1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 605及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 For this part, you are required to write a composition on the topic “The 1998 Summer Flood“. You should write at least 150 words and you should base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below: 1. 洪水所造成的损失：受灾面积 ，伤亡人数 ，经济损失 元，受灾最为严重的省份是
2、 2. 江主席、党中央十分关心受灾区和人民，亲自指挥抗洪抢险，取得了最后胜利。 3. 抗洪的胜利说明了什么？ 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
3、 statement agrees with the information given 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 Americas Brain Drain Crisis Losing the Global Edge William Kurtz is a self-described compute
4、r geek. A more apt description might be computer genius. When he was just 11, Kunz started writing software programs, and by 14 he had created his own video game. As a high school sophomore in Houston, Texas, he won first prize in a local science fair for a data encryption(编密码 ) program he wrote. In
5、 his senior year, he took top prize in an international science and engineering fair for designing a program to analyze and sort DNA patterns. Kunz went on to attend Carnegie Mellon, among the nations highest-ranked universities in computer science. After college he landed a job with Oracle in Silic
6、on Valley, writing software used by companies around the world. Kunz looked set to become a star in his field. Then he gave it all up. Today, three years later, Kurtz is in his first year at Harvard Business School. He left software engineering partly because his earning potential paled next to frie
7、nds who were going into law or business. He also worried about job security; especially as more companies move their programming overseas to lower costs. “Every time youre asked to train someone in India, you think, Am I training my replacement?“ Kunz says. Things are turning out very differently fo
8、r another standout in engineering, Qing-Shan Jia. A student at Tsinghua University in Beijing, Jia shines even among his gifted cohorts(一群人 ) at a school sometimes called “the MIT of China“. He considered applying to Harvard for his PhD, but decided it wasnt worth it. His university is investing hea
9、vily in cutting-edge research facilities, end attracts an impressive roster of international professors. “I can get a world-class education here end study with world-class scholars,“ Jia says, These two snapshots(快照 ) illustrate part of a deeply disturbing picture. In the disciplines underpinning th
10、e high-tech economy-math, science and engineering-America is steadily losing its global edge. The depth and breadth of the problem is clear: . Several of Americas key agencies for scientific research and development will face a retirement crisis within the next ten years. . Less than 6% of Americas
11、high school seniors plan to pursue engineering degrees, down 36% from a decade ago. . In 2000, 56% of Chinas undergraduate degrees were in the hard sciences; in the United States, the figure was 17%. . China will likely produce six times the number of engineers next year than America will graduate,
12、according to Mike Gibbons of the American Society for Engineering Education. Japan, with half Americas population, has minted (铸造 ) twice as many in recent years. “Most Americans are unaware of how much science does for this country end what we stand to lose if we cant keep up,“ says Shirley Ann Jac
13、kson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and chair of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. David Baltimore, president of the California Institute of Technology and a Nobel laureate, puts it bluntly: “We cant hope to keep intact our standard of living, our national secu
14、rity, our way of life, if Americans arent competitive in science.“ The Crisis Americans Created In January 2001, the Hart-Rudman Commission, tasked with finding solutions to Americas major national security threats, concluded that the failures of Americas math and science education and Americas syst
15、em of research “pose a greater threat.than any potential conventional war.“ The roots of this failure lie in primary and secondary education. The nation that produced most of the great technological advances of the last century now scores poorly in international science testing. A 2003 survey of mat
16、h and science literacy ranked American 15-year-olds against kids from other industrialized nations. In math, American students came in 24th out of 28 countries; in science, Americans were 24th out of 40 countries, tied with Latvia. This test, in conjunction with others, indicates Americans start out
17、 with sufficient smarts-their fourth-graders score well-but they begin to slide by eighth grade, and sink almost to the bottom by high school. Dont blame school budgets. Americans shell out more than $440 billion each year on public education, and spend mom per capita than any nation save Switzerlan
18、d. The problem is that too many of their high school science and math teachers just arent qualified. A survey in 2000 revealed that 38% of math teachers and 28% of science teachers in grades 7-12 lacked a college major or minor in their subject area. In schools with high poverty rates, the figures j
19、umped to 52% of math teachers and 32% of science teachers. “The highest predictor of student performance boils down to teacher knowledge,“ says Gerald Wheeler, executive director of the National Science Teachers Association. To California Congressman Buck McKeon, a member of the House Committee on E
20、ducation and the Workforce, it comes down to this: “How can you pass on a passion to your students if you dont know the subject?“ Perhaps its no surprise that, according to a 2004 Indiana University survey, 18% of college prep kids werent taking math their senior year of high school. “When I compare
21、 our high schools to what I see when Im traveling abroad, Im terrified for our workforce of tomorrow,“ Microsoft chairman Bill Gates told a summit of state governors earlier this year. “Our high schools, even when theyre working exactly as designed, cannot teach our kids what they need to know today
22、.“ The Bush Administration has also proposed cutting the fiscal 2006 budget for research and development in such key federal agencies as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the latter of which acts as a liaison(联络 ) with industr
23、y and researchers to apply new technology. “Funding cuts are job cuts,“ says Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers, Republican of Michigan and a member of the Science Committee in the House. Reduced funding has put the squeeze on research positions, further smothering incentives(动机 ) for students to go into hard sc
24、ience. What Americans Must Do Americans have done it before: the Manhattan Project, the technology surge that followed Sputnik. Theyve demonstrated that they can commit themselves to daunting goals and achieve them. But they cant minimize the challenges theyre facing. Americans need out-of-the-box t
25、hinking, of the sort suggested by experts in a report released in October called “Rising above the Gathering Storm“, a study group within the National Academy of Sciences, which included the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine, came up with innovative proposals. Among them
26、are: . Four-year scholarships for 25,000 undergraduate students who commit to degrees in math, science or engineering, and who qualify based on a competitive national exam; . Four-year scholarships for 10,000 college students who commit to being math or science teachers, and who agree to teach in a
27、public school for five years after graduation; . Extended visas for foreign students who earn a math or science PhD in the United States, giving them a year alter graduation to look for employment here. If they find jobs, work permits and permanent residency status would be expedited. Many experts a
28、re also urging that non-credentialed but knowledgeable people with industry experience be allowed to teach. That experiment is already underway at High Tech High in San Diego. Conceived by Gary Jacobs, whose father founded Qualcomm, this charter school stresses a cutting-edge curriculum, whether the
29、 classes are on biotechnology or web design. To teach these courses, the school hires industry professionals. High Tech High also arranges internships at robotics labs, Internet start-ups and university research centers. In just five years, 750 kids have enrolled, three classes have graduated and th
30、e vast majority of students have gone on to college. One of the success stories is Jeff Jensen, class of 2005, who was a decidedly apathetic (缺乏兴趣的 ) student before High Tech High. He is now a freshman at Stanford University on a partial scholarship, planning to study chemistry or medicine. IBM is o
31、ne of the companies encouraging its workers to teach. This past September, IBM announced a tuition-assistance plan, pledging to pay for teacher certification as well as a leave of absence for employees who wish t6 teach in public schools. The philanthropic(博爱的 ) arms of corporations are also getting
32、 involved. The Siemens Foundation sponsors a yearly math, science and technology competition, considered the Nobel Prize for high school research and a great distiller of American talent. Honeywell spends $2 million each year on science programs geared to middle school students, including a hip-hop
33、touring group that teaches physical science, and a robotics lab program that teaches kids how to design, build and program their own robot. “Weve found that if we dont get kids excited about science by middle school, its too late,“ says Michael Holland, a spokesperson for Honeywell. As important as
34、ail these initiatives are, they barely begin to take Americans where they need to go. Americans shortcomings are vast, and time, unfortunately, is working against them. “The whole world is running a race,“ says Intels Howard High, “only we dont know it.“ No one knows whether or when the United State
35、s will relinquish(放弃 ) its lead in that race. Or how far hack in the pack they could ultimately fall. But the first order of business is to recognize whats at stake and get in the game. 2 Kunz gave up software engineering mainly because he earned less than those in law or business field did. 3 Only
36、a small percentage of Americas high school seniors plan to major in engineering at college. 4 If Americans arent competitive in science, they cannot survive the severe competition between developed countries. 5 College education is to blame for the failure of Americas math and science education. 6 A
37、merican high school students sink almost to the bottom in a survey of math and science literacy because too many of the high school _ in America are not qualified. 7 Cutting budget for science research and development further smothers incentives for American students to _. 8 One innovative proposal
38、proposed by some experts is providing _ for 25,000 qualified undergraduate students. 9 At High Tech High, _ are hired to teach comes on biotechnology or web design. 10 Many companies encourage their employees to _ , with IBM one of them. 11 Americans shortcomings in science are vast, and unfortunate
39、ly _ is making efforts to defeat them. 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. Afte
40、r 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） They have to bargain on the sale. （ B） The TV set is usually on sale. （ C） They advertise to sell their TV set. （ D） They go to buy a TV set at a ba
41、rgain price. （ A） The effects of the flood. （ B） The prices of fruits and vegetables. （ C） The cause of the flood. （ D） Floods of the past twenty years. （ A） They waited for each other at different concerts. （ B） They waited for each other at different places. （ C） They went to the street corner at
42、different times. （ D） The man went to the concert but the woman didnt. （ A） The air is contaminated. （ B） People there are exhausted. （ C） Its too windy for swimming. （ D） The beaches are dirty. （ A） Its open only to teachers and postgraduates. （ B） He can study there if he is writing a research pap
43、er. （ C） Senior students can enjoy more rights than other undergraduates. （ D） He needs the approval of his professor for the use of it. （ A） It was pretty good. （ B） It was rather dull. （ C） It was not well organized. （ D） It was attended by many people. （ A） Ways of getting extra credits. （ B） All
44、 requirements of an M.A. degree. （ C） The credit hours required for a degree. （ D） Taking more optional courses. （ A） He has many interesting dreams. （ B） He sleeps a lot without doing anything. （ C） He doesnt put his ideas into practice. （ D） He doesnt have any good ideas. （ A） To help the woman ma
45、ke a purchase. （ B） To request the womans identification. （ C） To show the woman for a course at City College. （ D） To register the woman bow to make out a check. （ A） Money. （ B） Money or credit cards. （ C） Credit cards or checks. （ D） Checks or money. （ A） She used her student ID card and a charge
46、 card. （ B） She used her credit card. （ C） She used her drivers license and her student ID card. （ D） She used her telephone number and her student ID card. （ A） He is a scientist. （ B） He is a sociologist. （ C） He is an officer. （ D） He is a boss. （ A） Jobless. （ B） Wrong idea about the work they d
47、o. （ C） Choose their careers under the influence of these false images. （ D） Void certain careers. （ A） A survey. （ B） A Simple technique. （ C） A statement. （ D） An example. （ A） Twelve children. （ B） Every pair of statements includes a positive one and an opposite one. （ C） Investment. （ D） Impress
48、ions and their prejudices. 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 the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices ma
49、rked A, B, C and D. （ A） Hawaii is cooler now. （ B） The vegetables have become accustomed to the weather in Hawaii. （ C） They are cheated to believe that they are growing in cool climate. （ D） They are transgenic vegetables. （ A） To transport water to higher place. （ B） To transport vegetables quickly. （ C） To bring nutrients to the soil. （ D） To adjust tile soil temperature. （ A） Uses of cold sea water. （ B） Irrigating desert areas. （ C） Techniques for preserving the environmen
