1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 715及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay commenting on the value of beauty. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below in Chinese. 1近年来不少大四学生就业前突击整容 2当今社会崇尚外表的舆论导向是导致上述现象的主要因素 3我对外表美的
2、看法 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 Soichiro Honda The founder of Honda, Soichiro Honda was a mechanical engineer with a passion for motorcycle and automobile racing. Honda started
4、 his company in 1946 by building motorized bicycles with small, war-surplus engines. Honda would grow to become the worlds leading manufacturer of motorcycles and later one of the leading automakers. Following its founders lead, Honda has always been a leader in technology, especially in the area of
5、 engine development. Soichiro Honda was described as a maverick(特立独行的人 ) in a nation of conformists. He made it a point to wear loud suits and wildly colored shirts. An inventor by nature who often joined the work on the floors of his factories and research laboratories, Honda developed engines that
6、 transformed the motorcycle into a worldwide means of transportation. Born in 1906, Honda grew up in the town of Tenryu, Japan. The eldest son of a blacksmith who repaired bicycles, the young Soichiro had only an elementary school education when, in his teens, he left home to seek his fortune in Tok
7、yo. An auto repair company hired him in 1922, but for a year he was forced to serve as a baby-sitter for the auto shops owner and his wife. While employed at the auto shop, however, Honda built his own racing car using an old aircraft engine and handmade parts and participated in racing. His racing
8、career was short lived, however. He suffered serious injuries in a 1936 crash. By 1937, Honda had recovered from his injuries. He established his own company, manufacturing piston rings, but he found that he lacked a basic knowledge of casting. To obtain it, he enrolled in a technical high school, a
9、pplying theories as he learned them in the classrooms to his own factory. But he did not bother to take examinations at the school. Informed that he would not be graduated, Honda commented that a diploma was “worth less than a movie theater ticket. A ticket guarantees that you can get into the theat
10、er. But a diploma doesnt guarantee that you can make a living.“ Hondas burgeoning company mass produced metal propellers during WW , replacing wooden ones. Allied bombing and an earthquake destroyed most of his factory and he sold what was left to Toyota in 1945. In 1946, he established the Honda Te
11、chnical Research Institute to motorize bicycles with small, war-surplus engines. These bikes became very popular in Japan. The institute soon began making engines. Renamed Honda Motor in 1948, the company began manufacturing motorcycles. Business executive Takeo Fujisawa was hired to manage the comp
12、any while Honda focused on engineering. In 1951, Honda brought out the Dream Type E motorcycle, which proved an immediate success thanks to Hondas innovative overhead valve design, The smaller F-type cub (1952) accounted for 70% of Japans motorcycle production by the end of that year. A public offer
13、ing and support from Mitsubishi Bank allowed Honda to expand and begin exporting. The versatile C100 Super Cub, released in 1958, became an international bestseller. In 1959, the American Honda Motor was founded and soon began using the slogan, “You meet the nicest people on a Honda,“ to offset the
14、stereotype of motorcyclists during that period. Though the small bikes were dismissed by the dominant American and British manufacturers of the time, the inexpensive imports brought new riders into motorcycling and changed the industry forever in the United States. Ever the racing enthusiast, Honda
15、began entering his companys motorcycles in domestic Japanese races during the 1950s. In the mid-1950s, Honda declared that his company would someday win world championship events-a declaration that seemed unrealistic at the time. In June 1959, the Honda racing team brought their first motorbike to c
16、ompete in the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy race, then the worlds most popular motorcycle race. This was the first entry by a Japanese team. With riders Naomi Taniguchi, who finished sixth, Teisuke Tanaka, who finished eighth, and Kiyoshi Kawashima, who would later succeed Soichiro as Honda Motor presi
17、dent, as team manager, Honda won the manufacturers prize. However, they were not pleased with their performance. Kawashima remembers: “We were clobbered. Our horsepower was less than half that of the winner.“ Learning from this experience, Soichiro and his team worked even harder to make rapid progr
18、ess in their motorsports activities. Two years after their first failure, they were the sensation at the TT by capturing the first five places in both the 125ce and 250cc classes. The upstart Japanese had outclassed all their rivals. As a result of the teams stellar performance, the Honda name becam
19、e well known worldwide, and its export volume rose dramatically. Soichiro seemed to have foreseen the future of Japan, which, twenty years later, was to become one of the worlds leading economies. Honda would become the most successful manufacturer in all of motorcycle racing. Honda has since won hu
20、ndreds of national and world championships in all forms of motorcycle competition. While Honda oversaw a worldwide company by the early-1970s (Honda entered the automobile market in 1967), he never shied away from getting his hands greasy. Sol Sanders, author of a Honda biography, said Honda appeare
21、d “almost daily“ at the research lab where development work was being done. Even as president of the company, “he worked as one of the researchers, Sanders quoted a Honda engineer as saying. “Whenever we encountered a problem, he studied it along with us.“ In 1973, Honda, at 67, retired on the 25th
22、anniversary of Hondas founding. He declared his conviction that Honda should remain a youthful company. “Honda has always moved ahead of the times, and I attribute its success to the fact that the firm possesses dreams and youthfulness,“ Honda said at the time. Unlike most chief executive officers i
23、n Japan, who step down to become chairmen of their firms, Honda retained onty the title of “supreme adviser“. In retirement, Honda devoted himself to public service and frequent travel abroad. He received the Order of the Sacred Treasure, first class, the highest honor bestowed by Japans emperor. He
24、 also received the American auto industrys highest award when he was admitted to the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1989. Honda was awarded the AMAs highest honor, the Dud Perkins Award, in 1971. Honda died on August 5, 1991 from liver failure at 84. His wife, Sachi, and three children survived him. 2 S
25、oichiro Honda was a man who preferred to wear plain clothes. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 When enrolled in a technical high school to obtain basic knowledge of casting, Soichiro Honda finally got the diploma after attending the examinations. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Like most chief executive officers in J
26、apan, Soichiro Honda Stepped down to become chairmen of Honda after his retirement. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 Even as the president of a worldwide company, Soichiro Honda would work at the research lab with the employees. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 Following its founders lead, Honda has always been a lea
27、der in technology, especially in the area of _. 7 After WW , Honda mounted _ on bicycles and these motorized bicycles sold rapidly in Japan. 8 A public offering and support from _ allowed Honda to expand his business and begin to invade the international market. 9 In 1959, the American Honda Motor u
28、sed the slogan,“ _“ to change the negative image of motorcyclists in America. 10 In 1959 with their first motorbike Honda racing team participate in _ race, which was the most popular motorcycle race at that time. 11 According to Honda, _ are, the major factors that led to the success of Honda compa
29、ny. 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. After each question there will be a pau
30、se. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. （ A） The man should try to be more understanding. （ B） The mans wife should be more understanding. （ C） The mans negative attitude may be derived from his childhood. （ D） The pessimism of
31、mans wife may be the result of her past experiences. （ A） A snowstorm. （ B） An earthquake. （ C） A traffic accident. （ D） A hurricane. （ A） The two speakers are classmates. （ B） The man is majoring in elementary education. （ C） The woman is majoring in elementary education. （ D） The two speakers got
32、to know each other in a class. （ A） Shes got a stomachache. （ B） She feels perfectly fine. （ C） Shes going to get married. （ D） Shes going to have a baby. （ A） It is the best city hes ever visited. （ B） It was worse than he had expected. （ C） It is difficult to get around in the city. （ D） The hotel
33、 service is terrible in the city. （ A） To encourage them. （ B） To stop them immediately. （ C） To give some explanation. （ D） To leave them alone. （ A） Unemployment. （ B） Family breakup. （ C） Mental problems. （ D） Drinking. （ A） The woman is the mans boss. （ B） The man is the womans husband. （ C） The
34、 woman is the headmaster of a school. （ D） The woman wants to know something about a student. （ A） Impolite but common. （ B） Annoying but common. （ C） Annoying and dislikable. （ D） Common and acceptable. （ A） At the gym. （ B） In the park. （ C） On the street. （ D） At a restaurant. （ A） Keeping the bo
35、dy straight. （ B） Keeping the feet to the floor. （ C） Bending the body at the waist. （ D） Bending the elbows as low as possible. （ A） To play basketball with friends from work. （ B） To try out for the company baseball team. （ C） To get in shape and compete in a cycling race. （ D） To watch the basket
36、ball game live in a stadium. （ A） She is worried her husband will spend too much time away from home. （ B） She is afraid her husband will become a fitness freak. （ C） She is concerned about her husbands health. （ D） She is afraid her husband will spend a fortune On his hobby. （ A） He should consume
37、less salt. （ B） He should eat less fatty food. （ C） He should add more protein products to his diet. （ D） He should take in more staple food. （ A） It is good for improving muscle tone. （ B） It helps him lose weight. （ C） It helps develop mental toughness. （ D） It helps strengthen the heart. Section
38、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 marked A, B, C and D. （ A） Use of lib
39、rary facilities. （ B） Library regulations. （ C） Library personnel. （ D） Location of the library. （ A） Book publishers. （ B） Librarians. （ C） New university students. （ D） Faculty members. （ A） Graduate students. （ B） Undergraduate students. （ C） Professors. （ D） Library employees. （ A） The new secur
40、ity plan for the municipal building. （ B） The blueprint for the development of the city. （ C） The controversy over the new office regulations. （ D） The citys general budget for the coming year. （ A） Whether the security checks were really necessary. （ B） How to cope with the huge crowds of visitors
41、to the municipal building. （ C） Whether the security checks would create lone queues at peak hours. （ D） How to train the newly recruited security guards. （ A） Irrelevant. （ B） Straightforward. （ C） Ridiculous. （ D） Confrontational. （ A） Heart disease. （ B） Cancer. （ C） Smoking. （ D） Poor diet. （ A）
42、 They cannot be treated. （ B） Some of them are linked to family genetics. （ C） For women, colon cancer is the most common. （ D） A healthy diet can lower the risk of cancer. （ A） Most cancer diseases could be treated. （ B） Cancer diseases could increase a lot in the next 20 years. （ C） Tobacco use is
43、 the number one cause of cancer. （ D） Colon cancer is especially common in developing countries （ A） Cancers caused by infections are more common. （ B） They can hardly be prevented. （ C） There will a seventeen percent increase rate in cancers. （ D） They result from smoking. Section C Directions: In
44、this section, you will hear a 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
45、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 Advertisers can use 【 B1】 _ media, or means, to deliver their sales messages. The 【 B2】 _ media are newspapers, magazines,
46、television, radio, direct mail, outdoor 【 B3】_ , and point-of-sale or point-of-purchase advertising. Which single medium or 【 B4】_ of media is used depends on the product, the market area in which the company 【 B5】_ , the income group to which the product appeals, and other 【 B6】 _ . Newspapers are
47、the oldest 【 B7】 _ medium in the United States. The newspaper, with its fresh stream of news and features, 【 B8】 _ a high degree of reader interest every day.【 B9】 _ . They use the retail ads as shopping guides. 【 B10】_ . Newspapers am useful for both local and national advertising. 【 B11】 _ . Mass-
48、circulation magazines, such as Time, Newsweek, Playboy, and Readers Digest, reach millions of readers and are used mainly by national advertisers. 37 【 B1】 38 【 B2】 39 【 B3】 40 【 B4】 41 【 B5】 42 【 B6】 43 【 B7】 44 【 B8】 45 【 B9】 46 【 B10】 47 【 B11】 Section A Directions: In this section, there is a pa
49、ssage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in th
