1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 767 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 composition on Change of Television and Radio Audiences. You should write at least 150 words basing on the following chart. Your composition should include the points below. 1. A b
2、rief summary of this chart 2. The change of television and radio audiences 3. A conclusion Figure: Television and Radio Audiences in a city, October-December, 2006 Change of Television and Radio Audiences 二 、 Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Directions: In this part
3、, 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) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NO
4、T GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 2 Work and Play What do we mean by leisure, and why should we assume that it represents a problem to be solved by the arts? The great ages of art were not conspicuous for their leisureat least, art was not an activity associated with leisure.
5、It was a craft like any other, concerned with the making of necessary things. Leisure, in the present meaning of the word, did not exist. Leisure, before the Industrial Revolution, meant no more than“ time“ or “opportunity“; “If your leisure served, I would speak with you“, says one of Shakespeares
6、characters. Phrases which we still use, such as“ at your leisure“, preserve this original meaning. But when we speak of leisure nowadays, we are not thinking of securing time or opportunity to do something; time is heavy on our hands and the problem is how to fill it. Leisure no longer signifies a s
7、pace with some difficulty secured against the pressure of events: rather it is a pervasive emptiness for which we must invent occupations. Leisure is a vacuum, a desperate state of vacancy a vacancy of mind and body. It has been commandeered by the sociologists and the psychologists: it is a problem
8、. Our diurnal existence is divided into two phases, as distinct as day and night. We call them work and play. We work so many hours a day, and, when we have allowed the necessary minimum for such activities as eating and shopping, the rest we spend in various activities which are known as recreation
9、s, an elegant word which disguises the fact that we usually do not even play in our hours of leisure, but spend them in various forms of passive enjoyment or entertainment-not football but watching football matches; not acting, but theatre-going; not walking, but riding in a motor coach. We need to
10、make, therefore, a hard and fast distinction not only between work and play but, equally, between active play and passive entertainment. It is, I suppose, the decline of active play of amateur sport and the enormous growth of purely receptive entertainment which has given rise to a sociological inte
11、rest in the problem. If the greater part of the population, instead of indulging in sport, spend their hours of leisure viewing television programmes, there will inevitably be a decline in health and physique. And, in addition, there will be a psychological problem, for we have yet to trace the ment
12、al and moral consequences of a prolonged diet of sentimental or sensational spectacles on the screen. There is, if we are optimistic, the possibility that the diet is too thin and unnourishing to have much permanent effect on anybody. Nine films out of ten seem to leave absolutely no impression on t
13、he mind or imagination of those who see them: few people can give a coherent account of the film they saw the week before last, and at longer intervals they must rely on the management to see that they do not sit through the same film twice. We have to live art if we would be affected by art. We hav
14、e to paint rather than took at paintings, to play instruments rather than go to concerts, to dance and sing and act ourselves, engaging all our senses in the ritual and discipline of the arts. Then something may begin to happen to us: to work upon our bodies and our souls. It is only when entertainm
15、ent is active, participated in, practised, that it can properly be called play, and as such it is a natural use of leisure. In that sense play stands in contrast to work, and is usually regarded as an activity that alternates with work. It is there that the final and most fundamental error enters in
16、to our conception of daily life. Work itself is not a single concept. We say quite generally that we work in order to make a living: to earn, that is to say, sufficient tokens which we can exchange for food and shelter and all the other needs of our existence. But some of us work physically, tilling
17、 the land, minding the machines, digging the coal; others work mentally, keeping accounts, inventing machines, teaching and preaching, managing and governing. There does not seem to be any factor common to all these diverse occupations, except that they consume our time, and leave us little leisure.
18、 We may next observe that one mans profession or work is often another mans recreation or play. The merchant at the weekend becomes a hunter (he has not yet taken to mining); the clerk becomes a gardener; the machine-tender becomes a breeder of bull terriers. There is, of course, a sound instinct be
19、hind such transformations. The body and mind are unconsciously seeking compensation muscular coordination, mental integration. But in many cases a dissociation is set up and the individual leads a double life-one half Jekyll, the other half Hyde. There is a profound moral behind that story of Steven
20、sons, for the; compensation which a disintegrated personality may seek will often be of an anti-social nature. The Nazi party, for example, in its early days was largely recruited from the bored -not so much from the unemployed as from the street-comer society of listless hooligans. Scientific studi
21、es have been made of street-corner society, out of which crime, gangsterdom, and fascism inevitably develop. It is a society with leisurethat is to say, spare timeand without compensatory occupation. It does not need a Satan to find mischief for such idle hands to do. They will spontaneously itch to
22、 do something: muscles have a life of their own unless they are trained to purposeful actions. Actions, or rather activities, are the obvious reflex to leisure; they, consume it, and leave the problem solved. But work is also activity, and if we reach the conclusion that all our time must be filled
23、with one activity or another, the distinction between work and play becomes rather meaningless, and what we mean by play is merely a change of occupation. We pass from one form of activity to another: one we call work, and for that we receive pay; the other we call play, and for that we receive no p
24、ay-on the contrary, we probably pay a subscription. 2 Activities such as eating and shopping are generally included in “play“. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 Today leisure means the time in which we have nothing to do. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Activities such as painting, dancing and singing should not be r
25、egarded as “play“. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 The words “work“ and “play“ are generally used to refer to day and night. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 According to the author, one mans profession or work is often another mans_. 7 Before the Industrial Revolution, leisure meant_. 8 Our diurnal existence is div
26、ided into two phase_. 9 Work is also activity, so our time must be filled with_. 10 Work itself is not a single, concept, we work in order to make_. 11 We usually do not play in our hours of leisure but spend them in various of_. Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversat
27、ions 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 pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D,
28、 and decide which is the best answer. （ A） She cant help the man out until later. （ B） The task will take more time than the man thinks. （ C） She complains that the man should have come earlier. （ D） She cant support the mans argument during his debate. （ A） He doesnt know what tools to bring. （ B）
29、He doesnt mind helping the woman. （ C） The woman wont have to carry tools. （ D） The donkeys will carry the womans personal items. （ A） The man and the woman live in different buildings. （ B） The woman is upset that she wasnt invited to the party. （ C） The woman is complaining about the mans careless
30、ness. （ D） The man and his friends might be louder than the woman expected they would be. （ A） He majors in engineering. （ B） He wasnt at the lecture at that time. （ C） He has only recently become interested in philosophy. （ D） He thinks the woman should also attend Prof. Warners class. （ A） They do
31、nt enjoy swimming. （ B） They dont know how to swim. （ C） Theyll swim in. the lake tomorrow. （ D） They wont go swimming in the lake today. （ A） Jack has made others wait before. （ B） Jack has often had to wait for Shelly. （ C） Jack enjoys playing tricks with others. （ D） Jack doesnt usually make peop
32、le wait. （ A） They should buy a lot of coffee. （ B） Theres room to stack up the cans of coffee. （ C） They should wait for a better deal on coffee. （ D） The store they are talking about is out of coffee. （ A） The boss is often late for work. （ B） The boss will probably discipline the woman. （ C） The
33、boss may disregard the womans lateness. （ D） The boss didnt know the woman was late again. （ A） 102 （ B） 103 （ C） 201 （ D） not sure （ A） $ 300 （ B） $ 345 （ C） $ 325 （ D） $ 100 （ A） Its a one-bedroom apartment. （ B） Its not expensive. （ C） Miss Smith will live there with her. （ D） Its very convenient
34、 to live and go to the university. （ A） The root of Jims health problems. （ B） The womans problems with her workaholic professor. （ C） Jims relationship with his professor. （ D） Problems that Jim and the woman have with their workloads. （ A） Whether to accept the deans job offer or not （ B） Whether
35、to move or not. （ C） Whether to have a rest or not. （ D） Whether to ask for an extension or not （ A） See more of her. （ B） Spend more time on his study. （ C） Earn more money. （ D） Get a better grade. （ A） She would like to mark papers, too. （ B） She wants to ask for a lighter load. （ C） She wants th
36、e man to talk to the workaholic professor. （ D） She wants to quit school and work. 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,
37、you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） In the lower atmosphere. （ B） In the upper atmosphere. （ C） On the Earth. （ D） Near the Earth. （ A） In 1978. （ B） In 1980. （ C） In 1985. （ D） In 1987. （ A） Ozone as a form of oxygen. （ B） Problems caused by the thinning
38、 of the ozone layer. （ C） The origin of ozone problems. （ D） The latest studies of ozone problems. （ A） Pirates. （ B） Sailors. （ C） Manufactures. （ D） Merchants. （ A） The distance the merchandise had to be transported. （ B） The number of insurance companies available at the time. （ C） The risk invol
39、ved in transporting the goods. （ D） The type of ships used to transport the goods. （ A） They are more expensive than earlier policies. （ B） They remain much similar to earlier policies. （ C） They are cheaper than earlier policies. （ D） They greatly differ from the earlier policies. （ A） They were dr
40、awing pictures. （ B） They were watching TV. （ C） They were making a telephone call. （ D） They were tidying up the drawing room. （ A） They locked the couple up in the drawing room. （ B） They seriously injured the owners of the house. （ C） They smashed the TV set and the telephone. （ D） They took away
41、 sixteen valuable paintings. （ A） He accused them of the theft. （ B） He raised the rents. （ C） He refused to prolong their land lease. （ D） He forced them to abandon their traditions. （ A） They wanted to protect the farmers interests. （ B） They wanted to extend the reservation area for birds. （ C） T
42、hey wanted to steal his valuable paintings. （ D） They wanted to drive him away from the island. 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. When the passage is read for the
43、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 either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 36 Ma
44、ny workers depend on plans【 B1】 _ by their employers to help pay for their retirement. There are two major kinds of retirement plans. One is defined by what is paid out, the other by what is paid in. The first is called a defined【 B2】 _ plan, or pension. It provides set【 B3】 _ based on the number of
45、 years an【 B4】 _ has worked. These plans often pay for health care and other costs. They might also provide money to family members when the【 B5】 _ dies. Pensions, however, can be a big cost to employers. In the United States, the change from a【 B6】 _ economy to a service economy has resulted in few
46、er and fewer【 B7】 _ plans. The other major kind of retirement plan is called a defined【 B8】 _ plan. Two things define how much a worker will get at retirement.【 B9】 _ One popular version is a four-oh-one-k plan, named after a part of the tax law.【 B10】 _ But some plans are very complex. An easier wa
47、y for small employers to offer retirement savings is through a Savings Incentive Match Plan.【 B11】 _ 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 passage with ten blanks. You are required to sel
48、ect 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. Y
49、ou may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. 47 Modem people wear many masks that keep their reality confined and【 C1】 _ , even to themselves. The possibility of encountering ones【 C2】 _ , learning about oneself, is frightening and【 C3】 _ . Many people expect to discover the worst. A hidden fear lies in the fact that they may also discover the best. To discover the worst is to face the decision of
