1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 67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 Class Attendance. You should write at least 150 words according to the outline given below in Chinese: 1有人认为大学生必须去上课 2有人认为不应该强迫大学生上课 3我认为 Class Attendance 二、 Part II Reading
2、 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 (for NO) i
3、f the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 2 eBay eBay is a global phenomenon the worlds largest garage sale, online shopping center, car dealer and auction site with 147 million registered users in 30 countrie
4、s as of March 2005. You can find everything from encyclopedias to olives to snow boots to stereos to airplanes for sale. And if you stumble on it before the eBay overseers do, you might even find a human kidney or a virtual date. eBay is, first and foremost, an online auction site. You can browse th
5、rough categories like Antiques, Boats, Clothing and as long as the other bidders maximum amount is less than $3.00, well be winning the auction again. Our coup(妙计 ) might be temporary, though, because if the other bidder wants these Pez dispensers as much as we do, hes going to bid again until he ou
6、tbids our maximum. And now we have a bidding war. Bidding wars are a rush and theyre sometimes very expensive. If this war continues for the three days until the auction ends, we could end up paying a hundred bucks for these Pez dispensers. It happens. The adrenaline(肾上腺素 ) takes over and people sta
7、rt bidding to win net necessarily to win a few Pez dispensers, just to WIN. For this reason, most of the bidding happens in the last two minutes of an auction. People wait to place a bid until an auction is about to close in this way, they can catch other bidders off guard, and hopefully no one will
8、 get the chance to outbid them. The last 10 seconds of a bidding war often becomes a battle of bandwidth. Someone using a dial-up connection will never be able to place a winning bid in 10 seconds. Someone using a cable modem can place a winning bid in two seconds. There is at least one reason why s
9、omeone would place a bid very early in the auction to remove a “Buy It Now“ option. Remember that when an auction item also has a “Buy It Now“ option, if someone decides to “Buy It Now“ the auction is over. But the opposite is also true As soon as someone bids on the item, the “Buy It Now“ option di
10、sappears. If someone comes across an item she wants but shes not willing to pay the “Buy It Now“ price, shell enter the minimum starting bid just so another user doesnt come along and buy it out from under her. 2 There is nearly everything on sales at eBay, and even human kidney is allowed. （ A） Y （
11、 B） N （ C） NG 3 eBay is famous mostly for it is a big auction web site, with all kinds of things for bidding: （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 If you dont want to bid for something on the auction list, you click “Buy It Now.“ to get it. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 You can sell things on eBay by giving eBay certa
12、in amount of money from the final sale price. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 To see details of an item for auction, you may go to the _ section on auction page. 7 After you key in the maximum amount for an item, eBay bids for you until the bidding reaches the _. 8 When our bidding is defeated by another bi
13、dder, eBay will inform us of this by _. 9 Human psychology decides that our maximum bid should be _ more than that of the rival bidder. 10 Because people are eager to win, during an auction, the really competitive bidding usually occurs in _. 11 People usually place an early bid in case the bidding
14、ends too soon with someone choosing _. 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
15、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） The government has adopted many effective ways to stop pollution. （ B） The government cant prevent pollution completely because of development. （ C）
16、 There are no effective purifying devices to prevent or stop pollution. （ D） The government wont control pollution even for the sake of peoples health. （ A） She would like the man to compensate her for the broken vase. （ B） She will not give the man her forgiveness for her broken vase, （ C） She thin
17、ks the vase was already broken which doesnt matter much. （ D） She likes the vase very much which was already broken by the man. （ A） Because she met a heavy traffic on her way. （ B） Because a terrible car accident happened to her. （ C） Because she had taken a different road. （ D） Because the road wa
18、s closed and she had to wait. （ A） It is going to be sunny with breeze. （ B） It is going to be cloudy with heavy wind. （ C） It is going to be hot, humid and gloomy. （ D） It is going to be very cold weather. （ A） Lily has found a job to earn her living. （ B） Lilys brother has set a good example for h
19、er. （ C） Lilys brother is doing a part-time job to support himself. （ D） The father didnt know his son gambled and was in a debt. （ A） He has failed in his math 0nly once. （ B） He will work harder than ever in his math from now on. （ C） He often promises but does not keep his word. （ D） He doesnt ha
20、ve any interest in math. （ A） She sometimes goes to the suburbs to paint. （ B） She sometimes watches football matches. （ C） She sometimes goes out to make music. （ D） She sometimes goes hiking to the suburbs. （ A） She doesnt like tea although its good for her health. （ B） She likes to drink tea for
21、its good taste. （ C） She likes beef for its rich nutrition. （ D） She doesnt like beef at all for its taste. （ A） Their favorite movies （ B） Jokes for entertainment. （ C） Pastime for the night. （ D） Their eating habits. （ A） She cant wear formal and expensive dress there. （ B） The seats there are qui
22、te uncomfortable. （ C） There are a lot of noises in the open air. （ D） Watching outdoor movies would cost a lot. （ A） Have a meal in a restaurant and go to movies. （ B） See an outdoor movie with take-away food. （ C） Watch some terrifying film without subtitles. （ D） See some new foreign film in the
23、open. （ A） The benefits and disadvantages of distance education. （ B） How to get an online degree. （ C） The advantages of doing homework on the Internet. （ D） How to communicate with classmates on the Internet. （ A） The large number of people who want to get online degrees. （ B） The countries which
24、provide online education. （ C） The companies which need online learners. （ D） The popularity of the Internet throughout the World. （ A） Online learning makes communication easier. （ B） Online learning is an easy way to get online degrees. （ C） Online learning saves time and money. （ D） Through onlin
25、e learning, one neednt do homework. （ A） Companies like to employ those who have received distance education. （ B） People who get online degrees may not be preferred by some companies. （ C） Online learning makes the face-to-face contact possible. （ D） Online learning is helpful to communication betw
26、een classmates in every way. 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
27、marked A, B, C and D. （ A） Development of industry. （ B） Healthy life. （ C） The future of children. （ D） Clean air. （ A） Because man has a strong desire for a modern way of life. （ B） Because people pay no attention to it. （ C） Because people from the countryside rush into the cities. （ D） Because p
28、eople are not aware of the benefits of modern society. （ A） Man knows where the society is going. （ B） People dont welcome the rapid development of our modern society. （ C） The speaker is worried about the future of our modem society. （ D） Man can do nothing about the problem of pollution. （ A） Rail
29、way workers. （ B） A robot. （ C） A computer. （ D） A machine. （ A） The workers on the underground 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） Computers began controlling the tra
30、ins on the line. （ A） To drive the train after it is started automatically. （ B） To start the train and drive it when necessary. （ C） To take care of the passengers in the train. （ D） To send commanding signals to the command spot. （ A） Pollution of coastal areas. （ B） Rise in sea levels. （ C） Exhau
31、stion of sea resources. （ D） Earthquakes and volcanoes. （ A） Greenhouse gases. （ B） Over-exploitation of the beach. （ C） Change of agricultural zones. （ D） Change of climates. （ A） Farming implements. （ B） Scientific farming methods. （ C） Heat resistant and drought-resistant crops. （ D） Scientific f
32、arming system. （ A） By the end of this century. （ B） By the first half of this century. （ C） By the second half of this century. （ D） In the middle of this century. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should lis
33、ten 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 e
34、ither use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 37 With the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, not quite 43, became the youngest President in the Nations history. He brought new excitement and power to the Presidency, as he (36)_ led Congress and the American pu
35、blic toward progressive (37)_ and a strong foreign policy. He took the view that the President should take whatever (38)_ necessary for the public good unless expressly (39)_ by law or the Constitution.“ I did not (40)_ power, “he wrote, “but I did greatly (41)_ the use of executive power.“ Roosevel
36、ts youth differed sharply from that of the log cabin Presidents. He was born in New York City in 1858 into a (42)_ family, but he too struggled against iii health and in his triumph became an advocate of the(43)_ life. As President, Roosevelt held the ideal that (44)_. Roosevelts achievements are nu
37、merous. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the Russo Japanese War, reached a Gentlemans Agreement on immigration with Japan, and sent the Great White Fleet on a goodwill tour of the world. Some of his most effective achievements were in conservation. (45)_. Leaving the Presidency in 1909, Ro
38、osevelt went on an African journey and then jumped back into politics. While running for President again, he was shot in the chest. (46)_. “No man has had a happier life than I have led; a happier life in every way.“ Section A Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or
39、 incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. 48 Every Sunday morning millions of Indians settle down with a cup of tea and the special weekend issues of their newspapers, just as Americans do. But here, with th
40、e marriage season approaching, many of them turn quickly to a Sunday feature that is particularly Indian the columns and columns of marriage advertisements in which young people look for husbands and wives. This is a relatively modern change in the age-old custom of the arranged marriage. The thousa
41、nds of advertisements published each week increasingly reflect social changes that are coming to this traditional society. For example, although women are still usually described in terms of appearance, or skills in “the wifely arts“, information a bout their earning power is entering more and more
42、of the advertisements. This reflects the arrival in India of the working wife. Divorce, which used to be almost unheard of in India, is sometimes now mentioned in the advertisements as in the case of a woman whose advertisement in a New Delhi newspaper explained that she had been “the innocent party
43、“ when her marriage broke up. Because the custom of the dowry(嫁妆 ) is now illegal, some advertisements say “no dowry,“ or “simple marriage,“ which means the same thing. However, the fathers of many bridegrooms still require it. As a sign of the slight loosening of the rigid caste(世袭等级 ) system, a nu
44、mber of advertisements promise “caste not important,“ or “girls abilities will be main consideration.“ The majority of them, however, still require not only caste, such as Brahman or Kshatriya, but also a certain home region or ethnic origin. In a land where light skin is often regarded as socially
45、preferable, many also require that a woman have a “wheat color“ complexion or that a man be “tall, fair and handsome.“ Advertisements are placed and eagerly read by a wide range of people in the upper classes, mostly in cities. Many of them receive dozens of answers. “Theres nothing embarrassing abo
46、ut it,“ explained a Calcutta businessman advertising for a son-in-law. “Its just another way of broadening the contacts and increasing the possibility of doing the best one can for ones daughter.“ Because of high unemployment and a generally poor standard of living here, one of the best attractions
47、a marriage advertisement can offer is a permit to live abroad, especially in Canada or the United States. A person who has one can get what he wants. For example, a man had an American immigration permit was able to say, “Only girls from rich, well educated families need apply.“ 48 Many Indians woul
48、d like to read Sunday features of marriage advertisements in newspaper in the approach of _. 49 What social change is reflected in the advertisement that includes a womans earning power? 50 One change in the traditional Indian marriage is the appearance of seldom-mentioned word _ in the marriage adv
49、ertisement. 51 Which group of people are the passionate readers of the marriage advertisements? 52 Because the life in India is generally hard, one of the most appealing factors in a marriage advertisement is _. Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished state
