1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 725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 entitled The Prospect of Electronic Books. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below: 1. 有些 人认为随着电脑技术的发展，电子书籍将取代现在的纸制书本。 2有些人认为书本的位置是不可替代的。 3
2、我的看法是 The Prospect of Electronic Books 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 agree
3、s 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 Bicultural Kids When Brian and Chery Boyd were first looking into adopting children from South Korea, a coun
4、selor at the Childrens Home Society of Minnesota warned the couple that if they chose to raise a child from Korea, “you will no longer be Americans. You will be Korean Americans. “The Boyds took the leap and became the proud parents of daughters Sarah, 14, and Anna, 11. Their home is filled with Kor
5、ean art and artifacts, they have traveled to South Korea several times, Sarah takes part in a local Korean dance troupe with other adopted kids, and both girls attend “culture camp“ a weeklong summer camp in Wisconsin where young Korean adoptees learn about their native culture, food and music. “May
6、be weve gone a little overboard, but we feel we didnt have much of a choice,“ says Brian,“ We wanted our girls to feel connected to their birthright.“ There was a time when families who adopted children from a different ethnic or racial group were advised to cut ties to the past and assimilate the y
7、oungsters as completely as possible. Today adoption advocates agree that embracing the birth culture of these children is vital for parents raising kids from a race or culture other than their own. “When you raise a child of another race, you need to realize that you become an interracial family and
8、 to make use of every possible resource you can find to integrate with your childs birth culture,“ says Cheri Register, author of Are Those Kids Yours? Raising Children Adopted from Other Countries. Experts on bicultural adoptions have learned such lessons from years of experience. Susan Cox, 50, wh
9、o works for Holt International, the oldest overseas-adoption agency in the US and the organization that arranged her own adoption from South Korea in 1956, learned them firsthand. She was adopted by Oregon dairy farmers Marvin and Jane Gourley in the earliest wave of babies brought into American hom
10、es and hearts after the Korean War. The Gourleys dealt with their daughters Asian identity in a way that reflected the thinking of the time: they loved her unconditionally and encouraged her to be a good American. Yet as Cox grew up in tiny Brownsville, questions of identity and race were always sim
11、mering(内心充满 ) just beneath the surface of her all-American childhood. A look in the mirror told Cox that she was different from her parents and three of her sisters, and childhood experiences emphasized the racial isolation from her loving family she sometimes felt. “In any new situation, I felt I a
12、lways had to explain who I was and where I was from,“ she recalls. It was the steady flow of orphaned and abandoned Korean children like Cox, adopted into American homes in the 1950s, that started the trend of transracial adoptions here. The numbers have jumped since then: according to its records,
13、in 2001 more than 19,000 children from other countries a figure that has tripled over the past five years were adopted into American families. And since legislation passed in 1995 dictating that adoption from the foster-care system be color-blind, interest in transracial adoption has also boomed. Da
14、vid Glotzer, 53, an investment adviser, and Charlotte Meyer, 49, an emergency-room nurse, didnt set out to cross the color line to become parents, but they didnt hesitate to do so when given the opportunity to adopt Aaron, now 11. Daughter Hannah, 7, followed, Both children are African American, but
15、 Glotzer, who is Jewish and from New York City, and Meyer, a Catholic who grew up in Phoenix, Ariz., say their family deals with racial boundaries daily. Meyer had to take a class to learn how to braid and care for her daughters hair properly, and Glotzer sits on the board of PACT, the nonprofit age
16、ncy based in San Francisco that helped arrange their kids adoptions. Glotzer and Meyer also decided to live only in racially integrated neighborhoods in Oakland and Berkeley, Calif. They turned down a chance to move to New England, where they doubted they would be able to find a similarly diverse co
17、mmunity. “We have made major life choices about where to live and who our friends are in order to create an environment for our children thats right for them,“ Glotzer says, “We want them to have lots of black role models and to be around lots of people who look like them. I will never be black, as
18、they axe. And they will never be white, like us. But we can all go back and forth between the two worlds.“ There is, of course, the danger of trying too hard. Cautions are:“ Some people overload on cultural traditions without really knowing what theyre about. “The trick, the experts say, is to expos
19、e kids to their birth culture while keeping in mind that interests may change as the children grow. Andrew James Marco Nelson, 15, and dad Jim went to Peru last year for Andrews first visit to his birth country. “It was amazing,“ he says. “I loved the colorful art everywhere, and I liked seeing peop
20、le on the street who looked like me.“ Now he is taking Spanish lessons back home in Ann Arbor, Mich., and has worked as a counselor at a Latin American-culture camp for adopted kids. Andrews sister Malia, 11, was adopted from Bolivia. “We hadnt spent time in Latin America before the kids, but our ch
21、ildren have brought us into this culture, and it is part of us,“ says their mother Kathi. Raising children of a race or culture different from their own means parents must make deliberate choices of the sort birth families seldom have to think about. Experts have several recommendations for parents
22、who willingly climb aboard that roller coaster to smooth out the ride for the family: -NAME Incorporate your childs birth name into his or her American name, and use it with affection. Many parents choose to use their childs birth name as a middle name. -NEIGHBORHOOD If possible, live in an ethnical
23、ly diverse area where your children will see people of various races and cultures. Some parents hire baby-sitters from their childrens homeland who can share native stories and customs with the kids. -ACTIVITIES Have lots of art, artifacts, books, toys and music from your childs birth country in you
24、r borne. Learn as much as possible about your childs native holidays and celebrations, and incorporate some of these into your family traditions. Keep up with major current events and sporting events from your childs native culture. -PEOPLE Seek out positive role models in the community and the medi
25、a whom the children can identify with. Help them get to know similarly adopted kids. Many communities offer culture camps where children can be together and learn about their native culture in a fun environment. -TALK ABOUT RACE You may be blind to your childs differentness, but the rest of the worl
26、d isnt. Talk about race, and acknowledge any difficulties your child may be having, even if he doesnt bring them up, -CELEBRATE YOUR OWN ETHNICITY Whether you are Swedish, Scotch-Irish, Native American, Italian or a mixture of many cultures, show your children that everyone comes from somewhere that
27、 every culture has its own language, foods, music and customs. -CONSIDER A TRIP TO YOUR CHILDS HOMELAND If your child expresses curiosity about her country of origin and an interest in seeing where she came from, plan a family trip. Many agencies offer special tours for adopted kids and their famili
28、es. Sarah Po-Yeong Boyd, 14, enters ninth grade this year in Eagan, Minn, where Koreans are a distinct minority. But she bridges her two cultures with ease, listening with equal pleasure to the Korean pop group Baby Vox and American folk-rock singer Michelle Branch. Sarah says she is grateful for th
29、e connection her parents have helped her forge with her home country for the culture camps, Korean dance lessons, time spent with other adoptees and a trip to Seoul two years ago with a Korean girlfriend and their dads. “For once we looked like every one else and our parents stood out that was reall
30、y cool,“ she says. She is aware of the complications of growing up adopted and Asian in a white community, but she values the differences too. 2 The counselor warned Brian and Chery that they would no longer be American citizens if they wanted to adopt children from South Korea. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） N
31、G 3 Today adoption advocates think birth culture plays an important role in raising children from a different race. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 When Susan Cox was adopted, she was raised in the American way happily. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 Americans like to adopt Korea children because there are more or
32、phaned and abandoned children in South Korea. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 Glotzer and Meyer decided not to move to New England because they want their children to live in _areas. 7 In the passage, the danger of some parents in raising bicultural children is _. 8 Experts think living in an, ethnically di
33、verse neighborhood is advisable because children can see _. 9 Many communities offer _ for bicultural children to learn about their native culture together in a fun environment. 10 If your children are curious about their country, you should _. 11 Sarah bridges her two cultures with ease and she sti
34、ll values _. 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
35、 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） She was approving. （ B） She was apologetic. （ C） She was annoyed. （ D） She was careless. （ A） A visitor has borrowed it. （ B） She had given it to her guide. （ C） A friend too
36、k it to the West. （ D） Bill gave it back to his friend. （ A） She agrees with the man. （ B） She hasnt seen Kevin recently. （ C） She thinks Kevin will be late. （ D） She doesnt know what the man means. （ A） Anthony fixed it. （ B） The plumber fixed it. （ C） It was left leaking. （ D） It was removed. （ A）
37、 In a clothing store. （ B） In a garden. （ C） At a cleaners. （ D） At a printing shop. （ A） Being too hot. （ B） Being delayed. （ C） Catching the beach ball. （ D） Getting up early. （ A） It looks better than the other one. （ B） The man needs more wall space for it. （ C） It should be put on another wall.
38、 （ D） It makes the wall a little more attractive. （ A） The experiment will take a long time. （ B） The students should count their time in the lab. （ C） Dr. Walters teaches biology in the afternoon. （ D） Biology lab is open one hour every afternoon. （ A） The man wants to get authorization for a room
39、change. （ B） The man is worried about his friendship with his roommate. （ C） The man needs a scholarship to continue living in the dormitory. （ D） The man wants the head resident to talk to David for him. （ A） That David is not a serious student. （ B） That David doesnt need to worry because he has a
40、 scholarship. （ C） That David wont speak with him. （ D） That David wants to move back to his home town. （ A） His roommate is noisy. （ B） He isnt speaking to his roommate. （ C） He does not like his roommate. （ D） He doesnt know his roommate very well. （ A） Many of her books are bestsellers. （ B） She
41、is a shrewd bookstore owner. （ C） She is promoting her book in person. （ D） She is a salesperson at the bookstore. （ A） It has been the bestseller for weeks. （ B） It advises people to change themselves. （ C） It is being sold at a very low price. （ D） It distinguishes cooperators. （ A） A man careful
42、with money. （ B） A book-lover. （ C） A noisy reader. （ D） A trouble-maker. （ A） Someone who always talks about himself. （ B） The most violent type of co-workers. （ C） Someone who stabs your back. （ D） The most common annoying type of people. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 shor
43、t 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） The effect of ordinary aspects of life on anthropology. （ B）
44、A good source of information about a society. （ C） Attitudes toward culture in the 1940s. （ D） The relationship between anthropology and military. （ A） Students might not consider them to be an important part of culture. （ B） They symbolize the rebellion of youth in the 1950s. （ C） They are discusse
45、d in the students textbook. （ D） They have been worn for hundreds of years. （ A） To show how politics have changed over the years. （ B） To point out that T-shirts often provide personal information. （ C） To illustrate how the printing on clothing has improved. （ D） To support that T-shirts are a for
46、m of art. （ A） In the Atlantic near the equator. （ B） In the islands of the Caribbean. （ C） In the countries of Central America. （ D） In the states of Southern America. （ A） The strong wind. （ B） The unsuccessful warnings. （ C） The heavy rain and high waves accompanying a hurricane. （ D） The change
47、of a hurricanes direction. （ A） Scientists have never been very successful in predicting the hurricanes. （ B） The hurricane season changes every year. （ C） Hurricanes are always too changeable to be followed. （ D） Some people ignore hurricane warnings and do not move to safety. （ A） During their emp
48、loyment. （ B） When they have found a job. （ C） During their childhood. （ D） When they are in college. （ A） To choose some courses for their children. （ B） To help them read online. （ C） To tell children to work hard. （ D） To show respect to childrens interest. （ A） To develop their own hobbies. （ B）
49、 To understand their future career. （ C） To know something about the media. （ D） To understand their future career. （ A） Whether it is good for childrens psychological health. （ B） Whether the show is interesting. （ C） Whether the show is related to parenting. （ D） Whether the children like the channel. Section C Directions: In 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. Wh
