and more pre-vacation anticipation highs (3) than if you took two 5-day trips,let alone a single 10-day trip. (The above does not hold if,like me,you find vacation planning so stressful that the very thought of doing it three times a year is enough to make you a workaholic. ) The latest study
20、 of vacations effect on happiness has the virtue of studying a large number of people (1,530). Scientists in the Netherlands had participants answer a questionnaire asking if they had recently “ enjoyed their daily tasks,“ had recently felt “ unhappy,“ or had recently felt “ gloomy and dejected. “ P
21、ossible answers were “never,“ “almost never,“ “sometimes,“ “very often,“ and “always. “ The study compared responses of the 556 people who did not go on a holiday with those of the 974 who did, controlling for things like personality (extroverts tend to be happier and might vacation more, so you hav
22、e to subtract this effect from the happiness levels of vacationers). Result: vacationers were happier before their trips than were non-vacationers,confirming the anticipation effect or suggesting that people able to take trips might have more happiness-boosting characteristics (good health,money,fri
23、ends and family to travel with) than non-vacationers do. But “post-trip happiness did not differ between vacationers and non-vacationers,“ the scientists found. The travelers happiness edge had actually disappeared. Even more sobering, happiness levels post-trip were little different from what they
24、had been before. Even people who had had the least stressful vacations experienced this happiness fadeout.with their sense of contentment falling to pre-trip levels eight weeks after their return. “ The benefits of a very relaxed holiday trip last maximally for two weeks,“ write the scientists who s
25、tudy effects of vacation. “ A holiday trip does not have a prolonged effect on happiness,“ and “length of stay is not associated with post-trip happiness.Returning home involves a swift return to pre-trip happiness levels. “ 2 While the vacationers are down,the author is joyful because he_. （ A） has
26、 no vacation （ B） will have a vacation （ C） has no gloomy souls （ D） can fantasize about some destinations 3 Why do about-to-be travelers feel happier than non-vacationers before the vacation? （ A） Because they are anticipating a nice vacation. （ B） Because they have possible destinations to fantasi
27、ze about. （ C） Because they will get rid of the gloomy thought. （ D） Because they will enjoy quality life during the vacation. 4 When getting back home,people claim that_. （ A） they were as happy at the vacation as they really were （ B） they were much happier at the vacation than they really were （
28、C） they were less happier at the vacation than they really were （ D） they were happiest at the vacation in their memory 5 Vacations are not causing individuals much happier after the trip,because_. （ A） the comparison of real life makes people feel grimmer （ B） the post-vacation mood is ruined by mu
29、ch money spent （ C） the lingering effect of a vacation on happiness was so small （ D） the travel did not meet the travelers anticipation 6 A month after vacation the sense of happiness dies down,because vacationers_. （ A） feel as exhausted as before （ B） get sunburn that lasts a month （ C） did not f
30、eel relaxed immediately （ D） experienced many miseries 7 Post-trip happiness will suffer from no ultra highs,which is an example of_. （ A） intense experiences （ B） lasting impressions （ C） peak-end effect （ D） so-so pleasant experiences 8 Though some argue that shorter vacations are better,scientist
31、s find no connection between length of a vacation and_. （ A） final days （ B） carry-over effect （ C） contentment after a trip （ D） peak-end effect 9 The virtue of the recent study of vacations effect on happiness is the studying of_. 10 That non-vacationers were not as happy as vacationers before the
32、ir trip confirmed_. 11 According to those scientists who research vacations effects, post-trip happiness isnt affected by_. 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
33、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 answer. （ A） Turn left in front of the store. （ B） Go to the street in front
34、 of the store. （ C） Turn right onto the street in front of the store. （ D） Go two intersections to the store. （ A） She will go to the health club together with the man. （ B） She will apply for a membership in the health club. （ C） She is uncertain if the health club is really helpful for her. （ D） S
35、he wants to get more exercise by joining a health club. （ A） Complaining. （ B） Informing. （ C） Debating. （ D） Comforting. （ A） The woman cant fall into sleep at night recently. （ B） The mans injury is more serious than he imagined. （ C） The man hurt his wrist because of using the keyboard. （ D） The
36、man decided to accept the womans advice to see a doctor. （ A） Check the mans package. （ B） Send the man a tracking number. （ C） Tell the man to call back later. （ D） Ask someone else about the package. （ A） The person who went to meet the man did not hold a sign. （ B） The woman forgot to arrange for
37、 someone to meet the man. （ C） The man didnt see the person who went to meet him. （ D） The person who went to meet the man got a wrong name on the sign. （ A） Studying for an exam. （ B） Reviewing his final draft. （ C） Asking for feedback. （ D） Writing a report. （ A） Unsatisfied. （ B） Positive. （ C） D
38、espaired. （ D） Resistant. （ A） He forgot to pay for the accommodation. （ B） He didnt know the accommodation last for only a limited time. （ C） He forgot the accommodation policy the warden had told him. （ D） He had an argument with the warden. （ A） Meals are included in the price of course. （ B） The
39、 man needs to pay all the electricity bills alone. （ C） A private house is shared by a few students. （ D） It is more expensive than university dorms. （ A） The private houses on the list are full already. （ B） It provides the latest information about the private houses. （ C） Most of the private house
40、s on the list have free rooms. （ D） Some of information on the list is probably incorrect. （ A） She failed the Graduate Entrance Examination. （ B） She failed the final examinations. （ C） She was abroad and missed the exams. （ D） She wanted to get a job first. （ A） To revise it and get a better draft
41、. （ B） To edit it together with the man. （ C） To make it published in the journals. （ D） To have it judged by professors. （ A） Finishing the senior project. （ B） Preparing for the internships. （ C） Looking for graduate schools. （ D） Greeting and entertaining relatives. （ A） It is going to be held at
42、 Dr. Garcias office. （ B） It concerns her performances. （ C） It has something to do with graduate schools. （ D） It was required by another student. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and th
43、e 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） Make reservations in advance. （ B） Book tickets reserved for at least 90 days. （ C） Buy tickets online or by telephone. （ D） Choose tickets during off-sea
44、son months. （ A） A large sleeping accommodation. （ B） Two small sleepers. （ C） Riding in coach. （ D） One sleeper with a private bathroom. （ A） You wont be allowed for overnight trips. （ B） You might catch a cold if its summer. （ C） You may have the temperature regulated. （ D） You can get a complimen
45、tary blanket. （ A） Meat. （ B） Sleep. （ C） Hunger. （ D） Loneliness. （ A） They can be learned by nature. （ B） They are substituted for certain desires. （ C） They are addictions that cant be changed. （ D） They are habits that can be suppressed. （ A） When its hard to recognize the problem. （ B） When its
46、 impossible to do it by oneself. （ C） When its difficult to get outside help. （ D） When it involves other complex issues. （ A） The bacteria from foreign places. （ B） Your hands own resident bacteria. （ C） Harmless skin residents on your hands. （ D） All the bacteria on your hands. （ A） Because they c
47、an prevent other bacterias overgenerating. （ B） Because they can keep your hands clean. （ C） Because they let other bacteria move in. （ D） Because they can help cure some disease. （ A） Skin residents will be removed. （ B） Skin residents will go beneath the skin. （ C） Resident bacteria will be killed
48、. （ D） Other bacteria will move in. （ A） We shouldnt use anti-bacterial soap any more. （ B） We must wash our hands reasonably and scientifically. （ C） We should wash our hands less than before. （ D） We should wash our hands as much as possible. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a
49、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 you have just heard or write down the 36 Soon after the Civil War ended
