1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 738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 evaluation of teachers performance done by the students. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below in Chinese. 1. 不少大学让学生参与
2、任课老师教学情况的测评。 2. 对此改革措施校方、教师、学生的看法不一。 3. 学生测评教师的益处以及可能产生的问题。 Evaluation by Students 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
3、-4, mark： Y (for YES) if the 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 April Fools Special: Historys Hoaxes Happy April Fools Day. To m
4、ark the occasion, National Geographic News has compiled a list of some of the more memorable hoaxes in recent history. They are the lies, darned (可恨的 ) lies, and whoppers (弥天大谎 ) that have been perpetrated on the gullible(易受骗的 ) and unsuspecting to fulfill that age-old desire held by some to put the
5、 joke on others. Internet Hoaxes The Internet has given birth to a proliferation (增殖 ) of hoaxes. E-mail inboxes are bombarded on an almost daily basis with messages warning of terrible computer viruses that cause users to delete benign (良性 ) chunks of data from their hard drives, or of credit card
6、seams that entice the naive to give all their personal information, including passwords and bank account details, to identity thieves. Other e-mails give rise to wry(歪曲的 ) chuckles, which is where this list begins. Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide (一氧化二氢 ) City officials in Aliso Viejo, California, were so c
7、oncerned about the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide that they scheduled a vote last month on whether to ban foam (泡沫 ) cups from city-sponsored events after they learned the chemical was used in foam-cup production. Officials called off the vote after learning that dihydrogen monoxide is the scientifi
8、c term for water. “Its embarrassing,“ city manager David J. Norman told the Associated Press. “We had a paralegal(律 师助手 ) who did bad research.“ Indeed, the paralegal had fallen victim to an official-looking Web site touting the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide. An e-mail originally authored in 1990 b
9、y Eric Lechner, then a graduate student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, claimed that dihydrogen monoxide “is used as an industrial solvent and coolant, and is used in the production of Styrofoam(聚苯乙烯泡沫塑料 ).“ Other dangers pranksters (爱开玩笑的人 ) associated with the chemical included accele
10、rated corrosion and rusting, severe burns, and death from inhalation. Versions of the e-mail continue to circulate today, and several Web sites, including that of the Coalition to Ban DHMO, warn, tongue-in-cheek, of waters dangers. Alabama Changes Value of Pi The April 1998 newsletter put out by New
11、 Mexicans for Science and Reason contains an article titled “Alabama Legislature Lays Siege to Pi“. It was penned by April Holiday of the Associmated Press (sic) and told the story of how the Alabama state legislature voted to change the Value of the mathematical constant Pi from 3.14159 to the roun
12、d number of 3. The ersatz(假的 ) news story was written by Los Alamos National Laboratory physicist Mark Boslough to parody(滑稽地模仿 ) legislative and school board attacks on the teaching of evolution in New Mexico. At Bosloughs suggestion, Dave Thomas, the president of New Mexicans for Science and Reaso
13、n, posted the article in its entirety to the Internet newsgroup Talk. Origins on April 1. (The newsgroup hosts a lively debate on creation vs. evolution. ) Later that evening Thomas posted a full confession to the hoax. He thought he had put all rumors to bed. But to Thomass surprise, however, sever
14、al newsgroup readers forwarded the article to friends and posted it on other newsgroups. When Thomas checked in on the story a few weeks later, he was surprised to learn that it had spread like wildfire. The telltale signs of the articles satirical intent, such as the April 1 date and misspelled “As
15、socimated Press“. dateline, had been replaced or deleted. Alabama legislators were bombarded with calls protesting the law. The legislators explained that the news was a hoax. There was not and never had been such a law. TV and Newspaper Hoaxes Before the advent of the Internet, and even today, trad
16、itional media outlets such as newspapers, radio, and television, have sometimes hoaxed their audiences. The deceptions run the gamut from purported natural disasters to wishful news. Swiss Spaghetti (意大利式细面条 ) Harvest Alex Boese, curator of the Museum of Hoaxes, a regularly updated Web site that als
17、o appeared in book form in November 2002, said one of his favorite hoaxes remains one perpetrated by the British Broadcasting Company. On April 1, 1957, the BBC aired a report on the television news show Panorama about the bumper spaghetti harvest in southern Switzerland. Viewers watched Swiss farme
18、rs pull pasta off spaghetti trees as the shows anchor, Richard Dimbleby, attributed the bountiful harvest to the mild winter and the disappearance of the spaghetti weevil. The broadcaster detailed the ins and outs of the life of the spaghetti farmer and anticipated questions about how spaghetti grow
19、s on trees. Thousands of people believed the report and called the BBC to inquire about growing their own spaghetti trees, to which the BBC replied, “Place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best.“ “It was a great satirical effect about British society,“ Boese said. “Brit
20、ish society really was like that at that time. The British have a tendency to be a bit insulated(绝缘的 ) and do not know that much about the rest of Europe.“ Taco Liberty Bell On April 1, 1996, readers in five major U.S. cities opened their newspapers to learn from a full page announcement that the Ta
21、co Bell Corporation had purchased the Liberty Bell from the U.S. government. The announcement reported that the company was relocating the historic bell from Philadclphia, Pennsylvania, to Irvine, California. The move, the corporation said in the advertisement, was part of an “effort to help the nat
22、ional debt“. Hundreds of other newspapers and television shows ran stories related to the press release on the matter put out by Taco Bells public relations firm, PainePR. Outraged citizens called the Liberty Bell National Historic Park in Philadelphia to express their disgust. A few hours later the
23、 public relations firm released another press announcement stating that the stunt was a hoax. White House press secretary Mike McCurry got into the act when he remarked that the government would also be “selling the Lincoln Memorial to Ford Motor Company and renaming it the Lincoln-Mercury Memorial“
24、. Crop Circles Strange, circular formations began to appear in the fields of southern England in the mid-1970s, bringing busloads of curious onlookers, media representatives, and believers in the paranormal out to the countryside for a look. A sometimes vitriolic (讽刺的 ) debate on their origins has s
25、ince ensued (跟着发生 ), and the curious formations have spread around the world, becoming more and more elaborate as the years go by. Some people consider the crop formations to be the greatest works of modern art to emerge from the 20th century, while others are convinced they are signs of extraterres
26、trial communications or landing sites of UFOs The debate rages even today, although in 1991 Doug Bower and Dave Chorley, two elderly men from Wiltshire County, came forward and claimed responsibility for the crop circles that appeared there over the preceding 20 years. The pair made the circles by p
27、ushing down nearly ripe crops with a wooden plank suspended from a rope. Moon Landing-a Hoax? Ever since NASA sent astronauts to the moon between 1969 and 1972, skeptics have questioned whether the Apollo missions were real or simply a ploy to one-up (领先 )the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The de
28、bate resurfaced and reached crescendo levels in February 2001, when Fox television aired a program called Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon? Guests on the show argued that NASA did not have the technology to land on the moon. Anxious to win the space race, NASA acted out the Apollo program
29、in movie studios, they said. The conspiracy theorists pointed out that the pictures transmitted from the moon do not include stars and that the flag the Americans planted on the moon is waving, even though there is thought to be no breeze on the moon. NASA quickly refuted these claims in a series of
30、 press releases, stating that any photographer would know it is difficult to capture something very bright and very dim on the same piece of film. Since the photographers wanted to capture the astronauts striding across the lunar surface in their sunlit space suits, the background stars were too fai
31、nt to see. As for the flag, NASA said that the astronauts were turning it back and forth to get in firmly planted in the lunar soil, which made it wave. 2 Some people have the age-old desire to put the joke on others. 3 According to the passage, the only form of Internet hoaxes is e-mail hoax. 4 Dih
32、ydrogen monoxide is a very dangerous chemical, which is often used as an industrial solvent. 5 Dihydrogen monoxide can accelerate corrosion and rusting, and cause sever burns and even death from inhalation. 6 The reason why the ersatz news that Alabama changed the value of Pi spread wildly was that
33、_ forwarded the article to friends and posted it on other newsgroups. 7 Traditional media outlets such as _ may still hoax their audiences nowadays. 8 According to Boese, many people believed the report of Swiss spaghetti harvest because the British did not know _. 9 According to a hoax announcement
34、, the Taco Bell Corporation bought the Liberty Bell and moved it to Irvine to help _. 10 The crop circles were thought to be the greatest works of modern art, the signs of _ or landing sites of UFOs. 11 Some people thought that NASA acted out the Apollo program in movie studios partially because the
35、 pictures transmitted from the moon do not include _. 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
36、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） The woman may take the next train as well. （ B） The woman has been late for the train for one hour. （ C） Someone gave the wrong infor
37、mation to the woman. （ D） The woman should wait patiently until he got a schedule. （ A） The woman will put off her decision to study. （ B） The woman will now just study rather than go out. （ C） The woman will go out because shes in a good mood. （ D） The woman will have to make a decision whether to
38、study. （ A） The movie was really wonderful. （ B） The movie was so full of violent scenes. （ C） The movie wasnt as good as he had expected. （ D） The movie was overly concerned with romantic relationships. （ A） Deliver the package in person. （ B） Pick up the package at the post office. （ C） Find out t
39、he hours the post office is open. （ D） Ask to have the package delivered to his home. （ A） He wont vote for the woman. （ B） He may also run for class president. （ C） He should promise to support the woman. （ D） The woman should ask his roommate to vote for her. （ A） Shes not a very good cook. （ B） S
40、hes annoyed with the man. （ C） She didnt like the food the man prepared. （ D） She thinks the man should spend more time cooking. （ A） Hell probably talk about Chapter 16 in class today. （ B） Hell probably postpone the test until he talks Chapter 16. （ C） He might test the students on material not di
41、scussed in class. （ D） He usually tells the students ahead of time what will be on his tests. （ A） The boss was very considerate to his workers. （ B） Ed wasnt as good a worker as the boss thought. （ C） The boss had planned to give Ed a raise in salary. （ D） The boss has never considered raising the
42、workers salary. （ A） He works for a newspaper. （ B） He is a travel agent. （ C） He works in a university. （ D） He is an interviewer. （ A） He wants a pay rise. （ B） He wants better working conditions. （ C） He wants to get a higher position. （ D） He wants to travel more in his work. （ A） It will pay mo
43、re than the present one. （ B） It will offer a bigger office. （ C） It will require working extra hours. （ D） It will involve travelling at weekends. （ A） Advantages of the north in the Civil War. （ B） Civilian opposition to the Civil War. （ C） Reasons to justify fighting the Civil War. （ D） Military
44、strategy used in the Civil War. （ A） To suggest changes to government structure. （ B） To criticize the practice of slavery. （ C） To convince the south to surrender. （ D） To inspire northerners to support the war. （ A） Leaders of the southern rebellion. （ B） Slaves in the southern states. （ C） Northe
45、rn opponents of the war. （ D） Southern soldiers. （ A） The northern didnt have enough army for the war. （ B） its hard to change southern peoples will. （ C） Its too distant to fight the war. （ D） The northern government didnt commit to the war. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 sh
46、ort 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） They have nothing to do with each other. （ B） They have som
47、ething to do with each other. （ C） They help each other in a way. （ D） They depend on each other. （ A） Other living things change their environment while man doesnt. （ B） Man alters his environment while he is adapted to it, but other living things do not. （ C） Other living things is not only adapte
48、d to their environment but also alters it. （ D） Man is only adapted to the environment but he doesnt alter it. （ A） The relationship between man and his environment. （ B） The relationship between living things and their environment. （ C） The relationship between man and living things. （ D） The relat
49、ionship between mans brain and other living things. （ A） It will cover more big political affairs. （ B） It wont be printed in publishing houses. （ C） It will cover more scientific research. （ D） It will cover less disasters. （ A） Local and international news. （ B） A menu of political stories. （ C） The most important news. （ D） What you are interested in. （ A） They compete with each other. （ B） They do good to each other （ C） They focus on different news. （ D） They will die out. （ A） In ancient China. （ B） In
