1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 613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 Living in the College Town. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below: 1大学城越建越多，越建越大 2有人喜欢大学城 的生活，有人不喜欢 3我的看法 Living in the College Town 二、 Part
2、 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 passage; N
3、 (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 Suggestions for Your Work Annie is a longtime secretary/receptionist for two senior vice presidents at a big company. They have been doing a lot of hiring
4、 lately, and almost all of the new middle-management personnel have been interviewed by one or the other of Annies two bosses, so naturally they come through her office first. Some of these people are unbelievably rude. Either they treat Annie like a piece of furniture (no hello, no eye contact) or
5、they think she is their errand(差使 ) girl. Lately, Annies two bosses have started asking her for her impressions of job candidates. So far this week, two have been discourteous(失礼的 ) and dismissive, so Annie gave both the thumbs-down. Neither is getting called back for the next round of interviews. N
6、o one knows how common this is, but if you are job hunting, its necessary to be aware that the dummy at the reception desk may be anything but not “just a secretary“. Suggestions to Job Hunters According to Annie Stevens and Greg Gostanian, two partners at a Boston-based executive coaching firm call
7、ed Clear Rock, its not unusual these days for a hiring manager to ask everyone who meets a potential new hire to give an opinion of him or her. “One of the biggest reasons so many newly recruited managers fail in a new job is their inability to fit in and get along with the people who are already th
8、ere,“ says Stevens. “So employers now want to get staffers impressions right at the start.“ Adds Gostanian: “A lot can be learned from how candidates treat receptionists, If the jobseeker is rude, condescending, or arrogant, this might be an indication of how he or she would treat coworkers or direc
9、t reports.“ Obviously, anyone looking for a new job would do well not to alienate the person who sits outside the interviewers door. Stevens and Gostanian offer these six tips for getting off to the right start: .introduce yourself as you would to any other potential new colleague. Smile, shake hand
10、s, and so on. It seems odd that this has to be spelled out, but apparently it does; and, besides being a matter of common courtesy, ordinary friendliness offers a practical advantage. “Learning and remembering an interviewers receptionists name can only help as you advance in the interviewing proces
11、s,“ Stevens notes. .Dont regard a receptionist or other assistant as an underling(部下 )-at least, not as your own personal underling. “Always ask the interviewer if you need help from anyone else in the office where youre interviewing, instead of seeking this directly yourself,“ says Gostanian. In ot
12、her words, if youd like to leave an extra copy of your resume, refrain from sending the interviewers assistant to the Xerox machine. .Its fine to accept if youre offered a beverage, but keep it simple. “Dont ask for particular brand names or expect to be brewed a fresh pot of coffee,“ Stevens says.
13、And of course, need we add that dispatching anybody to Starbucks is out of the question? .Feel free to make small talk, but know that anything you say may well get back to the interviewer. “Dont ask probing questions about the company or offer unsolicited opinions,“ Gostardan advises. No matter how
14、hideous the office door, endless the hike from the parking lot, or inconvenient the wait to see the interviewer, keep it to yourself. Plenty of time for whining(抱怨 ) and grumbling after youre hired. .Dont talk on your cell phone in front of the receptionist, and try to put your BlackBerry aside. “If
15、 you have to make or take a call, leave the reception area,“ Stevens says. Preoccupation with wireless devices will mark you, she says, as “a cold and fixated person“. .“Dont forget to say good-bye. “Failure to say good-bye to someone youve just met reflects negatively on you,“ Gostanian notes. “You
16、ll come across as impersonal and uncaring.“ Thats hardly the image any job hunter wants to project. How to Measure Your Work Any job, like any relationship, has its difficult moments. And with the job market heating up, the temptations to change partners are growing. As with any relationship, howeve
17、r, you really should assess the full value of what youve got before giving it up wholesale, because-lets face it-regret really is a waste of your time. Regardless of the main task of a job-be it bond trading, teaching, balancing the books, or cleaning hotel roomsare there objective criteria that you
18、 can use to measure whether your job is wonderful or not? Workplace experts Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman have identified several. In their book First, Break All the Rules: What the Worlds Greatest Managers Do Differently, they offer a useful guide in the form of 12 questions: .Do I know whats
19、expected of me at work? .Do I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right? .At work, do I have the opportunity to de what I do best every day? .In the last 7 days, have I received recognition or praise for doing good work? .Does my supervisor, or someone at work, seem to care about m
20、e as a person? .Is there someone at work who encourages my development? .At work, do my opinions seem to count? .Does the mission/purpose of my company make me feel my job is important? .Are my coworkers committed to doing quality work? .Do I have a best friend at work? .In the last six months, has
21、someone at work talked to me about my progress? .This last year, have I had opportunities at work to learn and to grow? Buckingham and Coffman picked these 12 questions after looking for patterns among the responses of more than 1 million employees to workplace questions posed by the Gallup Organiza
22、tion over the years. “We were searching for those special questions where the most engaged employees. answered positively, and everyone else. answered neutrally or negatively,“ they wrote. Their reasoning: they wanted to identify the key elements of a strong workplace that can attract and retain tal
23、ent. Satisfaction with pay and benefits didnt make the list not because theyre not important, Coffman said, but because theyre important to all employees, whether theyre engaged in their work or not. So, assuming you feel youre paid the going rate for your job, answering affirmatively to all or even
24、 most of the 12 questions can be an indication that youve got a great job that you should part with only for very good reason. And if job satisfaction is important to you, then the promise of a bigger paycheck alone may not be reason enough. When Coffman is asked what percentage of companies he thin
25、ks actually pass the 12- question test, his estimate is no more than 15 percent. But within a company, he said, Individual departments may meet the test, even if the company overall doesnt. Why? The manager of a department makes all the difference. Coffman said when an employee quits, 70 percent of
26、the time shes not leaving because of the job, shes leaving because of the manager. One cautionary note: your job may not be as wonderful for you as you think if you answer a majority of the 12 questions affirmatively but the few questions that you cant are among the first six. Thats because the firs
27、t six questions make up the base on which job satisfaction rests, according to Buckingham and Coffman. If your current job doesnt meet the first six criteria, you are more likely to be disengaged with your work and less productive than you could be. Consider question three after all. Do you have the
28、 opportunity to do what you do best everyday? “If youre net able to use your gifts every day, youll be pretty frustrated,“ Coffman said. Of course, job satisfaction isnt a one-way street with a department either meeting your needs or not. In order to answer the 12 questions honestly, you need to kno
29、w what it is that makes you tick and net blindly blame your department for any job dissatisfaction. Do you know what it is you like to do and what you do best? What kind of recognition do you like? Public or private? What are your values and do they square with your companys goals? How do you like a
30、 manager to relate to you? Otherwise, your career, like a string of bad relationships, can become a case of “different partner, same problems“. 2 When you go to a company for an interview, there is no need to care the feelings oftbe receptionists. 3 According to Annie Stevens, many newly recruited m
31、anagers fail in a new job because they cannot get along with their coworkers. 4 If you want to get off to the right start, you should treat the receptionists as your potential bosses. 5 If you fail to say “thank you“ to the receptionists, they will have negative impressions of you. 6 If you want to
32、give up a job wholesale, you should evaluate _ from it. 7 When you are measuring your work, you should consider that if there is someone at work who encourages your development and talks to you about _. 8 The question about satisfaction with pay and benefits is not included in the 12 questions becau
33、se its important to all employees, whether _ or not. 9 Even if the company overall cannot pass the 12-question test, _ may pass it. 10 You should pay special attention to the first six questions of the 12 questions because they make up the base on which _. 11 If yon want to answer the 12 questions h
34、onestly, you should know what makes you not blindly blame your department for _. 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 th
35、e 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） In an office. （ B） In a hotel. （ C） At a dinner table. （ D） At the mans house. （ A） At 1:00. （ B） After 1:
36、 15. （ C） After 12: 15. （ D） Before 12:00. （ A） $1 million. （ B） $1/4 million. （ C） $1/2 million. （ D） $2 million. （ A） He is hostile. （ B） He is indifferent. （ C） He is snobbish. （ D） He is helpful. （ A） House painter. （ B） Salesman. （ C） Mailman. （ D） Milkman. （ A） Father and daughter. （ B） Mother
37、 and son. （ C） Teacher and pupil. （ D） Doctor and patient. （ A） It is too noisy. （ B） She enjoys speaking loudly. （ C） She is very angry. （ D） She is deaf. （ A） The woman is making a withdrawal from a bank. （ B） The woman is admitting the man to a hospital. （ C） The woman is robbing the man. （ D） Th
38、e woman is ordering the man to stop. （ A） She specialized in short films. （ B） She featured famous actors. （ C） She told a long story. （ D） She used special effects. （ A） Featuring new stars and famous ones. （ B） Making a full-length feature film. （ C） Presenting various images and effects. （ D） Tel
39、ling a good story in a few images. （ A） A huge budget. （ B） Places to practice their skills. （ C） Chances of success. （ D） A big challenge. （ A） In giving concessions. （ B） In the concluding part. （ C） In stating your terms. （ D） In the preparatory phase. Section B Directions: In this section, you w
40、ill 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 marked A, B, C and D. （ A） Having a love story. （ B） Having violence. （ C
41、） Having conflict. （ D） Having two main characters. （ A） The main character always dies in the end. （ B） The main character always changes a lot in the end. （ C） The main character remains the same throughout the story. （ D） The main character always get what he wants in the end. （ A） We can get ent
42、ertainment. （ B） We can know better about life. （ C） We can find good ways to deal with conflicts. （ D） We can know something from watching the main character. （ A） It made people save less money. （ B） It increased the number of the poor. （ C） It made people consume less. （ D） It encouraged luxury c
43、onsumption. （ A） Food, education and automobiles. （ B） Education, entertainment and marriage. （ C） Food, automobiles and entertainment. （ D） Education, automobiles and entertainment. （ A） People were more money-conscious. （ B） People were more health-conscious. （ C） The price of fruit dropped dramat
44、ically. （ D） People had to spend more on transportation and furniture. （ A） The workers on the platforms were replaced by machines. （ B） It became the first completely automatic railway in the world. （ C） A completely automatic line was added to its network. （ D） Its trains were all controlled by th
45、e computer. （ A） Platform worker. （ B） The command spot. （ C） A computer. （ D） A machine. （ A） To drive the train after it is started automatically. （ B） To start the train and to drive it when necessary. （ C） To take care of the passengers on the train. （ D） To send commanding signals to the comman
46、d spot. （ A） There will be danger of accidents on the line. （ B） The train will run off the rails. （ C） Their speeds will be automatically fixed by the computers. （ D） The train will keep a safe distance from each other. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. Whe
47、n 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
48、 in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 33 Not only do women live longer than men, on average, but a new study from the Mayo Clinic suggests they also may keep their cognitive【 B1】 _longer, too. In a study of more than 2
49、,000 adults 70 to 89 years old, researchers found that men were 1.5 times more likely to【 B2】_mild cognitive decline than their female 【 B3】 _. Researchers tested【 B4】 _men and women in Olmstead County, Minn., for 【 B5】_of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a condition in which people have problems with【 B6】_or thinking beyond the decline seen because of normal 【 B7】 _. MCI can be a precursor to Alzheimers disease or other【 B8】 _
